Dear Member,
is month, we’re excited to bring you a new Friday night series on WFMT – Sounds Classical . I hope you will listen to this innovative and immersive program hosted by WFMT’s Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael, who will explore the sounds we know – and maybe don't know – to discover along with listeners how the ever-changing and ever-expanding world around us can in uence modernday experiences with classical music. On page 4, you’ll nd an interview with LaRob and Kristina who share more about their plans for this new radio program.
roughout the month, we’ll be celebrating the holidays on WTTW and WFMT. On WTTW, get inspired with ideas for seasonal cooking during an all-day chef’s marathon and, in Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas, you’ll nd the only guide you’ll ever need for prepping, shopping, and making a memorable meal Mary Berry-style. And don’t miss Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker, which retells this treasured story blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky and showcasing tap, hip hop, amenco, and jazz.
On WFMT, holiday music abounds. Listen for WFMT Presents: A Mexican Christmas, featuring music from the Newberry Consort and EnsAmble Ad-Hoc; e Ballad of the Brown King and Other Music for Christmas by Black Composers , curated and hosted by Dr. Louise Toppin; and A Polish Christmas, curated by Lucyna Migala, featuring recordings by Chicago’s Lira Ensemble. And we’ll bring you annual favorites including A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival, and the Music of the Baroque Holiday Brass and Choral Concert. On wfmt.com, we’ll share a playlist of eight musical works to celebrate Hanukkah.
On behalf of all of us at WTTW and WFMT, I wish you and your family a very happy holiday season and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Sincerely,
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) December 2022 Volume 36, Number 294
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ON THE COVER: Sounds Classical hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn. Photo for WFMT by Mike Grittani.
A decade after the event, explore the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 first-graders and six of their educators lost their lives.
Wednesday, December 14
10:00 pm
EVENING
The sun-soaked beauty of Saint Marie is rocked at Christmas time by a ba ing murder, with a dazzling array of guest stars under suspicion.
Saturdays, December 17 and 24 8:00 pm
Dame Mary Berry draws on her wealth of culinary knowledge with this selection of her favorite Christmas recipes - seasonal dishes guaranteed to be a hit with family and friends.
Friday, December 23 9:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years Marian Anderson is considered one of the most important opera performers of the 20th century, and played a vital role in the acceptance of African Americans in classical music and other segregated performing arts genres.
9:30 The Musicians’ Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Arts from New York: Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Live In Central Park [R]
The Musicians’ Gr een Book: An Enduring
Explore the stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. Features performances and interviews with vocalists, musicians, activists, historians, and others.
Thursday, December 1
9:30 pm
EARLY MORNING
3:30 Energy Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Indian Feast
5:30 BBC World News America
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6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank Celebrate the holidays with a timeless special, featuring the magical combination of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. In this 1957 color program, the two legends swap Christmas songs and stories and duet on favorite holiday classics.
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain Explore the origins of everyday pain and learn ways to help minimize or resolve it.
2:00 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD Strengthen your memory by treating Dr. Amen’s 11 major risk factors that destroy brain function, most of which are either preventable or treatable.
3:30 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD
5:00 The Brain Revolution Explore neuroplasticity – the untapped power to improve our lives as we age – to learn how the brain works and how we can make it work for us.
MORNING
6:30 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain See 12:30 am. [R]
8:00 Demystifying Detox
9:30 Great Performances: Broadway Musicals – A Jewish Legacy [R]
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Key West Eats
AFTERNOON
12:10 Lidia’s Kitchen: Family Meal
12:45 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvania Dutch Country
1:25 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: One Good Turn
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
2:35 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Breakfast Baking
3:10 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Cheryl Day Bakes Cakes!
7:00 Arts from New York: Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Live In Central Park [R]
10:00 The Carpenters: Close to You and Christmas Memories Close to You traces The Carpenters’ career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the duo’s friends in the music business. Following is a special holiday program focusing entirely on Richard and Karen’s perennially popular Christmas music o erings.
MORNING-AFTERNOON
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Schnitzel and Roest 5:30 BBC World News America
8:30 Classic Christmas Join hosts Gavin MacLeod and Marion Ross for this festive all-star special of favorite carols and popular standards.
10:30 Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank [R]
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
3:45 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: A Meal in Messinia
4:30 Straight No Chaser: The 25th Anniversary Celebration Celebrate 25 years with the nine members of the a cappella collective as they belt out songs with style, swagger, and spirit.
Join Lucy Worsley on a 12-day extravaganza as she discovers that much of what we enjoy in contemporary Christmas - from carols to turkey, gift-giving to mistletoe and mulled wine - has surprising Tudor origins, rooted in devotion and charity.
Sunday, December 4
9:00 pm
Fridays at 8:00 pm beginning December 9
is month, WFMT will premiere Sounds Classical –a new Friday evening series. In this innovative and immersive radio program, hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael will present a range of musical works inclusive of well-known composers and new discoveries alike. e program will feature surprising and personal takes, lean-in interviews, and exciting new works composed and performed, in many cases, by local artists. Along the way, Kristina and LaRob will share lively and insightful commentary, providing context for the listener that makes this beautiful and dynamic art form fresh and accessible. We sat down with them to learn more.
Guide: Talk about the title Sounds Classical. What does that phrase mean to you?
LaRob K. Rafael: I think people listen to WFMT expecting to hear Bach and Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert, Brahms and Wagner. Sounds Classical is a play on that idea. You’ll hear those classical sounds, but what may be di erent is that Kristina and I are trying to take a more conversational approach. You’ll hear Brahms and Schubert, but you’ll hear the discussions Kristina and I have around the pieces. What do they mean to us? How have we been inspired by them? And also, you might not hear as much Brahms and Beethoven and Schubert. Kristina and I will try to present composers that are brand new and relevant to our lives as young classical music lovers. We’ll try to engage longtime WFMT audiences while inviting a newer audience to come and join the conversation about classical music.
Kristina Lynn: Classical music is often Europeanfocused, Western music-focused. While we were discussing the rst episode, we wanted to include other cultures and communities and points of view. But it’s also hard to de ne what classical music is, speci cally.
LaRob: e goal of what we are presenting is not to say that anything and everything is classical music. I think what we are trying to say is that any and everything can in uence classical music.
Of course, there are very culturally speci c musical sounds from hip-hop to Carnatic singing. Obviously, that’s not the same thing as Mozart. But it would be unwise for the person who appreciates the history of Mozart to exclude musical ideas from around the world when we consider how classical music comes to be.
Guide: How does this perspective shape the way you are choosing to host and present music?
Kristina: ere’s this idea that you must be an expert to speak on classical music. I’m learning to put that idea aside – that I don’t need to know everything in order to enjoy and speak on it and share it with people.
LaRob: When people listen to classical music, they’re not thinking: “Oh, this modulation to the fth,” or whatever. When you hear music, your rst reaction to it comes from how it makes you feel. I think that’s what Kristina and I do well on the show. Our priority and expertise come mostly from how we feel about it. We want to present music in this conversational way. It can be a little challenging to t it all within an hour and talk e ectively about it.
Guide: Take us through the first few episodes.
Kristina: In our premiere episode, we’ll explore the idea: “What does sound classical?” We’ll discuss why speci c composers may come to mind and invite other sounds into the genre, into the conversation about classical music.
LaRob: We will explore ideas of what classical music sounds like, what people think classical music is. And how people have been in uenced to create classical music based on their experiences in other areas of their lives.
Kristina: In subsequent weeks, we’ll talk about our rst experiences in classical music and hear about others’ introductions to it. We’re just talking about this music and how it made us feel the rst time we listened to it. e impact it had on us.
LaRob: We also explore our own instruments. Kristina is a fabulous trumpet player who studied trumpet performance. [Chuckling] I’m an okay singer.
Kristina: No! [Laughing]
LaRob: We will share what we love about our respective instruments. I learn a bit about the
intricacies of trumpet and share with Kristina something interesting about the voice.
Kristina: A little show and tell. It ties back in with the theme of the expert versus the newcomer. It has been a long journey of studying music and working in music. So, revisiting those rst memories is special. You can expect to hear familiar tunes and composers, and we also want to highlight newer and underrepresented composers and performers. And we branch out from classical music a bit, too. You may hear some jazz, musical theater, and blues. And that’s just in the rst couple of episodes.
Guide: What excites you most about this new show?
LaRob: I’m looking forward to talking about how fun classical music can be. One of the things I love about doing this show is that we listen to the music and our reactions just kind of…happen. If you’re in a concert hall, you’ve got to wait until the end of an entire piece to clap. But sitting in the studio with Kristina, listening to it, you’re getting the head nods, the claps, sometimes singing along.
Kristina: It’s just something you don’t often hear in classical settings. e music ends and we’re laughing. e music ends and we’re singing. If you’re hearing a symphony in a concert hall, maybe you’re thinking, “ is is 55 minutes long, how am I going to get through this?” But when you actually spend time with it, you nd that there is a story being told. Even if a piece is from centuries ago, you can relate to it just as you would relate to Taylor Swift’s new album.
LaRob: This show is a “come as you are” series, whether you’re an expert in classical music or you’ve never heard a classical piece before. We welcome you to the show and to take part in what Kristina and I are experiencing in real time.
Kristina: Speaking to all these types of people has been a challenge, but it’s been a really fun one. Listeners will hear that we’re really enjoying what we’re doing, and we hope they’ll like it, too.
Sounds Classical premieres on Friday, December 9 at 8:00 pm on 98.7WFMT and streams on wfmt.com and the WFMT app. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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By Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon Directed by Marti Lyons
EARLY MORNING
12:00 ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul This all-star concert reunites legendary singers and groups performing the greatest hits of the 1960s.
2:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine Learn how to use food to help prevent disease and improve health with the latest scientifi c research and practical, easy-to-follow advice.
3:30 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Dr. Gundry shares a step-bystep easy approach to help us all feel better and more youthful, no matter your age.
5:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
MORNING
7:00 Your DNA Secrets Revealed Learn about the science of DNA and the role genetics plays in our longevity, health, and well-being.
8:30 Arts from New York: Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Live In Central Park [R]
11:30 Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop
AFTERNOON
2:00 Straight No Chaser: The 25th Anniversary Celebration See Sat. Dec. 3 at 4:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years See Thurs. Dec. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Great Performances: Broadway Musicals – A Jewish Legacy [R]
EVENING
7:00 The Big Band Years This program turns back the clock to a time when swing musicians, many of whom are featured in this program, brought a joyful escape to Americans during one of the most turbulent times in the nation’s history.
9:00 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas
10:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe Rick travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe – taking millions of people with it.
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
2:00 Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop [R]
4:30 Demystifying Detox See Sat. Dec. 3 at 8:00 am. [R]
6:00 Arthur
6:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
7:00 Molly of Denali
7:30 Wild Kratts
8:00 Hero Elementary
8:30 Alma’s Way
9:00 Curious George
9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
10:00 Rosie’s Rules
10:30 Donkey Hodie
11:00 Sesame Street
11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific
12:00 Dinosaur Train
12:30 Elinor Wonders Why
1:00 Sesame Street
1:30 Rosie’s Rules
2:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
2:30 Let’s Go Luna
3:00 Nature Cat
3:30 Alma’s Way
4:00 Arthur
4:30 Odd Squad
6:00 Molly of Denali
6:30 Wild Kratts
7:00 Arthur
7:30 Alma’s Way
8:00 Curious George
8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
6:30 Molly of Denali
7:00 Wild Kratts
7:30 Hero Elementary 8:00 Arthur
8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Peg + Cat
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Bistro Classics at Home
5:30 BBC World News America
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6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Beyond Chicago from the Air Join narrator Geo rey Baer on another breathtaking journey via drone to explore regional sights beyond Chicago in summer, fall, and winter.
9:30 Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You Celebrate the beloved singer-songwriter’s career from her early days to her success as a crossover pop superstar.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Your DNA Secrets
Revealed See Sun.
Dec. 4 at 7:00 am. [R]
2:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
4:30 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD See Sun. Dec. 4 at 3:30 am. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Salmon Steaks Done Right
5:30 BBC World News America
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6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
7:30 Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
9:00 Becoming Frederick Douglass Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history, and the role that abolitionist Frederick Douglass played in securing the right to freedom for African Americans.
10:30 Frontline: Crime SceneBucha Investigating Russian war crimes through eyewit ness accounts, videos, and exclusive 3D data. With the Associated Press and SITU, Frontline maps the atroci ties in Bucha, Ukraine.
11:30 BBC World News
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 The Carpenters: Close to You
and Christmas Memories See Sat. Dec. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain See Sat. Dec. 3 at 12:30 am. [R]
4:30 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine See Sun. Dec. 4 at 7:00 am. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Burgers and Chips 5:30 BBC World News America
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6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 8
EARLY MORNING 12:30 To be announced 4:30 Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen MD
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Bake Sale Favorites 5:30 BBC World News America
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6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 9
EARLY MORNING 12:30 To be announced 4:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD See Sat. Dec. 3 at 2:00 am. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids 5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Back to Grilling Basics 5:30 BBC World News America
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6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 10
EARLY MORNING 12:30 To be announced
FRI 2
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank 8:00 and 10:30 pm
Classic Christmas 8:30 pm
SAT 3
Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories 10:00 pm
SUN 4
Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 9:00 pm
TUE 13
O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir 8:00 pm
THU 15
Chef’s Life Holiday Special 10:00 pm
FRI 16
Christmas at DePaul 8:00 pm
Christmas Carol: The Remix by the Q Brothers 9:00 pm
SAT 17
Death in Paradise Christmas Special, Part 1 8:00 pm
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021 9:00 pm
SUN 18
Holiday Cooking Series Marathon 1:00 pm
MON 19
Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas 9:00 pm
Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love 10:00 pm
TUE 20
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas 9:00 pm
THU 22
Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker 10:00 pm
FRI 23
Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas 8:00 pm
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites 9:00 and 9:30 pm
St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Love Divine 10:00 pm
SAT 24
Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas 6:00 pm
Death in Paradise Christmas Special, Part 2 8:00 pm
Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas 9:00 pm
Christmas at DePaul 10:00 pm
St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Love Divine 11:00 pm
SUN 25
O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir 12:00 am
Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love 1:00 am
St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal 2:00 am
Repeat the Sounding Joy: A Concordia Christmas 3:00 am
Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers 4:00 am
Christmas Carol: The Remix by the Q Brothers 9:30 am
Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas 11:00 am
Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas 12:00 pm
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites 1:00 and 1:30 pm
All Creatures Great and Small, Season 2: The Perfect Christmas 7:00 pm
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 8:00 and 9:30 pm
SAT 31
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 5:27 pm
United in Song: A New Year’s Eve Special 9:00 pm
Explore Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow’s impact on American literature and how he navigated through issues of his time, including race, gender, and the Jewish immigrant experience. Featuring interviews with Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, and others.
Monday, December 12 8:00 pm
MORNING
9:30 The Big Band Years See Sun. Dec. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Mouth of the South
12:10 Lidia’s Kitchen: Breakfast at Lidia’s 12:45 Cook’s Country: One-Pot Meals
1:25 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Chino-Latino
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Elegant French Desserts
2:35 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Tacos, Guacamole, and Margaritas
3:10 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The New NY Cheesecake!
3:45 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Tasty Teardrops and Tomatoes – Chios
4:30 Carol Burnett: A Celebration This tribute to the career of a comic genius is filled with pure nostalgia, great clips, and exclusive interviews.
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Unnatural Causes The
Meet a group of African American parents-turned-organizers, students, and sta as they advocate to keep their top-ranked South Loop school, The National Teachers Academy (NTA), open when it is threatened to be transformed into an institution favoring the needs of the community’s wealthier residents.
Monday, December 12 9:30 pm
Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction’s thrilling but tragically brief “moment in the sun.”
1:18 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Making a Way Out of No Way (18971940) (Part 4 of 6) Learn about the Jim Crow era, when African Americans struggled to build their own worlds within the harsh, narrow confines of segregation.
2:37 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Rise! (1940-1968) (Part 5 of 6) This episode examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable.
3:55 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – A More Perfect Union (1968-2013) (Part 6 of 6) After 1968, African Americans set out to build a future on the foundation of the civil rights movement’s victories, but a growing class disparity threatened to split the Black community in two.
5:30 To be announced
discovery of a housemaid’s corpse at a local festival puts a damper on Great Slaughter’s jovial gathering.
8:00 Death in Paradise A man confesses to murdering his boss despite being unable to remember what happened.
9:00 Happy Birthday Mr. Bean
10:30 To be announced
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
MORNING
10:00
African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Black Atlantic (1500-1800) (Part 1 of 6) This episode portrays the earliest Africans, both slave and free, who arrived on these shores.
7:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Where the Heart is (Part 1 of 7) James and Helen test the waters of their relationship as James ponders a new job prospect. Tristan dives into his vet practice a bit too confidently.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Semper Progrediens (Part 2 of 7) Hopeful for a closer relationship with Helen, James invites her to the gala spring dance. Siegfried also tries his luck with romance.
9:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: We Can But Hope (Part 3 of 7) Medical advice clashes with farming wisdom as James and Helen have their first quarrel. Mrs. Pumphrey’s dog gets Tristan in trouble.
Dec. 11 at 12:11 pm. [R]
1:18 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940) (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Dec. 11 at 1:18 pm. [R]
EVENING
2:37 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Rise! (1940-1968) (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Dec. 11 at 2:37 pm. [R]
3:55 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – A More Perfect Union (1968-2013) (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Dec. 11 at 3:55 pm. [R]
5:30 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations – Chris Kempczinsk
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Trip to Vietnam
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Adventures of Saul Bellow: American Masters 9:30 POV: Let the Little Light Shine
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Tacos, Guacamole, and Margaritas [R]
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
9:00 In a Di erent Key
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
11:04
African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Age of Slavery (1800-1860) (Part 2 of 6) This episode illustrates how Black lives changed dramati cally in the aftermath of the American Revolution.
AFTERNOON
12:11 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Into the Fire (1861-1896) (Part 3 of 6) This episode examines the
10:00 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Black Atlantic (1500-1800) (Part 1 of 6) See 10:00 am. [R]
11:04 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – The Age of Slavery (1800-1860) (Part 2 of 6) See 11:04 am. [R]
EARLY MORNING
12:11 African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross – Into the Fire (1861-1896) (Part 3 of 6) See Sun.
prize founded by Prince William and The Royal Foundation in 2020 aims to spotlight, support, and scale groundbreaking solutions to our world’s most pressing en vironmental challenges. Held in Boston, this star-studded ceremony celebrates fifteen finalists and five winners.
9:00 NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame In April 2019, the world watched as a devastating fire almost destroyed Paris’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral. Go behind the scenes with a team of engineers, masons, and timber workers tackling the daunting challenges of re storing the historic landmark.
10:00 Independent Lens: Newtown Explore the aftermath of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 firstgraders and six of their educators were killed on December 14, 2012. Joining the ranks of a growing club to which no one wants to belong, the lives of several characters pro foundly a ected by the fallout of gun violence interconnect and propel the town toward introspection and action.
11:30 BBC World News
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: ButterBasted Fish and Succotash
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 The Earthshot Prize 2022 This global environmental
A mother tracks down the first person diagnosed with autism to learn if his life holds promise for her own son. She documents both cruelty and kindness, but also hope that more of us are learning to have the backs of those who are di erent.
Tuesday, December 13 9:00 pm
Join Chicago’s DePaul University as the story of the birth of Christ is retold in word and song by DePaul faculty, sta , students, and alumni. The concert includes song performances of “Mary Did You Know,” “O Holy Night,” “The Angel Gabriel,” “Silent Night,” “The First Noel,” and more.
Friday, December 16
8:00 pm
Christmas Carol: The Remix by the Q Brothers Chicago hip hop sensations the Q Brothers Collective heat up the holiday season with this wildly entertaining take on Charles Dickens’ classic that mashes up hip hop, reggae, dancehall music, dubstep, and epic rock ballads. Recorded live at The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, this special leads Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of rhythm, rhyme, and redemption.
Friday, December 16
9:00 pm
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir See Tues. Dec. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 In a Di erent Key See Tues. Dec. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
4:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Cook it in Cast Iron
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Midsomer Murders: The Ghost of Causton Abbey (Part 1 of 2) Causton is abuzz when a new brewery opens on the site of a famously cursed Abbey, but excitement turns to fear when a man is found boiled to death in one of the vats.
9:00 Broadchurch (Season 3, Part 7 of 8) Ellie makes a breakthrough, and the Latimers count the cost. Leah hatches a plan to help her mum.
10:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special Join Vivian Howard as she serves up the best of her Southern cooking heritage and the Chanukah traditions of her husband Ben. From humble Hoppin’ John to elegant red velvet cake, sample a charming and delicious holiday celebration.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: American Arctic See Wed. Dec. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30
NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame See Wed. Dec. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 NOVA: Crypto Decoded From Bitcoin to NFTs, crypto is making headlines. But what exactly is it, and how does it work? Go beyond the hype and skepticism to unravel the truth behind a technology some say will revolutionize more than just money.
3:30 Independent Lens: Newtown See Wed. Dec. 14 at 10:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen
from Cook’s Illustrated: Back to Grilling Basics
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Christmas at DePaul
9:00 Christmas Carol: The Remix by the Q Brothers
10:30 Curious Traveler: Curious Austrian Christmas Markets Why is a European Christmas Market also called Weihnachtsmarkt or a Christkindlmarket? What is the curious history of the Advent Wreath, of Silent Night, and a creepy Christmas character named Krampus? And is a Krampus di erent than a Krapfen?
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 POV: Let the Little Light Shine See Mon. Dec. 12 at 9:30 pm. [R]
2:00 The Adventures of Saul Bellow: American Masters See Mon. Dec. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special See Thurs. Dec. 15 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Curious Traveler: Curious Austrian Christmas Markets See Fri. Dec. 16 at 10:30 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflower Gold
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 David Adler: Great House Architect – An Era Ends
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: North England’s Lake District and Durham
10:00 This Old House: Atlanta –Respecting the Old While Adding the New 10:30 Ask This Old House: Sandstone Repair, Awning Installation
11:00 How She Rolls: Still Rolling
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Okra –A Deep South Staple
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Hot Day, Cold Food
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Serving Up Pasta
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Grilling 24/7
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Indian Feast
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: FlavorPacked Chicken Dinner
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Mexican Shrimp
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Northern Delights – Ioannina
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Fire Kings
4:30 Check, Please! Peppercorns, Pacific Standard Time, Finom Co ee
5:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Braga
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Lights, Camera, Murder! A TV crew has arrived to use St. Vincent’s Convent as a location for a spy thriller. The filming becomes all too real when a live gun is fired instead of a replica.
8:00 Death in Paradise Christmas Special (Part 1 of 2) A wealthy shipping magnate is found dead at a Christmas
Enjoy back-to-back new episodes of this series that visits America’s premier craft artists in their studios, and into homes, businesses and public spaces where functional art is employed and celebrated. Through archival footage and interviews with some of the top artists in the country, celebrate the breadth and beauty of handmade objects in our culture.
Sunday, December 18 11:00 am
party. And things get stranger when a man in London receives a mysterious Christmas card connected to the victim’s death.
9:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021 The Nonnatus House team are faced with their busiest Christmas Day ever as the Maternity Home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases.
10:35 Broadchurch (Season 3, Part 7 of 8) See Thurs. Dec. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
11:35 Midsomer Murders: The Ghost of Causton Abbey (Part 1 of 2) See Thurs. Dec. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
12:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Where the Heart is (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Semper Progrediens (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: We Can But Hope (Part 3 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Christmas Carol: The Remix by the Q Brothers See Fri. Dec. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 POV: Let the Little Light Shine [R]
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Pritzker Military Presents: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold War Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa and retired senior FBI agent John Quattrocki talk Cold War intelligence, espionage, and their experiences in the field.
11:00 Craft in America: Inspiration This episode reveals the magic and influence of craft.
12:00 Craft in America: Home This episode highlights craft artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor.
1:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Holiday Dessert and Salad Test cook Lan Lam makes Bridget a show-stopping Cranberry Curd Tart with Almond Crust. Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Julia to a taste test of blue cheeses, and test cook Keith Dresser makes Julia Wheat Berry Salad with Radicchio, Dried Cherries, and Pecans.
1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking:
A Treat for the Holidays Andreas visits Savalen in Eastern Norway, where he makes some of his Christmas favorites.
2:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Happy Holiday Food In this episode, Andreas makes a real Scandinavian Christmas feast and shares all his favorite Norwegian recipes of the season.
2:30 Cook’s Country: Holiday Roast and Potatoes Bridget and Julia streamline a classic recipe for Boneless Rib Roast with Yorkshire Pudding and Jus, and test cook Ashley Moore makes Bridget a family favorite recipe for Lighthouse Inn Potatoes.
3:00 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast Test cook Ashley Moore shows Bridget how to make a Crumb-Crusted Rack of Lamb, and test cook Christie Morrison shows Julia how to make a showstopping Brussels Sprout Gratin.
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Eggs for the Holidays Julia makes Bridget a show-stopping Orange, Cranberry, and Mint Pavlova. Then, Bridget makes Julia foolproof Holiday Eggnog.
4:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cake Bridget and Julia reveal the secrets to making the perfect ginger bread layer cake at home, and test cook Keith Dresser makes a foolproof recipe for sticky to ee pudding cakes.
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cookie Test cook Dan Souza makes Julia a festive recipe for easy holiday sugar cookies, and test cook Lan Lam makes Bridget the best lemon bars.
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Jewish Baking Test cook Lan Lam makes Bridget Easy-Braid Challah, and test cook Erin McMurrer and Julia make Crescent-Shaped Rugelach with Raisin-Walnut Filling.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:00 Finding Your Roots: Beyond the Pale Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Jewish heritages of actor Je Goldblum, radio host Terry Gross, and comedian Marc Maron, uncovering previ ously unknown stories.
7:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Many Happy Returns (Part 4 of 7) Tristan works out how to make
clients happy, but then gets bad news. James and Helen have a heart-to-heart.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Last Man in (Part 5 of 7) James has to settle old scores both on and o the playing field when a familiar face returns to Darrowby, while Tristan and Siegfried must acknowledge their di erences.
9:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Home Truths (Part 6 of 7) James solves both medical and romantic emergencies. Siegfried, Tristan, and Mrs. Hall face hurdles.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: Way of the Cross (Part 9 of 13) Teresa stays at the academy alone over the holidays. Macarena confesses she knows that Angela is having an a air and a small altercation arises. Flavia discovers that Tomas has been disowned by his own family.
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Austin City Limits: The War and Treaty/Ruthie Foster The War and Treaty play songs from their acclaimed album Hearts Town, while Foster performs numbers from across her career.
1:30 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Lights, Camera, Murder! See Sat. Dec. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Death in Paradise Christmas Special (Part 1 of 2) See Sat. Dec. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:25 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021 See Sat. Dec. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations –Tricia Gri th
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Farmers Market Fare
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice Recall a lineup of favorite apprais als from past seasons.
9:00 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas
Just in time to provide some creative ideas for your holiday celebrations, WTTW brings you a marathon of relevant episodes from three of its most popular how-to culinary series - America’s Test Kitchen, New Scandinavian Cooking, and Cook’s Country. Make it the most festive season ever.
Sunday, December 18 1:00 pm
In this seasonal special, Mary provides the only guide you’ll ever need for a foolproof Christmas dinner. Packed with her classic recipes for a delicious three-course feast, she and her friends will also help you prep, shop, and plan before the event for a stress-free day.
Monday, December 19 9:00 pm
10:00 Wheaton College Christmas
Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Craft in America: Inspiration See Sun. Dec. 18 at 11:00 am. [R]
1:30 Craft in America: Home See Sun. Dec. 18 at 12:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Cook’s Country: Holiday Roast and Potatoes See Sun. Dec. 18 at 2:30 pm. [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast See Sun. Dec. 18 at 3:00 pm. [R]
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Eggs for the Holidays See Sun. Dec. 18 at 3:30 pm. [R]
4:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cake See Sun. Dec. 18 at 4:00 pm. [R]
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cookie See Sun. Dec. 18 at 4:30 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Finding Your Roots: The New World Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa who thrived in North America long before the birth of the United States.
9:00 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas This irrever ent documentary tells the story of the unlikely Jewish immigrants who, enamored with Broadway and Hollywood, wrote some of the most popular songs in America: Christmas music.
10:00 Finding Your Roots: Beyond the Pale See Sun. Dec. 20 at 6:00 pm. [R]
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice See Mon. Dec. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas See Mon. Dec. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own
Redeeming Love See Mon. Dec. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Austin City Limits: The War and Treaty/Ruthie Foster See Mon. Dec. 19 at 12:30 am. [R]
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Holiday Dessert and Salad See Sun. Dec. 18 at 1:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Elegant French Desserts
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 The Letter: A Message for Our Earth Follow five characters on a journey that raises questions about how science and spirituality are vital to solving perhaps the biggest globally defining issue of our time: climate change. The film features unprecedented access from one of the world’s most iconic leaders: Pope Francis.
9:30 The Man Who Tried to Feed the World: American Experience Explore the life of 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, who rescued India from a severe famine and led the “Green Revolution,” estimated to have saved one billion lives. But his work later faced criticism.
10:30 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Finding Your Roots: The New World See Tues. Dec. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Frontline See Tues. Dec. 20 at 10:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas See Tues. Dec. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Finding Your Roots: Beyond the Pale [R]
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Jewish Baking See Sun. Dec. 18 at 5:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chocolate Delights
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Midsomer Murders: The Ghost of Causton
Abbey (Part 2 of 2)
9:00 Broadchurch (Season 3, Part 8 of 8) Hardy and Ellie uncover the truth, and lives in Broadchurch are changed forever.
10:00 Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker
11:30 BBC World News
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up [R]
1:30 The Letter: A Message for Our Earth [R]
3:00 The Man Who Tried to Feed the World: American Experience [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Roast Chicken and Sprouts
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas Dame Mary Berry visits Harewood House in Yorkshire as it prepares for Christmas on a grand scale, and demonstrates how to make delicious recipes inspired by fes tive dishes of the past.
9:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: Christmas Mary draws on her wealth of cookery know-how and shares a selection of her absolute favorite Christmas recipes, serving up some traditional seasonal staples alongside some new exciting ideas.
9:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: Christmas Day Mary shares some of her favorite recipes for the big day itself with five delicious, indulgent, but easy classics for a stress-free Christmas Day and an enviable feast.
10:00 St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Love Divine The five choirs and orchestra of St. Olaf College perform festive music for the Advent and Christmas season.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Many Happy Returns (Part 4 of 7) See
Sun. Dec. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Last Man in (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Home Truths (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker See Thurs. Dec. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Red Rock Basin
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Museum Access: American Writers Museum, Chicago
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Venice, City of Dreams
10:00 This Old House: Atlanta –Repointed and Planted
10:30 Ask This Old House: Paint Bathroom Tile, Hot Water Tank Replacement
11:00 How She Rolls: Speaking of Biscuits
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Plaquemines Parish Citrus
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Golden State Grub
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Rethink Risotto
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Extreme Grilling
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Bistro Classics at Home
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Starring Tomatoes
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Breakfast Baking
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Sephardic Cooking of Thessaloniki
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Sisters, Stew, and Sass
4:30 Check, Please! Tryzub Ukrainian Kitchen, Eris Brewery & Cider House, Smack Dab
5:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Lofoten, Norway
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:00 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas [R]
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Love and Other Puzzles After spending the night with a pipe-smoking gentleman caller, a woman is found dead with a jigsaw puzzle.
8:00 Death in Paradise Christmas Special (Part 2 of 2) When the team needs some
9:00 David Adler: Great House Architect
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 How She Rolls
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Curious Traveler
extra help, Dwayne steps in, quickly making his presence felt in ways that they could not have anticipated.
9:00 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas See Thurs. Dec. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
10:00 Christmas at DePaul See Fri. Dec. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:00 St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Love Divine See Fri. Dec. 23 at 10:00 pm. [R]
EARLY MORNING
12:00 O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir [R]
1:00 Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love [R]
2:00 A St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal This perfor mance special celebrates the Advent and Christmas season by drawing from both familiar traditional carols and innova tive contemporary selections.
3:00 Repeat the Sounding Joy: A Concordia Christmas The vocal and instrumental musi cal ensembles of Concordia University Irvine and friends perform a festive collec tion of holiday music.
4:00 Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers The Raleigh
Ringers, an internationally ac claimed community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina, present the sequel to their special, One Winter Evening at Meymandi
5:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: Christmas Day See Fri. Dec. 23 at 9:30 pm. [R]
MORNING
5:30-9:30 WTTW Kids
9:30 Christmas Carol: The Remix by the Q Brothers [R]
11:00 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas [R]
12:00 Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas See Fri. Dec. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: Christmas See Fri. Dec. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: Christmas Day [R]
2:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) With their father away at war, sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March come to terms with their new life, alongside their mother, Marmee. The girls make friends with Laurie, the new boy next door.
3:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Parts 2 and 3 of 3) The March family fears the worst when Mr. March falls ill.
As circumstances change for Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, the family must come together to face their most di cult challenge yet.
5:00 Jay’s Chicago: Life Stories Who is a little girl in dozens of century-old negatives found in a Chicago attic? Then, a handmade “onesie” is shared by dozens of babies across generations of a single family.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets From the forbidding Tower of London to glorious Hampton Court to treasure-filled Kensington Palace, Lucy goes behind the velvet ropes into each building’s most secret places.
7:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Perfect Christmas (Part 7 of 7) James and Helen question their future together, while things look grave for one of Darrowby’s most beloved animals.
8:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022
9:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: Let it Go (Part 10 of 13) A sad event emotionally disrupts everyone’s life at the academy. Luisa is uncom fortable with Arcadio’s pressure to sell the house.
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Austin City Limits: The Best of Nanci Gri th Enjoy an hour of late Texas singer/ songwriter legend Nanci Gri th’s best Austin City Limits performances.
1:30 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Love and Other Puzzles See Sat. Dec. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Death in Paradise Christmas Special (Part 2 of 2) See Sat. Dec. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Broadchurch (Season 3, Part 8 of 8) See Thurs. Dec. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Curious Traveler: Curious Lofoten, Norway [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 The David Rubenstein
Show: Peer-to-Peer
Conversations: Ken Burns
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chocolate Delights
5:30 BBC World News America
With Christmas approaching, the midwives move to their maternity clinic and are delighted when their first patient is a familiar face. Life in Poplar returns to normal after the tragic train crash, and everyone unites for a festive talent show.
Sunday, December 25
8:00 and 9:30 pm
Host and architect Jonathan Adams sets o across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces and life. He explores how Wright’s belief in organic architecture continues to complement the landscape and respond to individual needs, inspiring us to build for a better world.
Monday, December 26
9:00 pm
Discover the enduring friendship between television personality
Dick Cavett and his mentor iconic comedian Groucho Marx. Their relationship is chronicled through interviews with Cavett, archival footage, and interviews with George Burns and others.
Tuesday, December 27
9:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 10 Towns that Changed America Geo rey Baer visits influential towns across the country from Greenbelt, Maryland, and Seaside, Florida, to Riverside, Illinois, and Levittown, New York.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Best Bargains Steals and deals include a Chiparus sculpture and “New Republic Portfolio” prints.
9:00 Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America Jonathan Adams sets o across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces and life.
10:00 POV: Unapologetic
11:30 BBC World News
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Perfect Christmas (Part 7 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 [R]
3:35 Midsomer Murders: The Ghost of Causton Abbey (Part 2 of 2) [R]
4:30 Museum Access: Bridgehouse & Chicago
River Museum, Chicago Join Host Leslie Mueller on the Chicago River at the unusual Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum.
5:00 10 Towns that Changed America See Mon. Dec. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chinese Favorites
5:30 BBC World News America
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Finding Your Roots: No Laughing Matter Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro, and Sarah Silverman are guests
9:00 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters
10:30 Jay’s Chicago: Life Stories See Sun. Dec. 25 at 5:00 pm. [R]
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets See Sun. Dec. 25 at 6:00 pm. [R]
1:30 10 Towns that Changed America [R]
2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Best Bargains See Mon. Dec. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America See Mon. Dec. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Museum Access: Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum, Chicago See Tues. Dec. 27 at 4:30 am. [R]
5:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cookie [R]
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Nature: American Arctic
9:00 NOVA: The Truth About Fat
10:00 Food: Delicious Science – Food on the Brain (Part 1 of 3)
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Finding Your Roots: No Laughing Matter See Tues. Dec. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters See Tues. Dec. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 POV: Unapologetic See Mon. Dec. 26 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Jay’s Chicago: Life Stories [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Elegant Dinner Party
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Midsomer Murders: Death of the Small Coppers (Part 1 of 2) When a butterfly collector and founding member of an elite IQ society is found murdered, Barnaby and Winter are thrust into a crime that impacts both their community and the world.
8:41 Midsomer Murders: Death of the Small Coppers (Part 2 of 2)
9:31 Agatha and the Truth of Murder Join the crime writer during her 11-day disappearance in 1926.
11:05 BBC World News
11:33 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. Dec. 25 at 2:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Little Women on Masterpiece (Parts 2 and 3 of 3) See Sun. Dec. 25 at 3:00 pm. [R]
3:27 Agatha and the Truth of Murder See Thurs. Dec. 29 at 9:31 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-5:00 WTTW Kids
5:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Sous Vide for Everybody
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 American Oz: American Experience Explore the life of L. Frank Baum, the man behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
10:00 Music Videos That Shaped the ’80s This program explores the top videos that influenced the music video industry from the perspective of the directors and the artists who created them.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:28 Midsomer Murders: Death of the Small Coppers (Part 1 of 2) See Thurs. Dec. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:09 Midsomer Murders: Death of the Small Coppers (Part 2 of 2) See Thurs. Dec. 29 at 8:41 pm. [R]
2:00 Nature: American Arctic [R]
3:00 NOVA: The Truth About Fat See Wed. Dec. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Food: Delicious Science –Food on the Brain (Part 1 of 3) See Wed. Dec. 28 at 10:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflower Meadow
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Museum Access: Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum, Chicago [R]
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Venice and its Lagoon
10:00 This Old House: Atlanta –Families Meet
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 How She Rolls: Life Aquatic
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Shrimp Fest
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Taco, Taco, Nacho
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Frugal Feast
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Wrangler Tailgate
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Salmon Steaks Done Right [R]
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Decadence
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Favorite Chicken Soups
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Foods That Unite Us
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: The World Cup of Tacos
4:30 Check, Please! Virtue, Qulinarnia, Longman & Eagle
5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend
5:30 To be announced
EVENING
7:00 Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece (Series Finale) After six eventful and poignant seasons, the curtain comes down on Downton Abbey.
9:00 United in Song: A New Year’s Eve Special Ring in the New Year with this festive concert celebration.
10:30 Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
60s Pop, Rock & Roll
Sunday, 12:00 am (12/4)
Austin City Limits
Mondays, 12:30 am (12/19, 12/26)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (12/21)
Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker Thursday, 10:00 pm (12/22)
Saturday, 3:30 am (12/24)
Big Band Years Sunday, 7:00 pm (12/4)
Saturday, 9:30 am (12/10)
Carol Burnett: A Celebration Saturday, 4:30 pm (12/10)
Carpenters: Close to You & Christmas Memories
Saturday, 10:00 pm (12/3)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (12/7)
Christmas at DePaul Friday, 8:00 pm (12/16)
Saturday, 10:00 pm (12/24)
Christmas Carol: The Remix by the Q Brothers Friday, 9:00 pm (12/16)
Sunday, 3:30 am (12/18) Sunday, 9:30 am (12/25)
Classic Christmas Friday, 8:30 pm (12/2)
Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You Monday, 9:30 pm (12/5)
Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
Saturday, 10:30 pm (12/31)
Great Performances: Broadway MusicalsA Jewish Legacy Saturday, 9:30 am (12/3) Sunday, 5:00 pm (12/4)
Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park
Friday, 12:30 am (12/2) Saturday, 7:00 pm (12/3) Sunday, 8:30 am (12/4)
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank Friday, 8:00 pm, 10:30 pm (12/2)
Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers Sunday, 4:00 am (12/25)
Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop Sunday, 11:30 am (12/4) Monday, 2:00 am (12/5)
O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Tuesday, 8:00 pm (12/13) Thursday, 1:00 am (12/15) Sunday, 12:00 am (12/25)
Repeat the Sounding Joy: A Concordia Christmas Sunday, 3:00 am (12/25)
St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Love Divine Friday, 10:00 pm (12/23) Saturday, 11:00 pm (12/24)
St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal Sunday, 2:00 am (12/25)
Straight No Chaser: The 25th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, 4:30 pm (12/3) Sunday, 2:00 pm (12/4)
Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love Monday, 10:00 pm (12/19)
Wednesday, 2:30 am (12/21) Sunday, 1:00 am (12/25)
United in Song: A New Year’s Eve Special Saturday, 9:00 pm (12/31)
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Thursday, 9:30 pm (12/29)
Friday, 3:30 am (12/30)
All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece
Sundays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (12/11, 12/18)
Sunday, 12:30 am, 1:30 am, 2:30 am (12/18)
Saturday, 12:30 am, 1:30 am, 2:30 am (12/24)
Sunday, 7:00 pm (12/25)
Tuesday, 1:00 am (12/27)
Broadchurch
Thursdays, 9:00 pm (12/15, 12/22)
Saturday, 10:30 pm (12/17)
Monday, 3:30 am (12/26)
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021 Saturday, 9:00 pm (12/17)
Monday, 3:30 am (12/19)
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 Sunday, 8:00 pm, 9:30 pm (12/25)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (12/27)
Saturday, 5:27 pm (12/31)
Death in Paradise
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (12/10, 12/17, 12/24)
Mondays, 2:30 (12/19, 12/26)
Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Saturday, 7:00 pm (12/31)
La Otra Mirada Sundays, 11:00 pm (12/18, 12/25)
Little Women on Masterpiece Sunday, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (12/25)
Friday, 12:30 am, 1:30 am, 2:30 am (12/30)
Midsomer Murders
Thursdays, 8:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (12/17)
Tuesday, 3:30 am (12/27)
Thursday, 8:40 pm (12/29)
Saturday, 12:30 am, 1:10 am (12/31)
Sister Boniface Mysteries Saturdays, 7:00 pm (12/10, 12/17, 12/24) Mondays, 1:30 am (12/19, 12/26)
America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm Sunday, 1:00 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 4:30 pm 5:00 pm (12/18)
Tuesday, 3:30 am, 4:00 am, 4:30 am (12/20) Wednesday, 4:30 am (12/21) Thursday, 4:30 am (12/22)
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays, 8:00 pm (12/19, 12/26) Wednesday, 12:30 am (12/21) Friday, 4:00 am (12/23) Wednesday, 2:30 am (12/28)
Ask This Old House Saturdays, 10:30 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Chef’s Life Holiday Special Thursday, 10:00 pm (12/15)
Saturday, 3:30 am (12/17)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country Saturdays, 12:45 pm (12/3, 12/10) Saturdays, 12:00 pm (12/17, 12/24, 12/31) Sunday, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm (12/18) Tuesday, 2:30 am, 3:00 am (12/20)
Craft in America Sunday, 11:00 am, 12:00 am (12/18) Tuesday, 12:30 am, 1:30 am (12/20)
Curious Traveler Friday, 10:30 pm (12/16)
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (12/17, 12/24)
Saturday, 4:30 am (12/17)
Monday, 4:30 am (12/26)
How She Rolls Saturdays, 11:00 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Saturdays, 11:30 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 12:10 pm (12/3, 12/10) Saturdays, 1:00 pm (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites Friday, 9:00 pm, 9:30 pm (12/23)
Sunday, 5:00 am, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm (12/25)
Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas Friday, 8:00 pm (12/23)
Sunday, 12:00 pm (12/25)
Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Monday, 9:00 pm (12/19)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (12/21)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (12/24)
Sunday, 11:00 am (12/25)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saturdays, 3:45 pm (12/3, 12/10) Saturdays, 3:30 pm (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
New Scandinavian Cooking Sunday, 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm (12/18)
Patti’s Mexican Table Saturdays, 4:00 pm (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Saturdays, 9:30 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals Saturday, 11:30 am (12/3) Saturdays, 12:30 pm (12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Saturdays, 1:30 pm
This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
Brain Revolution Saturday, 5:00 am (12/3)
Demystifying Detox Saturday, 8:00 am (12/3) Monday, 4:30 am (12/5)
Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine Sunday, 2:00 am (12/4) Wednesday, 4:30 am (12/7)
Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD Saturday, 3:30 am (12/3)
Earthshot Prize 2022 Wednesday, 8:00 pm (12/14) Friday, 12:30 am (12/16)
Energy Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Friday, 3:30 am (12/2)
Food: Delicious Science Wednesday, 10:00 pm (12/28) Saturday, 4:00 am (12/31)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Saturdays, 5:30 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
The Letter: A Message for Our Earth Wednesday, 8:00 pm (12/21) Friday, 1:30 am (12/23)
Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Sunday, 3:30 am (12/4) Tuesday, 4:30 am (12/6)
Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD Saturday, 2:00 am (12/3) Friday, 4:30 am (12/9)
Nature
Wednesday, 8:00 pm (12/28) Saturday, 2:00 am (12/31)
NOVA
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (12/14) Friday, 1:30 (12/16)
Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief Thursday, 4:30 am (12/8)
Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain Saturday, 12:30 am, 6:30 am (12/3) Wednesday, 3:00 am (12/7)
Your DNA Secrets Revealed Sunday, 7:00 am (12/4) Tuesday, 12:30 am (12/6)
10 Towns that Changed America Monday, 7:00 pm (12/26) Tuesday, 5:00 am (12/27) Wednesday, 1:30 am (12/28)
Adventures of Saul Bellow: American Masters
Monday, 8:00 pm (12/12) Saturday, 2:00 am (12/17)
African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:11 pm, 1:18 pm, 2:37 pm, 3:55 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm (12/11) Monday, 12:10 am, 1:18 am, 2:37 am, 3:55 am (12/12)
Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:30 pm
American Oz: American Experience Friday, 8:00 pm (12/30)
BBC World News
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
BBC World News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:30 pm
Becoming Frederick Douglass Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/6)
Beyond Chicago from the Air Monday, 8:00 pm (12/5)
Chicago Tonight Mondays-Thursdays, 7:00 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:00 am
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Saturdays, 6:30 pm (12/10, 12/17)
Thursday, 4:30 am (12/15)
Sunday, 10:00 pm (12/18)
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices Saturdays, 6:00 pm (12/10, 12/17)
Thursday, 4:00 am (12/15)
Sunday, 10:30 pm (12/18)
Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review Fridays, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31)
David Adler: Great House Architect Saturday, 9:00 am (12/17)
David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations
Mondays, 5:30 am (12/12, 12/19, 12/26)
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/20)
Thursday, 2:30 am (12/22)
Finding Your Roots Sunday, 6:00 pm (12/18)
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (12/20, 12/27)
Tuesday, 10:00 pm (12/20)
Thursday, 12:30 am, 3:30 am (12/22)
Thursday, 12:30 am (12/29)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Mondays, 5:00 am (12/19, 12/26)
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America
Monday, 9:00 pm (12/26)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (12/28)
Frontline Tuesday, 10:30 pm (12/6)
Groucho & Cavett: American Masters Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/21)
Thursday, 1:30 am (12/29)
Happy Birthday Mr. Bean Saturday, 9:00 pm (12/10)
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Tuesday, 7:30 pm (12/6)
In a Di erent Key Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/13)
Thursday, 2:00 am (12/15)
Independent Lens Wednesday, 10:00 pm (12/14)
Friday, 3:30 am (12/16)
Jay’s Chicago Wednesday, 10:30 pm (12/21) Friday, 1:00 am (12/23) Sunday, 5:00 pm (12/25)
Tuesday, 10:30 pm (12/27)
Thursday, 4:30 am (12/29)
Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Sunday, 9:00 pm (12/4)
Saturday, 9:00 pm (12/24)
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets Sunday, 6:00 pm (12/25)
Wednesday, 12:30 am (12/28)
Man Who Tried to Feed the World: American Experience Friday, 3:00 am (12/23)
Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years Thursday, 8:00 pm (12/1)
Sunday, 3:20 pm (12/4)
Museum Access Saturdays, 9:00 am (12/24, 12/31)
Tuesday, 4:30 am (12/27)
Wednesday, 4:30 am (12/28)
Musician’s Green Book: An Enduring Legacy Thursday, 9:30 pm (12/1)
PBS News Weekend Saturdays, 5:30 pm (12/17, 12/24) Sundays, 5:30 pm (12/18, 12/25) Saturday, 5:00 pm (12/31)
PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
POV
Monday, 9:30 pm (12/12)
Saturday, 12:30 am (12/17)
Sunday, 5:00 am (12/18)
Monday, 10:00 pm (12/26)
Thursday, 3:00 am (12/29)
Pritzker Military Presents Sunday, 10:00 am (12/18)
Rick Steves Fascism in Europe Sunday, 10:30 pm (12/4)
Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Sunday, 5:00 am (12/4) Monday, 12:00 am (12/5) Tuesday, 2:30 am (12/6)
Washington Week Fridays, 7:30 pm
Live from the Metropolitan Opera Opera matinees include the world premiere of The Hours by Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce, Verdi’s Rigoletto starring Lisette Oropesa, and Mozart’s The Magic Flute sung in English.
Saturdays beginning December 10, 12:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12c, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447 – English Chamber Orch/Barry Tuckwell, hn. Decca 410284-2. [13:54]
11:00 Ruth Gipps Ambarvalia –Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Charles Peebles. Somm SOMMCD-273. [7:49]
12:00 Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz: Overture – Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan. DG 474275-2 (2). [10:34]
1:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite –London Wind Orch/Denis Wick. ASV CDQS-6021. [10:19]
Toby Hession She Walks in Beauty – Voces8. Decca B0029601-02. [4:53]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3, Razumovsky –Dover Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000206 (3). [30:39]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in a minor – Maurice Bourgue, ob; English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-1754 (4). [16:41] Josef Suk
String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6 – Virtuosi di Praga/Oldrich
Enjoy annual favorites Studs Terkel’s Christmas Memories and A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols and new programs including A Mexican Christmas and The Ballad of the Brown King
See page 21 for complete
Vlcek. Discover International DICD-920234. [26:37] Jacques O enbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-61830. [9:42]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Yin and Yang, the Play of Opposites, part 1. A listener suggested an examination of music of great calm, which Bill did. But then he felt a pull in the opposite direction as well, towards chaos and noise. And so, here we are: The Play of Opposites.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Brahms: Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83; Alessio Bax, piano; Dvorák: Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76; Wennakoski: Flounce; Ruth Reinhardt, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Ernesto Nazareth Poloneza (Polonaise) – Clélia Iruzun, p. Lorelt LNT-139. [7:31]
11:00 Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist Suite – Oregon Sym/ Carlos Kalmar. Pentatone PTC-5186481. [17:10]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center perform
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.
Ring in 2023 with a jubilant farewell to Chicago radio legend Rich Warren. His final Folkstage as host will be a four-hour celebration live from Old Town School of Folk Music.
Saturday, December 31, 8:00 pm
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos No. 5 & 6. Recorded in 2015 with host Kerry Frumkin.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Thomas Arne The Masque of Alfred (1740): Overture – Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan. RCA-DHM 51314-2. [6:48] Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 –Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 443444-2. [10:40]
2:00 Claude Debussy Three Nocturnes – Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-58952. [24:25]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 – Philippe Entremont, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MYK-37805. [22:12] Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture –New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 77313-2. [8:40] Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Suite – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDM4-89485-2. [23:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Yin and Yang, the Play of Opposites, Part 1. See Thursday’s listing.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites Nos. 1 and 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Dr. Evan Davies (03/08/1988). A candid discussion with Dr. Evan Davies of Chicago’s Neon Street about living with AIDS and his advocacy for others.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
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.
8:00 Saturday Morning
Listener’s
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: The Omaggio String Quartet (Abigail Park & Tara Hagle, violins; Elinor Detmer, viola; Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cello) plays Haydn, Hindemith & Puccini. The Peresson String Quartet (Katya Moeller & Kelly Kim, violins; Sidney Lee, viola; Serge Kalinovsky, cello) plays Ravel, Haydn & Bartók.
12:00 National Centre for the Performing Arts: Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore Serena Gamberoni (Adina), Francesco Meli (Nemorino), Liu Songhu (Belcore), Enzo Capuano (Dr. Dulcamara); NCPA Chorus and Orchestra; Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:30 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Introducing soprano Sonya Headlam , featured soloist with Apollo’s Fire in their in the Windy City Series presentation of Handel’s Messiah
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Romantic Nationalism. At the turn of the last century, many Latin American composers wrote pieces in a romantic and nationalistic style. Elbio Barilari explores the history of that fascinating musical period.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Championship fiddler Mari Black live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer A look at December songs as well as a birthday salute to Streets of London songwriter Ralph McTell.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Advent 1: Prepare the Way. The prophecy of John the Baptist and others, heralding the coming of the Messiah. Host Peter DuBois will share great choral and organ music of the season.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including
Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80703. [16:55] Richard Wagner Rienzi: Overture – Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-47030-2. [13:34] Maria Theresia von Paradis Sicilienne – Nicola Hall, g. Decca 430839-2. [3:05] Camille Saint-Saëns La jota aragonese, Op. 64 – Oviedo Phil/Marzio Conti. Warner 0825646281442. [3:50] Keyla Orozco Souvenirs –Inés Voglar Belgique & Keiko Araki, v’s; Hillary Oseas, vi; Nancy Ives, vc. Navona NV-6456. [10:36]
1:00 Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – André Watts, p; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Philips 456985-2 (2). [18:21]
Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 – New York Phil/ Pierre Boulez. Sony SM3K-64103 (3). [8:52] Gao Ping Questioning the Mountains – Itamar Zorman, v; Ieva Jokubaviciute, p. First Hand Records FHR-119. [6:52]
2:00 Charlotte Sohy Piano Trio, Op. 24 – Nikola Nikolov, v; Xavier Phillips, vc; Célia Oneto Bensaid, p. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [19:47]
3:00 Felix Mendelssohn A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: Nocturne & Scherzo –Je rey Kahane & Wu Han, p. Music@Menlo 2009. [10:15]
Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity – French National Orch/ Lorin Maazel. CBS MK-37249. [7:27] Ellen Taa e Zwilich Bassoon Concerto (1993) –Nancy Goeres, bn; Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel. New World 80503-2. [16:54]
4:00 Ottorino Respighi La boutique fantasque (after Rossini): Suite – Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell. Mercury 434322-2. [11:54]
Louise Farrenc Variations Concertantes, Op. 20 – Guillaume Sutre, v; Brigitte Engerer, p. Naïve V-5033. [9:47] Charles Gounod Faust: Waltz – Nikita Magalo , p. Denon 81757-9346-2. [7:46]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Samuel ColeridgeTaylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 – Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [31:24] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – Les Folies Françoises/Patrick CohënAkenine. Alpha 092. [16:58]
6:00 Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Suite – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-07351-2. [11:43]
Edward MacDowell Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 – Derek Han, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman. Pro Arte CDS-3412. [26:26]
Johann Sebastian Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039 – Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p;
FRI 16
New York Philharmonic: Handel’s Messiah 9:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel: Maxwell Klezmer Street Band 11:00 pm
SAT 17
Listening to Singers: Stella Natalis 4:00 pm
SUN 18
Chicago a cappella: Hanukkah 7:00 pm
Christmas from DePaul University 9:00 pm
WED 21
The Film Score: Winter Holidays 9:00 pm
THU 22 Candles Burning Brightly 8:00 pm
FRI 23
Impromptu Encore: Chanticleer 12:00 pm
MON-FRI 19-30 Christmas Around the World 5:00 pm MON 19 Windsbacher Knabenchor Christmas 8:00 pm
A Baroque Noel with Pegasus Early Music 9:00 pm
TUE 20
WFMT Presents: A Mexican Christmas 8:00 pm
Best of Studs Terkel: Christmas Memories 11:00 pm
SAT 24
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge 9:00 am
St. Olaf 2022 Christmas Festival: Promise of Peace 5:00 pm Fiesta! Christmas Carols from Spain and Latin America 7:00 pm
SUN 25
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio from Radio France 9:00 am
BBC Singers 2022 Christmas Concert 11:00 am
Music of the Baroque Holiday Choral and Brass 3:00 pm
The Ballad of the Brown King 7:00 pm
CSO Radio Broadcast –Music for Christmas 8:00 pm
MON 26
WDR Radio Choir and Orchestra: Peace on Earth 8:00 pm
The Rose Ensemble: Slavic Wonders 9:00 pm
TUE 27
WFMT Presents: A Polish Christmas with Lira Ensemble 8:00 pm
SAT 31
A New Year’s Eve Celebration in Honor of Rich Warren 8:00 pm
Camille Paquette-Roy, vc. Analekta AN2-8921. [12:04]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital
Series: Bariotne Ian Rucker, tenor Ryan Capozzo, and pianist Chris Reynolds
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Coleridge-Taylor: Novelettes Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 52; Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485; Montgomery: Strum; Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Erina Yashima, conductor; Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta; Rafael Kubelik, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Inaugural Concerts of the NBC Symphony Orchestra in 1939: Program 2 –Bruno Walter. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration; Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Mason: Suite After English Folksongs; Mahler: Symphony No. 1.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between
6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
10:00 Johannes Brahms
Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 –Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-68116. [13:40]
11:00 Alberto Nepomuceno Suíte antiga, Op. 11 – English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson. Naxos 8.574405. [12:42]
12:00 Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos: Ballet de la Reine – Bournemouth
Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [16:41]
1:00 Lars-Erik Larsson The Winter’s Tale incidental music – Helsingborg Sym Orch/ Andrew Manze. CPO 777671-2. [10:19] Antonio Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D, R 93 – Julien Martineau, man; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naïve V-5455. [10:12]
2:00 César Franck Violin Sonata in A – Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p. Sony 82026-2. [27:24]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 – Zürich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman. Arte Nova 56341-2. [23:00] Florence Price Concert Overture No. 2 – Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [13:32]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Dale Clevenger, hn; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla. CBS MK-42324. [17:28]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Yin and Yang, the Play of Opposites, Part 2. An episode of musical opposites, starting with Samuel Barber and Francisco Tarrega.
8:00 Live from WFMT
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
10:00 Claude Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor – Steven Isserlis, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p. Virgin 61198-2. [10:47]
11:00 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 –Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 423604-2 (2). [15:43]
12:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil/Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-39310. [14:07]
1:00 Franz Schubert Moments musicaux, D 780: No. 6 in A-Flat –John O’Conor, p. Telarc CD80369. [7:52] Mademoiselle Duval Ballet, Les Génies (The Geniuses): Suite – Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Newport Classic NCD-60102. [11:42]
2:00 William Grant Still Symphony No. 1, Afro-American – London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [24:33]
Suite No. 3 in D Major, and C. P. E. Bach’s Cello Concerto in A Major with principal cellist Paul Dwyer. Hosted by George Preston.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Mozart: Quartet in C major for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 285b; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello; Concerto in D minor for Piano, Flute, and Strings, K. 466; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Sean Lee, Bella Histrova, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Mihai Marica, cello; Timothy Cobb, double bass.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Frederick Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden – Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo 430202-2. [10:10]
11:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Four African Dances, Op. 58 –John Fadial, v; Andrew Harley, p. Centaur CRC-2691. [18:12]
Telarc CD-80505. [20:16]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Yin and Yang, the Play of Opposites, Part 2. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, D aily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 –Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Argo 436288-2. [8:16]
11:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db. Nonesuch 558933-2. [12:19]
12:00 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87: Introduction to Midnight –Fort Worth Sym/Miguel HarthBedoya. FWSO Live . [22:01]
1:00 Gabriel Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 –Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 439152-2. [6:47] Henry Purcell King Arthur: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:20]
The October concert Baroque Heroes featured a program that spanned both chronological extremes of the Baroque era with one excursion into the Classical period — C.P.E. Bach’s virtuosic Cello Concerto in A major. The soloist was MOB’s principal cellist Paul Dwyer. A stylistic chameleon, Dwyer is a founding member of two period instrument ensembles, Diderot String Quartet and ACRONYM, while also serving as assistant principal of Lyric Opera Orchestra and pursuing an MBA at U of C’s Booth School of Business.
Tuesday, December 6 8:00 pm
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony in D, K. 185/167a –Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [28:02] Gioachino Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture – London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI CDC7-54091-2. [9:26] Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta – Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8877. [16:32]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Yin and Yang, the Play of Opposites, Part 2. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Music of the Baroque Baroque Heroes. Guest conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley explores the concept of hero in an energetic, whimsical program which includes Telemann’s Burlesque de Quixote, dances from Praetorius’s Terpsichore, a suite from Rameau’s Castor et Pollux, J. S. Bach’s Orchestral
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Ilya Poletaev performs works by Louis Couperin and Robert Schumann, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, in cluding the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville: Overture – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 415363-2. [7:34] Georg Philipp Telemann Parisian Quartet No. 2 in D – Freiburg Baroque Consort. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901787. [10:29]
2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 – Alice Sara Ott, p; Munich Phil/Thomas Hengelbrock. DG 4778779. [35:00]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, Kegelstatt – Richard Hosford, cl; Timothy Boulton, vi; Susan Tomes, p. Virgin 91485-2. [19:36] Aram Khachaturian Gayaneh: Five Dances – Boston Pops Orch/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 68132-2. [14:07] Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos.
2:00 Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 –Christian Zacharias, p; Leipzig String Quartet. MD+G 3071610-2 (2). [29:12]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 75859-2. [23:48]
George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80166. [9:08]
Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Suite – London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland. CBS MK-42431. [21:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Yin and Yang, the Play of Opposites, Part 2. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Brahms: Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83; Alessio Bax, piano; Dvorák: Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76; Wennakoski: Flounce; Ruth Reinhardt, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
WFMT Presents: Paul Dwyer12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Florence Price Snapshots – Samantha Ege, p. Lorelt LNT-144. [9:30]
11:00 Johann Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 – Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green. Black Box BBM-1059. [10:23]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: The United States Coast Guard Band Saxophone Quartet recorded in 2017 with host Louise Frank.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, in cluding the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Leonard Bernstein Candide: Overture – London Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. LSO Live LSO-0834. [4:42] Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in A, Op. 9, No. 6 – Angeles String Quartet. Philips 464650-2 (21). [14:35]
2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 – Michele Barchi, hc; Il Giardino Armonico. Teldec 98442-2 (2). [20:45]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939) – London Phil/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8502. [13:27] Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez –Julian Bream, g; Melos Ensemble/ Sir Colin Davis. RCA 61598-2. [19:53] Aaron Copland The Tender Land: Suite – Boston Sym/Aaron Copland. RCA 6802-2. [20:40] Alan Silvestri A Christmas Carol: Main Theme & First Waltz – Hollywood Studio Sym/Alan Silvestri. Walt Disney D-001956902. [5:18]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Yin and Yang, the Play of Opposites, Part 2. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical In the premiere episode, hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael ask “what do you think of when you hear the phrase classical music?”
9:00
The New York Philharmonic This Week: A selection of winterthemed highlights from Strauss II; Mozart; Bernard; Suessdorf; Anderson; Grieg; Vivaldi; Vaughan-Williams; Poulenc; Prokofiev; Tchaikovsky; Mahler; O enbach; and Humperdinck.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Jennie Tourel. American operatic mezzo-soprano Jennie
Tourel (1900-1973) discussed her career with Studs Terkel in 1970. They were joined by pianist Simon Sargon.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
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.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: LIVE: Sameer Agrawal, 17, violin. Arutiunian: Violin Concerto, Armenia 88, 1st & 2nd mvts; Perkinson: Blue/s Forms; Bach: Violin Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003, Andante; Ravel: Tzigane. With Milana Pavchinskaya, piano.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce’s The Hours Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Joyce Didonato (Virginia Woolf), Kathleen Kim (Barbara/Mrs. Latch), Sylvia D’Eramo (Kitty/ Vanessa), Denyce Graves (Sally), John Holiday (Man Under the Arch/Hotel Clerk), William Burden (Louis), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
3:15 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: German baritone Samuel Hasselhorn
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Tomás Bretón: Spanish Symphonist. Elbio Barilari shares the music of Tomás Bretón, a composer known for his zarzuelas and symphonies.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Juel Ulven Memorial, Part Two, featuring Andy Cohen, Lee Murdock and the Volo Bogtrotters. Plus, Chicago singer-songwriter Emily White in performance October 8, 2022. Recorded at the Hinsdale Unitarian Church.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer A songbook of songs about books and librar ies! Also, poetry in song to com memorate Emily Dickinson’s birth.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Advent 3: César Franck at 200! Marking the bicentennial of the birth of this pivotal composer of 19th century France - whose legacy can still be felt today! Host Peter DuBois will also share
sacred choral and organ music of anticipation and preparation as we continue the journey through the season of Advent. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Traditional Three Carols –Burning River Brass. Azica ACD-71319. [7:17] George Gershwin An American in Paris –Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 68792-2. [16:41] Ambroise Thomas Mignon: Romance –Sol Gabetta, vc; Prague Phil/ Charles Olivieri-Munroe. RCA 88697359622. [4:38] Leoš Janácek Sonata 1.X.1915 – Cathy Krier, p. Avi Music 8553290 (2). [13:20] Caleb Vaughn-Jones Cello Sonata in C: II. Garden Route; Ava’s Lullaby – Caleb Vaughn-Jones, vc; Hsin-I Huang, p. Ravello RR-8071. [8:20]
1:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 19439742462. [12:11] Pauline Viardot Serenade in F minor; Fanny Mendelssohn Notturno; Leo Délibes Coppélia: Waltz – David Kadouch, p. Mirare MIR-532. [14:44]
2:00 Charlotte Sohy Triptyque champêtre, Op. 21 – Mathilde Calderini, f; Omer Bouchez, v; Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, vi; Yan Levionnois, vc; Constance Luzzati, h. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [13:55] Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1 – Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel. Sony 88883712052. [11:51]
Frédéric Chopin Boléro, Op. 19 – Lara Downes, p. Postcards 772001-2. [7:37]
3:00 Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Pascal & Ami Rogé, p’s. Onyx 4047. [10:53] Andrés Sas Sonatina Fantasía –Orlando Cela, f; Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, p. Albany TROY-1890. [11:33] Traditional Three Carols – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MK-6369. [9:50] Thomas Crecquillon Lamentationes Jeremiae – New York Polyphony. BIS SACD-1949. [13:33]
4:00 Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book 3 – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80470 (2). [21:55] Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Prelude for String Sextet & Moonlight Music – Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 437790-2. [13:39] Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Waltz – Boston Sym/ Seiji Ozawa. DG 439518-2. [4:36] Mackay Davashe Lakutshon’ ilanga (When The Sun Sets) –Caleb Vaughn-Jones, vc; Bokani Dyer, p. Ravello RR-8071. [3:48]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Johannes Brahms
In the premiere episode, discover why this new series is called “Sounds Classical” and meet the composer of the show’s theme song, Chicagobased violinist Caitlin Edwards. This weekly program—for audiences new to classical music and those who want to dive deeper—will contextualize classical music from the perspective of WFMT’s newest hosts, Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael.
Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 – Gordan Nikolitch, v; Tim Hugh, vc; London Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink. LSO Live LSO-0570. [33:18] Natalie Haas Between – Alasdair Fraser, v; Natalie Haas, vc. Culburnie Records CUL-122D. [5:55]
6:00 Antonio Rosetti Symphony in F – London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9567. [17:29] George Frideric Handel Messiah: Aria, Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion – Michelle Areyzaga, s; Ars Viva Sym Orch/Alan Heatherington. Chicago Master Singers Messiah Highlights. [5:14] Mel Bonis Femmes de légende – María García, p. Navona NV-6456. [28:13]
7:00 Gerald Finzi Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15: No. 10, Proud Songsters – Gerald Finley, bbr; Simon Lepper, p. Kings College KGS-0052. [3:12] Celia Harper My Love Gave Me an Apple – Michael Chance, ct. Kings College KGS-0052. [1:24] Rebecca Clarke Song, The Seal Man – James Gilchrist, t; Simon Lepper, p. Kings College KGS-0052. [5:23] Benjamin Britten Folksong setting, Down by the Salley Gardens – Tim Mead, ct; Simon Lepper, p. Kings College KGS-0052. [2:37] Roger Quilter Song, Go, Lovely Rose,
Friends Chuck Daellenbach and Gene Watts first came together in 1970 to form the quintet Canadian Brass. Daellenbach, the group’s tubist and last remaining original member, reminisces about the ensemble’s storied career now spanning 50 years with a discography of over 130 albums and the distinction of being the world’s most famous brass group. Hosted by Jan Weller.
Tuesday, December 13
8:00 pm
Op. 24, No. 3 – Mark Stone, br; Simon Lepper, p. Kings College KGS-0052. [2:45] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 102 in B-Flat – London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 437201-2 (4). [25:32]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488; Bertrand Chamayou, piano; Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Vittorio Giannini.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Harry Rowe Shelley
Santa Claus Overture – Sym Orch of America/Matthew Phillips. Albany TROY-103. [7:50]
11:00 Frank Ticheli San Antonio Dances – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-127. [10:08]
12:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Flute Sonata in C, BWV 1033 –Andrea Oliva, f; Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67897. [9:05]
1:00 Traditional American Star in the East – Rose Ensemble. Rose Ensemble 00009. [4:03]
John Playford To Drive the Cold Winter Away – Rose Ensemble. Rose Ensemble 00009. [2:56]
Zoltán Kodály Marosszék Dances – Bu alo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [13:37]
2:00 Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Nicola Benedetti, v; BBC Scottish Sym/Rory Macdonald. Decca B0021290-02. [31:03]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano and Wind Quintet in E-flat, K. 452 – Barenboim, p; Schellenberger, ob; Combs, cl; Clevenger, hn; Damiano, bn. Erato 96359-2. [23:42] Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla Al establo más dichoso – Newberry Consort/Ellen Hargis. Navona NV-6375. [8:36] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 8 in G, Le soir – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423098-2. [21:43]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn and Mozart Quartets. Bill shares the brief time in history when Mozart and Haydn enjoyed each other’s company, playing and compos ing string quartets together.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Piano duo Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem live from the Fay and Daniel Performance Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Mauro Giuliani Rossiniana No. 2, Op. 120 – Goran Krivokapic, g. Naxos 8.574272. [14:20]
11:00 John Alden Carpenter Sea-Drift – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Krueger. Bridge 9190. [16:40]
12:00 Henry VIII Suite, Rose without a Thorn – Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Decca 417524-2. [12:22]
1:00 John Rutter Hymn to the Creator of Light: preceded by plainchant antiphon O Oriens – Choir of Clare College Cambridge/ Graham Ross. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907579. [8:25] Germaine Tailleferre Flute and Piano Concerto – Leta Miller, f; Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/Nicole Paiement. Helicon HE-1048. [17:13]
2:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ – Utah Sym/ Thierry Fischer; Paul Jacobs, o. Hyperion CDA-68201. [36:01]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll – St Martin’s Academy Chamber Ensemble. Philips 426298-2. [18:01] Edvard Grieg Lyric Suite, Op. 54 – Gothenburg Sym Orch/ Neeme Järvi. DG 419431-2. [19:20] Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez. DG 439859-2. [16:39]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn and Mozart Quartets. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Celebrating 50 Years of Canadian Brass Chuck Daellenbach reflects on Canadian Brass’s golden anniver sary year. Hosted by Jan Weller.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Mozart: Serenade in B-flat major for Winds and Double Bass, K. 361, Gran Partita; Stephen Taylor, James Austin Smith, oboe; Anthony McGill, Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Romie de Guise-Langlois, Pavel Vinnitsky, basset horn; Peter Kolkay, Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Thomas Sefcovic, contra bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, Eric Reed, Julia Pilant, Michelle Baker, horn; Anthony Manzo, double bass.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Traditional Russian Kiev Christmas Liturgy: Matins: Finale – Moscow Liturgic Cho/Father Hieromonk Amvrosy. Erato 45961-2. [7:38] Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Christopher Parkening, g; St. Martin’s Academy/Iona Brown. EMI CDC5-55052-2. [10:55]
11:00 François-Adrien Boieldieu Harp Concerto in C (in Three
Tempi) – Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym/ Klaus Arp. Koch 3-1142-2. [20:34]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Reed
Tetzlo performs works by Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, in cluding the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata – Boston Cecilia & Lenox Brass. Koch 3-7180-2. [9:45] Otto Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [8:40]
2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle –Philharmonia Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68424-2. [24:22]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Leó Weiner Divertimento No. 2 on Hungarian Folk Tunes, Op. 24 –Budapest Symphony Orchestra/ Valéria Csányi. Naxos 8.574125. [15:07] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 – Virtuosi Saxoniae/ Ludwig Güttler. Berlin Classics 0090022-BC. [19:13] Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand – Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDQS-6092. [19:40]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn and Mozart Quartets. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Béla Bartók Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz 57 – The Knights/Eric Jacobsen. Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0159. [6:46]
George Frideric Handel Concerto a due cori No. 1 in B-Flat – Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-63073. [13:30]
11:00 Antonín Dvorák Prague Waltzes – Detroit Sym Orch/ Antal Dorati. Decca 414370-2. [8:54] Traditional Irish The Wexford Carol – Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, Irish Chamber Orch/Desmond Earley. Signum SIGCD-643. [4:52]
12:00 Aaron Copland Our
Town – London Sym Orch/ Aaron Copland. CBS MK-42429. [11:01] Franz Biebl Ave Maria –Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings. Chanticleer CR-8803. [7:30]
Georg Philipp Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 429774-2. [13:37]
2:00 Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in A minor – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc. Decca 425860-2. [25:33]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Erato 45998-2. [13:26] Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 99595-2. [17:10] Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, H VIIb:2 (Op. 101) –Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/Roger Norrington. RCA 68578-2. [23:24]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn and Mozart Quartets. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra; Awadgin Pratt, piano; Mendelssohn: Overture to Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op. 89; Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1841 Version); KenDavid Masur, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Dances – Parley of Instruments. Hyperion CDA-66200. [7:47]
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Jacques O enbach Voyage dans la lune: Ballet of the Snowflakes – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Archiv 4776403. [10:50] Various Medley, Carol of the Bells; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; L’Homme Armé –Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga; Jackie Moran, bodhrán. Flowerpot Productions A Star in the East. [3:52]
11:00 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for Woodwinds – BBC Concert Orch Winds/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559621. [10:44]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: Encore performances by Orion String Quartet and the Goldstein Peled Fiterstein Trio to celebrate the 252nd anniver sary of Beethoven’s birth.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, in cluding the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Margaret Bonds
The Ballad of the Brown King: I-III – Noah Stewart, t; Desso Choirs and Orchestra/Malcolm J. Merriweather. Avie AV-2413. [6:40] Tielman Susato Six Dances from Danserye – Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz. Delos DE-3171. [13:41]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, Emperor – Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jan Lisiecki, p. DG 4837637. [37:49]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 25990-2. [16:24] Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos D/CD-3050. [28:45]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn and Mozart Quartets. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share and explore their first experiences with classical music.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Handel: Messiah; Celena Shafer, soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Streit, tenor; Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band (12/19/1986). A celebra tion of Hannukah and the Jewish festival of lights with a jubilant musical performance by Chicago’s Maxwell Street Klezmer Band.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
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.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00
Opera: Verdi’s Rigoletto
Lisette Oropesa (Gilda), Aigul Akhmetshina (Maddalena), Stephen Costello (Duke of Mantua), Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Andrea Mostroni (Sparafucile); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Speranza Scappucci.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Stella Natalis, a 12-movement work for chorus, trumpet, keyboards, percussion, and string orchestra by Karl Jenkins.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Baroque Music from the New World. Elbio Barilari explores the combination of European and Latin American music during the Colonial period.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra , featuring Christine Noyes, Stephen Winick, and Sean Healy, in a special solstice celebration live from the Hinsdale Unitarian Church.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Kindle a candle to light up the night and celebrate Hannukah. And just for fun, a tribute to the banjo!
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Advent 4: My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord. Mary’s Song will form the center of this episode’s musical exploration. Host Peter DuBois will o er gorgeous expres sions of the Magnificat.
p. Gasparo GSCD-247. [5:36] John Rutter Three Carols –Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-121. [10:28]
2:00 Charlotte Sohy String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 – Quatuor Hermès. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [26:31] Johnny Marks Holly Jolly Christmas –Jasper String Quartet. Sono Luminus DSL-92216. [2:12]
3:00 Traditional Two Carols –Canadian Brass. Philips 426835-2. [4:23] Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. [14:46]
4:00 Adolphus Hailstork Sonata da Chiesa – Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Albany TROY-499. [19:19] Frédéric Chopin Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60 – Louis Lortie, p. Chandos CHAN-10714. [8:31] Traditional Three Carols – Theatre of Voices/ Paul Hillier. [6:05] Nico Muhly Hymns for Private Use: I. Virga Rosa Virginum – Shara Nova, s; Akropolis Reed Quintet. Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0180. [4:40]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482 – Sviatoslav Richter, p; Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDM7-69013-2. [34:26] Florence Price Out of the South Blew a Wind; Song to the Dark Virgin; Resignation; The White Rose ; Sympathy –Reginald Mobley, ct; Agave. Acis APL-20445. [10:45]
Introductions: Bianca Ciubancan, 16, violin. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Fugue; Beethoven: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 12, No. 3; Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1; Ysaÿe: Caprice after the Study by Saint-Saëns. With Qi Kong, piano.
12:00 From the Metropolitan
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Traditional Medley, Ding Dong Merrily on High, Good King Wenceslas – Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires. Millar Brass Ensemble . [5:31] Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto – Mito Chamber Orch. Sony SK-61970. [10:12] Luigi Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448: IV. Finale, Fandango – Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet. Azica ACD-71328. [7:11] Traditional Two Carols – Imani Winds. Koch KICCD-7748. [6:46] 1:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture – London Phil/Georg Solti. Decca 436779-2. [3:53] Jean-Philippe Rameau Pièces de clavecin en concerts: Deuxième concert – Les Accents/ Thibault Noally. Aparté AP-254. [17:13] Cécile Chaminade Concert Etudes, Op. 35: No. 3, Fileuse – Enid Katahn,
6:00 Leo Sowerby From the Northland – Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000033. [20:42] Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 – Efim Boico, v; Nicolò Eugelmi, vi; Xiayin Wang, p. Naxos 8.572661. [15:58] Robert Russell Bennett Christmas Medley No. 3 – Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw. [12:46]
7:00 A Hanukkah Celebration with Chicago A Cappella: Jonathan Miller, founder and artistic director of Chicago A Cappella, shares the group’s performances of music for the Jewish Festival of Lights.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Honegger: Pacific 231; Bates: Alternative Energy (world premiere performance); Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385; Divertimento in F Major, K. 138; Riccardo Muti, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Pietro Scarpini plays Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 8 in C, “Pathetique;” Rondo a Capriccio in G, Op. 129; Piano Sonatas N. 4 in E-Flat, No. 32 in C.
The Newberry Consort’s former co-artistic directors Ellen Hargis and David Douglass left a healthy organization to their successor Liza Malamut, especially with the grand slam success of their annual Mexican Christmas concert first produced in 2018. Hear an annotated version of this joyful program hosted by Hargis and Francy Acosta, co-director of EnsAmble Ad-Hoc, specialists in pre-classical Spanish repertoire.
Tuesday, December 20 8:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Traditional English O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) – Choir of King’s College Cambridge/ Daniel Hyde; Matthew Martin, organ. King’s College Cambridge KGS-0060. [7:26] Gabriel
Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p. Philips 420159-2. [16:41]
11:00 Raymond Warren Wexford Bells: Suite on Old Irish Tunes – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/ Gavin Sutherland. ASV CDWHL-2126. [11:26]
12:00 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers – Stewart Goodyear, p. Steinway & Sons 30040.
[6:26] Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture – Royal
Concertgebouw Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 25669-2. [9:04]
1:00 Giovanni Gabrieli Jubilate Deo – Music of the Baroque Choir & Brass/Edward Zelnis. Music of the Baroque 2006. [6:24] Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Symphonic Scherzo, Op. 2 – Slovak Radio Sym/Donald Johanos. Marco Polo 8.223629. [7:15]
2:00 Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Simon Rattle. EMI CDC555001-2. [32:28]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm.
George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 3 in G – Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Karl Münchinger. Decca 417743-2. [10:26] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 –James Galway, f; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Jörg Faerber. RCA 60900-2. [20:46] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 83 in G Minor, The Hen –London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDQS-6167. [22:48]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Fit for a King. Giving credit where credit is due – to the people that commissioned glorious pieces of music from Handel, Haydn, Scarlatti, and Walton.
8:00 A Christmas Concert with the Windsbacher Knabenchor The Windsbach Boys’ Choir of Nuremberg and the Classic Brass Ensemble directed by Martin Lehmann perform carols and other music for Christmastime. Recorded at St. Laurentiuskirche, Neuendettelsau on December 5, 2021. Hosted by Oliver Camacho.
9:00 A Baroque Noel with Pegasus Early Music Lutenist Paul O’Dette leads the period instrument ensemble in Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit pour Noel, concertos for oboe and mandolin by Vivaldi, and French Christmas carols. A program from WXXI, Rochester, hosted by Mona Seghatoleslami.
10:00 Messiah 1742: The sound of the Dublin Premiere A guided tour of how Handel’s oratorio Messiah would have sounded at its 1742 premiere featuring the Christmas portion performed by the Dunedin Consort and Players. A program from Interlochen Public Radio hosted by Amanda Sewell.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news &
weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie – Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier. DG 4795524 (4). [12:43] George Frideric Handel Messiah: Chorus, Hallelujah – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 466075-2 (2). [3:46]
11:00 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 – La Pieta`/Angèle Dubeau. Analekta AN2-8719. [14:07]
12:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 147, (Heart and mouth and deed and life): Chorale, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Alison Balsom, tr; King’s College Choir/ Stephen Cleobury. Warner 0190295924652. [5:42]
Franz Schubert Rosamunde incidental music, D 797: Overture; Entr’acte No. 1 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431655-2. [18:08]
1:00 Adolphe Adam O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) – Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse; Martin Ford, o. Naxos 8.573030. [5:40] John Field Nocturne #16 in C – Elizabeth Joy Roe, p. Decca 4789672. [9:26]
2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, Prague – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-647. [28:19]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Hilary Hahn, v; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wol . Sony SK-89029. [23:05] Marcel Samuel-Rousseau Variations pastorales sur un vieux Noël –Nicanor Zabaleta, h. DG 2531051. [8:00] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 7 in C, Le Midi –English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423098-2. [21:55]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Fit for a King. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: A Mexican Christmas Hosted by soprano Ellen Hargis, Director Emerita of The Newberry Consort, and soprano Francy Acosta, CoDirector of EnsAmble Ad-Hoc.
9:00 Christmas from DePaul University The 2021 concert featuring vocalists Alyssa Allgood and Steven Wallace, narration by Jake Emmerling, the DePaul Community Chorus, the DePaul Singers, and an orchestra from the School of Music.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Haydn:
Quartet in E-flat Orion String Quartet; Beethoven: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 1, No. 3; Inon Barnatan, piano; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
Conni Ellisor Blackberry Winter: 1st mvt – Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner Classics 46739-2. [5:02]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. William Byrd
From Virgin’s Womb – Vocal Ensemble; Fretwork. Signum SIGCD-680. [6:49] Johann Christian Bach Sinfonia in D, Op. 3/1 – Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead. CPO 999268-2. [9:30]
11:00 Léo Délibes Le Roi s’amuse: Ballet music – Estonian National Sym/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-20151. [17:06] Traditional Russian Folksong, The Troika Speeds Along – Washington Balalaika Society, Paul Hill Chorale/Paul Hill. Centaur CRC-2230. [5:06] John Rutter What Sweeter Music – King’s College Cho Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. EMI CDC5-58070-2 (2). [4:46]
2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13, Winter Dreams –Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko. Onyx 4150 (2). [41:04]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 89 in F – London Mozart Players/ Jane Glover. ASV CDQS-6156.
[21:19] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207 – Gidon Kremer, v; Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. DG 453043-2 (2).
[23:21] Julian Orbón Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Orc hestra: III. Allegro – Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata. Dorian DOR-90178. [9:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Fit for a King. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 The Film Score with Michael Phillips: Music for the Winter Holidays Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips presents music from holiday favorites
and other wintry classics.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Robert Russell Bennett
Christmas Medley No. 4 – Robert Shaw Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw. RCA 6429-2. [12:03] Jonathan Dove I am the day – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Coro COR-16188. [6:48]
11:00 Frederick Delius Sleigh Ride – English Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDM5-65067-2. [6:29]
George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 420397-2. [13:02]
12:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-129. [8:48] Traditional English The Truth Sent From Above – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2396. [5:28]
1:00 Emile Waldteufel Roses de Noël Waltzes, Op. 230 –Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski. Nimbus NI-5264. [9:00] Ludwig van Beethoven Andante favori in F, WoO 57 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 438472-2. [9:02]
2:00 Antonín Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, American – Takács Quartet. Decca 430077-2. [25:47]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Michael Haydn String Quintet in C, P 108 – Salzburg Haydn Quintet. CPO 777907-2 (2). [23:31] Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. RCA 60133-2-RV. [10:24] Francis Poulenc Aubade – Gabriel Tacchino, p; Paris Conservatory Orch/Georges Prêtre. EMI CDM7-64714-2. [20:05]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Fit for a King. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Candles Burning Brightly: A celebration of Hanukkah hosted by Mindy Ratner with songs, reminiscences, and a story read by Theo Bikel. A program
from American Public Media.
9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral; Op. 89; Felicia Moore, soprano; Deborah Nansteel, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus; Cheryl Frazes Hill, director; Adams: Absolute Jest for String Quartet and Orchestra; Aizuri Quartet; Ken-David Masur, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. John Knowles Paine Christmas Gift, Op. 7 – Denver Oldham, p. New World 80424-2 (2). [2:14]
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Chorus, Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen – La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9939. [6:43] Otto Nicolai Weihnachtsouvertüre (Christmas Overture) – Bavarian Radio Cho, Bamberg Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Virgin 91079-2. [10:51]
11:00 Bernard Herrmann Currier and Ives Suite – New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares. Koch 3-7224-2. [13:08] Giovanni Palestrina O Magnum Mysterium – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Coro COR-16105. [5:20]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: A holiday performance by Chanticleer from 2012, hosted by Carl Grapentine.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, in cluding the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Harold Darke In the Bleak Midwinter; Judith Weir O mercy divine – Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/ Stephen Cleobury. King’s College Cambridge KGS-0036. [8:05] Peter Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b: September-December – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9283. [15:08]
2:00 Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 – National Girls’ Choir of Great Britain/ Esther Jones; Vicky Lester, h. Delphian DCD-34133 (2). [23:24]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Suite,
Op. 71a – Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p’s. DG 449816-2. [20:55] Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella: Suite –New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MK-44709. [22:36]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Fit for a King. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael are joined by other voices from WFMT to celebrate the holidays and share musical memories.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Balter: Oyá; Adams My Father Knew Charles Ives; León: Stride; Respighi: Pines of Rome; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Christmas Memories (12/22/1961). A perennial favorite – Studs’s holiday compen dium of voices and memories of childhood Christmases originally aired in 1961.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
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.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 From King’s College Cambridge University: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
11:00 Introductions: A program of Ukrainian music with Myroslav Mykhailenko, piano; Nazarii Mykhailenko, baritone; Julia Perekhozhuk, violin; and Anna Knight, piano. Works by Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk, Isaak Berkovich, Frédéric Chopin, Yakiv Stepovyi, and Vitaly Filipenko.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute - Abridged Englishlanguge version Joélle Harvey (Pamina), Aleksandra Olczyk (Queen of the Night), Ben Bliss (Tamino), Joshua Hopkins (Papageno), Soloman Howard (Sarastro), Rodell Rosel (Monostatos); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Duncan Ward.
2:00 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Favorite opera singers’ recordings of music for Christmas.
5:00 The 2022 St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Promise of Peace First held in 1912, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States. Led by five conductors, it features more than 500 student musicians who are members of the college’s world-renowned
choirs and orchestra. Recorded in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Anton Armstrong, artistic director.
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Latin American Christmas Carols. Elbio Barilari features a selection of villancicos, or Christmas carols, from Spain and Latin America.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Jean Redpath (April 28, 1937 – August 21, 2014) with harpist Sue Richards recorded at the Byron Colby Barn, Grayslake, Illinois on December 11, 1999.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Merry Christmas! Let’s have a party and remember holidays of yore.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: A Christmas Celebration: Christ is Born! Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ treasures of the season.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
9:00 J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Radio France Choir and the Orchestre National de France A performance of the first three cantatas of the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 recorded live from Radio France, Paris on December 15, 2022. Katharina Ruckgaber, soprano, Lucile Richardot, contralto; Julian Prégardien, tenor; Tobias Berndt, baritone.
11:00 The BBC Singers 2022 Christmas Concert: The BBC Singers conducted by Owain Park present a program of music for the season of Advent predominantly composed by women, including the world premiere of a new setting by Judith Bingham.
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis i ncluding George Frideric Handel Joy to the World – Boston Schola Cantorum, Brown U Cho, Boston Camerata/ Joel Cohen. Erato 35810-2. [2:07]
George Frideric Handel Joy to the World – Wynton Marsalis Septet. Sony 88697-14332-2. [2:41] Pierre Dandrieu Noël, Joseph est bien marié; Roger Harvey Medley, Fantasy de; Gustav Holst In the Bleak Midwinter; Traditional English Carol, I Saw Three Ships – Burning River Brass. Azica ACD-71319. [13:50] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F minor, RV. 297, The Four Seasons: Winter – St Martin’s Academy/Joshua Bell, v. Sony 11013-2. [8:32] Gustaf Nordqvist Jul, jul, strålande jul; Cécile Chaminade Le Noël
Robert Wiremu Extra Rations of Wine (Hodie Christus natus est) –Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls. Voices New Zealand Follow That Star. [5:25]
3:00 Music of the Baroque’s Holiday Brass and Choral Concert: Andrew Megill directs the MOB chorus and brass ensemble in joyful and solemn works by Gabrieli, Victoria, Lassus, Byrd, Schütz, and more. Hosted by Candice Agree.
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Ludwig van Beethoven Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123: Gloria – Soloists; Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4258442 (2). [17:54] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, Christmas Concerto – I Musici. [14:24]
weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman, K. 265 – Jan Lisiecki, p. [12:40]
11:00 Franz Liszt Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. [15:16]
12:00 Jacques O enbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture –Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [9:55]
1:00 Jean Sibelius Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [5:29]
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Christoph Willibald Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt. RCA 63950-2 (2). [7:56]
11:00 Avril Coleridge-Taylor Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 –Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor. Decca 4853322. [13:34]
12:00 Johann Neruda Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/ Christopher Warren-Green. Nimbus NI-5065. [14:30]
A program honoring Margaret Bonds, who is receiving long overdue recognition for her work. With a libretto by Langston Hughes, the cantata The Ballad of the Brown King has been a Christmas favorite in the African-American community for generations. Hosted by Dr. Louise Toppin, a noted performer-scholar and founder and editor of the African Diaspora Music Project.
Sunday, December 25 7:00 pm
des oiseaux – Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p. DG B0005073-02. [4:30]
1:00 John Rutter Magnificat – Patricia Forbes, s; Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-114. [37:09] Giose o Guami
Canzon No. 25; Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon septimi toni No. 2 – hr-brass/Edward Tarr. Capriccio C-7331. [5:43] Robert Russell Bennett Christmas Medley No. 1 – Robert Shaw Chorale, Orch/Robert Shaw. RCA 6429-2-RG. [11:24]
2:00 Antonio Vivaldi Gloria in D, R. 589 – Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 462597-2. [27:52] Kevin Henderson
Bonfrost; Per Westberg
Bas-Pelles Eriks Brudpolska (The Wedding in Larsbo) – Nordic Fiddlers Bloc. Nordic Fiddlers Bloc NFB-004-CD. [7:03]
Johann Strauss II Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 – Vienna Phil/ Lorin Maazel. DG 400040-2. [2:50] Tamara Adamov
Petijevic Glory to God in the Highest – St. Stephen of Decani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijevic. WFMT (Serbian Christmas). [2:48]
6:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 – Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Dennis Russell Davies. MD+G 3211008-2. [32:56]
Frank Denson Christmas Medley – Empire Brass. EMI CDC7-49097-2. [6:55] Eve de Castro-Robinson Star of Wonder (after We Three Kings) –Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls. Voices New Zealand Follow That Star. [5:41]
7:00 The Ballad of the Brown King and Other Music for Christmas by Black Composers A presentation of Margaret Bonds’s The Ballad of the Brown King and works by Roland Hayes, Uzee Brown, Jr., Roland Carter, William Dawson, and Jacqueline Hairston including the world premiere recordings of two spirituals by Margaret Bonds. Hosted by Dr. Louise Toppin.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Gabrieli/Crees: Sacrae Smphoniae No. 6, Sonata Pian e forte; Canzon duodecimi toni à 10; Canzon septimi toni à 8 (No. 2); Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor; Handel: Messiah, Part 1; Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Anne Gjevang, contralto; Keith Lewis, tenor; Gwynne Howell, bass-baritone; David Schrader, harpsichord; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, director; Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Pietro Scarpini plays Busoni: Piano Concerto; Indian Fantasy; Sonatina No. 6, Carmen Fantasy; Romanza e Scherzoso.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news &
Florence Price Village Scenes – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p. Blue Gri n BGR-615. [9:35]
2:00 Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 – Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 425942-2. [31:30]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – Utah Sym/ Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard SVC-43. [16:02] Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 73 – Charles Neidich, cl; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 435875-2. [19:04]
Aaron Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes – Bu alo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [18:54]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Bill’s exploration of the six can tatas performed in Leipzig’s St. Thomas and St. Nicholas churches in December 1734.
8:00 WDR Radio Choir and Orchestra: Peace on Earth A pops concert for the holidays from the WDR Radio Choir and Orchestra with tenor Paul Phoenix, conducted by Fawzi Haimor.
9:00 The Rose Ensemble in Concert: Slavic Wonders The Rose Ensemble presents a stunning celebration of the season featuring gems from the libraries and monasteries of Krakow, Prague, and Moscow.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and
1:00 Antony Holborne Five Dances –Paul O’Dette, l. Nonesuch 791232. [8:40] Aram Khachaturian Masquerade Suite – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8542. [16:17]
2:00 Felix Mendelssohn Sym phony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4797337 (3). [28:58]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Josef Martin Kraus Sinfonia in C – Concerto Köln. Capriccio 10396. [12:45] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 211 – Gidon Kremer, v; Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. [19:39] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite – Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 437790-2. [21:36]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: A Polish Christmas with the Lira Ensemble The music and traditions of Christmas in Poland co-hosted by Lucyna Migala, artistic director of Chicago’s Lira Ensemble.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center:
Mendelssohn: Andante Sostenuto and Variations in E major for String Quartet, Op. 81, No. 1; Escher String Quartet; Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte for Voice and Piano, Op. 98; Randall Scarlata, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Hummel: Septet in D minor for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Piano, Op. 74; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Alessio Bax, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 2, Op. 55 –Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN-8723. [16:38]
11:00 Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat, Op. 47 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG B0026046-02. [7:50] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80170. [11:53] George Gershwin Three Preludes (1926) – Joshua Bell, v; John Williams, p. Sony SK-60659. [6:46]
2:00 Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47 – Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p. DG B0022906-02. [26:36]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G – Martha Argerich, p; London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 423665-2. [22:02]
Ron Nelson Courtly Airs and Dances – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-76. [12:02]
George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9860. [19:56]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody in A-Flat, Op. 45, No. 3 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 416623-2. [12:23]
11:00 Eric Whitacre Alleluia – Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre.
Decca B0016636-02. [9:25]
12:00 Edward Elgar String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419191-2. [12:18]
1:00 Maurice Ravel Sonatine –Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [10:45] Giuseppe Tartini Violin Concerto in A minor – Nicola Benedetti, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Christian Curnyn. Decca B0016412-02. [14:55]
2:00 Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4796297. [32:17]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. Ottorino Respighi The Birds – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. [20:12] George Frideric Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Harp Consort/Andrew LawrenceKing, Welsh triple h. RCA-DHM 77366-2. [13:46] Francis Poulenc Two-Piano Concerto in d minor – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. [20:12]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. S ee Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: London Philharmonic Orchestra: Vladimir Jurowski conducts Enescu: Symphony No.2 in A, Op. 17; Silvestrov: Lullaby from Melodies of the Moments, Op. 145; Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61; Julia Fischer, violin.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Elizabeth Hainen, h; IRIS Orch/Michael Stern. Avie AV-2285. [9:53]
11:00 Zoltán Kodály Háry János Suite, Op. 35a – Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. [24:33]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: Guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas recorded in 2016 with host Kerry Frumkin.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, in cluding the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Darius Milhaud Suite d’après Corrette, Op. 161b –Olmos Ensemble. Olmos Ensemble Made in France. [9:40]
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 6 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423626-2 (2). [12:28]
2:00 Sergei Rachmanino Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 1 – Krystian Zimerman, p; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. DG B0001858-02. [26:32]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour and Christmas Around the World at at 5:00 pm. George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9860. [23:05] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, RV. 315, The Four Seasons: Summer –Amelia Piscitelli, v; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall. DMD Classics 03152019. [9:51]
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique – Claudio Arrau, p. Philips 420153-2. [21:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael look back at favorite albums, artists, and performances of 2022.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Bach: Singet dem Hern ein Neues Lied; Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243; Mendelssohn: Christus; Mendelssohn: Magnificat in D Major; Sherezade Panthaki and Joélle Harvey, sopranos; Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Bach Collegium Japan and Yale Schola Cantorum; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Gary Karr (c. 1991). The preeminent bass player Gary Karr tells stories of his life and career as a seventh-generation virtuoso instrumentalist.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
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.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Revisiting sum mer: Robbie Ellis hosts an outdoor concert at Navy Pier featuring, the Incendio Saxophone Trio and brothers Louis & Henry Auxenfans on clarinet and violin.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Met Debuts On The Air Highlights of artists
Founder and host of Folkstage since 1999, Rich Warren gives his final sign-o from WFMT, concluding an iconic career in radio that spans seven decades. A native of Evanston, Rich Warren hosted The Midnight Special for 37 years, produced the WFMT Folk Music Festival, recorded more than 1,000 folk music concerts, and has been inducted by Folk Alliance International into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame. Celebrate a true legend as we ring in the New Year!
making their Metropolitan Opera Debuts during live broadcasts.
2:00 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: 2022 In Memoriam
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Fiesta CD Grab Bag. Elbio Barilari is having a ball trying to keep up with our ever-expanding musical collection as compos ers and performers around the world joyously overwhelm us with their creations.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: A New Year’s Eve Celebration in honor of Rich Warren featuring Vance Gilbert, Reggie Harris, Anne Hills, Rory Makem, Tom Paxton, Claudia Schmidt, and a very special surprise guest, live from the Old Town School of Folk Music.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Celebrate New Year’s Eve and Rich Warren’s legacy on a live broadcast from The Old Town School of Folk Music.
