Candice Agree
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Unitasker. Voice for CBS Sunday Morning, Evening & Weekend News; talk, write, produce for WFMT Classical, Baroque&Before, The Spanish Hour, Media Attic Radio. Shares may indicate assent. Then again, they mayn’t. Nōn est respondendum ad omnia.
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#EarlyMusicWednesday Our special Christmas edition: Bach‘s Christmas Oratorio for 1734-1735’s season. Jordi Savall leads La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations & soloists, recorded live in concert December 18 & 29, 2019 in Barcelona’s Palau de la Música. www.wfmt.com/2025/12/24/b...
Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Jordi Savall | WFMT
Baroque&Before’s special extended Christmas edition presents Johann Sebastian Bach‘s Christmas Oratorio, written for the Christmas season of 1734-1735.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#EarlyMusicWednesday Our special Christmas edition: Bach‘s Christmas Oratorio for 1734-1735’s season. Jordi Savall leads La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations & soloists, recorded live in concert December 18 & 29, 2019 in Barcelona’s Palau de la Música. www.wfmt.com/2025/12/24/b...
Everything old is numes again. Let’s All Chant!
December 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Everything old is numes again. Let’s All Chant!
Aimless Christmas dads, the clock’s ticking…https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14UdeaV3dJ7/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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December 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Aimless Christmas dads, the clock’s ticking…https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14UdeaV3dJ7/?mibextid=wwXIfr
💌🎄“When you say, ‘Miss Novak, let's go in the back to put some bags on the shelf,’ you really want to put some bags on the shelf. And that's my idea of a gentleman.” #Lubitsch #Raphaelson #CelluloidPerfection #Raktár 🎄💌
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
💌🎄“When you say, ‘Miss Novak, let's go in the back to put some bags on the shelf,’ you really want to put some bags on the shelf. And that's my idea of a gentleman.” #Lubitsch #Raphaelson #CelluloidPerfection #Raktár 🎄💌
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The Brooklyn Nets paid tribute to the victims of the Sydney Hanukkah terror attack at their game this week.
The 14-year-old nephew of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of the victims, lit a giant basketball menorah during the match.
With the light of Hanukkah, we overcome the dark. 🕯️
The 14-year-old nephew of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of the victims, lit a giant basketball menorah during the match.
With the light of Hanukkah, we overcome the dark. 🕯️
December 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Brooklyn Nets paid tribute to the victims of the Sydney Hanukkah terror attack at their game this week.
The 14-year-old nephew of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of the victims, lit a giant basketball menorah during the match.
With the light of Hanukkah, we overcome the dark. 🕯️
The 14-year-old nephew of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of the victims, lit a giant basketball menorah during the match.
With the light of Hanukkah, we overcome the dark. 🕯️
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#EarlyMusicWednesday The Christmas season was a busy time for church composers in the eighteenth century, adding writing music for Advent & Christmas in addition to their regular duties. Join me 2nite, 10CT for 2 hours of pastoral concertos on “Baroque&Before” www.wfmt.com/2025/12/17/i...
Italian Christmas Concertos | WFMT
The Christmas season was an extremely busy time for church composers in the eighteenth century: congregations expected newly written music every year. A tradition emerged in the early seventeenth cent...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#EarlyMusicWednesday The Christmas season was a busy time for church composers in the eighteenth century, adding writing music for Advent & Christmas in addition to their regular duties. Join me 2nite, 10CT for 2 hours of pastoral concertos on “Baroque&Before” www.wfmt.com/2025/12/17/i...
This year, as every year, we pray for the Miracle of the Electrical Tape
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This year, as every year, we pray for the Miracle of the Electrical Tape
My word
Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My word
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#EarlyMusicWednesday Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, commemorates the story of Judas Maccabaeus. Nicholas McGegan leads the Philharmonia Baroque Orch, U.C. Berkely Chamber Chorus & soloists bring us Handel’s version tonight, 10CT on “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/12/10/h...
Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus" | WFMT
Handel recast the story of Judas Maccabeus as a celebratory ode to King George II, with music of unprecedented refinement, gripping suspense, and drama.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#EarlyMusicWednesday Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, commemorates the story of Judas Maccabaeus. Nicholas McGegan leads the Philharmonia Baroque Orch, U.C. Berkely Chamber Chorus & soloists bring us Handel’s version tonight, 10CT on “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/12/10/h...
#FirstSundayOfTheMonth, The Ryan Opera Center Recital Series showcases members of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s artist training program. I’m your host tonight at 5 on WFMT for Italian and Russian opera arias & English, Yiddish, and Chinese songs. www.wfmt.com/2025/12/07/b...
Baritone Sihao Hu, Bass-Baritone Benjamin R. Sokol, and Pianist Michael Banwarth | WFMT
Opera favorites, some Chinese and Yiddish songs, and music by Cole Porter is in store for you on our next recital.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#FirstSundayOfTheMonth, The Ryan Opera Center Recital Series showcases members of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s artist training program. I’m your host tonight at 5 on WFMT for Italian and Russian opera arias & English, Yiddish, and Chinese songs. www.wfmt.com/2025/12/07/b...
This answers the question: “Could my commute to/from work be worse?” abc7chicago.com/post/elevate...
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This answers the question: “Could my commute to/from work be worse?” abc7chicago.com/post/elevate...
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#EarlyMusicWednesday The recital by the Tallis Scholars of sacred works by Renaissance masters kicks off our December holiday programs. Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, Italian pastoral Christmas concertos & Bach’s Christmas Oratorio coming up. Join us 10p CT on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/12/03/t...
The Tallis Scholars in Tokyo | WFMT
As part of its fiftieth anniversary world tour, The Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips brought to Japan sacred works by Renaissance masters Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cristób...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#EarlyMusicWednesday The recital by the Tallis Scholars of sacred works by Renaissance masters kicks off our December holiday programs. Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, Italian pastoral Christmas concertos & Bach’s Christmas Oratorio coming up. Join us 10p CT on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/12/03/t...
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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the Chicago Bears are now 9-3 and remain in first place after defeating the defending super bowl champions. Thats the Chicago Bears, from Chicago.
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
the Chicago Bears are now 9-3 and remain in first place after defeating the defending super bowl champions. Thats the Chicago Bears, from Chicago.
If I’m going to be completely honest, working in #Thanksgiving is not an entirely selfless act. Wishing you a well-tempered Thanksgiving. Play nice, and join me this afternoon 2-7 on Chicago’s Classical WFMT. youtu.be/0EEl7uV6YQU
Avalon (1990) "You cut the turkey without me!"
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If I’m going to be completely honest, working in #Thanksgiving is not an entirely selfless act. Wishing you a well-tempered Thanksgiving. Play nice, and join me this afternoon 2-7 on Chicago’s Classical WFMT. youtu.be/0EEl7uV6YQU
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The Czech Republic 🇨🇿 recorded a historic peak in antisemitism: 4,694 incidents in 2024.
Up 8.5% from last year.
Up 90% after October 7.
Tired of hearing about antisemitism?
Jews around the world are tired of living it.
Up 8.5% from last year.
Up 90% after October 7.
Tired of hearing about antisemitism?
Jews around the world are tired of living it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Czech Republic 🇨🇿 recorded a historic peak in antisemitism: 4,694 incidents in 2024.
Up 8.5% from last year.
Up 90% after October 7.
Tired of hearing about antisemitism?
Jews around the world are tired of living it.
Up 8.5% from last year.
Up 90% after October 7.
Tired of hearing about antisemitism?
Jews around the world are tired of living it.
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#EarlyMusicWednesday Tonight at 10CT on WFMT, join Baroque&Before for a concert from Zurich’s Early Music Festival. Voces Suaves & Basel’s Capricornus Consort offer madrigals & instrumental works by Monteverdi, Giaches De Wert, Gastoldi & their contemporaries.
www.wfmt.com/2025/11/19/t...
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The Days & Seasons of Renaissance Mantua | WFMT
Voces Suaves and Basel’s Capricornus Consort join forces for a program of madrigals and instrumental works by Monteverdi, Giaches De Wert, and their contemporaries.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#EarlyMusicWednesday Tonight at 10CT on WFMT, join Baroque&Before for a concert from Zurich’s Early Music Festival. Voces Suaves & Basel’s Capricornus Consort offer madrigals & instrumental works by Monteverdi, Giaches De Wert, Gastoldi & their contemporaries.
www.wfmt.com/2025/11/19/t...
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#EarlyMusicWednesday In the late 1730s, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote 4 short masses in Latin, using portions from earlier works to create new musically rich mass settings. Join me 2nite, 10CT for Bach’s Mass in G and “Wachet auf”(Sleepers Awake) on “Baroque&Before,” www.wfmt.com/2025/11/12/s...
Bach with the Swedish Radio Choir | WFMT
Fredrik Malmberg leads the Swedish Radio Choir and Capella Suecia in one of Bach's short masses, BWV 236 in G Major. The beloved cantata "Sleepers Awake" opens the concert.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
#EarlyMusicWednesday In the late 1730s, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote 4 short masses in Latin, using portions from earlier works to create new musically rich mass settings. Join me 2nite, 10CT for Bach’s Mass in G and “Wachet auf”(Sleepers Awake) on “Baroque&Before,” www.wfmt.com/2025/11/12/s...
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My latest on Substack:
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Firing the Consumers?
We’re watching a trend, a weird, disturbing trend.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My latest on Substack:
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