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One of the world’s great spoken-word collections comes to life on May 16.
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May 2018 ALSO INSIDE On WTTW, the highly anticipated new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women premieres on Mother’s Day starring Angela Lansbury and Emily Watson, and follow Sue Perkins as she begins an emotional four-part trek up Southeast Asia’s Mekong River.
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Dear Member, This month, WFMT is thrilled to make available free to the public a unique and invaluable resource that has been more than 20 years in the making. On May 16, we will launch the Studs Terkel Radio Archive on wfmt.com. It will be one of the world’s great spoken-word collections, consisting of more than 5,600 of Studs’s digitized interview programs that originated at WFMT between 1952 and 1997. Join us on wfmt.com on what would have been Studs’s 106th birthday to enjoy 45 years of his revealing conversations with the celebrated and the unsung…and everyone in between. On WTTW11, dive into an engaging new two-part adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, which premieres on Mother’s Day and stars Angela Lansbury and Emily Watson. Follow Sue Perkins (The Great British Baking Show) as she begins an emotional four-part trek up Southeast Asia’s Mekong River. And, don’t miss a new Soundstage concert from RSO (Richie Sambora and Orianthi) filmed right here in WTTW’s Grainger Studio. This month we will also launch The Great American Read – a national initiative that will spark a conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped us. Beginning May 22, join in on the voting for the book you think should be number one. Look for a culminating event in the fall, and get ready to start reading! Finally, we observe Memorial Day with a number of specials, and honor outstanding area educators on the 33rd annual Golden Apple Awards. On wttw.com, explore the incredible longevity of Little Women 150 years after its publication, and learn why its popularity endures despite its reluctant author’s assertion that “she never liked girls or knew many, except [her] sisters.” Also, as The Great American Read reveals its top 100 picks, check out our own list of outstanding Chicago novels, authors, and bookstores you need to visit. And in case simply watching this month’s royal wedding isn’t enough to satisfy your inner Anglophile, take a look back at some other memorable royal weddings on our website. On WFMT, join us on Saturday afternoons to hear Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice, Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Wagner’s Die Walküre from Lyric Opera. The Chicago Symphony brings us a Baroque concert with a collection of Italian concertos and arias, and during Memorial Day weekend, Marin Alsop leads the CSO in some American music: Gershwin, Barber, and former composer-in-residence Anna Clyne. And be sure to join us on Facebook between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on Memorial Day for our first-ever WFMT Beach Party live from Theater on the Lake. On wfmt.com, visit WFMT’s Facebook page to watch live video of performances in our studios and around the city, including Dame Myra Hess Concerts at the Chicago Cultural Center. And don’t miss music Carl Grapentine has curated to honor those who have served in our armed forces. Thank you for your continued support, and enjoy the beginning of spring! Sincerely,
Reese Marcusson Chief Operating Officer
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MEMBER CONNECTIONS Pavlo: Live in Concert!
Born in Toronto to Greek parents, Pavlo has made a name for himself by offering a musical amalgam he simply calls “Mediterranean music” – a blend of Greek, Flamenco, Latin, and even Balkan flavors, wrapped in contemporary pop. His music has taken him all around the world. Along the way, he’s perWHAT formed for the likes of Pavlo: Live in Concert! Britain’s Prince Charles and worked and toured with WHERE North Shore Center for the artists such as José Performing Arts Feliciano, Jon Secada, 9501 Skokie Boulevard Olivia Newton-John, and in Skokie The Tenors. Join us for an evening WHEN concert – from Greece to Thursday, May 3, 8:00 pm Chicago! Just off the heels of his PBS special, Live in Kastoria, Pavlo will perform music from his extensive catalog. Enjoy a night of incredible musicianship, laughter, and storytelling. For more information and tickets, please visit wttw.com/events.
Screening & Discussion: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Cinco de Mayo Celebration for Kids! Join us for an exciting free live show, perfect for children 2 to 7 years old, that brings to life fun and learning along with the most popular and beloved children’s shows on WTTW Kids. Hosted by the WTTW Kids Lab Guys, children will be inspired to discover their own BIG IDEAS using our very own WHAT recipe of Wonder, Watch & WTTW Kids BIG IDEA Learn More! The interacTraveling Lab: tive show will engage kids Cinco de Mayo Celebration to explore themes like WHERE emotions, life cycles, recyStratford Square cling, the natural world, 152 Stratford Drive and more as we discover in Bloomingdale everyday BIG IDEAS. We’ll WHEN also learn about great children’s books that support the show’s themes, Saturday, May 5, 11:00 am and experience a few fun surprises along the way. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events.
Meet Nature Cat at Kids to Parks Day! Celebrate National Park Trust’s Kids to Parks Day with Nature Cat at the Indiana Dunes national lakeshore! Bring the whole family to this free event to see live turtles, snakes, and fish. Play in the Nature Play Zone, learn from science activities, hike around the wetlands and dunes of the park, and create hands-on crafts. This event will help the park celebrate the reopening of the Douglas Center, the park’s nature exploration site for families and schools. For more information, please visit wttw.com/events.
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Kids to Parks Day: A Nature Cat Meet & Greet
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Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education 100 N. Lake Street in Gary, Indiana
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The Chinese Exclusion Act: A Screening & Discussion
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Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington Street in Chicago
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Saturday, May 19, 2:00 pm
The Chinese Exclusion Act is a documentary from Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu, and produced by Steeplechase Films and the Center for Asian American Media. This gripping film explores the important connections between the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act – the only federal legislation in United States history ever to single out and name a specific race and nationality for exclusion. Examine the dramatic social, political, and economic circumstances that led to this landmark piece of legislation and the wide-ranging consequences it had on national attitudes towards race, culture, politics, and society. Join us at the Chicago Cultural Center for a free screening of the film, followed by a panel discussion. For more information and to RSVP, please visit wttw.com/events.
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MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to Music Institute’s Academy Orchestra and Ilana Setapen
2-for-1 Tickets to Orion Ensemble To conclude its 25th anniversary season, The Orion Ensemble welcomes back guest violist Stephen Boe and guest violinist Mathias Tacke for “Quintessential Quintets.” The program features Weber’s Quintet in B-flat Major for clarinet and string quartet, Op. 34; Gershwin’s Lullaby for string quartet (1919); and Dvorák’s Quintet No. 2 in A Major for string quartet and piano, Op. 81. Performances take place Sunday, May 13 at 7:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Geneva-Chapelstreet Church, 2300 South Street in Geneva; Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 pm at the Pianoforte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago; and Sunday, May 27 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 in advance and using code WTTW. For information, please visit orionensemble.org.
Concluding the Music Institute of Chicago’s Faculty and Guest Artist Series’ 2017–18 season, the Academy Orchestra performs with noted violinist Ilana Setapen. The program includes the Overture to Mozart’s opera The Impresario; Copland’s “Down a Country Lane,” and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 “Scottish.” Setapen joins the Orchestra for the program’s second half, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35. Ilana Setapen is associate concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, a position she also held with the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra in Chicago for six years. The concert takes place Saturday, May 26 at 7:30 pm at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, by calling (847) 905-1500 and using the code WTTW. For more information, please visit musicinst.org.
2-for-1 Tickets to The Front Page The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) conclude the company’s 37th season with the gritty Chicago comedy The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. The Front Page is a madcap comedy with thrills and derring-do set in a 1920s Chicago newsroom. Star reporter Hildy wants to break away from journalism by getting married and finding a respectable job. After a jailbreak, the escapee falls into Hildy’s hands as a hostage. Hildy finds a unique way to conceal his prize and phones his managing editor. Their job then becomes to prevent other reporters and the sheriff from discovering the hiding place and scooping their story. It’s a whirlwind wrap-up with Hildy finally making his getaway – or so he thinks! Performances are April 27-May 20, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey 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, by emailing tickets@saintsebastianplayers.org and mentioning WTTW. For information, please visit saintsebastianplayers.org.
2-for-1 Tickets to Northbrook Symphony Orchestra Pianist George Vatchnadze returns to Northbrook Symphony Orchestra to perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, while the NSO presents the tuneful Russian Symphony No. 5 of Alexander Glazunov. Tickets are free for children ages 7 to 18 when accompanied by a ticket-holding parent, grandparent, or caregiver. For 2-for-1 admission to Northbrook Symphony Orchestra’s Romantic Russia: A Tale of Two Composers, please call (847) 272-0755 and use code WFMT. The performance takes place on Sunday, May 6 at 4:00 pm at the Sheely Center for the Performing Arts, 2300 Shermer Road in Northbrook.
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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
Mekong River with Sue Perkins Sue Perkins uncovers a region undergoing unprecedented change. The Mekong is Southeast Asia’s largest river, flowing through 3,000 miles of breathtaking landscapes: the peaks of the Himalayas, the Tibetan plateau, the canyons of Chinese Yunnan, and Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta.
Thursdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 8:00 pm
Bombshell – The Hedy Lamarr Story: American Masters
The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience
The glamorous film siren Hedy Lamarr was also secretly an ingenious inventor. Near the end of her life, tech pioneers discovered that it was her concepts that are now used in WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth technologies.
This new film documents the events leading to, and continuing impact of, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act – the only federal legislation in U.S. history ever to single out a specific race and nationality for exclusion from immigration and citizenship.
Friday, May 18, 8:30 pm
Tuesday, May 29, 8:00 pm
See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.
Tuesday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) [R] 2:30 The Coroner: The Deep Freeze (Part 9 of 20) [R]
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Civilizations: God and Art (Part 3 of 9) Trace the relationship between religion and art. 9:00 First Civilizations: Religion (Part 2 of 4) 10:00 Frontline: Blackout in Puerto Rico 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (New Series) The Mekong is Southeast Asia’s greatest river, the ‘Mother of Water’ that brings life to millions of people from the paddy fields of Vietnam to the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau. In this ambitious, entertaining, and illuminating series, Sue Perkins (The Great British Baking Show) goes on an extraordinary journey spanning almost three thousand miles, to explore lives and landscapes on the point of enormous change. Across four episodes, she encounters the lighter side of life on the Mekong as she meets the river’s idiosyncratic characters while traveling upstream through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and China.
Thursdays beginning May 3, 8:00 pm
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Civilizations: God and Art (Part 3 of 9) See Tues. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 First Civilizations: Religion (Part 2 of 4) See Tues. May 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline See Tues. May 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 2 of 3) [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: True Conviction [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – Survival (Part 2 of 3) Some animals will do whatever it takes to survive. 9:00 NOVA Wonders: What’s Living in You? (Part 2 of 6) Dive into the human microbiome, an ecosystem of bacteria, fungi, and viruses living right beneath our noses. 10:00 NOVA: Search for the Super Battery Join David Pogue as he sets out on a quest to discover how batteries work and what their future means for our planet. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 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 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (Part 1 of 4) Sue’s epic journey begins in Vietnam, on the vast Mekong Delta. 9:00 Soundstage: RSO 10:00 Free Spirit Media Presents 2018 WTTW presents short films created by local young people with Free Spirit Media. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – Survival (Part 2 of 3) See Wed. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA Wonders: What’s Living in You? (Part 2 of 6) See Wed. May 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 NOVA: Search for the Super Battery See Wed. May 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Check, Please! Rhyme or Reason, Bang Bang Pie, Mambo Italiano [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Richie Sambora and Orianthi
Soundstage: RSO Grammy Award winner and Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Richie Sambora joins forces with platinum-selling solo artist (and former Michael Jackson/ Alice Cooper guitarist) Orianthi to form the band RSO. Performing songs from their 2017 release Rise, this performance confirms that the duo of Sambora and Orianthi is paving a whole new lane in the male-female vocal genre.
Thursday, May 3, 9:00 pm EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: John Green, Steve James Mark’s guests at The Hideout are novelist John Green and documentary filmmaker Steve James. 8:00 Dishalicious: Mexican Host Sarah Grueneberg is joined by Rick Bayless, Diana Dávila, and Alfonso Sotelo, who collaborate on a meal in front of a studio audience. 2018
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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights These digital channels are available with digital cable or over-the-air with a digital receiver. For more information about digital television and for complete schedules, visit wttw.com/schedule.
NOVA Wonders Wednesdays, 9:00 pm
WTTW11 in HD Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can watch WTTW11 in high-definition by tuning to channel 11-1. Cable or satellite viewers can locate WTTW11 in high-definition on the on-screen menu.
This series takes viewers on a journey to the frontiers of science, where researchers are tackling some of the biggest questions about life and the cosmos. We learn how far we’ve come in our search for answers, how we managed to get here, and how scientists hope to push our understanding of the universe even further.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Universe filled with stars, nebula, and galaxy
Last Tango in Halifax Tuesdays beginning May 15, 8:00 pm
WTTW Prime WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.
Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other again when they are reunited over the internet after almost 60 years. While their relationship is a tale of the power of love at any age, it is also a story about family and the complications the relationship causes, especially for their grown daughters.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi as Celia and Alan
Red, White & BBQ Sunday, May 27, 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.
Fire up the grill as the unofficial start of summer begins this weekend! Our expert grill master Steven Raichlen will prepare favorite barbecue dishes that will make your mouth water. Your barbecue will be smokin’ with surf and turf, ribs, chicken, and more.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Steven Raichlen
Resistance at Tule Lake Sunday, May 6, 6:00 pm
WTTW World WTTW WORLD features public television’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW WORLD is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Resistance at Tule Lake tells the long-suppressed story of incarcerated Japanese Americans who defied the government by refusing to swear unconditional loyalty to the U.S. Though this was an act of protest and family survival, they were branded as “disloyals” by the government and packed into the newly designated Tule Lake Segregation Center.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Resistance at Tule Lake
Odd Squad Saves the World Friday, May 11, 6:00 pm
NEW! WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. The WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 is on Comcast digital channels 368 and on RCN channel 39.
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The Odd Squad is a high-tech agency run by kids equipped with the world’s most advanced and unpredictable gadgetry! In this special, Olive and Otto need to find a treasure chest that Oscar buried in order to save the world; the agents throw a surprise party for Ms. O; Olive and Otto explain to Ms. O why a case went wrong. The HQ alarm system is triggered, forcing Olive, Otto, Ms. O, and Oscar to navigate a series of booby traps in order to shut it off.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Otto and Olive
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Check, Please! RPM Steak, Crisp, Pisolino Host Catherine De Orio welcomes account executive Danielle Prigge, whose choice is RPM Steak in River North; IT consultant Ron Perez, who loves the Lakeview eatery Crisp; and educator Brittany Barton, who chose Pisolino in the Avondale neighborhood. 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Stephanie J. Block in Concert Stephanie J. Block, a Tony-nominated performer featured in Lincoln Center Theater’s Falsettos as well as in Wicked and The Boy from Oz, shares a special night of cabaret. 10:00 The Jazz Ambassadors Discover what happened when America asked Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman to combat Soviet propaganda. 11:00 In Principle 11:30 BBC World News
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MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 The Great British Baking Show: Biscuits and Traybakes Join eight bakers as they offer twists on everything from bakewells to banoffees and brownies.
Saturday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) [R]
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In the Spotlight
Sister Monica Joan (Judy Parfitt)
Call the Midwife (Season Finale) In the season finale, the team rallies to prepare for Sister Monica Joan’s birthday. Meanwhile, the closing of a nearby maternity home brings an influx of expectant mothers to the Nonnatus midwives. Lucille meets Olive, whose father has a secret he can no longer keep.
Sunday, May 6, 7:00 pm
Free Spirit Media Presents 2018 See Thurs. May 3 at 10:00 pm. [R] Dishalicious: Mexican See Fri. May 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] Amanpour on PBS BBC World News Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Sweet Indulgences 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Bern Region, Switzerland 1:00 A Chef’s Life: A Food Truck and a Pear Tree 1:30 Dishalicious: Mexican [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Comfort Classics 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Roasting 3:30 Martha Bakes: Cookies of the Netherlands 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: From Thailand with Love 4:30 Check, Please! RPM Steak, Crisp, Pisolino See Fri. May 4 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Paris – Regal and Intimate 5:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Overtourism EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 15 of 16) George fears that Weld is losing its innocence. Brother Terry proposes to Hannah, and there’s a surprise visit from a very pregnant Jan. 8:00 Father Brown: The Face of the Enemy Father Brown spies trouble when Lady Felicia returns to Kembleford. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 6 of 8) The leader of a spiritual retreat is strangled while all of the suspects were in a meditation circle. 10:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 5 of 6) Murray tries to clear things up with his colleague Emma, and decides that he needs to give it one last push with Bex. 10:30 The Wrong Mans: Running Mans (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) After managing a daring escape from their would-be captors, Sam and Phil are
now on the run, on the edge, and on each other’s nerves. 11:02 10 Parks that Changed America Explore the serene spaces that offer city dwellers a respite from the hustle and bustle of urban life.
Sunday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 7 of 8) [R] 1:00 The Coroner: The Deep Freeze (Part 9 of 20) [R] 2:00 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (Part 1 of 4) See Thurs. May 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Stephanie J. Block in Concert See Fri. May 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 The Jazz Ambassadors See Fri. May 4 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: The Cloisters / Horticultural Work Area Join Leslie at the Cloisters overlooking the Hudson River. 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Crete – Mother of the Mediterranean AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! RPM Steak, Crisp, Pisolino [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Family Brunch 1:00 Story of India: Beginnings (Part 1 of 6) For more than 2,000 years, India has been a massive component in world history. But how did it come to be what it is today? 2:00 Story of India: The Power of Ideas (Part 2 of 6) Part two covers the last centuries BC -- the rule of the emperor Ashoka, one of the greatest figures in world history. 3:00 Prisoner of Her Past [R] 4:00 Visionaries: The Chicago Lighthouse This local organization assists the blind and visually impaired by providing innovative job opportunities. 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) Downton is turned into a convalescent home with Thomas in charge. Lavinia and Sir Richard’s secret comes out, Anna tracks down Bates, and Branson attempts to strike a blow for Ireland. EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: Dirty Dancing (Part 10 of 20) Judith and Mick get into the spirit of a Latin American dance festival run by Paula Barranco and her much-younger Hispanic husband Yordan.
Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar
Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece Crime-solving duo DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker, Last Tango in Halifax) and DS Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar, Indian Summers) are closing in on the perpetrator of a cold-case murder. As they uncover more disturbing details about the victim, blackmail and scandal come to the fore.
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Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 8 of 8) 8:00 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) The victim’s life comes into focus; it was a mess. Meanwhile, Sara’s scandalous past is revealed, and Colin is blackmailed. 9:30 Dishalicious: Mexican [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: John Green, Steve James See Fri. May 4 at 7:30 pm. [R] 10:30 Check, Please! RPM Steak, Crisp, Pisolino [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Ed Sheeran
Monday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 5 of 6) See Sat. May 5 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12:30 The Wrong Mans: Running Mans (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) See Sat. May 5 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 15 of 16) See Sat. May 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Face of the Enemy See Sat. May 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 6 of 8) See Sat. May 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
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6:00 Ready Jet Go! 6:30 Cat in the Hat 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 Sesame Street 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Splash & Bubbles
Afternoons 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 1:00 Cat in the Hat 1:30 Peg + Cat 2:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 2:30 Arthur 3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Nature Cat 4:00 Wild Kratts 4:30 Wild Kratts 5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Odd Squad 8
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5:30 Peg + Cat 6:00 Sesame Street 6:30 Sesame Street 7:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 One-Hour Specials
Sunday Mornings 5:00 Dinosaur Train 5:30 Dinosaur Train 6:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00 Curious George 7:30 Arthur 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Wild Kratts 9:30 Wild Kratts 10:00 Odd Squad 10:30 Odd Squad
Tune in Mondays through Fridays at 8:30 am and Sundays at 7:00 am
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Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. May 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] The Coroner: Dirty Dancing (Part 10 of 20) See Sun. May 6 at 6:00 pm. [R] The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: John Green, Steve James [R] Amanpour on PBS BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Border Collie
NOVA Wonders This series journeys to the frontiers of science, where researchers are tackling some of the biggest questions about life and the cosmos. From the mysteries of astrophysics, to the secrets of the body, to the challenges of inventing technologies that could rival – and even surpass – the abilities of the human mind, the series reveals how far we’ve come in our search for answers.
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Story of India: The Power of Ideas (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. May 6 at 2:00 pm. [R] P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Native Plants Martha Bakes: Cookies of the Netherlands [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Belle Epoque diamond necklace from about 1915 and a Cheyenne cradleboard made around 1895. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) Finds include an 1890 Frederic Remington watercolor and an 1879 James A.M. Whistler etching. 10:00 Independent Lens: No Man’s Land Go inside the 2016 standoff at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge between anti-government protestors and federal authorities. 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Civilizations: Encounters (Part 4 of 9) See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet. 9:00 First Civilizations: Cities (Part 3 of 4) 10:00 Frontline: Myanmar’s Killing Fields 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Wednesday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: No Man’s Land See Mon. May 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – The Mating Game (Part 3 of 3) Getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing animal behavior. 9:00 NOVA Wonders: Are We Alone? Discover the next generation of gadgets that are getting us one step closer to answering one of humanity’s biggest questions. 10:00 NOVA: Life’s Rocky Start NOVA investigates how minerals are vital to the origins and evolution of life. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Thursday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Civilizations: Encounters (Part 4 of 9) See Tues. May 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2018
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Erik Thomson, 800 Words
Saturday Night Drama Series Settle in on Saturday evenings with new episodes of some of WTTW’s most popular series. The Australian comedydrama 800 Words follows a widowed Sydney newspaper columnist and his family who move to a tiny New Zealand town. Father Brown, based on stories by G K Chesterton, features a kindly cleric investigating crimes in his small English village. And Death in Paradise, set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, centers on Detective Inspector (and recent widower) Jack Mooney (Ardal O’Hanlon) who struggles to adapt from cold, gray London, as his new team of detectives must likewise adapt to him.
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EARLY MORNING 1:00 Nature: Natural Born Rebels – The Mating Game (Part 3 of 3) See Wed. May 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 NOVA Wonders: Are We Alone? See Wed. May 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 NOVA: Life’s Rocky Start See Wed. May 9 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Tracy Letts and Fatimah Asghar Mark’s guests at The Hideout are playwright/actor Tracy Letts and poet Fatimah Asghar. 8:00 Dishalicious: Korean Sarah Grueneberg welcomes chefs Bill Kim, Dave Park, and Beverly Kim who come together to cook a succulent Asian meal. 8:30 Check, Please! Best of Italian Revisit Check, Please! segments over the course of the series on Italian eateries around the Chicago area. 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Andrew Rannells in Concert Known for his performances as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon and as Elijah in HBO’s Girls, Andrew Rannells offers up a sparkling set of songs. 10:00 Great Performances: Chita Rivera – A Lot of Livin’ to Do Chita Rivera has been lighting up Broadway and international stages for more than seven decades. View archival clips of her work and hear from friends and colleagues. 11:00 In Principle 11:30 BBC World News
Saturday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. May 6 at 5:00 pm. [R] 1:30 inCommon with Mike Leonard: It’s Up to Us See Thurs. May 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Princes of the Palace See Thurs. May 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS
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MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 The Great British Baking Show: Sweet Dough Watch the bakers make tea loaves and 36 sweet European buns. AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Surf ‘n’ Turf Goes Regional 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Brooklyn, New York 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Wanted – Broccoli 1:30 Dishalicious: Korean See Fri. May 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Cast Iron Staples 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Noodles 3:30 Martha Bakes: Classic Italian Cookies 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Tahini Rules! 4:30 Check, Please! Best of Italian See Fri. May 11 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Paris – Embracing Life and Art 5:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Memphis EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 800 Words (Season 2, Part 16 of 16) The fallout from George’s savage article is immediate. Terry’s true colors are revealed, and a triple tragedy strikes Weld. 8:00 Father Brown: The Devil You Know Mallory is forced to turn to Father Brown when a VIP policeman is murdered at a bowls match. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 7 of 8) Long-buried memories are raked up for Jack when someone from his past is caught red-handed at a murder scene. 10:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 1 of 6) On his way back from another work trip, Murray hears that his beloved wife Bex might be leaving him. 10:30 The Wrong Mans: X-Mans (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) Now in hiding, Phil is relishing the chance to reinvent himself but Sam pines for his old life. 11:02 Call the Midwife (Season 7, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Coroner: Dirty Dancing (Part 10 of 20) See Sun. May 6 at 6:00 pm. [R] 1:00 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (Part 2 of 4) See Thurs. May 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:00 NOVA Wonders: Are We Alone? [R] 3:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Andrew Rannells in Concert See Fri. May 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Great Performances: Chita Rivera – A Lot of Livin’ to Do See Fri. May 11 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: Museum of Broadcast Communications/ Archives Join Leslie as she visits Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications, and gets a peek at the private archives area.
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Prince George, the young heir to the throne. 11:30 BBC World News 11:59 Chicago Tonight [R]
Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan
Civilizations and First Civilizations Civilizations surveys the history of art on a global scale. Each episode reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, providing an introduction to works of beauty, ingenuity, and illumination across cultures. First Civilizations uses the latest in archaeology, anthropology, and genetics to tell the story of where the modern world began. Incorporating studies of artifacts, renowned sites of archaeological interest, and interviews with leading experts, the series explores how and why civilization first sparked into life.
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11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Centaur’s Kitchen – Preserving Nature’s Bounty
over control of Downton’s medical role. Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen. And Matthew and William embark on a perilous patrol.
AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Best of Italian [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Cocktail Party 1:00 Story of India: Spice Routes & Silk Roads/The Growth of Civilization (Part 3 of 6) Part three covers the time of the Roman Empire. As the spice routes and the silk roads opened up, Indian civilization grew, enriched by contact and exchange. 2:00 Story of India: Ages of Gold (Part 4 of 6) Part four is the story of India in the Middle Ages, during which India experienced a series of great flowerings of culture. 3:00 Princes of the Palace [R] 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) Isobel and Cora lock horns
EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: The Drop Zone (Part 11 of 20) Jane’s fear of heights is put to the test when she and Davey investigate a skydiving accident. 7:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 2) 8:05 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) Tessa, Sara, Colin, and Marion each have a motive – but also an alibi. On the verge of getting romantic with Sunny, Cassie has a revelation. 9:33 Dishalicious: Korean [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Tracy Letts and Fatimah Asghar See Fri. May 11 at 7:30 pm. [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Florence + The Machine/Andra Day
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In the Spotlight
Annes Elwy as Beth
Little Women on Masterpiece Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott and loved by generations of women worldwide, Little Women is a universal coming-of-age story. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee – while their father is away at war – the girls navigate what it means to be young women: from sibling rivalry and first love to loss and marriage. Starring Emily Watson, Michael Gambon, and Angela Lansbury.
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 1 of 6) See Sat. May 12 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12:30 The Wrong Mans: X-Mans (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) See Sat. May 12 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:05 800 Words (Season 2, Part 16 of 16) See Sat. May 12 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Devil You Know See Sat. May 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 7 of 8) See Sat. May 12 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Story of India: Ages of Gold (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. May 13 at 2:00 pm. [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Young Farmers 5:30 Martha Bakes: Classic Italian Cookies [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Newport (Part 1 of 3) For the first time, the Roadshow’s cameras roll indoors and outdoors! At Rosecliff mansion, see a diamond pin, a Rohmer doll valued on the patio, and Tiffany vases stun an appraiser in the ballroom. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tucson (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1943 Allen Ginsbergsigned yearbook and an Alfons Walde oil painting. 10:00 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 1 of 5) Meet the bride and groom, explore the venue, get a rundown of royal protocols,
rules, ponder Meghan’s learning curve, and more. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Tuesday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 2) [R] 1:30 Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) [R] 3:00 The Coroner: The Drop Zone (Part 11 of 20) [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Civilizations: Renaissances (Part 5 of 9) Explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires in the 15th and 16th centuries. 9:00 First Civilizations: Trade (Part 4 of 4) 10:00 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 2 of 5) Tonight, what to wear is on the agenda, including wedding attire for the bride, groom, bridesmaids, page boys, mothers of the bride, and guests. Also: flowers. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Wednesday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Newport (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Tucson (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 1 of 5) See Mon. May 14 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Dishalicious: Korean [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Super Hummingbirds Enter the fast-paced world of hummingbirds as never before. 9:00 NOVA Wonders: Can We Build A Brain? Decode the latest advances in artificial intelligence. How does it actually work, and is it truly intelligent? 10:00 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 3 of 5) Tonight, learn all about the ceremony, including its royal protocols, transportation, the seating
Royal Wedding Watch and The Royal Wedding As the eagerly-awaited wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle approaches, join us at 10:00 pm each weeknight in the run-up to the big event and learn everything you ever wanted to know about all the elements that go into a royal wedding, and the participants in this one. Then, get up early on Saturday for live coverage from the BBC of the momentous occasion itself, from the grand procession to the church to the reactions of everyday Londoners taking part in the celebration.
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plan, the bells and music, the wedding ring, the role of the Best Man, and more. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Thursday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Civilizations: Renaissances (Part 5 of 9) See Tues. May 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 First Civilizations: Trade (Part 4 of 4) See Tues. May 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 2 of 5) See Tues. May 15 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Tracy Letts and Fatimah Asghar [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
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In the Spotlight
Hedy Lamarr
Bombshell – Hedy Lamarr: American Masters Discover the story of Austrian-born film siren Hedy Lamarr, arguably the most beautiful woman in the world, who was also an ingenious, if unlikely, inventor. Her pioneering work helped revolutionize modern communication, including WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
Friday, May 18, 8:30 pm EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (Part 3 of 4) Sue reaches Laos and spends time with Bounsom, a fisherman who’s turned to tourism, setting up a restaurant on the beach; she also visits Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage site, famed as the center of Buddhism. 9:00 10 Homes that Changed America Geoffrey Baer visits 10 homes that transformed residential living. 10:00 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 4 of 5) Tonight, learn how to celebrate the event, including the procession, the wedding breakfast, banquet etiquette, the wedding cake, photography, and the public reaction. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Friday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Super Hummingbirds See Wed. May 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA Wonders: Can We Build A Brain? See Wed. May 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 3 of 5) See Wed. May 16 at 10:00 pm. [R]
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 It is No Secret: The Life and Inspiration of Reverend Clay Evans This new local documentary tells the story of the founder of Chicago’s Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, also an award-winning gospel artist and a leader in the civil rights movement and Operation PUSH. 8:00 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe Host Catherine De Orio welcomes program coordinator Tim Vu, who chose Kabobi Grill in Albany Park; marketing manager Ashley Demma, who loves Cindy’s in downtown Chicago; and choir director Kate Johnston, whose favorite is Sunset Pho Caffe in West Rogers Park. 8:30 Bombshell – Hedy Lamarr: American Masters 10:00 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 5 of 5) Prior to tomorrow’s big event, learn about royal life, the Royal Marriages Act, crests and titles, wedding gifts, the honeymoon, and more. 11:00 In Principle 11:30 BBC World News
Saturday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) See Sun. May 13 at 5:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Royal Wedding Watch (Part 4 of 5) See Thurs. May 17 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Bombshell – Hedy Lamarr: American Masters See Fri. May 18 at 8:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News MORNING 5:00 The Royal Wedding The BBC’s coverage, live from London, of the wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 The Great British Baking Show: Pastry View the competition among the remaining six bakers to update old-fashioned suet puddings, create perfect religieuses,
and make three different kinds of puffed pastries. AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Big Family Breakfast 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Shanghai, China 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Bourbon Country 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Much at Steak 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Two Modern Stews 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Braising 3:30 Martha Bakes: French Cookies 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Mexico Every Single Day 4:30 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe See Fri. May 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: London – Historic and Dynamic 5:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Sydney EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 Father Brown: The Dance of Death Father Brown uncovers a dark secret when a contestant is murdered at a ballroom dancing competition. 8:00 Father Brown: The Cat of Mastigatus Father Brown investigates when a girl is found left for dead at a boys’ school fete. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 8 of 8) When the lead guitarist of a popular reggae band is murdered, Jack and his team must crack a case that has long haunted the commissioner. 10:00 I Want My Wife Back (Part 2 of 6) Murray and Bex reluctantly break the news to their friends and family that they are separating. 10:30 The Wrong Mans: White Mans (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) 11:00 The Royal Wedding See 5:00 am. [R]
Sunday 20 EARLY MORNING 2:00 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (Part 3 of 4) See Thurs. May 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 NOVA Wonders: Can We Build A Brain? [R] 4:00 10 Homes that Changed America See Thurs. May 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: The Field Museum/Terra Cotta Warriors Join Leslie as she visits the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibition at the Field Museum in Chicago. 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Athens Rising AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe [R] 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Summer Shindig 1:00 Story of India: The Meeting of Two Oceans (Part 5 of 6) Part five focuses on the time of the Renaissance in Europe, when India was the richest, most populous civilization in the world. 2:00 Story of India: Freedom (Part 6 of 6) The final episode relates how, after the shock of the 1857 “Mutiny,” the British state turned this supremacy into the Raj, and how the Freedom Movement delivered independence to a divided India. 3:00 inCommon with Mike Leonard: It’s Up to Us [R]
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Margaret Atwood
The Great American Read (New Series) Examine the power, passion, and joy of reading through the lens of America’s 100 best-loved books chosen by the public. The series features reflections from notable and everyday citizens, and this program will launch a summer of reading, culminating in a vote to choose “America’s Best-Loved Book.” More episodes will air in the fall.
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EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: Perfectly Formed (Part 12 of 20) When work at an abandoned cottage unearths a child’s hidden remains, Jane uncovers other well-kept family secrets. 7:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 2) The March family fears the worst when Mr. March falls ill. As circumstances change for the sisters, the family must come together to face their most difficult challenge yet. 9:05 Louisa May Alcott: American Masters Examine the literary double life of this celebrated author of Little Women,
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In the Spotlight
National Memorial Day Concert
National Memorial Day Concert 2018 Join Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna, a star-studded lineup of popular entertainers, and the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jack Everly for this night of remembrance honoring the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, their families at home, and all those who have given their lives for our country.
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who also wrote scandalous works under a pseudonym. 10:33 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Kelly Hogan, Renee Engeln, and Jeff Mauro At the Hideout, Mark sits down to talk with musician Kelly Hogan, author Renee Engeln, and “sandwich king” Jeff Mauro. 11:00 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe [R] 11:30 Austin City Limits: Zac Brown Band
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EARLY MORNING 12:30 I Want My Wife Back (Part 2 of 6) See Sat. May 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] 1:00 The Wrong Mans: White Mans (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) See Sat. May 19 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:35 Father Brown: The Dance of Death See Sat. May 19 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Father Brown: The Cat of Mastigatus See Sat. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 8 of 8) See Sat. May 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 The Wrong Mans: White Mans (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Designing Gardens 5:30 Martha Bakes: French Cookies [R]
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Newport (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Tucson (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: ACORN and the Firestorm See Mon. May 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Newport (Part 2 of 3) At Rosecliff, finds include a Faberge jade snuff bottle made around 1890 and a General Wharton Civil War archive. 9:00 Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention Geoffrey Baer traces Navy Pier’s dramatic history. 10:06 Independent Lens: ACORN and the Firestorm Explore the politically charged battle to take down ACORN, a controversial communityorganizing group. 11:33 BBC World News
Tuesday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:03 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. May 20 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:05 The Coroner: Perfectly Formed (Part 12 of 20) See Sun. May 20 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS
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In the Spotlight BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Great American Read (Part 1 of 8) 10:00 Frontline: Weinstein 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: The World’s Most Wanted Animal Join conservationist Maria Diekmann in the crusade to save pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. 9:00 NOVA Wonders: Can We Make Life? Discover the breakthroughs in genetic engineering enabling scientists to create and manipulate DNA as never before. 10:00 NOVA: Extreme Animal Weapons Every animal has some kind of weapon, whether claws or horns, fangs, or stings. But why are some armaments huge and extreme? 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Thursday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:30 The Great American Read (Part 1 of 8) See Tues. May 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline See Tues. May 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Kelly Hogan, Renee Engeln, and Jeff Mauro See Sun. May 20 at 10:33 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Mrs. Lenore Radway and Miss Sherley Becker polish a torpedo.
A City at War: Chicago At the beginning of America’s engagement in World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt called on the country to become “an arsenal of democracy” – major producers of war materiel to help defeat the Axis powers. This new film explores how the Windy City answered that call, and how a mutually beneficial relationship between FDR and Chicago mayor Ed Kelly (the original “big city boss”) helped to set everything in motion. The documentary reveals how the Chicago area was transformed into a well-oiled production machine, with every man, woman, and child mobilizing to support the war effort. Narrated by Bill Kurtis.
Monday, May 28, 7:00 pm EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (Part 4 of 4) In the final episode, Sue reaches China, home to the source of this mighty river. Arriving in Yunnan’s tropical south-western region of Xishuangbanna, she discovers how this once remote region is now home to a booming tourist industry. Finally, Sue arrives high up on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai province, close to the source of the Mekong. 9:00 10 Parks that Changed America See Sat. May 5 at 11:02 pm. [R] 10:00 10 Buildings that Changed America Geoffrey Baer tells the stories of ten influential works of American architecture and the visionaries who imagined them. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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Going to War What is it really like to go to war? For millennia, only warriors could really answer that question. This documentary takes us inside the experience of battle and reveals the soldier’s experiences as never before, getting to the heart of what it’s like to be a soldier in times of war. The film illuminates the experiences of training, battle, and coming home, revealing the universals of the warrior’s journey.
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Friday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: The World’s Most Wanted Animal See Wed. May 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA Wonders: Can We Make Life? See Wed. May 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 NOVA: Extreme Animal Weapons See Wed. May 23 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 It is No Secret: The Life and Inspiration of Reverend Clay Evans [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Natasha Trethewey and Jeanne Gang At the Hideout, Mark welcomes two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and renowned MacArthur “Genius” architect Jeanne Gang. 8:00 Check, Please! Counter Culture In this special episode, Check, Please! brings back guests from 16
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past seasons of the series to sample the fare, and check out the ambiance, at six different small, counter-service restaurants around the Chicago area. 8:30 Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th This film tells the little-known story of one of few African American regiments to have fought in combat during World War I – a group of men from Illinois, largely from Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. 9:00 Great Performances: The Opera House Explore the rich history of the Met Opera’s Lincoln Center home and the cultural life of 1950s-60s New York City. 11:00 In Principle 11:30 BBC World News
Saturday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. May 20 at 5:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Louisa May Alcott: American Masters See Sun. May 20 at 9:05 pm. [R] 3:00 Story of India: Freedom (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. May 20 at 2:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 The Great British Baking Show: Quarter Final This week, the five remaining bakers must make a loaf using flours such as spelt, rye, potato, or tapioca flours; master meringue and custard dacquoise; and create novelty vegetable cakes. AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: A Taste of Tennessee 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Huntsville, Alabama 1:00 A Chef’s Life: Persimmon Style 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Hot Stuff 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Back to Basics 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Rice 3:30 Martha Bakes: Classic Scandinavian Cookies 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Suppers 4:30 Check, Please! Counter Culture See Fri. May 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
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Rick Steves’ Europe: North England’s Lake District and Durham Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Oahu
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week 7:00 Father Brown: The Flower of the Fairway Local feathers are ruffled when an ostentatious American opens up a golf club and a body is discovered in the reeds. 8:00 Father Brown: The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau Father Brown races to protect a crown that contains a nail from the crucifixion of Christ. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 1 of 8) Like his predecessors, Detective Inspector Jack Mooney finds the sunny Caribbean island of Saint Marie a big change from cold, gray Londonm. 10:00 The Wrong Mans: Action Mans (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) Sam and Phil’s spirits are momentarily lifted, until another case of mistaken identity finds them risking their lives again. 10:31 The Wrong Mans: Wise Mans (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) Sam and Phil’s only hope is to play their part in
a high-stakes heist with a ruthless gang of mercenaries. 11:05 10 Parks that Changed America [R]
Sunday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Coroner: Perfectly Formed (Part 12 of 20) See Sun. May 20 at 6:00 pm. [R] 1:00 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (Part 4 of 4) See Thurs. May 24 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 10 Buildings that Changed America See Thurs. May 24 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Great Performances: The Opera House See Fri. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Museum Access: The New York Botanical Garden/ Dale Chihuly Exhibit Leslie explores this home to more than one million plants, 50 gardens, and the Haupt Conservatory. And she views the special exhibition of glass artist Dale Chihuly. 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The World’s Most Famous Olive AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! Counter Culture [R]
Do it Yourself Saturdays 10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 Great British Baking Show 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 1:00
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Independent Lens: Served Like a Girl Join five remarkable women rebuilding their lives with humor and heart in the Ms. Veteran America Competition. Wounded in action and transitioning to civilian life, these women seek to help others struggling with homelessness, PTSD, and other trauma.
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Monday, May 28, 10:00 pm
The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience Examine the origin, history, and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The law remained in force for more than 60 years.
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12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Summer Picnic 1:00 Pritzker Military Presents: Lest We Forget 2:00 Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme Puccini’s classic opera. 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) As the war nears its end, Downton’s aristocrats and servants put their lives back together. Mary and Sir Richard go estate hunting. A wounded officer makes a shocking revelation. EVENING 6:00 The Coroner: Those in Peril (Part 13 of 20) After a hoax callout, a volunteer in the Lighthaven lifeboat crew drowns. Jane suspects foul play, but Davey is skeptical. 7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2018 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2018 [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Natasha Trethewey and Jeanne Gang See Fri. May 25 at 7:30 pm. [R] 10:30 Check, Please! Counter Culture [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Sturgill Simpson/ Asleep at the Wheel
sapphire and diamond ring and M.C. Escher lithographs. 9:00 Going to War 10:00 Independent Lens: Served Like a Girl 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Coroner: Those in Peril (Part 13 of 20) See Sun. May 27 at 6:00 pm. [R] 1:00 10 Buildings that Changed America See Thurs. May 24 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2018 [R] 3:30 Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th See Fri. May 25 at 8:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. May 27 at 5:00 pm. [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience 10:00 Frontline: U.N. Sex Abuse Scandal 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Newport (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 28 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Going to War See Mon. May 28 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Served Like a Girl See Mon. May 28 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Wrong Mans: Action Mans (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) See Sat. May 26 at 10:00 pm. [R] 12:31 The Wrong Mans: Wise Mans (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) See Sat. May 26 at 10:31 pm. [R] 1:05 Father Brown: The Flower of the Fairway See Sat. May 26 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau See Sat. May 26 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Death in Paradise (Season 7, Part 1 of 8) See Sat. May 26 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 10 Parks that Changed America [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Food from the Farm 5:30 Martha Bakes: Scandinavian Cookies [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 A City at War: Chicago 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Newport (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Tiffany & Co.
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Giraffes – Africa’s Gentle Giants What does it take to relocate a herd of rare and wild giraffes in Africa? 9:00 NOVA Wonders: What’s The Universe Made of? Peer into the deepest unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. 10:00 NOVA: Inside Einstein’s Mind Retrace Einstein’s thought experiments as NOVA reveals the simple but powerful ideas that reshaped our understanding of gravity. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2018 Brandis Friedman hosts this 33rd annual ceremony, taped at WTTW on May 19, honoring outstanding teachers representing schools throughout the Chicago area. This year, the award recognizes 10 pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade educators and one exemplary school principal.
Thursday, May 31, 8:00 pm
Thursday 31 EARLY MORNING 12:30 The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience See Tues. May 29 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline See Tues. May 29 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Natasha Trethewey and Jeanne Gang [R] 4:00 Amanpour on PBS 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2018 9:00 10 Towns That Changed America Visit influential towns across the country that had a lasting impact on the way our cities and suburbs are designed. 10:00 Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention See Mon. May 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 11:06 BBC World News 11:35 Chicago Tonight [R]
May At-a-Glance • Arts • Performance Austin City Limits Sundays, 11:00 pm Bombshell – Hedy Lamarr: American Masters Friday, 8:30 pm (5/18) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/19) Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do Friday, 10:00 pm (5/11) Sunday, 4:00 am (5/13) Great Performances: The Opera House Friday, 9:00 pm (5/25) Sunday, 3:00 am (5/27) Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/27) Jazz Ambassadors Friday, 10:00 pm (5/4) Sunday, 4:00 am (5/6) Live From Lincoln Center Fridays, 9:00 pm (5/4, 5/11) Tuesday, 1:00 am (5/22) Sundays, 3:00 am (5/6, 5/13) Museum Access Sundays, 11:00 am National Memorial Day Concert Sunday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (5/27) Tuesday, 2:00 am (5/29) Soundstage Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/3)
Drama • Comedy • Movies Bombshell – Hedy Lamarr: American Masters Friday, 8:30 pm (5/18) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/19) Call the Midwife Sunday, 7:00 pm (5/6) Saturday, 11:00 pm (5/12) Sunday, 12:00 am (5/6) Coroner Sundays, 6:00 pm Sunday, 1:00 am (5/6) Tuesday, 2:30 am (5/8) Sundays, 12:00 am (5/13, 5/27) Tuesdays, 3:00 am (5/15, 5/22) Tuesday, 12:00 am (5/29) Death in Paradise Saturdays, 9:00 pm Mondays, 3:00 am Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Sundays, 5:00 pm Saturdays, 12:30 am 800 Words Saturdays, 7:00 pm (5/5, 5/12) Mondays, 1:00 am (5/7, 5/14) Father Brown Saturdays, 8:00 pm Saturdays, 7:00 pm (5/19, 5/26) Mondays, 2:00 am (5/7, 5/14, 5/28) Monday, 1:30 am (5/21) Monday, 2:30 am (5/21) Monday, 1:00 am (5/28) I Want My Wife Back Saturdays, 10:00 pm (5/5, 5/12) Mondays, 12:00 am (5/7, 5/14) Mondays, 12:00 am (4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30)
Little Women on Masterpiece Sundays, 7:00 pm (5/13, 5/20) Tuesday, 12:30 am (5/15) Tuesday, 1:00 am (5/22) Louisa May Alcott: American Masters Sunday, 9:05 pm (5/20) Saturday, 1:30 am (5/26) Unforgotten on Masterpiece Sundays, 8:00 pm (5/6, 5/13) Tuesday, 1:00 am (5/8) Tuesday, 1:30 am (5/15) The Wrong Mans Saturdays, 10:30 pm Saturdays, 9:55 pm (5/19, 5/26) Mondays, 12:30 am (5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28) Monday, 12:00 am (5/28) Monday, 1:00 am (5/21)
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 (5/7, 5/14) Wednesdays, 1:30 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Wednesdays, 12:30 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30) Check, Please! Fridays, 8:00 pm (5/18, 5/25) Fridays, 8:30pm (5/4, 5/11) Saturdays, 4:30 pm Sundays, 10:30 pm (5/6, 5/27) Sunday, 11:00 pm (5/20) Sundays, 12:00 pm Fridays, 3:30 am (5/4, 5/18, 6/1) Chef’s Life Saturdays, 1:00 pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Kitchen Saturdays, 4:00 pm Cooks Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm Dishalicious Fridays, 8:00 pm (5/4, 5/11) Saturdays, 1:30 pm (5/5, 5/12) Sundays, 9:30 pm (5/6, 5/13) Saturday, 3:30 am (5/5) Wednesday, 3:30 am (5/16) Great British Baking Show Saturdays, 11:00 am Lidia’s Kitchen Sundays, 12:30 pm Martha Bakes Saturdays, 3:30 pm Martha Stewart Cooking School Saturdays, 3:00 pm Mondays, 5:30 am Mekong River with Sure Perkins Thursdays, 8:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24) Sundays, 2:00 am (5/6, 5/20) Sundays, 1:00 am (5/13, 5/27) My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Sundays, 11:30 am
P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Mondays, 5:00 am Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:00 pm Thursdays, 3:30 am (5/3, 5/10) Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 12:30 pm Steven Reichlen’s Project Smoke Saturdays, 1:30 pm (5/19, 5/26) This Old House Hour Saturdays, 10:00 am Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Saturdays, 5:30 pm
Nature • Science • Technology Nature Wednesdays, 8:00 pm Fridays, 12:30 am (5/4, 5/18, 5/25) Friday, 1:00 am (5/11) NOVA Wonders Wednesdays, 9:00 pm Fridays, 1:30 am (5/4, 5/18 5/25, 6/1) Friday, 2:00 am (5/13) NOVA Wednesdays, 10:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/23, 5/30) Fridays, 2:30 am (5/4, 5/25, 6/1) Friday, 3:00 am (5/11)
Public Affairs • History • Documentary Amanpour on PBS Monday-Fridays, 4:00 am BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 am Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer Sunday, 3:00 pm (5/6) Chicago Tonight Mondays-Fridays, 7:00 pm, 11:30 pm, 5:00 am Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/29) Thursday, 12:30 am (5/31) City at War: Chicago Monday, 7:00 pm (5/28) Civilizations Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15) Thursdays, 12:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17) Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th Friday, 8:30 pm (5/25) Tuesday, 3:30 am (5/29) First Civilizations Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15) Thursdays, 1:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17) Free Spirit Media Presents Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/3) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/5) Frontline Tuesdays, 10:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/22, 5/29) Thursdays, 2:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/24, 5/31) Going to War Monday, 9:00 pm (5/28) Wednesday, 1:30 am (5/30)
Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2018 Thursday, 8:00 pm (5/31) Great American Read Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/22) Thursday, 12:30 am (5/24) In Principle Fridays, 11:00 pm InCommon Chicago with Mike Leonard: It’s Up to Us Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/10) Saturday, 1:30 am (5/12) Sunday, 3:00 pm (5/20) Independent Lens Mondays, 10:00 pm (5/7, 5/21, 5/28) Wednesdays, 2:30 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/23, 5/30) Interview Show with Mark Bazer Fridays, 7:30 pm (5/4, 5/11, 5/25) Sundays, 10:00 pm Thursdays, 3:30 am (5/17, 5/24, 5/31) Tuesday, 3:30 am (5/8) Jazz Ambassadors Friday, 10:00 pm (5/4) Sunday, 4:00 am (5/6) Louisa May Alcott: American Masters Sunday, 9:05 pm (5/20) Saturday, 1:30 am (5/26) Mekong River with Sure Perkins Thursdays, 8:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24) Sundays, 2:00 am (5/6, 5/20) Sundays, 1:00 am (5/13, 5/27) Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention Monday, 9:00 pm (5/21) Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/31) No Secret: Life & Inspiration of Rev. Clay Evans Friday, 7:30 pm (5/18) Sunday, 4:00 pm (5/20) Friday, 3:30 am (5/25) PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturdays, 6:00 pm Sundays, 4:00 pm Princes of the Palace Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/10) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/12) Sunday, 3:00 pm (5/13) Pritzker Military Presents Sunday, 1:00 pm (05/27) Royal Wedding Coverage Monday-Friday, 10:00 pm (5/14-5/18) Saturday, 6:00 am (5/19) Story of India Sundays, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm (5/6, 5/13, 5/20) Mondays, 4:00 am (5/7, 5/14) Sunday, 3:00 am (5/26) 10 Buildings that Changed America Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/24) Sunday, 2:00 am (5/27) 10 Homes that Changed America Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/17) Sunday, 4:00 am (5/20) 10 Towns that Changed America Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/31) Washington Week Saturdays, 6:30 pm
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• Daily Radio Programming Programmer’s Picks Metropolitan Opera Grand Finale
The San Francisco Symphony’s Mahler
Relevant Tones Welcomes Stacy Garrop
Bryan Hymel and Ailyn Perez take the lead roles of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, in an acclaimed Met production that will conclude the company’s 2017-18 season. The multi-talented operatic artist Placido Domingo conducts.
A critic recently called San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas a “perfect” Mahler conductor. One SFS special this month finds him and his musicians interpreting the composer’s Ninth, his last completed symphony.
Garrop’s works are often focused on musical storytelling. Her Mythology Symphony evokes two legendary ancient Greek figures: the monstrous Medusa and the steadfast Penelope. Garrop talks about her newly recorded work with host Seth Boustead.
Saturday, May 5, 12:00 pm
Thursday, May 17, 10:00 pm
Friday, May 18, 10:00 pm
Tuesday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata: Chorus, Zingarelle e mattadori – Brassoperà. Summit DCD696. [6:30] Donato Loveglio Fantasy on Themes from La Traviata – Seunghee Lee, cl; Arlene Shrut, p. Summit DCD276. [11:33] Johann Strauss II Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437 – Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 431628-2. [10:35] Zoltán Kodaly Marosszék Dances – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [13:37] Henryk Wieniawski Mazurka in G, Op 19/1, Obertas – Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p. Angel S-37560. [2:01] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Lehár Gold and Silver Waltzes – Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl. Philips 412883-2. [7:52] Richard Rodgers Carousel Waltz – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-67043. [5:39] 11:00 John Williams ET, the ExtraTerrestrial film music: Flying theme – London Sym/Williams. Sony 70636-2. [3:42] Fernando Sor Variations on a theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute – Christopher Parkening, g. [6:12] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 4 in A, BWV 1055 – Anthony Molinaro, p; St. Martin’s Academy/Andrew Litton. Amd 1001. [13:53] 12:00 Newscast • Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572050. [3:33] Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 429984-2. [15:48] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313 – Eugenia Zukerman, f; English Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman. [26:18] Joaquin Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre: 1st mvt, Villano y 20
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ricercare – Julian Bream, g; Chamber Orch/Leo Brouwer. [5:12] Frédéric Chopin Études, Op. 10: No. 5 in G-flat, Black Key – Nikolai Lugansky, p. Erato 80228-2. [1:39] Antonin Dvorák Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, American – Cleveland String Quartet. Telarc CD-80283. [25:07] Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1: I. Allegro – Ludwig Güttler, tr; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer. Capriccio 10202. [5:06] Dmitri Shostakovich Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London B0001846-02. [3:51] Fine Arts Calendar • Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D – London Phil/Daniel Barenboim. Sony SBK-48265. [5:49] Franz Strauss Horn Concerto in c – Daniel Bourgue, fh; Radio France Orch/Fernando Lozano. Peters Int’l PLE-015. [13:12] Bach Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565 – Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC555592-2. [9:39] Ludwig van Beethoven Bagatelle No. 25, Für Elise – Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-66301. [2:53] Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Peter Tchaikovsky Marche slave, Op. 31 – Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan. DG 463774-2. [9:31] Antonio Vivaldi Guitar and Viola d’amore Concerto in d – Eduardo Fernández, g; Norbert Blume, vi d’amore; English Ch Orch/George Malcolm. London 417617-2. [13:32] Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Voices from the East Evening Music with Dennis Moore
9:00 News Summary • George Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me – Alison Balsom, tr; Tom Poster, p. Warner 0190295987725. [4:00] Virgil Thomson The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite – New London Orch/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [16:03] Nino Rota Le Moliere imaginaire ballet suite: Overture – Norrkoping Sym/Hannu Koivula. Bis CD-1070. [3:07] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: William Bolcom Three Ghost Rags: #1, Graceful Ghost – Paul Jacobs, p. Nonesuch 79006-2. [4:04] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso Op 6/12 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 423626-2 (2). [10:32] Johann Sebastian Bach Ave Maria – Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; English Chamber Orch/Nicholas Cleobury. Philips 412231-2. [5:00] 11:00 Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Montreal Sym/ Kent Nagano. Decca 4830396. [10:42] Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No. 47 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI CDC5-56756-2. [10:26] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Peter Friis Johannson live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Henryk Wieniawski Mazurkas, Op 12: #1 in G, La Champétre (Sielanka) – Joanna Madroszkiewicz, v; Manfred Wagner-Artzt, p. MD+G Recordings 6030863-2. [3:21] Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 3 in A-Flat, Polka – Brenda Lucas, John Ogdon, p. MCA 25891. [4:13] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. EMI 56365-2. [27:51] Jacques Ibert Divertissement: Valse – City of Birmingham Sym/Louis Frémaux. EMI CDC7-492612. [2:54] Antonin Dvorák Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 7 in G-flat, Poco lento e grazioso – Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9227. [3:43] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture – Hollywood Bowl Sym/Miklos Rozsa. Seraphim 69039-2. [6:46] Francisco Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Capricho arabe – Milos Karadaglic, g. DG B0015579-02. [9:27] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata #8 in c, Op 13, Pathétique – Emil Gilels, p. DG 400036-2. [19:57] Claude Debussy Deux arabesques: No. 1 in E – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h. EMI CDC5-57740-2. [4:14] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter: Finale, Allegro molto – Royal Phil/Janes Glover. RPM 28040. [8:34] Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – Detroit Sym/Paul Paray. Mercury 434336-2. [8:30] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Voices from the East 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Wednesday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine
Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
Thursday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat – Vladimir Horowitz, p. RCA 60376-2. [4:27] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV 615. [20:07] Igor Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos 3054. [12:55] Louis Moreau Gottschalk Le Banjo (Fantasie grotesque) – Eugene List, p. Vanguard OVC-4050. [3:55] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-75040. [6:40] Antonio Vivaldi Guitar Concerto in C, R 425 – Celedonio Romero, g; San Antonio Sym/Victor Alessandro. London 4780192 (2). [9:55] Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, Military – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London 466462-2 (2). [5:07] 11:00 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Anitra’s Dance – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 410026-2. [3:17] Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata #8 in G, Op. 30/3 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Enrico Pace, p. London 4783523 (3). [17:55] Jean Sibelius Finlandia – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 413755-2. [9:23] 12:00 Newscast • Franz Liszt Hungarian Battle March – Philharmonia Hungarica/Willi Boskovsky. EMI CDM7-646272. [4:44] George Gershwin Fantasy on themes from Porgy and Bess – Anthony & Joseph Paratore, p’s. Koch 3-1439-2. [19:58] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Franz Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 – Chamber Orch of Europe/ Claudio Abbado. DG 4236512 (5). [27:23] Giuseppe Verdi Adagio – Gianluigi Petarulo, tr; Giuseppe Verdi Sym/ Riccardo Chailly. London B0001090-02. [5:20] 2:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22 – André Watts, p; Atlanta Sym/Yoel Levi. Telarc CD-80386. [23:55] Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado: Three little maids from school are we – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. MCA 6215. [1:25] Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise – Alison Balsom, tr; Gothenburg Sym/Edward Gardner. EMI 53255-2. [5:02] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Erich
Wolfgang Korngold Captain Blood Suite – London Sym/ André Previn. DG 471347-2. [13:59] Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, Mozartiana – Scottish Chamber Orchestra/José Serebrier. ASV 719. [25:02] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave Verum Corpus – Amsterdam Baroque Cho & Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 10705-2. [3:46] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G, La Notte – Konrad Hünteler, f; 18th-Century Camerata. MD+G 31106402. [8:18] Astor Piazzolla Libertango – Alison Balsom, tr; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Edward Gardner. EMI 53255-2. [4:33] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Voices from the East 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Cameron Carpenter, organ – Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. H Brant: Ice Field. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5. Tilson Thomas: Street Song.
Friday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Frédéric Chopin Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 1 in A-Flat – Vladimir Horowitz, p. RCA 63314-2. [3:37] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oboe Concerto in D, K. 314 – Kurt Mahn, ob; Dresden Staatskapelle/ Herbert Blomstedt. Ars Vivendi 2100215. [21:19] Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz Overture – Philharmonia/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9066. [9:31] Gioachino Rossini Le Rendez-Vous de Chasse – Berlin Phil Brass. DG 2741011-10 (5). [4:45] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Jeremiah Clarke Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark’s March) – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572050. [2:23] Antonio Vivaldi Guitar Concerto in A, after lute-violin trio sonata, R. 82 – Sharon Isbin, g; Zurich Chamber Orch/ Howard Griffiths. Warner Classics 45312-2. [10:17] 11:00 Gioachino Rossini Tancredi Overture – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-18070. [6:23] George Gershwin Variations
on I Got Rhythm – William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80542. [9:06] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Ottorino Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Daniele Gatti. Conifer 51292-2. [17:56] Gioachino Rossini Andante with Variations in F – James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g. RCA 5679-2. [4:29] Victor Herbert Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys – Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 60838-2. [3:48] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 – Nikolaj Znaider, v; London Sym. LSO Live 0807. [21:48] Johann Sebastian Bach Oboe Concerto (BWV 105, 170, 49) – English Concert/Albrecht Mayer, ob. London 4781517. [18:23] Charlie Chaplin Limelight film music: Introduction and Terry’s Theme – Alice Artzt Guitar Trio. Bay Cities BCD-1042. [1:33] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • John Williams Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone film suite: The Arrival of Baby Harry – Orch/ John Williams. Warner 834912. [4:20] Franz Liszt Soirées de Vienne (after Schubert): Valse-Caprice No. 6 – Yevgeny Kissin, p. Philips 456871-2 (2). [6:30] Antonin Dvorák Czech Suite – Bournemouth Sym/ José Serebrier. Warner Classics 66656-3. [23:07] Williams The Empire Strikes Back film music: Imperial March – Boston Pops/John Williams. Philips 420178-2. [3:05] Williams Stars Wars: The Last Jedi: The Rebellion Is Reborn – Walt Disney Records. [3:59] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80703. [16:41] Maurice Ravel La valse – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS MBK-46274. [12:37] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Voices from the East 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: From the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Soprano Barbara Hendricks
11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” – Bryan Hymel (Romeo); Ailyn Perez (Juliet); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Placido Domingo. 3:20 PoetryNow with the Poetry Foundation: Feliz Lucia Molina reads and discusses Hello Kitty Virgin Mary. 3:30 Weekend Music on WFMT • Claude Debussy Images, set 2 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4798308. [14:53] Leo Délibes Lakmé: Ballet music – Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson. EMI 56569-2 (2). [6:50] Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 4 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4832150. [12:08] Johann Pachelbel Canon in D – James Galway, f, Munich Radio Orch. RCA 619282. [5:08] David Guion Two Country Jigs – Eugene Rowley, p. Premier 1024. [6:32] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: The Merry Month of May 5:00 Erik Satie Two Gymnopédies – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner; Ray Still, ob. CSO CD-90/12 (12). [9:32] Chevalier De SaintGeorges Violin Concerto in A – Rachel Barton, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille 035. [23:43] Ottorino Respighi Trittico botticelliano: I. La Primavera – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 18970-2 (2). [5:45] Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Gli arredi festivi; Va pensiero – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 4302262. [9:32] Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto a cinque in d, Op 9/2 – Han de Vries, ob; Alma Musica Amsterdam/Bob van Asperen. Virgin Classics 61152-2. [11:35] Johannes Brahms Two Rhapsodies – Murray Perahia, p. Sony 79469. [15:15] Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 – Israel Phil/ Zubin Mehta. CBS MK-44926. [13:27] Wagner/Liszt The Flying Dutchman: Spinning Chorus – Earl Wild, p. Ivory Classics 70901 (2). [5:43] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Blas Galindo, Famous Unknown 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Dan Navarro live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Anticipating the May 7 185th birthday of Johannes Brahms 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar
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Lyric Opera’s Orphée This production that opened Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2017-18 season was almost universally hailed for its imaginative fusion of ballet and opera, in the historic first-ever collaboration between Lyric and the Joffrey Ballet. But the soloists, chorus, and orchestra for Gluck’s most famous stage work were highly praised too, so there’ll be a lot to hear and enjoy even without the visual element of dancing. Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines co-host WFMT’s rebroadcast, in which tenor Dmitry Korchak portrays Orphée, cast as a ballet director whose #1 dancer, Eurydice, is also his beloved wife. Eurydice is sung by Andriana Chuchman, and the third principal role is taken by Lauren Snouffer as Amour, who encourages Orphée to try and bring Eurydice back from the spirit world. (The ballet they have been rehearsing, in the story, is inspired by Arnold Böcklin’s painting “The Isle of the Dead.”) Harry Bicket, a musician who specializes in the music of the 18th century, was the guest conductor for Lyric Opera’s chorus and orchestra. And Chicago audiences might be interested to know that Orphée et Eurydice won critical acclaim again, when Los Angeles Opera presented it earlier this year: also in partnership with the Joffrey.
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Music Suite – London Sym/ George Szell. London 4176942. [18:43] Carl Friedrich Abel Flute Concerto #5 in G – Georgia Browne, f; Nordic Affect. Brilliant Classics 94304. [16:27] Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale Prelude, Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland – Albrecht Mayer, ob; Sinfonia Varsovia. DG 476047-2. [4:15] Frédéric Chopin PolonaiseFantasie – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6642 (2). [14:15] Anatol Liadov Polonaise in C – Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-657. [6:29] Peter Tchaikovsky Yevgeny Onegin, Op. 24: Ecossaise, Polonaise, Waltz – Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 422845-2. [12:55] Howard Hanson Merry Mount Suite: Act 2 Prelude & Maypole Dances – Eastman-Rochester Orch/Hanson. Mercury 4343702 (2). [6:28] George Gershwin Three Preludes – Richard Stoltzman, cl; London Sym/Eric Stern. RCA 61790-2. [6:46] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 – Orch/ Leopold Stokowski. RCA 67903-2. [11:33] Leo Weiner Divertimento #1 on Old Hungarian Dances – I Virtuosi Italiani. Arcadia ARC-2002-2. [10:03] John Williams Jurassic Park film music: Theme – Boston Pops/ Williams. Sony 70636-2. [5:29] Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Paraphrase – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-67043. [7:24] Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy – Pete Seeger, banjo. Smithsonian Folkways SF-40018. [1:24] Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 – Maurizio Pollini, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 4777244 (3). [28:45] Handel Two-Violin Sonata, Op. 5/4 – Musica Antiqua Cologne. Archive 410502-2. [12:53] Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Dmitri Shostakovich Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 4276162. [9:58] Manuel de Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs – Avi Avital, mandolin; Ensemble. DG B0019758-02. [13:03] Arvo Pärt Fratres for 8 cellos – I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen. Telarc CD-80387. [9:45] Jules Massenet Thaïs: Méditation – Andrew von Oeyen, p. [5:17] Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto – Sviatoslav Richter, p. London 4758634 (2). [13:28] Alfredo Casella Paganiniana – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-53280. [18:04] Nicolo Paganini Caprice #24 in a – John Williams, g. Sony SBK-62425. [6:51] Fritz Kreisler Gypsy Caprice – Vilde
Frang, v; José Gallardo, p. Warner 0190295805326. [5:05] 7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Fabio Biondi, conductor; Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano – Concerti by Corelli and Vivaldi, plus arias from operas by a variety of Italian Baroque composers. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Moritz Moszkowski
Monday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Claude Debussy Préludes, Book 1: Nos. 5-8 – Daniel Barenboim, p. DG 4798741. [13:49] Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata: Preludes to acts 1 & 3 – Vienna Phil/Giuseppe Sinopoli. Philips 411469-2. [8:45] Emil Von Reznicek Donna Diana Overture – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [6:01] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods – Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky. EMI 47052-2. [9:17] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Manuel Ponce Guitar Sonata #3: Chanson – Milos Karadaglic, b. DG B0017000-02. [4:10] Nino Rota Concerto Soirée – Benedetto Lupo, p; Granada Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901864. [20:35] 11:00 Henryk Wieniawski Polonaise de concert – Leila Josefowicz, v; St. Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 454440-2. [5:31] Jacques Offenbach Le voyage dans la lune Overture – Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski. Nimbus NI-5303. [7:44] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27/2, Moonlight – Yevgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68910-2. [15:37] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Chicago Chamber Musicians First Monday: Live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mitridate, Re di Ponto Overture – La Cetra/Andrea Marcon. DG 4779445. [5:34] Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor, K. 491 – Yevgeny Kissin, p; London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. EMI 82879-2. [30:09] Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus – Vienna State Opera Cho, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan. London 466075-2 (2). [2:57] 2:00 Richard Strauss Violin
Sonata – Arabella Steinbacher, v; Robert Kulek, p. Pentatone PTC-5186470. [29:10] Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Second Waltz Sequence – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [8:17] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dance, Op. 72/8 – Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer. Channel Classics 90210. [6:48] Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 3 in c-sharp minor – Emanuel Ax, p. CBS 44544. [7:39] Karol Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella – Ilya Kaler, v; Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.557981. [11:51] Frédéric Chopin Waltz Op. 34, No. 2, Nocturne Op. Posth – Sara Sant’Ambrogio, vc; Robert Koenig, p. Sebastian 2012. [9:39] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 5 in f minor, BWV 1056 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell, hc. Avie AV-2207 (2). [10:10] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Waldstein – Walter Gieseking, p. Philips 456790-2 (2). [18:59] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea 8:00 Live from WFMT: Violinist Janet Sung and friends 10:00 The Listening Service with Tom Service 10:30 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Tuesday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Georges Bizet Carmen: Seguidilla – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Telarc CD-80593. [1:45] Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien – Minnesota Orch/ Eiji Oue. Reference RR-80. [15:52] Claude Debussy Printemps – Cleveland Orch/ Pierre Boulez. DG 4357662. [16:43] Thomas Morley Madrigal, Now is the Gentle Season – Folger Consort. Bard BDCD1-9308. [3:44] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. London 417778-2. [10:29] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concert Rondo in A, K. 386 – John O’Conor, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80285.
[8:17] Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 – New London Orch/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66998. [2:43] 11:00 Edvard Grieg Piano Pieces, Humoresques – Einar SteenNokleberg, p. Naxos 8.550881. [10:55] Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417818-2. [8:42] 12:00 Newscast • AdolpheCharles Adam Si j’etais Roi Overture – Detroit Sym/Paul Paray. Mercury 434332-2. [6:31] Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – St. Petersburg Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev. Philips 442011-2. [11:18] Sun Yiquang Dance of Spring – Lang Lang, p. DG B0008233-00. [5:15] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Maurice Ravel Quartet in F – Emerson String Quartet. DG 4273202. [28:07] Various Beau Soir; Après un Rêve – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Emmanuel Ceysson, h. E1 7780. [5:33] Germaine Tailleferre Harp Concertino – Gillian Benet, h; Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7169-2. [16:04] 2:00 Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4796297. [32:14] Jacques Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne: XX. Can-Can No. 4 – Monte Carlo Phil/Manuel Rosenthal. EMI CDM7-63136-2. [5:07] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D: Air and Hornpipe – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 436445-2. [7:01] Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E – Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK62785. [8:52] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 3 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [16:37] Frederick Delius Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo – Royal Phil/Eric Fenby. Unicorn DKP-9063. [6:35] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – Barry Douglas, p; London Sym/ Jun’ichi Hirokami. RCA 79162. [18:42] Arturo Márquez Danzon – Montpellier Phil/ Enrique Arturo Diemecke. Actes Sud AD-085. [9:50] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Winter: II. Largo – Angel & Lito Romero, g’s. Telarc CD-80134. [2:12] Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Colin Carr, vc; Thomas Sauer, p. MSR Classics MS-1486 (2). [11:51] George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto in F, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale – Academy of Ancient Music/ Richard Egarr, o. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807447.48 (2). [16:09] Ottorino Respighi The Birds (Gli uccelli): IV. The Nightingale – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [3:50] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: George Gershwin Cuban Overture – Boston Pops/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 6806-2RG. [9:20] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in a minor, BWV 1041 – Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov, v. RCA 61582-2. [14:19] 11:00 Franz Schubert Two Marches caractéristiques in C, D 886: No. 1, Allegro vivace – Jenö Jandó, Ilona Prunyi, p. Naxos 8.550555. [6:54] Jacques Ibert Escales (Ports of Call) – Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata. Dorian DOR-90181. [14:37] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinist Alicia Choi and pianist Futaba Niekawa live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 – Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym/Andris Nelsons. Hyperion CDA-68099. [32:21] Peter Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37: February (Shrove Tuesday) – Moscow Chamber Orch/ Constantine Orbelian. Delos DE-3255. [2:40] Alexander Glazunov The Seasons, Op 67: Spring – Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner Classics 61434-2. [5:08] George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Summertime; Bess, You Is My Woman Now – Jascha Heifetz, v; Brooks Smith, p. RCA 61771-2. [4:31] 2:00 Zoltán Kodaly Dances of Galánta – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [17:18] Ludwig van Beethoven Eleven Mödlinger Dances – Berlin Chamber Orch/ Helmut Koch. Berlin Classics 0091312-BC (3). [19:03]
3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood film music: Suite – Hollywood Bowl Sym/John Mauceri. Philips 432109-2. [11:10] William Walton Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March – City of Birmingham Sym/ Louis Frémaux. EMI 47512-2. [6:49] Edward Elgar String Serenade in e – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5008. [10:20] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1 – Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa. Philips 426271-2. [10:38] Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A – France Clidat, p; Luxembourg RadioTV Sym/Pierre Cao. Forlane UCD-13143/44 (2). [20:25] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Emile Waldteufel Waldteufel Waltzes – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80668. [3:07] John Lunn Downton Abbey: The Suite – London Chamber Orch/Alastair King. London B0016260-02. [7:08] Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 4 – András Schiff, p. London 421640-2 (2). [19:57] John Barry Out of Africa: Main Title – Itzhak Perlman, v, Pittsburgh Sym/John Williams. Sony SK-63005. [3:18] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman, K. 265 – Julia Shaw & Nora Bumanis, h’s. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1103. [3:20] Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks – Vienna Phil/ Christoph Eschenbach. Sony 88843070972. [16:02] 11:00 Johannes Brahms Lullaby – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p. London B002032902. [1:39] Charles Villiers Stanford Clarinet Concerto in a – Emma Johnson, cl; 2018
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Royal Phil/Charles Groves. ASV CDDCA-787. [21:08] 12:00 Newscast • Franz Schubert Military March No. 1 in D – Earl Wild, p. Chesky CD-2. [5:13] John Ireland Epic March – London Sym/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-8879. [9:08] 1:00 Impromptu: Live from Levin Studio – The Anderson & Roe Piano Duo preview their Saturday recital at Northwestern. 2:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Nicolai RimskyKorsakov Scheherazade – Chicago Sym/Seiji Ozawa; Victor Aitay, v. EMI CDC747617-2. [43:11] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Claude Debussy L’isle joyeuse – Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon. Cala CACD-1002. [6:15] Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 8 in g minor, Furiant – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. DG 415851-2. [4:27] Nino Rota Balli (Dances) – Ferrara City Orch/Giuseppe Grazioli. Travelling K-1034. [10:52] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center/ David Shifrin. Delos DE-3185 (2). [19:50] Maurice Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite – Chicago Sym/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683. [15:52] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Alexander Barantschik, violin; Jonathan Vinocour, viola – SC Adams: Radial Play. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K 364. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra.
Friday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Giuseppe Verdi Ernani Overture – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-62373. [3:01] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057 – Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/ Richard Tognetti. Hyperion CDA-67308. [16:33] Bach Chorale, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 64647. [5:20] Hector Berlioz Rêverie et Caprice – James Ehnes, v; 24
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Quebec Sym/Yoav Talmi. Analekta FL2-3151. [8:29] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. Telarc CD-80330. [4:27] A Marcello Oboe Concerto in d – Heinz Holliger, ob; Camerata Bern/Erich Höbarth. ECM 2229. [10:38] 11:00 Claude Debussy Deux arabesques: No. 2 in G – Cristina Ortiz, p. MCA 25969. [3:15] Joaquín Turina Sinfonia sevillana – Cincinnati Sym/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80574. [21:34] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra – Melbourne Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. ABC 4811122. [33:52] Antonin Dvorák Rusalka: Song to the Moon – Sondra Radvanovsky, s; Philharmonia of Russia/Constantine Orbelian. Delos DE-3403. [7:11] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Two-Piano Concerto in E-flat, K. 365 – Murray Perahia, p; Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti, p. London 4784884. [24:58] Ernest Farrar English Pastoral Impressions, Op 26: #1, Spring Morning: Allegro moderato – Philharmonia/Alasdair Mitchell. Chandos 9586. [4:55] Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Morning Mood – Michala Petri, r; London Phil/James Judd. RCA 679502. [2:22] Frédéric Chopin Nocturne Op. 9/2 – Maria-João Pires, p. DG 447096-2 (2). [4:29] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Tausend und eine Nacht, Op. 346 – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. Sony SK-48376. [8:20] Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, Trout – D Trifonov, p; A Mutter, v; H Lee, vi; M Hornung, vc; R Patkoló, db. DG 4797570. [38:27] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto: III. Rondo: Allegro – Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Sir Roger Norrington. Sony SK-89505. [9:15] Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale, Allegro vivace – Byron Janis, p; Chicago Sym/ Fritz Reiner. RCA 68762-2. [7:30] Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80676. [13:05] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: From the Mountains to the Sea 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: A Cinco de Mayo performance recorded at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: James Baldwin from 1962, commenting on his multi-sided career as novelist, essayist, playwright, and civil-rights activist.
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Saturday 12 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: Gluck’s “Orphée et Eurydice” – Dmitry Korchak (Orphée); Andriana Chuchman (Eurydice); Lauren Snouffer (Amour); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Harry Bicket. 2:35 PoetryNow with the Poetry Foundation: Nick Twemlow reads and discusses Wide Awake in A Field of Deadbolts. 2:45 Weekend Music on WFMT • Hugo Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody #2 – Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi. Bis CD-725. [9:52] Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini – Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0015338-02. [23:01] Leopold Hofmann Flute Concerto in D – Berlin Haydn Ensemble/ Emmanuel Pahud, f. EMI CDC5-56577-2. [18:15] Franz Joseph Haydn Fantasia in C, H XVII:4 – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67710 (2). [5:40] 4:00 Joseph Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne, set 1: Bailero (Shepherd’s Song) – Karina Gauvin, s; Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5224. [7:07] Marcel Samuel-Rousseau Variations pastorales sur un vieux Noël – Nicanor Zabaleta, h. DG 2531051. [8:00] Modest Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moskva River – Leningrad Phil/Yevgeny Mravinsky. Erato 45757-2. [5:22] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Coffee, Tea, Beer, or Wine? 5:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 – Virtuosi Saxoniae/ Ludwig Güttler. Berlin Classics 0011452-BC (2). [16:37] Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert – Philharmonia/ George Weldon. EMI 625292. [7:03] Bach French Suite No. 5 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4832150. [16:01] George Frideric Handel Judas Maccabaeus: Sing unto God;
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Hallelujah, Amen – Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony MDK-48296. [5:22] Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 – Chicago Sym/ Jean Martinon. Sony Classical 88843062752 (10). [18:24] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 14 in c minor – Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics . [19:01] Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise – Eugene Izotov, ob; Elizaveta Kopelman, p. Boston Records BR-1068-CD. [6:20] Maurice Ravel Vocalise en forme de habanera – Kate Royal, s; St. Martin’s Academy/Edward Gardner. EMI 94419-2. [3:26] Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Highlights from Chicago’s 2017 Latino Music Festival, week 1 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Siobhan Quinn and Michael Bowers live from Levin Studio The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Mother’s Day 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Igor Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrouchka – Alexander Melnikov, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902299. [15:37] William Grant Still Folk Suite #1 – Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand String Quartet. Koch 3-7192-2. [7:30] Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Triumphal March – Ambrosian Opera Cho, New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI 47274-2. [4:32] Verdi I Vespri Siciliani: Four Seasons Ballet: Spring – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422846-2 (2). [7:58] Giacomo Puccini Capriccio Sinfonico – Berlin Radio Sym/Riccardo Chailly. London 410007-2. [12:22] 1:00 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F – London Phil/ Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557430. [36:38] Leonard Bernstein Divertimento – Bournemouth Sym/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559245. [14:57] 2:00 Giuseppe Verdi Quartet in e – Melos String Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901671. [21:44] Verdi Macbeth: Tre volte miagola; Patria oppressa – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 430226-2. [8:57] Richard Strauss Macbeth – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3094. [19:17] 3:00 Franz Schubert Impromptu,
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D 935 No. 3 in B-Flat – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 422237-2. [11:14] Franz Joseph Haydn Lira organizzata Concerto No. 5 in F – Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Pierre Pierlot, ob; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla. CBS M2K-39772 (2). [12:25] Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade: La Flute enchantée – Jennifer Larmore, ms; Grant Park Orch/ Carlos Kalmar. Cedille 104. [3:00] Oboe Encores Gabriel’s Oboe; Theme from Schindler’s List – Holly Gornik, ob; Orch/ Jay Richards. EJG Productions 40012. [9:14] Various Estrellita; Hebrew Melody; Vocalise – Nikolaj Znaider, v; Daniel Gortler, p. RCA 63960-2. [14:58] Ludwig van Beethoven Coriolan Overture – La Scala Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini. Sony SK-53974. [9:00] Johann Sebastian Bach Guitar Concerto in d (after BWV 1052) – Xuefei Yang, g; Elias String Quartet. EMI 79018-2. [23:24] Brahms Hungarian Dances: Nos. 5, 6, 11, 17 – Yuki & Tomoko Mack, p. Mack Sisters 2009. [11:16] Claude LeJeune Revecy venir du printans – Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel. Sony SK-68259. [3:49] Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture – Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/ Mallory Thompson. Summit DCD-580. [9:13] Copland Scherzo Humoristique, The Cat and the Mouse; In Evening Air; Midday Thoughts – Leo Smit, p. Sony SM2K-66345 (2). [10:06] Thomas Canning Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan – Cincinnati Sym Strings/Jesús LópezCobos. Telarc CD-80503. [8:56] Various Stars Wars film music: Main title; Keyboard Sonata in b, Kk 87 – Ingolf Wunder, p. DG 4790084. [11:15] Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 433523-2 (5). [5:12] Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – French National Orch/Eliahu Inbal. Denon 33CO1797. [16:00] Jean-Philippe Rameau Pièces de clavecin en concerts: Cinquième concert – Baroque Nouveau. Reference RR-118. [13:08] Carl Stamitz Clarinet Concerto #10 in B-Flat – Sabine Meyer, cl; St. Martin’s Academy/Iona Brown. EMI CDC7-54842-2. [17:20] Richard Wagner Tannhäuser Overture – Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-470302. [15:29] Ambroise Thomas Mignon Overture – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK-37240. [8:35] Serge
Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes – National Sym/ Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68801-2. [8:34] Peter Tchaikosvky Sleeping Beauty: Adagio; Waltz – Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach. Sony Classical 88985425932. [12:06] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Edo de Waart, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin – Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish. Adams: Harmonielehre. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Tenor Aureliano Pertile, a Toscanini favorite
Monday 14 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio – Mikhail Pletnev, p. Philips 456931-2 (2). [5:06] Various Blue Danube Waltz; Radetzky March – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. CBS M2K-45564 (2). [12:32] Victor Herbert American Fantasia – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60983-2. [10:01] Duke Ellington Sophisticated Lady – City of Birmingham Sym/Sir Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5-57014-2. [5:13] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Gioachino Rossini La gazza ladra Overture – Prague Sinfonia Orch/Christian Benda. Naxos 8.570933. [9:50] John Field Piano Sonata #2 in A, Op 1/2 – Míceàl O’Rourke, p. Chandos CHAN-8787. [13:34] 11:00 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Mlada: Procession of the Nobles – Empire Brass. Telarc CD-80220. [4:23] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Sonata in g minor, BWV 1020 – Lara St. John, v; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h. Ancalagon ANC-139. [12:34] Miklos Rózsa Spellbound Suite – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80708. [7:16] 12:00 Newscast • Franz Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat – Lang Lang, p. Sony 89141-2. [4:53] Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – Academy of St. Martinin-the-Fields/Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-69852-2. [9:13] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Francois Couperin Le Rossignol en Amour – Mie Miki, accordion. Challenge Classics 72014. [5:03] Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Lyon Opéra Orch/ Kent Nagano. Erato 143312. [17:23] Arthur Honegger Pastorale d’été – Toulouse
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Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson. DG 435438-2. [9:01] 2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D – Zuill Bailey, vc; Philharmonia/Robin O’Neill. Steinway & Sons 30094. [24:20] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet No. 4 – Carol Wincenc, f; Emerson String Quartet members. DG 445606-2. [11:14] George Gershwin An American in Paris: in miniature – Richard Glazier, p. Centaur CRC-2577. [5:44] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Ludwig van Beethoven The Nine Symphonies – Cambridge Buskers. DG 423400-2. [3:19] Beethoven Egmont Overture – New York Phil/ Kurt Masur. Teldec 77313-2. [8:40] Barrios La Catedral – Denis Azabagic, g. Naxos 8.554555. [6:38] Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 – Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton. London B0013372-02 (3). [9:45] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Arcangelo Corelli Variations in d minor on La Follia – Ensemble/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV-9805. [11:08] Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme
by Paganini, Op. 35: Book I – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. London 444338-2. [12:43] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Shostakovich, week 1 8:00 Live from WFMT: Chambermusic artists from the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, led by music director Andrew Grams on violin. 10:00 The Listening Service with Tom Service 10:30 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Tuesday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Jules Massenet Thaïs: Méditation – Royal Liverpool Phil Cho, BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9765. [4:51] Ludwig van Beethoven Andante Favori – András Schiff, p. ECM 1945/46. [8:22] Franz Schubert Adagio and Rondo in A – James Ehnes, v; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze. Onyx 4167. [13:33] Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-Flat (D), BWV 998 – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71250. [12:34] 2018
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10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio Overture – Zürich Opera House Mozart Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 95523-2. [4:22] Manuel Ponce Gavota – Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Batiz. ASV 926. [6:18] Dinicu Hora Staccato – Sarah Chang, v; Charles Abramovic, p. EMI CDC5-56161-2. [1:56] 11:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Yevgeny Onegin: Waltz – Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 422845-2. [6:20] Maurice Ravel Left-Hand Piano Concerto in D – Leon Fleisher, p; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. Sony SK-47188. [19:22] 12:00 Newscast • Richard Rodgers The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things – Jenny Lin, p. Steinway 30011-A. [3:15] Anatol Liadov The Enchanted Lake – Long Beach Sym/JoAnn Falletta. Long Beach Sym 6698-1. [7:36] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Franz Joseph Haydn Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, Lark – Danish String Quartet. Avi Music 8553264. [17:31] Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Philharmonia/Andrew Litton. RCA 23041-2. [14:36] 2:00 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, Unfinished – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 423655-2. [26:33] Traditional In That Place Wholly Faraway – Yundi, p. EMI 88658-2. [3:57] Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125, Choral: Ode to Joy – Pete Seeger, banjo. Smithsonian SF-40018. [1:24] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Mozart La clemenza di Tito Overture – Slovakia Phil/Paul Freeman. Pro Arte CDS-3461. [4:50] John Field Nocturne #7 in C – John O’Conor, p. Telarc CD-80290. [6:02] Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Christopher Parkening, g; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton. EMI CDC754665-2. [21:18] Gabriel Fauré Pavane – Renaissance Singers, Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-8952. [5:30] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61792-2. [13:12] Serge Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet: Excerpts – Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics 1016. [15:57] 26
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7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Shostakovich week 1 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Hector Berlioz The Damnation of Faust, Op 24: Rákoczy March – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80164. [4:33] Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: Baba Yaga/The Great Gate of Kiev – Chicago Sym/ Fritz Reiner. RCA 61958-2. [8:45] Carl Nielsen Maskarade Suite – Swedish Radio Sym/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. CBS MK-44547. [15:10] Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks; The Market Place in Limoges – Anthony & Joseph Paratore, p’s. Koch CD-310113. [2:30] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dance Op. 72/2 – Mischa Elman, v; Joseph Seiger, p. Vanguard VSD2084. [5:00] Gabriel Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande – Suisse Romande Orch/Armin Jordan. Erato 45813-2. [17:09] 11:00 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI 625032. [1:22] Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 – Gerd Seifert, fh; Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK-45800. [15:42] Felix Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue – Joanne Polk, p. Bridge 9367. [6:43] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Cellist Andrea Casarrubios and pianist Ronaldo Rolim live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Ernest Chausson Symphony in B-Flat – Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet. London 4337152. [35:29] Tan Dun Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op 1: Floating Clouds – Shen Lu, p. Steinway & Sons 30039. [1:50] 2:00 Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet – Pahud, f; J Kelly, ob; S Meyer, cl; S Schweigert, bn; R Baborak, fh. EMI 94421-2. [26:01] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Georges Bizet Carmen: Seguidilla – Ljubljana Sym/Marko Munih. Stradivari SCD-6026. [1:49] Claude Debussy Petite Suite – Laurence Fromentin & Dominique Plancade, p. EMI
72526-2. [13:36] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – London Phil/Erich Leinsdorf. MCA 9814 (2). [15:33] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – New York Stadium Sym/Leopold Stokowski. Everest EVC-9004. [9:08] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 – Eugenia Zukerman, f; Shanghai String Quartet; Anthony Newman, hc. Delos DE-3173. [19:14] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Shostakovich week 1 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise – Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion CDA-66371/2 (2). [5:37] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in d – Alina Ibragimova, v; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion CDA-68068. [19:29] Frédéric Chopin PolonaiseFantaisie – Ingolf Wunder, p. DG 4779634. [13:42] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture – Philharmonia/ Sir Neville Marriner. London 4780106. [12:16] Jules Massenet Le Cid: Castillane – National Phil/Richard Bonynge. Decca 4785437. [3:13] 11:00 Erik Satie Gymnopédie #1 – Valérie Milot, h. Analekta 9986. [3:24] Aaron Copland The Red Pony film music: Suite – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [23:42] 12:00 Newscast • JC Arriaga Los esclavos felices Overture – Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Astrée E-8532. [7:56] Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G, La Notte – Eberhard Zummach, recorder; Concerto Cologne. Capriccio 10304. [8:36] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Frank Braley, p. Erato 341582-8. [25:35] Franz Schubert Five German Dances and Seven Trios with Coda – Budapest Festival Orch/
Ivan Fischer. Channel Classics CCSSA-31111. [14:35] 2:00 Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. NYP 0105 A/B. [22:32] Strausses At Full Steam; Walzerträume – Cincinnati Pops/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80547. [8:56] George Frideric Handel Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 439147-2. [2:59] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 55: No. 2 in E-Flat – Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p. EMI 56602-2. [4:17] Leopold Mozart Trumpet Concerto in D – Arturo Sandoval, tr; London Sym/Luis Haza. RCA 62661-2. [9:10] Johannes Brahms Rhapsody in g, Op 79/2 – Murray Perahia, p. Sony 79469. [6:14] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Georges Bizet Carmen Suite – Los Romeros, g’s; Angelita Romero, castanets. London 4780192 (2). [20:41] Franz Schubert Quartet No. 12 in c minor, Quartettsatz – Cherubini String Quartet. EMI CDC7-49901-2. [9:49] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Shostakovich week 1 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor – Mahler: Symphony No. 9.
Friday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances: No. 7 in A – London Sym/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN8885. [2:08] Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35: Book II – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. London 4443382. [9:41] Claude Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun – Denver Sym/Philippe Entremont. Pro Arte CDD-361. [10:20] Debussy Préludes, Book 1: X. La Cathédrale engloutie – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille 098 (2). [6:19] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – Earl Wild, p. Etcetera KTC-2010 (2). [4:55] Mario CastelnuovoTedesco Guitar Concerto #1 – Alirio Diaz, g; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro. Vanguard OVC-8069. [19:12]
11:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Bagatelle, Für Elise – Valentina Lisitsa, p. London B001709102. [3:16] Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy – Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell. Telarc CD-80099. [14:36] Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture – Bern Sym/ Peter Maag. MCA 5849. [10:56] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Ludwig van Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra – Berlin Phil, Cho/Daniel Barenboim, p. EMI CDC5-55516-2. [19:43] Benjamin Britten Holiday Diary: Sailing – Stephen Hough, p. Virgin Classics 91203-2. [5:15] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Theme, Interludes and Revariations (after Serenade, K. 361) – Canadian Brass. Philips 432571-2. [7:36] Frederick Delius A Village Romeo and Juliet: Interlude, The Walk to the Paradise Garden – Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo 430202-2. [10:10] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 – London Sym/ Barry Tuckwell. MCA 25902. [5:41] William Walton Crown Imperial, Coronation March – Royal Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80125. [6:28] George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 – Pittsburgh Sym/William Steinberg. Seraphim 69025-2. [16:07] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E – Sergei Narkariakov, tr; Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Teldec 90846-2. [17:38] Franz Schubert Drei Klavierstücke (Impromptus) No. 3 – András Schiff, p. London 425638-2. [5:08] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Shostakovich week 1 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Guest composer Stacy Garrop discusses and samples the new recording of her Mythology Symphony. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Documentarian Elsa Knight Thompson from 1970
Saturday 19 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: Verdi’s “Rigoletto” – Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto); Rosa Feola (Gilda); Matthew Polenzani (Duke); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Sparafucile); Zanda Svede (Maddalena); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Marco Armiliato. 2:45 PoetryNow with the Poetry Foundation: Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb reads and discusses @Allah. 3:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 3 in C – Minnesota Orch/ Osmo Vänskä. Bis 2006. [29:50] Franz Liszt Venezia e Napoli – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4830255. [17:51] Jacques Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle – HeiKyung Hong, Jennifer Larmore; Munich Radio Orch/Jesus López-Cobos. Teldec 22801-2. [3:32] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves – London Sym/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8828. [4:27] Charles Tomlinson Griffes Poem – Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman. Cedille 046. [10:13] Johann Strauss II Champagne Polka; Ritter Pasman: Czardas – Vienna Strauss Festival Orch/Peter Guth. Discover Int’l DICD-920240. [6:27] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: A centenary tribute to soprano Birgit Nilsson. 5:00 Ernest Chausson Poème – James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym/ Yoav Talmi. Analekta FL2-3151. [14:54] Claude Debussy Images, set 1 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4798308. [16:19] Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80505. [20:16] 6:00 Franz Schubert Wanderer Fantasia – Louis Lortie, p; Hague Residentie Orch/ George Pehlivanian. Chandos CHAN-9801. [21:02] Franz Liszt Soirées de Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 7 – Gabriela Imreh, p. Connoisseur CD-4225. [6:13] Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly: Romance and Intermezzo – Berlin Radio Sym/Leonid Grin. Capriccio 10298. [12:28] Antonin Dvorák Rusalka: Song to the Moon – Lucia Popp, s; Munich Radio Orch/Stefan Soltesz. EMI 27920-2 (2). [5:52] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Highlights from Chicago’s 2017 Latino Music Festival, week 2 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
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In the Spotlight Sunday 20 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 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Peter • Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Leningrad Phil/Yuri Temirkanov. RCA 60739-2. [18:55] Johannes Brahms Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel – Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-48046. [25:57] Luis de Narvaez Diferencias de Conde Claros; Variations on Guardame las Vacas – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80659. [4:07] Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDC5-62616-2. [23:50] Zoltán Kodaly Marosszék Dances – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [13:37] Frédéric Chopin Waltzes, Op. 69 – Zoltàn Kocsis, p. Philips 412890-2. [6:24] 2:00 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto – Gil Shaham, v; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 469529-2. [37:04] Brahms Four Songs, Op. 17: #1 – Monteverdi Choir/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 4757558. [3:11] 3:00 John Williams ET The ExtraTerrestrial: Adventures on Earth – City of Prague Phil/Nic Raine. Silva 1182. [10:57] Alan Hovhaness Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3157. [8:15] Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Alexandre Lagoya, g. Erato 45692-2. [3:58] Ottorino Respighi Vetrate di Chiesa – Orchestra London Canada/ Uri Mayer. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5146. [24:27] 4:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503 – Martha Argerich, p; Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado. DG 4791033. [30:44] Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil/Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-37846. [14:07] 5:00 Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Nino Rota The Godfather film scores: Sicilian Pastorale, The Immigrant, The Pickup, Kay – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Muti. Sony SK63359. [9:34] Giuseppe Verdi I Vespri Siciliani: Spring and Summer fr Four Seasons ballet – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [13:32] Ellisor Blackberry Winter – Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner
Levin Studio Hosts a Bernstein Celebration Vocal, keyboard, and chamber music written by Leonard Bernstein, and by other composers wishing to honor and memorialize him, will be on the program for an upcoming edition of Live from WFMT hosted by Kerry Frumkin. The Daedalus Duo – clarinetist Bonnie Campbell and pianist Diana Schmuck – will be joined by several other singers and instrumentalists. Besides original Bernstein works, the program will feature his piano adaptation of Copland’s El Salon Mexico. The broadcast will look ahead to the Bernstein centenary celebrations that are populating summer concerts and music festivals nationwide.
Monday, May 21, 8:00 pm Classics 46739-2. [16:55] Aaron Copland Old American Songs, set 2: The Golden Willow Tree; At the River – St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297. [6:44] 6:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 – Lynn Harrell, vc; Cleveland Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. London 410019-2. [19:00] Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 12/3 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London 417573-2. [19:20] Modest Mussorgsky Khovanschina: Dawn on the Moskva River – Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Jarvi. Telarc CD-80705. [5:38] Franz Liszt Hungarian Fantasia – Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Hyperion CDA-67403/4 (2). [16:18] Nicolai RimskyKorsakov Russian Easter Overture – Chicago Sym/ Leopold Stokowski. RCA 62604-2. [14:18] Frédéric Chopin Waltz in E-flat, Op. 18 – Rudolf Firkusny, p. EMI 2018
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CDM5-66066-2. [4:44] Various Les Filles de Cadix; Depuis le jour – Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. London B0006590-02. [8:37] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: David Afkam, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Walter Piston, week 1
Monday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3 – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 460496-2 (2). [3:09] Richard Wagner The Flying Dutchman: Spinning Chorus – Llyr Williams, p. Signum SIGCD-388 (2). [6:30] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDR5-69877-2. [12:06] Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:07] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise – James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt. RCA 42201-2. [4:15] Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Marcus Klinko, h; Bastille Opera Orch members. EMI CDC7-54884-2. [9:49] 11:00 Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60778-2. [3:01] Richard Addinsell Warsaw Concerto – Valentina Lisitsa, p; BBC Concert Orch. Decca 4789454. [8:41] Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – London Sym/Claudio Abbado. RCA 61354-2. [11:52] 12:00 Newscast • Franz Schubert Impromptu, Op. 90/2 – MariaJoao Pires, p. DG 457550-2 (2). [4:46] Wassenaer Concerto Armonico #1 in G – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 410205-2. [12:03] Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre – ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon. Erato CD-89244-2. [6:41] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Peter Tchaikovsky Hamlet – Simon Bolivar Sym/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0015296-02. [18:39] Serge Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite: Juliet the Young Girl, Madrigal, Minuet, Masks – Chicago Sym/Riccardo Muti. 28
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CSO ReSound CSOR-9011402. [12:59] Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus – Robert Shaw Cho, Orch/Renato Cellini. RCA 60205-2. [2:40] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 – Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille 147. [30:00] Henryk Wieniawski Violin Concerto #2 in d, Op. 22: Romance – Itzhak Perlman, v; Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim. DG 410526-2. [5:06] Robert Schumann Three Romances, Op. 94: No. 2 in A – Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p. EMI CDC5-56602-2. [4:08] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Johann Sebastian Bach Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake) – David Russell, g. Telarc 80584. [5:05] Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 – Avi Avital, mandolin; Potsdam Chamber Academy. DG B0016801-02. [12:33] Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite – Trondheim Soloists/Bjarne Fiskum. Victoria VCD-19071. [20:29] Mozart Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Steinway & Sons 30022. [3:11] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Frankfurt Radio Sym Brass. Capriccio 10361. [18:18] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27/2, Moonlight – Mikhail Pletnev, p. Virgin Classics 45131-2. [17:37] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Dmitri Shostakovich, week 2 8:00 Live from WFMT: Bonnie Campbell, clarinet; Diana Schmuck, piano; and friends, paying tribute to the Leonard Bernstein centenary. 10:00 The Listening Service with Tom Service 10:30 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Tuesday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Johann Pachelbel Canon in D – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman. Philips 422849-2. [5:12] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Rees. Virgin Classics 61403-2 (2). [11:09] Serge Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets; Friar Laurence, Mercutio; Dance of
the Girls with Lilies – Nikolai Demidenko, p. Hyperion CDA-67018. [13:17] Nino Rota The Taming of the Shrew film music: Overture – City of Prague Phil/Paul Bateman. Silva SILKD-6024 (2). [4:20] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Va pensiero – Royal Opera House/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC7-49849-2. [5:25] Henryk Wieniawski Légende – Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster. EMI 55475-2. [7:45] 11:00 Manuel Ponce Estrellita – Arthur Grumiaux, v; István Hajdu, p. Philips 446560-2 (2). [3:02] Gioachino Rossini Otello: Ballet music, part 1 – Monte Carlo Opera Cho, Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422843-2. [13:38] 12:00 Newscast • Ludwig van Beethoven Turkish March – Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 60700-2. [1:57]Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D, Clock – Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque Productions PBP-02. [27:29] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 – Oslo Phil/ Mariss Jansons. EMI 555332. [29:46] Various A Musical Snuffbox (Waltz-Humoresque); My Favorite Things – Stephen Hough, p. Virgin Classics 61498-2 (2). [4:27] 2:00 Robert Schumann Carnaval – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. Warner 63426-2. [29:54] Francesco Geminiani Scots Airs: The Country Lass – Festina Lente. Tactus TC-680701. [6:25] Pablo de Sarasate Airs écossais – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt. Cedille 083 (2). [7:30] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Antonio Vivaldi Opera, Giustino: Aria, La gloria del mio sangue; Gloria: Laudamus Te – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-90916. [5:15] Rossini Il Viaggio a Reims Overture – Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti. EMI 47118-2. [7:39] Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture – Royal Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80155. [10:40] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 27 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/ Ton Koopman. Erato 455442. [14:03] Frédéric Chopin Andante Spianato and Grand
Polonaise – Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil/Kazimierz Kord. Arabesque Z-6702-2 (2). [14:07] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Dmitri Shostakovich, week 2 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • George Gershwin Promenade; Primrose Ballet – Leonard Pennario, p. EMI 64668-2. [6:49] Percy Grainger Children’s March, Over the Hills and Far Away – US Marine Band/Michael J Colburn. Naxos 8.570243. [7:03] Claude Debussy Children’s Corner Suite – Quebec Sym/Yoav Talmi. Atma SACD2-2377. [17:06] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Abreu TicoTico – Paula Robison, f, Brazilian Choro Ensemble. Omega OCD-3016. [2:21] Gioachino Rossini The Siege of Corinth Overture – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Radio Nederland RCO-08005 (14). [9:35] 11:00 Jules Massenet Thaïs: Méditation – Michel Schwalbé, v; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 4777163. [6:04] George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata in b, Op. 2, No. 1 – London Baroque. Harmonia Mundi 901379. [9:45] Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80657. [11:20] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Alexandra Joan live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Edward Elgar Cello Concerto – Steven Isserlis, vc; London Sym/Richard Hickox. Virgin Classics 61125-2. [28:55] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio – Dennis James, glass harmonica. Sony 89047. [3:40] 2:00 Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger: Suite – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61792-2. [22:08] Gioachino Rossini Le Comte Ory Overture – Prague Sinfonia Orch/Christian Benda. Naxos 8.572735. [3:06] John Williams Jurassic Park film music: Theme – Boston Pops/ Williams. Sony 70636-2. [5:29] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Claudio Monteverdi L’Orfeo: Toccata (Overture) – English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Archive 419250-2 (2). [1:38] Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6/1 – Tafelmusik/Jean Lamon. RCA 7908-2. [12:29] Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto – Lise de la Salle, p. Naïve V-5444. [12:06] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – John Ogdon, p; USSR State Sym/ Viktor Dubrovsky. Melodiya 33219-2. [18:55] Gaetano Donizetti Flute and Harp Sonata in g – Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Marielle Nordmann, h. Sony SK-44552. [5:34] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Dmitri Shostakovich, week 2 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Peter Tchaikovsky Ouverture solenelle, 1812 – Cambridge Buskers. DG 423400-2. [5:23] Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 – Detroit Sym/ Paul Paray. Mercury 4343212. [16:04] Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 2 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4832150. [12:40] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Les petits riens Overture – Scottish Chamber Orch/ Raymond Leppard. Warner Classics 62334-2 (8). [3:21] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker melody – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80503. [3:26] Ferdinando Carulli Guitar Concerto in A – Kazuhito Yamashita, g; Leos Janacek Chamber Orch. RCA 5914-2. [13:18] 11:00 George Gershwin Embraceable You – Yehudi Menuhin, Stéphane Grappelli & Friends. EMI 85081-2. [3:10] Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist Suite – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony 61849. [15:49] Hector Berlioz The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24: Rákoczy March – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 7716-2. [4:54] 12:00 Newscast • Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville Overture – European Wind Soloists/Patrick De Ritis. Naxos 8.573259. [6:52] Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict Overture – Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov. RCA 61203-2.
[8:04] Bach Guitar Concerto in a – Xuefei Yang, g; Elias String Quartet. EMI 79018-2. [14:37] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Leos Janácek Lachian Dances – Czech State Phil/José Serebrier. Reference RR-65. [20:32] Carl Maria von Weber Invitation to the Dance – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6584 (2). [9:49] 2:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 16 – Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim, p. Teldec 16827-2. [23:00] Gioachino Rossini String Sonata No. 5 – Ensemble Explorations/ Roel Dieltiens. Harmonia Mundi 901776. [15:08] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bach Cantata No. 146: Duet, Wie will ich mich (My Spirit be Joyful) – Douglas Major, o; Empire Brass. EMI 473952. [5:25] Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque – Alexis Weissenberg, p. DG 415510-2. [14:58] Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 – Brazilian Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3254. [20:29] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 436614-2. [19:14] Peter Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Waltzes – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80668. [7:24] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Dmitri Shostakovich, week 2 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3. Plus symphonic encores by Mahler, Copland, Debussy, Delius, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, and Delibes.
Friday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 4101372. [3:03] Wagner/Liszt Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod – Alain Lefèvre, p. Analekta FL23179. [11:01] Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 437523-2. [16:21] John Field Nocturne No. 4 in A – Elizabeth Joy Roe, p. Decca 4789672. [5:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Träumerei – Mischa Maisky, vc; Pavel Gililov, p. DG 431544-2. [3:45] Edward Elgar The Spanish Lady Suite – Guildhall String Ensemble. RCA 7761-2. [11:49] 11:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont Overture – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Pro Arte CDD-392. [8:37] Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp – Hat Trick. Bridge 9472. [17:00] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0015338-02. [33:08] Turlough O’Carolan Planxty Burke – Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68901-2. [3:28] Irish Folksong Dance in the Morning Early – James Galway, f; The Chieftains, Orch/Dudley Simpson. RCA 60424-2. [5:20] 2:00 William Walton Henry V Suite – City of Prague Phil/Paul Bateman. Silva 6024 (2). [21:13] Frederick Delius Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo – English Chamber Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 2530505. [5:47] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Hector Berlioz Waverley Overture – London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 456143-2 (6). [10:21] Jean-Philippe Rameau Le Rappel des Oiseaux – Christopher O’Riley, p. CPI 3294112. [4:07] Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 – London Sym/Grzegorz Nowak. ASV 536. [16:51] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Wagner Tannhäuser Overture – World Orch for Peace/Valery Gergiev. World Orchestra for Peace WOP-003/4 (2). [13:03] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in g (BWV 1056) – Alina Ibragimova, v; Arcangelo/ Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion 68068. [9:03] Bedrich Smetana My Fatherland: Vltava (The Moldau) – Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi. Chandos 7047. [11:25] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Dmitri Shostakovich, week 2 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Music of Burying and Marrying 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Music and poetry for Memorial Day
Saturday 26 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: Wagner’s Die Walküre – Christine Goerke (Brünnhilde); Eric Owens (Wotan); Brandon Jovanovich (Siegmund); Elisabet Strid (Sieglinde); Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Fricka); Ain Anger (Hunding); Lyric Opera Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. 5:15 Frederick Delius Two Pieces for Small Orchestra: #1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring – Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli. EMI CDZ7-62527-2. [7:24] Tan Dun Eight Memories in Watercolor – Shen Lu, p. Steinway & Sons 30039. [13:57] Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3132. [8:21] Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Guests’ Farewell and Waltz – New York Phil/ Kurt Masur. Teldec 94571-2. [7:11] Samuel Barber Violin Concerto – Gil Shaham, v; New York Phil/David Robertson. Canary Classics CC-12 (2). [23:11] Erik Satie Gymnopédie #1 – Albrecht Mayer, eh; St. Martin’s Academy/Mathias Mönius. London 4782564. [3:37] Frédéric Chopin Waltzes, Op. 34 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London 414600-2. [11:37] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Spanish Piano 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music of remembrance 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • George Gershwin Fantasy on themes from Porgy and Bess – Rachel Kolly d’Alba, v; Loire National Orch/ John Axelrod. Warner 657657. [21:20] John Field Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op 1/1 – John O’Conor, p. Telarc 80290. [12:02] Strausses Blue Danube Waltzes; Radetzky March – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. Sony 92710 (2). [13:10] Christian Sinding Rustles of Spring – Jerome Lowenthal, p. Arabesque Z-6578. [2:35] Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – Grant Park Orch/ Carlos Kalmar. Cedille 125. [27:40] Copland Old American Songs, set 2 – St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297. 2018
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[13:23] George Frideric Handel The Harmonious Blacksmith – John Williams, g. CBS 42119. [5:23] Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks: La paix – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 435390-2. [2:55] 2:00 Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559024. [8:37] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 28 – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 412954-2 (6). [17:56] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Les Adieux – Yevgeny Kissin, p. DG 4797581 (2). [17:47] Jay Ungar Ashokan Farewell – Instrumental ensemble/James Galway, f. RCA 42201-2. [3:57] 3:00 Ottorino Respighi The Birds – St. Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 420485-2. [20:55] Jean-Féry Rebel La Fantaisie – La Petite Bande. Accent 96122-D. [7:53] William Hirtz The Wizard of Oz Fantasy – Jon Kimura Parker, p. JK Parker FP-0908. [7:34] Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI 56576-2. [4:20] 4:00 Mozart Oboe Concerto – Albrecht Mayer, ob; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 476235-2. [21:16] Erich Wolfgang Korngold Straussiana – Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert. CPO 999146-2. [6:51] Korngold Die tote Stadt: Marietta’s song – Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. London 458858-2. [5:59] Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts 1 & 3 – Chicago Sym/ Daniel Barenboim. [13:12] 5:00 Weekend Music with Maggie Reberg • Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS 37759. [32:50] Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons in Buenos Aires: Verano Porteño (Summer) – Jason Vieaux, g; Julian Labro, bandoneon; Far Cry Chamber Orch. Azica 71270. [6:28] Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2, Summer – Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon. [9:30] 6:00 Erik Satie Gymnopédies – Pascal Rogé, p. London B0006393-02. [8:09] Pablo de Sarasate Zigeunerweisen – Leila Josefowicz, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Marriner. Philips 454440-2. [8:46] Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Royal Phil/André Previn. EMI 63887-2. [16:02] Carlos Guastavino Pampamapa; Bonita rama de sauce; La rosa y el sauce – Kim Kashkashian, vi; Robert
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Levin, p. ECM 1975. [10:18] Celedonio Romero Noche en Malaga – Los Romeros. [3:59] 7:00 George Gershwin Variations on I Got Rhythm – Lincoln Mayorga, p; Moscow Phil/ Dmitri Kitayenko. Sheffield Lab CD-28. [8:23] Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – Utah Sym/Keith Lockhart. Reference RR-105. [22:09] American Songs America the Beautiful; This Land Is Your Land – Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops/John Williams. Philips 454391-2. [6:39] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in c, K. 396/385f – Stephen Hough, p. [9:24] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Marin Alsop, conductor; Jon Kimura Parker, piano – Clyne: Masquerade. Barber: Second Essay. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Dvorak: Symphony No. 7. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Walter Piston, week 2
Monday 28 Memorial Day 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 10:00 Live from Theater on the Lake: WFMT’s lakeside beach party – Celebrate the unofficial start of summer as WFMT broadcasts live from Chicago’s spectacular beachfront. We’re headquartered till 4:00 pm at the newly-renovated Theater on the Lake. 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 – Barcelona Sym/ José Serebrier. Bis CD-1305. [17:01] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: First Waltz Sequence – Bamberg Sym/ Manfred Honeck. [11:45] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Water music 8:00 To be announced 10:00 The Listening Service with Tom Service 10:30 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Tuesday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Modest Mussorgsky Khovanschina: Dawn on the Moskva River – New York Phil/Leonard
Bernstein. CBS 37770. [5:40] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 – Gonzalo X Ruiz, ob; Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2171. [17:45] Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Harp Concerto – Elizabeth Hainen, h; Bulgarian National Radio Orch/Rossen Milanov. Avie AV-2221. [20:30] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale – Vienna Phil/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [18:48] Tielman Susato The Danserye: Three Dances – Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band. Newport Classic NPD-85527. [3:45] 11:00 Gioachino Rossini The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture – Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471566-2. [7:47] Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in B-flat, H XVI:2 – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67882 (2). [16:37] 12:00 Newscast • Henryk Wieniawski Polonaise de concert – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Peter Nagy, p. Delos DE3116. [4:51] Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 411951-2. [9:41] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Frank Bridge Enter Spring – BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox. Chandos 9950. [18:36] Julius Fucik Winter Storms Waltzes – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos 5158. [9:21] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart German Dances, K. 509 – Murray Perahia, p. Sony 63380 (4). [10:20] Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Christian Rivet, g. Warner 15399-2. [6:28] 2:00 Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto – Javier Perianes, p; BBC Sym/ Sakari Oramo. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902205. [30:48] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino Overture – New Philharmonia/ Riccardo Muti. EMI 472742. [7:07] Verdi La Traviata: Libiamo – Sutherland, Pavarotti; London Opera Cho, National Phil/Bonynge. London 4581182 (2). [2:51] Manuel Ponce Canciones Mexicanas – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille 086. [9:18] Aaron Copland El Salón México – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. EMI 64307-2. [10:42] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Mily Balakirev Islamey – Yefim Bronfman, p. Sony 60689. [8:43] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto
in E-Flat, Op. 8, No. 5, R. 253, La tempesta di mare – Harp Consort, Freiburg Baroque Orch. RCA-DHM 77384-2. [9:18] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Water music 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore
Wednesday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Camille Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale – Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0017253-00. [6:44] Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Atlanta Sym/Louis Lane. Telarc CD-80085. [20:51] Franz Liszt Aux Cyprès de la Villa d’Este I – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. DG B0015944-02. [6:11] Fritz Kreisler Gypsy Caprice – Vilde Frang, v; José Gallardo, p. Warner 0190295805326. [5:05] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Va pensiero – Robert Shaw Cho, Orch/Renato Cellini. RCA 60205-2. [4:53] Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 – Barry Tuckwell, fh; London Sym/Istvan Kertész. London 460296-2 (2). [20:08] Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D – Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot. Delos D/CD-3042. [5:16] 11:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave Verum Corpus – Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Erato 10697-2. [3:38] Franz Schubert Wanderer Fantasia – Boris Berezovsky, p; New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 17133-2. [21:03] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Renana Gutman live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 85, La Reine – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Denon CO-75356. [20:37] John Dowland The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard; Go from My Window – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80659. [4:25] English Anonymous Woodycock – Toronto Consort. Dorian DOR-93172. [2:41] 2:00 Manuel de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Daniel Barenboim, p; Chicago Sym/ Plácido Domingo. Teldec 17145-2. [24:43] Joaquin Rodrigo Fantasia para un Gentilhombre – Milos Karadaglic, g; London Phil/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. [22:26] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • John
Williams Stars Wars film music: Main title – London Sym/Williams. Sony 70636-2. [5:44] Jacques Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne: Selections – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. [21:04] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news: Richard Strauss Don Juan – San Francisco Sym/ Herbert Blomstedt. [17:35] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Water music 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore Felix Mendelssohn Octet – Menlo soloists. Music@ Menlo Live 2009. [31:37] 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Solitude – Lara Downes, p. Steinway & Sons 30026. [2:56] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. After the news:
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Charles Gounod Faust: Waltz – Eduardus Halim, p. Arabesque Z-6615. [9:44] Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on Mozart’s Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen – Pierre Fournier, vc; Friedrich Gulda, p.[10:57] FJ Haydn Sinfonia Concertante – COE/Claudio Abbado. [20:30] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Jeremiah Clarke Prince of Denmark’s March – English Chamber Orch Brassr. [1:54] Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – London Phil/Vernon Handley. [10:32] 11:00 Various The Butterfly Lovers: Falling in Love – Xuefei Yang, g. EMI 06322-2. [8:43] Robert Schumann Manfred Overture – Seattle Sym/ Gerard Schwarz. [13:23] 12:00 Newscast • Antonio Vivaldi String Concerto in G, Alla rustica – Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie. Dorian XCD-90255. [4:00] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Gustav Holst A Winter Idyll – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572914. [9:01] Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll – San Francisco Sym/ Herbert Blomstedt. [19:36] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 – Vienna Phil/Maurizio Pollini, p. [28:18] Fernando Sor Variations on Mozart – Pepe Romero, g. [7:35] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Aaron Copland Quiet City – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. [10:36] Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Erato 948092. [14:53] Duke Ellington
Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1 – Maurizio Pollini, p. [8:58] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Water music 8:00 Evening Music with Dennis Moore 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony
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