At the age of 5, Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder set the record for being the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Musik Hochschule. Early in his career, he recorded all the Beethoven sonatas and piano concertos; recently he recorded them all again—the concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic
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Bruno Bartoletti (June 10, 1926 – June 9, 2013)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 by Noel Morris
Bruno Bartoletti, longtime conductor and artistic director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, died Sunday in Florence, Italy, just one day before his 87th birthday. Bartoletti first conducted there in 1956 at the age of 30; Lyric was a fledgling company of two years when founder Carol Fox required a replacement conductor
Lasting Impressions, Monday 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Monday, May 13, 2013 by Noel Morris
As WTTW’s “10 Buildings that Changed America” neared completion, WFMT got to thinking, what pieces of music have had that kind of significance? We decided to enlist the help of a broad swath of critics, composers, educators and conductors—the people who have had access to those who write music, access to the audiences, to the performers; and most importantly, to the music
Beyond Tristan
Thursday, February 21, 2013 by Noel Morris
See the WFMT web exclusive video on the Chicago Symphony’s examination of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.”
Imani Winds on WFMT’s Impromptu
Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Noel Morris
This group is a KICK. Their collaborations are truly inspired: Roberto Sierra, Wayne Shorter, Paquito D’Rivera. They do the old, the new–sometimes they write their own music. These conservatory musicians feed on new inspirations, while digging deeper into their classical roots.
Die Meistersinger Comes to Lyric Opera of Chicago
Thursday, February 7, 2013 by Noel Morris
Ever the radical, Wagner must have amused himself, poking fun at the musical establishment. He sidestepped the mythology and magic of his other works to write a romantic comedy. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is historical fiction. In fact, Wagner’s central character Hans Sachs did live and work as a poet, a playwright and cobbler in more…
Pianos and Emanuel Ax in Public Spaces
Friday, May 25, 2012 by Noel Morris
This week some lucky museum visitors got a little bonus. Emanuel Ax toured the Pianos in Public Spaces placed around town by the Chicago Symphony in honor of the Keys to the City Festival. Listen to what some in the audience had to say. Visit the CSO’s website to find a piano near you. click more…
Chicago’s 175th: World’s Fair, Roland Hayes, Florence Price
Monday, March 5, 2012 by Matt DeStefano
Monica Hairston O’Connell from the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago shares information about the 1933 World’s Fair. Monica shows us Roland Hayes’ songbook and tells us about Florence Price. Here is Florence Price’ Concerto in One Movement with the New Black Music Repertory Ensemble.
Chadwick’s Ode to the Chicago World’s Fair
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 by Louise Frank
On October 21, 1892 Theodore Thomas conducted the nascent Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of George Chadwick’s Columbus Ode which he wrote for the opening of the Chicago World’s Fair. Chadwick based his composition on the poem Columbian Ode by Harriet Monroe. click here to view larger image See the entire score here: http://www.archive.org/stream/odeforopeningwo00monrgoog#page/n1/mode/1up more…
Bear Down!
Monday, September 21, 2009 by Matt DeStefano
I was all of two years old when the Bears captured their last Super Bowl win–as a result, every Chicago-area kid with the ability to speak was taught the words to “Bear Down, Chicago Bears.” Good teams have been few and far between since that time, and our collective memory of the song’s complete lyrics more…
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