Music

  • Exploring Music

    Weekdays at 11:00 a.m.

    Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is an exciting series of daily one-hour programs that celebrates classical music.
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Mondays at 8:00 p.m.

    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts feature recent and archival performances from the CSO at Symphony Center in Chicago.
  • The Cleveland Orchestra

    Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. (April through September)

    Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra present another broadcast season, drawn from live performances at Severance Hall and beyond.
  • Views: 939 The New York Philharmonic This Week

    Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m.

    Alec Baldwin hosts a new series of weekly concerts from the New York Philharmonic, drawn from the current season under Music Director Alan Gilbert.
  • Views: 1 WGTE In Concert

    Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

    WGTE In Concert is our weekly celebration of the performing arts - music made in the FM 91 listening area by local musicians and visiting artists. The orchestras of Toledo and Lima are mainstays, with additional concerts from the Masterworks Chorale, Toledo Opera, and other local organizations. Produced and hosted by Brad Cresswell.
  • Live from FM 91

    First Friday of Each Month at 10:00 a.m.

    Live from FM 91 features conversation and live performance with some of the area's finest soloists, ensembles, and visiting guest artists. Hosted by Classical Music Director Brad Cresswell, from WGTE's Dana Performance Studio.
  • Views: 59 Los Angeles Philharmonic

    Fridays at 8:00 p.m. (April through June)

    Each year since its founding in 1919, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been hailed as Southern California's leading performing arts institution.  Today, under the dynamic leadership of 29-year-old Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel, who in 2009 became the orchestra's eleventh music director, the Philharmonic is still recognized as one of the world's outstanding orchestras. 
  • Pipedreams

    Fridays at 10:00 p.m.

    Michael Barone explores the full range of the art and potential of the pipe organ, engaging both the ears and the imagination to inspire a greater appreciation of the instrument.

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  • Views: 218 The Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts

    Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.

    The Matthew Bucksbaum Family Lyric Opera broadcasts return as George Preston and Roger Pines co-host rebroadcasts of the productions from the 2012-13 season.
  • Views: 1464 Portraits in Swing

    Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.

    Hosted by Larry Wagner, "Portraits in Swing" has been a part of FM 91’s Saturday evening programming for 10 years. Each week the program profiles big band swing artist, group or era, from both past and present. Listeners hear historic radio broadcasts direct from America’s ballrooms and studio sessions pairing up vocalists or band leaders.
  • Views: 3 Jazz Spectrum 91

    Saturdays at 9:00 p.m.

    Hosted by Fritz Byers, "Jazz Spectrum 91" is designed as an anthology, a loose and flowing tour through the history of the music, showcasing the wondrous diversity of jazz and the virtuosity of the musicians who play it.
  • From the Top

    Sundays at Noon

    "From the Top" with host Christopher O'Riley (pictured) is a weekly radio series that showcases the nation's most outstanding young classical musicians. Each one-hour program presents pre-collegiate musicians whose stunning individual performances are combined with lively interviews, unique pre-produced segments, lighthearted sketches and musical games. From the Top has taped more than 230 radio broadcasts in America's premier concert halls, reaching more than 200,000 live audience members in 33 states.

  • Classical Guitar Alive!

    Sundays at 1:00 p.m.

    Guitarist/Host Tony Morris celebrates the classical repertory of the instrument in a wide variety of musical settings: from solo guitar to guitar with orchestra, and almost every imaginable combination in between.
  • The Thistle and Shamrock

    Sundays at 7:00 p.m.

    Host Fiona Ritchie investigates distant landscapes and genres to explore the evolving Celtic musical traditions of Europe and North America.
  • The Folk Sampler

    Sundays at 8:00 p.m.

    A weekly program of folk, traditional, bluegrass, and blues from the foothills of the Ozark Mountains centered around a weekly theme. Whether it's about love, hate, winter snow or summer rain, it's all about great music.
  • Views: 292 Echoes

    Sundays at 9:00 p.m.

    Echoes creates a modern soundscape of music that draws from a multitude of cultures, traditions and genres. Hosted by music journalist John Diliberto, this daily two-hour series of evocative, ground-breaking music seamlessly bridges new instrumental, world fusion, new acoustic, impressionistic jazz and inventive vocal styles.

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  • Music from the Hearts of Space

    Sundays at 10:00 p.m.

    Hearts of Space weaves together quiet contemporary electronics, classical adagios, soft jazz, space-creating sounds from many world music traditions, and the very best of the new age genre.
  • Jazz After Hours

    Sat & Sun, Midnight till 4:00 a.m.

    Like the last set at a jazz club, the mood of "Jazz After Hours" is mellow but not without surprises. New and well-established jazz artists regularly drop in for a chat, and the music ranges from latest releases to jazz classics.
  • Music Through the Night

    Mon-Thurs, 10:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m.
    Fridays, 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.
    Sat-Sun, 4:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.

    Music Through the Night features the very best in classical music, drawn from the heart of the classical and romantic repertoires.