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Black Music Spotlight
This month, listen to the Morning Program each weekday for selections by Black composers curated and presented by WFMT Host LaRob K. Rafael. Among others, composers Omar Thomas, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Steve Wallace will be featured. Weekdays at 8:30 am
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The Chineke! Orchestra at the BBC Proms
The first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse musicians celebrates Black composers of British, African, and African-American heritage in this concert conducted by Kalena Bovell. Tuesday, January at 8:00 pm
The Orchestral Works of Florence Price
Maestro John Jeter, Music Director of Fort Smith Symphony in Arkansas, joins Oliver Camacho in a conversation about diversity in classical music and the galvanizing orchestral works of Florence Price, including the Mississippi River Suite. Tuesday, February 22 at 8:00 pm
Tuesday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis
Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am. Traditional Chinese Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy New Year) – Brandon Cheng, vc. WFMT. [00:41]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5. [18:55] 11:00 Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance at the Village Inn) – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. CBS MLK-39450. [11:25] 12:00 Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 – Michel Lethiec, cl; Evgeny Kissin, p; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov, v. RCA 60370-2. [9:03]
1:00 Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante favori in F, WoO 57 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 438472-2. [9:02] Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423624-2. [17:43] 2:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 410518-2. [14:46]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with
Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Erich Wolfgang Korngold Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Suite – Minería Sym Orch/ Carlos Miguel Prieto. Naxos 8.570791. [16:05] Teresa Carreño La fausse note, Op. 39 – Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD2522002237. [4:17] Franz Schubert Symphony No. 7 in E major, D. 729 – Munich Symphony Orchestra/ Kevin John Edusei. Solo Musica SM-339. [33:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I. In part one of a two-week series, Bill explores music from lands around the Pacific Rim, beginning with Australia and New Zealand.
8:00 WFMT Presents: I, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life
of Langston Hughes – Host Terrance McKnight dives into the songs, cantatas, musicals, and librettos that flowed from Hughes’s pen. The hour-long program also details Hughes’s collaboration with William Grant Still and their 15-year struggle to see their opera Troubled Island become a reality. A production of WQXR.
9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Beethoven:
Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 1, No. 3; Schumann: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 47
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
All prerecorded music on WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
Wednesday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore
including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Malcolm Arnold English Dances, Op. 27 – Philharmonia/ Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8867. [8:40]
11:00 Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Oboe Concerto in G minor – Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann, ob; Freiburg Baroque Orch/ Gottfried von der Goltz. Aparté AP-262. [12:13]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts: Violinist Geneva Lewis and pianist Sahum Sam Hong perform Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22, Gabriel Fauré’s Après un rêve, and Claude Debussy’s Violin Sonata live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon,
including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Concerto for string quartet and orchestra – Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000141. [25:47] Robert Nathaniel Dett Inspiration Waltzes – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [6:08] 2:00 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 – Hilary Hahn, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Sony SK-89649. [40:25]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with
Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2. [20:37] Ronn McFarlane On the Heath – Ronn McFarlane & William Simms, l’s. Dorian DSL-92111. [8:34] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 458, Hunt – Emerson String Quartet. DG 427657-2. [25:52]
7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I. In part one of a two-week series, Bill explores music from lands around the
In the Spotlight
Langston Hughes
WFMT Presents: I, Too, Sing America
Born on February 1, 1901, Langston Hughes, became an icon of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes’s written works wedded a fierce dedication to social justice with his belief in the transformative power of the word. But he was also a music lover, and some of the works he was most proud of were collaborations with composers and musicians. Terrance McKnight hosts an hourlong special that includes recordings of select pieces of Hughes’s musical works, some of which were never performed again in their entirety after their original production.
Tuesday, February 1 8:00 pm
Pacific Rim, beginning with Australia and New Zealand.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 – Tokyo String Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807481.83. [35:29]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 3
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore
including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:18] 11:00 Clara Schumann Piano Sonata in G minor – Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4850020. [20:14] 12:00 Ludovico Einaudi Divenire – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8738. [7:04] 1:00 Camille Saint-Saëns La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 – Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Radio France Phil Orch/ Lionel Bringuier. Erato 934134-2. [16:36] Sergio Assad Jobiniana No. 1 – Sergio Assad & Odair Assad, g’s. Nonesuch 79179-2. [5:07] 2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor – Emerson String Quartet. DG 427657-2. [23:41]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with
Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Traditional American
Shenandoah – Lara Downes, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92207. [3:57] Samuel ColeridgeTaylor Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Op. 59: No. 10, Deep River – Lara Downes, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92207. [5:14] Howard Hanson Lux Aeterna, Op. 24 – Ilkka Talvi, v; Susan Gulkis, vi; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3160. [16:48] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902113.14. [22:37] Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: I. Prélude – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 423665-2. [3:00] Jacques Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle (Belle nuit) – John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Geoffrey Brand. Chandos CHAN-6539. [2:24]
7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I. In part one of a two-week series, Bill explores music from lands around the Pacific Rim, beginning with Australia and New Zealand.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts: Brahms:
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, NCPA Orchestra, Chen Sa, piano, Lü Jia, conductor. Wu Zuqiang, Liu Dehai, and Wang Yanqiao: Pipa Concerto: Little Sisters of the Grassland, NCPA Orchestra, Li Jia, pipa, Chen Lin, conductor.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore
including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Impromptu at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in F, R. 574 – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2392. [11:40] 11:00 Josef Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 – Czech Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. Decca 466443-2. [14:47] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Imani Winds in works by Valerie Coleman, Igor Stravinsky, and Manuel de Falla. From 2013; hosted by Kerry Frumkin. 1:00 Ola Gjeilo The Lake Isle – Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet. Decca B0024646-02. [6:18]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo ballet music, K. 367 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2159. [16:20] 2:00 George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F – AnneMarie McDermott, p; Dallas Sym/Justin Brown. Bridge 9252. [32:30]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with
Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 444845-2. [23:01] Jean-Baptiste Lully La naissance de Vénus: Part I: 1st to 6th entrances – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset. Aparté AP-255. [14:35] Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 64, No. 4 – Angeles String Quartet. Philips 464650-2 (21). [16:24]
7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I. In part one of a two-week series, Bill explores music from lands around the Pacific Rim, beginning with Australia and New Zealand. 8:00 Evening Music on WFMT, including Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in e, Op. 93: II. Allegro – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 433073-2. [4:20]
9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Britten:
Violin Concerto, Op. 15 Simone Lamsma,, violin; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60, “Leningrad” Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel:
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry (01/28/1970). Featuring bluesmen Sonny Terry with his harmonica and Brownie McGhee at the guitar. The duo was a team for a long time, and Studs opens this program from 1970 with an excerpt of an earlier Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee concert that Studs had introduced 11 years before.
Saturday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with
LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Black History Month highlights include music by Adolphus Hailstork, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Ulysses Kay, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Jessie Montgomery and Jonathan Miller performed by teenage musicians.
12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: The Met’s First
Decade On the Air Highlights from historic Met broadcasts.
2:00 Saturday Afternoon Music 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Rising
Stars in Opera. Introducing Black artists you should know, including sopranos Janai Brugger, Jeanine De Bique, and Pumeza Matshikiza, and tenor Noah Stewart.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:
Impromptu Encore: Imani Winds
Imani Winds has established itself as one of America’s premier wind quintets. Extolled by the Washington Post as “exuding a sultry sophistication during performance,” the ensemble has carved a unique path with its dynamic playing and culturally poignant programming. When Kerry Frumkin welcomed the group on Impromptu in 2013, they played works by ensemble member Valerie Coleman, as well as Igor Stravinsky and Manuel de Falla.
Friday, February 4 12:00 pm
Chamber and orchestral works by Paquito D’Rivera including his Saxophone Quartet and The Elephant and the Clown.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich
Warren: Singer-songwriter Rebecca Folsom, live from the Hinsdale Unitarian Church.
9:00 The Midnight Special with
Marilyn Rea Beyer: A focus on the shortest month of the year; and marking the beginning of Black History Month with a tribute in song to Rosa Parks, 109 years and one day after she was born.
Sunday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice: Host Peter DuBois presents sacred choral and organ music for Candlemas, marking the Feast of Purification and the presentation of Jesus in the temple. Candelmas also celebrates Christ as “The Light of the World” with the blessing of candles.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael
Photo: Jaclyn Simpson
Chris Reynolds
Ryan Opera Center Recital Series
The dazzling second year-ensemble member Chris Reynolds drives the variety of this program, showcasing his formidable skills as both a soloist and collaborative pianist, as well as his penchant for K-pop (Korean popular music). Reynolds accompanies mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung in an aria by Richard Wagner, songs of Richard Strauss and Erik Satie, and a jazz standard. Reynolds also will perform his arrangement of a song by the South Korean girl group Red Velvet. Pianist Donald Lee III joins the program to play duets by Samuel Barber and a solo work by Florence Price.
Sunday, February 6 7:00 pm
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with
Robbie Ellis, including
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne in d minor – Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68911-2. [14:51] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: III. Rondo – Leon Fleisher, p; Cleveland Orch/ George Szell. CBS M3K42445. [8:31] George Frideric Handel Tamerlano: Overture & Minuet – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 45408-2. [5:24] Alan Hovhaness Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b – Benny Wiame, tr; I Fiamminghi/ Rudolf Werthen. Telarc CD-80392. [5:37] Joe Locke Her Sanctuary – London Sym Orch Percussion Ensemble. LSO Live LSO-5090. [8:02]
1:00 Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-647. [18:23] Knut Nystedt Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 114 – Frøydis Ree Wekre, hn; Trondheim Symphony Orchestra/Ole Kristian Ruud. Simax PSC-1100. [19:37] Michael Tilson Thomas Street Song: 1st mvt – Bay Brass. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556. [4:15] Asako Hirabayashi Street Music – Gina DiBello, v; Asako Hirabayashi, hc. Albany TROY-1180. [3:47] Franz Schubert Military March in D, D 733, No. 1 – Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony S2K-68240. [4:48] 2:00 Victor Herbert Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 60838-2. [3:48] Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – London Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 443856-2. [14:12] Mons Leidvin Takle Yes! – Christopher Herrick, o. Hyperion CDA-68376. [5:55] Dag Wirén String Quartet No. 3 in d, Op. 18 – Lindsay String Quartet. ASV CDDCA-825. [20:02]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331: Finale, Rondo alla turca – Mitsuko Uchida, p. Philips 438045-2. [3:31]
3:00 Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [14:19] Francis Poulenc Suite française – London Wind Orch/Denis Wick. ASV CDWHL-2067. [12:20] Joe Hisaishi Angel Springs – Lara Downes, p. Flipside FL-0011. [2:32] Giuseppe Tartini Violin Sonata in G, Devil’s Trill: Finale – Rachel Barton Pine, v; David Schrader, hc. Cedille CDR-90000041. [5:25] Hugo Alfvén The Mountain King, Op. 37: Dance of the Shepherdess – Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-725. [3:59] 4:00 Henry Purcell King Arthur: Overture – Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-66169. [3:36] Caroline Shaw Dolce cantavi – Tenet. Avie AV-2326. [2:40]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry
Frumkin, including Augusta Holmès Symphonic Poem, Andromède – Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann. Marco Polo 8.223449. [15:08] John Field Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat – John O’Conor, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80370. [32:03] Marin Marais L’Arabesque – Spectre de la Rose. Naxos 8.550750. [6:18] Pauline Viardot Song, Havanaise – Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Myung-Whun Chung, p. Decca 452667-2. [4:41] Pauline Viardot Song, Hai luli! – Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Myung-Whun Chung, p. Decca 452667-2. [3:33] Pauline Viardot Song, Les Filles de Cadix – Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Myung-Whun Chung, p. Decca 452667-2. [2:47] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4835522. [19:05] James MacMillan Larghetto – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-744. [14:56]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital
Series: Mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung and pianist Chris Reynolds perform Venus’s aria from Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Four Songs, Op. 27 of Richard Strauss, Three Songs of Erik Satie, and Duke Ellington’s In a Sentimental Mood. Pianist Donald Lee III also joins the program to perform a movement from Florence Price’s Piano Sonata in E minor, and to join Reynolds for Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs for piano, four hands, Op. 28.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts:
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor. Holmès: La Nuit et l’Amour; Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33; John Sharp cellist; Wagner: Orchestral music from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with
Henry Fogel: Works by Wagner conducted by Leopold Stokowski, with the NBC Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Monday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore
including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am; and Black Music Spotlight at 8:30 am.
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Adolphus Hailstork Three Spirituals (2005) – Virginia Sym/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559722. [8:17] 11:00 Arcangelo Corelli Variations in d minor on La Follia, Op. 5, No. 12 – Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV-9844. [11:00] 12:00 Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 449186-2. [14:27] 1:00 Valerie Coleman Concerto for Wind Quintet: Afro; Danza – Imani Winds. Koch KICCD-7599. [10:09] Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4756939. [12:00]
2:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – St Petersburg Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-54877-2. [34:32]
3:00 Late Afternoon Music with
Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610): Dixit Dominus – Green Mountain Project/Jeffrey Grossman. New Focus Recordings FCR-918. [8:26] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 12 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423626-2. [10:32] Wolfgang Amadeus
In the Spotlight
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
WFMT Presents: From the BBC Proms - The Chineke! Orchestra
The 19 year-old pianist (and cellist) Jeneba Kanneh-Mason attends the Royal College of Muisc and was a Keyboard Category Finalist in BBC Young Musician 2018. She made her BBC Proms concerto debut last summer performing Florence Price’s Piano Concerto with Chineke! Orchestra. Also hear works by the Nigerian composer Fela Sowande and the British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
