Dear Member,
Happy New Year! is month, we’ll debut new seasons of many of our most popular programs, and we’ll make an exciting change to our programming schedule. On January 23rd, WTTW’s flagship weeknight series Chicago Tonight will move to 10:00 pm weeknights and our primetime lineup will shift to an hour earlier beginning at 7:00 pm. We hope you’ll spend your evenings with us, and make Chicago Tonight and WTTW News essential to your daily local news routine. With expanded investigative reporting, vivid human interest storytelling, and essential communitydriven coverage, co-anchors Brandis Friedman and Paris Schutz will keep you informed with trusted, independent journalism.
For drama lovers, on Sunday evenings we bring you a triple-bill of Miss Scarlet and the Duke, All Creatures Great and Small, and Vienna Blood . Antiques Roadshow will return with new stops from around the country and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. continues his quest to “get into the DNA of American culture” in a new season of Finding Your Roots . On wttw.com, discover some of the real history behind Vienna Blood and its vintage Viennese setting, and try some delicious recipes from America’s Test Kitchen’s new season.
On WFMT this month, WFMT Presents will spotlight African American classical music leaders, including composer Adolphus Hailstork and Chicago Jazz Philharmonic co-founder Orbert Davis. On wfmt.com, as you attempt to stick to your New Year’s resolutions, try a fun quiz that will tell you what you should strive for in the New Year – whether that’s taking on a new instrument, or going outside of your live music comfort zone! Perhaps that could include our helpful rundown of 10 new Chicago-area ensembles to watch – and listen to – in the new year.
Once again, I wish you a happy and healthy 2023.
Sincerely,
Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEOThe Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) January 2023 Volume 36, Number 295
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Returning for a new season, Bridget Lancaster and Julia Colin Davison and their test cooks deconstruct recipes and reveal the test kitchen’s secrets to foolproof cooking at home. In the premiere, learn to make the ultimate Caramel-Espresso Yule Log.
Saturday, January 7, 2:30 pm
This nostalgic celebration of classic TV and its biggest celebrities melds original cast interviews with hilarious clips. The series covers late-night hosts, comedians, primetime soaps, crime dramas, barrier-breaking entertainers, and variety shows.
Thursday, January 26, 7:00 pm
Putin clashed with American presidents in his quest
Tuesday, January 31, 9:00 pm
Season 27 of the popular antiques appraisal series kicks o at the Filoli Estate & Gardens in Woodside, California, moving on to Santa Fe, New Mexico’s Museum Hill; Cheekwood Estate & Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee; Idaho Botanic Garden in Boise; and the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. Watch as fabulous – and sometimes unlikely – finds are unearthed by appraisers at each of these distinctive locations.
Mondays beginning January 2, 8:00 pm
(moves to 7:00 pm on January 23)
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Music Videos That Shaped the ’80s [R]
1:30 United in Song: A New Year’s Eve Special [R]
3:00 American Oz: American Experience [R]
5:00 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Michael Crupain
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: Pandora’s Box (Part 1 of 6) The sister of a missing woman hires Eliza to find her, but the case was already closed by the police.
11:15 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Black Witch Moth (Part 2 of 6) A valuable sketch by Charles Darwin is stolen.
12:30 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: A Pauper’s Grave (Part 3 of 6) Eliza is forced into hiding when she is the prime suspect in a series of break-ins at city morgues.
1:45 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: Angel of Inferno (Part 4 of 6) Eliza is hired to solve a case of blackmail in the shady world of Victorian medicine.
3:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: Quarter to Midnight (Part 5 of 6) A famous mystery writer is at the center of Eliza’s latest investigation.
4:15 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Proposal (Part 6 of 6) While Eliza and the Duke struggle with their relationship, private investigator Nash is shot.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:00 Rick Steves Best of The Alps
7:00 Great Performances: From Vienna – The New Year’s Celebration 2023 Ring in 2023 with this classical music celebration from the opulent Musikverein hosted by actor Hugh Bonneville.
8:30 All Creatures Great and Small: The Next Chapter Go behind the scenes with the popular veterinarian and his menagerie of animal patients.
10:00 Music Videos That Shaped the ’80s [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: The Mirror in Which I Look at Myself (Part 9 of 13)
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Austin City Limits: Jon Batiste
1:30 Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song [R]
3:30 POV: Unapologetic [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations –Kristalina Georgieva
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Havana Weeknights
4:30 Cook’s Country: BBQ Brisket and Fritters
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 10 Homes That Changed America Visit homes throughout American history that transformed residential living.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Filoli (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1928 English sterling silver horse, a 1907 Pairpoint pu y owl lamp, and a 1967 Ansaldo Poggi viola.
9:00 Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special Explore the life and legacy of Viola Spolin, the social-workerturned-theater guru known as The Mother of Improv.
10:00 Independent Lens: Children of Las Brisas In an impoverished Venezuela neighborhood, the power of music is put to the test for El Sistema national youth orchestra.
11:30 BBC World News
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Great Performances: From Vienna – The New Year’s Celebration 2023 See Sun. Jan. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Austin City Limits: Jon Batiste See Mon. Jan. 2 at 12:30 am. [R]
3:30 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters [R]
5:00 10 Homes That Changed America See Mon. Jan. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for season nine of this engaging series that uncovers the surprising ancestral stories of cultural trailblazers, this season including Jim Acosta, Carol Burnett, Jamie Chung, Brian Cox, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Je Daniels, Angela Davis, Viola Davis, David Duchovny, Tony Gonzalez, Jeh Johnson, Van Jones, Richard Kind, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Manganiello, Tamera Mowry, Niecy Nash, Edward Norton, Julia Roberts, and Danny Trejo.
Tuesdays beginning January 3, 8:00 pm
(moves to 7:00 pm on January 24)
Vladimir to rebuild the Russian empire. Over five administrations, examine the miscalculations and missteps of America’s leaders, culminating in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.As CHICAGO TONIGHT prepares to move to 10:00 pm weeknights beginning January 23, we sat down in WTTW’s Crown Studio with news director Jay Smith to talk about the local news business and plans for Chicago Tonight and WTTW News.
Guide: There are some big changes planned for Chicago Tonight. Can you tell us what viewers can expect?
Smith: In the coming year, in addition to our time change, Chicago Tonight viewers and visitors to wttw.com/news will see us doing more investigative reporting, essential community-driven storytelling, and real-time solutions-oriented journalism. We will report stories you won’t see anywhere else, stories that directly impact lives and move the dialogue forward on local issues of consequence and concern.
Guide: On January 23, you’ll move to 10:00 pm. What drove this schedule change?
Smith: We know viewers in Chicago and the surrounding communities are looking for and are watching local television news at 10:00, and that there is an opportunity at that time to provide a high-quality news program that takes viewers deeper into the stories behind the headlines of the day.
Guide: You recently debuted a new studio set, theme music, and surrounding technology. How is the new environment enhancing your storytelling?
Smith: Our new space and the technology that supports it is flexible and dynamic, and paves the way for presenting complex stories in a digestible, engaging way. The surrounding monitors and visuals on the new set serve as a backdrop that can change depending on the story, the time of year, the number of interview guests, and what we want the viewer to take away. We’ve been in the redesigned studio for a few months, and we’re already seeing the impact on the viewer experience as we evolve how we use the space.
Guide: Are there examples of the kind of investigative work that you’ve done of which you are especially proud, and that we can expect to see more of?
Smith: Chicago Tonight co-anchor Paris Schutz and reporter Nick Blumberg recently produced and presented a series of stories about the Republican gubernatorial primary that uncovered information about candidate Richard Irvin that we thought was important for voters to know about before the election. Nick also produced a story that looked into CTA overtime records and understa ng
and their impact on passenger safety.
Guide: What does a typical day in the newsroom look like?
Smith: (laughs) There is no typical day. The editorial team, which includes our supervising producer Crystin Immel and
Guide: What do you most hope viewers take away from watching Chicago Tonight ?
Smith: I would like our audience to feel that they can’t go to bed at night until they have read our daily newsletter, checked in on the stories we’re producing
– JAY SMITHour digital editor Dan Lambert along with some of our anchors and reporters, meets in the morning to discuss what’s planned – and unplanned – for the day. From there, we are all in touch throughout the day to continue reporting, producing, and filing stories as news happens.
throughout the day on our website, and watched Chicago Tonight at 10 pm. I hope they come away with an understanding that we are thinking about them and their communities in everything we do.
This interview was edited for length and clarity.
“I hope our audience comes away with an understanding that we are thinking about them in everything we do.”Chicago Tonight Co-Anchors Brandis Friedman and Paris Schutz talking with Jay Smith on the new set.
America’s Test Kitchen & Cook’s Country: Soup’s On!
Friday, January 6 at 8:00 pm
The chefs share their best soup and stew recipes in a virtual cook-o . On the menu: tomato soup, French onion soup, and more.
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.
Binge this Danish-language drama with PBS Passport. It is summer 1945, and the hotel opens again. Finally peace has come, but is there really peace?
Watch with a Passport membership on wttw.com/ watch or the PBS Video app.
PBS programs on wttw.com/watch
on your
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Simply Ming: Bok Choi
4:30 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food Classics
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Finding Your Roots: Hidden Kin Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actors Julia Roberts and Edward Norton discover their hidden connections to history and each other.
9:00 Lie Detector: American Experience
10:00 Frontline: Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (Part 1 of 2)
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Filoli (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Jan. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Inventing Improv: A Chicago
Stories Special See Mon. Jan. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 10 Homes That Changed America [R]
4:30 Museum Access: West Point Museum – West Point, NY
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: What’s for Dinner?
4:30 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Nature: The Alps – The High Life Enjoy the Alps in spring and summer as newborn animals grow up to face the coming brutal winter.
9:00 First Contact: An Alien Encounter
10:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Out of This World, Part 1 A collection of stellar space-themed treasures.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Finding Your Roots: Hidden Kin See Tues. Jan. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Lie Detector: American Experience See Tues. Jan. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frontline: Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (Part 1 of 2) See Tues. Jan. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Independent Lens: Children of Las Brisas See Mon. Jan. 2 at 10:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Planet Steak
Cook’s Country: Beef, Dressed Up
BBC World News Outside Source
In 1920s Toronto, the city’s only female private detectives defy expectations and rebel against conventions to crack the cases the police don’t want to touch. The series stars Lauren Lee Smith as Frankie and Chantel Riley as Trudy. In the season 3 opener, after her wartime friend goes missing in London, Frankie must work with Agatha Christie to uncover the reason behind the disappearance.
Saturdays beginning January 7, 8:00 pm
BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Father Brown: The Menace of Mephistopheles Phillip Darlington is stabbed to death and Inspector Mallory arrests his son Lawrence. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway –Private Investigators: How the Rogue Roar’d When Frank and Lu are hired to help close down an old bingo hall, Frank is surprised to find an old nemesis at work.
10:00 The Best of Mr. Bean
Enjoy excerpts from the uproarious television series starring Rowan Atkinson.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: The Alps – The High Life See Wed. Jan. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 First Contact: An Alien Encounter See Wed. Jan. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Join the acclaimed personal finance expert for essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The World’s Most Famous Olive
4:30 Cook’s Country: Regional Italian American Favorites
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 The U.S. and the Holocaust: The Golden Door (Beginnings–1938, Part 1 of 3) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but unable to coordinate a response.
10:30 Jay’s Chicago: Birds and More Birds
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine
2:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide See Fri. Jan. 6 at 3:00 am. [R]
4:00 Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Peaceful Lake Sunrise
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly: Dublin to Northern Ireland
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Travel Skills, Part 1
10:00 Samantha Brown’s
As season 3 begins, Eliza finds herself in fresh and surprising mysteries, ranging from a disappearing magician to police corruption, as she struggles to build her detective agency. Growing competition from a rival agency creates new problems, and all the while she is still juggling her relationship with Inspector William Wellington, the Duke.
Sundays beginning January 8, 7:00 pm
James Herriot and crew deal with sick animals, eccentric farmers, courtship, and strict government mandates in this new season. Change is the order of the day as professional and emotional relationships mature in the rural Yorkshire veterinary practice.
Sundays beginning January 8, 8:00 pm
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Places to Love
10:30 This Old House: Newburyport – Shipwrights and Sea Captains 11:00 Ask This Old House: Install Cabinet Hardware, Breaker Trips 11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: The Ubiquitous Eggplant
AFTERNOON
Saturday Mornings 6:00 Molly of Denali 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:00 Arthur 7:30 Alma’s Way 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Sunday Mornings 6:30 Molly of Denali 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Hero Elementary 8:00 Arthur 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00Rosie’s Rules 9:30 Donkey Hodie
12:00 Cook’s Country: Saucy Italian-Inspired Dinners 12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Eating with Friends
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Symphony of Flavors
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: So-Cal Grill
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Pupusas and Yuca
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Pies of Yelapa
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Pie Heaven
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Paris
4:30 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geo rey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: My Brother’s Keeper Sister Reginald’s ex-con brother Alfie abruptly shows up at the convent after being released from jail. When a well-known artist is found murdered, Alfie begins to look like the prime suspect.
8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: No Friends Like Old Friends
9:00 Midsomer Murders: Drawing Dead (in 2 parts) Carver Valley’s seventh comic festival is in full swing when the village is shocked by the murder of a former supermodel.
10:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway –Private Investigators: How the Rogue Roar’d See Thurs. Jan. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
11:15 Father Brown: The Menace of Mephistopheles See Thurs. Jan. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
12:05 The Best of Mr. Bean See Thurs. Jan. 5 at 10:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geo rey Baer [R]
1:30 Finding Your Roots:
JAN 6–7
JAN 12–14
JAN 27
Hidden Kin [R]
2:30 The U.S. and the Holocaust: The Golden Door (Beginnings–1938, Part 1 of 3) See Fri. Jan. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine See Sat. Jan. 7 at 12:30 am. [R]
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00
All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Where the Heart is (Part 1 of 7) James and Helen test the waters of their relationship as James ponders a new job prospect.
11:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Semper Progrediens (Part 2 of 7) Hopeful for a closer relationship with Helen, James invites her to the gala spring dance.
AFTERNOON
12:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: We Can But Hope (Part 3 of 7) Medical advice clashes with farming wisdom as James and Helen have their fi rst quarrel.
1:45 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Many Happy
Returns (Part 4 of 7) Tristan works out how to make clients happy, but gets bad news. James and Helen have a heart-to-heart.
3:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Last Man in (Part 5 of 7) James has to settle old scores both on and o the playing fi eld when a familiar face returns to Darrowby.
4:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: Home Truths (Part 6 of 7) James solves both medical and romantic emergencies.
5:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 on Masterpiece: The Perfect Christmas (Part 7 of 7) James and Helen question their future together, while things look grave for one of Darrowby’s most beloved animals.
EVENING
7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: The Vanishing (Part 1 of 6) A famous magician vanishes into thin air. Eliza is hired to investigate, despite the fact that the Duke is already on the case.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on
Masterpiece: Second Time Lucky (Part 1 of 7) A missing ring is just one snag as James and Helen’s wedding date approaches.
9:00 Vienna Blood: Deadly Communion, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 1 of 6) With the discovery of a young seamstress murdered in a luxury fashion house, Max and Oskar learn that the world of couture conceals sinister secrets.
10:00 Chicago Tonight Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: Being a Woman (Part 12 of 13) With Ramón’s help, Teresa discovers the connection between her father and Roberta’s.
EARLY MORNING
12:30 ACL 8th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Sheryl Crow
1:30 Sister Boniface Mysteries: My Brother’s Keeper See Sat. Jan. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: No Friends Like Old Friends See Sat. Jan. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Midsomer Murders: Drawing Dead (in 2 parts) See Sat. Jan. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
The dark mystery series set in early 20th century Vienna returns for a third season, following a young English doctor Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) and police investigator Oskar Rheinhardt (Juergen Maurer) as they investigate grisly crimes. Sundays beginning January 8, 9:00 pm
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 History with David Rubenstein : Ada Ferrer
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Easy Elegance
4:30 Cook’s Country: Aloha State Favorites
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Filoli (Part 2 of 3) Finds at Filoli include a Cartier platinum, diamond, and onyx brooch; a Pennsylvania firefighter’s helmet; and a Carrie Bethel basket.
9:00 Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne Driven by her vision of “One Chicago,” as mayor, Jane Byrne focused on bringing unity and pride to an increasingly divided city, as her time in o ce was marked by crises and controversies.
10:00 POV: I Didn’t See You There When a circus tent goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker explores the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility.
11:30 BBC World News
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: The Vanishing (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Second Time Lucky (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. Jan. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Vienna Blood (Season 3, Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 The Best of Mr. Bean [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Simply Ming: Okonomiyake
4:30 Cook’s Country: Chicken and Cornbread
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Finding Your Roots: Salem’s Lot Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes guests Claire Danes and Je Daniels on a journey through primal
scenes from America’s past.
9:00 Riveted: The History of Jeans – American Experience Discover the fascinating story of this iconic American garment.
10:00 Frontline: Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (Part 2 of 2) See Tues. Jan. 3 at 10:00 pm.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Filoli (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Jan. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne See Mon. Jan. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 POV: I Didn’t See You There See Mon. Jan. 9 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 ACL 8th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Sheryl Crow See Mon. Jan. 9 at 12:30 am. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Cheese Please!
4:30 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Nature: The Alps – Winter’s Fortress Experience the hostile and bitter cold ecosystems of the Alps, shaped by snow blizzards and avalanches.
9:00 NOVA: Beyond the Elements – Reactions Discover the chemical reactions that constantly transform our world.
10:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Caravaggio Heist Father Marius Zerafa, director of museums in Malta, risks his life to recover a Caravaggio masterpiece stolen from a cathedral in 1984.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Finding Your Roots: Salem’s Lot See Tues. Jan. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Riveted: The History of Jeans – American Experience See Tues. Jan. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frontline: Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (Part 2 of 2) [R]
3:30 Demystifying Detox
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Best Ribs Ever
4:30 Cook’s Country: Roast Beef and Potatoes
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Father Brown: The Viper’s Tongue Mrs. McCarthy gets an unwelcome surprise when her life is threatened by a mysterious avenging angel.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – See Thyself, Devil! When a washed-up rock star thinks the Devil is trying to kill him, Frank and Lu race to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.
10:00 The Story of Mr. Bean
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: The Alps – Winter’s Fortress See Wed. Jan. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 NOVA: Beyond the Elements – Reactions See Wed. Jan. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Secrets of the Dead: The Caravaggio Heist See Wed. Jan. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Athenian Riviera
4:30 Cook’s Country: Pork and Pie
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 The U.S. and the Holocaust: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) (Part 2 of 3) As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany.
10:30 Jay’s Chicago: On the Water
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 60s Pop, Rock & Soul
2:30 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen and
Dr. Michael Crupain See Sun. Jan. 1 at 5:00 am. [R]
4:00 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflower Woods
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly: Lafayette, Louisiana
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:30 This Old House: Newburyport –Powering Through
11:00 Ask This Old House: Antique Pocket Door, Shaker End Table
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: It’s Greek to Me
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Cosy Casseroles
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Easy Going Recipes
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Raichlen’s Rules
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Unexpected Salads
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Pantry Staples
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Everyday Superfoods
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: The River Thames
4:30 Check, Please! Pelago, Spinning J, Raisu
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geo rey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Scoop The body of a highlevel government o cial’s secretary is found at the bottom of a staircase.
8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Counterpunch Frankie goes undercover as a boxer to take down a corrupt cop.
9:00 Midsomer Murders: The Lions of Causton (in 2 parts) A death at Stubbington Hall Sports Club brings DCI Barnaby and DS Winter to investigate a muddle of rucks, old grudges, and new romances.
10:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway –Private Investigators: See
Thyself, Devil! See Thurs. Jan. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
11:15 Father Brown: The Viper’s Tongue See Thurs. Jan. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Story of Mr. Bean See Thurs. Jan. 12 at 10:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geo rey Baer [R]
1:30 Finding Your Roots: Salems Lot [R]
2:30 The U.S. and the Holocaust: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) (Part 2 of 3) See Fri. Jan. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Demystifying Detox See Thurs. Jan. 12 at 3:30 am. [R]
MORNING
6:30-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) Phileas Fogg bets a fortune that he can circle the Earth in no more than 80 days. He enlists a new valet and attracts a persistent reporter.
10:15 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 8) Having survived mayhem in France, Fogg and his party cross Italy.
11:30 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 8) To meet their connection in Aden, Fogg and Passepartout hire a camel driver to cross the desert.
12:45 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 8) Fogg has his diplomatic skill tested at a wedding in India when a British o cer arrests the groom.
2:00 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 8) Fogg discovers that someone has put a hold on his credit in Hong Kong, making further progress impossible.
3:15 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 8) Facing starvation on a desert island, Fogg and Passepartout have a falling out.
4:30 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) Arrived in the Old West, the three adventurers meet a lawman with his fugitive captive.
5:45 Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) Fogg meets an old friend at New York’s Grand Central Depot and must decide whether to continue his trip.
7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: Arabella’s (Part 2 of 6) Eliza bumps into Arabella Herbert,
the girl who made her life a misery growing up. But when Eliza suspects she may be a criminal, no one wants to hear it, least of all the Duke.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Honeymoon’s Over (Part 2 of 7) James and Helen enter married life, while James settles in uneasily as Siegfried’s business partner.
9:00 Vienna Blood: Deadly Communion, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 2 of 6) Max and Oscar follow a murky trail that will lead them to the world of pornography, exploitation, and blackmail.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: Alma Mater (Part 13 of 13) Teresa continues to unravel the investigation when a mysterious note makes her flee.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Austin City Limits: Nathaniel Rateli & The Night Sweats/Adia Victoria
1:30 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Scoop See Sat. Jan. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Counterpunch See Sat. Jan. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Midsomer Murders: The Lions of Causton (in 2 parts) See Sat. Jan. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Ian Toll
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Latin Twist
4:30 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
7:30 Jay’s Chicago: The Stories Photos Tell
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Filoli (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a vintage LGBTQ+ t-shirt collection, a 1959 Walt Disney Studios Sleeping Beauty Maleficent cel, and a Walter Johnson-signed baseball. 9:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards Experience the sights, sounds, and awful smells of Chicago’s Union
Stockyards and the complex of meat factories next to it, known as Packingtown.
10:00 Independent Lens: The Big Payback 11:30 BBC World News
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: Arabella’s (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Honeymoon’s Over (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. Jan. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Vienna Blood: Deadly Communion, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 The Story of Mr. Bean [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 Jay’s Chicago: The Stories Photos Tell [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Simply Ming: Miso Salmon
4:30 Cook’s Country: A Trip to the Big Easy
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Finding Your Roots: Secret Lives Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses DNA to help comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash solve deep family mysteries.
9:00 Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space –American Experience
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Filoli (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Jan. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards See Mon. Jan. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Independent Lens: The Big Payback See Mon. Jan. 16 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Nathaniel Rateli & The Night Sweats/Adia Victoria [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Family Meal
4:30 Cook’s Country: Comfort Food Done Right
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
This film reveals how a rookie alderwoman in Evanston, Illinois led the passage of the first taxfunded reparations bill for Black Americans and stirred up a debate about the debt owed from the U.S.
Monday, January 16 10:00 pm
Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also an anthropologist, Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean – reclaiming, honoring, and celebrating Black life on its own terms.
Tuesday, January 17 9:00 pm
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.
Wednesday, January 18
8:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Nature: Wildheart
9:00 NOVA: Beyond the Elements – Indestructible Scientists have created virtually indestructible versions of glass, rubber, and plastic. But are they too tough?
10:00 Secrets of the Dead: World War Speed It is known that German soldiers used a methamphetamine called Pervitin in World War II. Did British and American troops do likewise?
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Finding Your Roots: Secret Lives See Tues. Jan. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space – American Experience See Tues. Jan. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Michael Crupain [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Killer Barbecue –Hold the Meat
4:30 Cook’s Country: Regional
Seafood Specialties
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight
8:00 Father Brown: The Requiem for the Dead Father Brown must delve into the past when a child killer is found murdered.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – The Sticking Place Frank and Lu aid a community of allotment holders who are being threatened with eviction.
10:00 Wild Travels: America’s Oddest Museums Host Will Clinger travels the country visiting unusual collections.
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: Wildheart See Wed. Jan. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 NOVA: Beyond the Elements – Indestructible See Wed. Jan. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Secrets of the Dead: World War Speed See Wed. Jan. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Michael Crupain [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Tinos – Ancient Marble, Timeless Flavors
4:30 Cook’s Country: Taste of Summer
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 The U.S. and the Holocaust: The Homeless, The TempestTossed (1942 – ) (Part 3 of 3)
As the Allies liberate German camps, the public begins to reckon with its reverberations.
10:30 Jay’s Chicago: Out in Nature
11:00 BBC World News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The Carpenters: Close to You
2:00 Joyful Pain Free Living with Lee Albert
3:30 Energy Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review [R]
5:30 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Pastel Morning
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly: Poland
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:30 This Old House: Newburyport – Demo Find
11:00 Ask This Old House: Babyproofing, Septic Systems
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: The Berry Best
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Sun’s Out, Buns Out
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Stretch Your Meal
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Grilling with Wood
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Turkey Two Ways
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Best Falafel
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Father of Modern Greek Cooking
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Ireland
4:30 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geo rey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices
7:00 Death in Paradise When a seemingly simple kidnapping ends in murder, Neville and the team must work out how someone ended up dead.
8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: School Ties, School Lies To find the killer of a much-loved teacher, a young girl tries to help Frankie and the team.
8:58 Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part (in 2 parts) Barnaby and wife Sarah are attending a friend’s wedding when the bride disappears during the reception.
10:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway –Private Investigators: See Thyself, Devil! See Thurs. Jan. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
11:15 Father Brown: The Viper’s Tongue See Thurs. Jan. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
12:00 Wild Travels: America’s Oddest Museums See Thurs. Jan. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geo rey Baer [R]
1:30 Finding Your Roots: Secret Lives [R]
2:30 The U.S. and the Holocaust: The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942 – ) (Part 3 of 3) See Fri. Jan. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen MD
6:30-9:30 WTTW Kids
9:30 State of Change
Environmental reporter
Tinisha Spain looks at climate change in Illinois.
10:00 Midsomer Murders: The Ghost of Causton Abbey (in 2 parts) Causton is abuzz when a new brewery opens on the site of a famously cursed Abbey, but then a man is found boiled to death in one of the vats.
11:31 Midsomer Murders: Death of the Small Coppers (in 2 parts) When a butterfly collector and founding member of an elite IQ society is found murdered, Barnaby and Winter are thrust into the crime.
1:03 Midsomer Murders: Drawing Dead (in 2 parts) Carver Valley’s seventh comic festival is in full swing when the village is shocked by the murder of a former supermodel.
2:35 Midsomer Murders: The Lions of Causton (in 2 parts) [R]
4:07 Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part (in 2 parts) See Sat. Jan. 21 at 8:58 pm. [R]
5:40 PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:10 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Song for the Dead The frontman of a rock ‘n’ roll band is found dead in his dressing room, and Sister Boniface finds a peculiar sting on the back of his neck.
7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: Hotel St. Marc (Part 3 of 6) Eliza believes she has finally caught Scotland Yard’s most wanted man, but she’s not the only one striving to claim the reward.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Surviving Siegfried (Part 3 of 7) Siegfried’s First World
War experiences resurface as he struggles to save a racehorse. Helen faces a decision over James’s tuberculosis testing plan.
9:00 Vienna Blood: The God of Shadows, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 3 of 6)
Max examines the case of a disturbed veteran who is convinced he is cursed.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight
Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: Fear of the Other (Season 2, Part 1 of 8) After spending months in jail, Teresa is released from prison, but she is exhausted, with no strength to face her sister, Roberta.
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Austin City Limits: Adrian Quesada – Boleros
Psicodelicos [R]
1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Jan. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: School Ties, School Lies See Sat. Jan. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:28 Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part, (in 2 parts) [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover [R]
5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Simon Winchester
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: French Eggs
4:30 Cook’s Country: Beef Kebabs and Cheese Bread
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1929 New York Yankees partial team-signed ball, a New Mexico mining league trophy and photos, and a Plains Indian child’s beaded shirt.
8:00 The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special Chicago Stories brings to life the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 with vivid animations and dramatic re-enactments.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 1 of 3) Travel to Indiana’s capital city to uncover a 1976 Norman Rockwell charcoal selfportrait, a 1958 signed Indy 500 racing flag, and an 1883 Victorian wedding ensemble.
10:00 Chicago Tonight WTTW’s flagship nightly news program moves to a new timeslot.
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
WTTW’s flagship local news series Chicago Tonight, co-anchored by Brandis Friedman and Paris Schutz, moves to 10:00 pm weeknights beginning tonight. The audience will see and hear exciting changes – along with expanded investigative reporting, vivid human interest storytelling, and essential community-driven dialogue – across the family of WTTW News programs including Chicago Tonight (MondaysFridays 10:00 pm), The Week in Review (Fridays at 7:00 pm), Latino Voices (Saturdays at 6:00 pm), and Black Voices (Saturdays at 6:30 pm).
Beginning January 23 10:00 pm
12:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: Hotel St. Marc (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: Surviving Siegfried (Part 3 of 7) See Sun. Jan. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Vienna Blood: The God of Shadows, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Song for the Dead See Sun. Jan. 22 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Wild Travels: America’s Oddest Museums [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Simply Ming: Pound Cake
4:30 Cook’s Country: Grilled Chicken, Two Ways
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Long Way from Home Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses DNA to help Jamie Chung, Cyndi Lauper, and Danny Trejo retrace the journeys of their immigrant ancestors.
8:00 Roberta Flack: American Masters
9:30 POV Shorts: The Changing Same In the Florida Panhandle lies the town of Marianna, Florida, where one native resident runs a local marathon to commemorate the lynching of Claude Neal.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Jan. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special See Mon. Jan. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Jan. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Austin City Limits: Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodelicos [R]
4:00 Nature: WildHeart [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: An Italian Lunchbox
4:30 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: Soul of the Ocean
8:00 NOVA: Beyond the Elements – Life Without the chemistry of photosynthesis, ozone, and an enzyme called Rubisco, we wouldn’t exist. So why do we?
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Bombing Auschwitz Join historians, survivors, and experts as they consider whether the Allies should have risked killing Auschwitz prisoners and bombed the camp to stop future atrocities.
Follow the music icon from a piano lounge through her rise to stardom. From “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to “Killing Me Softly,” Flack’s virtuosity was inseparable from her commitment to civil rights. Detailing her story in her own words, the film features exclusive access to Flack’s archives and interviews with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Peabo Bryson, and more.
Tuesday, January 24 8:00 pm
Turtle being cleaned by surgeonfish
Take a deep breath and experience the complex world of ocean waters. This program o ers a never-beforeseen look at how life underwater co-exists in a marriage of necessity.
Wednesday, January 25 7:00 pm
Roberta Flack, circa 1972 Paris Schutz and Brandis Friedman Photo: Courtesy of Warner Music Group Photo: © Howard Hall9:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts
4:30 Check, Please!
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Long Way from Home See Tues. Jan. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Roberta Flack: American Masters See Tues. Jan. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 POV Shorts: The Changing Same See Tues. Jan. 24 at 9:30 pm. [R]
3:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Charm City ’que
4:30 Cook’s Country: Bread, Cheese, and Meat Can’t Be Beat
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Pioneers of Television: Late Night The contributions of late night hosts Johnny Carson, Steve Allen, and Jack Paar are
featured; Merv Gri n emerges as a key player; Dick Cavett and Arsenio Hall discuss their years in the mix, and more.
8:00 Father Brown: The Children of Kalon When a troubled soul from the past returns, Father Brown must investigate the new chapter of the Church of Apollo.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – A Serpent’s Tooth After a fatal accident in a warehouse, the daughter of a carpet king hires Frank and Lu to investigate her own sisters.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Soul of the Ocean See Wed. Jan. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Beyond the Elements – Life See Wed. Jan. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Bombing Auschwitz See Wed. Jan. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy Peggy demonstrates movements to help increase mobility for people who are challenged
by arthritis or sti ness due to age or injury.
4:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy Discover how yoga can help anyone, regardless of age, increase strength and mobility.
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Navarino Challenge
4:30 Cook’s Country: Herbaceous Chicken and Potatoes
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets
9:00 Next at the Kennedy Center: The Roots Residency Hip Hop legends The Roots give an electrifying performance during their residency at the Kennedy Center.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 Burt Bacharach’s Best
2:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine [R]
4:00 The Transformational Power of Yoga Desiree Rumbaugh shares how simple yoga and meditation practices can strengthen, protect, and heal.
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Family Travel with Colleen Kelly: Best of Florida
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:30 This Old House: Newburyport – Design Talk
11:00 Ask This Old House: Neighbors Helping Neighbors
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Mom’s Night Out
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Basta Pasta – U.S. vs. Italy
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Can’t Go Wrong
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Brisket 24/7
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Plant-Based Perfection
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Hearty Stews
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Flavors of the Athenian Art Scene
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Home
4:30 Check, Please! Sensational Seafood
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geo rey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices
7:00 Death in Paradise The arrival of a long-lost brother to a family-run golf club culminates in a body on the course.
8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A Brother in Arms Frankie is floored when a man claiming to be her half-brother begs her to help with a wrongly imprisoned friend.
9:00 Midsomer Murders: The Point of Balance (in 2 parts)
In the Spotlight
Neil Dudgeon plays DCI John Barnaby, a lawman with a degree in psychology who finds the Midsomer residents very curious. Nick Hendrix returns as Barnaby’s partner, DS Jamie Winter. The real star of Midsomer is the county itself with its rolling hills, small, charming villages, quaint habits – and bizarre murders!
Saturday, January 28
9:00 pm
Nick Hendrix and Neil Dudgeon
On January 20, 1942, leading representatives of the German Nazi regime met for a meeting that went down in history as the Wannsee Conference, at which the systematic murder of 11 million Jews was decided.
A train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a small German village occupied by the Red Army. In a context of deep mistrust, desperation and revenge, an unexpected friendship emerges between a Russian sniper, village girl and Jewish-Dutch woman.
They met in secret to negotiate the unthinkable—compensation for the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history. ward-winning filmma er oberta rossman recounts the tense negotiations between Jewish and German leaders who saw it as a step towards healing.
In Paris 1941, François works for Mr. Haffmann, a Jewish jeweler. Under the German occupation, employer and employee are forced to strike a deal, upending the fate of all concerned.
The odyssey of 6 Jewish children hidden during World War II, who went to find re uge where no one would think to look—in the Chambord castle, its park, and among the hidden works of art of the Louvre.
An ultra-orthodox Jewish family comes to a farm in Calabria for a brief stay every year to harvest citrons. When Elio, the farm owner, meets the rabbi’s daughter, who is tired of the constraints imposed by her religion, he will find the peace he had lost for a long time.
Featuring firsthand accounts from some of rap’s most integral players, this series recounts the origins of this bold and revolutionary art form through the voices of those who were there at the beginning, creating an anthology of how hip hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history.
Tuesday, January 31
8:00 pm
The annual Paramount Dance Extravaganza arrives at Midsomer, bringing deadly ambition behind the sequins and smiles.
10:30 Independent Lens: No Straight Lines Meet five queer comics artists whose uncensored commentary on LGBTQ+ life explored art as a tool for social change.
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway –
Private Investigators: A Serpent’s Tooth See Thurs. Jan. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
12:45 Father Brown: The Viper’s Tongue See Thurs. Jan. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geo rey Baer [R]
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Long Way from Home [R]
3:00 Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets See Fri. Jan. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Next at the Kennedy Center: The Roots Residency See Fri. Jan. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain Explore the origins of everyday
pain and learn ways to help minimize or resolve it.
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Pritzker Military Presents: This is Really War In December 1941, nurse Dorothy Still was stationed at a U.S. Navy base in the Philippines. Days after the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the military targeted the Philippines.
10:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) Jean Valjean is released from prison and learns a valuable lesson from Bishop Myriel.
11:15 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Living respectably as a provincial mayor and factory owner, Valjean hires the single mother Fantine.
12:30 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) Valjean saves an innocent man at enormous personal cost. Again evading justice, he tracks down Fantine’s daughter, Cosette.
1:42 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) Now a young woman, Cosette moves to Paris under Valjean’s protection and meets Marius.
2:58 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) As revolution sweeps Paris, Valjean and Cosette hide out, Marius searches for Cosette, Thénardier disappears, and Javert obsessively tracks Valjean.
4:15 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) Marius mans the barricades, where a hostile Valjean intercepts him. They end up fleeing together through the sewers of Paris.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Dem Bones A skeleton is dug up by Brutus the dog during the Great Slaughter Allotment Society’s Annual Giant Marrow Contest.
7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: Bloodline (Part 4 of 6) Detective Fitzroy sees one of his colleagues plant evidence on a suspect.
8:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: What a Balls Up! (Part 4 of 7) Tuberculosis testing mistakenly puts a prize cow in danger. Mrs. Hall and Tristan have brushes with love.
9:00 Vienna Blood: The God
of Shadows, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) Max and Oskar embark on a dangerous odyssey into the opium dens of Vienna’s Chinatown.
10:00 Chicago Tonight Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: What I Expect from Myself (Season 2, Part 2 of 8) Teresa moves to a little house in Seville and gives Carmen, the new administrator, her room.
12:30 Austin City Limits: The War on Drugs
1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Jan. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A Brother in Arms See Sat. Jan. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Midsomer Murders: The Point of Balance (in 2 parts) See Sat. Jan. 28 at 8:59 pm. [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
5:30 History with David Rubenstein: LienHang Nguyen
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Ginger Mixup
4:30 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1960 Ángel Botello oil painting, Muhammad Ali and Alfred Hitchcock autographs, and a 1969 Alexander Calder sculpture.
8:00 The Great Chicago Fire: Downtown Disasters Discover stories of two very di erent disasters that occurred in the heart of Chicago’s Loop 90 years apart.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1952 Joe Louis-signed whiskey bottle, a 1820 Sheraton sideboard, and a 1928 NY Yankees team-signed baseball.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 3 on Masterpiece: Bloodline (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 on Masterpiece: What a Balls Up! (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. Jan. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Vienna Blood: The God of Shadows, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Jan. 29 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Dem Bones See Sun. Jan. 29 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Pioneers of Television: Late Night See Thurs. Jan. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
5:30 BBC World News
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-4:00 WTTW Kids
4:00 Simply Ming: Broccoli and Beef
4:30 Cook’s Country: Chicken and Biscuits
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Rising from the Ashes Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis explore their family trees.
8:00 Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (Part 1 of 4)
9:00 Frontline: Putin and the Presidents Vladimir Putin clashes with American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. Over five administrations, examine the miscalculations and missteps of America’s leaders, culminating in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
’60s Pop, Rock & Soul
Saturday, 12:30 am (1/14)
ACL 8th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Sheryl Crow
Monday, 12:30 am (1/9)
Austin City Limits
Mondays, 12:30 am (1/2, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30)
Tuesday, 2:30 am (1/3)
Wednesday, 4:00 am (1/18) Wednesday, 3:00 am (1/25)
Burt Bacharach’s Best Saturday, 12:30 am (1/28)
Carpenters: Close to You Saturday, 12:30 am (1/21)
Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Monday, 1:30 am (1/2)
Great Performance from Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration Sunday, 7:00 pm (1/1) Tuesday, 1:00 am (1/3)
All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
Sunday, 8:30 pm (1/1)
Sundays, 8:00 pm (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29)
Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, 1:45 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:15 pm, 5:30 pm (1/8)
Tuesdays, 2:00 am (1/10, 1/17) Tuesdays, 1:00 am (1/24, 1/31)
Around the World in 80 Days on Masterpiece
Sunday, 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 11:30 am, 12:45 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:15 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:45 pm (1/15)
The Best of Mr. Bean
Thursday, 10:00 pm (1/5) Sunday, 12:00 am (1/8) Tuesday, 4:00 am (1/10)
Death in Paradise Saturdays, 7:00 pm (1/21, 1/28) Mondays, 1:30 am (1/23, 1/30)
Father Brown Thursdays, 8:00 pm Saturdays, 11:15 pm (1/7, 1/14, 1/21) Sunday, 12:45 am (1/29)
First Contact: An Alien Encounter Wednesday, 9:00 pm (1/4) Friday, 1:30 am (1/6)
Frankie Drake Mysteries Saturdays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 2:30 am (1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30)
La Otra Mirada Sundays, 11:00 pm
Les Misérables on Masterpiece Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, 1:45 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:15 pm (1/29)
Midsomer Murders
Saturdays, 9:00 pm, 9:45 pm Mondays, 3:30 am, 4:15 am Sunday, 10:00 am, 10:45 am, 11:30 am, 12:15 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:45 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:20 pm, 4:05 pm, 4:50 pm (1/22)
Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece
Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, 1:45 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:15 pm (1/1)
Sundays, 7:00 pm (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am (1/10, 1/17)
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (1/24, 1/31)
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Thursdays, 9:00 pm
Saturdays, 10:30 pm (1/7, 1/14, 1/21)
Sunday, 12:00 am (1/29)
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Saturdays, 7:00 pm (1/7, 1/14)
Mondays, 1:30 am (1/9, 1/16)
Sundays, 6:00 pm (1/22, 1/29)
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (1/24,1/31)
The Story of Mr. Bean
Thursday, 10:00 pm (1/12)
Sunday, 12:00 am (1/15)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (1/17)
Vienna Blood Sundays, 9:00 pm (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29)
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (1/10, 1/17)
Tuesdays, 2:00 am (1/24, 1/31)
America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm (1/2, 1/9, 1/16)
Wednesdays, 12:30 am (1/4, 1/11, 1/18)
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm (1/23, 1/30) Wednesday, 12:00 am, 2:00 am (1/25)
Antiques Roadshow Recut Wednesday, 10:30 pm (1/4)
Ask This Old House Saturdays, 11:00 am
Check, Please! Saturdays, 4:30 pm
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 pm Saturdays, 12:00 pm
Family Travel with Colleen Kelly Saturdays, 9:00 am
Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Saturdays, 11:30 am
Lidia’s Kitchen Wednesdays, 4:00 pm Saturdays, 1:00 pm
Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts Saturdays, 4:00 pm
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Fridays, 4:00 pm Saturdays, 3:30 pm
Rick Steves’ Europe Saturday, 9:30 am (1/7)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 10:00 am
Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mondays, 4:00 pm Saturdays, 12:30 pm
Simply Ming Tuesdays, 4:00 pm
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Thursdays, 4:00 pm Saturdays, 1:30 pm
This Old House Saturdays, 10:30 am
Wild Travels Thursday, 10:00 pm (1/19) Sunday, 12:00 am (1/22) Tuesday, 4:00 am (1/24)
Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White Saturday, 4:00 am (1/7)
Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Saturday, 4:00 am (1/14)
Demystifying Detox Thursday, 3:30 am (1/12) Sunday, 5:00 am (1/15)
Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine Saturday, 12:30 am (1/7) Sunday, 5:00 am (1/8) Thursday, 3:00 am (1/26) Saturday, 2:00 am (1/28)
Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy Friday, 3:00 am (1/27)
Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy Friday, 4:00 am (1/27)
Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD Friday, 3:30 am (1/13)
Energy Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Saturday, 3:30 am (1/21)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Saturdays, 5:30 am (1/7, 1/14, 1/21)
Joyful Pain-Free Living with Lee Albert Saturday, 2:00 am (1/21)
Museum Access Wednesday, 4:30 am (1/4)
Nature Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (1/4, 1/11, 1/18) Fridays, 12:30 am (1/6, 1/13, 1/20) Wednesday, 4:00 am, 7:00 pm (1/25) Friday, 12:00 am (1/27)
NOVA
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (1/11, 1/18) Fridays, 1:30 am (1/13, 1/20) Wednesday, 8:00 pm (1/25) Friday, 1:00 am (1/27)
Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief Sunday, 5:00 am (1/22)
Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain Sunday, 5:00 am (1/29)
Secrets of the Dead Wednesdays, 10:00 pm (1/11, 1/18) Fridays, 2:30 am (1/13, 1/20) Wednesday, 9:00 pm (1/25) Friday, 2:00 am (1/27)
State of Change Sunday, 9:30 am (1/22)
Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Friday, 3:00 am (1/6) Saturday, 2:00 am (1/7)
Transformational Power of Yoga Saturday, 4:00 am (1/28)
What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Michael Crupian Sunday, 5:00 am (1/1) Saturday, 2:30 am (1/14) Thursday, 3:30 am (1/19) Friday, 3:30 am (1/20)
10 Homes that Changed America Monday, 7:00 pm (1/2)
Tuesday, 5:00 am (1/3) Wednesday, 2:30 am (1/4)
Amanpour and Company Tuesdays, 12:00 am (1/3, 1/10, 1/17) Tuesdays, 11:30 pm (1/3, 1/10, 1/17)
Wednesdays, 11:30 pm (1/4, 1/11, 1/18)
Thursdays, 11:30 pm (1/5, 1/12, 1/19) Fridays, 11:30 pm (1/6, 1/13, 1/20)
Mondays, 11:00 pm (1/23, 1/30) Tuesdays, 11:00 pm (1/24, 1/31) Wednesday, 11:00 pm (1/25) Thursday, 11:00 pm (1/26) Friday, 11:00 pm (1/27)
American Experience Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (1/3, 1/10, 1/17) Thursdays, 1:30 am (1/5, 1/12, 1/19)
BBC World News Mondays, 11:30 pm (1/2, 1/9, 1/16)
Tuesdays, 11:00 pm (1/3, 1/10, 1/17)
Wednesdays, 11:00 pm (1/4, 1/11, 1/18) Thursdays, 11:00 pm (1/5, 1/12, 1/19)
Fridays, 11:00 pm (1/6, 1/13, 1/20)
Mondays, 10:30 pm (1/23, 1/30)
Tuesdays, 5:30 am (1/24, 1/31)
Tuesdays, 10:30 pm (1/24, 1/31)
Wednesday, 5:30 am, 10:30 pm (1/25) Thursday, 5:30 am, 10:30 pm (1/26) Friday, 5:30 am, 10:30 pm (1/27)
BBC World News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:30 pm
BBC World News Outside Source
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:00 pm
BBC World News Today Fridays, 5:00 pm (1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27)
Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters
Monday, 8:00 pm (1/30)
Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne Monday, 9:00 pm (1/9)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (1/11)
Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards Monday, 9:00 pm (1/16)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (1/24)
Chicago Tonight Mondays, 7:00 pm (1/9, 1/16)
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (1/3, 1/10, 1/17)
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (1/4, 1/11, 1/18)
Thursdays, 7:00 pm (1/5, 1/12, 1/19)
Mondays, 10:00 pm (1/23, 1/30)
Tuesdays, 10:00 pm (1/24, 1/31)
Wednesdays 10:00 pm (1/25)
Thursday, 10:00 pm (1/26)
Friday, 10:00 pm (1/27)
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:00 am
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices Saturdays, 6:30 pm
Sundays, 10:00 pm (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29)
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices Saturdays, 6:00 pm
Sundays, 10:30 pm (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29)
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review Fridays, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (1/14, 1/21)
Saturday, 12:00 am, 5:00 am (1/28)
David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations
Monday, 5:30 am (1/2)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (1/3, 1/10, 1/17, 1/31)
Thursdays, 12:30 am (1/5, 1/12, 1/19)
Sunday, 1:30 am (1/8, 1/15, 1/22)
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (1/24, 1/31)
Thursday, 12:00 am (1/26) Sunday, 2:00 am (1/29)
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Tuesday, 8:00 pm (1/31)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Mondays, 5:00 am
Frontline
Tuesdays, 10:00 pm (1/3, 1/10)
Thursdays, 2:30 am (1/5, 1/12)
The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special Monday, 8:00 pm (1/23)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (1/25)
Great Chicago Quiz with Geo rey Baer Saturdays, 5:00 pm Sundays, 1:00 am (1/8, 1/15, 1/22) Sunday, 1:30 am (1/29)
Groucho & Cavett: American Masters Tuesday, 3:30 am (1/3)
History with David Rubenstein Mondays, 5:30 am (1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30)
Independent Lens Mondays, 10:00 pm (1/2, 1/16)
Thursday, 3:30 am (1/5) Wednesday, 2:30 am (1/18) Saturday, 10:30 pm (1/28)
Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special Monday, 9:00 pm (1/2)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (1/4)
Jay’s Chicago Fridays, 10:30 pm (1/6, 1/13, 1/20) Monday, 7:30 pm (1/16)
Tuesday, 5:30 am (1/17)
Music Videos that Shaped the ’80s Sunday, 10:00 pm (1/1)
PBS News Weekend Sundays, 5:30 pm (1/1, 1/22) Saturdays, 5:30 pm
PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
Pioneers of Television Thursday, 7:00 pm (1/26)
Tuesday, 4:00 pm (1/31)
POV Monday, 3:30 am (1/2) Monday, 10:00 pm (1/9)
Wednesday, 2:30 am (1/11)
Tuesday, 9:30 pm (1/24)
Thursday, 2:30 pm (1/26)
Pritzker Military Presents Sunday, 9:00 am (1/29)
Roberta Flack: American Masters Tuesday, 8:00 pm (1/24)
Thursday, 1:00 am (1/26)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
Saturdays, 9:30 am (1/14, 1/21, 1/28)
The U.S. and the Holocaust Fridays, 8:00 pm (1/6, 1/13, 1/20)
Sundays, 2:30 am (1/8, 1/15, 1/22)
Washington Week Fridays, 7:30 pm
A new Tuesday evening series hosted by Garrett McQueen makes its debut with performances including the Sphinx Virtuosi; Imani Winds; the Harlem Quartet; and the Gateways Brass Collective, Chamber Ensemble, and Orchestra.
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Christmastide. Joyous music of the season continues as host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ favorites, both old and new!
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
10:00 New Year’s in Vienna 2023: From the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, The Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Boys’ Choir, and the Vienna Girls’ Choir, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst in nostalgic music by the Strauss Family and more to usher in the New Year. Performed and recorded earlier today.
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Judith Lang Zaimont Meditations at the Time of the New Year: I. Dawn – Soloists; Perc; Choral Society of S California/Nick Strimple. Naxos 8.559444. [5:58] William Byrd The Fitzwilliam Suite – Canadian Brass. CBS MK-45792. [11:17]
1:00 Gerald Finzi New Year Music (Nocturne), Op. 7 – Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDC7-49912-2. [11:53]
Gabriel Fauré Messe basse – King’s College Cho/ Stephen Cleobury; Tom Etheridge, o. King’s College Cambridge KGS-0005. [9:45
2:00 Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F – Tokyo String Quartet. RCA 62552-2. [27:47]
Luigi Cherubini Lodoïska: Overture – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902448.49.
Throughout the month, WFMT spotlights African American leaders in classical music: composers Adolphus Hailstork and Orbert Davis, countertenor Reginald Mobley, and Chicago Sinfonietta CEO Blake-Anthony Johnson.
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm
[9:27] Jean Françaix Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings (1968) – Gaudier Ensemble. Hyperion CDA67036. [9:28] Florence Price Five Preludes – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p. Blue Gri n BGR-615. [10:36]
3:00 Felix Mendelssohn Cantata, Vom Himmel hoch – Soloists; Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig. Capriccio 10216. [14:42] Teresa Carreño Waltz, Corbeille de fleurs, Op. 9 – Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [7:53]
4:00 Leonard Bernstein Candide: Overture – London Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein. DG 429734-2 (2). [4:30] Johannes Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA68116. [13:40] Jane Antonia Cornish Last Light – Vicky Chow, p. Cantaloupe CA-21174. [5:22]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447 – Dale Clevenger, hn; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 415104-2. [15:56] Ethan Wood Ah, vous dirais-je, maman, A Folk Tale for 18 Players After Mozart – A Far Cry. Crier Records CR-1801. [16:48] Ludwig van Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B-Flat, Op 133 – Lindsay String Quartet. ASV CDDCA-9117. [15:38] Stephen Sondheim Into the Woods: No One Is Alone – Chris Reynolds, p. Lexicon LC-2205. [4:11]
6:00 Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Ryan Opera
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.
This new series begins with the London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras, and the BBC and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras with soloists Julia Fischer, Nicole Cabell, Stephen Hough, and Jörg Widmann.
Thursdays, 9:00 pm
Center: Selections from Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Die Fledermaus conducted by Stefano Sarzani. Recorded in concert June 6, 2022.
7:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio
Broadcasts: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 216; Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314; Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute; Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, Strassburg; Robert Chen, violin; Robert Chen, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Leo Sowerby.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Franz Schubert Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, D 487 – Ralf Gothoni, p; Munich String Trio. Ondine ODE-763-2. [13:12]
11:00 Karl Goldmark Overture, In Italy, Op. 49 – Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt. ASV CDDCA-934. [11:57] Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423624-2. [14:04]
1:00 Luigi Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50, G 448 – Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet. Azica ACD-71328. [18:52] José Pablo Moncayo Huapango –Phil Orch of the Americas/ Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [8:18] Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA RCD1-5408. [43:28]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 – The Knights/Eric Jacobsen. Ancalagon ANC-137. [21:46] Aram Khachaturian Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia –London Sym Orch/Stanley Black. Decca 433880-2. [9:58] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado.
Tuesdays beginning January 3, 8:00 pm
DG 476235-2. [21:16]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Unfi nished Symphonies. Bill explains why tantalizingly great works of Elgar, Mahler, Bruckner, and Schubert remained unfi nished at the time of their deaths.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Pianist Einav Yarden performs works by C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach, Péter Eötvös, Johannes Brahms, and Ludwig van Beethoven at Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall. From September 17, 2022. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin. 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Age of Enlightenment Orch/ Monica Huggett. Virgin 90747-2 (2). [15:30]
11:00 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10 – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80378. [20:13]
12:00 Augusta Holmès Ouverture pour une comédie –Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/ Samuel Friedmann. Marco Polo 8.223449. [10:00]
1:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2 – Jennifer Kloetzel, vc; Robert Koenig, p. Avie AV-2450. [21:53]
Gabriel Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 439152-2. [6:47]
2:00 Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Dresden Staatskapelle/André Previn. DG 447895-2. [31:36]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Manuel de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Arthur Rubinstein, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 61863-2. [21:10] Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. Chandos CHAN8672/8. [14:18] Charles Gounod String Quartet in a minor – Bessler-Reis String
Quartet. Chant du Monde LDC-278946. [17:32]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Unfi nished Symphonies. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: Gabriela Lena Frank: Coqueteos; Sphinx Virtuosi; Damon Gupton, conductor; James V. Cockerham: Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing ; Gateways Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor; Gernot Wolfgang: Common Ground; Timothy Holley, cello; Joshua Hood, bassoon; Scott Joplin: Cascades; Armenta Hummings Dumisani, piano; William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1, Afro-American; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center:Harbison: November 19, 1828 for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello; Schubert: Quintet in A major for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass, D. 667, Op. 114, Trout; Emanuel Ax, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Efe Baltacigil, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Chorus, Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) – Royal Opera House Cho, Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC7-49849-2. [7:23]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Antonín Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op 91 – Czech Phil/Libor Pešek. Virgin 90791-2. [14:01]
11:00 Jacques O enbach La Vie parisienne: Overture –City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux. EMI CDZ7-67225-2. [4:52]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Flutist Susan Kang and pianist Beilin Han perform works by William Grant Still, Clara Schumann, and Guillaume Connesson live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Edmond Dédé Mephisto masque (for orchestra) – Hot
Springs Music Festival/ Richard Rosenberg. Naxos 8.559038. [5:28]
George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907228.29 (2). [11:07]
2:00 Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – André Watts, p; New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Philips 456985-2 (2). [18:21]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 – Camerata Salzburg/ Leonidas Kavakos, v. Sony 82876842412. [23:05]
Isaac Albéniz España, Op. 165 – Daniel Barenboim, p. Teldec 81703-2. [18:30]
Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4781525. [11:25]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Unfi nished Symphonies. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with BlakeAnthony Johnson Host George Preston is joined by
Chicago Sinfonietta CEO Blake-Anthony Johnson to preview upcoming performances, discuss Sinfonietta’s move to the Auditorium Theatre, and hear his thoughts on being chosen as one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 Business Leaders.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Arcangelo
Corelli Concerto grosso in C, Op. 6, No. 10 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423626-2 (2). [12:27]
in C –
Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Newport Classic NCD-60102. [14:56]
1:00 Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3078. [8:00]
Frédéric Chopin FantaisieImpromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 – Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68668-2. [5:51]
2:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107, Reformation – London Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner. LSO Live LSO-0775. [28:04]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18, No. 2 – Emerson String Quartet. DG 447075-2 (7). [22:31] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-67598. [11:32]
Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 – Berlin Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. DG 415106-2. [18:57]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Unfinished Symphonies. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 WFMT Orchestra Series: London Philharmonic Orchestra Enescu: Symphony No.2 in A, Op. 17; Silvestrov: Lullaby from Melodies of the Moments, Op. 145; Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61; Julia Fischer, violin; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/ Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [9:47]
11:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [12:29]
12:00 Impromptu Encore:Calidore String Quartet recorded in 2016 with host Kerry Frumkin.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5
in C, Op. 39, No. 5 – BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10709. [6:07] George Frideric Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E – Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-62785. [8:52]
2:00 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – Boston Sym Orch/Aaron Copland. RCA 61505-2. [25:25]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Schubert Wanderer Fantasy in C, D 760 – Murray Perahia, p. CBS MK-42124. [21:48] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 9 in C, K. 73 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [11:58] Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 436614-2. [19:14]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Unfinished Symphonies. See Monday’s listing.
8:00Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share and explore the beauty and intricacies of our chosen instruments: trumpet and voice.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Gershwin: An American in Paris; Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite; Old American Songs; Porter: Night and Day, Who Said the Gay Paree? Where Is the Life That Late I Led? In the Still of the Night, Begin the Beguine; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Born To Live, a long-time New Year’s broadcast tradition. Studs produced this program of interviews, spoken word, and musical responses to the nuclear age with colleague Jim Unrath in 1961.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Karen Kobayashi, 14, flute. Ibert: Flute Concerto, 3rd mvt; Hailstork: Yuhwa; Schocker: Regrets and Resolutions; Fauré: Morceau de concours; Burton: Flute Sonatina, 3rd
mvt. With Beilin Han, piano.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Cherubini’s Medea Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea), Janai Brugger (Glauce), Ekaterina Gubanova (Neris), Matthew Polenzani (Giasone), Michele Pertusi (Creonte); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Recorded October 22, 2022.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Artists to Watch in 2023.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Peruvian composer Celso Garrido-Lecca.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Highlights from New Year’s Eve at the Old Town School of Folk Music. The concert celebrated Rich Warren’s career featuring Tom Paxton, Vance Gilbert, Claudia Schmidt, Reggie Harris, and many Chicago luminaries.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Start 2023 with songs about helping those who struggle. Reach out in the darkness and you may find a friend.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Epiphany. The Christmas season comes to a close as we listen to wonderful sacred choral and organ music for the Feast of the Epiphany. Join host Peter DuBois for the festivities.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – Martha Argerich, p. DG 4795096. [17:45]
Roxanna Panufnik Magnificat and Nunc dimittis – Exultate Singers/David Ogden; Richard Johnson, o. Warner Classics 65720-6. [8:53]
1:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D, Le Matin – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Denon 81757-9612-2. [18:04]
Frederick Delius Violin Sonata No. 2 – Galina Heifetz, v; David Allen Wehr, p. Connoisseur CD-4224. [11:23] Peter Warlock Serenade (for Frederick Delius) –Bournemouth Sinfonietta/ Norman Del Mar. EMI CDM565101-2. [9:04] Eubie Blake Jassamine Lane – Amherst Saxophone Quartet. MCA Classics MCAD-10055. [4:29]
2:00Étienne-Nicolas Méhul Symphony No. 1 in G – Berlin
Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM902448.49. [24:25] Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace – Dover Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000215. [8:22] Louise Farrenc Overture No. 1 in e minor, Op. 23 – Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König. Naxos 8.574094. [6:59
3:00 Adolphe Adam Giselle : Suite – Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan. Decca 473171-2 (2). [12:33] Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) Concertante Quartet No. 3 in C – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [7:22]
Albertus Groneman Flute Concerto in G – Jed Wentz, f; Musica Ad Rhenum. NM Classics 92037. [7:51]
4:00 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:55] Aaron Copland El Salón México – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 6806-2-RG. [10:09] Julie Cooper D arkness; Light –Grace Davidson, s; Anthony Pike, cl; Clio Gould, v; Justin Pearson, vc; Julie Cooper, p. Signum SIGCD-364. [9:11]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata No. 2 in G, Op. 13 –Eldbjørg Hemsing, v; Simon Trpceski, p. BIS 2456. [20:33]
Ethel Smyth The Wreckers: Act II Prelude, On the Cli s of Cornwall – BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez. Retrospect Opera RO-004. [7:49]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80190. [20:24]
6:00 Amy Beach Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67 –Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN20224. [28:33] Georg Philipp Telemann Sinfonia Melodica –Indianapolis Baroque Orch/ Barthold Kuijken. Naxos 8.573900. [11:06] Heitor VillaLobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 – Renée Fleming, s; New World Sym Cellos/ Michael Tilson Thomas. RCA 68538-2. [11:09]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center
Recital Series: Soprano Lindsey Reynolds, bass Wm. Clay Thompson , and pianist Chris Reynolds
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Ngwenyama: Primal Message; Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16; Simon Trpceski, piano; Prokofiev: Symphony
No. 6 in E-flat Minor, Op. 111; Xian Zhang, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Henry’s Favorite Operatic Recordings: Two hours of great operatic singing – arias, duets, ensembles.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-Flat – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68330. [20:11]
11:00 Michael Daugherty
Reflections on the Mississippi: III. Prayer – Carol Jantsch, tba; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller. Naxos 8.559807. [6:43]
12:00 Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr. EMI 16213-0. [14:44]
1:00 Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerto in G, S 215 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 437549-2 (2). [11:55] Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque – JeanYves Thibaudet, p. Decca 460247-2 (2). [17:06]
2:00 Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19 –Lisa Batiashvili, v; Chamber Orchestra of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4798529. [22:48]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Seattle Sym/ Gerard Schwarz. Koch 3-7358-2. [20:56] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433523-2 (5). [21:39] Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442068-2 (4). [10:24]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. Join us for two weeks of ballet music. Starting in the 16th century to meet Catherine de’ Medici, and we continue to a golden age
of ballet in Paris. Then we meet the Russian ballets, and finally, we will return to Paris for Ballets Russe in the years just before WWI. A four hundred year survey of ballet.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Members of Chicago Philharmonic perform a virtuosic tangoinspired chamber program live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Chorus, Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 430226-2. [11:48]
11:00 Edward MacDowell New England Idyls, Op 62 –James Barbagallo, p. Marco Polo 8.223631. [17:42]
12:00 George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Orion Weiss, p; Bu alo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559705. [8:53]
1:00 Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Pièces de Clavecin –Antonio Oyarzábal, p. IBS Classical IBS-52021. [6:00] Peter Tchaikovsky Hamlet, Op. 67 – Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0015296-02. [18:39]
2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 – Sabine Meyer, cl; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. EMI CDC5-57128-2. [26:32]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Vincenzo Tommasini The Good-Humored Ladies (after Scarlatti): Suite – Concert Arts Orch/Robert Irving. EMI CDM5-65911-2. [14:53] Giuseppe Verdi String Quartet in E minor – Juilliard String Quartet. Sony SMK62708. [22:47] František Xaver Pokorný Two-Horn Concerto in F – Bedrich Tylšar & Zdenek Tylšar, hn’s; Capella Istropolitana/František Vajnar. Naxos 8.550459. [15:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music,
Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio:Buskaid: Sunrise; Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble; Florence Price: Piano Sonata; Althea Waites, piano; Traditional: Let My People Go; Howard Johnson Chorale; William Levi Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Gateways Orchestra, Michael Morgan, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Schubert: An Schwager Kronos for Voice and Piano, D. 369, Op. 19, No. 1; Willkommen und Abschied for Voice and Piano, D. 767, Op. 56, No. 1; Nikolay Borchev, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, D. 929, Op. 100; Juho Pojonen, piano; Sean Lee, violin; David Finckel, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto in d minor, BWV 1060 – Johnny Gandelsman, v; Adam Hollander, ob; The Knights. Warner 0825646170982. [12:22]
11:00 Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 –Dresden Staatskapelle/ Sir Colin Davis. RCA 68790-2. [9:29]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Claire Huangci performs works by Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, and George Gershwin live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Amy Beach Bal Masqué, Op. 22 – Moravian Phil Orch/Hector Valdivia. Centaur CRC-2990. [5:04] César Franck Symphonic Variations – Louis Lortie, p; BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9875. [15:51]
2:00 Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Sharon Isbin, g; New York Phil/ José Serebrier. Warner Classics 60296-2. [22:45]
In just the past few years, Dr. Adolphus Hailstork has gone from relative obscurity to being critical for the 21st century landscape for American classical music. His Fanfare on Amazing Grace was performed at the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Vice President Kamala Harris. The renowned composer, pianist, and conductor joins host LaRob K. Rafael to discuss essential works and the release of the album The Harlem Chamber Players Perform the Music of Adolphus Hailstork
Wednesday, January 11 8:00 pm
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b – Vienna Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 413779-2. [15:03] Luigi Boccherini Symphony in D minor, Op. 12, No. 4 (G 506), La Casa del Diavolo – Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini. Naïve OP-30399. [19:18] Peter Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/John Eliot Gardiner. Virgin 61490-2 (2). [18:39]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with Adolphus Hailstork The iconic American composer Adolphus Hailstork discusses select works including the 2018 piano quintet Detroit, recently recorded by
JCC Chicago is bringing 70 violins, violas and cellos, played by Jewish musicians in the Holocaust, to Chicagoland and across Illinois. These instruments have been lovingly restored and have traveled the world to give voice to the victims and reinforce messages of hope, harmony and humanity. From April—September, 2023, these instruments will be featured in cultural exhibitions, performances and community educational programs.
the Harlem Chamber Players. Hosted by LaRob K. Rafael.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Three Dances – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pešek. Virgin 59285-2. [10:35]
11:00 Cecil Coles From the Scottish Highlands – BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-67293. [12:31]
12:00 Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Nash Ensemble/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-66938. [10:12]
1:00 Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges)
Concertante Quartet No. 2 in G minor – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [10:08] Carl Maria von Weber Euryanthe : Overture – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [8:35]
2:00 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35 –Chicago Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa; Victor Aitay, v. EMI CDC7-47617-2. [43:11]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite – Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM769037-2. [18:29] Antonín Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Royal Liverpool Phil/ Libor Pešek. Virgin 90797-2. [9:22] Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68061. [25:09]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 WFMT Orchestra Series: BBC Symphony Orchestra Baker: The Price of Curiosity; Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor; Paderewski: Nocturne in B flat, from ‘Miscellanea, Op. 16/4;’ Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43; Stephen Hough, piano;
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F minor, RV. 297, The Four Seasons: Winter – Trondheim Soloists/ Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG 463259-2. [10:10]
11:00 Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-46668. [7:32]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: Pianist Benjamin Hochman performs works by Bach, Kurtág, and Brahms. Recorded in 2009.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Ottorino Respighi Trittico botticelliano – Philharmonia/ Geo rey Simon. Cala CACD1007. [17:53] George Frideric Handel Tamerlano : Overture & Minuet – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 45408-2 (3). [5:24]
2:00 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 – Martha Argerich, p. Philips 456703-2 (2). [26:21]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33 – YoYo Ma, vc; French National Orch/Lorin Maazel. CBS MK-35848. [18:51] Franz Krommer Oboe Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 37 – Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR90000045. [21:54] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata Notturna – Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80161. [12:15]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael o er their birthday tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Haydn: The Creation; Hob. XXI:2; Judith Raskin, soprano; Alexander
Young, tenor; John Reardon, baritone; Camerata Singers; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Finale, from Trumpet Concerto; Philip Smith, trumpet; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: It’s Like A Dream To Me: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Studs Terkel’s 1970 birthday tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Fall 2022 concert. Montgomery: Overture; Clyne: Abstractions; Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (feat. Henry Auxenfans, violin).
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Giordano’s Fedora Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora), Rose Feola (Olga), Piotr Beczala (Loris Ipano ), Artur Rucinski (De Siriex); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Marco Armiliato.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Chamber Music by Hector Villa-Lobos.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: More highlights from New Year’s Eve at the Old Town School of Folk Music! The concert celebrated Rich Warren’s career featuring Tom Paxton, Vance Gilbert, Claudia Schmidt, Reggie Harris, and many Chicago luminaries.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Let’s go to the movies! We wish T-Bone Burnett – who scored films with folk music soundtracks –a happy 75th birthday.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Birthdays! In honor of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we’ll include sacred pieces speaking of justice and peace, both in choral music and hymns. Host Peter DuBois will also celebrate some January composer birthdays, including works by Poulenc, Duruflé, Tavener, and Mozart.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Robert Schumann Arabeske in C, Op. 18 – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9300. [8:02] Giuseppe Verdi Les Vêpres siciliennes: Four Seasons Ballet: Summer & Autumn – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [14:47] Alessandro Stradella Sinfonia in d minor – Trio Settecento. Cedille CDR90000099. [7:28]
1:00 Emile Waldteufel Les Patineurs (The Skaters) Waltz, Op 183 – Vienna Phil/ Gustavo Dudamel. Sony 88985376182. [7:55] Varvara Gaigerova Suite for Viola and Piano, Op. 8 – Eliesha Nelson, vi; Glen Inanga, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92136. [14:54] Isaac Albéniz Suite española, Op. 47: No. 5, Asturias (Leyenda) – Pedro da Silva, Portuguese guitar. Sorel Classics SCCD-012. [6:45]
2:00 Julius Conus Violin Concerto in E minor – L Edvin Csüry, v; I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN9622. [22:12] Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 442406-2. [3:09] Amy Beach Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104 –Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo. CPO 555453-2. [22:22]
3:00 Georges Bizet Carmen: Suite – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Telarc CD-80593. [15:26] Iva Bittová Hoboj (Oboe); Divna slecinka (A Strange Young Lady) – Bart Schneemann, ob, Daniel Raiskin, v. Channel Crossings CCS-18598. [9:13]
4:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 –Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell, hc. Avie AV-2207 (2). [21:11] Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:18]
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Movement for string trio –Sanford Allen, v; Jesse Levin, vi; Carter Brey, vc. Cedille CDR-90000087. [3:56]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Alexander von Zemlinsky The Burial of Spring – Soloists; Düsseldorf Musikverein Cho, Cologne Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon. EMI CDC5-56783-2. [24:16] Deng Yuxian Spring Wind; Sun Yiqiang Dance of Spring – Lang Lang, p.
DG B0008233-00. [7:18]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199/161b – Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80186. [18:07]
6:00 Carl Maria von Weber Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 11 –Peter Rösel, p; Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt. EMI CDC749177-2. [20:19] Jennifer Higdon Viola Concerto –Roberto Díaz, vi; Nashville Sym/Giancarlo Guerrero. Naxos 8.559823. [21:57]
7:00 Ottorino Respighi La boutique fantasque (after Rossini): Suite – Boston Pops Orch/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61847-2. [27:14] Various Selections from White Moon – Songs to Morpheus – Dawn Upshaw, s; Margo Garrett, p; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g’s; Eric Bartlett, vc; Cello Ensemble. Nonesuch 79364-2. [25:27]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Bach/Wilhelmj: Air on the G String from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; Shostakovich/Barshai: Chamber Symphony for Strings in C Minor, Op. 110a; James Conlon, conductor; Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10; Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano; Bernard Haitink, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Symphonies of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Part 1 of 3. Symphony No. 1 in B; Symphonic Concerto for Piano: 2nd Movement; Trio for Piano and Strings No. 1 in F.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Enrique Granados Valses poéticos – Alicia de Larrocha, p. EMI 64524-2 (2). [11:49]
11:00 Ferde Grofé Hudson River Suite – Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg. Naxos 8.559017. [18:38]
12:00 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor – Leipzig String Quartet. MD+G
3071683-2. [22:05]
1:00 Germaine Tailleferre Harp Sonata – Maria Graf, h. Philips 432103-2. [8:45] Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80705. [11:45]
2:00 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, Unfinished – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 423655-2. [26:33]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. George Gershwin An American in Paris – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1003. [18:45] Jules Massenet Cendrillon: Suite – Hong Kong Phil Orch/Kenneth Jean. Marco Polo 8.223354. [10:20] Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 – André Watts, p; Atlanta Sym/Yoel Levi. Telarc CD-80386. [23:55]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. Join us for two weeks of ballet music. This week we will hear the Russian ballets and return to Paris for what now is considered a full-out riot when Ballets Russe choreographed movements to express the music they heard from Igor Stravinsky. New music, and new dance techniques in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. While listening to this music, sit down with your computer and research Ballets Russe in Paris. Its cultural history created a complete renaissance, if not a revolution.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Pianist Michael Stephen Brown live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture – Berlin Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. EMI
CDM7-64629-2. [8:28]
11:00 Richard Strauss Aus Italien, Op. 16: IV. Finale, Neapolitanisches Volksleben (Neapolitan Life) – Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti. Philips 422399-2. [8:30]
12:00 Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – London Sym Orch/ Michael Tilson Thomas. Sony SK-48231. [10:58]
1:00 Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 –Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-120. [17:02] Arcangelo Corelli Variations in d minor on La Follia, Op. 5, No. 12 –Ensemble/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV-9805. [11:08]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 – Stewart Goodyear, p; BBC National Orch of Wales/ Andrew Constantine. Orchid Classics ORC-100127. [35:56]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Amy Beach Summer Dreams, Op. 47 – Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo. CPO 555453-2. [13:52] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – David Jolley, hn; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423377-2. [16:50] Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore : Ballet Music – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422846-2 (2). [22:18]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: Debussy: Arabesque No. 1; Branford Marsalis, saxophone; English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor; David Baker: Saxophone Concerto; Thomas Walsh, saxophone; Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor; James Lee III: A Narrow Pathway Traveled; Judy Dines, flute; Terrance Patterson, clarinet; Kelly Hall Thompkins, violin; Kenneth Law, cello; David Berry, piano; Michael Abels: Dance for Martin’s Dream; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Worship; Gateways Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Paganini: Caprices, Op. 1 for Violin and Piano; Sean Lee, violin; Peter Dugan, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Though the concert title “Reginald Mobley Sings” focused on the guest soloist, MOB’s November program, conducted by Nicholas Kraemer, could have served as a survey of the splendors of Baroque music as well as an introduction the MOB chorus and orchestra itself. Mobley’s solo arias and contribution to the Purcell ode Welcome to all the Pleasures were generously complemented by an a cappella anthem, an English dance suite, and the high-spirited Brandenburg Concerto No. 4!
Wednesday, January 18 8:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G, R. 146 –Venice Baroque Orch/ Andrea Marcon. Archiv B0006728-02. [7:16]
11:00 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDM7-64303-2. [10:50]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Chris Reynolds performs Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and his own arrangements of songs by Aespa and Red Velvet live from Seventeenth Church of
Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Jacques O enbach Le voyage dans la lune : Overture – Gulbenkian Orch/ Michel Swierczewski. Nimbus NI-5303. [7:44] Giovanni Benedetto Platti Cello Sonata No. 7 in D major – Abel Selaocoe, vc; Elizabeth Kenny, th; Kadialy Kouyate, kora; Fred Thomas, db. Warner 9029622433. [10:17]
2:00 Georges Bizet Symphony in C – Cincinnati Sym Orch/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80224. [30:54]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Kurt Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music) – London Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. CBS MK-44529. [21:19]
Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-138 (2). [12:03] Samuel Barber String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 – Brodsky Quartet. Chandos CHAN-10801. [19:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Music of the Baroque Reginald Mobley Sings. Nicholas Kraemer leads the chorus and orchestra in a program including opera and oratorio arias by Handel, Purcell’s Welcome to all the Pleasures, a dance suite by William Croft, and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 with countertenor Reginald Mobley.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale – Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [18:48]
11:00 Henry Cowell Old American Country Set – Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/
Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7220-2. [14:04]
12:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC7-47008-2. [7:26]
1:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto – German Chamber Phil Bremen/ Alison Balsom, tr. EMI 16213-0. [17:50] Florence Price Dances in the Canebrakes – Althea Waites, p. Cambria CD-1097. [9:21]
2:00 Gabriel Fauré String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 –Ébène Quartet. Virgin 070875-2 (5). [24:10]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) –Isabelle van Keulen, v; Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam/ Lev Markiz. BIS CD-935. [20:19] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2171. [17:31] Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos: Ballet de la Reine – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422846-2 (2). [16:10]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 WFMT Orchestra Series: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Baker: The Price of Curiosity; Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor; Paderewski: Nocturne in B flat, from ‘Miscellanea, Op. 16/4;’ Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43; Stephen Hough, piano; Alpesh Chauhan, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano. Decca 4830396. [10:33]
11:00 Alberto Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Four dances – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [12:00]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: M5 Mexican Brass
recorded in 2017.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 – Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80688. [16:32] Traditional Chinese Jasmine Flower – Lang Lang, p. DG 4797528. [6:44]
2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Suite – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8556. [29:27]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de SaintGeorges) Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11, No. 1 – London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [14:15] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3). [20:37] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat, The Philosopher –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 427337-2. [19:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Modest Survey of Ballet Music, Part 1. See Monday’s listing.
8:00Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael welcome trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden for a live in-studio performance and chat with her about her career and the future of classical music.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Suite No. 4; Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats; Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068; Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042; Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041; Isabelle Faust, violin; Bernard Labadie, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award-winning composer Ned Rorem (1923-2022) interviewed in 1965 and 1989.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Nazeeh Shahid, 17, viola. Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, selections; Bartók: Viola Concerto, 1st mvt; Ngwenyama: Sonoran Storm; Piazzolla: Oblivion With Liang-yu Wang, piano.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore Golda Schultz (Adina), Javier Camarena (Nemorino), Davide Luciano (Belcore), Ambrogio Maestri (Dulcamara); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Michele Gamba.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A profile of Juan Diego Florez in advance of his first Chicago-area performance in more than 15 years.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Two masterpieces by Brazilian composer Claudio Santoro: his Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano and his Symphony No. 5.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Concluding a Folkstage tradition with standouts from New Year’s Eve at the Old Town School of Folk Music! The concert celebrated Rich Warren’s career featuring Tom Paxton, Vance Gilbert, Claudia Schmidt, Reggie Harris, and many Chicago luminaries.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer A study in contrasts and opposites, plus a remembrance of the great Richie Havens on the date of his birth.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 With Heart and Voice: What’s New? Host Peter DuBois shares selections from a number of new and recent CD releases of sacred choral and organ music. Tune in for some insight into new recordings.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G, R 437, Op. 10/6 – Australian Chamber Orch/Emmanuel Pahud, f. EMI CDC3-47212-2. [8:07]
Felix Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 471467-2 (4). [13:08]
1:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – New Philharmonia/Leopold Stokowski. BBC Radio Classics BBCRD-9107.
[16:58] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SM3K-47553. [23:20]
2:00 Claude Debussy Petite Suite – Lee Luvisi & AnneMarie McDermott, p’s. Delos DE-3167. [13:13] Bedrich Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7047. [11:25] Pablo de Sarasate Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 – Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p. Decca 4785950. [7:53]
3:00 Frédéric Chopin Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 – Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4797518 (2). [17:03] Camargo Guarnieri Piano Concerto #6 – Max Barros, p; Warsaw Phil Orch/Thomas Conlin. Naxos 8.557667. [12:05]
4:00 Mark O’Connor Strings and Threads Suite – Mark O’Connor, v; Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo. Sony SK-89660. [15:29] Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture – Boston Sym/ Andris Nelsons. BSO Classics 1401. [15:53]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D, Titan –San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. San Francisco Symphony 0002-2. [56:14]
6:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 – Pinchas Zukerman, v; St. Paul Chamber Orch. CBS MDK-44654. [24:18] Valerie Capers Song of the Seasons – Anita Johnson, s; Timothy Holley, vc; Susan Keith Gray, p. Albany TROY-387. [11:31] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Waltzes – Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CMS764346-2 (3). [17:45]
7:00 Antonín Dvorák Violin Sonatina in G, Op. 100 – Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p. DG 449820-2. [17:31] Peggy Glanville-Hicks Etruscan Concerto – Caroline Almonte, p; Tasmanian Sym Orch/ Richard Mills. ABC Classics 4817995 (2). [15:19]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Mahler: Blumine; Brahms/ Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25; Beethoven: Jeremy Denk, piano; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Symphonies of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Part 2 of 3. Symphony No. 2; Te Deum.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Franz Liszt Orpheus, Symphonic Poem No. 4 –Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK-66834. [10:46]
11:00 Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier, p. Chandos CHAN-8905. [14:40]
12:00 Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 25669-2. [9:04]
1:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos Chôros No. 5, Alma Brasileira – Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g’s. Nonesuch 79179-2. [4:40] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 413629-2 (4). [20:02]
2:00 Igor Stravinsky Petrouchka –Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1010. [35:55]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Organ Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 35 –Münch, o; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Haenchen. Capriccio 10135. [17:56] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – English Concert/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi 907280. [20:50] Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: Nos. 5-8 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 81038-2. [15:14]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Leoš Janácek is one of the most influential (and underrated) Czech composers of all time. Bill examines the Moravian and Slavic folk influences in his music.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Black Oak Ensemble (violinist Desirée Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunli e, and violist Aurélien Fort Pederzoli) live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [16:14]
11:00 Fela Sowande African Suite: 1st mvt, Joyful Day – London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [7:37]
12:00 Johann Stamitz Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Potsdam Chamber Academy. Decca 4814711. [16:40]
1:00 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Virgin 59300-2. [13:53] Gustav Holst A Winter Idyll –Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572914. [8:58]
2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423060-2. [29:11]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Sergei Rachmanino Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0015338-02. [22:59] Malcolm Arnold Four Irish Dances, Op 126 –Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN8867. [7:00] Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 – Jascha Heifetz, v; Orch/William Steinberg. RCA 61753-2. [24:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: Jessie Montgomery: Banner; Catalyst Quartet; Howard Swanson: The Cuckoo; J.S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Armenta Hummings Dumisani, piano; Cello Suite No. 1; Traditional: There is a Balm in Gilead; When Asked Wherein My Hope Lies; Amazing Grace; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lamentations, Movement 4; Thapelo Masita, cello.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Crumb: Selections from American Songbooks for Baritone,
Tune in for a profile of one of the foremost bel canto tenors of his generation who made history in 2007 when he broke a decades-long ban at La Scala giving an encore of “Ah! mes amis” from The Daughter of the Regiment, known for its nine high Cs. Not heard in Chicago since Lyric Opera’s 2005 production of La Cenerentola, Juan Diego Florez makes his long-awaited return this month in a recital of arias and Spanish song with pianist Vincenzo Scalera at Symphony Center.
Saturday, January 21 4:00 pm
Piano, and Percussion; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Ayano Kataoka, David Cossin, Haruka Fujii, Je rey Milarsky, percussion.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Charles Avison Concerto grosso No. 6 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti – Tiento Nuovo. Glossa GCD-923526. [12:39]
11:00 Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – BBC Sym Orch/ Sir Colin Davis. Philips 420085-2. [15:13]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts:Borisevich Duo (Nikita Borisevichm, violin, and Margarita Loukachkina, piano) performs works by Edvard Grieg and Maurice Ravel live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G – Sejong Soloists. Samsung TSCO-081. [6:49] Michael Torke Bright Blue Music –Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Argo 433071-2. [9:07]
2:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 – Renaud Capuçon, v; Radio France Phil/Lionel Bringuier. Erato 934134-2. [28:53]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Ha ner – Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado. Archiv 4777598 (2). [20:54] Duke Ellington Harlem – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5-57014-2. [14:10] Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 – Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti. BIS SACD-1877. [18:56]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s
DuSable to Obama A conversation with Orbert Davis on his soundtrack for the television documentary DuSable to Obama Hosted by Robbie Ellis.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Francis Poulenc Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio –Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2). [11:52]
11:00 George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op. 11, No. 2 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8947. [11:41]
12:00 Frédéric Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 17 – Garrick
Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6730-2 (2). [12:55]
1:00 Johann Christian Bach Grand Overture in D major Op. 18, No. 3, W. G15 – Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead. CPO 999752-2. [11:27] Doreen Carwithen Overture, Bishop Rock – London Sym Orch/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9524. [8:14]
2:00 Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op.115 – Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000147. [37:36]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 52 in c – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5). [20:43] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F, RV. 293, The Four Seasons: Autumn – Joshua Bell, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Michael Stern. Sony 11013-2. [10:39] Antonín Dvorák Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 – Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.570714. [22:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 WFMT Orchestra Series: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 (‘Inextinguishable’); Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622; Jörg Widmann, clarinet; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday Music, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Maurice Ravel La valse – Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo. BIS BIS-2438. [12:28]
11:00 Agustín Barrios Mangoré La Catedral – Manuel Barrueco, g. Warner 5565782. [6:31]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: Anthony McGill and Friends perform Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet recorded in 2004.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. George Frideric Handel
Alcina: Act 3 ballet music –English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner. Erato ECD-88084. [13:42] Mikhail Glinka Kamarinskaya – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9227. [6:03]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 – Gil Shaham, v; The Knights/ Eric Jacobsen. Canary Classics CC-20. [39:42]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A – Yefim Bronfman, p; Vienna Phil/Franz WelserMöst. DG 4763793. [20:21] Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007 – Michael Nicolella, g. Gale 14-006 (2). [17:19] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788. [16:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See Monday’s listing.
8:00Sounds Classical Composer vs. Composer: A look at the historical feud between Mozart and Salieri and a lighthearted discussion to determine which composer is best.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: TBA
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Bass-baritone William Warfield (1920-2002) interviewed in 1963.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Anna Knight, 18, piano. Ravel: Jeux d’eau; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 31/3; Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, Prelude & Fugue in G; Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10/4 & 10/8; Frolyak: Kurz
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites Ailyn Pérez (Blanche de la Force), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Mme. Lidoine), Sabine Devieilhe (Constance), Jamie Barton (Mére Marie); Alice Coote (Mme. de Croissy), Piotr Buszewski (Chevalier de la Force), Laurent Naouri (Marquis de la Force); Metropolitan Opera Cho &
Orch/Bertrand de Billy.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho
5:00 Weekend Evening Music
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Great Guitar Players: Alvaro Pierri.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: A reprise of Pat Donohue’s hilarious and heartfelt concert appearance from 2016 in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Veer into the philosophy of natural law, plus songs that touch on themes in Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice published 210 years ago this day.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6 :00 With Heart and Voice: Light As we approach the celebration of Candlemas, and the mid-point of winter, host Peter DuBois will focus on sacred music of light – both heavenly light, and the growing light of the changing seasons.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 68170-2. [15:56] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR-90000035. [12:33]
1:00 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, Lark – Danish String Quartet. Avi Music 8553264. [17:31] Enrique Granados Danzas españolas, Op. 37 (Op. 5): Minueto, Oriental, Andaluza, Jota – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000075. [15:24]
2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 –Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [15:24] Ferruccio Busoni Sonatina super Carmen (Chamber Fantasy after Bizet) – Peter Donohoe, p. Chandos CHAN-20237. [7:41]
3:00 Manuel de Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs – Avi Avital, man; Efraín Oscher, f; Sacha Rattle, cl. DG B0019758-02. [13:03] Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Alexander Shelley. DG 4792954. [24:16]
4:00 Luigi Boccherini Cello
Concerto in B-Flat, G 482 –Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-60681. [16:30]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDS7-49487-2 (6). [25:26]
Adolphus Hailstork Symphony No. 1 – Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559722. [21:10]
6:00 Hans Rott Symphony No. 1 in E – Bamberg Sym/Jakub Hruša. DG 4862932. [55:54]
7:00 Johannes Brahms Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 65 – Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg,p. EMI CDC555430-2. [19:53] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Virtuosi Saxoniae/ Ludwig Güttler. Berlin Classics 0011452-BC (2). [16:37]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125; Riccardo Muti, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Symphonies of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Part 3 of 3. Symphony No. 3; Violin Sonata No. 2; Overture in E-Flat.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Antonín Dvorák Othello Overture, Op 93 –Czech Phil/Libor Pešek. Virgin 91144-2. [15:00]
11:00 Franz Liszt Années de pèlerinage: 3rd Year, Rome: Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este – Cédric Tiberghien, p. Hyperion CDA-68202. [8:16]
12:00 George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Alison Balsom, tr; Tom Poster, p; Britten Sinfonia/Scott Stroman. Warner 9029622991. [16:07]
1:00 Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 –Stefan Vladar, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 429396-2. [7:53] Maddalena Sirmen Violin Concerto No. 5 in B-flat –Terrie Baune, v; Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Newport Classic NCD-60102. [21:16]
2:00 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, Spring – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4792437 (2). [29:25]
He describes standing on stage, pointing the bell of his clarinet towards the audience, and drawing them into the music of Messiaen, Takemitsu, and Copland. He has introduced us to new players, and new interpretations of less understood works, plus he has commissioned music by everybody. Listen to stories about his parents, Benny Goodman, Rudolf Serkin, his teachers and friends.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth and pianist Jinhee Park 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graa
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Giuseppe Tartini Violin Concerto in A minor – Nicola Benedetti, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Christian Curnyn. Decca B0016412-02. [14:55]
11:00 Robert Beaser Mountain Songs – Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo. Berto Records 1801. [11:19]
12:00 Gioachino Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture – Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Conifer 55004-2. [9:57]
Anna Knight (formerly Anna Yurchenko), 18, is a recent arrival to the Chicago area. A year ago, she was a student at the Vladimir Krainev State Music Lyceum, an arts high school in Kharkiv. Fleeing the eastern Ukrainian city upon the Russian invasion in February, Anna has since settled in Highland Park and resumed her piano studies as a student of Marta Aznavoorian. In her radio recital she plays Ravel, Beethoven, Bach and Chopin, plus a short encore by Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak.
Saturday, January 28 11:00 am
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ernest Bloch Schelomo –Hebraic Rhapsody – Natalie Clein, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ilan Volkov. Hyperion CDA-67910. [20:06]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314 – James Galway, f; St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. RCA 68256-2. [20:55] Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps: March; Entr’acte; Ballet & Final Tableau – London Phil/Sir Adrian Boult. EMI CDC7-47216-2. [12:59]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Richard Stoltzman. Richard Stoltzman represents over fifty years of clarinet history.
1:00 Aram Khachaturian Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia –Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80657. [9:18] Florence Price Snapshots – Samantha Ege, p. Lorelt LNT-144. [9:30]
2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-711. [35:56]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, H VIIb:2 (Op. 101) – Chamber Orch of Europe/Mischa Maisky, vc. DG 419786-2. [21:51] Heinrich von Biber Sonatina (con altre arie) – Loren Ludwig, vi da gamba; ACRONYM. New Focus Recordings FCR-913. [12:01] Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat –Barry Tuckwell, hn; London Sym Orch/István Kertész.
Over the course of this week, Bill shares an interview with a living legend, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, whose 50+ year career includes elite status as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, jazz performer, arranger, and recording artist. At age 80, the category-defying artist continues to be a trailblazer for his instrument and is also a Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef.
Beginning Monday, January 30, 7:00 pm
Decca 460296-2 (2). [20:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Richard Stoltzman. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: Traditional: Give Me Jesus; Celesta Day, soprano; American Spiritual Ensemble; Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor; Spirituals; Alex Laing, clarinet; David Berry, piano; Trevor Weston: Eurythmy Variations; Mikael Darmanie, piano; Carlos Simon: Amen; Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call; Gateways Orchestra, Michael Morgan, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Crumb: Selections from American Songbooks for Baritone, Piano, and Percussion; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Ayano Kataoka, David Cossin, Haruka Fujii, Je rey Milarsky, percussion.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Lead individual sponsorship for Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s –Today is generously contributed by Kenneth C. Gri in.
Lead support is provided by the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris; Zell Family Foundation; Cari and Michael Sacks; the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Jana and Bernardo Hees; Mellon Foundation; Gael Neeson, Edlis Neeson Foundation; and Karyn and Bill Silverstein.
Major support is provided by Julie and Larry Bernstein, Robert J. Buford, Citi Private Bank, Lois and Steve Eisen and the Eisen Family Foundation, Marilyn and Larry Fields, Nancy and David Frej, the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, Anne L. Kaplan, and anonymous.
Generous support is provided by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and by Marisa Murillo.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
This exhibition is supported by Etant donnés Contemporary Art, a program from Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States, with support from the French Ministry of Culture, Institut français, Ford Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, CHANEL, and ADAGP.
