August 2024 FRI AUG 16 8PM
On WFMT, listen for Ravinia performances featuring The Knights, soprano Karen Slack, the chamber orchestra A Far Cry, and the Takács Quartet; and we close out the 2024 season of the Grant Park Music Festival with Mahler’s large-scale choral work Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand.
Dear Member,
In this month of summer travel, WTTW brings you an all-new special from expert traveler Rick Steves, who takes us to where the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans meet – Iceland. Follow him as he visits Reykjavik, a world capital with a small-town feel; the Golden Circle’s gorges, geysers, and waterfalls; and the 800-mile Ring Road and its glaciers, fjords, and geothermal hot spots. On page 4, meet Rick’s producer and frequent collaborator for more than 20 years – writer, tour guide, and photographer Cameron Hewitt, who shares what it was like to venture with Rick into this majestic landscape. And don’t forget that you can stream Rick’s many European excursions on our website and the PBS app.
Also this month, WTTW News will be reporting live from the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center. Beginning August 19, join Chicago Tonight host Brandis Friedman and our correspondents at 5:30 and 10:00 pm and on wttw.com/news for extensive coverage of all four nights of the event. And we’ll bring you PBS News Hour live coverage beginning at 6:00 pm each evening.
On WFMT, we close out the 2024 season of the Grant Park Music Festival with three final programs: an evening of works by Bruckner, Sibelius, and Janácek; Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony; and, as Carlos Kalmar concludes his long tenure as Grant Park’s music director, Mahler’s large-scale choral work Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand . And from Ravinia this month, we’ll bring you an eclectic group of world-class performers that includes The Knights with pianist Aaron Diehl, Lyric Unlimited’s 2024-25 Artist-in-Residence Karen Slack, the chamber orchestra A Far Cry, and the Takács Quartet.
Thank you for being a part of WTTW and WFMT’s summer in Chicago. We are grateful for your ongoing support.
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Geoffrey Baer Marathon
Spend all day watching a marathon of the best of Geoffrey Baer’s tour shows. He’ll take us to beautiful and fascinating places from the air, on the river, and via the L.
Join host Alejandra Ramos and judges Tiffany Derry, Tim Hollingsworth, and Francis Lam as the final three home cooks learn which of them has won this year’s competition. Monday, August 12, 8:00 pm Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Sunday, August 4, 7:00 am
Thursday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Rising from the Ashes [R]
1:00 Gods of Tennis: Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Frontline: Germany’s Enemy Within [R]
3:00 Hotel Portofino: Comings
Stream the first season of this award-winning series in advance of its return to WTTW in October. Adapted from Hilary Mantel’s best-selling Booker Prizewinning novels, this is the story of accomplished power broker Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), who must serve king and country while dealing with deadly political intrigue, Henry VIII’s (Damian Lewis) tempestuous relationship with Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy), and the religious upheavals of the Protestant reformation.
Beginning August 1 for WTTW Passport Subscribers Only
The Great American Recipe
RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
The doctors are coming to the weekday afternoon lineup! Watch this popular drama based on real-life stories following modern-day heroes in the Australian outback. Thursday, August 22, 4:00 pm
Together (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) [R]
4:00 Hotel Portofino: Contortions (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The 100 Days: The Suez Crisis – 1956 (Part 3 of 6) Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain, and France.
8:00 The 100 Days: The Assassination of Martin Luther King – 1968 (Part 4 of 6) In April, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated, and within weeks, Robert Kennedy is assassinated as well.
9:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 2 of 6) The PM and Rachel rush to the sinkhole collapse site, hoping Ellie is still alive.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 2
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Primates –Secrets of Survival [R]
1:00 NOVA: Operation Bridge Rescue [R]
2:00 Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine (Part 2 of 3) [R]
3:00 Hotel Portofino: Subterfuges (Season 2, Part 5 of 6) [R]
4:00 Hotel Portofino: Farewells (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Pioneers of Television: Comedians This episode explores comedians during the formative years of late-night television.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Filoli (Part 3 of 4) Finds include a 1959 Ted Williams “Paul Bunyan” bat, a 19th-century Indonesian silver bowl, and a Carrie Bethel basket circa 1958.
9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Filoli (Part 4 of 4) Finds include a Cartier platinum, diamond, and onyx brooch circa 1925, a beaded West African alligator circa 1965, and a G.T. Marsh & Sons jewelry suite circa 1940.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! RPM Steak, Crisp, Pisolino [R]
12:30 The 100 Days: The Suez Crisis – 1956 (Part 3 of 6) See Thurs. Aug. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 The 100 Days: The Assassination of Martin Luther King – 1968 (Part 4 of 6) See Thurs. Aug. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 70’s Soul Superstars
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 The Great American Recipe: Outside the Comfort of Your Kitchen (Part 6 of 8) [R]
7:00 Great Lakes Now: Warming Waters and Mutant Crayfish
7:30 Home Diagnosis: Like A Hurricane 8:00 Opportunity Knocks:
The smart, funny Emmy Awardwinning series returns for a fourth season as host Will Clinger spotlights our country’s most colorful, offbeat, and quirky people and places. Follow him as he goes off the beaten track to celebrate more of America’s unusual festivals, little-known museums, outsider artists, and unconventional characters.
Saturdays beginning August 3, 5:00 pm
by Daniel Hautzinger
Rick Steves: Iceland
premieres on WTTW Friday, August 16 at 8:00 PM
IN HIS LATEST SPECIAL , travel expert Rick Steves ventures further afield to explore the otherworldly landscapes and unique culture of Iceland for the first time in a television program. Rick Steves: Iceland premieres Friday, August 16 at 8:00 pm on WTTW, and takes viewers not just to Reykjavík and on the popular day trips outside the city, but also to remote peninsulas, fjords, and towns that are less frequently visited.
Cameron Hewitt, the associate producer and writer of the new special, has been to Iceland some five times now, and has been collaborating with Steves for 24 years. Hewitt is a co-author of Steves’ Iceland guidebook. We spoke to him about the new special and the appeal of Iceland.
Guide: What draws you to Iceland?
Cameron Hewitt: What I love about Iceland is its incredible natural wonders. It’s really a spectacular landscape. You see and experience things there that you just don’t find anywhere else in Europe. You have volcanoes and glaciers and steamy
geothermal fields and jagged fjords and beautiful coastlines and lava rock landscapes. It’s European because it was settled by Scandinavians. It’s sort of halfway between Europe and the U.S., so it feels mostly European and a little bit American, but culturally, it’s really European. And yet the landscape is something you don’t find anywhere else in Europe.
Guide: What are some of the reasons that Iceland has recently become such a popular tourist destination?
Hewitt: I’ve heard a lot of different interpretations, but several things happened around 2009, 2010. 2010 was when that big volcano eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull happened that interfered with European air travel. There was a period where there was so much ash in the air that you couldn’t fly between the U.S. and Europe for a few days. That really grabbed headlines, and I think it called people’s attention to the geological aspects of Iceland.
Another thing that occurred was that Iceland’s economy really got hit hard by the global economic crisis
in 2008, 2009. Around that time, the Icelandic Tourist Board said, “There’s a lot of potential here for attracting visitors, both from the U.S. and from Europe, or Americans on their way to Europe.” So Icelandair began its program where you could stay for a couple days if you had a layover.
And it’s really well suited for that because the international airport is in a lava field, so even as you’re landing, you’re very aware that this is a different kind of landscape. There are some very compact and accessible day trips that you can do in 24, 48, 72 hours.
This is anecdotal, but my sense is that a lot of folks stop off for a couple of days, fall in love, and want to go back next time and do a longer trip. Even for a small island, there’s plenty to do even for two weeks or more, especially if you’re into those kind of landscapes.
Guide: One of those longer trip options, which you include in the special as “Europe’s ultimate road trip,” is the Ring Road, which goes around the perimeter of the island.
Hewitt: Rick and I decided that, if we’re going to do Iceland, let’s do it right and make sure we include that. You could do one show on Iceland that was Reykjavík and the most popular day trips, which are the Golden Circle and the South Coast. Each of those is one day from Reykjavík. And then, of course, the famous Blue Lagoon spa. But the more you see of Iceland, the more each little region around the Ring Road reveals itself with lots of fun, interesting variations on what you’ve seen elsewhere.
Guide: Do you have a favorite place there?
Hewitt: There’s so many to choose from. There’s a geothermal region up in northern Iceland called
Mývatn. Driving around, I kept thinking, “This is kind of like Iceland’s Yellowstone.” In a small area, you drive around and there’s just this incredible variety of landscapes. There’s the bubbling and steaming geothermal landscape. There’s a giant volcanic cone that you can hike to the top of. If you drive around the lake, there are these pseudo-craters, which are giant bubbles of molten rock that collapsed in on themselves. Then you drive five more minutes and there’s these pinnacles of rock called the Dark Castles. And because it’s about a six-hour drive from Reykjavík, it doesn’t get a lot of day trippers. It’s a little more of an untrampled experience.
Another is the Herring Era Museum in this little town called Siglufjörður on the northern tip of Iceland. It’s focused on how in the early twentieth century, it was the herring fisheries in these tiny, isolated communities in the north of Iceland that helped establish the Icelandic economy. Iceland didn’t get its independence from Denmark until the mid-twentieth century. So arguably it was little communities like Siglufjörður and its
herring fisheries that allowed Iceland to be strong and independent and led to them being a sovereign country. The men did most of the fishing, but the women did the cleaning and the processing of the herring, and they call them herring girls. It’s kind of a Rosie the Riveter thing.
You’re in the middle of nowhere in Iceland and you’re in this beautiful town on a fjord, and the last thing you would expect would be a top-quality
museum that’s just absolutely fascinating. I’m sure most people are really impressed with the volcanoes and the glaciers and the puffins and the whale watching, and we do cover all of that in the show. But I was really jazzed to get up to this little town and be able to share with our American viewers the story of Icelandic herring fisheries. It’s more compelling than anyone would imagine.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Sisi: Austrian Empress
Friday, August 16, 8:00 pm
Witness the rise of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, “Sisi,” from the perspective of her closest confidants. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Labor of Love: Your Legacy List
Friday, August 30, 8:00 pm
Celebrate the treasures of home with Matt Paxton and his team as they help families keep the memories attached to their homes while they prepare for downsizing on Legacy List
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Wolf Hall on Masterpiece
Damian Lewis and Claire Foy star in this dramatic adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s beloved novels. Beginning Thursday, August 1, WTTW members can stream the entire season of Wolf Hall ahead of a special rebroadcast in October 2024.
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Jane Austen heroine Emma Woodhouse (Romola Garai) delights in the conviction that she’s the perfect matchmaker. But she’s playing a dangerous game as she persuades the young, pretty and socially inferior Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in favor of dashing Mr. Elton, to the strong disapproval of her friend George Knightley (Jonny Lee Miller). This four-part adaptation of Austen’s story challenges Emma’s social preconceptions and her own relationships.
Sundays, August 4-25 6:00 pm
Big Dreams
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Michigan’s Mackinac Island
9:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Dijon & Beaune
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Red Wing, Minnesota
10:00 This Old House: Phased Out
10:30 Ask This Old House: Paint Front Door, Generator Selection
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: A World of Flavors
11:30 America the Bountiful: Oysters in South Carolina
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert
12:30 Cook’s Country: Roast Chicken and Salad
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Power of Food
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Grilling from Across the Pond
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Grilled Short Ribs and Vegetable Casserole
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Scones,
Donuts, Banana Bread
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Fire Kings
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Olive Oil Everything
4:30 Check, Please! Best of Italian
5:00 Wild Travels In the new season premiere, host Will Clinger visits Hot Springs, Arkansas to watch costumed teams race bathtubs filled with water through the downtown, and more.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 10 Homes that Changed America Geoffrey Baer visits homes that transformed residential living.
7:00 Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath Rock ‘n’ roll reaches Kembleford when a group of bikers cause outrage and excitement in equal measure.
8:00 My Life is Murder: Remains to Be Seen (Season 1, Part 8 of 10) While jogging one morning, Alexa collapses on the bridge named in honor of her late husband.
9:00 The Coroner: Dirty Dancing (Part 10 of 20) Judith and Mick get into the spirit of a Latin American dance festival.
10:00 Hotel Portofino: End (Season 3, Part 1 of 6) [R]
11:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) [R]
Sunday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 2 of 6) See Thurs. Aug. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Pioneers of Television: Comedians See Fri. Aug. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Filoli (Part 3 of 4) See Fri. Aug. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Filoli (Part 4 of 4) See Fri. Aug. 2 at 9:30 pm. [R]
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
5:00 Let’s Learn: Do You Hear the “Ink” in Pink?
MORNING
6:00 Finding Your Roots: Rising from the Ashes [R]
7:00 Chicago from the Air Geoffrey Baer narrates a sweeping bird’s-eye tour of the city and beyond.
8:15 Beyond Chicago from the Air Join narrator Geoffrey Baer on another journey via drone to explore regional sights beyond Chicago.
9:30 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago People from all over the city and suburbs take Geoffrey Baer to the places they find most breathtaking.
10:45 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2 Geoffrey is back to show us even more eye-popping spaces and places. Audio-narrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer Join Geoffrey Baer for this in-depth exploration of all three branches of the river.
2:25 Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey Baer explores the colorful and diverse neighborhoods that Chicagoans access via the city’s storied elevated train system.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Emma (Part 1 of 4)
7:00 Hotel Portofino: Proposals (Season 3, Part 2 of 6) Bella is shocked when Marco proposes and finally tells her family about her divorce.
8:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) When a reclusive man is found dead on the streets of Cambridge, Alphy and Geordie begin to unravel a series of clues.
9:00 Agatha Christie’s England Retrace the beloved author’s footsteps to see the real places that inspired her literary universe.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Just Before Oblivion (Part 6 of 12) Chloe and Rocher are investigating the death of a painter that leads them to a strange connection to another murder.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Spoon
Monday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath See Sat. Aug. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Life is Murder: Remains to Be Seen (Season 1, Part 8 of 10) See Sat. Aug. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Coroner: Dirty Dancing (Part 10 of 20) See Sat. Aug. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 10 Homes That Changed America See Sat. Aug. 3 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 NOVA: Operation Bridge Rescue [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
(New Kids Special)
This new film uses stop-motion construction paper-style animation, based on the Grammy-winning band The Okee Dokee Brothers’ album of the same name. It follows two best friends, Fox and Badger, as they return to their forest home, Brambletown. As they discover new sides of themselves, their friendship, and the community, they learn that even in the darkest moments, they still have the power to heal.
Monday, August 5 11:00 am
Studying adoption records
Frontline investigates fraud and abuse in South Korea’s foreign adoption boom, including falsified records and faked identities in the adoption of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over seven decades.
Tuesday, August 6 9:00 pm
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1965 Noah Purifoy sculpture, Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker coat, and a 1920 Franz Bergman foundry Vienna bronze lamp.
8:00 The Great American Recipe: Defining Firsts and Family (Part 7 of 8) Watch the home cooks vie to earn a spot in the finale.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1952 Joe Louis-signed whiskey bottle, a Sheraton sideboard circa 1820, and a 1928 NY Yankees team-signed baseball.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Hotel Portofino: Proposals (Season 3, Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) See Sun. Aug. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Agatha Christie’s England See Sun. Aug. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Just Before Oblivion (Part 6 of 12) See Sun. Aug. 4 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Emma (Part 1 of 4) See Sun.
6:00 Odd Squad
6:30 Arthur
7:00 Molly of Denali
7:30 Alma’s Way
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8:30 Wild Kratts
9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9:30 Rosie’s Rules
10:00 Sesame Street
10:30 Work it Out Wombats!
11:00 Donkey Hodie
11:30 Elinor Wonders Why
12:00 Nature Cat
12:30 Curious George
Aug. 4 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Family –Lost and Found Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. attempts to solve family mysteries for actor Joe Manganiello and football star Tony Gonzalez.
8:00 Gods of Tennis: Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert (Part 3 of 3) In 1990, Martina Navratilova dominates Wimbledon, yet struggles to be as adored as her rival, Chris Evert.
9:00 Frontline: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning Frontline investigates fraud and abuse in South Korea’s foreign adoption boom, including falsified records and faked identities in the adoption of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over seven decades.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 The Great American Recipe: Defining Firsts and Family (Part 7 of 8) See Mon. Aug. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 The 100 Days: The Suez Crisis – 1956 (Part 3 of 6) [R]
4:30 Islands Without Cars: Michigan’s Mackinac Island [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Primates – Family Matters Meet devoted monkey dads, playmate apes, and tender troops.
8:00 NOVA: Kīlauea –Hawai’i on Fire
9:00 Sea Change: Survival (Part 3 of 3) Indigenous peoples and scholars practice climate resilience and adaptation, and entrepreneurs find new ways to make a living from the sea.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Family –Lost and Found See Tues. Aug. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Gods of Tennis: Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert (Part 3 of 3) See Tues. Aug. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning See Tues. Aug. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 The 100 Days: The Assassination of Martin Luther King – 1968 (Part 4 of 6) [R]
4:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Aug. 3 at 5:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The 100 Days: Fall of the Berlin Wall – 1989 (Part 5 of 6) On November 9, 1989, the most solid symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall, was knocked down.
8:00 The 100 Days: Desert Storm – 1991 (Part 6 of 6) In January 1991, Operation Desert Shield became Desert Storm, a war costing US $61 billion dollars.
9:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 3 of 6) The PM deals with the aftermath of the sinkhole collapse and the abduction of Princess Yadira.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
NOVA: Kīlauea –Hawai’i on Fire Journey to Hawai’i’s Kīlauea volcano, which sent rivers of lava through communities and into the sea when it erupted in 2018. NOVA investigates the increased activity at the site and explores why these geologically distinctive volcanoes formed in the middle of the Pacific.
Wednesday, August 7 8:00 pm
Enjoy soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim as Shakespeare’s famed star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s adaptation with the Met’s Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin at the podium. Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher directs and Ryan Speedo Green hosts.
Sunday, August 11
1:00 pm
The Hills
On Chicago’s Southeast Side, where the steel mills once operated, sits an abandoned toxic slag hill that’s been harming people, wildlife, and waterways for decades. This new film highlights the powerful return of nature despite a toxic environment and connects legacy pollution to current environmental struggles.
Sunday, August 11
4:00 pm
Friday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Primates – Family Matters See Wed. Aug. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Kīlauea – Hawai’i on Fire See Wed. Aug. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Sea Change: Survival (Part 3 of 3) See Wed. Aug. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Austin City Limits: Spoon See Sun. Aug. 4 at 11:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Rick Steves Egypt: Yesterday & Today Rick explores the historic and cultural wonders of Egypt, including the pyramids, Alexandria, Luxor, the Nile, and the temple ruins at Abu Simbel.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 4) Finds include a wooden toy general store circa 2000, World War II Special Force wings, and a 1913 Maynard Dixon oil painting.
9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 4) Finds include a Fortuny silk velvet jacket circa 1925, a 1909 Martin Parlor guitar, and a Northwest Coast Clan crest helmet.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! Best of Italian [R]
12:30 Wild Travels [R]
1:00 The 100 Days: Fall of the Berlin Wall – 1989 (Part 5 of 6) See Thurs. Aug. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The 100 Days: Desert Storm – 1991 (Part 6 of 6) See Thurs. Aug. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 The Great American Recipe: Defining Firsts and Family (Part 7 of 8) [R]
7:00 Great Lakes Now: Saving Whitefish and Navigating Niagara
7:30 Home Diagnosis: There, I Fixed It
8:00 Opportunity Knocks: Reaching Goals
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Sweden’s Southwestern Archipelago
9:00 Curious Traveler: Estonia’s Curious Culture & Traditions
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Oak Park, Illinois
10:00 This Old House: Lexington –Seven Layer Floors
10:30 Ask This Old House: Window to Door Conversion
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Plenty of Salmon
11:30 America the Bountiful: Chiles in New Mexico
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Old New Mexico
12:30 Cook’s Country: Summer Berry Desserts
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Savor the Moment
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: San Antonio Grill
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Light Summer Meal
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Bienvenue a la Brasserie
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Thai Street Food
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Sisters, Stew, and Sass
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Meze Society
4:30 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe
5:00 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger drives the Illinois leg of historic Route 66 to find the area’s oddities, including the Gemini Giant.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 10 Towns that Changed America Geoffrey Baer visits influential towns across the country including Riverside, Illinois.
7:00 Father Brown: The Serpent Within Sullivan’s dream of leaving Kembleford is dashed when he is arrested for receiving stolen goods.
8:00 My Life is Murder: Fake Empire (Season 1, Part 9 of 10) When Kieran presents Alexa with another unsolved murder, she declines until
Kieran mentions that clairvoyant Chloe Angel is involved.
9:00 The Coroner: The Drop Zone (Part 11 of 20) Jane’s fear of heights is put to the test when she and Davey investigate a skydiving accident.
10:00 Hotel Portofino: Proposals (Season 3, Part 2 of 6) [R]
11:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) [R]
Sunday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 3 of 6) See Thurs. Aug. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Rick Steves Egypt: Yesterday & Today See Fri. Aug. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 4) See Fri. Aug. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Antiques Roadshow
Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 4) See Fri. Aug. 9 at 9:30 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Let’s Learn: Do You Hear the “Ed” in Melted?
MORNING
6:00 Finding Your Roots: Family – Lost and Found [R]
7:00 Table for All with Buki Elegbede: A Trip Through the Flavors and Flair of Latin America
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Let’s Go Dutch 8:00 Shelter Me: Helping Hands
8:30 To Dine for with Kate Sullivan: Bozoma Saint John
9:00 Travel Detective: CIA Museum
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: England’s Cornwall 10:00 POV: Against the Tide Two Koli fishermen in Bombay are driven to desperation by a dying sea, testing their bond.
11:30 POV: Fauna While an old shepherd suffering from bone disease witnesses his profession disappearing, scientists are busier than ever researching the COVID vaccine.
AFTERNOON
1:00 Great Performances at the Met: Romeo et Juliette Enjoy soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim as Shakespeare’s famed star-crossed lovers. Ryan Speedo Green hosts.
4:00 The Hills
5:00 Jay’s Chicago: Birds and More Birds
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Emma (Part 2 of 4)
7:00 Hotel Portofino: Realizations (Season 3, Part 3 of 6) Lucian is cold to Constance;
George threatens to withdraw money from the hotel, so Bella begins a new business.
8:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) A mystery author turns in the manuscript for his latest book, but the last chapter is missing. Susan Ryeland investigates.
9:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Everyone had a reason to kill mystery author Alan Conway. But was his fatal fall actually murder?
10:00 The Paris Murders: Reminiscences (Part 7 of 12) A woman finds Chloe at a conference and begs her to investigate her son’s death 21 years ago.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Monday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Serpent Within See Sat. Aug. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Life is Murder: Fake Empire (Season 1, Part 9 of 10) See Sat. Aug. 10
A mystery author dies under suspicious circumstances, with his last book seemingly unfinished. This leaves two mysteries: What happened to him? And how does his latest potboiler end? Revisit this six-part series that stars Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway’s latest novel, an event that will change her life.
Sunday, August 11-25
8:00 pm and 9:00 pm
at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Coroner: The Drop Zone (Part 11 of 20) See Sat. Aug. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 10 Towns That Changed America See Sat. Aug. 10 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow
Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 4) [R]
4:30 Antiques Roadshow
Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 4) [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1966 Roy Lichtenstein screenprint, a NASA Apollo archive circa 1965, and a 1905 Tiffany Studios mosaic panel.
8:00 The Great American Recipe: The Grand Finale (Part 8 of 8) Who will be crowned the winner of this season of The Great American Recipe?
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 3 of 3) Finds include Charles Schreyvogel’s oil A Lone Horse circa 1900, 1954 Disneyland handcolored architectural elevations, and a 1982 Bob Mackie beaded gown made for Brooke Shields.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Hotel Portofino: Realizations (Season 3, Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Reminiscences (Part 7 of 12) See Sun. Aug. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Emma (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Aug. 11 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Chosen Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their roots from Eastern Europe to the United States.
8:00 The American Diplomat: American Experience Discover how three Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the U.S. State Department during the Cold War.
9:00 A Boston (R)Evolution Boston, a racially complex American city, confronts its past, present and future.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 The Great American Recipe: The Grand Finale (Part 8 of 8) See Mon. Aug. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 POV: Against the Tide See Sun. Aug. 11 at 10:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital This film explores how Chicago became known as “the candy capital of the world.” Audio-narrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.
8:30 Chicago Stories: Race to
Travel guru Rick Steves introduces you to Iceland’s majestic landscapes and hardy culture. In Reykjavik, a world capital with a small-town feel, Rick tours the endearing sights, browses for sweaters, tastes fermented shark, and learns Icelandic insights. Along the way, Rick visits a few slice-ofIcelandic-life museums, sod-roofed settlements, steaming volcanoes, and even goes whale watching.
Friday, August 16 8:00 pm
Reverse the River In reaction to the public health crisis of waste contaminating the Chicago River, in 1900 an amazing feat of engineering reversed the flow of the river away from the lake.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Chosen See Tues. Aug. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The American Diplomat: American Experience See Tues. Aug. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 A Boston (R)Evolution See Tues. Aug. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 POV: Fauna See Sun. Aug. 11 at 11:30 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
Doc Martin Marathon
Spend your Sunday revisiting season 9 of this quirky comedydrama that stars Martin Clunes as Dr. Martin Ellingham, once a celebrated London surgeon who, after developing a phobia to blood, lands in the beautiful but sleepy village of Portwenn. His abrasive personality doesn’t exactly mesh with the pace of life there.
Sunday, August 18 9:00 am
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War Watch an in-depth overview of the iconic documentary.
9:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) Following Polly’s death, a controversial anti-protest bill leads to an unofficial police strike.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Primates –Protecting Primates More than half of the world’s primates are under threat. Meet the scientists working to safeguard their future.
1:00 NOVA: Dog Tales
Researchers reveal how dog intelligence and behaviors have made them indispensable companions.
2:00 NOVA: Cat Tales Cats have long fascinated humans. But did we ever really domesticate them?
3:00 The Hills See Sun. Aug. 11 at 4:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Rick Steves: Iceland
9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 4) Finds include Idaho State gems and gold nuggets circa 1905, an 1830 French musical pocket watch, and 1826 portraits attributed to Guilford County Limner.
9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 4 of 4) Finds include George Sosnak baseballs and a Hank Aaron-signed photo, 1935 Gum Inc. Mickey Mouse cards, and a 1906 Maxfield Parrish oil with letter.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe [R]
12:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Aug. 10 at 5:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War See Thurs. Aug. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 The Great American Recipe: The Grand Finale (Part 8 of 8) [R]
7:00 Great Lakes Now: Reef Rescue and Wild Edibles
7:30 Home Diagnosis: Rock Hard
8:00 Opportunity Knocks: The Coaches Return
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Italy’s Venetian Lagoon (Venice and Burano)
9:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Krakow
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Waukesha, Wisconsin
10:00 This Old House:
Lexington – Electrical Bond
10:30 Ask This Old House: Garage Graffiti, Nursery Closet
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Flavors of the Eternal Forest
11:30 America the Bountiful: Apples in Virginia
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Chuck Roast and Potatoes
12:30 Cook’s Country: Carne Guisada and Enchiladas
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Next Chapter
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Mexi-Que
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Blackened Chicken and Roasted Okra
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Borscht and Rye
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Rome – Spaghetti, Gnocchi, and Cloud Bread
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: The World Cup of Tacos
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: A Bite of Greek Red Wine
4:30 Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza E Pasta
5:00 Wild Travels In Chicago, host Will Clinger attends the parody of the Iditarod – the Chi-Ditarod, where the sled is a shopping cart pulled by people instead of dogs.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 10 Buildings that Changed America Geoffrey Baer tells the stories of ten influential works of American architecture and the visionaries who imagined them.
7:00 Father Brown: Winds of Change Father Brown discovers that a murderer is using Kembleford’s new model village to plan their attacks.
8:00 My Life is Murder: Mirror, Mirror (Season 1, Part 10 of 10) Alexa investigates the case of a plastic surgeon who died after self-administering her own anti-wrinkle drug.
9:00 The Coroner: Perfectly Formed (Part 12 of 20) When building work at an abandoned cottage unearths a child’s hidden remains, Jane uncovers other family secrets.
10:00 Hotel Portofino: Realizations (Season 3, Part 3 of 6) [R]
11:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) [R]
Sunday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) [R]
1:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) See Thurs. Aug. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Rick Steves: Iceland See Fri. Aug. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Let’s Learn: Do You Hear the “Ed” in Dripped?
MORNING
6:00 Finding Your Roots: Chosen [R]
7:00 Table for All with Buki Elegbede: Challah & Chutzpah – A Celebration of Jewish Culture
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: The Stinking Rose
8:00 Shelter Me : To Sniff & Protect
8:30 To Dine for with Kate Sullivan: Ken Burns
9:00 Doc Martin: To the Lighthouse Martin’s medical career remains under scrutiny as a representative has come to assess him and his surgery.
10:00 Doc Martin: The Shock of the New Martin is required to pass three refresher courses that will decide whether he is deemed fit to practice.
11:00 Doc Martin: S.W.A.L.K. Ruth is concerned about becoming increasingly forgetful, and Martin offers to perform a mini
WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage
Join host Brandis Friedman and the WTTW News team from the 2024 Democratic National Convention at downtown Chicago’s United Center. Correspondents will be reporting live from the venue twice each evening and will provide extensive digital coverage of all aspects of the convention on wttw.com.
Monday, August 19-Thursday, August 22 5:30 pm and 10:00 pm
mental state examination.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Doc Martin: Paint it Black Martin has his second GMC assessment – mock surgery. Buddy is missing.
1:00 Doc Martin: Wild West Country Martin investigates when local farmer Dennis Thorpe shoots Robert after he took some of his eggs.
2:00 Doc Martin: Equilibrium Martin and Louisa have their first fertility consultation with Dr. Emma Ryder.
3:00 Doc Martin: Single White Bevy Local vet Angela Sim consults Martin about a lump in her breast.
4:00 Doc Martin: License to Practice Wedding bells are ringing with the preparations for Morwenna and Al’s wedding.
5:00 Jay’s Chicago: On the Water 5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Emma (Part 3 of 4)
7:00 Hotel Portofino: Experiments (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) As Bella attempts to get her
PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention
The team from PBS News Hour, led by co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett, provide live coverage and analysis of all four nights of the 2024 Democratic National Convention from the United Center in downtown Chicago.
Monday, August
19-Thursday, August 22
6:00 pm
new business off the ground, an old enemy visits Cecil.
8:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) Angling to sell his publishing firm and retire, Charles leans on Susan to take over as CEO.
9:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) The puzzle pieces of Alan’s death get more and more jumbled.
10:00 The Paris Murders: From Father to Son (Part 8 of 12) A pregnant woman is brutally attacked in a park, but Chloe discovers the woman was using a false identity.
11:00 Austin City Limits: The Best of Nanci Griffith
Monday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: Winds of Change See Sat. Aug. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Life is Murder: Mirror, Mirror (Season 1, Part 10 of 10) See Sat. Aug. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Coroner: Perfectly Formed (Part 12 of 20) See Sat. Aug. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 10 Buildings that Changed America See Sat. Aug. 17 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow
Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 4) See Fri. Aug. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 4 of 4) See Fri. Aug. 16 at 9:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage (Live)
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Democratic National Convention Special (Live)
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National
7:30 Home Diagnosis
8:00 Opportunity Knocks
8:30 Islands Without Cars
9:00 Curious Traveler
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking 11:30 America the Bountiful
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Steven Raichlen...
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
4:00 My Greek Table
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Wild Travels
Convention See Mon. Aug. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Hotel Portofino: Experiments (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Emma (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Aug. 18 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Democratic National Convention Special See Mon. Aug. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage (Live)
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention
10:00 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage (Live)
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention See Tues. Aug. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News
5:30 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage See Tues. Aug. 20 at 10:00 pm. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage (Live)
Great Performances:
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2024
The world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic is joined by acclaimed international opera star Lise Davidsen in an enchanting openair concert under the direction of Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons from the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace.
Friday, August 23
8:00 pm
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman Photo: R. Viglasky/Hartswood Films and BBC Wales for BBC One and Masterpiece
Masterpiece: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Rejoin Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as the brilliant but eccentric Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Dr. John Watson in 1890s London.
Saturday, August 24
7:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention
10:00 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage (Live)
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention See Wed. Aug. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: The Best of Nanci Griffith See Sun. Aug. 18 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage See Wed. Aug. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage (Live)
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention
10:00 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage (Live)
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 23
EARLY
MORNING
12:00 PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention See Thurs. Aug. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow [R]
4:00 The Paris Murders: From Father to Son (Part 8 of 12) See Sun. Aug. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage See Thurs. Aug. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2024
9:30 Roots of Comedy: Sierra Katow In Los Angeles, Jesus Trejo teams up with actor/ comedian Sierra Katow.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza E Pasta [R]
12:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Aug. 17 at 5:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Doc Martin: To the Lighthouse See Sun. Aug. 18 at 9:00 am. [R]
2:00 Doc Martin: The Shock of the New See Sun. Aug. 18 at 10:00 am. [R]
3:00 Doc Martin: S.W.A.L.K. See Sun. Aug. 18 at 11:00 am. [R]
4:00 Doc Martin: Paint it Black See Sun. Aug. 18 at 12:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 70’s Soul Superstars [R]
8:30 Rick Steves: The Story of Fascism in Europe Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and fell in Europe.
10:00 This Old House: Lexington – Upcycled 10:30 Ask This Old House: Hot Water, DiResta Leather Tote
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: New Nordic Cuisine
11:40 Cook’s Country: Regional Seafood Specialties
AFTERNOON
12:20 Cook’s Country: Taste of Summer
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Chicken for Dinner
1:40 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Gulf Coast Grill
2:20 America’s Test Kitchen: Grown-Up Comfort Classics
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Flavors of Thailand
3:40 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television:
Shakshuka and Tagine
4:20 Pati’s Mexican Table: Legends of the Sonoran Sea
5:00 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger visits McMinnville, Oregon’s UFO Fest to witness the extraterrestrial parade and alien pet contest.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Curse of the Spencers Explore the tumultuous lives of the late Diana’s parents and the complicated upbringing that shaped a Princess.
7:00 Sherlock on Masterpiece: The Abominable Bride
9:00 The Coroner: Those in Peril (Part 13 of 20) After a hoax callout, a volunteer in the Lighthaven lifeboat crew drowns.
10:00 Hotel Portofino: Experiments (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) [R]
11:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) [R]
and Elsy
The lives of the Ayala Flores family are shattered when their teenage daughter – who came to the United States from El Salvador at age one and grew up sheltered by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) – gets caught in the middle of the fight over immigration policy. The Trump administration moves to terminate TPS status, only to have the Biden administration act to delay the debate.
Monday, August 26
9:00 pm
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) [R]
1:00 Doc Martin: Wild West Country See Sun. Aug. 18 at 1:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Doc Martin: Equilibrium See Sun. Aug. 18 at 2:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Doc Martin: Single White Bevy See Sun. Aug. 18 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Doc Martin: License to Practice See Sun. Aug. 18 at 4:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White MORNING
6:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
7:30 Big Band Years This program returns to the era of the legendary orchestras, great singers, and song standards during World War II.
9:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Watch performances by Little Anthony & the
Discover the life and career of director Blake Edwards, one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures. With a career and body of work spanning over a four-decade career – often in collaboration with his wife, legendary actress and singer Julie Andrews – the film offers reflections on the times he lived in and tackles issues including sex, gender, and power that remain at the forefront of present-day zeitgeist.
Tuesday, August 27
7:00 pm
Imperials, Ronnie Spector, Frankie Valli, and more.
11:30 70’s Soul Superstars [R]
AFTERNOON
2:00 Big Band Years [R]
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Emma (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Aug. 4 at 6:00 pm.
7:00 Hotel Portofino: Revelations (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) Lucian pleads with Constance to run away with him after Nish is discovered dead.
8:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) Susan’s sister and Andreas have unexpected connections to Alan.
9:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) Susan cracks her case and then accompanies Pund as he lays out the solution to Alan’s final book.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Possession (Part 9 of 12) A man comes forward to admit stabbing a woman to death in church, claiming to be possessed by a demon.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Jenny Lewis/MUNA
Monday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sherlock on Masterpiece: The Abominable Bride See Sat. Aug. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Coroner: Those in Peril (Part 13 of 20) See Sat. Aug. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2024 See Fri. Aug. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Roots of Comedy: Sierra Katow See Fri. Aug. 23 at 9:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an 1844 “Bellows Falls” LDS church hymnal, a 1914 Olaf Carl Seltzer oil on board, and a 1969 prototype
Hot Wheels “Beach Bomb.”
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Cartier Art Deco diamond bracelet, a Zee Wo Silver & Cinnabar cutlery set circa 1920, and a 1959 Number 1 Barbie doll and accessories.
9:00 VOCES on PBS: Almost American
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Hotel Portofino: Revelations (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 The Paris Murders: Possession (Part 9 of 12) See Sun. Aug. 25 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Jay’s Chicago: Birds and More Birds See Sun. Aug. 11 at 5:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames – American Masters Discover the life and career of director Blake Edwards, one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures. With a career and body of work spanning over a four-decade career – often in collaboration with his wife, legendary actress and singer Julie Andrews - the film offers reflections on the times he lived in and tackles issues including sex, gender, and power that remain at the forefront of present-day zeitgeist.
8:30 Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover
9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Filoli (Part 1 of 4) Treasures include a 1976 Apple-I operation manual mock-up for Apple-II, a 1934 All Americans
Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret
Through personal stories and expert voices, this program explores the varying state of voting systems in the United States, examining which states have the most efficient and inclusive voting systems while shedding light on the states facing challenges and shortcomings in their voting processes.
Tuesday, August 27 8:30 pm
An amateur historian, Makis Metaxas, claims he found the bones of Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey. But the discovery is soon embroiled in controversy, and Makis embarks on his own odyssey to convince the world he is right.
Wednesday, August 28 8:00 pm
Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration in Words
This star-studded musical tribute to The Boss, taped in September 2023 in Nashville, features performances by Eric Church (“Dancing in the Dark”), Emmylou Harris (“The Price You Pay,” “Nebraska”), Noah Kahan (“Atlantic City”), Lyle Lovett (“Used Cars,” “My Father’s House”), The Lumineers (“Mansion on the Hill,” “State Trooper”), and Lucinda Williams (“Born in the USA”).
Friday, August 30
8:00 pm
team-signed baseball, and a 1967 Ansaldo Poggi viola.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Curse of the Spencers See Sat. Aug. 24 at 6:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Coroner: Those in Peril (Part 13 of 20) [R]
4:00 Emma (Part 4 of 4) [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: American Ocelot Dive deep into South Texas to meet one of the United States’ most endangered wild cats: the ocelot.
8:00 Odysseus Returns An amateur historian, Makis Metaxas, claims he found the bones of Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 29
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames –American Masters See Tues. Aug. 27 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover See Tues. Aug. 27 at 8:30 pm. [R]
2:30 VOCES on PBS: Almost American See Mon. Aug. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Jenny Lewis/Muna See Sun. Aug. 25 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things Explore the vast repertoire of these musical theater pioneers in a star-studded concert featuring Aaron Tveit, Patrick Wilson, Rita Moreno, Audra McDonald, and many more performing from shows including Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music, and more.
9:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) With the news of a stolen weapon, an emergency COBRA is assembled as the government frantically tries to locate it.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: American Ocelot See Wed. Aug. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Odysseus Returns See Wed. Aug. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration in Words and Music
9:30 Roots of Comedy: Eeland Stribling
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 31
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Wild Travels
12:30 70’s Soul Superstars [R]
3:00 Sherlock on Masterpiece: The Abominable Bride [R]
5:00 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
MORNING
8:00 Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things See Thurs. Aug. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R] 10:00 This Old House: Lexington –Install with Care
10:30 Ask This Old House: Lathe Turned Segmented Bow
11:00 Cook’s Country: Beef Kebabs and Cheese Bread
11:40 Cook’s Country: Grilled Chicken, Two Ways
AFTERNOON
12:20 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Kind Gesture
1:00 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Obsessed with Brisket
1:40 America’s Test Kitchen: How to Roast Everything
2:20 America’s Test Kitchen: All
Chocolate, All the Time
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Paris –Bahn Mi, Pork Rice Bowls, and Vietnamese Wings
3:40 Pati’s Mexican Table: Super Sonoran
4:30 Moments to Remember
EVENING
7:00 Death in Paradise: Christmas Special (in 2 parts) As the inhabitants of Saint Marie prepare for the festive season, true-crime podcaster Jennifer Langan is found shot dead. Langan had been investigating the strange disappearance of a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in 1977. Are supernatural forces at work? And will Neville find love just in time for Christmas?
9:00 The Coroner: The Beast of Lighthaven (Part 14 of 20) When a local journalist claims that there is a big cat on the moors, nobody believes him…until the discovery of his badly mauled body.
10:00 Hotel Portofino: Revelations (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) [R] 11:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) [R]
Host Jesus Trejo travels to Denver to meet a comic whose life on the river is as important as his life on stage. Eeland Stribling strives to find true life balance in the outdoors of Colorado where he often calls on his experience as a wildlife biologist.
Friday, August 30 9:30 pm
’70s Soul Superstars
Saturday, 2:30 am (8/3)
Saturday, 6:00 am (8/24)
Sunday, 11:30 am (8/25)
Saturday, 12:30 am (8/31)
All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop
Sunday, 9:30 am (8/25)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm
Friday, 3:00 am (8/9)
Thursdays, 4:00 am (8/22, 8/29)
Big Band Years
Sunday, 7:30 am, 2:00 pm (8/25)
Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration in Words and Music
Friday, 8:00 pm (8/30)
Great Performances
Friday, 8:00 pm (8/23)
Monday, 3:00 am (8/26)
Thursday, 7:00 pm (8/29)
Saturday, 8:00 am (8/31)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 1:00 pm (8/11)
All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
Thursdays, 4:00 pm (8/1, 8/8, 8/15)
Fridays, 4:00 pm (8/2, 8/9, 8/16)
Mondays, 4:00 pm (8/5, 8/12, 8/19)
Tuesdays, 4:00 pm (8/6, 8/13, 8/20)
Wednesdays, 4:00 pm (8/7, 8/14, 8/21) COBRA
Thursdays, 9:00 pm (8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/29)
Sundays, 12:00 am (8/4, 8/11)
Sundays, 1:00 am (8/18, 9/1)
Coroner
Saturdays, 9:00 pm
Mondays, 2:00 am
Wednesday, 3:00 am (8/28)
Death in Paradise
Saturday, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (8/31)
Doc Martin
Sunday, 9:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (8/18)
Saturday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (8/24)
Sunday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (8/25)
Emma
Sundays, 6:00 pm
Tuesdays, 4:00 am Father Brown
Saturdays, 7:00 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Mondays, 12:00 am (8/5, 8/12, 8/19)
Grantchester on Masterpiece
Saturdays, 11:00 pm (8/3, 8/10)
Sunday, 8:00 pm (8/4)
Tuesday, 1:00 am (8/6)
Hotel Portofino
Friday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (8/2)
Saturdays, 10:00 pm
Sundays, 7:00 pm
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (8/6, 8/13)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (8/20)
Tuesday, 12:30 am (8/27)
Magpie Murders on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (8/11, 8/18)
Tuesday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (8/13)
Saturdays, 11:00 pm (8/17, 8/24, 8/31)
Wednesday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (8/21)
Sundays, 12:00 am (8/25, 9/1)
Tuesday, 1:30 am, 2:30 am (8/27)
My Life is Murder
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Mondays, 1:00 am (8/5, 8/12, 8/19)
Paris Murders
Sundays, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (8/6, 8/13)
Friday, 4:00 am (8/23)
Tuesday, 3:30 am (8/27)
RFDS: Royal Doctor Flying Service
Thursdays, 4:00 pm (8/22, 8/29)
Fridays, 4:00 pm (8/23, 8/30)
Monday, 4:00 pm (8/26)
Tuesday, 4:00 pm (8/27)
Wednesday, 4:00 pm (8/28)
Sherlock on Masterpiece
Saturday, 7:00 pm (8/24)
Monday, 12:00 am (8/26)
Saturday, 3:00 am (8/31)
Cooking & Dining • Home
Improvement • Travel
America the Bountiful
Saturdays, 11:30 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
America’s Test Kitchen
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Saturday, 2:20 pm, 3:00 pm (8/24)
Saturday, 1:40 pm, 2:20 pm (8/31)
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm (8/5, 8/12)
Wednesday, 12:00 am, 2:00 am (8/7)
Fridays, 4:00 am (8/9, 8/16)
Wednesday, 12:30 am, 2:30 am (8/14)
Thursday, 3:00 am (8/22)
Friday, 3:00 am (8/23)
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (8/26)
Wednesday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (8/28)
Antiques Roadshow Recut
Fridays, 9:00 pm, 9:30 pm (8/2, 8/9, 8/16)
Sundays, 2:00 am, 2:30 am (8/4, 8/11)
Mondays, 4:00 am, 4:30 am (8/12, 8/19)
Tuesday, 9:30 pm (8/27)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Saturdays, 12:00 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Mondays-Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country
Mondays-Fridays, 2:00 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Saturday, 11:40 am, 12:20 pm (8/24)
Saturday, 11:00 am, 11:40 am (8/31)
Curious Traveler
Saturdays, 9:00 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Great American Recipe
Saturdays, 6:00 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Monday, 8:00 pm (8/5)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (8/7)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (8/14)
Home Diagnosis
Saturdays, 7:30 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Islands Without Cars
Saturdays, 8:30 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Wednesday, 4:30 am (8/7)
J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sundays, 7:30 am (8/11, 8/18)
Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
Thursdays, 2:30 pm
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Mondays, 2:30 pm
Saturday, 12:20 pm (8/31)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
Tuesdays, 2:30 pm
New Scandinavian Cooking
Saturdays, 11:00 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Pati’s Mexican Table
Fridays, 2:30 pm
Saturdays, 3:30 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/31)
Saturday, 4:20 pm (8/24)
Rick Steves Egypt: Yesterday & Today
Friday, 8:00 pm (8/9)
Sunday, 1:00 am (8/11)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Sunday, 9:30 am (8/11)
Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
Saturdays, 1:30 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Saturday, 1:00 pm (8/31)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Wednesdays, 2:30 pm
Table for All with Buki Elegbede
Sundays, 7:00 am (8/11, 8/18)
This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am
Travel Detective
Sunday, 9:00 am (8/11)
Wild Travels
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Thursday, 4:30 am (8/8)
Saturdays, 12:30 am (8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Saturday, 12:00 am (8/31)
Nature • Science
Great Lakes Now Series
Saturdays, 7:00 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17) Nature
Fridays, 12:00 am (8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/30)
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (8/7, 8/28) NOVA
Friday, 1:00 am (8/2) Monday, 4:00 am (8/5) Wednesday, 8:00 pm (8/7) Friday, 1:00 am (8/9) Friday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (8/16)
Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine Fridays, 2:00 am (8/2, 8/9) Wednesday, 9:00 pm (8/7)
100 Days Thursdays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (8/1, 8/8) Saturday, 12:30 am, 1:30 am (8/3) Wednesday, 3:30 am (8/7)
Saturday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (8/10) 10 Buildings that Changed America Saturday, 6:00 pm (8/17) Monday, 3:00 am (8/19) 10 Homes that Changed America Saturday, 6:00 pm (8/3) Monday, 3:00 am (8/5) 10 Towns that Changed America Saturday, 6:00 pm (8/10) Monday, 3:00 am (8/12)
Agatha Christie’s England Sunday, 9:00 pm (8/4) Tuesday, 2:00 am (8/6)
Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Sunday, 5:00 am (8/25) Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm American Experience Tuesday, 8:00 pm (8/13) Thursday, 1:00 am (8/15) American Masters Tuesday, 7:00 pm (8/27) Thursday, 12:00 am (8/29) BBC News Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 am, 10:30 pm BBC News America Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm Beyond Chicago from the Air Sunday, 8:15 am (8/4) Boston (R) Evolution Tuesday, 9:00 pm (8/13) Thursday, 2:00 am (8/15)
Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer Sunday, 2:30 pm (8/4) Chicago from the Air Sunday, 7:00 am (8/4)
Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer Sunday, 12:00 pm (8/4)
Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Wednesday, 7:00 pm (8/14)
Chicago Stories: Race to Reverse the Chicago River Wednesday, 8:30 pm (8/4)
Chicago Tonight Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm, 5:30 am (8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/29) Fridays, 5:30 am (8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/30) Mondays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm (8/5, 8/12, 8/26) Tuesdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm, 5:30 am (8/6, 8/13, 8/27)
Wednesdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm, 5:30 am (8/7, 8/14, 8/28)
Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 10:00 pm Saturdays, 5:30 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover
Tuesday, 8:30 pm (8/5)
Thursday, 1:30 am (8/29)
Curse of the Spencers
Saturday, 6:00 pm (8/24)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (8/28)
Finding Your Roots
Sundays, 6:00 am (8/4, 8/11, 8/18) Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (8/6, 8/13) Thursdays, 12:00 am (8/8, 8/15)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:30 am Gods of Tennis
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (8/6)
Thursday, 1:00 am (8/8)
The Hills
Sunday, 4:00 pm (8/11)
Friday, 3:00 am (8/16)
Jay’s Chicago
Sundays, 5:00 pm (8/11, 8/18)
Tuesday, 4:30 am (8/27)
Ken Burns: The Civil War
Thursday, 7:00 pm (8/15)
Saturday, 1:00 am (8/17)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Sunday, 3:00 am (8/4)
Sunday, 6:00 am (8/25)
Friday, 3:00 am (8/30)
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
Sunday, 9:30 am, 10:45 am (8/4)
Odysseus Returns
Wednesday, 8:00 pm (8/28)
Friday, 1:00 am (8/30)
Opportunity Knocks
Saturdays, 8:00 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17)
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
PBS News Special: Democratic National Convention
Monday, 6:00 pm (8/19)
Tuesday, 6:00 pm (8/20)
Wednesday, 6:00 pm (8/21)
Thursday, 6:00 pm (8/22)
PBS News Weekend
Saturdays, 5:30 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
Sundays, 5:30 pm
Pioneers of Television
Friday, 8:00 pm (8/2)
Sunday, 1:00 am (8/4)
POV
Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:30 am (8/11)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (8/14)
Thursday, 3:30 am (8/15)
Rick Steves: Fascism in Europe
Saturday, 8:30 am (8/24)
Rick Steves: Iceland
Friday, 8:00 pm (8/16)
Sunday, 2:00 am (8/18)
Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo Fridays, 9:30 pm (8/23, 8/30)
Monday, 4:30 am (8/26)
Shelter Me
Sundays, 8:00 am (8/11, 8/18)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Sundays, 8:30 am (8/11, 8/18) VOCES on PBS
Monday, 9:00 pm (8/26)
Thursday, 2:30 am (8/29)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24)
WTTW News: Democratic National Convention Coverage
Monday, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm (8/19)
Tuesday, 5:30 am, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm (8/20)
Wednesday, 5:30 am, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm (8/21)
Thursday, 5:30 am, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm (8/22)
Friday, 5:30 am (8/23)
Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
Saturday, 5:00 am (8/31)
Beginning August 11, Henry Fogel presents the complete symphonies of Carl Nielsen performed by the Danish National Orchestra led by principal conductor Fabio Luisi. Sundays, 11:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM7-64629-2. [8:28]
7:00 Vivaldi Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537 –Crispian Steele-Perkins & John Thiessen, tr’s; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-53365. [7:11]
8:00 Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 4 in F – Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer. Philips 464601-2. [6:05]
9:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Piano Trio – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20242. [8:48]
10:00 Midday Music including Mozart Così fan tutte, K. 588: Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4790641. [4:11]
11:00 Gershwin An American in Paris – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDD7-64084-2. [18:20]
12:00 Corigliano Midsummer Fanfare – Grant Park Orch/ Carlos Kalmar. Cedille CDR-90000090. [5:52]
1:00 Beethoven Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 – Benedetti; Kanneh-Mason; Grosvenor; Philharmonia Orch/Rouvali. Decca 4854624. [34:04]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Poulenc Aubade –Gabriel Tacchino, p; Paris Conservatory Orch/ Georges Prêtre. EMI CDM7-64714-2. [20:05]
3:00 Ravel Piano Concerto in G –Martha Argerich, p; London
Grant Park Music Festival
Don’t miss the epic season finale: Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with eight vocal soloists, the Grant Park Chorus, and the Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen children’s choir. Friday, August 16, 6:30 pm
Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 423665-2. [22:02]
4:00 JS Bach English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 – Simone Dinnerstein, p. Sony 81742-2. [19:43]
5:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0018913-02. [15:51]
6:00 Haydn String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 64, No. 6 – Elias String Quartet. Wigmore Hall Live WHLive-0051. [18:05]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Five Fabulous New Albums Bill shares new recordings including a French album from Lang Lang, and a summer concert with the Vienna Philharmonic.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Bridge 9201. [23:18]
9:00 Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 –Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDC7-47318-2. [32:45]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Nielsen Clarinet Concerto; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales; Tchaikovsky Selections from Swan Lake; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
Friday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 –Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-109. [6:41]
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.
Live performances include the Folkstage debut of Abby Posner and a preview of the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival with Connie Kaldor.
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
7:00 Gershwin Lullaby – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80503. [8:45]
8:00 Wagner Die Walküre : Ride of the Valkyries –Cleveland Orch/George Szell. Sony [Classical Fan Favorites]. [5:25]
9:00 JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 423116-2 (2). [10:30]
10:00 Midday Music including Lou Harrison Grand Duo: III. A Round (Annabel & April’s); V. Finale, Polka – Jennifer Koh, v; Reiko Uchida, p. Cedille CDR-90000103. [6:49]
11:00 Coates London Suite –London Pops Orch/ Frederick Fennell. Mercury 434376-2. [14:31]
12:00 Beach Select Songs – Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet. [Self-Release]. [5:31]
1:00 Higdon Trumpet Songs –Scott Meredith, tr; Rúbia Santos, p. Albany TROY-1395. [8:52]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique – Claudio Arrau, p. Philips 420153-2. [21:04]
3:00 Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D, Le matin – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5240. [22:29
4:00 Vivaldi L’estro armonico Concerto No. 10 in B minor, R. 580 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2. [9:01]
5:00 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A – Van Cliburn, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 7834-2-RG. [21:12]
6:00 Kodály Summer Evening –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447109-2. [16:28]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2024: Bruckner Symphony No. 4 Live from the Harris Theater, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kalmar. Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela; Janácek Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen; Bruckner Symphony No. 4, Romantic.
New York Philharmonic
Recognized as one of today’s most accomplished musicians, Chicago native Anthony McGill joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal Clarinet in 2014 – the orchestra’s first African American principal player. He has recently emerged as a high-profile advocate for helping music education reach underserved communities and addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in classical music. This month, the Philharmonic revisits his performance of Nielsen’s clarinet concerto from his debut season as principal (August 1), and in a program featuring five of the orchestra’s principal players as concerto soloists, McGill performs Copland’s clarinet concerto (August 14).
Thursdays 10:00 pm
8:30 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Chaminade Callirhoé, Op. 37: Ballet Suite – Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [18:15]
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Five Fabulous New Albums See Thursday’s listing.
10:00 Schubert String Quintet
in C, D 956 – Emerson String Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc. DG 459151-2 (3). [53:23]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Martha Schlamme & Frank Hamilton
A performance from the early 1960’s by Austrian songstress Martha Schlamme (1923–1985) and guitarist, singer, and founding teacher of the Old Town School of Folk Music, Frank Hamilton, who was born August 3, 1934.
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 Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902416. [19:38]
10:00 Higdon Oboe Concerto –James Button, ob; Nashville Sym/Giancarlo Guerrero. Naxos 8.559823. [18:10]
11:00 Introductions Clark Snavely, 18, violin. Chopin arr. Milstein: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.; Chausson Poème, Op. 25; Corigliano The Red Violin Caprices. With Milana
Pavchinskaya, piano.
12:00 From Théâtre des ChampsElysées: Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust Stéphanie d’Oustrac (Marguerite); John Irvin (Faust); Frédéric Caton (Brander); Paul Gay, Claudine Margely (Méphistophélès); Chœur de Radio France and Orchestre National de France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor. Sung in French.
2:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:00 Julius Asal TRANSITION I –Julius Asal, p. DG 4865283. [4:28]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Great Americans, Volume 1 A survey of important American artists including Roberta Alexander, Jan DeGaetani, and Simon Estes.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Reena Esmail Rosa de Sal –Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/ Allen Tinkham. Cedille CDR-90000229. [9:40]
6:00 Alejandro García Caturla Tres danzas cubanas – New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. Argo 436737-2. [8:19]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael explore climate
activism in classical music with conductor Kirsten Hedegaard, artistic director of the EcoVoice Project, and Sarah Kirkland Snider, composer of the Mass for the Endangered
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Torch bearer for Woody Guthrie-style activism, clever lyricist, and groundbreaking young people’s musician, Boston songwriter Alastair Moock made his Folkstage debut in 2019.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Baseball ballads and stories by Win Stracke, Jean Shepherd, Sister Wynona Carr and more anticipating a matchup between the Cubs and the White Sox.
Sunday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals. Host Peter DuBois presents spectacular sacred music for choir, organ, and instruments from several centuries.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including
Mornings with Lisa Flynn at 6:00 am
With news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
Midday Music at 10:00 am
With Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm ( Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm).
Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree at 2:00 pm
With The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm and Friday Afternoon at the Movies on Fridays at 4:30 pm.
Hovhaness Four Motets, Op. 268 – William Ferris Chorale/Paul French. Cedille CDR-90000109. [11:53]
8:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 – Royal Liège Phil Orch/John Neschling. BIS BIS-2540. [20:23]
9:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 429774-2. [13:37]
10:00 Schnittke Suite in the Old Style – Shea-Kim Duo. Blue Griffin BGR-643. [18:18]
11:00 D’Indy Suite in Olden Style, Op. 24 – Iceland Sym Orch/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHSA-5157. [16:24]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Hanson Concerto da Camera in C minor – Swenson & Wiersma, v’s; Lambros, vi; Anderson, vc; Preston, p. Albany TROY-129. [15:01]
1:00 Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – Lara Downes, p. Postcards 772001-2. [7:09]
2:00 Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 –Renaud Capuçon, v; Radio France Phil/Lionel Bringuier. Erato 934134-2. [28:53]
3:00 Price String Quartet in A minor: II. Andante cantabile – Sphinx Virtuosi. DG 4865014. [7:05]
4:00 Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 420397-2. [13:02]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, Coronation – English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p. CBS MK-39224. [31:37]
6:00 Holst Symphony in F, Op. 8, The Cotswolds – Munich Sym/Douglas Bostock. Classico CD-284. [27:19]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Mezzo-soprano Sophia Maekawa , bass Wm. Clay Thompson , and pianist Michael Banwarth
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503; Martin Helmchen, p; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Mozart Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Florencio Asenjo, Composer and Mathematician Argentinean Florencio Asenjo was at the cutting edge of mathematical research even as he composed his very personal and striking music.
Elbio revisits the work of this Latin American genius.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by William Bland
Monday 5
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Verdi Nabucco: Chorus, Va pensiero – Berlin Deutsche Oper Cho and Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 457196-2 (2). [4:57]
7:00 Chopin Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 34, No. 1, Valse brillante – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-67686. [5:41]
8:00 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lucerne Sym Orch/ Michael Sanderling. Warner 9029633426. [14:48]
9:00 Irene Britton Smith Reminiscence – Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p. Delos DE-3599. [4:39]
10:00 Midday Music including Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557428. [14:02]
11:00 Adams City Noir: III. Finale, Boulevard Night – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559935. [12:08]
12:00 Robert Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 – Jennifer Koh, v; Reiko Uchida, p. Cedille CDR-90000095. [27:31]
1:00 Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat, Op. 70 –Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Vasily Petrenko. Naxos 8.501111 (11). [26:31]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Gershwin Second Rhapsody –Anne-Marie McDermott, p; Dallas Sym Orch/Justin Brown. Bridge 9252. [13:59]
3:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring – Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p. DG 419787-2. [23:36]
4:00 Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World: II. Largo – Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík. DG 423120-2 (6). [13:00]
5:00 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole –Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez. DG 439859-2. [16:39]
6:00 Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2 – Håkan Rosengren, cl; Anders Kilström, p. Nytorp CD-9701. [20:21]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music In 19th Century Paris: from Waterloo to Bismarck Explore the Parisian scene from roughly 1813 to 1870, the period between the fall
of Napoleon I and the start of the Franco-Prussian War, listening to works by Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Jacques Offenbach, Camille Saint-Saëns, and more.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024: The Knights The dynamic chamber orchestra led by Eric Jacobsen joins forces with pianist-composer Aaron Diehl to present Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony No. 6, and works by Louise Farrenc and Mary Lou Williams. Recorded June 29 in the Martin Theatre.
10:00 Los Angeles Philharmonic. Adès Five Spells from The Tempest; Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand; Kirill Gerstein, p; La valse; Thomas Adès, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Purcell Suite of Theater Music – Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott. Virgin Classics 61304-2. [7:54]
7:00 Respighi Trittico botticelliano: I. La Primavera – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [5:45]
8:00 Still Festive Overture –Royal Phil Orch/Arthur Bennett Lipkin. Cambria CD-1060. [7:52]
9:00 Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Prague Sym Orch/ Jirí Belohlávek. Supraphon 110377-2. [12:21]
10:00 Midday Music including Robert Schumann Hermann und Dorothea Overture, Op. 136 – Atlantic Classical Orch/Stewart Robinson. Artek AR-0059-2. [9:37]
11:00 Mario Pilati Four Popular Italian Songs – Vadim Davydov, picc; Aleksandr Kosolov, ob; Moscow Sym Orch/Adriano. Naxos 8.574168. [8:45]
12:00 Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone – Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9012301. [11:22]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3: II. Largo e mesto – Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics 1025. [9:40]
3:00 Ruth Gipps Symphony No. 2 in B, Op. 30 – BBC National Orch of Wales/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20078. [20:57]
4:00 Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov.
EMI 11272-2. [19:39]
5:00 JS Bach Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054 –Hanover Band/Andrew Arthur, hc. Signum SIGCD-710. [17:29]
6:00 Purcell The Fairy Queen: Act 4 Instrumental Suite –Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall. Fontalis ES-8583. [8:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music In 19th Century Paris from Waterloo to Bismarck See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 – Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Paolo Giacometti, p. Channel Classics CCS-10797. [29:46]
9:00 Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 – Cleveland Orch/ Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 425942-2. [31:30]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Robert Schumann Quartet in F major, Op. 41, No. 2; Escher Quartet; Felix Mendelssohn Sextet in D major, Op. 110; Anne-Marie McDermott, p; Arnaud Sussmann, v; Paul Neubauer, Ani Kavafian, vi’s; Nicholas Canellakis, vc; Timothy Cobb, db.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Isaac Stern, v; New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-64506. [22:40]
Wednesday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Elizabeth Hainen, h; IRIS Orch/Michael Stern. Avie AV-2285. [9:53]
7:00 Grøndahl In the Blue Mountains (A Fairy Tale Suite), Op. 44: No. 2, The Hall of the Trolls – Sara Aimée Smiseth, p. WFMT (A Musical Year). [4:42]
8:00 Hanson Merry Mount, Op. 31: Act 2 Prelude; Maypole Dances – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80649. [6:30]
9:00 Telemann Flute Concerto in D – François Lazarevitch, f; Les Musiciens de SaintJulien. Alpha 949. [11:37]
10:00 Midday Music including JS Bach Oboe d’amore Concerto in A (after BWV 1055) – Albrecht Mayer, ob d’amore; Berlin Baroque Soloists. DG 4864183. [13:57] 11:00 Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole –Dmitry Paperno, p. Cedille CDR-90000037. [12:18]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Oboist Alex Leidtke
and pianist Dana Brown perform works by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Strozzi, and others live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Tchaikovsky String Sextet, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence – Vermeer Quartet; Rami Solomonow, vi; John Sharp, vc. Cedille CDR-90000017. [36:17]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172 – Alison McGillivray, vc; English Concert/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907403. [20:01]
3:00 Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata – Helen Callus, vi; Robert McDonald, p. ASV CDDCA-1130. [23:26]
4:00 Sibelius Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 – Royal Stockholm Phil/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 45213-2. [14:29]
5:00 Debussy Children’s Corner Suite – French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon. EMI CDM7-69589-2. [17:56]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2024: Mozart Jupiter Symphony Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kalmar. Berio/Boccherini: Withdrawal by Night in Madrid; Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring; Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter. Hosted by Dave Schwan.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 9, No. 5 – Festetics String Quartet. Arcana A-911 (2). [25:44]
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music In 19th Century Paris from Waterloo to Bismarck See Monday’s listing.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Jean Guillou An appreciation of French organist, composer, pedagogue, and organ builder Jean Guillou, titular organist at L’Église St. Eustache in Paris for 52 years
Thursday 8
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Delius A Song of Summer – BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. DG 4777352 (2). [10:07]
7:00 Bologne Symphonie concertante in C, Op. 9, No. 1: I. Allegro – Yury Revich & Libor Ježek, v’s; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574306. [7:45]
8:00 Beethoven Fidelio, Op. 72:
Overture – German Chamber Phil Bremen/Daniel Harding. Virgin 45364-2. [7:26]
9:00 Schubert Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 422237-2. [11:10]
10:00 Midday Music including Rodgers Carousel: Waltz – John Wilson Orch/ John Wilson. Warner 3193012. [7:26]
11:00 Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31 – Klaus Kaufmann, p. Koch CD-310035. [6:33]
12:00 Schubert Winterreise, D 911: Gute Nacht; Der Lindenbaum –Eugenia Moliner, f; Beilin Han, p. Azica ACD-71369. [8:50]
1:00 Grofé Hollywood Suite –Bournemouth Sym Orch/ William Stromberg. Naxos 8.559017. [20:56]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor – Steven Isserlis, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p. Virgin 61198-2. [10:47]
3:00 Bridge Suite, The Sea – Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN-8473. [21:38]
4:00 Kodály Dances of Galánta – Helsinki Phil/ János Fürst. Kontrapunkt 32153/54 (2). [15:27]
5:00 Respighi The Birds – Atlanta Sym/Louis Lane. Telarc CD-80443. [18:18]
6:00 Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor – Neave Trio. Chandos CHAN-20167. [14:05]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music In 19th Century Paris from Waterloo to Bismarck See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314 – John de Lancie, ob; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK-62652. [22:31]
9:00 Robert Schumann Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110 –Benvenue Fortepiano Trio. Avie AV-2210. [26:31]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Bernstein Chichester Psalms; Symphony No. 3, Kaddish; Jennie Tourel, ms; Felicia Montealgre, voice; Columbus Boychoir; Camerata Singers; The Dybbuk: Suites 1 and 2; Paul Sperry, t; Bruce Fifer, b-br; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Friday 9
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture –Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/ Bernard Haitink. EMI
CDC7-47008-2. [7:26]
7:00 Sarasate Introduction
and Tarantella, Op. 43 –Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p. Warner 5099998443529. [5:23]
8:00 Boyer Festivities – London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer. Naxos 8.559769. [5:48]
9:00 Vivaldi Two-Mandolin Concerto in G, R. 532 – J Martineau & A Schivazappa, m’s; Toulouse Capitole Orch/W Ng. Naïve V-8120. [11:18]
10:00 Midday Music including Ibert Bacchanale – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Louis Frémaux. EMI
CDC7-49261-2. [8:20]
11:00 Traditional Danish Sekstur from Vendsyssel/The Peat Dance; Easter Sunday; Five Sheep, Four Goats – Mads la Cour, flugelhorn; Danish String Quartet. Dacapo 8.226081. [12:45]
12:00 Barber Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 – David Schrader, o; Grant Park Orch/ Carlos Kalmar. Cedille CDR-90000063. [14:49]
1:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902448.49. [31:27]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including JS Bach Violin and Oboe
Concerto, BWV 1060 – Paolo Pollastri, ob; Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa, v. Koch 350233 (2). [12:38]
3:00 CPE Bach Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171 – Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society. New Focus FCR-915. [22:05]
4:00 Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Oslo Phil/ Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49964-2. [11:08]
5:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447 – Dale Clevenger, hn; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 415104-2. [15:56]
6:00 Chausson Poème, Op. 25 – Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko. Centaur CRC-3799. [16:43]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music In 19th Century Paris from Waterloo to Bismarck See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including He Zhanhao & Chen Gang Violin Concerto, The Butterfly Lovers – Gil Shaham, v; Singapore Sym Orch/Lan Shui. Canary Classics CC-04. [27:21]
9:00 Augusta Read Thomas Of Paradise and Light – Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham. CYSO . [5:13]
Matthias Goerne is a regular guest at internationally renowned concert halls, opera houses, and festivals; has worked with the most prestigious conductors and orchestras in Europe, the United States, and Asia; and has amassed an inestimable discography of critically acclaimed recordings dating back to his first Winterreise for Graham Johnson’s Complete Songs of Franz Schubert in 1996. Goerne returns to Ravinia with pianist Anton Mejias to present Robert Schumann’s quintessential cycle Dichterliebe paired with works by Brahms. The German baritone spoke with WFMT to share his approach to crafting a song program and to preview his August 13 recital in the Martin Theatre.
Saturday, August 10 4:00 pm
10:00 Desplat Pelléas et Mélisande (Symphonie concertante) – Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/ Alexandre Desplat. Warner 0190295306878. [19:20]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Hiroshima? Overkill and Megalove (08/20/1963) A dramatization of the Norman Corwin’s prose poem – a response to the bombing of Hiroshima that deals with the madness of war that leads to the obliteration of the human species. An annual WFMT tradition dating back to 1963.
Saturday 10
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 Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. Weber Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat,
Op. 48 – Anthony McGill, cl; Gloria Chien, p. Cedille CDR-90000207. [17:48]
10:00 Still Pastorela – Zina Schiff, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg. Naxos 8.559867. [11:55]
11:00 Introductions Marguerite DiMarco, 18, soprano & Caitlin Burns, 18, soprano. Songs and arias by Bernstein, Donizetti, Copland, Menotti, Donaudy, Herbert, Schubert, Mozart, Fauré, A Mahler & Chatman. With Jeff Panko, piano and Jimmy Morehead, piano.
12:00 From Teatro alla Scala Milan: Verdi’s Don Carlo Francesco Meli (Carlo); Anna Netrebko (Elisabeth); Michele Pertusi (Filippo II); Elina Garanca (Eboli); Luca Salsi (Rodrigo); Ain Anger (Grand Inquisitor); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor. Sung in Italian.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with baritone Matthias Goerne, one of the leading interpreters of German art song, in advance of his recital with pianist Anton Mejias at Ravinia Festival this month.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Brahms String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1: II. Romanze – Quatuor Agate. Appassionato APP-003. [7:08]
6:00 Margaret Brouwer Pluto – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559933. [12:45]
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael welcome composer and guitarist Taiwo Adegoke to discuss how he is ensuring his country and his own contributions to the repertoire are included in the narrative about classical music from Western Africa.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Known for defying labels and playing any instrument within reach, “genre fluid” singer Abby Posner makes her Folkstage debut.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Songs go to the dogs, cats, and coyotes while Sirius is high in the sky to usher in The Dog Days of August. Also, a shower of songs for The Perseids.
Sunday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Music for Meditation. Host
Peter DuBois explores sacred music that inspires meditation and reflection.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Thompson Alleluia –Polyphony/Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA-67929. [6:12]
8:00 Sibelius The Oceanides, Op. 73 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC7-47515-2. [10:31]
9:00 Fasch Orchestral Suite in D minor – Il Fondamento/ Paul Dombrecht. Fuga Libera FUG-502. [24:33]
10:00 Dvorák String Quartet No. 14 in A-Flat, Op. 105 –Emerson String Quartet. DG B0014106-02 (3). [31:48]
11:00 Grofé Hudson River Suite – Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg. Naxos 8.559017. [18:38]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Anna Bon Divertimento No. 4 –Sarah Darlin & Laura Gulley, v’s; Noriko Yasuda, fp; Laury Gutiérrez, viga. La Donna Musicale LA-10104. [10:23]
1:00 Glière The Red Poppy: Phoenix; Valse; Russian Sailors’ Dance – New Jersey Sym/Zdenek Macal. Delos DE-3178. [10:06]
2:00 Golijov Tenebrae – Calidore String Quartet. Signum SIGCD-551. [14:23]
3:00 Beethoven Andante favori in F, WoO 57 – András Schiff, p. ECM 1945/46. [8:22]
4:00 Andrea Casarrubios Speechless – Andrea Casarrubios, vc; Garrett Arney, per. Odradek ODRCD-382. [13:44]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417, Tragic – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Douglas Boyd. St Paul Chamber Orchestra 2006. [28:37]
6:00 Rachmaninoff Six Pieces, Op. 11 – Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony SK-47199. [23:36]
7:00 Moszkowski From Foreign Lands, Op. 23 – San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West. Reference RR-138. [26:30]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Khachaturian Symphony No. 3 in C Major; Leopold Stokowski, conductor; John Williams Suite from I, for Cello and Orchestra; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; John Williams, conductor; Kodály Dances of Galánta; Neeme Järvi, conductor; Franck Symphony in D Minor; Pierre Monteux, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Four Composers from Spain Elbio Barilari presents orchestral music by
composers from different regions of Spain: Andrés Gaos from Galicia, Joaquín Turina from Andalusia, Eduard Toldrá and Xavier Montsalvatge from Catalonia.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Nielsen Symphonies Conducted by Fabio Luisi, with the Danish National Orchestra, Program 1 Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2, Four Temperaments.
Monday 12
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including WF Bach Sinfonia in D, F 64 – Tafelmusik/ Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-62720. [10:34]
7:00 Márquez Danzón No. 2 – Yuja Wang, p. DG 4864567. [3:43]
In a program conducted by Susanna Mälkki, the Philharmonic presents a work considered to be an example of the greatest music of the Romantic era – Brahms’s monumental Piano Concerto No. 2. The soloist is Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov, the spectacular recitalist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer. Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, his performances are a perpetual source of awe. “He has everything and more, … tenderness and also the demonic element. I never heard anything like that,” marveled pianist Martha Argerich. Trifonov launches his tenure as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new Artist-inResidence with a solo recital this fall.
Monday, August 12 10:00 pm
8:00 Farrenc Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24 – Insula Orch/Laurence Equilbey. Erato 5419752210. [7:08]
9:00 Robert Schumann
Introduction and Concert Allegro in D minor, Op. 134 –Jan Lisiecki, p; Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano. DG 4795327. [12:26]
10:00 Midday Music including Debussy Images, Set 3: Rondes de printemps –City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDR5-72095-2. [8:20]
11:00 Russo Chicago Suite No. 1: Studs – Chicago Jazz Ensemble/William Russo. Chicago Jazz Ensemble CMD-8052. [6:44]
12:00 JS Bach Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga – Jennifer Koh, v. Cedille CDR-90000060. [4:15]
1:00 Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 – JohnHenry Crawford, vc; San Francisco Ballet Orch/ Martin West. Orchid Classics ORC-100292. [40:23]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor – Viktoria Mullova, v; Piotr Anderszewski, p. Philips 446091-2. [13:00]
3:00 Brahms Variations on
a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a – Vienna Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 410083-2. [20:26]
4:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2 – Australian Chamber Orch/ Christopher Lyndon Gee. Omega OCD-1007. [20:18]
5:00 Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [18:54]
6:00 Haydn Piano Concerto in D, H XVIII:11 (Op. 21) – Martha Argerich, p; London Sinfonietta. EMI CDM7-63575-2. [18:54]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Spanish School This program explores the wealth of musical output from Iberian composers. From the guitar to the piano, and every instrument in between, this week features selections from Pablo de Sarasate, Andrés Segovia, Antonio Soler, and many other Spanish composers and performers.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024: A Far Cry The Boston-based chamber orchestra joined by pianist Dinuk Wijeratne and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh perform Kareem Rouston’s Dabke, Janácek’s Idyla, and original compositions by Wijeratne
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and Azmeh. Recorded July 2 in the Martin Theatre.
10:00 Los Angeles Philharmonic. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2; Daniil Trifonov, piano; Academic Festival Overture; Enno Poppe Fett; US premiere, LA Phil commission; Susanna Mälkki, conductor.
Tuesday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Ravel Introduction and Allegro –Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Chamber Ensemble. Telarc CD-80361. [11:09]
7:00 Handel Solomon: Act 3 Sinfonia, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter. American Gramaphone AGCD-590. [3:16]
8:00 Beach Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45: IV. (Finale), Allegro con scioltezza – Joanne Polk, p; English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin. Arabesque Z-6738. [7:44]
9:00 Schubert Overture in D, In the Italian Style, D 590 – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4852944. [8:17]
10:00 Midday Music including Handel Concerto grosso in e minor, Op. 6, No. 3 –Oregon Guitar Quartet. Cube Squared C2R-602. [13:27]
11:00 CPE Bach Hamburg Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq 182/1 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317. [11:04]
12:00 Bozza Children’s Overture –DePaul University Wind Ensemble/Donald DeRoche. Albany TROY-334. [5:05]
1:00 Margaret Brouwer Symphony No. 1, Lake Voices – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559933. [17:18]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Haydn Symphony No. 87 in A – St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 412888-2. [21:12]
3:00 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 – Sebastian Bohren, v; CHAARTS Chamber Artists/ Gábor Takács-Nagy. Avie AV-2459. [23:12]
4:00 JS Bach Clavier Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4782163 (2). [16:24]
5:00 Britten Harp Suite, Op. 83 –Magdalena Hoffmann, h. DG 4861734. [14:06]
6:00 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – Chicago Sym Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini. DG 4779628. [14:30]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: The Spanish School See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 – Jaime Laredo, v; Sharon Robinson, vc; Joseph Kalichstein, p. MMG MCD-10023. [29:22]
9:00 Alwyn Lyra Angelica – Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9065. [30:22]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. JS Bach Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030; TH O’Connor, f; P Mužijevic, p; Mozart Quartet in D major, K. 285; A Walker, f; A Kavafian, v; Che-Yen Chen, vi; D Atapine, vc; Telemann Concerto in E major, TWV 53: E1; S Kim, f; S Taylor, ob d’Amore; P Neubauer, vi d’Amore; J Thompson, F Fullana, A Kavafian, v’s; M Marica, vc; A Manzo, db; Michael Sponseller, hc.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D – London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC5-55487-2. [43:07]
Wednesday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Idomeneo, K. 366: Overture; March from Act 3; Largo from ballet music – Norwegian National Opera Orch/ Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naïve OP-30479. [10:39]
7:00 Wieniawski Polonaise brillante No. 1 in D, Op. 4 –James Ehnes, v; Eduard Laurel, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1177-2 (2). [5:20]
8:00 Telemann Whimsical Symphony – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Koch 7576. [8:38]
9:00 Abels Delights and Dances – Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000141. [13:02]
10:00 Midday Music including Dobrinka Tabakova Alma redemptoris Mater –Truro Cathedral Cho/ Christopher Gray. Regent REGCD-530. [6:02]
11:00 Arutiunian Armenian Scenes –Meridian Arts Ensemble Brass Quintet. Channel Classics CCS-2191. [8:48]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Lindsey Sharpe and pianist John Bitoy perform live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Marini Sonata a due in D minor – Trio Settecento. Cedille
CDR-90000099. [3:57]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including 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]
3:00 Debussy La Mer – Lucerne Festival Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0003397-02 (2). [23:30]
4:00 Chopin Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, Heroic – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4795332. [7:23]
5:00 Mozart Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat, K. 281 –Alfred Brendel, p. Philips B0003957-02. [14:46]
6:00 JS Bach Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v’s; English Chamber Orch/ Steven Mercurio. eOne EOM-CD-7785. [14:33]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Spanish School See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Kara Karayev Seven Beauties: Ballet Suite excerpts – Moscow Radio-TV Sym Orch/Rauf Abdullayev. Delos DRD-2009. [22:22]
9:00 Dvorák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky –Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN-8445. [36:23]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Vespers of Saint James Ensemble Organum, founded by Marcel Pérès, performs musical gems honoring St. James reconstructed from the Codex Calixtinus, a rare twelfth-century manuscript.
Thursday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – Ophélie Gaillard, vc; Royal Phil Orch/Timothy Redmond. Aparté AP-001. [5:21]
7:00 Vivaldi Concerto for Violin, Two Oboes, Bassoon, & Two Horns, R. 569 – Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier. Atma ACD2-2602. [12:02]
8:00 Rimsky-Korsakov
Mlada: Procession of the Nobles – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK-62647. [4:44]
9:00 Ponce Balada Mexicana –Eva Suk, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-926. [11:18]
10:00 Midday Music including Rossini William Tell: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 24344. [11:34]
11:00 Aaron Zigman Selections from Émigré – Choirs; Shanghai Sym Orch/Long Yu. DG 4865593. [8:45]
12:00 James Curnow Rejouissance (Fantasy on Ein feste Burg) – Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble/ Stephen Squires. MSR Classics MS-1735. [6:23]
1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D, Clock – Scottish Chamber Orch/Robin Ticciati. Linn CKD-500. [26:50]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Schubert Piano Sonata in A-Flat, D 557 – András Schiff, p. Decca 440307-2. [12:29]
3:00 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 – Oslo Phil/ Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49964-2. [16:59]
4:00 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Waltzes – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [20:22]
5:00 Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 2, Op. 55 – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK-36718. [17:17]
6:00 Couperin Concert royal No. 4 in E minor – Le Concert des Nations. Alia Vox AV-9840. [16:35]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Spanish School See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Gould LatinAmerican Symphonette – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard SVC-9. [20:29]
9:00 Boccherini String Quintet in C minor, Op. 45, No. 1 (G 355) – Europa Galante. Virgin 12149-2. [20:44]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Copland Clarinet Concerto; Anthony McGill, cl; Julia Adolphe Unearth, Release! Cynthia Phelps, vi; Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Barber Violin Concerto; Frank Huang, v; Juraj Valcuha, conductor; Bolcom Trombone Concerto; Joseph Alessi, tb; Alan Gilbert, conductor; Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2; Robert Langevin, f; Bernard Labadie, conductor.
Friday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Christian Rivet, g. Warner 15399-2. [6:24]
7:00 Chabrier Le roi malgré lui (1887): Fête polonaise –Suisse Romande Orch/ Ernest Ansermet. Decca 433720-2. [8:28]
8:00 Schubert Military March in
E-Flat, D 733, No. 3 – Yaara
Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony S2K-68240 (2). [6:05]
9:00 Holmès La Nuit et l’Amour –Lyon National Orch/ Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Bru Zane BZ-2007. [5:44]
10:00 Midday Music including Grazyna Bacewicz Overture –BBC Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo. Chandos CHSA-5316. [5:42]
11:00 Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä. BIS SACD-9048 (2). [7:56]
12:00 Honegger Vocalise-étude; Ravel Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera – Patrice Michaels, s; Rebecca Rollins, p. Cedille CDR90000054. [5:57]
1:00 Schoenfield Four Souvenirs – Blue Violet Duo. Blue Violet Duo American Souvenirs. [12:26]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Morricone Cinema Paradiso : First Youth, Love Theme, Cinema Paradiso Theme –Mancini Pops Orch/Henry Mancini. RCA 60706-2. [11:54]
3:00 JS Bach Brandenburg
Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – Guitarra a Seis. Naxos 8.551475. [11:51]
4:00 Liszt Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust: No. 1, Nocturnal Procession –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Kurt Masur. EMI CDFB568595-2 (2). [14:56]
5:00 Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 – I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN-8659. [32:26]
6:00 Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 – Chicago Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski. RCA 62604-2. [14:18]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2024: Mahler Symphony No. 8 Live from the Pritzker Pavilion – the season finale featuring the Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kalmar; Christopher Bell, chorus director; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Katja Kalmar, director; Jane Archibald, Gemma Nha, and Maeve Höglund, sopranos; Kayleigh Decker and Susan Platts, mezzo-sopranos; John Matthew Myers, tenor; Rod Gilfry, baritone; Kevin Short, bass-baritone.
8:30 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Catherine McMichael August Beguine –Mary Elizabeth Bowden, flugelhorn; Kassia Ensemble. Summit DCD-743. [4:30]
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Spanish School See Monday’s listing.
10:00 Boccherini Night Music
in the Streets of Madrid, Op. 30, No. 6 – United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul. BIS 2529. [11:02]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Unveiling Picasso’s Gift to Chicago In 1967, Studs recorded Chicagoans’ reactions to the then-new Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza. In 1997, he replayed the show along with some music and readings that muse on definitions of art.
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 Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. Ina Boyle String Quartet in E minor – Piatti Quartet. Rubicon RCD-1098. [19:34]
10:00 Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 5 in G – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [10:43]
11:00 Introductions LIVE | Xavier Miyazaki, 18, cello. Beethoven: Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen; Robert Schumann Widmung; Dall’Abaco Caprice No. 1; Toshiro Mayuzumi Bunraku; David Popper Hungarian Rhapsody. With Liang-yu Wang, piano
12:00 From Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège: Dvorák’s Rusalka Carrine Winters (Rusalka); Anton Rositskiy (Prince); Jana Kurucová (Foreign Princess); Evgeny Stravinsky (Vodník); Nino Surguladze (Ježibaba); Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie; Giampaolo Bisanti, conductor. Sung in Czech.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Pejacevic Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo –Molly Gebrian, vi; Danny Holt, p. Acis APL-54162. [6:58]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A Glossary for Listening to Singers, Volume 2 . Brush up on more common terms used when describing the singers’ art.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Carlos Simon Tales: A Folklore Symphony: III. Go Down Moses – National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0014-D. [8:16]
6:00 Kaprálová Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro entusiastico – Amy I-Lin Cheng, p; University of Michigan Sym Orch/Kenneth Kiesler.
Naxos 8.574144. [10:44]
7:00 Sounds Classical: 21st Century Composers You Should Know About Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share works by Alexis Ffrench and Nico Muhly, contemporary composers whose music blends and merges styles.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: It was a festival of friends when songwriters Darryl Purpose and Paul Zollo were joined by Daryl S. and the Seidenberg Family on Folkstage in 2014.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Politics in song are appropriate this week as the Democratic Convention comes to Chicago. We also remember Phil Ochs’ appearance here in 1968.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice The Tudors. Host Peter DuBois explores the sacred music of the Tudor composers Tallis, Gibbons, Byrd, and others, which formed a foundation for the Anglican repertoire and influenced composers nearer to our time, including Howells and Vaughan Williams.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Rutter Gloria – Polyphony; The Wallace Collection/Stephen Layton; Andrew Lumsden, o. Hyperion CDA-67259. [17:30]
8:00 Stamitz Viola Concerto in D, Op. 1 – Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/ Drostan Hall. Centaur CRC-2860. [21:19]
9:00 Heinichen Dresden Concerto in F, S 235 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 437549-2 (2). [16:31]
10:00 Copland Clarinet Sonata –Alexander Fiterstein, cl; Chris Hopkins, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100155. [19:31]
11:00 Holst Symphony in F, Op. 8, The Cotswolds – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572914. [23:11]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Mariss Jansons. BR Klassik 900145. [9:35]
1:00 Corelli Recorder Sonata in F, Op. 5/4 – Frans Brüggen, r; Gustav Leonhardt, hc; Anner Bylsma, vc. Teldec 93669-2. [11:36]
2:00 Bologne Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1 – Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász.
Soprano Karen Slack (Lyric Unlimited Artist-in-Residence) and pianist Kevin Miller present African Queens, a program of song by both African and American composers, past and present. The recital features new vocal works written for Karen by some of today’s most acclaimed composers – Jasmine Barnes, Damien Geter, Jessie Montgomery, Shawn Okpebholo, Dave Ragland, Carlos Simon, and Joel Thompson. The commissioned songs celebrate the history and legacy of seven African queens who were revered as rulers and warriors, yet not widely heralded in the West. Each new work focuses on a different queen with narration woven between each story and song as the project’s connective tissue. The program also features songs by Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Fred Onovwerosuoke, and Will Liverman.
Monday, August 19
8:00 pm
Naxos 8.574452. [20:12]
3:00 Haydn String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Rider – Hagen Quartet. DG 423622-2. [21:26]
4:00 Casella Italia, Op. 11 – BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN-10768. [19:39]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Debussy La boîte à joujoux – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1010. [32:29]
6:00 Verdi String Quartet in E minor – Brodsky Quartet. Chandos CHAN-10761. [23:42]
7:00 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op..35 –Olga Kern, p. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907392. [26:05]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Corigliano Tournaments Overture; Georg Solti, conductor; Sibelius The Swan
2024 AUGUST 27
The genre-defying virtuoso saxophonist Julian Velasco is a Chicago-based Mexican American artist, educator, and advocate for contemporary arts. Raised in the diverse musical culture of Los Angeles, his approach to music draws from classical, jazz, experimental, and popular styles. Velasco has premiered more than 100 new works, including premiere recordings as Cedille Records’s inaugural emerging artist. For his Dame Myra Hess recital, Velasco is paired with pianist-arranger Nathan Canfield in a program featuring Steven Banks’s gospel-inspired Come As You Are (2020) and the flute sonata by French Romantic-era composer Mel Bonis arranged for saxophone.
Wednesday, August 21 12:15 pm
of Tuonela, Op. 22; Scott Hostetler, eh; López Bellido Aino; Mahler Symphony No. 5; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Luis Gianneo Elbio shares the symphonic poem El tarco en flor and second trio of one of the leading Argenitne composers of the 20th century.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Nielsen Symphonies Conducted by Fabio Luisi, with the Danish National Orchestra, Program 2 Symphony No. 3, Espansiva; Symphony No. 4, Inextinguishable.
Monday 19
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Copland Our Town: Suite – St. Louis
Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61699-2. [9:05]
7:00 Boyce Symphony No. 4 in F – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 436761-2. [7:05]
8:00 Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77: III. Finale, Allegro giocoso ma non troppo vivace – Gil Shaham, v; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen. Canary Classics CC-20. [7:36]
9:00 Moncayo Huapango – Mexican Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49785-2. [7:58]
10:00 Midday Music including Bonds The Bells; Troubled Water – Michelle Cann, p. Platoon PLAT-18088. [9:35]
11:00 Glinka Jota aragonesa (Spanish Overture No. 1) –Hollywood Bowl Orch/ Carmen Dragon. EMI CDZE5-68860-2 (5). [6:17]
12:00 Kernis Too Hot Toccata –Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar. Cedille CDR90000105. [5:53]
1:00 Ruth Gipps Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 – BBC National Orch of Wales/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20078. [31:58]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Mozart Symphony in D, K. 161/163/K 141a – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [7:14]
4:00 Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47525. [7:55]
5:00 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Tale of the Kalendar Prince – Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 437818-2. [11:02]
6:00 Rossini William Tell: Overture – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 60387-2. [11:55]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Under the Hood II. Bill takes us through the inner workings of five great symphonies by Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Sibelius, allowing us to understand their deeper meanings.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024: Karen Slack’s African Queens A program of song celebrating the history and legacy of seven African queens. With pianist Kevin Miller. Recorded August 1 in the Martin Theatre.
10:00 Los Angeles Philharmonic. Victor Wooten La Lección Tres; Victor Wooten, bass; Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor, Op. 33; Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Thomas
Wilkins, conductor.
Tuesday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Albinoni Oboe Concerto a cinque in C, Op. 9, No. 5 – Han de Vries, ob; Alma Musica Amsterdam/Bob van Asperen. Virgin 61152-2. [9:05]
7:00 Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [8:40]
8:00 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) – Daniel Barenboim, p; Pahud, f, Klein, ob, Combs, cl; Kassinger, db. Teldec 21482-2. [5:21]
9:00 Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45471-2. [13:36]
10:00 Midday Music including Nancy Dalberg Capriccio in B minor – Danish Phil Orch/Frans Rasmussen. Dacapo 8.224138. [8:09]
11:00 Piazzolla María de Buenos Aires: Suite – Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/ Sascha Goetzel. Warner 0190295155636. [11:55]
12:00 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner. Avie AV-2317. [27:50]
1:00 John Field Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 1, No. 2 –John O’Conor, p. Telarc CD-80290. [12:22]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Hummel Trumpet Concerto: I. Allegro con spirito – New York Chamber Sym/ Gerard Schwarz, tr. Delos D/CD-3001. [9:50]
4:00 Wagner Tiso Chôro de mãe –Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g’s. Nonesuch 79179-2. [5:58]
5:00 JS Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze, v. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907155. [16:08]
6:00 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Romeo and Juliet; Death of Tybalt; Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb –Milwaukee Sym Orch/ Andreas Delfs. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 708761739923. [18:57]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Under the Hood II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42 – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9348. [20:42]
9:00 JS Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 –Academy of Ancient Music/ Richard Egarr. AAM Records AAM-003 (2). [23:48]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel; P Huang, v; AM McDermott, p; Zosha di Castri Hypha: 5 Miniatures for Suzanne Simard; A Fiterstein, cl; K Lee, v; M Marica, vc; M Sasaki, p; Schnittke Suite in Old Style; N Dautricourt, v; G Vonsattel, p.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 – London Phil Orch/ Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG B0005078-02 (2). [25:48]
Wednesday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107 –Sharon Bezaly, f; Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi. BIS 1679. [7:05]
7:00 Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture – Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 429762-2 (2). [8:03]
8:00 Balakirev Islamey – Mikhail Pletnev, p. DG 471157-2. [7:50]
9:00 Thompson Alleluia – Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy. Nimbus NI-5568. [7:36]
10:00 Midday Music including Ballard Devil’s Promenade –Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559923. [11:02]
11:00 Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 – Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/ Alexander Vedernikov. Cedille CDR-90000166. [18:55]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Saxophonist Julian Velasco and pianist Nathan Canfield perform works by Steven Banks and Mel Bonis live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – Atlanta Sym Orch & Cho/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80676. [13:02]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 421773-2. [13:57]
4:00 Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, Egyptian: III. Finale, Molto allegro –Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Sakari Oramo. Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2). [5:47]
5:00 Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-647. [18:23]
AUGUST 2024
6:00 Monti Csárdás – Maxim Vengerov, v; Vag Papian, p; Virtuosi Violin Ensemble. EMI CDC5-57164-2. [5:53]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Under the Hood II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Evencio Castellanos Suite Avileña – Venezuela Sym Orch/Jan Wagner. Naxos 8.572681. [24:26]
9:00 Mozart String Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464 –Guarneri Quartet. Philips 432076-2. [33:46]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Zelenka’s Missa Omnium Sanctorum A performance by the Prague-based baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704; Václav Luks, conductor.
Thursday 22
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Holborne Five Dances – London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. ASV CDQS-6013. [6:18]
7:00 Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Panorama; Waltz –Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. Sony 92710 (2). [7:10]
8:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Notturno in G minor – Betty Ann Miller, p. Centaur CRC-2320. [5:53]
9:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [14:12]
10:00 Midday Music including Rossini L’Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture – Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Conifer 55004-2. [8:17]
11:00 Machado Musiques populaires brésiliennes – Michelle LaPorte, f; Gerry Saulter, g; James Carroll, per. Centaur CRC-3549. [17:10]
12:00 Stamitz Symphony in G – Camerata Chicago/ Drostan Hall. Centaur CRC-2860. [7:31]
1:00 Farrenc Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 35 – Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König. Naxos 8.573706. [32:41]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, Gran Partita: VI. Tema con variazioni (Andante) – English Chamber Orch Wind Ensemble/ Daniel Barenboim. EMI CZS7-67306-2 (2). [10:30]
3:00 Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E – Lisa Smirnova, p. ECM 2213/14. [11:35]
4:00 Schütz Madrigal, O primavera – Cantus Cölln/Konrad
Junghänel. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901686. [5:55]
5:00 JS Bach Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, BWV 1016 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Paul Cienniwa, hc. WFMT Recording. [15:44]
6:00 Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah, Op. 47: Bacchanale –Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 63313-2. [7:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Under the Hood II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn Symphony No. 98 in B-Flat – London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 433396-2. [26:32]
9:00 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 – Isaac Stern, v; Jaime Laredo, vi; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-48066. [31:20]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Haydn Mass in B-flat major; Harmoniemesse; Judith Blegen, s; Frederica Von Stade, ms; Kenneth Riegel, t; Simon Estes, b; Westminster Choir; Joseph Flummerfelt, director; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra; Tod und Verklärung; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor. Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2; Robert Langevin, f; Bernard Labadie, conductor.
Friday 23
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Debussy Three Nocturnes: Fêtes – Los Angeles Phil/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-58952. [6:29]
7:00 Castro Atzimba: Intermezzo –Phil Orch of the Americas/ Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [5:08]
8:00 Beethoven Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op. 97, Archduke: IV. Finale, Allegro moderato – Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 412891-2. [6:52]
9:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 429774-2. [13:37]
10:00 Midday Music including Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Worship, A Concert Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray. Linn CKD-731. [6:19]
11:00 Tailleferre Waltz of the Telegrams and Quadrille from Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel – Philharmonia Orch/ Geoffrey Simon. Chandos CHAN-8356. [5:30]
12:00 Liszt Années de pèlerinage: 3rd Year, Rome: Les jeux
d’eau à la Villa d’Este – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000098 (2). [7:12]
1:00 Fauré String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 – Quatuor Ébène. Virgin 070875-2 (5). [24:10]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7: Finale, Allegro non troppo –Veronica Jochum, p, Bamberg Sym/Joseph Silverstein. Pro Arte CDD-395. [10:20]
4:00 Albéniz Suite española, Op. 47: No. 5, Asturias (Leyenda) – Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g. WFMT Recording. [7:33]
5:00 Ravel La valse – Earl Wild & Christian Steiner, p’s. Ivory Classics 70803. [11:57]
6:00 Piazzolla Five Tango Sensations: No. 1, Asleep –Alban Berg Quartet; Per Arne Glorvigen, bandoneon. Warner 0190295831899. [5:44]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Under the Hood II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy –Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80681. [20:18]
9:00 Turina Piano Trio No. 1 in D, Op. 35 – Trio de Madrid. EnSayo ENY-CD-3427. [22:19]
10:00 Ellington Suite from The River (1970) – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9154. [26:50]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: A Musical Mosaic (8/18/1994) An eclectic program of recorded music spontaneously crafted from various albums Studs happened to find in his office on August 18, 1994.
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 Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. Clara Kathleen Rogers Violin Sonata, Op. 25 – Elaine Skorodin, v; Kimberly Schmidt, p. Koch 3-7240-2. [21:42]
10:00 Ernesto Lecuona Siete Danzas Cubanas Típicas – Thomas Tirino, p. BIS CD-794. [17:43]
11:00 Introductions Young chamber ensembles.
12:00 From Munich: Mozart’s Idomeneo Andrew Staples (Idomeneo); Magdalena Kožená (Idamante); Elsa Dreisig (Elettra); Sabine Devieilhe (Ilia); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Simon Rattle,
conductor. Sung in Italian.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: An interview with composer Eric Whitacre
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks – The Knights. Warner 0825646170982. [14:46]
6:00 Ruth Gipps Knight in Armour –BBC National Orch of Wales/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20078. [9:53]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Listening Party with Jessie Montgomery Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael talk with the violinist-composer, who shares her musical inspirations and gives some insight into the life of a composer in the 21st century!
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Harpeth Rising , Zoe Mulford , Ben Bedford , Bob Bovee & Pop Wagner, et al., played together ahead of the 2013 Fox Valley Folk Festival.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer It’s International Strange Music Day. Also, pages of songs about and in the form of letters.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice A Visit to the With Heart and Voice Archive. Originally broadcast in February 2000, host Richard Gladwell shares music by Kaplan, Howells and Mozart.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Whitacre A Boy and A Girl –Polyphony/Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA-67543. [4:24]
8:00 Tristan Coelho The Old School – Emily Granger, h. Avie AV-2495. [4:04]
9:00 Haydn Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat, The Schoolmaster –Lausanne Chamber Orch/ Jesús López-Cobos. Denon CO-78930. [21:31]
10:00 Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – New York Phil/Thomas Schippers. Sony MHK-62837. [7:34]
11:00 Bland Sunday School –Judith Olson, p. Cambria CD-1256. [5:18]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Menotti Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra – Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Spoleto Festival Orch/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9900. [15:29]
1:00 Dvorák American Suite in A, Op. 98b – Royal Liverpool
Founder and first director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis served as the ensemble’s director for 37 years, and she was the first woman to conduct the CSO. This celebration of her work features three Grammy Award-winning recordings including Verdi’s monumental Messa da Requiem, led by Sir Georg Solti, which won for Best Choral Performance in 1977; and Bartók’s Cantata profana, awarded four Grammy Awards in 1994 including Best Orchestral Performance, Best Choral Performance, and Best Classical Album. Pierre Boulez led the Orchestra with the Chorus singing in Hungarian prepared by Hillis.
Sunday, August 25
8:00 pm
Phil Orch/Libor Pešek. Virgin 90723-2. [22:39]
2:00 Alwyn Elizabethan Dances – London Sym Orch/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-8902. [18:32]
3:00 Still Folk Suite No. 1 – Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand String Quartet. Koch 3-7192-2. [7:30]
4:00 Alvin Singleton Time Past, Time Future – Awadagin Pratt, p; A Far Cry. New Amsterdam NWAM-177. [12:26]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Herbert Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30 – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Frankfurt Radio Sym/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 519035-2. [22:14]
6:00 JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 – Chamber Orch of Europe. DG 431660-2 (2). [20:35]
7:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat,
Op. 127 – Cuarteto Casals. Harmonia Mundi HMM902400.02. [34:33]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Bartók Cantata profana; John Aler, t; John Tomlinson, b; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Brahms Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen from A German Requiem, Op. 45; Verdi Messa da Requiem; Leontyne Price, s; Janet Baker, ms; Veriano Luchetti, t; José van Dam, b-br; Georg Solti, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Edison Quintana–Pianist Extraordinaire Acknowledged as one of the most versatile and consummate pianists currently performing in Mexico, Quintana is heard in works by Piazzolla, Ponce, and Moncayo.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Nielsen Symphonies Conducted by Fabio Luisi, with the Danish National Orchestra, Program 3 Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6, Semplice.
Monday 26
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Praetorius Dance Suite – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3132. [10:02]
7:00 Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [5:52]
8:00 Ravel Jeux d’eau – PierreLaurent Aimard, p. DG B0015944-02. [6:03]
9:00 JS Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 –Brecon Baroque/Rachel Podger, v. Channel Classics CCSSA-30910. [12:16]
10:00 Midday Music including Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise and Waltz – Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 422845-2. [10:57]
11:00 Ligeti Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances – Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/ Reinbert de Leeuw. Teldec 88262-2. [10:26]
12:00 JS Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Amadeus Guitar Duo. Naxos 8.573440. [14:01]
1:00 Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps – Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Bru Zane BZ-2007. [6:32]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Johann Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. Sony 88875174802. [11:33]
4:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral: II. Scherzo, Molto vivace –Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4863050. [12:56]
5:00 JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell, hc. Avie AV-2207 (2). [21:11]
6:00 O’Connor The American Seasons: Fall – Mark O’Connor, v; Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo. Sony SK-89660. [5:49]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Grieg and Sibelius We’ll explore the lives of the two Nordic greats with music spanning almost one hundred years including many chamber works, Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Norwegian Dances, and several Sibelius symphonies.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024: Takács Quartet The distinguished ensemble performs string quartets by Dvorák and Ravel Recorded July 17 in the Martin Theatre.
10:00 Los Angeles Philharmonic. Timo Andres Made of Tunes, World Premiere; Aaron Diehl, p; Copland Quiet City; Thomas Hooten, tr; Carolyn Hove, eh; Adams City Noir; John Adams, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Finzi Romance in E-Flat, Op. 11 – Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon. Decca 4789357. [7:33]
7:00 Kats-Chernin Dance of the Paper Umbrellas – Tasmanian Sym Orch/Benjamin Northey. ABC Classics 4816430 (10). [4:29]
8:00 Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Age of Enlightenment Orch/ Vladimir Jurowski. Hyperion CDA-67795. [9:00]
9:00 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil/ Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-39310. [14:07]
10:00 Midday Music including Ravel La valse – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1018. [12:21]
11:00 Seung Ki Hong Arirang Variations; Misook Kim Phantom of Arirang – Sojung Lee Hong, p. Sojung Lee Hong [From East to West]. [8:20]
12:00 Vittoria Aleotti Hor che la Vaga Aurora; Price Resignation – Chicago a cappella. [self-release]. [5:38]
1:00 Elgar The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b – Welsh National Opera Orch/ Charles Mackerras. Argo 433214-2. [16:51]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 –Mitsuko Uchida, p. Philips B0009419-02. [22:23]
4:00 Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt. Pentatone PTC-5186851. [9:53]
5:00 José White Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR-90000035. [21:34]
6:00 Bland Up Escalators –Judith Olson, p. Cambria CD-1256. [6:55]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Grieg and Sibelius See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Higdon Harp Concerto – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Rochester Phil Orch/Ward Stare. Azica AXA-71327. [21:09]
9:00 Heinrich Hofmann Serenade in D, Op. 65 –Berolina Ensemble. MD+G 9481808-6. [26:56]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Dvorák Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, American; Y Lee, vi; D Finckel, vc; Kodály Serenade, Op. 12; A Kavafian, v; B Beilman v; P Neubauer, vi. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543 – Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 413776-2. [33:05]
Wednesday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Couperin Concert royal No. 3 in A: Prelude, Allemande, Chaconne légère – Les Talens Lyriques. Aparté AP-193. [7:54]
7:00 Liszt Rákóczy March – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 67895-2. [6:42]
8:00 Castro Vals capricho, Op. 1 – Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/ Christophe Chagnard. Reference RR-134. [7:57]
9:00 Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384 – Joseph Swensen, v; Jeffrey Kahane, p. RCA 7962-2. [12:38]
10:00 Midday Music including Britten Gloriana, Op. 53: Courtly Dances –Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal. EMI
CDM7-69422-2. [9:50]
11:00 Adams Road Movies –Jennifer Koh, v; Reiko Uchida, p. Cedille CDR90000103. [15:57]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Clarinetist Elisha Willinger and pianist Lior Leigh perform live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 1 in C –Amsterdam Sinfonietta/ Lev Markiz. Brilliant Classics 93777 (7). [11:23]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Ravel Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.572887. [13:02]
4:00 Field Divertissement No. 1 in E – Míceál O’Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9534. [5:44]
5:00 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – RCA Victor Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski. RCA 88765415972. [11:36]
6:00 Leo Brouwer Danzas Rituales y Festivas: III. Guajira – Alí Arango, g. Naxos 8.573506. [5:41]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Grieg and Sibelius See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 – New Zealand Sym Orch/Pietari Inkinen. Naxos 8.572705. [29:19]
9:00 Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, Trout – P Frank, v; R Young, vi; Y Ma, vc; E Meyer, db; E Ax, p. Sony SK-61964. [37:48]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree A celebration of violinist Jaap Schröder, one of the first pioneers to present performances of baroque, and later, classical works, on period instruments.
Thursday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Handel Concerto grosso in G, Op. 3, No. 3 –Handel & Haydn Society/ Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2. [7:24]
7:00 Falla La vida breve : Two Dances – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 438938-2. [7:13]
8:00 Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture – Norwegian National Opera Orch/ Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naïve OP-30479. [6:02]
9:00 Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours –Cincinnati Pops Orch/ Erich Kunzel. Vox CDX-5130 (2). [8:48]
10:00 Midday Music including Garrop Helios – Gaudete Brass. Cedille CDR90000136. [4:27]
11:00 Kreisler Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta – Charlie Siem, v; Caroline Jaya-Ratnam, p. Warner 67804-2. [8:18]
12:00 Handel Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest – Music of the Baroque/Jane Glover. Music of the Baroque CD-2018. [5:37]
1:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 – Paul Lewis, p; BBC Sym Orch/Jirí Belohlávek. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902053.55 (3). [36:04]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E – Lisa Smirnova, p. ECM 2213/14. [11:35]
4:00 Dvorák Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100: Finale, Allegro – Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p. DG 449820-2. [5:50]
5:00 Piazzolla Histoire du Tango – Britta Jacobs, f; Irene Kalisvaart, g. Naxos 8.551453. [19:16]
6:00 Ponce Four Mexican Dances – Argentina Durán, p. Bravo Music [Rapsodia Mexicana]. [7:10]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Grieg and Sibelius See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Richard Strauss Don Quixote, Op. 35 – Janos Starker, vc; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60561-2. [40:07]
9:00 Veracini Violin Sonata in A, Op. 2, No. 6 (from Sonate accademiche) – John Holloway, v; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hc; Jaap ter Linden, vc. ECM 1889. [20:42]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1; Leonard Bernstein, piano & conductor; Dukas La Péri: Fanfare and A Danced Poem; Roussel Symphony No. 3 in G minor; Ravel Suite from Ma Mére l’oye; Pierre Boulez, conductor.
Friday 30
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Beck Symphony in E-flat, Op. 2/4 – Thirteen Strings Chamber Orch/ Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.573323. [10:16]
7:00 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Op. 61: Scherzo –London Brass. Teldec 246007-2. [5:07]
8:00 Ravel Menuet antique –Zürich Tonhalle Orch/ Lionel Bringuier. DG 4795524 (4). [6:09]
9:00 Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 22 –Elena Urioste, v; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4850020. [10:09]
10:00 Midday Music including Harris An American Overture (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3140. [6:50]
11:00 Martin Piano Trio on Irish Folk Tunes – Neave Trio. Chandos CHAN-20272. [16:08]
12:00 Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b: August; September; October; November – Dmitry Paperno, p. Cedille CDR90000001. [12:58]
1:00 JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini. Teldec 98442-2 (2). [16:30]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
3:00 Haydn Symphony No. 64 in A, Tempora Mutantur – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 443777-2 (3). [20:42]
4:00 Price Dances in the Canebrakes – Jeni Slotchiver, p. Zoho ZM-202008. [8:29]
5:00 Beethoven Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902416. [19:31]
6:00 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (En Aranjuez con mi amor) –Göran Söllscher, g; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 4794648. [10:50]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Grieg and Sibelius See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Felix Mendelssohn Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer, Op. 15 – Sylviane Deferne, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1122. [8:47]
9:00 Rebel Les Plaisirs Champêtres – La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken. Accent ACC-96122-D. [10:29]
10:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, Kreutzer –Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p. DG 457619-2 (4). [43:56]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: This Train, Part 1 WFMT’s annual remembrance of the civil rights March on Washington in 1963.
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 Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. Bologne Violin Concerto in D, Op. 2, No. 2 – Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574452. [18:29]
10:00 Bosmans Poème – Dmitri Ferschtman, vc, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/ Ed Spanjaard. NM Classics 92095. [14:32]
11:00 Introductions: Class of 2024 A round-up of graduating seniors for Labor Day Weekend.
12:00 From Bavarian State Opera: Puccini’s Tosca Eleonora Buratto (Tosca); Charles Castronovo (Cavaradossi); Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia); Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Andrea Battistoni, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:00 Beach String Quartet, Op. 89 – Archaeus Quartet. Lorelt LNT-114. [14:57]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with Julian Prégardien , a tenor who has distinguished himself in Early Music and art song with his clear tone and detailed attention to text.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Shaw Three Essays: No. 1, Nimrod –Calidore String Quartet. Signum SIGCD-850. [8:34]
6:00 Julian Joseph Carry That Sound – Chineke! Orch/ Wayne Marshall. NMC NMCD-250. [9:36]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Classical Music Faves and Why People Love Them Join hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael in a fun look at some of the world’s most famous classical pieces.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio: As a preview to the 48th Annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling festival, the Connie Kaldor ensemble swoops in from Canada for a set sure to kick up the energy and touch the heart.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Making music work for the workers on Labor Day weekend with union songs and reflections on various vocations.
