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Enjoy a wonderful mix of music showcasing the development of Italian chamber music over centuries. Tonight at 10 pm CT from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Italian Evolution | WFMT "Tres Romances Argentinos" | Carlos Guastavino | Martha Argerich & Mauricio Vallina, p's | Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2005

Enjoy the first of a multi-part series from the 国家大剧院National Centre for the Performing Arts, featuring Mozart violin concertos and the Yellow River concerto: tonight at 10 pm CT!

Mozart Violin Concertos & Yellow River Piano Concerto | WFMT Welcome to the first of a multi-part series of recordings from the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, one of China’s foremost destinations for classical music. Today, we enjoy a performance featuring violinist Ning Feng performing three of Mozart’s violin concertos. Later, under...

Tonight at 9 pm CT, The Midnight Special marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11/2001.

Always Rising | WFMT Music helps us overcome fear and find renewed sense of purpose as we mark the 25th anniversary of the shared tragedy of 9/11/2001.

Tonight at 8 pm CT: Tim Cheesebrow and Pete McCauley are Mac and Cheese, delivering high-energy, high-carb folk music from St. Tim's Coffeehouse.

Mac and Cheese LIVE from St. Tim's | WFMT The season opener at St. Tim’s (Ascension Church in Northfield, IL) is also the Folkstage debut of The Mac and Cheese Band. Tim Cheesebrow and Pete McCauley deliver high-energy, high-carb folk music with a tasty sauce of humor and strings.

A preview of Art Song Chicago's upcoming festival — an annual celebration of art song performance. Listen today at 4 pm CT!

Art Song Chicago with Nicholas Phan | WFMT A preview of the organization's upcoming festival — an annual celebration of art song performance.

The 15 year-old pianist performs music by Beethoven and Bonds, today at 11 am CT.

Jeremy Liu, piano | WFMT Jeremy Liu, 15, is a 10th grader at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. He has been under the tutelage of Mrs. Sueanne Metz since the age of six. Jeremy is the 2025 winner of the Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition. As a result, he had the honor of performing with the Chicago....

This edition of the Best of Studs Terkel is devoted to the second and final part of the award-winning documentary,“This Train.“ Tonight at 11 pm CT.

This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963) | WFMT This edition of the Best of Studs Terkel is devoted to the second and final part of the award-winning documentary,“This Train.“ Studs wove this sound-scape commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington from voices he recorded on a train bound for Washington, and at the event itself.

Tonight at 10 pm CT: Esa-Pekka Salonen welcomes pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard to perform Debussy’s lavish Fanataisie for Piano and Orchestra.

Debussy's Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra | WFMT Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen welcomes pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard to perform Debussy’s lavish Fanataisie for Piano and Orchestra. Also on the program, La Mer, and selecitons from Debussy’s Images as well as Boulez’s Notations.

Tonight on Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Baritone Matthias Goerne joins the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra for a program of vocal and orchestral works. 10 pm CT.

Bach&Handel with Matthias Goerne | WFMT Baritone Matthias Goerne joins the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Enrico Onofri for a program of vocal and orchestral works by Bach and some Handelian fireworks! Tonight’s program was recorded live in concert December 19, 2025 in the Gallery building of Herrenhausen Palace...