Classical

88.5FM WFCR broadcasts a wide selection of the most appealing classical music from every era, with special emphasis on new releases and music of timely interest. Tune in for Classical Music weekdays with John Montanari and Walter Carroll, Saturday Opera from the Metropolitan, Chicago Lyric and other leading houses, Overnight Classical with Peter Van de Graaff, Sunday Baroque with Suzanne Bona, and Sunday Classical Music with Walter Carroll.

Saturday Opera on 88.5FM WFCR continues with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Please click here for more information!

For your convenience, WFCR provides playlists of all of its classical music. Here you can find out exactly what you heard on any of our classical shows, with links provided for more information on the composers and performers. You can access these playlists here.

Classical Music Blog

05/29/2013
Did you know that as we age, we tend to go out and party less, sometimes even (get this!) staying home on Saturday nights?  This was the "shocking, shocking" point of a brief piece in The...
05/27/2013
Last week, classical music bravely weathered one milestone (or is that millstone?) anniversary, the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner.  Tomorrow, we get another, the centennial of a work to...

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