The Guide | February 2023

From the President & CEO The Guide

Dear Member,

February is Black History Month, and on WTTW we’ll premiere Building/Blocks: Architecture of Chicago’s South Side, a special hosted by architecture photographer and writer Lee Bey; Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation, a multi-genre musical celebration of what it means to be Black and free in 21st century America; and NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal, the story of a visionary astronomer in West Africa who attempts a high-stakes observation of a distant asteroid vital to a NASA mission. On wttw.com, meet Earl Wiley Renfroe, a pioneering Chicago orthodontist and the first Black professional to have an office in the Loop and learn about Father Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the U.S. and founder of a church on Chicago’s South Side. This month and throughout 2023, WTTW will launch FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison, the award-winning multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago. The project will offer an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record. On page 4, you’ll find an interview with documentary producer/director Mario Tharpe.

WFMT Presents will feature “Rediscovered Composers,” a concert by the BBC Philharmonic that includes Margaret Bonds’s Montgomery Variations, a seminal work about the civil rights movement. The program also features pianist and scholar Samantha Ege, a leading interpreter of music by underrepresented composers. LaRob K. Rafael will curate and present music by Black composers on his weekday morning Black Music Spotlight and Listening to Singers will feature a tribute to opera legend Leontyne Price, curated and co-hosted by Grammy Award-winning baritone Kenneth Overton. On wfmt.com, with Mavis Staples performing at Symphony Center this month, we’ll take a look back at the iconoclastic Chicago singer and civil rights champion’s greatest moments on and off stage, and share five new opera titles by Black composers, including Errollyn Wallen and Nkeiru Okoye.

Finally, please make sure to watch the WTTW News Mayoral Candidate Forum on Tuesday, February 7 – live streaming on the PBS Video app, wttw.com, Facebook, and YouTube at 7:00 pm and on Chicago Tonight at 10:00 pm.

On behalf of all of us at WTTW and WFMT, I hope you enjoy everything we have to offer this month, and thank you for making it possible.

Sincerely,

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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338)

February 2023

Volume 36, Number 296

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THE COVER: Maram Kaire from NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal. Photo: Courtesy of © 2022 Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH.

Independent Lens: Outta the Muck

Beyond sending more than a dozen players to the NFL, the rural Florida town of Pahokee possesses a legacy of resilience and achievement in the face of great storms and personal trauma.

Saturday, February 11, 10:30 pm

In the Spotlight

Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11

Antiques Roadshow

Visit Nashville, Tennessee for astonishing finds including a Civil War Union soldier archive; Disneyland railroad hat badges, circa 1957; and an art deco diamond, sapphire, and pearl necklace, circa 1925.

Monday, February 20, 7:00 pm

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids

4:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: GoTo Cravings

4:30 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvania Dutch Country

5:00 BBC World News

Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Nature: The Elephant and the Termite Witness the dramas of Africa’s great wildlife meeting place: the waterhole.

8:00 NOVA: London Super Tunnel

9:00 Secrets of the Dead: King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom

Uncover new archaeological evidence that suggests the legend of King Arthur started in a sophisticated trading village in 5th-century Britain.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

NOVA: London Super Tunnel

Thousands of engineers, technicians, and workers confront immense challenges as they race to build Europe’s biggest construction project: London’s new underground railroad, the Elizabeth Line. As NOVA launches its 50th season, go inside the process of creating this new subterranean metro line that will connect the city’s existing underground system.

Wednesday, February 1 8:00 pm

Wednesday 1

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 2 of 3) [R]

1:00 The Great Chicago Fire: Downtown Disasters [R]

2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 2 of 3) [R]

3:00 Austin City Limits: The War on Drugs [R]

4:00 Nature: Soul of the Ocean [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

NOVA: New Eye on the Universe

Follow scientists as they peer deep in time to answer some of astronomy’s biggest questions. How did the first stars and galaxies form? And what role did supermassive black holes and dark matter play?

Wednesday, February 22, 8:00 pm

must find a priceless Papal tiara hidden in a 15th century castle.

9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Thy Fury Spent Frank and Lu become involved in a dispute over the opening of a new Shakespeare center.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 3

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Nature: The Elephant and the Termite See Wed. Feb. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 NOVA: London Super Tunnel See Wed. Feb. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Secrets of the Dead: King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom See Wed. Feb. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 4

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

12:30 Pioneers of Television: Comedians See Thurs. Feb. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations

4:00 Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 2

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Finding Your Roots: Rising from the Ashes [R]

1:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World - The Foundation (Part 1 of 4) [R]

2:00 Frontline: Putin and the Presidents [R]

3:00 The Brain Revolution

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids

4:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Barbecue on a Budget

4:30 Cook’s Country: Motor City Favorites

5:00 BBC World News

Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Pioneers of Television: Comedians Explore the techniques of America’s favorite comedic actors.

8:00 Father Brown: The Final Devotion Father Brown

3:00 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids

4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Tasty Teardrops and Tomatoes - Chios

4:30 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate

5:00 BBC World News Today

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review

7:30 Washington Week

8:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 1 of 4) Part one explores how free Black people in the North and South created robust networks to address the needs of the entire Black community.

9:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 2 of 4) Part two explores how African Americans turn within, creating a community that not only sustains but empowers.

In the Spotlight

Saturday Night Mysteries

Baffling mysteries abound in the balmy Caribbean in Death in Paradise, in 1920s-era Toronto in Frankie Drake Mysteries, and in a seemingly tranquil English village in Midsomer Murders. Join us on Saturday evenings, and try to solve the crimes before the detectives do!

Saturdays, 7:00 pm

London’s Elizabeth Line

Frankie Drake Mysteries

Photo: Courtesy of Crossrail Ltd

Photo: Courtesy Shaftesbury Films / UKTV

FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison launches at wttw.com/firsthand

on February 13.

A“Daily Struggle”

WTTW’s FIRSTHAND Explores the Challenges Complicating Life After Prison

By DANIEL HAUTZINGER

Is the criminal justice system meant to reform or punish? Thousands of restrictive laws govern people who have been released from prison in the United States, making it difficult for them to find housing, employment, and to restart life after they have done their time. Beginning on February 13 and throughout 2023, WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison examines the struggles faced by people after they have served time through a series of documentaries, expert talks, community engagement events,

and a discussion guide. This month, we talked to Mario Tharpe, the producer of the documentaries and director of one of them.

THE GUIDE: Why is re-entry an important topic, even though it isn’t often discussed?

MARIO THARPE: Life after prison and recidivism are topics people kind of shy away from. I think that’s because it really requires so much work in order to try to find an answer as to how to solve the problem. Talking to our five subjects, that’s the biggest

Photo by Liz Markel for WTTW

Nicholas Crayton from FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison

struggle. People want to look down on folks who’ve been incarcerated, not necessarily knowing why or what the reason is, because there are a million reasons why people unfortunately wind up going to jail or prison. It certainly is a topic that needs to continue to be discussed—but more importantly, some solutions have to come out of these discussions. And unfortunately, that’s really not happening.

THE GUIDE: Why is this an important topic for you personally?

THARPE: My grandmother had ten kids, and we were all very close. The majority of my aunts and uncles went on to do great things in life, but I had two uncles who unfortunately turned to drugs. It left a lasting impression on me, because I saw what it could do to a family. I also saw them struggling to put their lives back on track, and it never happened. One of them had been clean for well over fifteen years before he passed, but ultimately, I think that their use of drugs and their stints in and out of jail played a major part in why they passed away and why they were never able to reclaim who they used to be. It was personal for me because I saw it firsthand. Working on this project was therapeutic for me.

THE GUIDE: What did you learn during this project?

THARPE: How hard the struggle is. To give you an example, we captured the release of Nicholas, [a subject of one of the documentaries], after spending 24 years in prison. Nicholas had to learn how to use a cellphone. He went to prison when he was 18, so he didn’t have a driver’s license, and had to learn how to drive from his mother when he was 42. He was used to dealing with cash; he didn’t know how to use a debit card.

Just the things that we take for granted every day, these guys are now trying to figure out. You might think: you go to prison, you come out, you should be able to just hop right back into the swing of things.

But if you don’t have the knowledge, that’s a challenge.

THE GUIDE: What does approaching the topic of life after prison via personal stories do?

THARPE: Everybody’s story is different. I wish that every person who is in a position to change the system could watch a hundred or two hundred of these stories. Kyle, [another documentary subject], became addicted to drugs because of a tooth infection. The dentist prescribed him some medication, and that kicked off his addiction. In order to feed his habit, he started stealing. Not everybody is in their position because they went out and made a bad decision.

THE GUIDE: Why should the general public care about the struggles of people after they’ve been released from prison?

THARPE: First of all, we taxpayers are paying a high price for it. And why not care

about the next person? Isn’t it the right thing to do? A lot of folks are really struggling, and they’re quiet about it. I pre-interviewed a lot of people for this project, and many of them didn’t want to tell their stories, because they didn’t know how the world was going to feel about it. They didn't want to draw attention to their crime because they tried to find employment for a year and finally have a job. People shouldn’t live like that. They shouldn’t have to feel that way. I think the more that the average citizen hears and understands their stories – that, in a lot of cases, they’re just like us – I think the better we will all be.

THE GUIDE: What does the way life after prison works in America say about the criminal justice system here?

THARPE: It needs a lot of work. The system is broken. The stories that I heard were just unbelievable. These folks have been on ten, fifteen, twenty job interviews, and the second that the employer finds out they’ve served some time, they’re not being hired. How can we expect them to turn their life around if we’re not giving them an opportunity for a job, or housing, or benefits? I hate to say this, but it seems like the system is set up for them to fail.

Not enough is being done. These are not the stories we should be hearing. We should be hearing, “I was released, and within 60 days I had a job, or I had the necessary skills to get a job.”

THE GUIDE: Do you have one takeaway from working on this project?

THARPE: The resilience. They know that the journey is not going to be easy, and they are still fighting. It’s a daily struggle. They are really working hard to try to fit back into life. They’re strong people.

Photo by Ken Carl for WTTW

FIRSTHAND producer/director Mario Tharpe in the audience for a FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison Talk.

WTTW Multicast & Streaming Highlights

Prime

Muhammad Ali

Sunday, February 19 & 26 at 7:00 pm

This portrait of one of the best-known figures of the 20th century follows the heavyweight boxing champion who became a global icon an inspiration to people everywhere.

Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.

Create Let the Good Times Roll

Friday, February 17 at 8:00 pm

In this marathon, Chef Belton shares his family recipes for shrimp and andouille gumbo, jambalaya, and other Big Easy specialties.

Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.

Passport DI Ray

For Passport Members Only

DI Rachita Ray takes on a case that forces her to face a lifelong conflict. All 4 episodes are available starting February 20.

Watch with a Passport membership on wttw.com/watch or the PBS Video app.

What is Passport?

With a WTTW Passport membership, unlock thousands of exclusive WTTW and PBS programs on wttw.com/watch and the PBS Video app. Look for videos with the blue compass symbol to get members-only access to watch on your computer, smartphone, tablet, smart TV, or TV streaming device.

Ways to Watch

Find full schedules for all channels at wttw.com/schedules.

Chef Kevin Belton

Muhammad Ali

Parminder Nagra as DI Rachita Ray

Photo:

MORNING

6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids

9:00 Wisconsin Foodie: Calderone Club – San Giorgio

9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

10:30 This Old House: Newburyport – Off-theShelf Custom Look

11:00 Ask This Old House: Fire Pit Plan, Window Restoration

11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: My New Orleans Kitchen

AFTERNOON

12:00

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

2:00

2:30

3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Breads from Around the World

3:30 My Greek Table with Diane

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

Fridays, February 3 and 10

8:00 and 9:00 pm

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices

Saturdays, 6:30 pm

Sundays, 10:00 pm

Independent Lens: The Picture Taker

Saturday, February 4 10:30 pm

87th Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

Sunday, February 5 10:00 am

Bonnie Boswell Presents: A Conversation with Pastor James Lawson and Attorney Bryan Stevenson

Sunday, February 5 11:00 am

American Experience: Voices of Freedom

Sunday, February 5 11:30 am

Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

Sunday, February 5

1:30 pm

Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

Sunday, February 5 3:00 pm

DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis

Sunday, February 5 4:00 pm

Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special

Monday, February 6 8:00 pm

Building/Blocks: The Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Monday, February 6 9:00 pm

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Tuesdays, February 7, 14, and 21

Sunday, February 12 11:00 am

Slavery by Another Name

Sunday, February 12

4:00 pm

Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel

Monday, February 13

8:00 pm

Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation

Monday, February 13

9:00 pm

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Sunday, February 19 9:00 am

BusinessMakers

Sunday, February 19

4:30 pm

Great Performances: The Magic of Spirituals

Friday, February 24

8:00 pm

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song

Sunday, February 26

4:00 pm

Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future

Tuesday, February 28 7:00 pm

Freedom Summer: American Experience

Saturday, February 4

3:00 pm

American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till

Sunday, February 5 7:00 pm

Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Sunday, February 5 at 8:00 pm Driving While Black

Independent Lens: The Picture Taker

From his Memphis photography studio, Ernest Withers’ almost two million images were a treasured record of Black history, but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy – or both?

Saturday, February 4 10:30 pm

8:00 pm

Independent Lens: Outta the Muck

Saturday, February 11 10:30 pm

Pritzker Military Presents: History and Legacy of African American Service Members

Sunday, February 12 10:00 am

Sunday, February 5 at 9:30 pm We Were Hyphy

Sunday, February 5 at 11 pm

Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

Saturday, February 11 10:00 am

American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free

Saturday, February 11 1:30 pm

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me –American Masters

Saturday, February 11 3:30 pm

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am –American Masters

Sunday, February 12 7:00 pm

Ailey: American Masters

Sunday, February 12 9:00 pm

Independent Lens: Mr. SOUL!

Sunday, February 12 10:30 pm

Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation

Saturday, February 18 10:00 am

Building/Blocks: The Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Saturday, February 18 11:00 am

John Lewis: Get in the Way

Saturday, February 18 12:00 pm

Jackie Robinson

Saturday, February 18 1:00 pm

Muhammad Ali

Sunday, February 19 and 26 7:00 pm

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

Tuesday, February 21-Friday, February 24 5:00 pm

Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

Saturday, February 25 10:00 am

Independent Lens: Owned – A Tale of Two Americas

Saturday, February 25 11:00 am

Jesse Owens: American Experience

Sunday, February 25 11:00 pm

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song

Monday, February 27 9:00 am

Ernest C. Withers

Photo: Courtesy of ITVS / Ernest C. Withers

Kochilas: Flavors of the Athenian Art Scene

4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Yorkshire Coast

4:30 Check, Please! Gibsons

Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q

5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING

6:00 Chicago Tonight

Latino Voices

6:30 Chicago Tonight

Black Voices

7:00 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.

8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Things Better Left Dead

Frankie concocts a chilling ruse to expose a con man who claims he can speak to the dead.

8:59 Midsomer Murders: The Miniature Murders (in 2 parts) The worlds of miniature dollhouses and real houses collide when real estate agent Alexander Beauvoisin is murdered in front of a crowd at museum exhibit launch.

10:30 Independent Lens: The Picture Taker

Sunday 5

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Thy

Fury Spent See Thurs. Feb. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]

12:44 Father Brown: The Final

Kid Grid

Devotion See Thurs. Feb. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer [R]

2:00 Finding Your Roots: Rising from the Ashes [R]

3:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 1 of 4) See Fri. Feb. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]

4:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

(Part 2 of 4) See Fri. Feb. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]

5:00 The Brain Revolution [R]

MORNING

6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids

10:00 87th Annual Anisfi eld-Wolf Book Awards Host Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. announces the 2022 winners of the only national juried prize recognizing literature that contributes to our understanding of racism and human diversity.

11:00 Bonnie Boswell Presents An in-depth conversation with two of the most transformative figures in America.

11:30 American Experience: Voice of Freedom Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson.

AFTERNOON

1:30 Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, more than a century after the crime, and how the community of Tulsa has come to terms with it.

3:00 Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton

4:00

Celebrate the rich history of African-Americans in Chicago through the exploration of the city’s growth as a center of Black culture.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING

6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Queen of the Kitchen

Celebrity chef Prunella Gladwell comes to St Vincent’s Convent to record an episode of her TV cooking competition, Queen of the Kitchen. Then one of the contestants dies.

7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: The Heir (Part 5 of 6) Eliza offers to help the heir to an unclaimed fortune. She will need the Duke’s help, but a revelation about his personal life makes working together impossible.

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Edward (Part 5 of 7) Mrs. Hall conquers demons from her past. While she is away, Tristan discovers the challenge of housekeeping. Meanwhile, Helen is at loose ends.

9:00 Vienna Blood: Death is Now a Welcome Guest, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) When tragedy strikes at a fi lm premiere, Max and Oskar investigate the murder of a famous actress.

10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]

10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]

11:00 La Otra Mirada: Your History

(Season 2, Part 3 of 8) The Academy prepares for a visit from the actor Benito Padilla, Manuela’s cousin, and the director Jorge Merlot.

Monday 6

EARLY MORNING

12:30 Austin City Limits: Pavement

1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Things Better Left Dead See Sat. Feb. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Midsomer Murders: The Miniature Murders (in 2 parts) See Sat. Feb. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]

5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

5:30 History with David Rubenstein: H. W. Brands

MORNING-AFTERNOON

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Soul of the South

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: What’s for Dinner?

2:00 Cook’s Country: Spring Feast

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Entertaining Favorites

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: A Murder on the Plantation

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 3

Building/Blocks:

Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

The architecture of Chicago is world class. But often overlooked are the remarkable buildings and luscious green spaces of the city’s South Side. Take a trip with author Lee Bey as he explores these masterpieces of design and engineering hidden in plain sight.

Monday, February 6 9:00 pm

of 3) Finds include Green Bay Packers sample championship rings, 1960 Barbie dolls and wardrobe, and a 1977 Keith Haring Bean Salad lithograph.

8:00 Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special This documentary and companion website traces Wells’ career as a journalist, activist, and organizer in Chicago.

9:00 Building/Blocks: Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 7

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Yorkshire Coast [R]

12:30 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: The Heir (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Edward (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Vienna Blood: Death is Now a Welcome Guest, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Sister Boniface Mysteries:

Queen of the Kitchen See Sun. Feb. 5 at 6:00 pm. [R]

4:30 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Best-Loved Italian Recipes

1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Navarino Challenge

2:00 Cook’s Country: Fried Bites

2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Where There’s Smoke

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: An Unholy Death

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Finding Your Roots: Family - Lost and Found Henry Louis Gates uses DNA detective work to solve family mysteries for actor Joe Manganiello and football star Tony Gonzalez.

8:00 PBS NewsHour Coverage of the 2023 State of the Union Address

10:00 WTTW News Mayoral Candidate Forum

11:00 Amanpour and Company

11:30 BBC World News

Wednesday 8

EARLY MORNING

12:00 The Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer [R]

12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special See Mon. Feb. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Building/Blocks: Architecture of Chicago’s South Side [R]

3:30 Independent Lens: The Picture Taker See Sat. Feb. 4 at 10:30 pm. [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Beantown

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Cheese Please!

2:00 Cook’s Country: Roast

Chicken and Salad

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Lasagna Bolognese

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: Death in the Clinic

5:00 BBC World News

Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Meet the Family (Part 1 of 3)

8:00 NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal Astronomer Maram Kaire’s ambition is to build a space agency in Senegal, and he edges closer to his goal when NASA invites him to gather data for an exploration of asteroids near Jupiter.

9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin Forensic experts investigate the preserved remains of a young African American woman from 19th century New York.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 9

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Finding Your Roots: Family - Lost and Found See Tues. Feb. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 PBS NewsHour Coverage of the 2023 State of the Union Address [R]

3:00 American Experience: Voice of Freedom See Sun. Feb. 5 at 11:30 am. [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Double Down

1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Tasty Teardrops and Tomatoes – Chios [R]

2:00 Cook’s Country: Summer Berry Desserts

2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Extreme Smoke

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: An Unholy Death

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Pioneers of Television: Primetime Soaps A nighttime soap frenzy kicks off in the 1980s with Dallas, and Dynasty and the longrunning Knots Landing

8:00 Father Brown: The New Order Father Brown’s investigation into Mrs. McCarthy’s help uncovers Hawthorne’s philandering and Father Featherstone’s thwarted ambitions.

9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private

Investigators – Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!

Frank and Lu enter the competitive world of hairdressing.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 10

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Meet the Family (Part 1 of 3) [R]

1:00 NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal See Wed. Feb. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin See Wed. Feb. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:00 DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis See Sun. Feb. 5 at 4:00 pm. [R]

4:30 Bonnie Boswell Presents: A Conversation with Pasto [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Arkansas Eats

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Family Meal

WTTW News Mayoral Candidate Forum

Chicago Tonight ’s Paris Schutz poses questions to contenders for Chicago mayor. This forum streams live at 7:00 pm on the PBS Video app, wttw.com, Facebook, and YouTube. Also visit wttw.com/votersguide for a library of resources for voters.

Tuesday, February 7

Live Stream 7:00 pm

Broadcast 10:00 pm

Lee Bey

Paris Schutz

2:00 Cook’s Country: Carne Guisada and Enchiladas

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: French Showstopper Desserts

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: Murder Onboard

5:00 BBC World News Today

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review

7:30 Washington Week

8:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 3 of 4) Part three shows how African Americans relied on informal economies, grassroots organizations, and cultural innovations behind the color line to dismantle Jim Crow.

9:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 4 of 4) Part four reveals how Black political and cultural movements provide a safe space to debate, organize, and celebrate.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

In the Spotlight

Saturday 11

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

12:30 Pioneers of Television: Primetime Soaps See Thurs.

Feb. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:30 Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield See Sun.

Feb. 5 at 3:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten See Sun.

Feb. 5 at 1:30 pm. [R]

4:00 87th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards See Sun.

Feb. 5 at 10:00 am. [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

MORNING

6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids

9:00 Wisconsin Foodie: Via Vang - Union Hmong Kitchen

9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

10:30 This Old House: Newburyport – Bed Race

11:00 Ask This Old House: Dimmer Switch Troubleshooting, Clothes Rack

11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: My Kids’ Hands-Down Favorites

AFTERNOON

12:00 Cook’s Country: New England for Everyone

12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Alaskan Salmon Two Ways

1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Never Enough Pasta

1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Green Meets Grill

2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Prime Rib and Popovers

2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Italian Sweets

3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Pasta Secrets

3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Diane Discovers Her New Athens ’Hood

4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Winter Woodland

murder investigation.

8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Life on the Line When a toy store owner is the target of a harassment campaign, the gang goes undercover to nab the culprit.

8:59 Midsomer Murders: The Sting of Death (in 2 parts) A manor houses historic beehives that produce honey with extraordinary healing power.

10:30 Independent Lens: Outta the Muck Beyond sending more a dozen players to the NFL, Pahokee, Florida possesses a legacy of resilience and achievement in the face of great storms and personal trauma.

Sunday 12

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Reputation, Reputation, Reputation! See Thurs. Feb. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]

12:45 Father Brown: The New Order See Thurs. Feb. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer [R]

2:00 Finding Your Roots: Family - Lost and Found [R]

3:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 3 of 4) See Fri. Feb. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]

4:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 4 of 4) See Fri. Feb. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]

5:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine

MORNING

6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids

10:00 Pritzker Military Presents

11:00 Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American Paul R. Williams wasn’t always welcome in the restaurants and hotels he designed or the neighborhoods where he built homes, due to his race.

AFTERNOON

12:00 Finding Your Roots: Family - Lost and Found [R]

NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal

Astronomer Maram Kaire’s ambition is to build a space agency in Senegal, and he edges closer to his goal when NASA invites him to gather data for an exploration of asteroids near Jupiter. In this special, Kaire takes viewers on a journey to investigate his country’s rich and deep history of astronomy.

Wednesday, February 8 8:00 pm

4:30 Check, Please! Giant, Blossom Café, Saucy Porka

5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING

6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices

6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices

7:00 Death in Paradise Florence’s undercover role takes a dangerous turn when she finds herself amid a

1:00 2022 Viewer’s Choice Bowl Winners

4:00 Slavery by Another Name This program challenges the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING

6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Sister Town When a German mayor visits Great Slaughter to partake in a war memorial ceremony,

Viewer’s Choice Winners 2022

Who won this year’s Viewer’s Choice Bowl? Thousands of you voted, the brackets are closed, and the results are being tabulated. Join host Geoffrey Baer to find out which programs were selected by you as the most popular of 2022, and watch the #1 and #2 shows!

Sunday, February 12 1:00 pm

tragedy strikes. Terrible accident or malicious plan?

7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: The Jewel of the North (Part 6 of 6) Eliza receives a bomb in the mail. Who sent it and why? She teams up with the Duke, Moses, and her old enemy Patrick Nash to find out who is behind the deadly delivery.

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part 6 of 7) As war comes in September 1939, everyone faces decisions small and large. Romance beckons for Tristan, and for Mrs. Hall. TB plagues Helen’s farm.

9:00 Vienna Blood: Death is Now a Welcome Guest, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 6 of 6) The search for the killer of a screen star confounds Max and Oskar. Was it an obsessive fan, a rival actress, or an American politician?

10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]

10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]

11:00 La Otra Mirada: Forgotten Women (Season 2, Part 4 of 8) Since Teresa has returned, neither students nor teachers understand her.

Photo: Terra Mater Studios and WGBH/NOVA

Monday 13

EARLY MORNING

12:30 Austin City Limits: Maren Morris

1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Life on the Line See Sat. Feb. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Midsomer Murders: The Sting of Death (in 2 parts) See Sat. Feb. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]

5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Manisha Sinha

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: 5 Ingredients Spells Dinner

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: An Italian Lunchbox

2:00 Cook’s Country: One-Pot Meals

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Weeknight Mexican

3:00 Call the Midwife

In the Spotlight

4:00 Death in Paradise: A Dash of Sunshine

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an 1880 Celia Thaxter hand-painted vase, a 1964 Presidential Rolex with the box and papers, and a Mary Elizabeth Price painted screen, circa 1925.

8:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Trace the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s through the story of “The Father of Gospel”, Thomas A. Dorsey.

9:00 Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 14

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: The Jewel of the North (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Vienna Blood: Death is Now a Welcome Guest, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Sister Town See Sun. Feb. 12 at 6:00 pm. [R]

4:00 Austin City Limits: Maren Morris [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Fish Around the World

Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation

In a thrilling performance at Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance, acclaimed composer, conductor, and singer Adrian Dunn fuses classical, gospel, hip hop, and spirituals to explore what it means to be Black and free in America in the 21st century. Celebrate the journeys of Black lives in America through genres created by Black Americans, performed powerfully by The Adrian Dunn Singers and Rize Orchestra.

Monday, February 13 9:00 pm

1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Naxos –Meat & Potatoes Like You Never Had ’Em

2:00 Cook’s Country: ItalianAmerican Comforts

2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Perfect Hog

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: A Stormy Occurrence

5:00 BBC World News

Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Finding Your Roots: Chosen Henry Louis Gates helps actors David Duchovny and

Richard Kind trace their roots from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe to the United States.

8:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Under Siege (Part 2 of 4) Explore the birth of hip hop as social commentary in the Reagan era.

9:00 Frontline: Ukraine – Life Under Russia’s Attack

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 15

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel See Mon. Feb. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation [R]

3:00 Independent Lens: Outta the Muck See Sat. Feb. 11 at 10:30 pm. [R]

4:30 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Personal Pizza

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: GoTo Cravings

2:00 Cook’s Country: Regional Sandwich Roundup

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Vegetable Makeovers

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: A Deadly Party

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Secrets of Success (Part 2 of 3)

8:00 NOVA: Ancient Builders of the Amazon Recent discoveries reveal traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries, with prehistoric populations numbering in the millions.

9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps Follow a team of experts as they solve the enduring mystery of exactly where Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome.

10:00 Chicago Tonight 10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 16

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Finding Your Roots: Chosen See Tues. Feb. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (Part 2 of 4) See Tues.

Feb. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Frontline: Ukraine – Life Under Russia’s Attack See Tues. Feb. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight

Meals: Pasta in a Pan

1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: A Meal in Messinia

2:00 Cook’s Country: Thanksgiving, Simplified

2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project

Smoke: BBQ’s Trinity

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: Death of a Detective

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Pioneers of Television: Crime Dramas A look at the classic whodunits The Untouchables and Mannix; innovative dramas including Mission Impossible ; and breakthrough series such as Police Woman

8:00 Father Brown

9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 17

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Secrets of Success (Part 2 of 3) [R]

1:00 NOVA: Ancient Builders of the Amazon See Wed. Feb. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps See Wed. Feb. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Leftovers – Use it or Lose it

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Dress Up Dinner

2:00 Cook’s Country: Paprikash and Stroganoff

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television:

Adrian Dunn

Courtesy of the Adrian Dunn Singers.

Photo: © Maya Iman

MORNING

6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids

9:00 Wisconsin Foodie: Tree-Ripe Peaches

9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

10:30 This Old House: Newburyport –Powering Through

11:00 Ask This Old House: Antique Pocket Door, Shaker End Table

11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Java Jive

AFTERNOON

12:00 Cook’s Country: Low Country Party

12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Twisted Italian

Great Performances: Movies for Grownups

Awards with AARP the Magazine

Actor and Masterpiece Mystery host Alan Cumming presides over this annual ceremony honoring the best films and performances of 2022 that resonate with older viewers. These awards highlight and encourage filmmaking with a grownup state of mind. Several surprise guests will achieve the prestigious Career Achievement Award.

Friday, February 17

8:00 pm

Middle East Favorites

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: The Wrong Man

5:00 BBC World News Today

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review

7:30 Washington Week

8:00 Great Performances: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 18

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators [R]

12:45 Father Brown [R]

1:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]

3:30

Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen MD

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Tiny Kitchen, Big Flavor

1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Secret Steaks

2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Bulgogi and Bokkeumbap

2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Turkish Table

3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Accidental Vegan

4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: Seaside

4:30 Check, Please! Libanais, S.K.Y., Federales

5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING

6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices

6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices

7:00 Death in Paradise A young popstar is found dead at a rehab clinic. Is it an accident?

8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Out on a Limb A showgirl dies by falling off a rooftop, so Frankie goes undercover as a hostess at a mermaidthemed nightclub.

8:59 Midsomer Murders: With Baited Breath (in 2 parts) A fishing competition and an extreme obstacle run are scheduled for the same weekend, leading to mutual sabotage.

10:30 Independent Lens: Love in the Time of Fentanyl As deaths in Vancouver reach an all-time high, the Overdose Prevention Society opens its doors.

Sunday 19

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Frontline: America and the Taliban (Part 2 of 2) See Thurs. Feb. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]

1:30 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer [R]

2:00 Finding Your Roots: Chosen [R]

3:00 Great Performances: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine See Fri. Feb. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]

5:00 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD

MORNING

6:30-9:00 WTTW Kids

9:00 Reconstruction: America

After the Civil War (Part 1 of 2) Experience the aftermath of the Civil War. For African Americans, despite their hard-won freedom, support for their social, economic, and political gains did not last.

11:30 Reconstruction: America

After the Civil War (Part 2 of 2) Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy, and how African Americans fought back using artistic expression.

AFTERNOON

2:30 Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation [R]

3:30 Building/Blocks: Architecture of Chicago’s South Side [R]

4:30 BusinessMakers This program showcases the history and contributions of some of the nation’s most successful African American leaders.

5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend

EVENING

6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Crimes and Miss Demeanours The Miss United Britain contest takes a dive when one of the beauty queens is discovered dead in the pool.

7:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part 6 of 7) [R]

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Merry Bloody Christmas (Part 7 of 7)

9:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: Seaside [R]

10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]

10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]

11:00 La Otra Mirada: Masquerade (Season 2, Part 5 of 8) Carnival is approaching and everyone begins to prepare enthusiastically for the event at the Academy. Meanwhile, Teresa still doesn’t know how to approach Roberta, and Flavia is torn up over her pregnancy.

Monday 20

EARLY MORNING

12:30 Austin City Limits: Spoon

1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]

2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Out on a Limb See Sat. Feb. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]

3:30 Midsomer Murders: With Baited Breath (in 2 parts) See Sat. Feb. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]

5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

5:30 History with David Rubenstein: George Will

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Havana Weeknights

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Breakfast at Lidia’s

2:00 Cook’s Country: Pork, Peaches, and Potatoes

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Vietnamese Every Day

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: An Artistic Murder

5:00 BBC World News

All Creatures

Great and Small Christmas Special

Season 3 of this popular series concludes with this Christmas special, in which the veterinarians and other inhabitants – human and animal – of Darrowby’s Skeldale House in the Yorkshire Dales cope with emotional upheaval and the onset of World War II, and welcome a young Jewish refugee who brings wonder, cheer, and mischief to the holiday.

Sunday, February 19

8:00 pm

Alan Cumming

Nicholas Ralph

Photo: Joshua Going

Photo: Helen Williams / Playground / Channel 5 Television

4:00

Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Civil War Union soldier archive; Disneyland railroad hat badges; and an art deco diamond, sapphire & pearl necklace.

8:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago The story of the local advertising executives who created iconic figures such as the Marlboro Man, Charlie Tuna, and the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

9:00 American Experience: Ruthless - Monopoly’s Secret History

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 21

EARLY MORNING

12:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part 6 of 7) [R]

1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Merry Bloody

Christmas (Part 7 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Death in Paradise: The Wrong Man See Fri. Feb. 17 at 4:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Crimes and Miss Demeanours See Sun. Feb. 19 at 6:00 pm. [R]

4:00 BusinessMakers See Sun. Feb. 19 at 4:30 pm. [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Easy Elegance

1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Evia - An Island Hiding in Plain Sight

2:00 Cook’s Country: French Fare

2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Mexican Smoke

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: Ye of Little Faith DI Goodman and his team are introduced to the jet-setting world of airline pilots and cabin crew when an air stewardess is discovered murdered. Will Humphrey and his team unravel the mysteries at the heart of this seemingly impossible murder?

5:00 BBC World News

Outside Source

American Experience: Ruthless – Monopoly’s Secret History

Discover the fascinating and unexpected history behind America’s favorite board game. part detective story and part pop culture commentary, the film explores what makes this game – a celebration of unbridled capitalism –such an enduring favorite.

Monday, February 20 9:00 pm

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Finding Your Roots: And Still I Rise

8:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World –Culture Wars (Part 3 of 4) Experience the 1990s during the Clinton years and the unstoppable rise in popularity of hip hop.

9:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World –Still Fighting (Part 4 of 4) Follow the evolution of hip hop as its artists turn into multimillionaires and successful entrepreneurs.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 22

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago See Mon. Feb. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 American Experience: Ruthless – Monopoly’s Secret History [R]

3:00 Independent Lens: Love in the Time of Fentanyl See Sat. Feb. 18 at 10:30 pm. [R]

4:30 Jay’s Chicago: Out in Nature See Thurs. Feb. 16 at 9:30 pm. [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Latin Twist

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Prepare the Harvest

2:00 Cook’s Country: Chicken Soup and Cheesy Bread

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: All-New Italian

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: Political Suicide

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Defending Wild Dogs (Part 3 of 3)

8:00 NOVA: New Eye on the Universe In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, showing our universe in stunningly beautiful detail. Now, scientists attempt to answer some of astronomy’s biggest questions.

9:00 Hidden Saudi Arabia

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 23

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Finding Your Roots: And Still I Rise See Tues.

Feb. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]

1:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Culture Wars (Part 3 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Still Fighting (Part 4 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:00 The British Beat

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight

Meals: French Eggs

1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Culinary Tapestry of Corfu

2:00 Cook’s Country: Elegant and Orange

2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: South

American Smoke

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: The Early Bird

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Pioneers of Television: Breaking Barriers Trace the journey of people of color featured in American television - including Diahann Carroll (Julia), Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy ), Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice), and George Takei (Star Trek).

8:00 Father Brown: The Wayward Girls Bunty, facing a speeding fine issued by Sergeant Goodfellow, agrees to give a talk at Langley Hall, a Borstal for girls of ages 16-23 years. Bunty’s compact is stolen, and found in the possession of one of the girls.

9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – All That Glisters Frank and Lu become podcasters investigating a mysterious 20-year-old car accident.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 24

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Defending Wild Dogs (Part 3 of 3) [R]

1:00 NOVA: New Eye on the Universe See Wed. Feb. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]

2:00 Hidden Saudi Arabia See Wed. Feb. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Leftovers – Ginger Mixup

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Salt Your Pasta Water!

2:00 Cook’s Country: Cast Iron Everything

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Greek Kitchen

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: The Man with the Golden Gun

5:00 BBC World News Today

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review

7:30 Washington Week

8:00 Great Performances: The

Finding Your Roots: And Still I Rise

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the unexpected family trees of political activist, philosopher, academic, and author Angela Y. Davis and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, using DNA and longlost records to redefine notions of the Black experience and challenge preconceptions of America’s past. “I am deeply proud of this series – and especially this season,” Gates said. “I think it is so important today to show what we have in common, as Americans, and as human beings, despite our apparent differences.”

Tuesday, February 21 7:00 pm

Hidden Saudi Arabia

This one-hour special hosted by Peter Greenberg explores the kingdom’s hidden gems that few have ever seen, including Riyadh, Jedda, Red Sea, Al Ula, and the Red Dunes.

Wednesday, February 22 9:00 pm

Professor Ralph Anspach

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Photo: Courtesy of PBS

Peter Greenberg tours a farm

Photo: Courtesy of Peter Greenberg Productions

Great Performances: The Magic of Spirituals

Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, and more.

Friday, February 24 8:00 pm

Magic of Spirituals

9:30 Rick Steves Why We Travel Rick Steves shares why he believes travel can be meaningful.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 25

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

3:00 60s Pop, Rock & Soul

5:00 Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson

MORNING

6:30 Reconstruction: America

After the Civil War (Part 1 of 2) See Sun. Feb. 19 at 9:00 am. [R]

9:00 Reconstruction: America

After the Civil War (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Feb. 19 at 11:30 am. [R]

AFTERNOON

12:00 Cook’s Country

12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals

1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen

1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire

2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

2:30 America’s Test Kitchen

from Cook’s Illustrated

3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

4:00 Slavery by Another Name See Sun. Feb. 12 at 4:00 pm. [R]

EVENING

6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices

6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices

7:00 Death in Paradise When a woman reports a murder and is then found strangled, the team wonder whether she was reporting her own murder.

8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Ward of the Roses Trudy’s friend Etta is running for Alderman and her campaign office receives a bombing, so Boyzey offers to help the campaign.

9:00 Elvis Costello/Burt

Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th In 1996, the musical film Grace of My Heart featured the sweeping song “God Give Me Strength,” written by Bacharach and Costello, who had been commissioned to create a ballad for the film. Bacharach and Costello’s continuing partnership was captured in this program, with host David Byrne interviewing the duo between performances.

10:30 John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High Filmed in 1974, John Denver performing in his prime.

Sunday 26

EARLY MORNING

12:00 Classical Rewind

1:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]

3:30 Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson See Sat. Feb. 25 at 5:00 am. [R]

5:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]

MORNING

7:00 Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson [R]

8:30 Rick Steves Why We Travel See Fri. Feb. 24 at 9:30 pm. [R]

9:00 Classical Rewind [R]

10:30 Moments to Remember

2 Patti Page and Nick Clooney co-host featuring legends of the late ’50s and early ’60s pop era.

AFTERNOON

1:00 The Carpenters: Close to You

2:30 Classical Rewind [R]

4:00 The Black Church: This is

Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 1 of 2) Retrace the 400-year-old-story of the Black church in America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

EVENING

7:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 2 of 2)

10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]

10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]

11:00 Classical Rewind [R]

Monday 27

EARLY MORNING

12:30 Moments to Remember See Sun. Feb. 26 at 10:30 am. [R]

3:00 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD

5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Stacy Schiff

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Meaty Salads

1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: All in the Skillet

2:00 Cook’s Country: New England for Everyone

2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Secret Italian Recipes

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: Rue Morgue

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Civil War Union soldier archive; Disneyland railroad hat badges, circa 1957; and an Art Deco necklace, circa 1925.

8:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards Experience the sights, sounds, and awful smells of Chicago’s Union Stockyards and the complex of meat factories next to it.

8:30 The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special Chicago Stories brings to life the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 28

EARLY MORNING

12:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 1 of 2) See Sun.

Feb. 26 at 4:00 pm. [R]

3:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

5:30 BBC World News

MORNING-AFTERNOON

6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Key West Eats

1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Saving the Earth on Paros

2:00 Cook’s Country: Low Country Party [R]

2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Global Tailgate

3:00 Call the Midwife

4:00 Death in Paradise: Stab in the Dark

5:00 BBC World News Outside Source

5:30 BBC World News America

EVENING

6:00 PBS NewsHour

7:00 Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future

9:00 Rick Steves Why We Travel [R]

10:00 Chicago Tonight

10:30 BBC World News

11:00 Amanpour and Company

Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future

An all-star cast performs songs from Dreamgirls, Ain’t Misbehavin, The Color Purple, Porgy and Bess, and more to celebrate the rich history of Black roles and voices on Broadway.

Tuesday, February 28 7:00 pm

Nikki Renee Daniels

Photo: Nouveau Productions

Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle

Photo: Steve J. Sherman/ PBS / Courtesy Everett Collection

Arts • Performance

’60s Pop, Rock & Soul

Saturday, 3:00 am (2/25)

Austin City Limits

Mondays, 12:30 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20)

Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/14)

Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future

Tuesday, 7:00 pm (2/28)

Carpenters: Close to You

Sunday, 1:00 pm (2/26)

Classical Rewind

Sunday, 12:00 am, 9:00 am, 2:30 pm, 11:00 pm (2/26)

Doo Wop, Pop, and Soul Generations

Saturday, 1:30 am (2/4)

Great Performances

Fridays, 8:00 pm (2/17, 2/24)

Sunday, 3:00 am (2/19)

John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High

Saturday, 10:30 pm (2/25)

Live from the Harris Theater: Adrian Dunn’s Emancipation

Monday, 9:00 pm (2/13)

Wednesday, 2:00 am (2/15)

Sunday, 2:30 pm (2/19)

Moments to Remember

Sunday, 10:30 am (2/26)

Monday, 12:30 am (2/27)

Drama • Comedy • Movies

All Creatures Great and Small

Sundays, 8:00 pm (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)

Tuesday, 1:30 am (2/7)

Tuesdays, 1:00 am (2/14, 2/21)

Sunday, 7:00 pm (2/19)

Tuesday, 12:00 am (2/21)

Call the Midwife

Mondays, 3:00 pm

Tuesdays, 3:00 pm

Wednesdays, 3:00 pm (2/8, 2/15, 2/22)

Thursdays, 3:00 pm (2/9, 2/16, 2/23)

Fridays, 3:00 pm (2/10, 2/17, 2/24)

Death in Paradise

Saturdays, 7:00 pm

Mondays, 1:30 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20)

Mondays, 4:00 pm

Tuesdays, 4:00 pm

Wednesdays,

Thursdays,

Fridays, 4:00 pm (2/10, 2/17, 2/24)

[INSERT] Father Brown

Thursdays, 8:00 pm (2/16, 2/23)

Saturday, 12:45 pm (2/18)Frankie Drake

Mysteries

Saturdays, 8:00 pm

Mondays, 2:30 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20)

La Otra Miranda

Sundays, 11:00 pm (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)

Midsomer Murders

Saturdays, 9:00 pm, 9:45 pm (2/4, 2/11, 2/18)

Mondays, 3:30 am, 4:15 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20)

Miss Scarlet and the Duke

Sundays, 7:00 pm (2/5, 2/12)

Tuesday, 12:30 am (2/7)

Tuesday, 12:00 am (2/14)

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Thursdays, 9:00 pm (2/2, 2/9, 2/23)

Sundays, 12:00 am (2/5, 2/12)

Sister Boniface

Sundays, 6:00 pm (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)

Tuesday, 3:30 am (2/7)

Tuesdays, 3:00 am (2/14, 2/21)

Vienna Blood

Sundays, 9:00 pm (2/5, 2/12)

Tuesday, 2:30 am (2/7)

Tuesday, 2:00 am (2/14)

Antiques Roadshow

Wednesday,

Wednesdays,

Ask This Old House

Check, Please!

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

February At-a-Glance •

Nature

Wednesday, 7:00 pm (2/1)

Friday, 12:00 am (2/3)

NOVA

Wednesdays, 8:00 pm

Fridays, 1:00 am

Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief

Saturday, 3:30 am (2/18)

Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain

Friday, 3:00 am (2/3)

Secrets of the Dead

Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (2/1, 2/8, 2/15)

Fridays, 2:00 am (2/3, 2/10, 2/17)

Public Affairs

Documentary

History

2023 Viewer’s Choice Bowl Winners

Sunday, 1:00 pm (2/12)

87th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book

Awards

Sunday, 10:00 am (2/5)

Saturday, 4:00 am (2/11)

Amanpour and Company

Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm

American Experience

Sunday, 11:30 pm (2/5)

Thursday, 3:00 am (2/9)

Monday, 9:00 pm (2/20)

Wednesday, 2:00 am (2/22)

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop

Changed the World

Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (2/14, 2/21)

Tuesday, 9:00 pm (2/21)

Thursdays, 1:00 am (2/16, 2/23)

Thursday, 2:00 am (2/23)

Finding Your Roots

Thursdays, 12:00 am

Sundays, 2:00 am (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)

Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21)

Sunday, 12:00 pm (2/12)

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Mondays, 5:00 am

Frontline

Thursdays, 2:00 am (2/16, 2/23)

Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (2/14,, 2/21)

Sunday, 12:00 am (2/19)

The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago

Stories Special

Monday, 8:30 pm (2/27)

Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer

Saturdays, 5:00 pm (2/4, 2/11, 2/18)

Sundays, 1:30 am (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)

Tuesday, 4:30 am (2/7)

Wednesday, 12:00 am (2/8)

Wednesday, 4:30 am (2/15)

Hidden Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, 9:00 pm (2/22)

Friday, 2:00 am (2/24)

History with David Rubenstein

Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites Saturday, 4:00 pm (2/18)

Sunday, 9:30 pm (2/19)

Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts

Saturdays, 4:00 pm (2/4, 2/11)

Tuesday, 12:00 am (2/7)

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

Friday, 4:00 pm (2/3)

Saturdays,

Tuesdays, 1:30 pm

Thursdays, 1:30 pm (2/9, 2/16, 2/23)

Rick Steves Why We Travel

Friday, 9:30 pm (2/24)

Sunday, 8:30 am (2/26)

Tuesday, 9:00 pm (2/28)

Samantha Brown’s Places to Love

Saturdays,

Sara’s Weeknight Meals Saturdays,

BBC World News

Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm, 5:30 am

BBC World News America

Mondays-Fridays, 5:30 pm

BBC World News Outside Source

Mondays-Thursdays, 5:00 pm

BBC World News Today

Fridays, 5:00 pm

Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

Sunday, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm (2/26)

Tuesday, 12:00 am (2/28)

Bonnie Boswell Presents: A Conversation with Pastor James Lawson and Attorney Bryan Stevenson

Sunday, 11:00 am (2/5)

Friday, 4:30 am (2/10)

Building Blocks: Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Monday, 9:00 pm (2/6)

Wednesday, 2:30 am (2/8)

Sunday, 3:30 pm (2/19)

Businessmakers

Sunday, 4:30 pm (2/19)

Mondays, 5:30 am

Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

Sunday, 11:00 am (2/12)

Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special

Monday, 8:00 pm (2/6)

Wednesday, 1:30 am (2/8)

Independent Lens

Saturdays, 10:30 pm (2/4, 2/11, 2/18)

Wednesday, 3:30 am (2/8)

Wednesdays, 3:00 am (2/15, 2/22)

Jay’s Chicago

Thursday, 9:30 pm (2/16)

Wednesday, 4:30 am (2/22)

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine

Fridays, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (2/3, 2/10)

Sundays, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/5, 2/12)

PBS News Weekend

Saturdays, 5:30 pm (2/4, 2/11, 2/18)

Sundays, 5:30 pm (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)

PBS NewsHour Coverage of the 2023 State of the Union Address

Tuesday, 8:00 pm (2/7)

Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire

Saturdays,

Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke

Nature • Science • Technology

Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda

Esmonde-White

Saturday, 4:00 am (2/4)

Brain Revolution

Thursday, 3:00 am (2/2)

Sunday, 5:00 am (2/5)

Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries

Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (2/8, 2/15, 2/22)

Fridays, 12:00 am (2/10, 2/17, 2/24)

Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine

Sunday, 5:00 am (2/12)

Friday, 3:00 am (2/17)

Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/21)

Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel

Monday, 8:00 pm (2/13)

Wednesday, 1:00 am (2/15)

Chicago Stories: The Real

Mad Men of Chicago

Monday, 8:00 pm (2/20)

Wednesday, 1:00 am (2/22)

Chicago Stories: The Union Stockyards

Monday, 7:00 pm (2/27)

Chicago Tonight

Mondays-Fridays, 10:00 pm

Tuesdays-Saturdays, 5:00 am

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices

Saturdays, 6:30 pm

Sundays, 10:00 pm

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices

Saturdays, 6:00 pm

Sundays, 10:30 pm

Chicago Tonight Mayoral

Candidate Forum

Tuesday, 10:00 pm (2/7)

Chicago Tonight: Week in Review

Fridays, 7:00 pm

Saturdays, 12:00 am, 5:30 am

Wednesday, 1:00 am (2/8)PBS NewsHour

Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm

Pioneers of Television

Thursdays, 7:00 pm

Saturdays, 12:30 am (2/4, 2/11, 2/18)

Reconstruction: America after the Civil War

Sunday, 9:00 am, 11:30 am (2/19)

Saturday, 6:30 am, 9:00 am (2/25)

Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

Sunday, 3:00 pm (2/5)

Saturday, 1:30 am (2/11)

Slavery by Another Name

Sunday, 4:00 pm (2/12)

Saturday, 4:00 pm (2/25)

Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

Thursday, 3:00 am (2/16)

Saturday, 1:30 am (2/18)

Friday, 3:00 am (2/24)

Sunday, 1:30 am, 5:00 am (2/26)

Tuesday, 3:00 am (2/28)

To Dine For with Kate Sullivan

Saturdays, 9:30 am (2/4, 2/11, 2/18)

Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

Sunday, 1:30 pm (2/5)

Cooking & Dining

Home Improvement

Travel

America’s Test Kitchen

Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD

Sunday, 5:00 am (2/19)

Monday, 3:00 am (2/27)

Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson

Saturday, 5:00 am (2/25)

Sunday, 3:30 am, 7:00 am (2/26)

DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis

Sunday, 4:00 pm (2/5)

Friday, 3:00 am (2/10)

Saturday, 2:30 am (2/11)

Washington Week

Fridays, 7:30 pm

Programming Subject to Change Without Notice

Programmer’s Picks

Live from WFMT

Pianist Rochelle Sennet, the Dover Quartet, and violinist Paul Huang and pianist Helen Huang are welcomed this month to WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

Mondays, 8:00 pm

Wednesday 1

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 30 in C, Alleluia – Vienna Concentus Musicus/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 76460-2. [14:55]

11:00 Carl Nielsen Rhapsodic Overture, An Imaginary Journey to the Faeroe Islands – Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. Dacapo 6.220518. [10:17]

12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Cellist Anita Graef and pianist Louise Chan perform works by Nikolai Kapustin, Arvo Pärt, Claude Debussy, Amy Beach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Ludwig van Beethoven live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. William Grant Still Prelude for flute, string quartet, doublebass and piano – Alexa Still, f; Michael Steer, db; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand SQ. Koch 3-7192-2. [10:19]

Camille Saint-Saëns Le rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31 – Malmö Sym Orch/Marc Soustrot.

Black Music Spotlight

Join us for a weekday morning feature throughout the month that spotlights music by Black composers, curated and presented by LaRob K. Rafael, co-host of Sounds Classical

Weekdays, 8:30 am

Naxos 8.573139. [8:19]

2:00 Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos D/CD-3050. [28:45]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Fanny Mendelssohn Piano

Trio in D minor, Op. 11 –Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos

CHAN-20256. [22:58]

Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042 – Lara St. John, v; New York Bach Ensemble. Ancalagon 131. [16:36]

Leó Weiner Divertimento No. 2 on Hungarian Folk Tunes, Op. 24 – Hungarian Chamber Orch/Vilmos

Tátrai. Hungaroton

HCD-31992. [14:26]

4:00 George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Suite – Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p. DG 447640-2. [16:23] Alexander Borodin

Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Paris Conservatory Orch/René Leibowitz. Chesky CD-61. [11:03]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Richard Stoltzman. Richard Stoltzman represents over fifty years of clarinet history. He describes standing on stage, pointing the bell of his clarinet towards the audience, and drawing them into the music of Messiaen, Takemitsu, and Copland. He has introduced us to new players, and new interpretations of less understood works, plus he has commissioned music by everybody. Listen to stories about his parents, Benny

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.

WFMT Presents

This month, enjoy a conversation with Riccardo Muti; Cuarteto Latinoamericano and pianists Gabriela Montero and Samanta Ege; and Margaret Bonds’s Montgomery Variations

Wednesdays, 8:00 pm

Goodman, Rudolf Serkin, his teachers and friends.

8:00 WFMT Presents: Rediscovered Composers THe BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Jack Sheen, presents Margaret Bonds’s seminal Montgomery Variations and other music by composers from diverse backgrounds including Joseph Bologne, Ali Osman, and Kikuko Kanai. BBC New Generation Artist Kunal Lahiry is featured in Julia Perry’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and pianist-scholar Dr. Samantha Ege presents solo piano works by Nathaniel Dett and Margaret Bonds.

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Thursday 2

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D, R. 208, Grosso Mogul – Nicola Benedetti, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Christian Curnyn. Decca B0016412-02. [14:41]

11:00 Eric Coates London Again Suite – Royal Liverpool Phil/John Wilson. Avie AV-2070. [15:41]

12:00 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Suite – National Sym/ Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0001. [20:31]

1:00 Carl Maria von Weber Oberon: Overture –Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDM769572-2. [9:24] Claude Debussy Pour le piano –Jean-Bernard Pommier, p. Virgin 61197-2. [12:41]

Richard

Idyll – Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch/Christian Thielemann. DG 469008-2. [19:16]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Louise Farrenc Trio for flute, cello and piano in E minor, Op. 45 – Jean Berkenstock, f; Walter Preucil, vc; William Koehler, p. Centaur CRC2206. [22:09] Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture,

In the Spotlight

WFMT Presents: Rediscovered Composers

Tune in for a rare opportunity to hear Margaret Bonds’s Montgomery Variations. Composed in 1964 and dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr., the work is based on events and ideas in the civil-rights movement from the Montgomery Bus Boycott through the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young Black girls in Birmingham in 1963. Due to Bonds being marginalized on the basis of gender and race, the composer only heard this work performed just once in her lifetime.

Wednesday, February 1

8:00 pm

2:00

Wagner Siegfried

Margaret Bonds

Photo: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Op.9 – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 471627-2 (2).

[8:28] Joaquín Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre – Julian Bream, g; RCA Victor Chamber Orch/Leo Brouwer. RCA 61611-2. [23:23]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Richard Stoltzman. See Wednesday’s listing.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée; Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral; Bach: Sarabande in D minor; Traditional: Finnish Traditional Song; Dessner: Violin Concerto; Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Ariane Matiakh, conductor.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Friday 3

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music

Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Michael Abels Winged Creatures – Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/ Allen Tinkham. Cedille CDR-90000187. [11:38]

11:00 Peter Boyer Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah) –London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer. Naxos 8.559915.

[5:10] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45471-2. [13:36]

12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz hosted by Kerry Frumkin from the Fay and Daniel Performance Studio. Originally aired October 10, 2022.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.

1:00 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2.

[14:12] Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D 703, Quartettsatz –Juilliard String Quartet. CBS MP-39553. [7:45]

2:00 George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F – AnneMarie McDermott, p; Dallas Sym/Justin Brown. Bridge 9252. [32:30]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight –Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 689102. [15:37] Duke Ellington Suite from The River (1970) –Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559737. [21:04] Joachim Raff Duo, Op. 59 – Christoph Croisé, vc; Oxana Shevchenko, p. Avie AV-2490. [16:19] Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture – Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA-5160. [10:24]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Richard Stoltzman. See

Wednesday’s listing.

8:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael interview Nigerian composer and guitarist Taiwo Adegoke

9:00 The New York Philharmonic

This Week: Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor; Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Mozart: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Jazz artist Lil Armstrong interviewed in 1957.

Saturday 4

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.

8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice

9:00 Soundtrack

11:00 Introductions: Black History Month Highlights. Montgomery: Overture;

WFMT Programming Grid Programming Subject to Change Without Notice

Black History Month

Saturday

Four programs mark Black History Month: Introductions will spotlight works by Black composers. The Metropolitan Opera shares an archival performance of Verdi’s Macbeth with Martina Arroyo in her prime as Lady Macbeth. On Listening to Singers, Oliver Camacho surveys African American bass-baritones. And The Midnight Special commemorates Rosa Parks’s birthday with excerpts from her 1973 Studs Terkel interview.

Saturday, February 4

Beginning at 11:00 am

Rhapsody No. 1; Dett: Barcarolle, Morning; Hailstork: Yuhwa; Still: Song for the Lonely; Perkinson: Blue/s Forms; Louisiana Blues Strut; Walker: Lyric for Strings

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth

Martina Arroyo (Lady Macbeth), Franco Tagliavini (Macduff), Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Ruggero Raimondo (Banquo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/ Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Recorded February 3, 1973.

3:00 Saturday Afternoon

Music with Jan Weller

4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A Black History Month program

spotlighting American bass-baritones Paul Robeson, William Warfield, Simon Estes, Eric Owens, and Ryan Speedo Green.

5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller

7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Great Brazilian Pianists. Elbio Barilari features some of the most accomplished Brazilian pianists, including Nelson Freire, Arnaldo Cohen, Caio Pagano, Arnaldo Estrelha,

and Arthur Moreira Lima.

8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Highlights of performances by Matt Watroba & Rev. Robert Jones from the Folkstage archives.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Honoring Rosa Parks, born February 4, 1913, with commentary in her own words. Songs about courage, perseverance and moving forward.

Sunday 5

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice: Black History Month. Host Peter DuBois explores music of African-American composers of choral and organ music, as well as the riches of the Spiritual tradition.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael

12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral: I. Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/ Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-747. [11:04] Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 2 – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDM7-63572-2. [12:00]

Germaine Tailleferre Images for Chamber Ensemble –Ensemble/Nicole Paiement. Helicon HE-1008. [6:02]

Carlos Simon Requiem for the Enslaved: We All Found Heaven (instrumental version) – MK Zulu, tr; Carlos Simon, p. Decca 4852939. [3:20] Carlos Simon Requiem for the Enslaved: Light Everlasting (solo piano version) – Carlos Simon, p. Decca 4852939. [3:00]

1:00 Florence Price Piano Concerto in D minor –Michelle Cann, p; New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [17:02]

Michael Abels Isolation Variation – Hilary Hahn, v. DG 4863069. [3:13] Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. Seraphim 73299-2.

[10:14] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Motet, Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 – Amsterdam Baroque Cho & Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 10705-2.

[3:51] Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Waltz – Radio France Phil/ Paavo Järvi. Virgin 45609-2.

[6:04] Kevin Puts Contact: IV. Convivium – Time for Three; Philadelphia Orch/Xian Zhang. DG 4863066. [7:35]

2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 –Dover Quartet. Cedille CDR90000215. [23:01] Danny Elfman Percussion Quartet: Movement 1; Jlin Perspective: VI. Duality – Third Coast Percussion. Cedille CDR90000210. [11:00] Anatol Liadov A Musical Snuffbox, Op. 32 – St. Louis Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68511-2.

[2:10] Modest Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude, Dawn on the Moskva River –Osipov Balalaika Orch/ Viktor Dubrovsky. Melodiya SR-40171. [5:08] Traditional American Shall We Gather at the River (Beautiful River) – Will Liverman, br; Paul Sánchez, p. Navona NV-6408. [6:18]

3:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor – Neave Trio. Chandos CHAN-20167. [14:05] Derek Bermel Intonations: I. Harmonica – JACK Quartet. Naxos 8.559912. [5:30]

Edvard Grieg Symphonic Dances, Op. 64: No. 1, Allegro moderato e marcato – Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset. Naxos 8.557279.

[7:33] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C, R. 181 (La Cetra, Op. 9/1) – Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer. Virgin 61246-2 (2). [8:42]

Christopher Tin The Lost Birds: X. I Shall Not See The Shadows; XI. In the End; XII. Hope is the Thing with Feathers – Voces8, Royal Phil Orch/Christopher Tin. Decca 4858030. [10:22]

4:00 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70: IV. Finale, Allegro – Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4863413. [8:47] Antonín Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, American: Finale, Vivace ma non troppo; Ida Cox Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues – PUBLIQuartet. Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0171.

[7:25] Claude Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse – Van Cliburn, p. RCA 60726-2. [6:36] Maurice Ravel Sonatine – Debussy Trio. Sierra OXCD-5002.

[11:03] John Williams E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Flying Theme – Berlin Phil/John Williams. DG B0034852-02.

[3:58] John Williams Violin Concerto No. 2: IV. Epilogue –Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Boston Sym Orch/John Williams. DG 4861698. [8:12]

5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including William Grant Still Symphony No. 4, Autochthonous – Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559603. [26:15] Johann

Sebastian Bach Lute Suite in E, BWV 1006a – Ronn McFarlane, l. Dorian DOR90242. [19:59] Giuseppe Martucci Novelletta, Op 82 – Philharmonia Orch/ Francesco d’Avalos. ASV CDDCA-675. [6:09]

6:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 – Berlin Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini. Sony SK-47264. [31:31] Judith Weir Truly I Tell You – Westminster Abbey Choir/James O’Donnell; Peter Holder, o. Hyperion CDA-68350. [6:00] Michael Fine Oboe Quintet – Xiaodi Liu, ob; Scott Yoo & Erik Arvinder, v’s; Maurycy Banaszek, vi; Jonah Kim, vc. Evidence EVCD-070. [12:56]

7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series: Soprano Kathryn Henry, baritone Laureano Quant , and pianist Chris Reynolds

8:00 Chicago Symphony

Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84; Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60; Still: Mother and Child; Price: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor; Riccardo Muti, conductor.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Furtwängler RAI Ring Cycle, 1953 in Extraordinary Sonic Restorations, part 1 of 2.

Monday 6

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. William Mathias Dance Overture, Op 16 – London Sym Orch/David Atherton. Lyrita SRCD.328. [6:36]

11:00 Jules Massenet Orchestral Suite No. 5, Scènes napolitaines – New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce. Naxos 8.553125. [11:34]

12:00 Henry Purcell Abdelazer: Suite – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433523-2 (5). [12:41]

1:00 Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in g-sharp minor, Op. 19, Sonata-Fantasy – Yuja Wang, p. DG B001253402. [12:20] Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – Guildhall String

Martina Arroyo as Lady Macbeth

Photo: Metropolitan Opera Archives

Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7846-2-RC. [16:02]

2:00 Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA RCD1-5407. [21:05]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella: Suite –Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 415127-2. [22:43] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807461.62 (2). [21:38]

Hamish MacCunn Highland Memories, Op 30 – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson. ASV CDWHL-2123. [9:49]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: César Franck. Bill shares music by a composer considered by some to be the greatest composer of organ music

In the Spotlight

after J. S. Bach, highlighting some of his non-organ music.

8:00 Live from WFMT: Pianist Rochelle Sennet hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 7

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0017175-02. [10:13]

11:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Rapsodie d’Auvergne, Op. 73 – Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo. Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2). [8:54]

12:00 George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMX2908288.91 (4). [12:39]

1:00 Claude Debussy Sonata for flute, viola, and harp – Jeffrey Khaner, f; Roberto Diaz, vi; Elizabeth Hainen, h. Avie AV2285. [17:00] Antonín Dvorák Rusalka, Op. 114: Song to the Moon – Ophélie Gaillard, vc; Royal Phil/Timothy Redmond. Aparté AP-001. [5:39]

2:00 Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 –Vadim Gluzman, v; Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton. BIS SACD-1852. [24:17]

8:00 Gateways Radio: Valerie Coleman: Afro; Imani Winds; Fred Emry Smith: Suite No. 1; Eustacio Rosales: Bolero; Ralph Barnett, Douglas Cardwell, Jimmie Finnie, Malcolm Jackson, Donn Johns, Terry McKinney, percussion; Dvorak: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44 and Strings, Op 22 (excerpts); Stravinsky: A Soldier’s Tale; Gateways Chamber Ensemble; Antoine Clark, conductor.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Mozart: Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521; Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung, piano. Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38; David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Wednesday 8

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412 – Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón. Alpha 878. [8:40]

11:00 David Chesky New York Rag No. 12, The Park Avenue Rag; New York Rag No. 18, The Coney Island Rag –David Chesky, p. Chesky Records JD-359. [5:37]

Live from WFMT: Rochelle Sennet

The well-known performer, teacher, and scholar, Dr. Rochelle Sennet is the inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the College of Fine and Applied Arts at University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, where she also serves as Associate Professor of Piano in the School of Music. Her latest recording, “Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Volume II” was released last October, and includes the complete Partitas of J.S. Bach, and six additional suites by Black composers: George Walker, Florence Price, Joyce Solomon Moorman, Montague Ring, Harry Burleigh, and Ulysses Kay.

Monday, February 6 8:00 pm

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.

Antonio Soler Keyboard Quintet No. 6 in G minor –Cuarteto Bretón; Rosa Torres-Pardo, p. Columna Música 1CM-0319. [22:42]

George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – JeanYves Thibaudet, p; Baltimore Sym/Marin Alsop. Decca B0014091-02. [9:05] Richard Wagner Das Rheingold: Prelude, Interludes, Entance of the Gods into Valhalla – Paris Opera Orch/Philippe Jordan. Erato 9341422-7 (2). [22:13]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: César Franck. See Monday’s listing.

12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Trio Gaia (Grant Houson, v; Yi-Mei Templeman, vc, Andrew Barnwell, p) performs works by Jennifer Higdon and Ludwig van Beethoven live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos: Chorus, Spuntato ecco il dì d’esultanza – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 430226-2. [7:00] Fran } – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902372. [14:20]

2:00 Maurice Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) –Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez. DG 439859-2. [28:03]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with

Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 – Angela Cheng, p; Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7169-2. [21:55] Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 429396-2. [13:15] Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 2 in a minor, Op. 55 – Royal Liège Phil Orch/Jean-Jacques Kantorow. BIS 2460. [20:50]

4:00 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F minor, RV. 297, The Four Seasons: Winter – Trondheim Soloists/ Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG 463259-2. [10:10]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: César Franck. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 WFMT Presents: Cuarteto Latinoamericano The renowned string quartet performs works by Heitor VillaLobos,Babriela Ortiz, Alberto Ginastra, Carlos Gardel, and Francisco Mignone. Recorded October 15, 2022, at Nichols Concert Hall.

9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Thursday 9

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Paul Schoenfield Cafe Music –James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p. Black Box BBM-1109. [15:32]

11:00 Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite, Op. 11 – New Zealand Sym Orch/Pietari Inkinen. Naxos 8.572704. [17:35]

12:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 – RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [15:56]

1:00 Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1 – London Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 417719-2. [6:35] Antonio Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C, R. 447 – Alex Klein, ob; New Brandenburg Collegium/ Anthony Newman. Cedille CDR-7003. [14:00]

2:00 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata

Rochelle Sennet

Photo: Bauwerks

No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, Funeral March – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4795332. [20:46]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-89690. [15:39] Igor Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1919) – Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 415127-2. [22:27] Charles Gounod Faust: Ballet music – Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 421396-2. [15:54]

4:00 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Bamberg Sym Orch/Claus Peter Flor. RCA 7905-2-RC. [12:30]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: César Franck. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

9:00 The WFMT Orchestra

Series: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra; Massenet: Méditation, from ‘Thaïs;’ Ibert: Escales, symphonic poem; Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor; Tzigane; Boléro; Renaud Capuçon, violin; Alain Altinoglu, conductor.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Friday 10

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Franz Schubert Rosamunde incidental music, D. 797: Overture –Leipzig Gewandhaus

Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 412432-2. [9:55]

11:00 Rabih Abou-Khalil Arabian Waltz – Silk Road Ensemble. Sony 10319-2. [7:36]

12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Baritone Hugh Russell, cellist Ken Olsen and pianist Craig Terry hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Originally aired October 17, 2022.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Charles Tomlinson Griffes Bacchanale – Seattle Sym/ Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE3099. [4:24] Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerto

in G, S 213 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 437549-2 (2). [15:26]

2:00 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 – Boston Sym/Andris Nelsons. BSO Classics 1701/03. [39:23]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417 – William Purvis, hn; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423623-2. [13:20] Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf Harp Concerto in A – Marisa Robles, h; St Martin’s Academy/Iona Brown. Decca 425723-2. [18:26] Peter Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet OvertureFantasy – Simón Bolívar Sym/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0015296-02. [22:14]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: César Franck. See monday’s listing.

8:00 Sounds Classical Love songs in classical music – an episdoe for Valentine’s Day.

9:00 The New York Philharmonic

This Week: Schoenberg: Erwartung (Expectation), from Vier Lieder, Op. 2; Nancy Allen, harp; Erwartung,

Op. 17; Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano; Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle; Katarina Karneus, speaker; Nina Stemme, soprano; Johannes Martin Kränzle, baritone; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: A tapestry of words and music to celebrate Abraham Lincoln , originally produced in 1958.

Saturday 11

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.

8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice

9:00 Soundtrack

11:00 Introductions: Shivshankar Prasad, 17, piano. Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in C minor, Op. 34, No. 1; Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E, Op. 109; Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Scottish Sonata; Danielpour: The Enchanted Garden, selections.

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Celebrating Franco Zeffirelli The Met commemorates the centenary of

Franco Zeffirelli’s birth with a special presentation drawn from the company’s radio archives. Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch.

2:00 Saturday Afternoon

Music with Jan Weller

4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A Black History Month program presenting William Grant Still’s one act opera Highway 1, USA. The world premiere recording features soprano Louise Toppin, mezzo-soprano

Pamela Dillard, and tenors

Robert Honeysucker and Ray M. Wade, Jr. with the St. Olaf Orchestra and VocalEssence Ensemble conducted by Philip Brunelle.

5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller

7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Travels to Sepharad. Jewish Sephardic music is one of the most fascinating musical styles to come out of Spain. Elbio Barilari shares recordings of this unique culture that has been preserved in Northern Africa, Greece, Turkey and the Netherlands.

8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Jenny and Robin Bienemann live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie, Illinois.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Robots & Romance. Out of this world music for Valentine’s Day.

Sunday 12

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice: Birthday Bonanza. Host Peter DuBois commemorates the 75th birthday of Grayston Ives with various recordings of his compositions, as well as his conducting, especially of the choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. The birthdays of Felix Mendelssohn, Jean Langlais, Karl Jenkins, and others will also be celebrated.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael

12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Vienna

Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG

4745022. [8:40] Gareth Farr Love Songs: III. For Adelaide; IV. For Salesi – Henry Wong Doe, p. Trust MMT-2070. [4:53] Peter Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 –Isaac Stern, v; National Sym Orch/Mstislav Rostropovich. CBS 35DC-49. [34:51] Fanny Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 2: No. 1, Andante –Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615. [5:13]

1:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 –Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2).

[11:29] Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz: Overture –Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan. DG 474275-2 (2). [10:34] Maria Grenfell Di Primavera (Of Spring) –Claire Edwardes, mar; Karin Schaupp, g. ABC Classics 4817995 (2). [7:59] George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture – Berlin Phil/ Rafael Kubelík. DG 4132562. [7:52] Otto Klemperer Merry Waltz – Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer. EMI CDM7-63917-2. [7:29]

2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, Kegelstatt – Martin Fröst, cl; Antoine Tamestit, vi; Leif Ove Andsnes, p. BIS 1893.

[18:41] Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture –Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 429762-2 (2). [8:03] Eriks Ešenvalds Stars –Cantus. Signum SIGCD-819.

[5:43] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 100 in G, Military: I. Adagio; Allegro –London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 437201-2 (4).

[7:09] Fanny Mendelssohn Fantasy in A-Flat, H-U 253 –Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615. [6:13]

3:00 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque – Inon Barnatan, p. Avie AV-2256. [16:52] Jean Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 2, The Swan of Tuonela – Anna Mattix, eh; Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Beau Fleuve 094975. [10:14] Antonio

Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto in C, R. 425 – Pepe Romero, g; St. Martin’s Academy/ Iona Brown. DG 439516-2.

[7:31] Lena McLin A Summer Day – Helen Walker-Hill, p. Leonarda LE-339. [3:56]

4:00 Aaron Copland Old American Songs Set 2 – St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297.

[13:23] Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559024. [8:37]

Giuseppe Tartini Violin Concerto in A, D. 96 – Carlo Chiarappa, v; Accademia Bizantina. Denon CO-78969.

[16:30] Fanny Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 6: No. 1, Andante espressivo –Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615. [6:39]

5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin introducing Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958 – Inon Barnatan, p. Avie AV-2283. [29:30]

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Othello, Op. 79: Suite – RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [10:29]

Richard Rodney Bennett Country Dances: Book

1 – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/John Wilson. Chandos CHSA-5244. [10:51]

6:00 Franz Liszt Réminiscences de ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ after Donizetti – Jorge Bolet, p. Philips 456724-2 (2). [6:24] Caroline Shaw Entr’acte – United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul. BIS BIS-2549. [10:48] Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Bridal Procession – Llyr Williams, p. Signum SIGCD-388 (2). [9:07] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [23:17]

7:00 Maurice Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée – Stéphane Degout, br; Cédric Tiberghien, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM902612. [7:16] Richard Strauss Don Quixote, Op. 35 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Steven Ansell, vi; Boston Sym Orch/ Andris Nelsons. [45:52]

8:00 Chicago Symphony

Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture; Rhapsody in Blue; Inon Barnatan, piano; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major; André de Ridder, conductor.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Furtwängler RAI Ring Cycle, 1953 in Extraordinary Sonic Restorations, Program 2 of 2.

Monday 13

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Johann Stamitz Trumpet Concerto in D – Håkan Hardenberger, tr; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 420203-2. [15:35]

11:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80041. [15:20]

12:00 Aaron Copland An Outdoor

Overture – Colorado Sym/ Andrew Litton. BIS 2164. [8:17]

1:00 Darius Milhaud La Cheminée du roi René, Op. 205 –Reykjavik Wind Quintet. Chandos CHAN-9362. [12:21] Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture –Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 62587-2. [6:30]

2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish – Julia Fischer, v; Netherlands Chamber Orch/ Yakov Kreizberg. Pentatone PTC-5186453 (2). [29:50]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 – Barthold Kuijken, f; La Petite Bande. RCA-DHM 77008-2-RG (2). [21:07] Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 –Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. [17:36] Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 –Berlin Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 452603-2. [15:17]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor Music. The House of Tudor reigned from Henry VII through Elizabeth I, and during this time the arts were loved by church and state alike. Bill examines the new type of English secular music that arose from this support –tunes that were not folk music and didn’t belong to the church. Includes compositions by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, and Henry VIII.

8:00 Live from WFMT: Cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Benjamin Hochman in performance at University of Chicago Presents. Recorded on January 20, 2023.

10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 14

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.

Edward MacDowell Fireside Tales, Op. 61 – James Barbagallo, p. Marco Polo 8.223631. [12:01]

11:00 Georg Philipp Telemann Overture (Suite) in C, Hamburger Ebb’ und Flut

(Wassermusik) – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia

Vox AVSA-9914 (2). [22:16]

12:00 Alberto Ginastera Danzas criollas, Op. 15 – Jerusalem

Sym/Gisèle Ben-Dor. [9:19]

1:00 Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Suite – Northwest

German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert. [17:00] Florence

Price Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G minor – Samantha Ege, p. Lorelt LNT-144. [8:07]

2:00 Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 –Tokyo String Quartet. [26:03]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.572887. [15:03]

Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – Alice Sara Ott, p; Munich Phil/Thomas Hengelbrock. DG 4778779. [19:47] Hubert Parry An English Suite – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5366. [19:10]

4:00 Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Chorus, Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 430226-2. [11:48]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor Music

See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Gateways Radio: Quincy Jones: Nettie Teaches Celie; Studio Orchestra; QMalcolm Arnold: Quintet for Brass; Gateways Brass Collective; Lalo Shifrin: La Nouvelle Orleans; Imani Winds; Michael Abels: Delights and Dances; Ravel: Gateways Orchestra; Harlem Quartet; Michael Morgan, conductor.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Mozart: Quintet in A major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, K. 581; Janácek: Quintet in A major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, K. 581; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn; Aaron Boyd, Bella Hristova, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; AnneMarie McDermott, piano.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Wednesday 15

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,

including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Edward Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 – London Chamber Orch/Christopher WarrenGreen. Virgin 61126-2. [12:57]

11:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos Danças características africanas –Brazilian Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3409. [11:21]

12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Sara Davis Buechner and Kontras Quartet (Eleanor Bartsch and Francois Henkins, v’s; Ben Weber, vi; Jean Hatmaker, vc) perform works by Joaquín Turina and Reynaldo Hahn live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Keyboard Concerto in C Minor, Wq. 43/4 – Michael Rische, p; Berlin Baroque Soloists. Hännsler Classic HC-19041. [12:28] Richard Galliano Tango pour Claude –Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Richard Galliano, acc; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sascha Goetzel. Warner 0190295155636. [4:56]

2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4863050. [33:27]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Richard Strauss Festival Prelude, Op. 61 – Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-55185-2. [11:11]

Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite – Music@Menlo Ensemble. Music@Menlo 2012 (6). [23:19] Gioachino Rossini Otello: Ballet Music – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [19:30]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor Music. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with Riccardo Muti. Maestro Riccardo Muti reflects on his time as CSO Music Director and discusses performances to come in 2023. Hosted by George Preston.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Thursday 16

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore

including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.

Johann Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 – Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. DG 474250-2. [11:56]

11:00 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Grande fantasia triunfal (variations on the Brazilian national anthem) – Cristina Ortiz, p; Royal Phil/Moshe Atzmon. Decca 414348-2. [8:09]

12:00 Ottorino Respighi The Birds – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [18:21]

1:00 Giuseppe Tartini Sonata Pastorale in A – Trio Settecento. Cedille CDR90000099. [9:09] Richard Wagner Rienzi: Overture –Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-47030-2. [13:34]

2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Suite – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDM4-89485-2. [23:08]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 – London Phil Orch/ Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG B0005078-02 (2). [23:01]

Johann Sebastian Bach Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4786773. [14:06] Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 – City of Granada Orch/ Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901675. [16:53]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: First Love... Then Later. Music inspired by love stories, love poems, and composers’ own love affairs.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Danish National Symphony Orchestra Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps; Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Vadym Kholodenko, piano; Marta Gardolinska, conductor.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Friday 17

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am

and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Hector Berlioz Les Troyens: Ballet music – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80164. [15:46]

11:00 Herbert Clarke Valse Brillante, Sounds from the Hudson – Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger. CBS MK-42137. [8:07]

12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Early music ensemble Black Tulip hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Originally aired November 14, 2022.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.

Johann Sebastian Bach TwoViolin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043 – Jeanne Lamon, v; Linda Melsted, v; Tafelmusik. Sony SK-66265. [13:56]

George Gershwin Cuban Overture – Zofo Duet. Sono Luminus DSL-92167. [10:24]

2:00 Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Várjon, p. Hyperion CDA-68227. [25:54]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Liszt Les Préludes – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47022-2. [16:35]

Edward MacDowell Woodland Sketches, Op 51 – Alan Mandel, p. Phoenix PHCD-148 (2). [20:10] Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 –London Sym & Cho/Kent Nagano. Erato 91712-2. [17:15]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor Music. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Sounds Classical

9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Love-themed music by Prokofiev, Bruckner, Massenet, Scriabin, Fauré, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner; Lorin Maazel, Alan Gilbert, Leone Magiera, Dmitri Mitropoulos, André Kostelanetz, conductors.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Guitarist Oscar Ghiglia interviewed in 1993.

Saturday 18

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am;

Listening to Singers: On Leontyne Price with

Kenneth Overton

Celebrate the career of living legend Leontyne Price (b. February 10, 1927) with a special episode curated and co-hosted by Kenneth Overton. One of the most sought-after singers of his generation, the Grammy Award-winning baritone is also a galvanizing voice in the classical singing community as the host of Black Opera Live!, a weekly program featuring candid conversations with Black opera stars of today.

Saturday, February 18 4:00 pm

and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.

8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice

9:00 Soundtrack

11:00 Introductions: Tabitha Mo, 16, flute. Nielsen: Flute Concerto, 1st mvt; Still: Song for the Lonely; Mozart: Flute Concerto in G, K. 313, 1st mvt; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen With Inah Chiu, piano.

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Don Carlo

Eleonara Burrato (Elisabeth de Valois), Yulia Matochkina (Princess Eboli), Russell Thomas (Don Carlo) Peter Mattei (Rodrigo, Count of Posa); Günther Groissböck (Filippo II), John Relyea (The Grand Inquisitor); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Recorded November 3, 2022.

4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A Black History Month program spotlighting Leontyne Price with host of Black Opera Live! and baritone Kenneth Overton.

5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller

7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Celebrating Women

Composers of Latin America. Elbio Barilari recognizes a great number of women composers, including Gisela Hernández, Modesta Bor, María Luisa Escobar, Adina Izarra, and María Granillo.

8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Mark Dvorak & Mean Mary live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Non-conformists and other rebels who challenge us to think differently.

Sunday 19

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice: Transfiguration. Host Peter DuBois will share choral and organ music of praise and light to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration; and will explore music that leads us toward the season of Lent which begins on Ash Wednesday.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael

12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Ludwig van Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 – Philippe Quint, v; Minería Sym Orch/ Carlos Miguel Prieto. Avanti 10362. [8:27] Maurice Ravel La valse – Sean Chen, p. Steinway & Sons 30029. [13:21] Emmanuel Chabrier España Rhapsody – London Sym Orch/Ataulfo Argenta. Decca 443580-2. [6:32]

Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Verano Porteño (Summer) –Friedmann Eichhorn, v; Julius Berger, vc; José Gallardo, p. Hänssler Classic CD-93.205. [7:35] Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. Decca 430212-2. [11:13]

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Balcony Scene –Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011402. [7:48] Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23 – Isabella Brown, v; Milana Pavchinskaya, p. WFMT . [6:59]

3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Jory Vinikour, hc. Sono Luminus DSL-92239. [13:30]

John Williams Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone : Hedwig’s Theme – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Recording Arts Orch of Los Angeles/ John Williams. DG B0030629. [5:57] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [12:29]

Charles Lucien Lambert L’Amazone, Caprice-mazurka, Op. 67 – Gary Hammond, p. Naxos 8.559037. [6:09]

4:00 Domenico Cimarosa TwoFlute Concerto in G – Mathieu Dufour, f; Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR90000080. [19:11] Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G – I Solisti Italiani. Denon 81757-9150-2.

[7:10] Samuel Barber Agnus Dei (from Op. 11) – Chicago Chorale/Bruce Tammen. Chicago Chorale 2007. [7:27]

5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sergei Taneyev Suite de Concert for violin and orchestra, Op 28 – Pekka Kuusisto, v; Helsinki Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Ondine ODE-959-2. [42:01]

Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton. Delos DE-3246. [6:05]

6:00 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in B-Flat, D 960 – Stephen Kovacevich, p. EMI CDC555359-2. [41:39] Maddalena Sirmen String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat – Allegri String Quartet. Cala CACD-1019. [12:09]

Salonen, conductor.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Vittorio Giannini: Tell Me, Oh Blue, Blue Sky; Sing to My Heart a Song; There were Two Swans; It Is a Spring Night; Suite from Taming of the Shrew; Prelude and Fugue; Symphony No. 4; The Medead; Finale from Concerto Grosso.

Monday 20

Presidents’ Day

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture – BBC Sym Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. Warner Classics 256469667-7. [9:22]

11:00 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes – Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart. Virgin 91431-2. [10:59]

12:00 Cécile Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107 – Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-8840. [8:03]

1:00 Georges Bizet Carmen: Suite – Bastille Opera Orch/ Myung-Whun Chung. DG 431778-2. [20:02] Valerie Coleman Portraits of Langston: No. 2, Danse Africaine – Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p. Cedille CDR-90000172. [5:32]

1:00

Franz Joseph Haydn

Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr. EMI 16213-0. [14:44]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, Linz: I. Adagio – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [7:57]

Hector Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture – London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 456143-2 (6). [7:44] Francis

Poulenc Brass Sonata –Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2). [7:42]

7:00 Dobrinka Tabakova Suite in Old Style – Vaiva EidukaityteStorastiene, hc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov, vi. ECM 2239. [18:35] Claude Debussy

Piano Trio in G – Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA-67114. [19:37] Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417 – Pip Eastop, hn; Hanover Band/ Anthony Halstead. Hyperion CDA-68097. [14:59]

8:00 Chicago Symphony

2:00 Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC5-57562-2. [28:48]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango – Karen Gomyo, v; Stephanie Jones, g. BIS 2385. [22:04] Claude Debussy

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Santa Cecilia Orch/Leonard Bernstein. DG B0027991-02. [11:39]

2:00

Frédéric Chopin Scherzo

No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 –Abdel Rahman El Bacha, p. Mirare MIR514D. [11:22] Sergei

Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Ravel: Mother Goose; Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Dessner: Violin Concerto; Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Esa-Pekka

7:00

Ottorino Respighi Trittico botticelliano (Botticelli Triptych) –Chamber Orch of New York/Salvatore Di Vittorio. Naxos 8.573168. [20:17]

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Too Darn Big. Bill ascends some of

Kenneth Overton

Photo: Zakiyah Caldwell Burroughs

the most colossal musical mountains in existence: Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder and Havergal Brian’s Gothic Symphony.

8:00 Live from WFMT: Dover Quartet hosted by Kerry Frumkin from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 21

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Johannes Brahms

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p. Decca B0020329-02. [19:57]

11:00 Johan Halvorsen

Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1 in A – Trondheim Sym/ Ole Kristian Ruud. Simax PSC-1085. [12:44]

12:00 Felix Mendelssohn

Overture, The Fair Melusina, Op 32 – Bern Sym Orch/ Peter Maag. MCA Classics MCAD-5849. [12:05]

1:00 Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Peter Csaba. Ondine ODE-919-2. [6:45] Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – András Schiff, p. ECM 2122/23 (2). [15:44]

2:00 George Frideric Handel

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Baroque

Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 434122-2. [25:40]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a – Philadelphia

Orch/Riccardo Muti. Philips 426299-2. [19:00]

Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p. Philips 420159-2. [16:41] George Gershwin An American in Paris – St. Louis Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. [18:20]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Too Darn Big. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Gateways Radio: ColeridgeTaylor: 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5: No. 2, Serenade; Catalyst Quartet; Fela Sowande:

Jubilate, Go Down Moses; Nathaniel Gumbs, organ; William Grant Still: Sahdji; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Paul Freeman, conductor; Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Josephine; Jacqueline Cordova Arrington, flute; Geoffrey Johnson, oboe; Monica Ellis, bassoon; LeTriel White, clarinet; Priscilla Rinehart, horn.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Bottesini: Gran duo concertante for Violin, Double Bass, and Piano; Paul Huang, violin; Xavier Foley, double bass; Orion Weiss, piano; Debussy: Premiere rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Wu Qian, piano; Liszt: Grand duo concertant sur la romance de ‘Le Marin’ for violin and piano; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Gloria Chien, piano; Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for Bassoon, Strings, and Continuo, RV 497; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Erin Keefe, Francisco Fu Ilana, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Efe Baltacigil, cello; Xavier Foley, double bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Wednesday 22

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. George Gershwin Lullaby – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. [8:45]

11:00 Edward Elgar In the South (Alassio) Overture, Op. 50 – London Phil/ Sir Georg Solti. [20:00]

12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinst Caitlin Edwards and pianist Daniel Schlosberg perform works by Ethel Smyth, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and Ahmed Alabaca live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. George Enescu Cantabile et Presto – Susan Milan, f; Ian Brown, p. Chandos CHAN8609. [5:48] Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques,

Op. 112 – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 410552-2. [13:28]

2:00 Florence Price Symphony No. 3 in C minor – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559897. [27:24]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 – Jaime Martin, f; Kenneth Sillito, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2

(3). [21:13] Antonio Vivaldi Cello Concerto in d, R. 406 – Christophe Coin, vc; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini. Naïve OP-30426.

[10:25] Kara Karayev

Seven Beauties: Ballet Suite excerpts – Moscow RadioTV Sym/Rauf Abdullayev. Delos DRD-2009. [22:22]

4:00 Franz von Suppé Poet and Peasant: Overture – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA RCD1-5479. [9:44]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Too Darn Big. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 WFMT Presents: Music of the Baroque Montero Plays Mozart. The Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero is featured in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21. The program from last month, conducted by Dame Jane Glover, also features Bologne’s Symphony No. 1 and Mozart’s Symphony No. 39.

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

Thursday 23

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Carl Friedrich Abel Cello Concerto in B-flat major –Bruno Delepelaire, vc; Berlin Baroque Soloists. Hännsler Classic HC-22022. [14:18]

11:00 Ron Nelson Savannah River Holiday – Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [8:39]

12:00 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Three Tone Pictures, Op. 5 – Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos

8.559164. [8:31]

1:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin

and Oboe Concerto in d minor, BWV 1060 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; Berlin Phil/Nigel Kennedy, v. EMI CDC5-57091-2. [13:27]

Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) – Sheku KannehMason, vc; Plínio Fernandes, g. Decca 4857617. [5:19]

2:00 Manuel de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain –Martha Argerich, p; Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim. Erato 45266-2. [24:50]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDC5-55360-2. [22:22] Samuel ColeridgeTaylor Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22 – RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Caitlin Edwards and Daniel Schlosberg

Caitlin Edwards began studying the violin at the age of eight through the Music Opportunity Program in Birmingham, Alabama. Currently a mentor with the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, the stylistically versatile rising star violinist has already performed with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Festival Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, and the ReCollective Orchestra and alongside artists such as John Legend, Earth Wind and Fire, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Stewart Copeland, and Common. WFMT’s new program Sounds Classical is proud to feature music from her solo album Exhale as its theme song.

Wednesday, February 22 12:15 pm

Caitlin Edwards

Photo: Orel Chollette

Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Afro-Latin American Music

Born in Paris to a Spanish father and a mixed-race Cuban mother, violinist and composer Amadeo Roldán was concertmaster and president of Havana’s Symphonic Orchestra, conductor of Havana’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and a founder of the Havana String Quartet. A pioneer of modern Cuban symphonic art, Roldán is credited with composing the first symphonic works that incorporated Afro-Cuban percussion instruments. He died at age 38. This week, Elbio Barilari presents music by this Cuban master and by the Brazilian composer Francisco Mignone.

Saturday, February 25 7:00 pm

Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [13:35] Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Suite – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. [18:03]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Too Darn Big. See Monday’s listing

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Luxembourg

Philharmonic Orchestra

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104; Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105; Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33; Baiba Skride, violin; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Friday 24

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday Music, including

New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm.

Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1 – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p. Pentatone PTC-5186884. [15:25]

11:00 Ernesto Lecuona Rapsodia Cubana (1955) – Thomas Tirino, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos. BIS CD-794. [8:13]

12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Pianist Zoltán Fejérvári hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Originally aired February 24, 2020.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.

Georg Philipp Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Oboe Sonata in G minor – Katharina Arfken, ob; Guido Larisch, vc; Michael Behringer, hc. Harmonia Mundi HMC902042.45 (4). [12:16] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz.

Naxos 8.572693. [19:10]

2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 – Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80165. [26:20]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto – Ludwig Güttler, tr; New Bach Collegium Musicum/ Max Pommer. Capriccio 10009. [16:11] Vincent d’Indy Chansons et danses, Op. 50 – Sylvan Winds. Koch 3-7081-2. [15:35] Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – Lucerne Symphony Orchestra/ James Gaffigan. [22:14]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Too Darn Big. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Sounds Classical

9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Britten: Violin Concerto; Simone Lamsma, violin; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, Leningrad;

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Zydeco artist Queen Ida interviewed in 1988.

Saturday 25

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.

8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice

9:00 Soundtrack

11:00 Introductions: Anna Knight, 19, piano. Ravel Jeux d’eau; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 31/3; Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, Prelude & Fugue in G; Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10/4 & 10/8; Frolyak: Kurz

12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Svetlana Sozdateleva (Katerina Ismailova), Brandon Jovanovich (Sergei), Nikolai Schukoff (Zinovy Ismailov), John Relyea (Boris Ismailova), Maria Barakova (Sonyetka); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson. Recorded October 12, 2022.

3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller

4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: An interview with baritone Jesse Blumberg in advance of his recital with Martin Katz for Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago.

5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller

7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Afro-Latin American Music. It is impossible to understand Latin American culture about the impact its African roots had on culture and music. Elbio Barilari reflects on the experience of Afro-Latin composers like Francisco Mignone and Amadeo Roldán.

8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer The Kossoy Sisters from the Folkstage archives (7/15/2005).

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer A treasure chest of gems, jewels and other precious objects found in songs.

Sunday 26

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice

7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael

12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis inclduing Bedrich Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Shelest Piano Duo. Sorel Classics SCCD-002. [11:52] George Frideric Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E: Air with variations, The Harmonious Blacksmith – New Mexico Brass Quintet. Crystal CD563. [4:46] Osvaldo Golijov Lullaby and Doina – Boston Symphony Chamber Players. BSO Classics 2010. [7:39]

Giuseppe Verdi I Lombardi: Act III: Pas de deux –Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19

(2). [5:33] Marianna Martines Sinfonia in C – Women’s Phil/ JoAnn Falletta. [14:56]

1:00 Maurice Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales – Michel Dalberto, p. Aparté AP-225. [17:47] Gabriel Fauré Elégie in c minor, Op. 24 – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Cello Ensemble. Decca B003149102. [7:28] Gioachino Rossini William Tell: Ballet music: Passo a tre; Coro tirolese –Monte Carlo Opera Orch/ Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [8:06] Aram Khachaturian Masquerade Suite: Waltz – Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 45609-2. [4:16] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight –Daniel Barenboim, p. EMI CDR5-69788-2. [17:19]

2:00 Jean Sibelius Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 – West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Warner Classics 62190-5. [5:05] Jessie Montgomery

Duo for violin and cello – Ari Streisfeld, v; Claire Bryant, vc. Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0178. [10:11] Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Elizabeth Hainen, h; IRIS Orch/Michael Stern. Avie AV-2285. [9:53] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Ensemble Sonnerie/ Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2171. [17:20] Agustín Barrios Mangoré La Catedral –Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, g. DG 471532-2. [7:33]

3:00 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 11 – Barry Tuckwell, hn; London Sym Orch/István Kertész. [15:30] Enrique Granados Goyescas (opera): Aria, La maja y el ruiseñor – Pilar Lorengar, s; London Phil Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. [6:53] Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-18070. [6:54] Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian: II. Andante con moto – London Sym Orch/ Claudio Abbado. [7:00]

4:00 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 –Charles Richard-Hamelin, p. Analekta AN2-9148. [13:54] Igor Stravinsky

Tango – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 453458-2. [3:27]

Antonio Vivaldi Four-Violin and Cello Concerto in B minor, R. 580 (L’estro armonico No. 10) – Los Romeros; San Antonio Sym/Victor Alessandro. Decca 4780192 (2). [9:31] Bach-Gounod Ave

Amadeo Roldán

Photo: Flopinot2012, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Maria – Eaken Piano Trio. Naxos 8.554714. [7:51]

5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges)

Violin Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat –Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records 888295594394. [12:27]

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo HerasCasado. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902154. [21:29] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis –London Phil/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC7-49394-2. [16:16]

6:00 César Franck Violin Sonata in A – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p. DG 445826-2. [29:51] Dobrinka

Tabakova Alma redemptoris

Mater – Truro Cathedral Cho/ Christopher Gray. Regent REGCD-530. [6:02] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op. 11, No. 2 – BBC Phil/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN-9537. [14:04]

7:00 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg

Music – Vienna State

Opera Chorus; Vienna Phil/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 414581-2 (3). [21:39] Johann

Christoph Pezel SonataCiacona in B-Flat – Musica Antiqua Cologne. [15:38]

8:00 Chicago Symphony

Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Vivaldi: Concert in C Major for 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, Bassoon, and 2 Violins, Per la solennità di San Lorenzo; Stefán

Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute; Bologne: Overture to L’Amant anonyme; Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major; Riccardo Muti, conductor.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Giancarlo

Guerrero, Conductor Part 1 of 2. Mahler: Symphony No. 3.

Monday 27

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music

Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon

Masterwork at 2:00 pm.

Giuseppe Tartini Violin

Sonata in g minor, Devil’s Trill – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8723. [12:14]

11:00 Igor Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks – Orpheus Chamber

Orch. DG 419628-2. [14:52]

12:00 Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 – Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [9:27]

1:00 George Butterworth Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad (1912) – English Sym Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5068. [10:17]

Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 33, No. 4 – Cuarteto Casals. Harmonia Mundi HMX2962022.23 (2). [16:25]

2:00 Robert Schumann Piano

Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 –Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDQS-6092. [28:30]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – BBC Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos

CHAN-9633. [12:57] Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 & Act

3 Preludes; Dance of the Apprentices; Entrance of the Mastersingers – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 63301-2. [22:04] Peter Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 –Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-48382. [18:59]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Five Great Conductors, Part 1. the first installment in a two-week celebration of the artistry of five conductors – Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Loren Maazel, and István Kertész. Their recordings define a great era in orchestral musicmaking. This first week will feature Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado.

8:00 Live from WFMT: Violinist Paul Huang and pianist Helen Huang hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 28

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.

Claude Debussy Petite Suite – Pascal & Ami Rogé, p. Onyx 4047. [11:38]

11:00 Aaron Copland Prairie Journal (Music for Radio) – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61699-2. [11:33]

12:00 Antonín Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Czech Phil/Václav Neumann. Philips 422387-2. [9:18]

1:00 Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 – Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417818-2. [6:52] Antonio Vivaldi Viola d’amore and Lute Concerto in D minor, R. 540 – Rachel Barton Pine, vida; Hopkinson Smith, l; Ars Antigua. Cedille CDR-90000159. [12:04]

2:00 Giuseppe Verdi String Quartet in E minor – Juilliard String Quartet. Sony SMK-62708. [22:47]

3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Miloš Karadaglic, g; London Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4810652. [21:32] Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 400052-2. [35:28] Edvard

Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite

No. 1, Op. 46 – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 60538-2. [13:32]

7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Five Great Conductors, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Gateways Radio: Margaret Bonds: Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown; Dussoff Choir and Orchestra; Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor; Chick Corea: String Quartet No. 1; Duke Ellington: Take the A Train; Harlem Quartet; Florence Price: Symphony No. 3; Gateways Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Bolcom: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello; Shai Wosner, piano; Emerson String Quartet (Philip Setzer, Eugene Drucker, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello; Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, and Piano, Four Hands; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Nathan Gunn, baritone; AnneMarie McDermott, piano; Sebastian Knauer, piano.

11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

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