Cedille Chicago Presents

This week’s program features concertos for cello and string quartet, with soloists Katinka Kleijn and Wendy Warner, cellists, and the Harlem Quartet. Playlist: DAVID BAKER (b. 1931) Cello Concerto (1975) III. Fast (6:09) From African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. III Cedille Records CDR 90000 066 (Track 4) Katinka Kleijn, cello Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman, conductor BENJAMIN […]

This week's program features violin concertos, with performances by Jennifer Koh and Rachel Barton Pine.

This week's program features works by Chicago composer Easley Blackwood (b. 1933), with the composer at the keyboard for most of them.

This week's program features music by Chicago composer William Ferris (1937–2000) and performances by the ensemble that bears his name, the William Ferris Chorale.

Two new releases for August are this week's feature. This hour includes selections from Fifth House ensemble’s Excelsoir, and soprano Patrice Michaels and friends’ INTERSECTION: Jazz Meets Classical Song.

This week’s program features music by Chicago composer Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), in observance of Chicago month on WFMT.

In anticipation of Chicago month on WFMT (August), this week’s program features the 3 Cedille albums that have “Chicago” in their titles.

This week, the 2nd of 2 all-Franch programs in commemoration of the French national Bastille Day holiday features French music from Berlioz to Messiaen.

This week, the first of 2 all-French programs in commemoration of the French national Bastille Day holiday features music from that country’s baroque and classical periods (17th and 18th centuries).

This week's show features music of American composer David Diamond,

whose 99th birthday anniversary falls on our July 9 air date.