Arias and Songs Archives | WFMT

Arias and Songs Archives | WFMT

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Arias and Songs Archives | WFMT

Chicago's Classical and Folk Music Radio Streaming Online

12/05/2020

Happy Endings

Beethoven’s Ode to Joy from his Symphony No. 9 is the centerpiece of this program. Herbert von Karajan conducts. Also heard will be the finale of Verdi’s Falstaff with Bryn Terfel and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Shirley Verrett and Anna Moffo.

28 min
11/28/2020

For the Children

The holiday season is always about children and the child that lives within us. We will hear lullabies by Kathleen Battle, Boris Christoff, Marilyn Horne, and Ian Bostridge. The prayer from Hänsel und Gretel is sung by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Elisabeth Grümmer. The Vienna Boys Choir sing a chorus from Bizet’s Carmen as well.

29 min
11/21/2020

Food for Thought

A tasty treat for all! The Robert Shaw Chorale takes us to a clambake, Fanny Brice cooks breakfast, the Crab Man and Strawberry Woman from Porgy and Bess offer food for sale, a little boy named Oliver wants more to eat, and there is a tribute to Julia Child.

29 min
11/14/2020

All in the Family

Close personal and professional relationships are explored. We recall those of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge; Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich; Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears; and Roberto Alagna and his brothers.

30 min
11/07/2020

A Program Sung in Latin

Selections will be heard from religious works by Charpentier, Rossini, Verdi, and Bruckner. Also heard will be Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and a choral work from the film The Lion in Winter. Among the various artists will be Cecilia Bartoli, Ľuba Orgonášová, and Jussi Björling.

28 min
10/24/2020

A Cole Porter Program

The legendary Broadway composer well served in recordings made famous by his contemporaries Fred Astaire, Mary Martin, Artie Shaw, and Ella Fitzgerald. Mr. Porter will also accompany himself in one of his songs.

28 min
10/17/2020

The English Songbook

A survey of songs by Vaughan Williams, Delius, and Purcell among others; sung by Bryn Terfel, Kathleen Ferrier, Ian Bostridge, Alice Coote, Felicity Lott, Simon Keenlyside, Anne Murray, and more.

29 min
10/03/2020

Opera Singers of Spain

Larry presents six Spanish singers in opera and song. They are Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Alfredo Kraus, Victoria de los Ángeles, and Conchita Supervía.

29 min
09/26/2020

Can There Ever Be Enough Mozart?

Certainly NOT! Delighting the heart and soul are selections from six Mozart operas. Artists include Frederica von Stade, Teresa Berganza, Gottlob Frick, Pilar Lorengar, Gabriel Bacquier, Lucia Popp, and Edita Gruberová. A must hear indeed for Mozart fans.

29 min
09/19/2020

A Coloratura Spectacular

Vocal pyrotechnics abound with high ‘C’s, trills, and singing techniques that’ll leave you breathless. At their best are Joan Sutherland, Alfred Deller, Lucia Popp, Sigrid Onégin, and Magda Olivero. READ MORE: 15 Sopranos Singing One of the Craziest Coloratura Arias

26 min

10 Episodes

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out of 5

14 Ratings

Great podcast

12/09/2020

Arabnunis

I love it so much and it has brought many arias and songs to my attention
No episodes after July 20 2019

09/18/2019

Perdido34

There are a bunch of later episodes in the website that don’t show up on iPhone.

Chicago's Classical and Folk Music Radio Streaming Online

Creator

Arias and Songs Archives | WFMT
Years Active

2013 - 2020
Episodes

10
Rating

Clean
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