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The Guarneri Hall season opens with its flagship NEXUS Chamber Music Festival. followed by all nine Prokofiev piano sonatas, music of revolutions, and more.

Guarneri Hall Announces 2026-27 Season | WFMT The season opens with its flagship NEXUS Chamber Music Festival. followed by all nine Prokofiev piano sonatas, music of revolutions, and more.

Tonight at 6 pm CT: Jakub Hrůša Conductor leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s first Piano Concerto, featuring Simon Trpčeski.

Hrůša Conducts Shostakovich 11 | WFMT On this week’s episode, Jakub Hrůša leads the CSO in Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto, featuring Simon Trpčeski. To open, Jean Martinon conducts Lalo’s Overture to Le Roi d’Ys.

Today at 12 pm CT: enjoy a 2025 production from The Metropolitan Opera, featuring Erin Morley as Marie and Lawrence Brownlee as her admirer Tonio.

Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment | WFMT Highly spirited and delightfuly entertaining, soprano Erin Morley made her Metropolitan debut last fall as Marie in Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment. Hear the entire production from the 2025 season, which also featured Lawrence Brownlee as her admirer, Tonio, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, and bass-...

The latest recording from the Kronos Quartet celebrates Mahalia Jackson with Chicago collaborations across time and space, including a new piece by Stacy Garrop and an interview with Studs Terkel.

Kronos Quartet Celebrates "Glorious" Mahalia Jackson and Her Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement A new recording by the esteemed string quartet celebrates the gospel singer's friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Studs Terkel, whose interviews with her are included in a piece by Chicago composer Stacy Garrop.

In a statement on their website, Chicago Sinfonietta cites a lack of return to pre-pandemic audience revenue as the main driver behind their suspension.

Chicago Sinfonietta Pauses All Programming | WFMT