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February 2025
WFMT will mark Black History Month with a performance by Sheku Kanneh-Mason, making his Chicago Symphony debut; the world premiere of a new trumpet concerto by Wynton Marsalis; and from the New York Philharmonic, music of the African diaspora including works by Carlos Simon and Nathalie Joachim.
Dear Member,
This month, WTTW will launch a year of coverage of violence interruption and prevention in our award-winning multiplatform Firsthand initiative focusing on the lived experiences of people facing critical issues in Chicago. Beginning on February 17 and throughout 2025, Firsthand: Peacekeepers will shine a spotlight on individuals who are taking it upon themselves to make their communities safe and peaceful places. Each will share what they have learned about the social and societal fractures that cause violence as they continue to draw on their faith, cultural traditions, and research. Watch their stories on our website at wttw.com/firsthand, where you will also find expert talks, investigative journalism, and a discussion guide. Remember you can also stream all video content on your smart TV on the PBS app.
WTTW will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with Great Migrations: A People on the Move from Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; a new American Masters focusing on jazz virtuoso and television pioneer Hazel Scott; an Independent Lens film, The Bike Vessel , about a local father and son who challenge themselves to cycle between Chicago and St. Louis; an American Experience history of the NAACP and its architects; and more. See page 7 for the complete schedule.
And WFMT will also mark this important month with a performance by Sheku Kanneh-Mason, making his Chicago Symphony debut as soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto; the world premiere, from the Cleveland Orchestra, of a new trumpet concerto by Wynton Marsalis; two Sounds Classical programs focusing on the Harlem Renaissance and music inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and from the New York Philharmonic, an evening of music of the African diaspora including works by Carlos Simon and Nathalie Joachim, conducted by Thomas Wilkins.
One final note: we’re excited to welcome new Morning Show host John Clare to the WFMT announcing team. We know our curious listeners will enjoy his deep knowledge of classical music and warm and immersive presentation style. Listen in for John weekdays from 6:00 to 10:00 am.
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In the second season premiere, Chloe is taking important steps in her new life. The investigation of a brutal murder leads to a mysterious father figure who becomes the key suspect. Sunday, February 2, 10:00 pm
Funny Woman (New Season!)
Season two promises more big laughs and heartwarming connections as Gemma Arterton returns as Britain’s favorite television comedy star Sophie Straw, navigating her newfound fame and career while her romance with Dennis (Arsher Ali) is full of promise. Will Sophie thrive as she challenges outdated cultural conventions?
Sundays beginning February 2, 9:00 pm
Saturday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Vintage Geoffrey: Chicago’s Western Suburbs – From Prairie Soil to Prairie Style [R]
2:00 Vintage Geoffrey: Southwest Suburbs – Birthplace of Chicago [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Meadow Brook Hall (Part 3 of 3) [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
A 70-year-old man transforms his life to become an avid cyclist. He and his son embark on a long-distance ride from St. Louis to Chicago, pushing each other to reimagine Black health. Monday, February 24, 9:00 pm
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 History with David Rubenstein: Stacy Schiff
6:30 Prairie Fire
7:00 The Great American Recipe: A Celebration of Flavors
8:00 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up
8:30 Curious Traveler: Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, Germany
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Berlin, Leipzig, and Meissen, Germany
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Goshen, Indiana
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood – All Quiet on the Kitchen Front
10:30 Ask This Old House: Beehives 101, Step Stool
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Chicken Three Ways
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Olive Mallorca – A Wood-Fired Feast
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Snack Cake and Sandwich Cookies
12:30 Cook’s Country: Midwestern Favorites
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Easy Going Recipes
1:30 Essential Pépin: Economical Offal
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Italian Bites
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Dressing Up Chicken
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Hidden Guachochi
4:00 Mary Berry Cook & Share
4:30 Check, Please! Ricobene’s, Bento Box, Chicago Magic Lounge
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Lisbon
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: The Young Lords of Lincoln Park [R]
7:00 Death in Paradise Marlon receives a mysterious phone call from his old boss, who
NOVA: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Follow the high-stakes rescue and recovery, efforts to reopen the port, and investigations into what went wrong with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and how many other bridges are at risk. Wednesday, February 26, 8:00 pm
sounds gravely injured as he begs him for help. When Marlon hurries over, he’s horrified to find his former boss dead, having been shot. And the only witness is a parrot.
8:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: How to Murder a Tune The Nuns are excited to be involved in a religious TV show but a murder disrupts proceedings.
8:45 Father Brown: The Show Must Go On Father Brown discovers there’s more drama offstage than on in the latest production by the Kembleford Players.
9:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) [R]
10:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Fall from Grace [R]
Sunday 2
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Clocks [R]
1:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: The Lying Detective [R]
3:10 Paul Hollywood Goes to Hollywood: Los Angeles (Part 4 of 4) [R]
4:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 America the Bountiful: Ramps in West Virginia
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Rose City
8:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Ribs Rock the Smoker
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: A World of Flavors
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Collard Green Queen
9:30 Great Migrations: A People on the Move –Exodus (Part 1 of 4) [R]
11:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 1 of 6) It’s 1964. Beauty queen Barbara Parker (Gemma Arterton) leaves Blackpool for London and embarks on her haphazard dream to work in show business.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) Barbara lands a lead role in a new TV sitcom, but just as she’s about to realize her dream, news from home threatens to derail her plans. Will she return to Blackpool or seize her moment in London?
1:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) Barbara’s life (aka Sophie Straw) changes overnight as the show is a huge hit. Intoxicated by success, she embarks on a
The State of Our City: A WTTW News Town Hall
WTTW and nonprofit My Block, My Hood, My City present this live special with Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson and other government officials and stakeholders, moderated by Brandis Friedman. The 90-minute town hall will continue streaming live from 6:00-7:00 pm on wttw. com, the PBS app, and WTTW’s Facebook and YouTube channels. Monday, February 3 5:30 pm
FIRSTHAND, WTTW’s award-winning multiplatform initiative, began in 2019 to highlight the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago, focusing on a different topic each year. Over the course of the project, we have covered gun violence, coronavirus, poverty, segregation, life after prison, homelessness, and the migrant experience.
Beginning on Monday, February 17 and throughout 2025 at wttw.com/firsthand and on the PBS app, Firsthand will shine a spotlight on Peacekeepers – extraordinary individuals who are working to create peace in their Chicago neighborhoods. We spoke with documentary co-executive producer Dan Protess about why this is a timely topic and what we can learn from these everyday heroes who are taking it upon themselves to try to heal their communities.
THE GUIDE: Why were peacekeepers selected as the focus area for this year’s Firsthand initiative?
DAN PROTESS: This is our seventh year of the project, and up until now, the titles of the series have always focused on social problems, like gun violence or segregation. Over the years we have also highlighted solutions to these problems through profiles of people doing heroic work. This year, the title centers on the heroes themselves. Right now, there is so much energy in our city around supporting community violence intervention programs, so it made sense to profile everyday heroes who are working to make their communities more peaceful places.
THE GUIDE : Can you explain what is meant by peacekeepers?
PROTESS : We are profiling people who are actively intervening in violent conflicts, and also creating the conditions for peace in more subtle ways. So, for instance, one story is about Diane Latiker, who is caring for neighborhood teens in Roseland and West Pullman. She’s not jumping out in front of conflicts, but she’s helping to create a beloved community. We are also profiling a judge in the North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Court, where they are attempting to address crimes such as gun possession in ways that are designed to heal the victims, the community, and the offenders themselves.
Street outreach workers have received so much attention over the last few years, including in our inaugural topic, Firsthand: Gun Violence. This year, we are trying to show the more preventative and restorative aspects of this work. Yes, they are often putting themselves in the middle of dangerous situations, but they are also a constant presence in their communities – showing up long before there is a conflict, and sticking around long after the police have left – working out peace agreements, leading peace circles, and simply being a positive presence.
THE GUIDE : How were the documentary subjects chosen?
PROTESS : Our team has been working on Firsthand for seven years now, so we have developed a process. First, we do a deep dive into the research on the subject, to better understand the issues that we might want to spotlight in the documentaries. Then, we connect with experts who are working in the area to ask for introductions to people who we might want to profile in the series. We talk with about 50 possible documentary participants before we settle on five. When all is said and done, at a certain point we need to set aside all of the research and talking about issues, and focus on the individual human being and his or her story.
THE GUIDE: Is there one story this year that you find especially compelling?
PROTESS : It is hard to pick favorites, but Damien’s story is remarkable, in ways that are tragic but at the same time leave you feeling hopeful. There is a constant sense of motion, as he rushes from one crisis to the next in Garfield Park. And then, in the midst of filming the story, one of Damien’s own outreach workers loses his son to community violence. It is quite clearly weighing on Damien personally, and at the same time, he needs to continue to do his job, which is to make sure that there’s no retaliation.
And Judge Spratt’s story is so fascinating. It offers a glimpse of a completely different kind of criminal justice system, in which it feels like the community is coming together to solve a problem. On the surface, her story could not be more different from Damien’s, but the throughline here is that these are community-based interventions, and they are focused on solving problems holistically, not just on punishing one person.
THE GUIDE: Why do you think it’s important to tell these stories now?
PROTESS: There has been energy over the last few years around creating alternatives to traditional methods of policing and adjudication. And these documentaries show that we do in fact have viable alternatives. Research and data shows that community violence intervention programs can sometimes make communities
"Peacekeepers are often putting themselves in the middle of dangerous situations, but they are also a constant presence in their communities."
safer, and there is encouraging data on the efficacy of restorative justice courts. But these programs depend on political will and philanthropic support, both of which tend to come and go.
THE GUIDE : What do you hope viewers will take away from this series?
PROTESS : I’m hoping they will see these peacekeepers as professionals whose work is guided by research and who have received extensive training, and who, like a mail carrier or a city worker, are fixtures in their neighborhoods. With many other
professions, we tend to assume all of this, perhaps because they are wearing uniforms, or because they have professional degrees, or they are working for government agencies. The term “peacekeeper” here is obviously imprecise and hasn’t been adopted as a formal job title, but it may be a helpful framework as we think about what kinds of people are essential to making our city work.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Thomas Jefferson: A Film by Ken Burns
Sunday, February 2 & 9, 7:00 pm
A portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president, Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Sweets for Your Sweetie: Cooking Marathon
Friday, February 14, 8:00 pm
Be our Valentine and treat yourself to a feast of decedent and showstopping sweet treats this weekend – there will be plenty of chocolate to go around!
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Funny Woman, season 2
Sunday, February 2
WTTW Passport members can watch the entire new 4-episode season of Funny Woman starting the night of its broadcast premiere on February 2. Follow Barbara Parker as she decides to create her own Sophie Straw show.
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Gemma Arterton as Sophie Straw
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romance with co-star Clive.
2:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) Barbara and Clive’s off-screen romance is the talk of the town, but she makes a discovery that threatens to bring down the whole show.
3:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, 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?
4:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) The team reunites to record the last show. It is a triumph, but there are a few surprises still in store for Barbara as the season reaches its finale.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Portugal’s Heartland
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) When an elderly man is killed during a home robbery, Caron is confused to discover that only one piece was taken amongst the many art valuables.
7:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: The Deal (Part 4 of 6) Eliza’s life is turned upside down when she finds herself dragged into a missing person’s case with a recently released convict by the name of Patrick Nash.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Uninvited Guests (Part 4 of 7) Tristan’s first meeting with Carmody doesn’t go as planned. They are sent to capture an animal on the loose, hoping to put aside their differences. Meanwhile, James confronts unresolved feelings about the war when he least expects it.
9:00 Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) Having established herself as the nation’s favorite TV comedy star and with her budding romance with Dennis on the right path, Sophie Straw’s life is going great. But then things start to go south.
10:00 The Paris Murders: One for Everyone (Season 2, Part 1 of 12) Chloe is taking important steps in her new life. The investigation of a brutal murder leads to a mysterious father figure who becomes the key suspect.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Chris Stapleton Ten-time Grammywinning country superstar Chris Stapleton delivers a scorching hour of countryrock classics and gems from his latest album, Higher.
FEBRUARY 2025
Great Migrations
A People on the Move
Tuesdays beginning January 28 at 8:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana
Monday, February 3 8:00 pm
Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation
Sundays, February 9 and 16 at 11:00 am
100 Years from Mississippi
Sunday, February 9 1:00 pm
Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story
Sunday, February 9 4:00 pm
The 89th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Sunday, February 9 5:00 pm
American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton
Thursday, February 13 9:00 pm
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine Sunday, February 16 1:00 pm
The Lincoln School Story Sunday, February 16 5:00 pm
Chicago Stories: House Music –A Cultural Revolution Monday, February 17 9:00 pm
Channel Changers Thursday, February 20 9:00 pm
The Disappearance of Miss Scott: American Masters Friday, February 21 9:30 pm
We Are Here Sunday, February 23 11:00 am
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells Sunday, February 23 12:00 pm
Chicago Stories: The Boss & the Bulldozer Sunday, February 23 1:00 pm
Chicago Stories: Pullman & The Railroad Rebellion
Sunday, February 23 2:00 pm
Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned Sunday, February 23 3:00 pm
Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Sunday, February 23 4:00 pm
Independent Lens: The Bike Vessel Monday, February 24 9:00 pm
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP –American Experience Tuesday, February 25 8:00 pm
Finding Edna Lewis Thursday, February 27 9:00 pm
Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation Saturdays beginning February 1 at 8:00 pm
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Sunday, February 2 8:30 pm
The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song Sundays, February 9 and 16 at 9:00 pm
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket –American Masters Friday, February 14 10:30 am
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Saturdays beginning February 15 at 9:00 pm
Eyes on the Prize Sundays, February 16 and 23 at 9:00 am
Journeys of Black Mathematicians Sunday, February 16 3:00 pm
Channel Changers Friday, February 21 11:00 am
Driving While Black Monday, February 24 9:00 am
Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story Monday, February 24 11:00 am
The Disappearance of Miss Scott: American Masters Sunday, February 23 7:00 pm
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands – American Masters Sunday, February 23 8:30 pm
Roberta Flack: American Masters
Sunday, February 23 10:30 pm
Finding Edna Lewis Friday, February 28 11:00 am
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: How to Murder a Tune See Sat. Feb. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Father Brown: The Show Must Go On See Sat. Feb. 1 at 8:45 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: The Young Lords of Lincoln Park [R]
4:00 NOVA: Extreme Airport Engineering [R]
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Springs Preserve (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Great American Recipe [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Father Brown: The Show Must Go On [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 The State of Our City: WTTW News Town Hall
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Springs Preserve (Part 2 of 3) Treasures that are sure to heat up the market include a Harry Kellar illusion head, a Dinh Van-designed Cartier gold ring, and Tiffany glass mosaics. Which treasure is the episode’s top find?
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana In this special to mark Black History Month, appraisal highlights include, among other items, an 1821 citizenship certificate for a free man of color; and an African American beauty book written by entrepreneur Madame C.J. Walker, the first American female millionaire.
9:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb On a spring afternoon 100 years ago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were affluent teens living blocks from the University of Chicago when they challenged themselves to commit “the perfect crime.” But the crime was far from perfect, and once they were convicted of murder, only legendary defense attorney Clarence Darrow could save Leopold and Loeb from the gallows. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: The Deal (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Uninvited Guests (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) See Sun.
Feb. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: One for Everyone (Season 2, Part 1 of 12) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Chris Stapleton See Sun.
Feb. 2 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 10 Modern Marvels that Changed America
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: How to Murder a Tune [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Recipes Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of celebrity chefs José Andres and Sean Sherman, traveling from small-town Spain to Native American lands in the Dakotas to reveal his guests’ hidden connections to history – and to food.
8:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Streets Paved with Gold (Part 2 of 4) Learn about the second wave of the Great Migration, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America.
9:00 Frontline: A Dangerous Assignment - Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela Frontline exposes the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning Venezuela to the U.S. With Armando.info, this is the updated inside story of Alex Saab - his capture, controversial release by the U.S., and his new top role in Maduro’s government.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
6:00 Odd Squad
6:30 Arthur
7:00 Wild Kratts
7:30 Alma’s Way
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8:30 Carl the Collector
9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9:30 Rosie’s Rules
10:00 Sesame Street
10:30 Work it Out Wombats!
11:00 Donkey Hodie
11:30 Elinor Wonders Why
12:00 Nature Cat
12:30 Molly of Denali
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Springs Preserve (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana See Mon. Feb. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb See Mon. Feb. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 11:00 am. [R]
4:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 12:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Wildheart Immerse yourself in Scotland’s wild highland landscape and meet its long-lived forest keeper, a magnificent Scots pine tree. As one of its longest living species, this ancient tree has witnessed the island’s history across 500 years.
8:00 NOVA: Dino Birds Why are birds the only dinosaurs still alive today? Rare fossil discoveries are revealing the secrets of bird evolution, telling the story of how some resilient feathered dinos became the vast array of colorful bird species that fill our skies.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom Uncover new archaeological evidence at Tintagel that suggests the legend of King Arthur started in a prosperous and sophisticated trading village in 5th-century Britain following the departure of the Romans.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Recipes See Tues. Feb. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Streets Paved with Gold (Part 2 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: A Dangerous Assignment - Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela See Tues.
Feb. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) See Sun.
Feb. 2 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) See Sun.
Feb. 2 at 2:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Recipes [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Halloween Party Ariadne Oliver calls on Hercule Poirot to investigate when a young girl is discovered drowned in an apple-bobbing bucket.
8:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: The Final Problem Long-buried secrets catch up with the Baker Street duo. Someone has been playing a long game indeed and Sherlock and Watson face their greatest-ever challenge. Is the game finally over?
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: Wildheart See Wed. Feb. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 NOVA: Dino Birds See Wed. Feb. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Secrets of the Dead: King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom See Wed. Feb. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Fall from Grace [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana [R]
2:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Baroque
3:00 Cook’s Country: Aloha State Favorites
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Flavors of Thailand
4:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: The Deal (Part 4 of 6) [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Stone Cold Dead The owner of a Victorian historic village is shot in the head with an arrow. A stickler for rules and routine, the victim lived her life as if she were in 1861. When Shepherd is injured during the investigation, Sims takes over the case.
9:30 To be announced
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Independent Lens: The Strike The story of a small group of men incarcerated in California’s isolated Pelican Bay prison who endured decades of solitary confinement with little due process, but against all odds inspired the largest prisoner hunger strike in U.S. history.
1:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Portugal’s Heartland [R]
2:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 3:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Funny Woman (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 2 at 4:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 History with David Rubenstein: Robert Caro
6:30 Prairie Fire
7:00 The Great American Recipe: Outside the Comfort of Your Kitchen
8:00 Jay’s Chicago: Better World
8:30 Curious Traveler: Franconia, Germany
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Crystal Coast of North Carolina
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9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Dodgeville, Wisconsin
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood – Flooring Features and a Rocking Fountain
10:30 Ask This Old House: Paint Wainscoting, Sandbox
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Miso, the Magic Ingredient
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Barcelona – Gaudi, Gin, and Gambas
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Food from Philly
12:30 Cook’s Country: Fried Chicken and Biscuits
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Sit Down Together
1:30 Essential Pépin: Cozy Carbs
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Perfectly Fried Seafood
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Biryani and Curry
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Nectar of the Mayan Gods
4:00 Mary Berry Cook & Share
4:30 Check, Please! Robert’s Pizza & Dough, Entente, Red Hot Ranch
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Travel Skills – Cruising
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb [R]
7:00 Death in Paradise The team is confounded when a tourist is stabbed while traveling down one floor, all alone, in a hotel lift.
8:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: It’s Just Not Cricket A village cricket match provides an unlikely backdrop for embezzlement and murder.
8:45 Father Brown: The Sands of Time Brenda finds love at the home of a clock collector, but has she fallen for a killer?
9:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) [R]
10:25 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Stone Cold Dead See Fri. Feb. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Halloween Party See Thurs. Feb. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: The Final Problem See Thurs. Feb. 6 at 8:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Jay’s Chicago: Better World [R]
4:00 John McGivern’s Main
Geoffrey Baer reveals the winner and runner-up in our online poll of the favorite programs of 2024, selected by you. Will it be a British drama, a nature or science program, a news and public affairs series, or something else? Join us to find out what you chose!
Sunday, February 9 2:00 pm
Streets: Dodgeville, Wisconsin [R]
4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Travel Skills – Cruising [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 America the Bountiful: Pecans in Georgia
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: What’s the Tea?
8:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: How to Smoke When You Don’t Have a Smoker?
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Plenty of Salmon
9:00 A Chef’s Life: The Buttermilk Belt
9:30 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Streets Paved with Gold (Part 2 of 4) [R]
11:00 Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: The Color Tax (Part 1 of 4) Black families were forced to purchase residences via contract sales, paying premiums for homes that they could lose after missing just a single payment.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: The Chicago Plan (Part 2 of 4) Black families who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings. Chicago realtors developed a plan to
prevent white homeowners from selling to Black buyers.
1:00 100 Years from Mississippi This film tells the story of Mamie Lang Kirkland, who left Mississippi at seven years old to escape racial violence and would not return to the state until a century later.
2:00 WTTW Viewer’s Choice Bowl Winners 2024
4:00 Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story This documentary reflects on the life of freedom fighter and civic leader Dr. Josie Johnson, who fought for fair housing, education, and civil rights.
5:00 The 89th Annual AnisfieldWolf Book Awards Hosted by jury chair Natasha Trethewey, this annual ceremony features the personal stories of the 2024 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) Shortly after Jean and Dom attend a lecture on sacred relics at Sainte Victoire’s Catholic church, the priest is stabbed in the back with a crucifix and the relic stolen.
7:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: The Enchanted Mirror (Part 5 of 6) Eliza explores the cutthroat world of Victorian theatre while finding herself growing ever closer to Inspector Blake.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Pair Bond (Part 5 of 7) Carmody gets an exciting opportunity, leaving Siegfried wondering whether he’s holding back his protégé. Mrs. Hall must deal with an unlikely emergency in Darrowby. Siegfried and Carmody must pay attention to their romantic pursuits.
9:00 Funny Woman Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 2 of 4) Despite new career possibilities, Sophie’s heart continues to ache for Dennis and for her mother, who fails to provide the comfort Sophie seeks.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Russian Doll (Season 2, Part 2 of 12) While Adele struggles to integrate in the DPJ, a murdered prostitute is found in the apartment of an old man who kidnapped his own granddaughter.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies Grammy-winning Sturgill Simpson performs new songs from his acclaimed album, Passage Du Desir, under a
new name, Johnny Blue Skies.
Monday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: It’s Just Not Cricket See Sat. Feb. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Father Brown: The Sands of Time See Sat. Feb. 8 at 8:45 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb [R]
4:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Baroque [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Springs Preserve (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Great American Recipe [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Father Brown: The Sands of Time [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Springs Preserve (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Frank McCarthy oil painting, baseball autographs circa 1945, and a 1977 Elvis Presley watch presented to Redd Foxx. One is $80,000 to $120,000.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Marilyn Monroe signed autograph, 1986-1987 Michael Jordan basketball cards and sticker, and a Tiffany & Co. diamond & sapphire bracelet circa 1960. One is appraised for up to $50,000.
9:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business He was Chicago’s first celebrity gangster, a mob kingpin whose name is still synonymous with the city around the world. Follow Al Capone’s rise and ignominious fall, and meet the shadowy cast of characters that made up his “Chicago Outfit.” Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: The Enchanted
Mirror (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Pair Bond (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Funny Woman Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Russian Doll (Season 2, Part 2 of 12) See Sun. Feb. 9 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies See Sun. Feb. 9 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 7
2:00 10 Monuments that Changed America
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: It’s Just Not Cricket [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
In 1967, Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton faced the death penalty for killing a white policeman. While Newton and his attorneys indicted racism in the courts and a jury deliberated Newton’s fate, the nation was set to explode if the jury returned a verdict of murder.
Thursday, February 13 9:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Latin Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of musician Ruben Blades and journalist Natalie Morales, interweaving stories from across Latin America. Along the way, both guests learn secrets that their ancestors tried hard to conceal.
8:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – One Way Ticket Back (Part 3 of 4) Explore how the reverse migration of Black Americans to the South – driven by mass movements, economic change, and an ongoing struggle for freedom – continued to reshape the country.
9:00 Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise Through musical performances, archival footage, photos, and interviews, this film explores the impact that the Chautauqua Institution has had in providing a critical platform for uplifting conversations in America and beyond.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Springs Preserve (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business See Mon. Feb. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: The Color Tax (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 9 at 11:00 am. [R]
4:00 Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: The Chicago Plan (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 9 at 12:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Hotel Del Coronado (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Expedition Killer Whale Follow a team of
scientists and filmmakers as they explore the icy waters of Antarctica to advance our understanding of these sophisticated whales.
8:00 NOVA: Egypt’s Tombs of Amun Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred desert.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Egypt’s Darkest Hour Follow a team of archaeologists as they examine a rare mass grave dating to the collapse of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom, when political infighting and a changing climate brought down a dynasty in a moment of crisis and catastrophe.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Latin Roots See Tues. Feb. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – One Way Ticket Back (Part 3 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise See Tues. Feb. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 100 Years from Mississippi See Sun. Feb. 9 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story See Sun. Feb. 9 at 4:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Hotel Del Coronado (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Latin Roots [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country: Pork and Pie
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 9 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Elephants Can Remember Poirot investigates a famed psychiatrist’s mysterious murder.
8:30 Firsthand: Peacekeepers
8:45 Otis’s Dream Follow Otis Moss, Sr. through his day-long journey to cast his ballot in rural Georgia as today’s struggles with voter suppression multiply.
9:00 American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Expedition Killer Whale See Wed. Feb. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Egypt’s Tombs of Amun See Wed. Feb. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Egypt’s Darkest Hour See Wed. Feb. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Independent Lens: The Strike See Sat. Feb. 8 at 12:00 am. [R]
4:30 The 89th Annual AnisfieldWolf Book Awards See Sun. Feb. 9 at 5:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Modern Age
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: The Enchanted Mirror (Part 5 of 6) [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Scarecrow The team must investigate family, friends, and rival neighbors following a chilling discovery among a local farmer’s crop.
9:30 To be announced
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Independent Lens: The In Between Following her brother’s death, a filmmaker returns to Eagle Pass, the Texas bordertown where she grew up, to document the places that shaped their family.
1:30 American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton See Thurs. Feb. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Otis’ Dream See Thurs. Feb. 13 at 8:30 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
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Launches Monday, February 17 at wttw.com/firsthand
MORNING
6:00 History with David Rubenstein: Jeffrey Rosen
6:30 Prairie Fire
7:00 The Great American Recipe: Defining Firsts and Family
8:00 Jay’s Chicago: Chicago Lore
8:30 Curious Traveler: Regensburg, Germany
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Traverse City, Michigan
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Springfield, Illinois
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood – Sugar Maple Revival
10:30 Ask This Old House: 3D Printed Homes, Square Bowl
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Meaty Stews
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Which Came First?
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Seafood in a Skillet
12:30 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Enjoy the Journey
1:30 Essential Pépin: Classic Conclusions
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Chinese Noodles and Meatballs
7:00 Great American Recipe
8:30 Curious Traveler
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Essential Pépin
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
4:00 Mary Berry Cook & Share
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Steakhouse
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Guayabera World
4:00 Mary Berry Cook & Share
4:30 Check, Please! Pelago, Spinning J, Raisu
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Greek Islands – Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business [R]
7:00 Death in Paradise The team finds themselves split between Saint Marie and the gorgeous island of Saint Auguste, attempting to investigate the mysterious death of a British tourist.
8:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: A Beautiful World When a murder takes place at a makeup demo party Sister Boniface strives to solve the mystery.
8:45 Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath Rock ‘n’ roll reaches Kembleford when a group of bikers cause outrage and excitement in equal measure.
9:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) [R]
10:25 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Scarecrow See Fri.
Feb. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Elephants Can Remember See Thurs. Feb. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 America the Bountiful: Maple Syrup in Vermont
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Color Schemes
8:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Big Bad Beef
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Flavors of the Eternal Forest
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Have Yourself Some Moonshine
9:30 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – One Way Ticket Back (Part 3 of 4) [R]
11:00 Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: A Million in Captivity (Part 3 of 4) Recall the intentional creation of a vast spatial gap in Black and white experience in the late 1950s and ’60s.
AFTERNOON
12:00
Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: We’ve Found the Enemy and It’s Not Us (Part 4 of 4) The final episode
tells the story of how an interracial group of working-class homeowners on Chicago’s west side fought unscrupulous realtors and bank redlining.
1:00 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.
2:00 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.
3:00 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.
4:00 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.
5:00 The Lincoln School Story This documentary examines the little-known fight for school desegregation led by a handful of Ohio mothers and their children in 1954, starting one of the nation’s first civil rights marches.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) Just as it seems Jean and Dom’s relationship may be moving towards romance, his estranged wife reappears in town after a long absence and wants to make amends with her family. Meanwhile, Jean finally has the ring back from the police.
7:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 6 of 6) Eliza faces a conflict of interests when she hired to look into the personal life of Police Commissioner Fitzroy.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Glass Half Full (Part 6 of 7) James has a bout of brucellosis, bringing long buried emotions to the surface. A broken-down car forces Siegfried and Tristan to renegotiate their relationship with amusing consequences.
9:00 Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 3 of 4) With a little help from her friends, Sophie gets
her life back on track. After mending her friendship with Marj and devising a brilliant new idea for a sitcom, she and Dennis have a heart-to-heart.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Facing the Camera (Season 2, Part 3 of 12) Rocher and his team are being filmed at work by a team of journalists, while Chloe runs into a brilliant old acquaintance in a psychiatric hospital.
11:00 ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family Willie Nelson returns to the Austin City Limits stage alongside family and friends, for a Texas-sized concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his pilot taping.
Monday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: A Beautiful World See Sat. Feb. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath See Sat. Feb. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business [R]
4:00 Rick Steves Art of Europe: The Modern Age [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Springs Preserve (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Great American Recipe [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1977 Kenner Darth Vader figure, a Tippco toy motorcycle with a sidecar, and a Ty Cobb professional model bat circa 1925. Can you guess the top $75,000 to $125,000 treasure?
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1941 Rolls Royce Wraith center caps and certificate, 1934 All-American basketball team autographs, and a Maynard Dixon oil painting circa 1913. One is $50,000 to $80,000.
9:00 Chicago Stories: House Music – A Cultural Revolution To mark the 40th anniversary of its origins in Chicago’s underground Black
and gay clubs, celebrate the innovative and catchy electronic dance music that still inspires prominent artists today. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Glass Half Full (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Facing the Camera (Season 2, Part 3 of 12) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family See Sun. Feb. 16 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 7
2:00 10 Monuments that Changed America
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: A Beautiful World [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Ties That Bind Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard - a married couple whose ancestors had some remarkable similarities.
8:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Coming to America (Part 4 of 4) Hear the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States and examine their profound impact on American culture and what it means to be Black in America.
9:00 Frontline: Battle for Tibet Frontline investigates China’s rule over Tibet. With footage from inside the region, learn how the Communist regime controls Tibet’s Buddhist population, and the battle over the succession of its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: House Music – A Cultural Revolution See Mon. Feb. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: A Million in Captivity (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 11:00 am. [R]
4:00 Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation: We’ve Found the Enemy and It’s Not Us (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 12:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Chicago Stories: House Music – A Cultural Revolution [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough
8:00 NOVA: Pompeii’s Secret Underworld
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Plunderer – The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part 1 of 2) This program investigates the secret networks of curators and dealers who profited off Nazilooted art. The decades-long war crime of stealing Jewish masterpieces has never been fully exposed or resolved.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: The Ties That Bind See Tues. Feb. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Coming to America (Part 4 of 4) See Tues. Feb. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: Battle for Tibet See Tues. Feb. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine
(Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 2:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Finding Your Roots: The Ties That Bind [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country: Taste of Summer
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Big Four As the threat of world war looms large, Poirot seeks the help of friends both old and new when he is pitted against a dangerous group of dissidents responsible for a series of violent murders.
8:30 Jay’s Chicago
9:00 Channel Changers This powerful film shines a light on the trailblazing African American admen and women of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. It showcases their groundbreaking contributions to the advertising industry and the lasting legacy they’ve left behind.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough See Wed. Feb. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Pompeii’s Secret Underworld See Wed. Feb. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Plunderer – The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part 1 of 2) See Wed. Feb. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 16 at 4:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Rick Steves Cruising the Mediterranean
3:00 Cook’s Country: Beef Kebabs and Cheese Bread
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 6 of 6) [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: As If Nothing Had Happened A resident from Sunset Manor, a rest home in Brokenwood, goes missing. It quickly becomes apparent that his whereabouts are of vital importance in solving a case.
9:30 The Disappearance of Miss Scott: American Masters
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Independent Lens: Skin of Glass A filmmaker discovers her architect father’s renowned building in Sao Paulo, a 24-story tall modernist icon known as “Pele de Vidro” (Skin of Glass), is inhabited by unhoused people, setting her on a journey to reckon with Brazil’s harsh inequality.
2:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration Soul music legends return to perform their biggest hits, including The Temptations, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners, Sam Moore, and more.
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 History with David Rubenstein: Danielle Allen
6:30 Prairie Fire
7:00 The Great American Recipe: The Grand Finale
8:00 Jay’s Chicago: In the Club
8:30 Curious Traveler: Lyon, France
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Mainz, Wiesbaden, and Rothenburg, Germany
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Davenport, Iowa
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood – Colonial Revival with Modern Flair
10:30 Ask This Old House: Stair Treads, Sconce Install 11:00 Christopher Kimball’s
Milk Street Television: Bundt Cake, Butter Bars, and Meringue
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: How Sweet It Is
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Biscuits and Chicken
12:30 Cook’s Country: Seafood Two Ways
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Warm Welcome
1:30 Essential Pépin: Easy and Elegant Seafood
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Breakfast Baking
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Modern Weeknight Meals
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Back Streets Rome
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Flavors of Merida
4:00 Mary Berry Cook & Share
4:30 Check, Please! Go 4 Food, Dos Ricco’s, Tied House
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals I 5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: House Music – A Cultural Revolution [R]
7:00 Death in Paradise It’s the team’s most confounding puzzle yet when a passenger boards a flight to Dominica but then seemingly vanishes midflight, only to be found back on Saint Marie soil...shot dead.
8:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Toast to the Newly Dead A village resident makes an unexpected and unwelcome cameo at a wedding rehearsal.
8:45 Father Brown: The Serpent Within Sullivan’s dream of leaving Kembleford is dashed when he is arrested for receiving stolen goods.
9:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) [R]
10:25 The Brokenwood Mysteries: As If Nothing Had Happened See Fri. Feb. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Big Four See Thurs. Feb. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Channel Changers See Thurs. Feb. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 The Disappearance of Miss Scott: American Masters See Fri. Feb. 21 at 9:30 pm. [R]
4:00 The Lincoln School Story See Sun. Feb. 16 at 5:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals I [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 America the Bountiful: Cheese and Beer in Wisconsin
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Dia De Los Muertos
8:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Bacon 24/7
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: King Crab Hotel
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Blueberries and Boiling Over
9:30 Great Migrations: A People on the Move – Coming to America (Part 4 of 4) [R]
11:00 We Are Here This compelling six-part series showcases the presence and contributions of Black people in sports and activities where they are often underrepresented. From cycling to camping, golfing, race cars, and powerlifting, this series reveals inspiring stories of communities fostering inclusivity and promoting healthy lifestyles within the Black community.
11:30 We Are Here
AFTERNOON
12:00 Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells This film and companion website traces Ida B. Wells’ career as a journalist, activist, and organizer in Chicago.
1:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss & The Bulldozer Follow Chicago mayor Richard J. “Boss” Daley’s rise to power and his stubborn refusal to adapt to cultural change. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
2:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Meet industrialist George Pullman, inventor of the sleeping railcar who hired an army of Pullman Porters and Maids to staff them. Follow the workers’ long and bloody struggle for their independence. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
3:00 Chicago Stories: When The West Side Burned Examine Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s close ties to Chicago and the hope he brought to residents, how his murder brought longsimmering resentment over segregation and discrimination to a boiling point, and how this still-recovering neighborhood struggles to move forward. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
4:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel This episode traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s through the story of “The Father of Gospel”, Thomas A. Dorsey, who wrote one of gospel’s early hits.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals II
South Prairie Avenue, Chicago
Step back in time to Chicago’s Gilded Age and immerse yourself in the rich history, art, and architecture of Glessner House, a National Historic Landmark in the South Loop, completed in 1887.
The radical design of the house was controversial among the neighbors, but was praised by architects including Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.
75-minute docent led tours of the house are offered on Wednesday, Friday, and
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Great Performances: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: All God’s Creatures (Part 7 of 7) The season finale and Christmas special.
9:00 Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 4 of 4) Faced with an impending expose, Sophie takes matters into her own hands and comes out on top. In doing so, she uncovers a superpower; her newfound confidence in herself.
10:00 The Paris Murders: On the List (Season 2, Part 4 of 12) A school shooter is stopped by a professor, who coldly kills him with the gun and flees the scene, leaving Chloe to analyze an extraordinarily complex profile.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Kacey Musgraves Seven-time Grammy-winning singersongwriter Kacey Musgraves showcases a new collection of songs from Deeper Well and career highlights.
Monday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Feb. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Toast to the Newly Dead See Sat. Feb. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Father Brown: The Serpent Within See Sat. Feb. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine See Sun. Feb. 23 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Great American Recipe [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country: Grilled Chicken, Two Ways
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Father Brown: The Serpent Within [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1967 NFL Championship “Ice Bowl” ticket stub, a 1989 Ronald Reagan letter, and
a Robert Riggs Saturday Evening Post illustration.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 3) Finds include Idaho State gems & gold nuggets circa 1905, 1935 Gum Inc. Mickey Mouse cards, and 1826 portraits attributed to the Guilford County Limner. Which is a $20,000 to $40,000 find?
9:00 Independent Lens: The Bike Vessel
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals II [R]
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: All God’s Creatures (Part 7 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Funny Woman (Season 2, Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Feb. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: On the List (Season 2, Part 4 of 12) See Sun. Feb. 23 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells See Sun. Feb. 23 at 12:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 7
2:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
3:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Toast to the Newly Dead [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Butterfly Effect Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey to their roots, telling stories of ancestors who made bold decisions that reshaped their families.
8:00 Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP –American Experience
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms
(Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Feb. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion See Sun. Feb. 23 at 2:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: When The West Side Burned See Sun. Feb. 23 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel See Sun. Feb. 23 at 4:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss & The Bulldozer See Sun. Feb. 23 at 1:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country: Bread, Cheese, and Meat Can’t Be Beat
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Wild Ireland –Kingdom of Stone
8:00 NOVA: Baltimore Bridge Collapse
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Plunderer – The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part 2 of 2) See Wed. Feb. 19 at 9:00 pm.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: The Butterfly Effect See Tues. Feb. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP –American Experience See Tues. Feb. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Independent Lens: The Bike Vessel See Mon. Feb. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals II [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Finding Your Roots: The Butterfly Effect [R]
3:00 Cook’s Country: Herbaceous Chicken and Potatoes
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Folly Mrs. Oliver is asked to devise a murder hunt for a Devon fête, but her sense of foreboding summons Poirot to the scene. Her fears are realized when the girl playing murder victim winds up truly murdered.
8:30 Jay’s Chicago
9:00 Finding Edna Lewis Follow host and Style Weekly food editor Deb Freeman on a journey to uncover the life of an American icon. Audiences will hear from different guests that cook alongside Freeman, while also revealing an important aspect of Lewis’s life and legacy.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Wild Ireland –Kingdom of Stone See Wed. Feb. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Baltimore Bridge Collapse See Wed. Feb. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Plunderer – The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part 2 of 2) See Wed. Feb. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 We Are Here See Sun. Feb. 23 at 11:00 am. [R]
3:30 We Are Here See Sun. Feb. 23 at 11:30 am. [R]
4:00 Finding Edna Lewis See Thurs. Feb. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Rick Steves Andalucia: The Best of Southern Spain
3:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Great Performances TBD
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Arts • Performance
’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
Saturday, 2:00 am (2/22)
89th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Sunday, 5:00 pm (2/9)
Friday, 4:30 am (2/14)
ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family
Sunday, 11:00 pm (2/16)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/18)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (2/2, 2/9, 2/23)
Chautauqua at 150: Wynton
Marsalis’ All Rise
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (2/11)
Thursday, 2:00 am (2/13)
Great Performances: Movies for Grownups Awards
Sunday, 6:00 pm (2/23)
Monday, 3:00 am (2/24)
Drama • Comedy • Movies
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Sundays, 7:00 pm
Thursdays, 12:00 am
All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm
Tuesdays, 1:00 am
Brokenwood Mysteries
Saturdays, 10:30 pm
Fridays, 8:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21)
Friday, 3:30 am (2/7)
Death in Paradise
Saturdays, 7:00 pm
Mondays, 12:00 am
Wednesdays, 4:00 pm
Father Brown
Saturdays, 8:45 pm
Mondays, 2:00 am, 4:00 pm
Funny Woman
Sunday, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (2/2)
Sundays, 9:00 pm
Tuesdays, 4:00 am
Wednesday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/5)
Thursday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/6)
Saturday, 2:00 am, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/8)
Madame Blanc Mysteries
Saturdays, 9:30 pm
Sundays, 6:00 pm (2/2, 2/9, 2/16)
Thursdays, 4:00 pm (2/6, 2/23, 2/20)
Miss Scarlet Season 5 on Masterpiece
Sundays, 7:00 pm (2/2, 2/9, 2/16)
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (2/4, 2/11, 2/18)
Fridays, 4:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Paris Murders
Sundays, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays, 3:00 am
Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece
Sundays, 1:30 am (2/2, 2/9)
Thursday, 8:30 pm (2/6)
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
Mondays, 1:00 am
Tuesdays, 4:00 pm
Cooking & Dining • Home
Improvement • Travel
America the Bountiful
Sundays, 7:00 am
America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Wednesdays, 12:00 am, 1:00 am
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm
Chef’s Life
Sundays, 9:00 am
Christopher Kimballs’ Milk Steet
Television
Saturdays, 11:00 am, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country
Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm
Curious Traveler
Saturdays, 8:30 am
Essential Pepin
Saturdays, 1:30 pm
Great American Recipe
Saturdays, 7:00 am
Mondays, 2:00 pm
J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sundays, 7:30 am
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am
Sunday, 4:00 am (2/9)
Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 1:00 pm
Mary Berry Cook and Share Saturdays, 4:00 pm
New Scandinavian Cooking Sundays, 8:30 am
Pati’s Mexican Table Saturdays, 3:30 am
Paul Hollywood Goes to Hollywood Sunday, 3:00 am (2/2)
Rick Steves Andalucia: Southern Spain
Friday, 2:00 pm (2/28)
Rick Steves Art of Europe Fridays, 2:00 pm (2/7, 2/1)
Mondays, 4:00 am (2/10, 2/17)
Rick Steves Cruising the Mediterranean Friday, 2:00 pm (2/21)
Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:00 pm
Sundays, 5:00 pm (2/2, 2/23)
Saturday, 1:30 am (2/8)
Tuesday, 12:30 am (2/25)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Saturdays, 9:00 am
Sara’s Weeknight Meals Saturdays, 11:30 am
Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
Sundays, 8:00 am
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:00 am
Nature • Science • Technology
Nature
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm
Friday, 12:30 am (2/7)
Fridays, 12:00 am (2/14, 2/21, 2/28)
NOVA
Monday, 4:00 am (2/3)
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)
Friday, 1:30 am (2/7)
Fridays, 1:00 am (2/14, 2/21)
Public Affairs • History • Documentary
100 Years from Mississippi Sunday, 1:00 pm (2/9)
Thursday, 3:00 am (2/13)
10 Buildings that Changed America
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (2/18)
10 Modern Marvels that Changed America Tuesday, 2:00 pm (2/4)
10 Monuments that Changed America
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (2/11)
Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton
Thursday, 9:00 pm (2/13)
Saturday, 1:30 am (2/15)
Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business
Monday, 9:00 pm (2/10)
Wednesday, 2:00 am, 2:00 pm (2/12) Saturday, 6:00 pm (2/15) Monday, 3:00 am (2/17)
Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Sunday, 4:00 pm (2/23) Wednesday, 4:00 am (2/26)
Chicago Stories: The Boss & the Bulldozer
Sunday, 1:00 pm (2/23)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (2/26)
Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance –Leopold and Loeb
Monday, 9:00 pm (2/3)
Wednesday, 2:00 am, 2:00 pm (2/5) Saturday, 6:00 pm (2/8) Monday, 3:00 am (2/10)
Chicago Stories: House Music, A Cultural Revolution Monday, 9:00 pm (2/17) Wednesday, 2:00 am, 2:00 pm (2/19)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (2/22)
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells Sunday, 12:00 pm (2/23)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (2/25
Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Sunday, 2:00 pm (2/23)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (2/26)
Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned Sunday, 3:00 pm (2/23) Wednesday, 3:00 am (2/26)
Chicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park Saturday, 6:00 pm (2/1) Monday, 3:00 am (2/3)
Chicago Tonight Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm Saturdays, 5:30 am
Channels Changers Thursday, 9:00 pm (2/20) Sunday, 1:30 am (2/23)
Disappearance of Miss Scott: American Masters Friday, 9:30 pm (2/21) Sunday, 2:30 am (2/23)
Finding Edna Lewis Thursday, 9:00 pm (2/27) Friday, 4:00 am (2/28)
Finding Your Roots Sunday, 2:00 am (2/2) Tuesdays, 7:00 pm Thursdays, 12:00 am, 2:00 pm
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Mondays, 5:30 am
Firsthand: Peacekeepers Thursday, 8:30 pm (2/13)
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP – American Experience
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (2/25)
Thursday, 1:00 am (2/27)
Frontline
Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (2/4, 2/18)
Thursdays, 2:00 am (2/6, 2/20)
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (2/4, 2/11, 2/18) Thursdays, 1:00 am (2/6, 2/13)
Sundays, 9:30 am (2/9, 2/16)
History with David Rubenstein Saturdays, 6:00 am
Hope in the Struggle: The Josie Johnson Story
Sunday, 4:00 pm (2/9)
Thursday, 4:00 am (2/13)
Independent Lens
Saturdays, 12:00 am (2/8, 2/15)
Friday, 3:00 am (2/14)
Saturday, 12:30 am (2/22)
Monday, 9:00 pm (2/24)
Thursday, 3:00 am (2/27)
Jay’s Chicago
Saturdays, 8:00 am Sunday, 3:30 am
Lincoln School Story
Sunday, 5:00 pm (2/16)
Sunday, 4:00 am (2/23)
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine
Sunday, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (2/16)
Thursday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/20) Friday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/21)
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago Tuesday, 2:00 pm (2/25)
Otis’s Dream
Thursday, 8:45 pm (2/13)
Friday, 2:30 am (2/15)
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
PBS News Weekend
Saturdays-Sundays, 5:30 pm
Prairie Fire
Saturdays, 6:30 am (2/1, 2/8, 2/15) Secrets of the Dead
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm Friday, 2:30 am (2/7) Fridays, 2:00 am (2/14, 2/21, 2/28) Shame of Chicago
Sundays, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm (2/9, 2/16)
Wednesdays, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/12, 2/19)
Washington Week with the Atlantic Saturdays, 5:00 am Fridays, 7:30 pm
WTTW Viewer’s Choice Bowl
Winners Sunday, 2:00 pm (2/9)
Enjoy exclusive performances from pianist Kuang-Hao Huang, the Avanti Guitar Trio, the Audire Quartet, and Axiom Brass. Mondays, 8:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Florence Price Mississippi River Suite – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559897. [26:20]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Duke Ellington New World a-Comin’ – Jeffrey Biegel, p; Brown U Orch/Paul Phillips. Naxos 8.573490. [13:34]
11:00 Introductions Highlights for the start of Black History Month performed by young musicians.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s La traviata Renée Fleming (Violetta); Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo); Dwayne Croft (Germont); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/ Marco Armiliato. Recorded November 7, 2007.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Undine Smith Moore AfroAmerican Suite – Mallarmé Chamber Players. Albany TROY-1190. [12:15]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in advance of her Puccini Heroines concert at Lyric Opera this month.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Jessie Montgomery Rounds – Awadagin Pratt, p; A Far Cry. New Amsterdam NWAM-177. [14:18]
6:00 Akenya Seymour Fear the Lamb : III. Elegy for Emmett Louis Till – Palaver Strings.
Throughout February, celebrate the artistry of Black composers, instrumentalists, singers, and conductors In the Spotlight Check listings
Azica ACD-71342. [6:54]
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn take a deep dive into the breadth of artmaking during the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on the classical world.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Dar Williams bridged the 20th and 21st Centuries with introspective yet universal songwriting. This concert was recorded in 1999 at WFMT.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Hear February songs to take the edge off the mid-winter chill and wish a happy birthday to local folk music hero Joe Jencks.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Candlemas and Light. Host Peter DuBois shares sacred music for the Feast of Candlemas, celebrating “The Light of the World” with the blessing of candles.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony – Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865137. [35:01]
8:00 Henry Thacker Burleigh Plantation Melodies, Old and New – Apollo Chamber Players. Navona NV-6038. [9:25]
9:00 Vicente Lusitano Praeter rerum seriem – Marian Consort. Linn CKD-694. [8:19]
10:00 Avril Coleridge-Taylor Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 –Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor.
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.
Interview guests include Sondra Radvanovsky, Iestyn Davies, and Karim Sulayman in advance of their upcoming Chicago performances. Saturdays, 4:00 pm
Decca 4853322. [13:34]
11:00 Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 – Anthony McGill, cl; Gloria Chien, p. Cedille CDR-90000207. [22:17]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Mozart String Quartet No. 13 in d minor, K. 173 – American String Quartet. Musicmasters 67194-2 (6). [14:37]
1:00 Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK-44932. [8:08]
2:00 Jessie Montgomery Coincident Dances –Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000185. [11:40]
3:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22 – Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY1869-71 (3). [13:37]
4:00 Telemann Paris Quartet No. 6 in B minor – Freiburg Baroque Consort. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901787. [9:46]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52 – Finnish Radio Sym Orch/JukkaPekka Saraste. Finlandia 99963-2 (3). [27:10]
6:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 –Danish String Quartet. ECM 2561. [38:38]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Soprano Gemma Nha performs an aria from Thomas’s Hamlet, lieder by Strauss, and Korean songs. Tenor Daniel Espinal offers selections by Lara, Santoliquido, and Turina. With pianist Michael Banwarth.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Ginastera String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20; Stephanie Jeong, Simon Michal, violins; Weijing Michal, viola; Kenneth Olsen, cello; Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3; Op. 72b; Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Op. 50; Paavo Järvi, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari A fascinating trip of Latin American Song including works by Carlos Guastavino, Heitor VillaLobos, and the great tango singer Carlos Garde.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
In one of the “Top Ten Performances of 2024” (Chicago Classical Review), Sheku Kanneh-Mason made his long-awaited debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra delivering “a notably youthful and ardent performance” of Edward Elgar’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto. The British cellist signed a major recording deal with Decca Classics shortly after becoming the first Black artist to win BBC’s 2016 Young Musician of the Year Award. At the age of 19, Sheku Kanneh-Mason rose to international attention performing at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018, watched by two billion people worldwide. Now one of classical music’s most prominent ambassadors, his mission is “to make music accessible to all, whether that’s performing for children in a school hall, at an underground club, or in the world’s leading concert venues.”
Sunday, February 2
8:00 pm
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Program 1 of 2. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5; Verdi ”La forza del destino” Overture; Mahler Symphony No. 1.
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 2: Three-Violin Concerto in F – Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4). [13:28]
7:00 Berlioz Overture, Le corsaire, Op. 21 – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80164. [8:06]
8:00 Morten Lauridsen Les chansons des roses: Dirait-on –Chamber Choir of Europe/ Nicol Matt; Morten Lauridsen, p. DG 4835058. [5:13]
9:00 Sarasate Fantasy on Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 51 – Tianwa Yang, v; Navarra Sym Orch/ Ernest Martínez Izquierdo. Naxos 8.572276. [10:29]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bach Clavier Concerto No. 4 in A, BWV 1055 – St. Martin’s Academy/ Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-89245. [13:24]
11:00 David Chesky New York Rags: No. 9, Grand Central Morning; No. 16, Penn Station –David Chesky, p. Chesky Records JD-359. [4:13]
12:00 Price Adoration – Esme AriasKim, v; Milana Pavchinskaya, p. WFMT . [2:52]
1:00 Johann Friedrich Fasch Orchestra Suite (Overture) in E minor – Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0829. [22:12]
2:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, Serioso – Calidore String Quartet. Signum SIGCD-872. [21:21]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 –Simone Dinnerstein, p; Berlin Staatskapelle Chamber Orch. Sony 81742-2. [22:29]
4:00 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207 –Monica Huggett, v; Age of Enlightenment Orch. Virgin 45010-2. [20:12]
5:00 Handel Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 – Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80688. [16:32]
6:00 Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat –Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [7:13]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orchestral Heroes Bill explores solo performances and concertos by various members of the symphony orchestra including the clarinet, horn, oboe, violin, and even saxophone.
8:00 Live from WFMT Pianist Kuang-Hao Huang shares contemporary piano works by composers with a Chicago connection including a world premiere by Kyong Mee Choi.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Wynton Marsalis Trumpet Concerto (World Premiere); Michael Sachs, trumpet; Julius Eastman Symphony No. 2; Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in e Op 95, From the New World; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.
Tuesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Rameau Gavotte et six doubles – Bruce Liu, p. DG 4864400. [7:00]
7:00 Warlock Capriol Suite –English String Orch/ William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5210/3. [9:59]
8:00 Cécile Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107 –Sharon Bezaly, f; Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi. BIS 1679. [7:05]
9:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 2 in D –Amsterdam Sinfonietta/ Lev Markiz. Brilliant Classics 93777 (7). [10:40]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Shostakovich The Bolt, Op. 27: Overture; Polka – Philadelphia Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 452597-2. [8:13]
11:00 Andrzej Panufnik Old Polish Suite – Polish Chamber Orch/Mariusz Smolij. Naxos 8.570032. [10:20]
12:00 Alexander Scriabin Select Preludes, Op. 11 – Jonathan Boen, hn; Craig Terry, p. Orpheus [French Horn Recital: Scriabin Preludes]. [5:06]
1:00 Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4866000. [44:30]
2:00 Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 –Michael Rabin, v; Philharmonia Orch/Eugene Goossens. EMI CMS7-64123-2 (6). [23:53]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including William Grant Still Violin and Piano Suite – Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p. Decca B0033878-02. [14:17]
4:00 Robert Nathaniel Dett In the
Bottoms – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [15:33]
5:00 Haydn String Quartet in b minor, Op. 64, No. 2 –Aizuri Quartet. WFMT (Women in Music). [18:11]
6:00 Britten Holiday Diary, Op. 5 – Stephen Hough, p. Virgin 91203-2. [17:02]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orchestral Heroes See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 –Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca B0034635-02. [35:33]
9:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 – Swedish Chamber Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. BIS 2469. [29:26]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Nielsen Quintet, Op. 43; Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40; visit wfmt.com for more information.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Dora Pejacevic Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 – Oliver Triendl, p; Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths. CPO 777916. [28:31]
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Carol Wincenc, f; David Campbell, cl; Vanessa McKeand, h; Allegri Quartet. Virgin 90721-2. [10:32]
7:00 William Grant Still Festive Overture – Royal Phil Orch/ Arthur Bennett Lipkin. Cambria CD-1060. [7:52]
8:00 Giuseppe Torelli Sinfonia in C – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler. Avie AV-2371. [7:45]
9:00 Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes –Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart. Virgin 91431-2. [10:59]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Louise Farrenc Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24 – Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König. Naxos 8.574094. [7:06]
11:00 José Bragato Graciela y Buenos Aires – Viktor Aepli, vc, Camerata Bariloche. Dorian DOR-90201. [8:04]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Saxophonist Valentin Kovalev and pianist Nathan Canfield perform music by Brahms and Fernande Decruck live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 90 in C – Il Giardino Armonico; Basel Chamber Orch/Giovanni
A winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, John Nasukaluk ‘Nasuk’ Clare comes to WFMT most recently from Classical Music Indy in Indianapolis and SiriusXM, where he has hosted classical music programs for a national audience since 2018. Born in Alaska of Inuit heritage, John has been performing music since childhood. He will apply his deep knowledge of classical music to build on WFMT’s history and reputation for radio excellence in the service of creating programming that is accessible and inspires curiosity and exploration. “I love classical music and sharing it with people, and I consider it my life’s work to find new and interesting ways to introduce music, composers, and performers to an audience of curious listeners,” he says. “WFMT is the gold standard in classical music radio, and I’m overjoyed to join in that tradition in this next phase of my career.”
Antonini. Alpha 698. [29:20] 2:00 Ravel Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie – Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905281. [13:13]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 – Beatrice Rana, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Warner 5419729625. [21:11]
4:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV. 293 – Elizabeth Blumenstock, v; Philharmonia Baroque Orch/N McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque PBP-03. [10:11]
5:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Dale Clevenger, hn; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Janos Rolla. CBS MK-42324. [17:28]
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6:00 Copland Billy the Kid: Suite – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. RCA 6802-2-RG. [19:50]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orchestral Heroes See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9890 (2). [27:14]
9:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in B-Flat, D 960 – Radu Lupu, p. Decca 440295-2. [39:07]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Fazil Say plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations Recorded in concert on October 18, 2023 in Martigny, Switzerland.
Thursday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Copland Our Town: Suite – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61699-2. [9:05]
7:00 Bach Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541 – Läubin Brass Ensemble. DG 423988-2. [6:59]
8:00 Verdi Aida: Chorus, Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) –Royal Opera House Cho & Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC7-49849-2. [7:23]
9:00 Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 –Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil Orch/Andrew Litton. Decca B0013372-02 (3). [9:50]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Puccini Crisantemi – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-18070. [6:54]
11:00 Traditional Welsh All Through the Night; Cwm Rhondda (Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah) – Bryn Terfel, bbr; Cho’s, Welsh National Opera Orch/Gareth Jones. DG 463593-2. [8:27]
12:00 Miguel del Águila Selections from Barroqueada – Black Moon Trio. Black Moon Trio BMT-01. [8:10]
1:00 CPE Bach Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171 – Jean-Guihen Queyras, vc; Ensemble Resonanz/Riccardo Minasi. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902392. [21:39]
2:00 Korngold Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures), Op. 3 –Ilona Prunyi, p. Marco Polo 8.223384. [21:00]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bizet L’Arlésienne: Prélude, Minuetto, Entr’acte, Mélodrame, Pastorale, Carillon – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood.
Decca 430231-2. [20:23]
4:00 Mark O’Connor Strings and Threads Suite – Mark O’Connor, v; Sharon Isbin, g. Sony 45456-2. [15:11]
5:00 Dvorák Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100 – Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p. DG 449820-2. [17:31]
6:00 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8947. [13:26]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orchestral Heroes See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn Symphony No. 97 in C – London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 437201-2 (4). [25:14]
9:00 Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 – Music@ Menlo Ensemble. Music@ Menlo 2021. [30:56]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Handel Royal Fireworks Music; Water Music, Suites 2 and 3; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Ode to Saint Cecilia; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Friday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Chopin Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38 – Louis Lortie, p. Chandos CHAN-10714. [6:57]
7:00 Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Finale, Allegretto – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419608-2. [6:23]
8:00 Alexandre Desplat Girl with the Pearl Earring –Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/ Alexandre Desplat. Warner 0190295306878. [7:26]
9:00 Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 2, Op. 55 – Ulster Orch/ Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN-8723. [16:38]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor) – Heinz Holliger, ob; Camerata Bern/Erich Höbarth. ECM 2229. [10:38]
11:00 Respighi The Pines of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47316-2. [22:01]
12:00 Bernstein West Side Story: Concerto for string quartet and orchestra – Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000141. [25:47]
1:00 Bach Clavier Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 – Francesco Tristano, p. Naïve V-8619. [15:18]
2:00 Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 – Martin Jones, p; English String
Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5366. [9:44]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Wolf-Ferrari Serenade for Strings in E-Flat – Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner. Berlin Classics 0091772-BC. [22:53]
4:00 Georges Delerue Jules et Jim: Suite – Studio Orch/ Georges Delerue. Universal UCCM-4094. [14:51]
5:00 Chausson Poème, Op. 25 –Rachel Kolly d’Alba, v; Pays de la Loire National Orch/ John Axelrod. Warner Classics 67181-4. [17:59]
6:00 Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, The Bird –Angeles String Quartet. Philips 464650-2 (21). [18:54]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orchestral Heroes See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Eugenio Toussaint Concierto para piano improvisa: 2nd movement –Alex Brown, p; Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [6:58]
9:00 Tchaikovsky Hamlet, Op. 67: Overture-Fantasia –Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0015296-02. [18:39]
10:00 Debussy Fantaisie for piano and orchestra – Martha Argerich, p; Berlin Staatskapelle/ Daniel Barenboim. DG 4837538. [23:14]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel The late James Earl Jones spoke with Studs Terkel about his life, artistry and his autobiography, Voices and Silences
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Joplin The Entertainer – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. Philips 454391-2. [3:24]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR90000035. [12:33]
11:00 Introductions Chloe Nam, 16, flute. Reinecke Flute Concerto, 1st mvt (with Civic Orch of Chicago/Kyle Dickson). Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107; Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto in C, K. 299, 1st mvt; Eugénie Rocherolle Flute Sonata No. 1, 2nd & 3rd mvts; CPE Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor, Finale (with Kay Kim, piano).
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer George London (Dutchman); Leonie Rysanek (Senta); Karl Liebl (Erik); Giorgio Tozzi (Daland); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Thomas Schippers. Recorded March 5, 1960.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Montague Ring Carnival (Suite of Five Dances) –Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY-1910-12. [12:58]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with tenor Karim Sulayman in advance of his recital with pianist Shannon McGinnis later this month.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Wynton Marsalis A Fiddler’s Tale: Pastorale – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center/Wynton Marsalis, tr. Sony SK-60979. [4:10]
6:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Fantasiestücke, Op. 5 –Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68413. [19:38]
7:00 Sounds Classical Kristina and LaRob honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by exploring the wide range of music his life, work, and message inspired.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie : Chicago native singer-songwriter David Roth returns to his old stomping grounds and will receive a warm hometown welcome for his tender and peace-oriented anthems.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Tom Rush turns 84. Songs about speeding up and slowing down help us all keep pace.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Birthday Bonanza. Host Peter DuBois celebrates the February birthdays of composers Felix Mendelssohn, Jean Langlais, CHH Parry, George Frideric Handel, and Charles-Marie Widor.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Adolphus Hailstork Symphony No. 3 – Grand Rapids Sym/David Lockington. Naxos 8.559295. [40:30]
8:00 Evelyn Simpson Curenton My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee – Jonas Budris, t; Skylark Vocal Ensemble. Skylark HMR-004. [5:46]
10:00 José White Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor – Aaron Rosand, v; London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [21:49]
11:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, Emperor: I. Allegro – Stewart Goodyear, p; BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Andrew Constantine. Orchid Classics ORC-100127. [20:11]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including York Bowen Obbligato to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata – Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905376.77. [4:59]
1:00 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 – Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000147. [30:58]
2:00 Holst St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2-RC. [12:13]
3:00 Puccini Preludio sinfonico –La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-63025. [8:48]
4:00 Lili Boulanger Theme and Variations – Emile Naoumoff, p. Marco Polo 8.223636. [10:44]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 – London Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink. LSO Live LSO-0570. [28:53]
6:00 Leopold Kozeluch Piano Concerto No. 1 in F –London Mozart Players/ Howard Shelley, p. Hyperion CDA-68154. [26:46]
7:00 Charlotte Sohy String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 –Quatuor Hermès. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [26:31]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor; Dessner Violin Concerto; Pekka Kuusisto; Ravel Mother Goose; Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements; EsaPekka Salonen, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari Elbio presents music by Robert Xavier Rodriguez including the concert suite from his best known work, the opera Frida 11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Program 2 of 2. Bruckner Symphony No. 4; Shostakovich Symphony No. 5.
Monday 10
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Bridge Two Old
English Songs (1916) – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5366. [7:14]
7:00 Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Fazil Say, p; New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 26202-2. [7:58]
8:00 Price Village Scenes – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p. Blue Griffin BGR-615. [9:35]
9:00 Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDR5-69831-2. [15:20]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Blas Galindo Sones de mariachi – Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49785-2. [7:03]
11:00 Grainger Colonial Song –Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/ Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9549. [6:06]
12:00 Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – KAIA String Quartet. KAIA String Quartet Sureño. [20:49]
1:00 Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales – George Li, p. Warner Classics 5419789314. [15:24]
2:00 Elgar String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 – Sinfonia of London/John Barbirolli. EMI CDC7-47537-2. [13:04]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Piano Trio in B-Flat, K. 502 – Matthew Truscott, v; Frank-Michael Guthmann, vc; Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 19439854512. [21:56]
4:00 Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – London Phil Orch/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-47109-2. [20:30]
5:00 Franck Symphonic Variations –Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Royal Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDQS-6092. [15:32]
6:00 François Borne Fantaisie Brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9448. [11:18]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Was a Lover and His Lass Every program this week starts with incidental music in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Bill rounds out each hour with works influenced by all aspects of love.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Avanti Guitar Trio (Amy Brucksch, Julie Goldberg, and Christopher Teves) share a varied program including works by Boccherini, Bizet, and the Beatles. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Barber Cello Concerto, Op. 22; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Prokofiev Symphony
No. 4 in C, Op. 47; Allison Loggins-Hull Can You See? (World Premiere); Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.
Tuesday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Ponce Gavota – Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-926. [6:17]
7:00 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Vienna Phil/André Previn. Philips 420161-2. [12:04]
8:00 Falla El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance; Pantomime – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau. Analekta AN2-8723. [8:05]
9:00 Charlotte Sohy Thème varié, Op. 15bis – Cordelia Palm, v; Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [8:41]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Così fan tutte, K. 588: Overture – La Cetra/Andrea Marcon. DG 4779445. [4:32]
11:00 Virgil Thomson Louisiana Story: Suite – New London Orch/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [20:36]
12:00 Prokofiev Visions fugitives, Op. 22: Nos. 1-7 – Gene Pokorny, tba; Bradley Haag, p. Summit DCD-283. [8:22]
1:00 Poulenc Violin Sonata – Bella Hristova, v; Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D153. [18:31]
2:00 Clara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 – Angela Cheng, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1087. [9:02]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento – London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 417114-2. [23:59]
4:00 Muzio Clementi Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 8, No. 1 – Maria Tipo, p. EMI CDC7-54766-2. [11:32]
5:00 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 – Rotterdam Phil Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. EMI 66342-2. [15:51]
6:00 Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 – Charles Neidich, cl; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 435875-2. [19:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Was a Lover and His Lass See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Suite from Othello, Op. 79 – RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [10:29]
9:00 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, Rhenish –Berlin Staatskapelle/ Daniel Barenboim. DG 4862958. [33:32]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Kodály Duo, Op. 7; Bella Hristova, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Beethoven Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2; Paul Watkins, cello; Alessio Bax, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sergei Taneyev Suite de Concert for violin and orchestra, Op 28 – Pekka Kuusisto, v; Helsinki Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Ondine ODE-959-2. [42:01]
Wednesday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI CDC5-57296-2. [6:21]
7:00 Flotow Martha: Overture –Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:24]
8:00 Susato The Danserye (1551): Six Dances – English Chamber Orch Brass Ensemble/Donald Fraser. RCA 61541-2. [9:58]
9:00 Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op 91 – Czech Phil/Libor Pešek. Virgin 90791-2. [14:01]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Walton Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux. EMI CDC7-47512-2. [6:49]
11:00 Philip Glass Selections from Aguas da Amazonia –Third Coast Percussion; Constance Volk, f. Rockwell 198883460711. [7:28]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Jet Stephen Chong performs music by Profofiev, Takemitsu, and Ravel live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Franz Anton Hoffmeister Two-Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat – Jacek Muzyk & Daniel Kerdelewicz, hn’s; Buffalo Phil Orch/Falletta. Naxos 8.574646. [26:41]
2:00 Bach Four-Clavier Concerto in A minor, BWV 1065 (after Vivaldi R. 580) – Soloists; Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2211.
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 –Emerson String Quartet. DG 429224-2. [23:51]
JAN 30-FEB 4
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
FEB 2
Alexandre Kantorow
FEB 6-8
Salonen Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle
FEB 14-16
Tetzlaff Plays Sibelius
FEB 20-22
Glover Conducts English Classics
FEB 21
Cécile McLorin Salvant
FEB 23
Kodo One Earth Tour 2025
FEB 25
Sphinx Virtuosi
FEB 27-MAR 2
Seong-Jin Cho Plays Prokofiev
FEB 28
Pink Martini featuring China Forbes: 30th Anniversary Tour
4:00 Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 6 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423626-2 (2). [12:28]
5:00 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Columbia Sym Orch/ Leonard Bernstein, p. Sony SFK-46715. [16:25]
6:00 Praetorius Terpsichore : Suite No. 1 in C – New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann. Arabesque Z-6531. [13:18]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Was a Lover and His Lass See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99) – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanya Tetzlaff, vc; Lars Vogt, p. Ondine ODE-1394-2D. [40:35]
9:00 Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento –BBC Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5315. [25:57]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Ars Subtilior Ballades, virelais, and rondeaux from the highly refined musical style ars subtilior performed by The Medieval Ensemble of London
Thursday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Fauré Nocturne No. 2 in B, Op. 33, No. 2 –Jean-Marc Luisada, p. Sony 88875192862. [6:53]
7:00 Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture – Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons. Sony 19658717529. [6:53]
8:00 Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor, R. 63, La Folia – Francisco Fullana & Alan Choo, v’s; Apollo’s Fire/J Sorrell. Avie AV-2520. [10:41]
9:00 Peter Boyer Celebration Overture – London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer. Naxos 8.559769. [6:40]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Rinaldo Alessandrini Overture in G after Bach – Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naïve OP-8454. [11:26]
11:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl Hungarian Studies, Op. 38 –Natalia Strelchenko, p. Arena AR-07008. [9:28]
12:00 Hans Krása Tánec (Dance) –Black Oak Ensemble. Cedille CDR-90000189. [5:09]
1:00 Elgar Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat, Op. 55 – Hallé Orch/Mark Elder. Hallé
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10 am Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
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Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Live from WFMT Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm.
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm
The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Through the Night … With Heart & Voice
Weekend Mornings … Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
Listener’s Choice
Soundtrack
Morning Music …
The WFMT Opera Series Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis
Afternoon Music
Listening to Singers …
Evening Music with Jan Weller
with Kerry Frumkin
Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9 pm The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn Folkstage Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
10 pm Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Music … Baroque&Before The New York Philharmonic This Week Fiesta! 11 pm Evening Music …
Studs Terkel ...
12 am Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night …
CDHLD-7564. [53:49]
2:00 Franz Waxman Carmen Fantasy – Charlie Siem, v; Carolina Jaya-Ratnam, p. Warner 67804-2. [10:46]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ravel Piano Concerto in G – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG B0014764-02. [22:16]
4:00 Chopin Variations on Mozart’s Là ci darem la mano, Op. 2 – Orion Weiss, p; The Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein. Bridge 9547. [17:23]
5:00 Beach Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60 – Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo. CPO 555453-2. [19:30]
6:00 Mauro Giuliani Gran duetto concertante in A, Op. 52 – James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g. RCA 61448-2. [16:35]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Was a Lover and His Lass
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Edward Gardner. Chandos CHSA-5265. [27:58]
9:00 Vaughan Williams Violin Sonata in A minor – Charlie Siem, v; Itamar Golan, p.
Signum SIGCD-734. [27:15]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Symphony No. 2; Reich Music for Ensemble and Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
Friday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden –Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras. Argo 430202-2. [10:10]
7:00 Beach Romance, Op. 23 –Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [7:32]
8:00 Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442073-2 (5). [8:54]
9:00 Bach Oboe d’amore Concerto in A (after BWV 1055) – Albrecht Mayer, ob d’amore; Berlin Baroque Soloists. DG 4864183. [13:57]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Gershwin Our Love Is Here to Stay – Harry Watters, tb; Salt River
Brass/Patrick Sheridan. Soundset 1070. [2:40]
11:00 Robert Schumann Selections from Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138 – M Petersen, s; A Vondung, ms; W Güra, t; K Jarnot, br; C Berner & C Radicke, p. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902050. [8:38]
12:00 Ricardo Castro Canto de amor – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR90000221. [6:29]
1:00 Saint-Saëns La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 – Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Radio France Phil Orch/Lionel Bringuier. Erato 934134-2. [16:36]
2:00 Svend S. Schultz Une Amourette (Little Serenade) – Carion. Odradek ODRCD-321. [10:41]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Alexander Mackenzie Pibroch, Op. 42 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt. Cedille CDR90000083 (2). [23:36]
4:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100149. [10:43]
5:00 Augusta Holmès La Nuit et l’Amour – Lyon National
Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel
Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Bru Zane BZ-2007. [5:44]
6:00 Price String Quartet in A minor: I. Moderato –Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71346. [15:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Was a Lover and His Lass See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Leslie Adams Ecstasy of Love – Jordan Bak, vi; Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music RS-012. [7:26]
9:00 Sondheim Sunday in the Park with George: Color and Light – Anthony de Mare, p. ECM 2470-72. [5:36]
10:00 Gabriel Fauré Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 –Lincoln Trio. WFMT (70 Essential Years). [3:05]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Bonnie Koloc (2/7/1996) The American singersongwriter and visual artist Bonnie Koloc shares some of her music and discusses her creative process.
Saturday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Samuel ColeridgeTaylor Forest Scenes,
Jessye Norman’s Ariadne is widely considered to be an iconic portrayal, having essayed the role at the Met from 1984 to 1993 including a renowned performance in 1988 broadcast on PBS’s Great Performances. During the company’s February break, the Met presents a special “Artist’s Choice” series for the Saturday Matinees. Lise Davidsen, one of today’s leading interpreters of Strauss’s mythical tragedienne, has selected a performance of Ariadne auf Naxos from January 5, 1985, starring Norman alongside two other beloved artists: the late African American mezzo-soprano Maria Ewing and the late coloratura soprano Gianna Rolandi, former director of the Ryan Opera Center..
Saturday, February 15
12:00 pm
Op. 66 – Waka Hasegawa, p. Metropolis Group 1301. [17:54]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Strayhorn-Ellington StarCrossed Lovers – Daniel Barenboim, p; Chicago Sym Orch members & guests. Teldec 25252-2. [4:14]
11:00 Introductions The Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children’s Chorus from Austria perform music by Reiter, Strauss II, Beethoven, Rodgers, Gershwin and more. With Katja Kalmar, director and Andjelko Igrec, piano.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: R Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos Jessye Norman (Ariadne); Rianna Rolandi (Zerbinetta); William Cochran (Bacchus); Maria Ewing (Composer); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Andrew Davis. Recorded January 5, 1985.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including
Errollyn Wallen Mighty River –Orchestra X/Andrew Morley. NMC NMCDL-2017-01. [16:05]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Meet Andreas Reize, director of the Thomanerchor Leipzig , in advance of the ensemble’s performance at Grace Lutheran Church of River Forest.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum: I. Allegro energico – Chineke! Orch members. Decca 4853322. [8:22]
6:00 Margaret Bonds Montgomery Variations – Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray. Linn CKD-731. [22:50]
7:00 Sounds Classical: D-Composed Kristina and LaRob welcome the all-Black music collective D-Composed for a live performance and a closer look at their mission to amplify the music of Black composers.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Scarlet Confessions with Michael Smith, Anne Hills, Jamie O’Reilly and Paul Amandes is a poetic expression of deep emotion, beautifully performed by some of Chicago’s finest artists live at WFMT in 2000.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Themes of love gone wrong and right and sideways populate the playlist. Songs by duos and other romantic combinations ensue because, after all, “You gotta’ have heart.”
Sunday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Black History Month. Host Peter DuBois explores music of African American composers of choral and organ music, as well as the riches of the Spiritual tradition.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Price Symphony No. 1 in E minor – Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559827. [37:22]
8:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14/1: I. Allegro – Awadagin Pratt, p. EMI CDC5-55290-2. [6:28]
9:00 José Maurício Nunes Garcia Te, Christe, solum novimus –Reginald Mobley, ct; Agave. Acis APL-20445. [7:25]
10:00 Bongani Ndodana-Breen Safika - Three Tales of African Migration – Castle of our Skins; Samantha Ege, p. Lorent LNT-147. [12:17]
11:00 Carlos Simon Tales: A Folklore Symphony: I. Motherboxx Connection –National Sym Orch/ Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0014-D. [4:46]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Teresa Carreño Un rêve en mer, Op. 28 – Sarah Cahill, p. First Hand Records FHR-131. [5:48]
1:00 Richard Strauss Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7 –Stockholm Phil Winds/ Paavo Berglund. RCA 60173-2-RC. [9:14]
2:00 Herbert Clarke Valse Brillante, Sounds from the Hudson – Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger. CBS MK-42137. [8:07]
3:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 –Chineke! Orch/Kalena Bovell. Decca 4853322. [11:37]
4:00 Stravinsky Suite italienne – Matt Haimovitz, vc; Christopher O’Riley, p. Oxingale OX-2019. [17:32]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p. Decca B0020329-02. [27:40]
6:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat, K. 456 –Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 423062-2. [32:19]
7:00 Nielsen Wind Quintet, Op. 43 – Pahud, f; Kelly, ob; Meyer, cl; Baborak, hn; Schweigert, bn. EMI 94421-2. [26:01]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Webern Im Sommerwind; Bernard Haitink, conductor; Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77; Silvestrov Serenade; Vadim Gluzman, violin; Debussy La Mer; Ravel Menuet antique; La valse; David Afkham, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Fresh Ink 2024 This program will feature adventurous works by Tania León, Carlos Pavan, Enrico Chapela, and Arturo Márquez.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Gaspare Spontini’s La Vestale Cristophe Rousset leads a definitve recording featuring Marina Rebeka, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, and Tassis Christoyannis.
Monday 17
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare
including Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, D. 897 – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Maximilian Hornung, vc; Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4797570. [8:01]
7:00 Tartini Trumpet Concerto in D – Ole Edvard Antonsen, tr; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDC7-54897-2. [9:49]
8:00 Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven: Suite – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80141. [5:29]
9:00 Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat –Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [9:50]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Liszt Polonaise mélancolique in C minor –Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion
Rafael Payare
Born in Venezuela in 1980, Rafael Payare began playing horn in the El Sistema program at the age of 14. He served as Principal Horn of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, taking part in prestigious tours with eminent conductors including Giuseppe Sinopoli, who first inspired Payare to conduct himself. Receiving conducting training from El Sistema founder José Antonio Abreu, Payare went on to lead all of Venezuela’s major orchestras and win first prize in the 2012 Malko Competition for Young Conductors. Sought-after for his innate musicianship, charismatic energy, and joyous spirit, Payare has made debuts with many of the world’s preeminent orchestras. As guest conductor, he leads the Cleveland Orchestra in “stellar performances” (ClevelandClassical.com) of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety.”
Monday, February 17 10:00 pm
CDA-67085. [12:11]
11:00 Sondheim Pacific Overtures: Paraphrase of Someone in a Tree (Paraphrase) –Anthony de Mare, p. ECM 2470-72. [5:37]
12:00 Bruce Broughton Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods – Chicago Harp Quartet. Chicago Harp Quartet 798576512422. [10:33]
1:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Alan Choo, v; D Mor & K Stewart, r’s; Apollo’s Fire/J Sorrell. Avie AV-2520. [15:51]
2:00 Stenhammar Serenade in F, Op. 31: V. Finale – Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Musica Sveciae MSCD-626. [8:50]
3:00 Afternoon Music with
Nathan Amaral received his first violin lessons as part of a social project in the favela of Mangueira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), intended as a recreational initiative to take children out of the streets. He has gone on to receive awards at multiple international competitions, including a First Prize win at the 2024 Sphinx Competition. Amaral has performed at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Festival, and Berliner Philharmonie. Nathan’s recent engagements include a debut as soloist with the Chineke! Orchestra and chamber music performances with violinist Hilary Hahn. For his Chicago debut, he is joined by pianist Alice Chenyang Xu to perform Brahms’s Violin sonata No. 2 in A major, Three Romances by Clara Schumann, and William Grant Still’s Mother and Child
Wednesday, February 19
12:15 pm
Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique – Claudio Arrau, p. Philips 420153-2. [21:04]
4:00 Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 50, No. 2, Prussian –Angeles String Quartet. Philips 464650-2 (21). [19:40]
5:00 Piazzolla Histoire du Tango: III. Nightclub 1960 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Manuel Barrueco, g. Warner 5565782. [5:56]
6:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 7 in D minor – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5142. [19:09]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part I Explore sounds from composers’ backyards and their voyages to distant lands. Listen, for example, to Italian composer Ottorino Respighi’s famous Pines of Rome, and then travel with him to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he wrote Brazilian Impressions.
8:00 Live from WFMT. Audire Quartet (violinists Rong-Yan Tang and Danny Yehun Jin, violist Youming Chen, and cellist Ken Olsen) perform Haydn’s Lark Quartet and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Bernstein Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in d, Op 47; Rafael Payare, conductor.
Tuesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 –Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417818-2. [6:52]
7:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Allegro grazioso in B-Flat – Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615. [6:18]
8:00 Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, Midsommarvaka – Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. DG 469376-2 (4). [12:44]
9:00 Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMX2908288.91 (4). [12:39]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Piano Trio – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20242. [8:48]
11:00 John Corigliano L’Invitation au voyage – Paul EdmundDavies, f; I Fiamminghi/ Rudolf Werthen. Telarc CD-80421. [8:06]
12:00 Josquin Mass, L’homme armé : Kyrie – Bella Voce/ Andrew Lewis. Bella Voce [The Armed Man]. [7:41]
1:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68456. [24:08]
2:00 Glenn Buhr Winter Poems: I. Tranquillo – Winnipeg Sym Orch/Bramwell Tovey. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5184. [9:58]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Debussy Children’s Corner Suite – André Watts, p. Philips 456985-2 (2). [15:29]
4:00 Mozart Piano Trio in E, K. 542 – Arion Trio. Pantheon D-24827 (2).
5:00 Jean-Marie Leclair Violin Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3 –Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Les Ombres. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902649. [15:48]
6:00 Massenet Cendrillon: Suite – Hong Kong Phil Orch/Kenneth Jean. Marco Polo 8.223354. [10:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 9, No. 5 – Festetics String Quartet. Arcana A-911 (2). [25:44]
9:00 Jan Václav Voríšek Symphony in D, Op. 23 –Prague Chamber Orch/ Oldrich Vlcek. Supraphon 103868-2. [26:43]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61; Double Concerto in D minor; visit wfmt.com for more information.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 – Berlin Sym Orch/ Kurt Sanderling. Berlin Classics 0092812-BC. [29:35]
Wednesday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 439152-2. [6:47]
7:00 William Boyce Overture No. 9 in A – Cantilena/ Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN-6531. [9:54]
8:00 Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C, Op. 3 – Gautier Capuçon,
vc; Yuja Wang, p. Erato 0190295392260. [9:04]
9:00 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: First Waltz Sequence – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [12:03]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 411951-2. [9:41]
11:00 Christopher Blake Angel at Ahipara – New Zealand Sym Orch/Kenneth Young. Atoll ACD-441. [11:50]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Violinist Nathan Amaral and pianist Alice Chenyang Xu. See In the Spotlight on page 28.
1:00 Kodály Háry János Suite, Op. 35a – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 443444-2. [22:58]
2:00 Milhaud La Cheminée du roi René, Op. 205 –Scandinavian Wind Quintet. Paula PACD-58. [12:50]
2:30 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Florence Price Piano Quintet in A minor: I. Allegro non troppo – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20224. [13:28]
3:00 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Sharon Isbin, g; Lausanne Chamber Orch/Lawrence Foster. Virgin 91192-2. [23:10]
4:00 Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Suite – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Berlin Classics 0093012-BC. [14:32]
5:00 Purcell The Fairy Queen: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:05]
6:00 Respighi Trittico botticelliano – Philharmonia Orch/ Geoffrey Simon. Cala CACD-1007. [17:53]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 – Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 4797518 (2). [34:49]
9:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 –Guarneri Quartet. Philips 420926-2. [37:41]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Tears & Fire of the Muses Works by Scheidt, Dowland, and Holborne complement madrigals of Monteverdi. Recorded at the 2023 Jordi Savall Festival.
Thursday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45471-2. [13:36]
7:00 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) – Branford Marsalis, sx; English Chamber Orch/Andrew Litton. CBS M-42122. [5:34]
8:00 Williams Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Hedwig’s Theme – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Vienna Phil/John Williams. DG 4839887. [6:05]
9:00 Wagner The Flying Dutchman: Overture – Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel. RCA 63143-2. [11:54]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Jean-Baptiste Arban Fantaisie brillante (Theme and Variations) –Romain Leleu, cornet; Julien Gernay, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905381. [7:18]
11:00 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op. 11, No. 2 – French National Orch/Cristian Macelaru. DG 4865505. [11:32]
12:00 Clarice Assad Metamorfose: II. Dança das Borboletas –Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p. Cedille CDR-90000184. [6:52]
1:00 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 – Isabelle Faust, v; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902230.31 (2). [22:55]
2:00 Whitacre The River Cam –Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym/Eric Whitacre. Decca B0016636-02. [11:49]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beach Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104 – Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo. CPO 555453-2. [22:22]
4:00 Finzi Five Bagatelles, Op. 23 – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble/ Robert Salter. RCA 60437-2-RC. [15:08]
5:00 Nicola Porpora Cello Concerto in G – Pulcinella/ Ophélie Gaillard, vc. Aparté AP-274. [15:50]
6:00 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – New Philharmonia Orch/ Pierre Boulez. Sony 88876192862. [9:46]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375 –Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich,
cl. Sony SK-64306. [32:16]
9:00 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101 –Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901953. [23:53]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
Friday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Boccherini Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 5 (G 513) – London Festival Orch/Ross Pople. Hyperion CDA-66903. [10:36]
7:00 Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Waltz – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MLK-39440. [6:40]
8:00 Busoni Duettino concertante after Mozart’s K 459 – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. WFMT . [7:21]
9:00 Piazzolla Introducción al ángel – Kremerata Baltica/ Gidon Kremer. Warner 0190295831899. [6:45]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Ravel Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan – Fazil Say, p. Warner Classics 5419791488. [6:47]
11:00 Arnold Bax Salzburg Sonata: II. Lento espressivo – Eric Parkin, p. Chandos CHAN-9561. [9:15]
12:00 Telemann Gulliver Suite –Jasmine Lin & Mathias Tacke, v’s. WFMT . [7:06]
1:00 Bartók Viola Concerto –Pinchas Zukerman, vi; St. Louis Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60749-2-RC. [21:52]
2:00 Rutter Suite for Strings –Royal Ballet Sinfonia/ David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.554186. [12:06]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D – Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/Roger Norrington. RCA 68578-2. [23:24]
4:00 Vaughan Williams Coastal Command (1942) –Philharmonia Orch/Kenneth Alwyn. Silva SSD-1011. [21:25]
5:00 Wieniawski Fantaisie brillante on Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20 –Luka Faulisi, v; Itamar Golan, p. Sony 19658765272. [15:57]
6:00 Verdi Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va, pensiero – La Scala Cho & Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDR5-69846-2. [4:51]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread: Sandalwood I; House of Woodcock – Katherine Tinker, p; London Contemporary Orch/Robert Ames. Nonesuch 564777-2. [6:33]
9:00 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 –Detroit Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.572458. [54:05]
10:00 Jóhann Jóhannsson The Theory of Everything: Suite –La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8748. [8:39]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Chanticleer (2/24/1994) A visit from the vocal ensemble Chanticleer, who in 1994 caused Studs to marvel, “How are these 12 voices so rich and full, like a church full of singers?”
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Price Violin Concerto No. 2 – Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Decca 4854234. [15:52]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 – Leontyne Price, s; New Philharmonia Orch/Thomas Schippers. RCA 61983-2. [16:18]
11:00 Introductions Lily Sullivan, 17, violin. Montgomery Rhapsody No. 2; Wieniawski Fantaisie brillante on Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20; Bach Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002. With Inah Chiu, piano.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Falstaff Anselmo Colzani (Falstaff); Gabriella Tucci (Alice); Regina Resnik (Quickly); Mario Sereni (Ford); Judith Raskin (Nannetta); Luigi Alva (Fenton); Rosalind Elias (Meg); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Leonard Bernstein. Recorded March 21, 1964.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Op. 59: No. 10, Deep River –Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca B0034124-02. [6:17]
Blending traditional folk music and stories, Sparky and Rhonda Rucker take audiences on an emotional and humor-filled journey through four hundred years of cultural and folk history. For more than fifty years James “Sparky” Rucker has been recognized as a leading folklorist, singing songs and telling stories from the American tradition, accompanying himself on guitar, banjo, and spoons. Rhonda Rucker is a similarly versatile performer, playing blues harmonica, piano, banjo, and bones, and creating wonderful vocal harmonies. The duo’s 2015 Folkstage performance at WFMT encompasses history, civil rights, and the joy of people singing with one voice.
Saturday, February 22
8:00 pm
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with countertenor Iestyn Davies in advance of his debut with Music of the Baroque in Handel’s Theodora.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Kreisler Farewell to Cucullain, after Londonderry Air – Nicola Benedetti, v; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4854624. [4:15]
6:00 Ulysses Kay Concerto for orchestra: I. Toccata, Allegro moderato – Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray. Linn CKD-731. [4:46]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Classical Sounds Hip-Hop Singer, composer, and producer Steve Wallace joins hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn to explore the intersection of hip-hop and classical music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Sparky & Rhonda Rucker. See In the Spotlight above. 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer On the birth date of the first U.S. President, George Washington (1732), a series of “firsts”
2025 FEBRUARY 29
in folk music wrap up the shortest month of the year.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice The Great Amen! Host Peter DuBois explores notable “Amens” in anthems and oratorios, as well as other musical “punctuations” in sacred choral and organ music.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Luther Henderson Saints’ Hallelujah (after Trad AfricanAmerican and Handel) –Canadian Brass. Steinway & Sons 30008. [4:25]
8:00 Clara Schumann Piano Sonata in G minor – Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. [20:14]
9:00 Handel Giulio Cesare: Aria, “Se pietà di me non senti” –Jeanine De Bique, s; Concerto Köln/Luca Quintavalle. Berlin Classics 0302017-BC. [9:48]
10:00 Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Oregon Sym/ James DePreist. Delos DE-3287. [17:14]
11:00 Spiritual Every Time I Feel the Spirit – Lawrence Brownlee, t; Damien Sneed, p. LeChateau Earl Records Spiritual Sketches. [2:55]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Mary D. Watkins Five Movements in Color: No. 2, Soul of Remembrance – New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner. Albany TROY-1200. [5:57]
1:00 Copland El Salón México – Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p’s. Koch 3-7002-2. [9:59]
2:00 Ethel Smyth The Wreckers: Overture – Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson. EMI CDM7-69206-2. [9:24]
3:00 Price Symphony No. 4 in D minor – Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865137. [33:44]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, La Reine – Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati. Decca 4781221 (33). [22:46]
6:00 Dvorák Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 66656. [23:07]
7:00 Rebecca Clarke Piano Trio – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000165. [24:33]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K. 447; Dale Clevenger, horn; Claudio Abbado, conductor; Oboe
Concerto in C Major, K. 314; William Welter, oboe; Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 447; Haydn Symphony No. 71 in B-flat Major; Handel Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4; JS Bach Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 29; Paul Jacobs, organ; Jane Glover, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari Largely unknown outside of Cuba, Alejandro Garcia Caturla built a forward looking musical catalog. New recordings have sparked the interest in this “secret” genius.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Wilhelm Stenhammar Program 1 of 3. Featuring Quartets No. 1 and No. 2, the Piano Concerto No. 2, Two Sentimental Romances, and the Piano Sonata No. 4 in G.
Monday 24
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Antonio Lotti Trio Sonata in G – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-56873-2. [8:51]
7:00 Hanson Merry Mount, Op. 31: Act 2 Prelude; Maypole Dances – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80649. [6:30]
8:00 Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture – Prague Sinfonia/ Christian Benda. Naxos 8.570933. [9:50]
9:00 Rameau Les Boréades: Entrée de Polymnie – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Archiv B0004478-02. [6:05]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Poulenc Brass Sonata – B de Barsony, hn; R Leleu, tr; G CottetDumoulin, tb. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905381. [8:57]
11:00 Wang Yiping Pixiu Dance (Lion Dance) – Gunma Sym Orch/Lim Kek-Tjiang. Marco Polo 8.225805. [7:06]
12:00 Sixto María Durán Leyenda incásica – Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p. Naxos 8.579125. [6:37]
1:00 Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 – Angela Hewitt, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/ Hannu Lintu. Hyperion CDA-67885. [31:29]
2:00 Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060 –Gonzalo Ruiz, ob; Portland Baroque Orch/ Monica Huggett, v. Avie AV-2324. [12:27]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 – Benjamin Grosvenor,
p. Decca 4853945. [16:30]
4:00 Dobrinka Tabakova Suite in Old Style – Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, hc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov, vi. ECM 2239. [18:35]
5:00 Wieniawski Polonaise brillante No. 1 in D, Op. 4 – Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p. EMI CDC5-57916-2. [5:54]
6:00 Boccherini Cello Concerto No. 3 in D, G 476 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-60681. [16:37]
6:30 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) –Joseph Moog & Kai Adomeit, p’s. Onyx 4229. [8:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part II Travel around the world with composers including homesick George Gershwin in Paris, Charles Ives floating down the Housatonic River in the Berkshire Mountains, and Ella Fitzgerald on the “A” train in New York City.
8:00 Live from WFMT. Axiom Brass (trumpeters Dorival Puccini, Jr. and Bethany Vaughan, horn player Alex Laskey, trombonist Corey Sansolo, and tuba player Serena Voltz) perform live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Rameau Allemande from Suite in A minor; Daniil Trifonov, piano; Prokofiev Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.
Tuesday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Beethoven Variations on Mozart’s Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, Op. 66 –Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4853169. [9:26]
7:00 Bach Schübler Chorale, Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645 – Solid Brass. Dorian DOR-90114. [4:43]
8:00 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C, Op. 39, No. 5 – BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10709. [6:07]
9:00 Berlioz Les Troyens: Royal Hunt & Storm Music – Royal Opera House Cho & Orch/ Sir Colin Davis. [9:35]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Vivaldi L’estro armonico Concerto No. 9 in
D, R. 230 – Alison Balsom, pic tr; Pinnock’s Players/ Trevor Pinnock. [7:34]
11:00 Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448: Grave assai; Fandango – Chicago Harp Quartet; Vadim Karpinos, castanets. Chicago Harp Quartet 748252899439. [10:44]
12:00 Verdi Nabucco: Overture –Chicago Sym Orch/ Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011801. [6:59]
1:00 Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, Rosamunde – Protean Quartet. Linn CKD-744. [36:04]
2:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 2: Three-Violin Concerto in F – Soloists; Music of the Baroque/Nicholas Kraemer. Music of the Baroque 2011. [13:57]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 – Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/ Jirí Stárek. Hänssler Classic CD-93.192. [23:39]
4:00 Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – Elmer Iseler Singers, Toronto Sym Orch/ Peter Oundjian. Chandos CHSA-5201. [14:22]
6:00 Beach Les Rêves de Colombine (Suite Française), Op. 65 – Virginia Eskin, p. Northeastern NR-223. [15:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Violin Sonata No. 33 in E-Flat, K. 481 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p. [22:27] 9:00 Zemlinsky Sinfonietta, Op. 23 – Cologne Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon. EMI CDC5-55515-2. [22:31]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mozart Quartet in C major, K. 465, Dissonance; Orion String Quartet; Stravinsky Divertimento after Le baiser de la fée; Ida Kavafian, violin; AnneMarie McDermott, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 –Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle. Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven: Complete Symphonies. [39:12]
Wednesday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Dvorák From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: V. Silent Woods – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji
Ozawa. Sony SK-46687. [6:19]
7:00 Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude, Dawn on the Moskva River – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-62034. [6:12]
8:00 Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5-57691-2. [4:15]
9:00 Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Christian Rivet, g. Warner 15399-2. [6:24]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Thomas Allen Dance of the Lunatics; Kate Dolby The Flying Wedge – Nashville Mandolin Ensemble/Paul Martin Zonn. New World 80544-2. [7:06]
11:00 Felix Mendelssohn Der Onkel aus Boston: Overture –Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/ Helmuth Rilling. Hänssler Classic CD-98.221 (2). [7:30]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Jonathan Senik performs music by Beethoven, Chopin, and Mily Balakirev live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, Drum Roll – Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer. Naxos 8.574519. [28:49]
2:00 Debussy Saxophone Rhapsody – Sigurd Rascher, sx; New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-60695. [10:16]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Turina Mujeres españolas Set 1, Op. 17 – Sara Davis Buechner, p. Connoisseur CD-4186. [15:40]
4:00 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 – Chicago Chamber Musicians. Summit DCD-461. [15:06]
5:00 Hummel Trumpet Concerto – Ludwig Güttler, tr; New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer. Capriccio 10009. [16:11]
6:00 Liszt Concert paraphrase on Verdi’s Aida – Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion CDA-66371/2 (2). [10:42]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, D. 87 – Quatuor Mosaïques. Astrée E-8580. [29:35]
9:00 Rubinstein Violin Concerto in G, Op. 46 – Takako Nishizaki, v; Slovak Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Marco Polo 8.220359. [37:21]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Baroque music from 17th-century
Ukraine Ensemble Ældmusic brings us sacred anthems by Dyletsky, Slavynetskyi, Tuptalo, as well as anonymous music from Ukraine’s rich folk tradition.
Thursday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Poulenc Three Novelettes – Pascal Rogé, p. Decca 417438-2. [6:47]
7:00 Verdi Macbeth: Act 3 ballet music – New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47274-2. [10:00]
8:00 Johann Friedrich Fasch Sinfonia in B-flat Major –Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0829. [9:59]
9:00 Gershwin Medley, Fascinating Rhythm; Someone to Watch Over Me – Sebastian Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/ David Newman. Warner Classics 2173242640. [9:19]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: Scherzo –St. Paul Chamber Orch/ Bobby McFerrin. Sony SK-64600. [4:23]
11:00 Albéniz Cantos de España, Op. 232 – Pierre Huybregts, p. Centaur CRC-2231. [22:58]
12:00 Sowerby Piano Trio (1952-53): II. Quiet & Serene – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000203. [13:19]
1:00 Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Ray Chen, v; Royal Phil Orch/Cristian Macelaru. Decca 4870322. [25:40]
2:00 Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SM3K-47154 (3). [21:08]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907283/84 (2). [22:25]
4:00 Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: I. Trauermarsch – Vienna Phil/Pierre Boulez. DG 453416-2. [12:52]
5:00 Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: Lyric Suite – Malmö Sym Orch/Bjarte Engeset. Naxos 8.572403. [15:42]
6:00 Czerny Rondoletto concertant in F, Op 149 – Kaunori Seo, f; Makoto Ueno, p. Naxos 8.573335. [10:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including CPE Bach Cello Concerto in B-Flat,
Wq 171 – Anner Bylsma, vc; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin 90800-2. [24:46]
9:00 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 – Vladimir Spivakov, v; Mikhaïl Rudy, p. RCA 61390-2. [22:02]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. See In the Spotlight on this page,
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Schubert Songs, Der Wanderer, D 493 and Frühlingsglaube, D 686 – Alexandre Kantorow, p. BIS 2660. [8:39]
7:00 Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-129. [8:48]
8:00 Praetorius Terpsichore : Dances – Parley of Instruments. Hyperion CDA-66200. [7:47]
9:00 Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerto in G, S 215 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 437549-2 (2). [11:55]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Grainger Molly on the Shore; Faroe Island Dance; Country Gardens – Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9549. [9:19]
11:00 Mark O’Connor Appalachia Waltz – Mark O’Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db. Sony SK-68460. [5:45]
12:00 Couperin Concert royal No. 3 in A – Trio Settecento. Cedille CDR-90000129. [16:04]
1:00 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 –Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4794970. [24:51]
2:00 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) –Gidon Kremer, v; Orpheus Chamber Orch. [22:22]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor – Yuja Wang, p; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons. DG 4862040. [20:39]
4:00 James P. Johnson Concerto Jazz A Mine – Leslie Stifelman, p; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop. Nimbus NI-2745. [17:15]
5:00 Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Sony SK-67173. [40:28]
New York Philharmonic
In her four-movement cello concerto Had To Be, composer Nathalie Joachim explores how fashion and style reinforce one’s desire for personal freedom by rejecting societally imposed limitations. The new work is performed by its dedicatee Seth Parker Woods as part of the orchestra’s program Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora which includes Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances (2023), David Baker’s Kosbro (1973; rev. 1975). The evening’s centerpiece work is William Grant Still’s Autochthonous Symphony (1947), which portrays, in his words, “the fusion of musical cultures in North America.” Thomas Wilkins conducts.
Thursday, February 27 10:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Ports of Call, Part II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Danny Elfman Percussion Quartet: Movement 1 – Third Coast Percussion. Cedille CDR-90000210. [5:07]
9:00 Claire Cowan Hansel and Gretel: Entry of the Dew Fairies to Act I Finale –New Zealand Sym Orch/ Hamish McKeich. (Claire Cowan) (2020). [16:02]
6:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral: II. Scherzo, Molto vivace – Nina Smeets, p; Eliane Rodrigues, p. Navona NV-6382. [12:28]
10:00 Ola Gjeilo Evening Prayer –Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy; Ted Belledin, sx; Ola Gjeilo, p. Chandos CHSA-5100. [5:54] 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel One of the true giants of jazz, pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines (1903-1983) joined Studs in 1976 and John McDonough to discuss his artistry and the heyday of Chicago Jazz clubs. 2025 FEBRUARY
