Air Check Dear Member, WTTW and WFMT have always synonymous with exceptional local content, and this month, we are proud to bring you an especially impressive array of options – everything from three new installments of our own homegrown national music series Soundstage to an acclaimed play from Albany Park Theater Project and Goodman Theatre; thought-provoking documentaries about the city’s Cabrini Green housing project and a secret WWII training exercise on Lake Michigan; an innovative film created by a 12-year-old local filmmaker; and a new local series, The Interview Show with Mark Bazer (wttw.com/interviewshow). This month on WTTW11 and wttw.com, there is something for everyone, including American Masters profiles of Janis Joplin and the Highwaymen; a new season of Genealogy Roadshow; That Bites!, a 12-year-old’s treatise on what it’s like to live with food allergies; a revealing series, Genius, hosted by renowned physicist (and genius) Stephen Hawking; all-new webisodes of Chat, Please! with David Manilow; the return of and final season with Kenneth Branagh as the brooding Swedish detective Wallander and the continuation of our popular Saturday night mysteries; and two important Independent Lens specials with town halls on gun violence in America. We close out the month with a new local documentary, Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan, about fighter pilots training on carriers near Chicago and the efforts being made to raise and restore their aircraft; and two annual mainstays: the National Memorial Day Concert and this year’s National Geographic Bee, both from Washington, DC. Remember that you can catch these on WTTW11, at wttw.com/video, and via the PBS video app. On 98.7WFMT and wfmt.com, we herald Lyric Opera of Chicago with a month-opening broadcast of the company’s latest foray into the world of Rodgers & Hammerstein, The King and I. Then we’ll be starting our Saturday rebroadcasts of productions from the 2015-16 season; during May, enjoy The Marriage of Figaro, the new Bel Canto, and La Cenerentola. Stellar pianist Jeremy Denk performs live for WFMT from the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival an eclectic recital ranging from Beethoven to ragtime. We’ll welcome the Spektral Quartet and Civitas to Live from WFMT, and also present live Impromptus with the chamber musicians of Midsummer’s Music Festival and with pianist Marc-André Hamelin. At wfmt.com, you can also find the latest classical music and fine arts news stories, such as the announcement of this year’s Richard Tucker Award winner and our annual celebration of Major League Baseball’s Opening Day, plus a variety of interviews with visiting singers, conductors, and instrumentalists, illuminating lists, quizzes and contests, and more. Listen anywhere and anytime. On behalf of WTTW and WFMT, thank you for choosing us, and for your continuing support. We couldn’t do it without you. Sincerely,
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MEMBER CONNECTIONS Cornerstones of Rock LIVE!
Live Piano Concert
WHAT This special Cornerstones of Rock concert is a nostalgic celebraCornerstones of Rock LIVE! tion of the local “garage bands” that rose to national prominence in the 1960s and ’70s, and remain favorites today with their sing-along WHERE hits. This special shines a spotlight on the local groups from the North Shore Center for the PerChicago area who defined forming Arts 9501 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie this era as they rose through the teen clubs all WHEN the way to national Sunday, May 1, 5:00 pm prominence. Come see them live in a concert featuring The Ides of March, The Buckinghams, The New Colony Six with Bruce Mattey and Ray Graffia, The Cryan’ Shames, and more! Each pair of tickets comes with the Cornerstones of Rock DVD/CD as a bonus! To purchase tickets, please visit wttw.com/events.
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The PianoForte Salon Series
70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green Screening
Join us On The Table Join WTTW for another meal together as part of The Chicago Community Trust’s annual forum, On The Table. This year, thousands of Chicagoland individuals and communities of diverse perspectives and backgrounds will come together to talk about how we can help unite the place we call home. Would you like to connect with our host and other Chicago-area residents to share a mealtime conversation and explore issues and ideas on how we can work together to build and sustain strong, safe, and vibrant communities? Pull up a chair, join the discussion, and imagine our future! Dinner is on us, but space is limited. To complete the application form, visit wttw.com/events.
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PianoForte Studios 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago Photo: Cristina Rutter
WTTW, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events presents a FREE screening of the documentary film 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green. Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over WHAT Chicago’s most valuable 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini neighborhoods. A loomGreen ing reminder of inequalScreening & Discussion ity and poverty, Cabrini’s WHERE high-rises were demolChicago Cultural Center ished and an African78 E. Washington Street in American community Chicago cleared to make room for WHEN another social experiSaturday, May 21, 2:00 pm ment: mixed-income neighborhoods. Shot over the course of 20 years, this film documents this upheaval, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995, to the clashes in the mixedincome neighborhoods a decade later. 70 Acres in Chicago tells the Mark Pratt, Deidre Brewster, Raymond volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land, while looking McDonald. unflinchingly at race, class, and who has the right to live in the city. Immediately following the screening there will be a panel discussion with questions and comments from the audience. To reserve your spot, visit wttw.com/events.
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Friday, May 6, 12:00 pm
WFMT’s monthly live series, The PianoForte Salon Series, continues its season of broadcasts and you’re invited to be part of the audience! Join WFMT for a live performance and conversation with pianist Nicholas Phillips. Described by the New York Times as an “able and persuasive advocate” of new music, pianist Nicholas Phillips is active as a soloist and collaborative artist; recent performances include solo recitals in Korea and Argentina, as well as dozens of appearances across the United States, and an invited performance at the Croatian Embassy in Washington, DC. Admission to this concert is free. For program information, visit pianofortefoundation.org.
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MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to “Musical Enchantments”
2-for-1 Tickets to The Woman in Black The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) conclude their 35th season with Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story The Woman in Black. A lawyer, obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black, engages a skeptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It all begins innocently enough, but then, as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation, a brilliantly successful study in atmosphere, illusion, and controlled horror, has been running in London for more than 25 years. Performances of The Woman in Black take place April 29-May 22, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey, at Marshfield just west of Ashland, in Chicago. Free parking is available in two lots. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, to any performance by emailing tickets@saintsebastianplayers.org and mentioning WTTW. For information, visit saintsebastianplayers.org.
The Orion Ensemble concludes its 2015-16 season with “Musical Enchantments,” welcoming back guest violinist Mathias Tacke, former second violinist of the Vermeer Quartet; and highly respected Chicago violist Stephen Boe. They join Orion for Antonín Dvorák’s Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 75a; Amy Beach’s Quintet in F-sharp Minor for String Quartet and Piano, Op. 67 (1908); and Johannes Brahms’ Quintet in B Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115. The Orion Ensemble’s “Musical Enchantments” takes place Sunday, May 29 at 7:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Geneva, 2300 South Street in Geneva; Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30 pm at the PianoForte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago – joined by Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Millennium Winds quintet performing sections from Cambini’s Wind Quintet No. 1 in B-flat Major; and Sunday, June 5 at 7:30 pm at Music Institute of Chicago’s Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, ONLY by calling (630) 628-9591 and using code WTTW. For information, visit orionensemble.org.
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2-for-1 Tickets to Chicago Philharmonic The Chicago Philharmonic’s virtuosic musicians perform alongside Cirque de la Symphonie’s cast of Olympians and world-record-holders in one resounding spectacle for the ears and eyes. Selections from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Khachaturian’s Gayaneh, John Williams’s film scores, and more set the scene for aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, and jugglers. For 2-for-1 admission to Chicago Philharmonic’s performance with Cirque de la Symphonie at Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, 205 East Randolph Drive in Chicago. Use code “WFMTMEM” when calling (312) 334-7777 or visiting chicagophilharmonic.org. Offer good for Saturday, May 28 performance at 7:30 pm.
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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
Janis Joplin: American Masters
Harry’s Arctic Heroes
Observe Janis Joplin’s life through intimate letters and rare footage in the first in-depth celebration of the iconic rock singer. Director Amy Berg presents a portrait of a complicated, driven, often beleaguered artist.
Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 pm
Four Afghanistan veterans have all suffered debilitating injuries, including the loss of limbs, during active service. Now they are attempting the first unsupported trek by wounded soldiers to the North Pole for charity. The charity’s patron Prince Harry joins the team for part of the expedition.
Thursday, May 5, 9:00 pm
inCommon with Mike Leonard: Crossroads In Ireland, Mike Leonard explores how life can change dramatically at the crossroads of old and new. At the Leonards’ Sligo homestead, Mike’s cousins consider how he might have fared as a farmer had his grandfather not left Ireland at 19.
Thursday, May 12, 9:00 pm
See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.
Sunday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:00 Big Burn: American Experience [R] 3:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea – Great Nature (1933-1945) (Part 5 of 6) [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Dr. Cool and Pride: The Big Show — Give 11:30 Wisconsin Foodie: Kickapoo Country Fair/ Organic Valley Family
In the Spotlight
Horst von Wachter and his family.
Independent Lens: My Nazi Legacy – What Our Fathers Did Meet the sons of two Nazi war criminals who were jointly responsible for thousands of deaths. Through frank interviews, the men reflect on their fathers’ characters and crimes, and on the price of forgiveness.
Monday, May 2, 10:00 pm
AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Asian Harbor, Beatrix, Sauce and Bread Kitchen [R] 12:30 In Our Voices: Fritzie Fritzshall 1:00 Spilled Water Chicago-area filmmaker Tchao charts the progress of hard-won gender equality through struggles unique to China’s politics and patriarchal past. 2:00 Mulberry Child Witness the moving story of author Jian Ping’s coming-of-age as the daughter of a senior government official, and her family’s struggle to survive China’s Cultural Revolution of 1966-1979. 3:00 A Voice Among the Silent: The Legacy of James G. McDonald James McDonald was one of the first Americans to meet face-to-face with Hitler in 1933. Shocked by Hitler’s threats, he worked tirelessly to find safe havens for refugees. 4:00 Jay’s Chicago: No Ordinary Art [R] 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:00 Keeping Up Appearances 5:30 As Time Goes By EVENING 6:00 The Bletchley Circle: Blood on Their Hands (Part 1 of 2) Alice Merren is in prison awaiting trial for the murder of her former Bletchley Park colleague. Jean, believing Alice is covering for someone, begins to reunite the circle. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 5 of 8) Learn why professionals like the Turners are reassessing their lifestyles as they fight for respiratory health for patients. 8:00 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) Sidney seeks oblivion. His friend Sam seeks forgiveness. A dead girl’s parents seek revenge. Amanda seeks Sidney. Leonard finally takes a stand. 9:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 9) A former employee is laid to rest. Kitty and Frank reach
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an understanding. Grove confronts Tilly. Jimmy thinks he’s a hunted man, even as he makes the deal of his life. The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rick Bayless and Stacey Ballis [R] Check, Please! Asian Harbor, Beatrix, Sauce and Bread Kitchen [R] Song Stage Illinois (Part 3) This music competition series highlights performing artists from Illinois. Live from the Artists Den: Gary Clark, Jr.
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Monday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 5 of 8) See Sun. May 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Father Brown: The Daughter of Autolycus [R] 2:15 Doc Martin: ControlAlt-Delete [R] 3:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea – The Morning of Creation (1946-1980) (Part 6 of 6) [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Braising 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: It’s Tulip Time MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 3 of 3) Travel to Omaha to see a Humphreys homeopathic medicine cabinet, a 1939 Gregoire Boonzaier “View of Cape Town” oil painting, and a mid-19th century Mormon book archive. Which treasure is the top find of the hour? 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Detroit (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include a Charles Schulz signed letter and drawing of his Peanuts character Linus, and two etchings – one by Edward Hopper and one by John Sloan.
Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin: American Masters Observe Janis Joplin’s life through intimate letters and rare footage in this first in-depth celebration of the iconic rock singer. Director Amy Berg presents a portrait of a complicated, driven, often beleaguered artist. Chan Marshall narrates.
Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 pm 10:00 Independent Lens: My Nazi Legacy – What Our Fathers Did 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 5 of 8) [R] 4:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 9) See Sun. May 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids 2016
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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/schedules. Genius by Stephen Hawking
Wednesdays, May 18 and 25, 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm
Narrated by renowned theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, this new series presents a group of ordinary people who will be challenged to think like the greatest scientific minds in history in order to solve some of humanity’s most enduring questions.
WTTW11 in HD Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can watch WTTW11 in high-definition by tuning to channel 11-1. Cable or satellite viewers can locate WTTW11 in highdefinition on the on-screen menu.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Marisol, Norman, and Paul, Hawking’s time travelers
Catching History’s Criminals
Saturdays, May 21 and 28, 7:00 pm
This series features the first investigation in which DNA fingerprinting was used to convict a serial killer, unearths a historic case involving a college janitor turned detective, and explains how you go about putting a name to a body when it’s been dissolved in acid.
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.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Gabriel Weston
Pedal Along
Sunday, May 22, 11:00 am
WTTW Create WTTW Create is our how-to and lifestyle programming channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW Create is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW Create programming airs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
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Take a bike tour around the U.S. and Europe with Create travelers Rudy Maxa, Colleen Kelly, and Ira David. We’ll bike through Amsterdam, Rome, and Switzerland as well as learn which cities are ad biker friendly when we “Pedal America.” See the sights and get some exercise, all from your bicycle.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Rudy Maxa
America ReFramed: My Life in China
WTTW World
Tuesday, May 24, 7:00 pm
WTTW WORLD features public television’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW WORLD is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Director Ken Eng’s documents his father’s first trip back to the rural Chinese village where he was raised since immigrating to the US in the 1970s. Father and son visit various family members who stayed through communism and who are now part of the “new middle class.”
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Ken Eng, My Life in China
Interior Design
Saturdays, 9:00 am
WTTW Vme WTTW Vme is our Spanish language channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. WTTW Vme is on Comcast digital channels 368 and 629, Dish Network channels 846 and 9414, DirectTV channel 440, and RCN channel 39.
Prepare to see the complete transformation process, from initial project design to the exciting client presentation, alongside some of Spain’s most famous interior decorators.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: A completely transformed kitchen
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In the Spotlight EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Janis Joplin: American Masters 10:00 Frontline: Bengazi in Crisis On the ground in Benghazi, birthplace of Libya’s uprising, now besieged by ISIS and warring militias, journalist Feras Kilani goes inside the war-torn city. 11:00 Point Taken 11:30 BBC World News
Wednesday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 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: The Last Orangutan Eden Ecologist Chris Morgan travels to the jungles of Northern Sumatra to document the work being done to save its population of wild orangutans. 9:00 NOVA: Operation Lighthouse Rescue The Gay Head Lighthouse, a historic landmark perched high on the cliffs of Martha’s Vineyard, is soon to become the next victim of the ocean’s relentless erosion of the island’s cliffs. 10:00 NOVA: Petra – Lost City of Stone More than two thousand years ago, the thriving city of Petra rose up in the bone-dry desert of what is now Jordan. But following a catastrophic earthquake, Petra’s unique culture was lost to most of the world. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Thursday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Detroit (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: My Nazi Legacy – What Our Fathers Did See Mon. May 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Soundstage: GeorgeFest Watch an eclectic mix of guest artists pay tribute to the late Beatle George Harrison. Brian Wilson, Norah Jones, Dhani Harrison, Ann Wilson, Ben Harper, Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips, and many others honor Harrison’s legacy. 9:00 Harry’s Arctic Heroes 10:00 Prisoner of Her Past This film examines a secret childhood trauma that resurfaces, 60 years later, to unravel the life of Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
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Friday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Nature: The Last Orangutan Eden See Wed. May 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Frontline: Bengazi in Crisis See Tues. May 3 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! Asian Harbor, Beatrix, Sauce and Bread Kitchen [R] 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 with Joel Weisman 7:30 Jay’s Chicago: Teamwork Chicago neighbors adopt a colony of feral cats. A 25-year-old artists collaboration. A 14-year-old billiard whiz. A bike shop that rescues bikes and sends them to developing countries. And a new Northside nature center. 8:00 Check, Please! Milt’s BBQ for the Perplexed, Strings, Pete Miller’s 8:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Pat Quinn and Saba 9:00 JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns: Dedicated to Chaos – 19401945 (Part 7 of 10) The infectious music of the swing bands sets the mood for soldiers going off to fight in World War II. Gifted trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, in after-hours jam sessions with other young rebels, take jazz in startling new directions with their complex music – bebop. 11:00 BBC World News
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 12:30 Nightly Business Report 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns: Dedicated to Chaos – 19401945 (Part 7 of 10) See Fri. May 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Jay’s Chicago: Teamwork See Fri. May 6 at 7:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Fresh Pasta 10:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Farm to Table 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Muffins and Doughnuts Get a Makeover 12:30 Simply Ming: California – Animal 1:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Big Bad Beef 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul — Cuisine Economique 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Meal to Celebrate Fall 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Dinner in Italy 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Poaching 3:30 Martha Bakes: Frangipane 4:00 Check, Please! Milt’s BBQ for the Perplexed, Strings, Pete Miller’s [R] 4:30 A Chef’s Life: Pretty in Peach 5:00 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Decline and Fall of Air Service to U.S. Cities Peter Greenberg discusses the decline in air service across the United States. 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Western Turkey EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 Father Brown: The Rod of Asclepius Lady Felicia’s reckless driving lands her in the hospital bed next to Mrs. McCarthy, with a killer on the loose. 8:00 Doc Martin: Other People’s Children Martin and Louisa don’t seem to be having much success with their therapy, so Dr. Timoney suggests that they plan a date night. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 3 of 8) DI Goodman finds himself embroiled in the highly
Jason Isbell (May 12)
Soundstage Long before MTV and VH1, the acclaimed WTTW series Soundstage debuted with an innovative concert format that was unique to television. This month, enjoy exclusive concerts taped in WTTW’s Grainger Studio featuring country stars Jason Isbell and Jake Owen, and a star-studded tribute to the late Beatle George Harrison, taped in Los Angeles at the Fonda Theatre.
Thursday, May 5, 12, and 19, 8:00 pm
Pat Quinn (May 6)
The Interview Show with Mark Bazer The Interview Show, created and hosted by Mark Bazer, is held live the first Friday of every month at The Hideout in Chicago. Mark welcomes musicians, authors, comedians, community activists, chefs, CEOs, etc., both local and passing through town, in a laid-back, intimate setting. These interviews can now be seen on WTTW.
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In the Spotlight strung world of modeling when a young star is strangled in the middle of a fashion show. 10:00 Luther (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) When an art dealer’s wife is taken hostage at gunpoint, Luther leads a tense investigation which involves payment in diamonds. 11:00 Soundstage: GeorgeFest See Thurs. May 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Janis Joplin: American Masters See Tues. May 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 NOVA: Operation Lighthouse Rescue See Wed. May 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 NOVA: Petra – Lost City of Stone See Wed. May 4 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Harry’s Arctic Heroes See Thurs. May 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
Explore a collection of 23 larger-than-life copper frog sculptures. Discover these whimsical creatures engaged in unexpected activities along the paths of the Arboretum.
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MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Chicago Time Machine (Part 1 of 4) Join Geoffrey Baer for this engaging historical travelogue through Chicago, aided by his amazing flea market find: a time machine that gives us a unique bird’s-eye view of incredible moments of the past. 11:30 Wisconsin Foodie: Espana Foodie AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Milt’s BBQ for the Perplexed, Strings, Pete Miller’s [R] 12:30 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh: Roots 1:00 Gandhi: The Early Years (Part 1 of 3) Mishal Husain journeys through Gandhi’s early years in India to the end of his controversial career in South Africa. 2:00 Gandhi: The Rise to Fame (Part 2 of 3) Gandhi had to face unpopularity, political failure, and British jails. But in 1930 he triumphs, launching the 240-mile Salt March that succeeded in humiliating the British Raj. 3:00 Gandhi: The Road to Freedom (Part 3 of 3) Mishal Husain explores the dramatic last years of Gandhi’s life which culminated in his death by an assassin’s bullet. 4:00 Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory In 1975, Giap, a pregnant Vietnamese refugee, escapes Saigon in a boat and within weeks is working on an assembly line in Indiana. Decades later, her aspiring filmmaker son documents her final day of work. 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:00 Keeping Up Appearances
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Wallander (New Season) The renowned British actor Kenneth Branagh returns for a fourth and final season to his Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated role as the soulsearching Swedish detective Kurt Wallander, based on the character created by bestselling novelist and father of the Nordic noir craze, Henning Mankell. Branagh gives a heartbreaking performance as a gritty cop starting to lose his grip.
Sundays beginning May 8, 8:00 pm 5:30
As Time Goes By
EVENING 6:00 The Bletchley Circle: Blood on Their Hands (Part 2 of 2) Alice is facing the gallows – it’s a race against time to prove her innocence and save her life. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 6 of 8) See the consequences of a woman’s decision not to report a rape, and a mother’s decision to conceal her daughter’s pregnancy. 8:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece: The White Lioness (Part 1 of 3) The case of a missing Swede in South Africa leads Wallander down a dangerous path. Worst of all, he’s having blackouts. 9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 9) The Whiteleys deal starts to look bad. A reporter confronts Jimmy. Grove undertakes a good deed and a new project before retiring. Harry and Mae also retire. 10:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Pat Quinn and Saba [R] 11:00 Check, Please! Milt’s BBQ for the Perplexed, Strings, Pete Miller’s [R] 11:30 Song Stage Illinois (Part 4)
June 10-12 2016
a festival par tner
FRI 5-10 pm; SAT noon-10pm; SUN noon-5pm in the heart of Starved Rock Country - Ottawa, Illinois!
Don’t miss the 6th Annual
the ladies of Featuring
Chicago jazz All. Weekend. Long!
Bring your chair for the lawn and enjoy 3 days of Chicago’s brightest and most dynamic female jazz artists on stage starting Friday at 5!
Enjoy wines from nearly 20 Illinois wineries ~ and craft beer from Ottawa’s own Tangled Roots Brewing Company!
Pre-order your fresh lobster dinner online to enjoy at the fest! Brought to you by Ottawa’s Noon Rotary.
PLUS, shop the BIG outdoor crafts market for one-of-a-kind items on Court Street starting Saturday morning!
Brought to you by: The City of Ottawa, Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Association, Ottawa Visitors Center, Heritage Corridor Convention & Visitors Bureau and Enjoy Illinois
Get tickets and see the complete JAZZ line-up at: Monday 9
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Gary Clark Jr./Courtney Barnett 1:00 Father Brown: The Rod of Asclepius See Sat. May 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Doc Martin: Other People’s Children See Sat. May 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 3 of 8) See Sat. May 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Luther (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) See Sat. May 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Poaching [R] 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Super-Duper
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 1 of 3) Discover hidden treasures such as 1920 World Series stubs, a Charles Rohlfs music stand from around 1905, and an Ohio folk art double portrait, ca. 1838. One is the top find of the night! 9:00 Independent Lens: Peace Officer
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 6 of 8) See Sun. May 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 9) See Sun. May 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Independent Lens: The Armor of Light 11:00 Point Taken 11:30 BBC World News
Wednesday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece: The White Lioness See Sun. May 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
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In the Spotlight Thursday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: Peace Officer See Mon. May 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Independent Lens: Peace Officer and Town Hall Discussion William “Dub” Lawrence was a former sheriff who established and trained Utah’s first SWAT team, only to watch in horror as that same unit killed his son-in-law in a controversial standoff years later. In Peace Officer, Dub, driven by an obsessive sense of mission, uses his investigative skills to uncover the truth about that incident and other officer-involved shootings in his community, while tackling larger questions about the changing face of police investigations nationwide.
Monday, May 9, 9:00 pm 4:30 5:00
The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Pat Quinn and Saba [R] Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Nature’s Perfect Partners Learn the value of teamwork, as sea and land animals collaborate using brainpower to solve complex problems and stay alive. 9:00 NOVA: Bombing Hitler’s Supergun Growing desperate in 1943, Hitler devises a bank of “superguns” housed in a massive underground complex in Nazi-occupied northern France. How can such a massive gun possibly work? 10:00 Nazi Mega Weapons: Blitzkrieg In the first years of WWII, Germany crushes its enemies in a series of offensives coined “Blitzkrieg,” or “Lightning War.” 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Soundstage: Jason Isbell Jason Isbell’s album, Something More Than Free, was named Billboard’s #1 Country album of 2015, ahead of country heavyweights such as Carrie Underwood and George Strait. The Alabama native proves he is taking the music industry by storm! 9:00 inCommon with Mike Leonard: Crossroads In Ireland, inCommon explores how life can change dramatically at the crossroads of old and new, need and necessity, dreams and decisions. 10:00 Feast: Albany Park Theater Project 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Friday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Nature: Nature’s Perfect Partners See Wed. May 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: The Armor of Light See Tues. May 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 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 with Joel Weisman 7:30 Jay’s Chicago: Musical Ties A Chicago banjo player’s long correspondence with Pete Seeger. A teen YouTube star. A developmentally disabled adult performs with his idol on stage at Ravinia. A Rwandan pop star makes a new home in Chicago. 8:00 Check, Please! Bistro Dre, Bohemian House, Uru Swati 8:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Colt Cabana and Mick Dumke
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JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns: Risk – 1945-1955 (Part 8 of 10) Jazz becomes the official symbol of American democracy abroad. At home, the music splinters into different camps. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill
Saturday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 12:30 Nightly Business Report 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns: Risk – 1945-1955 (Part 8 of 10) See Fri. May 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. May 8 at 11:00 am. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Seared Steak 10:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Chicken Comfort 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: A Hearty Fall Dinner 12:30 Simply Ming: California – Richard Zarate 1:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Bacon 24/7 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul — Wonders of the Sea 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Baguettes at Home 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Serving Up Noodles and Rice 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Frying 3:30 Martha Bakes: White Bread 4:00 Check, Please! Bistro Dre, Bohemian House, Uru Swati [R] 4:30 A Chef’s Life: Gettin’ Figgy With It 5:00 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Frivolous Lawsuits We all love to travel. However, what happens when something goes wrong during your trip? 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Central Turkey EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 Father Brown: The Missing Man Father Brown deduces that the apparent suicide of a recently returned RAF pilot was actually murder.
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Doc Martin: Facta Non Verba After Martin and Louisa tell Dr. Timoney about their failed date night, she asks them if it is time they recognize that perhaps they are not meant to be together. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 4 of 8) The team must solve a deeply personal case when Dwayne’s old mentor is found dead, and a text message from beyond the grave says it was murder. 10:00 Luther (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) Framed for murder, the only person DCI John Luther can turn to for help is Alice. But can Alice really be trusted? 11:00 Soundstage: Jason Isbell See Thurs. May 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 inCommon with Mike Leonard: Crossroads See Thurs. May 12 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Bombing Hitler’s Supergun See Wed. May 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Nazi Mega Weapons: Blitzkrieg See Wed. May 11 at 10:00 pm. [R]
In the Spotlight
Albany Park Theater Project: Feast
Feast: Albany Park Theater Project WTTW brings you a critically acclaimed production from a local theater company: Feast, a theatrical love letter to Chicago’s diverse food culture. Featuring stories from Chicago’s kitchens, street corners, farmers, and fishermen, this is a collection of tales celebrating the nourishment and delight that come from good food. This performance was taped live at Goodman Theatre.
Thursday, May 12, 10:00 pm
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Gandhi: The Rise to Fame (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. May 8 at 2:00 pm. [R] Gandhi: The Road to Freedom (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. May 8 at 3:00 pm. [R]
MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Chicago Time Machine (Part 2 of 4) 11:30 Wisconsin Foodie: Odd Duck, The Vanguard, Goodkind AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Bistro Dre, Bohemian House, Uru Swati [R] 12:30 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh: Mushrooms Italian Style 1:00 That Bites! 2:00 In Defense of Food Join New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan on a fascinating journey to find out what we should eat to be healthy. 4:00 Jay’s Chicago: Musical Ties See Fri. May 13 at 7:30 pm. [R] 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:00 Keeping Up Appearances 5:30 As Time Goes By
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EVENING 6:00 The Bletchley Circle: Uncustomed Goods (Part 1 of 2) Millie’s import/ export sideline leads to her abduction by a crime ring involved in trading perfume, cigarettes, and stockings – and in human trafficking. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 7 of 8) Witness Dr. Turner’s excitement about the contraceptive pill, Patsy’s struggles to help a transient woman determined to avoid the maternity home, Nurse Crane’s help in a post-natal emergency, and the return of Sister Evangelina. 8:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece: A Lesson in Love (Part 2 of 3) A knife-slashed corpse takes Wallander on a chase for the victim’s missing daughter. Increasingly forgetful, he breaks a cardinal rule of policing. 9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 9) Josie takes on a new role and an old one. Whiteleys’ troubles lead Jimmy and Mr. Crabb to take a big risk. Found out, Jimmy takes desperate measures. 10:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Colt Cabana and Mick Dumke [R] 11:00 Check, Please! Bistro Dre, Bohemian House, Uru Swati [R] 11:30 Song Stage Illinois (Part 5)
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Filmmaker Jack Yonover
That Bites! This local film, created by a 12-yearold filmmaker and featuring interviews with kids, seeks to educate people about what it’s like to be a child with life-threatening food allergies. If you suffer from a food allergy, you literally put your life into the hands of hosts, waiters, caregivers, friends, and family every day. The documentary explores why having food allergies can be scary, intimidating, isolating, embarrassing, frightening, confusing, and frustrating.
Sunday, May 15, 1:00 pm
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Kendrick Lamar 1:00 Father Brown: The Missing Man See Sat. May 14 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Doc Martin: Facta Non Verba See Sat. May 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 4 of 8) See Sat. May 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Luther (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) See Sat. May 14 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Frying [R] 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: The Best of Garden Home: Cooking MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 2 of 3) Learn about items such as an Ohio salt-glazed figural stoneware match stand, an 1863 Civil War grave marker
group, and a 1964 Manoucher Yektai oil painting. Which find is valued at $65,000? 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Baton Rouge (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include a French Art Deco diamond and platinum ring, and four Rembrandt and James McNeill Whistler etchings collected by the guest’s father around 1940 to 1960. 10:00 Independent Lens: Dogtown Redemption Meet street recyclers who fight to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Oakland, California. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Tuesday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece: A Lesson in Love (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. May 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow: Albuquerque The Season 3 premiere. Trace a woman’s connection to a NativeAmerican code talker; a man’s deep New Mexican roots; an ancestor whose life resembles a Wild West tale; and more. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb Learn about the legendary queen Cleopatra, who ruled the Egyptian empire. Will an amateur archaeologist’s theory reveal where the queen’s lost tomb is hidden? 10:00 Frontline: The Secret History of ISIS The inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the U.S. missed the many warning signs. 11:00 Point Taken 11:30 BBC World News
Wednesday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Independent Lens: Dogtown Redemption See Mon. May 16 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 9) See Sun. May 15 at 9:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
Genealogy Roadshow (New Season) This series, back for a third season, takes an historical look into a community by exploring the genealogy of its citizens. This month, experts in Albuquerque, Miami, and Houston will guide six local participants through their family’s genealogy, often with surprising results.
Tuesdays beginning May 17, 8:00 pm
Stephen Hawking
Genius by Stephen Hawking (New Series) Join Professor Stephen Hawking as he reveals our true potential in this eye-opening new series that challenges a selection of volunteers and viewers to think like the greatest geniuses of the past, and seek out the answers to some of humanity’s toughest and most enduring questions.
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Great Performances: Broadway Musicals – A Jewish Legacy A throw-away joke in the blockbuster Monty Python musical Spamalot may say it best, albeit bluntly: “You won’t make it on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews.” The line is funny, but there is also more than a little truth in it. In this special, Michael Kantor focuses in on this central question: what exactly is it that is so “Jewish” about Broadway?
Thursday, May 19, 9:00 pm MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Jungle Animal Hospital Witness the dayto-day drama at one of the world’s wildest hospitals deep in the Guatemalan jungle. 9:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking: Where Are We? (Part 1 of 6) Join renowned scientist Stephen Hawking as he challenges three ordinary people to think like a genius. 10:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking: What Are We? (Part 2 of 6) Stephen challenges three ordinary people to find out what we really are. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Thursday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb See Tues. May 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Frontline: The Secret History of ISIS See Tues. May 17 at 10:00 pm. [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Soundstage: Jake Owen Country music’s “barefoot” rising star Jake Owen makes an electrifying Soundstage debut! Owen has toured with such artists as Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and others, and in this exclusive performance, he is truly “Settin’ the World on Fire.” 9:00 Great Performances: Broadway – A Jewish Legacy 10:30 Pioneers of Television: Standup to Sitcom This star-packed episode reveals how America’s top standup comics made the transition to the sitcom format, and includes dozens of clips from Seinfeld, Home Improvement, Everybody Loves Raymond, Roseanne, and more. 11:30 BBC World News
Friday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking: Where Are We? (Part 1 of 6) See Wed. May 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking: What Are We? (Part 2 of 6) See Wed. May 18 at 10:00 pm. [R] 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 with Joel Weisman 7:30 Jay’s Chicago: On The Water Jay Shefsky meets people passionate about their boats. Overnight with the crew of a historic tall ship. Kayaking on the busy industrial Calumet River. Speedboat drag racing on a small Illinois lake. 8:00 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House 8:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Sarah Spain and Toronzo Cannon 9:00 JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns: The Adventure – 1955-1960 (Part 9 of 10) Saxophonist Sonny Rollins makes his
mark on the scene, Duke Ellington reemerges after a triumphant performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, and Miles Davis makes several now-legendary albums. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns: A Masterpiece by Midnight – 1961-Present (Part 10 of 10) The question of what is jazz and what isn’t rages, dividing audiences, dividing musicians, dividing generations.
Saturday 21 EARLY MORNING 1:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 2:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 2:30 Nightly Business Report 3:00 Tavis Smiley 3:30 Charlie Rose 4:30 Jay’s Chicago: On The Water See Fri. May 20 at 7:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Risotto 10:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Louisiana Style 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Grilled and Smoked 12:30 Simply Ming: California 4 1:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Hog Wild 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul — Menu Memories 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Comfort Food Revisited 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Italian with Ease 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Pan Searing 3:30 Martha Bakes: Homemade Doughnuts 4:00 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House [R] 4:30 A Chef’s Life: Pickle Perfect 5:00 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Global Unrest Impacting Travel Peter explores whether you should go to risky destinations during times of crisis. The answer may surprise you. 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: France’s Loire – Chateau Country EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 Father Brown: The Resurrectionists Father Brown is determined to
find out why the body of a young man was taken from his graveyard. 8:00 Doc Martin: The Doctor is Out In the season finale, is it too late for Martin and Louisa to save their marriage? 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 5 of 8) DI Goodman’s aunt Mary becomes the only witness to the murder of a tourist. 10:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) Still plagued by the death of his ex-wife, Luther returns to work to face a surreal case of a masked murderer. 11:00 Soundstage: Jake Owen See Thurs. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 2 of 3) [R] 1:00 Genealogy Roadshow: Albuquerque See Tues. May 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Nature: Jungle Animal Hospital See Wed. May 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Great Performances: Broadway – A Jewish
In the Spotlight
Nature: Meet the Coywolf The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed into our cities. Its appearance is very recent – within the last 90 years – in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. Tag along as scientists study this new top predator, tracking it from the wilderness of Ontario’s Algonquin Park, through parking lots, alleys, and backyards in Toronto, all the way to the streets of New York City.
Wednesday, May 25, 8:00 pm
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Legacy See Thurs. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Sarah Spain and Toronzo Cannon See Fri. May 20 at 8:30 pm. [R]
MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Chicago Time Machine (Part 3 of 4) 11:30 Wisconsin Foodie: Wisconsin State Fair AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House [R] 12:30 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh: Copita Inspired 1:00 The Bear Family and Me: Spring (Part 1 of 3) Gordon arrives in the forests of Minnesota in spring just as the bears are coming out of their dens. Before he can start filming, he faces a major challenge: to earn the bears’ trust. 2:00 The Bear Family and Me: Summer (Part 2 of 3) Gordon returns to Minnesota to
In the Spotlight
Deidre Brewster
70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green For 70 years, there stood a Chicago public housing community known as Cabrini Green, which once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished, and an AfricanAmerican community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods. Shot over the course of 20 years, the film documents this upheaval, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995 to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later.
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discover that the tiny bear cub Hope has been abandoned by her mother, Lily. Gordon steps in to try to keep Hope alive. The Bear Family and Me: Autumn (Part 3 of 3) Gordon discovers that abandoned bear cub Hope is back with her mother. But the bears are in danger when hunters move into the forest. Jay’s Chicago: On The Water See Fri. May 20 at 7:30 pm. [R] PBS NewsHour Weekend Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By
EVENING 6:00 The Bletchley Circle: Uncustomed Goods (Part 2 of 2) Millie’s import/ export sideline leads to her abduction by a crime ring involved in trading perfume, cigarettes, and stockings – and in human trafficking. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 8 of 8) Join the residents of Poplar as Dr. Turner jumps into action to prevent further infant deformities, Nonnatus House tries to cope with a tragedy, and there’s joy all around at a wedding reception. 8:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece: The Troubled Man (Part 3 of 3) With his memory failing, Wallander draws on primal instincts to crack a decades-old submarine mystery. But is it finally curtains for Kurt? 9:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 9 of 9) The press links Harry with Jimmy’s demise. Suppliers refuse to sell. Stockholders are up in arms. Meanwhile, the store’s 20th anniversary sale approaches. 10:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Sarah Spain and Toronzo Cannon [R] 11:00 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House [R] 11:30 Song Stage Illinois (Part 6)
Monday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Foo Fighters 1:00 Father Brown: The Resurrectionists See Sat. May 21 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Doc Martin: The Doctor is Out See Sat. May 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. May 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 1 of 4) See Sat. May 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Pan Searing [R]
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P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Crystal Bridges, American Dreams
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 3 of 3) Check out a “Big Bronco” coin-operated horse made around 1952, a Bill Watterson archive, ca. 1975, and a Tiffany & Co. pendant watch necklace. Can you guess the $40,000-$60,000 treasure? 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Baton Rouge (Part 2 of 3) Highlights include a Louisiana political poster, found in a pile of garbage, and a NASA photograph collection brought in by a former NASA employee. 10:00 POV: The Return In 2012, California amended its “Three Strikes” law, shortening the sentences of thousands of “lifers.” See this unprecedented reform through the eyes of freed prisoners, disrupted families, and attorneys and judges. 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Call the Midwife (Season 5, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 9 of 9) See Sun. May 22 at 9:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow: Miami Follow genealogists as they trace stories about Pocahontas, a Cuban grandfather’s secret past, the impact of WWII on a Filipino family, and more. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Teotihuacán’s Lost Kings Follow a team of scientists exploring royal tombs beneath the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacán. 10:00 Frontline: The Business of Disaster Disasters are big business. An investigation with NPR into who profits when disaster strikes. 11:00 Point Taken 11:30 BBC World News
Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan This new local documentary sheds light on a little-known World War II training operation conducted by the U.S. Navy with warplanes on two makeshift aircraft carriers on Lake Michigan, and the effort being made to locate and recover the initiative’s forgotten warplanes from the bottom of the lake. Many of the planes have been raised and the efforts continue today.
Thursday, May 26, 9:00 pm
Wednesday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Baton Rouge (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 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: Meet the Coywolf 9:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking: Are We Alone? (Part 3 of 6) Stephen challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life out there in the universe. 10:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking: Why Are We Here? (Part 4 of 6) Stephen sets three ordinary people a truly mindbending challenge: Can they work out why they exist at all? 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Secrets of the Dead: Teotihuacán’s Lost Kings See Tues. May 24 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Frontline: The Business of Disaster See Tues. May 24 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 3 of 4) [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight See Wed. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Genius by Stephen Hawking: Are We Alone? (Part 3 of 6) See Wed. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Genius by Stephen Hawking: Why Are We Here? (Part 4 of 6) See Wed. May 25 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! Duck Inn, Cafe Orchid, Found Kitchen & Social House See Wed. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight See Wed. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green 9:00 Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan 10:00 The Celiac Project Director Michael Frolichstein was diagnosed with Celiac disease at age 40. This film traces his journey to meet others who suffer, get answers from experts, and uncover more mysteries within his own family. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
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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 with Joel Weisman 7:30 Jay’s Chicago: Food! A food photographer. Backyard goats. Produce carts run by low-income entrepreneurs. Kids learn to cook. 8:00 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice In honor of the show’s 15th anniversary, some top Chicago chefs were asked to choose some
Do it Yourself Saturdays 10:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 10:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 11:00 This Old House Hour 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Simply Ming 1:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart and Soul 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
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of their favorite eateries that have been featured on the show in previous years. 8:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jen Kirkman and Marrow 9:00 The Highwaymen: American Masters 10:00 Willie Nelson: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Willie Nelson is the first country music artist to receive the prestigious Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. 11:30 BBC World News
Saturday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 The Celiac Project See Thurs. May 26 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 The Highwaymen: American Masters See Fri. May 27 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 Father Brown: The Sins of the Father Father Brown investigates when the son of a local aeronautics magnate is murdered, while Lady Felicia loses her singing voice. 8:00 Father Brown: The Wrath of Baron Samedi Father Brown encounters a voodoo priest who is intent on winning back the woman he loves, no matter the cost. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 6 of 8) The team enters the high-pressure world of fine dining when a well-known chef is murdered in his own restaurant. 10:00 Luther (Season 2, Part 2 of 4) Luther must rescue Ripley, abducted by Cameron, in time to prevent Cameron’s final murderous set piece. But Jenny’s vengeful boss is demanding compensation for stealing her protégé. 11:00 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green See Thurs. May 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan See Thurs. May 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
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MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Chicago Time Machine (Part 4 of 4) 11:30 Wisconsin Foodie: Honeyvalley Apiary/ Michael Fields Agriculture AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice [R] 12:30 Joanne Weir Gets Fresh: Moroccan Detour 1:00 Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers Diana Damrau leads the cast as Leila, with Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecien as the two pearl fishers who vie for her affections. 3:30 The Great Vacation Squeeze Americans have the shortest vacations of any rich country. Making the case in this program for more vacation time are Shelton Johnson, a ranger naturalist in Yosemite who appeared in Ken Burns’
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EVENING 6:00 Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan [R] 7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2016 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2016 [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Jen Kirkman and Marrow [R] 10:30 Check, Please! Chef’s Choice [R] 11:00 Song Stage Illinois (Part 7) 11:30 Song Stage Illinois (Part 8)
Monday 30 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: James Taylor 1:00 Father Brown: The Sins of the Father See Sat. May 28 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Wrath of Baron Samedi See Sat. May 28 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 5, Part 6 of 8) See Sat. May 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
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Luther (Season 2, Part 2 of 4) See Sat. May 28 at 10:00 pm. [R] Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Perfect Roast [R] P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: All About the Bugs
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 National Geographic Bee 2016 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Baton Rouge (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include an early 19th-century Louisiana work table stored in a barn for several decades, and a Porfirio Salinas oil, ca. 1935, in its original frame. 9:00 TED Talks: War and Peace 10:00 POV: Of Men and War At a first-of-its-kind PTSD treatment center in California, follow Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families on their paths to recovery. 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 31 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nightly Business Report 12:30 Tavis Smiley 1:00 Charlie Rose 2:00 Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan [R]
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Antiques Roadshow: Baton Rouge (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 30 at 8:00 pm. [R] TED Talks: War and Peace See Mon. May 30 at 9:00 pm. [R] National Geographic Bee 2016 See Mon. May 30 at 7:00 pm. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow: Houston Investigate a re-enactor’s Texas roots; learn about Andersonville prison; find out if a black man’s ancestors fought for the Confederacy, and more. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark Winter What do the newly discovered bones of a 14-year-old English girl reveal about what really happened in Jamestown during the winter of 1609? 10:00 Frontline: The Fantasy Sports Gamble See an investigation with the New York Times into fantasy sports and online sports betting. 11:00 Point Taken 11:30 BBC World News
May At-a-Glance • Arts • Performance Austin City Limits Mondays, 12:00 am (5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30) Feast: Albany Park Theater Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/12) Great Performances: Broadway Musicals – A Jewish Legacy Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/19) Sunday, 3:00 am (5/22) Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers Sunday, 1:00 pm (5/29) Highwaymen: American Masters Friday, 9:00 pm (5/27) Saturday, 4:00 am (5/28) Janis Joplin: American Masters Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/3) Sunday, 12:00 am (5/8) Jazz Fridays, 9:00 pm (5/6, 5/13, 5/20) Friday, 11:30 pm (5/20) Saturdays, 2:30 am (5/7, 5/14) Live From the Artists Den Sunday, 11:30 pm (5/1) National Memorial Day Concert Sunday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (5/29) Song Stage Illinois Sundays, 11:00 pm (5/1, 5/29) Sundays, 11:30 pm (5/15, 5/22, 5/29) Soundstage Thursdays, 8:00 pm (5/5, 5/12, 5/19) Saturdays, 11:00 pm (5/7, 5/14, 5/21) Willie Nelson: The Mark Twain Prize Friday, 10:00 pm (5/27)
Drama • Comedy • Movies As Time Goes By Sunday, 5:30 pm Bletchley Circle Sundays, 6:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Call the Midwife Sundays, 7:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Tuesdays, 3:00 am (5/3, 5/10) Tuesday, 2:30 am (5/17) Tuesday, 3:00 am (5/24) Death in Paradise Saturdays, 9:00 pm Mondays, 3:00 am (5/16, 5/23, 5/30) Doc Martin Saturdays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 2:00 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Father Brown Saturdays, 7:00 pm Saturday, 8:00 pm (5/28) Mondays, 1:00 am (5/16, 5/23, 5/30) Monday, 1:30 am (5/2) Monday, 2:00 am (5/30) Grantchester on Masterpiece Sunday, 8:00 pm (5/1) Wednesday, 4:00 am (5/4) Keeping Up Appearances Sunday, 5:00 pm Luther Saturdays, 10:00 pm Mondays, 4:00 am (5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30)
Mr. Selfridge on Masterpiece Sunday, 9:00 pm (5/1) Sundays, 9:30 pm (5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Tuesdays, 4:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/24) Wednesday, 4:00 am (5/18) Wallander on Masterpiece Sundays, 8:00 pm (5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Wednesday, 3:00 am (5/11) Tuesday, 3:30 am (5/17) Sunday, 2:00 am (5/29)
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel America’s Test Kitchen Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 9:00 pm (5/2, 5/16, 5/23) Thursdays, 2:30 am (5/12) Wednesday, 4:00 am (5/25) Tuesday, 3:00 am (5/31) Wednesdays, 3:00 am (5/4, 5/25) Sunday, 12:00 am (5/22) Check, Please! Fridays, 8:00 pm Saturdays, 4:00 pm Sundays, 12:00 pm Sundays, 11:00 pm (5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29) Fridays, 4:30 am (5/6, 5/27) Thursday, 4:30 am (5/19) Chef’s Life Saturdays, 4:30 pm Cook’s Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Saturdays, 1:30 pm Joanne Weir Gets Fresh Sundays, 12:30 pm Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 10:00 am Martha Bakes Saturdays, 3:30 pm Martha Stewart Cooking School Saturdays, 3:00 pm Mondays, 5:00 am P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Monday, 5:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:30 pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals Saturdays, 10:30 am Simply Ming Saturdays, 12:30 pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Saturdays, 1:00 pm This Old House Hour Saturdays, 11:00 am Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Saturdays, 5:00 pm Wisconsin Foodie Sundays, 11:30 am
Nature • Science • Technology Bear Family & Me Sunday, 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm (5/22) Genius by Stephen Hawking Wednesdays, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm (5/18, 5/25) Friday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (5/20) Friday, 2:30 am, 3:30 am (5/27)
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Public Affairs • History • Documentary A Voice Among the Silent: The Legacy of James G. McDonald Sunday, 3:00 pm (5/1) BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Celiac Project Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/26) Saturday, 3:00 am (5/28) Charlie Rose Mondays-Fridays, 1:30 am Chicago Tonight Mondays-Fridays, 7:00 pm, 12:00 am, 5:00 am Chicago Time Machine Sundays, 11:00 am (5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29) Saturday, 4:30 am (5/14) Thursday, 4:30 am (5/26) Frontline Tuesdays, 10:00 pm (5/3, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31) Friday, 3:30 am (5/6) Thursdays, 3:30 am (5/19, 5/26) Gandhi Sunday, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm (5/8) Genealogy Roadshow Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (5/17, 5/24, 5/31) Sundays, 1:00 am (5/22, 5/29) Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory Sunday, 4:00 pm (5/8) Great Vacation Squeeze Sunday, 3:30 pm (5/29) Harry’s Arctic Heroes Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/5) Sunday, 4:00 am (5/8) Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/26) Sunday, 12:00 am, 6:00 pm (5/29) Tuesday, 2:00 am (5/31) In Defense of Food Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/15) In Our Voices Sunday, 12:30 pm (5/1) In Common with Mike Leonard: Crossroads Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/12) Sunday, 12:00 am (5/15) Independent Lens Mondays, 10:00 pm (5/2, 5/16) Monday, 9:00 pm (5/9) Tuesday, 10:00 pm (5/10) Thursdays, 3:30 am (5/5, 5/12) Friday, 3:30 am (5/13) Wednesday, 3:00 am (5/18)
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• Daily Radio Programming Programmer’s Picks With Heart and Voice: The Eastern Tradition
Metropolitan Opera Finale: Mozart’s Abduction
Aebersold and Neiweem Return to Live from WFMT
The Eastern Orthodox Christian churches often celebrate Easter on a later date than the Western churches do. Peter DuBois draws on the incredibly rich tradition of Orthodox choral music for a special Eastern-Easter edition of With Heart and Voice.
Met music director James Levine claims Mozart’s comedy The Abduction from the Seraglio as one of his favorite operas. He conducts it to conclude the 2015-16 Live from the Met radio season.
You know Debussy’s La Mer as an evocative piece of orchestral tone-painting. Hear it anew in the composer’s own setting for piano duet, played live from Levin Studio by Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem.
Sunday, May 1, 6:00 am
In the Spotlight
Paolo Montalban and Kate Baldwin
Lyric Presents The King and I Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic tale of an English schoolteacher and a Siamese king comes to Lyric Opera as the grand finale to the 2015-16 season. Kate Baldwin stars as Anna, the teacher who comes to an exotic Asian palace to teach the royal children and becomes involved with the life of the entire court, and Paolo Montalban portrays the conflicted king, loyal to tradition but longing to modernize his family and his country. The relationship between the two is portrayed with both sensitivity and honesty. The show’s memorable songs include Shall We Dance, Something Wonderful, We Kiss in A Shadow, and Hello Young Lovers. Join WFMT for a broadcast of this Broadway smash.
Sunday, May 1, 7:00 pm
Sunday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Orthodox Easter, being celebrated today 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 20
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Saturday, May 7, 12:00 pm
9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Byrd Though Amaryllis Dance in Green; This Sweet and Merry Month of May – Deller Consort/ Alfred Deller. Vanguard OVC8103. [6:44] Rimsky-Korsakov May Night Overture – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788. [8:26] Elgar Chantant; May Song – Peter Pettinger, p. Chandos CHAN-8438. [8:56] Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture, Op 36 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788. [15:16] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Simone Lamsma, violin – Britten: Violin Concerto; Shostkovich: Symphony #5. We also hear Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto with MarcAndré Hamelin/Christopher Martin/Kirill Petrenko. 3:00 Britten Spring Symphony, Op 44 – Hagley, Robbin, Ainsley, Monteverdi Choir, Philharmonia/ JE Gardiner. DG 453433-2. [41:30] Britten Holiday Diary, Op 5: Sailing – Stephen Hough, p. Virgin Classics 91203-2. [5:15] 4:00 Beethoven String Quartet #14 in c-sharp, Op 131 – Quartetto Italiano. Phi 4758685 (3). [42:29] 5:00 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite: Montagues and Capulets, The Young Juliet, Madrigal, Minuet, Masks, Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Sym/ Riccardo Muti. CSO ReSound CSOR-9011402. [26:05] Bach French Suite #1 in d, BWV 812 – Andras Schiff, p. London 433313-2 (2). [12:28] Rameau-D’Indy Dardanus Suite – Chicago Sym/Charles Munch. CSO 2000. [11:22] 6:00 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] Strauss Don Juan, Op 20 – Pittsburgh Sym/Manfred Honeck. Reference Recordings FR-707. [18:39] 7:00 Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts – Lyric Presents “The King and I” by Rodgers & Hammerstein, recorded last night at the Civic Opera House – Kate Baldwin (Anna); Paolo
Monday, May 9, 8:00 pm
Montalban (King); Rona Figueroa (Lady Thiang); Ali Ewoldt (Tuptim); Sam Simahk (Lun Tha); Alan Ariano (Kralahome); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/David Chase. 10:00 (later than usual) Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel – Henry profiles three singers who, he says, should have had bigger careers at the Metropolitan Opera: Igor Gorin, Pavel Lisitsian, and Norman Treigle. Henry will return to his regular 8:00 pm time next week, with a selection of his personal favorites to celebrate his 1,000th Collectors’ Corner broadcast. Pipedreams will also return next Sunday.
Monday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Alkan Twelve Studies in the Minor Keys, Op 39: #s 4-7, Symphonie – Raymond Lewenthal, p. Elan CD-82276. [22:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Dvorak Violin Concerto in a, Op 53 – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Helsinki Phil/John Storgårds. Ondine ODE 1279-5. [30:20] 11:00 Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in d, BWV 903 – Nelson Freire, p. Decca 4788449. [9:39] Weinberger Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue – Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble. MSR Classics MS-1598. [7:42] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Chicago Chamber Musicians Ensemble First Monday: Live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Mendelssohn Symphony #1 in c, Op 11 – Bonn Beethovenhalle Orch/Dennis
Russell Davies. Musicmasters 67088-2 (2). [32:48] 2:00 Scriabin Piano Sonata #3 in f-sharp, Op 23 – Emil Gilels, p. RCA 75523-2 (2). [20:51] Prokofiev Cinderella, Op 87: The Prince Finds Cinderella; Slow Waltz; Amoroso – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDD7-64289-2. [11:09] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bach Three-Violin Concerto in D, BWV 1064 – Hirons, Huggett, Mackintosh, v’s; Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood. L’Oiseau Lyre 433053-2. [15:22] Vivaldi Trio Sonata in d, R 63, La Follia – Sooyun Kim, f; Yehonatan Berick, v; Alessio Bax, hc; Eric Kim, vc. Music@Menlo 2011 (7). [8:43] Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie – Alessio Bax, p. Warner Classics 61695-2. [3:42] 4:00 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 Symphony, part 8, looks at symphonic works from the late 19th century. 8:00 Live from WFMT: Violinist Janet Sung & friends 10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Dvorak Symphony #9 in e, Op 95, From the New World – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1006. [43:50] Dvorak Psalm 149, Op 79, Sing Unto the Lord A New Song – Prague Phil Choir, Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. Sony SK-46687. [9:00]
Tuesday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden
All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
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Academy
Celebrating 10 Years! Saturday, May 14 7:30 pm Rachel Barton Pine, violin Matthew Lipman, viola BEETHOVEN Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Violin and Viola, K. 364
Nichols Concert Hall 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston TICKETS: $30 | $20 | $10 800.838.3006 | academyat10.org 2016
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In the Spotlight
Johan Svendsen
Peter Van De Graaff’s Hidden Gems “As someone,” says WFMT host Peter Van De Graaff, “who is always interested in answering the question ‘What else is out there?’ – I have long been attracted to the undiscovered. During May I’ll share with WFMT listeners what I consider to be some of the best and most interesting of my discoveries. Enjoy!” On weekday mornings in May, Carl Grapentine will welcome Peter to introduce little-known but fascinating pieces, beginning with Charles Alkan’s Studies in the Minor Keys for solo piano (May 2) and ending with Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen’s Symphony #2 (May 31). In between, Peter will offer a suite from Rameau’s comic ballet Platée (May 9); a symphony by Muzio Clementi, better known for keyboard music (May 13); and a quintet for piano and strings by Reynaldo Hahn, better known for songs (May 25). Join Peter to hear what he so aptly calls “hidden gems.”
Weekdays, 9:05 am 10:00 (later than usual) Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Symphony, part 8, looks at symphonic works from the late 19th century. 11:00 Bernstein Serenade After Plato’s Symposium – Zino Francescatti, v; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SM3K-47162 (3). [30:15]
Wednesday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Lekeu Violin Sonata in G – Elmar Oliveira, v; Robert Koenig, p. Artek AR-0013-2. [32:03] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Schubert Quartet #12 in c, D 703, Quartettsatz – Escher String 22
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Quartet. Music@Menlo Live 2015 Schubert. [9:08] Mahler Blumine – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [8:28] 11:00 Brahms Serenade #2 in A, Op 16 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4786775. [26:09] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Abdiel Vaquez live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Mendelssohn Symphony #3 in a, Op 56, Scottish – Berlin Phil/James Levine. DG 427670-2. [41:32] 2:00 Barber Violin Concerto, Op 14 – Elmar Oliveira, v; St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDM7-64305-2. [24:09] Copland Old American Songs, set 1: The Boatmen’s Dance; The Dodger; Long Time Ago – Thomas Hampson, br; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 77310-2. [8:23] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Tchaikovsky The Seasons (The Months), Op 37: AprilJune – Lang Lang, p. Sony 88875117582. [14:18] Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in g, Op 8/2, Summer – Avi Avital, mandolin; Venice Baroque Orch. DG 4794017. [10:12] Finzi The Fall of the Leaf, elegy for orchestra, Op 20 – English Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDM7-64721-2. [11:00] 4:00 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 Symphony, part 8, looks at symphonic works from the late 19th century. 8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – On Stage: Edo de Waart, conductor; Katherine Young Steele, oboe; Susan Babini, cello; Robert Levine, viola – Strauss: Metamorphosen; Oboe Concerto; Don Quixote. 10:00 Willesden Lane: Hosted and performed by pianist Mona Golabek, this Mother’s Day special is based on Golabek’s book called The Children of Willesden Lane. It recounts her own mother’s experiences as a Jewish teenager living in Vienna during the time leading up to World War II. 11:00 Walton Violin Concerto in b – Joshua Bell, v; Baltimore Sym/ David Zinman. Lon 452851-2. [30:33] Debussy Violin Sonata in g – Joshua Bell, v; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Lon 421817-2. [13:21] Debussy Song cycle, Le Promenoir des Deux Amants – Dawn Upshaw, s; Jérôme Ducros, p. Erato 27329-2. [6:39]
Thursday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Reubke Piano Sonata in b-flat – Till Fellner, p. Erato 12710-2. [28:45] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Bach Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F, BWV 1046 – Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80368. [19:09] Desplat Sur Mes Lèvres – Traffic Quintet. Mercury 4812172. [5:24] 11:00 Granados Torrijos – Cor Madrigal, Barcelona Sym/ Pablo Gonzalez. Naxos 8.573263. [17:28] Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Three Dances – Vanessa Perez, p. Steinway & Sons 30036. [10:23] 12:00 Newscast • Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op 62 – Basel Chamber Orch/Giovanni Antonini. Sony 88883763622. [7:30] Schubert Violin Sonata (Duo) in A, D 574 – Benjamin Beilman, v; Yekwon Sunwoo, p. Warner Classics 0825646008971. [22:19] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Mendelssohn Symphony #4 in A, Op 90, Italian – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-62826. [28:46] 2:00 Tartini Violin Sonata in g, Devil’s Trill – Trondheim Soloists/Anne Sophie Mutter, v. DG 463259-2. [16:54] Chopin Nocturnes, Op 37 – Yundi, p. EMI 08391-2 (2). [11:25] Martucci Notturno, Op 70/1 – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-53280. [7:24] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bach Orchestra Suite #2 in b, BWV 1067 – Eugenia Zukerman, f; Shanghai String Quartet; Anthony Newman, hc. Delos DE-3173. [19:14] Marquez Danzon #2 – Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0013458-02. [9:49] 4:00 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 Symphony, part 8, looks at symphonic works from the late 19th century. 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Pierre Boulez, conudctor; Jessye Norman, soprano; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano – Berg: Der Wein; Mahler: Symphony #3. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Mozart Symphony #36 in C, K 425, Linz – Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80148. [31:34] Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Schildwache Nachtlied; Verlorne Müh’; Trost im Unglück; Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?; Das irdische Leben – Jessye Norman,
s; John Shirley-Quirk, br; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink. Phi 454014-2 (2). [15:43]
Friday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Rimsky-Korsakov The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh: Musical Pictures – Leningrad Phil/ Yevgeny Mravinsky. Melodiya 29408-2. [23:16] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn •
In the Spotlight
Jeremy Denk
Jeremy Denk Live from the Gilmore Festival In addition to being an award-winning pianist – MacArthur Fellow, 2014 Avery Fisher Prize, 2014 Musical America Instrumentalist of the Year – Jeremy Denk is a composer, a writer on music and, since last year, an artistic partner of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. His recordings of works by Bach, Beethoven, and Ives have won widespread recognition too. He’s an upcoming guest at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, and will perform live from Gilmore over WFMT and wfmt.com. His recital program, also being presented at Carnegie Hall, could be taken as a kind of definition of the word eclectic: a Bach suite, a Beethoven sonata, and fantasies by Haydn and Schubert make up its standard-repertory elements. He’ll also perform music by William Byrd originally written for the Renaissance keyboard instrument called a virginal, two canons by Conlon Nancarrow, a Wagner arrangement by Donald Lambert, and a whole group of ragtime pieces by Joplin, Bolcom, Hindemith, Stravinsky, and Ives.
Tuesday, May 3, 7:00 pm
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in d – Daniel Hope, v; Basel Chamber Orch. DG 4795305. [22:34] Chopin Ballade #3 in Ab, Op 47 – Yundi, p. DG 4812442. [7:31] 11:00 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e, Op 64 – Daniel Hope, v; Chamber Orch of Europe/ Thomas Hengelbrock. DG 4776634. [25:57] Rutter Psalm 150 – Cambridge Singers, Royal Phil/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-138. [5:37] 11:55 (EARLIER than usual) Newscast 12:00 PianoForte Salon Series Live 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Mendelssohn Symphony #5 in D, Op 107, Reformation – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Warner Classics 62769-2 (5). [25:34] 2:00 Ginastera Harp Concerto, Op 25 – Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9094. [23:43] Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; chamber ensemble. Telarc CD-80361. [11:09] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Mozart Piano Concerto #20 in d, K 466 – Jan Lisiecki, p; Bavarian Radio Sym/Christian Zacharias. DG B0016888-02. [31:23] 4:00 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 Symphony, part 8, looks at symphonic works from the late 19th century. 8:00 Music of the 21st Century 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: In Memoriam 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Music for Mother’s Day, honoring both mothers and fathers.
Saturday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio” – Albina Shagimoratova (Konstanze); Paul Appleby (Belmonte); Kathleen Kim (Blondchen); Brenton Ryan (Pedrillo); HansPeter König (Osmin); Matthias von Stegmann (Pasha Selim); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/James Levine. This is the final live broadcast from the Met for 2015-16. Join us next Saturday at noon for The Marriage of Figaro from Lyric Opera of Chicago. 3:20 Gershwin An American in
Paris – Chicago Sym/James Levine. DG 431625-2. [17:33] Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Summertime – Renée Fleming, s; Metropolitan Opera Orch/ James Levine. London 4605672. [4:19] Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op 61: Nocturne – Chicago Sym/ James Levine. DG 415137-2. [6:10] Wagner Siegfried Idyll – Berlin Phil/James Levine. DG 435883-2. [18:15] Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey – Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine. DG 429385-2 (4). [5:35] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson 5:00 Schubert Wanderer Fantasy in C, D 760 – Juho Pohjonen, p. Music@Menlo Live 2015 Schubert (8). [21:11] Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op 46 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta. EMI CDC7-49071-2. [30:28] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: In LP Treasures Elbio explores vintage recordings by the Louisville Orchestra of works by Blas Galindo, Robert Garcia Morillo, and Joaquin Rodrigo. 7:00 Sweet Folk Chicago with Rich Warren 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Cassie and Maggie MacDonald live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Mother’s Day, and to honor Julian of Norwich 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Chopin Piano Sonata #3 in b, Op 58 – Yevgeny Kissin, p. RCA 62542-2. [28:33] Kissin is the guest soloist on our upcoming CSO broadcaSt. Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances – Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Atma ACD2-2576. [7:07] Vivaldi Concerto for Violin, Two Oboes, Bassoon, & Two Horns, R 569 – Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier. Atma ACD2-2602. [12:02] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Sir Andrew Davis, conductor; Yevgeny Kissin, piano – Bach-Davis: (Organ) Passacaglia & Fugue in c. Stravinsky: Divertimento fr The Fairy’s Kiss. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1. We also hear two Kissin encores, and music from Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe conducted by Charles Dutoit. 3:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata #7
in c, Op 30/2 – Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p. DG 457619-2 (4). [26:44] Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op 80 (Choral Fantasy) – de Larrocha, p; Berlin Radio Sym, Cho/Riccardo Chailly. Lon 414391-2 (3). [20:59] 4:00 Mahler Symphony #5 in csharp – Seoul Phil/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 4811540. [72:56] 5:15 Piston Serenata – New York Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3106. [11:59] Schubert Serenade, Leise flehen meine Lieder; Ave Maria – Nicola Benedetti, v; Skaila Kanga, h; ASMIF/James MacMillan. DG B000768202. [9:08] Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – Sixteen solo singers, English Chamber Orch/Matthew BeSt. Hyperion CDA-66420. [13:34] Mozart Serenade #13 in G, K 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Lon 417741-2. [17:50] Tchaikovsky String Serenade in C, Op 48 – Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo. Archetype 60105. [30:07] Mozart Piano Concerto #9 in E-Flat, K 271, Jeunehomme – English Chamber Orch/Daniel Barenboim, p. EMI CZS762825-2 (10). [34:43] Mozart Motet, Exsultate, Jubilate, K 165 – Elly Ameling, s; English
Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten. BBC 8005-2. [15:50] 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: A potpourri of Henry’s favorites, to celebrate the 1,000th broadcast of Collectors’ Corner. 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in a, D 821 – Paul Neubauer, vi; Juho Pohjonen, p. Music@Menlo Live 2015 Schubert. [21:11] Schubert Symphony #4 in c, D 417, Tragic – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 97509-2. [31:08]
Monday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Rameau Platée Suite – Philharmonia Baroque/Nicholas McGegan. Conifer 51313-2. [43:11] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Beethoven Piano Sonata #18 in E-flat, Op 31/3 – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67974. [23:14] J Strauss Jr Waltzes, Freuet euch des Lebens, Op 340 – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. Sony 92710 (2). [8:43] 11:00 Vaughan Williams The Wasps incidental music: Overture; March Past of the Kitchen 2016
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Tuesday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Reger Serenade in G, Op 141a – Robert Willoughby, f; Marilyn McDonald, v; John Tartaglia, vi. Gallante GG-1003. [15:32] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • D’Indy Chansons et Danses, Op 50 – Les Vents de Montréal/ Jacques Lacombe. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1105. [15:42] Saint-Saens Danse macabre, Op 40 – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 63313-2. [7:41]
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11:00 Brahms Piano Quartet #1 in g, Op 25 (orch Schoenberg) – Fort Worth Sym/Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807668. [43:27] 12:00 Newscast • Vivaldi TwoTrumpet Concerto in C, R 537 – Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier. Atma ACD2-2602. [6:29] Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto in c, BWV 1060 – Johnny Gandelsman, v; Adam Hollander, ob; The Knights. Warner 0825646170982. [12:35] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Hovhaness Mountains and Rivers Without End – Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7221-2. [23:39] Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau) – Chicago Sym/ Rafael Kubelik. Mercury 4343792. [11:47] Kern Show Boat: Old Man River – Samuel Ramey, b; London Studio Orch/Ettore Stratta. Teldec 90865-2. [3:22] 2:00 Mozart Piano Sonata #11 in A, K 331 – Alfred Brendel, p. Phi 462903-2. [22:18] Beethoven The Ruins of Athens, Op 113: Chorus of Dervishes; Turkish March; Twine Ye Garlands – Beecham Choral Society, Royal Phil/Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI CDM7-69871-2. [10:10] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op 28 – Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-55185-2. [15:36] Strauss Eight Songs, Op 10: #8, Allerseelen – Lucia Popp, s; Wolfgang Sawallisch, p. EMI CDC7-49318-2. [3:05] 4:00 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 8:00 Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Reger A Romantic Suite After Eichendorff, Op 125 – London Phil/Leon Botstein. Telarc CD-80589. [29:01] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Chopin Piano Sonata #2 in b-flat, Op 35 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4795332. [20:46] Liszt Rakoczy March – Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61497-2. [6:42] 11:00 Mozart Symphony #29 in A, K 201 – Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80165. [28:25] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinist Kinga Augustyn and pianist Benjamin Laude live from 26
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the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #3 in d, Op 30 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Oslo Phil/Paavo Berglund. Virgin Classics 45173-2. [42:32] There’s more Russian music on our Milwaukee Symphony broadcast tonight at 8:00. 2:00 Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Keith Puddy, cl; Gabrieli String Quartet. London CS-7062. [8:30] Offenbach Die Rheinnixen: Overture, Ballet and Grande Valse – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Archive 4776403. [14:51] Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Act 4 excerpts – Alagna, Sumi Jo, C Dubosc, van Dam; Lyon National Opéra Cho & Orch/ Nagano. Erato 17355-2. [15:08] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Various Variations on Guardame las Vacas; Diferencias de Conde Claros; Piper’s Pavan – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80659. [8:16] Falla Harpsichord Concerto – Rembrandt Chamber Players. Cedille CDR-90000011. [12:01] McFarlane Snapdragon; A Day in November – Ronn McFarlane, l; Mindy Rosenfeld, f; string quartet; Willard Morris, db; Mattias Rucht, per. Dorian DSL-92111. [7:08] 4:00 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 8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – On Stage: Edo de Waart, conductor; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin – Barber: Essay #2. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. 10:00 Schubert Symphony #5 in B-Flat, D 485 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 97511-2. [26:37] Schubert Fantasy in C, D 934 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Akira Eguchi, p. Koch KICCD-7762. [25:05] Vaughan Williams Flos Campi – Cecil Aronowitz, vi; King’s College Choir Cambridge, Jacques Orch/Sir David Willcocks. EMI CDM7-69962-2. [19:56] Vaughan Williams Symphony #3, Pastoral – New Philharmonia/ Sir Adrian Boult; Margaret Price, s. EMI CDC7-47214-2. [33:33]
Thursday 12 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Menotti Piano Concerto in F – Earl Wild, p; Sym of the Air/Jorge Mester.
Vanguard SVC-3. [33:33] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Vitali Chaconne in g – Jessica Lee, v; Reiko Uchida, p. Azica ACD-71305. [11:31] Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G, BWV 1048 – European Brandenburg Ensemble/ Trevor Pinnock. Avie AV2119 (2). [11:44] 11:00 Rimsky Scheherazade, Op 35 – Chicago Sym/ Seiji Ozawa; Victor Aitay, v. Seraphim 69131-2 (2). [43:11] 12:00 Newscast • Various Reflets dans l’eau fr Images I; Jeux d’eau – Alexandra Silocea, p. Avie AV-2266. [10:28] Arnold Water Music, Op 82 – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry F Junkin. Reference RR-66. [8:54] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Beach Symphony in e, Op 32, Gaelic – Nashville Sym/Kenneth Schermerhorn. Naxos 8.559139. [42:19] 2:00 Griffes Fantasy Pieces, Op 6 – Michael Lewin, p. Naxos 8.559046. [17:39] Canning Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan – Cincinnati Sym Strings/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80503. [8:56] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K 622 – Robert Marcellus, cl; Cleveland Orch/George Szell. Sony SBK-62424. [28:57] 4:00 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 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano; Valérie Hartman-Clavarie, ondes martenot – Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Dun Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op 1 – Shen Lu, p. Steinway & Sons 30039. [13:57] Takemitsu And Then I Knew ‘Twas Wind – Patrick Gallois, f; Pierre-Henri Xuereb, vi; Fabrice Pierre, h. DG 4534592. [13:10] Rautavaara Flute Concerto, Op 69 (Dances with the Winds) – Patrick Gallois, f; Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam. Ondine ODE-921-2. [22:53]
Friday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Clementi Symphony #2 in D – Roma Sym/ Francesco La Vecchia. Naxos 8.573071. [24:32] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Haydn Symphony #6 in D, Le Matin – Handel & Haydn Society/
Harry Christophers. Coro COR16113. [22:45] Elgar Chanson de Nuit; Chanson de Matin – English Chamber Orch/Yehudi Menuhin. Arabesque Z-6563. [7:11] 11:00 Falla El Amor Brujo – Victoria de los Angeles, s; Philharmonia/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM7-69037-2. [25:51] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Saint-Saens Piano Concerto #5 in F, Op 103, Egyptian – Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn. EMI CDFB5-73356-2 (2). [28:58] Verdi Aida: Qui Radames verra…O patria mia – Leontyne Price, s; Rome Opera House Orch/Oliviero de Fabritiis. RCA 68540-2. [5:11] 2:00 Orient-Occident Ya Nabat Elrichan; Rotundellus; Makam Rast Semai; Lamento di Tristano – Instrumental Ensemble/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV-9848. [13:31] Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 99595-2. [17:10] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Haydn Symphony #104 in D, London – Philharmonia Baroque/Nicholas McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque Productions PBP02. [27:46] Ireland Ballade of London Nights – Eric Parkin, p. Chandos CHAN-9250. [7:27] 4:00 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 8:00 Music of the 21st Century 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians celebrates 50 years. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: The African-American comedy pioneer Moms Mabley recorded in 1961
Saturday 14 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts: Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” – Adam Plachetka (Figaro); Christiane Karg (Susanna); Luca Pisaroni (Count); Amanda Majeski (Countess); Rachel Frenkel (Cherubino); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Henrik Nanasi. 4:00 Liszt Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto – Daniel Barenboim, p. DG B001565102 (2). [7:29] Taffanel Fantasy on themes from Weber’s Der
Freischütz – Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p. Cedille CDR-90000121. [12:23] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson 5:00 Foss Three American Pieces – Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym/ Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDC5-553602. [12:20] Holst Three Pieces for Oboe and String Quartet – Sarah Francis, ob; English String Quartet. Chandos CHAN-8392. [12:38] Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K 314 – Ray Still, ob; Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [20:33] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music by Spanish composer Leonardo Balada 7:00 Sweet Folk Chicago with Rich Warren 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Beth Wood live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Pentecost 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Locatelli Four-Violin Concerto in F, Op 4/12 – La Serenissima/ Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV2154. [11:18] Griffes Four Roman Sketches, Op 7 – Michael Lewin, p. Naxos 8.559023. [18:29] Copland Billy the Kid Suite – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 63467-2. [19:48] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Donald Runnicles, conductor; Robert Chen, violin – Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e; Mahler: Symphony #5. We also hear Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture conducted by Fritz Reiner. 3:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata #2 in A, Op 2/2 – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Bridge 9201. [23:02] Beethoven Symphony #2 in D, Op 36 – Montreal Sym/Kent Nagano. Analekta AN 2 9150-5 (6). [32:36] 4:00 Bach Cantata #34, O ewiges Feuer (Pentecost) – Esswood, Equiluz, Nimsgern, Vienna Boys’ Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Vienna Concentus Musicus/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.35035 (2). [18:14] Schumann Violin Concerto in d – Gidon Kremer, v; Chamber Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 90696-2. [32:46] 5:00 Bartok Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op 20 – Sviatoslav Richter, p. Melodiya 29465-2. [14:28] Britten Folksong settings: I Wonder As I Wander; Sail On, Sail On; The Miller of
Dee; At the Mid Hour of Night; There’s None to Soothe – Mark Padmore, t; Roger Vignoles, p. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907443. [12:36] Britten Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op 90, A Time There Was – City of Birmingham Sym/Sir Simon Rattle. EMI 47343-2. [14:40] Burleigh Deep River – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Peter Serkin, p. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907500. [3:17] 6:00 Stojowski Piano Concerto #1 in f-sharp, Op 3 – Jonathan Plowright, p; BBC Scottish Sym/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-67314. [35:01] Various Roxana’s song fr King Roger; Clair de lune – Renaud Capuçon, v; Jérôme Ducros, p. Virgin Classics 374087-2. [9:39] Chopin Cello Sonata in g, Op 65 – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p. Lon 4788416. [24:48] Weilerstein will be a guest soloist with the Chicago Symphony later this month at Symphony Center. Stojowski Piano Concerto #2 in A-Flat, Op 32 – Jonathan Plowright, p; BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-67314. [33:01] 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Giovanni Sgambati 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Hanson Symphony #5, Op 43, Sinfonia Sacra – Seattle Sym/ Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3130. [15:09] Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, with Tallis hymn – Atlanta Sym Strings & Cho/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80676. [17:11] Palestrina Magnificat Quarti Toni; Veni Creator Spiritus – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Coro COR-16124. [16:35]
1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Beethoven Piano Concerto #1 in C, Op 15 – Vienna Phil/Rudolf Buchbinder, p. Sony 88883745212 (3). [36:02] 2:00 Wagner Lohengrin: Preludes to acts 1 and 3 – New York Phil/ Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 4191692. [13:07] Bill McGlaughlin plays and discusses music by Wagner on Exploring Music this week. Bach Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-Flat (D), BWV 998 – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71250. [12:34] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Carpenter Skyscrapers – London Sym/Kenneth Klein. EMI CDC7-49263-2. [20:57] Copland Quiet City – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard OVC-4037. [9:36] 4:00 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: Wagner 8:00 Live from WFMT: The Spektral Quartet 10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Argento Six Elizabethan Songs – Patrice Michaels, s; Rembrandt Chamber Players. Cedille CDR90000011. [16:52] Vaughan Williams Three Portraits from The England of Elizabeth – RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny. Marco Polo 8.223665. [16:21] Korngold The Prince and the Pauper film score: Excerpts – London Sym/André Previn. DG 471347-2. [9:15] Korngold Die tote Stadt, Op 12: Marietta’s song, Glück, das mir verblieb – Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. Lon B0001024-02. [5:59]
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Villa-Lobos String Quartet #1 – Cuarteto Latinoamericano. Dorian DOR-90205. [19:38] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mozart Divertimento in F, K 15 – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Phi 422545-2 (3). [9:14] Stravinsky Divertimento – Benjamin Beilman, v; Yekwon Sunwoo, p. Warner Classics 0825646008971. [20:21] 11:00 Holst The Planets, Op 32 – Chicago Sym/James Levine. DG 429730-2. [49:27] 12:00 Newscast • Schubert Impromptus, D 899, Op 90: #2 in E-Flat, #3 in G – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi 902115.16 (2). [10:25] J Strauss Jr Waltzes, Roses from the South, Op 388 – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 410022-2. [9:56]
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Zelenka Miserere (Psalm 50) in c – Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht. Passacaille 9528. [14:40] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Handel Trio Sonata in E, HWV 394 – Brook Street Band. Avie AV-2357. [10:58] Handel Coronation anthem, The King Shall Rejoice – King’s College Choir Cambridge, English Chamber Orch/Sir David Willcocks. Lon 421150-2. [12:01] 11:00 Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals – Pascal Rogé & Cristina Ortiz, p’s; London Sinfonietta/Charles Dutoit. London 414460-2. [22:49] 12:00 Newscast • Smetana Memories of Bohemia in the Form of Polkas, Op 12 – András Schiff, p. Teldec 21261-2. [9:29] Weinberger Schwanda the
Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue – Dallas Wind Sym/Frederick Fennell; Paul Riedo, o (Sym Hall, Dallas). Reference RR-58. [7:50] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Beethoven Piano Concerto #2 in B-Flat, Op 19 – Martha Argerich, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0003398-02. [28:11] 2:00 Prokofiev Cinderella Suite #1, Op 107 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8939. [28:50] Rossini La Cenerentola: Non più mesta – Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Riccardo Chailly. London 448300-2. [3:10] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Jolivet Chant de Linos – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p. EMI CDC5-56488-2. [11:19] Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Lisa Wellbaum, h; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG B0002121-02. [10:18] 4:00 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: Wagner 8:00 Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Fasch Suite in B-Flat for double orchestra – Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler. Capriccio 10218/9 (2). [25:05] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Copland Our Town: Three piano excerpts – James Tocco, p. Pro Arte CDD-183. [9:29] Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDM7-64303-2. [10:52] 11:00 Schumann Symphony #3 in Eb, Op 97, Rhenish – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. London 4780037. [28:56] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Esther Park live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Beethoven Piano Concerto #3 in c, Op 37 – Rudolf Serkin, p; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. Telarc CD-80063. [36:48] 2:00 Miaskovsky Cello Sonata #2 in a, Op 81 – Wendy Warner, vc; Irina Nuzova, p. Cedille CDR90000120. [23:11] Glazunov Violin Concerto in a, Op 82 – Jascha Heifetz, v; Orch/Walter Hendl. RCA 61779-2 (5). [18:57] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Shostakovich Lyric Waltz; Short Piece; Spanish Dance; Nocturne; Polka – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Lon B000184602. [10:14] Ginastera Estancía: Four Dances – Chicago Sym/ 2016
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Seiji Ozawa. CSO CD-90/12 (12). [11:33] Various Italian tenor’s aria; La Danza; Mattinata – Luciano Pavarotti, t, w/orch. Lon 417011-2 (2). [7:33] 4:00 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: Wagner 8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – On Stage: Edo de Waart, conductor; Inon Barnatan, piano – Brahms: Academic Festival Overture. Schumann: Piano Concerto in a. Mozart: Symphony #40 in g, K 550. 10:00 From Page to Stage: Bill McGlaughlin narrates this documentary about the making of Jimmy Lopez’s opera Bel Canto, which premiered at Lyric Opera last December and will be rebroadcast on WFMT this Saturday at noon. The opera is based on a novel that in turn was inspired by actual events. 11:00 Strauss An Alpine Symphony, Op 64 – London Sym/ Bernard Haitink. LSO Live LSO-0689. [50:20]
Thursday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Herrmann Symphony #1 – Phoenix Sym/James Sedares. Koch 3-7135-2. [36:01] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Rossini-Respighi La Boutique fantasque – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Phi 420485-2. [20:34] Rossini The Barber of Seville: Cavatina, Largo al factotum – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; Philharmonia/ Ion Marin. Phi 434912-2. [4:55] 11:00 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in b, Op 115 – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Leonidas Kavakos & Christoph Koncz, v’s; Antoine Tamestit, vi; Stephan Koncz, vc. DG 4811409. [39:50] 12:00 Newscast • Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Alexander’s Feast – Maxine Eilander, h; Vicki Boeckman & Sand Dalton, r’s; Seattle Baroque Orch/Stephen Stubbs. Atma ACD2-2541. [12:00] Fauré Barcarolle #3 in G-Flat, Op 42 – Carol Rosenberger, p. Delos DE-3172. [8:17] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Beethoven Piano Concerto #4 in G, Op 58 – Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 7943-2. [33:59] 2:00 Impromptu: Live from Levin Studio, members of Midsummer’s Music Festival, celebrating 25 years of summertime performances in Wisconsin. 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Honegger 28
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Pastorale d’été – Bavarian Radio Sym/Charles Dutoit. Erato 45242-2. [8:14] Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Op 8/1-4: Violin Concerto in g, Summer – Trondheim Soloists/Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG 463259-2. [11:05] Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody #1, Op 19, Midsommarvaka – Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-46668. [13:08] 4:00 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: Wagner 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Bernard Haitink, conductor; Carter Brey, cello; Cynthia Phelps, viola – Strauss: Don Quixote; Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F, Op 68, Pastoral. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Beethoven Quartet #12 in E-Flat, Op 127 – Emerson String Quartet. DG 447075-2 (7). [36:07] Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op 126 – Olli Mustonen, p. Lon 452206-2. [17:13]
Friday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Hummel Piano Sonata #3 in f, Op 20 – Ian Hobson, p. Arabesque Z-6566. [21:00] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Grieg Violin Sonata #2 in G, Op 13 – Vadim Repin, v; Nikolai Lugansky, p. DG 4778794. [19:04] Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – French National Orch/Lorin Maazel. CBS MDK-45530. [11:35] 11:00 Haydn Symphony #70 in D – Scottish Chamber Orch/Robin Ticciati. Linn CKD-500. [18:09] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Beethoven Piano Concerto #5 in E-Flat, Op 73, Emperor – Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 88843058862. [37:45] 2:00 Maxwell Davies An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise – Atlanta Sym/Donald Runnicles. Telarc CD-80677. [13:15] Ravel Une Barque sur l’océan; Alborada del gracioso – Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano. Erato 14331-2. [16:14] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bach Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F, BWV 1046 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV2207 (2). [19:17] Traditional Appalachian Barn Dance; Nobody But the Baby – Sandra Simon & Abigail Lennox, s’s; Scott Mello, t; Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2205. [4:23]
4:00 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: Wagner 8:00 Music of the 21st Century 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Profiling the versatile pianist Jenny Lin. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Illustrator and children’s author Maurice Sendak interviewed in 1970
Saturday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts: Jimmy Lopez’s “Bel Canto” – Danielle de Niese (Roxane); J’nai Bridges (Carmen); Jeongcheol Cha (Hosokawa); Anthony Roth Costanzo (Caesar); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. 3:30 Verdi Macbeth: Act 3 ballet music – London Sym/Antonio de Almeida. Phi 422846-2 (2). [10:09] Délibes Le Roi s’amuse ballet music – Royal Phil/Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI CDM763379-2. [14:28] Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes (Ballet in Three Deals) – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 443775-2. [22:27] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson 5:00 Mozart Piano Concerto #27 in B-Flat, K 595 – Cleveland Orch/Mitsuko Uchida, p. Lon B0015498-02. [32:19] Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Orion Weiss, p; Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559750. [18:28] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: New Music from the Past 7:00 Sweet Folk Chicago with Rich Warren 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Host Peter Dubois plays listener favorites. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Purcell Chacony in g – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman. Phi 412215-2. [6:59] Zukerman is the guest conductor and soloist on our upcoming CSO broadcaSt. Bach Violin Partita #2 in d, BWV 1004: #5,
Chaconne – Nathan Milstein, v. Teldec 95998-2. [12:41] Leigh Harpsichord Concertino – Colin Tilney, hc; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5168. [9:21] Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concertino, Op 93 – Ann Mason Stockton, h; string-clarinet ensemble. . Crystal CD-171. [16:00] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Pinchas Zukerman, conductor, violin & viola; Stephanie Jeong, violin – Mozart: The Magic Flute Overture. Telemann: Viola Concerto. TartiniRespighi: Pastorale. Bach: Two-Violin Concerto. Mozart: Symphony #39. We also hear more Mozart from pianist David Fray and guest conductor Jaap van Zweden. 3:00 Brahms Hungarian Dances: #s 2 and 5 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lamber Orkis, p. DG 445826-2. [5:30] Brahms Piano Quintet in f, Op 34 – Leon Fleisher, p; Emerson String Quartet. DG B0008718-02 (2). [44:34] 4:00 Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Love Night and Transfiguration – Hollywood Bowl Sym/John Mauceri. Phi 438867-2. [27:10] Wagner Wesendonck Lieder: #5, Träume – Renée Fleming, s; Philharmonia/Sebastian LangLessing. Lon B0019033-02. [4:33] Wagner Die Meistersinger: Dance of Apprentices, Entry of Mastersingers, Wach’ auf – Soloists, Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 452606-2 (4). [8:34] Wagner Die Meistersinger: Prize Song & Final Chorus – Ben Heppner, t; Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 452606-2 (4). [9:00] 5:00 Granados Valses poéticos – Xuefei Yang, g. EMI Classics 06322-2. [14:38] Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales – New York Phil/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 429785-2. [18:57] Chopin Waltzes, Op 34 – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6669. [15:12] 6:00 Wagner Parsifal: Suite – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado, w/chorus in finale. DG B0000985-02. [25:50] Wagner Lohengrin: Mein lieber Schwan – Jonas Kaufmann, t; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. Lon B0014132-02. [5:04] VillaLobos Song of the Black Swan – Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p. Phi 434917-2. [3:16] Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Suite – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MBK-42252. [15:20] Glazunov Suite, From the Middle Ages in E, Op 79 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8804. [23:20] Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music – Met Orch/ James Levine. DG 435874-2.
[22:35] Wagner Die Walküre: Aria, Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond – James King, t; Vienna Phil/Georg Solti. London 414105-2 (4). [3:02] 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Giovanni Sgambati 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Brahms Piano Pieces, Op 118 – Murray Perahia, p. Sony 79469. [22:09] Scarlatti Clavier Sonatas, Kk 87 and Kk 46 – Oregon Guitar Quartet. Cube Squared Records C2-R602. [12:13] Turina La Oración del Torero – Jupiter String Quartet. Music@ Menlo 2010. [8:45] Wagner Tannhäuser: Elisabeth’s prayer, Allmächt’ge Jungfrau – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Philharmonia/ Julius Rudel. EMI 56417-2. [5:38]
Monday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Moeran Serenade in G – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573034. [23:18] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mozart Violin Concerto #5 in A, K 219, Turkish – Rachel Barton Pine, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Avie AV-2317 (2). [27:50] 11:00 Impromptu: Pianist MarcAndré Hamelin, whose Symphony Center Presents recital was yesterday. 12:00 Newscast • Brahms Tragic Overture, Op 81 – Berlin Phil/ Claudio Abbado. DG 4297652. [12:59] Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op 80 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 414488-2. [10:35] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras #1 – Nashville Sym Cellos/ Andrew Mogrelia. Naxos 8.557460-62 (3). [19:50] Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Lon 478 6773. [12:10] 2:00 Shostakovich Symphony #9 in E-Flat, Op 70 – Mariinsky Orch/Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky MAR-0524. [26:35] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Schoenfield Café Music – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-56482-2. [16:14] Piazzolla Primavera Porteño (Spring); Verano Porteño (Summer) – Daniel Barenboim, p; Rodolfo Mederos, bandoneon; Hector Console, db. Teldec 13474-2. [8:01] Ginastera Panambi, Op 1b: Ballet suite – Lyon National Orch/David Robertson. Naive V-4860. [12:48] 4:00 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: Pastoral symphonies 8:00 Live from WFMT: Civitas 10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Schumann Symphony #1 in Bb, Op 38, Spring – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Lon 4780037. [30:20] Bridge Enter Spring – Royal Liverpool Phil/ Sir Charles Groves. EMI CDM5-66855-2. [21:22]
Tuesday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Taneyev Piano Quintet in g, Op 30 – Lowenthal, p; Rosenthal, Kamei, v; Thompson, vi; Kates, vc. Arabesque Z-6539. [42:22] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Suk Fantasy in g, Op 24 – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Helsinki Phil Orch/John Storgårds. Ondine ODE 1279-5. [23:16] 11:00 Grofé Grand Canyon Suite – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3104. [33:25] 12:00 Newscast • Beethoven Variations in E-Flat on Mozart’s Bei Männern, WoO 46 – Mischa Maisky, vc; Martha Argerich, p. DG 431801-2. [9:48] Mozart The Magic Flute, K 620: Overture – Bavarian Radio Sym/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC7-47008-2. [7:25] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Schubert Piano Sonata in C, D 840 (unfinished) – Andras Schiff, p. Lon 440305-2. [26:39] Schubert Symphony #8 in b, D 759, Unfinished – Philharmonia/Guido Cantelli. EMI ZDMB5-68217-2 (2). [22:46] 2:00 Bach Violin Concerto #2 in E, BWV 1042 – Andrew Manze, v; Academy of Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907155. [16:08] Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras #6 – Fernand Dufrene, f; René Plessier, bn. EMI CZS7-67229-2 (6). [9:04] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • French Renaissance Allemandes; Pavane Dellestarpe; Bransle de chevaux; Première Suytte de Bransles d’Escosse – Piffaro. Archive 447107-2. [12:15] Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – Utah Sym/Keith Lockhart. Reference RR-105. [22:09] 4:00 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: Pastoral symphonies 8:00 Music with Dennis Moore
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Wednesday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Hahn Piano Quintet in f – Alexandre Tharaud, p; Quatuor Parisii. Valois V-4848. [26:15] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite #1 – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Naive V-5130. [17:30] Marais La Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris – Musica Antiqua Cologne. Archive 439534-2. [7:54] 11:00 Dvorak Quartet #12 in F, Op 96, American – Ying String Quartet. Ying Quartet YQ-50648. [25:27] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski and pianist Mark Bilyeu live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Bach Keyboard Concerto #2 in E, BWV 1053 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3). [19:02] Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras #5 – Anna Moffo, s; American Sym/Leopold Stokowski. RCA 62600-2. [11:37] 2:00 Chausson Symphony in B-Flat, Op 20 – Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet.
London 433715-2. [35:29] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Copland Old American Songs, set 1 – Mormon Tabernacle Cho & Utah Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. CBS MK-42140. [12:04] Arnold Eight English Dances, Opp 27, 33 – London Phil/Sir Malcolm Arnold. Lyrita 201. [19:49] 4:00 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: Pastoral symphonies 8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – On Stage: Highlights from three eras of the MSO under music directors Zdenek Macal, Andreas Delfs, and Edo de Waart; music by Dvorak, Humperdinck, and Elgar. The final broadcast in this series. 10:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata #11 in B-Flat, Op 22 – Sviatoslav Richter, p. London 4758619 (2). [25:24] Glazunov Piano Concerto #1 in f, Op 92 – Sviatoslav Richter, p; Moscow Youth Orch/Kiril Kondrashin. Melodiya 29468-2. [28:16] Britten Nocturnal After John Dowland, Op 70 – Paul Galbraith, g. Mashulka 2009. [17:10] Elgar Enigma Variations, Op 36 – Cincinnati Sym/Paavo 2016
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Thursday 26 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Vorisek Symphony in D – Czech National Sym/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000058. [28:00] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Grieg Piano Concerto in a, Op 16 – Javier Perianes, p; BBC Sym/Sakari Oramo. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902205. [30:48] 11:00 Diamond Rounds for string orchestra – Do.gma Chamber Orch/Mikhail Gurewitsch. MD+G 9121717. [14:57] Traditional Spirituals, Over My Head; Hold On! – Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley. Seraphic Fire Media Steal Away. [6:07 12:00 Newscast • Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op 34 – English Sym/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-7017. [16:42] Purcell Trumpet Sonata in D – John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia/ Christopher Warren-Green. Nimbus NI-5017. [6:49] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op 16 – William Primrose, vi; Boston Sym/Charles Munch. RCA 68444-2 (8). [37:54] 2:00 Mozart Symphony #32 in G, K 318 – Vienna Phil/James Levine. DG 419146-2. [7:23] Allegri Motet, Miserere – Cambridge Singers/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-123. [14:02] Mozart Divertimento in C, K 439b/1 – Chicago Sym Winds. CBS M2K-42144 (2). [14:02] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op 30 – Melbourne Sym/Sir Andrew Davis in concert. ABC Classics 4811122. [33:52] 4:00 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: Pastoral symphonies 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Bernard Haitink, conductor – Haydn: Symphony #96 in D, Miracle; Bruckner: Symphony #7. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Ginastera Overture to the Creole Faust – Simon Bolivar Sym/Maximiano Valdes. Dorian DOR-90227. [8:48] Gounod Faust: Ballet music – Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. DG 4236982. [16:56] Gounod Faust: Oh Dieu! que de bijoux! (Jewel Song) – Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/ Jeffrey Tate. London 4588582. [4:49] Wolf-Ferrari Jewels 30
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Friday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hidden Gems: Porter Symphony #1 – Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson. Albany TROY-574. [23:53] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mozart String Quartet #19 in C, K 465, Dissonant – American String Quartet. Musicmasters 67194-2 (6). [26:43] 11:00 Shostakovich Piano Concerto #1 in c, Op 35 – Yevgeny Kissin, p; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov. RCA 60567-2 (2). [21:52] Liadov Marionettes, Op 29 – Stephen Coombs, p. Hyperion CDA-66986. [5:08] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3 in C, Op 26 – Martha Argerich, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Phi 456700-2 (2). [27:06] 2:00 Mozart Symphony #35 in D, K 385, Haffner – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Koch 3-7574-2H1. [22:31] Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio, K 384: Vaudeville finale, Nie werd’ich deine Huld – Soloists, Beecham Choral Society, Royal Phil/Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI CHS7-63715-2 (2). [6:08] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • D’Indy Fantaisie sur des Thèmes populaires français, Op 31 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/Mathias Mönius. Lon 4782564. [14:54] Odermatt Été, Op 18 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/Kenneth Sillito. Lon 4785264. [11:02] 4:00 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: Pastoral symphonies 8:00 Music of the 21st Century 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: The Del Sol Quartet with a new recording of music by Australia’s Peter Sculthorpe. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Singersongwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson from 1971
Saturday 28 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts: Rossini’s “Cinderella (La Cenerentola)” – Isabel Leonard (Angelina);
Lawrence Brownlee (Ramiro); Alessandro Corbelli (Don Magnifico); Vito Priante (Dandini); Christian Van Horn (Alidoro); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. 3:30 Massenet Cendrillon Suite – Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean. Marco Polo 8.223354. [10:20] Prokofiev Pieces from Cinderella – Sviatoslav Richter, p. Lon 4758130 (2). [14:58] Liszt Piano Concerto #2 in A – Sviatoslav Richter, p; London Sym/Kiril Kondrashin. Phi 446200-2. [20:40] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson 5:00 Hanson Merry Mount Suite – Eastman-Rochester Orch/ Howard Hanson. Mercury 434370-2 (2). [15:07] Bach Orchestra Suite #1 in C, BWV 1066 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC902113.14 (2). [25:25] Hanson Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings, Op 35 – Judith Mendenhall, f; Susan Jolles, h; NY Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3105. [6:11] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Exiles and Emigrés 7:00 Sweet Folk Chicago with Rich Warren 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Honoring Memorial Day 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Copland The Red Pony film music: Suite – Buffalo Phil/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [23:42] Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty ballet suite, Op 66a – Vienna Phil/James Levine. DG 437806-2. [19:56] There’s more Tchaikovsky on our CSO broadcast at 1:00 pm today. Copland Old American Songs, set 1: #3, Long Time Ago – Nathan Gunn, br; Kevin Murphy, p. EMI CDZ5-73160-2. [2:41] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor; Paul Lewis, piano – Lutoslawski: Musique funèbre. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6, Pathétique. We also hear Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia conducted by Tugan Sokhiev. 3:00 Gershwin Seven Virtuoso Etudes – Earl Wild, p. Ivory Classics 70702. [18:06]
Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs – Avi Avital, mandolin; Ensemble. DG B001975802. [13:03] Albéniz Iberia, Bk 1 – Alicia de Larrocha, p. Phi 456883-2 (2). [18:32] 4:00 Schubert Symphony #9 in C, D 944, Great – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 97512-2. [58:30] 5:00 Brahms Piano Pieces, Op 119 – Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-69284. [16:01] Schmidt Notre Dame: Intermezzo – Philharmonia/ Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDZ7-62853-2. [9:55] BachGounod Ave Maria – Eaken Piano Trio. Naxos 8.554714. [7:51] Gounod St. Cecilia Mass: Sanctus – Sumi Jo, s; Cologne Phil Cho, Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon. Erato 85772-2. [5:25] 6:00 Dvorak Cello Concerto in b, Op 104 – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlávek. Lon B0019765-02. [38:42] Weilerstein is the current guest soloist with the Chicago Symphony at Symphony Center. Kreisler Arrangements Poupée valsante; Liebesleid; Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Renaud Capuçon, v; Jérôme Ducros, p. Virgin Classics 3740872. [9:20] Thompson The Testament of Freedom – New York Choral Society, Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7283-2. [20:22] Thomson Symphony on a Hymn Tune – EastmanRochester Orch/Howard Hanson. Mercury 434310-2. [20:33] Hanson Chorale and Fanfare – London Phil/Jorge Mester. Koch 3-7012-2. [5:53] 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: In Verismo Opera at Its Best Henry features Catalani’s La Wally with Renata Tebaldi and Carlo Bergonzi. 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Tallis Motet, Spem in Alium – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Chandos CHAN-0513. [9:24] Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op 20 – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek. Virgin Classics 61195-2. [21:30] Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Nicola Benedetti, v; London Phil/Andrew Litton. DG 4766198. [15:56]
Monday 30 Memorial Day 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine, including at 9:05 pm Hidden Gems: Haydn String Quartet in E-Flat, Op 20/1 – Daedalus Quartet. Bridge 9326-A/B (2). [19:39] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn •
Debussy Suite, Pour le piano – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Lon 452022-2 (2). [14:11] Debussy Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) – French National Orch/Jean Martinon. EMI CDM7-69668-2. [5:44] 11:00 Gershwin Catfish Row Suite fr Porgy and Bess – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559750. [25:25] 12:00 Newscast • Telemann Overture (Suite) in C, Hamburger Ebb’ und Flut (Wassermusik) – Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini. Naive AM-192. [24:15] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Barber Piano Concerto, Op 38 – John Browning, p; St. Louis Sym/ Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60732-2. [29:09] Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op 24 – Dawn Upshaw, s; St. Luke’s Orch/David Zinman. Nonesuch 79187-2. [15:20] 2:00 Copland Appalachian Spring – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47543. [24:31] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Dvorak Symphony #9 in e, Op 95, From the New World – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 73244-2. [44:23] 4:00 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 8:00 Kernis Sarabanda in Memoriam – Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar. Cedille CDR-90000090. [17:34] Ives The Unanswered Question – Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar. Pentatone PTC-5186393. [5:44] 8:30 Britten War Requiem, Op 66 – Atlanta Sym & Cho, Boys’ Cho/Shaw. Telarc CD-80157 (2). [83:22] 10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Various Shenandoah/ Shenandoah Falls; Amazing Grace – James Galway, f; Jay Ungar, fiddle; Molly Mason, g. RCA 63883-2. [10:03] Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp – Joshua Smith, f; Cynthia Phelps, vi; Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80694. [17:48] Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-62599. [10:09] Various Battle Cry of Freedom; Drums of War; Holmes Quotation; Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar, fiddle, w/piano and ensemble. Nonesuch 79256-2. [6:20]
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Gems: Svendsen Symphony #2 in B-Flat, Op 15 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49769-2. [32:45] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Molter Concerto pastorale in G – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 435262-2. [6:46] Beethoven Piano Sonata #15 in D, Op 28, Pastoral – Jonathan Biss, p. Onyx 4115. [22:53] 11:00 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op 45 – Atlanta Sym/Robert Spano. ASO Media CD-1003. [36:38] 12:00 Newscast • Schubert Piano Trio Movement (Sonatensatz) in B-Flat, D 28 – Lara St. John, v; Ludwig Quandt, vc; Marie-Pierre
Langlamet, h. Ancalagon ANC141. [7:23] Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #3 in E-Flat, Op 75 – Peter Donohoe, p; Bournemouth Sym/Rudolf Barshai. EMI CDC7-49940-2. [16:07] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Saint-Saëns Symphony #3 in c, Op 78, Organ – Olivier Latry, o; Montreal Sym/Kent Nagano. Analekta AN2-8779. [36:12] 2:00 Schmidt Kleine Fantasiestücke – Jan Slavik, vc; Daniela Ruso, p. Marco Polo 8.223415. [8:44] Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op 80 – Berlin Phil, Cho/ Daniel Barenboim, p. EMI
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