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	<title>On WFMT | 98.7WFMT | Chicago's Classical and Folk Music Radio Streaming Live Online</title>
	
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		<title>Roger Ebert on Best of Studs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/24/roger-ebert-on-best-of-studs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Morris</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hear movie icon and Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert speaking with Studs Terkel in the first of a two-part interview from 1996, Friday night at 10:00 PM.]]></description>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hear movie icon and Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert speaking with Studs Terkel in the first of a two-part interview from 1996, Friday night at 10:00 PM.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Alan Gilbert on Bach’s Mass in B minor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/23/alan-gilbert-on-bachs-mass-in-b-minor/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/23/alan-gilbert-on-bachs-mass-in-b-minor/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Morris</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[The B minor Mass was written over a 35-year span, and never performed as a complete and distinct work during Bach's lifetime. The original was preserved by the composer's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who made some editorial changes and had the work copied. In spite of intense curiosity from the likes of Haydn]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[The B minor Mass was written over a 35-year span, and never performed as a complete and distinct work during Bach's lifetime. The original was preserved by the composer's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who made some editorial changes and had the work copied. In spite of intense curiosity from the likes of Haydn]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[The B minor Mass was written over a 35-year span, and never performed as a complete and distinct work during Bach's lifetime. The original was preserved by the composer's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who made some editorial changes and had the work copied. In spite of intense curiosity from the likes of Haydn]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Listen to NEIU Jewel Box Concerts On-Demand</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/22/listen-to-neiu-jewel-box-concerts-on-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/22/listen-to-neiu-jewel-box-concerts-on-demand/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Morris</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4883</guid>
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		<image><![CDATA[<img width="160" height="160" src="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2013/05/Susan_Tang_WEB-160x160.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail-feed wp-post-image" alt="Pianist Susan Tang" />]]></image>
        <description><![CDATA[Hear Susan Tang in a recital given during the 2012-2013 Jewel Box Concerts at Northeastern Illinois University. Dr. Tang studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and currently teaches at NEIU. There will be four recitals offered for on-demand listening from NEIU&#8217;s 2012-2013 season.]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[Hear Susan Tang in a recital given during the 2012-2013 Jewel Box Concerts at Northeastern Illinois University. Dr. Tang studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and currently teaches at NEIU. There will be four recitals offered for on-demand listening from NEIU&#8217;s 2012-2013 season.]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hear Susan Tang in a recital given during the 2012-2013 Jewel Box Concerts at Northeastern Illinois University. Dr. Tang studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and currently teaches at NEIU. There will be four recitals offered for on-demand listening from NEIU&#8217;s 2012-2013 season.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>All Wagner, All Day on Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/21/all-wagner-all-day-on-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/21/all-wagner-all-day-on-wednesday/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Morris</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4857</guid>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, May 22, 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of music&#8217;s most loved, most influential, and most polarizing composers. With his music dramas, Richard Wagner boldly abandons convention; he pursues a vision that reaches beyond 19th century concepts of structure, harmony, orchestration (even inventing new instruments); beyond social mores—beyond anything that <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/21/all-wagner-all-day-on-wednesday/">more...</a>]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[Wednesday, May 22, 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of music&#8217;s most loved, most influential, and most polarizing composers. With his music dramas, Richard Wagner boldly abandons convention; he pursues a vision that reaches beyond 19th century concepts of structure, harmony, orchestration (even inventing new instruments); beyond social mores—beyond anything that <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/21/all-wagner-all-day-on-wednesday/">more...</a>]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Wednesday, May 22, 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of music&#8217;s most loved, most influential, and most polarizing composers. With his music dramas, Richard Wagner boldly abandons convention; he pursues a vision that reaches beyond 19th century concepts of structure, harmony, orchestration (even inventing new instruments); beyond social mores—beyond anything that <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/21/all-wagner-all-day-on-wednesday/">more...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Inna Faliks Returns to Live from WFMT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/20/inna-faliks-return-to-live-from-wfmt/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/20/inna-faliks-return-to-live-from-wfmt/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Morris</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4843</guid>
		<category><![CDATA[On WFMT]]></category>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="160" height="160" src="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2013/05/0050-bw-160x160.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail-feed wp-post-image" alt="Pianist Inna Faliks" />]]></image>
        <description><![CDATA[A WFMT favorite "comes home" to perform on Live from WFMT. The Ukrainian-born pianist, Inna Faliks, was brought to the U.S. at the age of  10 by her mother. She was a student of the late Emilio del Rosario]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[A WFMT favorite "comes home" to perform on Live from WFMT. The Ukrainian-born pianist, Inna Faliks, was brought to the U.S. at the age of  10 by her mother. She was a student of the late Emilio del Rosario]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[A WFMT favorite "comes home" to perform on Live from WFMT. The Ukrainian-born pianist, Inna Faliks, was brought to the U.S. at the age of  10 by her mother. She was a student of the late Emilio del Rosario]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mahalia Jackson and Studs Terkel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/17/mahalia-jackson-and-studs-terkel/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/17/mahalia-jackson-and-studs-terkel/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Morris</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4832</guid>
		<category><![CDATA[On WFMT]]></category>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="160" height="160" src="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2013/05/Mahalia_Jackson_1962_van_Vechten_LC-USZ62-91314-160x160.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail-feed wp-post-image" alt="Mahalia Jackson, 1962" />]]></image>
        <description><![CDATA[Little "Halie" Jackson was a singer for as long as she could remember, but some folks at church didn't think so. In fact, they were troubled by the liberties she took with the good old hymns. When her mother died, the care of 5-year-old Halie and her brother, Peter, went to extended family. There were thirteen of them, living in a three-room home]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[Little "Halie" Jackson was a singer for as long as she could remember, but some folks at church didn't think so. In fact, they were troubled by the liberties she took with the good old hymns. When her mother died, the care of 5-year-old Halie and her brother, Peter, went to extended family. There were thirteen of them, living in a three-room home]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Little "Halie" Jackson was a singer for as long as she could remember, but some folks at church didn't think so. In fact, they were troubled by the liberties she took with the good old hymns. When her mother died, the care of 5-year-old Halie and her brother, Peter, went to extended family. There were thirteen of them, living in a three-room home]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Postcards from Russia – Farewell to Matt! – Part 11</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/17/postcards-from-russia-farewell-to-matt-part-11/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/17/postcards-from-russia-farewell-to-matt-part-11/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cydne Gillard</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4541</guid>
		<category><![CDATA[On WFMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postcards from Russia]]></category>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="160" height="160" src="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2013/05/photo-160x160.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail-feed wp-post-image" alt="Matt Honegger, Northwestern University, Class of 2014, with Maestro Gergiev in Moscow, Russia" />]]></image>
        <description><![CDATA[When my fellow students, Keryn, Zack, and I (Bridget Rodino) arrived in Moscow, we were greeted by some familiar faces, which included Cydne, Matt, Professor Weil, and his wife, Vivian Weil. Alas, Matt Honegger&#8217;s trip was nearing its end. I had never been out of the United States, so Matt had a lot of great <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/17/postcards-from-russia-farewell-to-matt-part-11/">more...</a>]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[When my fellow students, Keryn, Zack, and I (Bridget Rodino) arrived in Moscow, we were greeted by some familiar faces, which included Cydne, Matt, Professor Weil, and his wife, Vivian Weil. Alas, Matt Honegger&#8217;s trip was nearing its end. I had never been out of the United States, so Matt had a lot of great <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/17/postcards-from-russia-farewell-to-matt-part-11/">more...</a>]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[When my fellow students, Keryn, Zack, and I (Bridget Rodino) arrived in Moscow, we were greeted by some familiar faces, which included Cydne, Matt, Professor Weil, and his wife, Vivian Weil. Alas, Matt Honegger&#8217;s trip was nearing its end. I had never been out of the United States, so Matt had a lot of great <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/17/postcards-from-russia-farewell-to-matt-part-11/">more...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Recitals On Demand from NEIU</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/16/recitals-on-demand-from-neiu/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/16/recitals-on-demand-from-neiu/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Paulin</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4806</guid>
		<category><![CDATA[On WFMT]]></category>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="160" height="160" src="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2013/05/RECITAL-HALL-160x160.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail-feed wp-post-image" alt="NEIU Recital Hall" />]]></image>
        <description><![CDATA[Nestled in a neighborhood bounded by Pulaski on the west, Kimball on the east, Devon on the north and Foster on the south, is Northeastern Illinois University.  NEIU is a commuter university; and the students reflect this ethnically diverse area.  Take a walk in the neighborhood and you’ll see devout Orthodox]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[Nestled in a neighborhood bounded by Pulaski on the west, Kimball on the east, Devon on the north and Foster on the south, is Northeastern Illinois University.  NEIU is a commuter university; and the students reflect this ethnically diverse area.  Take a walk in the neighborhood and you’ll see devout Orthodox]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nestled in a neighborhood bounded by Pulaski on the west, Kimball on the east, Devon on the north and Foster on the south, is Northeastern Illinois University.  NEIU is a commuter university; and the students reflect this ethnically diverse area.  Take a walk in the neighborhood and you’ll see devout Orthodox]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Postcards from Russia-Moscow Maze – Part 10</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/16/postcards-from-russia-moscow-maze-part-10/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/16/postcards-from-russia-moscow-maze-part-10/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cydne Gillard</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4546</guid>
		<category><![CDATA[Postcards from Russia]]></category>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="160" height="160" src="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2013/05/Moscow-Street-Edit-160x160.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail-feed wp-post-image" alt="A Main Street in Moscow, Boardering Red Square" />]]></image>
        <description><![CDATA[We had a few hours before the concert to walk around Moscow and Red Square which was only a few blocks away from our hotel. As we began walking, we realized that many of the streets were closed for the holidays.  The streets in Moscow are so wide, 8-10 lanes, that you have to go <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/16/postcards-from-russia-moscow-maze-part-10/">more...</a>]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[We had a few hours before the concert to walk around Moscow and Red Square which was only a few blocks away from our hotel. As we began walking, we realized that many of the streets were closed for the holidays.  The streets in Moscow are so wide, 8-10 lanes, that you have to go <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/16/postcards-from-russia-moscow-maze-part-10/">more...</a>]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We had a few hours before the concert to walk around Moscow and Red Square which was only a few blocks away from our hotel. As we began walking, we realized that many of the streets were closed for the holidays.  The streets in Moscow are so wide, 8-10 lanes, that you have to go <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/16/postcards-from-russia-moscow-maze-part-10/">more...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Postcards from Russian – Khristos voskrese! – Part 9</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/15/postcards-from-russian-khristos-voskrese-part-9/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/15/postcards-from-russian-khristos-voskrese-part-9/#disqus_thread</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cydne Gillard</dc:creator>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/?p=4341</guid>
		<category><![CDATA[On WFMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postcards from Russia]]></category>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="160" height="160" src="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2013/05/785px-KazanCathRedSqMoscow1-160x160.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail-feed wp-post-image" alt="Kazan Cathedral, Moscow" />]]></image>
        <description><![CDATA[Khristos voskrese! This is the Orthodox Easter greeting (it means “Christ is Risen!”). We arrived in Moscow on Easter morning, after spending our first night on the Moscow Easter Festival Train. Just from our hotel window, we could count some thirteen churches dotting the city&#8217;s skyline – and the town reverberated with the sounds of <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/15/postcards-from-russian-khristos-voskrese-part-9/">more...</a>]]></description>
        <media:description><![CDATA[Khristos voskrese! This is the Orthodox Easter greeting (it means “Christ is Risen!”). We arrived in Moscow on Easter morning, after spending our first night on the Moscow Easter Festival Train. Just from our hotel window, we could count some thirteen churches dotting the city&#8217;s skyline – and the town reverberated with the sounds of <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/15/postcards-from-russian-khristos-voskrese-part-9/">more...</a>]]></media:description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Khristos voskrese! This is the Orthodox Easter greeting (it means “Christ is Risen!”). We arrived in Moscow on Easter morning, after spending our first night on the Moscow Easter Festival Train. Just from our hotel window, we could count some thirteen churches dotting the city&#8217;s skyline – and the town reverberated with the sounds of <a href="http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/2013/05/15/postcards-from-russian-khristos-voskrese-part-9/">more...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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