September 2024
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“Shoeless” Joe Jackson SEPT 27
On WFMT, listen for continuing performances from Ravinia Festival, a thrilling Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert featuring Music Director designate Klaus Mäkelä, new Sounds Classical episodes throughout the month, and the return of rising young cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky on WFMT’s Introductions program.
Dear Member,
This month, we’re excited to launch a new season of Chicago Stories, WTTW’s award-winning documentary series that uncovers the sweeping history, rich diversity, and breadth of human experience that shaped our great American city. Throughout the fall on Friday nights, we’ll bring you eight new films – kicking off in September with the stories of Leopold and Loeb, two affluent teenagers who committed what became known 100 years ago as the “Crime of the Century” in the shadows of Hyde Park; and The Black Sox Scandal , about the conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series. Turn to page 4 for a behind-the-scenes look at this season.
Also on WTTW this month, watch for new episodes of six of our most popular how-to series, including America’s Test Kitchen, Pati’s Mexican Table, Cook’s Country, and This Old House. And in addition to new seasons of the popular Ridley and Van der Valk mysteries, we premiere Moonflower Murders, the sequel to Magpie Murders which follows book editor Susan Ryeland as she becomes embroiled in a new mystery on the sunny Greek island of Crete. Also, as the U.S. presidential election approaches, Frontline presents its essential in-depth exploration of the lives and political trajectories of the two candidates in Frontline: The Choice 2024
On WFMT, listen for performances from Ravinia Festival, a thrilling Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert featuring Music Director designate Klaus Mäkelä, and the return of rising young cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky to WFMT’s Introductions program. On Sounds Classical , hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael explore a new project that traces the life and legacy of American bass-baritone Paul Robeson. And as we celebrate the 100th birthday of the iconic children’s music pioneer and longtime Chicagoan Ella Jenkins, Folkstage host Marilyn Rea Beyer brings together a group of top folk artists in WFMT’s Levin Studio for a special live tribute.
On behalf of all of us at WTTW and WFMT, I hope you are as excited as I am about our fall season, and thank you for your support.
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338)
SEPTEMBER 2024
Volume 36, Number 314
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Chicago Stories Marathon
WTTW presents ten hours of our most popular Chicago Stories episodes from seasons 1-3. Binge the best of Chicago history leading up to the premiere of season 4 on September 20. Sunday, September 15, 9:00 am
Sunday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) [R]
1:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) [R]
2:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop [R]
4:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White
5:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White [R]
MORNING
6:00 Moments to Remember [R]
8:30 Classical Rewind [R]
10:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Broodiness (Part 1 of 7) Skeldale House is busier than ever while Tristan is away serving.
11:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Carpe Diem (Part 2 of 7) Siegfried has the bright idea of bringing in an experienced bookkeeper, Miss Harbottle.
AFTERNOON
12:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Right Hand Man (Part 3 of 7) James hires a new trainee vet, Richard Carmody, but things do not quite work out as he expects.
1:45 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: By the Book (Part 4 of 7)Carmody is challenged with learning how to be a vet.
3:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: Papers (Part 5 of 7) James desperately wants Carmody trained to support Siegfried. A dinner with Gerald leaves Mrs. Hall with a dilemma.
4:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Home Front (Part 6 of 7) When Richard Alderson
Frontline: The Choice 2024
Each election cycle, Frontline profiles the candidates for United States president. Before you cast your vote, learn about the characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Tuesday, September 24, 7:00 pm
needs help, Helen returns to Heston Grange.
5:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 on Masterpiece: On a Wing and a Prayer (Part 7 of 7) James tries to get home for Christmas and Skeldale House prepares for a new arrival.
EVENING
7:00 Hotel Portofino: Masquerades (Season 3, Part 6 of 6) During Claudine’s perfume launch, Bella fights to get the business grant she needs. As Lucian and Constance get ready to run away, Cecil’s plan to kill Danioni fails, but a shocking move by Virat brings havoc.
8:30 All Creatures Great and Small: A Season 4 Change In advance of season five, take a peek behind the scenes of this heartwarming series based on the novels by James Herriot. Discover how the cast, writers, and producers took the characters through the uncertainties of wartime.
10:00 Becoming Frederick Douglass Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history.
11:30 Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration in Words and Music [R]
Monday 2
LABOR DAY
EARLY MORNING
1:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
The Office
Ricky Gervais writes, directs, and stars in the original British version of this series that follows a comically incompetent manager and his beleaguered colleagues at a paper company. Sunday, September 29, 10:00 pm
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 To be announced
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things [R]
9:00 Chicago & Friends: Live at 55 Join the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall-ofFamers as they perform their greatest hits and are joined by special guests Steve Vai, Chris Daughtry, Robert Randolph, Robin Thicke, VoicePlay, Judith Hill, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, and more.
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Moments to Remember [R]
2:30 ’70s Soul Superstars [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 To be announced
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Dutch Oven Dinners
7:35 America’s Test Kitchen: Mushroom Mains
8:10 America’s Test Kitchen: Game Day Favorites from Your Air Fryer
8:45 America’s Test Kitchen: Steakhouse for Two
9:25 America’s Test Kitchen: Nuts Over Chocolate
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Chicago & Friends: Live at 55 See Mon. Sept. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Bruce Springsteen’s
Creatures
Great and Small: A Season 4 Change
Go behind the scenes of season four with the cast and creators as they reveal how they bring the heartwarming world of the Yorkshire Dales to life in wartime in spring 1940. How does the war affect daily life at Skeldale House and in the town of Darrowby? As it turns out, in all sorts of ways, great and small. From rationing to divorce, pregnancy to weather forecasts, season four is full of surprises.
Sunday, September 1 8:30 pm
A Q&A with The Black Sox Scandal Producer/Writer Eddie Griffin
This new episode of WTTW's history anthology series Chicago Stories, premiering on WTTW and wttw.com/chicagostories on Friday, September 27 at 8:00 pm, looks back on perhaps the first and most infamous scandal in sports history, when eight members of the Chicago White Sox
intentionally lost the 1919 World Series for a payout, changing the way the public perceived the sport for decades to come. WTTW producer and writer Eddie Griffin shares some thoughts about how the film was produced, the seismic effect this scandal had on the players’ lives and the game of baseball, and why it is important to tell this story.
Guide: This event took place more than a century ago. What makes it interesting today?
Eddie Griffin: Like many Chicago Stories, this story is foundational to our city. The Black Sox Scandal is part of the Chicago canon. But we’re talking about 1919 – each year it drifts further from our
memories. It’s not a positive story and the Black Sox gave Chicago a black eye, but it’s our job to document what happened.
Guide: This film introduces us to some memorable characters, including the legendary “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. What was his story?
Griffin: Joe Jackson was one of the most gifted ballplayers that the world had ever seen, a household name in America. The White Sox acquired Jackson to help win a World Series. He was a star of stars, and Babe Ruth even said he copied his batting swing to look more like Joe Jackson’s swing. But what makes Shoeless Joe such a fascinating character is that he had the most to lose among any of the other Black Sox. He was in the prime of his career and adored by millions. Getting involved in the scandal should have been beneath him. You want to go back in time and say, “don’t do it, Joe!”
He told reporters that he had made peace with his banishment from baseball. But I don’t believe it. His courtroom testimony and actions later in life reveal a man tormented by his mistake.
Guide: Most Chicagoans are familiar with the name Charles Comiskey and its association with the former home of the White Sox. Who was he, and what do we learn about him in this film?
Griffin: Charles Comiskey was a pioneering baseball player in the 1890s. After he retired, he purchased the St. Paul Saints in 1900 and moved that team to his hometown of Chicago, where he eventually changed its name to the Chicago White Sox. He loved the organization and built the White Sox into one of the flagship franchises in Major League Baseball.
Flash forward a hundred years later, and Comiskey is often portrayed as a cheapskate and cited as the reason why his players fixed the World Series. But as we reveal in the film, that reputation was undeserved.
Guide: Sports betting is big business now, and there have been many
scandals involving both student athletes and professional teams. What is notable about this one?
Griffin: The Black Sox Scandal was baseball’s original sin, but was not the first instance of game fixing. Gambling was rampant, and over time, the integrity of the game became compromised. The Black Sox represent the moment in time where the nation said “That’s enough. We can’t allow this to continue.”
It’s important to understand that these were real people. Complicated and ultimately foolish…but real people.
Guide: What compelled the White Sox players to throw the World Series? What was in it for them? And how did the scandal affect their fans?
Griffin: As historian Richard Lindberg says in the film, “they were after the
almighty dollar.” And on the surface, that’s what it was about…money. But the truth of the matter was that they just really didn’t think they would get caught. Baseball fans were devastated. And the eight Black Sox players never regained their honor and never again played baseball.
Guide: Were there special challenges associated with capturing this story?
Griffin: The challenge with a subject that is more than a century old is the lack of archival images to show our viewers everything that happened. And the heart of the Black Sox story takes place off the baseball diamond and on cross-country trains, in dark hotel rooms and speakeasies, and ultimately, in a 1920s courtroom. So, we
shot recreation scenes with actors to fill in the missing pieces. We filmed on a moving train at The Illinois Railway Museum, we found a beautiful period specific courthouse in DeKalb County, and we turned The Gaslight Club at O’Hare into a swanky Manhattan lounge. We found a way to take viewers back in time.
Guide: What will viewers discover about the Black Sox scandal that might surprise them?
Griffin: One thing that I never knew and learned in researching the story was the fact that the Black Sox were acquitted at trial. There were no laws on the books that made gambling illegal, so they were found not guilty by the jury. They walked out of the courtroom thinking that they’d immediately be back in the game. But newly appointed baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banished the Black Sox for eternity.
Guide: What is on the companion website?
Griffin: Viewers will have a chance to go into more depth about the Black Sox story, including some of the myths surrounding it. There are also stories about Charles Comiskey and an illustrated breakdown of the fixed plays in the 1919 World Series games, and a video about a baseball discovered in a time capsule that was allegedly from the Series.
Guide: What do you hope viewers will take away from this documentary?
Griffin: I hope viewers see the Black Sox players as three-dimensional characters. Yes, they were guilty. Yes, they fixed the World Series. And yes, they betrayed the nation for a quick dollar. But that doesn’t mean that they didn’t carry the guilt and shame around with them for the rest of their lives. You don’t have to forgive them. I don’t. But it’s important to understand that these were real people. Complicated and ultimately foolish… but real people.
This interview was condensed and edited for clarity.
America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein –Fenway Park
Thursday, September 26, 9:00 pm
Baseball is America’s pastime, and no ballpark is more iconic than Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Learn the story of a city’s loyalty to its team through thick and thin.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 pm
Who created the mysterious Nazca lines, one of archaeology’s greatest enigmas, and why? The discovery of these long-hidden lines and figures etched into the Peruvian desert offer clues to the origins and purpose behind these giant desert symbols.
Watch on WTTW World, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Moonflower Murders and Van Der Valk on Masterpiece
Sunday, September 15
The delightful Moonflower Murders picks up where literary whodunit Magpie Murders left off, and Dutch detective Van Der Valk is back in this fast-paced crime series set in Amsterdam. Binge all episodes on the night of the premiere.
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Nebraska: A Celebration in Words and Music [R]
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories Explore the acclaimed filmmaker’s more recent work in new interviews with Burns and his colleagues. Featuring excerpts from Country Music, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin, The U.S. and the Holocaust, The American Buffalo, The Vietnam War, and others.
8:30 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Explore how Chicago became known as “the candy capital of the world.” Audionarrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things [R]
2:00 Classical Rewind [R]
3:30 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Mysteries WTTW host Geoffrey Baer and a team of super sleuths attempt to solve some of Chicago’s most baffling
mysteries. Audio-narrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.
9:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 6 of 6) Despite receiving the ransom funds, Goddard’s mission isn’t over. Dan breaks into Archie’s home, demanding Sutherland resign from his post, or he will use the weapon.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Classical Rewind [R]
1:30 Chicago & Friends: Live at 55 [R]
3:00 Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 New Kids on the Block: iHeartRadio Live Examine the enduring legacy of the iconic boy band that continues to capture the hearts of millions.
9:30 Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano Celebrate the legendary singer, songwriter, and performer in a spectacular 2012 concert at The Colosseum as Elton John performs his much-loved hits.
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop [R]
2:30 Moments to Remember [R]
5:00 Classical Rewind [R]
MORNING
6:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop [R]
8:30 Ken Burns: The Civil War Watch an in-depth overview of the iconic documentary including video clips and interviews with Ken Burns, Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns,
Buddy Squires, and others.
10:00 This Old House: Lexington –All in the Family
10:30 Ask This Old House: Paint Wood Paneling, Play Kitchen
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Stone Upon Stone
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Creole Kitchen Secrets
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Saucy Italian-Inspired Dinners
12:30 Cook’s Country: Texas Cookout
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Meet Me at the Table
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Texas Trinity
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Cherry and Berry Desserts
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Breakfast of Champions
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Paris –Bahn Mi, Pork Rice Bowls, and Vietnamese Wings
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Maestros Del Pan
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Lesvos Spirit
4:30 Check, Please! Madison Bar, Chicago Culinary Kitchen, Chiya Chai
5:00 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and fell in Europe.
EVENING
6:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
7:00 Death in Paradise The team investigates the mysterious death of an astronomer after he falls from a cliff.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigates a preppers commune when one of their members is poisoned inside a locked bunker.
9:00 The Coroner: The Captain’s Pipe (Part 15 of 20) When Mick’s rival landlord is found dead on the beach, Jane is forced to try to clear his name before he is charged with murder.
10:00 Hotel Portofino: Revelations (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) [R]
11:00 COBRA (Season 3, Part 6 of 6) See Thurs. Sept. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 New Kids on the Block: iHeartRadio Live See Fri. Sept. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano See Fri. Sept. 6 at 9:30 pm. [R]
3:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 To be announced
9:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Dutch Oven Dinners See Tues. Sept. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
9:35 America’s Test Kitchen: Mushroom Mains See Tues. Sept. 3 at 7:35 pm. [R]
10:10 America’s Test Kitchen: Game Day Favorites from Your Air Fryer See Tues. Sept. 3 at 8:10 pm. [R]
10:45 America’s Test Kitchen: Steakhouse for Two See Tues. Sept. 3 at 8:45 pm. [R]
11:25 America’s Test Kitchen: Nuts Over Chocolate See Tues. Sept. 3 at 9:25 pm. [R]
AFTERNOON
12:00 To be announced
EVENING
6:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
7:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Cat Among the Pigeons (Part 1 of 3) Lucy Worsley explores Agatha Christie’s early life to discover the origins of her talent for murder.
8:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Destination Unknown (Part 2 of 3) Lucy Worsley unravels the mystery behind Christie’s shocking disappearance in 1926.
9:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Unfinished Portrait (Part 3 of 3) Lucy Worsley examines Agatha Christie’s later life.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Smoke and Mirrors (Part 10 of 12) A seemingly simple investigation of a drug ring ends with dramatic consequences that take a toll on the team.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Allison Russell/The Weather Station Singer/songwriter Allison Russell performs her renowned album Outside Child, while the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman plays tunes from her LP Ignorance
Monday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Coroner: The Captain’s Pipe (Part 15 of 20) See Sat. Sept. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
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1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a John Wayne mug collection circa 1960, a 1977 Frank McCarthy On the Owl Hoot Trail oil, and 1943-1944 Albert Einstein letters.
8:00 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters Discover the enduring friendship between Emmy Award-winning television personality Dick Cavett and iconic comedian Groucho Marx.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop [R]
2:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: To the Manor Born Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discovers the privileged lineages that claim actor Glenn Close and director John Waters as descendents.
8:00 To be announced
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Cat Among the Pigeons (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. Sept. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy
Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Destination Unknown (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. Sept. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Unfinished Portrait (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. Sept. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country 2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s
Weekday Lineup
6:00 Odd Squad
6:30 Arthur
7:00 Molly of Denali
7:30 Alma’s Way
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8:30 Wild Kratts
9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9:30 Rosie’s Rules
10:00 Sesame Street
10:30 Work it Out Wombats!
11:00 Donkey Hodie
11:30 Elinor Wonders Why 12:00 Nature Cat
12:30 Curious George
Join us for all-new seasons of two back-to-back popular food series: Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television and Pati’s Mexican Table.
Saturdays beginning September 14, 3:00 pm
Marathon
Spend Sunday with back-to-back episodes of WTTW’s award-winning Chicago Stories history anthology series, in advance of the new season premiere on September 20. Enjoy a marathon of The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants, Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion, Race to Reverse the River, The Great Chicago Fire, Union Stockyards, The Boss and the Bulldozer, Downtown Disasters, and more.
Sunday, September 15 9:00 am
Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Big Bend - The Wild Frontier of Texas
Explore Big Bend – a vast, unspoiled wonderland that is home to some of America’s most glorious wildlife.
8:00 NOVA: Eagle Power
Researchers study one special bird, revealing her exceptional strength, eyesight, and flying skills.
9:00 9/11 Inside the Pentagon On September 11, 2001, Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people. Survivors and first responders shed light on that tragic day.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Sept. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Finding Your Roots: To the Manor Born See Tues. Sept. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Austin City Limits: Allison Russell/The Weather Station See Sun. Sept. 8 at 11:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Big Four Poirot is pitted against a dangerous group of dissidents responsible for a series of violent murders.
8:29 Midsomer Murders: The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy (in 2 parts) After a local photographer wins an urban myth competition with his creation of The Wolf Hunter, it unexpectedly gains a cult following.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Big Bend - The Wild Frontier of Texas See Wed. Sept. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Eagle Power See Wed. Sept. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 9/11 Inside the Pentagon See Wed. Sept. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago People from all over the city and suburbs take Geoffrey Baer to the places they find most breathtaking.
9:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2 Geoffrey is back to show us even more eyepopping spaces and places.
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! Madison Bar, Chicago Culinary Kitchen, Chiya Chai [R]
12:30 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger visits McMinnville, Oregon’s UFO Fest to witness the extraterrestrial parade and alien pet contest.
1:00 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters See Mon. Sept. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Epic Bill
7:00 Great Lakes Now: Protecting the Lakes from Pollution
7:30 Home Diagnosis: What’s That Smell?
8:00 Opportunity Knocks: Tools for Success
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Germany’s Heligoland Island
9:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Bern
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Decorah, Iowa
10:00 This Old House: Lexington –Judgement Day
10:30 Ask This Old House: Invasive Plants, Bidet Toilet
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Small Semi Delicacies
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Snacks for Dinner
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake
12:30 Cook’s Country: Fish Tacos and Fried Shrimp
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Plan the Menu
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Fire and Spice
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Spanish Summer Supper
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Simple Pastas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Bistro Classics
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Swinging Spirits
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Greek Mountain Cheeses
4:30 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival
In the Spotlight
Adrian Dunbar returns for a second season as retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley. As a police consultant, Ridley joins forces with his former protégée DI Carol Farman, now at the helm of investigations. Together they delve into intriguing mysteries.
Sundays beginning September 15, 7:00 pm
Food Hall, Club Lucky
5:00 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger journeys hundreds of feet underground to tour the historic Queen Copper Mine in Bisbee, Arizona, and more.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago See Fri. Sept. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate the murder of an estate agent during the private sale of a picturesque beach.
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 The Coroner: Life (Part 16 of 20) A death in custody brings Jane into prison and face to face with notorious child killer Sidney Sutton.
10:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Big Four See Thurs. Sept. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
11:29 Midsomer Murders: The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy (in 2 parts) See Thurs. Sept. 12 at 8:29 pm. [R]
Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece
Actor Lesley Manville returns as editor Susan Ryeland in this sequel to Magpie Murders. As this new series commences, to solve the disappearance of a hotel owner’s daughter, Cecily Treherne, Susan investigates the truth behind a real-life murder detailed in Alan Conway’s novel.
Sundays beginning September 15, 8:00 pm
Sunday 15
EARLY MORNING
1:00 The Paris Murders: Smoke and Mirrors (Part 10 of 12) See Sun. Sept. 8 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 Table for All with Buki Elegbede: The Drive, Passion, and Heart of the West Indies
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Woven Together
8:00 Shelter Me: Love Songs
8:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Jeni Britton
9:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital See Wed. Sept. 4 at 8:30 pm. [R]
10:00 Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants Chicago Stories traces the histories of Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, and explores how they influenced the multitudes of retailers who came after them.
11:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Meet industrialist George Pullman, inventor of the sleeping railcar who hired an army of Pullman Porters and Maids to staff them, establishing a company town that gave him complete authority over their lives. This film traces the workers’ long and bloody struggle for their independence.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Chicago Stories: Race to Reverse the River From its earliest days, Chicago residents and businesses alike dumped their waste directly into the Chicago River, which contaminated the city’s drinking water. Engineers arrived at an ingenious solution: reversing the flow of the river away from the lake. Audionarrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.
1:00 Chicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire On October 10, 1871, the citizens of Chicago awoke to a smoking pile of rubble that stretched for miles on end. How did tensions between the city’s elites and the immigrant poor lead to the wrong person being wrongfully accused of starting the blaze that leveled the city?
2:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards At the end of the 19th century, Chicago completely transformed the way Americans eat, and the Union Stockyards on the South Side were the center of that revolution. Experience the sights, sounds, and awful smells of the Union
Stockyards and the complex of meat factories next to it, known as Packingtown. Audionarrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.
3:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss and The Bulldozer Over his 21 years in office, Chicago mayor Richard J. “Boss” Daley’s urban renewal initiatives may have enhanced the city’s appearance and infrastructure, but they displaced the poor and people of color, perpetuating racial segregation.
4:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Stories of two very different disasters that occurred in the heart of Chicago’s Loop 90 years apart: First, the deadliest building fire in U.S. history: the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire. Then, the Great Loop Flood of 1992: a $2 billion disaster with zero casualties.
5:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago You may not have heard of Albert Lasker, Eugene Kolkey, or Tom Burrell, but they’re Chicago’s Mad Men - the local executives who created iconic figures like the Marlboro Man, Charlie Tuna, and the Pillsbury Dough Boy.
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Angels Too Soon – The School Fire of ’58 On December 1, 1958, a devastating fire swept through Our Lady of the Angels school, killing 92 children and three nuns. Survivors, their families, and community members share their harrowing memories of that day and the heartbreaking aftermath.
7:00 Ridley: A Sleeping Tiger, Part 1 (Season 2, Part 1 of 4)
8:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) Susan is living in Crete, when a couple asks her for help finding their missing daughter Cecily.
9:00 Van der Valk Season 4 on Masterpiece: Safe in Amsterdam, Part 1 (Part 1 of 6)
10:00 The Paris Murders: In the Spotlight (Part 11 of 12) The team is sent a shocking recording of a young woman getting her throat cut.
11:00 Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go for It – American Masters Discover how Rita Moreno defied her humble upbringing and racism to become one of a select group of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winners.
Van der Valk Season 4 on Masterpiece (New Season)
Van der Valk and his team return to investigate new crimes in Amsterdam. In addition to solving murder cases, Van der Valk has to deal with an unwelcome past romance resurfacing as well as find a way to make one of his beloved team members confront their own mortality.
Sundays beginning September 15, 9:00 pm
Lancaster and
Hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison and the test cooks highlight the food, science, kitchen ingenuity, and fun that have made the show a fan favorite and take you behind the scenes to discover how it all gets made.
Monday, September 16 8:00 pm
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined –American Masters
Learn about the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America’s most celebrated Latina writers. The film will explore her childhood in the Dominican Republic, her complex family dynamics, the lifelong impact of their escape from the dictatorship, her feelings of displacement, hybridity and loss, and how she transforms all of this into poetry, essays, and novels.
Tuesday, September 17
8:00 pm
A team of local and international wildlife filmmakers uses the latest technology to follow a group of African big cats in Botswana’s awe-inspiring Okavango Delta, day and night for six months, revealing their lives like never before in this six-part series.
Wednesdays beginning September 18, 7:00 pm
Monday 16
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Coroner: Life (Part 16 of 20) See Sat. Sept. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire See Sun. Sept. 15 at 1:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1554 Giorgio Ghisi engraving after Bronzino, a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk circa 1890, and a 1962 Mercury Capsule antenna.
8:00 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
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 News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Ridley: A Sleeping Tiger, Part 1 (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Van der Valk Season 4 on Masterpiece: Safe in Amsterdam, Part 1 (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: In the Spotlight (Part 11 of 12) See Sun. Sept. 15 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion See Sun. Sept. 15 at 11:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Activist Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice.
8:00 Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined –American Masters
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Sept. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go for It – American Masters See Sun. Sept. 15 at 11:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: Race to Reverse the River See Sun. Sept. 15 at 12:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Angels Too Soon –The School Fire of ’58 See Sun. Sept. 15 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Part 1 and 2 of 6) The team begins a six-month expedition following lions, leopards, and cheetahs in the Okavango Delta. A huge wildfire threatens both the team and the big cats. Lions fight intruders, while leopards and cheetahs struggle to secure their next meal.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Sunken Basilica 2014, Turkey. A normal survey flight over Lake Iznik unexpectedly
reveals the sunken remains a 4th century basilica. The discovery prompts scientists to probe the elusive history and geology behind the demise of the church that was built in ancient Nicaea – now known as Iznik. When was the basilica destroyed? How did the basilica get swallowed up by Lake Iznik? And what happened to its community? Spanning the globe, this investigation follows a world-renowned team in this underwater excavation. Thanks to exclusive access to the site, including critical aerial and underwater cinematography, and spectacular CGI, we time travel through the centuries, back to the Roman and Byzantine time, and at the foundation of Christianity itself.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
On a spring afternoon 100 years ago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were affluent teenagers living in Kenwood, blocks from the University of Chicago, when they challenged themselves to commit “the perfect crime.” Driving around the neighborhood, they abducted Loeb’s 14-year-old cousin Bobby Franks, ruthlessly murdered him, and hid his body in a culvert. But the crime was far from perfect, and once convicted of the killing, only legendary defense attorney Clarence Darrow could save Leopold and Loeb from the gallows.
Friday, September 20 8:00 pm
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Activist Roots See Tues. Sept. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined – American Masters See Tues. Sept. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss and The Bulldozer See Sun. Sept. 15 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards See Sun. Sept. 15 at 2:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s
The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor (New Series)
Told in present tense and full of unexpected bombshells, this five-part series tells the story of a family that has lived under intense public scrutiny their entire lives. Like most families, the royal family has had to deal with crises – feuds, heartbreak, sibling rivalries, affairs, divorces and deaths. But they also have had to face assassination attempts, kidnappings, tabloid scandals and terrorist bombs. This is the powerful real-life human drama of the greatest remaining dynasty in Europe.
Sundays beginning September 22, 6:00 pm
Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Folly Ariadne Oliver becomes convinced that she is unwittingly providing cover for a crime.
8:29 Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society (in 2 parts) A local outcast, who was controversially acquitted of murder years previously, is the latest inductee into a postoperative heart rehab club.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Part 1 of 6) See Wed. Sept. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Sunken Basilica See Wed. Sept. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters See Sun. Sept. 15 at 4:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance - Leopold and Loeb
9:00 Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants See Sun. Sept. 15 at 10:00 am. [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival Food Hall, Club Lucky [R]
7:30 Home Diagnosis
8:00 Opportunity Knocks
8:30 Islands Without Cars
9:00 Curious Traveler
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House 11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Wild Travels
12:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Sept. 14 at 5:00 pm. [R]
1:00 To be announced
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Madagascar: Islands of Wonder (Part 1 of 2) Journey across ancient Madagascar, the strangest and oldest island on Earth.
7:00 Great Lakes Now
7:30 Home Diagnosis: Volcanoland
8:00 Opportunity Knocks: Significant Change
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Scotland’s Isles of Eigg and Easdale
9:00 Curious Traveler: Estonia’s Curious Palaces and Castles
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Marquette, Michigan
10:00 This Old House: Lexington –Accessible Made Modern
10:30 Ask This Old House: Wildfire Mitigation
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Autumn Apple Treats
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: 5-Ingredient Surf ‘n’ Turf
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Citrus
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Community Table
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: The Brazilian Grill
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Mexico’s Riviera
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Canyon Cuisine
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Santorini –Flavors of a Volcano
4:30 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic
5:00 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger delves into the paranormal legends surrounding Edgar Allan Poe. 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance - Leopold and Loeb See Fri. Sept. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate the murder of a former children’s home resident.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate the murder of a water taxi driver.
9:00 The Coroner: Perfect
See page 6 for highlights and to learn more about
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Judy Woodruff explores the forces driving Americans apart, asking people from all walks of life and political persuasions what might be done to reverse these worrying trends. She sits down with big thinkers and an audience of regular people to explain what we’ve learned about America’s divisions, what we’re still grasping to better understand, and what might be done to move forward.
Monday, September 23
8:00 pm
Pair (Part 17 of 20) Jane investigates why a window cleaner is found dead next to a sports car he doesn’t own.
10:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Folly See Thurs. Sept. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
11:29 Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society (in 2 parts) See Thurs. Sept. 19 at 8:29 pm. [R]
Sunday 22
EARLY MORNING
1:00 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years See Mon. Sept. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America See Mon. Sept. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance - Leopold and Loeb [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 America the Bountiful: Pheasants in South Dakota
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Tickled Pink
8:00 Shelter Me: For the Love of Dog
8:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Jewel, Musician
9:00 Travel Detective: Rwanda’s Responsible Tourism
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: The Heart of England
10:00 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years [R]
11:00 Weekend in Havana with Geoffrey Baer Travel with host Geoffrey Baer to explore the heart of Cuba’s magical capital city, open to American tourists after more than 50 years, with three young locals — architect and restorationist Daniel de la Regata; Irene Rodriguez, one of Cuba’s top flamenco dancers; and Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca, who give him an inside look at how everyday Cubans live in this “old city trying to find its place in the modern world,” a land off-limits to Americans for decades.
1:00 LBJ: American Experience (in 2 parts) Revisit the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor – Love and Duty Members of the Royal Family wrestle with the ultimate dilemma: whether to choose love over duty to the Crown.
7:00 Ridley: A Sleeping Tiger, Part 2 (Season 2, Part 2 of 4)
8:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) At the Treherne’s hotel, Susan meets Cecily’s sister and husband.
9:00 Van der Valk Season 4 on Masterpiece: Safe in Amsterdam, Part 2 (Part 2 of 6)
10:00 The Paris Murders: Out of the Shadows (Part 12 of 12) Chloe is shocked to see her mother, who was presumably beaten to death by Chloe’s father 20 years before.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Foo Fighters Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame icons Foo Fighters perform classics alongside highlights from their acclaimed recent album But Here We Are
Monday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Coroner: Perfect Pair (Part 17 of 20) See Sat. Sept. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Madagascar: Islands of Wonder See Sat. Sept. 21 at 6:00 am. [R]
4:00 Epic Bill See Sat. Sept. 14 at 6:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Atlantic City (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a Walt Whitman inscribed Memoranda, 1906 - 1909 Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill posters, and an 1870 Cornelius Krieghoff oil painting.
8:00 Crossroads: A Conversation with America Former PBS News Hour anchor Judy Woodruff explores the forces that are driving Americans apart, and steps that might be taken to heal those divisions.
9:00 Teacher Follow teacher Nkanga Nsa as she embarks on a transformative yearlong residency at Curtis Elementary in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. This film explores the challenges teachers face and the inspiring work they do.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Ridley: A Sleeping Tiger, Part 2 (Season 2, Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Van der Valk Season 4 on Masterpiece: Safe in Amsterdam, Part 2 (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Out of the Shadows (Part 12 of 12) See Sun. Sept. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor – Love
and Duty See Sun.
Sept. 15 at 11:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Frontline: The Choice 2024 Frontline shares its in-depth investigation of the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they compete to be president of the United States.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Atlantic City (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Sept. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Crossroads: A Conversation with America See Mon. Sept. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Teacher See Mon. Sept. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 LBJ: American Experience
Teacher
In a time when teachers are leaving the profession at an alarming pace, Nkanga Nsa makes the selfless choice to change careers and dive headfirst into the classroom. This new local documentary follows her transformative yearlong residency at Curtis Elementary in the Roseland Community on the south side of Chicago. Through the process, we get an inside look at the challenges teachers face in and out of the classroom, explore some root causes of the teacher shortage, and celebrate the amazing work that dedicated educators do.
Monday, September 23 9:00 pm
(Part 1 of 2) See Sun.
Sept. 22 at 1:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Part 3 of 6) A fight with intruders leaves the lion pride males injured and the mothers with cubs vulnerable to attack. Xudum, the female leopard, takes risks to find a mate.
8:00 NOVA: Einstein’s Quantum
The Black Sox Scandal
It was the most notorious scandal in the history of professional sports: eight Chicago White Sox players were charged with throwing the World Series in 1919. Explore how and why these athletes, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, worked together to betray their teammates and fans for a payout; how their plot came to light and the events that followed; and the lingering effects on the game today.
Friday, September 27
8:00 pm
Riddle Join physicists as they capture light from across the universe in a bid to prove Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance.”
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jurassic Fortunes Some people collect works of art, others collect dinosaurs. These wealthy enthusiasts dream of decorating their homes and offices with T-Rex skeletons – a controversial hobby and, above all, a form of speculation which can lead to a lawless “bone rush.” This film follows the journey of the largest Triceratops fossil ever found.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Frontline: The Choice 2024 See Tues. Sept. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 LBJ: American Experience (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Sept. 22 at 3:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
6:59 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Labours of Hercules Poirot’s pursuit of the infamous art thief Marrascaud leads him to a snowbound hotel in the Swiss Alps.
8:30 Midsomer Murders: Happy Families (in 2 parts) A manufacturer of exclusive board games appears to have been poisoned.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Part 3 of 6) See Wed. Sept. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Einstein’s Quantum Riddle See Wed. Sept. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jurassic Fortunes See Wed. Sept. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Weekend in Havana with
Geoffrey Baer See Sun. Sept. 22 at 11:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal
9:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic [R]
12:30 Wild Travels See Sat. Sept. 14 at 5:00 pm. [R]
1:00 To be announced
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Madagascar: Islands of Wonder (Part 2 of 2)
7:00 Great Lakes Now: Buried Relics and Falling Water
7:30 Home Diagnosis: Mold of all Colors
8:00 Opportunity Knocks: The Families Meet
8:30 Islands Without Cars: New York’s Fire Island
9:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Warsaw
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Austin, Minnesota
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: City of Gastronomy
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: All Meat, No Flavor
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country: Sisig and Wings
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Building Flavor
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: From Caracas to Lima
Join WTTW for new seasons of America’s original home improvement how-to series franchise. Follow the process of a whole-house renovation over several episodes with trusted experts Tom Silva, Richard Trethewey, Jenn Nawada, and host Kevin O’Connor. Ask This Old House travels across the country to help homeowners tackle everyday home improvement projects. For more than two decades, the show’s expert contractors have revealed tricks-of-the-trade while collaborating with homeowners to solve each problem.
Saturdays beginning September 28 10:00 and 10:30 am
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: A Heartier Taste of Italy
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Vegetables for Meat Lovers
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Symphony of Flavors
4:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Santorini – Life of Pie
4:30 Check, Please! Libanais, S.K.Y., Federales
5:00 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger feels right at home in a roomful of dummies at the Ventriloquists Convention.
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal See Fri. Sept. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Death in Paradise The team must prove Neville’s innocence after Professor
Each episode of this new three-part series delves into both well-known and lesser-known stories of Latino history and contributions, spanning thousands of years from the Ancient Empires to the early 1970s. Through this exploration, Leguizamo aims to shine a light on the rich and often-overlooked history of Latinos.
Saturdays beginning September 28, 10:00 pm
Join WTTW as the venerable popular music series embarks on its 50th season with a special evening with seven-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves, who showcases a new collection of songs from her latest album Deeper Well along with career highlights.
Sundays beginning September 29, 11:00 pm
Cartwright is murdered.
8:00 Death in Paradise The team investigate the murder of a renowned calypso singer’s husband.
9:00 The Coroner: The Foxby Affair (Part 18 of 20) Jane must solve the mysterious disappearance of a notorious, aristocratic playboy from decades before.
10:00 VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos In this new three-part series, join actor John Leguizamo on a lively chronological journey throughout Mexico and the U.S. to shed light on both the known and lesser-known stories of Latino history.
11:00 37th Hispanic Heritage Awards The highest honor for Hispanics and Latinos returns for a star-studded celebration of Hispanic and Latino excellence in arts, music, business, philanthropy, and more.
Sunday 29
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Labours of Hercules See Thurs. Sept. 26 at 6:59 pm. [R]
1:31 Midsomer Murders: Happy Families (in 2 parts) See Thurs. Sept. 26 at 8:30 pm. [R]
3:02 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
7:00 America the Bountiful: Blue Crabs in Maryland
7:30 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom: Flowers & Kids
8:00 Shelter Me: Street Vet 8:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
9:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Beverly Hills
9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Lisbon
10:00 Great Performances at the Met: La Rondine Enjoy Puccini’s love story starring Angel Blue as Magda opposite Jonathan Tetelman in his Met Opera debut as Ruggero.
AFTERNOON
12:00 POV: Name Me Lawand Lawand, deaf from birth, seeks a fresh start with his family in the U.K. after a traumatic year in a refugee camp. As he thrives, his family faces deportation, challenging their stability.
1:30 POV: Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law? At 21, he was a leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution. This film offers a close look at the city’s most famous dissident.
3:00 Reagan: American
Experience – Lifeguard (Part 1 of 2) This is the story of a president who always preferred to see America as a “shining city on a hill.”
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor – Threats The Royal Family come face to face with danger while Prince Charles searches for a bride.
7:00 Ridley: The Hollow Tree, Part 1 (Season 2, Part 3 of 4)
8:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) In London, Susan investigates what Alan Conway knew about the Frank Parris murder.
9:00 Van der Valk Season 4 on Masterpiece: Hope in Amsterdam, Part 1 (Part 3 of 6)
9:59 The Office Enjoy the original British version of this uproarious comedy series. In the opener, the head office is threatening to close its Slough branch.
10:00 The Office A nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg, the setting for the original British version of this uproarious comedy series. In the series opener, the head office is threatening to close its Slough branch. However, David Brent (Ricky Gervais) is assuring everyone that their jobs are safe. A practical joke to raise morale only succeeds in annoying everyone.
10:30 The Office Donna begins her job at the office. After the obligatory innuendo of the introductions, her first day is dominated by a dirty picture of her boss that’s been emailed around the office.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Kacey Musgraves
Monday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Sept. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Coroner: The Foxby Affair (Part 18 of 20) See Sat. Sept. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos (Part 1 of 3) See Sat. Sept. 28 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 37th Hispanic Heritage Awards See Sat. Sept. 28 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow
2:00 Cook’s Country
2:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen
4:00 RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Atlantic City (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Pablo Picasso lithograph and ceramic plate, a Louis XVI-style chandelier circa 1965, and a 1913 George Bellows oil painting.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Mobile Finds include an “Indian Tribes of North America” set, a Gale Sayers game-worn jersey, and Chinese glass bottle vases from around 1775.
9:00 Independent Lens: One Person, One Vote? At a time when many Americans question institutions, explore the complexities of the Electoral College.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
At a time when many Americans question democratic institutions, this program unveils the complexities of the Electoral College, the uniquely American and often misunderstood mechanism for electing a president by following four presidential electors representing different parties in Colorado during the intense 2020 election.
Monday, September 30 9:00 pm
Arts • Performance
37th Hispanic Heritage Awards
Saturday, 11:00 pm (9/28)
Monday, 4:00 am (9/30)
’70s Soul Superstars
Tuesday, 2:30 am (9/3)
All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop
Monday, 2:00 am (9/2)
Saturday, 12:30 am, 6:30 am (9/7)
Sunday, 3:00 am (9/8)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (9/10)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (9/8, 9/22, 9/29)
Thursday, 2:00 am (9/12)
Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration in Words & Music
Sunday, 11:30 pm (9/1)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (9/4)
Chicago & Friends: Live at 55
Monday, 9:00 pm (9/2)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (9/4)
Friday, 1:30 am (9/6)
Classical Rewind
Thursday, 2:00 am (9/5)
Friday, 12:00 am (9/6)
Saturday, 5:00 am (9/7)
Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano
Friday, 9:30 am (9/6)
Sunday, 1:30 am (9/8)
Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary
Monday, 3:00 am, 7:00 pm (9/2)
Thursday, 12:00 am (9/5)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 10:00 am (9/29)
Moments to Remember
Sunday, 6:00 am (9/1)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (9/3)
Saturday, 2:30 am (9/7)
New Kids on the Block: IHeart Radio Live
Friday, 8:00 pm (9/6)
Sunday, 12:00 am (9/8)
Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad
Friday, 3:00 am (9/6)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Thursdays, 7:00 pm (9/12, 9/19, 9/26)
Saturdays, 10:00 pm (9/14, 9/21)
Sunday, 12:00 am (9/29)
All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, 1:45 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:15 pm, 5:30 pm, 8:30 pm (9/1) COBRA
Thursday, 9:00 pm (9/5)
Saturday, 11:00 pm (9/7)
Coroner
Saturdays, 9:00 pm
Mondays, 2:00 am (9/9, 9/23, 9/30)
Monday, 3:00 am (9/16) Death in Paradise
Saturdays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Mondays, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (9/7, 9/21, 9/28)
Monday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (9/14) Hotel Portofino
Sunday, 7:00 pm (9/1)
Saturday, 10:00 pm (9/7)
Midsomer Murders
Thursdays, 8:30 pm, 9:30 pm (9/12, 9/19, 9/26)
Saturdays, 11:30 pm (9/14, 9/21)
Sundays, 12:15 am (9/15, 9/22)
Sunday, 1:30 am, 2:30 am (9/29) Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (9/15, 9/22, 9/29)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am (9/17, 9/24)
Office
Sunday, 10:00 pm, 10:30 pm (9/29)
Paris Murders
Sundays, 10:00 pm (9/8, 9/15, 9/22)
Sunday, 1:00 am (9/15)
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (9/17, 9/24)
RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm
Ridley
Sundays, 7:00 pm (9/15, 9/22, 9/29)
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (9/17, 9/24)
Van Der Valk on Masterpiece
Sundays, 9:00 pm (9/15, 9/22, 9/29)
Tuesdays, 2:00 am (9/17, 9/24)
Cooking
Improvement • Travel
America the Bountiful
Sundays, 7:00 am (9/22, 9/29)
America’s Test Kitchen
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
Tuesday, 7:00 pm, 7:35 pm, 8:10 pm, 8:45 pm, 9:25 pm (9/3)
Sunday, 10:10 am, 10:45 am, 11:25 am (9/8)
America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
Monday, 8:00 pm (9/16)
Sunday, 1:00 am, 10:00 am (9/22)
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Mondays, 7:00 pm (9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30)
Thursday, 12:00 am (9/12)
Wednesdays, 12:00 am (9/18, 9/25)
Monday, 8:00 pm (9/30)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Mondays-Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country
Mondays-Fridays, 2:00 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm
Curious Traveler
Saturdays, 9:00 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Home Diagnosis
Saturdays, 7:30 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Islands Without Cars
Saturdays, 8:30 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sundays, 7:30 am (9/15, 9/22, 9/29)
Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
Thursdays, 2:30 pm (9/5, 9/12)
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Mondays, 2:30 pm
Saturdays, 1:00 pm
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
Saturdays, 4:00 pm
Tuesdays, 2:30 pm
New Scandinavian Cooking
Saturdays, 11:00 am
Pati’s Mexican Table
Fridays, 2:30 pm
Saturdays, 3:30 pm
Rick Steves’ Europe
Sundays, 9:30 am (9/22, 9/29)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Saturdays, 11:30 am
Simply Ming
Thursdays, 2:30 pm (9/19, 9/26)
Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
Saturdays, 1:30 pm
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Wednesdays, 2:30 pm
Table for All with Buki Elegbede
Sunday, 7:00 am (9/15)
Travel Detective
Sundays, 9:00 am (9/22, 9/29)
Wild Travels
Saturdays, 12:30 am, 5:00
pm (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Nature • Science • Technology
Big Cats
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (9/18, 9/25)
Fridays, 12:00 am (9/20, 9/27)
Borneo: Islands of Wonder
Saturday, 6:00 am (9/28)
Great Lakes Now
Saturdays, 7:00 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Madagascar: Islands of Wonder
Saturday, 6:00 am (9/21)
Monday, 3:00 am (9/23)
Nature
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (9/11)
Friday, 12:00 am (9/13)
NOVA
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (9/11, 9/25)
Fridays, 1:00 am (9/13, 9/27)
Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD Thursday, 3:30 am (9/5)
9/11 Inside the Pentagon
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (9/11) Friday, 2:00 am (9/13)
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
Sunday, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (9/8)
Wednesday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (9/11)
Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White Sunday, 5:00 am (9/1) Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
American Masters: Rita Moreno, Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Sunday, 11:00 pm (9/15)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (9/18) BBC News
Mondays- Fridays, 5:00 am, 10:30 pm
BBC America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm
Becoming Frederick Douglass Sunday, 10:00 pm (9/1)
Chicago Mysteries Thursday, 7:00 pm (9/5)
Chicago Stories: Angels Too Soon, The School Fire of ’58 Sunday, 6:00 pm (9/15) Wednesday, 4:00 am (9/18)
Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal Friday, 8:00 pm (9/27) Saturday, 6:00 pm (9/28) Sunday, 4:00 am (9/29)
Chicago Stories: The Boss and the Bulldozer Sunday, 3:00 pm (9/15) Thursday, 3:00 am (9/19)
Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Wednesday, 8:30 pm (9/4) Sunday, 9:00 am (9/15) Friday, 4:00 am (9/20)
Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb Friday, 8:00 pm (9/20)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (9/21) Sunday, 4:00 am (9/22)
Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Sunday, 4:00 pm (9/15) Friday, 3:00 am (9/20)
Chicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire Sunday, 1:00 pm (9/15) Monday, 4:00 am (9/16)
Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Sunday, 11:00 am (9/15) Tuesday, 4:00 am (9/17)
Chicago Stories: Race to Reverse the River Sunday, 12:00 pm (9/15)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (9/18)
Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago Sunday, 5:00 pm (9/15)
Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants Sunday, 10:00 am (9/15)
Friday, 9:00 pm (9/20)
Sunday, 3:00 am (9/22)
Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards Sunday, 2:00 pm (9/15)
Thursday, 4:00 am (9/19)
Friday, 9:00 pm (9/27)
Sunday, 3:00 am (9/29)
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review Friday, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm (9/6)
Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 10:00 pm (9/13, 9/20, 9/27)
Saturdays, 5:30 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Crossroads: A Conversation with America
Monday, 8:00 pm (9/23)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (9/25)
Epic Bill
Saturday, 6:00 am (9/14)
Monday, 4:00 am (9/23)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (9/10, 9/17)
Thursday, 1:00 am (9/12)
Thursday, 12:00 am (9/19)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Mondays, 5:30 am
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America
Monday, 9:00 pm (9/16)
Sunday, 2:00 am (9/22)
Frontline
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (9/24)
Thursday, 12:00 am (9/26)
Groucho & Cavett: American Masters
Monday, 8:00 pm (9/9)
Saturday, 1:00 am (9/14)
Independent Lens
Monday, 9:00 pm (9/30)
Julia Alvarez, A Life Reimagined –American Masters
Thursday, 1:00 am (9/19)
Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (9/4)
Ken Burns: The Civil War
Saturday, 8:30 am (9/7)
LBJ: American Experience
Sunday, 1:00 pm. 3:00 pm (9/22)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (9/25)
Thursday, 3:00 am (9/26)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Wednesday, 3:00 am (9/4)
Monday, 3:00 am (9/9)
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
Friday, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (9/13)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (9/14)
Opportunity Knocks
Saturdays, 8:00 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
PBS News Hour Weekend
Saturday, 6:30 pm (9/7)
Sunday, 6:30 pm (9/8)
Saturdays, 5:30 pm (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Sundays, 5:30 pm (9/22, 9/29) POV
Sunday, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm (9/29)
Reagan: American Experience
Sunday, 3:00 pm (9/29)
Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor Sundays, 6:00 pm (9/22, 9/29)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (9/24)
Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
Saturday, 5:00 pm (9/17)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (9/18, 9/25)
Fridays, 2:00 am (9/20, 9/27)
Shelter Me
Sundays, 8:00 am (9/15, 9/22, 9/29) Teacher
Monday, 9:00 pm (9/23)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (9/25)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
Sundays, 8:30 am (9/15, 9/22, 9/29)
Voces American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos
Saturday, 10:00 pm (9/28)
Monday, 3:00 am (9/30)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (9/14, 9/21, 9/28)
Weekend in Havana with Geoffrey Baer
Sunday, 11:00 am (9/22)
Friday, 3:00 am (9/27)
Ravinia Festival
Five concerts this month include performances by guitarist Miloš with Viano String Quartet, cellist Zlatomir Fung, Apollo’s Fire, and more. Mondays, 8:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Come, Labor. Host Peter DuBois honors the Labor Day holiday with sacred choral and organ music appropriate for this truly American celebration.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Vaughan Williams Violin Sonata in A minor – Charlie Siem, v; Itamar Golan, p. Signum SIGCD-734. [27:15]
8:00 Edward German Henry VIII: Three Dances – Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper. Marco Polo 8.223419. [8:18]
9:00 Henry VIII Suite, Rose without a Thorn – Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Decca 417524-2. [12:22]
10:00 Beth Anderson September Swale – Nancy Boston, p. Nancy Boston CD-2006. [4:59]
11:00 Jonathan Besser September – Jade String Quartet. Rattle RAT-D103. [4:59]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Korngold Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Suite (Four Pieces) – Danbi Um, v; Amy Yang, p. Avie AV-2615. [12:03]
1:00 Grieg Two Norwegian Airs, Op. 63 – Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas. Ondine ODE-766-2. [12:07]
2:00 Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 2, The Swan of Tuonela; No. 4, Lemminkäinen’s Return – Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-1015. [16:08]
3:00 Carreño Un rêve en mer, Op. 28 – Sarah Cahill, p. First
In this one-day membership drive, help bring the joy of music to young people and create a bright future for music in our community. Thursday, September 5
Hand Records FHR-131. [5:48]
4:00 Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, Rhenish – London Phil Orch/Kurt Masur. Teldec 46446-2. [31:35]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 –Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta. EMI CDC7-49071-2. [30:28]
6:00 Thomas String Quartet in E minor – Daniel String Quartet. Discover International DICD-920159. [26:33]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Conductor Donald Lee III and tenor Travon D. Walker are joined by members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra for instrumental and vocal chamber music by Damien Geter, Jonathan Bingham, and Tchaikovsky.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Schoenberg Piano Concerto; Peter Serkin, piano; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Claudio Santoro One of the best-kept secrets of 20th-century music, Claudio Santoro (1919-1989) was a prominent Brazilian composer and educator who combined amazing musical wisdom and technique with a gift to create powerful melodies.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Shostakovich with Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic. Live Performances of Symphony No. 8 and Symphony No. 10.
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.
Guests include baritone Matthias Goerne, tenor Aaron Sheehan, and stage director Lawrence Edelson – plus a Fall Choral Preview. Saturdays, 4:00 pm
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2. [7:35]
7:00 Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso – Orch de Paris/ Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902326. [7:51]
8:00 Beethoven King Stephen, Op. 117: Overture – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47517. [6:27]
9:00 Dana Suesse Serenade to a Skyscraper – Sara Davis Buechner, p. eOne 7770. [5:08]
10:00 Midday Music including Florence Price Village Scenes – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p. Blue Griffin BGR-615. [9:35]
11:00 Rossini Il turco in Italia: Overture – Prague Sinfonia/ Christian Benda. Naxos 8.572735. [9:00]
12:00 Sarasate Fantasy on Gounod’s Faust – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Samuel Sanders, p. Cedille CDR90000041. [13:30]
1:00 Rota The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Suite – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-63359. [23:32]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Suppé Donna Juanita: Overture – Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223648. [12:44]
3:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 410518-2. [14:46]
4:00 Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Detroit Sym Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7047. [11:25]
5:00 Smyth The Boatswain’s Mate: Overture – Lontano Ens/Odaline de la Martinez. Retrospect Opera RO-001. [5:54]
6:00 Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in
Born August 6, 1924, Ella Jenkins, the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” grew up in Hyde Park and began her pioneering career in Chicago. Her early call and response records, drawing on African American traditions, made it easy for audiences to participate. A champion of diversity long before the term became popular, she would go on to include a Mexican hand-clapping song, a Maori Indian battle chant, and even an American chain-gang lament, quietly revolutionizing children’s music. Her media savvy laid the groundwork for the field of children’s entertainment like Sesame Street and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood Folkstage honors Ella’s centennial with a live broadcast featuring Juan Dies of Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Bucky Halker, Susie Lofton, Shanta Nurullah, and guest commentator Fred Koch.
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C minor, Op. 101 – Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA67251-52 (2). [20:07]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 1 Bill begins a two-week series on
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8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024 The acclaimed guitarist Miloš and the Viano String Quartet perform music by Handel, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Glass, Gabriela Lena Frank, the Beatles, and others. Recorded July 18 in the Martin Theatre.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Stravinsky Petrushka; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
Tuesday 3
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Boccherini Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 2 (G 510) – London Festival Orch/Ross Pople. Hyperion CDA-66903. [10:47]
7:00 Nelson Savannah River Holiday – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [8:39]
8:00 Clara Schumann March in E-Flat (1879) – EStrella Piano Duo. Sheridan Music Studio
[In Her Own Voice]. [6:32]
9:00 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act I, Waltz – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4796297. [6:59]
10:00 Midday Music including Johann Philipp Kirnberger Trio Sonata in C – Jean Brégnac, f; Marie Rouquié, v; Jennifer Hardy, vc; Yoann Moulin, hc. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905378. [6:26]
11:00 Conni Ellisor Blackberry Winter – Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner Classics 46739-2. [16:51]
12:00 Gerald Rizzer Andante melancolico; Energetic – Gerald Rizzer, p. Rizzer (2019). [4:44]
1:00 Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9: II. Quasi variazione: Andante –Andrey Baranov, v; Christoph Croisé, vc; Alexander Panfilov, p. Avie AV-2691. [21:50]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Warlock Capriol Suite –Guildhall String Ensemble/ Robert Salter. [9:29]
3:00 Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 – Philippe Quint, v; Minería Sym Orch/ Carlos Miguel Prieto. Avanti 10362. [23:32]
4:00 Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 1 – City of Granada
Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901606. [15:29]
5:00 Bach Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne – Leon Fleisher, p. Bridge 9429. [17:56]
6:00 Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10 – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80378. [20:13]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 1 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1 – Juilliard String Quartet. CBS M3K-37868 (3). [29:21]
9:00 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (Op. 99) – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Helsinki Phil Orch/ John Storgårds. Ondine ODE-1239-2. [36:08]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Brahms Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Keith Robinson, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Elgar Falstaff, Op. 68 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Simon Rattle. [36:06]
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Wednesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Schubert Impromptu in A-Flat, D 935, No. 2 – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68213. [7:21]
7:00 Meyerbeer Le Prophète : Coronation March – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 7716-2-RC. [3:40]
8:00 Vivaldi Flute Concerto in F, R. 433, La tempesta di mare – New Irish Chamber Orch/James Galway, f. RCA RCD1-5316. [6:40]
9:00 Michael Abels Global Warming – Sphinx Virtuosi. DG 4865014. [8:29]
10:00 Midday Music
including Vivaldi Gloria in D, R. 589: Opening chorus; Duet, Laudamus te – Dawn Upshaw & Penelope Jensen, s’s; Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80194. [4:42]
11:00 Yukihiro Yoko Variations on Sakura – John Williams, g. Sony SK-53359. [5:03] Mike Nock In the time of Sakura – Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D016. [4:10]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Stephen Joven-Lee performs music by Ravel, Robert Schumann, Johann Strauss, Jr., Paul Çelebi, and his own composition live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, Linz – German Chamber Phil Bremen/ Tarmo Peltokoski. DG 4865745. [27:55] Tarmo Peltokoski Improvisation on Mozart’s Haffner Symphony – Tarmo Peltokoski, p. DG 4865745. [3:54]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Felix Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 67 –Howard Shelley, p. Hyperion CDA-68344. [13:49]
3:00 Beethoven Variations and Fugue in E-Flat, Op. 35, Eroica – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. Pentatone PTC-5186724. [23:02]
4:00 Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Ensemble K/Simone Menezes. Accentus ACC-30567. [13:10]
5:00 Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Suite – Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683-2. [15:52]
6:00 Verdi Les Vêpres siciliennes: Four Seasons Ballet: Summer & Autumn – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [14:47]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 1 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Janácek Idyll (1878) – Rotterdam Phil Orch/James Conlon. Erato ECD-88095. [28:28]
9:00 Michael Haydn String Quintet in B-Flat, P 105 – L’Archibudelli. Sony SK-53987. [31:22]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Baroque music from 17th-century Ukraine Ensemble Ældmusic brings us religious anthems by Dyletsky, Slavynetskyi, Tuptalo, as well as anonymous music from Ukraine’s rich folk tradition. A performance from Radio Latvia, Riga.
Thursday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Poulenc TwoPiano Concerto in D minor: II. Larghetto – E Le Sage & F Braley, p’s; Royal Liège Phil Orch/S Denève. Sony 88875192862. [5:30]
7:00 WFMT’s third annual Bach to School membership drive Until 7:00 pm. WFMT’s Bach to School program provides free musical resources to classrooms in need. Tune in to learn how you can help advance a bright and accessible future for music in our community. Call (773) 279-2100 or visit wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 1 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor –Philippe Quint, v; Bochum Sym Orch/Stephen Sloane. Avanti 10472. [35:52]
9:00 Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 – Beaux Arts Trio; Kim Kashkashian, vi. Philips 422350-2. [31:15]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Nathan Milstein, violin; Bruno Walter, conductor; Beethoven Mass in D, Op. 123, Missa solemnis; Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Peter Rose, bass; Glenn Dicterow, violin; New York Choral Artists; American Boychoir; Kurt Masur, conductor.
Friday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Couperin Concert royal No. 1 in G – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset. Aparté AP-196. [11:36]
7:00 Ponce Three Popular Mexican Songs – Pepe Romero, g. Philips 432102-2. [6:01]
8:00 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C, Op. 39, No. 5 – BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10709. [6:07]
9:00 Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 –Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [13:40]
10:00 Midday Music including Richard Strauss Festival Prelude, Op. 61 – Olivier Latry, o; Boston Sym Orch, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons. DG 4862040. [13:49]
11:00 Eric Ewazen Colchester Fantasy – American Brass Quintet. Summit DCD-133. [15:51]
12:00 Puccini Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo – Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011801. [6:18]
1:00 Suk String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6 – London Chamber Orch/Christopher WarrenGreen. Virgin 91165-2. [26:11]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including John Blackwood McEwen Grey Galloway (Border Ballad, 1908) – London Phil Orch/ Alasdair Mitchell. Chandos CHAN-9241. [15:05]
3:00 Debussy Fantaisie for piano and orchestra – Martha Argerich, p; Berlin Staatskapelle/ Daniel Barenboim. DG 4837538. [23:14]
4:00 Bach Three-Clavier Concerto No. 2 in C, BWV 1064 – Peter Serkin & Bruno Canino, p’s; Camerata Bern/András Schiff, p. Decca 4782363 (4). [18:42]
5:00 Schubert Rosamunde, D 797: Overture – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 412432-2. [9:55]
6:00 Bizet Carmen: Suite – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Telarc CD-80593. [15:26]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 1 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Weill September Song – Daniel Hope, v; Joscho Stephan, g; Zürich Chamber Orch. DG 4861941. [3:06]
9:00 Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 – Chicago Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein. DG 427632-2 (2). [34:46]
10:00 Schoenfield Cafe Music –James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p. Black Box BBM-1109. [15:32] 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963) The second Part of an awardwinning documentary about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington in which Studs joined hundreds of Chicagoans on a train bound for Washington, D.C. recording their thoughts and experiences on his portable tape recorder.
Saturday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Bologne Violin Concerto in G, Op. 8 –Lausanne Chamber Orch/ Renaud Capuçon, v. Erato
5419718972. [18:26]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
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10:00 Edmond Dédé Chicago, grande valse à l’Américaine –Hot Springs Music Festival/ Richard Rosenberg. Naxos 8.559038. [8:37]
11:00 Introductions Anna Huelke, 18, flute. Martinu Flute Sonata, 1st mvt; Bach Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035, 1st mvt; Schocker The Further Adventures of Two Flutes; Eben Sonatina semplice. With Kay Kim, piano and Destina Sarussi, second flute.
12:00 From Bavarian State Opera: Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades Brandon Jovanovich (Hermann); Roman Burdenko (Count Tomsky); Boris Pinkhasovich (Prince Yeletsky); Violeta Urmana (Countess); Asmik Grigorian (Lisa); Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor. Sung in Russian.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Debussy Suite bergamasque –Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Decca 460247-2 (2). [17:06]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with Mexican tenor Javier Camarena in advance of his Lyric Opera debut as the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Montgomery Peace – Anthony McGill, cl; Gloria Chien, p. Cedille CDR-90000207. [4:38]
6:00 Bliss The Belmont Variations –Black Dyke Band/John Wilson. Chandos CHSA-5344. [8:54]
7:00 Sounds Classical: The World of Video Game Music Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael explore the emotional depth and innovation found in wide world of video game music, including iconic scores and sounds from games likes Super Mario Bros. and Tetris, as well as more modern games likes Ghost Giant and Godfall.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from WFMT: Celebrate Ella Jenkins’s 100th birthday with Juan Dies, Bucky Halker, Susie Lofton, Shanta Nurullah, and special guest commentator Fred Koch.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Celebrating two great Americans from two very different worlds: civil rights icon Ruby Bridges who turns 70 and the Father of Country Music Jimmie Rodgers.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice School Days. Host Peter DuBois will shares wonderful sacred music featuring choirs from secondary schools and colleges both in the US and the UK.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Price Violin Concerto No. 1 in D – Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Decca 4854234. [28:53]
8:00 Henriëtte Bosmans Piano Concertino – Ronald Brautigam, p, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/ Ed Spanjaard. NM Classics 92095. [14:41]
9:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107, Reformation –Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902325. [26:40]
10:00 Turina Piano Trio in F – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000150 (2). [25:21] Clarice Assad Familia – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Assad family, g’s and vocals. Sony 24414-2. [3:57]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Finzi The Fall of the Leaf, Op. 20 – Northern Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. EMI CDM7-64721-2. [11:00]
1:00 Bach Oboe d’amore Concerto in A (after BWV 1055) – Albrecht Mayer, ob d’amore; Berlin Baroque Soloists. DG 4864183. [13:57]
2:00 Mario Gangi Suite Barocca –Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g’s. Brilliant Classics 95818. [13:05]
3:00 Kodály Marosszék Dances –Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [13:37]
4:00 Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 –Johannes Moser, vc; Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/ Fabrice Bollon. Hänssler Classic 93.222. [19:31]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 –Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/Erich Leinsdorf. RCA 63591-2. [29:18]
6:00 Mozart Concertone in C, K. 190/166b – Julia Fischer & Gordan Nikolic, v’s; Netherlands Chamber Orch/ Yakov Kreizberg. Pentatone PTC-5186098. [27:21]
7:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 13 –Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000082 (3). [30:35]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Tchaikovsky Symphony
Grossman Ensemble • Roomful of Teeth • Melanie Charles Asian Sound Revolution • Renée Anne Louprette, organ CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago
No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36; Georg Solti, conductor; Piazzolla Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneón and Orchestra; Daniel Binelli, bandoneón; Buxtehude Chaconne in E Minor; Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Latin American Piano from Three Centuries Elbio presents a selection of great piano music from the past 300 years, including pieces by Villa-Lobos, Ponce, and Tomás León.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Thomas Beecham in Live Performance, Program 1. Richard Strauss Don Juan; Salome: “Dance of the Seven Veils;” Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D; Hungarian Dances Nos. 5, 6; Balakirev Symphony No. 1.
Monday 9
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Respighi Trittico botticelliano: I. La Primavera –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [5:35]
7:00 Tartini Trumpet Concerto in D – Alison Balsom, tr; Scottish Ensemble. EMI 56094-2. [9:49]
8:00 Saint-Saëns Wedding Cake (Caprice-Valse), Op. 76 –Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Sakari Oramo. Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2). [5:53]
9:00 Bonds Troubled Water –Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY-1965-68. [5:17]
10:00 Midday Music including Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture –St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47014-2. [4:09]
11:00 Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes –Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559177. [10:31]
12:00 Price String Quartet in A minor – Avalon String Quartet. Naxos 8.559941. [25:33]
1:00 Thomas de Hartmann Violin Concerto, Op. 66 – Joshua Bell, v; INSO-Lviv Sym Orch/ Dalia Stasevska. Pentatone PTC-5187076. [29:44]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Wagner Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey – Paris Opera Orch/ Philippe Jordan. Erato 9341422-7 (2). [11:55]
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3:00 Mozart Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902627. [23:03]
4:00 Verdi Jérusalem (Paris version of I Lombardi ): Ballet music –La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4783559. [19:17]
5:00 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MBK-46274. [15:44]
6:00 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 9, No. 3 – Festetics String Quartet. Arcana A-911 (2). [19:09]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 2 A continued look at the unique history of the New York Philharmonic – from a performance of Beethoven’s Third Symphony as Abraham Lincoln lay in state at City Hall, to the orchestra’s tribute to JFK led by Leonard Bernstein.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024 Violinist Stella Chen , violist Matthew Lipman , and cellist Brannon Cho perform trios by Beethoven, Mozart, and Gideon Klein. Recorded August 25 in Bennett Gordon Hall.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Ravel Tzigane; Martin Chalifour, violin; Mother Goose Suite; Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, Organ; Joanne Pearce Martin, organ; Jonathan Bailey Holland Assemble; Louis Langrée, conductor.
Tuesday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40 –Philippe Quint, v; Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto. Avanti 10362. [7:09]
7:00 Griffes Four Roman Sketches, Op. 7: No. 1, The White Peacock – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559164. [5:37]
8:00 Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431653-2. [8:55]
9:00 Joplin Solace (A Mexican Serenade) – Joe Brent, man; Lara Downes, p. Rising Sun Music RS-016. [5:14]
10:00 Midday Music including Bach French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814 –Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4832150. [13:32]
11:00 Milhaud Suite provençale, Op. 152b – Toulouse Capitole
Orch/Michel Plasson. DG 435437-2. [14:13]
12:00 Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 – Ilya Kaler, v; Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.557981. [11:33]
1:00 Clara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4853945. [11:18]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bologne L’amant anonyme: Overture – Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter. Cedille CDR-90000217. [7:34]
3:00 Copland Rodeo – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CMS764315-2 (2). [23:02]
4:00 Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 410525-2. [23:06]
5:00 Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 – Carol Wincenc, f; Kristin Lee & Ian Swensen, v’s; Paul Neubauer, vi; Dane Johansen, vc; Scott Pingel, db; Wu Han, hc. Music@Menlo 2012 (6). [16:57]
6:00 Kodály Dances of Galánta –Hungarian State Sym/ Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5284. [17:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Hans Gál Serenade for string trio in D, Op. 41 – Ensemble Epomeo. Avie AV-2259. [25:37]
9:00 Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 – Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 68544-2. [28:20]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mozart Fantasia in D minor, K. 397; Soyeon Kate Lee, piano; Beethoven Quartet in A minor, Op. 132; Danish String Quartet.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Grieg Symphony in C minor (1864) – Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. DG 427321-2. [31:54]
Wednesday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Mozart String Divertimento in B-Flat, K. 137 – St Martin’s Academy/ Neville Marriner. Decca 417741-2. [10:44]
7:00 Pablo Casals Sardana –Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; City of Birmingham Sym cellos. Decca 4832948. [5:59]
8:00 Nielsen Maskarade: Dance of the Cockerels – Danish National Sym Orch/
Thomas Dausgaard. Dacapo 6.220518. [5:42]
9:00 Beach Children’s Carnival –Sahan Arzruni, p. New World 80590-2. [8:04]
10:00 Midday Music including Gabrieli Sonata pian e forte –Music of the Baroque Brass/ Thomas Wikman. Music of the Baroque MB-108. [4:31]
11:00 Luigi Denza Song, FuniculiFuniculà – Diabolicus/ Dietrich Henschel. Naïve AM-137. [2:40]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Rieko Tsuchida performs selections by J.S. Bach, Ravel, Albéniz, and Sato Matsui live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – Chicago Sym Orch/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4758525 (5). [17:26]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Paul Taffanel Fantasy on Weber’s Der Freischütz –Mathieu Dufour, f; KuangHao Huang, p. Cedille CDR-90000121. [12:23]
3:00 Haydn Symphony No. 100 in G, Military – London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 437201-2 (4). [22:35]
4:00 Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557428. [14:02]
5:00 Hummel Trumpet Concerto –Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/ Raymond Leppard. Sony SK-57497. [18:47]
6:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 –Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony S2K-66289 (2). [10:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Vítezslav Novák Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 12 – Graffe String Quartet; Michiko Otaki, p. Ceský Rozhlas CRO-545-2. [27:56]
9:00 Bizet Symphony in C – Cincinnati Sym Orch/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80224. [30:54]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Fazil Say plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations Recorded in concert on October 18, 2023 in Martigny, Switzerland.
Thursday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Debussy Danses sacrée et profane –Emmanuel Ceysson, h; Lyon
National Orch/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.572675. [9:13]
7:00 Coleridge-Taylor African Suite, Op. 35: IV. African Dance – Chineke! Orch/ Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [6:12]
8:00 Kreisler Zigeuner Capriccio – Vilde Frang, v; José Gallardo, p. Warner 0190295805326. [5:05]
9:00 Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Los Angeles Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80238. [9:00]
10:00 Midday Music including Handel Let God Arise, HWV 256b – Soloists; Chapel Royal Cho, Musicians Extra-Ordinary/Andrew Gant. Naxos 8.557935. [12:25]
11:00 Sixto María Durán Leyenda incásica – Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p. Naxos 8.579125. [6:37]
12:00 Liszt Die Lorelei – Dmitry Paperno, p. Cedille CDR90000007. [6:19]
1:00 Nielsen Flute Concerto –Danish National Sym Orch/ James Galway, f. RCA 6359-2-RC. [17:58]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Édouard Lalo Le roi d’Ys: Overture –Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon. Sony Classical
88843062752. [11:21]
3:00 Bach English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV 806 – Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY1869-71 (3). [23:30]
4:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight –Maurizio Pollini, p. DG 4794120 (8). [15:49]
5:00 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a –London Sym Orch/ Michael Tilson Thomas. Sony SK-47195. [18:42]
6:00 Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – Atlanta Sym Orch & Cho/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80676. [13:02]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, Winter Dreams – Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47866-2. [42:39]
9:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in C, D 840, Reliquie (unfinished) – András Schiff, p. Decca 440305-2. [26:39]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Mark-Anthony Turnage Frieze; Beethoven Symphony No. 9; Julianna
Di Giacomo, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Russell Thomas, tenor; Shenyang, bass; Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus; Kent Tritle, director; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
Friday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Handel Ode for St Cecilia’s Day: Overture –Handel & Haydn Society/ Christopher Hogwood. Arabesque Z-6762-2 (2). [6:11]
7:00 Barber Souvenirs, Op. 28: Two-Step, Hesitation Tango, Galop – John Browning & Leonard Slatkin, p. RCA 60732-2-RC. [7:49]
8:00 Verdi Aida: Ballet music –Bournemouth Sym Orch/ José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [8:46]
9:00 Haydn Piano Trio in F, H
Cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky is a return guest to Introductions having appeared multiple times as a recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. A student of Hans Jørgen Jensen, he is in his final year in the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. A multiple award and competition winner, in 2024 alone Jan was named a YoungArts Winner with Distinction, the highest honor of the National YoungArts Foundation; and was a finalist in the United States Marine Band Concerto Competition and the Sphinx Competition. This summer, he attended the Menuhin String Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland and a Chamber Music Intensive at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Saturday, September 14
11:00 am
XV:2 – Guarneri Trio Prague. Praga PRD-250423. [11:28]
10:00 Midday Music including Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-55592-2. [9:39]
11:00 Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80705. [11:45]
12:00 Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D: III. Rondo-Burleske – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 410012-2 (2). [12:25]
1:00 Herrmann Psycho : A Narrative for String Orchestra – London Phil Orch/Bernard Herrmann. Decca 443895-2. [14:30]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Anna Bon Divertimento No. 4 – Sarah Darlin & Laura Gulley, v’s; Noriko Yasuda, fp; Laury Gutiérrez, viga. La Donna Musicale LA-10104. [10:23]
3:00 Respighi The Pines of Rome – London Sym Orch/ Lamberto Gardelli. EMI CDC5-86549-2 (2). [20:28]
4:00 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 – London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. MCA Classics MCAD-25887. [16:12]
5:00 Stradella Serenade in D, Il Barcheggio: Sinfonia – Roger Voisin, tr; Kapp Sinfonietta/ Richard Kapp. MCA Classics MCAD2-9807 (2). [5:58]
6:00 Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Prelude for String Sextet – Brandis String Quartet; Walter Küssner, vi; Dietmar Schwalke, vc. Nimbus NI-5614. [12:17]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The New York Philharmonic, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Igor Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale : Tango; Waltz; Ragtime; Devil’s Dance – Chicago Pro Musica. Reference RR-17. [7:30]
9:00 Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals – The Kanneh-Masons. Decca 4851156. [22:30]
10:00 Claire Cowan Hansel and Gretel: Entry of the Dew Fairies to Act I Finale –New Zealand Sym Orch/ Hamish McKeich. (Claire Cowan) (2020). [16:02]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Oscar Ghiglia (4/12/1993) Italian guitarist Oscar Ghiglia died in March 2024, and we remember him with this rebroadcast.
Saturday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings
with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Christoph Graupner Suite in F for flute, viola d’amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo – Soloists, Finnish Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d’amore. Ondine ODE-1220. [20:49]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Bridge Phantasie Trio in C minor – Bernard Roberts Piano Trio. Black Box BBM-1028. [15:39]
11:00 Introductions LIVE | Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, 18, cello. Tchaikovsky Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4; Locatelli Cello Sonata in D; Weir The Wind Blow East; Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1. With Liang-yu Wang, piano.
12:00 From LA Opera: Still’s Highway 1, USA and Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf Highway 1, USA: Nicole Heaston (Mary); Norman Garrett (Bob); Chaz’men Williams-Ali (Nate); Deborah Nansteel (Aunt Lou); Alan Williams (Sheriff); Sung in English. The Dwarf: Rodrick Dixon (The Dwarf); Erica Petrocelli (Donna Clara); Kristinn Sigmundsson (Don Estoban); Emily Magee (Ghita); Sung in German. LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus; James Conlon, conductor.
2:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:00 Silvestre Revueltas Sensemayá – Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Michael Mulcahy. CSO Resound 9011101. [7:08]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: On singing Handel and French Baroque repertoire with American tenor Aaron Sheehan Recorded at the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Jesús Corona Rapsodia Mexicana – Argentina Durán, p. Bravo Music [Rapsodia Mexicana]. [8:56]
6:00 Alejandro Tobar Kalamary –Norwegian Radio Orch/ Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Naxos 8.574266. [9:12]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Classical Sounds Hip-Hop Singer, composer, and producer Steve Wallace joins hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn to explore the intersection of hip-hop and classical music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Revisiting the rousing sounds of Yonkers, NY, band Spuyten Duyvil whose jangly zeal ranges from old-time, to blues,
to contemporary folk music.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer September songs, wistful and evocative. And a remembrance of Lone Ranger portrayer Clayton Moore 110 years after his birth.
Sunday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Celebrating Sir John. Host Peter DuBois celebrates John Rutter’s contributions to sacred music and his recent knighthood!
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt. Pentatone PTC-5186851. [45:02]
8:00 Bonds Troubled Water –Jeni Slotchiver, p. Zoho ZM-202008. [5:07]
9:00 Tartini Violin Concerto in E, D. 51 – La Serenissima/ Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2371. [16:37]
10:00 Still Symphony No. 3, Sunday – North Arkansas Sym Orch/Carlton Woods. Cambria CD-1060. [21:01]
11:00 Hailstork Two Romances: No. 1, Moderato – Beverly Baker, vi; Virginia Chamber Players. Albany TROY-612. [7:32]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Haydn Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:4 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Norwegian Chamber Orch. EMI CDC5-56960-2. [17:43]
1:00 Vaughan Williams In the Fen Country – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 442427-2. [14:15]
2:00 Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs – Alban Gerhardt, vc; Alliage Quintet. Hyperion CDA-68419. [14:20]
3:00 Debussy Saxophone Rhapsody – Alexandre Doisy, sx; Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.572675. [10:00]
4:00 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition – Bournemouth Sym Orch/Kirill Karabits. Onyx 4074. [32:26]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 – Seong-Jin Cho, p; London Sym Orch/ Gianandrea Noseda. DG B0026046-02. [41:15]
6:00 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat, K. 364 – Lara St. John, v; Scott St John, vi; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen. Ancalagon ANC-136. [29:32]
7:00 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101 – Pacifica
Quartet. Cedille CDR90000127. [25:38]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Richard Strauss Excerpt from Don Juan, Op. 20; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107; Sol Gabetta, cello; Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93; Sauli Zinovjev Batteria, US Premiere; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Concierto Imaginario Elbio Barilari presents an imaginary concert featuring an overture by Spanish-Mexican composer José María Cheavez, an orchestral suite from Brazilian Alberto Nepomuceno, and a violin concerto by the Argentinean Luis Gianneo.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Thomas Beecham in Live Performance, Program 2. Dvorák Symphony No. 7 Sibelius Symphony No. 2; Wagner Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde.
Monday 16
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Beethoven Andante favori in F, WoO 57 – András Schiff, p. ECM 1945/46. [8:22]
7:00 Pierné Scherzo-Caprice in D, Op. 25 – Stephen Coombs, p, BBC Scottish Sym Orch/ Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-67348. [8:00]
8:00 JC Bach Adriano in Siria: Overture – Hanover Band/ Anthony Halstead. CPO 999488-2. [6:08]
9:00 Bruch Romanze (Romance), Op. 85 – Gérard Caussé, vi; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano. Erato 45483-2. [7:39]
10:00 Midday Music including Handel Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12 – Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80688. [11:29]
11:00 Satie Le Piccadilly; Légende californienne; Chanson andalouse (pour ‘Pousse l’Amour’) (1906) – JeanYves Thibaudet, p. Decca 473620-2 (5). [4:41]
12:00 York Bowen Phantasy for Viola and Piano, Op. 54 – Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p. Cedille CDR-90000184. [14:35]
1:00 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 – Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. Hyperion CDA-66969. [21:02]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Weinberger Schwanda the
Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue –Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 5606-2-RC. [9:19]
3:00 Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 60729-2. [21:03]
4:00 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0062. [20:25]
5:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 12 in G minor –Amsterdam Sinfonietta/ Lev Markiz. Brilliant Classics 93777 (7). [21:51]
6:00 Bach Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053 – Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti. Hyperion CDA-67308. [19:15]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) A fivepart biography to celebrate the life of Chopin, whose invention and innovation had an indelible effect on the world of Romantic music and the piano.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024 Cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Dina Vainshtein perform music by J.S. Bach, Prokofiev, Brahms, and David Popper. Recorded August 28 in Bennett Gordon Hall.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Schubert Symphony No. 6; Beethoven Symphony No. 7; JukkaPekka Saraste, conductor.
Tuesday 17
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Copland Letter from Home – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [6:23]
7:00 Schubert Rosamunde, D 797: Ballet Music No. 1 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431655-2. [8:08]
8:00 Dett Inspiration Waltzes –Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [6:08]
9:00 Vivaldi Two-Horn Concerto in F, R. 539 – Anneke Scott & Jocelyn Lightfoot, hn’s; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler. Avie AV-2392. [8:08]
10:00 Midday Music including Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5-57691-2. [4:15]
11:00 Arthur Lourié A Phoenix Park Nocturne – Jenny Lin, p. Hänssler Classic 98.037. [4:26]
12:00 Komitas Garoun a – Marta Aznavoorian, p. Cedille CDR-90000209. [3:59]
1:00 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19 – Janine
Jansen, v; Oslo Phil Orch/ Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4854748. [22:02]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mademoiselle Duval Ballet, Les Génies (The Geniuses): Suite – Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Newport Classic NCD-60102. [11:42]
3:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 – Jaime Martin, f; Kenneth Sillito, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3). [21:13]
4:00 Beach Summer Dreams, Op. 47 – Deborah Moriarty & Zhihua Tang, p. Blue Griffin BGR-633. [13:19]
5:00 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Los Angeles Phil/ Michael Tilson Thomas, p. CBS MK-39699. [15:45]
6:00 Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D: III. Nocturne – Vancouver Sym Orch Strings/Bramwell Tovey. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5231. [7:46]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 – Eaken Piano Trio. Excelsius 730172. [25:44]
9:00 Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313 – James Galway, f; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. RCA 68256-2. [26:20]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Visit wfmt.com for program details.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mahler Totenfeier –Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 457649-2. [25:09]
Wednesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Symphony No. 26 in E-Flat, K. 184 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [8:40]
7:00 Elgar Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 – BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. Teldec 92374-2. [3:38]
8:00 Satie Jack-in-theBox – Michel Legrand, p. Erato 92857-2. [5:27]
9:00 Smetana Vyšehrad (The High Castle) – Czech Phil/ Jirí Belohlávek. Decca 4833187. [15:05]
10:00 Midday Music including Haydn Piano Sonata No. 58 in C, H XVI:48 – AnneMarie McDermott, p. Bridge 9497. [12:39]
Just two days after Klaus Mäkelä was announced as the Music Director Designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the 28-year-old Finnish conductor and cellist was greeted with a thunderous ovation as he took the podium. On a Thursday night, Orchestra Hall was nearly at capacity and the excitement both on stage and in the audience was palpable. The program was centered on music of Shostakovich: his popular Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring cellist Sol Gabetta, and the powerful Symphony No. 10. With a nod towards Mäkelä’s interest in contemporary music, the program began with the U.S. premiere of his fellow countryman Sauli Zinovjev’s Batteria. For those in attendance, this concert will be remembered for the quality of the performance and as an important moment in the history of the 133-year-old orchestra.
Sunday, September 15 8:00 pm
11:00 Holst Seven Scottish Airs for Piano and Strings – Michael Freyhan, p; London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople. Arte Nova 34022-2. [6:38] 1 2:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Bassoonist Nanci Belmont and pianist Elena Lacheva perform music by Stravinsky, Elena KatsChernin, and Amanda Harberg live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. 1:00 Vítezslava Kaprálová Military Sinfonietta, Op. 11 –University of Michigan Sym Orch/Kenneth Kiesler. Naxos 8.574144. [14:40]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Copland An Outdoor Overture – Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/
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Mallory Thompson. Summit DCD-580. [9:11]
3:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op.18, No. 4 – Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902207.08 (2). [23:05]
4:00 Khachaturian Spartacus: Ballet Suite No. 2 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8927. [20:35]
5:00 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 – Britten Oboe Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMM-907672. [14:44]
6:00 Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in G, R. 494 – Sergio Azzolini, bn; L’Aura Soave Cremona. Naïve OP-30539. [11:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart String Quartet No. 22 in B-Flat, K. 589 – Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902076. [26:55]
9:00 Kevin Puts Symphony No. 4, From Mission San Juan – Baltimore Sym Orch/ Marin Alsop. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907580. [28:28]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Handel in Rome Handel’s Nisi Dominus, Dixit Dominus, and Salve Regina performed in concert by the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and vocal soloists led by Václav Luks.
Thursday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Dvorák Legends, Op. 59: No. 6 in C-sharp minor, Allegro con moto – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [5:43]
7:00 Ponce Concierto del Sur: Finale, Allegro moderato e festivo – Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g; Phil Orch of the Americas/ Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [5:57]
8:00 Milhaud Scaramouche, Op. 165b – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 426284-2. [8:59]
9:00 Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; English Chamber Orch/Steven Mercurio. eOne EOM-CD-7785. [16:57]
10:00 Midday Music including Janequin Le chant des oyseaux – Ensemble Labyrinthes. Astrée E-8571. [6:01]
11:00 Ernesto Nazareth Tangos, Carioca and Ouro sobre Azul – Clélia Iruzun, p.
Lorelt LNT-139. [9:31]
12:00 Nadia Boulanger Select Songs – Nicholas Phan, t; Myra Huang, p. Avie AV-2414. [8:04]
1:00 Airat Ichmouratov Concerto grosso No. 3, Lichtenstein, Op. 68 – LGT Young Soloists/Alexander Gilman. Naxos 8.579165. [21:02]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – National Phil Orch/Richard Bonynge. Decca 411898-2. [11:01]
3:00 Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314 – Ray Still, ob; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [20:25]
4:00 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Pinchas Zukerman, v; English Chamber Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 469376-2 (4). [13:32]
5:00 Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 – Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 431778-2. [18:47]
6:00 Bach Violin Sonata No. 4 in c minor, BWV 1017 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Paul Cienniwa, hc. WFMT . [17:51]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Kodály Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, The Peacock – London Phil Orch/Franz Welser-Möst. EMI CDC7-54858-2. [27:37]
9:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat, Op.18, No. 6 – Quartetto Italiano. Philips 4758252 (3). [27:20]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Visit wfmt. com for listings.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Samuel Scheidt Suite for Brass – London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. ASV CDQS-6013. [7:32]
7:00 Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-129. [8:48]
8:00 Debussy L’isle joyeuse –Stewart Goodyear, p. Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0154. [5:20]
9:00 Hanson Before the Dawn, Op. 17 – Basque National Orch/Robert Treviño. Ondine ODE-1396-2. [7:02]
10:00 Midday Music including Copland Fanfare for the Common Man – Philadelphia Orch Brass/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MLK-39443. [2:50]
11:00 Justin Holland Carnival
of Venice Fantasy –Christopher Mallett, g. Naxos 8.559924. [6:39]
12:00 Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4759090 (6). [8:09]
1:00 Schoenberg String Quartet Concerto (after Handel’s Op. 6, No. 7) – Lark Quartet, San Francisco Ballet Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux. Arabesque Z-6723. [22:40]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 5 in G – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [10:43]
3:00 Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDR5-69879-2. [20:38]
4:00 Weber Oberon: Overture – Vienna Phil/ Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [10:15]
5:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20 – Jupiter Quartet, Jasper String Quartet. Marquis 16132. [32:05]
6:00 Saint-Saëns Oboe Sonata, Op. 166 – Alex Klein, ob; Phillip Bush, p. Cedille CDR-90000186. [10:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Vernon Duke Autumn in New York – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Reiko Uchida, p. eOne EOM-CD-7780. [5:49]
9:00 Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 –James Galway, f; Fritz Helmis, h; Berlin Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM7-69187-2. [29:16]
10:00 Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 –Chicago Sym Orch/ Fritz Reiner. RCA RCD1-5408. [43:28]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Steve Goodman, Fred Holstein, and Claudia Schmidt (3/13/1975) In this musical hour from a golden era in Chicago’s folk scene, Steve Goodman (1948–1984), Fred Holstein (1942–2004), and Claudia Schmidt (b.1953) talk with Studs about Somebody Else’s Troubles, their legendary gathering place for local performers.
Saturday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Satie Trois Sarabandes
(1887) – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Decca 473620-2 (5). [18:12]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Errollyn Wallen Mighty River –Orchestra X/Andrew Morley. NMC NMCDL-2017-01. [16:05]
11:00 Introductions Young chamber ensembles.
12:00 From LA Opera: Puccini’s Turandot Angela Meade (Turandot); Russell Thomas (Calaf); Guanqun Yu (Liù); Morris Robinson (Timur); Ryan Wolfe (Ping); Terrence Chin-Loy (Pang); Julius Ahn (Pong); LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus; James Conlon, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:15 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:00 Ernesto Lecuona Danzas Afro-Cubanas – Morton Gould and His Orchestra. RCA 68922-2. [11:16]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A Fall Choral Preview highlighting a wealth of upcoming performances across Chicagoland.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Ponce Piano Concerto No. 1, Romántico – Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-926. [20:13]
6:00 Candelario Huízar Imágenes –Phil Orch of the Americas/ Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [16:46]
7:00 Sounds Classical: New Sounds of the Past Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share an intriguing playlist of recently discovered or rediscovered works in classical music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio : Spirits are high as we present the 1st Annual Folkstage Comedy Hour of funny songs from Chicagoans Bill Larkin, Jamie Shiner, and Robbie Ellis who co-hosts.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer The autumn equinox arrives in a shower of changing colors and changing times as the sun crosses the equator.
Sunday 22
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Comes Autumn Time. Host Peter DuBois focuses on the wonders of nature, of creation, and the changing seasons, with great sacred choral and organ music, and stirring hymns.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including
Roussel Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42 – New York Phil/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK-64107. [24:10]
8:00 Respighi Feste Romane (Roman Festivals) – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-66843. [25:24]
9:00 Weiss Concerto Grosso in B-Flat – Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0707. [12:11]
10:00 Gretchen Yanover Ara – Gretchen Yanover, vc’s. Gretchen Yanover (2024). [5:04]
11:00 Lawren Brianna Ware Ascension – Amernet String Quartet. MSR Classics MS-1685. [6:41]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me – Frederick Hemke, sx; Figard String Quintet. ENF 1206-2. [5:13]
1:00 Liszt Hungarian Fantasy –Jorge Bolet, p; London Sym Orch/Iván Fischer. Decca 414079-2. [15:36]
2:00 Mary Howe Ballade fantasque – Meredith BlechaWells, vc; Pi-Ju Chiang, p. Navona NV-6432. [11:20]
3:00 Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – La Cetra/Andrea Marcon. DG 4779445. [6:45]
4:00 Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite – St. Petersburg Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 448812-2. [24:32]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including SaintSaëns Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 29 – Aldo Ciccolini, p; Orch de Paris/ Serge Baudo. EMI CMS769443-2 (2). [30:06]
6:00 Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, Prague – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-647. [28:19]
7:00 Richard Strauss Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Emanuel Ax, p. DG B0023611-02. [27:13]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Bizet Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from L’arlésienne; Paganini/ Stock Moto perpetuo, Op. 11; Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major; Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; Inon Barnatan, piano; Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture; André de Ridder, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari Born in Niterói, Brazilian composer Leopoldo Miguez directed the Instituto Nacional de Musica and wrote the music for Brazil’s Hymn for the Proclamation of the Republic. Elbio introduces Miguez’s Violin Sonata and Suíte à antiga
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with
Henry Fogel: Music by Amy Beach Piano Quintet, Op. 67; Romance, Op. 23; Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45; Symphony in E minor, Gaelic.
Monday 23
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Gustav Holst Brook Green Suite – Royal Phil Strings/Barry Wordsworth. Tring TRP-037. [7:11]
7:00 Cimarosa I tre amanti (The Three Lovers): Overture – Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.573459. [7:38]
8:00 Carreño Waltz, Corbeille de fleurs, Op. 9 – Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [7:53]
9:00 Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 437523-2. [14:43]
10:00 Midday Music including Glinka Kamarinskaya – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9227. [6:03]
11:00 Villa-Lobos Symphony No. 10, Amerindia: V. Finale, Glory in Heavens, and Peace on Earth! – São Paulo Sym Cho & Orch/Isaac Karabtchevsky. Naxos 8.573243. [12:10]
12:00 Françaix String Trio – Black Oak Ensemble. Cedille CDR-90000212. [12:40]
1:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1 –Jacqueline Du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, p. EMI CMS7-63015-2 (2). [21:31]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Berlioz Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm Music – BBC Sym Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5169 (2). [9:40]
3:00 Giuliani Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A, Op. 30 – Julian Bream, g; Melos Ensemble. RCA 61599-2. [23:08]
4:00 Bach Violin Sonata No. 1 in b minor, BWV 1014 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Paul Cienniwa, hc. WFMT. [13:00]
5:00 Rossini String Sonata No. 3 in C – Boris Garlitsky, Amayak Durgaryan, v’s; Mikhail Milman, vc; Grigory Kovalevsky, db. Melodiya SUCD-1000222. [14:05]
6:00 Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557428. [10:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: How Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part I A two-week series is about the different scales in Western music.
Explore the vibrant palette of colors that composers can use to set and change moods.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024 [ROM] Violinist Yevgeny Kutik and pianist Renana Gutman perform selections from their Music from the Suitcase project. Recorded September 5 in Bennett Gordon Hall.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503; Inon Barnatan, piano; Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Karina Canellakis, conductor.
Tuesday 24
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Svendsen Romance in G, Op. 26 – Gil Shaham, v; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 449923-2. [6:47]
7:00 Praetorius Terpsichore : Dances – Parley of Instruments. Hyperion CDA-66200. [7:47]
8:00 Felix Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 – Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner. Naxos/ WFMT (Spring Mix). [11:25]
9:00 Joplin Treemonisha: Overture – The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra/Rick Benjamin. New World 80720-2 (2). [7:30]
10:00 Midday Music including Beach A Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92, No. 1; A Hermit Thrush at Morn, Op. 92, No. 2 – Joanne Polk, p. Arabesque Z-6704. [9:46]
11:00 Bernstein Wonderful Town: Overture – Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5-57691-2. [5:16]
12:00 Bartók Two Portraits, Op. 5 –Jennifer Koh, v; Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar. Cedille CDR-90000089. [11:54]
1:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2 –Raphaël Pidoux, vc; Tanguy de Williencourt, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902410. [23:54]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ravel Sonatine – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [10:45]
3:00 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Miloš, g; London Phil Orch/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4810652. [21:32]
4:00 Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B-Flat, Op. 133 – Lindsay String Quartet. ASV CDDCA-9117. [15:11]
5:00 Respighi Vetrate di Chiesa
(Church Windows): II. St Michael Archangel – phil Blech Wien/Anton Mittermayr; Olivier Latry, o. DG 4857171. [5:51]
6:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Cologne Gürzenich Orch/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902370. [14:35]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: How Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat, D 929 (Op. 100) – Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Augustin Dumay, v; Fredéric Lodéon, vc. EMI CDC7-47553-2. [42:26]
9:00 Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Op. 19 – Victoria de los Ángeles, s; Lamoureux Orch/ Jean-Pierre Jacquillat. EMI ZDMD5-65061-2 (4). [27:34]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Beethoven Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Die Zauberflöte; Keith Robinson, cello; Orion Weiss, piano; Sonata in C minor; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Wu Qian, piano; Variations in E-flat major, Op. 44; Orion Weiss, piano; Sean Lee, violin; Paul Watkins, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Don Gillis Symphony No. 1, American –Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson. Albany TROY-888. [31:41]
Wednesday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Boccherini Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 5 (G 513) – London Festival Orch/Ross Pople. Hyperion CDA-66903. [10:36]
7:00 Vaughan Williams Toccata marziale – Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/ Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9697. [4:37]
8:00 Fauré Elégie in C minor, Op. 24 – Sheku KannehMason, vc; Cello Ensemble. Decca B0031491-02. [7:28]
9:00 Still Africa (1928): Land of Romance – Denver Oldham, p. Koch 3-7084-2. [7:32]
10:00 Midday Music including Emil von Reznicek Donna Diana: Overture – Bamberg Sym/Ferdinand Leitner. DG 423787-2. [5:39]
11:00 Leo Brouwer Retrats Catalans – Eduardo Fernández, g; English Chamber Orch/Barry Wordsworth. Decca
Davóne Tines, who made his Met debut earlier this year in John Adams’s El Niño, has been described by The New York Times as a “pathbreaking singer…[who] is challenging traditions in classical music and using art to confront social problems.” Following his acclaimed Recital No. 1: Mass, Tines returns to Chicago with a new program “exploding” (rather than exploring) the repertoire of the American bass-baritone, actor, athlete, and activist Paul Robeson whom he describes as an artistic ancestor and hero. Davóne Tines joins WFMT to discuss his unique journey as a classical musician and to preview the upcoming performance of ROBESON at the Harris Theater next month.
Saturday, September 28 8:00 pm
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12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts The 2024 Fischoff Competition Senior Winds Gold Medal winner Lotus Quartet performs live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 – Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 417628-2 (2). [27:22]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Four-Clavier Concerto in A minor, BWV 1065 (after Vivaldi R. 580) –Soloists; Concerto Italiano/ Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc. Naïve OP-7367. [9:34]
3:00 Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 –Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4785334. [12:51]
4:00 Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 – Itzhak Perlman, v;
New York Phil/Zubin Mehta. DG 423063-2. [9:37]
5:00 Liszt Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 – Rotterdam Phil Orch/James Conlon. Erato ECD-88235. [16:45]
6:00 Vivaldi Viola d’amore and Lute Concerto in D minor, R. 540 – Rachel Barton Pine, vida; Hopkinson Smith, l; Ars Antigua. Cedille CDR-90000159. [12:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: How Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin William including Sterndale Bennett Piano Sextet in F-sharp minor, Op. 8 – A Kiss, v; Balogh, v; Bársony, vi; Botvay, vc; Kubina, db; Prunyi, p. Marco Polo 8.223304. [37:43]
9:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Robert Levin, fp. Hyperion CDA-67981 (2). [26:59]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Mater Dolorosa Early music ensemble Liatoshynsky Capella performs lamentations from Italy, Malta, and Ukraine.
Thursday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Schubert Twelve German Dances (Ländler), D 790 – Richard Goode, p. Nonesuch 79064-2. [10:26]
7:00 Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – New York Phil/Thomas Schippers. Sony MHK-62837. [7:34]
8:00 José White Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor: III. Finale, Allegro moderato – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR-90000035. [4:59]
9:00 Puccini Capriccio sinfonico – Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Signum SIGCD-778. [12:06]
10:00 Midday Music including Coates From Meadow to Mayfair – BBC Phil/ John Wilson. Chandos CHAN-20292. [11:59]
11:00 Lucy Hazarabedian The Nightingale of Armenia; Sirvart Karamanuk Dance-Song – Sahan Arzruni, p. AGBU/Positively Armenian PA-01. [6:33]
12:00 Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61957. [19:08]
1:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4
in C, Op. 102, No. 1 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 886449139354. [16:46]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée : Scene 3: Pas de deux – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-58949. [12:59]
3:00 Piazzolla Histoire du Tango –Karen Gomyo, v; Stephanie Jones, g. BIS 2385. [22:04]
4:00 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: I. Non allegro – Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4839839. [11:48]
5:00 Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 –Martha Argerich, p. DG 4795096 (2). [17:29]
6:00 Bologne Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1 – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v. Erato 5419718972. [17:41]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: How Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Janácek The Cunning Little Vixen: Orchestral Suite – New Zealand Sym Orch/ Peter Breiner. Naxos 8.570706. [39:07]
9:00 CPE Bach Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq 78 – Adrian Butterfield, v; Laurence Cummings, hc. Atma ACD2-2313. [26:37]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Visit wfmt.com for listings.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Purcell The Gordian Knot Untied: Suite – Accademia Bizantina/ Stefano Montanari. Decca 4782262. [10:39]
7:00 Gershwin Promenade (Walking the Dog) – Richard Hosford, cl; Ian Brown, p. Hyperion CDA-68094. [3:11]
8:00 Verdi Macbeth: Act 3 ballet music – New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47274-2. [10:00]
9:00 Brahms Scherzo for F-A-E Sonata – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Lars Vogt, p. Ondine ODE-1284-2. [5:23]
10:00 Midday Music including Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25: IV. Finale, Rondo alla zingarese – Houston Sym/ Christoph Eschenbach. RCA 68658-2. [9:01]
11:00 Adam Jarzebski
Berlinesa – Tutti e Solo Chamber Ensemble. Dorian DIS-80136. [5:36]
12:00 Turina Círculo, Op. 91 –Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000150 (2). [11:14]
1:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Robert Levin, fp. Hyperion CDA-67981 (2). [19:29]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Avner Dorman Mandolin Concerto – Avi Avital, m; Metropolis Ensemble/Andrew Cyr. Naxos 8.559620. [17:02]
3:00 Debussy La Mer – Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905369. [23:20]
4:00 Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata notturna – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 411720-2. [13:20]
5:00 Respighi The Birds – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [18:21]
6:00 Copland Old American Songs Set 1 – St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/ Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297. [12:46]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: How Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn Jacques including Ibert Saxophone Concertino –Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch. Sony SK-89251. [14:46]
9:00 Montgomery Soul Force –New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [8:31] 10:00 Márquez Violin Concerto, Fandango – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Phil/ Gustavo Dudamel. Platoon [Fandango]. [32:26]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Paul Badura-Skoda (3/6/1989) The Austrian concert pianist Paul Badura Skoda (1927-2019) discusses his extraordinary career, technology, and Mozart.
Saturday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Zyman Flute Sonata No. 1 – Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p. Naxos 8.579125. [18:11]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 François Devienne Flute Concerto No. 3
in G – Patrick Gallois, f; Swedish Chamber Orch. Naxos 8.573230. [15:04]
11:00 Introductions Chloe Nam, 16, flute. Reinecke Flute Concerto, 1st mvt (with Civic Orch of Chicago/Kyle Dickson). Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107; Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto in C, K. 299, 1st mvt; Eugénie Rocherolle Flute Sonata No. 1, 2nd & 3rd mvts; CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D minor, Finale (with Kay Kim, piano).
12:00 From Bayreuth Festival: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Andreas Schager (Tristan); Günther Groissböck (Marke); Camilla Nylund (Isolde); Olafur Sigurdarson (Kurwenal); Birger Radde (Melot); Christa Mayer (Brangäne); Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus; Semyon Bychkov, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Chicago Opera Theater General Director Lawrence Edelson joins WFMT to preview COT’s upcoming production of Leonora by Ferdinando Paer.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Julian Orbón Concerto Grosso, III. Allegro –Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Eduardo Mata. Dorian DOR-90178. [9:20]
6:00 Lluis Jordà Danzas nocturnas – Argentina Durán, p. Bravo Music [Rapsodia Mexicana]. [7:03]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Davóne Tines’s ROBESON Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael chat with bassbaritone Davóne Tines about his new project ROBESON, exploring the life and legacy of Paul Robeson.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio : Neo-traditional singer songwriter Kate MacLeod has vast musical knowledge, many instruments, and a brand-new album.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer On the birthday of Confucius (551 BCE), we’ll explore different cultures and philosophies in song. Who knows where that will take us?
Sunday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice
Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral music marking the milestone birthdays
of Bruckner and Holst.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Gál Symphony No. 3 in A, Op. 62 –Orch of the Swan/Kenneth Woods. Avie AV-2230. [34:39]
8:00 Okpebholo There is a Balm in Gilead – Will Liverman, br; Caen Thomason-Redus, f; Paul Sánchez, p. Yellow Einstein Records . [6:47]
9:00 Mozart Idomeneo ballet music, K. 367 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2159. [16:20]
10:00 Whitacre When David Heard – Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre. Decca B0016636-02. [17:38]
11:00 Carlos Simon Tales: A Folklore Symphony –National Sym Orch/ Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0014-D. [22:21]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 –Chicago Sinfonietta/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000055. [13:36]
1:00 Bloch Suite modale –Noam Buchman, f; Atlas Camerata/Dalia Atlas. Naxos 8.570259. [14:04]
2:00 CPE Bach Hamburg Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, Wq 182/2 – Capella Istropolitana/ Christian Benda. Naxos 8.553285. [12:07]
3:00 Anna Bon Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Op. 2, No. 5 –Sarah Cahill, p. First Hand Records FHR-131. [13:12]
4:00 Turina Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 – Cincinnati Sym/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80574. [14:40]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Couperin Les Nations: L’espagnole – European Baroque Soloists. Denon 81757-4408-2 (2). [25:27]
6:00 Ponce Concierto del Sur –Andrés Segovia, g; Sym of the Air/Enrique Jordá. MCA Classics MCAD-42067. [25:15]
7:00 Schubert String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, D. 87 –Leipzig String Quartet. MD+G 3070605-2. [26:29]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Berlioz Overture to Les Francs-juges, Op. 3; Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25; Weber Overture to Oberon; Del Tredici Final Alice; Georg Solti, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Choral Wonders of Latin America Elbio shares delightful choral music ranging from Baroque to Modern, including Blas
Galindo’s Cantata a la Patria
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Fritz Busch in Scandinavia The German conductor leads performances of Brahms’s Symphony No. 4, Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Haydn’s Symphony No. 88, and selections by Franz Berwald.
Monday 30
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Lisa Flynn including Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 3 in C – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [7:22]
7:00 Bernstein Candide: Overture – Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 427042-2. [4:17]
8:00 Mozart Concert Rondo in A, K. 386 – English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p. CBS MK-39224. [9:26]
9:00 Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Waltz – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MLK-39440. [6:40]
10:00 Midday Music including Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat, Op. 10 –Evgeny Kissin, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 439898-2. [14:42]
11:00 Bax Mediterranean – London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-6538. [3:51]
12:00 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner. Avie AV-2317. [20:34]
1:00 Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden –LGT Young Soloists/ Alexander Gilman. Naxos 8.579165. [37:36]
2:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN-6538. [10:12]
3:00 Elgar In the South (Alassio) Overture, Op. 50 – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-57973. [21:54]
4:00 Moncayo Huapango –Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Maximiano Valdés. Dorian DOR-90227. [7:52]
5:00 Gershwin An American in Paris – St. Louis Sym Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. MMG MCD-10035. [17:56]
6:00 Ravel La valse – Pascal Rogé & Ami Rogé, p’s. Onyx 4047. [11:26]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: How Strange the Change from Major to
Singaporean violinist Alan Choo made his debut as a soloist with Apollo’s Fire at the 2017 Ravinia Festival. In 2022, Choo was elevated to Assistant Artistic Director and Concertmaster of the Grammy-winning baroque orchestra. Choo is also Founder and Artistic Director of Red Dot Baroque, Singapore’s first professional period instrument ensemble. His solo album of the complete Mystery Sonatas by Heinrich Biber with Apollo’s Fire was released this year and earned rave reviews, Last month, he returned to Ravinia as soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered, Jeannette Sorrell’s acclaimed presentation of the beloved violin concertos which emphasizes storytelling and highlights Vivaldi’s mastery of word painting even when the music has no text!
Monday, September 30 8:00 pm
Minor, Part II Week two of music changing from major to minor, plus composers’ addition of harmonic surprises. Listen with fresh new ears to Franz Schubert, and Gustav Mahler, plus your favorite folk songs and jazz standards.
8:00 Ravinia Festival 2024 Jeannette Sorrell leads Apollo’s Fire with violin soloist Alan Choo. Recorded August 15 in the Martin Theatre. 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, Jeunehomme; Maria João Pires, piano; Richard Strauss Don Quixote; Robert deMaine, cello; Teng Li, viola; Andreia Pinto Correia Cortejo; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.
Step inside the landmark mansions of the Prairie Avenue Historic District
Sunday, September 22, 2024
1:00-4:00pm; optional reception following Don’t miss the rare opportunity to tour the interior of several privately -owned landmark homes in the Prairie Avenue Historic District, along with Second Presbyterian Church, the Chicago Firehouse Restaurant, and Willie Dixon ’s Blues Heaven Foundation. First floor tours of Glessner House will also be offered.
Following the tour, attendees have the option of returning to the secluded courtyard at Glessner House for a reception featuring food and beverages and a silent auction that includes Chicago memorabilia, antiques and collectibles, and tickets to a variety of engaging Chicago experiences!
312-326-1480
TICKETS
$50 tour only $60 tour and reception
Use coupon code PBS to receive a 10% discount! www.glessnerhouse.org
