The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | WFMT WFMT
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Each week WFMT goes live to the Chicago Cultural Center for concerts with emerging artists from around the world, produced by the International Music Foundation. Some shows offer solo recitals while others feature ensembles. The concerts take place beneath the world’s largest Tiffany-domed ceiling, part of a landmark building that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are named for British pianist Myra Hess who organized some 1,700 free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, in the years of nightly air raids.
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Amir Ron, piano
Pianist Amir Ron performs music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Germaine Tailleferre, and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Zachary Good, clarinet, and Daniel Schlosberg, piano
Clarinetist Zachary Good and pianist Daniel Schlosberg perform music by Henri Rabaud, Germaine Tailleferre, Camille Saint-Saëns, Eric Dolphy, and a suite of Baroque preludes arranged by Good, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Olivia Boen, soprano and Shannon McGinnis, piano
Music by Josephine Lang, Benjamin Britten, Ottorino Respighi, and Giacomo Puccini.
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Chelsea Guo, soprano and piano
Soprano and Pianist Chelsea Guo performs music by Clara and Robert Schumann, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Xiting Yang, piano
Pianist Xiting Yang plays music by Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Eleni Katz, bassoon and Maxwell Foster, piano
Bassoonist Eleni Katz and pianist Maxwell Foster play music by Carl Maria von Weber, Cindi Hsu, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Jeff Scott, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.