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From the President & CEO Dear Member, As a member-supported and purpose-driven organization, it is in times like these that we earn the public’s trust. It is our responsibility to ensure that citizens in our city and region have the information and resources they need to make informed choices. Now more than ever, we are committed to fulfilling this public media mission and hope you will turn to us in the coming days for trusted coverage and content services: COVID-19: Across our platforms, we will bring you developing news and fact-based information about this developing and critical public health issue – through our coronavirus resource hub at wttw.com/coronavirus, daily WTTW News and PBS NewsHour coverage, and PBS Kids resources for parents and caregivers. Children’s Programming: During the day on our primary channel, and 24/7 on our dedicated kids channel and atꢀwttw.com/kids, families depend on WTTW to be a trusted and safe source of educational and entertaining programming for the very youngest members of our community. During these uncertain days, I am reminded of PBS Kids treasure Fred Rogers who said: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” All WTTW kids can learn these lifelong lessons from PBS Kids characters and heroes. Arts & Drama: Just as you expect essential news and educational programming, many will also be looking for a moment ofꢀbeautiful musicꢀand companionship on WFMT, a historical documentary from theꢀAmerican Experience or Ken Burns library, a journey to the far ends of the earth onꢀNOVAꢀorꢀNature, or a virtual adventure onꢀChicago’s ‘L’. is month on WTTW, we premiere the new Masterpiece miniseries World on Fire, a seven-part British drama that follows ordinary people grappling with the effects of World War II on their everyday lives. is is one of several programs that look back on that conflict, and also the Holocaust during this month of remembrance. Explore andꢀstreamꢀall of this content as you hunker down in the coming days. For the 17th consecutive year, Americans named PBS and member stations as ourꢀmost trusted institution. Please know that WTTW and WFMT, along with public media organizations across the country, are joining with our supporters – you – to serve the needs of our community during this critical time. ank you.
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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope
The Cold War Story
When America’s trade embargo left the island of Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban doctors were forced to get creative, developing lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise that some Americans are traveling to Cuba to seek medical treatment.
The world we live in today is, in many ways, characterized by the decades-long conflict between East and West that emerged after the end of World War II. This film traces the history of the Cold War, revealing the story behind behind the images we know so well.
Wednesday, April 1, 9:00 pm
Thursday, April 23, 8:00 pm
A Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries More than 30 animatronic “spy cameras” disguised as animals secretly record animal behavior in the wild. These Spy Creatures reveal that animals show emotions and behavior similar to humans - a capacity to love, grieve, deceive, cooperate, and invent.
Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 pm
See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.
In the Spotlight
Afternoon tea
Secrets of the Royal Kitchens If you’ve ever wondered what is in the Royal refrigerator, this documentary dishes out the truth - and more, including the Queen’s favorite home dining spot, which might have something in common with yours. This program is a deliciously entertaining romp through the kitchens of the world’s most famous family.
Thursday, April 2 8:00 pm
Wednesday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Desert Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 3) [R] 3:00 Independent Lens: One Child Nation [R] 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: Cuba’s Wild Revolution In the crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean, Cuba is an island teeming with exotic biodiversity: from coral reefs pulsating with life to fivefoot-long Cuban rock iguanas. 9:00 NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban doctors were forced to get creative, developing lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise that some Americans are traveling to Cuba for treatment. 10:00 Earth’s Sacred Wonders: Closer to the Divine Travel to Japan, where a Shinto devotee undertakes a grueling challenge at a sacred waterfall. A young Muslim helps re-plaster a mosque in Mali. At a New York City cathedral, an Episcopal priest brings people and their pets closer to God. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Secrets of the Dead: Ben Franklin’s Bones [R] 1:30 Frontline: Plastic Wars [R] 2:30 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story – American Masters [R] 4:00 Jay’s Chicago: A Better World [R] 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 Royal Kitchens 9:00 Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal Canadian funnymen and best friends Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman return to their hometown to seek out the best Jewish
eateries Montreal offers, unlocking the city’s intriguing past and marveling at its vibrant present and future. 10:00 Shelter Me: In Times of Need Hosted by Hilary Swank, this film focuses on an innovative program where Alzheimer’s facilities foster orphaned kittens, engaging seniors at the memory care facilities in profound ways. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Cuba’s Wild Revolution See Wed. Apr. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope See Wed. Apr. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Earth’s Sacred Wonders: Closer to the Divine See Wed. Apr. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Polio Crusade: American Experience [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
Ripert are amazed by Julia Child’s hands-on treatment of a whole fish. 10:30 Dishing with Julia Child: The Good Loaf Vivian Howard, Marcus Samuelsson, Carla Hall, and Sara Moulton follow Julia Child’s breadmaking recipes for classic pain de mie and a raisin bread. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Sensational Seafood In the season finale, take a look back at some area seafood restaurants reviewed on the show. 8:30 Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer (Part 1 of 3) Host Geoffrey Baer explores the beautiful parks and historic neighborhoods along Chicago’s boulevard system and reveals the forgotten history of biking in the city. 9:00 Somewhere South: Porridge for the Soul Join Vivian at a dinner honoring pioneering chef Edna Lewis. 10:00 Dishing with Julia Child: The Whole Fish Story José Andrés and Eric
Mark Williams as Father Brown
Father Brown New Season! This popular British mystery series, set in the 1950s and based on the stories by GK Chesterton, is back for a longawaited new season! Follow Father Brown, the enigmatic Catholic priest, as he uses his uncanny intuition, wit, and intellect to solve some hugely baffling crimes in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford. In the season premiere, a mysterious saboteur tries to stop Kembleford winning the Three Counties choir competition.
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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.
9 Months That Made You Saturday, April 4 at 7:00 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.
Follow the story of how, from a fertilized egg, you took on human form in the womb. Chart the metamorphosis from the lizard-like, mouse-like, and monkey-like forms you once took on, until the moment around 12 weeks when you became unmistakably human.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: An illustration of a fetus in a womb
Before We Die Monday, April 20 at 11:00 pm In this compelling thriller, police detective Hanna Svensson steps in to handle a mysterious informant in a criminal organization when her colleague and lover, Sven, goes missing. From Walter Presents, in Swedish with English subtitles.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Alexej Manvelov
Coming to WTTW Create this month 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.
Don’t miss a brand new batch of how-to shows coming to WTTW Create in April, including: Samantha Brown’s Places to Love; Travels with Darley; George Hirsch Lifestyle; 100 Days, Drinks Dishes and Destinations; Jazzy Vegetarian; and Ciao Italia.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Chef George Hirsch, George Hirsch Lifestyle
America ReFramed: Night School Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00 pm
WTTW World WTTW World features public media’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.
Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. This absorbing documentary follows three high school dropouts - Greg, Melissa, and Shynika - who have all had their individual setbacks, but are optimistic about earning their high school diplomas and changing their lives. Watch as they strive for the educational success that eluded them the first time around.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Shynika in the classroom
Movie Night Friday, April 10 at 5:00 pm
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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This family night features hour-long specials The Daniel Tiger Movie: Won’t You Be Our Neighbor?, Pinkalicious & Peterrific: A Pinkaperfect Birthday, Peg + Cat Save the World, and Nature Cat: The Return of Bad Dog Bart.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Peg flies to the White House, Peg + Cat Save the World
In the Spotlight Saturday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Secrets of the Royal Kitchens See Thurs. Apr. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Shelter Me: In Times of Need See Thurs. Apr. 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: Plastic Wars [R] 3:30 Dreams of Hope [R] 4:30 Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer (Part 1 of 3) See Fri. Apr. 3 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
Ardal O’Hanlon as DI Jack Mooney
Death in Paradise New Season! The latest in a progression of proper London detectives, DI Jack Mooney, has struggled to cope with the climate, the culture, and the islanders’ foreign ways of doing things, as he continues to find himself with a myriad of bizarre crimes to solve. As a new season begins, New Year’s Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home.
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
Lauren Lee Smith and Chantal Riley
Frankie Drake Mysteries New Series! This quirky and fun detective series stars Lauren Lee Smith as Frankie and Chantel Riley as Trudy. In the opener, Frankie and Trudy are hired to root out communists at a factory, but things soon take a deadly turn.
Saturdays, 10:00 pm
MORNING 5:30-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Step it Up with Steph: Boost Your Energy Steph tackles the issue of low energy with a doctor of naturopathy and a licensed clinical therapist. 9:30 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg: Delicious Chili and Pasties 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Flavor of Poland: Toru Aleksandra takes a stroll through the Old Market Square, visits the Toru gingerbread factory, and takes part in a tasting at one of the city’s modern restaurants. 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Sweetest Hits AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Southern Finger Lakes, New York 1:00 A Chef’s Life: A Food Truck and a Pear Tree 1:30 Simply Ming: On the Road in California – Santa Cruz 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Fare 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Aegean Cuisine 3:30 Martha Bakes: Embellished Pies 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Joy of Cooking Lebanon 4:30 Check, Please! Sensational Seafood See Fri. Apr. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves Special: Luther and the Reformation Rick sheds light on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by exploring the complicated political world of 16th century Europe. EVENING 6:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Politically Collect (Part 2 of 2) Part 2 includes 20th century presidential autographs, 1947 political cartoons, and a Congressional desk and chair. 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
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Father Brown: The Celestial Choir 8:00 Death in Paradise 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The Rascal Cook When a dead rat makes an appearance on Hiverna restaurant’s menu, head chef Len Tekler suspects someone is trying to prevent him from winning Arden Restaurant of the Year. 10:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Ladies in Red 11:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 1 of 8) [R]
Sunday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Chaperone on Masterpiece [R] 2:00 Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal See Thurs. Apr. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Somewhere South: Porridge for the Soul See Fri. Apr. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Dishing with Julia Child: The Whole Fish Story See Fri. Apr. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Dishing with Julia Child: The Good Loaf See Fri. Apr. 3 at 10:30 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 The McLaughlin Group The popular weekly conversation roundtable is back, now hosted by Tom Rogan with analysts Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, and Clarence Page, plus a variety of guests weighing in the latest in politics, policies, and personalities. 11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Citizen Soldier: The American Revolution with David Hackett Fischer Pulitzer Prize-winning authors David Hackett Fischer and Rick Atkinson discuss the history of the American Revolution. 12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Frankfurt and Nurnberg 1:00 To Dine for with Kate Sullivan: Playwright Katori Hall 1:30 Tastemakers Emmy-winning producer and host Cat Neville continues her journey through American food and drink with new groups of makers, farmers, and chefs. 2:00 POV Shorts: Making Memories Watch two films about history and memory with a 21st-century twist: Wendy’s Shabbat and 116 Cameras. 2:30 Call to Remember David Schaecter takes us through his emotional life story, from a bucolic childhood amidst
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vineyards in Czechoslovakia, to his and his brother Jakob’s struggle for survival in Auschwitz, and finally, to David’s dramatic escape from the Nazis. Project Echo: A Democracy of Knowledge This film reveals one of the most innovative and far-reaching health initiatives on our planet, developed to meet the challenge of an epidemic of hepatitis C caused by heroin addiction. Fires of Faith This film narrated by actor Geoffrey Palmer explores the events leading up to the publication of the King James Bible.
EVENING 6:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Ladies in Red See Sat. Apr. 4 at 10:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 2 of 8) Fred and Sister Monica Joan catch a woman stealing the team’s milk. When they learn she is pregnant, they bring her into the maternity home. Romance blooms between Miss Higgins and Sergeant Woolf. 8:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) 9:00 The Windermere Children
In the Spotlight
Iain Glen (Jock) coaches a game
The Windermere Children In August 1945, a coachload of children arrives at Lake Windermere, England. They are child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust that has devastated Europe’s Jewish population. Haunted by nightmares, the children find family in each other as they rebuild their lives.
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Cat in the Hat Pinkalicious & Peterrific Curious George Nature Cat Wild Kratts Molly of Denali Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Let’s Go Luna Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sesame Street Pinkalicious & Peterrific
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Pinkalicious & Peterrific Nature Cat Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Sesame Street Dinosaur Train Let’s Go Luna Nature Cat Wild Kratts Molly of Denali Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
10:30 Check, Please! Sensational Seafood [R] 11:00 Wild Travels 11:30 Austin City Limits: Patty Griffin/The Revivalists
Monday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Bluegrass Underground: Glen Hansard 1:00 Father Brown: The Celestial Choir See Sat. Apr. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Apr. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The Rascal Cook See Sat. Apr. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 POV Shorts: Making Memories See Sun. Apr. 5 at 2:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Poetry in America: Urban Love Poem – Marilyn Chin 5:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Terrariums – Life Under Glass MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Treasure Fever The Roadshow examines 8
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5:00 Arthur 5:30 Odd Squad
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Dinosaur Train Sesame Street Sesame Street Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
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Curious George Curious George Dinosaur Train Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Clifford the Big Red Dog Arthur Let’s Go Luna! Nature Cat Wild Kratts Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 10:00 Molly of Denali 10:30 Odd Squad
artifacts and artistry of health and medicine history. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 2 of 3) Discover fantastic finds in Spokane, including a 1961-1963 JFK archive, a grotesque face jug, and Gone with the Wind sketches. 10:00 Broken Places Explore why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 2 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. Apr. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 The Windermere Children See Sun. Apr. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Call to Remember See Sun. Apr. 5 at 2:30 pm. [R] 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
Pinkalicious & P eterrific M-F at 6 :30 am, 11:30 am, and 12:00 pm • S at. at 7 :00 + 7 :30 am
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The Gene: An Intimate History (Part 1 of 2) Patients with rare genetic diseases and their doctors seek to discover cures, often in a race against time. 10:00 Frontline: China Undercover A special undercover report from China’s secretive Xinjiang region. Investigating the Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of Muslims, and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology against the population. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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Wednesday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Treasure Fever See Mon. Apr. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Broken Places See Mon. Apr. 6 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Project Echo: A Democracy of Knowledge See Sun. Apr. 5 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Zofia Wichlacz and Jonah Hauer-King
World on Fire on Masterpiece New Series! Set in Britain, Poland, France, and Germany, the events of the series take place during the first year of the war. In part one: when war breaks out, young translator Harry vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw.
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Geneticist Craig Venter
The Gene: An Intimate History In this new two-part program, powerful personal stories and stunning breakthroughs reveal the historical search for the human genome and the promise of modern research. The film is based on Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee’s best-seller on how genes impact heredity, disease, and behavior.
Tuesdays, April 7 and 14 8:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Remarkable Rabbits There are more than 100 domestic and wild kinds of rabbits and hares, from snowshoe hares to Flemish giants. Despite their remarkable ability to reproduce, many wild rabbits are in danger of being eradicated. 9:00 NOVA: The Truth About Fat 10:00 Earth’s Sacred Wonders: Visions of the Divine Follow a young Yazidi woman as she searches for salvation in Iraq. Meet an orthodox Christian who must deliver a holy flame into the hands of his bishop in Jerusalem. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:30 The Gene: An Intimate History (Part 1 of 2) See Tues. Apr. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline See Tues. Apr. 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Indie Soul Journeys See Sun. Apr. 5 at 10:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Check, Please! Favorite Seafood Restaurants [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Rick Steves European Easter Taking you on a spring journey through Spain, Slovenia, Italy, and Greece, Rick celebrates this 2,000-year-old story in a variety of cultures. 9:00 The Great British Baking Show: Easter Masterclass Join Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood as they showcase some of their favorite Easter recipes. 10:00 Jesus: Countdown to Calvary Hugh Bonneville deconstructs the week leading up to Jesus’s crucifixion. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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Friday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Remarkable Rabbits See Wed. Apr. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: The Truth About Fat See Wed. Apr. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Earth’s Sacred Wonders: Visions of the Divine See Wed. Apr. 8 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Treasure Fever [R]
BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Gibson’s Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q Alpana welcomes James Mahlo of North Center, who recommends the River West eatery Gibson’s Italia; Nancy Emerson from Orland Park, who made a local choice, Q Restaurant; and Kilbourn Park resident Justin Neagle, who loves Lillie’s Q in Wicker Park. 8:30 Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer (Part 2 of 3) 9:00 Somewhere South: Dumpling Dilemma Accompany Vivian on a trip to the Mississippi Delta and farther south to learn that not all dumplings are the same. 10:00 Dishing with Julia Child: Your Own French Onion Soup Rick Bayless marvels over Julia Child’s knife skills and what great training technique she provided in her 200 episodes of The French Chef. 10:30 Dishing with Julia Child: Boeuf Bourguignon Sara 2020
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In the Spotlight Moulton, Carla Hall, José Andrés, and Eric Ripert discuss how comfortable and magnetic Julia Child was in her first episode. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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Tchéky Karyo
Baptiste on Masterpiece New Series! Tchéky Karyo revives his role as French detective Julien Baptiste in this spin-off of The Missing. While visiting his daughter in Amsterdam, Baptiste becomes drawn into a missing person case that may be connected to a human trafficking gang. In part one, Julien hunts for a missing prostitute in Amsterdam’s seamy criminal underworld.
Sundays beginning April 12, 9:00 pm
Blood Sugar Rising Diabetes is an epidemic that affects 100 million Americans, costing more than $350 billion annually. Explore the history and science of this hidden crisis, and meet some of the faces behind the statistics whose stories bring insights and hope.
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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Wild Travels [R] 1:00 The Great British Baking Show: Easter Masterclass See Thurs. Apr. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Rick Steves European Easter See Thurs. Apr. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Fires of Faith See Sun. Apr. 5 at 4:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Step It Up with Steph: Reinvent Yourself Steph also provides delicious food suggestions and a powerful workout to help Lisa, in her mid-40s, get back on track with her health. 9:30 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg: Onion Tart, Pumpkin Rice, and Butter Bean Stew 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Flavor of Poland: Kielce Aleksandra explores the history, culture, and tastes of this city in south central Poland through the viewpoint of its old folk life. 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Roman Interlude AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: A Trip to the Big Easy 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Auckland, New Zealand 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Wanted – Broccoli 1:30 Simply Ming: On the Road in California – Monterey 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Weeknight Italian 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: You Say Tomato, I Say Domata 3:30 Martha Bakes: Frosted Cakes 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Italian the Right Way 4:30 Check, Please! Gibson’s Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q See Fri. Apr. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves European Easter [R] EVENING 6:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport, Part 1
Experience the Roadshow’s groundbreaking visit to Rosecliff mansion. Highlights: a 1939 “The Gold Royal” typewriter, “New Republic Portfolio” prints, and more. 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Queen Bee Father Brown investigates the mysterious death of a beekeeper. 8:00 Death in Paradise DI Jack Mooney and the team are put to the test when a celebrated artist is poisoned in her studio. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Ill Met By Moonlight Lady Tania discovers that her rebellious daughter Mia is missing, along with a precious necklace. 10:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Summer in the City When a body is found in a young man’s trunk, the case brings the ladies to the city’s upper crust. 11:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 2 of 8) [R]
Sunday 12 Easter EARLY MORNING 12:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) [R] 1:00 Rick Steves European Easter [R] 2:00 Jesus: Countdown to Calvary See Thurs. Apr. 9 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Somewhere South: Dumpling Dilemma See Fri. Apr. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Dishing with Julia Child: Your Own French Onion Soup See Fri. Apr. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Dishing with Julia Child: Boeuf Bourguignon See Fri. Apr. 10 at 10:30 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 The McLaughlin Group 11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Citizen Soldier: The Enemy in the Vietnam War Tim O’Brien and Karl Marlantes discuss difficult moral questions about military conflicts and dehumanization of the “enemy.” 12:30 The Good Road: Bangkok, Thailand – River of Change Co-hosts Earl Bridges and Craig Martin explore what it means to engage in one’s local community in a positive way regardless of formal occupation, religious affiliation, or economic status. 1:00 To Dine for with Kate Sullivan: Athlete Erik Weihenmayer 1:30 Tastemakers
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EVENING 6:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Summer in the City See Sat. Apr. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 3 of 8) Lucille delivers a baby in an elevator. Nurse Crane goes to a school to give vaccines to new students. Violet, Trixie, Sister Frances, and Valerie put on a charity fashion show for the community. 8:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) A month into war with Warsaw destroyed, Harry is desperate for news, while Kasia joins the Polish resistance. 9:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) 10:00 Check, Please! Gibson’s Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q [R] 10:30 Wild Travels 11:00 Austin City Limits: Janelle Monae
Monday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Bluegrass Underground: Devil Makes Three 12:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Dan Hooper, Lauren Michele Jackson 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport, Part 1 See Sat. Apr. 11 at 6:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Father Brown: The Queen Bee See Sat. Apr. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Apr. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Ill Met By Moonlight See Sat. Apr. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Poetry in America: One Art – Elizabeth Bishop 5:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Demystifying Orchids MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Desert Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include a Hassan El Glaoui tempera painting made around 1970,
a Line Vautrin Talosel mirror, and a diamond horseshoe brooch from about 1900. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 3 of 3) Journey to Spokane to learn about treasures like a 1938 Snow White banner, a Chinese huanghuali cosmetic case, and an 1860 John J. Audubon chromolithograph. 10:00 Independent Lens: Bedlam Hear the poignant stories of people grappling with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric conditions. 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 3 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. Apr. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Check, Please! Gibsons Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q [R] 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 The Gene: An Intimate History (Part 2 of 2) Audrey, a determined young scientist with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, researches a treatment for her own condition. 10:00 Definition of Insanity A team of dedicated Miami-Dade County public servants work to help people with mental illness navigate from lives of tragedy to possibility. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Desert Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Bedlam See Mon. Apr. 13 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport, Part 1 [R] 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: Naledi – One Little Elephant Born inside a sanctuary in the wilderness of Botswana, Naledi the baby elephant loses her mother and faces the world alone. Caretakers and researchers help Naledi find her place in the herd. 9:00 Blood Sugar Rising 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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Friday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Naledi – One Little Elephant See Wed. Apr. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Blood Sugar Rising See Wed. Apr. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Desert Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3) [R] 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 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s Alpana welcomes Jennifer Conklin who recommends Izakaya Mita
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in her Bucktown neighborhood; Cedric Thurman from Kenwood, who chose the Pilsen eatery Monnie Burke’s; and Lakeview resident Nick Tsiolis, who loves Morena’s Kitchen in Belmont Cragin. Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer (Part 3 of 3) Somewhere South: What a Pickle Hear Vivian’s lecture on chow chow, a quintessentially Southern relish, at Asheville’s first-ever Chow Chow Festival. Dishing with Julia Child: The Potato Show Rick Bayless comments on Julia Child’s performance preparing potatoes. Collaborator Jacques Pépin discusses her love of butter. Dishing with Julia Child: To Roast a Chicken Vivian Howard and Marcus Samuelsson enjoy Julia Child’s presentation of chickens. BBC World News Amanpour and Company
Saturday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Wild Travels [R] 1:00 Charles & Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding See Thurs. Apr. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Nicholas and Alexandra: The Letters (Part 1 of 2) See Thurs. Apr. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Nicholas and Alexandra: The Letters (Part 2 of 2) See Thurs. Apr. 16 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Nature: Naledi – One Little Elephant [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Step It Up with Steph: Dealing with Menopause Steph brings in a gynecologist who specializes in this unique time in a woman’s life. 9:30 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg: Tomato Risotto, Spinach Pancakes, Summer Veg Blanket Pie 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Flavor of Poland: Lublin Aleksandra will explore the long history of Lublin through a walk through its city center, and a trip to the charming village of Kazimierz Dolny. 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Restaurant Inspiration AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Comfort Food Done Right 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: The Coastline of Maine 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Bourbon Country 1:30 Simply Ming: On the Road in California – San Jose
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EVENING 6:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport, Part 2 Finds include Tiffany Studios vases with the original crate, a Benny Andrews oil from around 1962, and more. 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Scales of Justice Father Brown races to save Bunty from the hangman’s noose when she is tried for murder.
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Independent Lens: The Hottest August Future generations will ask us this question: what were we doing while the planet burned? This film attempts to answer that question during one unbearably sweltering month in New York in 2017. A portrait of collective anxiety, the film seeks out New Yorkers close to the flame.
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Death in Paradise Jack’s romance with Anna blossoms while he and the rest of the team investigate the mysterious death of a cyclist. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Outrageous Fortune Lawyer George Gonzalo seeks out Frank and Lu to help a client with a difference: he’s a dog. 10:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Healing Hands Protecting a faith healer unexpectedly takes the ladies into Toronto’s fledgling jazz scene. 11:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 3 of 8) [R] Norman Borlaug
The Man Who Tried to Feed the World: American Experience Explore the life of 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, who tried to solve world hunger. He rescued India from a severe famine and led the “Green Revolution,” estimated to have saved one billion lives. But his work later faced criticism.
Tuesday, April 21 8:00 pm
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Climate Change: The Facts Scientists explore the impact of climate change and what could happen if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees. Discover how the latest innovations and technology are posing potential solutions and what individuals can do to prevent further damage.
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Sunday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) [R] 1:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) [R] 2:00 Charles & Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding [R] 3:00 Somewhere South: What a Pickle See Fri. Apr. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Dishing with Julia Child: The Potato Show See Fri. Apr. 17 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Dishing with Julia Child: To Roast a Chicken See Fri. Apr. 17 at 10:30 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 The McLaughlin Group 11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Citizen Soldier: The First World War with Hew Strachan and Antony Beevor Sir Hew Strachan sits down with historian Sir Antony Beevor to discuss the world’s first truly global conflict. 12:30 The Good Road: Chyulu Hills, Kenya – Big Life in the Wild Earl and Craig embark on an adventure that starts in Nairobi, Kenya and ends in a remote region of the Chyulu Hills. 1:00 To Dine for with Kate Sullivan: Blake Mycoskie, Founder of TOMS Shoes 1:30 Tastemakers 2:00 Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope This new documentary delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. 3:00 The Celiac Project Director Michael Frolichstein struggled with a series of “mystery aliments” before finally being diagnosed with celiac disease at age 40. This film traces his journey to meet others who suffer, get
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answers from experts, and uncover more mysteries within his own family. 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. Last Tango in Halifax Celia and Alan are enjoying their new life together, but widowed Gillian and separated Caroline have problems with their respective children and partners.
EVENING 6:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Healing Hands See Sat. Apr. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 4 of 8) Sister Julienne volunteers Nonnatus House to take part in an obstetrics training initiative for four young doctors. Fred makes a discovery while on his CDC rounds. 8:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) Tom faces the fight of his life aboard HMS Exeter, while Harry and Lois have a more personal battle to fight. 9:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Julien makes a shocking discovery about the true identity of Edward Stratton. 10:00 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R] 10:30 Wild Travels 11:00 Austin City Limits: John Prine
W. W. Denslow-inscribed The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a Mercury Space Capsule wind tunnel model, and a black opal ring. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include an Olin Travis Ozark hilltop painting, a 1936 Lou Gehrig autograph, and an English giltwood cabinet-on-stand. 10:00 Independent Lens: The Hottest August 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 4 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) See Sun. Apr. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jeff Tweedy, Greta Johnsen [R]
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Monday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Bluegrass Underground: Mandy Barnett 12:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jeff Tweedy, Greta Johnsen 1:00 Wild Travels 1:30 Father Brown: The Scales of Justice See Sat. Apr. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Apr. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Outrageous Fortune See Sat. Apr. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Poetry in America: The Fish – Marianne Moore 5:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Arrangements from the Garden MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include a
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H2O: The Molecule That Made Us This three-part film examines how water underpins every aspect of our existence. Find out how our success is intimately connected to our control of the molecule, but that the growth of our civilizations has also created a dangerous dependence on this precious resource. In part one: How did water arrive on Earth? How did it come to underpin every aspect of existence from dragonflies to deserts in bloom to human life?
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Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Man Who Tried to Feed the World: American Experience 9:00 Frontline: Coronavirus Pandemic This episode of Frontline, airing as part of the PBS Health Initiative, will feature two special reports: one that examines the very different responses to the virus in the U.S. by the federal government and the government in Washington State the epicenter of the outbreak; and another that focuses on the impact of the outbreak on the poor, especially children. 10:00 Understanding the Opioid Epidemic This program combines stories of people
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and communities impacted by this epidemic along with information from experts. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: The Hottest August See Mon. Apr. 20 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Spirit of the Florida Keys See Sat. Apr. 18 at 5:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Wild Travels [R] 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 Climate Change: The Facts 9:00 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us: Flow (Part 1 of 3) 10:00 NOVA: Killer Floods Follow geologists around the globe as they reconstruct catastrophic Ice Age floods more powerful than all the world’s top ten rivers combined. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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The Cold War Story The world we live in today is, in many ways, characterized by the decadeslong conflict between East and West that emerged after the end of World War II. This two-part film sheds new light onto the history of the Cold War, focusing on the multi-faceted stories behind the images we all know so well.
Thursday, April 23 8:00 pm
EARLY MORNING 12:30 The Man Who Tried to Feed the World: American Experience See Tues. Apr. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Frontline: Coronavirus Pandemic See Tues. Apr. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Understanding the Opioid Epidemic See Tues. Apr. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Curious Traveler: England’s Curious Great West Way [R] 4:00 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R] 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 The Cold War Story (Part 1 of 2) 9:00 The Cold War Story (Part 2 of 2) 10:00 Inheritance Follow three woman who are genetically predisposed to breast cancer and how they hope to reduce their risk and save their lives.
Friday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Climate Change: The Facts See Wed. Apr. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us: Flow (Part 1 of 3) See Wed. Apr. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 NOVA: Killer Floods See Wed. Apr. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 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 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Monteverde, Lost Lake, Caspian Kabab Alpana welcomes Jessica Mehta of Greektown, who recommends the West Loop eatery Monteverde; Bonnie Rosenberg from Logan Square, who made a local choice, Lost Lake; and Noble Square resident Ali Manesh, who loves Caspian Kebab in Wicker Park. 8:30 FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence (Part 1 of 5) 9:00 Somewhere South: It’s a Greens Thing Travel with Vivian to the Lumbee tribe’s annual homecoming, where she samples their famous collard sandwich. 10:00 International Jazz Day from Australia 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence Meet high school senior India Hart, a young Chicagoan who is coping with post-traumatic stress disorder after the shootings of loved ones. India’s story is part one of WTTW’s fivepart series that explores the personal, firsthand perspectives of people whose lives have been affected by gun violence in the city. Explore the website at wttw.com/firsthand
Fridays beginning April 24, 8:30 pm
Saturday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Wild Travels [R] 1:00 The Cold War Story (Part 1 of 2) See Thurs. Apr. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 The Cold War Story (Part 2 of 2) See Thurs. Apr. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Inheritance See Thurs. Apr. 23 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Step It Up with Steph: Drive Your Career Steph teams up with an executive coach to help a woman with her job search, and a doctor to help her establish healthier habits. 9:30 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg: Cottage Pie & Bonkers Chip Butty 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Flavor of Poland: Zakopane Aleksandra visits the peaks
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International Jazz Day from Australia Join more than two dozen worldrenowned artists from across the globe for an extraordinary celebration of jazz music. The 2020 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert was held at Hamer Hall in Melbourne, Australia.
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of the beautiful Polish mountains, sampling some of its best delicacies. 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Simply Delizioso AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Ultimate Comfort Foods 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Miami, Florida 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Persimmon Style 1:30 Simply Ming: Jodi Adams 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Spring Dinner for Company 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Ancient Greece for Modern Cooks 3:30 Martha Bakes: Dried Fruit 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Secrets of Stir-Fry 4:30 Check, Please! Monteverde, Lost Lake, Caspian Kabab See Fri. Apr. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Brussels 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Riviera – Cinque Terre EVENING 6:00 Firsthand: Gun Violence See Fri. Apr. 24 at 8:30 pm. [R] 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Wisdom of the Fool Father Brown visits a jester convention. 8:00 Death in Paradise Jack faces a life-changing decision whilst investigating the murder of a man found dead in a boat. 9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The Play’s the Thing Adrian Messenger suspects wife Maggie of having an affair and employs Frank and Lu to find proof. 10:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Out of Focus Frankie and Trudy go undercover on a silent movie set to solve a murder. 11:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 4 of 8) [R]
Sunday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) [R] 1:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) [R] 2:00 Climate Change: The Facts [R] 3:00 Somewhere South: It’s a Greens Thing See Fri. Apr. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 International Jazz Day from Australia See Fri. Apr. 24 at 10:00 pm. [R]
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11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Citizen Soldier: War and Society Renowned military historians Peter Paret and Gerhard Weinberg discuss the relationship between war and society. 12:30 The Good Road: Alabama Village – Light of the Village Earl and Craig travel to Alabama Village, a small community only a few miles outside of Mobile, but seemingly worlds apart. 1:00 To Dine for with Kate Sullivan: Deepak Chopra 1:30 Tastemakers 2:00 Pritzker Military Presents: David Stahel – Retreat from Moscow Author David Stahel discusses his book about the 1941-1942 German Winter Campaign. 3:00 The Cold War Story (Part 1 of 2) [R] 4:00 The Cold War Story (Part 2 of 2) [R] 5:00 Last Tango in Halifax Celia and Alan decide on a civil marriage ceremony at an eerie medieval hall. As they visit,
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Artist rendering of Notre Dame in the 13th century
Secrets of the Dead: Building Notre Dame Built more than 800 years ago, the cathedral of Notre Dame is a beloved, iconic monument of Gothic architecture. This film was shot before the tragic 2019 fire but provides insight into how the great church managed to stay standing as well as why the world reacted with an outpouring of sadness and support for it.
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Pope Francis taking part in the Easter procession
Inside the Vatican This film takes you inside the daily lives of those who live and work in the Vatican. From the Pope to the gardener to the head of security, this program gives rare behind-the-scenes access to the inner workings of the city-state.
Tuesday, April 28 9:00 pm
Gorillas in the wild
Spy in the Wild: The Tropics More than 30 animatronic “spy cameras” disguised as animals secretly record animal behavior in the wild, investigating the extraordinary wildlife that thrives in the tropics and the events and gatherings that happen across the year. In a magical encounter, Spy Gorilla meets the real thing and becomes part of their family.
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EVENING 6:00 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Out of Focus See Sat. Apr. 25 at 10:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 5 of 8) Sister Frances is at a loss when a diabetic and recovering cancer patient’s wife refuses to accept further help. 8:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) Harry’s courage is tested at Louvain, while Kasia’s resistance activity in Warsaw intensifies. 9:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) Edward finally confesses the exact nature of his relationship with Natalie and Constantin. 10:00 Check, Please! Monteverde, Lost Lake, Caspian Kabab [R] 10:30 Wild Travels 11:00 Austin City Limits: Kacey Musgraves/Lukas Nelson
Monday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Brussels [R] 12:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jeannie Gaffigan, Curtis Duffy, and Michael Muser 1:00 Father Brown: The Wisdom of the Fool See Sat. Apr. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Apr. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The Play’s the Thing See Sat. Apr. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Riviera – Cinque Terre [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Poetry in America 5:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: From Farm to Plate & Vase
Jim Allison spent decades waging a lonely but ultimately fruitful quest to discover a way the immune system can stop cancer in its tracks. 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 9, Part 5 of 8) See Sun. Apr. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 World of Fire on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. Apr. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Baptiste on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Apr. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Check, Please! Monteverde, Lost Lake, Caspian Kabab [R] 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: Building Notre Dame 9:00 Inside the Vatican 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Apr. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Jim Allison – Breakthrough See Mon. Apr. 27 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Brussels [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
Mike Leonard and Mary Kay Wall
Global Generation, Part II: Are They Ready? Producer and host Mike Leonard spends a second year studying the diverse high school students at Lake Forest Academy, providing a powerful voice to their vision, variety, and various stressors.
Thursday, April 30 8:00 pm
Thursday 30 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Secrets of the Dead: Building Notre Dame See Tues. Apr. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Inside the Vatican See Tues. Apr. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jeannie Gaffigan, Curtis Duffy, and Michael Muser [R] 4:00 Wild Travels [R] 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
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 2 of 3) Highlights include Julius Cohen yellow diamond earrings, a 1928 Gibson Granada banjo, and a collection of original comic art dating to about 1937. 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 circa 1000-1500 AD. 10:00 Independent Lens: Jim Allison – Breakthrough Nobel Prize winner Dr.
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Spy in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries: The Tropics 9:00 H2O: The Molecule That Made Us: Civilizations (Part 2 of 3) Travel into the past to see how water may have driven our own evolution and created civilizations. 10:00 NOVA: Poisoned Water The water contamination crisis in Flint, MI, has revealed a disturbing truth about the vulnerabilities of our aging drinking water infrastructure. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Global Generation, Part II: Are They Ready? 9:00 All the Queen’s Horses As city comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, Rita Crundwell stole $53 million of public funds. This film tells the story of her crime and the small town she left in her wake. 10:15 Illinois Country This film documents the making of a country song from beginning to end with two well-known songwriters. The final song is performed by Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Mo Pitney, and Andrea Zonn. 11:15 BBC World News
April At-a-Glance • Arts • Performance Austin City Limits Sunday, 11:30 pm (4/5) Sundays, 11:00 pm (4/12, 4/19, 4/26) Bluegrass Underground Monday, 12:30 am (4/6) Mondays, 12:00 am (4/13, 4/20) Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly Sunday, 2:00 pm (4/12) International Jazz Day Friday, 10:00 pm (4/24) Sunday, 4:00 am (4/26)
Drama • Comedy • Movies Baptiste on Masterpiece Sundays, 9:00 pm (4/12, 4/19, 4/26) Tuesdays, 3:00 am (4/14, 4/28) Sundays, 1:00 am (4/19, 4/26) Tuesday, 2:30 am (4/21) Call the Midwife Saturdays, 11:00 pm Sundays, 7:00 pm Tuesdays, 12:30 am (4/7, 4/21) Tuesdays, 1:00 am (4/14, 4/28) Chaperone on Masterpiece Sunday, 12:00 am (4/5) Death in Paradise Saturdays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 2:00 am (4/6, 4/27) Mondays, 2:30 am (4/13, 4/20) Father Brown Saturdays, 7:00 pm Mondays, 1:00 am (4/6, 4/27) Mondays, 1:30 am (4/13, 4/20) Frankie Drake Mysteries Saturdays, 10:00 pm Sundays, 6:00 pm Last Tango in Halifax Sundays, 5:00 pm (4/12, 4/19, 4/26) Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Saturdays, 9:00 pm Mondays, 3:00 am (4/6, 4/27) Mondays, 3:30 am (4/13, 4/20) The Windermere Children Sunday, 9:00 pm (4/5) Tuesday, 2:30 am (4/7) World of Fire on Masterpiece Sundays, 8:00 pm Sundays, 12:00 am (4/12, 4/19, 4/26) Tuesdays, 1:30 am (4/7, 4/14, 4/21) Tuesday, 2:00 am (4/28)
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Country Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm Wednesdays, 12:30 am, 1:30 am (4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29) Fridays, 3:30 am (4/10, 4/17) Antiques Roadshow Recut Saturdays, 6:00 pm (4/4, 4/11) Monday, 1:00 am (4/13) Wednesday, 4:00 am (4/15)
Check, Please! Fridays, 8:00 pm Saturdays, 4:30 pm Sunday, 10:30 pm (4/5) Thursday, 4:00 am (4/9) Sundays, 10:00 pm (4/12, 4/19, 4/26) Tuesdays, 4:00 am (4/14, 4/21, 4/28) Chef’s Life Saturdays, 1:00 pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Saturdays, 4:00 pm Cook’s Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm Dishing with Julia Child Fridays, 10:00 pm, 10:30 pm (4/3, 4/10, 4/17) Sundays, 4:00 am, 4:30 am (4/5, 4/12, 4/19) Flavors of Poland Saturdays, 11:00 am Great British Baking Show Thursday, 9:00 pm (4/9) Saturday, 1:00 am (4/11) J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Mondays, 5:30 am Jamie’s Ultimate Veg Saturdays, 9:30 am Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 11:30 am Martha Bakes Saturdays, 3:30 pm My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saturdays, 3:00 pm Rick Steves’ Europe Sunday, 12:30 pm (4/5) Saturday, 5:30 pm (4/25) Monday, 4:00 am (4/27) Rick Steves’ European Easter Thursday, 8:00 pm (4/9) Saturday, 2:00 am, 5:00 pm (4/11) Sunday, 1:00 am (4/12) Rick Steves’ Special: Luther and the Reformation Saturday, 5:00 pm (4/4) Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 12:30 pm Simply Ming Saturdays, 1:30 pm Somewhere South Fridays, 9:00 pm Sundays, 3:00 am Tastemakers Sundays, 1:30 pm This Old House Hour Saturdays, 10:00 am
Nature • Science • Technology Climate Change: The Facts Wednesday, 8:00 pm (4/22) Friday, 1:30 am (4/24) Sunday, 2:00 am (4/26) The Gene: An Intimate History Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (4/7, 4/14) Thursdays, 12:30 am (4/9, 4/16) H2O: The Molecule that Made Us Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (4/22, 4/29) Friday, 2:30 am (4/24) Nature Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (4/1, 4/8, 4/15) Fridays, 12:30 am (4/3, /10, 4/17) Saturday, 4:00 am (4/18)
NOVA Wednesday, 9:00 pm (4/1, 4/8) Friday, 1:30 am (4/3, 4/10) Wednesday, 10:00 pm (4/22, 4/29) Friday, 3:30 am (4/24) Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries Wednesday, 8:00 pm (4/29) Step It Up with Steph Saturdays, 9:00 am
Public Affairs • History • Documentary All the Queen’s Horses Thursday, 9:00 pm (4/30) Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:30 pm BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 am Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer Fridays, 8:30 pm (4/3, 4/10, 4/17) Saturday, 4:30 am (4/4) Blood Sugar Rising Wednesday, 9:00 pm (4/15) Friday, 1:30 am (4/17) Broken Places Monday, 10:00 pm (4/6) Wednesday, 2:30 am (4/8) Call to Remember Sunday, 12:30 pm (4/5) Tuesday, 4:00 am (4/7) Celiac Project Sunday, 3:00 pm (4/19) Charles & Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding Thursday, 8:00 pm (4/16) Saturday, 1:00 am (4/18) Sunday, 2:00 am (4/19) Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal Thursday, 9:00 pm (4/2) Sunday, 2:00 am (4/5) Chicago Tonight Mondays-Fridays, 7:00 pm, 5:00 am Citizen Soldier Sundays, 12:00 pm Cold War Story Thursday, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (4/23) Saturday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (4/25) Sunday, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (4/26) Definition of Insanity Tuesday, 10:00 pm (4/14) Thursday, 2:30 am (4/16) Dreams of Hope Saturday, 3:30 am (4/4) Earth’s Sacred Wonders Wednesdays, 10:00 pm (4/1, 4/8) Fridays, 2:30 am (4/3, 4/10) Fires of Faith Sunday, 4:00 pm (4/16) Saturday, 3:00 am (4/11) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Sundays, 11:30 am Firsthand: Gun Violence Friday, 8:30 pm (4/24) Saturday, 6:00 pm (4/25) Frontline Thursday, 1:30 am (4/2) Saturday, 2:30 am (4/4) The Global Generation, Part II: Are They Ready? Thursday, 8:00 pm (4/30) Good Road Sundays, 12:30 pm (4/12, 4/19, 4/26)
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story American Masters Thursday, 2:30 am (4/2) Illinois Country Thursday, 10:15 pm (4/30) Independent Lens Mondays, 10:00 pm (4/13, 4/20, 4/27) Wednesdays, 2:30 am (4/15, 4/22, 4/29) Inheritance Thursday, 10:00 pm (4/23) Saturday, 3:00 am (4/25) Inside the Vatican Tuesday, 9:00 pm (4/28) Thursday, 1:30 am (4/30) Interview Show with Mark Bazer Mondays, 12:30 am (4/13, 4/20, 4/27) Thursdays, 3:30 am (4/16, 4/30) Tuesday, 3:30 am (4/21) Jay’s Chicago Thursday, 4:00 am (4/2) Jesus: Countdown to Calvary Thursday, 10:00 pm (4/9) Sunday, 2:00 am (4/12) The McLaughlin Group Sundays, 11:00 am Nicholas and Alexandra: The Letters Thursday, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm (4/16) Saturday, 2:00 am, 3:00 am (4/18) PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturdays, 6:30 pm Poetry in America Mondays, 5:00 am Polio Crusade: American Experience Friday, 3:30 am (4/3) POV Shorts Sunday, 2:00 pm (4/5) Monday, 4:00 am (4/6) Prisoner of Her Past Sunday, 4:00 pm (4/19) Pritzker Military Presents Sunday, 2:00 pm (4/26) Project Echo: A Democracy of Knowledge Sunday, 3:00 pm (4/5) Wednesday, 3:30 am (4/8) Resilience Sunday, 2:00 pm (4/19) Thursday, 3:30 am (4/23) Secrets of the Dead Thursdays, 12:30 am (4/2, 4/30) Tuesday, 8:00 pm (4/28) Secrets of the Royal Kitchens Thursday, 8:00 pm (4/2) Saturday, 12:30 am (4/4) Shelter Me Thursday, 10:00 pm (4/2) Saturday, 1:30 am (4/4) Spirit of the Florida Keys Saturday, 5:30 pm (4/18) Wednesday, 3:30 am (4/22) To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Sundays, 1:00 pm Understanding the Opioid Epidemic Tuesday, 10:00 pm (4/21) Thursday, 2:30 am (4/23) Washington Week Fridays, 7:30 pm
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• Daily Radio Programming
Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Programmer’s Picks With Heart and Voice
Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
Impromptu
There’s an abundance of sacred choral music for the Christmas season. Almost as much, if not quite so well known, has been written to honor Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter. Peter DuBois holds a threeweek celebration.
Valencia, a region of Spain with a Mediterranean coastline and fertile fields, has its own culture, language, and music. A week later, Elbio will bring us back across the Atlantic to sample the music of the Dominican Republic.
Two notable pianists share highlights from their latest recordings: Joseph Moog’s From Heaven to Hell, music by Liszt, and Lara Downes’ Some of These Days, exploring music from the days of slavery through the civil rights movement.
Sundays, April 5, 12, and 19, 6:00 am
Saturdays, April 11 and 18, 7:00 pm
Monday, April 13, and Thursday, April 30, 12:00 pm
Wednesday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Outward Bound 8:00 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Elliot Wuu, recorded earlier today at the Cultural Center 9:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival – Mahler: Five Rueckert songs; Mendelssohn: Octet for strings, Op. 20. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Outward Bound 8:00 Evening Music on WFMT 9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Leslie Caron, narrator; Nicholas Phan, tenor; SF Symphony Chorus and children’s choirs – Stravinsky: Perséphone; The Firebird. 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Outward Bound 8:00 Evening Music on WFMT 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Jaap van
Zweden, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano – Beethoven: Symphony No. 2. Steve Reich: Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (New York premiere performance). Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Poet Billy Collins from 1994
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 To be announced 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” – Jamie Barton (Orfeo); Hei-Kyung Hong (Euridice); Hera Hyesang Park (Amore); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Mark Wigglesworth. 2:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Jean Sibelius Spring Song, Op. 16 – Bournemouth Sym/ Paavo Berglund. EMI CDFB569773-2 (2). [8:21] Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces: To Spring; Mélodie; Bell-Ringing – Mikhail Pletnev, p. DG 459671-2. [9:21] Harald Saeverud Tunes and Dances from Siljustol, Op. 21 – Bergen Wind Quintet. Bis CD-291. [13:10] John Rutter Suite for Strings on English Folksongs – Royal Phil Strings/ Rutter. London B0001821-02. [12:33] Rutter Hymn to the Creator of Light – King’s College Choir Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. EMI CDC5-56605-2. [7:36] Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-54804-2. [42:13] Karol Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 – Kyung-Wha Chung, v; Itamar Golan, p. EMI CDC556827-2. [10:31] Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in
Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
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f, Op. 21 – Khatia Buniatishvili, p; Paris Orch/Paavo Järvi. Sony 97129-2. [29:36] Arias and Songs Encore: The Bass Voice, or How Low Can You Go? Evening Music on WFMT • Johann Sebastian Bach Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU907283/84 (2). [22:25] Francois Couperin Concert Royal #1: Allemande; Le Rossignol Vainqueur – Christophe Rousset, hc. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901442/4 (3). [3:35] Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin – Cleveland Orch/ Pierre Boulez. DG B000212102. [17:46] Ravel Deux Mélodies hébraïques – Duo Sonidos. Naxos 8.574045. [5:53] Ring Chicago 2020: Lisa Flynn heralds the upcoming Ring cycle at Lyric Opera of Chicago, with musical highlights and conversations about Wagner’s work with Sir Andrew Davis and others. Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The music of Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940), with Elbio’s special guest, musicologist Jesus del Toro. Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Palm Sunday and Holy Week 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 – Cincinnati Pops/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80703. [11:40] Claude Debussy Suite, Pour le piano – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. London 452022-2 (2). [14:11] Gioachino Rossini William Tell: Ballet music: Pas de six – La Scala Orch/ Riccardo Muti. Philips 422391-2 (4). [5:33] Bizet Carmen Suite
No. 2 – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80703. [16:41] George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite – Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p. RCA 60928-2. [15:29] Samuel Barber Canzonetta – Julia Girdwood, ob; Scottish Chamber Orch/José Serebrier. ASV CDDCA-737. [7:35] Domenico Cimarosa Two-Flute Concerto in G – Jeanne Galway, f; London Mozart Players/ James Galway, f. RCA 63701-2. [18:02] Claude Debussy Deux Arabesques – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h. RCA 60198-2. [8:04] 2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A, Fire – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 427661-2. [17:20] Patrick Doyle Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film music: Quidditch World Cup/ The Foreigners Arrive; Neville’s Waltz; Harry in Winter; The Golden Egg – City of Prague Phil/James Fitzpatrick. Silva SILCD-1251. [14:52] Serge Prokofiev Six Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102: III. The Quarrel; IV. Waltz (Cinderella Going to the Ball) – Jenny Lin, p. Steinway & Sons 30055. [5:59] Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Act 4/Epilogue – London Sym/Valery Gergiev. LSO Live LSO-0682. [10:01] 3:00 George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 7, No. 3 – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807447.48 (2). [15:47] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Toccata No. 1 in f-sharp, BWV 910 – Andrew Rangell, p. Steinway 30024. [13:16] Anonymous Bourrée, Gagliarda, Saltarello Giorgio – New London Consort. L’Oiseau Lyre 448559-2. [10:00] Ottorino Respighi Botticelli Triptych: I. La Primavera; III. The Birth of Venus – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47844-2. [10:19] 4:00 Johannes Brahms Piano Pieces, Op. 119 – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000171 (2). [14:59] George Enescu Romanian
Rhapsody No. 1 in A – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8947. [13:26] Alexander Scriabin Two Dances, Op. 73; Vers la flamme, Op. 72 – Sviatoslav Richter, p. London 4758130 (2). [12:38] Mily Balakirev Islamey, Oriental Fantasy – Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel. Onyx 4124. [8:54] 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Ballet music – Bournemouth Sym/ José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [8:52] Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 2 – Bolshoi Theater Orch/ Maxim Shostakovich. Melodiya SR-40115. [18:24] Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 is on our CSO broadcast tonight at 8:00. Bach Clavier Partita No. 2 in c, BWV 826 – András Schiff, p. ECM 2001/02 (2). [18:39] Various Bist du bei mir; Ruhe, meine Seele – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Gerald Moore, p. EMI CDM5-66084-2. [6:31] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat, K. 297b – Sabine Meyer, cl; other soloists; Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk. EMI CDU5-66949-2. [29:20] Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz – Los Romeros, g’s; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner.
London 4780192 (2). [23:59] 7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: James Gaffigan, conductor; Cynthia Yeh, percussion – Dorman: Eternal Rhythm (US premiere performance); Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8. We also hear Ravel’s Bolero conducted by Sir Georg Solti. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Pianist Sir Clifford Curzon (1907-1982) recorded in live performances
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Corigliano: Soliloquy. Haydn: Piano Trio in A. Bach: Cantata No. 82, Ich habe genug 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Wagner’s Ring cycle 8:00 To be announced 10:00 Evening Music on WFMT
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Wagner’s Ring cycle 8:00 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: The Argus String Quartet, recorded earlier today at the Cultural Center 9:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival – Kodaly: Serenade for string trio; Arensky: Piano Trio in d. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Wagner’s Ring cycle
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Wagner’s Ring cycle
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8:00 A Musical Feast for Passover with Itzhak Perlman – The celebrated violinist shares music for the holiday by Handel, Halevy, Korngold, and many others, plus Yiddish and Ladino folksongs and much else for the season. 9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Leonidas Kavakos, violin – Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Violin Concerto in D; The Rite of Spring. 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 6:30 To be announced 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Wagner’s Ring cycle 8:00 Evening Music on WFMT 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Carter Brey, cello; Miah Persson & Amanda Majeski, sopranos; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Andrew Foster-Williams, baritone; NY Concert Chorale – Haydn: Cello Concerto in C; Mozart: Mass in c, K. 427, Great. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Music in anticipation of Easter 2020
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From the San Francisco Symphony WFMT brings you a new series of concerts from the City by the Bay, most of which are conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. The first two focus on Stravinsky, pairing the complete Firebird ballet with the much less familiar Perséphone, with a libretto by André Gide. Narrator Leslie Caron and tenor Nicholas Phan are featured. The second Stravinsky week includes The Rite of Spring, Petrouchka, and the Violin Concerto in D Major with soloist Leonidas Kavakos. Isabel Leonard is the soloist in From the Diary of Anne Frank, composed by Tilson Thomas and inspired by the Mourner’s Kaddish and the diary itself. The last two April programs feature Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and a Mozart-Bruckner program under the baton of guest conductor Jaap van Zweden.
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Saturday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 To be announced 12:00 Live from the Met: Puccini’s “Tosca” – Anna Netrebko (Tosca); Brian Jagde (Cavaradossi); Michael Volle (Scarpia); Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Bertrand de Billy. 3:30 Weekend Music on WFMT • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish – Giuliano Carmignola, v; Orch Mozart/ Claudio Abbado. Archive 4777371 (2). [24:13] Richard Strauss Duet-Concertino – Dimitri Ashkenazy, cl; Kim Walker, bn; Berlin Radio Sym/ Vladimir Ashkenazy. London 436415-2. [19:46] Puccini La Bohème: Duet, In un coupé...O 22
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Sunday 12 Easter 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: An Easter Celebration 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • William Byrd Laudibus in Sanctis – Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807463. [5:34] Gordon Jacob William Byrd Suite – Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell. Mercury 432009-2. [18:12] Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDM7-64736-2. [16:20] Britten Gloriana: Choral Dances – RIAS Chamber Choir/Justin Doyle. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902285. [9:12] 1:00 Pietro Locatelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 4/8, à immitazione de Corni da Caccia – Elizabeth Wallfisch, v; Raglan Baroque Players. Hyperion CDA-67041/42 (2). [8:41] Adolphe-Charles Adam Giselle: Act 1: La chasse (The
Hunt) – Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge. London 417505-2 (2). [8:27] Claude Debussy Images oubliées – Martin Jones, p. Nimbus NI-5160. [12:49] Jean-Philippe Rameau Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Excerpts – Les Musiciens du Louvre/ Marc Minkowski. Archive B0004478-02. [12:50] Olivier Messiaen Preludes: No. 7, Plainte calme – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67054. [2:52] 2:00 Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, Spring – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; English Chamber Orch/ David Lockington. E One EOM-CD-7790. [9:55] Alexander Glazunov The Seasons, Op. 67: Winter and Spring – Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner Classics 61434-2. [14:33] Peter Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b: April-June – Wu Han, p. ArtistLed 10701-2. [11:10] Nicolai RimskyKorsakov Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. DG 419407-2. [14:05] Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring – Henryk Szeryng, v; Artur Rubinstein, p. RCA 61861-2. [20:08] Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-Flat (D), BWV 998 – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71250. [12:34] Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Edward Druzinsky, h; Donald Peck, f; Clark Brody, cl; Chicago Sym/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683-2. [9:41] Astor Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Primavera Porteña – New Century Chamber Orch/ Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v. NSS Music. [6:36] 4:00 George Gershwin Bess, you is my woman now; I Got Rhythm; Fascinatin’ Rhythm – Jenny Lin, p. Steinway & Sons 30011. [9:40] Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: The Open Prairie; Frontier Street; Celebration – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. London B0001231-02 (2). [16:22] Peter Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 – Janine Jansen, v; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding. London 4780651. [17:15] Russian Traditional Easter Liturgy: Alleluia, Behold the Bridegroom – St. Petersburg Chamber Choir/Nikolai Korniev. Hearts of Space 11114-2. [5:29] 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 2 in C, Op. 72a – Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 429762-2 (2). [15:24] Neeme Jarvi conducts Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony on our Chicago Symphony broadcast
tonight at 8:00. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 – James Galway, f; Marisa Robles, h; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. RCA 68256-2. [29:40] Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in c, Resurrection: IV. Urlicht – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. San Francisco Symphony 0006-2. [5:45] Bach Pastorale in F, BWV 590: III. Adagio; Air on the G String – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80693. [7:19] Mahler Symphony No. 2 in c, Resurrection: Part 2 – Miah Persson, s; Christianne Stotijn, ms; Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/ Bernard Haitink. CSO ReSound CSOR-901914 (2). [34:33] 7:00 Alan Hovhaness Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b – I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen. Telarc CD-80503. [8:38] Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – Detroit Sym/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559806. [37:57] Randall Thompson
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Live from the Met: Tosca At the time of Tosca, the people of Rome were awaiting the outcome of a battle with the forces of Napoleon. The protagonists are the painter Mario Cavaradossi, a supporter of Napoleon and of revolution; his lover, the singer Floria Tosca, distracted by jealousy; and the police chief Baron Scarpia, who’s not above torturing prisoners and indulging in sexual blackmail. Anna Netrebko sings the title role, a dramatic tour de force; she is joined by Brian Jagde as Mario and Michael Volle as Scarpia, with Bertrand de Billy conducting.
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In the Spotlight Alleluia – Cantus. Cantus Recordings CTS-1202. [4:59] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Neeme Jarvi, conductor; Robert Chen, violin – Part: Fratres. Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. We also hear the Fifth Symphony by Sibelius. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Pianist Sir Clifford Curzon (1907-1982) recorded in live performances
Monday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Dmitri Shostakovich Moscow, Cheremushki, Op. 105: A Spin Through Moscow; Polka; Galop – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly. London 452597-2. [8:30] Aaron Copland Quiet City – Soloists, LSO Strings/ Michael Tilson Thomas. EMI CDC5-55358-2. [11:34] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. EMI CDC5-56365-2. [18:44] 11:00 Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [10:20] 12:00 Impromptu: Live from Levin Studio – Pianist Joseph Moog, in town to perform with the Chicago Symphony this week. 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Claude Debussy Images, set 3, for orchestra – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-62599. [37:10] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Mozart Two-Piano Concerto in E-Flat, K. 365 – Alfred Brendel & Imogen Cooper, p’s; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 446921-2 (5). [24:57] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Henry Charles Litolff Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in d, Op. 102: Scherzo – Yuja Wang, p; San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [7:36] Igor Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos D/CD-3054. [12:55] Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. London 4783206. [9:59] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String
quartets by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms 8:00 Live from WFMT 10:00 A Musical Feast for Passover with Itzhak Perlman – The celebrated violinist shares music for the holiday by Handel, Halevy, Korngold, and many others, plus Yiddish and Ladino folksongs and much else for the season. 11:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Tuesday 14 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Antonio Vivaldi Viola d’amore Concerto in d, R. 393 – Alessandro Tampieri, vi; Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone. Naïve OP-30570. [9:25] Carl Friedrich Fasch Concerto in E for trumpet, oboe d’amore & violin – Wallace, tr; Anderson, ob d’amore; Thomas, v; Philharmonia/Warren-Green. Nimbus NI-7016. [14:38] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Argo 436288-2. [8:16] 11:00 Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 63301-2. [13:12] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 – Boston Baroque Ensemble/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80368. [10:43] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Claude Debussy Images, set 1 – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA68139. [14:46] Jean-Philippe Rameau Daphnis et Aeglé: Overture, Menuet en Rondeau, Sarabande, 2 Gavottes, 2 Passepieds – La Petite Bande/ Sigiswald Kuijken. Accent ACC-96122-D. [10:40] Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 – Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. EMI 66342-2. [15:51] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Peter Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence – Music@ Menlo Ensemble. Music@ Menlo 2016 Russian Reflections, Vol 8. [35:27] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • WagnerLiszt Am stillen Herd; Pilgrims’ Chorus – Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion CDA-67101/2 (2). [17:12] Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings in E, Op. 20 – Philharmonia Strings/Sir Andrew Davis. Onyx 4025. [12:16] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including
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Wednesday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Frederick Delius Three Small Tone Poems: No. 3, Spring Morning – Slovak Phil/John Hopkins. Records Int’l 7012-2. [8:20] Traditional Early One Morning – The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square/Richard Condie. CBS MS-6019. [1:14] Cyril Scott Poem for Piano and Orchestra, Early One Morning – John Ogdon, p; London Phil/Bernard Herrmann. Lyrita SRCS.82. [14:40] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Schubert Adagio and Rondo in A, D. 438 – German Chamber Phil/Thomas Zehetmair, v. Teldec 46448-2. [13:30] 11:00 Henryk Wieniawski Souvenir de Moscow, Op. 6 – Alexander Sitkovetsky, v; Olga Sitkovetsky, p. EMI CDC7-57025-2. [8:00] 12:00 Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Johann Sebastian Bach Lute Suite in e minor, BWV 996 – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71250. [13:29] George Gershwin Catfish Row Suite from Porgy and Bess – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDC7-49278-2. [24:44] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Joshua Bell, v; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sony 84200. [30:40] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Claude Debussy Images, set 2 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4798308. [14:53] Lyndol Mitchell Kentucky Mountain Portraits – Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson. Mercury 434324-2. [13:56] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String quartets by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 9:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music
Live from the Met: Simon Boccanegra Simon Boccanegra is one of Verdi’s least-known operas, but its musical qualities redeem the rather contrived and convoluted plot, full of hidden identities and shifting political and personal loyalties. The title character, portrayed by Carlos Alvarez, is based on an historical figure of 14th century Genoa. Ailyn Perez is Amelia and Joseph Calleja portrays Gabrieli, with Carlo Rizzi conducting. The political divisions and rivalries between the two main Genoese factions make it clear that polarization in the public arena is nothing new.
Saturday, April 18 12:00 pm Festival – Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat for winds and double-bass, K. 361, Gran Partita. Conducted by David Zinman. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Pablo de Sarasate Serenata andaluza, Op. 28; El canto del ruiseñor, Op. 29 – Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p. London 4785950. [14:25] Ottorino Respighi The Birds (Gli uccelli): IV. The Nightingale; V. The Cuckoo – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [8:08] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 459555-2. [4:47] 11:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 – Vienna 2020
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Saturday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” – Carlos Alvarez (Boccanegra); Ailyn Perez (Amelia); Joseph Calleja (Gabriele); Dmitry Belosselskiy (Fiesco); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Carlo Rizzi. 4:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • 2020
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Johann Sebastian Bach Flute Sonata in e, BWV 1034 – Gary Schocker, f; Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71230. [15:19] Tomaso Albinoni Adagio in g – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 00234-2. [7:01] 4:30 Arias and Songs Encore: Fritz Reiner, the CSO, and Mahler, featuring soprano Lisa della Casa, contralto Maureen Forrester, and tenor Richard Lewis. 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Richard Strauss Dance Suite after Couperin – Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Koch 3-6535-2. [28:21] Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919) – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini. Sony SK-45935. [24:10] 6:00 Alexander Scriabin PoèmeNocturne, Op. 61 – Sviatoslav Richter, p. London 4758130 (2). [8:24] Giuseppe Verdi Otello: Duet, Già nella notte densa – Mirella Freni, Jon Vickers, Berlin Phil/Herbert Von Karajan. EMI 69308-2. [11:13] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik – English Concert/ Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi 907280. [20:50] Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: One Hand, One Heart; Tonight; Somewhere – Katia & 26
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Sunday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: More music for the Season of Easter 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Henry Charles Litolff Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor Op. 47, IV. Presto – Leonore Trio. Hyperion CDA-68305. [9:14] Antonio Vivaldi Three-Violin Concerto in F, R. 551 – Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman & Isaac Stern, v’s; NY Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony SM2K-66472 (2). [10:38] Alfredo Casella Paganiniana, Op. 65 – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-53280. [18:04] Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: Nos. 22-24 – Itzhak Perlman, v. EMI
CDC7-47171-2. [11:33] Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Philippe Entremont, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MBK-46271. [21:57] Claude Debussy Première Rapsodie – Ronald Van Spaendonck, cl; Alexandre Tharaud, p. Harmonia Mundi HMN-911596. [7:56] Debussy Six épigraphes antiques – Chicago Sym/Ernest Ansermet. CSO 2000. [14:53] Maurice Ravel Pavane for A Dead Princess – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 5720-2. [6:27] 2:00 Josef Haydn String Quartet in D, Op. 71, No. 2 – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-67793. [17:00] Michael Haydn Horn Concertino in D – Barry Tuckwell, fh; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. London B0006249-02 (2). [14:21] Walter Leigh Harpsichord Concertino – Jory Vinikour, hc; Chicago Phil/Scott Speck. Cedille CDR-90000188. [8:56] British Traditional I Love My Love; Greensleeves – St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt. MSR Classics MS-1606. [7:29] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Steinway & Sons 30033. [10:55] Claudio Monteverdi Monteverdiana – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3205. [7:08] Nino Rota Concerto for Strings – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO78949. [15:51] Robert Russell Bennett Suite of Old American Dances – Lone Star Wind Orch/ Eugene Migliaro Corporon. Naxos 8.570968. [18:37] 4:00 Giuseppe Various Laudi alla Vergine Maria; Ave Maria; In Paradisum – Trinity College Choir Cambridge/Richard Marlow. Conifer 51308-2 (2). [13:12] Frederick Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet: Interlude, The Walk to the Paradise Garden – Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo 430202-2. [10:10] Samuel Barber Souvenirs, Op. 28 – Zofo Duet. Sono Luminus 92167. [17:30] Barber Agnus Dei (from Op. 11) – Accentus Chamber Choir/Laurence Equilbey. Naive V-4947. [7:11] 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Felix Mendelssohn From A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Nocturne, March of the Fairies, Dance of the Clowns—Vienna Phil/André Previn. Philips 420161-2. [10:10] Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat, K. 271, Jeunehomme—Alfred Brendel, p; Vienna Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. London 4782116 (2). [34:49] Niles Go ‘Way from My Window;
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair—Susanne Mentzer, ms; Sharon Isbin, p. Erato 23419-2. [6:57] 6:00 Bruch Violin Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 44 – Lydia Mordkovitch, v; London Sym/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9738. [29:16] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite – Pittsburgh Sym/Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-722. [24:41] Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. NYP 0105 A/B. [22:32] Kurt Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik – Chicago Pro Musica. Reference RR-29. [20:51] Kurt Weill One Touch of Venus: Speak Low – Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; North German Radio Sym/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 445698-2. [3:55] Weill Lost in the Stars – Samuel Ramey, b; London Studio Orch/Ettore Stratta. Teldec 90865-2. [4:47] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Kirill Karabits, conductor; Sunwook Kim, piano – Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g; Capriccio brillant in b. Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra. Also: Schubert’s Unfinished (/CM Giulini). 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The art of Russian bass Fyodor Chaliapin (1873-1938)
Monday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Giorgio Mainerio Dances 6-10 from Primo Libro – London Early Music Consort/David Munrow. Virgin Classics 61288-2. [11:23] Nino Rota The Leopard film music: Valzer Verdi; Mazurka; Balletto; Polka – Granada Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901864. [8:41] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 474502-2. [8:40] 11:00 Aaron Copland Our Town – London Sym/Aaron Copland. CBS MK-42429. [11:01] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, Egyptian – Bertrand Chamayou, p; French National Orch/ Emmanuel Krivine. Erato 0190295634261. [26:40] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Act 2 music (Symphonic Synthesis) – Pittsburgh Sym/Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-47178. [12:56] Wagner Die Meistersinger: Act 1 Prelude; Act 3 Prelude; Dance of the Apprentices;
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Tuesday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035 – Gary Schocker, f; Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71230. [13:08] Bach English Horn Concerto (BWV 54) – English Concert/Albrecht Mayer, eh. London 4781517. [9:39] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Naive V-5130. [12:27] 11:00 Philip Glass Aguas da Amazonia: Madeira River – Third Coast Percussion. Cedille CDR-90000175. [5:43] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto No. 13 in F, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale – Simon Preston, o; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 415338-2. [13:09] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Aaron Copland Clarinet Concerto – Charles Neidich, cl; I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN-9848. [16:12] Robert Beaser Mountain Songs – Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo. Berto Records 1801. [11:19] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Maurice Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) – Lyon Opéra Orch/Kent Nagano. Erato 14331-2. [27:35] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Gregorio Allegri Motet, Miserere – Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/ Richard Marlow. Conifer 513082 (2). [8:22] Wolfgang Amadeus
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Thursday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Hector Berlioz Romeo and Juliet, Op. 17: Romeo Alone; Melancholy; Concert and Ball – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SM2K-47526 (2). [12:30] Leonard Bernstein Suite from West Side Story – Pablo Sáinz Villegas, g. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907649. [5:23] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio Overture – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MK-42220. [6:40] 11:00 Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80505. [20:16] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80619. [18:01] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet – Berlin Phil/ Claudio Abbado. DG 453496-2. [20:04] Nino Rota Romeo and Juliet film music: But This I Pray through Farewell Scene – City of Prague Phil/Nic Raine. Silva SSD-1140. [10:46] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 – Argerich, R Capuçon, Maisky, Svizzera Italiana Orch/A Rabinovitch. EMI CDC5-57773-2. [35:14] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • William Walton Richard III: Prelude & Shakespeare Suite – Philharmonia/Sir William Walton. Seraphim 60205. [17:52] Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare
Stacy Garrop
Earth Day 2020 Stephen Alltop leads the Northwestern University Symphony, the Alice Millar Chapel Choir, the Evanston Children’s Choir, and soloists in Terra Nostra – Our Earth – by the Chicago-based composer Stacy Garrop in a performance recorded in February. This large-scale celebration of our planet uses poetry by Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Walt Whitman, and Edna St. Vincent Millay in the progression of its three sections: Creation of the World, The Rise of Humanity, and Searching for Balance. Kerry Frumkin hosts this program in observance of Earth Day.
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James Morris
Live from the Met: Turandot Franco Zeffirelli’s colorful production of Turandot is headed by Nina Stemme in the title role, with Marco Berti as Calaf, the Unknown Prince; James Morris as Calaf’s father, Timur; and Hibla Gerzmava as the faithful Liù, with Carlo Rizzi conducting. Puccini’s last opera, though vaguely based on an 18th century play by Carlo Gozzi, was incomplete at the time of Puccini’s death in 1924, and completed by Franco Alfano with the aid of Arturo Toscanini, who conducted the world premiere.
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Friday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in d, Op. 3, No. 5 – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. London 430261-2. [10:33] Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Concertino (Divertimento) in G, H XIV: 13 – Ton Koopman, hc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch. Philips 446542-2 (2). [9:06] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johann Joachim Quantz Two-Flute Concerto in G – Jed Wentz & Marion Moonen, f’s; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archive 447644-2. [12:27] 11:00 Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book 1: Fête-Dieu à Seville – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80703. [7:09] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Franz Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D. 384 – Joseph Swensen, v; Jeffrey Kahane, p. RCA 7962-2. [12:38]
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1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64 – Nicola Benedetti, v; ASMIF/James MacMillan. DG B0007682-02. [27:31] Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in c – Sylviane Deferne, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1122. [13:52] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in d, Op. 104 – Minnesota Orch/ Osmo Vänskä. Bis 2006. [28:58] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto madrigal – Pepe & Angel Romero, g’s; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. London 4780192 (2). [29:21] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music from the Magic Box 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Jaap van Zweden, conductor – Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Romantic. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Terry Jones, author and Monty Python alum, interviewed in 1983
Saturday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Puccini’s “Turandot” – Nina Stemme (Turandot); Marco Berti (Calaf); Hibla Gerzmava (Liù); James Morris (Timur); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Carlo Rizzi. 3:30 Weekend Music on WFMT • Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC5-57562-2. [29:33] Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture and Dances – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek. Virgin Classics 59285-2. [17:42] Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo – Chicago Sym/Riccardo Muti. CSO ReSound 9011801. [4:32] 4:30 Arias and Songs Encore: An hourlong tribute to the late opera star Mirella Freni (1935-2020). 5:30 Evening Music on WFMT •
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207 – Nikolaj Znaider, v; London Sym. LSO Live LSO-0804. [19:11] Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384: Vaudeville finale, Nie werd’ ich deine Huld – Soloists, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Archive 449938-2. [4:55] Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite – Royal Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80151. [24:42] Lou Harrison Suite #2 for guitar, harp & percussion – Just Strings; Gene Sterling, per. Bridge BCD-9041. [9:39] George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite – Leila Josefowicz, v; John Novacek, p. Philips 462948-2. [18:11] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Highlights from the 2019 Chicago Latino Music Festival 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Cindy Mangsen and Steve Gillette, with Anne Hills, live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
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from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 4, Lemminkainen’s Return – Swedish Radio Sym/Mikko Franck. Ondine ODE-953-2. [6:56] Serge Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky – Alisa Kolosova, ms; Utah Sym & Chorus/Thierry Fischer. Reference FR-735. [41:23] Bill McGlaughlin’s Exploring Music topic this coming week is the music of Prokofiev. 7:00 Ferdinando Carulli Serenade in A, Op. 96 – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61452-2. [10:00] Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36 – Isaac Stern & ChoLiang Lin, v’s; Jaime Laredo & Michael Tree, vi’s; Yo-Yo Ma & Sharon Robinson, vc’s. Sony S2K-45820 (2). [41:01] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, mezzosoprano – Bizet Roma. Berlioz: The Death of Cleopatra. Respighi: The Pines of Rome. Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The art of conductor Hermann Abendroth (1883-1956)
Monday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 George Gershwin Three Preludes – Joshua Bell, v; John Williams, p. Sony SK-60659. [6:46] Williams Close Encounters of the Third Kind film music: Excerpts – Boston Pops/John Williams. Sony 70636-2. [9:46] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [14:19] 11:00 Peter Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence: IV. Allegro con brio e vivace – I Musici de Montreal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos 8547. [7:59] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Leo Délibes Coppélia: Hungarian Dance & Act I Finale – Lyon Opéra Orch/Kent Nagano. Erato 96368-2. [8:00] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Claude Debussy Préludes, Book 1: Le vent dans la plaine; Les sons et les parfulms tournent dans l’air du soir; Les collines d’Anacapri – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. London 452022-2 (2). [9:04] Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain – Chicago Sym/Fritz
Reiner. RCA 61957. [19:08] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464 – Alban Berg String Quartet. Teldec 72480-2 (4). [30:28] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Thomas Tallis Motet, Spem in Alium – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Chandos 0513. [9:24] Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Portraits from The England of Elizabeth – London Sym/ André Previn. RCA LSC-3280. [17:37] William Byrd Motet, Christe qui lux es – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Coro 16140. [4:54] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The life and music of Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) 8:00 Live from WFMT 10:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, The Inextinguishable – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Virgin Classics 91210-2. [34:54] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in f, Op. 57, Appassionata – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG B0000059-02. [23:14] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The life and music of Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun. Ravel: Chansons madécasses. Schoenberg: Transfigured Night. 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Georges Bizet La jolie fille de Perth: Scènes bohémiennes – New Zealand Sym/Donald Johanos. Naxos 8.553027. [12:31] Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre, Op. 40 – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8719. [6:54] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E, Op. 8, RV 269, Spring – Daniel Hope, v; Zürich Chamber Orch. DG 4796922. [9:18] 11:00 Agustín Barrios Mangoré Un Sueño en la Floresta – Milos Karadaglic, g. DG B0017000-02. [7:21] 12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinist Francesca Anderegg, with piano, live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas Suite – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock. RCA-DHM 77231-2. [13:29] Various Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Three Myths: The Fountain of Arethusa; March fr The Love for Three Oranges – Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p. Sony SK-52568. [11:03] Operatic Interludes Intermezzi fr Manon Lescaut and Pagliacci – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 429494-2. [9:42] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Claude Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande Suite – Berlin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in G, Op. 3, No. 3 – Handel and Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau Lyre 421729-2. [7:24] Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in G – Andreas Staier, hc; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902083.84 (2). [12:36] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 – Gidon Kremer, v; Chamber Orch of Europe/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 74881-2. [7:41] 11:00 Franz von Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony 88875037912. [8:35] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Claude Debussy La Mer – Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 439896-2. [23:32] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Darius Milhaud Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: Set 1 – William Bolcom, p. Nonesuch 71316-2. [12:41] Heitor Villa-Lobos Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra – Eduardo Fernàndez, g; English Chamber Orch/Enrique Garcia Asensio. London 421108-2. [17:26] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concert Rondo in D, K. 382 – Mitsuko Uchida, p; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. Philips 432082-2. [8:22]
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In the Spotlight
Claude Debussy
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of A Faun, originally conceived for flute and orchestra, has been arranged for any number of instrumentations. A group of string and wind players, joined by piano, harmonium, and Chinese cymbal, performed it on a recent concert by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Ravel’s trilogy Chansons madécasses (Madagascan Songs) is based on poems by Evariste de Forges de Parny, a man unusual for his time in his opposition to colonialism and slavery. The concert concludes with the original string-sextet version of Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night, based on a poem about love and infidelity by Richard Dehmel (1863-1920), a work in the tradition of late Romanticism.
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Thursday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331 – Vladimir Horowitz, p. Sony S3K-53461 (3). [17:46] Jean Joseph Mouret Sinfonies de Fanfares: Rondeau & Fanfares – B, H, W Läubin, tr’s; Preston, o; Schmitt, ty. DG 419245-2. [3:30] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco Overture – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-68468. [7:15] 11:00 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:48] 12:00 Impromptu: Live from Levin Studio – Pianist Lara Downes, whose newest recording is Some of These Days. 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon Septimi Toni; Sonata Pian’ e Forte – Canadian Brass. Opening Day ODR-7380. [8:06] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 3 – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [16:59] Gabrieli Jubilate Deo – Music of the Baroque Choir/Edward Zelnis. MOB 2006. [6:25] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 – Vermeer Quartet. Teldec 76457-2 (9). [24:38] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Francis Poulenc Oboe Sonata – Alex Klein, ob; Phillip Bush, p. Cedille CDR-90000186. [14:13] Darius Milhaud Suite provençale, Op. 152b – Orch/ Darius Milhaud. EMI CDC7-54604-2. [15:13] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The life and music of Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Carey Bell, clarinet – Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat. 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
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Barnes & Thornburg • Chicago Tonight Diane and Michael Beemer • WTTW News Binny’s Beverage Depot • Ask Geoffrey segments on Chicago Tonight • Check, Please! Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois • Masterpiece BMO Wealth Management • Check, Please! Brinson Foundation • NOVA Ann and Rich Carr • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence The Chicago Community Trust • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence Chicago Scanning LLC • Finding Your Roots City Club of Chicago • Chicago Tonight Clifford Law Offices • Closed captioning of local productions ComEd • Chicago Tonight • Programming celebrating diverse voices Lew Collens • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation • Chicago Tonight • Frontline City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events • Arts programming Denny and Sandy Cummings • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence Howard and Ursula Dubin Foundation • BBC World News • Chicago Tonight
Jim and Kay Mabie • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • Chicago Tonight Marc and Jeanne Malnati Family Foundation • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence
Rande and Cary McMillan • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence Mollenhauer Progressive Philanthropic Fund • Chicago Tonight Alexandra and John Nichols • Chicago Tonight Nicor Gas • Programming celebrating diverse voices NorthShore University Health System • Finding Your Roots William F. O’Connor Foundation • Chicago Tonight Physicians Immediate Care • WTTW/WFMT Digital Polk Bros. Foundation • Chicago Tonight Steve & Delores Sarovich Foundation • Jay’s Chicago Richard and Cynthia Schilsky • WTTW News Senior Lifestyle/The Breakers at Edgewater Beach • Antiques Roadshow David Snyder and Peggy Salamon • Frontline Steans Family Foundation • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence Visit Bloomington, Indiana • Think Wednesday programming
The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence
Gary and Mary Walther • British programming
Joel M. Friedman, President, Alvin H. Baum Family Fund • Science segments on Chicago Tonight
Sue and Bob Wieseneck • Cooking programming
Kiphart Family Foundation • Children’s programming Russell and Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust, a partner of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation • Children’s programming Edmond and Alice Opler Foundation • Children’s programming Physicians Immediate Care • WTTW Kids community engagement initiatives Philip F. Schoch Charitable Trust • Children’s programming Dr. Scholl Foundation • Children’s programming Segal Family Foundation • Children’s programming – Arthur
AARP • Weather reports AARP Experience Corps • Weather reports Admiral at the Lake • Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Paul M. Angell Family Foundation • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Mr. and Mrs. William G. Brown • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation • Impromptu • Live from WFMT Friends of Oliver Dragon • International programs and remote broadcasts Eugene Jarvis and Sasha Gerritson • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Kiphart Family Foundation • Introductions The Becca Kopf Memorial Education Fund • Studs Terkel Radio Archive Montgomery Place • Introductions Negaunee Foundation • Introductions Poetry Foundation • Spoken Word programming Steve and Delores Sarovich Foundation • Introductions Joyce Saxon • Fiesta Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Toni Patisserie • Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
Friendship Village • Check, Please!
Aldi • WTTW Kids community engagement initiatives
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation • Chicago Tonight
The Duchossois Family Foundation • Children’s programming
GE Monogram • WTTW Healthy Tips
Grove Dental Associates • Children’s programming
Sonia T. Marschak • FIRSTHAND: Gun Violence
Gail M. Elden • WTTW News
Julius N. Frankel Foundation • Chicago Tonight
Thank You
Laura and Bob Watson, in memory of Charles Benton • Studs Terkel Radio Archive Wintrust • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Helen Zell • Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
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