Keegan Morris

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Multimedia Producer at WFMT-FM (Chicago, IL)

Multimedia Producer at WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)

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Unraveling Genius: Capturing Leonardo in Film and Music

Nov 15, 2024 | wfmt.com | Daniel Goldberg |Keegan Morris

Leonardo da Vinci is the archetypal “Renaissance man.” He is revered for his paintings, his inventions, his daring. He is practically synonymous with “genius.” But what do we actually know about him? Or, to put it more directly, who is the manbehindthe vaunted Renaissance man? As it turns out, just like his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, Leonardo is something of an enigma.
Brahms and Schubert | WFMT

Nov 11, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

Brahms and Schubert Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert BIS 2660Piano French pianist Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the Gold Medal at the 2019 Tchaikovsky competition, presents his fourth solo album for BIS, and his ninth album overall. The centerpiece work is Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, considered to be the most virtuosic composition in his entire output.
Grant Park Artistic Director: New Conductor Announced

Oct 2, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

Giancarlo Guerrero has been announced as the new artistic director and principal conductor of Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival. The appointment is effective immediately, and begins with the programming of the cherished summer festival’s 2025 season. Guerrero made his festival conducting debut in 2008, and this past season, the 55-year-old conductor led the Grant Park Orchestra in two programs featuring works by Shostakovich and Beethoven.
Guests in the House

Aug 11, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

Leopold Stokowski begins this parade of guest conductors with Khachaturian’s Third Symphony followed by John Williams conducting his Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Neeme Järvi is next with Kodály’s Dances of Galánta, and Pierre Monteux concludes the broadcast with Franck’s Symphony in D minor.
Live from Ravinia Festival: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Summer Season Opener

Jul 12, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 88th summer season at Ravinia with Chief Conductor Marin Alsop in a festive evening of all-American music. Copland’s beloved classic Appalachian Spring opens the program, followed by James P. Johnson’s Charleston, highlighting this early jazz piano leader’s Charleston influence and the iconic dance of the same name.
Shani & Rana | WFMT

Jun 23, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

Lahav Shani (Photo: Marco Borggreve)Lahav Shani makes his CSO debut in Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Included in the program is Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1 and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini featuring Beatrice Rana. PlaylistMusic conducted by Lahav ShaniSergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (Classical) Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniBeatrice Rana, pianoSergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Carmina burana | WFMT

Jun 16, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

This week, Osmo Vänskä leads the CSO in Orff’s Carmina burana featuring Joélle Harvey, Reginald Mobley, and Hugh Russell. Included in the program is Montgomery’s Banner and Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus, as well as Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
De Waart & Haitink

Jun 9, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

This week, an all-Beethoven program from the CSO’s Archives. The broadcast begins with Overture to Leonore No. 3, then continues with Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) conducted by Edo de Waart. Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) led by Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink finishes the program.
Thielemann Conducts Bruckner

May 25, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

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Muti Conducts Beethoven

May 19, 2024 | wfmt.com | Keegan Morris

Riccardo Muti conducts three of Beethoven’s works, beginning with his Coriolan Overture and followed by his eighth and fifth symphonies. Plus, the CSO Brass performs Barber’s Mutations from Bach, selections from Bach’s The Art of Fugue and Michael Tilson Thomas’s Street Song.