From the President & CEO The Guide
Dear Member,
This month, WTTW will premiere a new program hosted by award-winning producer Geoffrey Baer, who will take you on an adventure to explore The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago. Discover the stories of how these innovative and uniquely magnificent spaces and places across the many neighborhoods of Chicago came to be, why they are meaningful to the people who live and work nearby, and why we should all know their histories. On the companion website, you’ll find an audio tour of some of Geoffrey’s favorite places, a web-extra video where viewers can meet Chicago’s mermaid sculpture and the artist behind its once-mysterious origins, and a place for you to submit your own picks for the most beautiful place!
March is Women’s History Month, and WTTW will celebrate with a Sunday evening triple bill of British dramas about women – Call the Midwife, Sanditon , and Marie Antoinette ; an Independent Lens profile of equal rights activist Ruby Duncan; and a Gershwin Prize tribute to legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.
WFMT Presents will mark International Women’s Day with violinist Hilary Hahn in conversation with Lisa Flynn in advance of her Symphony Center recital; a playlist of works by important women artists curated by pianist Sara Davis Buechner; and Cheryl Frazes Hill’s treatise on the legendary conductor, chorus director, and educator Margaret Hillis. On wfmt.com, meet Francesca Caccini, a 17th century Italian musician credited as the first woman to write an opera, La liberazione di Ruggiero; and take a deep dive into the multi-year creation of Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman .
On behalf of all of us at WTTW and WFMT, I want to thank you for your support as we celebrate Women’s History Month and head into the first days of spring.
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)
March 2023
Volume 36, Number 297
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Frontline: Age of Easy Money
Frontline explores how the Fed’s epic monetary experiment has changed the American economy, and what it means that the era may be over.
Tuesday, March 14, 8:00 pm
In the Spotlight
Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Actor David Suchet revisits his signature role as Agatha Christie’s Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, who travels the world solving baffling crimes.
Thursday, March 16, 7:00 pm
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Bread & Beans
2:00 Cook’s Country: Midwestern Favorites
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Israeli Cuisine
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Hidden Secrets
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Elvis Presley: ’68 Comeback Special
Women’s History Month
Join WTTW throughout the month for a celebration of influential women, including pioneering civil rights crusader Ida B. Wells, trailblazing Chicago mayor Jane Byrne, the “mother of improv” Viola Spolin, comedy legend Betty White, beloved singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, and many more. Also, enjoy a Sunday evening “triplefeature” of British drama series centered on female characters.
Throughout March
Wednesday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 2 of 2) [R]
3:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: America’s Favorite Sandwiches
8:30 Prince and the Revolution: The Purple Rain Tour Experience the powerful performance by Prince and The Revolution on their legendary Purple Rain Tour, featuring hits like “Let’s Go Crazy, “ “Little Red Corvette,” “When Doves Cry,” and an 18+ minute version of “Purple Rain.”
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 2
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide
2:00 Eat to Sleep It’s a fact that people aren’t getting enough quality sleep. This program shows how to utilize food to fall asleep faster and wake up refreshed with a step-by-step program that teaches what to eat and when to eat it.
3:30 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD Explore the biological hallmarks of aging, their causes, and their consequences, and how to overcome them with simple dietary, lifestyle, and emerging longevity strategies.
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight
Meals: Chicks Rule
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Downton Abbey ’s Phyllis Logan and her husband, actor Kevin McNally, travel through Kent with antiques experts, competing to see who can discover a hidden treasure.
Sunday, March 26, 6:00 pm
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Figs in a Glass
2:00 Cook’s Country: Fried Chicken and Biscuits
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Project Smoke Road Trip
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Damned if You Do…
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Becoming Frederick Douglass
8:30 Classical Rewind Experience the beauty, romance, and dramatic power of musical masterpieces in this visual and auditory joyride through the world of classical hits.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The British Beat Travel to London and around the UK to the places where the British Beat was born, and enjoy a mix of archival full-length performance films mixed with live performances.
2:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD Dr. Amen shares the seven foods and supplements that research shows you can use every day to enhance your memory.
3:30 The Path to Happily Ever After with Rajiv Nagaich What does it take to live “happily ever after” during your retirement years? Rajiv Nagaich delivers a master plan that seamlessly coordinates health, housing, finances, legal, and family issues.
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Mouth of the South
1:30
Lidia’s Kitchen: One Dish, Two Meals
2:00 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Meatballs and More
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Until Death Do You Part
5:00 BBC World News Today
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The
In the Spotlight
Elvis Presley: ’68 Comeback Special
Throughout the 1950s, Elvis Presley led the rock ‘n’ roll revolution in music and pop culture. By 1968, it had been more than seven years since he had appeared on stage in front of a live audience. In June 1968, Elvis taped his first television special. It stands today as one of the great moments in rock music history and as a stunningly brilliant milestone in Elvis’s career.
Wednesday, March 1
7:00 pm
A Q&A with Geoffrey Baer
on his upcoming special The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
Chicago is full of places that take your breath away, from gilded lobbies to verdant parks and eye-popping skyscrapers to glorious sacred spaces. Geoffrey Baer has visited a lot of these stunning locations while exploring Chicago for his WTTW documentaries, and his newest special will take you even further into The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
The special, along with an immersive companion website, premieres on WTTW on Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm and will be available to stream at the same time on the PBS Video app and at wttw.com/beautifulplaces.
We spoke to Geoffrey about the show and his love for Chicago, its people, and their cherished places.
Premiering Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm on WTTW, wttw.com/beautifulplaces, and the PBS Video app
THE GUIDE: What is the premise of the new show?
GEOFFREY BAER: I have been doing this for so many years, and in every show, I come across a handful of amazingly beautiful places or things in the Chicago area. I started thinking about these places that you go into and people just can’t believe their eyes. The Elks Memorial in Lincoln Park that looks like the Roman Pantheon; the Hindu temple – it’s called a mandir – in Bartlett; these places that are so spectacular.
Part of the fun of this show is that we’re calling it The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago, an intentionally provocative title. We’re encouraging people to get into that debate with us and tell us about other places they might suggest.
THE GUIDE: Did you include other people’s “most beautiful places” and hear their opinions?
BAER: A big component of this special is the interviews we conduct with people as they show us their beautiful places.
We broadened the definition of beauty so that it’s not just physical, visual beauty, but it’s also what makes a place or a thing beautiful because of its meaning to a person or to a community, and how it’s used. So we have Ernie Wong talking about transforming abandoned industrial sites like an old quarry and an old railroad yard into beautiful parks [Palmisano Park and Ping Tom Park, respectively] for communities that are in need of open space, and how that feels to him and what it contributes to the community.
Roman Villarreal, the artist who created the sculpture in Steelworkers Park – he’s one of my favorite interviews in the show –talks about the meaning of the steel mill to the community and what it meant when the steel mill closed, and what he wanted to say with his sculpture. It’s just beautiful to me.
I loved hearing from these people. Like Juan Gabriel Moreno, the architect of
Northeastern Illinois University’s El Centro, talking about how every community deserves dramatic and beautiful architecture, not just downtown. There’s the physical beauty of his building, but also the beauty of what it means to him and to the neighborhood.
THE GUIDE: Were there new places you discovered in this show?
BAER: I knew nothing about Baitul Ilm Mosque in Streamwood. I was aware of a lot of different mosques, but I really wanted to find one that was outstandingly beautiful. We had an intern compile a huge database of all the Islamic religious sites that we could find in the Chicago region and I started Googling them all. As soon as I landed on Baitul Ilm, I said, “How did I not know about this place?” It’s dazzling.
I had never been to the Ukrainian Saints Volodymyr and Olha Church. I’ve known about the ore walls at Steelworkers Park for years, but I got to climb them, which was really fun. I’ve been watching Jeanne Gang’s St. Regis Tower going up over the last few years, but had never been inside. We got to go up to the penthouse.
The show starts with me getting in a little airplane because the pilot wants to show
me what he considers the most beautiful place, which for him is flying at about one thousand feet over the lakefront at sunset or sunrise. Whenever I fly, I always try to get a window seat, and there’s that moment when you’re returning to Chicago and you’re heading over Lake Michigan and I’m just glued to the window hoping I’m on the right side of the plane to get a nice view of downtown, which you get to see for about ten seconds. So to go up in a small airplane and fly up and down the lakefront for 45 minutes was fantastic.
THE GUIDE: What makes Chicago itself, as a whole, beautiful?
BAER: I think people are ready for a reminder of what we love about Chicago. Our diversity is our strength. It’s a city of people who came here for a better life, as my grandparents did, as so many of our grandparents did, as Black people did in the Great Migration. Historically, it’s been seen as a place of opportunity. As is true of everywhere in America, there’s unfortunate inequity, but the ideal of a place like Chicago is that anybody can come here and make a better life for themselves.
WTTW Multicast & Streaming Highlights
Prime
Marian Anderson: American Masters
Sunday, March 5, 8:00 pm
Discover an international singer who captivated royalty in Europe and defied the conscience of 1939 America. Watch rare archival footage and hear audio recordings. Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.
World
Her War, Her Story: World War II
Saturday, March 11 at 6:00 pm
From members of the U.S. Women’s Army Corps to the civilian witnesses to the war in Europe, this film shows how women were equal to men in patriotism, service, and steadfastness in critical moments.
Watch on WTTW World, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.
Passport
Sanditon Season 3
For Passport Members Only
Binge the third season of this series starting on the night of its broadcast premiere on March 19. Episode one sees Charlotte arrive back at the seaside resort – fiancé in tow – for the society event of the year. Watch with a Passport membership on wttw.com/watch or the PBS Video app.
What is Passport?
With a WTTW Passport membership, unlock thousands of exclusive WTTW and PBS programs on wttw.com/watch and the PBS Video app. Look for videos with the blue compass symbol to get members-only access to watch on your computer, smartphone, tablet, smart TV, or TV streaming device.
Ways to Watch
Find full schedules for all channels at wttw.com/schedules.
Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters Discover the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor, iconic comedian Groucho Marx, through interviews with Cavett, archival footage, and interviews with George Burns and others.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 Classical Rewind See Thurs. Mar. 2 at 8:30 pm. [R]
2:00 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD See Thurs. Mar. 2 at 3:30 am. [R]
3:30 Eat to Sleep See Thurs. Mar. 2 at 2:00 am. [R]
5:00 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD [R]
MORNING
6:30 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD See Fri. Mar. 3 at 2:00 am. [R]
In the Spotlight
8:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
10:00 Classical Rewind [R]
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
AFTERNOON
12:05 Cook’s Country: TexMex Favorites
12:40 Lidia’s Kitchen: Familiar Flavors
1:20 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Wagyu Demystified
1:55 America’s Test Kitchen: Bistro Classics at Home
2:29 America’s Test Kitchen: French Chicken and Potatoes
3:05 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Souvlaki and Flatbread
3:45 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Ancient Greece for Modern Cooks
4:30 Classical Rewind [R]
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Endeavour: A Countdown to the Final Goodbye
8:30 To be announced
10:00 Last of the Breed Celebrate the greatest hits of Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price in this 2007 concert. With the richest voices this side of the Rio Grande, the three legends give rousing performances on a treasure trove of honky-tonk and Texas swing tunes.
11:30 Elvis Presley: ’68 Comeback Special See Wed. Mar. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 5
EARLY MORNING
1:00 The British Beat See Fri. Mar. 3 at 12:00 am. [R]
3:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
5:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White
MORNING
Endeavour: A Countdown to the Final Goodbye
After 10 phenomenally successful years, stars Shaun Evans and Roger Allam and screenwriter Russell Lewis have mutually decided to bring the internationally renowned series to a close with Season 9. See some familiar faces returning, and watch as cerebral and solitary DS Morse and older and wiser DCI Fred Thursday face new challenges before the final goodbye.
Saturday, March 4
7:00 pm
History Month Women’s
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Saturday, March 11
4:30 pm
Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne
Monday, March 20
9:00 pm
Independent Lens: Storming Caesar’s Palace
Saturday, March 25
10:30 pm
Girl Talk: A Local, USA Special
Sunday, March 26
2:00 pm
Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service
Sunday, March 26
3:30 pm
Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special
Sunday, March 26 4:30 pm
Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special
Monday, March 27 9:00 pm
Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
6:00 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD available to everyone, and it works faster, better, and is cheaper than any other drug on the market-and all the side effects are good ones.
7:30 Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson Through enlightening research and inspiring success stories, this program offers hope to anyone interested in utilizing dietary tools to realize true health and vitality.
9:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White [R]
Friday, March 31
8:00 pm
Girl Talk: A Local, USA Special
Saturday, March 11 12:00 pm
Codebreaker: American Experience
Sunday, March 12 8:00 pm
Unladylike 2020: American Masters
Sunday, March 12 9:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Angela Merkel
Sunday, March 12 10:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Queen Elizabeth II
Sunday, March 12 11:00 pm
Helen Keller: American Masters Sunday, March 19 8:00 pm
Twyla Moves: American Masters
Sunday, March 19 9:30 pm
Ruth Stone’s Library of the Female Mind
Sunday, March 19 11:00 pm
Sandra Day O’Connor – The First: American Experience
Sunday, March 26 8:00 pm
Women and the Vote
The Vote: American Experience
Sundays, 7:00 pm
Marian Anderson: American Masters
Sunday, March 5 8:00 pm
Voice of Freedom: American Experience
Sunday, March 5 10:00 pm
Sunday, March 26 10:00 pm
Closing the Gap: 50 Years Seeking Equal Pay
Sunday, March 26 11:00 pm
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Kid Grid
10:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
AFTERNOON
12:00 Classical Rewind [R]
1:30 Burt Bacharach’s Best Watch as all the original artists perform Burt Bacharach’s hits with rare archival footage and clips from the 1960s-1970s.
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Celine Dion: Taking Chances World Tour - The Concert Relive the magical moments of Celine Dion’s record-breaking, 2008-09 Taking Chances World Tour. Surrounded by musicians and dancers, Celine performs her greatest hits on stage.
EVENING
6:30 Les Miserables: The Staged Concert
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Prince and the Revolution: The Purple Rain Tour See Wed. Mar. 1 at 8:30 pm. [R]
Monday 6
12:30 Elvis Presley: ’68 Comeback Special [R]
2:00 Classical Rewind [R]
3:30 Classical Rewind [R]
5:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Creole Kitchen Secrets
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Fruits of the Sea
2:00 Cook’s Country: Seafood Two Ways
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Indian Classics at Home
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Swimming in Murder
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots [3 episodes TBD]
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Last of the Breed See Sat. Mar. 4 at 10:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Eat to Sleep [R]
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
In this new special and companion website, people from all over the city and suburbs take Geoffrey Baer to the places they find most breathtaking and explain why they are so meaningful, and Geoffrey reveals some of his own favorites. Woven together, it’s a tapestry that represents the rich diversity of Chicago.
Tuesday, March 7 7:00 and 8:30 pm
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Snacks for Dinner
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: An Ionian Odyssey
2:00 Cook’s Country: Two Tastes from the Bay Area
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Smoking 101
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Perfect Murder
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago A new special hosted by Geoffrey Baer that explores the Chicago area’s most striking locations.
8:30 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 8
12:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
2:00 Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson See Sun. Mar. 5 at 7:30 am. [R]
3:30 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Five Ingredient Surf ‘n’ Turf
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Elegant Eats
2:00 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Quick Pasta
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: She Was Murdered Twice
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 To be announced 10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: No Meat, All Flavor
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Dodecanese for Dinner
2:00 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvanian Melting Pot
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Shoulders and Bellies
3:00 Call the Midwife: Special Delivery
4:00 Death in Paradise: Unlike Father, Unlike Son
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 To be announced 10:00 Chicago Tonight 10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 10
EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
GALA
Celebrating Chicago ’s Two World’s Fairs
Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 5:30 -9:00pm
Crown Hall, IIT Campus, Chicago $275 per person
Join us at Mies’s modernist masterpiece as we celebrate the anniversaries of Chicago’s two world’s fairs, held in 1893 and 1933-34. Enjoy wonderful food and beverage, hear remarks by Dr. Reed Kroloff, dean of the College of Architecture, and help us honor preservation architect T. Gunny Harboe, recipient of this year ’s John and Frances Glessner Award. The honorary gala chair is Jeanne Gang.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit GlessnerHouse.org
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
This new special celebrates the long-running detective series, its iconic locations, and key cast members, and goes behind the scenes at the upcoming season. Learn how Midsomer Murders came to life from the pages of Caroline Graham’s books in interviews with actors Neil Dudgeon, John Nettles, Jane Wymark, and Jason Hughes. Also watch early career appearances by Orlando Bloom, Olivia Colman, and Henry Cavill.
Saturday, March 11 7:00 pm
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: When Pigs Fry
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Familiar Flavors [R]
2:00 Cook’s Country: Cajun Country
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The New American Bakery
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Complex Murder
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 To be announced
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Eat Your Medicine:
The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD [R]
MORNING
6:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]
8:30 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago [R]
10:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago [R]
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
AFTERNOON
12:05 Cook’s Country
12:40 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:20 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
1:55 America’s Test Kitchen
2:29 America’s Test Kitchen
3:05 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:45 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:30 Betty White: First Lady of Television Enjoy this definitive look at Betty White’s life and career. Observe Betty behind the scenes at work, entertaining at home, and interacting with her close friends - one of whom is a 900-pound grizzly bear.
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
8:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago [R]
9:30 To be announced
Sunday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
*Spring ahead to Daylight Savings Time*
MORNING
6:00 To be announced
AFTERNOON
5:30 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago [R]
EVENING
7:00 To be announced
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 To be announced
Monday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
5:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Eating with Friends
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Southern Italian Favorites
2:00 Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Argentina Favorites
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: One for the Road
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Marilyn Monroe signed autograph, 1986 - 1987 Michael Jordan basketball cards and sticker, and a Tiffany & Co. bracelet, circa 1960.
8:00 Great Performances: Remember This
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Cozy Casseroles
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Diane Discovers Her New Athens ‘Hood
2:00 Cook’s Country: Old New Mexico
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Surf Meets Turf
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Posing in Murder
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: No Irish Need Apply Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.
8:00 Frontline: Age of Easy Money
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Great Performances:
Remember This See Mon. Mar. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Death in Paradise [R]
4:00 Call the Midwife [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Sun’s Out, Buns Out
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Sweet and Savory Fruit
2:00 Cook’s Country: Chuck Roast and Potatoes
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Cake and Scones
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: A Personal Murder
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: The Serengeti Rules
Explore some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of nature and ecology.
Great Performances: Remember This
This film, adapted from the play by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, stars Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn as World War II Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski in a true story of a reluctant hero and Holocaust witness who risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world, and ultimately, the Oval Office.
Monday, March 13 8:00 pm
8:00 NOVA: Kilauea – Hawaii on Fire Journey to Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, which sent rivers of lava through communities and into the sea when it erupted in 2018, turning paradise into an inferno.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: A Samurai in the Vatican
Discover the fate and legacy of men caught up in the first ages of globalization as they faced secret ambitions, religious and political tensions.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: No
Irish Need Apply See Tues. Mar. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Frontline: Age of Easy Money See Tues. Mar. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Death in Paradise: A Personal Murder [R]
4:00 Call the Midwife [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Basta Pasta – U.S. vs. Italy
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Accidental Vegan
2:00 Cook’s Country: Saucy
Italian-Inspired Dinners
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Ribs Rock the Smoker
3:00 Call the Midwife: Special Delivery
4:00 Death in Paradise: Lost Identity
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Clocks Inspector Hercule Poirot arrives in Dover to help Lieutenant Colin Race determine if Sheila Webb is responsible for the murder of a middle-aged man found stabbed. Could there be a connection with the recent discovery of a German mole within the Navy?
8:30 Father Brown: The Enigma of Antigonish Father Brown investigates staff at the local health spa when an exemployee is found murdered.
9:15 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – O
Thou Invisible Spirit of Wine
When paranormal activity is reported in a Tudor pub, Frank and Lu are on the case.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 17
St. Patrick’s Day
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: The Serengeti Rules See Wed. Mar. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Kilauea – Hawaii on Fire See Wed. Mar. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: A Samurai in the Vatican See Wed. Mar. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Death in Paradise: Lost Identity [R]
4:00 Call the Midwife [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: From the Latin Kitchen
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Italian Essentials
2:00 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Mexico City Favorites
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Dishing Up Murder
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 Hidden Ireland Peter Greenberg explores the hidden gems of Dublin, Cliffs of Moher, Belfast, Ashford Castle, and Cape Clear.
9:00 I Am Ireland This program features songs and stories with the traditional Irish tenor Paddy Homan & Orchestra. This concert film was filmed at Chicago’s renowned Old St. Patrick’s Church and in the private residences of musicians, featuring the 40 members of The City Lights Orchestra conducted by Rich Daniels.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie: Alice in Dairyland
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Chattanooga, Tennessee
10:30 This Old House: Newburyport – Bed Race
11:00 Ask This Old House: Dimmer Switch Troubleshooting, Clothes Rack
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: The Po-Boy Sandwich
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Midwestern Favorites
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Spot Prawns Vancouver
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Switch Up the Spice
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Primal Grill
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Jewish Baking
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Best Beef Stews
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Street Food in Athens
4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: The Countryside
4:30 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices
7:00 Death in Paradise A reggae rap artist is shot dead at a soundcheck for a concert. Things prove uncomfortable for Marlon when he discovers a personal connection to the crime.
8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A History of Violins When a priceless violin is stolen, the Drake Detective Agency tracks down the culprit.
8:59 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Clocks See Thurs. Mar. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:30 Father Brown: The Enigma of Antigonish See Thurs. Mar. 16 at 8:30 pm. [R]
11:15 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – O Thou Invisible Spirit of Wine See Thurs. Mar. 16 at 9:15 pm. [R]
Sunday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Hidden Ireland See Fri. Mar. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:00 I Am Ireland See Fri. Mar. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 3 of 3) [R]
3:00 Frontline: Age of Easy Money [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30-9:30 WTTW Kids
9:30 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 1 of 8) It’s Easter 1967 and preparations are underway for a colorful Easter Bonnet parade outside Nonnatus House. However, Trixie is left shocked when routine building work nearby uncovers a terrible secret.
10:30 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 2 of 8) While Trixie tries to calm an anxious patient, Sister Frances examines a young woman with some troubling symptoms.
11:30 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 3 of 8) Violet must balance her professional and personal views to tackle the issue of meths drinkers. Trixie and Matthew’s friendship blossoms into something deeper.
AFTERNOON
12:29 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 4 of 8) A heatwave descends over Poplar and Sister Monica Joan struggles. An angel comes in the form of Fred, who has a sneaky plan.
1:28 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 5 of 8) Trixie has been assigned to a complicated case. Sister Hilda is called to the primary school and she asks Nancy and Sister Francesto for help.
2:27 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 6 of 8) Trixie speaks out on behalf of a patient, with mixed reactions. Nancy reveals a secret that could threaten her relationship with Nonnatus House.
3:27 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part of 7 of 8) An unforeseen event in Poplar leads to Nonnatus House’s biggest threat yet. Sister Hilda and Sister Julienne decide to show Nancy what she is capable of.
4:27 Call the Midwife: Special Delivery (Season 11, Part 8 of 8) The aftermath of a tragic incident ripples through the community. As Nonnatus House faces its darkest day, the team must overcome personal anguish to help the injured.
5:27 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 With Christmas approaching, the midwives move to their maternity clinic and are delighted when their first patient is a familiar face. Everyone unites for
a festive talent show.
EVENING
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 1 of 8)
8:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6)
9:00 Marie Antoinette: The Slap (Part 1 of 8)
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: I Have a Dream (Season 2, Part 6 of 8) The archery competition is approaching and the competitors from Madrid arrive at the academy. To everyone’s surprise, Angela is accompanying them.
Monday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Austin City Limits: The Best of Nanci Griffith Enjoy an hour of late Texas singer/ songwriter legend Nanci Griffith’s best Austin City Limits performances.
1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Mar. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A History of Violins See Sat. Mar. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Clocks [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
In the Spotlight
5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Tracy Campbell
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Alaskan Salmon Two Ways
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Keep it Fresh
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Middle Eastern Meets London
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Blood Red Sea
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Wags to Riches Watch furry finds that will be sure to leave tails wagging for more, including a 1965 Charles Schulz Peanuts strip, a Julius Adam II “Kitten Symphony” oil, and a Jamie Wyeth portrait of Andy Warhol with his dog.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Body of Work Enjoy an eye-catching collection of standouts including a Willie Sutton prison-escape head and hand, an over-the-shoulder saxhorn, and a Victorian puffy heart charm necklace.
9:00 Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne After pulling off one of Chicago’s greatest political upsets, Mayor Jane Byrne found herself caught between the political machine that shaped her and the reformers who elected her.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 1 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Mar. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: The Slap (Part 1 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 1 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 19 at 9:30 am. [R]
Food in Athens [R]
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: How to Smoke When You Don’t Have a Smoker
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Flames of Love
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Tony: A Year in the Life of Dr. Anthony Fauci –American Masters
9:00 Frontline: Weinstein How the Hollywood mogul allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein’s early years, the film investigates the elaborate ways he and those around him tried to silence his accusers.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Wags to Riches See Mon. Mar. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Body of Work See Mon. Mar. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne See Mon. Mar. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Call the Midwife [R]
4:00 Call the Midwife [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Twisted Italian
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: ItalianStyle Salads
2:00 Cook’s Country: BBQ Brisket and Fritters
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Tuesday Night Bologna
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (New Season!)
Charlotte Heywood arrives back in Sanditon for Georgiana’s 21st birthday party with her fiancé Ralph in tow, but the presence of her former love interest Alexander Colbourne makes her uncertain.
Sundays beginning March 19, 8:00 pm
Maya built large complex cities with towering pyramids and temples that served as centers for a thriving civilization. Follow archaeologists exploring new evidence into the mystery of why the cities were abandoned.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Magellan’s Crossing Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set sail to gain control of the global spice trade. What resulted was the first circumnavigation of the earth, laying the groundwork for colonization and globalization still felt today.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Dr. Tony Fauci: American Masters See Tues. Mar. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Call
the Midwife (New Season!)
It is now 1968, and there are changes in the air. Nonnatus House welcomes a new nun to the team, Sister Veronica, who impresses everyone except for Nurse Crane.
Sundays beginning March 19, 7:00 pm
4:00 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 2 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 19 at 10:30 am. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Chinatown Vancouver
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Street
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: Born in the Rockies –First Steps Follow new animal mothers through the trials of raising a family in the Rocky Mountains. Cranes migrate north to give birth, a bison mother protects her lambs from threats, and young mountain goats learn to climb.
8:00 NOVA: Ancient Maya Metropolis The ancient
2:00 Frontline: Weinstein See Tues. Mar. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Call the Midwife [R]
4:00 Call the Midwife [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Spot Prawns Vancouver [R]
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane
Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she leaves Austria to marry the young Dauphin of France. Her mother pushes for a son to secure the alliance between France and Austria, but it proves to be a challenge.
Sundays beginning March 19, 9:00 pm
Kochilas: ThessalonikiGreece’s De Facto Food City
2:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food Classics
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Big Bad Beef
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News
Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Halloween Party Ariadne Oliver attends a Halloween party in Woodleigh Common where a girl boasts of having witnessed a murder years before.
8:30 Father Brown: The Laws of Motion Sullivan resolves to put an end to Father Brown’s meddling for good.
9:15 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Teach Me, Dear Creature Frank and Lu delve into the ultra-competitive world of private tutoring.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Born in the Rockies – First Steps See
Wed. Mar. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Ancient Maya Metropolis See Wed. Mar. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Magellan’s Crossing See Wed. Mar. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Call the Midwife [R]
4:00 Call the Midwife [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Six Ingredient Meals
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Potato, Potato
2:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Portuguese Classics
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: Dishing Up Murder
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 In the Making: American Masters
10:00 Chicago Tonight 10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 To be announced
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie: Hoard’s Dairyman - St. Saviour Cheese
9:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: The Makers
10:30 This Old House: Newburyport – This Really Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House: Shed Organization, Pea Stone Walkway
11:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Spring Fling
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Fried Chicken and Biscuits
12:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Six Ingredient Meals [R]
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Colorful Inspiration
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Tex Meets Mex
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
from Cook’s Illustrated: Shrimp, Fast and Slow
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Simple Cakes
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Thessaloniki: Greece’s De Facto Food City [R]
4:00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: The Herb Garden
4:30 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival Food Hall, Club Lucky
5:00 The Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
6:30 Chicago Tonight Black Voices
7:00 Death in Paradise When a prestigious chess match ends in murder, the team must work out how and why.
8:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A Sunshine State of Mind The mother of a close friend invested in some prime real estate that Frankie discovers does not exist.
8:59 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Halloween Party See Thurs. Mar. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:30 Independent Lens: Storming Caesar’s Palace
Sunday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Laws of Motion See Thurs. Mar. 23 at 8:30 pm. [R]
12:45 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Teach Me, Dear Creature See Thurs. Mar. 23 at 9:15 pm. [R]
1:30 In the Making: American Masters See Fri. Mar. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:28 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 See Sun. Mar. 19 at 5:27 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Pritzker Military Presents: Thomas Schueman – Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan
11:00 Great Performances at the Met: The Hours Enjoy Renée Fleming’s return to the Met in this new production inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
2:00 Girl Talk: A Local, USA Special
3:30 Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service Narrated by Phylicia Rashad, this film documents the history of one of the nation’s oldest African American
women’s organizations.
4:30 Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special A profile of Viola Spolin, known as The Mother of Improv.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques
Road Trip: Phyllis Logan and Kevin McNally
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 2 of 8) A surprise pregnancy for one of Dr. Turner’s patients leads him to start a campaign to encourage men to use contraception.
8:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Georgiana faces a nearly impossible task, but help arrives from a surprising place, which results in Charlotte and Colbourne being thrown together again.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: Rival Queens (Part 2 of 8) Marie Antoinette realizes that producing an heir will not be straightforward. She turns to Madame du Barry for support.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 La Otra Mirada: There is No Failure (Season 2, Part 7
Nature: Born in the Rockies
Journey deep into the heart of the Rocky Mountains and experience this land through the eyes of its iconic wildlife, in one of the world’s most challenging and spectacular habitats.
Wednesdays, March 22 and 29, 7:00 pm
Get swept up in Jonah’s story from the belly of the whale, Jacob’s evocative night visions, the prayers of Judith the prophet, and Jeremiah’s visions, all set to evocative music of the high Renaissance. Voices join with lute, recorders, reeds, and sackbut to perform works that warn, whisper, and herald the future.
Oracles, prophets, and dreams
Misatango
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Joni Mitchell: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell receives the 2023 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at an allstar tribute in Washington, D.C. Friday, March 31
8:00 pm
of 8) Upset with Vicente, Luisa receives an unexpected visitor: her son, Arcadio.
Monday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Austin City Limits: Sylvan Esso/Lucius North Carolina’s Sylvan Esso and acclaimed act Lucius
1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Mar. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries: A Sunshine State of Mind See Sat. Mar. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Halloween Party [R]
5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover [R]
5:30 History with David Rubenstein: Lynne Cheney
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Holiday Sweets
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Simply Lidia
2:00 Cook’s Country: Beef, Dressed Up
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Israel New and Old
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Blood Red Sea
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Did Grandma Lie? Find out if grandma lied about family goods that include a 1900 Mark Twain letter.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: True Colors Finds include a 1967 Alexander Calder painting, a blue opaline snake paperweight, and a Robert Ridgway “Color Standards” book.
9:00 Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 2 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Sanditon Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Mar. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: Rival Queens (Part 2 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Celebrity Antiques Road
Trip: Phyllis Logan and Kevin McNally See Sun. Mar. 26 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special See Sun. Mar. 26 at 4:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: The World in a Meatball
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Old World Charms of the Athenian Table
2:00 Cook’s Country: Regional Italian American Favorites
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Bacon 24/7
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Anchormen Henry Louis Gates guests are journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones.
8:00 The Movement and the Madman: American Experience
9:30 To be announced
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 29
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Did Grandma Lie? See Mon. Mar. 27 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: True Colors See Mon. Mar. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Great Performances at the Met: The Hours See Sun. Mar. 26 at 11:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Just Braising
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country: Aloha State Favorites
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Vegetarian
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: Born in the Rockies – Growing Up Young animals face new challenges as winter envelops the Rocky Mountains.
8:00 NOVA: Einstein’s Quantum Riddle Join physicists as they capture light from across the universe in a bid to prove Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance.”
9:00 Tanzania: The Royal Tour Peter Greenberg travels through Tanzania with the country’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Anchormen See Tues. Mar. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Movement and the Madman: American Experience See Tues. Mar. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Girl Talk: A Local, USA Special See Sun. Mar. 26 at 2:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Sylvan Esso/Lucius See Mon. Mar. 27 at 12:30 am. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Golden State Grub
1:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Northern Delights - Ioannina
2:00 Cook’s Country: Chicken and Cornbread
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Hog Wild
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 BBC World News Outside Source
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Elephants Can Remember While Poirot investigates a psychiatrist’s murder, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver looks into a couple’s death.
8:29 The Coroner: First Love (Part 1 of 20) Jane is awakened by a call telling her that a boy, Steve Kernan, has been found dead at the base of a lighthouse.
9:14 Mallorca Files: Honour Among Thieves (Part 1 of 10) British police officer Miranda Blake is in Mallorca to escort a criminal back to the UK.
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 31
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Born in the Rockies – Growing Up See Wed. Mar. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Einstein’s Quantum Riddle See Wed. Mar. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Tanzania: The Royal Tour See Wed. Mar. 29 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service See Sun. Mar. 26 at 3:30 pm. [R]
4:00 Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special See Mon. Mar. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Taco, Taco, Nacho
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Light Lunches
2:00 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake
2:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Secrets of Amalfi
3:00 Call the Midwife
4:00 Death in Paradise
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 Joni Mitchell: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
9:00 To be announced
10:00 Chicago Tonight
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Arts • Performance
Austin City Limits
Mondays, 12:30 am (3/20, 3/27)
Thursday, 4:00 am (3/30)
Burt Bacharach’s Best
Sunday, 1:30 pm (3/5)
Celine Dion: Taking Chances
World Tour, The Concert
Sunday, 5:00 pm (3/5)
Classical Rewind
Thursday, 8:30 pm (3/2)
Saturday, 12:30 am, 10:00 am, 4:30 pm (3/4)
Sunday, 12:00 pm (3/5)
Monday, 2:00 am, 3:30 am (3/6)
Elvis Presley: ’68 Comeback Special
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (3/1)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (3/4)
Monday, 12:30 am (3/6)
Great Performances
Monday, 8:00 pm (3/13)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (3/15)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 11:00 am (3/26)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/29)
Last of the Breed
Saturday, 10:00 pm (3/4)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (3/7)
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert
Sunday, 6:30 pm (3/5)
Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Friday, 8:00 pm (3/31)
Prince and the Revolution: The Purple Rain Tour
Wednesday, 8:30 pm (3/1)
Sunday, 11:00 pm (3/5)
Drama
Comedy
Agatha Christie’s: Poirot
Movies
Thursdays, 7:00 pm (3/16, 3/23, 3/30)
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Mondays, 3:30 am (3/20, 3/27)
Call the Midwife
Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm
Wednesday, 4:00 am (3/15)
Thursday, 4:00 am (3/16)
Friday, 4:00 am (3/17)
Mallorca Files
Thursday, 9:15 pm (3/30)
Marie Antoinette
Sundays, 9:00 pm (3/19, 3/26)
Tuesdays, 2:00 am (3/21, 3/28)
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Saturday, 7:00 pm (3/11)
Sanditon on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (3/19, 3/26)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am (3/21, 3/28)
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Thursdays, 9:15 pm (3/16, 3/23)
Saturday, 11:15 pm (3/18)
Sunday, 12:45 am (3/26)
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel
America’s Test Kitchen
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays, 7:00 pm (3/13, 3/20, 3/27)
Wednesdays, 12:00 am (3/15, 3/22)
Sunday, 2:00 am (3/19)
Wednesdays, 1:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 11:00 am (3/18, 3/25)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Sunday, 6:00 pm (3/26)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (3/28)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Mondays, 4:30 pm
Wednesdays, 4:30 pm
Fridays, 4:30 pm
Saturdays, 3:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Cook’s Country
Mondays-Fridays, 2:00 pm
Saturday, 12:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen
Saturdays, 11:30 am (3/18, 3/25)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Mondays, 1:30 pm
Wednesdays, 1:30 pm
Fridays, 1:30 pm
Saturdays, 1:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
March At-a-Glance •
Nature • Science • Technology
Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda
Esmonde-White
Sunday, 5:00 am, 9:00 am (3/5)
Monday, 5:00 am (3/13)
Eat to Sleep
Thursday, 2:00 am (3/2)
Saturday, 3:30 am (3/4)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (3/7)
Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet with Mark Hyman, MD
Sunday, 6:00 am (3/5)
Saturday, 5:00 am (3/11)
Gut Check: Hope for Ultimate Health with Brenda Watson
Sunday, 7:30 am (3/5)
Wednesday 2:00 am (3/8)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Friday, 2:00 am (3/3)
Saturday, 6:30 am (3/4)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (3/7)
Nature
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (3/15, 3/22, 3/29)
Fridays, 12:00 am (3/24, 3/31)
NOVA
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (3/15, 3/22, 3/29)
Fridays, 1:00 am (3/24, 3/31)
Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
Thursday, 3:30 am (3/2)
Saturday, 2:00 am, 5:00 am (3/4)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (3/8)
Public Affairs
•
History • Documentary
Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service
Sunday, 3:30 pm (3/26)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/31)
Amanpour & Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
American Masters
Fridays, 8:00 pm (3/3, 3/24)
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (3/21)
Thursday, 12:00 am (3/23)
Sunday, 1:30 am (3/26)
BBC World News
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 am, 10:30 pm
BBC World News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:30 pm
BBC World News Outside Source
Finding Your Roots
Monday, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (3/6)
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (3/14, 3/28)
Thursdays, 12:00 am (3/16, 3/30)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:00 am (3/20, 3/27)
Frontline
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (3/14)
Thursday, 1:00 am (3/16)
Sunday, 3:00 am (3/19)
Thursday, 2:00 am (3/23)
Girl Talk: A Local, USA Special
Sunday, 2:00 pm (3/26)
Thursday, 2:30 am (3/30)
Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Hidden Ireland
Friday, 8:00 pm (3/17)
Sunday, 12:00 am (3/19)
History with David Rubenstein
Mondays, 5:30 am (3/20, 3/27) I am Ireland
Friday, 9:00 pm (3/17)
Sunday, 1:00 pm (3/19)
Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/27)
Friday, 4:00 am (3/31)
In Their Own Words
Friday, 9:00 pm (3/31)
Independent Lens
Saturday, 10:30 pm (3/25)
Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories
Special
Sunday, 4:30 am (3/26)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (3/28)
Jay’s Chicago
Tuesday, 9:30 pm (3/28)
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
Tuesday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (3/7)
Saturday, 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 8:00 pm (3/11)
Sunday, 5:30 pm (3/12)
Path to Happily Ever After with Rajiv Nagaich
Friday, 3:30 am (3/3)
PBS News Weekend
Saturdays, 5:30 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Sunday, 5:30 pm (3/26)
PBS NewsHour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
Pritzker Military Presents
Sunday, 10:00 am (3/26)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (3/22)
Thursday, 12:00 am, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (3/23)
Friday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (3/24)
Sunday, 3:30 am (3/26)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (3/28)
Coroner
Thursday, 8:30 pm (3/30)
Death in Paradise
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm
Wednesday, 3:00 am (3/15)
Thursday, 3:00 am (3/16)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/17)
Mondays, 1:30 am (3/20, 3/27)
Endeavour: A Countdown to the Final Goodbye
Saturday, 7:00 pm (3/4)
Father Brown
Thursdays, 8:30 pm (3/16, 3/23)
Saturday, 10:30 pm (3/18)
Sunday, 12:00 am (3/26)
Frankie Drake Mysteries
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Mondays, 2:30 am (3/20, 3/27)
La Otra Mirada
Sundays, 11:00 pm (3/19, 3/26)
Tuesdays, 1:30 pm
Thursdays, 1:30 pm
Saturdays, 3:30 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Saturdays, 10:00 am (3/18, 3/25)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Saturdays, 12:30 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Saturdays, 1:30 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
Tuesdays, 2:30 pm
Thursdays, 2:30 pm
Tanzania: The Royal Tour
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (3/29)
Friday, 2:00 am (3/31)
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am (3/18, 3/25)
Wisconsin Foodie
Saturdays, 9:00 am (3/18, 3/25)
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:00 pm
BBC World News Today
Fridays, 5:00 pm
Becoming Frederick Douglas
Thursday, 7:00 pm (3/2)
Betty White: The First Lady of Television
Saturday, 4:30 pm (3/11)
Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/20)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/22)
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Fridays, 10:00 pm, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Saturdays, 6:30 pm
Sundays, 10:00 pm
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Saturdays, 6:00 pm
Sundays, 10:30 pm
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review
Fridays, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 am
Saturdays, 5:00 am (3/18, 3/25)
Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance
Monday, 5:00 am (3/6)
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (3/15, 3/22)
Fridays, 2:00 am (3/17, 3/24)
Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide
Thursday, 12:00 am (3/2)
Saturday, 8:00 am (3/4)
Sunday, 3:00 am, 10:00 am (3/5)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (3/8)
Saturday, 6:30 am (3/11)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
Saturdays, 9:30 am (3/18, 3/25)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Daily Radio Programming
Programmer’s Picks
Live from WFMT
Civitas Ensemble, cellist Anita Graef and pianist Louise Chan, violinist Philippe Quint and pianist Vanessa Perez, and pianist Sebastian Knauer are welcomed to the Levin Performance Studio this month.
Mondays, 8:00 pm
Wednesday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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.
Johannes Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop.
Naxos 8.557428. [14:02]
11:00 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Flowers of Frösön: Entry into Summer Pastures; Summer Song; Congratulations; At Frösön Church – Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu.
Naxos 8.553115. [13:56]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Chelsea Wang performs works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, and Earl WIld live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Henry Purcell Suite of Theater Music – Taverner Players/ Andrew Parrott. Virgin Classics 61304-2. [7:54] Henryk Wieniawski Légende, Op. 17 – Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. DG 431815-2. [7:33]
2:00 Aaron Copland Rodeo – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CMS764315-2 (2). [23:02]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including
WFMT Presents
Programs commemorating Women’s History Month include a recital by Aizuri Quartet, a conversation with Hilary Hahn, a playlist curated by Sara Davis Buechner, and a biography of Margaret Hillis.
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm
The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Claude Debussy Children’s Corner Suite – Ulster Orch/ Yan-Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-8756. [17:09] Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, Funeral March – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4795332. [20:46] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn
Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Anthony Halstead, hn; Hanover Band/Roy Goodman. Nimbus NI-5104. [15:50]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Guitar Fest. Responding to a listener request, this week, Andrés Segovia and others will perform guitar works by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Albéniz, and Brouwer.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Aizuri
Quartet Songs Emerging Champions of new music, the Aizuri Quartet performs selections from the Aizuri Songbook, a soulful collection celebrating the most direct human expression in music, including new works as well as familiar Lieder and traditional songs in new arrangements created for the quartet; plus works by Tanya Tagaq and Robert Schumann. Recorded December 10, 2022 at Bennett Gordon Hall.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
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.
Listening to Singers
Oliver Camacho’s interview guests this month include South African soprano Golda Schultz, lutenist and Jupiter ensemble director Thomas Dunford, and baritone and composer Roderick Williams.
Saturdays, 4:00 pm
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. Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 –Beatrice Rana, p. Warner 0190296764240. [12:03]
11:00 Francisco Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71287. [5:11]
12:00 Johann Baptist Vanhal Symphony in F minor –Czech Chamber Phil Orch/ Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574305. [16:08]
1:00 Edward Elgar The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a –Indianapolis Sym/Raymond Leppard. Koss Classics KC-1014. [17:48] William Grant Still Folk Suite No. 4 – Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p. Cambria CD-1083. [5:02]
2:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano
Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, Egyptian – Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo. Hyperion
CDA-67331/2 (2). [26:51]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Joseph Haydn Cello
Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIb:1 – Andreas Brantelid, vc; Concerto Copenhagen/ Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Naxos 8.574365. [23:24]
Hector Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Queen Mab Scherzo – London Sym
Orch/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 456143-2 (6). [7:44] Giuseppe
Verdi Il Trovatore : Ballet suite – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos
8.572818-19 (2). [22:52]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Guitar Fest See Wednesday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26 Ravel: Jeux d‘eau; Eisendle: Heliosis; Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D
minor, Op. 70; Winkler: Polka; Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, polka schnell, Op. 324; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano; Marin Alsop, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 3
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and
New Recordings for Women’s History Month
Throughout the month, tune in for selections from Palazzetto Bru Zane: Centre de Musique Romantique Française’s comprehensive compendium Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers. The new 8-CD set spotlights 21 composers – from championed personalities like Louise Farrenc and Pauline Viardot to completely unknown figures such as Charlotte Sohy and Jeanne Danglas – in music ranging from solo piano and chamber music to orchestral works and song, including many world premiere recordings.
Check listings
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.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring – Isabelle Faust, v; Alexander Melnikov, p. Harmonia Mundi HMC902025.27 (4). [23:04] Ángela
Peralta Galopa México –Montpellier Phil Orch/ Enrique Arturo Diemecke. Actes Sud AD-085. [5:35]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Piano duo Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Originally aired December 12, 2022.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture (1830) – Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch
3-7169-2. [10:31] Johannes
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Ensemble. DG 4811409. [5:26]
2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, Drum Roll – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5105. [30:27]
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. Franz Liszt La lugubre gondola II – Bonn Beethovenhalle Orch/Stefan Blunier. MD+G 9371678-6. [12:16] Georges Bizet Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p. Philips 420159-2. [21:42]
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 413629-2 (4). [20:02]
4:00 Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 471627-2 (2). [10:05] Victor Young Shane: Suite – MGM Studio Orch/ Victor Young. La-La-Land Records LLLCD 1224. [14:51]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Guitar Fest
See Wednesday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds 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: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25; Emanuel Ax, piano; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Ramsey Lewis (12/18/1989)
A conversation with Chicagoborn and internationally celebrated musician Ramsey Lewis (1935-2022). With some 80 albums, seven gold records and three Grammy Awards to his credit, Ramsey Lewis was an iconic leader in contemporary jazz, pop and R&B for over 50 years.
Saturday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning
Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00
Introductions: Women’s History Month Highlights.
Clarke: Viola Sonata 1st mvt; C Schumann: Scherzo in C minor, Op. 14/2; AR
Thomas: Incantation; Chaminade: Flute Concertino; Ngwenyama: Sonoran Storm; Clyne: Marble Moon from Abstractions; Boulanger: Nocturne; Bacewicz: Sonata da camera, 2nd mvt.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Listener’s Choice to be announced.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon
Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Soprano Golda Schultz on her new album of art songs by female composers This Be Her Verse.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Leo Brouwer plays the Guitar. Composer Leo Brouwer was considered one of the greatest guitarists in the world until a car accident put an end to his career as an instrumentalist. Elbio Barilari presents Brouwer performing some of his most famous works as well as music by other composers.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Gina Forsyth, Cajun fiddler/songwriter, shares the bill with lyrical Chicago bred songstress Heather Styka live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer March forth! Fun with puns and double meanings as we march forth into Women’s History Month.
Sunday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Lent
2. Prayer will be the focus of this edition of With Heart and Voice, as host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ music evoking prayers of petition, repentance, thanksgiving, and longing during the season of Lent.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Claire Cowan Hansel and Gretel: The Banquet – New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich. (Claire Cowan) (2020).
[7:19] Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op.9 – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.573297.
[8:37] Isaac Albéniz Suite española, Op. 47: Asturias; Sevilla – Emerald Brass Quintet. Albany TROY1839. [11:33] Domenico Scarlatti Sinfonia No. 3 in G – Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-75338. [5:30]
1:00 Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Prelude for String Sextet – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8758. [10:00] George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in e minor, Op. 6, No. 3 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447733-2 (3).
[11:29] George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Fazil Say, p; New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 26202-2. [7:58]
Sophie Hutchings By Night –Voces8. Decca B003407402. [4:33] Nainita Desai My Mind is Still – Voces8; Thomas Gould, v; Leif Kaner-Lidström, p; Elsa Bradley, vib. Decca B0034074-02. [5:37]
2:00 Louise Farrenc Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 32 –Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König. Naxos 8.574094.
[30:34] Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life): Chorale, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Simone Dinnerstein, p. Sony 81742-2. [3:53] Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: Intermezzo – Bamberg Sym Orch/Claus Peter Flor. RCA 7764-2-RC. [3:56]
Rebecca Clarke Midsummer Moon – Laura Kobayashi, v, Susan Keith Gray, p. Albany TROY-372. [5:55]
3:00 Gioachino Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture – Philharmonia Orch/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM7-63113-2. [9:39]
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley,
p. Orchid Classics ORC100149. [10:43] Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 3 in D, Op. 18, No. 3: I. Allegro – Juilliard String Quartet. CBS M3K-37868 (3). [7:27] William Grant Still Song for the Lonely –Titus Underwood, ob; Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music RS-002. [2:32] Margaret Bonds Tangamerican – Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music RS-002. [2:18]
4:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise and Waltz – Radio France Phil/ Paavo Järvi. Virgin 45609-2. [10:58] Ma Shui-long Bamboo Flute Concerto – Michala Petri, r; Copenhagen Phil/ Lan Shui. Our Recordings
6.220603. [18:33] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Toccata No. 2 in c, BWV 911 – David Fray, p. Virgin 070944-2. [10:08] Hildegard of Bingen Instrumental Piece based on O viridissima virga – Sequentia. RCA-DHM 77346-2. [6:33]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Divertimento in D, K. 136 –Dresden Staatskapelle/ Herbert Blomstedt. Ars Vivendi 2100215. [11:14]
Johann Friedrich Fasch Three-Trumpet Concerto in D – Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler. Capriccio 10218/9 (2). [8:08] Ethel Smyth String Trio in D, Op. 6 – Hague String Trio. Cobra 0083. [29:12]
6:00 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical –Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton. Bis 2174. [14:13] Florence Price Piano Quintet in A minor – Catalyst Quartet; Michelle Cann, p. Azica ACD-71346. [26:57]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series: Soprano Denis Vélez and pianist Chris Reynolds
8:00 Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543; Bologne: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major Eroica; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor: Part 2 of 2. Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Piazzola: Bandoneon Concerto; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar; Higdon: Oboe Concerto.
Monday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news &
WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn’s barrier-breaking attitude towards classical music and commitment to sharing her experiences with a global community have made her a fan favorite. For International Women’s Day, the three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist and CSO Artist-in-Residence speaks to Lisa Flynn about her collaboration with the orchestra, upcoming concerts, and recent recordings. Hahn gives a highly anticipated all-Bach solo recital at Symphony Center later this month.
Wednesday, March 8 8:00 pm
weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581: Finale, Allegretto con variazioni – David Shifrin, cl; Emerson String Quartet. DG 459641-2. [9:01]
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. Peter Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 – Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev.
DG 457064-2. [17:52]
11:00 Ron Nelson Sonoran
Desert Holiday – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-76. [9:39]
12:00 Ernest John Moeran
Serenade in G – Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDC7-49912-2. [14:22]
1:00 Florence Price Scenes in Tin Can Alley – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p. Blue Griffin BGR615. [11:01] Georg Philipp
Telemann Tafelmusik, Book
3: Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 427619-2 (4). [14:44]
2:00 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417, Tragic – Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 68545-2. [33:31]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Gustav Holst St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – New Zealand Chamber Orch/ Nicholas Braithwaite. Koch
3-7058-2. [13:03] George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.
Archiv 453451-2. [17:55]
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Cécile Ousset, p. EMI CDC7-54158-2. [23:02]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Millennium of Women’s Music. A week of works written in honor of, and by, women from Benedictine abbess-composer Hildegard of Bingen to present day composer Shulamit Ran.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Civitas Ensemble hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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
Two-Clavier Concerto No. 1 in c minor, BWV 1060 – András Schiff & Peter Serkin, p’s; Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri. Decca 4782363 (4). [15:30]
11:00 Ernesto Lecuona
Andalucía, Suite española: VI. Malagueña – Morton Gould and His Orchestra. RCA 68922-2. [4:50]
12:00 Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [9:55]
1:00 Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges)
Symphonie concertante in C, Op. 9, No. 1 – Yury Revich & Libor Ježek, v’s; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574306.
[12:59] Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso –Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. DG B0014764-02. [6:31]
2:00 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 – Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle. EMI 67254-2 (3). [39:48]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Edward Elgar Froissart Overture, Op. 19 – BBC Sym/ Sir Andrew Davis. Teldec 98436-2. [14:50] George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Orion Weiss, p; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559750. [18:28]
Claude Debussy Images, Set 3: Ibéria – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media 0069. [20:42]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Millennium of Women’s Music. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: Piazzolla: Libertango; Imani Winds; J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1; Seth Blumer, piano; Gateways Chamber Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor; Kevin McKee: Vuelta del Fuego; Gateways Brass Collective; Duke Ellington: The River Suite; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neemi Jarvi, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale for Cello and Piano, Op. 51, No. 6; Julie Albers, cello; Alessio Bax, piano; Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 9; Alessio Bax, piano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Paul Watkins, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 8
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Antonín Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch/Libor
Pešek. Virgin 90797-2. [14:13]
11:00 Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 –Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor. Decca 4853322. [13:34]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts: Pianist Ariel
Lanyi performs works by Franz Jospeh Haydn and César Franck live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 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]
Ralph Vaughan Williams Toccata marziale – Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9697. [4:37]
2:00 George Gershwin Catfish Row (suite from Porgy and Bess) – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80086. [25:56]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – St. Louis Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. RCA 604332. [16:26] Johann Sebastian Bach Triple Concerto in a minor, BWV 1044 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907283/84 (2). [22:25]
Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 415972-2. [15:09]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Millennium of Women’s Music. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with Hilary Hahn Internationally acclaimed violinist Hilary Hahn, CSO Artist-in-Residence, speaks to Lisa Flynn in advance of her Symphony Center recital later this month.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 9
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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.
Johan Wagenaar Cyrano de Bergerac Overture, Op. 23 –Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 425833-2. [13:51]
11:00
Jacques Ibert Escales (Ports of Call) – Los Angeles Phil/André Previn. Philips 426255-2. [15:23]
12:00 Antonio Vivaldi Lute
Concerto in D, R 93 – Julien
Martineau, man; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naïve V-5455. [10:12]
1:00 Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Ballet Suite No. 2 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos
CHAN-8927. [20:35] Johann
Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D – Tafelmusik. Reference RR-13. [5:43]
2:00 Amy Beach Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67 –Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos
CHAN-20224. [28:33]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto
No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Swedish Chamber
Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. BIS 2199. [15:36] Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris –London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-647. [18:23] Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op 25 – Jan Lisiecki, p; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. DG 4836471. [20:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Millennium of Women’s Music. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The WFMT Orchestra
Series: Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra Skoryk: Childhood, from the film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors; Lysenko: Elegy, Op. 41/3; Karamanov: Piano Concerto No. 3, Ave Maria; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43; Tamara Stefanovich, piano; Hobart Earle, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Poem (1918) – Scott Goff, f; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3099. [10:29] Ferde Grofé Niagara Falls Suite (1961) – Bournemouth Sym Orch/William T Stromberg. Naxos 8.559007. [22:11]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Flutist Marina Piccinini with Clarice & Sergio Assad
recorded at University of Chicago, October 2, 2022.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Fanny Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 8: Nos. 1, 3, 4 –Sylviane Deferne, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1122.
[11:26] Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 –Oregon Sym/James de Preist. Delos D/CD-3071. [7:15]
2:00 Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 –Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa.
EMI CDC7-47318-2. [32:45]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Ottorino Respighi The Birds – Atlanta Sym/Louis Lane. Telarc CD-80443.
[18:18] Antonín Dvorák
Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: Nos. 1-3 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 426264-2. [14:05]
Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 73 – Antony Pay, cl; Age of Enlightenment Orch. Virgin 90720-2. [21:37] Leonard Bernstein On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MK-42263. [19:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Millennium of Women’s Music. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share an interview with composer Anna Clyne.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Camerata Singers; Abraham Kaplan, director; Symphony No. 3, Kaddish; Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano; Felicia Montealegre, voice; Camerata Singers; Columbus Boychoir; Abraham Kaplan, director; Donald Bryant, director; The Dybbuk, Suites 1 and 2; Paul Sperry, tenor; Bruce Fifer, bass-baritone; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Anna Deavere Smith (5/4/1995) Anna Deavere Smith frequently credits Studs Terkel’s book Working for revealing to her the dramatic power of spoken language, and for inspiring her groundbreaking plays such as Fires in the Mirror and Let Me Down Easy. The trailblazing actor and author – who spoke with Studs in 1995 – created the libretto for The Walkers, a new one-act opera with music composed by Daniel Bernard Roumain premiering later this month.
Saturday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Ethan Zheng, 16, piano. Brahms: Rhapsody Op. 79/2; Chopin: Etudes Opp. 25/6 & 25/10; Chen Yi: Guessing; Chopin: Ballade Op. 23/1; Prokofiev: Suggestion diabolique, Op. 4/4.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s La Traviata Angel Blue (Violetta), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo), Artur Rucinski (Giorgio); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Nicola Luisotti.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A conversation with lutenist Thomas Dunford in advance of Jupiter Ensemble’s debut Chicago performance.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Latin Side of Daniel Barenboim. Barenboim has often shown his taste for Spanish and Latin American Music. Elbio Barilari shares some favorite recordings of the maestro.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Jonas Friddle with sprightly music from the new album Jug Band Happy Hour – Live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie, Illinois.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Don’t worry be happy, it’s Bobby McFerrin’s birthday. Nods to Norman Blake at 85 and to the late Jesse Fuller, too.
Sunday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Lent 3 – Music of the Psalms. With the wide range of expression, emotion, and spiritual depth present in psalm texts, beautiful and stirring musical settings have been a staple of sacred choral literature for centuries. Host Peter DuBois leads an exploration of psalm-based anthems and organ music for Lent.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including
Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Jonathon Heyward. Cedille CDR90000214. [14:43] Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 3, March –Modern Mandolin Quartet. Windham Hill 11108-2. [3:04]
Umberto Giordano Fedora: Intermezzo – Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. DG 429494-2. [2:16] George Gershwin Three-Quarter Blues – Bill Perconti, sx; James March, p. Crystal CD-653. [1:23] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D, London – Philharmonia/ Leonard Slatkin. RCA 62549-2. [28:29]
1:00 Maurice Ravel Sonatine –Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan, g’s. Analekta AN28793. [11:44] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F minor, RV. 297, The Four Seasons: Winter – Amelia Piscitelli, v;
Listening to Singers: Thomas Dunford
Meet “the Eric Clapton of the lute” (BBC Magazine). Thomas Dunford is in constant demand as a soloist and continuo player by virtually every prominent period instrument ensemble in Europe including Les Arts Florissants, the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Le Concert Spirituel, and Le Concert d’Astrée. He is the regular recital partner of artists including Iestyn Davies, Lea Desandre, Jean Rondeau, and Théotime Langlois de Swarte. The 34-yearold lutenist brings his own stylish ensemble Jupiter to Chicago later this month for an all-Vivaldi program.
Saturday, March 11 4:00 pm
Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall. DMD Classics 03152019.
[8:02] Meredith Monk St. Petersburg Waltz – Sarah Cahill, p. First Hand Records
FHR-132. [7:26] Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op 80 – Evgeny Kissin, p; RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 435617-2. [18:44]
2:00 Henriette Renié Cello Sonata – Victor JulienLaferrière, vc; Théo Fouchenneret, p. Bru
Zane BZ-2006. [20:42]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 – Norwegian Chamber Orch/Iona Brown. Omega
OCD-1004. [21:42] Douglas
Lilburn Two Preludes (1942): No. 2 – Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D040. [1:00] Astor
Piazzolla Libertango – Alison Balsom, tr; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Edward Gardner. EMI 53255-2. [4:33]
3:00 George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – St. Luke’s Orch/ Charles Mackerras. Telarc
CD-80344. [10:26] Dobrinka
Tabakova Truro Canticles: Magnifi cat – Truro Cathedral Cho/Christopher Gray; Joseph Wicks, o. Regent REGCD-530. [6:49] Johann
Sebastian Bach Two-Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v’s; English Chamber Orch/ Steven Mercurio. eOne EOM-CD-7785. [14:33]
Howard Hanson Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns – Nashville Sym/ Kenneth Schermerhorn. Naxos 8.559072. [7:45]
4:00 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) – Alina Ibragimova, v; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Vladimir Jurowski. Hyperion CDA-67795. [21:35] Cécile Chaminade Six pièces romantiques, Op. 55 – Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [13:20]
Emil von Reznicek Donna Diana: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [6:01] Claude Debussy Prelude No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie – Long Beach Sym/JoAnn Falletta. Albany TROY-364. [6:30]
Claude Debussy Prelude No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin – Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble. Summit DCD-743. [2:21]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Gabriela Lena
MARCH AT SYMPHONY CENTER
Joshua Bell & Daniil Trifonov
MAR 2
Pink Martini featuring China Forbes
MAR 4
Kodo One Earth Tour 2023: Tsuzumi
MAR 5
Blomstedt Conducts Dvořák 8
MAR 9 –12
Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords
MAR 10
Frank Three Latin American Dances – Utah Sym/Keith Lockhart. Reference RR-105. [16:25] Frederick Delius
Violin Sonata No. 3 – Tasmin Little, v; Piers Lane, p. Conifer 51315-2. [16:43]
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto – Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard.
Sony SK-57497. [18:47]
6:00 Charlotte Sohy Symphony in C-sharp minor – French National Orch/Débora
Waldman. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [28:48] Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46: IV. Finale – Nicola Benedetti, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rory Macdonald.
Decca B0021290-02. [9:19] Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata in f-sharp, Op 26/2 – Vladimir Horowitz, p. RCA 7753-2. [11:34]
7:00 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
Symphony in D – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Astrée E-8532. [28:51]
Madeleine Lemariey Clair de lune; Heure exquise – Cyrille Dubois, t; Tristan Raës, p. Bru
Zane BZ-2006. [4:34] Franz
Liszt Hungarian Fantasia –Jorge Bolet, p; London
Sym Orch/Iván Fischer.
Decca 414079-2. [15:36]
MAR 16
Hilary Hahn
MAR 19
Coleridge-Taylor, Copland & Dvořák 9
MAR 23–26
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8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Frank: Hailli-Serenata; Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53; Hilary Hahn, violin; Tchaikovsky: Symphony
No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Fazil Say, Pianist. Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E, BWV 817; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Rialto Ripples, Porgy and Bess Songs; Liszt: Piano Sonata in b; Bach: Italian Concerto in F; Bach/Busoni: Chaconne in d.
Monday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat – English String
Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5141. [12:17]
11:00 Philip Lane Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978) – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/ Gavin Sutherland. ASV CDWHL-2126. [11:40]
12:00 Léo Delibes Sylvia: Suite – London Sym/ Anatole Fistoulari. Decca 473171-2 (2). [15:36]
1:00 William Grant Still Festive Overture – Royal Phil/ Arthur Bennett Lipkin. Cambria CD-1060. [7:52]
Gioachino Rossini The Siege of Corinth: Ballet Music – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [14:11]
2:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 – Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0015338-02. [32:46]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 in D, Le matin – English Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman. RCA 62696-2. [21:01]
Carlos Chávez Paisajes mexicanos – State of Mexico Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-927. [16:15]
Charlotte Sohy String Quartet No. 2, Op. 33 –Quatuor Hermès. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [16:44]
6:00 Matthew Locke Suite in g –Newberry Consort. Harmonia Mundi HMU-1907013. [7:56]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 1 of 2. Bill explores music from the Gilded Age to the Great War, inspired by Barbara Tuchman’s book, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War with works by Elgar, Schoenberg, and Debussy.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Cellist Anita Graef and pianist Louise Chan hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Louise Farrenc
Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24 – Solistes Européens
Luxembourg/Christoph König.
Naxos 8.574094. [7:06]
11:00 Tobias Picker Old and Lost Rivers – Houston Sym/ Christoph Eschenbach.
Virgin 61519-2. [6:48]
12:00 Dmitri Kabalevsky Cello Concerto #1 in g, Op 49 –Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MK-37840. [18:21]
1:00 Scott Joplin Bethena: A Concert Waltz – Carlyn Lloyd-Ford, f; John Warfel, p. Tri-L-Co Music TLC-990002.
[5:00] Johann Strauss II Waldmeister: Overture –Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim. Sony 88843015642. [10:23]
2:00 Claude Debussy Three Nocturnes – Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-58952. [24:25]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. William Grant Still Symphony No. 1, Afro-American – Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000055.
[21:10] Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite – Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/ Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9697. [15:02] Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 –Strasbourg Phil/Jan LathamKoenig. Avie AV-2172. [17:48]
6:00 Anonymous 14th-century Italian Istampita Ghaetta –Newberry Consort. Newberry 2004. [6:43]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 1 of 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: John Rosamond, arr. William Grant Still: Voice; Videmus Ensemble; Billy Childs: The Distant Land; Akron Symphony Orchestra; Alan Balter, conductor; J.S. Bach: Capriccio; Joe Williams, piano; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Gateways Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Ligeti: Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano, Hommage a Brahms; Jeremy Denk, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Jennifer Montone, horn; Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 78; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Gilbert Kalish, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Maurice Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Suite – Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683. [15:52]
11:00 Samuel ColeridgeTaylor African Suite, Op. 35 – Chineke! Orch/ Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [19:43]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Christine Wu performs works by Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, and Lennon & McCartney live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Robert Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52 –Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 457591-2 (3). [16:48] Jean-Philippe Rameau Gavotte et doubles –Alexandre Tharaud, p. Erato 0190295386429. [6:24]
2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, Sunrise –Takács Quartet. Decca 425467-2. [22:54]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDR5-698772. [13:33] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11 – Jon Manasse, cl; Clive Greensmith, vc; Jon Nakamatsu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807618. [20:25]
Georges Bizet Carmen: Suite – Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 431778-2. [20:02]
6:00 Fabián Peréz Ximeno Dixit Dominus – Newberry Consort/ Ellen Hargis. Newberry Consort NC-101. [6:40]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 1 of 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: A Women’s History Month playlist with Sara Davis Buechner
The acclaimed concert pianist and proud transgender woman presents a playlist for Women’s History Month.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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 Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Angela Hewitt, p. DG 419218-2. [12:53]
11:00 Augusta Holmès Pologne –Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/ Samuel Friedmann. Marco Polo 8.223449. [10:10]
12:00 Igor Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite (1919) – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80587. [20:05]
1:00 Luigi Boccherini Symphony No. 15 in D, G 509 (Op 35/1) –Orchestra of the 18th Century. Glossa GCD-921131. [16:03] Rebecca Clarke Dumka –Hélène Collerette, v; Vinciane Béranger, vi; Dana Ciocarlie, p. Aparté AP-289. [9:30]
2:00 Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47316-2. [22:01]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 – Le Cercle de l’Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer. Virgin 234868-2. [21:33] Franz Schubert Rosamunde incidental music, D 797: Overture; Entr’acte No. 1 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431655-2. [18:08] Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 –Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [14:19]
6:00 Gherardello da Firenze Ballata, I’ vo bene – Newberry Consort. Newberry 2004. [3:35] Robert Johnson Johnson’s grounde –Newberry Consort. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907140. [1:40]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 1 of 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Horne: The Turn of the Tide; Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op, 83;
Strauss: Symphony No. 2; Gautier Capuçon, cello; Marie Jacquot, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 17
St. Patrick’s Day
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 – Boston Baroque/ Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80688. [16:32]
11:00 Hamilton Harty In Ireland –Colin Fleming, f; Denise Kelly, h; Ulster Orch/ Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-6583. [9:14]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Vocal ensemble Stile Antico recorded at Ravinia Festival June 18, 2019.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Franz Liszt Grand Etude after Paganini No. 3, La Campanella – André Watts, p. CBS MLK-39450. [4:45]
Camille Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale –Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-53979. [7:10]
2:00 Antonín Dvorák Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 – Augustin Hadelich, v; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Jakub Hruša. Warner 0190295274764. [31:45]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [21:09]
Frédéric Chopin Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60 – Miyako Arishima, p. Steinway & Sons 30118. [9:04] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572041. [23:47]
6:00 William Byrd Prelude and Ground a 5 – Newberry Consort. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907140. [5:11]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 1 of 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds 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: Lei Liang: Verge, for 18 Strings; Marc-André Dalbavie: Melodia, for Instrumental Ensemble; Magnus Lindberg, conductor; Sean Shepherd: These Particular Circumstances, in seven uninterrupted episodes; Muhly: Detailed Instructions, for orchestra; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Joseph Campbell (1/31/1973) A conversation with American writer and educator Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), who devoted his life to exploring the myths and religions at the core of human experience.
Saturday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Tyler Wang, 17 piano. Fanny Mendelssohn: Wanderlied, Op. 8/4; Beethoven: Tempest Sonata, 1st mvt; Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27/2; Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Wagner’s Lohengrin Tamara Wilson (Elsa), Christine Goerke (Ortrud), Piotr Beczala (Giorgio), Evgeny Nikitin (Telramund); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Approximate run time: 5 hours.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Choral Music of Latin America. From European traditions to the native cultures, choral music has always been a part of Latin American musical identity. Elbio Barilari highlights some of the great Latino composers of this art form.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Joe Jencks performs music of his Celtic heritage from his CD The Coming of the Years – Live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio at WFMT.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Spring is just around the corner with myriad shades of green and
songs of the Emerald Isle.
Sunday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Lent
4. Laetare Sunday provides a brief opportunity to share music of a more joyful nature in mid-Lent. “Laetare,” which means “rejoice,” sets the tone for this program which will also mark significant birthdays for Max Reger, Moses Hogan and J.S. Bach.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Caroline Shaw Thousandth Orange – I Giardini. Alpha 881. [10:16] Florence Price Dances in the Canebrakes –Jeni Slotchiver, p. Zoho ZM-202008. [8:29] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Wind Suite: Das klinget so herrlich; Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen; O Isis und Osiris – Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel. Musicmasters MMD-60141-F.
[9:16] Charles Gounod Faust: Ballet music: Les Troyens; Danse de Phryné – Paris Opera Orch/Georges Prêtre. EMI CDM7-63582-2. [5:03]
Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3078. [8:00]
1:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Sextet in E-Flat for Two Horns & Strings, Op. 81b – Consortium Classicum. MD+G 3010594-2.
[15:38] Fanny Mendelssohn In der stillen Mitternacht, H-U 280 – Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615.
[5:41] Fanny Mendelssohn Fugue in E-Flat, H-U 273 –Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615.
[4:51] John Williams Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Rebellion is Reborn – Vienna Philharmonic/John Williams. DG 4839887. [4:29] George Gershwin Lullaby – Cleveland Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 472780-2 (2). [7:58]
2:00 Cécile Chaminade Callirhoé, Op. 37: Ballet Suite – Metz Grand Est National Orch/ David Reiland. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [18:15] Cécile Chaminade Song, Veux-tu? –Cyrille Dubois, t; Tristan Raës, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [2:54]
Franz Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI 41682-2. [4:09] George Frideric Handel Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue –Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood.
WFMT Presents: A Women’s History
Month playlist with Sara Davis Buechner
Sara Davis Buechner is one of the most original concert pianists of our time noted for her musical command, cosmopolitan artistry, and visionary independence. After coming out as transgender, she was shunned by the classical music industry, losing out on many career opportunities in the process. Decades later, Buechner finds herself in a more accepting world and is proud to support other LGBTQ+ musicians. Buechner comes to WFMT to curate a playlist for Women’s History Month.
Wednesday, March 15 8:00 pm
L’Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2. [7:08] Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Verano Porteño (Summer) –Neave Trio. Azica ACD-71324. [6:12] Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess –Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. Sony 88875192862. [6:16]
3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 1 in d minor, BWV 812 – András Schiff, p. Decca 433313-2 (2). [12:28] Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras. Virgin 90725-2. [11:53] Caroline Shaw The Wheel – Pauline Buet, vc; David Violi, p. Alpha 881. [10:16] Giuseppe Sammartini Recorder Concerto in F – Camerata Köln. RCADHM 77323-2. [12:39]
4:00 Mel Bonis Album pour les Tout-Petits, Op. 103 –Nathalia Milstein, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [7:33] Mel Bonis Immortelle Tendresse – Yann Beuron, t; David Zobel, p.
Bru Zane BZ-2006. [3:11]
Gioachino Rossini L’Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431653-2. [7:45] Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium –Handel and Haydn Society. Avie AV-0039. [6:48]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Leoš Janácek
Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 –
Rudolf Firkušný, p. DG 429857-2. [11:46] Leonard
Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra – Boston Pops
Orch/John Williams. Philips 416360-2. [13:55] Franz
Joseph Haydn Symphony
No. 88 in G – Tafelmusik/ Bruno Weil. Sony SK-66253. [19:06] Lili Boulanger Pie
Jesu – Pembroke College
Girls’ Cho/Anna Lapwood; Owen Saldanha, o. Signum SIGCD-714. [4:06]
6:00 Gustav Mahler Blumine –Bamberg Sym/Jakub Hruša. DG 4862932. [7:11] Pauline
Viardot Violin Sonatina – Anna Agafia, v; Frank Braley, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [11:46] Pauline
Viardot Song, Berceuse
cosaque – Aude Extrémo, ms; Étienne Manchon, p.
Bru Zane BZ-2006. [5:37]
Michael Haydn Symphony in F, MH 25 – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/A Fischer.
Nimbus NI-5392. [12:51]
7:00 Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Orch de Paris/Jean Martinon. EMI CDC7-47725-2. [16:31]
Alexander Scriabin Piano
Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 – Alessio Bax, p. Signum SIGCD-426. [18:31]
Barbara Strozzi L’amante segreto, Op. 2, No. 16 – Tenet. Avie AV-2326. [7:00]
8:00 Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: J. Strauss, Jr.: waltzes; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Janácek: Sinfonietta; Siji Ozawa, conductor Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition; Caro Maria Giulini, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Gyorgy
Cziffra Live Recital from France, July 22, 1973. Music by Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Ravel, Dohnanyi, and Liszt.
Monday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Oboe Concerto – Brynjar Hoff, ob; English Chamber Orch/Ian Watson. Libra Classics LCD-1002. [8:47]
11:00 Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book 1: El Corpus Christi en Sevilla – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [8:00]
12:00 Henry Charles Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in d minor, Op. 102: Scherzo –Yuja Wang, p; San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [7:36]
1:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939) – London Phil/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN8502. [13:27] Ola Gjeilo Ave Generosa – Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough. Decca 4816326. [4:28]
2:00 Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in a minor, D. 804 Rosamunde – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-67585. [33:09]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. William Grant Still La Guiablesse (1927) – Berlin Sym Orch/Isaiah Jackson. Koch 3-7154-2. [18:35]
Bedrich Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek. Decca 4833187. [12:08] Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 448155-2. [23:17]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 2 of 2 . Bill explores more music from the Gilded Age to the Great War, inspired by Barbara Tuchman’s book, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War with works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Mahler, Lehár, Chaminade, and Stravinsky
8:00 Live from WFMT: Violinist
Philippe Quint and pianist
Vanessa Perez hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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 Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance at the Village Inn) – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. CBS MLK-39450. [11:25]
11:00 Henry Cowell American Melting Pot – Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark. Koch
3-7220-2. [17:08]
12:00 Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 –Janine Jansen, v; Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth. Decca 475011-2. [9:02]
1:00 John Ireland Epic March –London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN8879. [9:08] Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, The Bird –Alban Berg Quartet. EMI CDC5-57541-2. [17:36]
2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902113.14 (2). [22:54]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. DG 4861547. [15:22] Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes, Op. 33: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a – London Sym Orch/André Previn. EMI CDM7-64736-2. [16:19]
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 – Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 68544-2. [22:19]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 2 of 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: Valerie Coleman: Red Clay & Mississippi Delta; Imani Winds; William Grant Still: Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Avlana Eisenberg, conductor; Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Florence Price: Symphony No. 3; Gateways Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Schwanter: Black Anemones for Flute and Piano; Liebermann: Sonata No. 5 for Cello and Piano, Op. 136; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Hyeyeon Park, piano; Crumb:
The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook I) for Voice, Guitar, and Percussion; Randall Scarlata, baritone; Oren Fader, guitar; Daniel Druckman, percussion.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 22
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49964-2. [11:08]
11:00 Philip Glass Aguas da Amazonia: Madeira River –Third Coast Percussion. Cedille CDR-90000175. [5:37]
WFMT
Presents:
Cheryl Frazes Hill on Margaret Hillis
Hillis was the first woman to regularly conduct a major symphony orchestra, she was the founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and served for thirty-seven years as its first director, winning nine Grammy Awards. In the new biography Margaret Hillis: Unsung Pioneer, author Cheryl Frazes Hill – a longtime colleague and associate –examines how Hillis was able to overcome the many challenges she faced, navigating a career in ways relatable not only to musicians but also to women in all professions.
Wednesday, March 22 8:00 pm
12:15
Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts: Flutist Meghan Bennett and pianist Maria Lyapkova perform works by Cécile Chaminade, Valerie Coleman, Mel Bonis, and Lili Boulanger live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 2, Op. 55 –Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN-8723. [16:38]
Anna Bon Flute Sonata in g minor, Op. 1, No. 5 – Sabine Dreier, f; Irene Hegen, hc. CPO 999181-2. [7:46]
2:00 Francis Poulenc Two-Piano Concerto in d minor –Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. Philips 426284-2. [20:12]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 211 – Verbier Festival Chamber
Orch/Maxim Vengerov, v. EMI 78374-2. [21:54] Alec
Wilder Concerto for Oboe, Orchestra and Percussion –
Bert Lucarelli, ob; Brooklyn
Phil Orch/Michael Barrett. Koch 3-7187-2. [20:39]
Gioachino Rossini William
Tell: Overture – Philharmonia/ Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47118-2. [11:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 2 of 2
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Cheryl
Frazes HIll on Margaret Hillis
The biography of conductor, chorus director, airplane pilot, educator, activist, mentor and advocate Margaret Hillis as documented by a longtime colleague and associate Dr. Cheryl Frazes HIll. Hosted by Oliver Camacho with CSO Archivist Frank Villella.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 23
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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 – Prague Sym Orch/ Jirí Belohlávek. Supraphon 110377-2. [12:23]
11:00 Carl Nielsen Helios
Overture, Op 17 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN-6533. [11:45]
12:00 Dmitri Shostakovich
Ballet Suite No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [13:34]
1:00 Georg Philipp Telemann
Three-Trumpet Concerto in B-Flat – Wynton Marsalis, tr’s; English Chamber Orch/ Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-42478. [10:00] Teresa Carreño Vals gayo, Op. 38 –Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [4:47]
2:00 Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 – Philadelphia Orch/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-56364-2. [32:35]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 4778117 (4). [22:00]
Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33 – Johannes Moser, vc; Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/ Fabrice Bollon. Hänssler Classic 93.222. [19:29]
Earl Wild Improvisation on Gershwin’s Someone to Watch Over Me – Xiayin Wang, p. Chandos CHAN-10626. [12:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 2 of 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Nørgård: Lysning, for strings; Symphony No. 8; Bach: Sarabande, from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 1; Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47; Christian Tetzlaff, violin; John Storgårds, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 24
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Henry Purcell Abdelazer: Suite – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher
Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433523-2 (5). [12:41]
11:00 Jens Kruger Appalachian Concerto : Gone But Not Forgotten – Kruger Brothers; string quartet. Double Time Music DTM-022. [7:24]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Galvin Cello Quartet hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Originally aired October 31, 2022.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo – Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011801. [6:18]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata No. 18 in G, K. 301 – Alina Ibragimova, v; Cédric Tiberghien, p. Hyperion
CDA-68091 (2). [13:02]
2:00 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI
CDC5-55533-2. [29:46]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [19:17] Aaron Copland The Tender Land: Suite – Elgin Sym Orch/ Robert Hanson. Naxos
8.559297. [20:39] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op. 11, No. 2 – BBC Phil/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN-9537. [14:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, Part 2 of 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share what’s on their personal playlists.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Sweet Honey in the Rock (2/2/1978)
A visit with the iconic, womenled, African American vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Saturday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning
Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
Introductions:
Miriam Kessler, 17
Miriam Kessler is a high school senior and a student at Midwest Young Artists Conservatory. She has won competitions both as a harp soloist and a chamber music pianist. In this live recital from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio hosted by Robbie Ellis, Kessler will alternate between her two instruments performing works by Debussy, Hindemith, Rachmaninoff, Still, and Salzedo. Miriam is also a composer and will perform her own Op. 55 for piano.
Saturday, March 25
11:00 am
11:00 Introductions: LIVE: Miriam Kessler, 17, harp & piano.
Debussy: Arabesque No. 1; Hindemith: Harp Sonata, 1st mvt; Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op. 3/2; Kessler: Op. 55 ; Still: Summerland; Salzedo: Variations on a Theme in the Ancient Style.
12:00 From the Metropolitan
Opera: Bellini’s Norma Sonya Yoncheva (Norma), Ekaterina Gubanova (Adalgisa), Michael Spyres (Pollione), Christian Van horn (Oroveso); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Maurizio Benini.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon
Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A profile of baritone and composer Roderick Williams
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Great Alberto Ginastera. Alberto Ginastera was able to weave Latin American musical idioms seamlessly into his music. Elbio Barilari looks at the maestro’s incredible catalog and shares some
favorite recordings of the great 20th century composer.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: From the Archives: Girlyman , a modern close-harmony trio of songwriters (4/12/2008)
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Wrap up Women’s History Month with a birthday salute to Gloria Steinem, a remembrance of the late record industry pioneer, Bonnie Guitar, and other herstory makers.
Sunday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Lent
5. Hymns and Psalms to move us closer to Holy Week will be the focus of this edition of With Heart and Voice. Host Peter DuBois shares some of the most meaningful and beautiful music for choirs, congregations, and organ.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Joan Tower Chamber Dance –Nashville Sym/Giancarlo
Guerrero. Naxos 8.559775.
[16:19] Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 4 in F – Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel. EMI CDC7-49547-2.
[8:03] Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 –Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 4399002 (5). [24:27] Leonard
Bernstein West Side Story: Cool – Javier MoralesMartinez, cl; Lara Downes, p. Sony 84284011251.
[1:03] Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: I feel pretty – Rondo Violoncello/ Peter Buck. Harmonia Mundi HMC-905240. [2:46]
1:00 Claude Debussy Petite
Suite – Pascal & Ami Rogé, p. Onyx 4047. [11:38] Johann
Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80098. [11:00] Stacy
Garrop Jubilation – Lincoln Trio. WFMT Recording . [7:11]
2:00 Mel Bonis Cello Sonata, Op. 67 – Victor JulienLaferrière, vc; Théo Fouchenneret, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [15:22] Benjamin
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – London Sym Orch/ Benjamin Britten. Decca 417509-2. [16:31] Sylvius
Leopold Weiss Lute Partita in d minor: Fantasia –Hopkinson Smith, l. Astrée
E-8620. [1:37] Camille
Saint-Saëns Danse macabre, Op. 40 – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. RCA
63313-2. [7:10] Mel Bonis
Six Pieces for Four Hands, Op. 130 – Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [7:16]
3:00 Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances –Ensemble K/Simone Menezes. Accentus ACC-30567.
[13:10] 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]
Clarice Assad The Last Song – Bokyung Byun, g. Naxos 8.574433. [3:58]
Clarice Assad Caregiver, from Archetypes – Clarice Assad, p; Sérgio Assad, g; Third Coast Percussion. Cedille CDR-90000201.
[4:18] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 12 in B-Flat, K. 172 – American String Quartet. Musicmasters 67194-2 (6). [12:40]
4:00 John Williams Star Wars: A New Hope: Main Title; Princess Leia’s theme –Skywalker Sym Orch/John Williams. Sony SK-45947.
[10:35] Carl Maria von Weber Oberon: Overture –Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDM769572-2. [9:24] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio in C, K. 356 – Dennis James, glass harmonica. Sony SK-89047.
[3:41] Marie Jaëll Voix du printemps – Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [11:06] Marie Jaëll La Mer: Quatre heures du matin – Cyrille Dubois, t; Tristan Raës, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [3:21]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Jessie Montgomery Soul Force – New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV2503. [8:31] Max Bruch Violin
Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 – Jascha Heifetz, v; London New Sym Orch/ Sir Malcolm Sargent. RCA 61779-2 (5). [21:59] Muzio
Clementi Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 50, No. 1 – JeanEfflam Bavouzet, p. Chandos CHAN-20128. [21:50]
6:00 Rita Strohl Grande FantaisieQuintette – Quatuor Hanson; Ismaël Margain, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [31:24] Rita Strohl
Song, Bilitis – Cyrille Dubois, t; Tristan Raës, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [3:50] Rita Strohl Song, Sonnet – Cyrille Dubois, t; Tristan Raës, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [3:00] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in
C, Op. 6, No. 10 – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. [10:49]
7:00 Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a – London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas. Sony SK-47195. [18:42] Grace Williams The Dancers – Eiddwen Harrhy, s; Hickox Singers, City of London Sinf/Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9617. [19:16] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto in d minor, BWV 1060 – Lisa Batiashvili, v; François Leleux, ob; Bavarian Radio Sym Chamber Orch. DG 4792479. [12:04]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Montgomery: Hymn for Everyone; Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68; Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor; Alexander Hanna, double-bass; Riccardo Muti, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Alexander Kobrin, Pianist - Cliburn Gold Medal Winner. Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2; Schumann: Carnaval; Schubert: Impromptus, Op 90, Nos. 2, 3.
Monday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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.
Vincenzo Bellini Oboe
Concerto in E-Flat – Anthony Camden, ob; City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward. Naxos 8.553433. [8:34]
11:00 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Symphony No. 1, A Night in the Tropics – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard SVC-9. [18:47]
12:00 Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – Guildhall String Ensemble/ Robert Salter. RCA 7846-2-RC. [16:02]
1:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 6: No. 1, Andante espressivo –Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615. [6:39] Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [13:40]
2:00 Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in b minor –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572786. [26:39]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, Kegelstatt – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-57499. [21:04] Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Suite – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MBK-42252. [14:31] Florence Price Piano Concerto in D minor – Karen Walwyn, p; New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner. Albany TROY-1295. [18:25]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Arnold Steinhardt. Bill features music from Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist for 45 years of the Guarneri Quartet. Steinhardt will talk about his youth in LA, his time with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra, and his studies with Josef Szigeti.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Pianist Sebastian Knauer hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3 – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [16:59]
11:00 George Gershwin Cuban Overture – Zofo Duet. Sono Luminus DSL-92167. [10:24]
12:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 –Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 423116-2 (2). [10:30]
1:00 Manuel Ponce Three Popular Mexican Songs – Pepe Romero, g. Philips 432102-2. [6:01] William Walton Façade: Suite – Winnipeg Sym Orch/ Bramwell Tovey. [17:47]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 – Mahler Chamber
Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 70548. [34:00]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 89 in F –Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-66253. [18:40] George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Orion Weiss, p; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559705. [8:53] Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 –Paul Watkins, vc; BBC Phil/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10709. [26:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Arnold Steinhardt. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Gateways Radio: R. Nathaniel Dett: Madrigal Divine; Denver Oldham, piano; Richard Danielpour: From the Mountaintop; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gateways Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor; Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 2; Er-Gene Kahng, violin; Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor; James Cockerham: Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing; Gateways Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; David Shifrin, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano; Milhaud: La cheminée du roi René Suite for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 205; Sooyun Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Gina Cuffari, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Hindemith: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Sean Lee, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Nicola Porpora Cello Concerto in G –Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc. Aparté AP-274. [15:50]
11:00 Modest Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina: Prelude; Dance – Berlin Phil/ Claudio Abbado. [13:27]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Cellist Michael Katz and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform works by Rebecca Clarke, Edvard Grieg, and Manuel de Falla live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto grosso No. 3 in F –Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v. Virgin 45495-2. [7:23]
Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – Oregon Sym/ Carlos Kalmar. Pentatone PTC-5186471. [15:02]
2:00 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 –Daniil Trifonov, p. [27:03]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/ Rainer Kussmaul. [19:34]
Zoltán Kodály Háry János Suite, Op. 35a – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 443444-2. [22:58]
Gaspard Fritz Symphony in A, Op. 1, No. 6 – La Stagione/Michael Schneider. CPO 777696-2. [11:28]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Arnold Steinhardt. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Music of the Baroque London Calling: Orchestral music by Mozart, Haydn, and Handel written for the great city of London. Conducted by Nicholas Kraemer. Recorded February 2023.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 30
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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.
Jacques Offenbach La belle Hélène: Overture – Cincinnati
Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. MMG MWCD-7119. [9:20]
11:00 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Il Campiello (The Square): Suite – Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner. Berlin Classics 0091772-BC. [9:40]
12:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Renaud Capuçon, v. Erato 463232-2. [12:57]
1:00 Alexander Glazunov Concert Waltz No. 2 in F, Op. 51 –Philharmonia Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov. EMI CDC7-478472. [9:18] Franz Schubert Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 422237-2. [11:10]
2:00 Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F – Emerson String Quartet. DG 445509-2. [28:02]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Nikolai Miaskovsky
Symphony No. 21 in f-sharp, Op. 51 – Chicago Sym Orch/Morton Gould. RCA LSC-3022. [14:12] Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy –Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. CBS MK-44911. [20:31] Giuseppe Verdi
Jérusalem (Paris version of I Lombardi ): Ballet music – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4783559. [19:17]
5:00 Paulo Bellinati Concerto Caboclo – Brasil Guitar Duo; Delaware Sym Orch/ David Amado. Naxos 8.573603. [19:17]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Arnold Steinhardt. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Kurtág: quasi una fantasia..., Op. 27/2; Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Petr Popelka, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 31
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; 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. Hector Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire, Op. 21 – Detroit
Sym Orch/Paul Paray. Mercury 434328-2. [7:42]
11:00 Aaron Copland Our Town –London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland. CBS MS-7375. [11:10]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Originally aired October 15, 2015.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Aram Khachaturian Gayaneh: Five Dances – Boston Pops Orch/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 681322. [14:07] Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Indes galantes: Excerpts – Luc Beauséjour, p. Analekta AN2-9128. [5:57]
2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIb:1 – Andreas Brantelid, vc; Concerto Copenhagen/ Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Naxos 8.574365. [23:24]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30pm and The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, K. 238 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. Warner Classics 62259-2. [20:01] Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0018913-02. [15:51]
Leonard Bernstein Candide: Suite – Minnesota Orch/ Eiji Oue. Reference RR87. [18:08] Impromptu Recorded by WFMT.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: A Visit with Arnold Steinhardt. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share and explore their first experiences with classical music.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Handel: Messiah; Sherezade Panthanki, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Leif Auruhn Solén, tenor; Jonathon Adams, baritone; Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Harry Christophers, artistic director; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Frank Galati (3/5/1987)
Remembering Frank Galati (1943-2023), the beloved writer, director, educator, and all-around creative force who died in January, aged 79. In 1987, Studs welcomed Frank and cast members from the Goodman Theatre’s production of She Always Said, Pablo, a play Galati conceived from the works of Gertrude Stein.