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15th Anniversary SAT APR 8 11 am April 2023
Earth Day is on April 22, and we’ll bring you special programming throughout the month including NOVA’s “Weathering the Future,” Changing Planet with conservationist Dr. M. Sanjayan, and “The Sun Queen” from American Experience
Cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, Introductions alumnusThis month, we’ll mark the 15th anniversary of Introductions, WFMT’s weekly series featuring the best and brightest pre-collegiate musicians from across the Chicago region. Listen in on April 8 as we celebrate this momentous occasion with a special episode featuring our April cover subject, cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky performing Villa-Lobos’ Song of the Black Swan, and a performance by the top trombone quartet from the Merit School of Music, The Bone Rangers.
Earth Day is on April 22, and we’ll bring you special programming throughout the month including NOVA’s “Weathering the Future,” examining the dramatic ways in which our weather is changing; Changing Planet with conservationist Dr. M. Sanjayan, who performs a global environmental health check on the Earth’s most vulnerable ecosystems; and “The Sun Queen” from American Experience about chemical engineer Maria Telkes, who designed and built the world’s first successfully solar-heated modern residence.
Also in April, you’ll find a curated playlist inspired by birds in celebration of spring on wfmt.com and WFMT Presents will spotlight the Bach Week Music Festival as it prepares for its 50th anniversary with an upcoming new concert series. And on Listening to Singers, opera and Broadway star baritone Nathan Gunn will preview his performance as Emile de Becque in the New Philharmonic’s April concert of South Pacific. Look for an excerpt from WFMT’s Oliver Camacho interview with Gunn on page 4.
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338)
April 2023
Volume 36, Number 298
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The sun-soaked whodunnit returns for more murder mysteries with a warm heart. DI Neville Parker solves more crimes on the island of Saint Marie, kicking off with the death of a celebrity astronomer.
Saturday, April 1, 8:00 pm
NOVA shines a spotlight on the climate challenges facing Americans, and explores the solutions they have devised to reverse the trends, rebuild the ecosystem, and recover from our addiction to carbon-based energy sources.
Wednesday, April 12, 8:00 pm
Sullivan: Elizabeth Smart
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Limerick and County Clare, Ireland
10:30 This Old House: Ipswich –Secrets Behind the Wall
11:00 Ask This Old House: Wetlands, Foundation Painting
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: St. Joseph’s Day
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts
12:30
Based on the short stories by G. K. Chesterton, this mystery series follows the kindly cleric as he solves crimes in his quintessentially English village and its secret gardens, country fairs, railway stations, and rural parish churches. Each episode sees Father Brown investigating a crime in his own intuitive way, always more interested in saving souls than in bringing the guilty to justice.
Saturdays, 7:00 pm
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie: Beloit’s Bushel and Peck’s/ Janesville’s Lark Market
9:30 To Dine For with Kate
Main Street is alive and well – it’s where the heart of a community beats the loudest. Join John McGivern as he travels the Midwest for stories on Lincoln Square in Chicago and Woodstock.
Saturday, April 15, 9:30 am
Selwyn for many years, and now Neville and the team must lay its ghost to rest.
9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot is traveling to London on the Orient Express when the train is stalled by a blizzard and a savage murder takes place.
Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Holiday Sweets
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Fish Market
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: The Best BBQ
You’ve Never Heard Of
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Italian-Inspired Dinners
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Brazilian Pizza
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Thessaloniki: Old World Charms of the Athenian Table
4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: The Farmers’ Market
4:30 Check, Please! Heritage, El Solazo, Fulton Market Kitchen
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00
Father Brown: The Winds of Change (New Season)
Father Brown discovers that a murderer is using Kembleford’s new model village to plan their attacks.
8:00 Death in Paradise: Christmas Special 2022 A podcaster is murdered whilst investigating the disappearance of a child. It’s a case that’s haunted
10:30 Independent Lens: Hidden Letters This film explores the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women.
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Coroner: First Love (Part 1 of 20) [R]
12:46 Mallorca Files: Honour Among Thieves (Part 1 of 10) [R]
1:32 In Their Own Words: Princess Diana [R]
2:30 Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song [R]
3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Did Grandma Lie? [R]
4:30 To be announced
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Stone Age to Ancient Greece (Part 1 of 6)
11:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Ancient Rome (Part 2 of 6)
AFTERNOON
12:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Middle Ages (Part 3 of 6)
1:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 1 of 2) Mary discovers the traditions followed by diverse British families and communities during Lent and Good Friday.
2:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 2 of 2) Mary explores the wonderful foods that bring each different community together on Easter Sunday.
3:00 Finding Your Roots: Anchormen Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and
Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them.
4:00 Jews of the Wild West Western Jewish pioneers, those of the silver screen and real life, played a definitive role shaping the expansion of the United States.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques Road
Trip: Dame Diana Rigg and Neil Dudgeon Midsomer Murders star Neil Dudgeon takes on Dame Diana Rigg in
Murders and mojitos. British detective Neville Parker (Ralf Little) continues to get to the bottom of a series of baffling crimes with the local police force on the luscious Caribbean island of Saint Marie. Parker is allergic to anything and everything and as a result, goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid potentially high-risk situations. And that includes being in the Caribbean.
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
Renowned baritone Nathan Gunn has reinterpreted such classic roles as Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Billy Budd, winning the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the Metropolitan Opera’s first-ever Beverly Sills Award, among many others. Now, he will explore another genre and type of role entirely when he comes to Chicago to perform the role of Emile de Becque in the New Philharmonic’s Broadway in
Concert: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific on April 15-16 at the McAninch Arts Center.
Gunn recently sat down for an interview with WFMT music director Oliver Camacho.
CAMACHO: There are so many facets of your career – your work in opera, branching out into musical theater, and teaching. I’d like to focus on an
My job as a singer, if I’m doing my job correctly, is no different than what a curator does with a beautiful work of art."Photo: Joshua Spencer Nathan Gunn
aspect that has been part of your brand since the start: your love of singing in English, and especially American art song.
GUNN: My teacher William Miller…sang on the Carnation Breakfast Hour, but he also sang a lot of new work and in oratorios and operas. So when I started learning how to sing, I was always encouraged to sing in English and sing American music, not just the stuff coming out of Europe in different languages.
CAMACHO: Can you talk about how you achieved simplicity and a natural sound in your voice, especially when you sing in English? This is something we all strive for as singers. How do you approach teaching this to your students?
GUNN: Like any athlete, our bodies want to function in accordance with nature. What I teach my students is to let the big muscles deal with the sustaining of sound, which are the ones below your larynx, right below your vocal cords. And I let the mouth – the “articulators” – work independently from that. So if you’re doing it right, you can really imitate just about any language and any sound you need to, if those articulators – your tongue and the muscles in your throat and mouth – aren’t getting in the way. It can sound complicated and harder than it is. But once we singers do it correctly, we think “Oh, that’s not so unfamiliar. That’s what my body wants to do.”
CAMACHO: I want to get back to your championing of American composers. These collaborations require a high level of musicianship and an intellectual approach, especially when the text is very complicated. Nevertheless, you always find a way to deploy your voice with understandable, American English.
GUNN: My wife [pianist Julie Gunn] tells people that if you have any questions about what a poem might mean, “ask Nathan – he’s kind of a savant about the meaning of metaphors.” I don’t know if I am or not. But poetry and text have always been the primary reasons why I am
drawn to a song. When you add music, the words are amplified. The first time you read Hamlet, for example, you think, “Oh, wow. I thought that, but I never knew how to express it.” I feel that is in essence what music does. My job as a singer, if
class. Those can be tough because you get a very limited amount of time with each person. You try to at least point him or her in a direction that moves them along on their journey in a positive way. At the end, one of the students asked,
I’m doing my job correctly, is no different than what a curator does with a beautiful work of art. If we can perform in a way that we’ve left our egos out so that you can just see the art, then the audience gets something meaningful out of it. But you can’t do that if you can’t understand the words – then it’s sort of pointless.
CAMACHO: I think your students are so lucky, because these concepts aren’t taught to young singers. Voice majors spend a lot of time just figuring out how to use their voices, pronunciation of other languages, how to be on stage. I’m heartened that a big opera star like you is out there preparing the next generation to be more complete artists.
GUNN: That’s really why I do it. Julie and I were in Nashville recently doing a master
“Why are you a singer? Why do you stand up in front of people and put yourself in that position?” I hadn’t really been asked that in a serious way. You can sing without an audience and really enjoy yourself. But I think I sing for audiences because it’s something that can be scary, and you can say that at least once in your life that you were not afraid – that you were absolutely present and delivered it with honesty and without any kind of barrier. [Music] is not a living thing until it goes into the ears of people and changes their lives, or moves them in some way. An individual and communal experience that can only happen live, right?
This interview was edited for length and clarity. Hear more on LISTENING TO SINGERS on WFMT on Saturday, April 8 at 4:00 pm.
Taken Hostage: An American Experience Special
Sunday, April 16, 7:00 pm
Explore how America’s quarter-century of unwavering support for its ally, the Shah of Iran, and the violent Islamic revolution that overthrew him in 1979, set the stage for the Iran hostage crisis.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.
Sunday, April 9, 7:00 pm
Anne is downsizing from her Richmond, Virginia home to be closer to her parents. The team has just 24 hours to find the items she holds dear. Celebrating these keepsakes from the past will help Anne prepare for her next life stage.
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.
Binge the five-episode season of this drama early. This powerful British thriller features nail-biting action about a tough police officer, Hannah Laing, whose highly developed sense of right and wrong is more powerful than any family tie.
Watch with a Passport membership on wttw.com/watch or the PBS Video app.
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Find full schedules for all channels at wttw.com/schedules.
a quest for antiques glory as they travel around their native Yorkshire in classic cars.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 3 of 8) As she sets about helping a mother whose newborn baby is suffering from a clotting disorder, Nancy is harboring a secret of her own.
8:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) The day of Georgiana’s trial arrives, and she gets a surprise visit from an old friend. Colbourne’s shooting party goes ahead, and Charlotte must confront all that she has lost.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: Pick a Princess (Part 3 of 8) Marie Antoinette’s escalating hostilities with du Barry threaten her relationship with the King.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: From Within (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) The Academy closes its doors and Manuela feels terribly powerless.
EARLY MORNING
12:30 ACL Presents: Americana
21st Annual Honors
1:30 Father Brown: The Winds of Change See Sat.
Apr. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Death in Paradise See Sat.
Apr. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Independent Lens: Hidden Letters See Sat. Apr. 1 at 10:30 pm. [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 History with David Rubenstein
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a circa 1941 Rolls Royce Wraith center caps and certificate; 1934 All-American basketball team autographs; and a Maynard Dixon oil painting, circa 1913.
8:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: Fronterizos of the Golden Coast Pati Jinich travels the California part of the U.S.-Mexico border, meeting the fronterizos to experience the melding of cultures.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a John Wayne mug collection, circa 1960; a 1977 Frank McCarthy On the Owl Hoot Trail oil; and 1943-1944 Albert Einstein letters.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes designed and built the world’s first successfully solarheated modern residence and identified a promising new chemical that, for the first time, could store solar heat like a battery. And yet, along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her boss and colleagues - all men - at MIT.
Tuesday, April 4 8:00 pm
WTTW is honored to play a role in celebrating the memory of Gail Anita Flagler.
Gail was an avid lover of both animals and PBS, as well as an award-winning quilter whose wide-ranging talents spanned business, arts and crafts, and more.
We are grateful to the Gail Anita Flagler Foundation for support of animal and nature programming that shares Gail’s enthusiasm with our audience.
4:00 ACL Presents: Americana 21st Annual Honors See Mon. Apr. 3 at 12:30 am. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00
Wednesday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: Fronterizos of the Golden Coast See Mon. Apr. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 1 of 2) See Sun.
Apr. 2 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Apr. 2 at 2:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 3 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: Pick a Princess (Part 3 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Dame Diana Rigg and Neil Dudgeon See Sun. Apr. 2 at 6:00 pm. [R]
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Out of the Past Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley, traveling back generations to recount significant events in history.
8:00 The Sun Queen: American Experience
9:00 Frontline: America and the Taliban (Part 1 of 3)
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
5:30 BBC World News
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: Remarkable Rabbits
There are more than 100 domestic and wild kinds of rabbits and hares. Despite their remarkable ability to reproduce, many wild rabbits are in danger of being eradicated.
8:00 NOVA: Arctic Sinkholes
Scientists investigate colossal explosions in Siberia and other evidence that rapidly melting soil in the Arctic is releasing vast amounts of a potent greenhouse gas.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Leonardo – The Man Who Saved Science Leonardo da Vinci is as well known for his inventions as his art. But new evidence shows that many of his ideas were realized long before he sketched them out in his notebooks.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Out of the Past See Tues. Apr. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Sun Queen: American
8:30
Experience See Tues. Apr. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: America and the Taliban (Part 1 of 3) See Tues. Apr. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Jews of the Wild West See Sun. Apr. 2 at 4:00 pm. [R]
4:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Clocks Lieutenant Colin Race is investigating the death of two Navy personnel when he encounters a distraught Sheila Webb. Poirot arrives to help Colin determine if Sheila is responsible for the murder of the man found stabbed.
8:29 The Coroner: How to Catch a Lobster (Part 2 of 20) Coroner’s Officer Clint is surfing when he spots a body on the beach, the third body to wash up in a month.
9:15 Mallorca Files: King of the Mountains (Part 2 of 10) When top Mallorcan cyclist Esteban Domenech disappears during a routine training session, Miranda and Max take advantage of Ines’s absence to investigate.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Remarkable Rabbits See Wed. Apr. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Arctic Sinkholes See Wed. Apr. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Leonardo – The Man Who Saved Science See Wed. Apr. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Stone Age to Ancient Greece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 2 at 10:00 am. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Ancient Rome (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 2 at 11:00 am. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Piazzolla’s History with Tango Host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the music genre itself as it becomes fused with jazz across time and numerous instruments.
9:00 Rick Steves’ European Easter Taking you on a spring journey through Spain, Slovenia, Italy, and Greece, Rick Steves
Great Performances: Now Hear This (New Season!)
Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in another season of this documentary miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, travel, and culture, as he chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written.
Fridays, 8:00 pm
Easter in a variety of cultures, shedding new light on this timeless holiday.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie: Beloit’s Bushel and Peck’s/ Janesville’s Lark Market
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: LeVar Burton
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Asheville, North Carolina
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House: Fireplace Painting, Bathtub Tray
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Seriously Good Shellfish
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Seafood Two Ways
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: The World in a Meatball
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Fruitful Meal
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Florida Tailgate Party
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Irish Staples
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: A Jordanian Supper
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Northern Delights - Ioannina
4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: The Allotment
4:30 Check, Please! Madison Bar, Chicago Culinary Kitchen, Chiya Chai
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Father Brown: The Company of Men Lady Felicia’s impromptu visit coincides with Father Brown helping out a friend at an exclusive gentlemen’s club.
8:00 Death in Paradise
9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Clocks See Thurs. Apr. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:30 The Coroner: How to Catch a Lobster (Part 2 of 20) See Thurs. Apr. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:16 Mallorca Files: King of the Mountains (Part 2 of 10) See Thurs. Apr. 6 at 9:15 pm. [R]
Sunday 9
Easter Sunday
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 1 of 2) [R]
1:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts (Part 2 of 2) [R]
2:00 Rick Steves’ European Easter See Fri. Apr. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Piazzolla’s History with Tango See Fri. Apr. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 The Sun Queen: American Experience [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Youth v Gov Armed with a wealth of evidence, 21 courageous young leaders file a groundbreaking lawsuit against the U.S. government, asserting it has willfully acted over six decades to create the climate crisis.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Renaissance (Part 4 of 6)
1:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Baroque (Part 5 of 6)
2:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Modern Age (Part 6 of 6)
3:00 Rick Steves’ European Easter [R]
4:00 Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream This film spotlights the iconic Streit’s matzo factory in New York, a family business.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Bernard Cribbins and Barry Cryer Barry Cryer has a laugh at the Museum of Comedy and Bernard Cribbins gets an emotional reminder of his days in the Parachute Regiment.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 4 of 8) Nurse Crane is shocked when her fitness comes into question during a training course.
8:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) Charlotte attempts to distance herself from Colbourne, but as they are repeatedly thrown into each other’s orbit. Meanwhile, Georgiana makes a surprising decision to protect herself.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: Queen of France (Part 4 of 8) Marie Antoinette and Louis are about to make their first official visit to Paris. But the King becomes seriously ill and succession becomes a reality.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century: Everyday Icons
Four contemporary artists breathe new life into some of humanity’s oldest artforms.
Monday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Austin City Limits: Foo Fighters
1:00 Father Brown: The Company of Men See Sat. Apr. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Apr. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Youth v Gov See Sun. Apr. 9 at 10:00 am. [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 History with David Rubenstein
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 3) Finds include Idaho State gems and gold nuggets, circa 1905; 1935 Gum Inc. Mickey Mouse cards; and 1826 portraits attributed to the Guilford County Limner.
8:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: Ancient Seeds and Desert Ghosts Pati Jinich travels along both sides of the Arizona-Sonora border as she hunts for an ancient chile, visits a ghost town, and more.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 2 of 3) Featured finds include a 1964 Cassius Clay twice-signed promotional print, modern Abdullah Qandeel “Red” and “Love” oils, and an early 18th-century Chinese celadon vase.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 4 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: Queen of France (Part 4 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Bernard Cribbins and Barry Cryer See Sun. Apr. 9 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream See Sun. Apr. 9 at 4:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
This program tells the compelling story of events occurring in Scandinavia and Budapest during World War II, focusing on the heroic actions of ordinary people who saved the lives of thousands of Jews and fellow countrymen.
Sunday, April 16 6:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Country Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the remarkably diverse backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash.
8:00 My Grandparents’ War: Kit Harington Actor Kit Harington gains a new appreciation of the courage and sacrifice all four grandparents shared as they fought for their country and for a cause.
9:00 Frontline: America and the Taliban (Part 2 of 3) See Tues. Apr. 4 at 9:00 pm.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: Ancient Seeds and Desert Ghosts See Mon. Apr. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Middle Ages (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 2 at 12:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Renaissance (Part 4
of 6) See Sun. Apr. 9 at 12:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: The Hummingbird Effect Explore Costa Rica - one of the most biodiverse places on the planet.
8:00 NOVA: Weathering the Future
9:00 Hidden Aegean Travel expert Peter Greenberg explores hidden gems of Turkey’s Aegean coast, including Bodrum, Izmir, and the ancient city of Troy.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots See Tues. Apr. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Grandparents’ War: Kit Harington See Tues. Apr. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: America and the Taliban (Part 2 of 3) See Tues. Apr. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century: Everyday Icons See Sun. Apr. 9 at 11:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Foo Fighters [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Elephants Can Remember While Poirot investigates
a famed psychiatrist’s murder, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver looks into a couple’s mysterious death.
8:29 The Coroner: That’s the Way to Do It (Part 3 of 20) Local mayor Una Drake has launched an initiative to clean up Lighthaven.
9:15 Mallorca Files: The Oligarch’s Icon (Part 3 of 10) When the icon of St. Nicholas is stolen by a masked assailant, Miranda and Max enter the world of Russian oligarchs.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: The Hummingbird Effect See Wed. Apr. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Weathering the Future See Wed. Apr. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Hidden Aegean See Wed. Apr. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Baroque (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 9 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Modern Age (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 9 at 2:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00
Saturday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets – Lincoln Square, Chicago Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood boasts a main street straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. John McGivern enjoys the German roots still present, but also finds many ethnicities in this diverse neighborhood.
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: The Jersey Shore and More
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House: Oven Ventilation, Wireless EV Charger
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Cuban Connections
12:00 Cook’s Country: Two Tastes from the Bay Area
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Hot Day, Cold Food
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Update the Classics
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Shoulder On
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Shareable Spanish Fare
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Weeknight Soups
Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Sephardic Cooking of Thessaloniki
4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: The Home
4:30 Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza E Pasta
5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Los Cabos
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Schumann: Genius and Madness Visit Scotland, Germany, and France with host Scott Yoo as he investigates the connection between Robert Schumann’s bipolar disorder and creative genius.
9:00 Next at the Kennedy Center: Ballet Hispanico’s Dona Peron Ballet Hispanico explores Evita Peron’s diverging legacies in this invigorating and emotional work. 10:00
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Father Brown: The Gardeners of Eden A celebrity florist brings glamour and murder to Kembleford.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate a preppers commune when one of their members is poisoned inside a locked bunker. Meanwhile, Neville has a series of adventurous dates with Sophie.
9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Elephants Can Remember See Thurs.
Apr. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:30 The Coroner: That’s the Way to Do It (Part 3 of 20) See Thurs. Apr. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:15 Mallorca Files: The Oligarch’s Icon (Part 3 of 10) See Thurs. Apr. 13 at 9:15 pm. [R]
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
1:00 My Grandparents’ War: Kit Harington [R]
2:00 Nature: The Hummingbird Effect [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Schumann: Genius and Madness See Fri. Apr. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Next at the Kennedy Center: Ballet Hispanico’s Dona Peron See Fri. Apr. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Chicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer In this lively special and companion website, Geoffrey Baer takes you on a nostalgic journey by car to iconic vacation spots that Chicagoans have cherished for generations, and discovers some secret hideaways, too.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Michigan: An American Portrait Featuring striking footage across all four seasons, the film captures the breadth and scope of this geographically diverse state.
1:00 Doc World: Keep It a Secret
This documentary tells the inspiring true story of the dawn of Irish surfing and how the sport’s brave pioneers found peace during the most violent years of The Troubles conflict.
2:00 Prisoner of Her Past
This film examines a secret childhood trauma that resurfaces, 60 years later, to unravel the life of Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich.
3:00 Stories of Survival: Final Transports - The Holocaust Stories of Magda and George In early summer 1944, Magda Brown and George Brent arrived as teenagers to the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. Explore the human aspects of survival, resistance, chance, and luck in the face of Nazi tyranny.
3:30 Stories of Survival: Childhood Lost - The Holocaust Stories of George and Steen Within hours of the Nazi invasion and occupation of Western Europe, George Mueller and Steen Metz had to fight for survival within the
Nazi camp system, exemplifying the endurable spirit of family, courage, and hope.
4:00 Great Performances: Remember This This film, adapted from the play by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, stars Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn as World War II Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski in a true story of a reluctant hero and Holocaust witness who risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world, and ultimately, the Oval Office.
EVENING
6:00 Passage to Sweden
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 5 of 8) Nancy oversees a child born out of wedlock, but things take a very unexpected and shocking turn. Dr. Turner and Sister Veronica discuss a new contraception procedure: the vasectomy.
8:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) Charlotte and Colbourne rush to Augusta’s aid, and it’s revealed whether Edward has really changed. Georgiana is reunited with a ghost from her past.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: Rebel Queen (Part 5 of 8) Louis may now be King, but Marie Antoinette is determined to launch her reign as the Queen of France.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: Jade Bird/Dayglow
Monday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Gardeners of Eden See Sat. Apr. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Apr. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Elephants Can Remember [R]
3:30 The Coroner: That’s the Way to Do It (Part 3 of 20) [R]
4:15 Mallorca Files: The Oligarch’s Icon (Part 3 of 10)
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 History with David Rubenstein
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s
Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1980 Topps basketball cards box, Marvel The Amazing SpiderMan comics, and an Alexej von Jawlensky Meditation oil.
8:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: Back to the Middle Pati Jinich travels through the New Mexico and Chihuahua border region.
9:00 The Man Who Saved 669 Children
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 5 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: Rebel Queen (Part 5 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Doc World: Keep It a Secret See Sun. Apr. 16 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Prisoner of Her Past See Sun. Apr. 16 at 2:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Slave Trade Henry Louis Gates, Jr. journeys with film director Ava DuVernay, actor S. Epatha Merkerson, and musician Questlove to the unexpected places where their ancestors were scattered by slavery.
8:00 My Grandparents’ War: Keira Knightley Actress Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement) learns
He never considered himself a hero, yet on the eve of World War II, young London banker Nicholas Winton set up an extraordinary rescue operation for Jewish children threatened by the Nazis. His efforts allowed 669 children to make their way to London to find host families, new lives, and hope.
Monday, April 17
9:00 pm
of the triumphs and tragedies her grandparents faced during some of the biggest conflicts of the century.
9:00 How Saba Kept Singing
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 La Frontera with Pati Jinich: Back to the Middle See Mon. Apr. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1554 Giorgio Ghisi engraving after Bronzino, a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk circa 1890, and a 1962 Mercury Capsule antenna.
3:00 Passage to Sweden See Mon. Apr. 17 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 The Man Who Saved 669 Children See Mon. Apr. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: Niagara Falls Embark to this geological wonder and witness its stunning beauty and a wide variety of wildlife mammals, birds, and reptiles.
8:00 Changing Planet
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots See Tues. Apr. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Grandparents’ War: Keira Knightley See Tues. Apr. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 How Saba Kept Singing See Tues. Apr. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Stories of Survival: Final Transports - The Holocaust Stories of Magda and George See Sun. Apr. 16 at 3:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Stories of Survival:
Childhood Lost - The Holocaust Stories of George and Steen See Sun. Apr. 16 at 3:30 pm. [R]
4:00 Michigan: An American Portrait See Sun. Apr. 16 at 12:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Big Four As the outbreak of World War II grows ever closer, Poirot attends a grand reception featuring a chess match.
8:29 The Coroner: The Fisherman’s Tale (Part 4 of 20) PB Bradshaw and his glamorous wife reopen their flagship restaurant.
9:15 Mallorca Files: Number One Fan (Part 4 of 10) When a supermodel goes missing, Max and Miranda try to discover how someone can vanish from a moving train.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Niagara Falls See Wed. Apr. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Changing Planet See Wed. Apr. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Remember This See Sun. Apr. 16 at 3:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites
4:30 Check, Please!
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Andy Akiho Found (His) Sound Japanese American composer Andy Akiho creates music using found instruments.
9:00 Next at the Kennedy Center: Continuum - Jason Moran and Christian McBride 10:00 Chicago Tonight
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 To be announced
Join conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan for a global environmental health check of seven of Earth’s bellwether biomes. From the Arctic to the Amazon, these vulnerable habitats are changing, revealing surprising animal behaviors as species adapt.
Wednesday, April 19 8:00 pm
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets – De Pere, Wisconsin
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Genesee River Valley, New York
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House: Attic Insulation, Asphalt Parking Spot
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Louisiana Yams
12:00 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Golden State Grub
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Make it Zucchini
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Chino-Latino
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Holiday Dessert and Salad
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: L.A.’s Best Tacos
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Foods That Unite Us
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Paris
4:30 Check, Please! Counter Culture
5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Dubrovnik
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Father Brown: The Beast of Wedlock Father Brown’s past collides with the present when he investigates a missing person, a murder, and a mythical wild cat.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate the murder of an estate agent during the private sale of a picturesque beach.
Meanwhile, Marlon leads a counterfeit goods case to impress the Commissioner.
9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Big Four See Thurs. Apr. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:30 The Coroner: The Fisherman’s Tale (Part 4 of 20) See Thurs. Apr. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:15 Mallorca Files: Number One Fan (Part 4 of 10) See Thurs. Apr. 20 at 9:15 pm. [R]
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
1:00 My Grandparents’ War: Keira Knightley [R]
2:00 Nature: Niagara Falls [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Andy Akiho Found (His) Sound See Fri. Apr. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Next at the Kennedy Center: Continuum - Jason Moran and Christian McBride See Fri. Apr. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 To be announced
AFTERNOON
12:00 To be announced
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques Road
Trip: Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford Apprentice stars Margaret Mountford and Nick Hewer join experts Phil Serrell and Catherine Southorn on a quest for the best antiques finds.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 6 of 8) One of the boys of Buckle’s paper shop becomes unwell. Trixie is thrown into a challenging case involving an underaged mother.
8:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Series Finale) Charlotte desperately wants to tell Colbourne the truth about her feelings, but a shocking revelation stops her in her tracks.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: Deus Ex Machina (Part 6 of 8) Marie Antoinette’s brother Joseph comes to Versailles to save the royal marriage, and soon realizes it won’t be easy.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: Sarah Jarosz and Billy Strings
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Beast of Wedlock See Sat. Apr. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Apr. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Big Four [R]
3:30 The Coroner: The Fisherman’s Tale (Part 4 of 20) [R]
4:15 Mallorca Files: Number One Fan (Part 4 of 10) [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 History with David Rubenstein
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1999 Pokémon Card collection; Winold Reiss morning Star mixed-media art, circa 1934; and a Raymond Yard platinum and diamond ring, circa 1940.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 1 of 3) Finds include Joe Strummer’s boots, circa 1979; Ned Hanlon championship pins and cufflinks, circa 1895; and a 1941 Grant Wood “March” lithograph.
9:00 They Survived Together
Discover the true story of the Neiger family’s daring escape from certain death in the Nazi occupied Ghetto of Krakow.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 6 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Series Finale) See Sun. Apr. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: Deus Ex Machina (Part 6 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford See
Sun. Apr. 23 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Sarah Jarosz and Billy Strings [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Fashion’s Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. steps into the world of fashion with Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez and RuPaul Charles, introducing ancestors who were just as audacious as they are.
8:00 My Grandparents’ War: Toby Jones Actor Toby Jones uncovers the remarkable World War II stories of his maternal grandparents.
9:00 Frontline: America and the Taliban (Part 3 of 3) See Tues. Apr. 4 at 9:00 pm.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 They Survived Together See Mon. Apr. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
The U.S. recently set an ambitious climate goal: to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. But is that feasible? What exactly would it take? NOVA takes a hard look at the problem and identifies the most likely real-world technologies that could be up to the task.
Wednesday, April 26
8:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: The Secret Crown
8:00 NOVA: Chasing Carbon Zero
9:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein: Fenway Park (Part 1 of 8)
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots See Tues. Apr. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Grandparents’ War: Toby Jones See Tues. Apr. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: America and the Taliban (Part 3 of 3) See Tues. Apr. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News
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JCC Chicago is bringing 70 violins, violas and cellos, played by Jewish musicians in the Holocaust, to Chicagoland and across Illinois.
These instruments have been lovingly restored and have traveled the world to give voice to the victims and reinforce messages of hope, harmony and humanity.
From April—September, 2023, these instruments will be featured in more than 85 cultural exhibitions, performances and community educational programs.
Visit our site for the calendar of upcoming events near you: violinsofhopechicago.org
HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS
Illinois Holocaust Museum Film Screenings
4/23, 5/21, 6/18, 7/16
Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin Exhibition Opens
4/24
Unity Temple Performance
5/12
Grant Park Music Festival Performances
7/21-22
Pritzker Military Museum & Library Program
8/10
OPENING NIGHT EVENT
APRIL 20, 2023 | GLENCOE
Tom Jones on
This new four-part miniseries reimagines The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, Henry Fielding’s classic novel that has delighted and scandalized readers since it was originally published in 1749. Following the title character’s complicated journey to find real love, the series stars Solly McLeod as Tom, Sophie Wilde as Sophia, and Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) as the iconic temptress Lady Bellaston. In part one: Tom and Sophia Western hit it off, despite their wildly contrasting backgrounds. Molly complicates the picture for Tom, and Blifil for Sophia.
Sundays beginning April 30, 8:00 pm
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: The Secret Crown See Wed. Apr. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Chasing Carbon Zero See Wed. Apr. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein: Fenway Park (Part 1 of 8) See Wed. Apr. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Albéniz: Portraits of Spain Scott Yoo looks at the musical inspirations that Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with Scottish guitarist David Russell and musicians in the Pyrenees mountains.
Transition Garden, Granite Post Sign
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Croatia – the Adriatic Influence
12:00 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvania Melting Pot
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Taco, Taco, Nacho
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Start the Day
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Miami Spice
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Vindaloo and Chana Masala
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Greek Meze
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Pie Heaven
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: River Thames
4:30 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe
5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of St. Kitts
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Father Brown: The Hidden Man Chief Inspector Sullivan pays Father Brown a visit to warn him that Hercule Flambeau is on the run and wanted for a series of brutal murders.
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Pritzker Military Presents: Russia’s War on Ukraine - A Year Later with Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman
11:00 Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata The new Met production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy stars soprano Nadine Sierra as Violetta.
AFTERNOON
1:30 Birthing Justice Black women in the United States are three to 4 times more likely to die during childbirth than their white counterparts. This film examines this disparate rate of mortality.
3:00 To be announced
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques Road
Trip: Ainsley Harriott and Anne Diamond Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott is pitted against journalist Anne Diamond as they travel in and around London searching for antique treasure.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 7 of 8) It’s October 1968, and preparations for Trixie and Matthew’s wedding are underway.
8:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4)
9:00 Marie Antoinette: The Ostrich (Part 7 of 8) Marie Antoinette finally becomes pregnant, but pamphlets spread to the court of Versailles, challenging the legitimacy of the unborn child.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Folly A summer fete features a “murder hunt” created by Ariadne Oliver, who insists that Poirot try his hand at discovering the culprit.
8:30 The Coroner: Gilt (Part 5 of 20) Errol finds gold coins in the field by the clifftops. The next morning, the police arrive to find him dead in his armchair.
9:15 Mallorca Files: Sour Grapes (Part 5 of 10) Miranda and Max head out into wine country to investigate the killing of a dog at one of Mallorca’s most famous vineyards.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
9:00 International Jazz Day from the United Nations This annual celebration returns to the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team join Naomi in Saint Barnabas when her best friend’s father is murdered at a wedding. Meanwhile, Marlon tries to prepare for his sergeant exams but is easily distracted.
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: Allen Toussaint - New Orleans Legend Outside Source
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets – Bloomington, Minnesota
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Houston, Texas
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House:
9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Folly See Thurs. Apr. 27 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:30 Independent Lens: Free Chol Soo Lee
Sunday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Coroner: The Fisherman’s Tale (Part 4 of 20) See Thurs. Apr. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
12:45 Mallorca Files: Number One Fan (Part 4 of 10) See Thurs. Apr. 27 at 9:15 pm. [R]
1:30 Finding Your Roots [R]
2:30 To be announced
3:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Albéniz: Portraits of Spain See Fri. Apr. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 International Jazz Day from the United Nations See Fri. Apr. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
ACL Presents: American 21st Annual Awards
Monday, 12:30 am (4/3)
Austin City Limits
Monday, 12:00 am (4/10)
Thursday, 4:00 am (4/13)
Sundays, 11:00 pm (4/16, 4/23, 4/30)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (4/25)
Great Performances
Fridays, 8:00 pm
Sundays, 3:00 am (4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30)
Thursdays, 3:00 pm (4/13, 4/20, 4/27)
Sunday, 4:00 pm (4/16)
Friday, 3:00 am (4/21)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 11:00 am (4/23)
International Jazz Day from the United Nations
Friday, 9:00 pm (4/28)
Sunday, 4:00 am (4/30)
Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
Sunday, 2:30 am (4/2)
Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Thursday, 3:00 pm (4/6)
Next at the Kennedy Center
Fridays, 9:00 pm (4/14, 4/21)
Sundays, 4:00 am (4/16, 4/23)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Saturdays, 9:00 pm
Thursdays, 7:00 pm
Mondays, 2:00 am (4/17, 4/24)
Call the Midwife
Sundays, 7:00 pm (4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23)
Tuesdays, 12:00 am
Fridays, 3:00 pm
Coroner
Sunday, 12:00 am (4/2)
Thursdays, 8:30 pm
Saturdays, 10:30 pm (4/8, 4/15, 4/22)
Mondays, 3:30 am (4/17, 4/24)
Death in Paradise
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
Father Brown
Saturdays, 7:00 pm
La Otra Mirada
Sunday, 11:00 pm (4/2)
Mallorca Files
Sundays, 12:45 am (4/2, 4/30)
Thursdays, 9:15 pm
Saturdays, 11:15 pm (4/8, 4/15, 4/22)
Mondays, 4:15 am (4/17, 4/24)
Marie Antoinette
Sundays, 9:00 pm (4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23)
Tuesdays, 2:00 am
Sanditon on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am
America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s
Illustrated
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Antiques Roadshow
Sunday, 3:30 am (4/2)
Mondays, 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm
Mondays, 9:00 pm (4/3, 4/10)
Wednesdays, 12:00 am
Wednesdays, 2:00 am (4/5, 4/12, 4/19)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (4/26)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 11:00 am
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Sundays,
Tuesdays,
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country
Saturdays, 12:00 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 2:00 pm
Hidden Aegean
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (4/12)
Friday, 2:00 am (4/14)
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (4/15, 4/22, 4/29)
Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen
Saturdays, 11:30 am
La Frontera with Pati Jinich
Mondays, 8:00 pm (4/3, 4/10, 4/17)
Wednesdays, 1:00 am (4/5,4/12, 4/19)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (4/1, 4/8, 4/15)
Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts
Sunday,
Wednesday,
Sunday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (4/9)
Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (4/22, 4/29)
Michigan: An American Portrait
Sunday, 12:00 pm (4/16)
Thursday, 4:00 am (4/20)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
Saturdays, 3:30 pm
Passage to Sweden
Sundays, 6:00 pm (4/16)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (4/19)
Rick Steves Art of Europe
Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm (4/2)
Fridays, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (4/7, 4/14)
Sunday, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm (4/9)
Wednesday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (4/12, 4/19)
Rick Steves European Easter
Friday, 9:00 pm (4/7)
Sunday, 2:00 am, 3:00 pm (4/9)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Saturdays, 10:00 am
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Saturdays, 12:30 pm
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Saturdays, 1:30 pm
Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
Tuesdays, 2:30 pm
Thursdays, 2:30 pm
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Travel Detective
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (4/15, 4/22, 4/29)
Wisconsin Foodie
Saturdays, 9:00 am
Nature • Science • Technology
Animal Babies
Wednesday, 3:00 pm (4/26)
Changing Planet
Wednesday, 8:00 pm (4/19)
Friday, 1:00 am (4/21)
Nature
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm
Wednesdays, 3:00 pm (4/5, 4/12, 4/19)
Fridays, 12:00 am
Sundays, 2:00 am (4/16, 4/23)
NOVA
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (4/5, 4/12, 4/26)
Fridays, 1:00 am (4/7, 4/14, 4/28)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (4/5)
Friday, 2:00 am (4/7)
Public Affairs • History •
Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
American Experience
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (4/4)
Thursday, 1:00 am (4/6)
Sunday, 4:00 am (4/9)
Art21: Art in the Twenty-First
Century
Sunday, 11:00 pm (4/9)
Thursday, 3:00 am (4/13)
BBC World News
Mondays-Fridays, 11:30 pm
BBC World News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:30 pm
BBC World News Outside Source
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:00 pm
BBC World News Today
Fridays, 5:00 pm
Birthing Justice
Sunday, 1:30 pm (4/23)
Chicago on Vacation
Sunday, 10:00 am (4/16)
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Fridays, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Saturdays, 6:30 pm
Sundays, 10:00 pm
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Saturdays, 6:00 pm
Sundays, 10:30 pm
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review
Fridays, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am
Saturdays, 12:00 am (4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29)
Doc World
Sunday, 1:00 pm (4/16)
Finding Your Roots
Sunday, 3:00 pm (4/2)
Tuesdays, 3:00 pm (4/4, 4/11)
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (4/4)
Thursday, 12:00 am (4/6)
Frontline
Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (4/4, 4/11, 4/25)
Thursdays, 2:00 am (4/6, 4/13, 4/27)
How Saba Kept Singing
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (4/18)
Thursday, 2:00 am (4/20)
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (4/26)
Friday, 2:00 am (4/28)
In Their Own Words
Sunday, 1:30 am (4/2)
Independent Lens
Saturdays, 10:30 pm (4/1, 4/29)
Monday, 3:30 am (4/3)
Jews of the Wild West
Sunday, 4:00 pm (4/2)
Thursday, 3:00 am (4/6)
My Grandparents’ War
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (4/11, 4/18, 4/25)
Thursdays, 1:00 am (4/13, 4/20, 4/27)
Sundays, 1:00 am (4/16, 4/23)
Tuesdays, 3:00 pm (4/18, 4/25)
PBS NewsHour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
Prisoner of Her Past
Sunday, 2:00 pm (4/16)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (4/18)
Pritzker Military Presents
Sunday, 11:00 am (4/30)
Stories of Survival
Sunday, 3:00 pm, 3:30 pm (4/16)
Thursday, 3:00 am, 3:30 am (4/20)
Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream
Sunday, 4:00 pm (4/9)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (4/11)
They Survived Together
Monday, 9:00 pm (4/24)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (4/26)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
Saturdays, 9:30 am (4/1, 4/8)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Youth v Gov
Sunday, 10:00 am (4/9)
Monday, 3:00 am (4/10)
Join us for programming surprises, exclusive offers, and an opportunity to connect with WFMT hosts. Continue to enjoy the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, the Metropolitan Opera, and more of your favorite programs.
Beginning April 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Rachmaninoff 150 – A Celebration: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth, acclaimed musicians discuss and perform his compositions, and Rachmaninoff himself is also heard performing one of his works. Additionally, the composer’s grandson, Alexander Rachmaninoff, remembers his grandfather.
11:00 Introductions: 2023 CrainMaling Foundation CSO Young Artist Competition. First alternate Jan Vargas Nedvetsky plays Haydn winner Esme Arias-Kim plays Chausson with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and conductor Andrew Grams. Plus archival Introductions performances of Bach and Ysaÿe.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Falstaff Hera Hyesang Park (Nannetta), Ailyn Pérez (Alice), MarieNicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg Page), Bogdan Volkof (Fenton), Michael Volle (Falstaff), Christopher Maltman (Ford); Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra/ Daniele Rustioni.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with
Live from WFMT
Performing in WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio this month will be guitarist Stephane Wrembel, pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion and friends, Third Coast Percussion, and tenor Lunga Eric Hallam. The series is hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
Mondays, 8:00 pm
Oliver Camacho: An interview with Eric Whitacre on the release of Home, a new album of the composer’s works performed by Voces8.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Cello & Piano: Carlos Prieto & Edison Quintana. For many decades, Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto and Uruguayan pianist Edison Quintana have been one of the greatest chamber duos in the world. Elbio Barilari shares Latin American and Spanish music recorded by these two masters.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Exquisite Michigan songwriter Kitty Donohoe with special guest, the wit and wisdom of James Curley, live from Acoustic Renaissance in Hinsdale.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: Tomfoolery shenanigans and hijinks. Cheers to Tom Lehrer who is about to 95. It is, after all, April Fool’s Day!
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Palm Sunday/Holy Week. Beginning with music to mark Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, followed by the Passion that unfolds, host Peter DuBois shares some of the most powerful music of the church year.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
All prerecorded music on WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
This month, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bach Week Festival, explore music by 19th century French Romantic women composers, preview the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival, and hear an exclusive performance by the Aznavoorian Duo.
Saturdays, 4:00 pm
The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture – Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel. Musicmasters MMD-60117-Y.
[3:44] Paul Schoenfield Sonatina – Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p. Cedille CDR-90000172. [13:58]
Ambroise Thomas Mignon: Gavotte – BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9765. [2:06] Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, Op. 72: Marcia – Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel. Musicmasters MMD-60110-F.
[2:09] Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 –Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Dresden Staatskapelle/André Previn. DG 447895-2. [31:36]
1:00 Gustav Holst St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople. Arte Nova 34022-2.
[12:03] Antonín Dvorák
Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85: No. 9, Serenade and No. 10, Bacchanale – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 19439912092. [9:39] BachGounod Ave Maria – Eaken Piano Trio. Naxos 8.554714.
[7:51] Igor Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento: Pas de deux – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 5733-2. [7:09]
2:00 Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in e minor, Op. 38 – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p. DG 4862388. [23:53] John Williams
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Flying theme – London Sym Orch/John Williams. Sony 70636-2. [3:42] Giuseppe
Verdi Aida: Chorus, Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) –Slovak Phil Cho, Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Oliver von Dohnányi. Naxos 8.550241. [7:23] Claude Debussy
Two Arabesques: No. 1 in E; Francis Poulenc Trois mouvements perpétuels: No. 3, Alerte – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h. RCA 60198-2. [7:19]
3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
in G Major, BWV 1049 – Age of Enlightenment Orch/Monica Huggett. Virgin 90747-2 (2). [15:30] Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture – Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray. Mercury 434332-2. [8:44] Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan – Pascal Rogé, p. Decca 4787309. [7:21] Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57: V. Finale –Music@Menlo Ensemble. Music@Menlo 2021. [7:29]
The internationally acclaimed composer previews the new album of his works recorded by Voces8, Home, which features his moving cantata The Sacred Veil. The twelve-movement work, with text by Whitacre’s close friend and longtime collaborator Charles Anthony Silvestri, commemorates the death of the poet’s young wife Julie from ovarian cancer. The Sacred Veil journeys from the growth of their love, through the birth of their children, to their struggle with the illness.
Saturday, April 1 4:00 pm
4:00 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 1 –Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. RCA 7908-2-RC. [12:29]
Gabriel Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Paris Chamber Orch/ Adrien Perruchon. Erato B08CJTWP7P. [6:21]
Agustín Barrios Mangoré La Catedral – Thibaut Garcia, g. Erato 0190295605261. [7:14] Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 in G, Surprise: II. Andante – London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 437201-2 (4). [6:45]
Claudio Monteverdi Selva morale e spirituale : Magnificat I – La Cetra/Andrea Marcon. DG 4862977. [13:44]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Manuel de Falla Suite populaire espagnole –Leila Josefowicz, v; John Novacek, p. Philips 456571-2. [12:20] Antônio Carlos Gomes String Sonata in D –English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson. Naxos 8.574405. [21:46] Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 – Douglas Boyd, ob; Gabrieli String Quartet
members. MCA Classics MCAD-25875. [14:30]
6:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 – RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [15:56]
Peteris Vasks English
Horn Concerto – Normunds Schnee, eh; Riga Phil Orch/ Kriss Rusmanis. Conifer CDCF-236. [20:01] Ludwig
van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight – Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68910-2. [15:37]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital
Series: Soprano Kathryn Henry and pianist Chris Reynolds perform the final scene from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
8:00 Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Adams: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra); Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D; Leila Josefowicz, violin; Dvorák: Symphony No. 8; Edo de Waart, conductor; Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 Double;
Claudio Abbado, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Violinist Ivry Gitlis, Part 1. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D; Lalo: Symphony espagnole; Nielsen: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Violin Sonata in G, KI. 301.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. George Frideric Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Andrew LawrenceKing, h; Taverner Consort & Players/Andrew Parrott. Virgin 57876-2 (2). [13:53]
11:00 Aaron Copland Quiet City – Christine Pendrill, eh; Maurice Murphy, tr;
London Sym Orch Strings/ Michael Tilson Thomas. EMI CDC5-55358-2. [11:34]
12:00 William Walton Crown Imperial – Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton. Decca 448134-2. [6:57]
1:00 Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G – Cremona Quartet. Avie AV-2436. [6:50] Sergei
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – Utah Sym/ Thierry Fischer. Reference FR-735. [18:26]
2:00 Antonín Dvorák Piano Trio No. 4 in e minor, Op. 90, Dumky – Emanuel Ax, p; Young Uck Kim, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc. CBS MK-44527. [31:28]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b – Saito Kinen Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa. Decca 4851110. [14:24] Peter Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 – Heath Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907665. [31:04]
Antonio Vivaldi Violin
Concerto in F minor, RV. 297, The Four Seasons: Winter – St
WFMT Presents:
Bach Week Festival’s
50th Anniversary
Conductor, choirmaster, and organist
Richard Webster has been music director of Bach Week Festival since 1975. As the Evanston-based organization prepares for its 50th Anniversary, Webster says the upcoming festival “remains true to our mission of celebrating the music of Johann Sebastian Bach along with works by composers who illuminate Bach’s artistry, influence, and musical universe.” Richard Webster comes to WFMT to share the history of the festival and previews the five-concert series which begins later this month.
Wednesday, April 5 8:00 pm
Martin’s Academy/Joshua Bell, v. Sony 11013-2. [8:32]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass. Bill features Bach’s mysterious Latin mass, despite is orientation as a Lutheran. Bill illustrates relevant influences in Beethoven, Strauss, and Haydn as well as how Bach reformed some of his own work to inform his mass.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Guitarist Stephane Wrembel hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases
this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze, v. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907155. [16:08]
11:00 Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 437790-2. [9:41]
12:00 Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Chamber Ensemble. Telarc CD-80361. [11:09]
1:00 William Byrd Walsingham –Daniel-Ben Pienaar, p. Avie AV-2415. [6:04] Johann Friedrich Fasch Two-Horn Concerto in D, Die Jagd –Hermann Baumann & Radovan Vlatkovic, hn’s; St Martin’s Academy/Iona Brown. Philips 416815-2. [13:12]
2:00 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 – Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-861. [35:04]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Suite – Pro Arte Guitar Trio. ASV CDWHL-2099.
[15:16] Samuel ColeridgeTaylor Piano Quintet, Op. 1 –Catalyst Quartet; Stewart Goodyear, p. Azica 3-7056-2.
[26:05] Antonín Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 –Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49995-2. [12:39]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52 – Hallé Orch/ John Barbirolli. EMI ZDME567299-2 (5). [32:47]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Woolf: Righteous Babe; for Flute and Piano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Peda Muzijevic, piano; Carter: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn; Tomasi: Danses profanes et sacrées for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn; Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin for Wind Quintet; Coleman: Umoja for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and horn; Sooyum Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Gina Cuffari, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80705. [11:45]
11:00 Rayburn Wright Westward Ho – Canadian Brass/ Lukas Foss. Philips 434276-2. [12:03]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinist Ria Honda and pianist Umi Garrett perform Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Minor and George Gershwin’s Three Preludes live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Mikhail Glinka Russlan and Ludmila: Overture – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80378. [4:51]
William Grant Still Prelude for flute, string quartet, doublebass and piano – Alexa Still, f; Michael Steer, db; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand SQ. Koch 3-7192-2. [10:19]
2:00 Franz Liszt Piano Concerto
No. 2 in A – Yefim Bronfman, p; Vienna Phil/Franz WelserMöst. DG 4763793. [20:21]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Antonio Salieri Variations on La Folia di Spagna – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9877. [17:47] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447 –Dale Clevenger, hn; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch. CBS MDK-44906. [16:40] Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Suite –Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Decca 466909-2. [19:33]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Bach Week Festival’s 50th Anniversary. Richard Webster, Bach Week Festival’s music director, shares the history of the Evanston-based festival and previews the five upcoming concerts which launch the organization’s golden
anniversary celebration.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Atma ACD2-2576. [7:07]
11:00 Georges Bizet La jolie fille de Perth: Scènes bohémiennes – New Zealand Sym Orch/Donald Johanos. Naxos 8.553027. [12:31]
12:00 César Franck Symphonic Variations – Louis Lortie, p;
San Francisco Symphony is led by Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen who succeeded Michael Tilson Thomas at the start of the 2020-21 season. WFMT offers highlights from Salonen’s second season which includes performances by soloists Jeremy Denk, Víkingur Ólafsson, Yuja Wang, Demarre McGill, Pekka Kuusisto, and Leila Josefewicz; and guest conductors Gustavo Dudamel, Nathalie Stutzmann, and former music director Michael Tilson Thomas.
Thursdays beginning April 6, 9:00 pm
BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9875. [15:51]
1:00 Fritz Kreisler Prelude & Allegro (in the style of Pugnani) – Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p. Sony SK-52568. [5:53] Edward Elgar Dream Children, Op 43 – English Chamber Orch/ Paul Goodwin. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258. [7:05]
2:00 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite – Philharmonia/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM7-69037-2. [18:29]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ludwig van Beethoven Piano
Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest – Yuri Kim, p. Well-tempered Productions WTP-5186. [21:55] Alberto Williams
Concert Overture No. 1, Op. 15 – Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Naxos 8.574266. [9:30] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 100 in G, Military – London
Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 437201-2 (4). [22:35]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Hannah Kendall: Tudedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama; Unsuk Chin: Graffiti; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Opus 92; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Franz Xaver Dussek Sinfonia in A – Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen. Naxos 8.572683. [11:16]
11:00 Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4781525. [11:25]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Vocal ensemble Chicago a cappella recorded February 10, 2014.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Charlie Chaplin City Memories (Themes from Charlie Chaplin films) – Lisa Batiashvili, v; Berlin Radio Sym/Nikoloz Rachveli. DG 4838586. [7:16] Bedrich
Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture – Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons. Sony 19658717529. [6:53]
Fifteen years ago, WFMT’s Saturday morning Introductions series premiered, live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Producer and host Robbie Ellis is marking the occasion with a 2-CD set of highlights, which will be available as a thank-you gift in WFMT’s Spring Membership Drive. Sample solo, chamber, and orchestral performances from a decade and a half of the Chicago area’s finest young musicians including cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, Quartet Bellezza, the Bone Rangers, and more!
Saturday, April 8 11:00 am
2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D, Clock – Scottish Chamber Orch/Robin Ticciati. Linn CKD-500. [26:50]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Oboe Concerto in F, BWV 1053 – Gonzalo Ruiz, ob; Portland Baroque Orch/ Monica Huggett. Avie AV2324. [17:41] Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – London Phil Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61350-2. [13:16] Giuseppe Verdi String Quartet in E minor – Vermeer Quartet.
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Teldec 8.43105. [23:03]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical: A program for Earth Month with music celebrating our planet and its preservation.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Wagenaar: Cyrano de Bergerac, Overture; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 9; Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35; Hilary Hahn, violin; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Dennis Brutus (9/26/1991) Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) was an eminent South African poet whose anti-apartheid activism led to a life in exile. He was Studs Terkel’s guest many times on WFMT. In this conversation, from 1991, he shares his story and some of his poetry.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am;
and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Introductions turns 15! Previewing a 2-CD set of past performances available as a thank-you gift in WFMT’s upcoming membership drive.
12:00 From the Metropolitan
Opera: Puccini’s Tosca
Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Yusif Eyvazov (Cavaradossi), Željko Lucic (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan); Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Domingo Hindoyan.
3:15 Saturday Afternoon
Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: An interview with baritone Nathan Gunn in advance of his performance in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific with New Philharmonic later this month.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Easter Celebration. Latin America has developed its own and strong Easter musical traditions. Elbio Barilari features Colonial Music from South America as well as Spain!
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June 2 - 25
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Award-winning Chicago acoustic blues artist Donna Herula brings her trio to perform live in the Fay & Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: A sprinkling of songs about April showers, blue skies and rainbows color the playlist including Yip Harburg’s classic from The Wizard of Oz.
Sunday 9
Easter Sunday
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Easter. Host Peter DuBois will shares glorious choral and organ music from around the world to celebrate the Resurrection!
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
Explore our exclusive thank-you gifts featuring original artwork (pictured) at wfmt.com/givenow.
9:00 Hector Berlioz Messe solennelle: Gloria; Resurrexit (original version) – Monteverdi Chorus, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 442137-2. [19:03]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including John
Tavener As One Who Has Slept – Winchester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Lumsden. Hyperion CDA-68255. [8:12] Florence Price Five Folksongs in Counterpoint: No. 4, Shortnin’ Bread; No. 5, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Apollo Chamber Players. Navona NV-6038. [6:13] Johannes Brahms Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 1, Intermezzo in A minor; Op. 118: No. 2, Intermezzo in A; Op. 118: No. 4, Intermezzo in F minor; Op. 118: No. 6, Intermezzo in E-flat minor – Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D131. [16:11]
1:00 Anton Bruckner Mass No. 1 in d minor: Agnus Dei – Karl Ridderbusch, b; Bavarian Radio Sym Cho & Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 447409-2 (2). [9:23] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: First Waltz Sequence – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [12:03]
Tomaso Albinoni Adagio in G minor – Sharon Isbin, g; Zürich Chamber Orch/ Howard Griffiths. Warner Classics 45312-2. [7:51]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oboe Concerto in D, K. 314 – Ray Still, ob; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [20:25]
Once Upon a Symphony: The Elves and the Shoemaker
APR 1 & 29
Emanuel Ax
APR 2
Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein
APR 6 –11
Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion
APR 7
Mikko Franck & Hilary Hahn
APR 13–15
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour:
Celebrating 65 Years
APR 14
2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 31, Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret (The heavens laugh) – Soloists; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
Soli Deo Gloria SDG-128 (2). [18:26] Claude Debussy
Prelude No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR90000197. [6:39] Giuseppe
Verdi La forza del destino: Overture – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4783559. [7:07] Claire Cowan Hansel and Gretel: The Banquet – New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich. (Claire Cowan) (2020). [7:19] Luigi Boccherini
Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448: IV. Finale, Fandango – Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet. Azica ACD-71328. [7:11]
3:00 Dmitri Shostakovich Piano
Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 – Martha Argerich, p; Guy Touvron, tr; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Jörg Faerber.
DG 439864-2. [22:42]
Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 416386-2. [9:16]
Gabriel Fauré Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1; Clair de lune,
Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin
APR 16
Trifonov Plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
APR 20 –23
In Context featuring Jessie Montgomery & Rachel Barton Pine
APR 24
Jurowski, Helmchen & Shostakovich 8
APR 27–29
Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman & Amanda Forsyth
APR 30
Op. 46, No. 2 – Alex Klein, ob; Rita Costanzi, h. Navona NV-6477. [7:12] Alice Mary Smith Symphony in A Minor: I. Allegro – London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley. Chandos CHAN-10283. [7:46]
4:00 George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU907228.29 (2). [15:58] Astor
Piazzolla María de Buenos Aires: “Fuga y misterio;” Adiós Nonino – Berlin Phil Cellists. EMI CDC5-56981-2. [9:58]
Antonio Vivaldi Mandolin
Concerto in C, R 425 – Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch. DG 4794017. [7:39]
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs: No. 1, Easter – Roderick Williams, br; London Choral Sinfonia/ Michael Waldron. Orchid Classics ORC-100200. [5:01]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Ludwig
van Beethoven Piano Sonata
No. 28 in A, Op. 101 – Mitsuko Uchida, p. Philips B000941902. [22:23] William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony –Seattle Sym/Roderick Cox. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1027. [30:55]
6:00
Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata
No. 1 in F, Op. 8 – Gerald Tarack, v; David Hancock, p. Bridge BCD-9026. [18:23]
Ina Boyle String Quartet in E minor – Piatti Quartet. Rubicon RCD-1098. [19:34] Gioachino
Rossini Semiramide: Overture – London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI CDC7-54091-2. [12:24]
7:00 Emilie Mayer Erlkönig; Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 7, No. 1; Abendlied, Op. 7, No. 3 – Golda Schultz, s; Jonathan Ware, p. Alpha 799. [10:07] Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 – Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-622/24 (4). [41:52]
8:00 Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Radio Broadcasts:
Beethoven: Overture to The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58; Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Glass: Symphony No. 11; Ricardo Muti, conductor; Debussy: Ibéria from Images for Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Violinist Ivry Gitlis, Part 2. Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Brahms: Violin Concerto in D; Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, “Kreutzer;” Giglis: Improvisations – on Gershwin, Porter, Arlen.
Monday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 –Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Argo 436288-2. [8:16]
11:00 Joaquín Turina Mujeres de Sevilla, Op. 89 – Sara Davis Buechner, p. Connoisseur CD-4186. [13:29]
12:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – Kremerata Baltica. Nonesuch 79633-2. [17:19]
1:00 Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity – Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Mackerras.
Virgin 61510-2 (2). [7:34]
Antonio Vivaldi Violin
Concerto in D, R. 208, Grosso Mogul – Nicola Benedetti, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Christian Curnyn. Decca B0016412-02. [14:41]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral –Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 439900-2 (5). [40:46]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Amy Beach Les Rêves de Colombine (Suite Française), Op. 65 – Virginia Eskin, p. Northeastern NR-223. [15:31]
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80619. [18:01]
Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Suite – Berlin Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich. DG 469271-2. [20:07]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Stormy Weather. Bill explores stormy music: we’ll see double rainbows with Antonio Carlos Jobim, hear Debussy’s Footsteps in the Snow and Gardens in the Rain, and listen to settings of Shakespeare’s Tempest. Also, sea storms with Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Richard Wagner, and Percy Grainger, and much more.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion & Friends hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Richard Strauss Four Last Songs – Lise Davidsen, s; Philharmonia Orchestra/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Decca 4834883. [23:48]
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Stormy Weather. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection – Christine Schäfer, soprano; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez. DG B0006684-02. [80:36]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Janácek: Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano; David Requiro, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Dvorák: Quartet in G major for Strings, Op. 106; Emerson String Quartet.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Stormy Weather. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Compositrices – New Light on French Romantic Women Composers A survey of the new compendium of recordings of works by 19th century women composers Compositrices. The eight-CD collection was curated and produced by Palazzetto Bru Zane, the Center for French Romanic Music. Musicologist Alexandre Dratwicki, artistic director of Palazzetto Bru Zane, joins host Oliver Camacho to introduce works by Mel Bonis, Henriette Renié, Charlotte Sohy, and others.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Stormy Weather. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Tenor Martin Luther Clark and pianist Chris Reynolds perform works by Samuel K. Sweet, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jake Heggie, and Marc Blitzstein live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Recorded Wednesday, April 12.
9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Debussy: Prélude à L’Aprèsmidi d’un faune; La Mer; Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques; Jeremy Denk, piano; Saariaho: Aile du songe; Claire Chase, flute; EsaPekka Salonen, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Stormy Weather. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical: A special Spring Membership Drive episode hosted by Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Wagner: Prelude to Act I, Lohengrin; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Adolphe: Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola & Orchestra); Cynthia Phelps, viola; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Richard Stoltzman (02/08/1994)
Grammy Award-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman is known as a captivating recitalist, chamber musician, and jazz performer. Also a prolific recording artist, Richard Stoltzman was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1994.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 WFMT membership drive programming until 12:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Lise Davidsen (Marschallin), Erin Morley (Sophie), Samantha Hankey (Octavian), Katharine Goeldner (Annina), René Barbera (A Singer), Thomas Ebenstein (Valzacchi), Brian Mulligan (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Simone Young.
12:00 Saturday Opera
5:00 Saturday Evening Music
with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Brazilian Composer and Pianist Radames Gnatalli. Radames Gnattali is one of the most beloved characters in Brazilian music, classical and popular. Elbio Barilari presents Gnattali’s chamber and orchestral music, which features his love for Brazilian popular rhythms and melodies.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: A collection of vintage and recent Folkstage highlights from the archives.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: We get it done, make it pay and take care of business on tax day. Live on-air pledge drive, too.
Sunday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Eastertide. The second Sunday of Easter is known as the Octave of Easter. Host Peter DuBois continues the celebration of the Resurrection with music of joy and praise.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth. LSO Live LSO-0821.
[16:21] Carlos Guastavino
Rosita Iglesias – Catherine Van Handel, bn; Eduard Laurel, p. Acis APL-53226. [7:09] Franz
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 6 in D-flat – Martha Argerich, p. DG 4794648.
[6:20] Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527: Duet, Là ci darem la mano –English Chamber Orch Wind Ensemble. EMI CD-CFP-4555.
[2:49] Rodion Shchedrin
Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, Naughty Limericks – Verbier Festival Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 4864086. [8:44]
1:00 Johannes Brahms Clarinet
Sonata No. 1 in f minor, Op. 120, No. 1 – Anthony McGill, cl; Gloria Chien, p. Cedille CDR-90000207.
[22:17] Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Juliet the Young Girl, Madrigal, Minuet – Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti.
CSO Resound 9011402.
[10:48] Judith Lang Zaimont
Serenade – Melissa White, v; Paul Wiancko, vc; Awadagin Pratt, p. Navona NV-5846.
[5:16] Peter Tchaikovsky
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 (incidental music to Ostrovsky
play): Entr’acte, The spring Fairy – Detroit Sym Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos
CHAN-9324. [1:10] Johann
Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006: Suite (Prelude, Gavotte & Gigue) – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 470291-2. [7:48]
2:00 Malcolm Williamson
Sinfonietta – Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-10359.
[19:27] Antonio Vivaldi
Four-Violin and Cello
Concerto in B minor, R. 580 (L’estro armonico No. 10) – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2106. [8:54]
Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – London Phil/Andrew Litton. Virgin 61134-2. [5:50] Francisco Tárrega Capricho árabe (Serenata) – Christopher Parkening, g. EMI CDC556730-2. [5:06]
3:00 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4785334. [12:56]
Edward Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 – London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green. Virgin 61126-2.
[12:57] Franz Joseph Haydn
The Seasons: Autumn: Chorus, Juchhe, juchhe, der Wein ist da – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 436840-2 (2).
[6:08] Mary D. Watkins Five Movements in Color: No. 2, Soul of Remembrance – New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner. Albany TROY-1200. [5:57]
4:00 Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Prelude for String Sextet – Vienna Phil Strings/ André Previn. DG 437790-2.
[9:54] Camille Saint-Saëns Bassoon Sonata in G, Op. 168 – Catherine Van Handel, bn; Eduard Laurel, p. Acis APL-53226. [12:25] Emile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz, Op. 183 – Vienna Phil/ Gustavo Dudamel. Sony 88985376182. [7:47] Luis de Narváez Diferencias sobre el himno O Gloriosa Domina – Pablo Márquez, g. ECM 1958. [6:56]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in D – Albrecht Mayer, ob; Bamberg Sym Orch/Jakub Hruša. DG 4836622. [25:54] Elfrida
Andrée Flute Sonata in B-Flat – Paula Gudmundson, f; Tracy Lipke-Perry, p. MSR Classics MS-1722.
[15:00] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – Modern
Mandolin Quartet. Windham
Hill 11108-2. [7:08]
6:00 Franz Schubert Symphony
No. 3 in D, D. 200 – Berlin
Phil/Daniel Barenboim. CBS
MK-39671. [25:50] LouisGabriel Guillemain Symphony in G major, Op. 14, No. 6 – Le Bien-Aimé. Avie AV-2412. [12:18] Samuel ColeridgeTaylor Four Characteristic
Waltzes, Op. 22 – RTÉ
Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [13:35]
7:00 Clémence de Grandval Song, Le Bohémien; Sacrifice –
Cyrille Dubois, t; Tristan
Raës, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [5:57] Marie-Foscarine
Damaschino À une femme; L’enfant; J’ai dans mon coeur –
Cyrille Dubois, t; Tristan
Raës, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [8:58] Balys Dvarionas Violin
Concerto in B minor – Vadim
Gluzman, v; Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi. BIS
CD-1822. [29:31] Heinrich von Biber Hic est Panis à 2 – Jesse Blumberg, br; Karina Schmitz, v; ACRONYM. New Focus FCR-913. [4:46]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A Minor, Op. 33; Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Joélle Harvey, soprano; Dvorák: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60; Jakub Hruša, conductor; Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 1953; Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338; Rafael Kubelík, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Bruno Walter and the NBC Symphony, Part 1. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4; Haydn: Symphony No. 86 in D; Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, “Haffner;” Smetana: Bartered Bride: Overture.
Monday 17
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part I. This is a festival of the late music of Beethoven, music from the last ten years of his life. Parnassus refers to the great mountain in Greece that towers over Delphi and
Newcomer Lise Davidsen has been described as one of the rare “real heavy weight Wagnerian sopranos” whose voice is “miraculous” and “one in a million.” The Metropolitan Opera is banking on the 36-year-old Norwegian soprano’s future already having given her star vehicles such as Liza in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, Chrysothemis in Strauss’s Elektra, and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos
The 2023-24 season will offer Met audiences a chance to hear operas Leonora in Verdi’s La forza del destino The role of the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier is a different type of assignment, giving Davidsen a chance to be charming and magnanimous.
Saturday, April 15
12:00 pm
is the home of the Muses, and Beethoven soared to these mythological heights between 1816 and 1826. Bill presents Ninth Symphony, the last four piano sonatas, Missa Solemnis, and his final string quartets.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Third Coast Percussion hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts,
exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part I. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, Trout – Daniil Trifonov, p; Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Hwayoon Lee, vi; Maximilian Hornung, vc; Roman Patkoló, db. DG 4797570. [38:27]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Kreisler: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta for Violin and Piano; Yura Lee, violin; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; Alexi Kenney, violin; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Alessio Bax, piano; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two pianos, Op. 17; Wu
Qian, piano; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part I. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: The 2023 Boston Early Music Festival Kathleen Fay, executive director of Boston Early Music Festival, previews the upcoming operas, concerts, and events of the biennial festival that brings together the finest performers, scholars, and instrument makers who are the vanguard of Baroque performance.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
With a biennial festival that produces historically staged operas and an array of concerts, lectures, classes, exhibitions, and symposiums, the Boston Early Music Festival is a leader in its field. Executive director Kathleen Fay comes to WFMT to preview the upcoming festival, the first in-person festival since 2019. This year’s festival theme is “A Celebration of Women,” honoring the work of women, both current and past; and illuminating the integral role that women have always played in great classical music.
Wednesday, April 19 8:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part I. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical: A special Spring Membership Drive episode hosted by Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Ravel: L’enfant et les sortileges; Cat Duet; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, I. Allegro con brio; Maazel: The Giving Tree; Kodaly: Dances of Galanta; Traditional: Arirang; Puccini: Te Deum from Tosca; Lorin Maazel, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Amjad Ali Khan (c 1980) In 1980, Studs Terkel spent a most interesting and musical hour with Amjad Ali Khan. For more than 50 years, Kahn has been a highly esteemed master of the sarod, the stringed instrument essential to Hindustani and Indian classical music.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: From the Archives : Girlyman , a modern close-harmony trio of songwriters (4/12/2008)
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: For Earth Day, songs about caring for our planet as we feel the pull of spring fever.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music of Creation. As the celebration of the Resurrection, and the renewal of life continues, With Heart and Voice shares sacred choral and organ music celebrating creation and the emerging spring season. Join host Peter DuBois for this program of new life.
7:00 WFMT membership drive programming until 1:00pm.
1:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, Spring –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4780037. [30:20] Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 – Yura Lee, v; Eric Kim, vc; Juho Pohjonen, p. Music@Menlo 2011 (6). [27:17] Clara Schumann Song, Sie liebten sich beide, Op. 13, No. 2 – Barbara Bonney, s, Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 452898-2. [1:48]
2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K. 280 – Grigory Sokolov, p. DG 4794342 (2). [21:48]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part I. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Crystal Zheyu Jiang , gold medal winner of the 70th Wideman International Piano Competition, performs works by Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Prokofiev live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Recorded Wednesday, April 19.
9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Opus 72; Schubert: Symphony No. in B-flat major, D. 485; Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto; Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
6:00 WFMT membership drive programming until 12:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Mozart’s Idomeneo Ying Fang (Ilia), Frederica Lombardi (Elettra), Kate Lindsey (Idamante), Michael Spyres (Idomeneo), Paolo Fanale (Arbace), Issachah Savage (High Priest); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Manfred Honeck. Recorded fall 2022.
3:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Touch of Nature. Elbio Barilari explores how Latin American composers have interpreted nature in music. Forests, jungles, mountains, and coastlines all have their unique sound.
George Gershwin Lullaby –Manhattan String Quartet. Newport Classic NC-60033. [7:08] Felix Mendelssohn Ruy Blas, Op 95: Overture –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Kurt Masur. Berlin Classics 0091572-BC. [7:08] William Grant Still Symphony No. 5, Western Hemisphere: II. Slower, and with utmost grace – Fort Smith Sym/ John Jeter. Naxos 8.559603. [6:36] Richard Rodgers The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things – Stephen Hough, p. Virgin 59509-2. [2:36]
3:00 Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1 – Jacqueline Du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, p. EMI CMS7-63015-2 (2). [21:31]
Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble. St Luke’s Collection SLC0302 (2). [11:04] Hector Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture – Helsinki Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Ondine ODE-1188-2.
[7:58] Ulric Cole Harlem
Meander – Joanna Goldstein, p. Centaur CRC-3631. [2:24]
Clara Gottschalk-Peterson
Staccata Polka – Joanna Goldstein, p. Centaur CRC-3631. [2:23]
4:00 Richard Wagner Siegfried
Idyll – New York Phil/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK-64108. [17:08] Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Act 4 Symphony – Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman. D’Note DND-1026. [6:30] Peter Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Excerpts – Solid Brass. Dorian DOR-90114. [7:34] Scott
Joplin Bethena: A Concert
Waltz – Carlyn Lloyd-Ford, f; John Warfel, p. Tri-L-Co Music TLC-990002. [5:00]
Johannes Brahms Violin
Concerto in D, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso ma non troppo vivace – Gil Shaham, v; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen. Canary Classics CC-20. [7:36]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs – Renée Fleming, s; Munich Phil/ Christian Thielemann. Decca B0011851-02. [21:36]
Gioachino Rossini William Tell: Overture – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK-62653. [11:53]
Amy Beach Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 – Fifth House Ensemble. WFMT Recording . [14:38]
6:00 Michael Haydn String Quintet in G, P 109 – Salzburg Haydn Quintet. CPO 777907-2 (2). [27:30] Richard Danielpour
Four Angels – Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000216. [13:43]
Antonín Dvorák Romance in F minor, Op. 11 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/Erich Leinsdorf. RCA 63591-2. [11:55]
7:00 Dora Pejacevic Verwandlung, Op. 37b; Liebeslied, Op. 39 – Ingeborg Danz, c; Brandenburg State Orch/ Howard Griffiths. CPO 777916. [11:43] Maurice
Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit –
Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [19:56]
Johann Strauss II Waltz, Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307 –Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. RCA 63144-2 (2). [8:52]
8:00 Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Radio
Broadcasts: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version); Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with
Henry Fogel: Bruno Walter and the NBC Symphony, Part
2. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D; D’Indy: Symphony espagnole; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Debussy: Violin Sonata in G, KI. 301.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between
6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part II. In the second part of a two-week series, we’ll take an in-depth look at this music of a master reaching the pinnacle of his abilities. Bill starts with Missa Solemnis and The Consecration of the House and ends in the rarified atmosphere of Mt. Parnassus as we take in Opus 135 performed by the Guarneri Quartet.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Tenor Lunga Eric Hallam hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Pianist TBA.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 8:00 am.
6:30 WFMT membership drive programming until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, exclusive offers, and programming surprises.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part II. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée for Voice and Piano; Will Liverman, baritone; Wu Qian, piano; Debussy: Petite Suite for Piano, Four Hands; Wu Qian, piano; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Yura Lee, viola; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Anne-Marie
McDermott, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Taverner Players/ Andrew Parrott. EMI CDS7-49806-2 (2). [14:29]
11:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [12:18]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Jiao Sun performs works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Frédéric Chopin live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Antony Holborne Five Dances – London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. ASV CDQS-6013. [6:18] Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book
3 – Cincinnati Sym Orch/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80470 (2). [21:55]
2:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Simon Trpceski, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko. Avie AV-2191. [22:53]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Reynaldo Hahn Piano Quintet in f-sharp minor (1921) – Alexandre Tharaud, p; Quatuor Parisii. Valois V-4848. [26:06] Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1 –Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 886449139354. [16:46] Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49964-2. [11:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part II. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: The Aznavoorian Duo Pianist Marta Aznavoorian and cellist Ani Aznavoorian
The Aznavoorian Duo
Cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Marta Aznavoorian present a program celebrating Armenian composers and honoring the duo’s family heritage. “Most Armenians have an extraordinarily strong sense of being Armenian, even if we weren’t born there. We both have a strong sense of what it means to be Armenian,” said Marta Aznavoorian. The concert, recorded at Nichols Concert Hall, features works from the duo’s album Gems from Armenia (Cedille Records) and includes the world premiere performance of Peter Boyer’s Mount Ararat
Wednesday, April 26
8:00 pm
present Gems from Armenia, a concert combining the duo’s Armenian heritage with their American upbringing through works by Komitas Vartabed, Arno Babajanian, and more. Recorded May 15, 2022 at Nichols Concert Hall. The program also includes a bonus performance of Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie by pianist Inna Faliks.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Antonín Dvorák Carnival
Tune in for an exclusive performance by the cast of Porchlight Theater’s Ernest Schackleton Loves Me. The romantic musical comedy — with book by Joe DiPietro, music by Brendan Milburn, and lyrics by Val Vigoda — receives its Chicago premiere next month. Marilyn Rae Beyer welcomes the production’s music director Eric Svejcar and stars Erica Carlson and Andrew Mueller to the Levin Performance Studio to preview Off-Broadway Alliance’s 2017 “Best New Musical.”
Saturday, April 29 8:00 pm
Overture, Op. 92 – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pešek. Virgin 90797-2. [9:22]
11:00 Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Primavera porteña (Spring) – Jacob Reuven, man; Sinfonietta Leipzig/Omer Meir Wellber. Hyperion CDA-68357. [6:06]
12:00 Tielman Susato Six Dances from Danserye – Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz. Delos DE-3171. [13:41]
1:00 Frederick Delius A Village
Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson. Avie AV-2194. [9:09]
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2 – Jennifer Kloetzel, vc; Robert Koenig, p. Avie AV-2450. [21:53]
2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543 – London Mozart
Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-615. [31:15]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Giovanni Paisiello Mandolin Concerto in E-Flat – Ugo
Orlandi, m; I Solisti Veneti/ Claudio Scimone. Erato ECD-88165. [15:03] Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 – Czech Phil/ Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN-9462. [16:23] Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) – Daniel Hope, v; Basel Chamber Orch. DG 4795305. [22:34]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part II. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Anders Hillborg: Kongsgaard Variations; R. Strauss: Symphony in E-flat major for Wind Instruments; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Opus 37; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac 6:00 am and 9:00 am
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) Violin Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat –Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records 888295594394. [12:27]
11:00 Aaron Copland El Salón México – Dallas Sym/ Eduardo Mata. EMI CDM7-64303-2. [10:45]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Cellist Lynn Harrell and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion recorded January 16, 2012.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Gustav Mahler Blumine – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [8:28] Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in G, H XVI:6 – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67882 (2). [15:58]
2:00 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87: Suite No. 1, Op. 107 –Scottish National Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8939. [28:50]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365 – Alfred Brendel & Imogen Cooper, p’s; St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 446921-2 (5). [24:57] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Steinway & Sons 30033. [10:55] Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 423089-2. [18:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven at Parnassus, Part II. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical: Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael explore the bridge between comedy and classical music with special guest, Robbie Ellis.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun); Price: Symphony No. 4; Respighi: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome); Caroline Shaw Microfictions, Vol. 3; Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Josef Krips (c. 11/1964)
The Austrian conductor and violinist Josef Krips shared stories about his life in music, his reverence of Mozart, and his unwavering conviction that “art is an essential part of a human life.”
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: LIVE: John Lee, 18, violin. Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No. 3; Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1; Brahms: Violin Concerto, 1st mvt; Kreisler: Liebesleid
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Britten’s Peter Grimes Nicole Car (Ellen Orford), Allan Clayton (Peter Grimes), Adam Plachetka (Balstrode); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Nicholas Carter. Recorded fall 2022.
3:15 Saturday Afternoon
Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Mezzosoprano Isabel Leonard on Spanish-language art song and preparing the title role of Carmen. Recorded at
the 2022 Santa Fe Opera Festival. Isabel Leonard and guitarist Pablo SáinzVillegas join forces for a vocal-guitar program next month at the Harris Theater.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Touch of Nature. Elbio Barilari explores how Latin American composers have interpreted nature in music. Forests, jungles, mountains, and coastlines all have their unique sound.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: An exclusive Folkstage preview performance by the Porchlight Music Theatre cast of the new romantic musical comedy Ernest Shackleton Loves Me live from the Fay & Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: Making Plans. We have much to look forward to in hopes that good fortune awaits on the road ahead.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Rachmaninov at 150. Host Peter DuBois will share some of Rachmaninov’s legendary sacred music along with other music from Russia and from the Orthodox tradition.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80041. [15:20] Astor Piazzolla Libertango – Miloš Karadaglic, g; European Film Phil/Christoph Israel. DG B0017000-02. [3:04] Ludwig van Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B-Flat, Op. 133 – Takács Quartet. Decca 470849-2 (3). [14:28] Carter Pann Slalom – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Media CSOM-945. [9:01]
1:00 Georg Philipp Telemann Overture (Suite) in C, Hamburger Ebb’ und Flut (Wassermusik) – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9914 (2). [22:16] Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture – Philharmonia Orch/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDZ7-67202-2. [9:35]
Igor Stravinsky Mass: Gloria –Henry Jenkinson, treble; New College Choir Oxford, Wind & Brass Ensemble/Edward
Higginbottom. Avie AV-2086. [3:42] Philippe Musard
Ouistiti-Polka – Les Siècles/ François-Xavier Roth. Bru Zane BZ-2005. [2:00] Teresa
Carreño Waltz, Corbeille de fleurs, Op. 9 – Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [7:53]
2:00 Russell Peck Tenor Saxophone Concerto, The Upward Stream – James Houlik, tsx; London Sym Orch/Paul Anthony McRae. Albany TROY-040. [19:26]
Johannes Brahms Eleven
Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8, Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen; No. 7, O Gott, du frommer Gott – Dallas Wind Sym/ Frederick Fennell. Reference RR-43. [7:08] Aaron Copland
Danzón cubano – New Philharmonia Orch/Aaron Copland. CBS MK-42429.
[7:11] Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 – Tim Fain, v; Giovanni Piacentini, g. Blind Bay Records (2021).
[4:58] Gao Ping Two Soviet Love Songs for Vocalizing
Pianist (2003): Katyusha –homage to D. Shostakovich –
Gao Ping, voice & p. Naxos 8.557678. [2:08]
3:00 Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – Guildhall
String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7846-2-RC.
[16:02] Gioachino Rossini
La scala di seta: Overture –Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828.
[6:28] Milica Ilic Sasvim obicna svita (Quite Ordinary Suite) – Nemanja Stankovic, vc; Maja Mihic, p. Metropolis Music Company CD-109.
[7:53] Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C, Op. 18 –Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9300. [7:52] Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 431680-2. [7:22]
4:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet
Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 –Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil/Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-39310. [14:07] Rodion
Shchedrin Romantic Duets: No. 1, Andante cantabile; No. 5, Allegro ma non troppo –Rodion Shchedrin & Roland Pöntinen, p. DG 4864086.
[4:16] Franz Lachner Ball-Suite in D, Op 170: Introduction and Polonaise –Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223594.
[7:40] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata No. 36 in F, K. 547 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Daniel Barenboim, p.
DG 431687-2. [19:26]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne – Jascha Heifetz, v. RCA 61765-2. [12:44] Ralph
Vaughan Williams Flos Campi – Frederick Riddle, vi; Bournemouth Sinfonietta Cho, Orch/Norman Del Mar. Chandos CHAN-8374. [20:53]
Jennifer Higdon Echo Dash –Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p; Antón García Abril Third Sigh – Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p; Mark-Anthony Turnage Hilary’s Hoedown –Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p. DG B0019103-02. [7:36]
6:00 Charlotte Sohy Piano Sonata, Op. 6 – Célia Oneto Bensaid, p. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [18:28]
Francesco Maria Veracini
Ouverture (Suite) No. 3 in B-Flat – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 439937-2. [12:57]
César Franck Symphonic Variations – Alicia de Larrocha, p; London Phil Orch/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Decca 417583-2. [16:48]
7:00 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 – Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis.
RCA 68544-2. [28:20]
7:30 Rebecca Clarke Down by the Salley Gardens; The Tiger; Cradle Song; The Seal Man – Golda Schultz, s; Jonathan Ware, p. Alpha 799. [14:19] Camille SaintSaëns Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale – Orchestre De Paris/Daniel Barenboim. DG 469250-2 (2). [7:10]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47; Jascha Heifetz, violin; Walter Hendl, conductor; Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Georg Solti, conductor; Strauss: Burleske in D Minor; Byron Janis, piano; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Dvorák: Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Jacqueline du Pré, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Highlights of Warner Classics Compilation of Furtwängler Recordings. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor; Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D; Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz.
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