December 2024
MON DEC 23 8 PM with Geoffrey Baer
This month on WFMT, listen for the vibrant sounds of holiday music with a performance by Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art, Apollo’s Fire’s dramatic interpretation of Messiah, and a Live from WFMT special, “Holidays with Cantus.”
Dear Member,
As the busy holiday season is upon us, WTTW will premiere a heartwarming new special, A Celebration of Hanukkah , hosted by Geoffrey Baer. Go along as he explores the time-honored traditions of this joyous holiday, telling the story of how it came to be, examining the significance of the season’s cherished foods and activities, and revealing how families continue to celebrate together across generations. On page 4, Geoffrey shares how the idea for the show came about, what he learned about the holiday, his personal favorite latke topping, and more.
Also this December on WTTW, we celebrate the holidays with an American Masters profile of vocalist Brenda Lee, the original artist who recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” a new Call the Midwife Holiday Special , and an appearance by Downton Abbey’s Lesley Nicol with the Tabernacle Choir. And we ring in 2025 with singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles performing at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra and special guests including Rufus Wainwright.
This month on WFMT, listen for the vibrant sounds of holiday music with a performance by Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art, Apollo’s Fire’s dramatic interpretation of Messiah , and a Live from WFMT special, “Holidays with Cantus.” As the year winds down, we hope you’ll join us live on Saturday, December 28 for Folkstage: New Year’s Steve – Two! Turn to page 21 for a full rundown of WFMT’s holiday programming.
From all of us at WTTW and WFMT, I wish you a healthy and joyous holiday season.
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Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle
Sherlock Holmes made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous. But the writer came to hate his fictional character, and Lucy Worsley explores why.
Sunday, December 1, 7:00 pm
Sunday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The All-New ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
5:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy MORNING
6:00 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White
7:00 Burt Bacharach’s Best This first-time ever archival special includes all the original artists performing Burt Bacharach’s greatest hits with rare archival footage and clips from the 1960s-1970s.
8:30 Moments to Remember Patti Page and Nick Clooney co-host new performances and archival classics featuring many legends of the late fifties and early sixties pop era.
11:00 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show Celebrate the magic in this powerful and stirring reinvention of the groundbreaking show.
AFTERNOON
1:00 Rick Steves’ European Christmas From manger scenes and mistletoe to wintry wonderlands, Rick celebrates the Christmas season throughout the European continent.
3:00 Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas Mary Berry spends Christmas soaking up her Scottish heritage and enjoying traditional festive delights with familiar faces, as well as cooking up some of her own indulgent dishes.
4:30 PBS News Weekend
5:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales
Celebrate the heartwarming series set in the stunning Yorkshire Dales with clips and behind-the-scenes memories of its Christmas finales.
Boniface Mysteries
Christmas Special
In The Star on the Orient, Sister Boniface tackles an impossible murder while stranded on a snowbound train at Christmas. This two-parter concludes on December 28.
Saturday, December 21, 8:00 pm
Holiday Cooking, Crafts & Travel Marathon
Spend the day getting holiday inspiration with tips from your favorite hosts. Learn how to make seasonal gifts, cookies, cakes, snacks, entrees, cocktails, and flower arrangements.
Sunday, December 22, 9:00 am
EVENING
6:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends
Celebrate the animals we love by revisiting moments from the series where they always come first. Meet Tricki – the biggest scene stealer and smallest cast member – and the many other creatures that exemplify the bond between humans and animals.
8:00 Vienna Blood: Analyzing the Hidden Truths Go behind the scenes of this thrilling murder mystery series set in dangerous and dazzling Vienna in the early 1900s.
9:00 Wolf Hall Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6)
Henry’s love for Anne Boleyn has given way to anger and distrust. Henry instructs Cromwell to rid him of his second queen. Sensing her loss of favor, the queen’s enemies gather.
10:30 The Who at Kilburn 1977
Celebrate the legendary band in top form in a 1977 concert featuring all their hits, in what turned out to be their final public performance with the legendary Keith Moon on drums.
Monday 2
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Leonard Cohen: Live in Dublin Enjoy a peak performance from the legendary singer-songwriter in this extraordinary concert filmed on September 12, 2013 during his monumental sold-out world tour.
2:00 This Land Is Your Land
This special, hosted by Tom and Dick Smothers and Judy Collins, takes a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music.
3:30 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacque Pépin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Professor T
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Mysteries Did a UFO fly over O’Hare Airport? Is the wife of Chicago’s “sausage king” haunting the factory basement where she was murdered? Why don’t Chicagoans put ketchup on their hot dogs? WTTW host Geoffrey Baer and a team of super sleuths attempt to solve some of Chicago’s most baffling mysteries. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
8:30 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business He was Chicago’s first celebrity gangster, a mob kingpin whose name is still synonymous with the city around the world. But the law eventually collared him for a surprisingly mundane crime: tax evasion. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Rick Steves’ European Christmas See Sun. Dec. 1 at 1:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas See Sun. Dec. 1 at 3:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Classical Rewind The program weaves the stories of the greatest compositions and composers of all time with visual interpretations of the music set to iconic images of nature, fantasy, historical locations, architecture, and art. Watch as contemporary
performers in both the classical and popular arenas offer shared musical memories and personal favorites.
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Professor T
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
Giving Tuesday 2024
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Tuesday, December 3
Throughout the day
by MEREDITH FRANCIS
In a new special full of nostalgia and holiday cheer, writer and host Geoffrey Baer explores the time-honored traditions of Hanukkah. In A Celebration of Hanukkah , premiering Monday, December 23 at 8:00 pm, Geoffrey –along with special guests and experts – discovers the joys of the Jewish holiday while tracing the story of how Hanukkah came to be, the significance of its treasured
There is such tremendous diversity in the Jewish community, and so many different ways to celebrate.”
GEOFFREY BAER
premieres Monday, December 23 at 8:00 pm
traditions, and how families celebrate together across generations.
This month, we sat down with Geoffrey to learn more about the making of A Celebration of Hanukkah and what viewers can look forward to seeing in the show.
The Guide: How did the idea for A Celebration of Hanukkah come about?
Geoffrey Baer: In a staff meeting last November, our head of programming commented that PBS
has a plethora of Christmas shows, but very few programs about Hanukkah to offer our viewers (and viewers around the country). So I was asked to create one. There was just one challenge: it was already Hanukkah! So I dropped everything I was working on and, with the help of several WTTW co-workers, scrambled to film as much as we could before all the decorations were taken down and the celebrations finished. When I could catch my breath, we hired a wonderful producer, Rachel Pikelny, who shepherded the project the rest of the way.
The Guide: The show features a series of fun interviews with families. Why did you all decide to include these?
Geoffrey: That was one of the fantastic elements that Rachel added to the mix. There are so many different ways that families celebrate
the holiday and so many personal memories. We wanted to share those stories from a wide array of people in their own words. Plus, kids always say incredible things.
The Guide: Which Hanukkah traditions and topics do you explore in the show?
Geoffrey: We, of course, trace the origins of the holiday (using some pretty cool animation), but most of the show is about the fun of celebrating. James Beard Awardwinning chef Mindy Segal shows me how her mother made latkes, and adds some gourmet garnishes including a topping of brisket that was one of the best things I’ve ever eaten. At North Shore Kosher Bakery, Ayellet Benezra shows me how they make tens of thousands of jelly donuts called sufganiyot during the holiday. And of course, I got to taste those, too (including chocolate-filled ones!). We feature the music of a band called the LeeVees from their album Hanukkah Rocks. Band members Adam Gardner (from the indie rock group Guster) and Dave Schneider gave us a hilarious interview about the origins of such tunes as “How Do You Spell Channukkahh?” “Gelt Melts,” and “Goyim Friends” (about all the cool gifts non-Jews get for Christmas while we get socks). We also include music from Chicago’s iconic Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. I clean up in a game of dreidel, follow a parade of orthodox Jews in cars topped with magnetic lighted menorahs, and visit a Hanukkah pop-up bar in Wrigleyville.
The Guide: Did you learn anything about Hanukkah that you didn’t know before? Did anything about creating this show surprise you?
Geoffrey: Three things stand out! One: Although most of us use the term menorah for the candelabra we light at Hanukkah, a menorah is actually any kind of lamp. The eight-branch menorah we light
at Hanukkah is called a hanukiah (with a ninth candle called a shamash just for lighting the others). Two: The commercialization
And his Jewish patrons enthusiastically told us that they appreciate a pop-up that celebrates their culture – if not always accurately.
of Hanukkah followed the commercialization of Christmas, which did not really get started until the 1920s. And the jolly image of Santa Claus is an invention of Coca-Cola. Three: Most surprising of all, the story we all have been told about the miracle of the oil burning for eight days (hence the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah) doesn’t actually appear until hundreds of years after the Hanukkah story takes place.
The Guide: Do you have a favorite moment from filming?
Geoffrey: Well, aside from the aforementioned food tasting, my visit to the Hanukkah pop-up bar in Wrigleyville was something I’ll never forget. The menu includes the Messiah Melt and Gelt Fudge Sundae, and the bar serves such drinks as the Sabbath Night Fever, Mensch Mule, and Rockin’ Rabbi. The well-meaning non-Jewish bar owner was suitably humbled when I good-naturedly pointed out that the bacon and cheese latkes on the menu were treif, even though he thought he was on the right side of kashrut by using beef bacon.
The Guide: In the spirit of a question raised in the show: do you prefer applesauce or sour cream on latkes?
Geoffrey: Yes, this is a controversy the LeeVees wrote a hilarious song about called “Applesauce vs. Sour Cream,” which they perform in our show. My answer: BOTH! I love them together.
The Guide: What will viewers find on the website?
Geoffrey: On the website, folks will be able to dig deeper into the history of Hanukkah, the foods and traditions of the holiday, and the meaning behind the menorah. People can also hear more from the LeeVees, weigh in on how they spell Hanukkah, and even get that recipe for Mindy’s latkes.
The Guide: What do you hope viewers take away from this program?
Geoffrey: As you can see from my answers above, there is such tremendous diversity in the Jewish community, and so many different ways to celebrate.
This interview was condensed and edited for clarity.
Remember Pearl Harbor
Saturday, December 7, 8:00 pm.
This film chronicles the personal stories of veterans and citizens who witnessed the surprise attack by the Japanese on the American Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Christmastime is Here
Friday, December 20, 8:00 pm
Grab a cup of cocoa and cozy up for a Christmas adventure as WTTW Create hosts tour iconic markets, craft holiday dishes and décor, and get into the festive spirit.
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Miss Scarlet Season 5
Sunday, December 8
WTTW Passport members can binge the entire new season of Miss Scarlet before its broadcast premiere on January 12. Tom Durant Pritchard joins the cast as Alexander Blake.
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EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the landmark series with video clips and interviews with Ken Burns, Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and others.
8:30 Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories Explore the acclaimed filmmaker’s more recent work in new interviews with Burns and his colleagues.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The All-New ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
3:00 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Professor T
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Marathon
9:00 Nature: Attenborough’s Life Journey As Sir David Attenborough enters his 98th year, follow him from his boyhood days as a fossil hunter, through his early days as a host on Zoo Quest, to his programs using pioneering technology of the day such as 3D and 4K.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum The Highwaymen — Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson — were American country music’s first bonafide “supergroup.” Enjoy this concert of their greatest hits.
2:00 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop
4:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Professor T
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00
PBS News Hour
7:00 Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
9:00 Whitney Houston: The Concert for a New South Africa
11:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Roy Orbison & Friends –A Black and White Night Celebrate the music legend in an iconic 1987 concert with an all-star cast.
2:00 Roy Orbison & Friends –A Black and White Night [R]
3:30 Burt Bacharach’s Best See Sun. Dec. 1 at 7:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Professor T
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples Join the acclaimed Italian trio for a stunning concert in a breathtaking Sicilian setting. The performance showcases their powerful vocals on a mix of beloved classics, operatic arias, and popular songs.
9:30 To be announced 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show See Sun. Dec. 1 at 11:00 am. [R]
2:00 Classical Rewind See Tues. Dec. 3 at 3:30 am. [R]
3:30 This Land Is Your Land See Mon. Dec. 2 at 2:00 am. [R]
5:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
MORNING
6:30 The All-New ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
9:30 Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine From the heart of war-torn Ukraine, stories of survival, love, and resilience emerge beyond the battles. Witness an extraordinary view into the effects of war on animals, and the humans who help them.
11:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: One-Pan Wonder
11:33 Cook’s Country: Fish Tacos and Fried Shrimp
AFTERNOON
12:09 Cook’s Country: Sausages and Salad
12:45 Lidia’s Kitchen: Welcome to My Kitchen
1:21 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Fire: Raichlen’s Rules
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Scandinavian Brunch
2:39 America’s Test Kitchen: Parathas and Pakoras
3:13 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Wave Pizzas
3:52 Pati’s Mexican Table: How I Got to Now
4:30 Rick Steves European Christmas [R]
6:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
7:00 Father Brown: The Dead of Night Father Brown is determined to unmask a mortal being when a supposed vampire strikes in the village.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team find themselves split between Saint Marie and the gorgeous island of Saint Auguste, attempting to investigate the mysterious death of a British tourist.
9:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends See Sun. Dec. 1 at 6:30 pm. [R] 10:30 Happy Birthday Mr. Bean
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Neil Diamond: Thank You Australia This concert was the culmination of pop superstar Neil Diamond’s 1976 Australia and New Zealand tour.
1:30 The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum See Thurs. Dec. 5 at 12:30 am. [R]
3:00 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop See Thurs. Dec. 5 at 2:00 am. [R]
5:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White [R]
Eliza’s professional life is thriving. On the personal side, however, Duke is away in New York and Eliza is forced to make a difficult decision. Meanwhile, a new Detective Inspector comes to Scotland Yard. WTTW Passport members can stream the new season of this popular series in advance of the January broadcast premiere. Watch on your smart TV through the PBS app!
Sunday, December 8 for WTTW Passport members
Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle
Sherlock Holmes made Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous, but the writer came to hate his character. Through the changing world of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, Lucy Worsley explores why.
Sundays, December 8-22 7:00 pm
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2. Make a gift of appreciated stock.
3. Recommend a grant from your Donor Advised Fund.
6:00 Odd Squad
6:30 Arthur
7:00 Molly of Denali
7:30 Alma’s Way
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8:30 Wild Kratts
9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9:30 Rosie’s Rules
10:00 Sesame Street
10:30 Work it Out Wombats! 11:00 Donkey Hodie
11:30 Elinor Wonders Why
12:00 Nature Cat
12:30 Curious George
MORNING
6:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy See Sun. Dec. 1 at 5:00 am. [R]
7:00 5-Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
8:00 Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine See Sat. Dec. 7 at 9:30 am. [R]
9:30 Classical Rewind [R]
11:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 1 of 2) In this two-Part special, retrace the 400-year-old-story of the Black church in America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., exploring its role as the site of African American organizing, resilience, autonomy, freedom, and solidarity.
AFTERNOON
2:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 2 of 2)
5:00 The Jewish Journey: America This three-Part film that tells the story of Jewish life in the old country, the reasons behind leaving their respective homes and journeying to the U.S., and both the establishment of communities and the great accomplishments made in America.
EVENING
6:30 PBS News Weekend
7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Doctor and Detective (Part 1 of 3) In Part one, Lucy unearths Holmes’ origins in Doyle’s early life as a medical student in Edinburgh, exploring how Doyle infused his stories with cutting-edge technological developments, and tracing the author’s growing disenchantment with his detective.
8:30 Agatha and the Truth of Murder Join the crime writer during her 11-day disappearance in 1926 as she investigates the murder of Florence Nightingale’s goddaughter.
10:30 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 1 of 2) See 11:00 am. [R]
Monday 9
EARLY MORNING
1:30 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Dec. 8 at 2:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White See Sun. Dec. 1 at 6:00 am. [R]
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America
Explore the work of Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of the country’s most renowned, respected, and popular cultural historians, with this fascinating new retrospective documentary that explores his life and work, and how he has made history come alive for tens of millions of Americans.
Tuesday, December 10 7:00 pm
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacque Pépin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Professor T
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk Finds include an antique Scottish golf club, a 1777 William Faden Philadelphia map and Andy Warhol “Fiesta Pig” & “Turtle” prints. Which is worth up to $100,000?
8:00 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years Join hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison and the test cooks as they highlight the food, science, kitchen ingenuity, and fun that have made the show a fan favorite.
9:30 Rick Steves: Why We Travel After a lifetime of crisscrossing Europe and beyond, Rick Steves shares why he believes travel can be so meaningful, along with personal insights he’s gained along the way.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The All-New ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
3:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America
8:30 Becoming Frederick Douglass Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night [R]
1:30 The Who at Kilburn 1977 See Sun. Dec. 1 at 10:30 pm. [R]
3:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy [R]
4:00 5-Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy See Sun. Dec. 8 at 7:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Portugal – Wild Land on the Edge Discover the wildlife and landscapes of Portugal, impacted by its history as a global trading hub.
8:00 NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame In April 2019, the world
We Wish You a Mattie Christmas Sunday, December 8 Seatings at 11:30am and 2:30pm
The Glessners’ cook, Mattie Williamson, prepares holiday favorites based on family Christmas menus, including roasted chestnut soup, turkey sandwiches with cranberry relish on lightbread rolls, plum pudding, and more!
Christmas Candlelight Tours
Saturday and Sunday December 14-15 and 21-22 Tours begin every 15 minutes First tour 4:30pm, last tour 6:30pm
Explore Christmas customs and decorations of the late 19th century including two trees, music, the eight-course Christmas feast, and more!
House Decorated for Christmas November 27 - December 28
Experience the house, decked out in its Christmas finery, during a docent-led tour. Tours offered Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 11:30am, 1:00pm, and 2:30pm.
Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around – American Masters
Discover the story behind Brenda Lee’s iconic songs, and explore how her early fame and life of poverty shaped her artistry across pop, rock ‘n’ roll, and country. Known for her Christmas classic “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” she is still a force in music today.
Monday, December 16 9:00 pm
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 restoring the historic landmark.
9:00 Frontline: Breakdown in Maine Frontline investigates the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history and missed opportunities to prevent it. With the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public, this is an examination of breakdowns with police, military, and mental health care before the Lewiston shooting.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Classical Rewind [R]
1:30 This Land Is Your Land [R]
3:00 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White [R]
4:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks
8:30 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb
Friday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn See Thurs. Dec. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 Rick Steves European Christmas [R]
9:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks Filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan vividly reveal fascinating behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the National Parks series.
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Sweets
11:29 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Family-Friendly Fare
AFTERNOON
12:06 Cook’s Country: Midwestern Favorites
12:35 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast
1:15 Lidia’s Kitchen: You’re Invited
1:42 Essential Pépin: Sweet Endings
2:20 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cake
2:48 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cookie
3:26 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Holiday Entertaining
3:53 Mary Berry Love to Cook: From the Garden
4:30 Check, Please! Giant, Blossom Café, Saucy Porka
5:00 To be announced
EVENING
6:30 PBS News Weekend
7:00 Father Brown: The Scars of War Sullivan asks for Father Brown’s help when Mrs. Devine’s son Eddie is framed for murder.
8:00 Death in Paradise It’s the team’s most confounding puzzle yet when a passenger boards a flight to Dominica but then seemingly vanishes midflight, only to be found back on Saint Marie soil, shot dead.
9:00 Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples See Fri. Dec. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
10:30 Elvis Presley: ’68 Comeback Special In 1968, Elvis taped his first television special, a stunningly brilliant milestone in his career.
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
5:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2
MORNING
6:00 Chicago from the Air Host Geoffrey Baer narrates a sweeping bird’s-eye tour of the city and beyond, sharing his signature “I never knew that” facts on the journey.
7:25 Beyond Chicago from the Air Join narrator Geoffrey Baer on another journey via drone to explore regional sights beyond Chicago.
8:30 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago People from all over the city and suburbs take Geoffrey Baer to the places they find most breathtaking and explain why they are so meaningful, and Geoffrey reveals some of his own favorites. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:30 Chicago Mysteries See Mon. Dec. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
AFTERNOON
12:00 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Geoffrey Baer takes us on an in-depth exploration of all three branches of the
river, including the less wellknown stretches extending south to the Sanitary and Ship Canal and winding north through the Botanic Garden and Skokie Lagoons.
2:25 Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey Baer hops on the CTA’s elevated train system to bring you a fascinating exploration of the colorful and diverse neighborhoods that Chicagoans access by riding it.
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Doc Martin: Return to Sender Martin and Louisa travel to London so he can deliver the keynote address at the Imperial College Obstetrics Conference. All does not go smoothly, however, as Martin is accidentally headbutted while saving a choking woman.
7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Fact and Fiction (Part 2 of 3) Lucy explores Doyle’s desire to distance himself from Sherlock after the detective’s apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls.
Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square team up with Broadway’s Michael Maliakel and Downton Abbey ’s Lesley Nicol for this heartwarming Christmas special. Enjoy stirring renditions of classic and popular Christmas music, and a true story about French novelist, poet, and dramatist, Victor Hugo at Christmastime.
Tuesday, December 17 7:00 pm
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Broodiness (Part 1 of 7) Skeldale House is busier than ever while Tristan is away serving. When Mrs. Hall takes a leap of faith, Siegfried offers his support.
9:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Carpe Diem (Part 2 of 7) Siegfried has the bright idea of bringing in an experienced bookkeeper, Miss Harbottle.
10:00 Frontline: Breakdown in Maine See Wed. Dec. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
11:30 To be announced
Monday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacque Pépin: Heart & Soul
Handel’s 18th century masterpiece has been reimagined by conductor Marin Alsop with colleagues Bob Christianson and Gary Anderson. Handel’s arias, choruses, and orchestration have been infused with gospel, jazz, and R&B creating an uplifting reinterpretation of this Christmas and Easter favorite, performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Tuesday, December 17 8:30 pm
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 11 Finds include an 1813 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 2nd edition, 19391940 baseball signatures and book, and a Jehan Georges Vibert oil. Guess the big find!
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Natural Wonders Explore some of the most fascinating treasures that were created from organic materials, as well as those that capture the beauty and power of our natural world.
9:00 Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around – American Masters
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Fact and Fiction (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. Dec. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Broodiness (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Carpe Diem (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Doc Martin: Return to Sender See Sun. Dec. 15 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
8:30 Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah Handel’s 18th century masterpiece has been reimagined by conductor Marin Alsop with colleagues Bob Christianson and Gary Anderson. Handel’s arias, choruses, and orchestration
have been infused with gospel, jazz, and R&B creating an uplifting reinterpretation of this Christmas and Easter favorite. This performance from London’s Royal Albert Hall marks the European premiere of a piece that has been a seasonal fixture across the United States since it premiered in New York in 1993.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Scars of War See Sat. Dec. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Dec. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 11 See Mon. Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Natural Wonders See Mon. Dec. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Earthshot Report
8:00 NOVA: Lost Tombs of Notre Dame During restoration work after the devastating 2019 fire at Notre Dame de Paris, two lead sarcophaguses were discovered under the cathedral’s stone floor. Who is buried in the anonymous sarcophaguses? And what secrets will these lead caskets reveal? Follow a team of archaeologists and historians as they attempt to solve centuries-old mysteries using the latest scientific investigation techniques.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Eiffel’s Race to the Top Discover the untold story behind Paris’ most famous landmark and the race to build a monument 1,000 feet tall. Through dramatic recreations, official renderings and personal archives, see how the Eiffel Tower became an icon.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
During restoration work after the devastating 2019 fire at Notre Dame de Paris, two lead sarcophaguses were discovered under the cathedral’s stone floor. What secrets will these caskets reveal? Follow a team of archaeologists and historians as they attempt to solve centuries-old mysteries using the latest investigation techniques.
Wednesday, December 18
8:00 pm
Thursday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around –American Masters See Mon. Dec. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir See Tues. Dec. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah See Tues. Dec. 17 at 8:30 pm. [R]
4:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead A pair of photographs are the only clues that Poirot has to work with as he tries to solve the murder of a village charwoman,
Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient
Sister Boniface’s faith in The Almighty is matched only by her passion for forensics. When a precious jewel is stolen from a snowbound train, the crimesolving nun turns detective uncovering murder, ancient curses, and dark family secrets.
Saturday, December 21
8:00 pm
and to prove the innocence of the victim’s lodger.
8:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall Sherlock faces Moriarty’s diabolical plot to “get Sherlock,” which begins innocently enough when the criminal mastermind breaks into the Crown Jewels. As the scheme unfolds, Moriarty poses the “final problem,” and a tabloid reporter reveals the “shocking truth” about the great detective.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Earthshot Report See Wed. Dec. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Lost Tombs of Notre Dame See Wed. Dec. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Eiffel’s Race to the Top See Wed. Dec. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Fact and Fiction (Part 2 of 3) [R]
4:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Blacklisted by the BBC after ruining Peter Pan, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are not taking their ban lying down and force themselves back on the BBC by hijacking the jewel of the Christmas schedule, a “live” stage production of A Christmas Carol
8:54 Peter Pan Goes Wrong The team behind the Tony Award-winning global hit The Play That Goes Wrong bring their trademark comic mayhem to the J.M. Barrie classic Peter Pan. The much-loved members of The Cornley Drama Society once again battle against technical hitches, flying mishaps, and cast disputes on their way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results. Actor David Suchet narrates.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Wadsworth Mansion (Part 1 of 3) Captivating Connecticut treasures at the Wadsworth Mansion include a Helen Hayes Verdura for Chanel cuff bracelet, a 1917 Boston Red Sox calendar and a 1904 Gandhi handwritten letter. Which is valued at $150,000?
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Wadsworth Mansion (Part 2 of 3) Finds include an Elizabeth Peyton portrait oil circa 1987, a 2004 Tony Soprano tracksuit and script, and a Corvette Stingray signed by Paul Newman. Which wonder is worth $200,000?
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Wadsworth Mansion (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1953 D’Angelico guitar, a couture ball gown made around 1885,
and Larry Bird game-worn sneakers. Can you guess which is valued at $190,000?
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sands Point Preserve (Part 1 of 3) Discover historical treasures at Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve, like a Rolex Daytona Cosmograph, a 1926 Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post illustration, and a Donald Duck animation cell! Which is valued at $400,000?
4:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas [R]
7:00 Prairie Fire 2024 Rooted in storytelling, this documentary magazine show hosted by Sarah Edwards features cinematic portraits of the innovators, creatives, small businesses, and everyday people who make downstate Illinois a fascinating and pivotal center of the American Midwest.
7:30 Weathered: Earth’s Extremes - Adapt or Leave?
8:00 Home Diagnosis: Volcanoland
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Germany’s Heligoland Island
9:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Utrecht, Netherlands
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Woodstock, Illinois
10:00 This Old House: Nashville –Shelter from the Storm
10:30 Ask This Old House: Wallpaper Installation, Sump Pump
11:00 Milk Street’s My Family Recipe: My Grandmother’s Christmas Popovers
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Family-Friendly Fare
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country: The Best Diner Food
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Finding Belonging
1:30 Essential Pépin: Savory Staples
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Passover Celebration
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Christmas Baking
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Weekend Baker
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Symphony of Flavors
4:00 Mary Berry Love to Cook: New Tastes
4:30 Check, Please! Virtue, Qulinarnia, Longman & Eagle
5:00 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger spends an entire episode chronicling Baltimore’s annual Kinetic Sculpture Race, an
outrageously challenging competition between human-powered, amphibious, all-terrain mobile works of art.
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong See Fri. Dec. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Father Brown: The Kembleston Olimpicks Father Brown investigates when rivalries escalate to murderous heights at the Kembleston Olimpicks.
8:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient
9:00 Death in Paradise Christmas Special It’s Christmas in the Caribbean and Neville’s larger-than-life mother is in town. Elsewhere, a wealthy business owner called Gerry is found dead at the bottom of a ravine. It could just be an accident, but Gerry’s ominous last words – “It’s behind you” – suggest something more is going on.
10:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead See Thurs. Dec. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Geoffrey Baer tells the story of Hanukkah, exploring the timehonored traditions of this joyous Jewish holiday and making a few surprising discoveries along the way. With the help of Chicagoarea Jewish and interfaith families and children, musicians, and religious leaders, Geoffrey also sets out to answer some age-old questions, and more.
Monday, December 23 8:00 pm
11:33 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall See Thurs. Dec. 19 at 8:30 pm. [R]
Sunday 22
EARLY MORNING
1:10 Doc Martin: Return to Sender [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Fact and Fiction (Part 2 of 3) [R]
3:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Broodiness (Part 1 of 7) [R]
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Carpe Diem (Part 2 of 7) [R]
5:00 Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah [R]
MORNING
6:30 N’Digo Studio: Building a Cultural Community Jackie Taylor, founder of The Black Ensemble Theater, has developed a community theater into a hub for art and culture, attracting more than 50,000 visitors each year.
7:00 America The Bountiful: Oysters in South Carolina
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Butterflies in Bloom
8:00 Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle: Warming Up to Hot Peppers
8:30 New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton: New Year’s Traditions
9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Holidays for Blooms
9:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Winter in Bloom
10:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Happy Holiday Food
10:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: A Treat for the Holidays
11:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special Doing what she knows best, Vivian explores holiday traditions, Kinston, NC style. Join her in one of the most charming and delicious celebrations of the season.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast
12:30 Milk Street’s My Family Recipe: My Grandmother’s Christmas Popovers [R]
1:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cake [R]
1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Holiday Food Gifts
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cookie [R]
2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: How Sweet It Is
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Ultimate Yule Log
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen:
Holiday Cocktail Party
4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: Christmas
4:30 The Magic of Christmas in Alsace Christmas in the Alsace region of France is best experienced in the small towns and villages where each community has its own unique holiday traditions, celebrations, food, and of course wine.
5:00 Christmas on the Danube Traveling the majestic Danube river as it passes through stunning European landscape, history, and culture, visit cities along the way that are particularly spectacular at Christmas.
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Doc Martin: Love Will Set You Free The news of Martin’s invitation to be the dean of Imperial College spreads through Portwenn like wildfire, before Martin and Louisa have even decided whether he will take the job.
7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Shadows and Sleuths (Part 3 of 3) Lucy investigates the return of Sherlock. Doyle began the Edwardian age delighting in all it had to offer, but as the First World War approached, the darkness of the later stories mirrored the reality of Doyle’s life. After losing his eldest son, he became an evangelist for spiritualism, and his star declined after a public spat with a famous magician. Sherlock Holmes, in contrast, found a life beyond his author on stage and screen.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Right Hand Man (Part 3 of 7) James hires a new trainee vet, Richard Carmody, but things do not quite work out as he expects.
9:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: By the Book (Part 4 of 7) Carmody is challenged with learning how to be a vet. Helen rallies the community to help the newcomers.
10:00 Merry Christmas Mr. Bean
10:30 European Christmas Markets
11:00 Austin City Limits: Parker McCollum/Robert Earl Keen Singer/songwriters Parker McCollum and Robert Earl Keen bring Texas to musical life. Rising country star McCollum plays his major label debut Gold Chain Cowboy. Legendary Keen celebrates his upcoming retirement from the road.
7:30 Home Diagnosis
8:00 Opportunity Knocks
8:30 Islands Without Cars
9:00 Curious Traveler
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 1:30 Essential Pépin 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
4:00 Mary Berry Love to Cook 4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Wild Travels
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Kembleston Olimpicks See Sat. Dec. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient See Sat. Dec. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise Christmas Special See Sat. Dec. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong [R]
3:54 Peter Pan Goes Wrong [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacque Pépin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 12 Catch a trunkful of never-before-seen treasures the season 27
tour, like a 1791 Jane Young world map needlework, an Albert Einstein collection, and Carlo Giuliano earrings & necklace circa 1890. One treasure is up to $120,000! 8:00 A Celebration of Hanukkah In this heartwarming new special, Geoffrey Baer explores the time-honored traditions of the joyous Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
9:00 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Join the beloved British home cook and three special friends as they prepare her ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings. From the traditional turkey to her classic Christmas pudding, it’s the perfect recipe for a deliciously festive holiday.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 24
Christmas Eve
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Shadows and Sleuths (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. Dec. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on
Masterpiece: Right Hand Man (Part 3 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: By the Book (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Doc Martin: Love Will Set You Free See Sun. Dec. 22 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Jay’s Chicago: Better World
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Songs of the Past Henry Louis Gates, Jr. accompanies Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane as they meet a cast of inspiring
Judy Parfitt
In this all-new holiday special set at Christmas 1969, the funfair and carol concert add color to frosty Poplar. Yet, the festive spirit at Nonnatus House is dampened by the spread of influenza alongside growing fears of an escaped prisoner after a spate of break-ins.
Wednesday, December 25
7:00 and 9:00 pm
ancestors hidden in the branches of their family trees.
8:00 O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Tony Award-nominee Megan Hilty and television and film actor Neal McDonough join The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for this Irish-inspired edition of this heartwarming annual celebration of music and holiday traditions.
9:00 Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 25
Christmas Day
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah [R]
1:30 Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square join with award winning artists Lea Salonga and Sir David Suchet for this festive and uplifting Christmas special. This concert will illuminate your holiday experience with timeless carols, treasured songs, and a story of heroic service.
3:00 Celebrate & Sing! Glory to the Newborn King! This spectacular Christmas concert of secular and sacred music is performed by the Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church’s Sanctuary Choir, orchestra, and organist Bradley Hunter Welch. Traditional favorites included in the program include “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” and “Carol of the Bells.”
4:00 A Classic Christmas with the Bach Festival Society: Joyful Sounds From the beautiful Knowles Memorial Chapel on the campus of Florida’s Rollins College, the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra, along with guest soloists Mary Wilson and Stephen Mumbert as well as the Bach Festival Children’s Choir, performs custom arrangements of treasured holiday classics.
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Merry Christmas Mr. Bean [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 pm WTTW Kids
1:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021 Christmas 1966 promises to be a memorable one. The Nonnatus House team are faced with their busiest Christmas Day ever as the Maternity Home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases. Luckily, Mother Mildred is on
hand to support the team.
2:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 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.
4:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2023 Two weeks before Christmas, delicate situations cause uncertainty for the midwives. With the upcoming Apollo 8 launch and the festivity preparations starting, a treacherous heavy snowfall may complicate the holiday celebrations for everyone.
5:30 BBC News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2024
9:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2024 [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021 See Wed. Dec. 25 at 1:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 See Wed. Dec. 25 at 2:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2023 See Wed. Dec. 25 at 4:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Jay’s Chicago: Better World [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 A Celebration of Hanukkah [R]
8:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons A foreign revolution, a kidnapped princess, and a trove of priceless rubies are linked to a prestigious girls’ school, where staff members are brutally murdered.
9:33 Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day Lifestyle expert Sira Williams explores the history, principles, and symbols of Kwanzaa and celebrates the culinary traditions of West
Ronnie Carrasquillo appears destined to die in prison. 47 years after he killed a police officer, his life is in the hands of a parole board whose decision-making is swayed by shifting political sands and an ever-present police union. Ronnie’s family and attorneys keep coming back to the same question: “is this any way to decide a man’s fate?”
Friday, December 27 9:00 pm
Africa, featuring dishes from Mali, Ghana, and Nigeria.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2024 [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Shadows and Sleuths (Part 3 of 3) [R]
3:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
4:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
Starts Nov 29
fight for his freedom, they keep coming back to the same question: “is this any way to decide a man’s fate?”
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! Virtue, Qulinarnia, Longman & Eagle [R]
12:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Dec. 21 at 5:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 11 [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sands Point Preserve (Part 2 of 3)
Morse & Son U.S. Navy diving helmet, and a Wayland Flowers “Madame” puppet.
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
6:00 Finding Your Roots: Songs of the Past [R]
7:00 Prairie Fire 2024
7:30 Weathered: Earth’s Extremes – The Heat is On
8:00 Home Diagnosis: Molds of All Colors
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Scotland’s Isles of Eigg and Easdale
9:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Poznan, Poland
Mexican Feast
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Fish the French Way
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Thai Takeout
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Revolutionary Bites
4:00 Mary Berry Love to Cook: For a Crowd
4:30 Check, Please! Gibsons Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q
5:00 Wild Travels Visit Hot Springs, Arkansas for the annual Running of the Tubs, to watch costumed teams race bathtubs filled with water through the downtown, and more.
Sunday 29
EARLY MORNING
1:30 In Their Hands See Fri. Dec. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Right Hand Man (Part 3 of 7) [R]
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: By the Book (Part 4 of 7) [R]
5:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2024 [R]
MORNING
7:00 America The Bountiful: Chiles in New Mexico
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in
Bloom: Let’s Go Dutch
8:00 Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle: Watermelon Vibes
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Autumn Apple Treats
9:00 A Chef’s Life: A Road Trip for Rice
9:30 Homemade Live! Off the Eaten Path
10:00 America’s Hidden Coast: Mississippi Travel through what some call ‘the secret coast’, small in size, but bursting with history, adventure, spirit, beauty, surprises, and resilience following Hurricane Katrina.
11:00 Craft in America: Science Explore the unexpected intersection between art and the sciences, spanning technology, engineering, biology, math, and the climate emergency.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Craft in America: Collectors This program reveals the essential role that craft appreciators play in the community. Learn what drives collectors, and how their support furthers artists at all stages of their careers.
1:00 Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa This documentary explores the seven principles that are the foundation of Kwanzaa by sharing seven real-life stories of impact that reveal how each principle plays a role in the Black community, enhanced by cultural elements of dance, storytelling, music, and spoken word.
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 difficult challenge yet.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Frankfurt and Nurnberg
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Doc Martin: Our Last Summer As the Ellinghams prepare to leave for London, Ruth admits to Martin that she’s been writing a paper on his blood phobia, and she thinks he’s been misdiagnosed.
7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets : Queen Anne – The
Mother of Great Britain Learn why Queen Anne’s powerful role in the forging of Great Britain has often been forgotten, and tells the inside story of the salacious gossip about Anne’s love life that helped destroy her image and legacy.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Papers (Part 5 of 7) James desperately wants Carmody trained to support Siegfried. A dinner with Gerald leaves Mrs. Hall with a dilemma.
9:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Home Front (Part 6 of 7) When Richard Alderson needs help, Helen returns to Heston Grange; however, buried family secrets threaten to tear their relationship apart.
10:00 Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony This concert celebrates Violent Femmes’ iconic 1983 debut album.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Sylvan Esso/Lucius North Carolina’s Sylvan Esso plays songs from their LP Free Love Acclaimed act Lucius performs tunes from their album Second Nature
Monday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Forensic See Sat. Dec. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise Christmas Special [R]
3:00 Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa See Sun. Dec. 29 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony See Sun. Dec. 29 at 10:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacque Pépin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Let’s Celebrate! Watch amazing objects that exude a celebratory spirit, including
an Alexander Calder mobile, Tiffany iridescent vases, and a 1955 Picasso Madoura plate. Can you guess which has an updated appraisal value of $800,000-$2,000,000?
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Body of Work Give a big hand to this eye-catching collection of standouts from the Roadshow’s body of work, including a Willie Sutton prison-escape head and hand, an over-the-shoulder saxhorn, and a Victorian puffy heart charm necklace.
9:00 10 Homes that Changed America Geoffrey Baer visits homes that transformed residential living, from grand estates such as Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater to the pueblos of Taos, New Mexico, and the tenements of 19th-century New York.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
New Year’s Eve
EARLY MORNING
12:00 POV: Who I Am Not A South African beauty queen faces an identity crisis upon learning she’s born genetically male. Her path crosses with an intersex activist as they navigate a common journey marked by society’s stigma and inner struggles in a male-female world.
1:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Frankfurt and Nurnberg [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets : Queen Anne – The Mother of Great Britain See Sun. Dec. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Papers (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Home Front (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 29 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Finding Your Roots
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Jay’s Chicago: Better World
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Next at the Kennedy Center: Sara Bareilles –New Year’s Eve with the National Symphony Orchestra & Friends
8:30 Death in Paradise When a seemingly simple kidnapping ends in murder, Neville and the team must work out what went wrong and how someone ended up dead.
9:25 Death in Paradise The arrival of a long-lost brother to a family-run golf club culminates in a body on the course. But a prime suspect with an alibi leaves the team with an impenetrable conundrum.
10:20 Death in Paradise When a skydiver appears to have been murdered in mid-air, Neville and the team must explore the cutthroat world of social media.
11:10 Death in Paradise Florence’s undercover role takes a dangerous turn when she finds herself in familiar surroundings, amid a murder investigation. In a race against time, can Neville solve the murder?
NEXT at the Kennedy Center: Sara Bareilles –New Year’s Eve with the National Symphony Orchestra & Friends
Acclaimed singer-songwriter and actress Sara Bareilles takes the stage at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra for an enchanting evening of song and celebration, with special guest Rufus Wainwright and others.
Tuesday, December 31 7:00 pm
’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
Wednesday, 12:00 am (12/4)
Saturday, 6:30 am (12/7)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (12/10)
All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop
Thursday, 2:00 am (12/5)
Sunday, 3:00 am (12/8)
Austin City Limits
Sunday, 11:00 pm (12/29)
Barbara Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
Thursday, 7:00 pm (12/5)
Friday, 8:00 pm (12/13)
Burt Bacharach’s Best
Sunday, 7:00 am (12/1)
Friday, 3:30 am (12/6)
Celebrate & Sing! Glory to the Newborn King
Wednesday, 3:00 am (12/25)
Classic Christmas with Bach Festival Society
Wednesday, 4:00 am (12/25)
Classical Rewind
Tuesday, 3:30 am (12/3)
Saturday, 2:00 am (12/7)
Sunday, 9:30 am (12/8)
Thursday, 12:00 am (12/12)
Elvis Presley: ’68 Comeback Special
Saturday, 10:30 pm (12/14)
Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum
Thursday, 12:30 am (12/5)
Sunday, 1:30 am (12/8)
Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples
Friday, 8:00 pm (12/6)
Saturday, 9:00 pm (12/14)
Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (12/17)
Thursday, 1:00 am (12/19)
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/24)
Leonard Cohen: Live in Dublin
Monday, 12:00 am (12/2)
Moments to Remember
Sunday, 8:30 am (12/1)
Neil Diamond: Thank You Australia
Sunday, 12:00 am (12/8)
Next at the Kennedy Center: Sara Bareilles
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (12/31)
O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (12/24)
Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show
Sunday, 11:00 am (12/1)
Saturday, 12:00 am (12/7)
Roy Orbison & Friends
Friday, 12:30 am, 2:00 am (12/6)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (12/11)
Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
Wednesday, 1:30 am (12/25)
This Land Is Your Land
Monday, 2:00 am (12/2)
Saturday, 3:30 am (12/7)
Thursday, 1:30 am (12/12)
Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah
Tuesday, 8:30 pm (12/17)
Thursday, 2:30 am (12/19)
Sunday, 5:00 am (12/22)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (12/25)
Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony
Sunday, 10:00 pm (12/29)
Monday, 4:00 am (12/30)
Whitney Houston: The Concert for a New South Africa
Thursday, 9:00 pm (12/5)
Who at Kilburn
Sunday, 10:30 pm (12/1)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (12/11)
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Sunday, 8:30 pm (12/8)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Thursday, 7:00 pm (12/19)
Saturday, 10:00 pm (12/21)
Thursday, 8:00 pm (12/26)
Sunday, 12:00 am (12/29)
All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales
Sunday, 5:00 pm (12/1)
All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (12/17, 12/24)
Sundays, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (12/22, 12/29)
Tuesday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (12/31)
All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends
Sunday, 6:30 pm (12/1)
Saturday, 9:00 pm (12/7)
Call the Midwife Holiday Specials
Wednesday, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm (12/25)
Thursday, 12:30 am, 2:00 am, 3:30 am (12/26)
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Friday, 8:00 pm (12/20)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (12/21)
Monday, 3:00 am (12/23)
Death in Paradise
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (12/7, 12/14)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (12/18)
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (12/21, 12/28)
Mondays, 2:00 am (12/23, 12/30)
Tuesday, 8:30 pm, 9:30 pm, 10:20
pm, 11:10 pm (12/31)
Wednesday, 12:05 am (1/1)
Doc Martin
Sundays, 6:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29)
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (12/17, 12/24)
Sunday, 1:10 am (12/22)
Father Brown
Saturdays, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, 12:00 am (12/18)
Mondays, 12:00 am (12/23, 12/30)
Happy Birthday Mr. Bean
Saturday, 10:30 pm (12/7)
Little Women
Sunday, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (12/29)
Masterpiece Mystery
Thursday, 8:30 pm (12/19)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (12/21)
Mr. Bean
Sunday, 10:00 pm (12/22)
Wednesday, 5:30 am (12/25)
Professor T
Weekdays, 4:00 pm (through 12/10)
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (12/21, 12/28)
Mondays, 1:00 am (12/23, 12/30)
Vienna Blood: Analyzing the Hidden Truths
Sunday, 8:00 pm (12/1)
Wolf Hall on Masterpiece
Sunday, 9:00 pm (12/1)
America the Bountiful
Sundays, 7:00 am (12/22, 12/29)
America’s Hidden Coast: Mississippi
Sunday, 10:00 am (12/29)
America’s Test Kitchen
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
Monday, 8:00 pm (12/9)
Antiques Roadshow
Weekdays, 1:00 pm
Mondays, 7:00 pm (12/9, 12/23)
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (12/16, 12/30)
Wednesday, 2:00 am, 3:00 am (12/18)
Saturday, 12:00-4:00 am (12/21)
Saturday, 1:00-5:00 am (12/28)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am (12/21, 12/28)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (12/14, 12/21, 12/28)
Chef’s Life
Sunday, 9:00 am (12/29)
Chef’s Life Holiday Special
Sunday, 11:00 am (12/22)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (12/24)
Christmas on the Danube
Sunday, 5:00 pm (12/22)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Mondays-Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Saturday, 11:00 am (12/14)
Cook’s County
Saturday, 11:30 am, 12:00 pm (12/7)
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm (12/14, 12/21, 12/28)
Mondays-Fridays, 2:00 pm
Sunday, 12:00 pm (12/22)
Craft in America
Sunday, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm (12/29)
Curious Traveler
Saturdays, 9:00 am (12/21, 12/28)
Essential Pépin
Saturdays, 1:30 pm (12/14, 12/21, 12/28)
Home Diagnosis
Saturdays, 8:00 am (12/21, 12/28)
Homemade Live!
Sunday, 9:30 am (12/29)
Islands Without Cars
Saturdays, 8:30 am (12/21, 12/28)
J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sunday, 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 9:30 am (12/22)
Sunday, 7:30 am (12/29)
Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul
Mondays, 2:30 pm
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (12/21, 12/28)
Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle
Sundays, 8:00 am (12/22, 12/29)
Magic of Christmas in Alsace
Sunday, 4:30 pm (12/22)
Mary Berry Love to Cook
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (12/14, 12/21, 12/28)
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites Sunday, 4:00 pm (12/22)
Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas
Sunday, 3:00 pm (12/1)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (12/3)
Saturday, 6:00 am (12/21)
Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Monday, 9:00 pm (12/23)
Milk Steet’s My Family Recipe Saturdays, 11:00 am (12/14, 12/21, 12/28)
Sunday, 12:30 pm (12/22)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Tuesdays, 2:30 pm
New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Sunday, 8:30 am (12/22)
New Scandinavian Cooking
Sunday, 10:00 am, 10:30 am (12/22) Sunday, 8:30 am (12/29)
Pati’s Mexican Table Fridays, 2:30 pm
Saturday, 4:00 pm (12/7)
Saturdays, 3:30 pm (12/21, 12/28)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Sunday, 5:00 pm (12/29)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (12/31)
Rick Steves European Christmas Sunday, 1:00 pm (12/1)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (12/3)
Saturday, 4:30 pm (12/7)
Saturday, 7:00 am (12/14)
Rick Steves Why We Travel
Monday, 9:30 pm (12/9)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Thursdays, 2:30 pm
Saturday, 11:00 am (12/7)
Saturdays, 11:30 am (12/14, 12/21, 12/28)
Sunday, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm (12/22)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Saturday, 1:30 pm (12/7)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
Wednesdays, 2:30 pm (12/4, 12/11, 12/18)
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:00 am (12/21, 12/28)
Wild Travels
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (12/21, 12/28)
Saturday, 12:30 am (12/28)
Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White
Sunday, 6:00 am (12/1)
Monday, 4:30 am (12/9)
Thursday, 3:00 am (12/12)
Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility
Thursday, 4:00 am (12/5)
Sunday, 5:00 am (12/8)
Thursday, 4:00 am (12/12)
Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy Sunday, 6:00 am (12/8)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (12/11)
Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance
Sunday, 5:00 am (12/1)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (12/10)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Monday, 3:30 am (12/2)
Saturday, 5:00 am (12/7)
Nature
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (12/4)
Saturday, 9:30 am (12/7)
Sunday, 8:00 am (12/8)
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (12/11)
NOVA
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (12/11, 12/18)
Friday, 1:00 am (12/20)
Weathered: Earth’s Extremes
Saturdays, 7:30 am (12/21, 12/28)
Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
Wednesday, 3:00 am (12/4)
10 Homes that Changed America
Monday, 9:00 pm (12/30)
5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy Sunday, 7:00 am (12/8)
Wednesday, 4:00 am (12/11)
A Celebration of Hanukkah
Monday, 8:00 pm (12/23)
Thursday, 7:00 pm (12/26)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (12/28)
Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
American Masters
BBC News
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 am, 10:30 pm
BBC News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm
Becoming Frederick Douglas
Tuesday, 8:30 pm (12/10)
Beyond Chicago from the Air
Sunday, 7:30 pm (12/15)
Black Church: This Is Our Story This Is Our Song
Sunday, 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, 10:30 pm (12/8)
Monday, 1:30 am (12/9)
Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer
Sunday, 2:30 pm (12/15)
Chicago from the Air
Sunday, 6:00 am (12/15)
Chicago Mysteries
Monday, 7:00 pm (12/2)
Sunday, 10:30 am (12/15)
Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer
Sunday, 12:00 pm (12/15)
Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business
Monday, 8:30 pm (12/2)
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells
Friday, 8:00 pm (12/27)
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review
Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm
Fridays, 10:00 pm (12/6, 12/13, 12/20)
Saturdays, 5:30 am (12/21, 12/28)
Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa
Sunday, 1:00 pm (12/29)
Monday, 3:00 am (12/30)
Finding Your Roots
Weekdays, 4:00 pm (as of 12/11)
Tues-Sat, 4:00 am (as of 12/17)
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (12/24)
Friday, 3:00 am (12/27)
Saturday, 6:00 am (12/28)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:30 am
Frontline
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (12/11)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (12/10)
In Their Hands
Friday, 9:00 pm (12/27)
Sunday, 1:30 am (12/29)
Jay’s Chicago
Tuesday, 5:30 pm (12/24)
Thursday, 5:30 am (12/26)
Jewish Journey: America
Sunday, 5:00 pm (12/8)
Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day
Thursday, 9:30 pm (12/26)
Wednesday, 4:30 am (1/1)
Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories
Tuesday, 8:30 pm (12/3)
Ken Burns: The Civil War
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (12/3)
Ken Burns: The National Parks
Saturday, 9:00 am (12/14)
Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle
Sundays, 7:00 pm (12/8, 12/15, 12/22)
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (12/17, 12/24)
Friday, 3:00 am (12/20)
Sunday, 2:00 am (12/22)
Friday, 2:00 am (12/31)
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets
Sunday, 7:00 pm (12/29)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (12/31)
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
Sunday, 5:00 am, 8:30 am (12/15)
Ndigo Studio
Sunday, 6:30 am (12/22)
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
PBS News Weekend
Sunday, 4:30 pm (12/1)
Saturdays, 6:30 pm (12/7, 12/14)
Sunday, 6:30 pm (12/8)
Saturdays, 5:30 pm (12/21, 12/28)
Sundays, 5:30 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29)
POV
Tuesday, 12:00 am (12/31)
Prairie Fire: 2024
Saturdays, 7:00 am (12/21, 12/28)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (12/18)
Friday, 2:00 am (12/20)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (12/21, 12/28)
Friday, 12:00 am (12/27)
Saturday, 10:00 pm (12/28)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm
Monday, 9:00 pm (12/16)
Thursday, 12:00 am (12/19)
WFMT
Featured conductors and soloists include Elim Chan and Klaus Mäkelä; pianists Evgeny Kissin and Leif Ove Andsnes; and violinist Maria Dueñas.
Mondays, 10:00 pm
Mornings with Lisa Flynn at 6:00 am
With news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
Midday Music at 10:00 am
With Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm ( Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm).
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree at 2:00 pm
With The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm and Friday Afternoon at the Movies on Fridays at 4:30 pm.
Sunday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Advent 1 - “Savior of the Nations, Come.” Host Peter DuBois explores various organ and choral settings of this chorale tune, which ushers in the season of Advent.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Ola Gjeilo Winter Light – Roberto Sorrentino, vc; Ola Gjeilo, p. Decca 4854635. [2:49]
8:00 Randall Thompson Frostiana:
Revisit seasonal traditions including Studs Terkel’s Christmas Memories and discover new favorites such as Miracle of Miracles from Chicago a cappella.
See page 21 for a full guide
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – New York Choral Society, Manhattan Chamber Orch/ Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7283-2. [4:31]
9:00 Bach Cantata No. 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Now come, savior of the gentiles) – Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-162 (2). [15:06]
10:00 Donizetti String Quartet No. 9 in D minor – Orch d’Auvergne/ Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Denon 81757-3871-2. [18:16]
11:00 Stephen Flaherty Anastasia: Once Upon a December –Emile Pandolfi, p. Magic Music MMP-105. [4:04]
12:00 Afternoon Music including J Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 – Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. DG 474250-2. [11:56]
1:00 Ruth Gipps Song for Orchestra – BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20078. [6:03]
2:00 Whitacre The River Cam –Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym/Eric Whitacre. Decca B0016636-02. [11:49]
3:00 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy –Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442061-2 (6). [20:16]
4:00 Price Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G minor – Michelle Cann, p. Platoon PLAT-18088. [8:26]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. DG 415861-2. [33:25]
6:00 Janácek On an Overgrown Path, Book 1 – Marc-André
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.
The new broadcast season begins with Strauss’s epic Die Frau ohne Schatten, Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded, and family-friendly operas for the season.
Saturdays, 12:00 pm
Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68030. [31:58]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Mezzo-soprano Lucy Baker, baritone Finn Sagal, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform art songs by Fauré, Berlioz, Schubert, and Bonds, and selections from the Great American Songbook.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto in F Minor; Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Schumann Konzertstück in F Major, Op. 86; Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, Norman Schweiert, horns; Strauss Don Quixote, Op. 35; Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Massenet Meditation from Thaïs; Steven Staryk, violin; Jean Martinon, conductor; Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun; Donald Peck, flute; Georg Solti, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari A selection of delightful chamber pieces by Brazilian composer Glauco Velázquez, Mexican composer Gustavo Campa, and Argentine composer Constantino Gaito.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel An Important Reissue of a Classic Recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3.
Monday 2
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including John Field Rondo in A-Flat – Míceál O’Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9534. [7:23]
7:00 Price Dances in the Canebrakes – Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000185. [9:28]
8:00 JC Bach Sinfonia (Overture) in B-Flat, Op. 18/2, Lucio
Silla – Hanover Band/ Anthony Halstead. CPO 999752-2. [8:30]
9:00 Balakirev Islamey –Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Philips 412552-2. [9:19]
10:00 Midday Music including Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – Daniell Revenaugh & Lawrence Leighton Smith, p’s. EMI 97469-2. [7:24]
11:00 Okpebholo city beautiful – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000211. [11:18]
12:00 Various Three Carols –Chicago a cappella. Cedille CDR-90000107. [8:37]
1:00 Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World – Atlanta Sym Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann. Erato 2173226379. [43:07]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Weber Der Freischütz: Overture – Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer. EMI CDM7-63917-2. [9:37]
3:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest – Zoltán Kocsis, p. Philips 432127-2. [22:49]
4:00 Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b: May; June; November; January – Sviatoslav Richter, p. MMG MCD-10031. [18:40]
5:00 Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042 – Hilary Hahn, v; Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Kahane. DG B0000986-02. [16:29]
6:00 Rossini William Tell: Ballet Suite – Monte Carlo Opera Orch, Chorus/ Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [17:42]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Bill explores the private life and music of this lyrically gifted Russian pianist and composer who held on to being a Romantic composer well into the twentieth century.
8:00 Live from WFMT An encore presentation of the performance by piano duo Claire Aebersold
and Ralph Neiweem recorded April 8, 2024.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30; Evgeny Kissin, piano; Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, Op. 93; Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Andrea Gabrieli Aria della battaglia – London Brass. Teldec 90856-2. [9:44]
7:00 Dana Suesse Serenade to a Skyscraper – Sara Davis Buechner, p. eOne 7770. [5:08]
8:00 Schubert Overture in C, In the Italian Style, D 591 – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4852944. [7:58]
9:00 Fauré Elégie in C minor, Op. 24 – Sheku KannehMason, vc; Cello Ensemble. Decca B0031491-02. [7:28]
10:00 Midday Music including Rutter Three Carols – Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs. Naxos 8.574564. [11:07]
11:00 Miroslav Tadic Four Macedonian Pieces –Cavatina Duo. Cedille CDR-90000117. [14:48]
12:00 Corelli Violin Sonata in D, Op. 5, No. 1 – Barton Pine, v; Rozendaal, vc; Acker, theorbo; Schrader, o & hc. Cedille CDR-90000232. [10:13]
1:00 Adrian Sutton Violin Concerto – Fenella Humphreys, v; BBC Phil/ Michael Seal. Chandos CHAN-20349. [25:14]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Ballet Suite (Four Dances) –Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [12:00]
3:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat, K. 449 – Anne-Marie McDermott, p; Odense Sym Orch/Sebastian LangLessing. Bridge 9538. [23:21]
4:00 Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales – Basque National Orch/Robert Treviño. Ondine ODE-1416-2. [16:44]
5:00 Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 2 in C, Op. 72a – London Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink. LSO Live LSO-0080. [15:00]
6:00 Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 – Efim Boico, v; Nicolò Eugelmi, vi; Xiayin Wang, p. Naxos 8.572661. [15:58]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943).
THU 12
New York Philharmonic: Handel’s Messiah 10:00 pm
SUN 15
Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 8:00 pm
WED 18
Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art 12:00 and 8:00 pm
THU 19
Holidays with Cantus 8:00 pm
FRI 20
Best of Studs Terkel: Christmas Memories 11:00 pm
SAT 21
Listening to Singers: Christmas with Seraphic Fire 4:00 pm
Winter Holidays Around the World with Bill McGlaughlin 6:00 pm
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 – Tokyo String Quartet; Alicia de Larrocha, p. RCA 61279-2. [30:07]
9:00 Mason Bates Violin Concerto (2012) – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; London Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. eOne EOM-CD-7791. [25:02]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Carlo Farina Capriccio stravagante; Tomaso Antonio Vitali Ciaccona , Op. 7; JS Bach Cantata, Ich habe genug, BWV 82. Visit wfmt.com for more information.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn Symphony No. 92 in G, Oxford – Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 474919-2 (4). [27:58]
Wednesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn
Sounds Classical Celebrates the Holidays 7:00 pm
Folkstage: Ocean Celtic Quartet in concert (2022) 8:00 pm
The Midnight Special: Solstice Songs 9:00 pm
SUN 22
With Heart and Voice: Advent IV 6:00 am
Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah 5:00 pm
Fiesta!: Garcia’s Immaculate Conception Mass 10:00 pm
MON 23
Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah 8:00 pm
TUE 24
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge 9:00 am
St. Olaf Christmas Festival 6:00 pm
including Chopin Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60 – JeanYves Thibaudet, p. Decca 466357-2. [7:53]
7:00 Peter Boyer Fanfare, Hymn and Finale – London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer. Naxos 8.559915. [7:47]
8:00 Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D, Clock: II. Andante –Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5105. [8:15]
9:00 Irene Britton Smith Fugue in G minor – Hague String Trio. Cobra 0083. [5:14]
10:00 Midday Music including Bridge Lament; Sir Roger de Coverley (Christmas Dance) (1922) – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5366. [9:45]
11:00 José Galhardo Lisboa antiga –Daniel Binelli, bandoneon; Pedro Henriques da Silva, Portuguese guitar. Sorel Classics SCCD-012. [2:59]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. Black Moon Trio performs music by Marc Mellitis, José Elizondo, and
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (encore) 10:00 pm
WED 25
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker 9:00 am
Miracle of Miracles: Music for Hanukkah 6:00 pm
Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 10:00 pm
THU 26
New York Philharmonic: Winter Holidays 10:00 pm
SAT 28
Folkstage Live: New Year’s Steve – Two! 8:00 pm
The Midnight Special: Hanukkah Celebration 9:00 pm
TUE 31
New Year’s Eve with WFMT 10:00 pm
Griffin Candey live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Grainger The Warriors (Music to an Imaginary Ballet) – Melbourne Sym Orch/Geoffrey Simon. Koch 3-7003-2. [18:10]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Frances Kelly, h; Brandenburg Consort/ Roy Goodman. Hyperion CDA-67291/2 (2). [13:04]
3:00 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D, Op. 94a – Augustin Hadelich, v; Robert Kulek, p. Avie AV-2216. [23:23]
4:00 Rutter Suite Antique – Andrew Nicholson, f; John Birch, hc; Royal Phil Strings/John Rutter. Decca B0001821-02. [17:45]
5:00 Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 –András Schiff, p. ECM 2122/23 (2). [15:44]
6:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 – Orpheus Chamber Orch.
DG 437533-2. [14:12]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Berlioz Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 – Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Naïve V-5266. [28:31]
9:00 Beethoven Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 – Carmignola, v; Gabetta, vc; Lazic, p; Basel Chamber Orch/Antonini. Sony 88883763622. [35:10]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Mater Dolorosa Kyiv-based ensemble Liatoshynsky Capella recorded live in concert at the 2023 Jordi Savall Festival.
Thursday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Robert Schumann Arabeske in C, Op. 18 –Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 414474-2. [6:29]
7:00 Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat –Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [7:13]
8:00 Rossini William Tell: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 24344. [11:34]
9:00 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D, R. 208, Grosso Mogul – Nicola Benedetti, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Christian Curnyn. Decca B0016412-02. [14:41]
10:00 Midday Music including Douglas Lilburn Drysdale Overture – New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd. Naxos 8.557697. [10:27]
11:00 Delius Florida Suite: II. By the river – English Sym Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5208. [6:51]
12:00 Gershwin Three Preludes (1926) – Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet. Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet [Cooler By The Lake]. [7:05]
1:00 Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1707) – Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, hc. Alpha 1078. [17:23]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Puccini Capriccio sinfonico – Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 410007-2. [12:22]
3:00 Beethoven Horn Sonata in F, Op. 17 – Hermann Baumann, hn; Leonard Hokanson, p. Philips 416816-2. [14:48]
4:00 Maddalena Sirmen Violin Duet in E, Op. 5,
No. 4 – Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v’s. Orpheus. [9:32]
5:00 Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D, BWV 1028 – Jordi Savall, viga; Ton Koopman, hc. Virgin 61291-2. [14:50]
6:00 Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite – Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM7-69037-2. [18:29]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Erato 91711-2. [30:15]
9:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, Kreutzer –Maxim Vengerov, v; Itamar Golan, p. Wigmore Hall Live WHLive-0056. [39:12]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Lyadov The Enchanted Lake; Tchaikovsky Selections from Swan Lake; Shostakovich Symphony No. 10; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Finzi Romance in E-Flat, Op. 11 – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2-RC. [7:09]
7:00 Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16: I. Allegro moderato – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-60970. [8:37]
8:00 Verdi Il Trovatore : Soldier’s Chorus – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 430226-2. [2:50]
10:00 Midday Music including Dani Howard Arches –Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Paul Urbina. Rubicon RCD-1125. [9:15]
11:00 Williams Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams. Sony 41779-2 (20). [3:46]
12:00 Various Three Christmas Songs – Sym Brass of Chicago/Barry Faldner. Vox 7501. [8:43]
1:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 – National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0013. [26:05]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Adagio and Rondo in C minor, K. 617 – Dennis James, glass harmonica; Emerson String Quartet.
Sony SK-89047. [12:57]
3:00 Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMX2901578.79 (2). [22:47]
4:00 Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p. Philips 420159-2. [16:41]
5:00 Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden – Aviv Quartet. Aparté AP-266. [41:10]
6:00 Roy Harris Symphony No. 3 – Detroit Sym Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9474. [16:28]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including O’Connor The American Seasons: Winter – Mark O’Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo. Sony SK-89660. [14:36]
9:00 Rimsky-Korsakov The Snow Maiden: Suite – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572787. [12:29]
10:00 Ellington Suite from The River (1970) – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9154. [26:50]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Odetta (12/18/1974) A favorite on WFMT, American singer and civil rights activist Odetta was one of the great voices of the twentieth century.
Saturday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Chaminade Callirhoé, Op. 37: Scarf Dance – Eric Parkin, p. Chandos CHAN-8888. [4:30]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Korngold Der Schneemann: Prelude & Serenade –Northwest German Phil/ Werner Andreas Albert. CPO 999037. [4:25]
11:00 Introductions Kené Obiaya, 17, piano. Chopin Etude in C minor, Op. 25, No. 12; Bach Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 850; Still Dark Horsemen, Summerland; Brahms Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: R Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten Elza van den Heever (Empress); Lise Lindstrom (Dyer’s Wife); Nina Stemme (Nurse); Michael Volle (Barak); Russell Thomas (Emperor); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
4:30 Saturday Evening Music
with Jan Weller
5:00 Nicola Porpora Cello Concerto in G – Pulcinella/ Ophélie Gaillard, vc. Aparté AP-274. [15:50]
6:00 Pärt Mozart Adagio – Angèle Dubeau, v; Annie Gadbois, vc; Marie-Eve Scarfone, p. Analekta AN2-8731. [6:04]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Sounds Classical Playlist Vol. 5 Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn feature a playlist full of music that bridges that gap between classical music and other musical genres.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Guitar maestro Harvey Reid from a concert on a wintry night in 2012.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Hear December songs and a 75th birthday tribute to Tom Waits, plus birthday shout-outs to Noam Chomsky at 96 and Sara Bareilles at 45.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Advent 2 - “Prepare the Way.” Host Peter DuBois heralds the coming of the Messiah with great choral and organ music of the season.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 – United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul. BIS BIS-2569. [30:04]
8:00 Jan Sandström Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (after Praetorius) – Berlin Radio Choir/Nicolas Fink. Carus 83.473. [4:21]
9:00 Tallis Videte Miraculum –London Oratory Schola Cantorum/Charles Cole. Hyperion CDA-68358. [11:23]
10:00 Barber Vanessa, Op. 32: Must the Winter Come So Soon – Susan Graham, ms; BBC Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. Chandos CHSA-5032 (2). [2:35]
11:00 Julie Cooper The Cold Earth Slept Below – Grace Davidson, s; Oculus Ensemble/Jessica Cottis. Signum SIGCD-364. [4:57]
12:00 Afternoon Music including Debussy Piano Trio in G – Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA-67114. [19:37]
1:00 Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87: Introduction to Midnight – Fort Worth Sym Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya. FWSO Live . [22:01]
2:00 Augusta Holmès Trois petites pièces – Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p. Alpha 573. [6:47]
3:00 Purcell King Arthur: Suite –Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:20]
4:00 David Bowie & Brian Eno Heroes – Orchestra of the Swan members. Signum SIGCD-662. [6:28]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Massenet Manon: Ballet, L’histoire de Manon: Act 1, Scene 1 – Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge. Decca 414585-2 (2). [27:11]
6:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20 – Guarneri Quartet, Orion String Quartet. Arabesque Z-6714. [31:37]
7:00 Mozart Piano Concerto
No. 12 in A, K. 414 – Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym Orch/ Claudio Abbado. [25:23]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio
Broadcasts. Schumann Overture to Manfred, Op. 115; Brahms Schicksalslied, Op. 54; Holst The Planets, Op. 32; Daniel Harding, conductor; Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms; Georg Solti, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari Elbio explores the songs of the Sephardic Jewish community from Spain that the Spanish monarchy banished from their country along with the Muslims, which survives along the Mediterranean coasts as well as in Latin America.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Marc-André Hamelin, Program 1. Godowsky Studies on Chopin Études, Op. 10; Marx Piano Concerto in E, “Romantic.”
Monday 9
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Ravel Sonatine – Debussy Trio. Sierra OXCD-5002. [11:03]
7:00 Joplin Bethena: A Concert Waltz – Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet. Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet [Cooler By The Lake]. [4:57]
8:00 Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan. Onyx 4242. [8:52]
9:00 Susato The Danserye (1551): Six Dances – English Chamber Orch Brass Ensemble/Donald Fraser. RCA 61541-2. [9:58]
10:00 Midday Music including Francesco Manfredini Concerto grosso in C, Op. 3, No. 12, Christmas Concerto – I Musici. Philips 412739-2. [8:24]
11:00 Ethelbert Nevin May in Tuscany, Op. 21: II. Nocturne in A – Jungran Kim Khwarg, p. Cambria CD-1137. [4:00]
12:00 John Elmquist Sacred Traces – Kontras Quartet. MSR Classics MS-1859. [5:44]
1:00 Farrenc Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36 – Metz Grand Est National Orch/ David Reiland. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [35:26]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus – London Sym Orch Strings/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9593. [10:35]
3:00 Clara Schumann Piano Sonata in G minor – Jennifer Eley, p. Koch 3-7197-2. [19:47]
4:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 –Midori, v; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Warner 5419721537. [20:22]
5:00 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 77, No. 1 – L’Archibudelli. Sony SK-62731. [21:31]
6:00 CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172 – Alison McGillivray, vc; English Concert/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907403. [20:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music of the Children of JS Bach A survey of the music of Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, and Johann Christian Bach as who continued their father’s legacy into the Classical era.
8:00 Live from WFMT See In the Spotlight on this page.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Berlin Radio Symphony. Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2; Maria Dueñas, violin; Stravinsky Suite No. 2; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, Op.17; Elim Chan, conductor.
Tuesday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Telemann Flute Quartet in G, TWV 43:G6 –Musica Antiqua Cologne. Archiv B0004283-02. [7:11]
7:00 Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [8:40]
8:00 Still Festive Overture –Royal Phil Orch/Arthur Bennett Lipkin. [7:52]
9:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 886449139354. [16:46]
10:00 Midday Music including Arnold A Grand, Grand Overture, Op. 57 – Royal Phil Orch/Vernon Handley.
Conifer 51240-2. [7:19]
11:00 Felix Mendelssohn Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28, Scottish Sonata –Joseph Kalichstein, p. RCA LSC-3239. [14:15]
12:00 Montgomery Coincident Dances – Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000185. [11:40]
1:00 Frederick Block Piano Quintet, Op. 19 – ARC Ensemble. Chandos CHAN-20358. [22:09]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bernstein West Side Story: Suite – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-07351-2. [11:43]
3:00 Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre – Miloš, g; London Phil Orch/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4810652. [22:26]
4:00 Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum: I. Allegro energico – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20242. [9:14]
5:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. [16:29]
6:00 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Sonata, Op. 77, Hommage à Boccherini – Julian Bream, g. EMI CDC5-55362-2. [18:48]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music of the Children of JS Bach See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart String Quintet in C, K. 515 – Alban Berg Quartet; Markus Wolf, vi. EMI CDC7-49085-2. [34:01]
9:00 Dvorák Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 – Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. Seraphim 73286-2. [34:54]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Telemann Guliver Suite in D; Canary Cantata; Corelli Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, Christmas Concerto; Vivaldi Concerto in B minor, Op. 3, No. 10, RV 580. Visit wfmt.com for more information.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC5-55533-2. [29:46]
Wednesday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Suk Piano Pieces, Op. 7: No. 1, Love Song – Janine Jansen, v; Antonio Pappano, p. Decca 48518173. [6:35]
7:00 Shostakovich The Gadfly,
Founded in 2019, Chamber Music Chicago (CMC) is a Chicagobased concert series featuring performances by some of today’s leading chamber music artists. For their Live From WFMT broadcast, CMC artistic director, violinist Janet Sung is joined by violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery, violist Masumi Rostad, cellist Ani Aznavoorian, and double bassist Alexander Hanna. Kerry Frumkin welcomes this stellar ensemble as they perform the Beethoven’s Serenade for violin, viola & cello in D Major, Montgomery’s Duo for violin and cello, and Dvořák’s String Quintet in G Major.
Monday, December 9
8:00 pm
Op. 97: Barrel-Organ Waltz, Contredanse, Galop – Philadelphia Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 452597-2. [4:56]
8:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, Eroica: IV. Finale, Allegro molto – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 469000-2 (5). [10:30]
9:00 Ponce Balada Mexicana –Eva Suk, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-926. [11:18]
10:00 Midday Music including Samuel Webbe Variations in A on Adeste Fideles –Salomon String Quartet. Hyperion CDA-66780. [6:58] 11:00 Nigel Westlake Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra): Wooden Ships; Penguin Ballet – John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel. Sony SK-53361. [7:22]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Chaeyoung Park performs music by Franck, JS Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Ana Sokolovic live from
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1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D, London – Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer. Naxos 8.574519. [26:10]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Stephen Paulus Christmas Dances – Taylor Festival Choir/R Taylor; J HullDambaugh, f; A Kent, h. Delos DE-3580. [16:25]
3:00 Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/André Previn. Philips 400016-2. [21:05]
4:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Summer, RV. 315 –Amsterdam Guitar Trio. RCA 61652-2. [11:36]
5:00 Massenet Orchestral Suite No. 4, Scènes pittoresques – New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce. Naxos 8.553125. [15:23]
6:00 Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude –Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 411951-2. [9:41]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music of the Children of JS Bach See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Robert Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F, Op. 80 –Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanja
Tetzlaff, vc; Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI 94180-2. [25:47]
9:00 Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor – Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. Sony SB2K-62406 (2). [26:19]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Fazil Say plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations Recorded in concert on October 18, 2023.
Thursday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Matteis Sett of Ayres in A – Chatham Baroque. Dorian DOR-90256. [8:27]
7:00 Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah, Op. 47: Bacchanale – Orchestre de Paris/Daniel Barenboim. DG 469250-2 (2). [7:10]
8:00 Schubert Impromptu in A-Flat, D 935, No. 2 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68213. [7:21]
9:00 Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2 – Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7220-2. [6:55]
10:00 Midday Music including Frank Ticheli There Will Be Rest – Voces8. Decca 4870458. [6:57]
11:00 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) – Barbara Hendricks, s; Manuel Barrueco, g. Warner 5565782. [4:49]
12:00 Michael R. Oldham Song for Uncertain Times; A Muse on Old Hollywood – Michael R. Oldham, p. [Self-Release] In Select Theaters. [7:16]
1:00 Fauré Fantaisie in G, Op. 111 – Romain Descharmes, p; Malmö Opera Orch/ Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574570. [14:54]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Leclair String Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 2 –Purcell Quartet. Chandos CHAN-0536. [11:00]
3:00 Kozeluch Piano Concerto No. 6 in C – London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, p. Hyperion CDA-68154. [23:24]
4:00 Charlotte Sohy String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25: II. Sérénité (Modéré) – Quatuor Hermès. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [8:09]
5:00 Haydn Violin Concerto No. 4 in G, H VIIa:4 – Rainer Küchl, v; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5518. [18:34]
6:00 Respighi Feste Romane (Roman Festivals): III. October Festival – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47316-2. [6:50]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music of the Children of JS Bach See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 –Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Analekta FL2-3134. [25:37]
9:00 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 – Renaud Capuçon, v; Gérard Caussé, vi; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Nicholas Angelich, p. Virgin 070875-2 (5). [37:06]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Handel Messiah; Sunhae Im, s; Andreas Scholl, ct; Jörg Dürmüller, t; Detlef Roth, br; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Ton Koopman, conductor.
Friday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Tartini Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C – Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901548. [8:38]
7:00 Ferdinand Hérold Zampa: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:21]
8:00 Warlock Capriol Suite – Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN-8808. [9:14]
9:00 Bonds The Bells – Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY1965-68. [4:41]
10:00 Midday Music including Peter Heidrich Variations on Happy Birthday – Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer, v. Nonesuch 79657-2. [11:33]
11:00 William Russo Chicago Suite No. 1: Studs – Chicago Jazz Ensemble/William Russo. Chicago Jazz Ensemble CMD-8052. [6:44]
12:00 Leslie Adams Song of Solitude (Alone…) – Laura Strickling, s; Daniel Schlosberg, p. Bright Shiny Things BTSC-0185. [5:37]
1:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4759090 (6). [38:46]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809 – András Schiff, p. Decca 421640-2 (2). [21:01]
3:00 Ginastera Panambí: Suite – London Sym Orch/ Eugene Goossens. Everest EVC-9007. [12:34]
4:00 Richard Addinsell Scrooge: Suite – Chetham’s Chamber Cho, Manchester Cath Cho, BBC Phil/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-10046. [13:58]
5:00 Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – Les Folies Françoises/ Patrick Cohën-Akenine. Alpha 092. [16:43]
6:00 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko. Centaur CRC-3799. [16:37]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music of the Children of JS Bach See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Suite, Op. 71a – Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p’s. DG 449816-2. [20:55]
9:00 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 – Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR90000147. [37:36]
10:00 Conni Ellisor Blackberry Winter – Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner Classics 46739-2. [16:51]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: A lively hour of music and memories with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and his father Ted Thomas from 1986.
Saturday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including HT Burleigh From the Southland: III. In the Cold Moonlight – Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music Flight. [1:52]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Edgar Meyer Winter’s Chill – Modern Mandolin Quartet; Edgar Meyer, db. Windham Hill 11108-2. [5:29]
11:00 Introductions Hayden Joyce, 17, horn & Fabrizio Milcent, 18, bassoon. Gallay Unmeasured Prelude, Op. 27, No. 27; F Strauss Nocturno; Bach arr. Hoss Cello Suite No. 2, Allemande; R Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1, 1st mvt; Elgar Romance, Op. 62; Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191. With Katherine Petersen, piano & Mio Nakamura, piano.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded Emily D’Angelo (Jess); Ben Bliss (Eric); Ellie Dehn (Also Jess); Kyle Miller (Sensor); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Recorded October 19, 2024.
2:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:00 Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride – Boston Pops Orch/ John Williams. Sony 88985417792. [2:52]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of Apollo’s Fire’s Messiah with baritone Edward Vogel.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Invierno Porteño (Winter) –TenThing. EMI 88326-2. [6:24]
6:00 Glazunov Les chanteurs de Noël, from Jour de fête – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau. Analekta AN2-8730. [6:43]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Disney, Part 2 Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn return with more sounds that served as the building blocks for their love of classical music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer. Lee Murdock & The Dock Wallopers perform live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale. Murdock’s beloved ballad of The Christmas Ship forms the “anchor” for this holiday concert.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Songs to shop by for the holidays! Also, a few tunes from the toybox.
Sunday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Advent 3 - “My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord.” Host Peter DuBois will offer gorgeous and powerful settings of the Magnificat.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Afternoon Music including Bennett Five Carols –New York Polyphony. BIS 2099. [9:54]
1:00 Offenbach Voyage dans la lune: Ballet of the Snowflakes – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Archiv 4776403. [10:50]
2:00 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Suite – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MBK-42252. [14:40]
3:00 Emilie Mayer Symphony No. 3 in C, Military –Bremerhaven Phil Orch/ Marc Niemann. Hännsler Classic HC-22016. [30:46]
4:00 Clara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 – Sarah Cahill, p. First Hand Records FHR-132. [12:21]
5:00 Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Recorded in concert at Symphony Center: Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque chorus and orchestra with tenor Gwilym Bowen (Evangelist), soprano Yulia Van Doren, mezzo-soprano Emily Fons, and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel. Performance from November 25, 2024.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G Major Weinberger Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper; Liebermann Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra; Sauter-Finegan Orchestra; Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major; Lisa Della Casa, soprano; Fritz Reiner, conductor. 10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari. A Mexican Concert including an overture by Rodolfo Halffter, a lively piece by Hebert Vázquez, the work of the 19th-century genius Ricardo Castro, and Carlos Chávez’s Romantic Symphony.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Marc-André Hamelin, Program 2. Godowsky Studies on Chopin Études, Op. 25; Medtner Piano Concerto No. 2 in C.
Monday 16
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Six German Dances, K. 567 –Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-46696. [10:04]
7:00 Elgar The Spanish Lady, Op. 89: Suite – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2-RC. [11:49]
8:00 Johann Melchior Molter Two-Trumpet Concerto MWV IV/8 – Touvron & Messler, tr’s; Württemberg Chamber Orch/ Faerber. RCA 61200-2. [6:09]
9:00 Smetana Shakespeare Festival March – Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky. Marco Polo 8.223705. [6:15]
10:00 Midday Music including Bach Cantata No. 23: Chorale, Christe, du Lamm Gottes – Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901998. [4:11]
11:00 Verdi La Traviata: Aria, Di Provenza il mar – Robert Merrill, br; Rome Opera Orch/Fernando Previtali. RCA 68885-2 (2). [4:12]
12:00 Various Two Carols – William Ferris Chorale/Paul French. WFC Live 102. [7:24]
12:55 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral – Soloists; Washington Cho, National Sym Orch/ Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0013. [63:55]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Copland Quiet City – Wynton Marsalis, tr; Phillip Koch, eh; Eastman Wind Ensemble/ Donald Hunsberger. CBS MK-44916. [10:52]
3:00 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite – Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 437790-2. [21:36]
4:00 Debussy Suite bergamasque – Inon Barnatan, p. Avie AV-2256. [16:52]
5:00 Haydn Symphony No. 24 in D – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5179. [18:55]
6:00 Stravinsky Petrushka: Three Movements – Yuja Wang, p. DG B0014108-02. [15:23]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance, Part III. This week’s series centers on the charmed life of George Balanchine, the chief choreographer of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes including music by JS Bach, Maurice Ravel, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Balanchine’s longtime friend, Igor Stravinsky.
8:00 Live from WFMT Marking
Beethoven’s 254th birthday, pianist Matt Hagle performs live from the Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Grieg Piano Concerto, Op. 16; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, Fingal’s Cave; Schumann Symphony No. 2, Op. 61; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.
Tuesday 17
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Bizet Children’s Games, Op. 22 – Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. CBS MDK-45649. [11:27]
7:00 Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture – Berlin Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM7-64629-2. [8:28]
8:00 Traditional Medley of Christmas Spirituals –Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings. Chanticleer CR-8803. [6:24]
9:00 Elgar King Arthur Suite: #3, The Banqueting Hall at Westminster – Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst. Chandos CHAN-6582. [6:17]
10:00 Midday Music including Smyth The Wreckers: Overture – Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson. EMI CDM7-69206-2. [9:24]
11:00 Dvorák Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 66656. [23:07]
12:00 Various Three Carols –Smoking Bishop. Final Score 888295197816. [7:59]
1:00 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67706. [30:14]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Christopher Rouse Karolju –Philharmonia Chorus, BBC Sym Orch/David Zinman. RCA 11561-2. [29:25]
3:00 Stamitz Viola Concerto in D, Op. 1 – Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/ Drostan Hall. Centaur CRC-2860. [21:19]
4:00 Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Russian National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 67946 (2). [20:18]
5:00 Pierre van Maldere Symphony in G minor, Op. 4, No. 1 – European Community Chamber Orch/Jörg Faerber. Hyperion CDA-66156. [14:50]
6:00 Wagner Siegfried Idyll –Chicago Chamber Musicians. (Self-Release 10/2). [18:28]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation
to the Dance, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, Pastoral – Annie Fischer, p. Hungaroton HCD-31631. [22:48]
9:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4759090 (6). [35:21]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Concerto in E major, BWV 1053; Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668; Johann David Heinichen Concerto in G major; Vivaldi Concerto in D major, RV 95, La Pastorella. Visit wfmt. com for more information.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Berlin Phil/ Daniel Barenboim. EMI CDC7-49567-2. [43:52]
Wednesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Wolf-Ferrari Il Campiello (The Square): Suite – Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner. Berlin Classics 0091772-BC. [9:40]
7:00 Michel Corrette Noël allemande – Aulos Ensemble. Musicmasters 67119-2. [4:59]
8:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Morgenblätter, Op. 279 –Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 68160-2. [8:00]
9:00 Michel-Richard Delalande Symphonies for the King’s Supper: Troisième Caprice –Paillard Chamber Orch/ Jean-François Paillard. Erato ECD-88088. [13:55]
10:00 Midday Music including Various Four Carols –Washington Saxophone Quartet. American Records AMR-20111060. [8:25]
11:00 Joaquín Nin Diez villancicos españoles: Villancicos Vasco, Castellano, de Córdoba, Andaluz – Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p. DG B0005073-02. [7:00]
12:00 Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art See In the Spotlight on this page.
1:00 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4866000. [39:22]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Marc-Antoine Charpentier Noëls sur les instruments –English Chamber Orch/
We take you live to the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood for a live broadcast with Music of the Baroque. Conducted by Andrew Megill and joined by special guest, Grammy Award-winning soprano Estelí Gomez, the MOB Chorus and Brass offer an enticing program combining festive sounds of the season with a tour of Baroque-era music including composers active in Mexico and Latin America.
Wednesday, December 18
12:00 and 8:00 pm (encore)
Simon Preston. Novalis 150133-2 (2). [17:36]
3:00 Carl Davis Ballet, A Christmas Carol: Suite –Northern Ballet Theatre Orch/John Pryce-Jones. Naxos 8.553495. [17:57]
4:00 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 64, No. 4 – Angeles String Quartet. Philips 464650-2 (21). [16:24]
5:00 Howells A Spotless Rose – Apollo5. Voces8 VCM-138. [3:20]
6:00 Praetorius Nun komm der Heiden Heiland – Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/ Richard Marlow. Conifer 51256-2. [10:30]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Music of the Baroque at the National Museum of Mexican Art An encore presentation of today’s live broadcast.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 –Maria João Pires, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 439941-2. [26:52]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Bach’s
Chorale Preludes Daniel Gauss, organist at the Bern Cathedral, performs The Great Eighteen chorale preludes on the Gottlieb Leu organ, built in 1729.
Thursday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Rebecca Dale Winter – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8754. [4:50]
7:00 Purcell Sonata (Chaconne) in G minor, Z 807 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 453418-2. [7:26]
8:00 Flotow Martha: Overture –Dresden Staatskapelle/ Hans Vonk. Ars Vivendi 2100136. [8:36]
9:00 Dohnányi Pastorale (Hungarian Christmas Song) – Barry Snyder, p. Pro Arte CDD-240. [6:05]
10:00 Midday Music including Buxtehude Chaconne in E minor – Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson. Dorian XCD-90254. [6:25]
11:00 Sofiane Pamart Sicilia –Sofiane Pamart, p. Urban PIASU-166D. [4:27]
12:00 Various Three Carols –Millar Brass Ensemble/ Stephen Squires. Millar Brass Ensemble [A Jubilant Christmas]. [13:01]
1:00 Vaughan Williams String Quartet No. 2 in A minor – Verdi Quartett. CPO 555345-2. [19:45]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rimsky-Korsakov Christmas Eve : Suite – Odense Sym Orch/Eduard Serov. Kontrapunkt 32261. [29:37]
3:00 Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Gil Shaham, v; New York Phil/David Robertson. Canary Classics CC-12 (2). [22:48]
4:00 Alfred Burt A Christmas Bouquet – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams. Sony SK-48232. [10:35]
5:00 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical –Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa. DG 435026-2. [15:56]
6:00 Brahms Zigeunerlieder, Op 103 – RIAS Chamber Cho/ Uwe Gronostay; Phillip Moll, p. Koch 3-1616-2. [18:05]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Holidays with Cantus: A Live from WFMT Special Known for their trademark vocal blend, innovative
programming, and diverse repertoire, the gentlemen of Cantus join Kerry Frumkin in WFMT’s Levin Studio to share a warm and inviting mix of music for the holidays.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Dohnányi Piano Sextet in C, Op 37 –Kálmán Berkes, cl; Radovan Vlatkovic, hn; Takács Quartet members; András Schiff, p. Decca 421423-2. [29:47]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten; Gabriella Smith Lost Coast (New York Premiere); Copland Quiet City; John Adams City Noir; Gabriel Cabezas, cello; Ryan Roberts, English horn; Christopher Martin, trumpet; John Adams, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Myslivecek Symphony No. 3 in F – L’Orfeo Barockorchester/Michi Gaigg. CPO 777050-2 (2). [8:38]
7:00 Respighi La boutique fantasque (after Rossini): Mvts 1-5: Overture; Tarantella; Vivo; Mazurka, Cossack Dance – Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61847-2. [11:55]
8:00 Gunnar de Frumerie Pastoral Suite, Op. 13b: I. Praeludium; II. Gavotte – Kathleen Rudolph, f, CBC Vancouver Orch/ Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5157. [5:58]
9:00 Henry Charles Litolff Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 47: IV. Presto – Leonore Piano Trio. Hyperion CDA-68305. [9:14]
10:00 Midday Music including Rutter Gloria – St Albans Cathedral Cho, Ensemble DeChorum/Andrew Lucas. Naxos 8.572653. [17:21]
11:00 Michio Miyagi Haru No Umi (The Sea in Springtime) – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Akira Eguchi, p. Koch KICCD-7762. [5:15]
12:00 Corelli Violin Sonata in F, Op. 5, No. 10 – Barton Pine, v; Rozendaal, viga; Acker, archl; Schrader, o & hc. Cedille CDR-90000232. [9:44]
1:00 Bennett Christmas Medley No. 3 – Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80087. [12:46]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060 –Albrecht Mayer, ob; Berlin Phil/Nigel Kennedy, v. EMI CDC5-57091-2. [13:27]
3:00 Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 415106-2. [18:57]
4:00 Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Noëls pour les instruments –Masques/Olivier Fortin. Analekta AN2-9908. [15:09]
5:00 Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat, Op. 61 – Andrew Rangell, p. Steinway & Sons 30038. [14:31]
6:00 Haydn Symphony No. 20 in C – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5407. [14:19]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Patric Standford A Christmas Carol Symphony (1978) – City of Prague Phil Orch/Gavin Sutherland. Naxos 8.557099. [19:01]
9:00 Vaughan Williams The First Nowell – Soloists; London Phil Cho & Orch/Vladimir Jurowski. LPO 0050. [27:47]
10:00 Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – London Phil Orch/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-47109-2. [20:30]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Christmas Memories (12/22/1961). A perennial favorite – Studs’s holiday compendium of voices and memories of childhood Christmases.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Sven Helbig Frost – Fauré Quartet, Leipzig Radio Sym Orch/Kristjan Järvi. DG 4810398. [3:54]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Rebecca Dale Winter – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8754. [4:50]
11:00 Introductions Zarin Mehta, 16, piano and composer. Mehta A Misty Dawn, from Glimpses; Bach Toccata in G minor, BWV 915; Beethoven Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78; Lyapunov Lezginka; AR Thomas Amalgam; De Falla-Mehta Scenes from The Three-Cornered Hat
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute Duke Kim (Tamino); Emily Pogorelc (Pamina); Sean Michael Plumb (Papageno); Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night); Peixin Chen (Sarastro); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/J. David Jackson.
2:15 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Roger Harvey Festive Cheer – Isthmus Brass. Summit DCD-610. [6:59]
3:00 Pärt Seven Magnificat
Antiphons – Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907182. [15:00]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho. Patrick Dupré Quigley, artistic director of Seraphic Fire, shares his favorite music for the season.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Finzi Dies Natalis, Op. 8: Intrada –Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon. Decca 4789357. [5:24]
6:00 Winter Holidays Around the World with Bill McGlaughlin: From medieval Christmas music to Dave Brubeck’s La Fiesta de la Posada, Exploring Music host Bill McGlaughlin takes you on a fascinating journey through music and time.
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael explore how the holidays sound all over the world. Enjoy music for the season from Africa, Spain, the Philippines, and more.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: A magical holiday performance by Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Celtic Quartet from December 2022 at Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Solstice songs for the longest night of the year and music to brighten wintertime.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Advent 4. As we prepare for the eve of Christmas, host Peter DuBois begins the festivities with music to celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Coleridge-Taylor The Forest of Wild Thyme, Op. 74, “Christmas Overture” –BBC Concert Orchestra/ Barry Wordsworth. Naxos 8.570331. [5:53]
8:00 John Carter In Time of Softest Snow – Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy. Nimbus NI-5413. [3:18]
9:00 Praetorius Chorale, Vom Himmel hoch – Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/ Richard Marlow. Conifer 51256-2. [15:47]
10:00 Still Christmas in the Western World: Jesous Ahatonhia; Tell Me, Shepherdess; Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy – Toledo Clarinets; Greg Kostraba, p. Cambria CD-1190. [6:58]
11:00 Gwyneth Walker The ChristChild’s Lullaby – Chicago
a cappella. Cedille CDR90000107. [5:42]
12:00 Afternoon Music including Samuel Scheidt Suite for Brass – German Brass/ Enrique Crespo. EMI CDC7-47692-2. [9:46]
1:00 Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium – New College Choir Oxford/ Edward Higginbottom. Avie AV-2086. [6:02]
2:00 Samuel Wesley Rondo on God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Ian Hobson, p. Arabesque Z-6594. [6:31]
3:00 Vivaldi Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537 – B Butler & C Geyer, tr’s; Music of the Baroque Orch/T Wikman. D’Note DND-1026. [6:48]
4:00 Bennett Christmas Medley No. 1 – Robert Shaw Chorale & Orch/Robert Shaw [11:24]
5:00 Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah Conducted by Jeannette Sorrell with sopranos Sonya Headlam and Erica Schuller, mezzosoprano Amanda Crider, tenor Steven Caldicott, and baritone Edward Vogel. Recorded live in concert.
7:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Emanuel Ax, p. [26:31]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Dvorák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Andrei Ioni?a, cello; Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Respighi Fountains of Rome; Strauss II Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Classical Christmas in Latin America A performance of José Maurício Nunes Garcia’s monumental “Missa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição.”
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Marc-André Hamelin, Program 3 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D; Charles-Valentin Chants, Book 3; Rubinstein Piano Concerto No. 4 in D; Liszt Don Juan Fantasy.
Monday 23
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Anderson Suite of Carols for Brass –BBC Concert Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559621. [11:41]
7:00 Randall Thompson
Choose Something Like a Star – Mormon Tabernacle
Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square/Craig Jessop. Mormon Tabernacle Choir MTC-0005. [6:23]
8:00 Korngold Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Bridal Morning; Dogberry and Verges; Intermezzo; Hornpipe – Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto. Naxos 8.570791. [10:43]
9:00 Delius Sleigh Ride – Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDM5-65067-2. [6:29]
10:00 Midday Music including Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Lise de la Salle, p. Naïve V-5444. [12:06]
11:00 Ernesto Lecuona Rapsodia Argentina – Thomas Tirino, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos. BIS CD-774. [10:45]
12:00 Various Three Carols –Chicago Choral Artists/ Bart Bradfield. Chicago Choral Artists Tidings of Comfort and Joy. [8:30]
1:00 Barber Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21 – Berg, f; Bowman, ob; Slaughter, tr; St. Louis Sym Orch/Slatkin. RCA 68283-2. [14:34]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Maddalena Sirmen String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat –Allegri String Quartet. Cala CACD-1019. [12:09]
3:00 Stravinsky Pulcinella: Suite – Israel Phil Orch/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 415127-2. [22:43]
4:00 Dvorák The Wild Dove, Op. 110 – Bavarian Radio Sym/Rafael Kubelík. DG 463158-2 (6). [18:58]
5:00 Still Danzas de Panama –Berlin Sym Orch/ Isaiah Jackson. Koch 3-7154-2. [14:02]
6:00 Praetorius Terpsichore : Five Dances – Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer. Boston Skyline BSD-118. [12:15]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna, Part I. A two-week exploration of the rich culture of “The City of Music” including music by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss Jr., and Joseph Lanner.
8:00 Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah Conducted by Jeannette Sorrell with sopranos Sonya Headlam and Erica Schuller, mezzosoprano Amanda Crider, tenor Steven Caldicott, and baritone Edward Vogel. Recorded live in concert.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra. Berlioz Le Corsaire; Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, Italian; Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64; Elim Chan, conductor.
Tuesday 24
Christmas Eve
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Dag Wirén Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Argo 417132-2. [14:38]
7:00 Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors: Orchestral Suite – Atlanta Sym Orch/ Robert Shaw. Turnabout QTV-S-34647/48. [6:21]
8:00 John Wasson Jingle Bells Fantasy – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-126. [3:54]
9:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols A beloved Christmas Eve tradition, this inspiring service of Biblical readings, carols, and seasonal music is broadcast live around the world from the 500-yearold Chapel of King’s College, in Cambridge, England.
11:00 Midday Music including Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E, R. 270, Il Riposo, per il Natale –Rachel Podger, v; Brecon Baroque. Channel Classics CCSSA-40318. [7:29]
12:00 Peter Schickele Serenade for Three – Orion Ensemble. Orion Ensemble 707541717021. [11:48]
1:00 Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 – Finzi Singers/ Paul Spicer; Susan Drake, h. Chandos CHAN-9598. [21:46]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Haydn Symphony No. 2 in C – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5265. [9:29]
3:00 Brahms Fantasies, Op. 116 – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR90000171 (2). [21:53]
4:00 Anderson A Christmas Festival – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 6428-2-RG. [8:37]
5:00 Bax Christmas Eve – London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8480. [17:53]
6:00 The 2024 St. Olaf Christmas Festival: A cherished holiday tradition, the festival celebrates the Nativity through hymns, carols, and choral and orchestral music performed by 500 student musicians as members of the college’s five choirs and orchestra.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna, Part I.
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Rimsky-Korsakov Christmas Eve: Suite – Odense Sym Orch/Eduard Serov. Kontrapunkt 32261. [29:37]
10:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols An encore presentation of this Christmas Eve tradition, broadcast live from the Chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England, earlier today.
Wednesday 25
Christmas Day
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Warlock Bethlehem Down – The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers. Coro COR-16146. [4:42]
7:00 Eric Robertson Christmas Overture – Liona Boyd, g; Orch. CBS MK-37248. [4:10]
8:00 Handel Messiah: Suite – Septura. Naxos 8.573719. [10:55]
9:00 Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker A concert performance of the complete ballet by the French National Orchestra, recorded live in Paris last December.
11:00 Midday Music including Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Opening chorus, Jauchzet, frohlocket; Chorus, Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen; Final chorale, Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen – Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble, Concerto Köln/Ralf Otto. Capriccio C-7331. [17:51]
12:00 Robert Applebaum Oh Chanukah – Chicago a cappella. Cedille CDR90000225. [3:21]
1:00 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Hervey Alan, bbr; King’s College Cho, London Sym Orch/ David Willcocks. Decca 433085-2. [11:31]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Marc-Antoine Charpentier Messe de Minuit sur des Airs de Noël – St John’s College Cho Cambridge; City of London Sinfonia/Guest. Chandos CHAN-8658. [29:53]
3:00 Arnold Commonwealth Christmas Overture, Op. 64 – London Phil Orch/ Malcolm Arnold. Reference Recordings RR-48. [18:58]
4:00 Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, “Jupiter.” Soli Deo Gloria SDG-711. [35:56]
5:00 William Henry Fry Santa Claus Symphony – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Tony Rowe. Naxos 8.559057. [26:14]
6:00 Miracle of Miracles: Music for Hanukkah The vocal ensemble Chicago a cappella highlights the creativity and vitality of American Jewish musical traditions. Hosted by Louise Frank.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna, Part I. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Liszt Weihnachtsbaum: Part One –Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 454140-2. [21:55]
9:00 Victor Hely-Hutchinson Carol Symphony – City of Prague Phil Orch/Gavin Sutherland. Naxos 8.557099. [24:42]
10:00 Music of the Baroque: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio An encore presentation of Music of the Baroque’s November 25 performance conducted by Dame Jane Glover with soloists Yulia Van Doren, Emily Fons, Gwilym Bowen, Michael Sumuel.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Lalo Rapsodie norvégienne – Basel Sym Orch/Giancarlo Andretta. CPO 999296-2. [10:44]
7:00 Biber Two-Trumpet Sonata No. 7 in C – C Steele-Perkins & S Keavy, tr’s; Parley of Instruments/Goodman. Hyperion CDA-66145. [5:30]
8:00 Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Waltz – Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 45609-2. [6:04]
9:00 David Diamond Rounds –Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz. Nonesuch 79002-2. [13:52]
10:00 Midday Music including Ellington The Nutcracker Suite (after Tchaikovsky): Overture – Harmonie Ensemble New York/Steven Richman. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907493. [3:21]
11:00 Andrew York Pacific Coast Highway – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3163. [5:04]
12:00 Alan Thomas Trío Sefardí – Cavatina Duo; David Cunliffe, vc. Cedille CDR-90000163. [19:09]
1:00 Rutter Three Carols –Sheffield Phil Cho, Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs. Naxos 8.574564. [11:32]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Symphony in F, K. 19a – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [13:29]
3:00 Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento – London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 417114-2. [23:59]
4:00 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola, and harp – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Gérard Caussé, vi; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h. Erato 0190295773960. [17:58]
5:00 Gershwin An American in Paris – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80542. [17:16]
6:00 Bologne Violin Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 1b, No. 1 –Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records 888295594394. [12:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna, Part I. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, Winter Dreams –Orch of St. Luke’s/Pablo Heras-Casado. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902220. [44:07]
9:00 Stephen Paulus Christmas Dances – Taylor Festival Choir/R Taylor; J HullDambaugh, f; A Kent, h. Delos DE-3580. [16:25]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Winter Holiday: Seasonal music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Mahler, Offenbach, Humperdinck, and more.
Friday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Granados Goyescas (piano suite): No. 4, Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor – Javier Perianes, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902626. [7:40]
7:00 Boyce Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 436761-2. [7:11]
8:00 Ravel Menuet antique –Basque National Orch/ Robert Treviño. Ondine ODE-1416-2. [6:56]
9:00 Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDR5-69831-2. [15:20]
10:00 Midday Music including Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden, Op. 12: Shrovetide Tuesday Chorus – Moscow Capella, Moscow Sym Orch/Igor Golovschin. Naxos 8.553856. [6:44]
11:00 Mozart German Dances, K. 536 – Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-46696. [9:06]
12:00 Bach-Gounod Ave Maria –Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Marta Aznavoorian, p. WFMT (Women in Music). [4:26]
1:00 Felix Mendelssohn Cantata,
Vom Himmel hoch – Soloists; Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig. Capriccio 10216. [14:42]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78 –Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-68086. [11:29]
3:00 Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10 –Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard SVC-8. [22:02]
4:00 Haydn Flute Concerto in D (also attrib Leopold Hoffmann) – Barthold Kuijken, f; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-48045. [19:25]
5:00 Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, Unfinished –Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDR5-69834-2. [26:12]
6:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 –Los Angeles Chamber Orch/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47116-2. [14:44]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna, Part I. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Leonard Cohen Hallelujah – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Dider Osindero, v; Alina Rowe, vi; Yong Jun Lee, vc. Decca 4832948. [3:24]
9:00 Giuseppe Sammartini Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 5, No. 6, Christmas –English Chamber Orch/ Simon Preston. Novalis 150133-2 (2). [15:03]
10:00 Linda Kachelmeier We Toast the Days – Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/ Desmond Earley. Signum SIGCD-643. [2:53]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel An hour of music and conversation with the American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist Josh White 1914-1969).
Saturday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Walter Rollins Frosty the Snowman – Northern Lights Orch/Petri Juutilainen. Warren Schatz WS-5. [5:04]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Various Medley: The Christmas Song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Kathleen Battle, s; Frederica von Stade, ms; André Previn, p; Tony Falanga, db; James Saporito, dr. Sony 88697-14332-2. [4:47]
11:00 Introductions Esme AriasKim, 18, violin. Bach arr. Wilhelmj Air on the G string; Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3, 1st mvt; Debussy arr. Roques La plus que lente; Price arr. Fine Adoration; Wieniawski Fantaisie brillante on Gounod’s Faust; Tchaikovsky Mélodie, Op. 42, No. 3. With Milana Pavchinskaya, piano.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel Frederica von Stade (Hansel); Judith Blegen (Gretel); Rosalind Elias (Witch); Jean Kraft (Gertrud); Michael Devlin (Peter); Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy); Dian Kesling (Sandman); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Thomas Fulton. Recorded December 25, 1982. 2:15 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Claire Cowan Hansel and Gretel: The Banquet – New Zealand Sym Orch/ Hamish McKeich. (Claire Cowan) (2020). [7:19]
3:00 Thomas Hewitt Jones A Christmas Cracker – Voces8 Foundation Orch/Barnaby Smith. Decca 5568937. [3:35]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: 2024 In Memoriam . Remembering the artists we lost in 2024 including sopranos Lucine Amara and Jodie Devos, contralto Ewa Podles, tenors Howard Crook, Steve Davislim, and Eric Tappy, and baritones Siegfried Lorenz and Benjamin Luxford.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Elgar Salut d’amour, Op. 12 – Ludwig Orch. Alpha 790. [3:37]
6:00 Poulenc Fleurs – Quatuor Van Kuijk. Alpha 1067. [2:19]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Best of 2024 Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share a playlist of their favorite recordings released in 2024.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer See In the Spotlight on this page.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Endings and beginnings and a celebration of Hanukkah.
Sunday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Christmastide - “For Unto Us a Child is born!” Joyous music of the season continues as host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ favorites, both old and new!
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including
Traditional English Coventry Carol – Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80446. [2:32]
8:00 Handel Judas Maccabaeus: Suite – Solid Brass. Dorian DOR-90114. [4:43]
9:00 Bach Cantata No. 70, Wachet! betet! (Watch! Pray!) –
Soloists; Amsterdam Baroque Orch & Cho/Ton Koopman. Erato 27315-2 (3). [21:50]
10:00 Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 – Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/ Jirí Stárek. Hänssler Classic CD-93.192. [23:39]
11:00 Hailstork Eight Variations on Shalom Chaverim –Andrey Kasparov, p. Albany TROY-1112. [7:15]
12:00 Afternoon Music including Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody in A-Flat, Op. 45, No. 3 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 416623-2. [12:23]
1:00 Ola Gjeilo The Lake Isle –Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet. Decca B0024646-02. [6:18]
2:00 Weber Symphony No. 2 in C –Hanover Band/Roy Goodman. Nimbus NI-5180. [18:30]
3:00 Anthony Holborne Renaissance Suite –Philadelphia Brass Ensemble. Sony SBK-63061. [11:45]
4:00 Waxman Auld Lang Syne Variations – Mark Kaplan, v; Cristina Ortiz, p; Barcelona Sym Orch Strings/Lawrence Foster. Koch 3-7444-2. [13:36]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – St. Petersburg Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov. EMI 11272-2. [19:39]
6:00 Wagner Symphony in C –Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch/Hiroshi Wakasugi. Denon CO-75259. [38:11]
7:00 Brahms Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 – Murray Perahia, p. Sony 72725. [26:05]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47; Jascha Heifetz, v; Walter Hendl, conductor; Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Georg Solti, conductor; R Strauss Burleske in D minor; Byron Janis, piano; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Dvorák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Jacqueline du Pré, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Latin American Concerto Elbio’s imaginary concert includes music by 18th century Catalan composer Josep
Fàbrega, Mexican Romantic composer Ricardo Castro, and a 20th-century symphonic poem from the Argentinian Carlos López Buchard.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Vaughan Williams Conducts Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D; Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; Old King Cole ballet suite.
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Haydn Piano Sonata No. 54 in G, H XVI:40 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67554 (2). [9:22]
7:00 Wolf-Ferrari The Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo –Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue. Reference RR-99. [5:09]
8:00 Alexandre Desplat Birth – Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orchestra/ Alexandre Desplat. Warner 0190295306878. [7:36]
9:00 Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b – German Chamber Phil Bremen/Daniel Harding. Virgin 45364-2. [12:45]
10:00 Midday Music including Pavel Josef Vejvanovský Sonata Natalis in C – English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston. Novalis 150133-2 (2). [5:26]
11:00 Traditional Provençal Suite of Carols for Instruments – Patrick Vaillant Ensemble. L’empreinte Digitale ED-13113. [5:57]
12:00 Hajime Komatsu Four Japanese Folk Songs Suite No. 2 – Kontras Quartet. MSR Classics MS-1537. [13:11]
1:00 Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, Linz – Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Decca 433336-2. [30:23]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bizet Carmen: Suite – Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 431778-2. [20:02]
3:00 Mozart Symphony in D, K. 95 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [12:42]
4:00 Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 – Hilary Hahn, v; Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Kahane. DG B0000986-02. [13:29]
5:00 Rossini Otello: Ballet Music – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [19:30]
6:00 Satie Three Gymnopédies –Michel Legrand, p. Erato 92587-2. [10:24]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna, Part II.
We continue our exploration of the great musical capital music by Mozart, Beethoven, Johann Strauss II, Mahler, and Schoenberg.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Nicola Benedetti, v; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Kirill Karabits. Decca B0017609-02. [25:32]
9:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, Razumovsky – Dover Quartet. Cedille CDR90000206 (3). [33:23]
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: NDR Radio Philharmonic. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503; Emanuel Ax, piano; Mahler Symphony No. 5; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
New Year’s Eve
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Lully Armide : Overture; Passacaille – Indianapolis Baroque Orch/Barthold Kuijken. Indy Baroque Music INDB-1401. [8:30]
7:00 Rota The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Valzer Verdi; Mazurka; Balletto; Polka – City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901864. [7:41]
9:00 Copland Our Town: Suite –St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61699-2. [9:05]
10:00 Midday Music including Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – J Athayde, v; Mercury Opera singers, Rochester Phil Orch/C Seaman. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807567. [12:33]
11:00 Douglas Lilburn Aotearoa Overture – New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd. Naxos 8.557697. [8:09]
12:00 Traditional Polish Two Carols – Judith Partipilo Marth, s; Lira Ensemble LE-0106. [5:38]
1:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Bridge 9250. [25:03]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Borodin Prince Igor: Overture – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Charles Mackerras. Virgin 61135-2. [10:43]
3:00 Haydn Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIa:1 – Rainer Küchl, v; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5518. [20:32]
4:00 Price String Quartet in A minor: II. Andante cantabile – Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71346. [6:32]
For the second year in a row, Folkstage embraces the legacy of Steve Goodman with New Year’s Steve – Two! From about 1969 to his death at age 36 in 1984, Steve Goodman was the diminutive reigning monarch of Chicago singersongwriters. We celebrate “Chicago Shorty” the old-fashioned way with people who love his songs and those of his friends. Singer-songwriters Megon McDonough and Daniel Nahmod, guitarist and banjo player Chris Walz, mandolin virtuoso Don Stiernberg, and upright bass player Marc Edelstein will play, sing, and lead singalongs. Live from the Levin Studio.
Saturday, December 28 9:00 pm
5:00 Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Felix Slatkin. EMI CDM5-67099-2. [14:14]
6:00 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p. Summit DCD-456. [15:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna, Part II. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485 –Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-49850-2. [30:22]
9:00 Franz Waxman Auld Lang Syne Variations – Kremerata Baltica. Nonesuch 79657-2. [12:47]
10:00 New Year’s Eve with WFMT Whether you’re out and about or relaxing at home, ring in the new year with the voices you know and love. Lisa, Candice, Kerry, LaRob, Kristina, Robbie and others share some of their favorite music and offer an entertaining soundtrack to keep you in good company for the last two hours of 2024.
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BEGINNING DECEMBER 8 FOR PASSPORT MEMBERS