This month, WTTW shines a spotlight on food, and how it reflects our individuality and brings us together. In her new special, Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors that Define Us, chef, author, and Italian native Lidia Bastianich will traverse the country to visit first, second, and third generation immigrants who share their culinary traditions and inspirations. You’ll find our interview with Lidia on page 4!
As Lidia says, “Tutti a tavola a mangiare,” or “everyone to the table to eat!” All year round, WTTW brings you cooking programs, stories about food and recipes on our website (wttw.com/food), and our Deep Dish enewsletter packed with ideas for foodies. This month on WTTW, we welcome a new series, The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy, showcasing New Orleans landmark restaurant Treme and its late chef who was known as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine”; and French chef and author Jacques Pépin returns with Heart & Soul, a series that looks back at his 60 eventful years in the kitchen. Visit our website for details.
And in related news, WFMT will cover Chicago Opera Theater’s presentation of The Cook Off, a lively opera with libretto by Mark Campbell and music by Shawn Okpebholo, who describes it as “food seasoned with humor, history, and a little bit of feel good!” Also this month on WFMT, we’ll mark the 175th anniversary of the founding of Chicago’s first synagogue with a unique Shabbat Evening service featuring Cantor David Berger, the Hyde Park Jewish Choral Society, and the Rockefeller Chapel Choir.
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David Attenborough presents seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature and explores the significance of these songs in the lives of their species.
Wednesday, May 3, 7:00 pm
The series highlights an age of unprecedented cultural diversity and global interconnection as Steven travels the globe in search of the best barbecue and grilling recipes.
Saturday, May 27, 1:30 pm
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Political Suicide
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a women’s Rolex gold and diamond bracelet watch; an American Girl Barbie and wardrobe circa 1965; and a schoolgirl needlework circa 1740.
Independent Lens: Matter of Mind –
My ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neuromuscular disease with an average survival time of 2-5 years from diagnosis. In this intimate story from Independent Lens, three people bravely travel different paths as they live with the progressively debilitating illness.
Monday, May 1 9:00 pm
Monday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Hidden Man [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise [R]
2:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Folly [R]
3:30 Independent Lens: Free Chol Soo Lee [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
With ProPublica, Frontline investigates decades of legal maneuvering, political influence, lax regulation, and industry opposition as fatalities rise from deadly track accidents.
Tuesday, May 30, 9:00 pm
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Early Birds
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Against All Odds Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors determined to survive.
8:00 My Grandparents’ War: Emeli Sandé Singersongwriter Emeli Sandé uncovers her grandparents’ stories spanning World War II, the Mau Mau insurgency, and Zambia’s fight for independence.
Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Man with the Golden Gun
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
Four new episodes premiering in May!
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1965 NASA “Corned Beef” archive, a Korean Guanyin painting, and a 1918 peach can label letter.
9:00 Independent Lens: Matter of Mind – My ALS
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 7 of 8) [R]
1:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: The Ostrich (Part 7 of 8) [R]
3:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Ainsley Harriott and Anne Diamond [R]
4:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
9:00 Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March Explore the fight against Asian American hate following the March 2021 mass shootings in Atlanta.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Independent Lens: Matter of Mind – My ALS See Mon. May 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Birthing Justice [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Bloomington, Minnesota [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s
Saving the Right Whale
Specialists helping to save the endangered North Atlantic right whale discover new secrets about these giants of the sea.
Into the Megavolcano
Geologists investigate the January 2022 volcanic eruption that rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga and sent shockwaves around the world.
Your Brain: Perception Deception
Neuroscientist Heather Berlin strives to understand how your brain shapes your reality, and why you can’t always trust what you perceive.
Your Brain: Who’s in Control?
Neuroscientist Heather Berlin dives into the subconscious to learn what’s really driving the decisions you make.
Wednesdays 8:00 pm
IIn Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors that Define Us, premiering on WTTW on Tuesday, May 30 at 8:00 pm and streaming on the PBS app, celebrity chef and host Lidia Bastianich visits, cooks, and dines with immigrants across America. We’ll meet a Ukrainian mother and son in Hartsville, South Carolina; Punjabi farmers and truck drivers near Bakersfield, California; and the United States’ first Nepali-Bhutanese elected official in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. Bastianich is herself
an immigrant who fled a part of Italy controlled by Communist Yugoslavia for a displaced persons camp before coming to America. In this new special, she shares her own story as well as those of other immigrants, as a way of expressing gratitude to the country that took her in.
Bastianich spoke to WTTW about the new special and how food connects us all.
“Food has always … fostered a belief that there is hope in life. We eat, we grow, and we move on.”All images courtesy of Meredith Nierman, GBH & Tavola Productions
The Guide: Why did you want to focus on immigrants in Lidia Celebrates America ?
Bastianich: I’m an immigrant, and there’s such a plus-minus, negative-positive [discourse] about immigrants these days. America is a [country] of immigrants. I was given my great opportunity by Americans, and also by the Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities. In the beginning, we had nobody who could even speak the language. In school, my teacher would assign young Americans, young kids like me, to teach me how to speak English. When we first moved and the Catholic Charities found a little home for us, the neighborhood rallied and brought us food, chairs, plates and towels – everything.
That still exists out there, so I went looking for it. I wanted to connect with these different immigrants. The one thing that gets people talking to you and connecting is food. I always use food: we eat together, or they show me how to cook. The table and food are the great equalizers. We’re all the same there.
The Guide: What purpose did food serve for you when you were an immigrant in a new home?
Bastianich: [My family] escaped Communist Yugoslavia and came back to Italy, and ended up in a refugee camp there. I was in line for food, a little ten-year-old with my little plate. Whether it was soup or polenta or pasta with a little bit of something, food has always made one feel comfortable and good and fostered a belief that there is hope in life. We eat, we grow, and we move on.
Then, when I came to the United States, I slowly realized that I loved food: I loved the nurturing part, I loved the sharing part – I guess because I experienced the lack of food and being afraid of not having enough of it. I had this passion for cooking because I did it with my grandma, even in the camp, and when I was at school they got me in the kitchen. So I was destined for the kitchen.
And then I realized that food is one of the great gifts of the Italian culture. I thought I should share with my American friends. I saw that people appreciated it and loved Italian food. I realized that they really want to
get to know my food. It was my great communication. It’s my way of thanking and sharing with America, which is my home. But you never forget the culture in which you were born.
The Guide: You also use food to connect with newer immigrants in this latest special.
Bastianich: Their food is so important to them. It’s wonderful to see how immigrants, plus the Americans, get involved and how one of the first things that they do when they bring a family into a home is that they bring their food, to say, yes – you’re in America, but America appreciates who you are and you can always practice your culture.
The Guide: Why did you look to places in this country that people perhaps don’t tend to think of as housing large numbers of immigrants?
Bastianich: The East and West Coasts might have more visibility, but there’s all of Middle America where [immigrants] settle. Also, the diversity of the immigrants is important; there’s no need to focus only on the southern border. America is made up of all kinds of immigrants. People come here for different reasons – there are wars and famine in this world, and that creates a lot of refugees.
The Guide: Why is it important for you to share immigrant stories?
The Guide: You meet a Nepali-Bhutanese immigrant who was inspired to run for office and is now on the city council of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Why do you like that story?
Bastianich: Can you imagine that? He was so appreciative – tears came to his eyes. This is reality. This is America. Let us continue to be inclusive as Americans, but also make certain that immigrants understand that they have their responsibility in this family. It is their duty as an immigrant – as well as an American – to return something to this country, to give back in any way that they can. That's what America is based on.
Bastianich: I am living proof. I am an American, I love America – I appreciate very much the opportunity that was given to me and my family. And I want to share my gratitude with the American public and the immigrants. Food is trustworthy. It’s positive. I am an example of what I’m talking about. I am a success story as an immigrant – it could be them, too!
This interview was edited for length and clarity.
Wednesday, May 3, 7:00 pm
See what happens when gossip escalates and starts to affect people’s lives. Set in a picturesque fishing village, this series centers on Maggie Cole, the self-appointed oracle of this close-knit community.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.
Friday, May 26, 8:00 pm
WTTW Create ushers in the unofficial start of summer with five hours of mouthwatering barbecue dishes from Steven Raichlen, Cook’s Country, Kevin Belton, Pati Jinich, Vivian Howard, and more!
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS Video app.
This “edge of your seat thriller” tells the story of Fi Lawson, who arrives home one day to find a family of strangers moving into her house, and her husband has disappeared.
Watch with a Passport membership on wttw.com/watch or the PBS Video app.
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Find full schedules for all channels at wttw.com/schedules.
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song
8:00 NOVA: Saving the Right Whale
9:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein –The Hollywood Sign
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Against All Odds See Tues. May 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Grandparents’ War: Emeli Sandé See Tues. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March See Tues. May 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 2 of 3) [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 2 of 3) [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Rue Morgue
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
6:58 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Labours of Hercules Desperate to catch an infamous art thief, the police build what they imagine is a perfect trap involving Poirot.
8:29 The Coroner: Capsized (Part 6 of 20) Jane, Judith, and Beth wake to the news that a cargo ship has washed ashore.
9:14 Mallorca Files: To Kill a Stag (Part 6 of 10) A groom-to-be is found dead in the swimming pool of a luxury villa.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song See Wed. May 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Saving the Right Whale See Wed. May 3
at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein – The Hollywood Sign See Wed. May 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Czechs in Chicago: A Home in the Heartland
4:30 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Stab in the Dark
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 The Articulate Hour: Partial Recall Artists and scholars discuss the surprising ways our memories fuel creativity.
9:00 The Articulate Hour: Together/Alone Artists, scholars, and other creative thinkers explore contrasting impulses.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 ’70s Soul Superstars
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
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
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets – Holland, Michigan
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Louisville and Bourbon Country, Kentucky
10:30 This Old House: Ipswich –Exposing Problems
11:00 Ask This Old House: Full Sun Garden, Radiator Floor Patch
11:30 The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy – Make it Good
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Cajun Country
Rising Against
Asian Hate: One Day in March
Tuesday, May 2 9:00 pm
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV –American Masters
Tuesday, May 16 8:00 pm
Independent Lens: Try Harder!
Sunday, May 21 10:00 am
Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience
Friday, May 26 8:00 pm
Tyrus Wong: American Masters
Saturday, May 6 11:00 am
Waterman-Duke: The Spirit of Aloha –American Masters
Saturday, May 6 2:30 pm
Independent Lens: Hidden Letters
Saturday, May 6 2:00 pm
Independent Lens: Try Harder!
Saturday, May 6 3:30 pm
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir –American Masters
Saturday, May 6 5:00 pm
Lucky Chow
Sundays, 6:00 am
Asian Americans
Sunday, May 7, 14, and 21, 9:00 pm
Mr. Tornado: American Experience
Sunday, May 7 11:00 pm
Confucius Was a Foodie
Sundays, May 14, 21, and 28, 5:00 am
Armed with Language
Sunday, May 14 11:00 pm
Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience
Sunday, May 21 10:00 pm
12:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Fete Des Boules
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: An Italian Cookout
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Raichlen Rules Steak
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Springtime Feast
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Real Fettucine Alfredo
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Everyday Superfoods
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Ireland
4:30 Check, Please! Gundis Kurdish Kitchen, The English Room, L’patron
5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Quintana Roo
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
7:00 Father Brown: The Royal Visit The visit of Princess Margaret to Kembleford is in jeopardy when a school janitor is found murdered.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team join Naomi in Saint Barnabas when her best friend’s father
is murdered at a wedding.
9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Labours of Hercules See Thurs. May 4 at 6:58 pm. [R]
10:30 The Coroner: Capsized (Part 6 of 20) See Thurs. May 4 at 8:29 pm. [R]
11:15 Mallorca Files: To Kill a Stag (Part 6 of 10) See Thurs. May 4 at 9:14 pm. [R]
Sunday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Ainsley Harriott and Anne Diamond [R]
1:01 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 7 of 8) [R]
2:00 My Grandparents’ War: Emeli Sandé [R]
3:00 The Articulate Hour: Partial Recall (Part 1 of 3) See Fri. May 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 The Articulate Hour: Together/Alone (Part 2 of 3) See Fri. May 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD See Sat. May 6 at 3:00 am. [R]
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 To be announced
11:30 Hemingway: A Writer (18991929) (Part 1 of 3) Hemingway marries Hadley Richardson
In this three-part series, immerse yourself in breathtaking Scandinavian landscapes –beautiful fjords, magical forests, and volcanic and arctic extremes. Watch as surprising wildlife stories, myths, and modernity are all woven into this icy natural world.
Wednesdays, May 10, 17, and 24, 7:00 pm
and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.
AFTERNOON
1:30 Hemingway: The Avatar (1929-1944) (Part 2 of 3) Hemingway settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long.
3:30 Hemingway: The Blank Page (1944-1961) (Part 3 of 3) Hemingway follows the Army as they advance through Europe. Afterwards, he tries to start a life with Mary Welsh, but is beset with tragedies.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Brian Cox and Philip Jackson
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Season Finale) As Trixie and Matthew’s wedding officially begins, a series of small and great disasters threaten to impede the day.
8:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Tom is banished by Allworthy. Meanwhile, Sophia flees her impending marriage to Blifil. There are fateful encounters at two inns.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: Queen
of Hearts (Season Finale) Louis becomes increasingly confident as he supports the American War of Independence.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: The Mavericks – En Español
Monday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Royal Visit See Sat. May 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. May 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:58 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Labours of Hercules [R]
3:30 Wisconsin Foodie [R]
4:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Holland, Michigan [R]
4:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Louisville and Bourbon Country, Kentucky [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Hidden Secrets
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 19561958 Celtics team-signed photo and basketball, a Buffalo Bill poster circa 1893, and an Edwardian sapphire and diamond ring.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1946 Einstein-signed photo and prints, an Agassiz pendant watch circa 1905, and a Chinese gold-splashed bronze vase circa 1850.
9:00 Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America Jonathan Adams sets off across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpieces and life.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 12, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) [R] See Sun. May 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: Queen of Hearts (Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Hemingway: A Writer (1899-1929) (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. May 7 at 11:30 am. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Damned If You Do…
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Shirts on Their Backs Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni.
8:00 Finding Your Roots: Criminal Kind Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Laura Linney and journalists Lisa Ling and Soledad O’Brien.
9:00 Frontline: Secrets, Politics, and the Supreme Court
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Brian Cox and Philip Jackson [R]
3:00 Hemingway: The Avatar (1929-1944) (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. May 7 at 1:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Until Death Do You Part
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Wild Scandinavia: Life on the Edge (Part 1 of 3) Explore Scandinavia’s Swedish Baltic Sea, which includes iconic fjords.
8:00 NOVA: Into the Megavolcano
9:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein –The Gadsden Flag
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: The Shirts on Their Backs See Tues. May 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Finding Your Roots: Criminal Kind See Tues. May 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: Secrets, Politics, and the Supreme Court See Tues. May 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Hemingway: The Blank Page (1944-1961) (Part 3 of 3)
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Swimming in Murder
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
6:58 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain – Poirot’s Last Case Confined to a wheelchair and crippled with arthritis, the now elderly Poirot must battle his ultimate nemesis in his last-ever case.
8:29 The Coroner: The Salcombe Selkie (Part 7 of 20) Peter and Molly return home from visiting the grave of their daughter Leah, and are stunned to find her standing alive in their driveway.
9:14 Mallorca Files: Friend Henry (Part 7 of 10) Miranda and Max investigate the death of a world-famous DJ.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Wild Scandinavia: Life on the Edge (Part 1 of 3) See Wed. May 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Into the Megavolcano See Wed. May 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein – The Gadsden Flag See Wed. May 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America See Mon. May 8 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: The Mavericks – En Español [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: The
Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best
Enjoy a revue of groundbreaking Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by Sutton Foster. Features performances by André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Vanessa Williams and more.
Friday, May 12
8:00 pm
Sam Now
In this coming-of-age documentary about generational trauma, follow Sam Harkness from age 11 to 33 as his once-average, middle-class Seattle family is heartbroken and unsure of what to do after his mother suddenly abandons them.
Saturday, May 13 10:30 pm
Perfect Murder
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul
2:30 The Path to Happily Ever After with Rajiv Nagaich
4:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White
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
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets – Amana Colonies, Iowa
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Colorado Springs, Colorado
10:30 This Old House: Ipswich –First Things First
11:00 Ask This Old House
11:30 The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy – Madisonville
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert
12:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – All in the Family
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Timing is Everything
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Raichlen Grills St. Louis
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Ode to Armenia
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Moroccan Flatbread
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: My Greek Dinner Party
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Home
4:30 Check, Please! BYOB
5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Asheville
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
7:00 Father Brown: The Show Must Go On Father Brown discovers there’s more drama offstage than on in the latest production by the Kembleford Players.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigates the murder of a former children’s home resident.
9:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain – Poirot’s Last Case See Thurs. May 11 at 6:58 pm. [R]
10:30 Independent Lens: Sam Now
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Coroner: The Salcombe Selkie (Part 7 of 20) See Thurs. May 11 at 8:29 pm. [R]
1:00 Mallorca Files: Friend Henry (Part 7 of 10) See Thurs. May 11 at 9:14 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3) [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best See Fri. May 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 The Path to Happily Ever After with Rajiv Nagaich [R]
MORNING
6:30-9:30 WTTW Kids
9:30 Great Performances at the Met: Fedora Soprano
Sonya Yoncheva stars in Umberto Giordano’s drama.
11:30 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Pylon (Part 1 of 4) The murder of a schoolgirl brings Endeavour back to Oxford.
AFTERNOON
1:00 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Apollo (Part 2 of 4) A car accident proves to be murder, leading Endeavour to investigate suspects.
2:30 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Confection (Part 3 of 4) A triple murder exposes the secrets of a village in the grip of deadly rumors.
4:00 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Degüello (Part 4 of 4) The collapse of a tower block reveals a clue that May uncover the truth behind a crime.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Esther Rantzen and Rebecca Wilcox
7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Elizabeth I, The Warrior Queen Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I’s image as a warrior queen shaped British national identity for centuries.
8:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Tom is lured to a masquerade by an insatiable paramour; complications develop. Blifil and a loathsome lord try to compromise Sophia.
9:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Marie Antoinette –The Doomed Queen Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat cake” to her starving subjects.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Indie Soul Journeys Three Chicago-based storytellers share aspirational tales of independent R&B/soul artists.
11:30 Austin City Limits: Rufus Wainwright
Monday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:28 Father Brown: The Show Must Go On See Sat. May 13 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:13 Death in Paradise See Sat. May 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:05 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain – Poirot’s Last Case [R]
3:35 Independent Lens: Sam Now See Sat. May 13
at 10:30 pm. [R]
5:02 BBC World News
5:31 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: She Was Murdered Twice
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 12 Finds include a 1791 Jane Young world map needlework, an Albert Einstein collection, and Carlo Giuliano earrings and necklace circa 1890.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1919 Belmont Stakes trophy, 1963 The Avengers comics and two Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso oil paintings.
Follow one couple’s quest to restore a famous yet dilapidated mansion in Lake Forest, Illinois. F. Scott Fitzgerald once summered there, and it was the home of Fitzgerald’s true love, Ginevra King, who inspired his iconic character Daisy Buchanan in the novel The Great Gatsby
Monday, May 15
9:00 pm
9:00 Restoring Gatsby
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Elizabeth I, The Warrior Queen See Sun.
May 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) See Sun.
May 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Marie Antoinette –The Doomed Queen See Sun. May 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Pylon (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. May 14 at 11:30 am. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Amana Colonies, Iowa [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s
Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Unlike Father, Unlike Son
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Things We Don’t Discuss Henry Louis Gates, Jr. works with Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn to discover the truth about their ancestors.
8:00 Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV –American Masters
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 12 See Mon. May 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Restoring Gatsby See Mon. May 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Apollo (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. May 14 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Indie Soul Journeys See Sun. May 14 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Complex Murder
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV –American Masters
See the world through the eyes of Nam June Paik, the father of video art and coiner of the term “electronic superhighway.”
Experience the acclaimed artist’s creative evolution, as Academy Award nominee Steven Yeun reads from Paik’s own writings.
Tuesday, May 16
8:00 pm
english choral music then to now
June 10, 8:00 p.m. St. Vincent DePaul Parish Chicago
June 11, 3:00 p.m. Hyde Park Union Church Chicago
chicagochorale.org
May 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV – American Masters See Tues. May 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Confection (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. May 14 at 2:30 pm. [R]
4:30 Check, Please! BYOB [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
agoraphobic daughter Olivia outside as shock treatment.
9:14 Mallorca Files: Death in the Morning (Part 8 of 10) The murder of a famous British author and anti-bullfighting campaigner brings Max and Miranda to Cazador.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Wild Scandinavia: Heartlands See Wed. May 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Wild Scandinavia: Heartlands Journey to the enchanted Scandinavian Forest.
8:00 NOVA: Your Brain –Perception Deception
9:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein – The Cowboy
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Things We Don’t Discuss See Tues.
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: One for the Road
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
6:59 Midsomer Murders: The Point of Balance (in 2 parts)
The annual Paramount Dance Extravaganza arrives at Midsomer.
8:29 The Coroner: Napoleon’s Violin (Part 8 of 20) Donald Sidwell attempts to drag his
1:00 NOVA: Your Brain –Perception Deception See Wed. May 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein –The Cowboy See Wed. May 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece: Degüello (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. May 14 at 4:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites: The Farmers’ Market
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
Nam June PaikGreat Performances: Richard III
Experience The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare at the Park production of Shakespeare’s tragedy with one of his most indelible villains, starring Danai Gurira in the title role. The performance was recorded live in July 2022 in Central Park.
Friday, May 19
8:00 pm
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Great Performances: Richard III
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 Indie Soul Journeys [R]
1:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
3:00 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
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
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Woodstock, Illinois
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: San Antonio, Texas
10:30 This Old House: Ipswich – Factory Built
11:00 Ask This Old House
11:30 The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy – Queen’s Day
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Old New Mexico
12:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Toast to Julia
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Carry on Tradition
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Rolled, Stuffed, and Grilled
2:00
Follow one woman’s road to heal from childhood sexual abuse as this film evolves into the story of a family’s journey through generational trauma, of discovery, loss, and bonding –at once agonizing and beautiful.
Saturday, May 20
10:30 pm
2:30
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
7:00 Father Brown: The Sands of Time Brenda finds love at the home of a clock collector, but is he a killer?
8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate the murder of a water taxi driver as Neville receives an anonymous letter.
8:59 Midsomer Murders: The Point of Balance (in 2 parts) See Thurs. May 18 at 6:59 pm. [R]
10:30 Independent Lens: Silent Beauty
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Coroner: Napoleon’s Violin (Part 8 of 20) See Thurs. May 18 at 8:29 pm. [R]
1:00 Mallorca Files: Death in the Morning (Part 8 of 10) See Thurs. May 18 at 9:14 pm. [R]
2:00 Celebrity Antiques Road
Trip: Esther Rantzen and Rebecca Wilcox See Sun. May 14 at 6:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Richard III See Fri. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD See Sat. May 20 at 3:00 am. [R]
MORNING
6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
10:00 Independent Lens: Try Harder! Follow seniors at San Francisco’s Lowell High as they apply to elite universities.
11:30 Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Oracle As Morse sees in 1970 at an opera house in Venice, a murder in Oxford puts Thursday on a quest to find the killer.
AFTERNOON
1:30 Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Raga A clash between rival gangs results in tragedy.
America’s Test Kitchen: Breakfast with a Kick
America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Quick Desserts
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Father of Modern Greek Cooking
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Yorkshire Coast
4:30 Check, Please! Roister, Midori, Sapori Napoletani
5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Yucatan
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
3:30 Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Zenana When Morse investigates an apparent freak accident, he uncovers a potential link between a series of incidents across Oxford.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Lesley Joseph and Christopher Biggins
7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Queen Anne – The Mother of Great Britain Lucy Worsley investigates Queen Anne’s powerful role in the forging of Great Britain.
8:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece
(Part 4 of 4) Tom’s letter to Lady Bellaston threatens to sink his prospects with Sophia, and a swordfight puts him in even deeper trouble.
9:00 The Queen at War This film highlights the late Queen Elizabeth’s experiences during World War II.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: Texas Icons – Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Sands of Time See Sat. May 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. May 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:58 Midsomer Murders: The Point of Balance (in 2 parts) [R]
3:30 Independent Lens: Try Harder! See Sun. May 21 at 10:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: A Personal Murder
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 2 of 3)
Finds include a 1961-1963 JFK archive, a grotesque face jug, and Gone with the Wind sketches.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 3 of 3)
Finds include a 1938 Snow White banner, a Chinese huanghuali cosmetic case, and an 1860 John J. Audubon chromolithograph.
9:00 Celebrity Antiques Road
Trip: Phil Vickery and Martin
Offiah Rugby legends Phil Vickery and Martin Offiah take to the antiques trail around Bristol, England. Phil swaps a rugby ball for a polo stick and Martin finds out about man’s first assent into the skies.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
9:00 Wisconsin Foodie
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Ask This Old House
11:30 The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Travel Detective
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Queen Anne – The Mother of Great Britain See Sun. May 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Tom Jones on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. May 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Lesley Joseph and Christopher Biggins [R]
3:00 Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Oracle See Sun. May 21 at 11:30 am. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Lost Identity
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Fighters
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the genealogy of Terry Crews and Tony Danza,
who overcame adversity.
8:00 Goin’ Back to T-Town: American Experience
9:00 Frontline: Once Upon a Time in Iraq – Fallujah Hear the gripping story of the battle of Fallujah, told by soldiers, journalists, and ordinary Iraqis who endured it.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Phil Vickery and Martin Offiah See Mon. May 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Raga See Sun. May 21 at 1:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Dishing Up Murder
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Wild Scandinavia: Fire and Ice Muskoxen, polar bears, and arctic foxes must navigate the transformation of their world under the midnight sun.
8:00 NOVA: Your Brain –Who’s in Control?
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Hindenburg’s Fatal Flaws
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Fighters See Tues. May 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Goin’ Back to T-Town: American Experience See Tues. May 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: Once Upon a Time in Iraq – Fallujah See Tues. May 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Endeavour Season 7 on Masterpiece: Zenana See Sun. May 21 at 3:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: The Blood Red Sea
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
6:58 Midsomer Murders: The Miniature Murders (in 2 parts) The worlds of miniature dollhouses and real houses collide when a prolific real estate agent is murdered.
8:29 The Coroner: The Deep Freeze (Part 9 of 20) Ice cream factory manager Rose finds owner Robert frozen to death in one of his freezers.
9:14 Mallorca Files: Mallorca’s Most Wanted (Part 9 of 10) An apprehended drug dealer tips off Miranda and Max that a fugitive is back on the island.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Revisit Greenwood, a Black community in Tulsa. Torn apart in 1921 by a racially motivated massacre, the neighborhood rose again but could not survive integration and urban renewal.
Tuesday, May 23
8:00 pm
Friday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Wild Scandinavia: Fire and Ice See Wed. May 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Your Brain – Who’s in Control? See Wed. May 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Hindenburg’s Fatal Flaws See Wed. May 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Queen at War See Sun. May 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Austin City Limits: Texas Icons: Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver See Sun. May 21 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise: Flames of Love
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Professor T
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DW
Astrid
Agatha Christie’s Poirot:
Seaside Hotel
Wild Harvest
America’s Test …
Cook’s Country
Joanne Weir…
And Then They Came for Us
Father Brown
They Take Us Away
Black Voices
Latino Voices
My Grandparents’ War: Emeli Sandé 6 SAT
The Labours of Hercules The Coroner 11.2 Amy Tan: American Masters(5:00) Antiques Roadshow Legacy List with Matt Paxton My Grandparents’ War Austin City Lmiits 11.3 Kitchen Queens Pati’s Mexican Table Legacy List with Matt Paxton Joy of Painting Joy of Painting Craft in America In Julia’s Kitchen Project Smoke 11.5 Finding Your Roots Independent Lens: Try Harder! Bloodline America ReFramed Independent Lens 7 SUN 11.1 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Call the Midwife Tom Jones on Masterpiece Marie Antoinette Black Voices Latino Voices 11.2 Black Voices Latino Voices Fatal Shot Nazi Mega Weapons Asian Americans Asian Americans 11.3 Sara’s Weeknight… Cook’s Country Legacy List with Matt Paxton Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Craft in America My Greek Table Lidia’s Kitchen 11.5 David Rubenstein Kelly Corrigan Nature Reel South POV Reel South 8 MON 11.1 PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built … Chicago Tonight BBC World News 11.2 This Old House Ask This Old House NOVA Nature Human: The World Within Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11.3 Simply Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test… Wild Harvest Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Rick Steves … Ireland with Michael In the Americas … Joy of Painting 11.5 Asian Americans: A Question of Loyalty Pacific Heartbeat Our Time Stories from the… PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC World News 9 TUE 11.1 PBS NewsHour Finding Your Roots Finding Your Roots Frontline Chicago Tonight BBC World News 11.2 Roadfood A Chef’s Life Last Tango in Halifax Broadchurch Vienna Blood Marie Antoinette 11.3 Sara’s Weeknight… Kevin Belton … Milk Street Wild Harvest Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Rick Steves … Travelscope Daytripper Joy of Painting 11.5 NOVA First Peoples: Africa Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories … PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC World News 10 WED 11.1 PBS NewsHour Wild Scandinavia NOVA Iconic America Chicago Tonight BBC World News 11.2 Kelly Corrigan World’s Greatest … The Trouble with Maggie Cole Agatha and the Midnight Murders Mr. Bean Antiques Roadshow 11.3 Project Fire Cook’s Country Lidia’s Kitchen Wild Harvest Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Rick Steves … Fly Brother … Curious Traveler Joy of Painting 11.5 Reel South Independent Lens: Sam Now Frontline: Secrets, Politics and the … PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC World News 11 THU 11.1 PBS NewsHour Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain –Poirot’s Last Case The Coroner (8:29) Mallorca Files (9:14) Chicago Tonight BBC World News 11.2 Motorweek Rick Steves … Weekends with … Bare Feet Samantha Brown … Curious Traveler Rick Steves Art of Europe Wild Scandinavia 11.3 How to Cook Well … Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Wild Harvest Pati’s Mexican Table Pati’s Mexican Table Rick Steves … Travelscope Travels with Darley Joy of Painting 11.5 Shinmachi: Stronger than a Tsunami America ReFramed Reel South PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC World News 12 FRI 11.1 PBS NewsHour The Week in Review Washington Week Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best Black Voices BBC World News 11.2 Wine First Passion Italy Seaside Hotel Astrid Professor T Tom Jones on Masterpiece 11.3 Joanne Weir… Cook’s Country America’s Test … Wild Harvest Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia’s Kitchen 11.5 Tyrus Wong: American Masters Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC World News 13 SAT 11.1 Latino Voices Black Voices Father Brown Death in Paradise Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain –Poirot’s Last Case Independent Lens 11.2 Agatha and… (5:00) Mr. Bean Antiques Roadshow Legacy List with Matt Paxton My Grandparents’ War Austin City Lmiits 11.3 Kitchen Queens Pati’s Mexican Table Legacy List with Matt Paxton Joy of Painting Joy of Painting Craft in America In Julia’s Kitchen Project Smoke 11.5 Finding Your Roots Independent Lens: Hidden Letters POV Shorts America ReFramed Reel South 14 SUN 11.1 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Tom Jones on Masterpiece Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets Black Voices Latino Voices 11.2 Black Voices Latino Voices Fatal Shot Nazi Mega Weapons Asian Americans Asian Americans 11.3 Sara’s Weeknight… Cook’s Country Legacy List with Matt Paxton Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia’s Kitchen Craft in America My Greek Table Lidia’s Kitchen 11.5 Finding Your Roots Wild Scandinavia Reel South Doc World Bloodline 15 MON 11.1 PBS NewsHour Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Restoring Gatsby Chicago Tonight BBC World News 11.2 This Old House Ask This Old House NOVA Nature Human: The World Within Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11.3 Simply Ming Cook’s Country America’s Test… Life of Loi Lidia’s Kitchen Lidia’s Kitchen Rick Steves … Ireland with Michael In the Americas … Joy of Painting 11.5 Asian Americans: Local USA Stories from the… PBS NewsHour DW The Day BBC World News 14 MAY 2023
BBC World News
American Experience: Goin’ Back to T-Town PBS NewsHour
American Experience: Plague at the Golden Gate
Project Smoke
Austin City Lmiits
In Julia’s Kitchen
Midsomer Murders (8:59)
To be anounced
Craft in America
Death in Paradise
Legacy List with Matt Paxton
Joy of Painting
Joy of Painting
Father Brown
Black Voices
Antiques Roadshow
Pati’s Mexican Table Legacy List with Matt Paxton
To be anounced
Fanny: The Right … 11.2
Kitchen Queens
SAT 11.1
11.3
11.5
with
Lens (5:30) Amy Tan –Unintended Memoir: American Masters America ReFramed China: Frame By Frame 28 SUN 11.1 The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli National Memorial Day Concert 2023 National Memorial Day Concert 2023 City at War: Chicago 11.2 Black Voices Latino Voices After Action After Action After Action After Action 11.3 Moveable Feast… Cook’s Country Legacy List
Week in Review
7:30 Washington Week
8:00 Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience In San Francisco in 1900, a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague in the city’s Chinatown led to a spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
12:30 The British Beat
2:30 Moments to Remember
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids
9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Innovations in Bloom
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Fort Wayne, Indiana
10:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Boston, Massachusetts
10:30 This Old House: Ipswich – New Life
11:00 Ask This Old House
11:30 The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s
Legacy – Hortensia’s Garden
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Chuck Roast and Potatoes
12:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul – Cooking from Le Pelican
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: An Easy Effort
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Quick Fish Dinners
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Wave Pizzas
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Flavors of the Athenian Art Scene
4:00 Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts: Winter Woodland
4:30 Check, Please! Qxy, Milwalky Trace, Senor Pan
5:00 Travel Detective: State Songs with Hidden Meanings
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
7:00 Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath A group of bikers cause outrage and excitement.
8:00 Death in Paradise The
team must prove Neville’s innocence after Professor Cartwright is murdered.
8:58 Midsomer Murders: The Miniature Murders (in 2 parts) See Thurs. May 25 at 6:58 pm. [R]
10:30 Fanny: The Right to Rock
Sunday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Coroner: The Deep Freeze (Part 9 of 20) See Thurs. May 25 at 8:29 pm. [R]
1:00 Mallorca Files: Mallorca’s Most Wanted (Part 9 of 10) See Thurs. May 25 at 9:14 pm. [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Queen Anne – The Mother of Great Britain [R]
3:00 Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience See Fri. May 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30-10:30 WTTW Kids
10:30 Pritzker Military Presents
11:30 Great Performances: Anything Goes Tony winner Sutton Foster reprises her Tony-winning role as Reno Sweeney in London with favorite songs including
“I Get A Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top.”
Fanny: The Right to Rock
Sometime in the 1960s, two Filipina American sisters got together with other teenage girls to play music. Little did they know their garage band would evolve into the legendary rock group Fanny, the first all-woman band to release an LP with a major record label.
Saturday, May 27
10:30 pm
Return to Ramitelli
Narrated by country music star Darius Rucker, this film returns to Italy’s Ramitelli airfield to tell the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of Black military pilots who broke stereotypes and helped win World War II with their daring fighter escorts of American bombers.
Sunday, May 28
6:00 pm
AFTERNOON
2:00 After Action: All Gave Some Hosted by Air Force veteran Stacy Pearsall, this series reveals the experiences of a diverse group of veterans to provide a deeper appreciation for those who have served.
3:00 After Action: Glass Ceiling Stacy talks with three of the first women in their fields.
4:00 Breath of Freedom Narrated by Cuba Gooding, Jr., this film explores how World War II and its aftermath played a huge role in the Civil Rights Movement.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli
7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2023
8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2023 [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: Brittany Howard
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath See Sat. May 27 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. May 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:58 Midsomer Murders: The Miniature Murders (in 2 parts) See Sat. May 27 at 8:58 pm. [R]
3:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2023 [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise
Join WTTW for the 34th annual airing of this patriotic event, live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Acclaimed actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise co-host, joined by actor Mary McCormack and an all-star lineup with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.
Sunday, May 28
7:00 and 8:30 pm
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an Olin Travis Ozark hilltop painting, a 1936 Lou Gehrig autograph and an English giltwood cabinet.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1983 Truman Capote Playboy manuscript, a jazz musician photograph
archive circa 1945, and a Mississippian effigy figure.
9:00 Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe For Memorial Day, revisit the story of Chicago’s oldest Mexican-American parish.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2023 [R]
1:30 The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli See Sun. May 28 at 6:00 pm. [R]
2:30 After Action: All Gave Some See Sun. May 28 at 2:00 pm. [R]
3:30 After Action: Glass Ceiling See Sun. May 28 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Fort Wayne, Indiana [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 DW The Day
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Songs of the Past Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane to inspiring ancestors in their family trees.
8:00 Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors that Define Us
9:00 Frontline: America’s Dangerous Trucks
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Breath of Freedom See Sun. May 28 at 4:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Fanny: The Right to Rock See Sat. May 27 at 10:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC World News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking
1:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 DW The Day
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour
7:00 Nature: Pandas – Born to Be Wild Unlock the mysteries of wild pandas whose counterparts in captivity are known for their gentle image.
8:00 NOVA: Why Ships Crash
When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed into the bank of the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Abandoning the Titanic Investigators search for the identity of the captain of a “mystery ship” that turned away from the Titanic in its darkest hour.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC World News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Traveling from big cities to small towns in rural America, Lidia Bastianich shares the inspiring stories of first, second, and thirdgeneration Americans forging their own way and shaping the shifting definition of what it means to be an American.
Tuesday, May 30
8:00 pm
’60s Pop, Rock & Soul
Saturday, 12:30 am (5/13)
’70s Soul Superstars
Saturday, 12:30 am (5/6)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (5/7, 5/21, 5/28)
Fridays, 4:00 am (5/12, 5/26)
Sunday, 11:30 pm (5/14)
British Beat
Saturday, 12:30 am (5/27)
Great Performances
Fridays, 8:00 pm (5/12, 5/19)
Sundays, 3:00 am (5/14, 5/21)
Sunday, 11:30 am (5/28)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 9:30 am (9/14)
Moments to Remember
Saturday, 2:30 am (5/27)
National Memorial Day Concert
Sunday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (5/28)
Monday, 3:30 am (5/29)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (5/30)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Thursdays, 7:00 pm (5/4, 5/11)
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (5/6, 5/13)
Mondays, 2:00 am (5/8, 5/15)
Call the Midwife
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (5/2, 5/9)
Sunday, 1:00 am, 7:00 pm (5/7)
Coroner
Thursdays, 8:30 pm
Saturday, 10:30 pm (5/6)
Sundays, 12:00 am (5/14, 5/21, 5/28)
Death in Paradise
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
Mondays, 1:00 am
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm
Endeavour Season 6 on Masterpiece
Sunday, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm (5/14)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (5/16)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (5/17)
Thursday, 3:00 am (5/18)
Tom Jones on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (5/7, 5/14, 5/21)
America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Wednesdays, 12:00 am, 1:00 am
Thursday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (5/4)
Sunday, 2:00 am (4/14)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 11:00 am
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Sundays, 6:00 pm (5/7,
Tuesday, 3:00 am
Sunday, 12:00 am (5/7)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/10)
Sunday, 2:00 am (5/21)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (5/23)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm
Friday, 4:30 am (5/5)
Thursday, 4:30 am (5/18)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country
Saturdays, 12:00 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 2:00 pm
Dooky Chase Kitchen:
Leah’s Legacy
Saturdays, 11:30 am
J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Saturday, 9:00 am (5/27)
Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul
Saturdays, 12:30 pm
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am
Wednesday, 4:30 am (5/3)
Monday, 4:00 am (5/8)
Tuesdays, 4:30 am (5/16, 5/30)
Lidia Celebrates America
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/30)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Mondays-Fridays, 1:30 pm
Saturdays, 1:00 pm
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites
Friday, 4:30 am (5/19)
Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts
Saturdays, 4:00 pm
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
Saturdays, 3:30 pm
New Scandinavian Cooking
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
Saturday, 1:30 pm (5/27)
Travel Detective
Saturdays, 5:00 pm
Wisconsin Foodie
Saturdays, 9:00 am (5/6, 5/13, 5/20)
Monday, 3:30 am (5/8)
Nature • Science • Technology
The Articulate Hour
Friday, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (5/5)
Sunday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (5/7)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Saturday, 3:00 am (5/6)
Sunday, 5:00 am (5/7)
Saturday, 1:00 am (5/20)
Nature
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (5/31)
NOVA
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm
Fridays, 1:00 am (5/5, 5/19, 5/26)
Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD
Saturday, 3:00 am(5/20)
Sunday, 5:00 am (5/21)
Public Affairs •
History • Documentary
After Action
Sunday, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm (5/28)
Tuesday, 2:30 am, 3:30 am (5/30)
Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility
Saturday, 4:00 am (5/13)
Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
American Experience
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/23)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/25)
Friday, 8:00 pm (5/26)
Sunday, 3:00 am (5/28)
American Masters
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/16)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/18)
BBC World News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm
BBC World News America
Mondays-Friday, 5:30 pm
Birthing Justice
Wednesday, 3:00 am (5/3)
Breath of Freedom
Sunday, 4:00 pm (5/28)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/31)
Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Monday, 9:00 pm (5/29)
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Fanny: The Right to Rock
Saturday, 10:30 pm (5/27)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (5/31)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm
Thursdays, 12:00 am
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/9)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/11)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:30 am
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America
Monday, 9:00 pm (5/8)
Friday, 3:00 am (5/12)
Frontline
Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (5/9, 5/23, 5/30)
Thursdays, 2:00 am (5/11, 5/25)
Hemingway
Sunday, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm (5/7)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (5/9)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (5/10)
Thursday, 3:00 am (5/11)
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm
(5/3, 5/10, 5/17)
Fridays, 2:00 am (5/5, 5/12, 5/19)
Independent Lens
Monday, 9:00 pm (5/1)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/3)
Saturdays, 10:30 pm (5/13, 5/20)
Mondays, 3:30 am (5/15, 5/22)
Sunday, 10:00 am (5/21)
Indie Soul Journeys
Sunday, 11:00 pm (5/14)
Wednesday, 4:30 am (5/17)
Saturday, 12:30 am (5/20)
Lucy Worsley’s Royal
Myths & Secrets
Sunday, 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm (5/14)
Tuesday, 12:00 am, 2:00 am (5/16)
Sunday, 7:00 pm (5/21)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (5/23)
Sunday, 2:00 am (5/28)
My Grandparents’ War
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/2)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/4)
Sunday, 2:00 am (5/7)
Path to Happily Ever After with Rajiv Nagaich
Saturday, 2:30 am (5/13)
Sunday, 5:00 am (5/14)
PBS News Weekend
Saturdays-Sundays, 5:30 pm
PBS NewsHour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
Queen at War
Sunday, 9:00 pm (5/21)
Friday, 3:00 am (5/26)
Restoring Gatsby
Monday, 9:00 pm (5/15)
pm (5/6)
Sundays, 1:00 am (5/14, 5/21, 5/28)
Marie Antoinette
Tuesdays, 2:00 am (5/2, 5/9)
Sunday, 9:00 pm (5/7)
Midsomer Murders
Thursdays, 7:00 pm, 7:45 pm (5/18, 5/25)
Saturdays, 11:00 pm, 11:45 pm (5/20, 5/27)
Mondays, 2:00 am, 2:45 am (5/22, 5/29)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Saturdays,
Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, 2:30 (5/17, 5/24, 5/31)
Thursdays, 2:30 (5/18, 5/25)
Fridays, 2:30 pm (5/19, 5/26)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke
Mondays, 2:30 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15)
Tuesdays, 2:30 pm (5/2, 5/9)
Wednesdays, 2:30 pm (5/3, 5/10)
Thursdays, 2:30 pm (5/4, 5/11)
Fridays, 2:30 pm (5/5, 5/12)
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Fridays, 10:00 pm (5/5, 5/12, 5/26)
Saturdays, 6:30 pm
Sundays, 10:00 pm
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Fridays, 5:30 pm
Saturdays, 6:00 pm
Sundays, 10:30 pm
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review
Fridays, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 am, 5:00 am
City at War: Chicago
Sunday, 10:00 pm (5/28)
Czechs in Chicago: A Home in the Heartland
Friday, 3:00 am (5/5)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/17)
Rise Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (5/2)
Thursday, 2:00 am (5/4)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (5/24, 5/31)
Friday, 2:00 am (5/26)
Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli
Sunday, 6:00 pm (5/28)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (5/30)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
The new season includes the Berlin Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel leading the LA Philharmonic, Marin Alsop with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and the Sphinx Virtuosi.
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm
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. Gaetano
Donizetti Dom Sébastien: Ballet Music: Ballabile di Schiavi – Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422844-2. [7:53]
11:00 Bedrich Smetana
Vyšehrad (The High Castle) – Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU-3465-2031. [15:05]
12:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 414187-2 (2). [16:36]
1:00 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 99595-2. [15:26]
Anna Bon Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Op. 2, No. 5 –Sarah Cahill, p. First Hand Records FHR-131. [13:12]
2:00 Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ – Olivier Latry, o; Montreal Sym Orch/ Kent Nagano. Analekta AN2-8779. [36:12]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Celebrate the Jewish community in Chicago; preview upcoming performances from Grant Park Music Festival, Music of the Baroque, and Third Coast Baroque; and enjoy a concert from Roosevelt’s CCPA.
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm
Antonio Vivaldi Violin
Concerto in D, R. 208, Grosso Mogul – La Serenissima/ Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2287. [16:09] Antonín
Dvorák The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 – Czech Phil/ Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN-9048. [22:41] Franz Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole –Joshua Pierce, p; Moscow State Phil/Paul Freeman. MSR Classics MS-1210. [15:10]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Some of My Best Friends Are Virtuosi. Over the decades that Bill has conducted orchestras and hosted radio programs, he feels very fortunate to have worked with and become friends with many prominent musicians. In this program, Bill will feature some of these virtuosic musicians whom he has watched grow and admired for many years, including Leif Ove Andsnes, Anthony McGill, Carter Brey, and Garrick Ohlsson.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Violinist Janet Sung and pianist Marta Aznavoorian hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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
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.
The best performances from last season’s festival begin in a new time slot. The season premiere features festival artists performing Franz Schubert’s beloved Quintet in C Major with other favorite works to come.
Thursdays, 8:00 pm
11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:05]
11:00 Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Santa Cecilia Orch/Daniele Gatti. Conifer 51292-2. [23:01]
12:00 Emmanuel Chabrier
Gwendoline: Overture –Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [8:33]
1:00 Pauline Viardot Violin Sonatina – Anna Agafia, v; Frank Braley, p. Bru Zane BZ2006. [11:46] Antonio Vivaldi Sinfonia in G, R. 149 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 415518-2. [6:05]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata –András Schiff, p. ECM B0010814-02. [25:51]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – Camerata Salzburg/ Sándor Végh. Capriccio 10185. [17:28] Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym Orch/Georg Solti. CSO CD01-2. [17:54]
Ferde Grofé Hudson River Suite – Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg. Naxos 8.559017. [18:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Some of My Best Friends Are Virtuosi. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Carnegie Hall Live: The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Daniil Trifonov, piano; Ravel: La valse; Gabriela Lena Frank: Chasqui, from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout; Dvorák: Symphony No. 8.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Dutilleux: Sonatine for Flute and Piano; Ransom Wilson, flute; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Schoenfield: Sonata for
Violin and Piano (CMS Co-Comission); Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Barber: Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news &
Last summer, Grant Park Orchestra festival favorite, Rachel Barton Pine, led by Miguel Harth-Bedoya gave the Chicago premiere of Billy Childs’s Violin Concerto No. 2 – a performance two years in the making. The world premiere was originally scheduled for 2020, but by 2022, the Grant Park Music Festival was the fourth and last co-commissioner to present Childs’s new concerto. WFMT shares this important archived performance along with a conversation with artistic director Carlos Kalmar who will preview the 2023 season.
Wednesday, May 3
8:00 pm
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.
Jacques Offenbach Voyage
dans la lune: Ballet of the Snowflakes – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Archiv 4776403. [10:50]
11:00 John Ireland A London Overture (1936) – London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-8879. [13:35]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts: Violinist Sirena
Huang and pianist Chih-Yi Chen perform works by Eddie South, Sergei Prokofiev, and Henri Vieuxtemps live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Randall Thompson Alleluia –Kansas City Chorale/ Charles Bruffy. Nimbus NI-5568. [7:36] Florence
Price Piano Concerto in D minor – Michelle Cann, p; New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [17:02]
2:00 Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Alexander Platt. Cedille
CDR-90000083 (2). [31:03]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto in F, BWV
971 – Angela Hewitt, p. DG 419218-2. [12:53] Edvard
Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 2, Op. 55 – New York
Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS
MYK-36718. [17:17] Giuseppe
Verdi I Lombardi: Ballet music – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422846-2 (2). [23:50]
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 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D – London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky. EMI CDM7-69011-2. [7:52]
11:00 Charles Ives A Concord Symphony: The Alcotts – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [6:11]
12:00 Giacomo Puccini Capriccio sinfonico – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-63025. [13:08]
1:00 Christoph Willibald Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437782-2. [6:10]
Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-120. [17:02]
2:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; London Sym Orch/Antonio Pappano. EMI 40516-2. [42:08]
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. Rodolfo Halffter Don Lindo de Almería: Suite – Minería Sym Orch/ Herrera De La Fuente. Guild GMCD-7211. [19:16] George Frideric Handel Almira Sarabande and Chaconne: Sarabande and Chaconne –Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion
Dances, K. 509; Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Opus 38, Spring; Tilson Thomas: Notturno; Demarre McGill, flute; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Anton von Webern Im Sommerwind – Chicago Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink. CSO Resound 9011002. [15:03]
11:00 Emmanuel Chabrier España Rhapsody – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 63313-2. [6:59]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Chicago Harp Quartet recorded in 2015.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Giuseppe Verdi Four Sacred Pieces: Ave Maria –
Santa Cecilia Cho/Antonio Pappano. Warner 84524-2. [5:00] Georg Philipp
Telemann Flute Concerto in D – François Lazarevitch, f; Les Musiciens de SaintJulien. Alpha 949. [11:37]
2:00 Richard Strauss Don Quixote, Op. 35 – Janos Starker, vc; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60561-2. [40:07]
The Chicago-native soprano, a former resident artist at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and Tanglewood Music Center, has established herself as a champion of art song. Among the numerous presenters for whom she has performed are the Brooklyn Art Song Society, The Song Continues… with Marilyn Horne, and Live from WFMT. Her debut solo CD with pianist Joy Schreier Confessions was nominated for a Grammy award. Laura Strickling previews her upcoming recital with pianist Shannon McGinnis for Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago.
Saturday, May 6
4:00 pm
Lorenzo, electronics; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
7:00
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Some of My Best Friends Are Virtuosi. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Grant Park Music Festival. Recorded July 15, 2022. Agudelo: La
Madre de Agua; Childs: Violin
Concerto No. 2; Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica; Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Grant Park Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor. Program includes a preview of the 2023 season with artistic director Carlos Kalmar.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
CDA-66371/2 (2). [11:23]
Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville : Suite – Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Pentatone PTC-5186190. [23:21]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Some of My Best Friends Are Virtuosi. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music
Festival: John Bull: Fantasia (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 108, c. 1610-25); Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956; Martin Beaver & Leila Josefowicz, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Peter Wiley & Paul Watkins, cello.
9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Mozart: Six German
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 73 –Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons. DG 4836069. [19:56] Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a –London Phil/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557430. [19:23]
Amy Beach String Quartet, Op. 89 – Lark Quartet. Arabesque Z-6747. [14:51]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Some of My Best Friends Are Virtuosi. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosted by Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: John Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Tania León: Stride; Marcos Balter: Oyá for light, electronics, and orchestra; Nicholas Houfek, lighting design; Levy
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Sir Geraint Evans (10/02/1974) In 1974, Studs Terkel welcomed the eminent Welsh baritone Sir Geraint Evans for a program of music of conversation.
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 Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: AAPI
Heritage Month Highlights. Music by Misook Kim, Taki Salameh, Jaehyeok Jang, Richard Danielpour, Chen Yi, Tyagaraja, Bright Sheng and Zarin Mehta.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s La Bohème
Eleonora Buratto (Mimi), Sylvia D’Eramo (Musetta), Stephen Costello (Rodolfo), Davide Luciano (Marcello), Alexy Lavrov (Schaunard), Christian Van Horn (Colline), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
3:15 Saturday Afternoon
Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: The GRAMMY-nominated Chicago-native soprano Laura Strickling presents a program of song by contemporary American composers in advance of her recital with pianist Shannon McGinnis on May 7.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Remarkable Music of Mexican Composer María Granillo. Elbio Barilari presents the music of María Granillo, a Mexican composer and scholar born in 1962. This program will showcase some of her orchestral and chamber compositions including the String Quartet No. 2.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale, Toronto-based songwriter Shawna Caspi, who paints both on canvas and in her songs, is paired with the lyrically spare, melodically lush Dan Weber from Texas.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: The lovely month of May brings garlands of myth and tradition. Also, a salute to Piedmont bluesman Blind Willie McTell and a tip of the party hat to Christy Moore and Jimmie Dale Gilmore as they turn 78.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music Fit for a King. A celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III with music composed for earlier British coronations by Sir William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Frederick Handel and others.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Franz Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99): III. Scherzo: Allegro – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanya Tetzlaff, vc; Lars Vogt, p. Ondine ODE-1394-2D. [6:48] Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping
Beauty, Op. 66: Act I: Waltz and Pas d’Action – Houston Sym/Sergiu Comissiona.
Pro Arte CDD-251. [4:51]
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges)
Concertante Quartet No. 3 in C – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [7:22]
1:00 George Frideric Handel
Partenope: Overture –Concerto Köln/Luca
Quintavalle. Berlin Classics
0302017-BC. [6:01] Leonardo
Vinci Partenope: Overture –Concerto Köln/Luca Quintavalle. Berlin Classics
0302017-BC. [3:31] Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 – Emanuel Ax, p. CBS MK-44544. [9:55]
Leo Sowerby Festival Musick: Fanfare, Chorale – Gloriae Dei Brass Ensemble, James E. Jordan Jr., o. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD-016. [12:44]
2:00 Edward Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27: Six Choral Songs – City of Birmingham Sym Cho/Simon Halsey; Richard Markham, p. Conifer 51752-2 (2).
[23:55] Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado: Overture – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 411450-2.
[7:44] Gabriel Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/ Seiji Ozawa. DG 439152-2.
[6:47] Jane Antonia Cornish Ocean – Vicky Chow, p. Cantaloupe CA-21174. [9:34]
3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042 – Daniel Lozakovich, v; Bavarian Radio Chamber Orch. DG 4799372. [16:55]
4:00 Franz Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat, D 929 (Op. 100): III. Scherzando: Allegro moderato – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanya Tetzlaff, vc; Lars Vogt, p. Ondine ODE-1394-2D. [6:59] Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1 – Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel. Sony 88883712052. [11:51] Anonymous Bolivian Trio Sonata in F – Agave. Acis APL-20445. [7:51]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sergei Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p. Decca 4788416. [36:01]
6:00 Clara Schumann Piano
Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 –Beatrice Rana, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Warner 5419729625. [21:11] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 58 in F – Heidelberg Sym Orch/Thomas Fey. Hänssler Classic 98.236. [16:52]
Irene Britton Smith Violin Sonata (1947) – Gregory Walker, v; Helen Walker-Hill, p. Leonarda LE-339. [14:59]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital
Series: Tenor Alejandro
Luévanos, bass Ron Dukes, and pianists Chris Reynolds and Donald Lee III perform works by Francesco Paolo
Tosti, Eugene W. Hancock, Cecil Cohen, Charles Lloyd, Jr., William Grant Still, Giacomo Puccini, Scott Joplin, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, and Agustín
Lara. Hosted by Colin Ure.
8:00 Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Radio Broadcasts:
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45; Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33; Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62; Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a; Bach: Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; Anna Rakitina, conductor; Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director; Georg Solti, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Samuel Adler. Adler: Piano Concerto No. 1; Symphony No. 1; Viola Concerto; Ports of Call, for Violins and Guitar; Sephardic Choruses; Requiescat in Pace; El Melek Yoshev.
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 Schubert Moments musicaux, D 780: No. 6 in A-Flat – John O’Conor, p. Telarc CD-80369. [7:52]
11:00 Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book 4 – Cincinnati Sym Orch/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80470 (2). [19:41]
12:00 Ottorino Respighi The Birds – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [18:14]
1:00 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 – Atlanta Sym/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80568. [15:26] Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Pièces de Clavecin – Antonio Oyarzábal, p. IBS Classical IBS-52021. [6:00]
2:00 Jean Sibelius Symphony
No. 3 in C, Op. 52 – Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4852256. [29:55]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Seattle Sym/ Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1002. [15:28] Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Suite –Joshua Bell, v; Philharmonia Orchestra/David Zinman. Sony SK-89358. [19:01]
George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9930. [19:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Strings Plus. This week starts with Mozart’s quartets for strings plus oboe and flute, then his quintet for strings plus clarinet. Later in the week, Bill presents Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach, written for a string quartet and baritone; then works by Hindemith, Mahler, and Bartók. Strings Plus is a colorful week of listening that ends with the chamber music of Johannes Brahms, and Joan Tower’s Petroushskates played by the eighth blackbird ensemble.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Pianist
Matt Hagle hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Léo Delibes Le Roi s’amuse : Ballet music – Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock. Classico CD-158. [13:33]
11:00 Franz von Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna –Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK-44932. [8:08]
12:00 George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 9 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907228.29 (2). [13:08]
1:00 Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo –Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011801. [4:32] Franz Joseph Haydn Pian } – Beaux Arts Trio.
Philips 454098-2 (9). [16:32]
2:00 Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition –Bournemouth Sym Orch/Kirill Karabits. Onyx 4074. [32:26]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Antonio Soler Keyboard
Quintet No. 3 in G – Cuarteto Bretón; Rosa Torres-Pardo, p. Columna Música 1CM0319. [22:40] Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 – Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray. Mercury 434328-2. [8:21] Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Three-Piano Concerto No. 7 in F, K. 242 – Alfred Brendel & Imogen Cooper, p’s; St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 416364-2. [22:59]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Strings Plus. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Carnegie Hall Live: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop; José Staneck, harmonica; The São Paulo Symphony Choir; Rimsky-Korakov
Scheherazade, Op. 35; Villa-Lobos: Preludio from Bachianas brasileiras No. 4; Harmonica
Concerto; Chôros No. 10.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Bolcom: Quintet No. 1 for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello; Shai Wosner, piano; Emerson String Quartet (Philip Setzer, Eugene Drucker, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello; Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Nathan Gunn, baritone; Anne-Marie McDermott and Sebastian Knauer, piano, four hands.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Christian Sinding Suite in A minor, Op. 10 – Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p. BIS 2560. [12:12]
11:00 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10 – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80378. [20:13]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Bassoonist Eleni Katz and pianist UMaxwell Foster perform works by Carl Maria von Weber, Cindy Hsu, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Jeff Scott live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Antonio Vivaldi Mandolin
Concerto in C, R 425 – Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch. DG 4794017. [7:39]
Edward Elgar Froissart Overture, Op. 19 – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Teldec 98436-2. [14:50]
One of the greatest basses of our time, Ferruccio Furlanetto is praised for his vast range, thundering vocal power, and superior acting ability. He joins Oliver to look back at important roles throughout his five-decade career and to share exciting news about his upcoming performance in Chicago.
Saturday, May 13 4:00 pm
2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, Drum Roll – Philharmonia/ Leonard Slatkin. RCA
68424-2. [28:03]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Jacob Kellermann, g; London Phil Orch/Christian Karlsen. BIS 2485. [22:29]
Claude Debussy Petite Suite – Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet. Decca
433711-2. [13:20] Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart String
Divertimento in D, K. 136 –Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47465-2. [18:11]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Strings Plus. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Shabbat Shirah – A Celebration of Jewish Community in Chicago Cantor David Berger, the Hyde Park Jewish Choral Society, and the Rockefeller Chapel Choir under the direction of James Kallembach celebrate a unique Shabbat Evening service celebrating the musical heritage of Chicago Judaism in honor of the 175th anniversary of the founding of KAM Temple, Chicago’s first synagogue, in 1847. Recorded at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on February 3, 2023.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 11
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. Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:18]
11:00 Alberto Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Four dances – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [12:00]
12:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039 – Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p; Camille Paquette-Roy, vc. Analekta AN2-8921. [12:04] Igor Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 443703-2. [12:02] Franz Schubert Rosamunde, D 797: Entr’acte No. 3 – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [6:51]
2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 – Music@ Menlo Ensemble. Music@ Menlo 2021. [25:37]
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. Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 1 in D – Er-Gene Kahng, violin; Janacek Phil/Ryan Cockerham. Albany TROY1706. [24:07] George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Alison Balsom, tr; Balsom Ensemble. Warner 0190295370060. [16:05]
Antonín Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op 91 – Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner. Ars Vivendi 2100128. [13:48]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Strings Plus. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Santa Fe Chamber
Music Festival: Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1; Miami String Quartet; Beethoven: Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio.
9:00 The San Francisco
Symphony in Concert: Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose suite); Timothy Higgins: Trombone Concerto; Timothy Higgins, trombone; Ludovic Morlot, conductor; Copland: Appalachian Spring; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471566-2. [7:49]
11:00 Malcolm Arnold Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91 – London Phil/Sir Malcolm Arnold. Lyrita SRCD.201. [12:26]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Artemis Chamber Brass recorded in 2000.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Antonio Salieri Sinfonia Veneziana in D, La scuola de’ gelosi – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9877. [9:57]
Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Alice Sara Ott, p. DG 4794631. [5:18]
Vivaldi Gloria
MAY 4 –9
Víkingur
MAY 7
Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2
MAY 11–16
Renée Fleming & Evgeny Kissin
MAY
2:00 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 –Isabelle Faust, v; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902075. [37:05]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Giulio Briccialdi Wind Quintet, Op 124 – Aulos Wind Quintet. Koch CD-310087. [14:33] Aaron Copland The Red Pony Suite – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [23:42]
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Los Angeles Phil/ Michael Tilson Thomas, p. CBS MK-39699. [15:45]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Strings Plus. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosted by Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Cynthia Millar, ondes martenot; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Music for a Desert Island (02/10/1978) Studs Terkel often quipped, “1912 – the Titanic went down and I
came up!” Studs was born on May 12 of that year. Known around WFMT as the station’s resident Free Spirit, Studs often presented some of his very favorite recordings on what he called his “desert island” shows. Complete with the nostalgic crackle of vintage vinyl, this free association assortment aired in 1966 and 1978.
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 Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Hanna Oyasu, 18, fl ute. Ibert: Flute Concerto, 1st mvt; Chaminade: Sérénade aux étoiles; Telemann: Fantasie in A minor; Enescu: Cantabile and Presto; Prokofi ev: Flute Sonata in D, 4th mvt; Trad Japanese: Songs, Sakura Sakura & Hana With Sophie Katsma, 18, voice and Beilin Han, piano.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Aida Michelle
Bradley (Aida), Olesya Petrova (Amneris), Marcelo Álvarez (Radamés), George Gagidze (Amonasro), Christian Van Horn (Ramfis), Krzysztof Baczyk (The King); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Paolo Carignani.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Legendary Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto reviews his prestigious career which now spans five decades, telling anecdotes about being a favorite of Herbert von Karajan, and talking about his signature roles. Furlanetto will sing the role of Thomas Beckett in Pizzetti’s Murder in the Cathedral for Opera Festival of Chicago this summer.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Violoncello: The Latin American Cello. Powerful and beautiful, the cello has been an instrument beloved by Latin American composers. Elbio Barilari presents some of the greatest cello music by Latino composers, including Francisco Mignone, Carlos Chavez, and Astor Piazzolla.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: From The Midnight Special and Folkstage archives, a sampler of performances recorded in Chicago by Bruce Utah Phillips, born May 15, 1935.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: Mother, may I? Motherhood is honored in folk songs, comedy and showtunes. Questions and answers in song.
Sunday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Mothers’ Day. The annual celebration of Mothers’ Day gives us the opportunity to listen to sacred music focusing on human love, as well as honoring Mary, Mother of Jesus. Host Peter DuBois will also include music for the Feast of the Ascension, which occurs on May 18.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Mother’s Day Requests hosted by Robbie Ellis
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including George Enescu Symphonie Concertante in bflat minor, Op. 8 – Truls Mørk, vc; Tampere Phil Orch/Hannu Lintu. Ondine ODE-1198-2. [23:54] Vítezslava Kaprálová Fantasy in F – Katelyn Bouska, p. Yarlung YAR-54460. [9:09]
6:00 Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in 26 MAY 2023
A minor – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-56482-2. [29:25]
George Walker Lyric for Strings – Seattle Sym/Asher Fisch. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1027. [5:50]
7:00 Gioachino Rossini Tancredi: Overture – Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Conifer 55004-2. [6:36]
Elfrida Andrée Piano Quintet in E minor – Midsummer’s Music. Centaur CRC-2448. [20:58] Richard Strauss Four Last Songs – Rachel Willis-Sørensen, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Andris Nelsons. Sony 19439921722. [22:19]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21; Ray Chen, violin; Lindberg: Serenades; Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op. 17; Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98; Hannu Lintu, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Bulgarian Composer Pancho Vladigerov, Part 1. Vladigerov: Bulgarian Dances; Heroic Overture; Piano Concerto No. 1 in a; Bulgarian Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
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 Wilhelm Hertel Trumpet and Oboe Concerto in E-Flat – Cologne Chamber Orch/Helmut Müller-Brühl. Koch 3-1615-2. [14:25]
11:00 Joaquín Turina Tres danzas andaluzas, Op. 8 – Sara Davis Buechner, p. Connoisseur CD-4186. [12:05]
12:00 Gioachino Rossini William Tell: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471566-2. [11:10]
1:00 Alexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 –Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 457064-2.
[20:14] Amy Beach A Hermit Thrush at Morn, Op. 92, No. 2 – Joanne Polk, p. Arabesque Z-6704. [4:45]
2:00 Maurice Ravel Ma mère
l’Oye (Mother Goose) –Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez.
DG 439859-2. [28:03]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy –Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80681. [20:18]
Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Fifths (Quinten) –Modigliani Quartet. Mirare MIR-506. [23:49] Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt. Pentatone PTC-5186851. [9:53]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nadia Boulanger. Nadia Boulanger taught and influenced an entire generation of musicians, from Aaron Copland and Ástor Piazzolla to Philip Glass and Quincy Jones. Bill presents some of her compositions and performances alongside those of her prolific students.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Orion Ensemble & Friends perform Franz Schubert’s Octet in F major, hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos: Ballet de la Reine – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [16:41]
11:00 Malcolm Arnold Water Music, Op. 82 – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-66. [8:54]
12:00 George Gershwin Lullaby –Brodsky Quartet. Chandos CHAN-10801. [9:02]
1:00 Francis Poulenc Flute Sonata – Jeffrey Khaner, f; Hugh Sung, p. Avie AV-0027. [11:08] Giuseppe Maria Cambini Sinfonia in F –Academia Montis Regalis/ Luigi Mangiocavallo. Opus 111 OPS-30244. [17:55]
2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 – Martha Argerich, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 449816-2. [32:00]
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 – Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80676. [16:23] Richard Strauss Dance Suite after Couperin – Bamberg Sym/ Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Koch 3-6535-2. [28:21]
Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 –Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Argo 436288-2. [8:16]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nadia Boulanger. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Carnegie Hall Live: Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel; Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari (NY Premiere); Arturo Márquez: Fandango for Violin and Orchestra (NY Premiere); Copland: Symphony No. 3.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Villa-Lobos: Assobio A Játo (The Jet Whistle) for Flute and Cello; Sooyun Kim, flute; Mihai Marica, cello; Stravinsky: Five Easy Pieces for Piano, Four Hands; Gilbert Kalish, Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Dvorák: Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 51; Schumann Quartet.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Johann Stamitz Flute Concerto in G – Barthold Kuijken, f; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-48045. [13:09]
11:00 Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture – Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/ Mallory Thompson. Summit DCD-580. [9:11]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts: Pianist Xiting Yang performs udwig Van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major and works by Frédéric Chopin and Claude Debussy live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon
Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Georg Philipp Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 4297742. [13:37] Fritz Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani – Nigel Kennedy, v; John Lenehan, p. EMI CDC5-56626-2. [6:13]
2:00 Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 –David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p. ArtistLed 10401-2. [26:13]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G – Francesco Piemontesi, p; Suisse Romande Orchestra/ Jonathan Nott. Pentatone PTC-5186949. [21:26]
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Death of Tybalt, Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet Before Parting, Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb – Chicago Sym Orch/ Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011402. [22:42] Ludwig van Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim. EMI CDC7-49567-2. [8:52]
7:00
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nadia Boulanger. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: The Third Coast Baroque Festival. Executive director Angela Young Smucker comes to WFMT to announce Third Coast Baroque’s inaugural summer festival exploring the rich cultural history of Baroque music, including its Latin American and African roots, as well as its influence in both sacred and secular traditions.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
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. Camille SaintSaëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 – Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p. Sony 82026-2. [22:29]
11:00 Errollyn Wallen Mighty
River – Orchestra X/ Andrew Morley. NMC NMCDL-2017-01. [16:05]
12:00 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 1 – City of Granada Orch/ Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901606. [15:29]
1:00 Anatol Liadov The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 – Mexico City Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-657. [5:57] Maurice Ravel Sonatine – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [10:45]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – Montreal Sym Orch/ Kent Nagano. Analekta AN2-9150-5 (11). [34:11]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Giuseppe Verdi String Quartet in E minor – Vienna Phil Strings/André Previn. DG 463579-2. [22:24] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G, Surprise – AustroHungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5200/04 (5). [23:39] Chevalier
(JJO) de Meude-Monpas
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D: I. Allegro – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR-90000035. [7:57]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nadia Boulanger. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: JS Bach: Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825; Zoltán Fejérvári, piano; Dvorák: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51; Escher String Quartet.
9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Opus 72; Schubert: Symphony No. in B-flat major, D. 485; Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto; Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. César Franck Symphonic Variations – Louis Lortie, p; BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9875. [15:51]
11:00 Cecil Burleigh Four Rocky Mountain Sketches,
Op. 11 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [9:56]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Keyboard virtuoso David Schrader recorded January 2, 2006.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
1:00 Domenico Cimarosa I tre amanti (The Three Lovers): Overture – Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.573459. [7:38]
Igor Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419628-2. [14:52]
2:00 Johannes Brahms Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2 – Barry Douglas, p. Chandos CHAN-10833. [28:35]
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. Antonín
Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op. 45, No. 1 – Slovak Phil Orch/Zdenek Kosler. Marco Polo 8.223129. [12:22]
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 413629-2 (4). [18:41] Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – Trio de l’Île. Divine Art 25211. [23:13]
4:00 Leonard Bernstein Candide: Overture – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-63085. [4:09]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nadia Boulanger. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosted by Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: JS Bach: St. Matthew Passion; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Davóne Tines, bass-baritone; Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Philippe Sly, bass-baritone; Musica sacra, chorus, Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Bob Dylan (05/01/1963) Studs Terkel’s interview with Bob Dylan, first broadcast on WFMT in May 1963, is one of those shows that legends and bootleg tapes are made of.
Saturday 20
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 Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am;
Honor the mother or mother figure in your life with a spoken dedication and musical request. Email requests@wfmt.com or leave a voice mail at (773) 279-2421, then tune in between 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm to hear Robbie Ellis play your request. If you would like to record a voice memo for your dedicatee, please email an audio file (mp3 or WAV) by May 12 for potential inclusion in Sunday’s broadcast.
Sunday, May 14
12:00-5:00 pm
and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: LIVE: John Lee, 18, violin. Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No. 3; Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1; Brahms: Violin Concerto, 1st mvt; Kreisler: Liebesleid
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Mozart’s Don Giovanni Frederica Lombardi (Donna Anna), Ana María Martínez (Donna Elvira), Ying Fang (Zerlina), Ben Bliss (Don Ottavio), Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni), Adam Plachetka (Leporello), Alfred Walker (Masetto), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (The Commendatore); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann.
3:15 Saturday Afternoon
Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: An interview with tenor Karim Sulayman whose latest album with guitarist Sean Shibe was released earlier this month.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:
The Many Sounds of Uruguayan Lamarque Pons. Jaures Lamarque Pons is one of the giants of the classical and popular music in Uruguay. Elbio Barilari some of his fascinating chamber and orchestral music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: Jackson Emmer performs live in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: The Midnight Special Turns 70! Exclusive interviews with key figures from the Chicago folk scene, fan favorite folk tracks, clips of vintage broadcasts, plus a special broadcast of Jamie O’Reilly’s “In Old Chicago” recorded live at WFMT.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Gustav Holst St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9270.
[12:56] George Frideric Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in F – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4863018. [8:41] Marco
Aurélio Yano Modinha – Alex Klein, ob; Richard Young, vi; Ricardo Castro, p. Cedille CDR-90000102. [2:45]
1:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Two-Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043 – Monica Huggett, Alison Bury, v’s; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/ Ton Koopman. Erato ECD75358. [14:41] Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Yuja Wang, p. DG B001660602. [9:49] Claire Cowan
Hansel and Gretel: Finale, Celebrations – New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich. (Claire Cowan) (2020). [7:21]
2:00 Herbert Howells Concerto for String Orchestra – Sinfonia of London/John Wilson. Chandos CHSA-5291. [28:02] George Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess – Ofra Harnoy, vc’s; Mike Herriott, brass. H&H Records HHR-202301. [9:06]
3:00 Joseph Haydn Piano
Sonata No. 47 in B minor, H XVI:32 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 412228-2. [15:39]
Maurice Ravel Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l’océan –
Michael Brown, p. First Hand Records FHR-78. [7:36]
4:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods,
Op. 325 – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 410027-2.
[13:11] George Frideric Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in F minor – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4863018. [11:31] Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [7:32]
Franz Schubert Overture in C, In the Italian Style, D 591 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 97509-2. [7:56]
5:00 Rising Stars in Concert
2023: A showcase performance by The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2022/23 Ensemble with members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Roberto Kalb. Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines co-host. Recorded Saturday, May 6 at the Lyric Opera House.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Auebach: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Diary of a Madman; Gautier Capuçon, cello; Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47; Manfred Honeck, conductor; Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Neeme Järvi, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Bulgarian Composer Pancho Vladigerov, Part 2. Vladigerov: Violin Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G; Symphony No. 2 for Strings; Bulgarian Dances for 2 Violins and Orchestra.
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. Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale – Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [18:48]
11:00 William Alwyn Suite of Scottish Dances – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland.
ASV CDWHL-2116. [7:42]
12:00 Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – Håkan Hardenberger, tr; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 420203-2. [14:33]
1:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps: Overture – BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. Warner Classics 2564696677. [9:22] Claude Debussy Sonata for flute, viola, and harp – Nash Ensemble. Virgin 61427-2 (2). [17:05]
2:00 Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 99595-2. [17:10]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata – Helen Callus, vi; Robert McDonald, p. ASV CDDCA-1130. [23:26] Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442061-2 (6). [15:17]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Idomeneo, Rè di Creta, K. 366: Ballet music – NHK Chamber Soloists/Roberto Paternostro. Laserlight 15888. [15:41]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Families of Instruments. Bill explores the families of instruments within the orchestra, and how they are represented in the orchestral score. For this week’s program, we will follow score order from the top of the score, where the higher woodwinds, violins, and soloists live, down to the double basses and contrabassoon at the bottom.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Saxophonist Julian Velasco and pianist Winston Choi hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Germaine Tailleferre String Quartet –Porter String Quartet. Helicon HE-1008. [11:05]
11:00 Frederick Delius Brigg Fair – Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras. Argo 430202-2. [16:20]
12:00 Gioachino Rossini The Siege of Corinth: Ballet Music – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida.
Philips 422843-2. [14:11]
1:00 Francis Poulenc Two-Piano Concerto in d minor –Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. Philips 426284-2. [20:12] Jean Sibelius Two Humoresques, Op. 87 – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. Virgin 45534-2. [5:52]
2:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian –Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4797337 (3). [28:58]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 – St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble. St Luke’s Collection SLC-0302 (2). [19:19]
Florence Price Songs of the Oak – Württemberg Phil/ John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [16:21] George Gershwin An American in Paris – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDD7-64084-2. [18:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Families of Instruments. See Monday’s listing..
8:00 Carnegie Hall Live: Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Kirill Petrenko; Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Shostakovich: Impromptu for Viola and Piano; Paul Neubauer, viola; Wu Han, piano; Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 50; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 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 with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45471-2. [13:36]
11:00 George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8947. [13:26]
12:15
Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts: Violinist Ariel Horowitz and pianist Alexa Stier perform works by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Jessie Montgomery, Germaine Tailleferre, William Grant Still, and Béla Bartók live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata No. 4 in F, HWV 383 – Convivium. Hyperion CDA-67083. [8:58] Jacques Offenbach La belle Hélène: Overture – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 411450-2. [7:21]
2:00 Sergei Prokofiev Piano
Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26 –Behzod Abduraimov, p; RAI National Sym Orch/ Juraj Valcuha. Decca 4785360. [28:28]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Richard Strauss Till
Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Cologne Gürzenich Orch/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM902370. [14:35] Franz Anton
Hoffmeister Grande Sinfonie, Op 14, La Chasse – Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orch/ Christoph Campestrini. Orfeo C-466971-A. [21:36] Carl
Stamitz Clarinet Concerto No. 11 in E-Flat – Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin’s Academy/Iona Brown. EMI CDC7-54842-2. [17:49]
4:00 Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun –Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 435766-2. [8:52]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Families of Instruments. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents:
Masterworks for Organ and String Orchestra. Emanuele Andrizzi leads the Chicago College of Performing Arts Chamber Orchesta in Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin and Piano (Sebastian Zagame, violin; Elena Matteucci, piano); Ralph Vaughan Willams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; and Francis Poulenc’s Organ Concerto (Thomas Weisflog, organ). Recorded at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on March 25, 2023.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 25
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. Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – New York Phil/Lorin Maazel. DG B0007890-02. [10:20]
11:00 Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy – Dallas Wind Sym/ Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-117. [17:14]
12:00 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in c minor, Op. 6, No. 3 – Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz. Aparté AP-190. [11:00]
1:00 Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Overture – New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47274-2. [7:08]
Sergei Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 2 in A minor – Nikolai Lugansky, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902297. [7:08]
2:00 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 –Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; London Sym Orch/André Previn. DG 474515-2. [23:43]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Maurice Ravel La valse – Alice Sara Ott & Francesco Tristano, p’s. DG 4793541. [12:04] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2 – Australian Chamber Orch/Christopher Lyndon Gee. Omega OCD-1007. [20:18] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, La Reine – Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-66296. [21:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Families of Instruments. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Mozart: Wind Serenade in C Minor, K. 388; Alexander Vvedenskiy & Robert Ingliss, oboe; YaoGuang Zhai & Todd Levy, clarinet; Christopher Millard & Daniel Shelly, bassoon; Jennifer Montone & Julia Pilant, horn; Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Jennifer Frautschi & Daniel Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Eric Kim, cello.
9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
in E-flat major; Yuja Wang, piano; Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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. Maurice Ravel Violin Sonata –Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p. Sony 82026-2. [17:05]
11:00 Leo Sowerby Prairie: A Poem for Orchestra – Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR90000033. [16:41]
12:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Pianist Marcel Worms recorded in 2015.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Maurice Greene Overture No. 6 in E-flat – Baroque Band/Garry Clarke. Cedille CDR-90000152. [7:22] Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [13:34]
2:00 Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 – Alicia de Larrocha, p; Tokyo String Quartet. RCA 61279-2. [30:07]
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.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Families of Instruments. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Sounds Classical Hosted by Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael.
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Courtney Bryan/ Tazewell Thompson: New Work TBA; Still: Symphony No. 2, Song of a New Race; Adolphus Hailstork: Done Made My Vow, A Ceremony; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Rodrick Dixon, tenor; New York Philharmonic Chorus dir. Malcom J. Merriweather; Leslie B. Dunner, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Members of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (9/1/1962)
Dating from 1962, members of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee,
Winner of Cedille Records’ inaugural Emerging Artist Competition in 2021, saxophonist Julian Velasco is a Chicago-based soloist, collaborative artist, educator, and fierce advocate for contemporary arts whose artistic vision aspires to celebrate the plurality of our society. When Julian makes his Live From WFMT debut, alongside his collaborative partner, pianist Winston Choi, they’ll play selections from their solo album, As We Are, which broke out at No. 4 on Billboard ’s “Traditional Classical Albums.”
Monday, May 22
8:00 pm
discuss their experiences, triumphs, and hardships during the civil rights movement.
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 Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Teenage chamber ensembles from the Chicago area.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer’s Champion Latonia Moore (Emelda Griffith), Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith), Eric Owens (Emile Griffith), Stephanie Blythe (Kathy Hagen), Paul Groves (Howie Albert), Eric Greene (Benny Kid Paret); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
A self-conducted chamber orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi is the most prestigious group of musicians to represent the magnificently impactful Sphinx Organization. Founded in 1997, the Sphinx Organization is a social justice nonprofit that aims to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts by uplifting marginalized voices in classical music. Sphinx Virtuosi’s Carnegie Hall performance from last fall included a world premiere by Xavier Foley and works by Carlos Simon and Jessie Montgomery.
Tuesday, May 30 8:00 pm
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
4:00 Memorial in Song with John Brancy and Peter Dugan: The Grammy award-winning baritone John Brancy and his duo partner Peter Dugan (host of NPR’s From the Top) present a program that explores the timeless themes of longing, loss, love, and the search for peace in the wake of war.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Cuban Composer Julián Orbón. Born in Spain, Julián Orbón lived and composed in Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States of America. Elbio Barilari shares some of his most beloved music including his Preludio and Danza for guitar.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer: From the archives, honoring Memorial Day with excerpts from Magpie (Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino) performing on Folkstage in 2011.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer:
We pause to reflect on Memorial Day weekend.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Pentecost. The Day of Pentecost is a vivid narrative in the New Testament depicting the coming of the Holy Spirit. Join host Peter DuBois for dramatic choral and organ music to mark this “birthday” of the Church.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Prelude for String Sextet – Vienna Phil Strings/ André Previn. DG 437790-2.
[9:54] George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Jeffrey Siegel, p; St. Louis Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. MMG MCD10035. [8:54] Juan Hidalgo Atiende y da – Alex Liedtke, ob; Jordan Thomas, h. Alex Liedtke A New Renaissance.
[3:08] Peter Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Dance of the Little Swans – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Anatole Fistoulari. Decca 4785437. [3:39] Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 410026-2. [14:00]
1:00 Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, Les Adieux – Mikhail Pletnev, p. DG 459634-2.
[16:04] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 –Michael Laird, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.
Archiv 413629-2 (4). [12:19]
2:00 Robert Schumann Piano
Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 – Beatrice Rana, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Warner 5419729625. [31:55] Aram
Khachaturian Gayaneh: Ayesha’s Dance – London Sym Orch/Stanley Black. Decca 433880-2. [6:03]
3:00 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Entrance of the Guests –David Allen Wehr, p.
Connoisseur CD-4199. [10:12] Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – English Sym Orch/William Boughton.
Nimbus NI-5206. [15:04]
4:00 Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä. BIS SACD-9048 (2).
[7:56] Nino Rota Romeo and Juliet: Prologue & Fanfare through Moresca – City of
Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine. Silva SSD-1140. [15:23]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 545: II. Andante – Mitsuko Uchida, p. Philips 412122-2.
[7:01] Paul Chihara Ellington Fantasy – Lark Quartet. Bridge 9488. [11:36] Michael Tilson Thomas You Come
Here Often? – Yuja Wang, p. DG 4864478. [4:33]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including György Ligeti Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances –Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw. Teldec 88262-2. [10:26]
Adolphus Hailstork Eslanda Dances – Ambrosia Quartet. Albany TROY-1680. [12:02]
6:00 Astor Piazzolla Le grand tango – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p. Erato 0190295392260. [10:43]
Teddy Abrams Piano
Concerto – Yuja Wang, p; Louisville Orch/Teddy Abrams. DG 4864478. [37:20]
7:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Violin Sonata in A minor –Charlie Siem, v; Itamar Golan, p. Signum SIGCD-734. [27:27]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Ligeti: Piano Concerto; PierreLaurent Aimard, piano; Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (Drum Roll); Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Mozart: Quartet in D Major for Flute and Strings, K. 285; Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute; Robert Chen, violin; Li-Kuo Chang, viola; John Sharp, cello.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Artistry of Pablo Casals, Part 1. Elgar: Cello Concerto; Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F; Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Fauré: Après un rêve; Godard: Jocelyn: Berceuse; Saint-Saëns: The Swan.
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. Giacomo Meyerbeer Dinorah: Overture – New Zealand Sym Orch/Darrell Ang. Naxos 8.573195. [13:16]
11:00 Meira Warshauer Like Streams in the Desert – Slovak
Radio Sym Orch/Kirk Trevor. Albany TROY-973. [9:17]
12:00 Ricardo Castro Vals capricho, Op. 1 – Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/ Christophe Chagnard. Reference RR-134. [7:57]
1:00 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: #s
5-8 – Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU-34222031. [16:10] Andrew York Sunburst – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71287. [4:16]
2:00 César Franck Symphony in d minor – Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 437827-2. [37:11]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 – Sebastian Bohren, v; CHAARTS Chamber Artists/ Gábor Takács-Nagy. Avie AV2459. [23:12] Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Koch 3-7358-2. [20:56] Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture – Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel. DG 400040-2. [9:52]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Edward Elgar. There’s much more to Edward Elgar than graduation marches and the Enigma Variations. A composer of equally masterful symphonies, oratorios, chamber music, and concertos, he led a renaissance in 20th-century England that firmly reestablished its musical identity. Bill features the “English Rose,” Jacqueline Du Pre in her legendary performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
8:00 War Letters From 2001, Studs Terkel joins Lisa Flynn to share the most personal remembrances of war: letters sent home from the front by American soldiers.
9:30 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 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. Franz Ignaz Beck Symphony in G, Op. 4, No. 5 – Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Marek Štilec. Naxos 8.573249. [17:57]
11:00 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Suite Veneziana, Op. 18 – Oviedo
Phil/Friedrich Haider. Naxos 8.573583. [17:46]
12:00 Mily Balakirev Islamey –
Mikhail Pletnev, p. DG 471157-2 (2). [8:38]
1:00 Henry VIII Suite, Rose without a Thorn – Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Decca 417524-2. [12:22]
Carlos Salzedo Scintillation –
Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80361. [9:59]
2:00 Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 – Antonio Meneses, vc; Northern Sinfonia/Claudio Cruz. Avie AV-2237. [28:04]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture, Notte e giorno, Madamina, Giovinette, Là ci darem la mano, Dalla sua pace, Fin ch’han dal vino –Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Pentatone PTC-5186190.
[18:34] Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (The Moldau) – Boston Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelík. DG 439663-2 (2). [11:56] Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV 806 –Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY-1869/71 (3). [23:30]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Edward Elgar. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Carnegie Hall Live: Sphinx
Virtuosi. Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 9; Valerie Coleman: Tracing Visions (NY Premiere); Carlos Simon: Between Worlds; Jessie Montgomery: Divided (NY Premiere); Xavier Foley: An Ode to Our Times (World Premiere); Beethoven: inale from Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, Bridgetower, arr. for string orchestra.
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Dvorák: Selections from Ohlas písní (Echo of Songs) for String Quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152; Daniel Hope, Erin Keef, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello; Enescu: Octet in C major for Strings, Op. 7; Bella Hristova, Susie Park, Jessica Lee, Kristin Lee, violin; Mark Holloway, Yura Lee, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, Timothy Eddy, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Wednesday 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 with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Franz von Suppé Poet and Peasant: Overture – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA RCD1-5479. [9:44]
11:00 Tomás Bretón En la Alhambra – City of Granada Orch/Juan de Udaeta. Almaviva DS-0107. [8:02]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist André Golbert performs works by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, and Claude Debussy live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Johann Nepomuk Hummel Piano Concertino in G, Op 73 – London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, p. Chandos CHAN-9558. [16:10] Vincent Persichetti Pastoral – Prairie Winds. Albany TROY-401. [5:57]
2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul. EMI CDC5-57111-2. [19:34]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Florence Price Ethiopia’s Shadow in America – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559897. [12:47] Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Suite, Op. 71a – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3132. [20:51] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Waltzes – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [20:22]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Edward Elgar. See Monday’s listing.
8:00 WFMT Presents: Music of the Baroque. Circles of Friends. Jane Glover leads works written centuries ago by four friends in Vienna – and performed today by good friends in Chicago. Music of the Baroque’s principal players become the soloists in two intimate sinfonie concertanti by Haydn and Dittersdorf. A symphony by Vanhal and Mozart’s Symphony No. 34 in C Major complete the circles. The program includes a preview of Music of the Baroque’s 202324 season with executive director Declan McGovern.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
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