National Program Highlights

Afro American clarinetist Alex Laing dressed in navy shirt and pants, resting on a stool

Gateways President Alex Laing hosts a celebration of Black alums on From the Top, Sun 6/29 @ 5pm

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Classical "comforts" from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Donna Diana on the CSO, Thu 6/19 @ 8pm

June listings for the Chicago Symphony include this concert of beautiful classical favorites to sooth the anxious heart.

WFMT Opera kicks off at La Scala, Saturdays at 1pm beginning 6/14

This month we'll enjoy three operas from one of the world's most famous opera houses, La Scala in Milan

Baroque classics from Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico, Fiesta, Thu 6/26 @ 10pm

June listings for Fiesta, Thursdays at 10pm

Drowned in Light, a new work by Jens Ibsen on the SFSO, Wed 6/25 @ 8pm

What happens when progressive metal meets Symphony Orchestra? Watch a video as composer Jens Ibsen talks about his new work, Drowned in Light.

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Pipedreams features wedding music, Sun 6/15 @ 8:00pm

Travel to UNESCO sites on The Score, Sat 6/14 @ 10am and 6pm

From the Taj Mahal, to Antelope Canyon and the Galapagos Islands, Edmund explores movies shot at UNESCO locations.

Carnegie Hall Live returns on Tuesdays @ 8pm beginning 6/10

We'll hear from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmoniker and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Gateways Radio returns with a new season, Saturdays at 11am, beginning 6/7

Black Music Month is recognized with the launch of a new 13-week season of music from the Gateways Music Festival on Gateways Radio, Saturdays at 11am

Taken on 10 October 2013, the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth in nearby Le Roncole.

It's a two-week Exploration of Verdi, weeknights @ 7pm, 6/9-6/20

Giuseppe Verdi, a towering figure in Italian art and perhaps the greatest composer of nineteenth-century opera. Its the first two weeks of a ten-part series on Verdi, with Bill McGlaughlin.