Dec 09 Blog Holiday Specials 2020 December 14 9pm A Chanukah Celebration with Chicago A Cappella Join Jonathan Miller, artistic director of Chicago A Cappella and a longtime champion of Jewish choral music, for an inspiring, informative and entertaining show featuring choral music set to Chanukah texts both familiar and original performed by virtuoso ensemble Chicago A Cappella. December 17 8pm […] By WUOL Dec 09 Blog Holiday Specials 2020 By WUOL
Dec 01 Blog Julia Bullock: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert From her home in Germany, the provocative American soprano delivers songs of introspection and freedom from Franz Schubert's mountaintop epiphany to Billy Taylor's wish for equality and justice. By Tom Huizenga Dec 01 Blog Julia Bullock: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert By Tom Huizenga
Nov 30 Blog Metropolitan Opera 2020-2021 On the Radio Beginning December 5, 2020, and continuing for 27 consecutive Saturdays, you can hear the world’s greatest opera stars in exhilarating performances originally broadcast live from the Met stage. Highlights include beloved operas by Puccini, Verdi, and Mozart; dazzling bel canto works; and rarely heard operas by Prokofiev, Strauss, and Philip Glass. Remarkable moments from recent […] By WUOL Nov 30 Blog Metropolitan Opera 2020-2021 On the Radio By WUOL
Nov 13 Blog Lara Downes – Amplify Pianist Lara Downes has a new project that has her closing the lid on the piano (just for a little bit), and opening a microphone. In “Amplify,” a new series from NPR Music, Downes talks with black musicians about the issues and challenges affecting their profession in general, and especially through a pandemic. The roster […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 13 Blog Lara Downes – Amplify By Daniel Gilliam
Nov 10 Holiday Thanksgiving Specials 2020 November 26, 10a-12n (repeats 10p-12m) Giving Thanks Giving Thanks offers a contemporary celebration of gratitude, with classical music and stories of Thanksgiving. This year we celebrate Thanksgiving along side the 250 year anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. A Fall inspired selection of works, like the Pastoral Symphony, provides the perfect atmosphere for Thanksgiving. Conductor Michael Tilson […] By WUOL Nov 10 Holiday Thanksgiving Specials 2020 By WUOL
Oct 31 Blog ‘In The Act Of Living, You’re A Revolutionary’: Anthony McGill Talks With Lara Downes The New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist blows apart the labels he once applied to himself to discover a stream of activism. By WUOL Oct 31 Blog ‘In The Act Of Living, You’re A Revolutionary’: Anthony McGill Talks With Lara Downes By WUOL