Adela Skowronski

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Production Assistant / Content Creator at WFMT-FM (Chicago, IL)

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Beethoven, Mozart & Tchaikovsky

4 days ago | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

This week, Julian Rachlin showcases his singular versatility as a violinist, violist and conductor. He joins Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante before leading a performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Meditation” from Souvenir d’un lieu cher. Taking the podium, Rachlin bookends the program by conducting works by Mozart and Beethoven.
A Chicago Symphony Chorus Spotlight

1 week ago | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Desdemona in Verdi's Otello in a Saturday matinee broadcast on February 9, 1974 (Photo: Metropolitan Opera Archives)This week, we take a look back at Grammy-winning performances by the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Music directors Daniel Barenboim and Sir Georg Solti conduct Bruckner’s Psalm 150 and Brahms’s A German Requiem. Former principal guest conductor Pierre Boulez conducts Bartók’s Cantata profana.
Szeps-Znaider & Carpenter

3 weeks ago | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads Poulenc’s Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani and Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3, featuring organ soloist Cameron Carpenter. The broadcast opens with Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and rounds out with Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe and Boléro.
Pierre Boulez at 100

1 month ago | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

The CSO celebrates Pierre Boulez’s 100th birthday! In this broadcast, we hear Pierre Boulez, the CSO’s Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus, conducting the CSO in Stravinsky, Scriabin, Varèse, Schoenberg and Bartók. In between, the CSO’s Ninth Music Director Daniel Barenboim conducts Boulez’ Notations VII.
Muti, Herbert & Pines of Rome

Nov 3, 2024 | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti conducts Kraft’s Timpani Concerto featuring the CSO’s Principal Timpani David Herbert. The program opens with Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major and closes with Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1 and Pines of Rome. Music conducted by Riccardo Muti Wolfgang Amadeus: Mozart Divertimento in F Major, K.
Hrůša Conducts Mahler 9

Oct 27, 2024 | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

This week, Jakub Hrůša conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. The broadcast opens with Shaw’s Boris Kerner, performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s second flutist Emma Gerstein and assistant principal cellist Kenneth Olsen, and Hailstork’s Arabesques, also performed by Emma Gerstein with principal percussionist Cynthia Yeh. Caroline Shaw: Boris KernerAdolphus Hailstork: ArabesquesGustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Opera without Words

Oct 20, 2024 | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

Five CSO music directors—Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Muti, Fritz Reiner, Artur Rodziński, and Sir Georg Solti—lead orchestral excerpts from operas by Beethoven, Copland, Mascagni, Rossini, and Strauss. The program closes with several selections from Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Afkham & Gluzman

Oct 13, 2024 | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

David Afkham returns to the CSO podium to lead Debussy’s La mer and Ravel’s La valse. Opening the program is Ravel’s Menuet antique. Next, Vadim Gluzman joins in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Plus, Bernard Haitink conducts Webern’s Im Sommerwind. Maurice Ravel: Menuet antiqueDimitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77Vadim Gluzman, violinClaude Debussy: La merMaurice Ravel: La valseDavid Afkham, conductorAnton Webern: Im SommerwindBernard Haitink, conductor
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis

Oct 6, 2024 | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

This week, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis collaborate with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Adams’s The Chairman Dances, Shostakovich’s Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, Prokofiev’s Selections from Romeo and Juliet, and Marsalis’s “All American Pep” from Swing Symphony. In between, we hear Ellington’s “Big Fat Alice’s Blues”, “Amad”, and “The Mooch”.
Solti Conducts Del Tredici

Sep 29, 2024 | wfmt.com | Adela Skowronski

Sir Georg Solti (Photo: Yousuf Karsh)This week, Sir Georg Solti conducts Final Alice by David Del Tredici. The broadcast opens with Berlioz’s Overture to Les Francs-juges, continues with Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Song, and Weber’s Overture to Oberon. PlaylistHector Berlioz: Overture to Les Francs-juges, Op. 3Ernst von Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to OberonDavid Del Tredici: Final Alice