Classical Music (Beethoven Network)
HD 1: Weekdays from 12AM-4AM & 8PM-12AM
The Beethoven Network is the all-classical service produced at WFMT's state-of-the-art broadcast studios. The program is hosted by Peter Van De Graaff.
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Note: the song information for the overnight broadcast (12am - 4am) is not accurate however song information provided during our evening (8pm - midnight) blocks are accurate.
Classical Music News
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With only her voice as an instrument, the Japanese singer conjures a world of sound and color, with operatic élan.
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The best albums from the first half of the year include sprawling offerings from Big Thief and Bad Bunny, works of fiery introspection from Kendrick Lamar and S.G. Goodman and an abundance in between. -
The Grammy Award-winning opera singer performs a classical, jazz and gospel influenced set.
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The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.
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Vijay Gupta was a 19-year-old violin prodigy when he joined the LA Philharmonic. Now he runs Street Symphony, an organization bringing music to clinics, jails and homeless shelters on Skid Row.
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A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.
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Georgetown University owes its survival to slavery. A new album by Carlos Simon, an assistant professor at the school, unflinchingly confronts that legacy.
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This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.
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In music of translucent constancy, the Pulitzer-winning composer finds philosophical questions — and comfort — in the Old Testament.
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John Williams' score was, true to form, unforgettable — as Jeff Goldblum remembers in an interview with NPR.
