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THE GUIDE
The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT
Year-long
FIRSTHAND: HOMELESS launches on
February 19. See inside.
February 2024 ALSO INSIDE
On WFMT, listen for a new feature, Celebrating African American Artists, that will include an interview with composer, trumpeter, and pianist Terence Blanchard conducted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips.
From the President & CEO
The Guide
Dear Member,
The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT Renée Crown Public Media Center 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625
Homelessness is a widespread and complex issue in Chicago and other American cities, with no quick answers or simple solutions. While many often look away from the problem, WTTW will spend a year focused on the challenging experiences and unique perspectives of unhoused people across Chicago’s neighborhoods in Firsthand: Homeless, beginning February 19 at wttw.com/firsthand. I hope you will explore this award-winning, multiplatform project throughout 2024. On page 4, you’ll find an interview with members of the production team. During this Black History Month, WTTW will present Gospel, a new two-part miniseries from Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. that takes you deep into the origin story of Black spirituality through sermon and song, beginning in Chicago. Also new this month are The Dream Whisperer, chronicling how a basketball team from a small, historically Black college triumphed over adversity; Shuttlesworth, the story of Birmingham civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth; and this year’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, honoring literature that confronts racism and explores diversity. WTTW’s full Black History Month schedule is on page 7. On WFMT, listen for a new feature, Celebrating African American Artists, which will include an interview with composer, trumpeter, and pianist Terence Blanchard conducted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips. Black History Month programming continues with I, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life of Langston Hughes hosted by Terrance McKnight; a special presentation of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha; and Reginald Mobley and Baptiste Trotignon performing original spiritual arrangements and works by Florence Price. You'll find more information about WFMT's Black History Month content on page 21. Have a wonderful February, and thank you for your membership. Sincerely,
Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO
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WTTW Kid Grid
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Do it Yourself Saturdays
producers Dan Protess and
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Mario Tharpe
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Multicast and Streaming Highlights
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ON THE COVER: GOSPEL with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) February 2024 Volume 36, Number 308 The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published monthly (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Window To The World Communications, Inc., 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. © 2024, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL.
Daily Television Programming •
Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
Pioneers of Television: Breaking Barriers
NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower
All Creatures Great and Small: Touring the Dales
Trace the journey of trailblazers including Diahann Carroll, Desi Arnaz, Edward James Olmos, and George Takei. Additional perspectives are captured in interviews with Leslie Uggams and Whoopi Goldberg.
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction.
Enjoy a virtual travelogue of the actual locations, including the Skeldale House, Heston Grange, and The Drovers Arms, as well as scenic vistas and roadways. There’s even a stop at the James Herriot Museum.
Sunday, February 4, 10:00 pm
Wednesday, February 14, 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 25, 7:00 pm
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Independent Lens: Razing Liberty Square Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood is home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the U.S. Now, wealthy property owners are creating a speculators’ market in the historically Black neighborhood previously ignored by developers and policymakers alike.
Saturday, February 3 10:00 pm
Thursday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Hold the Laughter [R] 1:00 Frontline: Democracy on Trial [R] 3:00 Independent Lens: Racist Trees [R] 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Ancient Roman Art [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Simply Ming 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 The Coroner 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: A Killer Unleashed At the Melbourne Kennel Club’s 1964 championship dog show, a competitor dies and her prized collie is framed for the murder. 8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Life is a Cabaret After witnessing a man’s murder, Frankie’s search for his lady-friend suspect leads her to an underground cabaret. 9:00 Doc Martin: Everlasting Love [R] 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Gorilla [R] 1:00 NOVA: When Whales Could Walk [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark Winter [R] 3:00 Austin City Limits: Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo [R] 4:00 Pioneers of Television: Variety [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 The Coroner
5:00 5:30
BBC News America Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead A pair of photographs are the only clues that Poirot has to solve the murder of a village charwoman, and to prove the innocence of the victim’s lodger. 9:35 Professor T: The Trial As a major trial gets underway, Professor T presents the case to his students; it involves a caretaker accused of murdering his rich employer. 10:32 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Cherry and Berry Desserts America’s Test Kitchen Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Thai Street Food 3:30 Mary Berry Cook and Share 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Maya Today 4:30 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Roman Empire 5:30 PBS News Weekend 2:30 3:00
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital [R]
In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of Nashville Public Television
MORNING-AFTERNOON
In the Spotlight
Saturday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 To be announced 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING 5:30-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 The Legacy List: You Gotta Have Art 9:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Portland, Oregon 10:00 This Old House: Lexington – Install with Care 10:30 Ask This Old House: Lathe Turned Segmented Bow 11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Charm City ‘que 11:30 Homemade Live! Late Night Bite
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Sisig and Wings 12:30 Cook’s Country: Regional Italian American Favorites 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Plan the Menu 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Cheese Please 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen:
NY Knicks great Dick Barnett
The Dream Whisperer In the midst of segregation, the all-Black Tennessee A&I Tigers were the first collegiate basketball team to win three consecutive national championships. Yet they were never duly recognized for this achievement. This film reveals how this team from a small, historically Black college triumphed over adversity and shares how, 60 years later, their captain refused to let their forgotten legacy die.
Sunday, February 4 10:00 am 2024
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Launching Monday, February 19 Yolanda Giles in FIRSTHAND: HOMELESS.
FIRSTHAND: HOMELESS A Q&A with Executive Producer Dan Protess and Producer-Director Mario Tharpe
T
he public, media, and even policymakers often
We asked FIRSTHAND’s co-executive producer Dan
look away from the widespread and complex
Protess and producer-director Mario Tharpe about the
issue of homeless-
ness in America’s major
cities. Throughout 2024, WTTW will examine homelessness in F i r s thand: Homeless, of fering an intimate look, through the
“ The people we chose to highlight are resilient, strong, and determined to obtain housing.”
firsthand perspectives of
— Mario Tharpe
process of filming these important stories. The Guide: How were the documentary participants chosen, and what was it about their stories that resonated with you?
five people experiencing
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homelessness, at the many challenges they face. Visit
Dan Protess: One of our goals for this series was to show
wttw.com/firsthand beginning February 19 to explore
that there are many faces of housing insecurity. There
the documentary series, expert talks, journalism, a
is a tendency to assume that people are living in tents
discussion and resource guide, and opportunities for
or encampments. But the majority of people in Chicago
community engagement.
who are experiencing homelessness are “doubled
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up” – staying with other people – or living
Protess: Also, it was important to be mindful
many, including people experiencing hous-
in temporary shelters. We really wanted to
of the images we showed onscreen and how
ing instability, but there was a silver lining: it
make sure we showed how precarious these
they might be received by the audience.
created a renewed urgency for getting peo-
other forms of homelessness can be. We
When we are covering a population that is
ple off the streets, and there was an infusion
also sought out five smart, dynamic people
so stigmatized, each
who might remind our audience of their own
shot can either confirm
help local agencies
the audience’s precon-
and nonprofits inno-
family members or friends.
ceived notions, or chip Mario Tharpe: The production team con-
away at stereotypes.
tacted homeless outreach and prevention
So we think carefully
organizations in and around Chicago to get
about little things.
their suggestions, and the people we chose
We don’t want to go
to highlight are resilient, strong, and deter-
so far as to sanitize
mined to obtain housing.
reality – the audience
The Guide: Is there an overriding theme to
are offering an honest
the stories of Yolanda, Dan, Kimberly, Brian,
portrayal. But we do
and Jackie?
need to be aware that
needs to trust that we
people who are expeProtess: It’s easy to look at someone who is
of federal dollars to
“ This project will be a success if viewers watch these stories and think … that the person onscreen could be them.”
riencing homelessness
— Dan Protess
vate new strategies. It became clear that we could eliminate homelessness
in
Chicago with enough money and political will – two things that tend to be in short supply. The lack of resources to address homelessness became quite evident in our storytelling – of the five people we
experiencing homelessness and assume that
are going to be judged
one day they had stable living situations, and
for the kinds of behav-
followed, only one
the next, there was one cataclysmic event
ior that all of us engage
was able to find per-
that landed them on the streets. But all five
in. The people we’re
of our subjects experienced slow-motion di-
putting onscreen will be held to a different
manent housing. That
sasters of various sorts. Most were living pay-
standard, and we needed to feel the weight
check-to-paycheck and had unstable fam-
of that responsibility.
is certainly cause for concern. The Guide: What do you most want people to
ily situations. These
take away from this project?
conditions might not
The Guide: What did
be so consequential
you learn about the
Protess: This project will be a success
for most of us – but
causes of homeless-
if viewers watch these stories and think –
for those not on firm
ness, and the resources
perhaps subconsciously – that the person
footing, an unantic-
available to people and
onscreen could be them. Homelessness can
ipated bill, a family
families experiencing
seem so foreign that it can be easy to lose
squabble, or a mental
it?
sight of the humanity of the people who are
health disorder can
experiencing it. These five people can serve Tharpe: There are
as real and meaningful points of reference
many reasons people
for our viewers as they think about the issues
The Guide: What was
are unhoused. Rising
surrounding homelessness.
the most challenging
housing costs, lack of
aspect of capturing
af fo rd a b l e h o u si n g ,
these stories on film?
addiction, domestic
serves opportunities and meaningful sup-
violence,
mental
port. Public perception seems to identify
Tharpe: Priorities
illness, and adverse
homelessness with people sleeping on the
shif t when you are
childhood experiences
street, a belief that is grossly inaccurate. I
unhoused – shelter,
are issues on the short
hope viewers walk away with a better un-
food, safety, and plain
list. Everyone’s story is
derstanding of homelessness – the causes,
survival become the
unique and different.
challenges, and possible solutions.
priorities. Meeting a
Support services are
be catastrophic.
production crew on
Dan Rusick in FIRSTHAND: HOMELESS.
schedule became
Tharpe: The unhoused population de-
available, but is it ever enough?
a secondary task. In order to effectively
This interview was condensed for length and
tell our participants' stories, we had to be
Protess: Looking at the resources available
flexible with time, patient with them, and
in Chicago left me feeling both concerned
understanding of their situations.
and hopeful. COVID-19 was a disaster for so
clarity.
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Wednesday, February 14, 7:30pm
Friday, February 2, 8:00 pm
Sisi: Austrian Empress, Season 2 from Walter Presents
Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on the 100th anniversary of the crime, and discover how the community of Tulsa is coming to terms with its past, present, and future.
Get your hygge on and enjoy the food and traditions of Scandinavia with People of the North and New Scandinavian Cooking. The scenery, stories, and tasty dishes are sure to inspire.
Meet Sisi, Europe’s first superstar. With her beauty, love of freedom, and promise to give the Habsburg monarchy a gentler face, this legendary empress inspired the whole of the continent.
Embrace Winter
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Doc Martin: Fly Me to the Moon Louisa is shocked when her father Terry makes an unannounced visit. Terry agrees to let Martin examine him, but it backfires as the Doc is now bound by the rules of medical confidentiality. 8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigates the murder of a water taxi driver at the same time as Neville receives an anonymous letter warning them a murder is due to take place. 9:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Dead Air Peggy is delighted when her favorite radio station brings its trendy transmissions to Great Slaughter. But then the host is murdered on the air. 10:00 Independent Lens: Razing Liberty Square 11:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Mrs. McGinty’s Dead See Fri. Feb. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 4 EARLY MORNING 1:05 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Life is a Cabaret See Thurs. Feb. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: A Killer Unleashed See Thurs. Feb. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 To be announced
BLACK HISTORY MONTH The Dream Whisperer Sunday, February 4 10:00 am Shuttlesworth Sunday, February 4 11:00 am Making Black America Sunday, February 4 12:00 pm Ida B. Wells, a Chicago Stories Special Sunday, February 4 4:00 pm Pioneers of Television: Breaking Barriers Sunday, February 4 10:00 pm Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Sunday, February 4 11:00 pm Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Monday, February 5 8:00 pm
Becoming Frederick Douglass Sunday, February 25 1:30 pm
Gospel Live! Friday, February 9 8:00 pm
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Sunday, February 25 3:00 pm
Making Black America Saturdays beginning February 10 9:00 pm
The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song Monday and Tuesday, February 26 and 27 7:00 pm
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Saturdays beginning February 10 11:00 pm
Muhammad Ali Saturday, February 3 11:30 am Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Saturday, February 3 1:30 pm Becoming Frederick Douglass Saturday, February 3 3:00 pm The Magic of Spirituals: Great Performances Saturday, February 3 5:00 pm
MORNING 6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 The Dream Whisperer 11:00 Shuttlesworth
Chicago Stories: Birth of Gospel Monday, February 5 9:00 pm
Roberta Flack: American Masters Sunday, February 4 7:00 pm
AFTERNOON 12:00 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. 1:00 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. 2:00 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. 3:00 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. 4:00 Ida B. Wells: A Chicago
How it Feels to be Free: American Masters Tuesday, February 6 8:00 pm
Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley Sunday, February 4 8:30 pm
The 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Sunday, February 11 10:00 am
The Dream Whisperer Sunday, February 4 10:00 pm
Great Performances at the Met: The Life & Times of Malcolm X Sunday, February 11 11:00 am Gospel Live! Sunday, February 11 10:00 pm Gospel Monday and Tuesday, February 12 and 13 8:00 pm Building/Blocks: The Architecture of the South Side Sunday, February 18 10:00 pm
Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race Tuesday, February 6 8:00 pm Independent Lens: Mr. Soul! Wednesday, February 7 7:30 pm Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Wednesday, February 7 10:00 pm Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Thursday, February 8 10:00 pm The American Diplomat: American Experience Friday, February 9 7:00 pm
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America Sunday, February 11 7:00 pm Why This Moment Sunday, February 11 8:30 pm Beyond the Baton: A Conductor’s Journey Tuesday, February 13 8:00 pm Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Wednesday, February 14 7:30 pm Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes Friday, February 16 7:00 pm Jackie Robinson Sunday, February 18 and 25 7:00 pm Raised/Razed Tuesday, February 20 8:00 pm Buddy Guy: Chase the Blues Away – American Masters Wednesday, February 21 7:30 pm Jesse Owens: American Experience Friday, February 23 7:00 pm Through the Banks of the Red Cedar Friday, February 23 8:00 pm Shuttlesworth Monday, February 26 6:00 pm Independent Lens: Owned – A Tale of Two Americas Wednesday, February 28 7:30 pm
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10:00 Sesame Street 10:30 Work it Out Wombats! 11:00 Donkey Hodie 11:30 Elinor Wonders Why
Weekday Afternoons 12:00 Nature Cat 12:30 Curious George
Saturday Mornings 5:30 Arthur 6:00 Molly of Denali 6:30 Alma’s Way 7:00 Lyla in the Loop 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 Rosie’s Rules
Weekday Mornings
Sunday Mornings
6:00 Odd Squad 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Molly of Denali 7:30 Alma’s Way 8:00 Lyla in the Loop 8:30 Wild Kratts 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Rosie’s Rules
6:30 Alma’s Way 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Curious George 8:00 Work it Out Wombats! 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Sesame Street 9:30 Rosie’s Rules
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In the Spotlight
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth Explore the life and legacy of one of the fearless leaders of the Civil Rights movement: Birmingham’s Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. His work led to the Civil and Voting Rights Acts, and inspired freedom movements around the world.
Sunday, February 4 11:00 am 8
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5:30
Stories Special This documentary and companion website traces Ida B. Wells’ career as a journalist, activist, and organizer in Chicago. PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Marriage (Part 4 of 4) Jessica moves home and Ian gets to spend some time with her. Jamie receives an unexpected visitor. Emma confronts her father and her boss with some truths. Jamie receives an unexpected visitor. 7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Calling (Part 5 of 6) Eliza and Nash are still struggling to work together when an explosive case takes them into a cutthroat industry where people will kill to keep their secrets. 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Papers (Part 5 of 7) With the war feeling closer to home, James desperately wants things in order, and Carmody trained to support Siegfried. A dinner with Gerald leaves Mrs. Hall with a dilemma.
9:00 Funny Woman (Part 5 of 6) Barbara is banished to Blackpool to await her fate and wonders if her career is over. A remorseful Clive decides to win her back. Will Barbara forgive him? 10:00 Pioneers of Television: Breaking Barriers Trace the journey of trailblazing people of color featured in American television. 11:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – The Foundation (Part 1 of 4) Discover the factors that led to the birth of hip hop and its first socially conscious hit “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982.
Monday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Tanya Tucker/Brittney Spencer Country Music Hall of Famer Tanya Tucker sings tunes from her album Sweet Western Sound and newcomer Brittney Spencer performs tunes from her debut My Stupid Life. 1:00 Professor T: The Trial See Fri. Feb. 2 at 9:35 pm. [R] 2:00 Doc Martin: Fly Me to the Moon See Sat. Feb. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Dead Air See Sat. Feb. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 The Coroner 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1977 Pele-signed soccer ball, a 1933 RKO King Kong Bachrach photo, and Winfred Rembert’s “Moonshiners” painting, circa 2001. 8:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Meet industrialist George Pullman, who hired an army of Pullman Porters and Maids to staff his sleeping train cars, establishing a company town that gave him complete authority over their
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In the Spotlight
Lyla in the Loop
Lyla in the Loop (New Kids Series) This new series follows 7-yearold Lyla, her close-knit family, fantastical blue sidekick Stu, and a host of quirky characters who use creative and strategic problemsolving and critical thinking skills to address everyday problems together. The program is available in both English and Spanish.
Weekdays beginning February 5, 8:00 am Saturdays, 7:00 am
lives. Follow the workers’ long and bloody struggle for their independence. 9:00 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. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Calling (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Papers (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Funny Woman (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Marriage (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Professor T: The Trial See Fri. Feb. 2 at 9:35 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
A newborn Hudsonian Godwit
Nature: Flyways Shorebirds fly thousands of miles each year along ancient and largely unknown migratory routes called Flyways. Follow conservationists and scientists who are racing against the clock to understand and save these shorebirds.
Wednesday, February 7 7:00 pm
Wednesday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion See Mon. Feb. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel See Mon. Feb. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Pioneers of Television: Breaking Barriers See Sun. Feb. 4 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special See Sun. Feb. 4 at 4:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING PBS NewsHour Nature: Flyways NOVA: Easter Island Origins Secrets of the Dead: Graveyards of the Giant Beasts Follow scientists who are trying to determine if Titanoboa, a 43-foot snake, was the apex predator in Cerrejon, Northern Colombia 58 million years ago. 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 The Coroner 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Far and Away Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of journalist Sunny Hostin and actor Jesse Williams, introducing them to ancestors from very diverse places. 8:00 How it Feels to be Free: American Masters Explore the lives and trailblazing careers of iconic African American entertainers who changed American culture through their films, fashion, music and politics. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Far and Away See Tues. Feb. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 How it Feels to be Free: American Masters See Tues. Feb. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Dream Whisperer See Sun. Feb. 4 at 10:00 am. [R] 4:00 Shuttlesworth See Sun. Feb. 4 at 11:00 am. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Simply Ming 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Death Alley A brawl at a bowling alley leads to a decapitation. When Violetta’s nephew is charged with the murder, Peregrine sets out to prove his innocence. 8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Sweet Justice Trudy discovers that her new dream home has contaminated water, and the gals investigate the source. 9:00 Doc Martin: Fly Me to the Moon [R] 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Flyways See Wed. Feb. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Easter Island Origins See Wed. Feb. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Graveyards of the Giant Beasts See Wed. Feb. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 12:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 1:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
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Saturday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special [R] 1:30 Independent Lens: Razing Liberty Square See Sat. Feb. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 2:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 4 at 3:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING 5:30-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 The Legacy List: Home at Last 9:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Melbourne, Australia
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons A foreign revolution, a kidnapped princess, and a trove of priceless rubies are linked to a prestigious girls’ school, where staff members are brutally murdered.
Moai at the Quarry
NOVA: Easter Island Origins The giant stone heads of Easter Island have inspired theories for centuries. Now, new research reveals intriguing evidence of the origins and inspirations of the ancient Rapanui people.
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Sister Úna
Independent Lens: Sister Úna Lived a Good Death Following a cancer diagnosis, a wisecracking Catholic nun chooses to live as she’s dying. In this touching end-of-life documentary, the self-proclaimed “leader of the misfits” plans her funeral in her last nine months to live.
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10:00 This Old House: Lexington – All in the Family 10:30 Ask This Old House: Paint Wood Paneling, Play Kitchen 11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Barbecue on a Budget 11:30 Homemade Live! Secret Sauce
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Hawaiian Melting Pot 12:30 Cook’s Country: Aloha State Favorites 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Community Table 1:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Weeknight Two for One 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Spanish Summer Supper 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Rome - Spaghetti, Gnocchi, and Cloud Bread 3:30 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Crowd Pleasers 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Pink 4:30 Check, Please! Sensational Seafood 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Early Middle Age 5:30 PBS News Weekend
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Sunday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:35 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Death Alley See Thurs. Feb. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Sweet Justice See Thurs. Feb. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Finding Your Roots: Far and Away [R] 3:30 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – The Foundation (Part 1 of 4) See Mon. Feb. 5 at 12:00 am. [R] 4:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide
MORNING 6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 The 88th Annual AnisfieldWolf Book Awards Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this annual ceremony features the personal stories of the 2023 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity. 11:00 Great Performances at the Met – X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X This new staging of Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera portrays Malcolm X (sung by Will Liverman) as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. AFTERNOON Viewer’s Choice Winners 2023 You voted for your favorite programs of 2023 on our website, narrowing down the options each week. Now the results are being tabulated and it’s time to find out the winner and runner-up in our exclusive poll! Will it be a British drama such as All Creatures Great and Small,
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EVENING Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Fugitive (Part 6 of 6) Eliza is on the trail of a fugitive who is charged with murder. She must find him before the police do, or risk losing everything. 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Home Front (Part 6 of 7) When Richard Alderson needs help, Helen returns to Heston Grange; however, buried family secrets threaten to tear their relationship apart. 9:00 Funny Woman (Part 6 of 6) The team reunites to record the last show. There are a few surprises still in store for Barbara as the series reaches its finale. 10:00 Gospel LIVE! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 11:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel [R] 7:00
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Star Wars collection, circa 1980; a 1972 Rolex Explorer II watch with the original face and hands; and Leaf baseball cards from 1948. 8:00 Gospel: The Gospel Train/Golden Age of Gospel (Part 1 of 2) 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Fugitive (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Home
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Monday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: Under Siege (Part 2 of 4) Explore the 1980s and the birth of Hip Hop as social commentary in the Reagan Era with the emergence of artists like Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice-T, and NWA. 1:00 Austin City Limits: Noah Kahan/Flor De Toloache Enjoy a performance by singer/songwriter Noah Kahan and Grammy-nominated all-female mariachi act Flor de Toloache. Kahan performs tunes from his acclaimed Stick Season; Flor de Toloache plays songs from Motherflower. 2:00 Doc Martin: Return to Sender See Sat. Feb. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Stage Fright See Sat. Feb. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
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Viewer’s Choice Winners 2023 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 2023, and watch the #1 and #2 shows!
Sunday, February 11 2:00 pm
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Brick Wall Falls Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actor Danielle Brooks and singer Dionne Warwick to their distant ancestors, breaking down the barriers imposed by slavery. 8:00 Gospel: Take the Message Everywhere/Gospel’s Second Century (Part 2 of 2)
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In Part 2, Gospel family dynasties dominate the charts while other children of the church use their musical prowess to influence soul music. Black pastors also distinguish their sound with prophetic voices and sermonettes. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Old Sturbridge Village (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Gospel: The Gospel Train/ Golden Age of Gospel (Part 1 of 2) See Mon. Feb. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Gospel Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. See Sun. Feb. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Call the Midwife [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster 8:00 NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin Follow forensic experts as they investigate the preserved remains of a young African American woman from 19thcentury New York and uncover the story of early America’s free Black communities. 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Gospel Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This concert celebration honors the legacy of Gospel music in America. As a companion to the upcoming new miniseries Gospel, secular and gospel artists sing their favorite gospel classics.
Sunday, February 11 10:00 pm
Thursday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: The Brick Wall Falls See Tues. Feb. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Gospel: Take the Message Everywhere/ Gospel’s Second Century (Part 2 of 2) See Tues. Feb. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: Under Siege (Part 2 of 4) See Mon. Feb. 12 at 12:00 am. [R]
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Front (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Funny Woman (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Professor T: Swansong See Fri. Feb. 9 at 9:35 pm. [R] 4:00 Call the Midwife [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Simply Ming 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 To be announced 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Coop de Grâce On race day, the president of the Sandridge Pigeon Club is discovered dead in the coop, covered in feathers and choked by birdseed. Birdie has her own mysterious mission to complete. 8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Showstoppers Mary looks into a morality violation by Rita Hart’s modern dance troupe; Frankie questions if they’ve brought the Spanish flu to Toronto. 9:00 Doc Martin: Return to Sender [R] 10:00 Chicago Tonight:
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Gospel This new, two-part series from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., digs into the origin of Black spirituality through sermon and song, starting in Chicago, where Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe fused blues and jazz to create a genre enduring for generations.
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Yolanda Giles
Firsthand: Homeless WTTW’s award-winning year-long multiplatform initiative will focus on the pressing issue of homelessness in Chicago and its varied and complicated causes, through the stories of five unhoused people whose experiences represent some of the diverse faces of people living on the city’s streets. The series reveals the various challenges they and many others face, including the lack of affordable housing; gaps in healthcare coverage; holes in the foster care system; and the politics around immigration. The website also includes five expert talks by community and thought leaders offering insights, historical context, and possible solutions; text and visual journalism by WTTW News and others; and community conversations with thought leaders and project participants.
Launching Monday, February 19 wttw.com/firsthand
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster See Wed. Feb. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower See Wed. Feb. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin See Wed. Feb. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The 88th Annual AnisfieldWolf Book Awards See Sun. Feb. 11 at 10:00 am. [R] 4:00 Independent Lens: Sister Úna Lived a Good Death See Sat. Feb. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12
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EVENING 6:00 Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants In an age before online commerce and Amazon, the catalog was king – and two Chicago mail order giants were responsible for making goods and services accessible to the masses. Chicago Stories traces the histories of Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, retailers who forever changed the way we shop. 7:00 Doc Martin: Love Will Set You Free The news of Martin’s invitation to be the dean of Imperial College spreads through Portwenn like wildfire, before Martin and Louisa have even decided whether he will take the job. 8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate the murder of a renowned calypso singer’s husband. Meanwhile, Neville contemplates his future in Saint Marie. 9:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Good Samaritan The language of flowers figures heavily in Sister Boniface’s to decipher who the killer is. 10:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Third Girl See Fri. Feb. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 11:35 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Coop de Grâce See Thurs. Feb. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
EVENING 6:00 To be announced 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Secrets of Royal Travel: Secrets of the Royal Train (Part 1 of 2) Climb aboard for an inside look at the history of the “palace on wheels,” from its lavish past as the royal “express of excess” to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s mobile home away from home. 8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: On a Wing and a Prayer (Part 7 of 7) James tries to get home for Christmas and Skeldale House prepares for a new arrival. 9:00 To be announced 9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Bonanzaville, Part 1 10:00 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 architecture photographer and writer Lee Bey as he explores these masterpieces of design and engineering hidden in plain sight. 11:00 Fight the Power: How Hip
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Sunday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:25 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Showstoppers See Thurs. Feb. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:10 Viewer’s Choice Winners 2023 See Sun. Feb. 11 at 2:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Peter Falk vs. Columbo See Fri. Feb. 16 at 9:30 pm. [R] 5:00 The Brain-Gut Connection with Dr. Emeran Mayer
MORNING 6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Pritzker Military Presents 11:00 Great Performances: The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry AFTERNOON 12:30 To be announced 1:00 Gospel: The Gospel Train/Golden Age of Gospel (Part 1 of 2) [R] 3:30 Gospel: Take the Message Everywhere/ Gospel’s Second Century (Part 2 of 2) [R]
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Great Performances: The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a tribute to its famed architect. Led by Gustavo Dudamel, the concert includes a piece composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performances by Herbie Hancock and H.E.R., and more.
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Monday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 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. 1:00 Austin City Limits: Alanis Morissette Modern rock superstar Alanis Morissette thrills with a career-spanning set, featuring singalong gems “Hand in My Pocket,” “Ironic,” “Thank U,” and “You Oughta Know.” 2:00 Doc Martin: Love Will Set You Free See Sat. Feb. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Good Samaritan See Sat. Feb. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum (Part 1 of 3) Watch incredible Louisiana treasures including an emerald, diamond & gold necklace, ca. 1875; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival posters; and a 1962 - 1966 Stewart “Smokey” Stover collection. 8:00 Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants See Sat. Feb. 17 at 6:00 pm. [R] 9:00 Independent Lens: Breaking the News 10:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
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Cofounder Emily Ramshaw at desk with daughter Sophie
Independent Lens: Breaking the News A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch the 19th, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation and include the voices often left out of the American story.
Monday, February 19 9:00 pm
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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Secrets of Royal Travel: Secrets of the Royal Train (Part 1 of 2) See Sun. Feb. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: On a Wing and a Prayer (Part 7 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Call the Midwife [R] 3:30 To be announced 4:00 Building/Blocks: Architecture of Chicago’s South Side See Sun. Feb. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Mean Streets Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the family trees of comedian Tracy Morgan and actor Anthony Ramos, taking
the two New York City natives far from their hometown. 8:00 Fly With Me: American Experience 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants See Sat. Feb. 17 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Independent Lens: Breaking the News See Mon. Feb. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Great Performances: The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry See Sun. Feb. 18 at 11:00 am. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
United Airlines stewardess, 1951
American Experience: Fly With Me Discover how the first female flight attendants in the 1960s were at the leading edge of women’s rights, changing gender norms and equal opportunity in the workplace law. This film relies on firsthand witness accounts, personal stories, and a rich and extensive archive to tell a lively, fun, and important but neglected history of the women who, while flying the world, changed it.
Tuesday, February 20 8:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Nature: Patrick and the Whale 8:00 NOVA: Hunt for the Oldest DNA 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Alcatraz Escape The three convicts who escaped Alcatraz in rafts in 1962 were swept out to sea and drowned, according to conventional wisdom. Now, a team of scientists believes the escapees could have made it to dry land. 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Mean Streets See Tues. Feb. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Fly With Me: American Experience See Tues. Feb. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World: Culture Wars (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 18 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Fight the Power: How Hip
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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, which becomes a force that is attacked by all sides of the political establishment.
Photo: United Airlines
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Patrick Dykstra
Nature: Patrick and the Whale Follow Patrick Dykstra in his quest to connect with and understand the hidden nature of the sperm whale, shining a light on their intelligence and complexity, as well as their relationship with humankind.
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PBS NewsHour Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Frankie Drake Mysteries Doc Martin Latino Voices BBC News Roadfood Life in Bloom Seeing Canada Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … The Good Road PBS NewsHour 10 Modern Marvels that Changed America Essential Pepin Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Dooky Chase … Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Rick Steves … Travelscope Afro-Latino Travels … The Joy of Painting Girl Unscripted: Mad Girl Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings 1954-1956 Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back 1957-1962 PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News PBS NewsHour The Week in Review Washington Week Agatha Christie’s Poirot Professor T (9:35) BBC News (10:32) David Rubenstein David Rubenstein Little Richard - The King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll: American Masters PBS NewsHour Doc Martin Sara’s Weeknight … Cook’s Country America’s Test … Table for All … People of the North New Scandinavian … People of the North New Scandinavian … People of the North New Scandinavian … Zora Neale Hurston - Claiming a Space: American Experience Shuttlesworth PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Doc Martin Death in Paradise Sister Boniface Mysteries: Independent Lens: Razing Liberty Square This Old House Ask This Old House Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Road Trip Food - Delicious Science Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary Concert Milk Street Pati’s Mexican Table No Passport Required The Joy of Painting The Joy of Painting Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose Baking with Julia Welcome to My Farm The Bright Path: The Johnny Bright Story The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings 1954-1956 Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back 1957-1962 Marriage Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 4 … All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 … Funny Woman Pioneers of Television PBS NewsHour … Euromaxx Roberta Flack: American Masters Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley Indie Soul Journeys Indie Soul Journeys Moveable Feast Cook’s Country No Passport Required People of the North New Scandinavian … Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose Flavor of Poland Lidia’s Kitchen Tell Me More with … Tell Me More with … Nature: Gorilla Finding Your Roots Little Richard - The King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll: American Masters PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad … Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Chicago Tonight BBC News Genius By Stephen Hawking NOVA: Decoding the Great Pyramid Nature: Santa’s Wild Home PVS NewsHour NOVA Family Ingredients Cook’s Country America’s Test … Table for All … People of the North New Scandinavian … Rick Steves … Fly Brother … In the Americas … The Joy of Painting Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the … Local, USA: In the Bubble with Jaime George H. 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The Segregation of … Independent Lens: Sister Una Lived a … PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News PBS NewsHour Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Frankie Drake Mysteries Doc Martin Latino Voices BBC News Roadfood Life in Bloom Seeing Canada Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … The Good Road PBS NewsHour Finding Your Roots Essential Pepin Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Table For All … People of the North New Scandinavian … Rick Steves … Travelscope Afro-Latino Travels … The Joy of Painting Girl Unscripted: The Boys Eyes on the Prize: Ain’t Scared of Your … Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk 1961-1963 PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News PBS NewsHour The Week in Review Washington Week Agatha Christie’s Poirot Professor T (9:35) BBC News (10:32) David Rubenstein David Rubenstein The American Diplomat: American … Gospel Live PBS NewsHour Doc Martin Sara’s Weeknight … Cook’s Country America’s Test … Table for All … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … James Baldwin - The Price of the Ticket: American Masters Independent Lens: Coded Bias PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Chicago Stories Doc Martin Death in Paradise Sister Boniface Mysteries: Independent Lens This Old House Ask This Old House Antiques Roadshow Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Making Black America Austin City Limits Milk Street Pati’s Mexican Table No Passport Required The Joy of Painting The Joy of Painting Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose Baking with Julia Welcome to My Farm Roar: The Story of Southern Columbia … The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song Eyes on the Prize: Ain’t Scared of Your … Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk 1961-1963 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (5:25) Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 4 … All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 … Funny Woman Gospel LIVE! Presented by Henry Louis … PBS NewsHour … Euromaxx Fannie Lou Hammer’s America Why This Moment Indie Soul Journeys Indie Soul Journeys Moveable Feast Cook’s Country No Passport Required Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose Flavor of Poland Lidia’s Kitchen David Rubenstein David Rubenstein Nature: Flyways Finding Your Roots How It Feels to Be Free: American Masters PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Gospel: The Gospel Train/Golden Age of Gospel Chicago Tonight BBC News Genius by Stephen Hawking NOVA: Alaskan Dinosaurs Nature: Penguins - Meet the Family PBS NewsHour NOVA Family Ingredients Cook’s Country America’s Test … Table for All … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … Fly Brother … In the Americas … The Joy of Painting Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion … Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for … Local, USA Stories from the … PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News PBS NewsHour Finding Your Roots Gospel: Take the Message Everywhere/Gospel’s Second Century Chicago Tonight BBC News Frankie Drake Mysteries Nina Beyond The Baton: A Conductor’s Journey PBS NewsHour Secrets of the Dead 100 Days, Drinks … Kitchen Queens Milk Street Table for All … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … Travelscope Daytripper The Joy of Painting NOVA: Easter Island Origins Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the … NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News PBS NewsHour Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic … NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower Secrets of the Dead Black Voices BBC News Midsomer Murders Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Steven Raichlen … Cook’s Country Lidia’s Kitchen Table for All … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … World’s Greatest … Outside: Beyond … The Joy of Painting We Were Hyphy Go-Go City: Displacement and Protest in … Black Fire Documentary PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News PBS NewsHour Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Frankie Drake Mysteries Doc Martin Latino Voices BBC News Roadfood Life In Bloom Seeing Canada Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … The Good Road PBS NewsHour Finding Your Roots Essential Pepin Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Table for All … Samantha Brown … Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … Travelscope Afro-Latino Travels … The Joy of Painting Girl Unscripted: Grownup Girl Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi - Is This … Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom 1965 PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News
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BBC News Doc Martin Afro-Latino Travels … Fly Brother … Fly Brother … DW The Day BBC News 20 Things to Do in Midsomer…Before You Die Making Black America Austin City Limits Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose Baking with Julia Welcome to My Farm Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi - Is This … Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom 1965 To be announced Antiques Road … Building/Blocks: Architecture of … Legacy List with Matt Paxton Indie Soul Journeys Indie Soul Journeys Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose People of the North Lidia’s Kitchen Roberta Flack: American Masters Freedom House … Independent Lens Chicago Tonight BBC News PBS NewsHour Nature Rick Steves … Fly Brother … In the Americas … The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day Chicago Tonight BBC News PBS NewsHour Secrets of the Dead Rick Steves … Travelscope Daytripper The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Secrets of the Dead Black Voices BBC News PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Rick Steves … World’s Greatest … Outside: Beyond … The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Doc Martin Latino Voices BBC News PBS NewsHour Finding Your Roots Rick Steves … Travelscope Afro-Latino Travels … The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Happy Birthday, Mr. Bean (9:34) PBS NewsHour Doc Martin Table for All … Table for All … Table for All … Table for All … PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News 20 Things to Do in Midsomer … Before You Die Rock, Pop & … Making Black America Austin City Limits Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose Baking with Julia Welcome to My Farm Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come … Eyes on the Prize: Two Societies 1965-1968 Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name Legacy List with Matt Paxton Indie Soul Journeys Indie Soul Journeys Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose People of the North Lidia’s Kitchen Buddy Guy - The Blues Chase the Blues Away : American Masters Odessa’s Reign Chicago Tonight BBC News PBS NewsHour Nature Rick Steves … Fly Brother … In the Americas … The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Chicago Tonight BBC News PBS NewsHour Secrets of the Dead Rick Steves … Travelscope Daytripper The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Black Voices BBC News Antiques Roadshow PBS NewsHour Rick Steves … World’s Greatest … Outside: Beyond … The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News Doc Martin Latino Voices BBC News PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Rick Steves … Travelscope Afro-Latino Travels … The Joy of Painting PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC News PBS NewsHour Fly Brother … PBS NewsHour
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The Week in Review Washington Week Agatha Christie’s Poirot Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes America’s Test … Table for All … Afro-Latino Travels … Fly Brother … Independent Lens: Outta The Muck Doc Martin Farewell Doc Martin Antiques Roadshow Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets No Passport Required The Joy of Painting The Joy of Painting Gospel: The Gospel Train/Golden Age of Gospel Secrets of Royal Travel: Secrets of the … All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 … Jackie Robinson No Passport Required Afro-Latino Travels … Fly Brother … Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic … Finding Your Roots Antiques Roadshow Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the … NOVA: Arctic Drift Nature: The Serengeti Rules America’s Test … Table for All … Fly Brother … Afro-Latino Travels … Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery Local, USA Stories from the … Finding Your Roots Fly With Me: American Experience Nina Raised/Razed Milk Street Table for All … Fly Brother … Fly Brother … Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the … NOVA: Lee and Liza’s Family Tree Nature: Patrick and the Whale NOVA: The Hunt for the Oldest DNA Buddy Guy: Chase the Blues Away: American Masters Lidia’s Kitchen Table for All … Afro-Latino Travels … Fly Brother … Independent Lens: Breaking the News Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Frankie Drake Mysteries Seeing Canada Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … The Good Road Milk Street Table for All … Fly Brother … Afro-Latino Travels … Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come … Eyes on the Prize: Two Societies 1965-1968 The Week in Review Washington Week Agatha Christie’s Poirot Jesse Owens: American Experience Through The Banks of the Red Cedar America’s Test … Table for All … Table for All … Table for All … Where I Became Doc Martin Farewell Doc Martin Antiques Roadshow Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets No Passport Required The Joy of Painting The Joy of Painting Gospel: Take the Message Everywhere/Gospel’s Second Centur All Creatures Great and Small: Touring the Dales Jackie Robinson No Passport Required Table for All … Table for All … Nature: Patrick and the Whale Finding Your Roots The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song NOVA: High-Risk High-Rise Nature: Big Little Journeys - Home America’s Test … Table for All … Table for All … Table for All … Becoming Frederick Douglass Bridging the Divide Stories from the … The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song Nina Chicago Stories: Pullman Milk Street Table for All … Table for All … Table for All … NOVA: Forgotten Genius Nature: Australian Bushfire Rescue 8 Days to the Moon and Back Independent Lens Lidia’s Kitchen Table for All … Table for All … Table for All … POV: Unapologetic Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Farewell Doc Martin Seeing Canada Samantha Brown … Rick Steves … The Good Road Milk Street Table for All … Table for All … Table for All … Eyes on the Prize: Power! Eyes on the Prize: The Promised Land
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Hop Changed the World: Still Fighting (Part 4 of 4) See Mon. Feb. 19 at 12:00 am. [R] BBC News Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Simply Ming 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 To be announced 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
12:00 Nature: Patrick and the Whale See Wed. Feb. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Hunt for the Oldest DNA See Wed. Feb. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Alcatraz Escape See Wed. Feb. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Reel Murder See Thurs. Feb. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:46 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A Family Affair See Thurs. Feb. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:32 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the High Middle Ages [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Reel Murder The gang gathers at the river to relax, but when Samuel reels in human remains with his fishing rod, their day in the sun turns deadly. 8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A Family Affair Frankie’s dad is alive but in danger, Trudy is leaving Drake Private Detectives, Mary is going on the record, and Flo’s new family is being threatened. 9:00 Doc Martin: Love Will Set You Free [R] 10:00 Chicago Tonight:
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Appointment with Death Holidaying in Syria, Hercule Poirot is irresistibly drawn to an excavation, but Lady Boynton is found murdered and her financial empire is completely wiped out. 9:34 Happy Birthday, Mr. Bean 11:03 BBC News 11:32 Amanpour and Company
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Doc Martin: Our Last Summer As the Ellinghams prepare to leave for London, Ruth admits to Martin that she’s been writing a paper on his blood phobia and thinks he’s been misdiagnosed. This is the penultimate episode of the series.
Saturday, February 24 7:00 pm
12:30 To be announced 3:00 All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop 5:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
MORNING Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities 8:30 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate this landmark series with this in-depth overview featuring video clips and interviews with Ken Burns, Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, 7:00
Buddy Squires, and others. 10:00 This Old House: Lexington – Accessible Made Modern 10:30 Ask This Old House: Wildfire Mitigation 11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Little Italy 11:40 Cook’s Country: Puerto Rican Classics
AFTERNOON 12:15 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake 1:25 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Fish Whisperers 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:50 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: The Countryside 4:20 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Nectar of the Mayan Gods 5:00 Rick Steves Fascism in Europe Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe.
EVENING Doc Martin: Our Last Summer As the Ellinghams prepare to leave for London, Ruth admits to Martin that she’s been writing a paper on his blood phobia, and she thinks he’s been misdiagnosed.
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8:00 Farewell Doc Martin Actress Caroline Catz (Louisa) narrates this special that goes behind-the-scenes to share the secrets of this beloved British dramedy, ending after its 10th season. 9:00 20 Things to Do in Midsomer…Before You Die This 20th anniversary special features stars past and present discussing the peculiar quirks of the delightful yet deadly Midsomer county. 10:30 Rock, Pop, & Doo Wop [R]
Sunday 25 EARLY MORNING To be announced Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R] 5:00 Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities [R] 1:00 3:00
MORNING To be announced All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop [R] 10:30 Rick Steves Mighty Alps 6:30 8:30
AFTERNOON 12:00 Rick Steves Fascism in Europe See Sat. Feb. 24 at 5:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Becoming Frederick Douglass Born in 1818 in
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Celebrate the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales and the many locations that audiences have come to love in the course of this popular series. Enjoy a virtual travelogue of the actual locations, including the Skeldale House, Heston Grange, and The Drovers Arms, as well as scenic vistas, bridges, farms, stables, and countryside roadways, as well as the James Herriot Museum.
Sunday, February 25 7:00 pm
Maryland, Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in 1838 and went on to become many things: abolitionist, autobiographer, essayist, diplomat, orator, editor, philosopher, political theorist, newspaper publisher and social reformer. This film explores the inspiring story of how a man born into slavery transformed himself into one of the most prominent statesmen and influential voices for democracy in American history. Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom One of the greatest freedom fighters in U.S. history, Harriet Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, and a spy. Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad For more than six decades, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme performed music from the early days of ’50s rock ‘n’ roll, ’60s pop, Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and the American Songbook.
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 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. 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Touring the Dales See Sun. Feb. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop [R] 4:00 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 2 of 2) Discover how the Black church expanded
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name See Sun. Feb. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:00 To be announced 4:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 Call the Midwife 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids 1:00 Antiques Roadshow 2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Simply Ming 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 To be announced 5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: New Year’s Evil Peregrine throws a New Year’s Eve party and invites Melbourne’s hottest pop band to play. But the lead singer is shot and killed. 8:00 Farewell Doc Martin See Sat. Feb. 24 at 8:30 pm. [R] 9:00 Doc Martin: Our Last Summer See Sat. Feb. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R] 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Nature: Australian Bushfire Rescue An estimated one billion animals died in the horrific Australian bushfires last year. Through the help of tireless volunteers working to rescue the remains of their once-flourishing environment, stories of animal and human resilience have emerged. Rising from the ashes, animal survivors begin their challenging journey back to a wild existence. 8:00 8 Days to the Moon and Back Join Apollo 11 on its historic journey. The film seamlessly blends mission audio featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing. 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R] 2:00 Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities [R] 3:30 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
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All Creatures Great and Small: Touring the Dales
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All Creatures Great and Small: Touring the Dales 9:00 Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name 11:00 Happy Birthday, Mr. Bean [R]
EARLY MORNING 12:30 20 Things to Do in Midsomer…Before You Die See Sat. Feb. 24 at 9:30 pm. [R] 2:00 Rick Steves Fascism in Europe [R] 3:30 Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
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Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name This documentary from filmmaker Frank Marshall features live performances of the songwriting partnership between multi-Grammy Award-winning artists Carole King and James Taylor. It explores music history in the making through the stories of both performers, their early partnerships of writing and performing together, and their hugely successful solo careers.
Sunday, February 25 9:00 pm
February At-a-Glance • Arts • Performance 80th Annual AnisfieldWolf Book Awards Sunday, 10:00 am (2/11) Friday, 3:00 am (2/16) Austin City Limits Friday, 3:00 am (2/3) Monday, 12:00 am (2/5) Mondays, 1:00 am (2/12, 2/19) Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name Sunday, 9:00 pm (2/25) Wednesday, 12:00 am (2/28) Gospel Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Sunday, 10:00 pm (2/11) Great Performances: The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry Sunday, 11:00 am (2/18) Wednesday, 3:30 am (2/21) Great Performances at the Met Sunday, 11:00 am (2/11) Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Saturday, 3:00 am, 10:30 pm (2/24) Sunday, 8:30 am (2/25) Tuesday, 2:00 am (2/27) Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad Sunday, 4:30 pm (2/25)
Drama • Comedy • Movies Agatha Christie’s Poirot Fridays, 8:00 pm Saturday, 11:30 pm (2/3) Saturday, 11:00 pm (2/10) Sunday, 5:30 pm (2/11) Saturday, 10:00 pm (2/17) All Creatures Great and Small Sundays, 8:00 pm (2/4, 2/11, 2/18) Tuesdays, 1:00 am (2/6, 2/13) Tuesday, 1:30 am (2/20) Sunday, 7:00 pm (2/25) Tuesday, 12:00 am (2/27) Call the Midwife Mondays, 4:00 pm (2/12, 2/19, 2/26) Tuesdays, 4:00 pm (2/13, 2/20, 2/27) Wednesdays, 4:00 pm Thursdays, 4:00 pm (2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29) Fridays, 4:00 pm (2/9, 2/16, 2/23) Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/13) Wednesday, 4:00 am (2/14) Thursday, 4:00 am (2/15) Coroner Thursday, 4:00 pm (2/1) Friday, 4:00 pm (2/2) Monday, 4:00 pm (2/5) Tuesday, 4:00 pm (2/6) Death in Paradise Saturdays, 8:00 pm (2/3, 2/10, 2/17) Mondays, 3:00 am (2/5, 2/12, 2/19) Doc Martin Thursdays, 9:00 pm Saturdays, 7:00 pm Mondays, 2:00 am (2/5, 2/12, 2/19) Tuesday, 9:00 pm (2/29) Farewell Doc Martin Saturday, 8:00 pm (2/24) Thursday, 8:00 pm (2/29) Frankie Drake Mysteries Thursdays, 8:00 pm (2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22) Sunday, 1:00 am (2/4) Sunday, 1:30 am (2/11) Sunday, 12:30 am (2/18) Friday, 3:45 am (2/23) Funny Woman Sundays, 9:00 pm (2/4, 2/11) Tuesdays, 2:00 am (2/6, 2/13)
Happy Birthday Mr. Bean Friday, 9:30 pm (2/23) Sunday, 11:00 pm (2/25) Marriage Sunday, 6:00 pm (2/4) Tuesday, 3:00 am (2/6) Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece Sundays, 7:00 pm (2/4, 2/11) Tuesdays, 12:00 am (2/6, 2/13) Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Thursdays, 7:00 pm Sunday, 2:00 am (2/4) Sunday, 12:30 am (2/11) Saturday, 11:30 pm (2/17) Friday, 3:00 am (2/23) Professor T Fridays, 9:30 pm (2/2, 2/9) Monday, 1:00 am (2/5) Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/6) Tuesday, 3:00 am (2/13) Sister Boniface Mysteries Saturdays, 9:00 pm (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Mondays, 4:00 am (2/5, 2/12, 2/19) Viewer’s Choice Winners 2023 Sunday, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (2/11) Sunday, 1:10 am, 2:00 am, 3:00 am (2/18)
Nature • Science • Technology
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel
Public Affairs • History • Documentary
America’s Test Kitchen Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Antiques Roadshow Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm Mondays, 7:00 pm (2/3, 2/12, 2/19) Wednesdays, 12:00 am (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Sunday, 9:30 pm (2/18) Ask This Old House Saturdays, 10:30 am Check, Please! Saturdays, 4:30 pm (2/3, 2/10, 2/17) Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Mondays-Saturdays, 3:00 pm Cook’s Country Mondays-Fridays, 2:00 pm Saturdays, 12:30 pm Homemade Live Saturdays, 11:30 am (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Legacy List with Matt Paxton Saturdays, 9:00 am (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Lidia’s Kitchen Mondays, 2:30 pm Saturdays, 1:00 pm (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Mary Berry Cook and Share Saturdays, 3:30 pm (2/3, 2/10) Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites Saturday, 3:30 pm (2/17) Saturday, 3:50 pm (2/24) My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Tuesdays, 2:30 pm Patti’s Mexican Table Fridays, 2:30 pm Saturdays, 4:00 pm (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Saturday, 4:20 pm (2/24) Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:00 pm (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Tuesday, 3:00 am (2/20) Friday, 4:30 am (2/23) Rick Steves Might Alps Sunday, 10:30 am (2/25) Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 9:30 am (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Sara’s Weeknight Meals Wednesdays, 2:30 pm Saturdays, 1:30 pm Simply Ming Thursdays, 2:30 pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Saturdays, 11:00 am This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am
Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/27) Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White Wednesday, 4:00 am (2/28) Brain-Gut Connection with Dr. Emeran Mayer Sunday, 5:00 am (2/18) Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD Thursday, 3:30 am (2/29) Nature Wednesdays, 7:00 pm Fridays, 12:00 am NOVA Fridays, 1:00 am Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities Saturday, 7:00 am (2/24) Sunday, 5:00 am (2/25) Monday, 3:30 am (2/26) Thursday, 2:00 am (2/29)
20 Things to Do in Midsomer Before You Die Saturday, 9:00 pm (2/24) Monday, 12:30 am (2/26) 8 Days to the Moon and Back Wednesday, 8:00 pm (2/28) Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm American Experience: Fly with Me Tuesday, 8:00 pm (2/20) Thursday, 1:00 am (2/22) American Masters: How It Feels to be Free Tuesday, 8:00 pm (2/6) Thursday, 1:00 am (2/8) BBC News Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm, 5:00 am BBC News America Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm Becoming Frederick Douglas Sunday, 1:30 pm (2/25) Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Monday, 7:00 pm (2/26) Tuesday, 7:00 pm (2/27) Building/Blocks: Architecture of Chicago’s South Side Sunday, 10:00 pm (2/18) Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/20) Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells Sunday, 4:00 pm (2/4) Wednesday, 4:00 am (2/7) Saturday, 12:30 am (2/10) Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Monday, 9:00 pm (2/5) Wednesday, 2:00 am (2/7) Sunday, 11:00 pm (2/11) Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Monday, 8:00 pm (2/5) Wednesday, 1:00 am (2/7) Saturday, 6:00 pm (2/10) Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Saturday, 6:00 pm (2/3) Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants Saturday, 6:00 pm (2/17) Monday, 8:00 pm (2/19) Wednesday, 1:00 am (2/21) Chicago Tonight Mondays-Tuesdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices Wednesdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm Thursdays, 5:30 am Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm Fridays, 5:30 am Tuesday, 10:00 pm (2/29) Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm Saturdays, 12:00 am, 5:00 am (2/3, 2/10, 2/17) The Dream Whisperer Sunday, 10:00 am (2/4) Thursday, 3:00 am (2/8) Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Mondays, 12:00 am (2/5, 2/12, 2/19) Sunday, 11:00 pm (2/4) Sunday, 3:30 am (2/11) Thursday, 3:00 am (2/15) Thursday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/22) Finding Your Roots Tuesdays, 7:00 pm Thursdays, 12:00 am (2/8, 2/15, 2/22) Sunday, 2:30 am (2/11) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Mondays, 5:30 am Gospel Monday, 8:00 pm (2/12) Tuesday, 8:00 pm (2/13) Wednesday, 1:00 am (2/14) Thursday, 1:00 am (2/15) Sunday, 1:00 pm, 3:30 pm (2/18) Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Sunday, 3:00 pm (2/25) Independent Lens Saturdays, 10:00 pm (2/3, 2/10) Saturday, 1:30 am (2/10) Friday, 4:00 am (2/16) Monday, 9:00 pm (2/19) Wednesday, 2:00 am (2/21) Making Black America: Through the Grapevine Sunday, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm (2/4) Friday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/9) Saturday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/10) PBS News Weekend Saturdays, 5:30 pm (2/3, 2/20, 2/17) Sunday, 5:30 pm (2/4) Sunday, 5:00 pm (2/11) Sundays, 6:30 pm (2/18, 2/25) Saturday, 6:30 pm (2/24) PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm Peter Falk Versus Columbo Friday, 9:30 pm (2/16) Sunday, 4:00 am (2/18) Pioneers of Television Friday, 4:00 am (2/2) Sunday, 10:00 pm (2/4) Wednesday, 3:00 am (2/7) Pritzker Military Presents Sunday, 10:00 am (2/18) Rick Steves Fascism in Europe Saturday, 5:00 pm (2/24) Sunday, 12:00 pm (2/25) Monday, 2:00 am 2/26) Secrets of Royal Travel Sunday, 7:00 pm (2/18) Tuesday, 12:30 am (2/20) Secrets of the Dead Fridays, 2:00 am Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Shuttlesworth Sunday, 11:00 am (2/4) Thursday, 4:00 am (2/8) Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Sunday, 4:30 am (2/11) Saturday, 5:00 am (2/24) Sunday, 3:00 am (2/25) Thursday, 12:00 am (2/29) Washington Week Fridays, 7:30 pm
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• Daily Radio Programming
Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Programmer’s Picks Live from WFMT
Exploring Music: Igor Stravinsky
Best of Studs Terkel
This month’s chamber music performances include Chicago-centric ensembles Sapphire Woodwind Quintet, Third Coast Percussion, Chamber Music Chicago, and ~Nois.
The fascinating life and works of a seminal figure of the 20th century. Hear the stories behind The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring.
To mark Black History Month, enjoy treasured interviews with pioneering contralto Marian Anderson and gospel legends Mahalia Jackson and Thomas A. Dorsey.
Mondays, 8:00 pm
Beginning February 12, 7:00 pm
Fridays, 11:00 pm
Photo: Courtesy of NCPA
Thursday 1
Lü Jia
WFMT Orchestra Series The European portion of the WFMT Orchestra Series concludes with the Oslo Philharmonic led by chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä in Shostakovich’s brilliant Fifth Symphony and both of Ravel’s piano concertos with Yuja Wang. Then, in time for Chinese New Year, the series pivots to programs from Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts showcasing traditional and new classical works by Chinese composers alongside familiar Western classical pieces. Led by chief conductor Lü Jia, the NCPA Orchestra made an “impressive showing in [their] Chicago debut” (Chicago Classical Review) during the ensemble’s first North American tour in 2014.
Thursdays 9:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Tchaikovsky Marche slave, Op. 31 – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 400035-2. [10:24] 11:00 Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F: Overture; Menuet; Air; Bourrée; Andante – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:55] 12:00 Carl Maria von Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – Cleveland Orch/ Christoph von Dohnányi. Decca 430201-2. [8:52] 1:00 Alexander Zhuk Ukrainian Rhapsody – Anna Shelest, p. Sorel Classics SCCD-011. [6:40] George Gershwin Second Rhapsody (1931 original version) – Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80112. [15:11] 2:00 Haydn String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, Lark – Danish String Quartet. Avi Music 8553264. [17:31] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Cello Concertos The cello started to gain popularity in the 17th and early 18th centuries when it was found to be
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.
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very good at accompanying singers at the opera. The cello became the vehicle for numerous great and famous compositions in many different settings. This week, explore concertos by Tchaikovsky, Villa-Lobos, Elgar, and others. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Oslo Philharmonic. Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major; Piano Concerto in G Major; Yuja Wang, piano; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Patrick Doyle Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Quidditch World Cup/The Foreigners Arrive; Neville’s Waltz; Harry in Winter; The Golden Egg – City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick. Silva SILCD-1251. [14:50]
In the Spotlight Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera
In the Spotlight
Friday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto grosso No. 3 in F – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v. Virgin 45495-2. [7:23] 11:00 Franz von Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK-44932. [8:08] 12:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22 – Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY1869/71 (3). [13:37] 1:00 Wagner Siegfried: Forest Murmurs – Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-470072. [6:57] Bach Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v’s; English Chamber Orch/ Steven Mercurio. eOne EOM-CD-7785. [14:33] 2:00 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, Rhenish – London Phil Orch/Kurt Masur. Teldec 46446-2. [31:35] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including
Will Liverman and Victor Ryan Robertson
Metropolitan Opera: X – The Life and Times of Malcolm X Will Liverman stars in the Met premiere of Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking 1986 opera. The newly revised score provides a jazzinflected setting for the Afrofuturistic magical realism libretto by playwright and journalist Thulani Davis. The cast includes soprano Leah Hawkins as Malcolm’s mother Louise, mezzosoprano Raehann Bryce-Davis as his sister Ella, bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as his brother Reginald; and the scene-stealing Victor Ryan Robertson in the punishingly high tenor dual roles of Street and Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazeem Abdullah conducts.
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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Cello Concertos See Thursday’s listing. 8:00 Sounds Classical: John Jeter LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn talk with conductor John Jeter, music director of Arkansas’s Fort Smith Symphony, about his work to bring attention to underperformed music and artists. 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Esa-Pekka Salonen: L.A. Variations; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Frank Huang, violin; Alan Gilbert, conductor. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Thomas A. Dorsey and John Steiner, Part 2 This is the second part of Studs Terkel’s 1961 interview with gospel composer Thomas A. Dorsey, and his colleague during that conversation, John Steiner. Gospel, a new four-hour PBS docuseries by Henry Louis Gates Jr., premieres this month.
Photo: Cedric Angeles
Throughout the month, WFMT celebrates African American artists on Introductions, The Midnight Special, Listening to Singers, The New York Philharmonic, Fiesta!, The Best of Studs Terkel, and these three special programs. Terence Blanchard
Saturday 3 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. 11:00 Introductions: Highlights for Black History Month Highlights for the start of Black History Month performed by young musicians. William Grant Still: Summerland; Chad “Sir Wick” Hughes: Cello Suite No. 1; Leo Brouwer: Un día de noviembre; Coleridge-Taylor/ Talbot-Howard: Deep River Sonata; Miriam Kessler: Op. 105; Adolphus Hailstork: Three Smiles for Tracey; Rhiannon Giddens: At the Purchaser’s Option; Daniel Bernard Roumain: FILTER. 12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Anthony Davis’s X – The Life and Times of Malcolm X Will Liverman (Malcolm); Victor Ryan Robertson (Elijah/Street); Leah Hawkins (Louise/Betty); Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ella); Michael Sumuel (Reginald); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Kazem Abdullah. Performance from November 18, 2023. 3:15 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho On the Los Angeles Master Chorale with artistic director Grant Gershon. The acclaimed ensemble performs Heinrich
I, Too, Sing America Born on February 1, 1901, Langston Hughes became an icon of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes’s written works wedded a fierce dedication to social justice with his belief in the transformative power of the word. But he was also a music lover, and some of the works of which he was most proud were collaborations with composers and musicians. Terrance McKnight explores recordings of select pieces of Hughes’s musical works, a few of which were never performed again in their entirety after their original production.
Sunday, February 11 11:00 am
Dr. Uzee Brown, Jr. on Treemonisha
The Film Music of Terence Blanchard A seven-time Grammy winner and a two-time Oscar nominee, Terence Blanchard is heralded as a true visionary with a creative output that spans jazz, film scoring, television soundscapes, and grand operas. As Lyric Opera of Chicago presents his first opera, Champion (2013), the composer, trumpeter, and pianist joins Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips to discuss his work in film.
Sunday, February 4, 11:00 am
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Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien (Music to Accompany a Departure) at the Harris Theater this month. Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Gloria Villanueva – Catalonian Composer. Born in Barcelona in 1953, Gloria Villanueva began her first courses in music theory and piano at the age of nine. For several years she combined her activity as a children’s
psychotherapist with various post-graduate courses in the field of music. Elbio Barilari shares some of her most exciting works including her Rapsòdia Simfònica for orchestra, guitar, and harp. 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: A delightfully incisive set songs from a 2013 performance by the late Lois Morton. 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Singer, composer, educator, and conductor Dr. Uzee Brown, Jr. sang the role of Parson Alltalk in the world premiere of Treemonisha with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 1972. Dr. Brown shares reflections on the opera as part of our presentation of Scott Joplin’s benchmark work by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
Saturday, February 24 2:00 pm
Historic Black voices and contemporary artists from Mahalia Jackson to Rhiannon Giddens kick off Black History Month. Also, an 80th birthday salute to Bonnie Koloc.
Sunday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Black History Month & Candlemas. Host Peter DuBois will share sacred choral and organ
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music of African American composers in honor of Black History Month, as well as celebrate Candlemas, marking the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, and the conclusion of the Christmas-Epiphany season. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 11:00 Celebrating African American Artists: The Film Music of Terence Blanchard An interview with composer, trumpeter, and pianist Terence Blanchard hosted by Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips. Blanchard’s opera Champion is currently being presented at Lyric Opera of Chicago. 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including George Morrison Five Violin Solos: No. 3, Steal Away, Steal Away to Jesus – Tami Lee Hughes, v; Ellen Bottorff, p. Albany TROY-1293. [4:59] Britten Canadian Carnival (Kermesse canadienne), Op. 19 – English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557198. [13:05] Emilie Mayer Symphony No. 6 in E: III. Scherzo – Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann. Hännsler Classic HC-22016. [7:14] Andrea Falconieri La suave melodia; Su corrente – Pulcinella/ Ophélie Gaillard, vc piccolo. Aparté AP-326. [4:34] Ravel Sonatine – Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D075. [12:08] 1:00 Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69: Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D – Mark Zhu, p. WFMT [Introductions Turns 15]. [3:38] Shostakovich 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D – Tatiana Nikolayeva, p. Melodiya 19849-2 (3). [3:37] 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] Haydn Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 4778117 (4). [22:00] Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt. RCA 63950-2 (2). [7:56] 2:00 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Yuja Wang, p; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4864759. [23:38] Rachmaninoff Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 5 in D-Flat – Inon Barnatan, p. Pentatone
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PTC-5187113. [4:00] William Wolstenholme The Question, Op. 13, No. 1 – Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905376.77. [3:02] William Wolstenholme Allegretto in E-Flat, Op. 17, No. 2 – Timothy Ridout, vi; Frank Dupree, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905376.77. [2:58] Stewart Goodyear Callaloo: II. Mento – Stewart Goodyear, p; Chineke! Orch/ Wayne Marshall. Orchid Classics ORC-100100. [4:37] Ludovic Lamothe La dangereuse (meringue haïtienne) – Clara Rodríguez, p; Carlos Rodríguez, db; Carlos Nené Quintero, per. Nimbus NI-6346. [4:36] 3:00 Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata notturna – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/ Ton Koopman. Erato 45713-2. [13:03] Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – Royal Liverpool Phil/ Domingo Hindoyan. Onyx 4242. [8:52] Paquito D’Rivera Contradanza – Sándor Rigó, asx; Christina Leeb-Grill, p. Naxos 8.579078. [1:48] Chad “Sir Wick” Hughes S.L.I.C.E. – Tami Lee Hughes, v; Ellen Bottorff, p. Albany TROY-1293. [4:22] Francis Poulenc Les biches: Suite – Radio Luxembourg Orch/Louis de Froment. Vox ACD-8157. [19:58] 4:00 Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – New York Phil/Lorin Maazel. DG B0007890-02. [10:20] Vicente Lusitano Emendemus in melius – Marian Consort. Linn CKD-694. [9:19] Charles-Valentin Alkan Le chemin de fer, Op. 27 – Laurent Martin, p. Naxos 8.553434. [4:55] Billy Strayhorn Take the ‘A’ Train – Harlem Quartet. White Pine 207. [3:36] Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1 – London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 417719-2. [6:35] Etienne Moulinié Ô douce sommeil – Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HAF-8905318. [5:22] Edgard Varèse Un grand sommeil noir – Mireille Delunsch, s; François Kerdoncuff, p. Decca 460208-2 (2). [2:44] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Édouard Lalo Rapsodie norvégienne (1879) – Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet. Decca 433720-2. [11:46] Robert Nathaniel Dett Enchantment – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [18:50] Sally Greenaway
Poems I, II, III – Sally Walker, f; Emily Granger, h. Avie AV2626. [5:42] Sally Greenaway Liena – Emily Granger, h. Avie AV-2495. [2:32] 6:00 Barbara Harbach Following the Sacred Sun – London Phil Orch/David Angus. MSR Classics MS-1742. [27:26] Adolphus Hailstork String Quartet No. 3 – Ambrosia Quartet. Albany TROY-1680. [16:25] Puccini Madama Butterfly: Prelude to Act II Part 2 – Royal Liverpool Phil/Domingo Hindoyan. Onyx 4242. [7:50] 7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series: Tenor Alejandro Luévanos, bass Wm. Clay Thompson, and pianist Michael Banwarth are featured in this month’s vocal recital, recorded in WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Colin Ure. 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21; Ray Chen, violin; Magnus Lindberg: Serenades; Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98; Hannu Lintu, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel Music by Moritz Moszkowski including his Piano Concerto No. 3 in E, Op. 59; Étincelles; La Jongleuse; Serenata, Op. 15, No. 1; Ballade for Violin and Orchestra; Caprice Espagnol; Violin Concerto in C; and Polonaise, Op. 17, No. 1.
Monday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Adolphe Adam Giselle: Galop & Act 1 finale – Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge. Decca 417505-2 (2). [14:20] 11:00 Isaac Albéniz Suite española, Op. 47: No. 1, Granada (Serenade); Suite española, Op. 47: No. 3, Sevilla (Sevillanas) – Manuel Barrueco, g. EMI CDC7-54382-2. [9:18] 12:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Cologne Gürzenich Orch/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902370. [14:35]
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Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45471-2. [13:36] Florence Price Fantasie Nègre No. 4 in B minor – Michelle Cann, p. Platoon PLAT-18088. [7:27] 2:00 Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68061. [25:09] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 6:00 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: III. Finale, Allegro scherzando – Arthur Rubinstein, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [11:02] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea Sweeping expansive music that expresses land and seascapes, with a sense of coming together to where these elements touch each other—land meeting water, mountains stretching to heavens above, and distant horizons where oceans and skies blend. This image brings together many genres: symphonies and folksongs from the hills of Appalachia, ballads of conquering heroes, and lost souls. We will hear the music of Liszt, Strauss, Moeran, and forgotten composers we call Traditional and Anonymous. 8:00 Live from WFMT Committed to expanding the quintet repertoire by working with living composers as well as arranging works by female composers from previous eras, Sapphire Woodwind Quintet performs live in the Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin. 10:00 Evenings with Jan Weller
Tuesday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Tielman Susato Six Dances from Danserye – Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz. Delos DE-3171. [13:41] 11:00 Ferde Grofé Mississippi Suite – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [13:38] 12:00 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 1 – Vienna State Opera Orch/Anatole Fistoulari. Vanguard SVC-75. [10:57] 1:00 Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D, R 93 – Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch. DG 4794017. [9:22] Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23 – Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100149. [7:00] 2:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4863050. [26:21] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 6:00 Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of Apprentices; Entry of Mastersingers; Wach’ auf – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 452606-2 (4). [9:00] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDM7-64120-2. [28:34] 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Brahms: Scherzo, WoO 2, from F-A-E Sonata; Ani Kavafian, violin; Alessio Bax, piano; Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10; Escher String Quartet; Brett Dean: Twelve Angry Men for Twelve Cellos; Sumire Kudo, Carter Brey, Sarina Zhang, Jerry Grossman, Kevin Mills, Timothy Eddy, Dmitri Atapine, Richard Aaron, Yi Qun Xu, Rafael Figueroa, James Jeonghwan Kim, David Finckel, cellos; Milan Turkovic, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am. Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Houston Sym/ Christoph Eschenbach. Virgin 61360-2 (4). [11:08] 11:00 Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Invierno Porteño (Winter) – New Century Chamber Orch/Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v. NSS Music NSS-CD-8. [7:40] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Violinist Sirena Huang and pianist Chih-Yi
Chen perform works by Francis Poulenc, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Chen Gang live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Hosted by David Schwan. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon including Johann Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 – Johann Strauss Orch/ Christopher Warren-Green. Black Box BBM-1059. [10:23] Manuel Ponce Theme, Variations and Finale – Eduardo Fernández, g. Latino Music Festival . [8:15] 2:00 Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119 – Zuill Bailey, vc; Roanoke Sym/David Wiley. Delos DE-3378. [18:05] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 6:00 Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto – Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Chicago Sym Orch/ Daniel Barenboim. DG B0000025-02. [11:34] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
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Thursday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Mariss Jansons. BR Klassik 900145. [9:35] 11:00 Florence Price Dances in the Canebrakes – Kirsten Johnson, p. Guild GM2CD-7828. [9:29] 12:00 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 453451-2. [17:55] 1:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring – Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p. DG 419787-2. [23:36] Emmanuel Chabrier Menuet pompeux – Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine. Denon CO-78929. [5:58] 2:00 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat – Martin Owen, hn; BBC Phil/ John Wilson. Chandos CHAN-20168. [19:02] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including
The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 6:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym Orch/Georg Solti. CSO CD-01-2. [17:54] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts. Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture for Chinese Orchestra; China National Traditional Orchestra; Peng Jiapeng, conductor; Wu Zuqiang, Liu Dehai, Wang Yanquiao: Pipa Concerto, Little Sisters of the Grassland; Li Jia, pipa; Chen Lin, conductor; Ravel: Bolero; Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90; Lu Jia, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at
11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C, Op. 3 – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p. Decca 4788416. [8:34] 11:00 Holst St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2. [12:13] 12:00 Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 – Ulster Orch/YanPascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-8952. [16:43] 1:00 Giuseppe Torelli Sinfonia à 4 for 4 Trumpets and Orchestra – Geyer, Butler, Hickey, Biancalana, tr’s; Music of the Baroque Orch/Wikman. D’Note DND-1026. [8:02] Puccini Preludio sinfonico – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-63025. [8:48] 2:00 Howard Hanson Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, Romantic – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.559701. [28:19] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 6:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503: III. Allegretto – André Tchaikovsky, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [8:52] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
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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. 11:00 Introductions Amelia Zitoun, 17, cello. Carlo Alfredo Piatti: Caprice No. 7; Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces; Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99. With Liang-yu Wang, piano. 12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Valentines from the Met – Great Love Duets Romantic moments in memorable performances from the Met’s radio archives. Archival Broadcast. 2:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller 3:00 Richard Strauss Four Last Songs – Jessye Norman, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 411052-2. [25:21] 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A survey of Chinese opera singers. 5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music for Peace. Inspiring, moving, and beautiful works by Latin American masters advocating for World Peace. For several years she combined her activity as a children’s psychotherapist with various post-graduate courses in the field of music. Elbio Barilari will share works that will bring a sense of calm and meditation, including Argentine Ariel Ramírez’s Misa Criolla. 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie: Michigan songwriting duo Annie & Rod Capps. 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer As Valentine’s Day approaches, songs and classic comedy bits about the many faces of romance are featured.
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begins on Ash Wednesday. Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 11:00 Celebrating African American Artists: I, Too, Sing America – Music in the Life of Langston Hughes – Host Terrance McKnight dives into the songs, cantatas, musicals, and librettos that flowed from Hughes’s pen. The hour-long program also details Hughes’s collaboration with William Grant Still and their 15-year struggle to see their opera Troubled Island become a reality. A production of WQXR. 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi: Opening; Tea Time – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau. Analekta AN2-8755. [7:08] Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) Violin Sonata in A, Op. 1b, No. 2 – Andrew McIntosh, v; Steven Vanhauwaert, fp. New Focus FCR-923. [14:10] John Williams Star Wars: A New Hope: Main Title – Boston Pops Orch/John Williams. Philips 420178-2. [5:36] John Williams Star Wars: A New Hope: Force Theme – Alexandre Tharaud, p. Erato 5419718461. [1:50] Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Final Dance, Jota – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [6:11] 1:00 Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69: Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D minor – Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc. Naïve OP-30581. [3:50] Shostakovich 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in D minor – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000153. [11:45] Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – Pierre Cochereau, o. Philips 442473-2 (2). [10:35] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor African Suite, Op. 35: IV. Danse nègre – Chicago Sinfonietta/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR90000055. [6:14] Debussy L’isle joyeuse – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG 445187-2. [5:41] Verdi Il Trovatore: Sevillana; Echo du soldat – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [7:03] 2:00 Haydn Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, La Reine – Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-66296. [21:38] Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: #12, Divertissement – Milwaukee Sym Orch/Andreas Delfs. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 708761739923. [12:24] Hans Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: Davy Jones – Anna Lapwood, o. 7:00
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Sony G010004942280W. [3:37] Albert Schnelzer Village Music: II. Dance Music – Swedish Recorder Quartet. Caprice CAP-21687. [2:57] Florence Price Piano Sonata in E minor: II. Andante – Michelle Cann, p. Platoon PLAT-18088. [6:53] 3:00 Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 2 in C, Op. 72a – Hanover Band/Roy Goodman. Nimbus NI-5149. [13:16] CharlesValentin Alkan Etude, Le Festin d’Ésope, Op. 39, No. 12 – Bruce Liu, p. DG 4864400. [10:03] Emile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz, Op. 183 – Vienna Phil/ Gustavo Dudamel. Sony 88985376182. [7:47] Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488: Finale, Allegro assai – Mitsuko Uchida, p; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. Philips 420187-2. [7:43] Justin Holland Variations on Mason’s Nearer, My God, to Thee – Christopher Mallett, g. Naxos 8.559924. [4:04] 4:00 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 – Cleveland Orch/ Pierre Boulez. Cleveland Orch ANNIV (10). [16:20] Jean-Philippe Rameau Les tendres plaints; La Poule – Bruce Liu, p. DG 4864400. [5:51] Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture – London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 456143-2 (6). [7:44] Ernesto Lecuona Al Fin Te Vi – Anna Najoom, cl; Michael Salter, bcl. 3Sixteen CD-31608. [1:43] Earth, Wind & Fire Shining Star – Evan Ziporyn, cl’s. Islandia IMR-010. [2:18] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Ernest Chausson Concert in D, Op. 21, for violin, piano and string quartet – Soovin Kim, v; Jeremy Denk, p; Jupiter String Quartet. Azica ACD-71243. [35:47] Duke Ellington Harlem – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559737. [14:24] Ahmed Alabaca Mere Mortals – Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p. Navona NV-6563. [4:01] 6:00 Domenico Sarro San Ermenegildo: Aria, Saprò ben con tanto piangere – Sandrine Piau, s; Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc. Aparté AP-326. [6:47] Giuseppe Bonno L’isola disabitata: Aria, Non turbar quand’io mi lagno – Sandrine Piau, s; Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard. Aparté AP-326. [5:18] Florence Price Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E minor – Maria Thompson Corley, p. MSR Classics MS-1744. [9:52] Hans Gál Clarinet Quintet, Op. 107 – Ensemble Burletta. Toccata TOCC-0377. [24:36]
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Rachmaninoff Select Songs – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; Ivari Ilja, p. Ondine ODE-1207-2. [10:47] Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – Inon Barnatan, p. Pentatone PTC-5187113. [35:08] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37; Jeremy Denk, piano; Mahler: Blumine; Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel Music by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Zwilich: Cello Concerto; Symphony No. 3; Peanuts Gallery; Violin Concerto; Cello Symphony.
Monday 12 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture – Czech State Phil/José Serebrier. Conifer 51522-2. [6:48] 11:00 Ottorino Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/ Riccardo Muti. EMI CDR5-69831-2. [15:20] 12:00 Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5141. [12:17] 1:00 Schubert Impromptu in A-Flat, D 899, No. 4 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi 902115.16 (2). [6:53] José White Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR-90000035. [21:34] 2:00 Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) – Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier. DG 4795524 (4). [26:57] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) By his early thirties, Igor Stravinsky had captured the world stage with The Firebird, dazzled audiences with Petrushka, and incited riots with The Rite of Spring. Before the First World War, he had earned his place as a seminal figure of the 20th century. We’ll
explore this fascinating life and sample his works. 8:00 Live from WFMT Specializing in contemporary music, Third Coast Percussion performs live in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin. 10:00 Evenings with Jan Weller
Tuesday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 – Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi. DG 437520-2. [19:07] 11:00 Dvorák From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: #5, Silent Woods (Klid) – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. Sony SK-46687. [6:19] 12:00 Carlos Chávez Caballos de Vapor: Suite, El Trópico – Phil Orch of the Americas/ Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [7:31] 1:00 William Boyce Symphony No. 5 in D – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 436761-2. [7:29] Alan Hovhaness Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b – Benny Wiame, tr; I Fiamminghi/ Rudolf Werthen. Telarc CD-80392. [5:37] 2:00 César Franck Violin Sonata in A – Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p. Sony 82026-2. [27:24] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Stravinsky: Ragtime for Eleven Players; Kavafian, Francis, Neubauer, Muroki, Wilson, Franch-Ballester, Purvis, Hanzlik, Taylor, Kaptain, Kataoka, Sherry Franck: Quartet in D major; St. Lawrence String Quartet. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 14 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and
Ecstasy of Love – Jordan Bak, vi; Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music RS-012. [7:26] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
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Introductions Pianist Clara Zhang, 16, is a merit scholar at the Music Institute of Chicago who has already performed on the stages of Weill Recital Hall, Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia, and Galvin Recital Hall at the Bienen School of Music. Clara is a winner of multiple competitions including the London Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, the Walgreens National Concerto Competition, and the Clara Schumann International Piano Competition. She performs works by Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, and others live from the Levin Performance Studio.
Saturday, February 17 11:00 am Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am. Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 6 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423626-2 (2). [12:28] 11:00 Percy Grainger Hill Song No. 1 – Melbourne Sym Orch/Geoffrey Simon. Koch 3-7003-2. [13:12] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Parker Van Ostrand performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, and Wang Jianzhong live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Hosted by David Schwan. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon including Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 – Beatrice Rana, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Warner 5419729625. [31:47] 2:00 Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 – Gidon Kremer, v; Chamber Orch of Europe/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 74881-2. [7:41] Leslie Adams
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Vivaldi TwoTrumpet Concerto in C, R. 537 – Crispian Steele-Perkins & John Thiessen, tr’s; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-53365. [7:11] 11:00 Carl Nielsen An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands – Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. Dacapo 6.220518. [10:17] 12:00 Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Bruce Liu, p. DG 4861556. [13:34] 1:00 Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado: Overture – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 411450-2. [7:44] Louise Farrenc Overture No. 1 in E minor, Op. 23 – Insula Orch/Laurence Equilbey. Erato 5419752210. [6:53] 2:00 Debussy La Mer – Philadelphia Orch/ Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC5-55120-2. [26:02] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts. Huang Yijun (arr. Peng Xiuwen): Fair Flowers Under Full Moon; China National Traditional Orchestra; Peng Jiapeng, conductor; Zhao Jiapeng: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Major, Op. 1; Feng Ning, violin; Lu Jia, conductor; Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor; Zhang Yi, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Naïve V-5130. [12:27] 11:00 Haydn London Trio No. 3 in G, H IV:3 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, Wolfgang Schulz, f’s; Gilbert Audin, bn. Sony SK-48061. [11:34] 12:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 – Chineke! Orch/Kalena Bovell. Decca 4853322. [11:37] 1:00 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – Emanuel Ax, p; Philharmonia/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-53289. [18:01] Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D – Tafelmusik. Reference RR-13. [5:43] 2:00 Dvorák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky – Weilerstein Trio. Koch KICCD-7657. [29:21] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Sounds Classical: Love Songs Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael explore the myriad ways composers evoke love in music and some of the themes in classical music that give us butterflies. 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Berg: Der Wein; Jessye Norman, soprano; Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Yvonne Minton, soprano; Pierre Boulez, conductor. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel Nelson Algren’s radio play Come In at the Door interpreted by Studs, Herman Kogan, Helen Malone, and others.
Saturday 17 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. 11:00 Introductions LIVE | Clara Zhang, 16, piano. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 875; Chopin: Ballade
No. 3; Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess; Haydn: Sonata No. 62 in E-Flat, 3rd mvt; George Walker: Sonata No. 2, 2nd mvt; Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, Op. 21/5; York Bowen: Toccata, Op. 155. 12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera Charles Castronovo (Gustavo III); Elena Stikhina (Amelia); Quinn Kelsey (Count Anckarstrom); Nina Minasyan (Oscar); Olesya Petrova (Ulrica); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Performance from fall 2023. 3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Reginald Mobley and Baptiste Trotignon at the 2023 BBC Proms. The acclaimed duo performs original spiritual arrangements and songs by Florence Price from their Grammynominated album Because. Recorded July 7, 2023. 5:15 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Cuban Maestros. Elbio
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In the Spotlight
Reginald Mobley
Listening to Singers Reginald Mobley and Baptiste Trotignon illuminate the relationship between two pillars of Black music: gospel and classical. Hearing Trotignon’s jazzy arrangements of songs like “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” and “There is a Balm in Gilead” in Mobley’s individualistic countertenor alongside Florence Price’s “Because” (text by Paul Laurence Dunbar) fulfills Antonín Dvořák’s prophecy that African American folksong would shape the future of classical music in America.
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Barilari visits Cuba to share some of most important composers from the island. Included are Leo Brouwer’s Estudio Sencillo Nos. 1-2, Amadeo Roldán’s Suite from La Rebambaramaba and José White’s Violin Concerto featuring Rachel Barton Pine. 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Recorded live at Acoustic Renaissance in Hinsdale: Fiddler, banjo player, guitarist, and singer Bruce Molsky. Performance from February 3, 2024. 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Songs inspired by literature, a birthday tribute to Canadian balladeer Loreena McKennitt, plus a political send-up or two for President’s Day weekend.
Sunday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 1. A program of profound and moving choral and organ music to begin the season of Lent in preparation for Holy Week yet to come. Host Peter DuBois will share music of introspection and reflection, a hallmark of the 40-day season. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 – New Philharmonia Orch/Sir Adrian Boult. EMI CDC7-47218-2. [10:14] Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folksong – Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905376.77. [6:47] Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 63313-2. [5:10] Florence Price Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint: No. 2, Somebody’s Knockin’ at Yo’ Do’ – Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71346. [4:30] Mozart Symphony in C, K. 120/K 111b – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [13:29] 1:00 Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69: Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat – Olli Mustonen, p. RCA 61446-2 (2). [4:12] Shostakovich 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in E-Flat – Olli Mustonen, p. Ondine ODE-1033. [3:47] Haydn Symphony No. 102 in B-Flat – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer.
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Nimbus NI-5200/04 (5). [26:32] Jessie Montgomery Rhapsody No. 2 – Lara St. John, v. Ancalagon ANC-145. [4:13] Paganini Caprice No. 24 in A minor – La Pietà/ Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8723. [5:37] Clement Janequin O doulx regard, o parler gratieux – Ensemble Aedes/Mathieu Romano. Aparté AP-323. [3:02] Francis Poulenc Stabat Mater: III. O quam tristis – Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles/Mathieu Romano. Aparté AP-323. [2:48] 2:00 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa. DG 435026-2. [15:56] Tania León Homenaje a Prokofiew – Adam Kent, p. Albany TROY-1893. [1:07] Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Jonathan Biss, p; Orpheus Chamber Orch. EMI 17270-2. [27:22] Quique Sinesi Tormenta de ilusión; El abrazo – Zsófia Boros, ronroco and guitar. ECM 2769. [6:00] 3:00 Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture – Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev. Decca 4854171. [8:01] Leslie Adams Etudes, Part II: No. 5 in c minor; No. 11 in g-sharp minor – Thomas Otten, p. Albany TROY-1519. [5:12] Einojuhani Rautavaara Deux Sérénades: No. 2, Sérénade pour la vie – Hilary Hahn, v; Radio France Phil Orch/Mikko Franck. DG 4839847. [6:36] Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orch/ Osmo Vänskä. BIS SACD9048 (2). [7:56] Georges Onslow String Quintet in A minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro non tanto vivo – Elan Quintet. Naxos 8.574187. [10:01] 4:00 Saint-Saëns Phaéton, Op. 39 – Les Siècles/ François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM902614.15. [8:08] SaintSaëns Carnival of the Animals: Finale – Les Siècles/FrançoisXavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902614.15. [2:02] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Op. 59: No. 14, I’m Troubled in Mind – Ashley Jackson, h. Bright Shiny Things BSTD0188. [6:04] Traditional African-American Spiritual, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [4:44] Dario Castello Sonata decimaterza – Quicksilver. Acis APL-72546. [7:25] Ravel Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan – Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier. DG
4795524 (4). [6:47] Harold Arlen Over the Rainbow – Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli. Warner Classics 0190295888329. [5:17] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Anton Bruckner Overture in G minor – Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 421593-2. [11:38] Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata – Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905376.77. [21:55] Schubert Rosamunde, D 797: Overture; Entr’acte No. 1 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431655-2. [18:08] 6:00 Verdi La forza del destino: Overture – Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev. Decca 4854171. [7:06] William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony – Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865137. [35:01] JeanPhilippe Rameau Gavotte et six doubles – Bruce Liu, p. DG 4864400. [7:00] 7:00 Tchaikovsky Three Songs – Sergei Leiferkus, br; Semion Skigin, p. Conifer 51266-2. [2:36] Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 – Strasbourg Phil Orch/Aziz Shokhakimov. Warner 5419753851. [45:14] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Bruckner: Psalm 150; Ruth Welting, soprano; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Bartók: Cantata profana; John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Brahms: A German Requiem; Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Bernd Weikl, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director; Georg Solti, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel A remarkable Mahler 2nd Symphony performance. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection;” Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Monday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Age of Enlightenment
Orch/Charles Mackerras. Virgin 90725-2. [11:53] 11:00 Ernesto Lecuona Rapsodia Cubana – Thomas Tirino, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos. BIS CD-794. [8:13] 12:00 Mozart Six German Dances, K. 567 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 429783-2. [11:34] 1:00 Henry Purcell King Arthur: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:20] William Byrd The Maiden’s Song – Kit Armstrong, p. DG 4861364. [5:30] 2:00 Verdi Don Carlos: Ballet de la Reine – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [16:41] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part I Composers telling us stories. The next two weeks will feature tone poems, operas, and symphonies inspired by folk tales and legends. 8:00 Live from WFMT Founding artistic director of Chamber Music Chicago, violinist Janet Sung is hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. 10:00 Evenings with Jan Weller
Tuesday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Rossini The Barber of Seville: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 24344. [7:15] Zoltán Kodály Marosszék Dances – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [13:37] 12:00 Manuel de Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs – Anne Gastinel, vc; Pablo Márquez, g. Naïve V-5182. [13:40] 1:00 Dag Wirén Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 – Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen. BIS CD-285. [14:03] Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 – Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-109. [6:41] 2:00 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 – Yuja Wang, p; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo
Dudamel. DG 4864759. [25:51] Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part I See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703; Webern: Langsamer Satz; Anna Clyne: Breathing Statues (CMS Co-Commission); Janácek: Quartet No. 1, The Kreutzer Sonata; Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violin; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello). 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 3:00
Wednesday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Keyboard Concerto in C Minor, Wq. 43/4 – Michael Rische, p; Berlin Baroque Soloists. Hännsler Classic HC-19041. [12:28] 11:00 Carlos Guastavino Tres Cantilenas Argentinas y Final: #10, La casa – Camerata Bariloche. Dorian DOR-90202. [4:59] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Violinist Hannah Christiansen and pianist Jonathan Hannau perform works by Leoš Janácek and Grazyna Bacewicz live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Hosted by David Schwan. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon including Handel Alcina: Act 3 ballet music – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato ECD-88084. [13:42] Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1 – Cleveland Orch/Franz WelserMöst. DG 4778773. [8:42] 2:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata – András Schiff, p. Teldec 13159-2 (3). [25:21] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part I See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part I See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts. Guo Wenjing: Riyue Mountain, a Passacaglia for Orchestra; Li Biao, conductor; Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107; Lu Jia, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Henryk Wieniawski Légende, Op. 17 – Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. DG 431815-2. [7:33] 11:00 Aaron Copland El Salón México – Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p’s. Koch 3-7002-2. [9:59] 12:00 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in B-Flat, R. 423 – Christophe Coin, vc; L’Onda Armonica. Naïve OP-30574. [11:08] 1:00 Malcolm Arnold Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91 – London Phil Orch/Malcolm Arnold. Lyrita SRCD.201. [12:26] Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 95523-2. [4:48] 2:00 Florence Price Symphony No. 4 in D minor – Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865137. [33:44] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical: Trumpet & Voice It’s musical show and tell this week on Sounds Classical. Hosts LaRob and Kristina share favorite recordings from artists including Miles Davis, Kathleen Battle, Ella Fitzgerald, and Alison Balsom. 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in F-flat Major; Symphony No. 40 in G Minor; Symphony No. 41 in C Major, Jupiter. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Marian Anderson (2/20/1960) A warm conversation with contralto Marian Anderson about her life, career, and how she interprets songs.
Saturday 24 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. 11:00 Introductions Noah Kim, 17, piano. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp, BWV 848; Mozart: Sonata No. 18 in D, K. 576; Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13; Nikolai Kapustin: Sonata No. 1, Op. 39, Finale. Wagner Albumblatt in C for Princess Metternich – Esme AriasKim, v; Milana Pavchinskaya, p. WFMT [Introductions Turns 15]. [4:38] 12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Mozart and Beethoven in Concert Golda Schultz; Emily D’Angelo; Dmytro Popov; Vladyslav Buialskyi; Elza van den Heever; Jamie Barton; Piotr Beczala; Ryan Speedo Green; Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Mozart’s Requiem from February 24, 2023 and the finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 from March 14, 2022. 2:00 Celebrating African American Artists: Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha The complete 1911 opera in Paragon Ragtime Orchestra’s acclaimed production led by Rick Benjamin. This special program for Black History Month also features an interview with Dr. Uzee Brown, Jr., who sang in the opera’s 1972 world premiere. 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with Miah Persson. The Swedish soprano makes her debut with Music of the Baroque in Bach’s St. John Passion next month. 5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
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In the Spotlight
Hannah Christiansen
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts A dedicated chamber musician and supporter of new music, violinist Hannah Christiansen is the co-founder of the Chicagobased ensemble Zafa Collective. Hannah is committed to increasing the representation for women and composers of color on contemporary concert programs. She is paired with Jonathan Hannau, a pianist and composer. Hannau shares Christiansen’s passion for contemporary music and has been praised for his delicate touch, dynamic palette, and mastery of complex rhythms. For their Hess Concert debut, they offer 20th century sonatas by Grażyna Bacewicz and Leoš Janácek.
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Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Women Composers from Mexico. Mexico has given the world many great composers. Elbio Barilari celebrates the many women composers who have made their musical mark on the world. We’ll hear music by María Grever, Rosa Guraieb, Diana Syrse Valdés, and Gabriela Ortíz. 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Selections from Bonnie Koloc live on stage. 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer It’s a Leap Year! Songs about getting a little extra as we anticipate Leap Day.
Sunday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 2. The texts in the Book of Psalms span the whole
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Daniel Harding
Chicago Symphony Orchestra An audience favorite, Gustav Holst’s The Planets, was the centerpiece work for Daniel Harding’s return to the podium at Orchestra Hall in November. The British conductor is artistic director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the newly appointed music director of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and a qualified airline pilot(!). He last led the CSO in 2006 but appeared at Symphony Center with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2019. An added draw for this program was the first appearance this season of the full chorus for Brahms’s Schiksalslied. Robert Schumann’s Byronesque Manfred Overture rounded out the highly engaging concert.
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of human experience, and during the Lenten season we focus particularly on those of lament, reflection and comfort. Host Peter DuBois will share choral and organ music related to those texts, as well as hymns that enrich the season. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including George Gershwin Cuban Overture – Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev. Decca 4854171. [10:11] José White La Bella Cubana – Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón. Alpha 937. [5:15] John Dowland Sir John Souch his Galiard; Mr. Nicholas Gryffith his Galiard; John Langton’s Pavan – Musicall Humors. Alpha 944. [9:28] Rossini William Tell: Ballet music: Pas de soldats – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/
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Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [4:31] Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-62599. [10:09] 1:00 Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69: Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor – Till Fellner, p. ECM 1853/54 (2). [9:40] Shostakovich 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in E-flat minor – Muza Rubackyte, p. Brilliant Classics 8463 (2). [7:50] Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev. Decca 4854171. [6:04] Jlin Perspective: I. Paradigm – Third Coast Percussion. Cedille CDR90000210. [5:11] John Psathas Fragments – Pedro Carneiro, vib; Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RATDV015. [2:50] Sibelius Three Late Fragments – Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4852256. [3:38] Johann Strauss II Pizzicato Polka (1869) – Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Ondrej Lenárd. WFMT (Gather). [2:34] 2:00 Emmanuel Chabrier España Rhapsody – Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Bru Zane BZ-2007. [6:04] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Op. 59: No. 21, Run, Mary, Run and No. 13, Going Up – David Shaffer-Gottschalk, p. Albany TROY-930/31. [4:47] Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat, Op. 130: V. Cavatina – Alban Berg Quartet. EMI ZDCD7-54587-2 (4). [6:31] Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: VI.-VII. Finale – Sinta Quartet. Bright Shiny Things BTSC-0196. [8:48] Antônio Carlos Gomes Joana de Flandres: Act I Prelude – Minas Gerais Phil Orch/Fabio Mechetti. Naxos 8.574409. [5:00] Heitor Villa-Lobos Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra: III. Finale, Allegretto non troppo – Manuel Barrueco, g; São Paulo Sym Orch/Giancarlo Guerrero. Naxos 8.574018. [4:20] 3:00 Enrique Granados Goyescas (piano suite): No. 4, Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor; El Pelele – Javier Perianes, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM902626. [12:43] Saint-Saëns La jeunesse d’Hercule, Op. 50 – Les Siècles/ François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM902614.15. [18:29] Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – Columbia Sym Orch/Bruno Walter. CBS
MYK-37774. [7:29] Abbey Lincoln Caged Bird – Regina Carter, v; Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music RS-012. [3:08] Sam Cooke A Change is Gonna Come – Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music RS-012. [3:54] 4:00 Verdi Ernani: Overture; Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero – La Scala Cho & Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4853950. [8:02] Mathias Duplessy De rêve et de pluie; Berceuse – Zsófia Boros, g. ECM 2769. [7:48] Brahms Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 – SeongJin Cho, p. DG 4863018. [11:58] John Abraham Fisher Symphony No. 2 in D – Petra Ždárská, hc; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574254. [6:13] Daniel Kidane Be Still – Beibei Wang, crotales; United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul. BIS 2589. [6:32] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Wagner The Flying Dutchman: Overture – Swedish Radio Sym Orch/ Daniel Harding. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902250.51. [10:35] Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p. DG 4861944. [34:05] Wallace Cheatham Fanfare & Toccata – Lucius Weathersby, o. Albany TROY-440. [5:21] 6:00 Irene Britton Smith Violin Sonata (1947) – Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p. Navona NV-6563. [16:23] Saint-Saëns L’Assassinat du Duc de Guise, Op. 128 – Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM902614.15. [20:36] Francis Poulenc Litanies à la Vierge noire – Ensemble Aedes/ Mathieu Romano; Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, o. Aparté AP-323. [8:29] 7:00 Joel Thompson Three Songs – Lawrence Brownlee, t; Kevin J. Miller, p. Warner 5419756371. [7:17] Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 – Faust & Schreiber, v’s; Tamestit, vi; Queyras, vc; Melnikov, fp. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902695. [28:37] Adolphus Hailstork Nocturne – McCullough Chorale/Donald McCullough. Albany TROY-156. [6:15] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Jenny Wong, director; Schumann: Overture to Manfred, Op. 115; Holst: The Planets; Op. 32; Daniel
Harding, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel Music by Eugène Ysaÿe including his Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin, “Ballade;” Chant d’Hiver; String Trio No. 1, “Le Chimay;” Amitié for 2 Violins and Orchestra; Violin Concerto in G; Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2; and String Trio No. 2.
Monday 26 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-66938. [10:12] 11:00 Virgil Thomson Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and
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In the Spotlight
~Nois
Live from WFMT: ~Nois Chicago-based saxophone quartet ~Nois is dedicated to connecting with diverse audiences through the creation of new work. Since its founding in 2016, ~Nois has been commissioning bespoke repertoire that is thought-provoking, engaging, and accessible by some of today’s most inspiring compositional voices, legitimizing the saxophone quartet as an ensemble for classical music. Chicago-centric, their concerts are designed to feature Chicago artists, unique experiences, and bring exceptional new works of art to the city.
Monday, February 26 8:00 pm
Dances – New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [15:00] 12:00 Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor – Marc-André Hamelin, p; Berlin Radio Sym/Ilan Volkov. Hyperion CDA-67635. [19:25] 1:00 Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1 in G, BWV 1027 – David Finckel, vc, Wu Han, p. ArtistLed 653738395926. [11:43] Debussy Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) – Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi. Analekta FL2-3151. [5:33] 2:00 Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Royal Phil/Jesús LópezCobos. RCA 60942-2. [27:26] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part II The second week of composers telling us stories from Arthur Benjamin’s composition based on A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens to John Williams composing music to the stories of Harry Potter. Stories told and feelings expressed through music go far back in history and to the core of our human spirit. 8:00 Live from WFMT Chicagobased saxophone quartet ~Nois (Hunter Bockes, Jordan Lulloff, János Csontos, and Julian Velasco) performs live in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin. 10:00 Evenings with Jan Weller
Tuesday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Luigi Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448 – Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet. Azica ACD-71328. [18:52] 11:00 Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op 91 – Czech Phil/Libor Pešek. Virgin 90791-2. [14:01] 12:00 Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D, R. 428, The Goldfinch – Giovanni Antonini, r; Il Giardino Armonico. Teldec 73267-2. [10:17] 1:00 Schubert Moments musicaux, D 780: No. 6 in A-Flat – John O’Conor, p. Telarc CD-80369.
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[7:52] Léo Delibes Sylvia: Cortège – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [5:35] 2:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op.18, No. 4 – Cuarteto Casals. Harmonia Mundi HMM902400.02. [21:54] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part II See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Franck: Sonata in A major; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Alessio Bax, piano; Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux; Michael Stephen Brown, Lucille Chung, pianos; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello; Scott Pingel, double bass; Ayano Kataoka, Ian Rosenbaum, percussion. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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Wednesday 28 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am. Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p. Summit DCD-456. [15:01] 11:00 Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 – London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC5-55487-2. [11:36] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Geirthrudur Guðmundsdóttir and pianist Liang-yu Wang perform works by Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Florence Price live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Hosted by David Schwan. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon including Michael Torke Javelin – Boston Pops Orch/ John Williams. Sony SK62592. [8:50] Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 2 in D – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. Naïve V-7262. [12:02] 2:00 Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G, Surprise – Philharmonia Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 62549-2. [22:52] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part II See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Richard Strauss Four Last Songs – Lucia Popp, s; London Sym Orch/ Michael Tilson Thomas. Sony SK-48242. [20:05] 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including the Daily Excursion at 11:00 am and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm. Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80039. [11:38] 11:00 Leo Brouwer Cuban Landscape with Rain – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. GHA 126001. [6:45] 12:00 Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) Symphonie
concertante in C, Op. 9, No. 1 – Yury Revich & Libor Ježek, v’s; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574306. [12:59] 1:00 Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Virgin 59300-2. [13:53] Sibelius Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 – West-Eastern Divan Orch/ Daniel Barenboim. Warner Classics 62190-5. [5:05] 2:00 Liszt Mazeppa, Symphonic Poem No. 6 – Vienna Phil/ Christoph Eschenbach. Sony 88843070972. [15:26] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Let Me Tell You A Story, Part II See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts. Chen Qigang: Reflet d’un temps disparu; Gautier Capuçon, cello; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22; Chen Sa, piano; Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette: Scène d’amour; Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; La mer; Lu Jia, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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