Archive for January, 2010

Search “Mozart” on youtube…here’s what has the most hits….over 8 million. Illinoisan Emily has been on WFMT’s “Introductions”. And she likes Mozart.Happy Birthday Herr Mozart.

98.7 and wfmt.com brought you the opening night performance of a Donizetti favorite this past Saturday night. Here’s what our friend John von Rhein had to say: Love at first sightLyric stages its funniest, best-sung ‘Elixir of Love’ to dateJohn von Rhein Chicago Tribune Classical music critic January 25, 2010Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” has been a more…

Pianist Earl Wild dies at 94First to perform solo recital on American television in 1939Associated PressJan 25, 2010, 06:47 PM ETNEW YORK — Earl Wild, the first pianist to give a solo recital on American television, died Saturday of congestive heart disease at his Palm Springs home. He was 94.Wild’s first televised recital came in more…

WFMT, WTTW and many other Chicago radio and TV stations are joining together today for the Chicago Helps Haiti relief drive…as of 8:15 this morning over 800,000 dollars raised! Let’s see how much we can raise by 11pm tonight to aid our brothers and sisters in need…Thanks! Haiti Earthquake (Chicago Tonight, Jan 13, 2010)

Karzas sent me this and I couldn’t stop laughing. Wonder who made it? Nothing says “serialism” more than car crashes, people falling and guys getting slugged. Ridiculous. Thanks Andy!

It’s a thrill to have the great cellist live on WFMT this afternoon, sharing many of his favorite recordings with Kerry. Among them… Miss any of it? Hear some of Lynn and Kerry again Saturday morning with Dennis Moore.

Forget Rod. For me, this is Chicago’s top Elvis. Ronnie Vegas. I’m lobbying for him as a 2010 Chicagoan of the Year. Thanks Ronnie. And thanks to Carl Grapentine for this morning’s Elvis tribute. Ronnie’s at “Rabbits” tonight…up here on da nort’wess side. You know “Rabbits”….Elston and Cicero. Maybe Hudson’ll be there… Happy 75th.

Earlier this year, WFMT celebrated 4 great living pianists born in the same month – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Van Cliburn, Leon Fleisher and Peter Serkin. Tuesday, we honor 2 living keyboard giants born on the same day – Alfred Brendel and Maurizio Pollini. The equally gigantic Michelangeli was also born January 5 – and taught both more…