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THE GUIDE
The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT
New Series Premieres Friday, April 6 8:30 pm
3 star chefs cooking together! Host Sarah Grueneberg – James Beard Award winner, Top Chef competitor, and chef-owner of Chicago’s Monteverde
April 2018 ALSO INSIDE On WFMT, pianist Victor Asunción visits Live from WFMT and Carl Grapentine hosts a special featuring a Chicago concert by the renowned Thomanerchor, the choir of Bach’s own church in Leipzig, Germany.
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Dear Member, This month, we’re excited to premiere a new Friday night series from the creator of Check, Please! – Dishalicious, a lively and fun cooking demonstration show shot here in our studios with a live audience. Hosted by James Beard award-winning, Top Chef competitor, and chef-owner of the popular Monteverde restaurant in the West Loop, Sarah Grueneberg, each episode features three acclaimed chefs – including Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill), Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia), and Bill Kim (bellyQ) – who collaborate on a meal featuring their own specialty cuisine. We hope you’ll watch on Friday nights, and explore wttw.com/dishalicious for recipes, web-exclusive videos, and more. On WTTW11, enjoy an all-new season of WTTW’s music series Soundstage with concerts from the band Chicago, Katharine McPhee, Manhattan Transfer and Take 6, and Michael McDonald. Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the searing drama The Child in Time, and we premiere the new crime series Unforgotten. We mark Holocaust Remembrance Month with several thought-provoking specials; trace the history of art with Liev Schreiber in Civilizations; answer big scientific questions on the new series NOVA Wonders; go straight to the core of the Big Apple in New York: America’s Busiest City; take an exclusive guided tour of Rwanda with its president, Paul Kagame; check in with Bill Nye (“the Science Guy”); and present Live from Lincoln Center performances by Broadway stars Sutton Foster and Leslie Odom, Jr. On wttw.com, examine the impact Martin Luther King, Jr. made on Chicago, from his protests here for equal housing to the tumult caused by his assassination, on the 50th anniversary of his death; go behind the scenes of the monumental, globe-trotting art history series Civilizations; and dive into recaps of Call the Midwife and Unforgotten. On WFMT, the Metropolitan Opera brings us a classic favorite, Lucia di Lammermoor, plus more unusual fare: Verdi’s Luisa Miller, Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella), and a new work, The Exterminating Angel by Britain’s Thomas Adès. Opera lovers will enjoy the Ryan Opera Center’s annual Rising Stars concert, co-hosted by Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines. Pianist Victor Asunción makes a return visit to Live from WFMT hosted by Kerry Frumkin. And Carl Grapentine will host a special featuring last year’s Chicago concert by the renowned Thomanerchor, the choir of Bach’s own church, St. Thomas in Leipzig, Germany. On wfmt.com, enjoy live videos from the Levin Studio and around Chicago, including a preview of Chicago Opera Theater’s Donizetti double bill. As we celebrate World Book Day, discover connections between your favorite classical works and literature. And as the weather warms up and flowers begin to bloom, find great music inspired by nature to help your garden grow. As always, thank you for your generous support. Happy spring! Sincerely,
Reese Marcusson Chief Operating Officer
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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
21 Radio Listings
14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid
31 Sponsors
ON THE COVER: Sarah Grueneberg on the set of Dishalicious in WTTW’s Grainger Studio. Photo: Bill Richert
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wttw.com wfmt.com Publisher Anne Gleason Art Director Tom Peth WTTW Contributors Julia Maish Dan Soles WFMT Contributors Andrea Lamoreaux David Polk Distribution Manager Pat Sheppard Advertising Sales WTTW: D ouglas Carleton (773) 279-2128 WFMT: A lexander Stonor Saunders (773) 509-5357 The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) April 2018 Volume 33, Number 239 The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT is published monthly (for contributors of $40 or more annually) by Window To The World Communications, Inc., 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Periodical postage paid at Chicago, IL and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT, 5400 North Saint Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625-4698. Copyright 2014, Window To The World Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL.
MEMBER CONNECTIONS Max Raabe in Concert at Symphony Center Photo: Gregor Hohenberg
The Palast Orchester was founded in 1986 by German singer Max Raabe and a group of fellow music students in order to play music from the period of Germany´s Golden Twenties. Join us for an evening of vintage glamour and sophistication at Symphony Center. The Berlin-based crooner performs ballroom hits of the 1920s and ‘30s, along WHAT with original songs and a Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: few modern surprises. Let’s Do It Max Raabe and Palast WHERE Orchester tour regularly Orchestra Hall at around the world, and Symphony Center have performed at Davies 220 S. Michigan Avenue Hall in San Francisco and in Chicago New York’s Carnegie Hall. WHEN For more information, Friday, April 20, 8:00 pm visit wttw.com/events.
WTTW Kids BIG IDEA Traveling Lab at Chicago Parent Playdate Festival
Youth Film Screening & Discussion: Chosen Foe Life WTTW, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Free Spirit Media, presents a free screening and discussion about the film Chosen Foe Life – the story of a young man named Dashawn Miles and his struggle with trying to find comfort in his poverty-stricken circumstance, while trying to survive in the violent streets of Chicago. Choosing the right or wrong path is his challenge, a challenge that will either make or break him. The decision is his. What will he choose? Whatever that decision may be, it will ultimately alter his life. Free Spirit Media proWHAT vides teens and young Youth Voice and Vision adults in communities of with Free Spirit Media color on Chicago’s West and South sides with a WHERE comprehensive foundation Chicago Cultural Center 78 East Washington Street in media literacy and in Chicago hands-on media production experience. Free Spirit Media runs in-school arts education, after WHEN school and summer digital media programs, and advanced creative Saturday, April 21, 2:00 pm workforce development programs. For more information, visit wttw.com/events.
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WTTW Kids BIG IDEA Traveling Lab Chicago Parent Playdate Festival
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Athletico Fieldhouse 1900 Old Willow Road in Northbrook
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Sunday, April 29, 2:00 pm
Meet Nature Cat at Party for the Planet Every day is Earth Day for Nature Cat and at the Brookfield Zoo, but on April 22, the Zoo will be showcasing some of the steps you can commit to that will truly make a difference for animals across the globe! With special Zoo Chats, green activities and crafts, and a visit from Nature Cat, Party for the Planet will be filled with educational, engaging, and fun activities for the entire family! For more information, visit wttw.com/events.
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Party for the Planet: Nature Cat!
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Brookfield Zoo 3300 Golf Road in Brookfield
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Sunday, April 22, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
The BIG IDEA Traveling Lab comes to communities throughout Chicagoland! Join us for an exciting 45-minute FREE live show, perfect for children 2 to 7 years old, bringing to life the fun and learning from WTTW Kids’ most popular and beloved children’s shows. Hosted by the WTTW Kids Lab Guys, children will be inspired to discover their own BIG IDEAS using our very own recipe of Wonder, Watch &, Learn More! The exciting show will encourage kids to explore themes like emotions, life cycles, recycling, the natural world, and more as we discover everyday BIG IDEAS. They will also learn about great children’s books that support the show’s themes and experience a few fun surprises along the way. For more information, visit wttw.com/events.
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2-for-1 Tickets to Bebe Miller Company’s In a Rhythm Bebe Miller Company presents In a Rhythm, a suite of new dance works based on the dynamics of adaptation and translation. Inspired by the writings of Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, and David Foster Wallace, whose voices capture diverse cultural relevancies through their structure of language, In a Rhythm looks at the syntax of movement – how we apprehend meaning through the juxtaposed dynamics of action and context in time and space. This performance is part of the Process v. Product festival hosted by the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, which focuses on ways in which concert dance presentation can be a document of process rather than dance as a consumable product. The festival features performances, workshops, artist discussion, and commissioned blog posts. Bebe Miller Company performs In a Rhythm Thursday-Saturday, April 5-7 at 7:30 pm at the Dance Center, 1306 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago. WTTW members may purchase two tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, for any performance by calling (312) 369-8330 and using the code 27278. For more information, visit colum. edu/dancecenterpresents.
25% Off Tickets to The Factory Theater’s The Next Big Thing Photo: Michael Courier
Factory Theater presents a world premiere of The Next Big Thing! Grunge. The internet. Auto-tune. It was all happening – and was about to happen – in 1997. For 19 year-old Beth Peterson, shaking the dust off her small town life to pursue a career in rock ‘n’ roll is a dream come true. You’ll find out if Beth can navigate her new world and the harsh realities of the city, the industry, and adulthood. This new play is written by Factory Theater Company member and Managing Director Carrie J. Sullivan and directed by Company member Robyn Coffin. To redeem this special offer, use code WTTW when purchasing tickets at TheFactoryTheater.com or (866) 811-4111. Valid for Thursday and Friday 7:30 pm performances through April 21 at The Factory Theater, 1623 West Howard Street in Chicago. Valid for up to four tickets, subject to availability; not applicable on previously purchased tickets or with other discounts or offers; some additional fees may apply.
$10 Off Tickets to Porchlight Music Theatre’s Memphis From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee comes the Tony Award-winning Best Musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs, and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love. Inspired by actual events, Memphis is the story of a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break. Their incredible journey to the ends of the airwaves is filled with laughter, soaring emotion, and a roof-raising musical score by David Bryan of the band Bon Jovi. To redeem this special offer, use code WTTW when purchasing tickets at (773) 777-9884 or PorchlightMusicTheatre.org. Valid for Thursday and Friday 7:30 pm performances, April 19 through June 3 at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 North Dearborn Street in Chicago. Valid on up to four tickets, subject to availability; not applicable on previously purchased tickets or with other discounts or offers, and some additional fees may apply. Photo: Michael Courier; Porchlight Music Theatre
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MEMBER PERKS
2-for-1 Tickets to ComedySportz Chicago Like your improvisation smart and your comedy for everyone aged 7 to 107? ComedySportz Chicago, located in the heart of Lakeview, is the ticket! This intimate theatre is built specifically for interactive comedy shows. For 2-for-1 admission to ComedySportz Chicago, visit cszchicago.com and use code WFMT when purchasing tickets for performances on Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 pm, and Saturdays at 6:00, 8:00, and 10:00 pm. ComedySportz Chicago is located at 929 West Belmont Avenue in Chicago.
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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
New York: America’s Busiest City We take a closer look at one of the most complex cities in the world, examining the places and systems that keep the “City That Never Sleeps” functioning all year round, including the Grand Central Terminal, the Fulton Fish Market, and Central Park.
Thursdays, April 5, 12, 19, 8:00 pm
POV: Bill Nye – Science Guy Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The former star of the popular kids show Bill Nye the Science Guy proclaims the importance of science, research, and discovery, and shows it off with intimate and exclusive access, wonder, and whimsy.
International Jazz Day from Cuba More than 50 world-renowned artists come together for an extraordinary International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert from the Gran Teatro de La Habana in Havana, Cuba.
Wednesday, April 18, 10:00 pm
Friday, April 27, 9:00 pm
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 2 of 8) [R] 1:00 Makers: Women in Hollywood [R] 2:00 Soundbreaking: The Art of Recording (Part 1 of 8) [R] 3:00 Soundbreaking: Painting with Sound (Part 2 of 8) [R] 4:00 WWII Mega Weapons: Battleship Yamato [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: Museum of Science & Industry/U-505 (Part 1 of 10) Host Leslie
Photo: Courtesy of Pinewood Television, SunnyMarch TV and, Masterpiece for BBC One and Masterpiece
In the Spotlight
Benedict Cumberbatch
The Child in Time on Masterpiece A moment of distraction triggers a crisis in the lives of a happy, successful British couple in Ian McEwan’s haunting tale of a lost child and redeemed love, starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire).
Sunday, April 1, 8:00 pm
Mueller tours worldrenowned museums. 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: A Bite of Greek Red Wine AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Slow Cooking 1:00 Pritzker Military Presents: A.J. Baime Bestselling author A.J. Baime tells the story of Harry Truman’s first months as President. 2:00 Great Performances at the Met: The Exterminating Angel The American premiere of Thomas Adès’ opera, a surreal fantasy of a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape, based on Luis Bunuel’s 1962 film. Susan Graham hosts. 4:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) When the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs and his daughter Mary loses her fiancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil. The new heir is Matthew, a middle-class lawyer. EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: Gilt (Part 5 of 20) A small group of treasure hunters scour the fields by the clifftops. As the weather worsens, Ray suggests they stop, but Errol refuses. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 3 of 8) A mother abandons her children at the clinic. When Violet and Fred organize a beauty contest, Valerie and Magda both sign up and quickly become friends. 8:00 The Child in Time on Masterpiece 9:30 Little Women: A Timeless Story Rebecca Eaton hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming series, based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott. 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: John Oates, Stephen Cone [R] 10:30 Check, Please! [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: Band of Horses/Parker Millsap
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Monday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Front and Center: Songwriters Hall of Fame – Nile Rodgers 1:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 10) [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 1 of 8) [R] 3:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 1 of 6) [R] 3:30 The Wrong Mans: Bad Mans (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) Nick Stevens is heavily in debt to a local underground casino boss who has now kidnapped his wife Scarlett. Phil and Sam are sent to rescue her. 4:00 Rick Steves Special: European Easter [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Keep it Simple 5:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Coastal Favorites [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 1 of 3) Finds include Heller in Pink Tights movie credits, a mid-century modern Eero Saarinen Womb settee, and a Lincoln-inscribed photograph from about 1860. 9:00 Hot Doug’s: The Movie An affectionate look at Hot Doug’s, a unique Chicago culinary institution, introducing the people who worked there, the customers who loved it, and founder Doug Sohn. 10:00 Independent Lens: When God Sleeps The journey of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi, forced into hiding after hardline clerics, incensed by a rap song, issue a fatwa for his death. 11:30 BBC World News
Photo: Courtesy of LBJ Library Photo by Yoichi Okamoto
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Roads to Memphis: American Experience A half-century after the event, this film tells the wildly disparate yet fatefully entwined stories of an assassin, James Earl Ray, and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., against the backdrop of the seething and turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their violent and tragic collision in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.
Tuesday, April 3, 8:00 pm
Tuesday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 The Child in Time on Masterpiece See Sun. Apr. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Apr. 1 at 4:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids 2018
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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights These digital channels are available with digital cable or over-the-air with a digital receiver. For more information about digital television and for complete schedules, visit wttw.com/schedule.
Civilizations Premieres Tuesday, April 17, 8:00 pm
WTTW11 in HD Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can watch WTTW11 in high-definition by tuning to channel 11-1. Cable or satellite viewers can locate WTTW11 in high-definition on the on-screen menu.
Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. This series reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and will introduce you to works of beauty, ingenuity, and illumination across cultures.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Turquiose mosaic of double headed serpent, Aztec
Midsomer Murders Premieres Thursday, April 12, 9:00 pm
WTTW Prime WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.
The rural countryside of a fictional county in England provides the backdrop for this long-running crime series based on the novels of Caroline Graham. At the center of the investigations is Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, played by actor John Nettles.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby
Wine Tasting Sunday, April 29, 11:00 am
WTTW Create WTTW Create is our how-to and lifestyle programming channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW Create is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW Create programming airs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Your senses will be put to good use as you go wine tasting today. We travel the world to visit the finest vineyards. Take a sip of the grapes in Italy with Kathy McCabe and Vic Rallo or in Greece with Diane Kochilas. Mike Colameco shows us which New York City’s hotspots have the best selection of wine. This marathon is sure to delight the wine novice and connoisseur alike. Cheers!
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Diane Kochilas
America ReFramed: Milwaukee 53206 Tuesday, April 3, 7:00 pm
WTTW World WTTW WORLD features public television’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW WORLD is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.
This film introduces you to a community with the highest rate of incarcerated African American men in the U.S. You’ll meet Beverly Walker and her husband, Baron, who is in prison and caught between changing parole laws. Beverly tirelessly advocates for his release and keeps their family together.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: The Walker family
Dinosaur Train: Nature Trackers Adventure Camp Friday, April 13, 6:00 pm
NEW! WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. The WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 is on Comcast digital channels 368 and on RCN channel 39.
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Get ready for some fun as Mr. Conductor and his nephew Gilbert lead Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, Don, and all of their friends on explorations with the Nature Trackers Adventure Camp!
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Buddy leads the way
4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Sex, Lies, and Butterflies Explore the astounding abilities of butterflies – deceptive camouflage, chemical weaponry, and fantastic flight. 9:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise – Keep Your Head Up/Touch the Sky (Part 2 of 2) Dr. Gates explores America’s changing racial landscape, celebrating how far we have come toward equality and asking why we still have so far to go. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Wednesday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 1 of 3) 2:30 Independent Lens: When God Sleeps See Mon. Apr. 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS
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Photo: Bill Richert
In the Spotlight
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Roads to Memphis: American Experience See Tues. Apr. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise – Out of the Shadows/Move on Up (Part 1 of 2) See Tues. Apr. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: John Oates, Stephen Cone [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Soundstage (New Season) WTTW’s landmark music series is back with another eclectic series of concerts filmed in the intimate Grainger Studio in Chicago before a live audience of fans. This month, enjoy all-new performances by the iconic band Chicago celebrating the 50th anniversary of their album Chicago II, American Idol’s Katharine McPhee, two Grammy Award-winning a cappella groups performing together – The Manhattan Transfer and Take 6 – and music legend and Doobie Brother Michael McDonald.
Thursdays beginning April 5, 9:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 New York: America’s Busiest City (Part 1 of 3) From their base at Grand Central Terminal, Anita, Ade, Ant, and Dan reveal the behind-thescenes operations responsible for keeping the world’s biggest railway terminal running. 9:00 Soundstage: Chicago – The 50th Anniversary of Chicago II Now celebrating the 50th anniversary of their groundbreaking album Chicago II, the band returns to Grainger Studio in the city that inspired its name to play their iconic songs, including “Make Me Smile,” “25 or 6 to 4,” and “Colour My World.” 10:00 Chicago Latino Film Festival: Pa – For My Children, Whatever! This comedy reveals the lengths to which a father will go to make his family economically secure. 11:30 BBC World News
Photo: Bill Richert
In the Spotlight EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Roads to Memphis: American Experience 9:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise – Out of the Shadows/Move on Up (Part 1 of 2) Dr. Gates looks at the last 50 years of AfricanAmerican history, charting the remarkable progress made, and questioning the obstacles that remain. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Friday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nature: Sex, Lies, and Butterflies See Wed. Apr. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise – Keep Your Head Up/Touch the Sky (Part 2 of 2) See Wed. Apr. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jon Langford, Kathleen Rooney and Celia Pérez Mark sits down with Jon Langford, Welsh punk musician (The Mekons) and visual artist, and brings on novelists Kathleen Rooney, who wrote Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, and Celia Pérez, whose novel The First Rule of Punk explores growing up as an outsider. 8:00 Check, Please! Best of Italian Revisit Check, Please! segments over the course of the series reviewing Italian eateries around the Chicago area. 8:30 Dishalicious: Italian Sarah Grueneberg welcomes Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia, Bar Toma), Giuseppe Tentori (GT Fish & Oyster, GT Prime), and Leigh Omilinsky (Nico Osteria) who collaborate on a delicious Italian meal. 9:00 Soundbreaking: Going Electric (Part 4 of 8) From the electric guitar to synthesized music, learn how innovators used electricity to unleash new sounds. 10:00 Soundbreaking: Four on the Floor (Part 5 of 8) Chart the progression of the beat from drum and bass to beat box and beyond. 11:00 Soundbreaking: The World is Yours (Part 6 of 8) Meet the pioneers of hip-hop and explore how sampling – the practice of borrowing fragments from existing records – created a new genre of music that took over the world.
Saturday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 1:00 Hot Doug’s: The Movie See Mon. Apr. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
Host Sarah Grueneberg
Dishalicious (New Series) This new cooking demonstration program filmed before a live audience in WTTW’s Grainger Studio is hosted by Sarah Grueneberg, James Beard award-winning chef/owner of Chicago’s Monteverde and runner-up on Iron Chef and Iron Chef Gauntlet. Each week, Sarah is joined by three extraordinary local chefs who band together to prepare a unique meal. In the premiere, Sarah welcomes Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia, Bar Toma), Giuseppe Tentori (GT Fish & Oyster, GT Prime), and Leigh Omilinsky (Nico Osteria) who collaborate on a delicious Italian meal.
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Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) [R] 3:30 Little Women: A Timeless Story [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 The This Old House Hour 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 The Great British Baking Show: Cakes Meet the 13 bakers who make simple sandwich cakes in the Signature challenge, angel food cakes in Mary’s Technical challenge, and all things chocolate in the Showstopper. AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: When Only Chocolate Will Do 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Orange County, California 1:00 A Chef’s Life: King Cornbread 1:30 Dishalicious: Italian See Fri. Apr. 6 at 8:30 pm [R] 2018
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The Price of Peace: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg How do we prevent war? How do we maintain peace? Johan Norberg examines the use of deterrence of enemy aggression in the past, and the efforts to sustain it in the current era of rogue nations and nuclear proliferation.
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America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Spanish Affair 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Sweets 3:30 Martha Bakes: Italian Cookies 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Crazy Noodles 4:30 Check, Please! Best of Italian See Fri. Apr. 6 at 8:00 pm [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Rome – Baroque Brilliance 5:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Best Airline Safety Videos EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 11) George sees red when Arlo secretly switches school subjects. Fiona struggles in her new parenting role. 8:00 Father Brown: The Tree of Truth Father Brown attempts to overturn a miscarriage of justice while rehearsing for the Kembleford Christmas pantomime. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 2 of 8) DI Mooney and the team enter the high-stakes
world of poker when a tournament finalist is poisoned. 10:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 2 of 6) Murray and Bex reluctantly break the news to their friends and family that they are separating. Bex attempts to embark on her exciting new life without Murray by joining Abby’s book club. 10:30 The Wrong Mans: Bad Mans (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) See Mon. Apr. 2 at 3:30 am. [R] 11:00 Soundstage: Chicago – The 50th Anniversary of Chicago II See Thurs. Apr. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 3 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 The Coroner: Gilt (Part 5 of 20) See Sun. Apr. 1 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 New York America’s Busiest City See Thurs. Apr. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Soundbreaking: Going Electric (Part 4 of 8) See Fri. Apr. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Soundbreaking: Four on the Floor (Part 5 of 8) See Fri. Apr. 6 at 10:00 pm. [R]
MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: The Field Museum / Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sue 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Lesvos Spirit AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Best of Italian [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Heartwarming Favorites 1:00 Hot Doug’s: The Movie [R] 2:00 The Price of Peace: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg 3:00 Prisoner of Her Past This film examines a secret childhood trauma that resurfaces, 60 years later, to unravel the life of Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich. 4:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 4:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Mary entertains three suitors, including a Turkish diplomat whose boldness leads to a surprising event. Downstairs, the shocking former life of Carson, the butler, is unmasked. EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: Capsized (Part 6 of 20) Jane, Judith, and Beth wake to the news
Monday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 2 of 6) See Sat. Apr. 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12:30 The Wrong Mans: Bad Mans (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) [R] 1:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 11) See Sat. Apr. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Tree of Truth See Sat. Apr. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 2 of 8) See Sat. Apr. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Soundbreaking: The World is Yours (Part 6 of 8) See Fri. Apr. 6 at 11:00 pm. [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Add A Little Color
Nicola Walker
Unforgotten on Masterpiece (New Series) Nicola Walker (Last Tango in Halifax) and Sanjeev Bhaskar (Indian Summers) star as police officers investigating the cold case murder of a boy whose diary implicates four seemingly unconnected couples.
Sundays beginning April 8, 8:00 pm
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that a cargo ship has washed up ashore and that locals are pilfering the goods. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 4 of 8) Sister Julienne navigates a complex situation with a Pakistani family facing an unexpected pregnancy. Sister Monica Joan’s pride and independence are in jeopardy as her sight deteriorates. 8:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) Cassie and Sunny confront a skeleton buried in a cellar. Clues tell them it’s a 40-year-old murder and identify suspects Father Rob, Lizzie, Sir Phillip, and Eric. 9:30 Dishalicious: Italian [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jon Langford, Kathleen Rooney, Celia Perez See Fri. Apr. 6 at 7:30 pm. [R] 10:30 Check, Please! Best of Italian [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Cyndi Lauper
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1942 Oregon State jacket and Rose Bowl trophy, a Ming Dynasty celadon bowl, and Evel Knievel leathers from 1967. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1983 Truman Capote Playboy manuscript, a jazz musician photograph archive, and a Mississippian effigy figure. 10:00 Independent Lens: The Art of the Shine 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Nite Owl Barber Shop, Toronto
Independent Lens: The Art of the Shine Meet the unforgettable people who are turning the job of shoe shiner into an art form. From La Paz to Toronto to New York, these proud craftsmen are transforming an all-but-ignored job into a fulfilling life of freedom and personal connection.
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Discover the story of these brave servicemen and women who fought for equality and tolerance around the world. The film features new interviews with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Henry Kissinger, the late Bea Cohen, and others.
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Tuesday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. Apr. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Apr. 8 at 4:30 pm. [R] 3:30 Check, Please! Best of Italian [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps Follow experts as they determine exactly where Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome. 9:00 The Perfect Crime: American Experience 10:00 Frontline 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Moose – Life of a Twig Eater This program goes deep inside the world of moose to experience a mother’s love and a calf’s first year of life. 9:00 NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel A team of archaeologists probes the ruins of a Nazi death camp in Lithuania to find the truth behind tales of a tunnel dug by desperate Jewish prisoners. 10:00 GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II 11:30 BBC World News
Thursday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps See Tues. Apr. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 The Perfect Crime: American Experience See Tues. Apr. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Frontline See Tues. Apr. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 New York: America’s Busiest City In this episode, Anita, Ade, and Ant trace New York’s food back to its source, revealing the hidden nighttime operations, hard-nosed negotiations, and price fluctuations of this wholesale operation. 9:00 Soundstage: Katharine McPhee American Idol star and actress Katharine McPhee teams up with her friends David Foster, Eric Benet, and Frederic Yonnet on selections
from her fifth studio album, I Fall In Love Too Easily. 10:00 Trezoros: The Lost Jews of Kastoria This documentary tells the tragic story, through interviews with survivors, of the Axis invasion of the Greek city of Kastoria in October of 1940. 11:30 BBC World News
Friday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II See Wed. Apr. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Prisoner of Her Past See Sun. Apr. 8 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Whitney Middleton, Joseph Chilliams, and Porochista Khakpour Mark first welcomes Whitney Middleton, a fashion stylist for artists. Then, Mark speaks with rapper Joseph Chilliams and novelist Porochista Khakpour. 8:00 Check, Please! Kabobi, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho 8:30 Dishalicious: Mexican Host Sarah Grueneberg is joined by Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill, Topolobampo); Diana Dávila (Cantina 1910, Mi Tocaya Antojeria); and Alfonso Sotelo (5 Rabanitos), who prepare a meal in front of a studio audience. 9:00 Soundbreaking: Sound and Vision (Part 7 of 8) Trace the rise of MTV and see how music videos transformed our experience of music. 10:00 Soundbreaking: I Am My Music (Part 8 of 8) From LPs to cassette tapes, CDs and MP3s, discover how listening formats determine how and where we listen, and also the ways we collect, store, and share the music we love. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 In Principle
Saturday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) [R] 2:00 Nature: Moose – Life of a Twig Eater See Wed. Apr. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
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In the Spotlight Co-hosts Michael Gerson and Amy Holmes
In Principle (New Series) This new series is hosted by Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson and political news commentator Amy Holmes. Each program will provide topical, in-depth interviews exploring conservative principles and themes that are shaping American governance, law, and society.
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3:30 Martha Bakes: Cookies of Great Britain 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Japan Fried Chicken 4:30 Check, Please! Kabobi, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho See Fri. Apr. 13 at 8:00 pm [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Rome – Back Street Riches 5:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Ras Al-Khaimah
10:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 3 of 6) Murray decides to support Bex by helping her raise as much money as possible for the charity event that she is organizing. 10:30 The Wrong Mans: Dead Mans (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) When Lau shows up at the council offices, Sam successfully negotiates the safe handover of Scarlett in exchange for Lau’s nephew Jason. 11:00 Soundstage: Katharine McPhee See Thurs. Apr. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 12) George and Fiona’s escape to the city for a romantic weekend away from the kids is a disaster. Arlo almost burns down the house and Jan has big news. 8:00 Father Brown: The Jackdaw’s Revenge Father Brown struggles to protect those closest to him when an old foe is unexpectedly released from prison. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 3 of 8) When a famous thriller author is found stabbed in the middle of the ocean, Jack uncovers a murder plot worthy of one of his novels.
Sunday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 4 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 The Coroner: Capsized (Part 6 of 20) See Sun. Apr. 1 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 New York: America’s Busiest City See Thurs. Apr. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Trezoros: The Lost Jews of Kastoria See Thurs. Apr. 12 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Dishalicious: Mexican [R]
Dr. Marc Edwards
Independent Lens: What Lies Upstream Travel to West Virginia with investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback in this detective story that uncovers the troubling truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months.
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MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Temple of Dendur 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Greek Mountain Cheeses AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Kabobi, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Winter Garden 1:00 Touched by Auschwitz This documentary explores the problems, challenges, and triumphs that six Auschwitz survivors have experienced since the war as a result of their time in the camp. 2:30 GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II [R] 4:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 4:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith. Servants Thomas and O’Brien scheme against Bates. EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: The Salcombe Selkie (Part 7 of 20) Peter and Molly return home from visiting the grave of their daughter Leah, and are stunned to find her standing alive in their driveway. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 5 of 8) Lucille tries to win the trust of a mother who
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Father Brown: The Jackdaw’s Revenge See Sat. Apr. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 3 of 8) See Sat. Apr. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Soundbreaking: Sound and Vision (Part 7 of 8) See Fri. Apr. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Chef vs. Chef 5:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Cooking with Grains [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Civilizations (New Series) Liev Schreiber narrates this new series that examines the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. Each episode reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduces audiences to works of beauty, ingenuity, and illumination across cultures.
Tuesdays beginning April 17, 8:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 3 of 3) Uncover a Pablo Picasso “Grand Oiseau Vert” pot, an Ottoman zarf, and a Tiffany Studios “Bookmark” desk set. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1985 Charles Schulz Snoopy sketch, Chinese altar garniture, and a 1919 William Faulkner handmade poetry book. 10:00 Independent Lens: What Lies Upstream 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 17 suffers from tokophobia, a morbid fear of giving birth. 8:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) Cassie and Sunny dig deeper into Jimmy’s murder, which involved torture. Questioned about past gangland ties, Sir Phillip refuses to cooperate. 9:30 Dishalicious: Mexican [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Whitney Middleton, Joseph Chilliams, and Porochista Khakpour See Fri. Apr. 13 at 7:30 pm. [R] 10:30 Check, Please! Kabobi, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: James Taylor
Monday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 3 of 6) See Sat. Apr. 14 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12:30 The Wrong Mans: Dead Mans (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) See Sat. Apr. 14 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 12) See Sat. Apr. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. Apr. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Apr. 15 at 4:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Civilizations: The Second Moment of Creation (Part 1 of 9) Images and artifacts found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and South America testify to the urge to develop civilizations. 9:00 The Massie Affair: American Experience 10:00 Frontline 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Wednesday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: What Lies Upstream See Mon. Apr. 16 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rich Cohen, Lin Brehmer Host Mark Bazer interviews Rich Cohen, author of The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, and Lin Brehmer, host of WXRT radio’s XRT Morning Show. 8:00 Check, Please! Counter Culture 8:30 Dishalicious: Korean Sarah Grueneberg welcomes Bill Kim (urbanbelly, bellyQ, Belly Shack); Dave Park (Hanbun); Beverly Kim (Parachute) who come together to cook a succulent Asian meal. 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster brings her
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 NOVA: Living with the Weather Machine 10:00 POV: Bill Nye – Science Guy 11:30 BBC World News
Thursday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Civilizations: The Second Moment of Creation (Part 1 of 9) See Tues. Apr. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 The Massie Affair: American Experience [R] 3:00 Frontline [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
Soundbreaking: I Am My Music (Part 8 of 8) See Fri. Apr. 13 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 New York: America’s Busiest City (Part 3 of 3) From their base in Central Park, Anita, Ade, Ant, and Dan reveal the hidden systems and organizational miracles that keep the world’s busiest urban park clean and green. 9:00 Soundstage: Manhattan Transfer/Take 6 (The Summit) Pop and jazz fusion vocal quartet The Manhattan Transfer teams up with the innovative R&B and gospel a cappella group Take 6 – a cross-cultural exchange that tests the limits of the unaccompanied voice. 10:00 Jewish Film Showcase: Raise the Roof The synagogues of 18th century Poland inspired artists Rick and Laura Brown to embark on a 10-year pursuit to reconstruct the elaborate roof and painted ceiling of the Gwozdziec synagogue. 11:30 BBC World News
Friday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 NOVA: Living with the Weather Machine See Wed. Apr. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
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In the Spotlight
Bill Nye
POV: Bill Nye Science Guy Follow Bill Nye, once the host of the popular kids show, as he seeks to change the world through science. He’s shedding the “Science Guy” costume with the goal of creating a more scientifically literate world.
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irresistible talent to the Appel Room for a performances with special guest Jonathan Groff (Hamilton, Spring Awakening, Glee). 10:00 will.i.am – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special Join will.i.am at London’s Royal Albert Hall as he reunites with the Black Eyed Peas for the first time on stage in more than a decade. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 In Principle
Saturday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) [R] 2:00 New York: America’s Busiest City (Part 3 of 3) See Thurs. Apr. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 will.i.am – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special See Fri. Apr. 20 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
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Host Catherine De Orio
Check, Please! Counter Culture In this special episode, Check, Please! brings back guests from past seasons of the series to sample the fare, and check out the ambiance, at six different small, counter-service restaurants around the Chicago area. The eateries reviewed: Lickity Split, Jim’s, Bia’s, Lawrence’s, En Hakkore, and Jennivee’s.
Friday, April 20, 8:00 pm
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Badger State Favorites 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Oregon RV Trip 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Shake, Rattle, and Pole (Beans) 1:30 Dishalicious: Korean See Fri. Apr. 20 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Dinner Party 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Chicken 3:30 Martha Bakes: Middle Eastern Cookies 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Home Cooking, Chinese Style 4:30 Check, Please! Counter Culture See Fri. Apr. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Florence – Heart of the Renaissance 5:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Jordan EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 13) Jan’s pregnancy sparks a crisis between George and Fiona. George’s wayward brother blows into town and cooks up a storm. 8:00 Father Brown: The Kembleford Dragon Father Brown must stop a muchloved institution from going off the rails when the local stationmaster is murdered. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 4 of 8) Jack and the team find themselves embroiled in the mysterious world of faith healing when a woman is poisoned during a ceremony and all evidence points to the healer himself. 10:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 4 of 6) Bex agrees to go for dinner with Murray at Lorenzo’s, the Italian restaurant where he proposed, but his plans are foiled by a series of unfortunate incidents. 10:30 The Wrong Mans: Inside Mans (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) Inadvertently stumbling into the middle of a poisonous
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In the Spotlight MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 The This Old House Hour 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 The Great British Baking Show: Desserts Follow the remaining 11 bakers as they attempt a trifle of biscuit, cake, jelly, or custard in distinct layers; perfect Floating Islands; and a Showstopper of 24 petits fours.
assassination plot, Sam and Phil are plunged into a world of betrayal, bullets, and blood. 11:00 Soundstage: Manhattan Transfer/Take 6 (The Summit) See Thurs. Apr. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 5 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 The Coroner: The Salcombe Selkie (Part 7 of 20) See Sun. Apr. 15 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 POV: Bill Nye – Science Guy See Wed. Apr. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Jewish Film Showcase: Raise the Roof See Thurs. Apr. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: The Shedd Aquarium / Beluga Whales Session, Hospital 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Santorini – Flavors of a Volcano AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Counter Culture [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Italian Style BBQ 1:00 Pritzker Military Presents: Robert Gerwarth Historian and author Robert Gerwarth discusses the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I. 2:00 NOVA: Living with the Weather Machine [R] 4:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 4:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) Rumors fly about Mary’s virtue. Anna unearths Bates’ mysterious past and O’Brien and Thomas plot their exit strategy. EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: Napoleon’s Violin (Part 8 of 20) Donald Sidwell attempts to drag his agoraphobic daughter Olivia outside as shock treatment. Later the family finds Donald stabbed to death. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 6 of 8) Barbara gets involved with a recently widowed pregnant woman, and Sister Monica Joan has her cataract surgery. 8:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) The past catches up with suspects Father Rob, Lizzie, Sir Phillip, and Eric. But which one is Jimmy’s killer? 9:30 Dishalicious: Korean [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rich Cohen,
Dr. Talithia Williams
NOVA Wonders (New Series) This new 6-part series hosted by engaging young scientists Talithia Williams, Rana El Kaliouby, and André Fenton makes complicated concepts accessible while taking a deep dive into the scientific process. Each episode poses a single big scientific question and takes audiences along on a journey to explore how far we’ve come in our quest for answers, and how we’ve managed to get here.
Wednesdays beginning April 25, 9:00 pm
Lin Brehmer See Fri. Apr. 20 at 7:30 pm. [R] 10:30 Check, Please! Counter Culture [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Leon Bridges/Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Monday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 4 of 6) See Sat. Apr. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12:30 The Wrong Mans: Inside Mans (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) See Sat. Apr. 21 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 13) See Sat. Apr. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Kembleford Dragon See Sat. Apr. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 4 of 8) See Sat. Apr. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Sutton Foster in Concert See Fri. Apr. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Sensory Experiences
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New York: America’s Busiest City
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Do it Yourself Saturdays 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Great British Baking Show 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 1:00
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5:30 Martha Bakes: Middle Eastern Cookies [R]
In the Spotlight
Samantha Brown
Chef Vivian Howard
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 1 of 3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a Babe Ruth archive, a Japanese Komai iron and gold vase, and a Virginia Federal walnut cellarette. 10:00 Independent Lens: Look & See – Wendell Berry’s Kentucky Experience rural America as seen through the mind’s eye of award-winning writer and farmer Wendell Berry in his native Kentucky. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. Apr. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Apr. 22 at 4:30 pm. [R] 3:30 Dishalicious: Korean [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News
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Rwanda: The Royal Tour Peter Greenberg travels to Rwanda for a tour from the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. For an entire week, Mr. Kagame became the ultimate guide, showcasing the visual gems that his country has to offer.
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Afternoons 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 1:00 Cat in the Hat 1:30 Peg + Cat 2:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 2:30 Arthur 3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Nature Cat 4:00 Wild Kratts 4:30 Wild Kratts 5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Odd Squad
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Civilizations: How Do We Look? (Part 2 of 9) Explore the many functions of the human image in art. 9:00 First Civilizations (Part 1 of 4) 10:00 Frontline 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Wednesday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 1 of 3) [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Look & See – Wendell Berry’s Kentucky See Mon. Apr. 23 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rich Cohen, Lin Brehmer [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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Sunday Mornings 5:00 Dinosaur Train 5:30 Dinosaur Train 6:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00 Curious George 7:30 Arthur 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Wild Kratts 9:30 Wild Kratts 10:00 Odd Squad 10:30 Odd Squad
Dinosaur Train Mondays-Fridays: 12:00 pm Saturdays: 5:00 and 5:30 am
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels Meet animals who will steal, cheat, and fight to get food. 9:00 NOVA Wonders: What Are Animals Saying? (Part 1 of 6) From singing whales to chirping birds and clicking dolphins, the world is filled with the exotic vocalizations of animals. But what are they saying? 10:00 NOVA: Bird Brain Long mocked as empty-headed, birds hide surprisingly acute intelligence. But just how smart are they? 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Thursday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Civilizations: How Do We Look? (Part 2 of 9) See Tues. Apr. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 First Civilizations (Part 1 of 4) [R] 2:30 Frontline [R] 3:30 Check, Please! Counter Culture [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Rwanda: The Royal Tour 9:00 Soundstage: Michael McDonald Former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald performs such songs as “What a Fool Believes,” “Minute by Minute,” and “Takin’ It to the Streets,” along with new compositions. 10:00 Jewish Film Showcase: Carvalho’s Journey The story of Solomon Nunes Carvalho, an observant Sephardic Jew who became one of the first photographers to document the American West. 11:30 BBC World News
Friday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels See Wed. Apr. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 NOVA Wonders: What Are Animals Saying? (Part 1 of 6) See Wed. Apr. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
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NOVA: Bird Brain See Wed. Apr. 25 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Victoria Roth, Emily Graslie Mark welcomes author Victoria Roth (the Divergent trilogy) and Emily Graslie, star of the YouTube series The Brain Scoop. 8:00 Dishalicious: Italian [R] 8:30 Check, Please! Rhyme or Reason, Bang Bang Pie, Mambo Italiano Catherine De Orio welcomes salon owner Teresa Zeigler, whose favorite is Rhyme or Reason in Wicker Park; graduate student Artemis Gogos, who loves Bang Bang Pie in Logan Square; and home builder Steven Goodman, who chose Mambo Italiano in Mundelein. 9:00 International Jazz Day from Cuba More than four dozen world-renowned artists come together for
Saturday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) [R] 2:00 Rwanda: The Royal Tour See Thurs. Apr. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 1 of 3) [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 The This Old House Hour 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 The Great British Baking Show: Pies and Tarts Watch the remaining bakers undertake double-crusted fruit pies, English custard tart, and phyllo pie with dough made from scratch. AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Picnic Game-Changers 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Houston, Texas 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Prolific Peppers 1:30 Dishalicious: Italian [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Pork Supper 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Onions 3:30 Martha Bakes: Cookies of Greece 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The New Baking 4:30 Check, Please! Rhyme or Reason, Bang Bang Pie, Mambo Italiano See Fri. Apr. 27 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips 5:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Crossing the Border for Cheaper Airfare EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 14) George struggles against the tide of Terrymania sweeping Weld. 8:00 Father Brown: The Angel of Mercy Father Brown senses something sinister afoot when Mrs. McCarthy’s
friend is the latest villager to die in her sleep. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 5 of 8) The island’s Day of the Dead celebrations are cut short by a woman’s death. 10:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 4 of 6) Bex moves in with her sister Keeley, while Murray makes a big decision about his future. 10:30 The Wrong Mans: Wanted Mans (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) Sam and Phil inadvertently bring a dangerous plot right to their doorsteps. 11:00 Soundstage: Michael McDonald See Thurs. Apr. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 6 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 The Coroner: Napoleon’s Violin (Part 8 of 20) See Sun. Apr. 22 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Unforgotten Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. Apr. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Jewish Film Showcase: Carvalho’s Journey See Thurs. Apr. 26 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: Adler Planetarium/Rare Instruments, James Lovell 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Life of Pie AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Rhyme or Reason, Bang Bang Pie, Mambo Italiano [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Tomato Time 1:00 Great Performances at the Met: L’elisir D’amore Pretty Yende stars as the feisty Adina opposite Matthew Polenzani. 3:30 Little Women: A Timeless Story [R] 4:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 On Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) Two years into World War I, Downton Abbey is in turmoil, as Matthew and other young men go to war – or avoid it. EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: The Deep Freeze (Part 9 of 20) Ice cream factory manager Rose finds owner Robert frozen to death in one of his walk-in freezers. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 7 of 8) Dr. Turner and Shelagh assist a man held in a remand home, while Lucille makes some new friends. 8:00 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) A waterlogged suitcase holds
the remains of David Walker, 25 years after he disappeared. 9:30 Dishalicious: Italian [R] 10:30 Check, Please! Rhyme or Reason, Bang Bang Pie, Mambo Italiano [R] 11:00 International Jazz Day from Cuba See Fri. Apr. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
Monday 30 EARLY MORNING 12:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 5 of 6) See Sat. Apr. 28 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12:30 The Wrong Mans: Wanted Mans (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) See Sat. Apr. 28 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 14) See Sat. Apr. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Angel of Mercy See Sat. Apr. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. Apr. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Leslie Odom Jr. in Concert See Fri. Apr. 27 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: For the Pets 5:30 Martha Bakes: Cookies of Greece [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Live from Lincoln Center: Leslie Odom, Jr. in Concert Winner of the 2016 Tony for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his legendary performance as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, Leslie Odom, Jr., a jazz vocalist with an actor’s ear for a lyric, brings his remarkable talent to this intimate performance.
Friday, April 27, 10:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 2 of 3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Francis Sommer astronomical regulator clock, an 1899 Oscar Wilde manuscript poem, and a Rene Portocarrero “Cathedral” oil. 10:00 Independent Lens: True Conviction 11:30 BBC World News
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Lim Photo
an International Jazz Day celebration in Havana, Cuba. 10:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Leslie Odom, Jr. in Concert 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 In Principle
Photo: Courtesy of Christopher Boudewyns
In the Spotlight
Steven Phillips, Christopher Scott, and Johnnie Lindsey
Independent Lens: True Conviction After serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, three recently exonerated Texans join forces to form the unlikeliest of investigative teams, to help wrongfully convicted prisoners obtain freedom as they did.
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Drama • Comedy • Movies Call the Midwife Sundays, 7:00 pm Sundays, 12:00 am Chicago Latino Film Festival Thursday, 10:00 pm (4/5) Child in Time on Masterpiece Sunday, 8:00 pm (4/1) Tuesday, 1:00 am (4/3) Coroner Sundays, 6:00 pm Sundays, 1:00 am Death in Paradise Saturdays, 9:00 pm Mondays, 3:00 am (4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30) Monday, 2:00 am (4/2) Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Sundays, 4:30 pm (4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22) Sunday, 4:00 pm (4/29) Tuesdays, 2:30 am (4/3, 4/17) Tuesdays, 2:00 am (4/10, 4/24) Saturday, 2:00 am (4/7) Saturdays, 12:30 am (4/14, 4/21, 4/28) 800 Words Saturdays, 7:00 pm Mondays, 1:00 am Father Brown Saturdays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 2:00 am I Want My Wife Back Saturdays, 10:00 pm Monday, 3:00 am (4/2) Mondays, 12:00 am (4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30)
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Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel America’s Test Kitchen Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 9:00 pm (4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30) Wednesdays, 1:30 am Wednesdays, 12:30 am Saturday, 3:00 am (4/28) Check, Please! Fridays, 8:00 pm (4/6, 4/13, 4/20) Friday, 8:30pm (4/27) Saturdays, 4:30 pm Sundays, 10:30 pm Sundays, 12:00 pm Chef’s Life Saturdays, 1:00 pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Kitchen Saturdays, 4:00 pm Cooks Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm Dishalicious Fridays, 8:30 pm (4/6, 4/13, 4/20) Friday, 8:00 pm (4/27) Saturdays, 1:30 pm (4/7, 4/14, 4/21) Sundays, 9:30 pm (4/8, 4/15, 4/22) Tuesdays, 3:30 am (4/10, 4/24, 4/29) Sunday, 4:30 am (4/15) Ellie’s Real Good Food Sundays, 11:00 am Great British Baking Show Saturdays, 11:00 am Lidia’s Kitchen Sundays, 12:30 pm Martha Bakes Saturdays, 3:30 pm Martha Stewart Cooking School Saturdays, 3:00 pm Mondays, 5:30 am My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Sundays, 11:30 am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Mondays, 5:00 am Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:00 pm Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 12:30 pm Simply Ming Saturday, 1:30 pm (4/28) This Old House Hour Saturdays, 10:00 am
Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Saturdays, 5:30 pm
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Daily Radio Programming • Programmer’s Picks San Francisco Symphony
The Thomanerchor in Concert
Live from the Met
San Francisco Symphony’s Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and its musicians have been hailed for their innovative programming, and for attracting new audiences. They start a new season with a Stravinsky-Shostakovich concert.
You might call it Bach’s own choir – so it was, once. The choir of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany, toured North America last year with a stop at Grace Lutheran Church of River Forest with music by Schütz, Mendelssohn…and Bach.
Jules Massenet’s Cinderella story Cendrillon was recently presented at the Santa Fe Opera. The production moved to Covent Garden; it’s now at the Met, and will come to Lyric Opera in 2019. At the Metropolitan, Joyce DiDonato sings the title role.
Thursdays beginning April 5, 10:00 pm
Monday, April 16, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 28, 12:00 pm
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Sunday 1
Bernard Haitink
Mahler’s Night Song: Symphonic Tour de Force Twice during April, we’ll have symphony orchestra concerts that feature Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, known sometimes as Song of the Night. He worked on his Seventh Symphony starting in the summer of 1904, but the draft and its revisions were a long-drawnout project, and the premiere didn’t take place until September of 1908 in Prague, where he conducted the Czech Philharmonic. (Its first U.S. performance was by the CSO under Frederick Stock’s baton.) Under numerous leaders including onetime principal conductor Bernard Haitink, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has long been viewed as one of the premier interpreter ensembles of the Mahler symphonies. Likewise, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra have won wide recognition for their landmark recorded cycle of those works. Hear both their takes on the Seventh:
CSO/Haitink: Sunday, April 1, 8:00 pm SF Symphony/MTT: Thursday, April 26, 10:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: An Easter Celebration 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Johann Sebastian Bach Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032 – James Galway, f; Phillip Moll, hc; Sarah Cunningham, vi da gamba. RCA 681822. [12:36] Bach Mass in b, BWV 232: Credo: Cho, Et resurrexit – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 430353-2 (2). [4:01] Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56, Scottish – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. London 4781525. [36:22] 1:00 Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 – Yevgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68910-2. [23:37] Pritsker Variations on Sakura Sakura (Cherry Blossom) – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Reiko Uchida, p. E1 EOM-CD-7780. [4:44] Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs, Op 47 – Cambridge Singers/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-104. [11:05] Edward Elgar The Spanish Lady: Excerpts – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2-RC. [8:10] 2:00 Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor, Op. 11 – Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orchestra/ Mikhail Pletnev. DG 4797518 (2). [42:47] Miklos Rózsa Spellbound Concerto – Santiago Rodriguez, p; Fairfax Sym/Hudson. Elan 82268. [11:41] 3:00 Georges Bizet Carmen Suite – Orch de la Bastille/MyungWhun Chung. DG 431778-2. [19:53] Charles Marie Widor Organ Symphony #5 in F, Op 42/1: Finale, Toccata – Chicago Brass Quintet, Paul Van der Weele, o. Centaur CRC-2221. [5:15] Bach Improvisations on Toccata in d, BWV-565; Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 64647. [9:14] George
Frideric Handel Messiah: Behold, I tell you a mystery...The trumpet shall sound; Worthy Is the Lamb – Gwynne Howell, b; Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 414396-2 (2). [15:40] 4:00 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. RCA 63511-2. [35:51] Mark O’Connor Strings and Threads Suite – Mark O’Connor, v; Sharon Isbin, g. Sony 45456-2. [15:11] 5:00 Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter – English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG711. [35:56] Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165 – Sylvia McNair, s; English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 434920-2. [14:00] 6:00 Bach Orchestra Suite – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-89012. [20:21] Anonymous Suite of Italian Dances – Piffaro. Archive 445883-2. [10:07] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 1 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [14:22] Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise – James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt. RCA 42201-2. [4:15] 7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Bernard Haitink, conductor – Mahler: Symphony #7, Song of the Night. We also hear Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante with soloists from the orchestra. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Otto Klemperer
In the Spotlight Photo: St. Charles Singers
In the Spotlight
Jeffrey Hunt
From Ravinia 2017: American Reflections with the St. Charles Singers American Reflections is a program that the Chicago-area chamber choir called the St. Charles Singers took on tour to England, then reprised in Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia last August. Under the direction of Jeffrey Hunt, the group performed Walden Pond, a cycle by Dominick Argento, as the evening’s centerpiece. The cycle is based on the famous book Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Also presented were works by Eric Whitacre, Morton Lauridsen, and Randall Thompson, plus arrangements of folksongs and spirituals by Aaron Copland and several others. Kerry Frumkin will host this broadcast.
Monday, April 2, 8:00 pm
All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
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Olga Peretyatko-Mariotti
Olga PeretyatkoMariotti: Lucia at the Met Singing the title role in Donizetti’s bel-canto masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera will be the St Petersburg-born soprano Olga Peretyatko-Mariotti. The soprano studied in both her native city and Berlin. Her current season includes appearances in Moscow, Bucharest, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Paris, plus her engagements at the Met. Ms Peretyatko-Mariotti has made two recordings devoted to bel-canto repertory and one entitled Russian Light, arias and songs by Russian composers. At the Met she’s previously sung Violetta in La traviata and Gilda in Rigoletto. Now audiences will get to hear her in Lucia’s famous Mad Scene.
Saturday, April 7, 12:00 pm
Monday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Nino Rota 8 1/2 film music: La passerella di addio – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-63359. [5:32] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in d (BWV 1052) – Elizabeth Wallfisch, v; Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [22:37] Gilbert & Sullivan Patience Overture – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 434916-2. [5:20] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Arturo Márquez Danzon – Montpellier Phil/Enrique Arturo Diemecke. Actes Sud AD-085. [9:50] Johann Nepomuk 22
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Hummel Piano Sonata in C, Op 2/3 – Antonio Pompa-Baldi, p. Centaur CRC-3127. [16:10] 11:00 Franz Liszt Notturno No. 3 in A-Flat – Michael Landrum, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92158 (2). [4:40] Aram Khachaturian Masquerade Suite – London Sym/Stanley Black. London 448252-2 (2). [17:18] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Chicago Chamber Musicians First Monday: Live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Reinhold Gliere The Red Poppy: Excerpts – New Jersey Sym/Zdenek Macal. Delos 3178. [8:20] Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 425516-2. [45:03] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Barry Tuckwell, fh; English Chamber Orch/Barry Tuckwell. London 41028-2. [16:17] Haydn Piano Sonata in g, H. XVI:44 – András Schiff, p. Teldec 17141-2 (2). [13:27] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D: Canon – Camerata of St Andrew/Leonard Friedman. Omega OCD-1002. [4:32] Antonio Vivaldi Four-Guitar Concerto in b, R 580 – Los Romeros, g’s; San Antonio Sym/Victor Alessandro. London 4780192 (2). [9:31] Giuseppe Verdi I Vespri Siciliani: Winter and Spring fr Four Seasons Ballet – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [14:27] Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons in Buenos Aires: Spring – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9330. [4:18] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Musica Antiqua Cologne. Archive 415671-2 (2). [22:59] Maurice Ravel Pavane for A Dead Princess – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Erato 45766-2. [6:04] Henryk Wieniawski Légende, Op 17 – Gil Shaham, v; London Sym/Lawrence Foster. DG 431815-2. [7:34] Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Witch’s Waltz & Dream Pantomime – Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CDZB5-687362 (2). [8:09] Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 – Orch de la Bastille/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 431778-2. [18:18] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven piano sonatas 8:00 Ravinia Festival 2017: The St Charles Singers in concert 10:00 Evening Music with
Dennis Moore 11:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; London Sym/Antonio Pappano. EMI 40516-2. [42:08]
Tuesday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven piano sonatas 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven piano sonatas 8:00 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Cellist Hee-Young Lim, with piano, recorded at the Cultural Center earlier today. 9:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
music of Javier Alvarez. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: An Hour of Music from 1980
Saturday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” – Olga Peretyatko-Mariotti (Lucia); Vittorio Grigolo (Edgardo); Massimo Cavalletti (Enrico); Vitalij Kowaljow (Raimondo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Roberto Abbado. 3:45 PoetryNow with the Poetry
In the Spotlight Photo: Simon Pauly/Ryan Opera Center
Photo: Ali Kahn Photography
In the Spotlight
Thursday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven piano sonatas 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano; Mark Inouye, trumpet – Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1. Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale; The Firebird Suite.
Friday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven piano sonatas 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: A composer spotlight show features the
Whitney Morrison
Ryan Opera Center: Annual Rising Stars Concert The Ryan Opera Center of Lyric Opera presents its annual Rising Stars concert Saturday, April 7, and WFMT will record it to broadcast the following evening. Arias, ensembles, and scenes from a variety of operas will be performed by sopranos Whitney Morrison, Diana Newman, and Ann Toomey; mezzo-soprano Lindsay Metzger; contralto Lauren Decker; tenors Alec Carlson, Josh Loevll, and Mario Rojas; baritones Emmett O’Hanlon and Takaoki Onishi; bass-baritone Alan Higgs; and bass Patrick Guetti. Pianist Madeline Slettedahl is also on this year’s Ryan roster. The Ryan program is administered by director Dan Novak, music director Craig Terry, director of vocal studies Julia Faulkner, and advisor Renée Fleming. The singers will appear on Rising Stars with the Lyric Opera Orchestra. Lisa Flynn and Lyric’s Roger Pines will co-host the broadcast.
Sunday, April 8, 6:00 pm
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Foundation: Diana Arterian reads and discusses Agrippina the Younger, Age Thirteen. Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale, Wachet auf!; Sheep May Safely Graze – Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-55592-2. [9:36] Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque – Rudolf Firkusny, p. EMI CDM5-66067-2. [15:18] Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Can There Ever Be Enough Mozart? Weekend Music on WFMT Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Colin Carr, vc; Thomas Sauer, p. MSR Classics MS-1486 (2). [11:51] Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus – London Phil/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8502. [13:27] Sergei Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42 – George Li, p. Warner 0190295812942. [17:54] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op 6/12 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 423626-2 (2). [10:32] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Acceleration – Vienna Phil/ Carlos Kleiber. CBS M2K45564 (2). [8:21] John Adams Fanfare, Short Ride in a Fast Machine – NU Symphonic
Wind Ensemble/Mallory Thompson. Summit DCD414. [4:12] Virgil Thomson Louisiana Story Suite – New London Orch/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [20:37] George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Orch/Leonard Bernstein, p. CBS 39454. [16:26] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Impressions of Nature 8:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Eastertide music 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 – Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton. London B0013372-02 (3). [9:45] George Frideric Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E – Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-62785. [8:52] Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47075-2. [30:39] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite in g, BWV 1070 – Musica Antiqua Cologne. Archive 415671-2 (2). 2018
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[17:34] Johann Christian JC Bach Flute and Oboe Quintet in C, Op. 11/1 – English Concert. Archive 423385-2. [17:22] Kurt Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusic (Little Threepenny Music) – TenThing. EMI 88326-2. [16:56] 2:00 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado; Renee Fleming, s. DG B0005759-02. [55:01] 3:00 Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582 – Fretwork Viol Quintet. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907395. [11:15] Alan Hovhaness Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40a – Philharmonia/David Amos. Harmonia Mundi HMU906012. [10:10] Various Ave Maria by Bach-Gounod and Mascagni – Kathleen Battle, s, Orch/Robert Sadin. Sony SK-62035. [5:30] Hovhaness Symphony No. 6, Celestial Gate – Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7221-2. [20:36] 4:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13 in C, K. 415 – Veronica Kuijken, fp; La Petite Bande. Challenge Classics CC-72752. [26:27] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite – Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 4377902. [21:36] Morten Lauridsen Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on – Los Angeles Master Cho/Paul Salamunovich; Morten Lauridsen, p. RCM 19705. [4:21] 5:00 Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 99595-2. [17:10] Witold Lutoslawski Dance Preludes – Eduard Brunner, cl; Ursula Holliger, h; Bavarian Radio Sym/Witold Lutoslawski. Philips 416817-2. [10:04] Claude Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun – Donald Peck, f; Melody Lord, p. Boston Records BR-1010. [9:42] Wagner Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 411951-2. [9:41] 6:00 Rising Stars: The annual concert by members of the Ryan Opera Center, recorded last night at the Lyric Opera House. 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor – Rossini: William Tell Overture. Ogonek: All These Lighted Things. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Romantic. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Renata Tebaldi, the Golden Years
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drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 1 8:00 In Concert: Grant Park Chorus Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers) From summer 2017. 10:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Tuesday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 1 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 1 8:00 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Marianna Prjevalskaya recorded at the Cultural Center earlier today. 9:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 12 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 1 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Steven Braunstein, contrabassoon; Alexander Barantschik, violin – Tilson Thomas: Urban Legend (world premiere performance). Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben.
Friday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 1 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Dealer’s
Choice 2018 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Come in at the Door, readings from Nelson Algren by Studs & Friends.
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In the Spotlight
Christopher Bell
Grant Park Music Festival 2017: Rachmaninoff The Grant Park Chorus last summer presented two performances of Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers), one of the all-time greatest works of a cappella choral music. It was a personal favorite of the composer’s among his creations, and has often been singled out as his masterpiece. Consisting of 15 movements, the work draws on sacred texts from the Vespers, the Matins, and the first liturgical hour of the Russian Orthodox Church. Many of the movements are based on ancient liturgical chants. Rachmaninoff completed it in 1915 and it was premiered that year in Moscow, during World War I, as a benefit for the Russian war effort. It was enthusiastically received, but the initial success was blunted a couple of years later in the wake of the Russian Revolution, when the new government condemned religious music. Rachmaninoff himself would leave his homeland shortly following the revolution, to make a new home and career for himself in the Western world. Performances of the All-Night Vigil are “events” in the sense that the work is a technical and musical challenge for choirs, and also because of the work’s length, which is slightly over an hour. WFMT is delighted to have this chance to share the Grant Park Chorus’s performance from the South Shore Cultural Center under the direction of Christopher Bell.
Monday, April 9, 8:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” – Sonya Yoncheva (Luisa); Piotr Beczala (Rodolfo); Placido Domingo (Miller); Alexander Vinogradov (Walter); Dmitry Belosselskiy (Wurm); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Bertrand de Billy. 4:05 PoetryNow with the Poetry Foundation: Randall Horton reads and discusses On Reflection. 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: First the Music, Then the Words 5:00 Weekend Music on WFMT Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, Summer – Harp Consort & Freiburg Baroque Orch. RCA-DHM 77384-2. [12:06] Nino Rota Concerto Soirée – Benedetto Lupo, p; Granada Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901864. [20:35] Franz Schubert Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90): No. 3 in G-Flat – Maria-Joao Pires, p. Erato ECD-88181. [4:49] Jean Sibelius Impromptu – Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Peter Csaba, v. Ondine ODE-830-2. [6:53] Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-46668. [7:32] Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces: The Brook; Summer Evening; Gone; Remembrances – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI 572962. [8:48] Frederick Delius North Country Sketches – Welsh National Opera Orch/ Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo 430202-2. [27:02] Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. London 417778-2. [10:29] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Colonial-era music from Peru and Brazil 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Spring Has Sprung! 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Peter Tchaikovsky
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Variations on A Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Mariinsky Theatre Orch/ Valery Gergiev. Virgin Classics 694486. [19:26] Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 – Yevgeny Kissin, p. RCA 63259-2. [10:33] Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 33, No. 2, Joke – Spektral Quartet. Sono Luminus DSL-92198. [16:19] 1:00 Gioachino Rossini Tancredi Overture – Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Conifer 550042. [6:36] Ottorino Respighi Six Little Pieces for Piano Duet – Mary Ann & Tony Lenti, p. ACA CM-20009-9. [10:55] Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi – London Sym Strings/Antonio Pappano. EMI CDC5-57159-2. [7:01] Respighi The Pines of Rome – Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Daniele Gatti. Conifer 51292-2. [23:01] 2:00 Claude Debussy En Blanc et Noir – Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim, p’s. DG 4795563. [14:59] Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals – Pittsburgh Sym/André Previn. Philips 400016-2. [21:05] Chopin Polonaise-fantasie in A-Flat, Op. 61 – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG 413795-2. [13:05] Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83 – Maurizio
Pollini, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 453505-2. [48:37] 4:00 Antonin Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek. Virgin Classics 90797-2. [9:22] Dmitri Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 – New Century Chamber Orch Members. New Albion NA088-CD. [9:03] Shostakovich Lyric Waltz; Short Piece; Spanish Dance; Nocturne; Polka – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London B0001846-02. [10:14] Dvorák Notturno (Intermezzo) in B, Op. 40 – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDD7-641072. [7:04] Dvorák Rusalka, Op. 114: Deprived of my youthful spirit; Song to the Moon – Lucia Popp, s; Munich Radio Orch/Stefan Soltesz. EMI CDC7-49319-2. [10:44] 5:00 Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Johann Strauss II Waltz, Roses from the South – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [10:33] Aaron Copland Billy the Kid – St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDC7-473822. [32:26] Serge Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87: The Prince finds Cinderella; Amoroso – St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA RCD1-5321. [5:59] 6:00 Federico Moreno Torroba 2018
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Aires de la Mancha – Paul Galbraith, g. Delos DE-3236. [9:04] Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – Pittsburgh Sym/ Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-707. [18:39] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 – Veronica Kuijken, fp; La Petite Bande. Challenge Classics CC-72752. [24:34] 7:00 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet – Los Angeles Phil/ André Previn. Philips 416382-2. [20:27] Nino Rota Romeo and Juliet film music: Prologue & Fanfare through Moresca – City of Prague Phil/Nic Raine. Silva SSD-1140. [15:17] Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite: Juliet the Young Girl, Madrigal, Minuet, Masks – Chicago Sym/ Riccardo Muti. CSO ReSound CSOR-9011402. [12:59] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor; Riccardo Zanellato, bass; CSO Chorus and Chicago Children’s Choir – An evening of highlights from Italian opera, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, and Boito, plus Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Renata Tebaldi, the Golden Years
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Monday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 2 8:00 Thomanerchor in Concert: Recorded last fall while the St Thomas Church Choir of Leipzig visited Chicago on tour. Carl Grapentine hosts. 10:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Tuesday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 2 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 2 8:00 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinist Joshua Brown and pianist Milana Pavchinskaya recorded at the Cultural Center earlier today. 9:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 WFMT membership drive programming 12:00 Newscast 4:00 Newscast 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 2 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Alexander Barantschik, violin – Debussy: En Blanc et Noir. Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives. RimskyKorsakov: Scheherazade.
Friday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Luigi Boccherini Minuet – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-64613-2. [3:52] Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3104. [33:25] Gilbert & Sullivan HMS Pinafore: Overture; We Sail the Ocean Blue – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner; Welsh National Opera/Sir Charles Mackerras. Philips 434916-2, Telarc 80374. [6:20] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5 – I Solisti Italiani. Denon 81757-6305-2 (3). [15:21] 11:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Philharmonia/ Bernard Haitink. London 417613-2. [24:07] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Orion Weiss, p; Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559705.
[8:53] Aaron Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo – Cincinnati Pops/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80339. [19:03] Bedrich Smetana Czech Dances, Series 2: Furiant; Polka #4; Neighbors’ Dance – Rudolf Firkusny, p. EMI CDM5-66069-2. [11:50] 2:00 François Borne Fantaisie Brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen – Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p. Cedille 121. [11:23] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – Atlanta Sym Strings & Cho/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80676. [17:11] Fernando Sor Fantaisie, Op 30 – Julian Bream, g. RCA 61607-2. [13:40] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331: Finale, Rondo alla turca – MariaJoao Pires, p. DG 429739-2. [3:41] Handel Trio Sonata in b, Op. 2, No. 1 – St Martin’s Academy Chamber Ensemble. Philips 412595-2 (2). [11:46] Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902216. [11:07] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, Military – Rafal Blechacz, p. DG B001888302. [5:06] Nino Rota Le Moliere imaginaire Ballet Suite: Overture – Norrkoping Sym/ Hannu Koivula. Bis CD-1070. [3:07] Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDZ762504-2. [9:14] Break Gustav Mahler Blumine – Atlanta Sym/Yoel Levi; Christopher Martin, tr. Telarc CD-80545. [7:11] Chopin Barcarolle, Op. 60 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4830255. [8:29] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Proud Tower, part 2 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 8:00 Franz Liszt Les Préludes – Westphalian Sym/Siegfried Landau. Vox ACD-8158. [15:36] 9:00 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11 – Gerd Seifert, fh; Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK-45800. [15:42] 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Partnering with New York’s Look + Listen Festival 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Carl Sandburg, both interviewed in 1964.
Saturday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: “The Exterminating Angel” by Thomas Adès – Alice Coote (Leonora Palma); Iestyn Davies (Francisco de Avila); Christian Van Horne (Julio); John Tomlinson (Carlos Conde); other soloists; Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Thomas Adès. 2:45 PoetryNow with the Poetry Foundation: Prageeta Sharma reads and discusses Grief Sequence 7. 3:00 Weekend Music on WFMT Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 – Lorenzo Coppola, cl; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC901980. [28:29] Alexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in a, Op 82 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Russian National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner Classics 67946 (2). [20:18] Claude Debussy Préludes, book 2: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille 098 (2). [4:20] Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll – New York Phil/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 419169-2. [19:22] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: French opera duets 5:00 Weekend Music on WFMT Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Rachel Masters, h; Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9204. [11:12] Enrique Granados Allegro de Concierto – Alicia de Larrocha, p. London 417795-2. [8:10] Mozart Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375 – Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble. EMI CDC556502-2. [24:03] Mozart Motet, Ave verum corpus, K. 618 – Amsterdam Baroque Cho & Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 10705-2. [3:46] 6:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in d (BWV 1052) – Alina Ibragimova, v; Arcangelo/ Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion CDA-68068. [19:29] Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Sextet (Overture) – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8758. [10:00] Emil Von Reznicek Donna Diana Overture – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD80116. [6:01] Serge Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado; Stefan Vladar, p. DG 429396-2. [7:53] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: La Guitarra
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In the Spotlight 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Connor Garvey live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Sacred music by Randall Thompson and other American composers. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Gioachino Rossini La scala di seta Overture – National Phil/Riccardo Chailly. London 400049-2. [5:57] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 – Gareth Hulse, ob; Nash Ensemble. Virgin Classics 61448-2 (2). [14:50] Erik Satie Trois Gymnopédies – Christopher Parkening, g. EMI CDC7-548532. [7:03] Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.42817. [23:30] 1:00 Richard Addinsell Warsaw Concerto – Valentina Lisitsa, p; BBC Concert Orch. Decca 4789454. [8:41] Henryk Wieniawski Polonaise de concert (Polonaise brillante #1 in D), Op. 4 – Leila Josefowicz, v; St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 4544402. [5:31] Antonin Dvorák Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104 – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlávek. London B0019765-02. [38:42] 2:00 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Virgin Classics 61317-2. [31:07] Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 4316802. [7:22] Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana: Prelude and O Lola (Siciliana) – Richard Tucker, Metropolitan Opera Orch/Nello Santi. Sony 90999 (2). [7:53] Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: Aria and chorus, Viva il vino spuneggiante – Roberto Alagna, t; London Voices, Royal Opera House Orch/Mark Elder. EMI CDC5-57627-2. [3:33] 3:00 Arturo Márquez Danzon – Montpellier Phil/Enrique Arturo Diemecke. Actes Sud AD-085. [9:50] Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Chamber Ensemble. Telarc CD-80361. [10:08] Claude Debussy La Mer – Philadelphia Orch/ Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC555120-2. [26:04] Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – London Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG 423104-2. [10:23]
Thomas Adès
New from the Met: The Exterminating Angel This new production and US premiere was a highlight of fall 2017 at the Metropolitan Opera, and a recorded performance is included in this month’s sequence of Saturdaymatinee broadcasts. The innovative and acclaimed British-born composer Thomas Adès based his 2016 opera on the classic film by Luis Buñuel of the same name. It was premiered at that summer’s Salzburg Festival. The plot is a surreal fantasy about an elite group of dinner-party guests who find themselves inexplicably imprisoned in the living room of their hosts’ home after dinner. Over the next couple of days they experience hunger, thirst, and eventually delusions and hallucinations. One guest dies; another is singled out for a sacrifice. The guests suddenly escape as inexplicably as they were imprisoned, but will this salvation last? Adès himself is the conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and a cast including Alice Coote, Iestyn Davies, Christian Van Horn, and John Tomlinson.
Saturday, April 21, 12:00 pm
Peter Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 – Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 457064-2. [17:51] Shaham is the guest soloist on tonight’s Chicago Symphony broadcast at 8:00. Sergei Rachmaninoff Six Pieces, Op. 11 – Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony SK-47199. [23:36] 5:00 Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Hector Berlioz Overture, Le Corsaire, Op. 21 – Detroit Sym/Paul Paray. Mercury 4343282. [7:51] Williams ET, the Extra-Terrestrial film music: Flying theme – London Sym/ 2018
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John Williams. Sony 706362. [3:42] Torke Bright Blue Music – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Argo 433071-2. [9:07] Kalhor Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur – Silk Road Ensemble. Sony SK-89782. [15:33] Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia – Orchestre De Paris/ Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI CMS5-67807-2 (4). [9:00] 6:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, Jeunehomme – Alexandre Tharaud, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie. Erato 462626-8. [31:00] Johann Sebastian Bach Solo Harpsichord Concerto in c, BWV 981, after B Marcello – Alexandre Tharaud, p. Harmonia Mundi HMC901871. [10:10] Arcangelo Corelli Recorder Sonata in F, Op. 5/4 – Frans Brüggen, r; Gustav Leonhardt, hc; Anner Bylsma, vc. Teldec 93669-2. [11:36] Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in f minor, Op. 8, RV 297, Winter – Amsterdam Guitar Trio. RCA 61652-2. [8:58] Claude Debussy Printemps – Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.572583. [15:18] Zoltán Kodály Summer Evening – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447109-2. [16:26] Astor Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons in Buenos Aires): Otoño Porteño (Autumn) – Daniel Barenboim, p; Rodolfo Mederos, bandoneon; Hector Console, db. Teldec 13474-2. [4:49] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: John Storgards, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin – Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e. Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in e. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite (/Carlos Miguel Prieto). 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The art of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor
Monday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Edward Elgar Falstaff (Symphonic Study in c), Op. 68 – London Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 4251552. [35:09] Robert Johnson Greensleeves – Baltimore Consort. Dorian DOR-90142. [5:04] Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff: Final fugue, Tutta nel mondo è burla – Bryn Terfel, other soloists, Berlin Radio Choir & Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 471194-2. [3:25] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
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including today’s new release, plus: Ambroise Thomas Mignon Overture – Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. DG 4236982. [8:04] George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata in F, HWV 392 – Brook Street Band. Avie AV-2357. [12:09] 11:00 Franz Schubert Impromptus, D. 899 (Op. 90): No. 2 in E-Flat – Krystian Zimerman, p. DG 423612-2. [4:50] Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 7/3 – Anthony Robson, ob; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN-0579. [7:40] 12:00 Newscast • Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1 in g minor – Mark Zinger, v; Allen Dameron, p. Private Recording. [3:33] Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:4 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Norwegian Chamber Orch. EMI CDC5-56960-2. [17:58] Johann Strauss II On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz – Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl. Philips 411119-2. [10:01] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G, R. 437 (Op. 10/6) – Patrick Gallois, f; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437839-2. [7:22] Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 1 in D – Er-Gene Kahng, violin; Janacek Philharmonic/Ryan Cockerham. Albany TROY-1706. [24:07] 2:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat minor, Op. 36 – Yekwon Sunwoo, p. Decca B0027008-02. [19:53] Johann Sebastian Bach Trio Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 525 – Julian Bream, l; George Malcolm, hc. RCA 61603-2. [10:45] Johann Christian JC Bach Sinfonia in D, Op. 3/1 – Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead. CPO 999268-2. [9:30] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Serge Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 3, Op. 101 – Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80597. [17:39] Gerald Finzi Romance in E-Flat, Op. 11 – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5101. [7:01] Antonin Dvorák Romance in f minor, Op. 11 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck. DG B0019303-02. [12:15] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27/2, Moonlight – Vladimir Horowitz, p. RCA 60375-2-RG. [16:01] Arthur Honegger Pastorale d’été – Netherlands Radio Phil/Jean
Fournet. Denon CO-78831. [7:30] Antonin Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Czech Phil/ Bohumil Gregor. Supraphon 110526-2 (2). [9:25] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The string quartets of Schubert 8:00 Live from WFMT: Victor Asuncion, piano 10:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 11:00 Franz Schubert An Sylvia; Ständchen (Hark, Hark, the Lark) – Arleen Auger, s; Lambert Orkis, p. Virgin Classics 61457-2 (2). [4:41] Franz Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, D. 897 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Maximilian Hornung, vc; Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4797570. [8:07]
Tuesday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Alexander Glazunov Suite, From the Middle Ages in E, Op. 79 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8804. [23:20] Ottorino Respighi Three Preludes on Gregorian Melodies – Konstantin Scherbakov, p. Naxos 8.553704. [15:37] Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Courante – Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer. Boston Skyline BSD-118. [4:17] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Antonio Meneses, vc; Menahem Pressler, p. Avie AV-2103. [13:05] Edward Elgar The Spanish Lady: Excerpts – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2. [8:10] 11:00 George Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me – Julia Shaw & Nora Bumanis, h’s. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1103. [3:19] Gioachino Rossini Matinées musicales – National Phil/Richard Bonynge. London 410139-2. [13:10] 12:00 Newscast • Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 3 in A-Flat, Polka – Katia & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 426264-2. [4:42] Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Finnish Radio Sym/Leif Segerstam. Bis CD-325. [11:07] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Jaromir Weinberger Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue – London Sym/Morton Gould. Varese Sarabande 47209. [8:23] Paul Taffanel Fantasy on Der
Freischütz – Davide Formisano, f; Phillip Moll, p. Preiser PR90516. [11:39] Leo Weiner Pastorale, Fantasia and Fugue – Budapest Sym/Andras Korodi. Hungaroton HCD-31992. [20:46] 2:00 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 3 in G – Ama Deus Ensemble/Valentin Radu. Helicon HE-1016. [9:17] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto in c, BWV 1060 – Johnny Gandelsman, v; Adam Hollander, ob; The Knights. Warner 0825646170982. [12:35] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Gabriel Fauré Pavane, Op 50 – English Chamber Orch/Paul Tortelier. Virgin Classics 90707-2. [5:32] Gioachino Rossini William Tell: Ballet Music – Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/ Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [17:42] George Gershwin Catfish Row Suite – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. London B0015311-02. [23:43] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture – Cincinnati Pops/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [9:55] Modest Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Prelude, Dawn on the Moskva River – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK-37770. [5:40] Nino Rota Castel del Monte (Ballad for Horn & Orch) – Guido Corti, fh; I Virtuosi Italiani/Marzio Conti. Chandos CHAN-9954. [10:07] Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – London Phil/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49055-2. [14:26] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The string quartets of Schubert 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore • Johann Strauss Sr. Radetzky March – Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel. RCA 68421-2 (2). [3:32] 9:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center/David Shifrin. Delos DE-3185 (2). [11:00] CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A, Wq. 172 – Janos Starker, vc; Santa Fe Festival Orch. Delos DE-3197. [19:58] 10:00 Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in b-flat minor, Op. 31 – Emanuel Ax, p. CBS MK-44544. [10:20] 11:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre, Op. 40 – Yuja Wang, p. DG B0016606-02. [7:52]
Wednesday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Gothenburg Sym/ Neeme Järvi. DG 437523-2. [14:43] Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Joshua Bell, v; Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. London 452851-2. [22:52] Barber Adagio for Strings – Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Foster. RCA 60012-2. [8:20] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Sheep May Safely Graze – Christopher Parkening, g; LA Chamber Orch. EMI 47195-2. [5:50] Gioachino Rossini Matilde di Shabran Overture – Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda. Naxos 8.570935. [9:30] 11:00 Carl Friedrich Abel Flute Concerto #5 in G – Georgia Browne, f; Nordic Affect. Brilliant Classics 94304. [16:27] Ludwig van Beethoven Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op 85: Chorus, Hallelujah! – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80458. [4:00] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Tomer Gewirtzman live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Maurice Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite – Chicago Sym/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683. [15:52] Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in b minor, BWV 1067 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul. EMI CDC5-57111-2. [19:36] 2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor – Emerson String Quartet. DG 427657-2. [23:41] Giuseppe Tartini Pastorale for violin in scordatura – Ingolf Turban, v; English Chamber Orch/Marcello Viotti. Claves CD-50-9017. [12:13] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 4 in D-Flat, Dumka – Cleveland Orch/ George Szell. Sony SBK89845. [5:08] Virgil Thomson Acadian Songs and Dances from Louisiana Story – New London Orch/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [14:58] John Williams Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone film music: Hedwig’s Theme, Christmas at Hogwarts, Nimbus 2000, Leaving Hogwarts, Harry’s Wondrous World – City of Prague Phil/James Fitzpatrick. Silva SILCD-1251. [16:25]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 4434442. [10:40] Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Maurice André, tr; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDC5-56260-2. [20:11] Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 – Virtuosi di Praga/Oldrich Vlcek. Discover Int’l DICD-920236. [19:10] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The string quartets of Schubert 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore • Ferdinando Carulli Guitar Concerto in A, Op. 140 – Kazuhito Yamashita, g; Leos Janacek Chamber Orch. RCA 5914-2. [13:18] 9:00 Domenico Cimarosa Two-Flute Concerto in G – Shigenori Kudo, f; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal, f. Sony SK-45930. [16:45] Break 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 26 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Gilbert & Sullivan The Yeomen of the Guard Overture – Royal Phil/Sir Malcolm Sargent. London B0001226-02. [5:15] Antonin Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 – Czech Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU-35332031. [14:01] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Eric Ruske, fh; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Mackerras. Telarc CD-80367. [16:01] Flanders-Swann Ill Wind (after Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4) – Michael Flanders, br; Donald Swann, p. EMI CDS7-97464-2 (3). [2:46] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – André Watts, p; New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Philips 456985-2 (2). [18:21] Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: No. 1, Shepherd’s Boy – Andrei Gavrilov, p. DG 437522-2. [5:23] 11:00 Georges Bizet The Carmen Ballet: Torero – Boston Pops/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 625772. [2:46] Juan Crisostomo Arriaga Quartet #2 in A – Casals String Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMI-987038. [20:15] 12:00 Newscast • Heitor VillaLobos Bachianas brasileiras
No. 7: II. Giga – Royal Phil/ Enrique Bàtiz. EMI CDC747433-2. [4:50] Georges Bizet Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 – Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI 75462-2 (2). [10:49] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Gioachino Rossini The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture – London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington. EMI CDC7-54091-2. [8:20] Ottorino Respighi Brazilian Impressions – Cincinnati Sym/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80356. [19:02] Villa-Lobos Suite Floral – Brazilian Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3409. [7:39] 2:00 Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 – Philharmonia/George Weldon. EMI CDZ7-62529-2. [7:03] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concert Rondo in D, K. 382 – English Chamber Orch/ Murray Perahia, p. CBS MK42448. [10:17] Erik Satie Trois Gymnopédies – Seattle Sym/ Gerard Schwarz. Koch 3-73582. [9:03] Claude Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun – Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim NG 5012270001. DG 4794648. [10:23] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; BBC Sym/ Andrew Litton. Avie AV-2375. [25:14] Traditional Medley of Scots Tunes – Rachel Barton Pine & Alasdair Fraser, v’s; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Alexander Platt. Cedille 083 (2). [5:56] Scottish Traditional Skye Boat Song – King’s Singers; Manuel Barrueco, g. EMI CDC7-54904-2. [4:17] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino Overture – Philharmonia/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5120. [7:23] Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. DG 400035-2. [15:42] Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto in G, G. 480 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas. Virgin Classics 90805-2. [16:48] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051 – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center/David Shifrin. Delos DE-3185 (2). [16:29] CPE Bach Flute Concerto in a – JeanPierre Rampal, f; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla. CBS M2K-44690 (2). [23:00] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The string quartets of Schubert
8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore • Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Concerto (Op. 21) – Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-48383. [18:08] 9:00 Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. DG 419407-2. [11:01] Maurice Ravel Boléro – Canadian Brass. RCA 63670-2. [4:17] 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor – Mahler: Symphony No. 7, Song of the Night.
Friday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Gioachino Rossini William Tell Overture – Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 0825646243440. [11:34] Igor Stravinsky Petrouchka Suite – Moscow Phil/Igor Stravinsky. Melodiya 33220-2. [18:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Albert Ketèlby In a Chinese Temple Garden – Jenny Lin, p. Bis 1110. [6:05] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in a minor, BWV 1041 – Elizabeth Wallfisch, v; Age of Enlightenment Orch. Virgin Classics 59319-2. [13:25] 11:00 Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D: Canon – Richard Hickox Orch. London 417688-2. [4:58] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459 – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, p; Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy. Chandos CHAN-10958. [25:50] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Antonin Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Op. 95, From the New World – Dallas Sym/Jaap van Zweden. DSO Live. [42:22] 2:00 Tan Dun Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1 – Shen Lu, p. Steinway & Sons 30039. [13:57] Béla Bartók Two Portraits, Op. 5 – Jennifer Koh, v; Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar. Cedille 089. [11:54] Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar. Pentatone PTC-5186471. [15:02] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco Overture – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. London 4783559. [6:57] Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Gli arredi festivi; Va pensiero – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 430226-2. [9:32] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, 2018
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In the Spotlight
Olivier Messiaen
The Chicago Symphony: Messiaen’s Turangalila In spring 2015, guest conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony, a work that also features the electronic sounds of the instrument called ondes martenot. The title comes from two Sanskrit words, the first meaning Time and the second meaning Love. When the work was completed in 1948, the composer called it a song of love; the original inspiration was the legend of Tristan and Isolde. In several contrasting movements, it lasts slightly over an hour. Messiaen has been described as experiencing synesthesia, in which the brain associates sounds with colors, and the harmonies and timbres of Turangalila are most definitely colorful in the acoustic sense. Words that have been used to characterize the symphony include “ecstatic” and “otherworldly.” Salonen, who is a composer himself as well as a conductor, once recalled the shock he felt when he first heard this symphony, saying that it showed him a new kind of aural landscape. He felt inspired by it to write music himself. Thibaudet, who plays the symphony’s piano part, will open the program with a performance of Maurice Ravel’s G Major Piano Concerto.
Sunday, April 29, 8:00 pm set 2 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDFB5-69358-2 (2). [16:55] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher 30
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Hogwood. Oiseau 414187-2 (2). [15:01] Ludwig van Beethoven Andante Favori in F, WoO 57 – András Schiff, p. ECM 1945/46 (B0009660-02). [8:22] Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 – Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton. London B0013372-02 (3). [9:45] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The string quartets of Schubert 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore • George Gershwin An American in Paris: in miniature – Richard Glazier, p. Centaur CRC-2577. [5:44] 9:00 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Philharmonia/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 411106-2. [12:14] 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: For this Composer Spotlight, Seth focuses on the music of Alvin Singleton. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Folksinger-songwriter John Prine from 1970
Saturday 28 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Massenet’s “Cendrillon” – Joyce DiDonato (Cinderella); Kathleen Kim (Fairy); Alice Coote (Prince Charming); Stephanie Blythe (Mme de la Haltière); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Bertrand de Billy. 3:15 PoetryNow with the Poetry Foundation: Roberto Harrison reads and discusses artificial death. 3:30 Weekend Music on WFMT Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [13:40] Jules Massenet Thaïs: Méditation – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v; New York Chamber Sym/ Gerard Schwarz. EMI CDC749276-2. [7:26] Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Gerard Caussé, vi; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h. Erato 0190295773960. [17:58] Debussy Préludes, Book 1: X. La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) – Ivan Moravec, p. VAI VAIA-1043 (2). [6:26] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: A centenary tribute to the Wagnerian soprano Astrid Varnay. Break
5:00 Weekend Music on WFMT Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy – Chicago Sym Orch Brass. CSO Resound 9011101. [15:18] Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – English Sinfonia/John Farrer. Carlton 30366-00542. [15:57] Igor Stravinsky Five Easy Pieces – Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. Albany TROY-339. [6:20] Antonio Vivaldi FourViolin Concerto in b, Op 3/10 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 410553-2. [9:00] 6:00 Claude Debussy Three Nocturnes – Berlin Radio Cho, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 471332-2. [22:24] Various Meditation on Laura; So in Love; Begin the Beguine – Jenny Lin, p. Steinway & Sons 30011. [13:47] John Duarte Joan Baez Suite – Sharon Isbin, g. Sony 45456-2. [15:57] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Portuguese Powerhouse 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Diana Jones live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: New releases of sacred choral and organ music. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Serge Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – London Phil/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49055-2. [21:02] Peter Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence – Music@Menlo Ensemble. Music@Menlo 2016 Russian Reflections, Vol 8. [35:27] Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 – London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 68218-2. [46:38] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482 – Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG 415488-2. [39:08] Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Julia Fischer, v; Monte Carlo Phil/ Yakov Kreizberg. London B0015535-02. [14:27] 3:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Bridge 9250. [25:03] Hugo Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody #1, Op. 19, Midsommarvaka – Royal Stockholm Phil/ Neeme Järvi. Bis CD-725. [13:30] Emmanuel Chabrier España Rhapsody – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein.
Sony SFK-47279. [6:04] 4:00 Gioachino Rossini Semiramide Overture – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 412893-2. [11:43] Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Queen of the Night’s Aria, Der Hölle Rache – Natalie Dessay, s; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Louis Langrée. EMI CDC5-67830-2 (2). [2:56] Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on Mozart’s Bei Männern, WoO 46 – Jan Vogler, vc; Bruno Canino, p. Berlin Classics 0011672. [9:03] Haydn Wind Divertimento – Ensemble Vienna-Berlin. CBS MK-39558. [10:55] Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a – Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 410083-2. [20:26] 5:00 Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61958-2. [5:14] Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – Berlin Phil/Sir Simon Rattle. Warner Classics 84519-2. [35:51] Peter Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Pittsburgh Sym/ Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-48382. [8:22] Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Suite – Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 453434-2. [29:42] Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart. Virgin Classics 61194-2. [24:35] 7:00 Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in b – Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4791728. [29:48] Various The Butterfly Lovers: I, Falling in Love – Xuefei Yang, g. EMI Classics 06322-2. [8:43] Michael Praetorius Dance Suite – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3132. [10:02] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: EsaPekka Salonen, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Valérie Hartmann-Claverie, ondes martenot – Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Beethoven.
Monday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka – Vienna Boys’ Cho/ Uwe Harrer; Franz Farnberger, Helmut Froschauer, p’s. Philips 6514185. [2:49] Serge Prokofiev Ten Pieces from
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: Excerpts – Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics 1016. [15:57] Charles Gounod Roméo et Juliette: Ballet Music – Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson. EMI CDCC5-56123-2 (3). [18:15] Ignace Jan Paderewski Minuet in G – Joseph Cooper, p. London 433878-2. [4:17] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Peter Tchaikovsky Yevgeny Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise and Waltz – Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi. Virgin Classics 45609-2. [10:58] Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque – Inon Barnatan, p. Avie AV-2256. [16:52] 11:00 George Frideric Handel Solomon: Act 3 Sinfonia, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Taverner Players/ Andrew Parrott. EMI CDM769853-2. [2:46] Gustav Holst Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2 – Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell. Telarc CD-80038. [11:20] 12:00 Newscast • Jacques Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne: Selections – Boston Pops/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 618472. [4:55] César Franck Violin Sonata in A – Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Kirill Gerstein, p. Myrios Classics MYR-008. [26:47] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582 – BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin. Chandos CHAN-9835. [13:42] Georg Philipp Telemann Overture (Suite) in B-Flat, Völker – Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN0593. [20:28] William Grant Still Folk Suite #1 – Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand String Quartet. Koch 3-7192-2. [7:30] 2:00 Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod – New Philharmonia/ Carlos Paita. Lodia CD-783/4 (2). [19:10] Claude Debussy Préludes, Book 2: #s 7-12 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. DG 4779982. [21:12] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318, Overture in the Italian Style – English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDC7-47327-2. [9:15] Mozart Piano Sonata No. 14 in c minor, K. 457 – Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics . [19:01] Johann Strauss II Vienna Blood Waltz – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 410027-2. [8:49] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the
news: Mily Balakirev Islamey, Oriental Fantasy – Olga Kern, p. Harmonia Mundi 907399. [9:10] Isaac Albéniz Torre Bermeja – Alirio Diaz, g. Vanguard SVC-48. [4:34] Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 – Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim.
EMI CDM7-64869-2. [19:34] Williams Memoirs of A Geisha film music: Excerpts – Itzkah Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Orch/John Williams. Sony 74708. [15:00] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Voices from the East
April Sponsors Julie and Roger Baskes • Jewish Heritage Programming BMO Harris Bank • Ask Geoffrey segments on Chicago Tonight • Check, Please! Binny’s Beverage Depot • Dishalicious Brinson Foundation • NOVA Broadway In Chicago • Dishalicious William and Joan Brodsky • Jewish Heritage Programming Carlson Laboratories • Dishalicious City Club of Chicago • Chicago Tonight Clifford Law Offices • Closed captioning of local productions ComEd • Chicago Tonight • Programming celebrating diverse voices Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation • Jewish Heritage Programming Howard and Ursula Dubin Foundation • BBC World News • Chicago Tonight Julius N. Frankel Foundation • Chicago Tonight Joel M. Friedman, President, Alvin H. Baum Family Fund • Science segments on Chicago Tonight Friendship Village • Dishalicious Lloyd A. Fry Foundation • Chicago Tonight GE Monogram Appliances • Dishalicious Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitor Bureau • Dishalicious Illinois Arts Council Agency • Arts programming The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center • Jewish Heritage Programming The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. • Chicago Tonight Russell and Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust, a partner of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation • Arts segments on Chicago Tonight
Leo J. & Roslyn L. Krupp Family Foundation • Jewish Heritage Programming John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Chicago Tonight Sonia T. Marschak, in memory of Julia Englanderova • Jewish Heritage Programming Alexandra and John Nichols • Chicago Tonight Northshore University Health System • Dishalicious William F. O’Connor Foundation • Chicago Tonight George and Sarah Ohlhausen Foundation • Jewish Heritage Programming Organic Valley • Dishalicious Polk Bros. Foundation • Chicago Tonight Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation • Chicago Tonight Senior Lifestyle Communities • Dishalicious Thompson Coburn LLP • Chicago Tonight Visit Middleton • Dishalicious William Blair •P rogramming celebrating diverse voices
8:00 To be announced 10:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 11:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken. Accent ACC-24279. [18:59]
Thank You The Admiral at the Lake • Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Mr. and Mrs. William G. Brown • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin The John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Foundation • Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum Family • Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation • Impromptu • Live from WFMT Family Law Offices of Davis Friedman • Baroque & Before with Candice Agree •C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts Friends of Oliver Dragon • I nternational programs and remote broadcasts The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family • Introductions • Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts Negaunee Foundation • Introductions Les Nomades • Los Angeles Opera • Metropolitan Opera • San Francisco Opera Piano Trends Music & Band Company • Introductions PNC Wealth Management • Sunday Fine Arts Calendar
Aldi • WTTW Kids Big Idea Tour Carlson for Kids • WTTW Kids Big Idea Tour Happy Family • WTTW Kids Big Idea Tour Junction Diner • Children’s programming Russell and Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust, a partner of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation • Children’s programming
Poetry Foundation • Spoken Word programming Joyce Saxon • Fiesta Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Wintrust • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Helen Zell • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Morton Arboretum • Nature Cat (local sponsor) Edmond and Alice Opler Foundation • Children’s programming Physicians Immediate Care • WTTW Kids Big Idea Tour Segal Family Foundation • Children’s programming – Super Why!
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