Music from Northwestern on WFMT

New time! Sundays at 5 p.m. beginning January 6

For the ninth consecutive year, Northwestern University's Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music and WFMT-FM 98.7 will broadcast a weekly Sunday afternoon radio series showcasing Northwestern music faculty, ensembles, distinguished alumni, and guest artists in performance and conversation. This winter's four-week Music from Northwestern series will air four hour-long shows each Sunday at 5 p.m. CST from January 6 through 27, 2013. The series will also be available via live, streaming audio at wfmt.com.

WFMT program host and Northwestern University alumnus Kerry Frumkin will host the broadcasts. Richard Van Kleeck, director of concert activities for the Bienen School of Music, is co-producer of the Winter 2013 WFMT radio broadcasts along with Jesse McQuarters.

Check this page regularly for programming updates.

Sunday, January 27, 5 p.m.

William Walton, Sonata for Strings, IV. Allegro molto

A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra

William Walton, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, II. Vivo, con moto preciso

Danny Lai, viola; Shirley Trissell, piano (orchestral reduction)

Aaron Jay Kernis, Perpetual Chaconne

Calder String Quartet with John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; comments by 2012 Nemmers Composition Prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis

Frédéric Chopin, Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, III. Allegro vivace

Eugenia Jeong, piano; Sergiy Komirenko, piano (orchestral reduction)

Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, III. Adagio

Richard Narroway, cello; Fumiko Jensen, piano (orchestral reduction)

Scott McAllister, Devil Sticks

Becky Graham, E-flat clarinet; Parker Gaims, Andrew Hudson, and Brady Richards, clarinet; Celeste Markey, bass clarinet (all students)

Eric Whitacre, Sleep (based on a poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri)

NU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Mallory Thompson, conductor