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THE GUIDE
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May 2019 ALSO INSIDE
On WTTW, we pay tribute to our veterans with WTTW’s annual special, The National Memorial Day Concert, live from Washington, DC and hosted by Chicagoans Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise.
From the President & CEO Dear Member, When Memorial Day arrives, you know summer is just around the corner. WFMT will kick off the season in its own unique way with the second annual WFMT Beach Party live from Chicago’s lakefront. Join us at Fullerton Avenue and Lake Michigan for live performances, quizzes, conversation, and warm weather fun! And we will also pay tribute to our veterans with The National Memorial Day Concert, hosted by Chicagoans Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. Also in May, WTTW brings you music on Friday evenings with an all-star salute to Gershwin Prize honorees Gloria and Emilio Estefan; and three Broadway stars – Cynthia Erivo, Annaleigh Ashford, and Megan Hilty – headline a series of concerts captured at the Appel Room overlooking New York’s Central Park. On wttw.com, hear from the Chicago-based winners of the James Beard Awards; revisit Chicago’s Pullman strike on its 125th anniversary; and delve into the true history behind Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables as it comes to its conclusion. On WFMT, the Metropolitan Opera ends its 2018-19 matinee season with Verdi’s Aida and Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites. Renowned conductor James Conlon hosts Recovering a Musical Heritage to mark the Holocaust remembrance Yom HaShoah. And Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips returns with a Memorial Day-themed edition of The Film Score. On wfmt.com, preview some upcoming summer musical events, check in on Facebook Live with performers at Ravinia Festival, and celebrate the moms in our lives with music for Mother’s Day. This spring, thank you for your support of WTTW and WFMT. Sincerely,
Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO
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ON THE COVER: Brandon J. Acker is a soloist, collaborator, and lecturer on the classical guitar and early plucked instruments including the lute, baroque guitar, and theorbo. He performed at the 2018 WFMT Beach Party, and we hope to have him return. Photo: WTTW/Ken Carl. 2
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) May 2019 Volume 34, Number 252
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MEMBER CONNECTIONS Meet Nature Cat at Evanston’s YEA! Festival Meet Nature Cat at Evanston’s Raymond Park as part of Remake Learning Days Chi, the region’s first-ever hands-on festival for the future of work and learning. All weekend long, this initiative will turn Chicago and Evanston into an open house learning laboratory through more than 100 fun and free events for youth WHAT of all ages at which famMeet Nature Cat at ilies will experience new Evanston’s YEA! Festival technology, art workWHERE shops, science experiRaymond Park, ments, student films, 595 Lake Street outdoor learning, and in Evanston more! Nature Cat will be on hand throughout the morning to help showcase the work and performances of the YEA! (Young Evanston Artists) Festival, which promotes the value of arts education.
WFMT Memorial Day Beach Party
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WFMT Memorial Day Beach Party
WTTW, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, presents a screening and discussion of the new local documentary Leaps of Faiths. Love tests faith. Faith tests love. Interfaith marriage - how does that work? What about the in-laws? How to raise the kids? For 30 years, Catholics and Jews in Chicago have found that the answers don’t have to be so hard - boundaries can be crossed and divisions healed. And the kids? This new film follows five who grew up learning both Judaism WHAT and Catholicism from 8th grade through high school, college, and Leaps of Faiths – Screening beyond. Their families and Discussion imagined possibilities WHERE and discovered them. Chicago Cultural Center The screening will be Claudia Cassidy Theatre followed by a panel dis78 E. Washington Street cussion moderated by in Chicago Brandis Friedman, Chicago Tonight correWHEN spondent and segment Saturday, May 18, host. 2:00 pm This is a free event; for more information, please visit wttw.com/events.
WHERE Theater on the Lake 2401 N. Lake Shore Drive at Fullerton in Chicago
WHEN Monday, May 27, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Kick off the summer with WFMT’s 2nd annual Memorial Day Beach Party! Join our WFMT hosts from 10:00 am-4:00 for a lively and fun live broadcast from Theater on the Lake on Chicago’s lakefront! Enjoy live performances from some special guests, summertime music, contests, commentary from WFMT personalities, and more! This is a free event; for more information, please visit wfmt.com/events.
Nature Cat at Día del Niño Health Walk & Family Festival Join Nature Cat for an afternoon of fun at the 2019 Día del Niño Family Festival at Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art. This family-friendly WHAT event celebrates “The Day of the Child” Nature Cat at Día del Niño by promoting healthy and active lifeHealth Walk & Family Festival styles in the community, and guests will WHERE enjoy a day filled with physical activity, National Museum of art activities, free health screenings, Mexican Art wellness education, and performances. 1852 W. 19th Street in Pilsen Día del Niño is an annual celebration that was created in Mexico in 1925 as a day to honor children. This is a free event; for more information, please visit wttw.com/events.
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MEMBER PERKS 25% Off Tickets to Red Clay Dance World Premiere
2-for-1 Tickets to Orion’s A Brahms Finale The Orion Ensemble’s final concert program of the season, A Brahms Finale, welcomes guest violist Stephen Boe and guest violinist Mathias Tacke. The program features Uhl’s Kleines Konzert for viola, clarinet, and piano (1938); Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, string quartet, and piano, Op. 34; and Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34. Performances take place Sunday, May 5 at 7:00 pm at Chapelstreet Church, 2300 South Street in Geneva; Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 pm at the PianoForte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago; and Sunday, May 19 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, visit orionensemble.org.
Red Clay Dance Company (RCDC) continues its 10th anniversary season with the world premiere of Art of Resilience 2.0, a site-specific, mixed-media, immersive activation of the DuSable Museum Roundhouse choreographed by Founder/Artistic Director Vershawn Sanders-Ward. Using movement, text, vibrant projects, and soundscapes mixed by DJ Sadie Woods, the “Urban Griots” of Red Clay Dance guide the audience through a journey of Chicago’s Black Belt, the “Stroll,” and the Black Arts Movement while disquieting the impact of redlining, restrictive housing covenants, and state violence on black life. Viewers will experience the ancestral practice of occupying and reclaiming space as an act of resilience and an expression of humanity. Performances take place Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18 at 7:30 pm at the DuSable Museum Roundhouse, 740 W. 56th Place in Chicago. WTTW members may obtain a code for a 25% discount for the May 16 or 17 performance, subject to availability, by calling (773) 624-8411 and mentioning WTTW. For more information, visit redclaydance.com.
2-for-1 Tickets to Nora and Delia Ephron’s Comedy/Drama Love, Loss and What I Wore The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) conclude their 38th season with Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, writers/directors of such films as You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and When Harry Met Sally. Based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman, Love, Loss and What I Wore is a play of monologues and ensemble pieces that cover all the important subjects – mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying first bras, mothers, hating purses, and why women wear only black. Though the play is often presented with cast members sitting on stools and reading the script, SSP offers a fully staged production of this bittersweet look at women, clothes, and memory. Performances are April 26-May 19, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey Parkway 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, visit saintsebastianplayers.org.
2-for-1 Tickets to The Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest Mother’s Day Concert The award-winning orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Jay Friedman, will present Ernest Bloch’s Concerto Grosso No. 1 and Cesar Franck’s Symphony in D Minor. Concerto competition winner Leah Iosevich, a high school senior, will perform Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Lark Ascending. A pre-concert lecture will be presented at 3:00 pm, and a free reception will be held during intermission. For 2-for-1 admission to The Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest’s Mother’s Day Concert, please call (708) 218-2648 or visit Symphony OPRF.org and use code WFMT when purchasing tickets. The performance takes place on Sunday, May 12 at 4:00 pm at the Concordia University Chapel, 7400 Augusta Street, in River Forest.
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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
Emilio and Gloria Estefan: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Join us for an all-star tribute to the first married couple and musician-songwriters of Hispanic descent to receive the honor.
Friday, May 3, 9:00 pm
Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan
Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story
Seventy years after the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan, British journalists Babita Sharma and Adnan Sarwar travel both sides of the 2,000-mile border to discover the realities of the lives of those living there.
Meet the political leader who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. Imprisoned by the U.S. during World War II for his Japanese ancestry, Mineta rose to become the first Asian American to serve in a presidential cabinet.
Fridays, May 10, 17, 24, 10:00 pm
Monday, May 20, 9:00 pm
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In the Spotlight
Bee on a sunflower
Nature: American Spring Live In the conclusion of this three-episode event, experience the change from winter to spring in real time from iconic locations across America. Host Juju Chang and experts show springtime phenomena in ecosystems ranging from the Rockies to the Everglades, from inner-city parks to remote wilderness preserves, investigating how a wide range of organisms respond to the change of seasons. Tonight, learn how plants and animals depend on each other to survive.
Wednesday, May 1, 8:00 pm
Wednesday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: American Spring Live – Birth and Rebirth (Part 1 of 3) [R] 1:30 Korea: The NeverEnding War [R] 3:30 To the Ends of the Earth: East Africa [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: American Spring Live – Connections (Part 3 of 3) 9:00 NOVA: Sunken Ship Rescue NOVA follows the epic operation to secure, raise, and salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and tragically capsized off the coast of Italy in 2012, killing 32 passengers. 10:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Robot (Part 3 of 6) Learn how robots were first conceptualized in ancient Rome and see how their use has evolved over the centuries, from the calculator to the Roomba. Then, take a sneak peek at what future robots will be able to do. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: American Spring Live – Migration (Part 2 of 3) [R] 1:30 Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky [R] 2:30 Frontline: The Last Survivors [R] 3:30 Doc Martin: Faith [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rex Huppke, Bing Liu, Samira Ahmed Mark welcomes Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke, documentarian Bing Liu (Minding the
Gap), and novelist Samira Ahmed (Internment). 10:30 Jay’s Chicago: In the Family Behind the scenes at five family businesses. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: American Spring Live – Connections (Part 3 of 3) See Wed. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Sunken Ship Rescue See Wed. May 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Robot (Part 3 of 6) See Wed. May 1 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 4 of 8) [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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Emilio and Gloria Estefan: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 10:30 PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon A preview of the upcoming series American Experience: Chasing the Moon. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece (Part 9 of 9) [R]
In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of the California Historical Society
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Arbor, Max & Benny’s, Cochon Volant Alpana welcomes Roscoe Village resident and consultant Danielle Lazarowitz, who recommended the Logan Square eatery Arbor; client liaison Jenna Yeh of Logan Square, who picked Max & Benny’s in Northbrook; and retired restaurateur Jim Brown from Evanston, who loves Cochon Volant in the downtown Loop area. 8:30 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Teaching Tortilla Soup Wherever you are in the world, chicken soup is the cure for what ails you. In Mexico, that means a bowl of shredded chicken with fried tortillas, earthy red chile, luscious cream, and fresh cheese.
Women detainees at Angel Island
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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WTTW Multicast 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: Inside the Megafire Wednesday, May 8, 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.
From the front line of the Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California history, NOVA tells the stories of residents who had to flee for their lives during the 2018 fire season. Scientists racing to understand what’s behind the rise of record-breaking megafires across the American West take to the forest, and a fire lab, in search of answers.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Firefighters battle a blaze
Wild! Mondays, 9:00 pm
WTTW Prime WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.
The finest nature films available from some of the world’s best nature and wildlife documentary providers make up this nature series featuring wild animals such as Gobi bears, elephants, whale sharks, raptors, snowy owls, and more.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: A Gobi bear
Pati’s Cinco De Mayo Party Sunday, May 5, 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.
It’s Cinco de Mayo and we are gearing up for a celebration like no other! Chef Pati Jinich is in the kitchen creating dishes that are bursting with her proud Mexican culture. Pati’s party goes on for six hours. Be sure not to miss a single yummy bite!
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Chef Pati Jinich
America ReFramed: Nailed It Tuesday, May 7, 7:00 pm
WTTW World WTTW WORLD features public media’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW WORLD is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Visit any strip mall in the United States, and there’s bound to be a Vietnamese nail salon. While ubiquitous in cities across the country, few Americans know the history behind the salons and the 20 Vietnamese refugee women, who in 1975 sparked a multibillion-dollar industry that supports their community to this day.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Elaborate nail designs
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about Camping Friday, May 17, 5:00pm, 8:00 pm
WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. The WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 is on Comcast digital channels 368 and on RCN channel 39.
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The Little Cats join The Cat in the Hat, Fish, Nick, and Sally on a fun and frenzied outdoor adventure as they camp, hike, and paddle their way to Fish’s family reunion.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: The Cat in the Hat campfire chat
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The Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience See Thurs. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] BBC Newsnight Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour: Brookline Midcentury Modern House – Can We Cantilever? 11:00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Aegean Cuisine AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Smoky Barbecue Favorites 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Christchurch, New Zealand 1:00 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Mexico City 1:30 Simply Ming: Jacques Pepin Special 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Grownup Comfort Classics 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Mushrooms 3:30 Martha Bakes: Dried Fruit 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Easy French Desserts 4:30 Check, Please! Arbor, Max & Benny’s, Cochon Volant See Fri. May 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Teaching Tortilla Soup See Fri. May 3 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Scotland’s Islands EVENING 6:00 Islands Without Cars with Kira Cook: Germany’s Heligoland Island Heligoland (Helgoland in German) is a rocky island in the North Sea and Germany’s only noncoastal island. Except for two taxis and a police car, automobiles are verboten. 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Darkest Noon The unexplained death of an unidentified man calls for investigation, but both Father Brown and Inspector Mallory have disappeared. 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: This Promised End Frank and Lu race against time when an undertaker is given 24 hours to live by two strange hitmen. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 5 of 8) In the first part of a two-part episode, a shadow is cast over a small fishing community when their festival queen is murdered.
10:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 5 of 8) [R] 11:00 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 5 of 8) Farlow returns with an alchemist in tow, while Maria and Pedro seek help from the Rutters when they’re framed for a crime.
Sunday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Doc Martin: Faith [R] 1:00 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) [R] 2:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) [R] 3:00 Emilio and Gloria Estefan: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song See Fri. May 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rex Huppke, Bing Liu, Samira Ahmed See Thurs. May 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Howard Schultz – CEO, Starbucks 11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Steak and Beyond 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Fresh Catch 1:00 Confucius Was a Foodie: Confucius and the Origin of Food Philosophy 2:00 Prisoner of Her Past This film examines a secret childhood trauma that resurfaces, 60 years later, to unravel the life of Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich. 3:00 To be announced EVENING 6:00 Doc Martin: From the Mouths of Babes With James teething, Martin and Louisa are desperate for more sleep. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 6 of 8) Lucille cares for an unmarried teen mother, and Valerie helps her grandmother with an embarrassing medical problem. 8:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) Now a young woman, Cosette moves to Paris under Valjean’s protection. There, she meets Marius, who unwittingly brings a nightmare to life. 9:00 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) Cassie and Sunny finally get closer to some truth about the night Hayley disappeared, and the case takes a devastating turn. 10:00 Check, Please! Arbor, Max & Benny’s, Cochon Volant [R]
10:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rex Huppke, Bing Liu, Samira Ahmed [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Sam Smith/Anderson East
Monday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Film School Shorts: Woman’s Best Friend 12:30 The Kate: John Oates 1:30 Father Brown: The Darkest Noon See Sat. May 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: This Promised End See Sat. May 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. May 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Jay’s Chicago: In the Family See Thurs. May 2 at 10:30 pm. [R] 5:00 J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom 5:30 Martha Bakes: Oats MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 1 of 3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Billings (Part 2 of 3) Highlights include a 19th-century Japanese suit of armor; an 1874 oil painting by noted Swiss artist Luigi Rossi; and a circa 1825 Parisian gilt bronze serving tray valued at $50,000 to $70,000. 10:00 Independent Lens: Out of State Shipped thousands of miles away from Hawaii to a private prison in the Arizona desert, two Native Hawaiians discover their indigenous traditions. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Ardal O’Hanlon as Jack Mooney
Father Brown & Death in Paradise Settle in for new episodes of these popular British mystery series. Based on the short stories by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown follows a kindly and enigmatic cleric as he solves crimes in his quintessentially English village – as much invested in saving souls as in bringing the guilty to justice. Death in Paradise centers on a fish-out-of-water British detective, Jack Mooney, who has been charged with chasing down murderers with the quirky police force on the beautiful Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Saturdays, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
Photo: Courtesy of BBC/Neal Street Productions
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Leonie Elliott and Zephryn Taitte
Call the Midwife Season 8 of this acclaimed British drama series comes to a close, as the nuns at Nonnatus House are faced with some of their most daunting medical challenges yet.
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6:00 Ready Jet Go! 6:30 Cat in the Hat 7:00 Curious George 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:00 Let’s Go Luna! 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 Nature Cat 1:30 Peg + Cat 2:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 2:30 Arthur 3:00 Let’s Go Luna! 3:30 Nature Cat 4:00 Wild Kratts 4:30 Wild Kratts 5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Odd Squad
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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 Let’s Go Luna! 8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Wild Kratts 9:30 Wild Kratts 10:00 Odd Squad 10:30 Odd Squad
Splash & Bubbles
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In the Spotlight Doc Martin: From the Mouths of Babes [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]
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Chicago Tonight Finding Your Roots: Reporting on the Reporters Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry, and Lisa Ling that the stories within their own family trees are every bit as compelling as the news stories they have been covering. 9:00 Frontline: Trump’s Trade War 10:00 Amelia Earhart: American Experience Explore the life of the trailblazing pilot who broke records but then mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on a solo flight around the world. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Billings (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Out of State See Mon. May 6 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Prisoner of Her Past See Sun. May 5 at 2:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Moose – Life of a Twig Eater Travel to Canada’s Rockies and into the world of moose to experience a calf’s first year of life. 9:00 NOVA: Inside the Megafire 10:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Car (Part 4 of 6) Go for a ride through the 9,000-year history of the car, from its roots in dogsleds to Henry Ford’s affordable and assembly line-built Model T, and meet the scientists working on the next generation of self-driving automobiles. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: Reporting on the Reporters See Tues. May 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Amelia Earhart: American Experience See Tues. May 7 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: Trump’s Trade War See Tues. May 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Moose – Life of a Twig Eater See Wed. May 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Inside the Megafire See Wed. May 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Car (Part 4 of 6) See Wed. May 8 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. May 4 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:00 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
Dominic West as Jean Valjean
Les Misérables on Masterpiece This new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece comes to a close. Dominic West stars as fugitive Jean Valjean; with David Oyelowo as his pursuer, Inspector Javert; Lily Collins as the luckless single mother Fantine; and Ellie Bamber and Josh O’Connor as the young lovers Cosette and Marius. Love, death, and the struggle for social justice in early 19th-century France feature in this beautifully faithful retelling of one of the world’s most beloved stories.
Sundays, May 5, 12, 19 8:00 pm
Photo: Courtesy of Mainstreet Pictures for ITV and Masterpiece
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 RFK: American Experience This program reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of the third Kennedy son, chronicling the pivotal role RFK played in many of the major events of the 1960s. 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Joe Flamm, John Darnielle Mark welcomes Top Chef winner and Spiaggia Executive Chef Joe Flamm and musician/ novelist John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats). 10:30 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up A collection of Jay’s food stories. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Ema, Passero, Whisk Alpana welcomes Villa Park resident and medical science liaison Monica Timmerman, who recommended the River North eatery EMA; writer Helen Weiner, who loves Passero in Arlington Heights; and South Loop business development executive Carlos Vasquez, who chose Whisk in West Town. 8:30 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Picture-Perfect Pozole Party Pork and hominy stew simmering over a wood fire is a clarion call to a homespun fiesta. But pozole can be found in the abundant pozolerias around Mexico.
Kevin McNally
Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece When a 16-year-old girl’s remains are discovered, Cassie and Sunny work to track down the killer. Don’t miss the exciting conclusion of season 3 of this suspenseful British series.
Sundays, May 5 and 12 9:00 pm 2019
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MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour: Brookline Midcentury Modern House – What’s The Miter with the Corner? 11:00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food: Scallops, Steak, Pastry Puff 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: You Say Tomato, I Say Domata
Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs The Roadshow and host Mark Walberg arrives at the starting gate of Churchill Downs in Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby for three episodes full of family heirlooms, yard sale bargains, and long-lost items salvaged from attics and basements. Watch as appraisers reveal some fascinating truths about some interesting finds, including a Twin Spires painted roof slate from around 1895, a 1943 Picasso ink-on-paper and 1963 letter, and an art deco brooch. Which one is worth up to $200,000?
Monday, May 6, 13, and 20, 8:00 pm 9:00
Live from Lincoln Center: Cynthia Erivo in Concert Enjoy a soulful evening of song from British-born Cynthia Erivo, who won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in The Color Purple before starring in several films, including Widows. 10:00 Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan (Part 1 of 3) Babita and Adnan begin their epic journey in Adipur, and Babita discovers a town that hosts the world’s only Charlie Chaplin festival. On the other side of the border, Adnan explores the cultural life of Karachi. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:30 RFK: American Experience See Thurs. May 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Amelia Earhart: American Experience [R]
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AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Smothered and Dowdied 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Hong Kong, China 1:00 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Egypt 1:30 Simply Ming: Fatima Ali 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Flavors of Thailand 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Sandwiches 3:30 Martha Bakes: Apples 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Secrets of Thailand 4:30 Check, Please! Ema, Passero, Whisk See Fri. May 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Picture-Perfect Pozole Party See Fri. May 10 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Glasgow and Scottish Passions EVENING 6:00 Islands Without Cars with Kira Cook: Scotland’s Isles of Eigg and Easdale The Isle Eigg lies off the Scottish West coast, and Easdale is the smallest permanently inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides. 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Sacrifice of Tantalus When Inspector Mallory’s pursuit of a fugitive ends in disaster, a familiar face returns to hunt the culprit. 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: This Rough Magic Old school magician Lawrence Pross’s unlucky volunteer is fatally trapped in his medieval iron maiden. His daughter Maggie convinces him to enlist Frank and Lu. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 6 of 8) In part two, Jack and his team face a tough challenge when tragedy strikes close to home.
10:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 6 of 8) [R] 11:00 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 6 of 8) Yeardley reveals a new threat to the colony, while Massinger finds himself in a vulnerable position.
Sunday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Doc Martin: From the Mouths of Babes [R] 1:00 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) [R] 2:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) [R] 3:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Cynthia Erivo in Concert See Fri. May 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan (Part 1 of 3) See Fri. May 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Jason Mayden – Designer, Nike 11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Fish Hits the Fire 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Bright Summer Feast 1:00 Confucius Was a Foodie: Celebrations, Ceremonies, and the Dumpling 2:00 To be announced EVENING 6:00 Doc Martin: Accidental Hero Penhale decides to have a police open house to raise community awareness. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 7 of 8) Learn why Mother Mildred decides it’s time for Sister Frances to attend her first solo birth. 8:00 Les Miserables on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) As revolution sweeps Paris, Valjean and Cosette hide out, Marius searches for Cosette, Thenardier disappears, and Javert obsessively tracks Valjean. 9:00 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) The team races to find evidence to prove the identity of Hayley’s killer. 10:00 Check, Please! Ema, Passero, Whisk [R] 10:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Joe Flamm, John Darnielle See Thurs. May 9 at 10:00 pm. [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: John Prine
Monday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Film School Shorts: Finding Home 12:30 The Kate 1:30 Father Brown: The Sacrifice of Tantalus See Sat. May 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: This Rough Magic See Sat. May 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 6 of 8) See Sat. May 11 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up See Thurs. May 9 at 10:30 pm. [R] 5:00 J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom 5:30 Martha Bakes: Cocoa MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 2 of 3) Finds at Churchill Downs Racetrack include an MGM Grinch figure, a Victorian mourning jewelry
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Cynthia Erivo
Live from Lincoln Center: Stars In Concert For three successive Friday evenings, WTTW gives you a front row seat to a series of bravura performances by three of Broadway’s brightest stars – Cynthia Erivo, Annaleigh Ashford, and Megan Hilty – who have headlined some of the most successful productions on the Great White Way. Watch as they apply their considerable charisma and talent to songs across the musical spectrum.
Fridays, May 10, 17, and 24, 9:00 pm
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Tuesday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 12 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Les Miserables on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. May 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. May 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
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Check, Please! Ema, Passero, Whisk [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 10 Modern Marvels that Changed America Geoffrey Baer takes a whirlwind tour of 10 engineering feats that made our civilization possible. 9:00 Frontline: One Day in Gaza 10:00 Annie Oakley: American Experience Meet the Ohio sharpshooter who won fame and fortune in a man’s world for never missing a shot. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Billings (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Harvest Season See Mon. May 13 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Joe Flamm, John Darnielle [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Babita Sharma
Dangerous Borders In this new three-part series, British journalists Babita Sharma and Adnan Sarwar are on an epic trek along the still-contentious border that divides the two countries. Seventy years after the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan, the pair travels on either side of the 2,000-mile border to discover the realities of the lives of those living there.
Fridays, May 10, 17, and 24, 10:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Equus – Story of the Horse: Origins Ever since the mysterious beginning of our extraordinary partnership, humans and horses flourished side by side. What makes us so perfect for each other? 9:00 NOVA: First Horse Warriors Horse riding played a key role in human expansion and civilization. But when and how did people first master these animals? 10:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Rocket (Part 5 of 6) Learn the explosive history of the rocket, from its origin in ancient China, to its use as a weapon of war, to how adding hydrogen allowed it to carry astronauts all the way to the moon. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:30 10 Modern Marvels that Changed America See Tues. May 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Annie Oakley: American Experience See Tues. May 14 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: One Day in Gaza See Tues. May 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Doc Martin: Accidental Hero See Sun. May 12 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark series with this in-depth overview of the iconic documentary. See video clips and interviews with Ken Burns, Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and others. 9:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon. Filmmakers Burns and Dayton Duncan vividly reveal fascinating behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the series. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Norman Y. Mineta
Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story Meet the statesman who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. Imprisoned by the U.S. during World War II for his Japanese ancestry, Mineta rose to become the first Asian American to serve in a presidential cabinet.
Monday, May 20 9:00 pm
Photo: Courtesy of Sinisa Kukic
collection, and a symphonic harp mandolin. Which is worth $70,000-$90,000? 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Billings (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include an 1843 artillery sword and belt; a 1925 sequined flapper dress and gold lamé coat; and a collection of ruby, diamond, and jade rings valued at $60,000. 10:00 Independent Lens: Harvest Season Spend an agricultural year in Napa Valley and meet unsung people who make some of the world’s most celebrated wines. 11:30 BBC World News
Friday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Equus – Story of the Horse: Origins See Wed. May 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: First Horse Warriors See Wed. May 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Rocket (Part 5 of 6) See Wed. May 15 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 6 of 8) See Sat. May 11 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival Food Hall, Club Lucky 8:30 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Beautifully Balanced Ceviche Rick demonstrates
Teague (left) and Jaquan
Independent Lens: Wrestle Meet four Alabama high school wrestlers facing challenges on and off the mat. Along with their coach, they grapple with obstacles that jeopardize their success but, despite the odds, these young men pursue their goals with humor and courage.
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MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour: Brookline Midcentury Modern House – See Glass 11:00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food: Tuna, Meatballs, Cookies 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Beans for Humanity
Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke: A Celebration Dick Van Dyke is a beloved entertainment icon whose career includes The Dick Van Dyke Show and movies such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bye Bye Birdie, and A Night at the Museum. This engaging tribute includes footage and commentary from cast members of The Dick Van Dyke Show – Mary Tyler Moore, Carl Reiner, Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, and Dick Van Dyke himself. Interviews also include: Tim Conway, Sid Caesar, Pat Boone, Pat Carroll and Tim Allen.
Thursday, May 23 8:00 pm
how three eateries translate super-fresh fish into beautifully balanced ceviches. 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Annaleigh Ashford in Concert This Broadway favorite has thrilled audiences in Sunday in the Park with George, Kinky Boots, and more. Tonight, she lends her comedic verve to an evening of mischievous fun. 10:00 Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan (Part 2 of 3) The second Part of Adnan’s and Babita’s journey takes them through the province of Punjab. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Rocket (Part 5 of 6) [R] 1:30 10 Modern Marvels that Changed America [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 2 of 3) [R] 12
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AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: BBQ Thighs, Fried Peach Pies 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Greater Palm Springs, California 1:00 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of North Lake Tahoe 1:30 Simply Ming: Carla Hall 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: How to Roast Everything 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Turkey 3:30 Martha Bakes: Cultured Dairy 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Pizza and Pasta 4:30 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival Food Hall, Club Lucky See Fri. May 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Beautifully Balanced Ceviche See Fri. May 17 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: The Heart of England EVENING 6:00 Islands Without Cars with Kira Cook: Netherlands’ Island of Schiermonnikoog Amsterdam’s car-free ethos has been evolving for centuries. We caught up with two Americans playing a significant part in that evolution. 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The House of God Suspicions are aroused when the holiest house in Kembleford is linked to the death of a wanton woman. 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Toil and Trouble When the Mayor of Arden is discovered murdered in his isolated cottage, suspicion falls on a local man, but he’s nowhere to be found. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 7 of 8) Saint Marie mourns when radio legend Dezzie Dixon is murdered live on air, and Jack must find the culprit.
10:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 7 of 8) [R] 11:00 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 7 of 8) When Maria’s trust is betrayed, she runs away into the wilderness, leaving a life hanging in the balance.
Sunday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Doc Martin: Accidental Hero [R] 1:00 Unforgotten Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) [R] 2:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) [R] 3:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Annaleigh Ashford in Concert See Fri. May 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan (Part 2 of 3) See Fri. May 17 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Leila Janah – Social Entrepreneur, Samasource 11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: The PacRim Grill 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: What’s Baking 1:00 Confucius Was a Foodie: Noodles – Long for Life, Food of Legends 2:00 To be announced EVENING 6:00 Doc Martin: Blade on the Feather Louisa buys a new car, and Martin’s blood phobia causes a disaster with a patient. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 8 of 8) The Turners are emotional over May’s impending adoption. Sister Hilda digs deep to give a terminally ill patient her final wish. 8:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) Marius mans the barricades, where a hostile Valjean intercepts him. They end up fleeing together through the sewers of Paris. 9:30 PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon See Fri. May 3 at 10:30 pm. [R] 10:00 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival Food Hall, Club Lucky [R] 10:30 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: J.A. Adande, Scott Thompson Mark welcomes ESPN commentator J.A. Adande and comedian Scott Thompson. 11:00 Austin City Limits: St. Vincent
Monday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Film School Shorts: Beyond Her Years 12:30 The Kate 1:30 Father Brown: The House of God See Sat. May 18 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Toil and Trouble See Sat. May 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 7 of 8) See Sat. May 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Jay’s Chicago: Better World Five Chicagoans making an impact. 5:00 J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom 5:00 Martha Bakes: Grapes MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 3 of 3) Finds include
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Rabbi Chava Bahle and Fr. Tom Hurley
Leaps of Faiths Love tests faith. Faith tests love. Interfaith marriage - how does that work? What about the in-laws? How to raise the kids? For 30 years, Catholics and Jews in Chicago have found that the answers don’t have to be so hard boundaries can be crossed - divisions healed. And the kids? This new local documentary follows five who grew up learning both Judaism and Catholicism from 8th grade through high school, college, and beyond. Their families imagined possibilities - and discovered them.
Thursday, May 23 9:00 pm
a Chinese gilt bronze Bodhisattva; a Nicolai Fechin oil portrait; and a caved holly sewing box. Guess which is valued at $60,000-$150,000? 9:00 Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story 10:00 Independent Lens: Wrestle 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 19 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
In the Spotlight
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 10 Streets that Changed America Geoffrey Baer takes a whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around. 9:00 Frontline: Supreme Revenge 10:00 Emma Goldman: American Experience For almost half a century, Russian emigrant Emma Goldman was the most controversial woman in America, with her fervent attacks on government, big business, and war. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 3 of 3) [R] 1:30 Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story See Mon. May 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Wrestle See Mon. May 20 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: J.A. Adande, Scott Thompson See Sun. May 19 at 10:30 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise
National Memorial Day Concert 2019 Join co-hosts 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 special 30th anniversary celebration 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. This tribute to our military airs live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.
Sunday, May 26 7:00 and 8:30 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Equus: Story of the Horse – Chasing the Wind 9:00 NOVA: Lost Viking Army Bioarchaeologists investigate a ninth-century mass grave in a rural English village. Will the remains unlock the mystery of the “Great Heathen Army,” a legendary Viking fighting force? 10:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Smartphone (Part 6 of 6) Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse Code to 2007, when Apple unveiled the first-ever iPhone. Plus, see how the next generation of smartphones will allow us to communicate through them just by thinking. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:30 10 Streets that Changed America See Tues. May 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Dick Van Dyke: A Celebration 9:00 Leaps of Faiths 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rebecca Makkai, Michelle Cox Mark welcomes two novelists: Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers) and Michelle Cox (Henrietta and Inspector Howard series). 10:30 Jay’s Chicago: Chicago Lore 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Equus: Story of the Horse – Chasing the Wind See Wed. May 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Lost Viking Army See Wed. May 22 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Smartphone (Part 6 of 6) See Wed. May 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 7 of 8) See Sat. May 18 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic 8:30 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Tried & True Tamales There are seemingly as many styles of tamales as there are regions in Mexico. We’ll see the iconic cornhusked versions at the casual Tamales Teresita, as well as the denser, banana leaf-wrapped Chiapanecos style, sold by a family outside the historic San Juan Bautisa church. 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Megan Hilty in Concert Join the Tony-nominated star of Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, Noises Off, and NBC’s
Smash for a new concert special featuring a versatile set of musical theater favorites and classic standards. 10:00 Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan (Part 3 of 3) On the third and final leg of their journey, Adnan and Babita travel along the northern Part of the border that divides India and Pakistan. It is the most contested section of the border and the most dangerous. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World – The Smartphone (Part 6 of 6) [R] 1:30 10 Streets that Changed America [R] 2:30 Dick Van Dyke: A Celebration See Thurs. May 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Leaps of Faiths See Thurs. May 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC Newsnight 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour: Brookline Midcentury Modern House – Attack of the Giant Tile 11:00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food: Chops, Linguine, Fish Cakes 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Ancient Greece for Modern Cooks AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Ribs and Mashed Potatoes Revisited 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Lake Geneva and the Valais, Switzerland 1:00 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg: Hidden Gems of Riviera Navarit 1:30 Simply Ming: Jacques Pepin 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: All Chocolate, All the Time 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: French Bistro Classics 3:30 Martha Bakes: Lemons 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Tunisian Couscous 4:30 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic See Fri. May 24 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Tried & True Tamales See Fri. May 24 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Lisbon
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EVENING 6:00 Islands Without Cars with Kira Cook: Michigan’s Mackinac Island This episode includes a Somewhere in Time experience (after the 1979 cult film), the Lilac Festival, carriage lessons, and island-specialty fudge-making. 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Blood of Anarchists Tensions rise to deadly levels when a performance troupe of anarchists arrive in Kembleford, intent on starting a revolution. When the troupe’s writer is found dead in a locked outhouse Father Brown is not convinced that suicide is the cause. 8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Exit, Pursued by a Bear It’s a slow day in the office for Frank and Lu until a hysterical Sally Balthasar flies into the office – someone’s threatening her and she simply cannot perform under these conditions. 9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 8 of 8) A horseback riding expedition is cut short when Jack discovers the dead body of a rider in the most expected of places – the police station itself. 10:00 Call the Midwife (Season 8, Part 8 of 8) [R]
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11:00 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) Jocelyn uses secret intelligence to claim a stronghold in town, but Yeardley forms a plan that will change Jamestown forever. Silas’s collusion with the Pamunkey comes to a head. Jocelyn learns what it means to lose everything.
Sunday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Doc Martin: Blade on the Feather [R] 1:00 Les Misérables on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) [R] 2:30 PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon [R] 3:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Megan Hilty in Concert See Fri. May 24 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Dangerous Borders: A Journey Across India & Pakistan (Part 3 of 3) See Fri. May 24 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Jim Mcingvale – Philanthropist, Gallery Furniture 11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
AFTERNOON 12:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Grill-Top Cocktail Party 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Summertime Fun 1:00 Confucius Was a Foodie: The Big Picture 2:00 Pritzker Military Presents: Tom Conner – War and Remembrance Author Tom Conner discusses his book War and Remembrance, which details the history and practice of the American Battle Monuments Commission. 3:00 To be announced EVENING 6:00 Doc Martin: All My Trials As Season eight draws to a close, Martin stops practicing the week before his hearing, but patients continue to solicit his advice. An American tourist (special guest star Sigourney Weaver) asks Mrs. Tishell for help, and Penhale commissions a bust of himself. 7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2019 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2019 [R] 10:00 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic [R] 10:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rebecca Makkai, Michelle Cox See Thurs. May 23 at 10:00 pm. [R]
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Monday 27 Memorial Day EARLY MORNING 12:00 Film School Shorts: Missing Pieces 12:30 The Kate 1:30 Father Brown: The Blood of Anarchists See Sat. May 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Exit, Pursued by a Bear See Sat. May 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 8 of 8) See Sat. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Jay’s Chicago: Chicago Lore See Thurs. May 23 at 10:30 pm. [R] 5:00 J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom 5:30 Martha Bakes: Almonds MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 A City at War: Chicago At the beginning of America’s engagement in World War II, FDR called on the country to become major producers of war materiel to help
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Educator Catherine Ross Cook is surprised with a Golden Apple
Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2019 Brandis Friedman hosts this 34th annual ceremony, taped at WTTW on May 18, honoring outstanding teachers representing schools throughout the Chicago area. This year, the award recognizes high school educators and one exemplary school principal.
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defeat the Axis powers. This film explores how the Windy City answered that call. Narrated by Bill Kurtis. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include a circa 1950 Walter Anderson linocut; an 1899 “Buffalo Bill” poster; and a 1928 Art Deco bronze sculpture of dancers from the Russian Ballet, created by Romanian artist Demeter Chiparus and valued at $100,000 to $150,000. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi (Part 2 of 3) Highlights include a 1943 National League signed baseball; a circa 1770 sword used in the Revolutionary War; and a beautifully preserved 1811 silk-on-silk embroidery, made in Philadelphia and taken from an English print valued at $40,000 to $50,000. 10:00 Going to War What is it really like to go to war? This documentary illuminates the experiences of training, battle, and coming home for soldiers across conflicts, revealing the universals of the warrior’s journey. Leading the exploration are Sebastian Junger, bestselling author and director of the Oscar-nominated film Restrepo, and Karl Marlantes, decorated Marine officer and author of the bestselling novel Matterhorn and the memoir What It is Like to Go to War. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Doc Martin: All My Trials See Sun. May 26 at 6:00 pm. [R] 1:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2019 See Sun. May 26 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Jamestown (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) See Sat. May 25 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Check, Please! Big Ed’s BBQ, Serai, Bistronomic [R] 4:30 BBC World News [R] 5:00 Death in Paradise (Season 8, Part 8 of 8) [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Rachel Carson: American Experience Meet the scientist whose groundbreaking writings revolutionized our relationship to the natural world. Mary-Louise Parker is the voice of Rachel Carson in this moving and intimate portrait. 10:00 Frontline: Sex Trafficking in America 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:30 A City at War: Chicago See Mon. May 27 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 27 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 27 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Going to War See Mon. May 27 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Soul of the Elephant Delve into the hearts, minds, and souls of elephants through the eyes of awardwinning filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, whose uniquely personal experiences with these iconic creatures of Africa provide a window into their remarkable lives. 9:00 NOVA: Inside Einstein’s Mind Retrace Einstein’s thought experiments as NOVA reveals the simple but powerful ideas that reshaped our understanding of gravity, illuminating the theory of general relativity – and Einstein’s brilliance – as never before. 10:00 Light Falls 11:30 BBC World News
was the first time in almost 30 years that the band had performed on a festival stage, and fans sang along to hit after hit performed by Jeff Lynne and the band, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Songs include: “Evil Woman,” “Strange Magic,” “Don’t Bring Me Down,” “Mr. Blue Sky,” and “Handle With Care.” 9:30 Jeff Lynne’s ELO at Hyde Park [R] 11:00 BBC World News
Friday 31 EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2019 9:00 To be announced 10:30 Monrovia, Indiana
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Thursday 30 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Frontline: Sex Trafficking in America See Tues. May 28 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Nature: Soul of the Elephant See Wed. May 29 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 NOVA: Inside Einstein’s Mind See Wed. May 29 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 The Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rebecca Makkai, Michelle Cox [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Jeff Lynne’s ELO at Hyde Park The Electric Light Orchestra, led by Jeff Lynne, is one of the most successful British bands of all time, with global sales of more than 50 million albums. In September 2014, the band headlined BBC Radio 2’s Festival In A Day in London’s Hyde Park. It
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Monrovia, Indiana Take a complex and nuanced view at daily life in Monrovia, Indiana, and gain understanding of a rural mid-American way of life that has always been important to the country, but whose influence and force have not always been recognized in big cities.
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Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel America’s Test Kitchen Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 9:00 pm (5/6, 5/13, 5/27) Wednesdays, 12:30 am (5/8, 5/22) Wednesdays, 1:30 am (5/8, 5/15, 5/29) Wednesday, 2:30 am (5/29) Tuesday, 3:30 am (5/21) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/18) Check, Please! Fridays, 8:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24) Saturdays, 4:30 pm Sundays, 10:00 pm Tuesdays, 4:00 am (5/14, 5/28) Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Kitchen Saturdays, 4:00 pm Confucius Was a Foodie Sundays, 1:00 pm Cooks Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm Islands without Cars Saturdays, 6:00 pm J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Mondays, 5:00 am Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food Saturdays, 11:00 am Lidia’s Kitchen Sundays, 12:30 pm Martha Bakes Saturdays, 3:30 pm Mondays, 5:30 Martha Stewart Cooking School Saturdays, 3:00 pm Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Fridays, 8:30 pm Saturdays, 5:00 pm My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saturdays, 11:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:30 pm Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 12:30 pm Simply Ming Saturdays, 1:30 pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Sundays, 12:00 pm Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Saturdays, 1:00 pm This Old House Hour Saturdays, 10:00 am To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Sundays, 11:00 am
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Public Affairs • History • Documentary Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:30 pm Amelia Earhart: American Experience Tuesday, 10:00 pm (5/7) Thursday, 1:30 am (5/9) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/11) Annie Oakley: American Experience Tuesday, 10:00 pm (5/14) Thursday, 1:30 am (5/16) BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 am Chicago Tonight Mondays-Fridays, 7:00 pm, 5:00 am Chinese Exclusion Act: American Experience Thursday, 8:00 pm (5/2) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/4) City at War: Chicago Monday, 7:00 pm (5/27) Wednesday, 12:30 am (5/29) Dangerous Borders: A Journey across India & Pakistan Fridays, 8:00 pm (5/10, 5/17, 5/24) Sundays, 4:00 am (5/12, 5/19, 5/26) Emma Goldman Tuesday, 10:00 pm (5/21) Thursday, 1:30 am (5/23) Finding Your Roots Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (5/7) Thursdays, 12:30 am (5/9) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Sundays, 11:30 am Frontline Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (5/7, 5/14, 5/21) Thursdays, 2:30 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Thursday, 1:00 am (5/30) Going to War Monday, 10:00 pm (5/27) Wednesday, 3:30 am (5/29) Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching Friday, 8:00 pm (5/31)
Independent Lens Mondays, 10:00 pm (5/6, 5/13, 5/20) Wednesday, 2:30 am (5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Interview Show with Mark Bazer Thursdays, 10:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/23) Sundays, 10:30 pm Sunday, 4:30 am (5/5) Wednesday, 4:00 am (5/22) Jay’s Chicago Thursdays, 10:30 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/23) Mondays, 4:30 am Ken Burns: The Civil War Thursday, 8:00 pm (5/16) Ken Burns: The National Parks Thursday, 9:30 pm (5/16) Leaps of Faith Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/23) Saturday, 3:30 am (5/25) Monrovia, Indiana Friday, 10:30 pm (5/31) Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story Monday, 9:00 pm (5/20) Wednesday, 1:30 am (5/22) PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturdays, 6:30 pm Sundays, 4:30 pm PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon Friday, 10:30 pm (5/3) Sunday, 9:30 pm (5/19) Sunday, 2:30 am (5/26) Prisoner of Her Past Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/5) Wednesday, 3:30 am (5/8) Pritzker Military Presents Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/26) Rachel Carson: American Experience Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (5/28) RFK: American Experience Thursday, 8:00 pm (5/9) Saturday, 12:30 am (5/11) 10 Modern Marvels that Changed America Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/14) Thursday, 12:30 am (5/16) Saturday, 1:30 am (5/18) 10 Streets that Changed America Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/21) Thursday, 12:30 am (5/23) Saturday, 1:30 am (5/25) Washington Week Fridays, 7:30 pm
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• Daily Radio Programming Programmer’s Picks Exploring Music Goes to Marlboro Marlboro Music welcomes visitors with a sign reading “Caution: Musicians at Play.” Since 1951, Marlboro has been home to great music-making. Host Bill McGlaughlin spends a week in the peaceful Vermont summer.
With Heart and Voice
CSO Features Its Own Virtuosi
Given the abundance of great Easter music, Peter DuBois couldn’t play enough of it in April, so he’ll play more this month. Following will be a dualthemed hour: celebrating Ascension Day, and honoring Memorial Day.
Soloists from the orchestra on Chicago Symphony broadcasts include concertmaster Robert Chen; brass artists Jay Friedman, Michael Mulcahy, Charles Vernon, and Gene Pokorny in music written for them; flutist Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson; and trumpeter Christopher Martin.
Sundays, May 19 and 26, 6:00 am
Weekdays, April 29-May 3, 7:00 pm
Wednesday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • LeJeune Revecy venir du printans; Voicy le verd et beau May – Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel. Sony SK-68259. [7:27] Claude Debussy Images, set 3, for orchestra: Rondes de printemps – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-62599. [8:05] Peter Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37: May and June – Bekova Piano Trio. Chandos CHAN-9719 (2). [10:10] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0017175-02. [10:13] 11:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80619. [18:01] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Lee Dionne live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Franz Liszt Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust: Nocurnal Procession; Dance in the Village Inn – Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon. Erato ECD-88235. [27:11] Join us tonight at 8:00 to hear Recovering A Musical Heritage hosted by Maestro Conlon. 2:00 Johannes Brahms Horn Trio in E-flat, Op. 40 – Chicago Chamber Musicians. CCM 1995-2001. [29:08] Break 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Various Siciliano; Hexentanz – Stephen Hough, p. Virgin Classics
59509-2. [5:16] Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Mariinsky Orch/ Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky MAR-0553. [12:50] Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D: III. Nocturne – Joshua Bell, v; St. Luke’s Orch/Michael Stern. Sony 88985395202. [6:38] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Marlboro Music 8:00 Recovering A Musical Heritage: The host, conductor James Conlon, discusses and samples music by composers suppressed, imprisoned, or killed under the Third Reich. We are rebroadcasting this special in honor of Yom HaShoah, the state of Israel’s official Holocaust remembrance day, which begins tonight. 9:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Vanessa McKeand, h; Carol Wincenc, f; David Campbell, cl; Allegri Quartet. Virgin Classics 90721-2. [10:32] Edward Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 – Solo quartet, London Sym Strings/Sir Colin Davis. LSO Live LSO-0109. [14:48] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture – Royal
All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
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Sundays, May 5, 12, 19, 26, 8:00 pm
Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:22] 11:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op. 119 – Gabriel Schwabe, vc; Malmö Sym/Marc Soustrot. Naxos 8.573737. [17:47] 12:00 Newscast • Samuel Barber Serenade for Strings, Op. 1 – Do.gma Chamber Orch/ Mikhail Gurewitsch. MD+G Recordings 9121717. [10:17] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 436623-2. [17:27] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento No. 12 in E-Flat, K. 252 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419192-2. [12:41] 2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach FourClavier Concerto in a, BWV 1065 – Frantz, Oppitz, Schmidt, p’s; Hamburg Sym/Christoph Eschenbach, p. DG 4156552. [11:24] Robert Schumann Konzertstück in F, Op. 86 – Solo quartet, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Archive 457591-2 (3). [17:40] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Seattle Sym/ Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1002. [15:28] Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – JeanYves Thibaudet, p; Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy. London 440653-2. [23:27] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Marlboro Music 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jeffrey Anderson, tuba – Cage: The Seasons. Robin Holloway: Europa and the Bull. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra.
In the Spotlight
James Conlon
Recovering A Musical Heritage Currently music director of the Los Angeles Opera and principal conductor of the RAI National Symphony of Turin, Italy, James Conlon has had an international career that has taken him to the Metropolitan Opera, the Paris Opera, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the city of Cologne, and the Cincinnati May and Ravinia festivals – he was Ravinia’s music director from 2005 to 2015. A constant interest has been the championing of musicians silenced, imprisoned, or killed under the Third Reich; for bringing this music to light he’s been recognized by the Anti-Defamation League, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Zemlinsky Prize. Please join us to hear Mr Conlon offer an exploration of music from a lost generation, works forgotten for decades. He’ll illuminate the stories and legacies of composers including Alexander von Zemlinsky, Franz Schreker, Victor Ullmann, and Erwin Schulhoff. And many more.
Observing Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah
Wednesday, May 1 8:00 pm
Friday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Dame Myra Hess, p. Philips 456832-2 (2). [3:38] Bach (Flute) Sonata in e, BWV 1034 – Avi Avital, mandolin; Potsdam Chamber Academy. DG B0016801-02. [13:49] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 2 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47116-2. [17:49] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Houston Sym/ Christoph Eschenbach. Virgin Classics 61360-2 (4). [11:08] 11:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat, K. 281 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4835522. [13:43] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet – St. Petersburg Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 4758353. [18:35] Serge Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: Folk Dance; Scene; Minuet; The Young Juliet; Masks – Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics 1016. [15:57] 2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio No. 6 in B-Flat, Op. 97, Archduke – André Previn, p; Viktoria Mullova, v; Heinrich Schiff, vc. Philips 442123-2. [37:51] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • George Gershwin Cuban Overture—St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDC7-49278-2. [9:43] Ernesto Lecuona Andalucía, Suite Espagnole: Gitanerias, Malagueña, Cordoba – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 411442. [9:08] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, Op. 11 – Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble. Cedille CDR-90000179. [7:21] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Marlboro Music 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:55 (EARLIER than usual) Best of Studs Terkel: Celebrating Pete Seeger’s centennial with a show first heard in 1955.
Saturday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with
Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s “Aida” – Anna Netrebko (Aida); Aleksandrs Antonenko (Radames); Anita Rachvelishvili (Amneris); Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro); Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis); Ryan Speedo Green (King); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Nicola Luisotti. 3:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Gerald Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 – Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-7069. [9:53] Ottorino Respighi Adagio con variazioni – Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Moscow Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Russian Disc RDCD-11104. [12:04] Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Hilary Hahn, v; London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. DG 4798295 (2). [16:10] Lawrence Ashmore Four Seasons (Suite on English Folk Songs): I. Spring – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble. RCA 60437-2. [6:28] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in d, BWV 1052 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell, hc. Avie AV2207 (2). [24:17] Bach Sheep May Safely Graze – Yo-Yo Ma, Baroque-vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-60681. [3:38] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Historic Figures in Opera 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Ludwig van Beethoven Variations in D on the Turkish March, Op. 76 – Emil Gilels, p. EMI CDFB5-69509-2 (2). [7:08] Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a – Royal Phil/ André Previn. Telarc CD80197. [18:19] Henry Purcell Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge Suite – Tafelmusik/ Jeanne Lamon. Analekta AN29811. [7:04] Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-120. [17:09] 6:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339: Laudate Dominum – Renée Fleming, s; Royal Phil/Andreas Delfs. London 4757177. [4:24] Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, Prague – Scottish Chamber Orch/James Conlon. Erato ECD-88093. [26:14] Johann Strauss II The Gypsy Baron: Entrance March – Vienna Philonic/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [3:33] Strauss Family Entrance march fr
Kindra Scharich, mezzo soprano Jeffrey LaDeur, pianist Sunday, May 12 – 6:30 p.m. Mezzo soprano Kindra Scharich has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for “exuberant vitality,” “fearless technical precision” and “irrepressible musical splendor.” Pianist Jeffrey LaDeur appears throughout the U.S. as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborative pianist. Their program will feature Beethoven An die Ferne Geliebte op.98, Schumann Frauenliebe op.42 and Fantasy (for piano) in C op. 17. Enjoy music in the intimate space of the Norris gallery. Save $5 on each ticket purchased in advance. Visit www.NorrisCulturalArts.com for ticket link and information.
Norris Cultural Arts Center 630-584-7200 | 1040 Dunham Road | St. Charles, Illinois 60174 The Gypsy Barton; On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz; Radetzky March – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [18:34] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music by the Spanish composer Leonardo Balada 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Ari & Mia live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Birthday honors for Sweelinck, Monteverdi, Brahms, and Fauré. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – London Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 4758525 (5). [13:38] Various Spanish Dance fr La Vida Breve; Zapateado fr Tres Danzas Andaluzas – Brazilian Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3466. [8:51] Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDM4-89485-2. [26:38]
1:00 Antonio Vivaldi Trio Sonata in C, R. 82 – Julien Martineau, mandolin; Boris Begelman, v; Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc. Naïve V-5455. [9:59] Johannes Brahms Clarinet Trio in a, Op. 114 – Paul Meyer, cl; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Nicholas Angelich, p. Warner 0825646285495 (3). [26:52] Franz Schubert Vocal Quartet, An die Sonne, D. 439 – New York Vocal Arts Ensemble/Raymond Beegle, p. Arabesque Z-6689. [6:16] Giacomo Puccini La Bohème: From act 3: Donde lieta uscì; Dunque è proprio finita – Freni, Pavarotti et al, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. London 4780368 (2). [9:35] 2:00 Virgil Thomson Louisiana Story Suite – New London Orch/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [20:37] Jean Sibelius The Tempest, Op. 109: Suite No. 2 – Danish National Radio Sym/Leif Segerstam. Chandos CHAN-8943. [24:54] Serge Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Death of Tybalt – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 453439-2. [4:47] 3:00 Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15 – Paul Lewis, p; Swedish Radio Sym/Daniel Harding. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902191. [49:19] Brahms Four Songs (Women’s 2019
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In the Spotlight
Laura Strickling
Live from WFMT: Instrumental and Vocal Chamber Music Laura Strickling has performed numerous recitals and oratorio solos in New York City and Philadelphia. A Chicago native and 2012 resident artist at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Ms. Strickling has presented both concert classics and works of new music. Pianist Daniel Schlosberg, on the music faculty at the University of Notre Dame, is well known as both a solo and collaborative pianist, with a special interest in song accompaniment. Baird Dodge has been the principal second violinist of the Chicago Symphony since 2002. Both Mr. Dodge and Ms. Strickling, sharing as they do a particular commitment to contemporary music, have performed works by American composer James Matheson, and a Matheson song cycle will be on their upcoming Live from WFMT broadcast, along with music by Brahms, Britten, Messiaen, and André Previn.
Monday, May 6 8:00 pm
Chorus, Two Horns & Harp), Op. 17: #1, Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang – RIAS Chamber Cho/Marcus Creed. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901592. [4:16] 4:00 Astor Piazzolla Three Tango Sensations – Fareed Haque, guitar; KAIA String Quartet. Delmark DE-5029. [15:56] Alberto Ginastera Tres Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 – Martha Argerich, p. EMI CDC576850-2. [6:57] Maurice Ravel La Valse – Vienna Phil/ André Previn. Philips 4162962. [13:11] Frédéric Chopin Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. London 4785334. [12:59]
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5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish – Nikolaj Znaider, v; London Sym. LSO Live 0807. [28:40] Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384: Vaudeville finale, Nie werd’ich deine Huld – Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 417402-2 (2). [5:45] Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches, Suite #1, Op. 10: In the Village; Procession of the Sardar – Borusan Istanbul Phil/ Sascha Goetzel. Onyx 4124. [10:12] Various Galabovska Ruchenitsa; Cuando el Rey Nimrod – Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9898. [8:17] Edward Elgar Lux Aeterna after Op. 36 – New College Choir Oxford U/Edward Higginbottom. Erato 146342. [3:43] Gustav Holst The Morning of the Year: Dances – London Sym/David Atherton. Lyrita SRCD.209. [13:45] Rutter Suite for Strings on English Folksongs – Royal Phil Strings/ John Rutter. London B000182102. [12:33] Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – BBC Sym/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 420085-2. [15:13] 7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor; Robert Chen, violin – Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture; Symphony No. 40 in g. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. We also hear Beethoven’s first symphony conducted by Fritz Reiner. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Klaus Tennstedt conducts the Boston Symphony in works by Webern, Haydn, and Bruckner.
Monday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Gioachino Rossini La Cenerentola Overture – European Wind Soloists/Patrick De Ritis. Naxos 8.573259. [8:00] Serge Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87: The Prince Finds Cinderella; Slow Waltz; Amoroso – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDD7-642892. [11:09] Jules Massenet Cendrillon Suite – Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean. Marco Polo 8.223354. [10:20] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Hector Berlioz Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm Music – BBC Sym & Cho/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5169 (2). [9:44]
11:00 César Franck (Violin) Sonata in A – Steven Isserlis, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p. Virgin Classics 61198-2. [26:59] 12:00 Newscast • Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3, R. 428, The Goldfinch – Michala Petri, r; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov. RCA 68543-2. [9:30] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Peter Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23 – Daniil Trifonov, p; Mariinsky Orch/Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky MAR-0530. [34:28] 2:00 Manuel de Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs – Avi Avital, mandolin; Ensemble. DG B0019758-02. [13:03] Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite – Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell. Telarc CD-80099. [10:44] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Clavier Sonata in G, Wq. 62/19 (H. 119) – Mikhail Pletnev, p. DG 459614-2. [7:56] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 – Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony TMK-1004 (2). [19:10] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Two weeks’ worth of music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Live from WFMT: Soprano Laura Strickling joins pianist Daniel Schlosberg, plus Baird Dodge on violin and viola. 10:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Tuesday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op 45 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. Chandos CHAN-8672/8 (7). [14:18] Johannes Brahms Seven Fantasies, Op. 116 – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000171 (2). [21:53] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Charles Gounod Faust: Waltz – Detroit Sym/Paul Paray. Mercury 432014-2. [5:06] 11:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – Royal Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80158. [15:56] 12:00 Newscast • Maurice Ravel Piano Sonatine – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics
ORC-100061. [10:45] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Peter Tchaikovsky String Sextet in d, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence – Music@Menlo Ensemble. Music@Menlo 2016 Russian Reflections, Vol. 8. [35:27]
In the Spotlight A young Charles Ives (left)
From the San Francisco Symphony: Music by Charles Ives On two consecutive broadcasts, SFS music director Michael Tilson Thomas will feature works by Charles Ives (1874-1954). One of the most original of all American composers, Ives and his music have been a subject of lifelong interest for this conductor. The first of the two programs contains two short Ives pieces, From the Steeples and the Mountains and The Unanswered Question, followed with a work by another iconoclast, George Antheil, and music by Lou Harrison, who was a fervent admirer of Ives and helped to bring some of his music to public attention. The second program centers around Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting, which originated around 1900 but wasn’t performed complete until 1946. It won Ives a Pulitzer Prize for music. Among the sources for Symphony No. 3 are old hymns, which along with brass-band music formed some of Ives’ earliest musical memories and surface often in his compositions. Tilson Thomas brings in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus to perform some of these hymns, the most familiar of which are probably Oh for A Thousand Tongues to Sing and What A Friend We Have in Jesus. Rounding out the broadcast are another Ives piece, a setting of Psalm 90, and a more familiar classic of American music than any of these, Gershwin’s An American in Paris.
Thursdays, May 9 and 16, 10:00 pm
2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat, Op. 105 – Soloists, Berlin Phil/ Sir Simon Rattle. EMI 94237-2 (2). [21:24] Igor Stravinsky Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 453458-2. [6:05] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist Suite – Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar. Pentatone PTC 5186481. [17:12] Georg Philipp Telemann Flute Quartet in G, TWV 43, G. 10 – Musica Antiqua Cologne. Archive B0004283-02. [9:14] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Wednesday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture – London Sym/Andre Previn. EMI CDZ7-67202-2. [4:13] William Schuman New England Triptych—St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61282-2. [15:24] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 95523-2. [4:48] 11:00 Zoltán Kodály Háry János Suite, Op. 35a – Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer. Philips 462824-2. [22:54] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson and pianist Yevgeny Yontov live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68 – Boston Sym/Andris Nelsons. BSO Classics 1701/03. [45:39] 2:00 Jean Sibelius Kyllikki; Valse triste – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 88985408502. [15:28] Various Bright Morning Stars; Unclouded Day – St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt. MSR Classics MS-1660. [7:00] Joaquin Turina Circulo, Op. 91 – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000150. [11:14] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture – Munich
Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4776404. [8:58] Benedetto Marcello Oboe Concerto in C – Ray Still, ob; Academy of London/Richard Stamp. Virgin Classics 59686-2. [11:58] Antonio Vivaldi Cello Sonata No. 7 in g – Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Florilegium Baroque Ensemble. Channel Classics CCS-6294. [13:03] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville Overture – Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 0825646243440. [7:15] Various Figaro, concert paraphrase on Rossini’s Largo al factotum; Waltz fr Der Rosenkavalier – Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p. DG 4476402. [12:12] Gustav Mahler Blumine – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [8:28] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Edward Elgar String Serenade in e, Op. 20 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419191-2. [12:18] 11:00 Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite, Op. 11 – Finnish Radio Sym/Jukka-Pekka Saraste. RCA 7765-2. [14:27] 12:00 Newscast • Impromptu: Live from Levin Studio – The young musicians of the Solera Quartet preview their concert tonight at the Poetry Foundation. 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Richard Rodney Bennett Reflections on A Sixteenth-Century Tune – Philharmonia Strings/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-10389. [15:17] Various In Manus Tuas (Tallis); Nunc Dimittis (Byrd) – Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907419. [9:44] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor, K. 491 – André Previn, p; Vienna Phil. Philips 412524-2. [31:52] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Claude Debussy Préludes, Book 2: Fireworks – Maurizio Pollini, p.
DG 4798490. [4:00] George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 400059-2. [20:49] Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 (1930): II. Preludio (Modinha) – Brazilian Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3245. [6:23] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Measha Brueggergosman, soprano; Nadya Tichman, violin – Ives: From the Steeples and the Mountains; The Unanswered Question. MTT: Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind. Harrison: Excerpts from Suite for Violin with American Gamelan. Antheil: A Jazz Symphony.
Friday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 – Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Archive 439900-2 (5). [24:13] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Fritz Kreisler Romance: Largetto on a Theme by Weber; Tambourin Chinois – David Garrett, v; Royal Phil/Ion Marin. London 4764425. [7:25] 11:00 Ottorino Respighi The Birds (Gli Uccelli) – St Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 91729-2. [18:21] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/ Anthony Newman. Sony SK-66244. [12:30] JeanBaptiste Arban Variations on Casta Diva – Alison Balsom, tr; Gothenburg Sym/Edward Gardner. EMI 53255-2. [6:26] Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude in b, Op. 32, No. 10; Prelude in c-sharp, Op. 3, No. 2 – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9348. [11:47] 2:00 Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet, Op. 43 – Pahud, f; J. Kelly, ob; S. Meyer, cl; S.
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In the Spotlight
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Met Matinee Grand Finale: Dialogues of the Carmelites Isabel Leonard and Karita Mattila are featured in the cast of Poulenc’s opera Dialogues of the Carmelites, which premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1957, but is set in Paris at the time of the French Revolution. The composer wrote his own libretto for the work, based on a screenplay that became a stage play, and a book from the 1930s whose English title is The Song at the Scaffold. In 1790s Paris, not only the royalty and the nobility were being attacked by the revolutionaries, but also the religious orders: nuns and priests. The Carmelite order that Sister Blanche (herself an aristocrat) has just entered is told it is to be nationalized and secularized; the nuns take a secret vote to offer themselves to the guillotine, but Blanche runs away in fear, only to find no refuge in her old home. She returns at the very end to rejoin her sisters as they go to their deaths singing the Marian hymn Salve Regina. The Met’s newly named music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will conduct.
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Saturday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites” – Isabel Leonard (Blanche); Adrianne Pieczonka (Mme Lidoine); Erin Morley (Constance); Karen Cargill (Mère Marie); Karita Mattila (Prioress); David Portillo (Chevalier de la Force); Dwayne Croft (Marquis); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 3:35 Weekend Music on WFMT • Gabriel Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 – New Philharmonia/Sir Andrew Davis. CBS MYK-38471. [16:50] Claude Debussy Préludes, Book 2: VIII. Ondine – JeanYves Thibaudet, p. London 452022-2 (2). [3:17] Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 33 – Hee-Young Lim, vc; London Sym/Scott Yoo. Sony 803581 18425. [19:49] Hector Berlioz Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim. DG 400032-2. [6:58] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: The art of soprano Jessye Norman 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 62 – Maria Joao Pires, p. DG 4777483 (2). [13:55] Manuel de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Martha Argerich, p; Orch de Paris/ Daniel Barenboim. Erato 452662. [24:50] Maud Powell Minute Waltz; May Night; Crépuscule – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR90000097. [6:36] Burleigh Deep River – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Peter Serkin, p. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907500. [3:17] 6:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 92 in G, Oxford – Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901849. [30:01] Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Alison Balsom, tr; King’s College Choir/Stephen Cleobury. Warner 0190295924652. [5:42] Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048—St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDR5-69877-2. [13:33] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Celebrating the
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Sunday 12 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 Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9930. [19:35] Various Jeux d’eau; Reflets dans l’eau – Lavinia Meijer, h. Channel Classics CCSSA-28908. [10:19] Claude Debussy Jeux (Poème dansé) – City of Birmingham Sym/Sir Simon Rattle. EMI CDR5-72095-2. [19:24] 1:00 Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83 – Alfred Brendel, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Philips 432975-2. [49:09] Brahms Four Songs (Women’s Chorus, Two Horns & Harp), Op. 17: Gesang aus Ossians Fingal – Monteverdi Cho/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 4757558. [5:13] Robert Schumann Märchenbilder, Op. 113 – Pinchas Zukerman, vi; Marc Neikrug, p. RCA 68052-2 (2). [14:27] Linkola Music for the film The Snow Queen: Kai and Gerda on the Beach through Enchanted Flower Garden – Orch/Jukka Linkola. Finlandia FACD-920. [17:18] Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDM4-89485-2. [22:54] 3:00 George Frideric Handel Judas Maccabaeus: See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes; Sing unto God; Hallelujah, Amen – Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. Sony 48296. [9:19] Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Steven Honigberg, vc; Carol Honigberg, p. Albany 268/69 (2). [13:08] Fernando Sor Variations on a theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9448. [8:02] Johann Sebastian Bach Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989 – Víkingur Olafsson, p. DG 4835022. [14:43] 4:00 Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, The Inextinguishable – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Virgin Classics 91210-2. [34:54] Nielsen Three pieces from
The Mother – James Galway, f; Sioned Williams, h. RCA 6359-2. [6:34] Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun – James Galway, f; Christopher O’Riley, p. RCA 68351. [9:31] 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-60973. [32:44] Richard Strauss Four Last Songs – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 430511-2. [18:55] 6:00 Lukas Foss Three American Pieces – Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDC5-55360-2. [12:20] George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – JeanYves Thibaudet, p; Baltimore Sym/Marin AlsOp. London B0014091-02. [9:05] Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34 – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Tokyo String Quartet. RCA 680332. [27:50] Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music – New York Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK-45749. [25:00] Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in d, Op. 108 – Dmitri Sitkovetsky, v; Bella Davidovich, p. Novalis 150019-2. [22:10] Alexander
Scriabin Two Mazurkas, Op. 40 – Bella Davidovich, p. Philips 412742-2. [3:22] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor; Clémentine Margaine, mezzo-soprano; Jay Friedman, Michael Mulcahy, Charles Vernon, Gene Pokorny – Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique. Higdon: Low Brass Concerto. Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer. Britten: Four Sea Interludes fr Peter Grimes. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Rare recordings by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: Air – Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-60680. [5:04] Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 – English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten. London 425726-2. [16:47] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Alexander Borodin Prince
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In the Spotlight
Midsummer’s Music Coming to Levin Studio A tradition in Door County, Wisconsin, for over 20 years, Midsummer’s Music will visit Live from WFMT and preview this summer’s performances. Drawing its members from the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Pro Arte Quartet, Midsummer’s Music will appear this year in a number of Door County venues between June 10 and July 15, plus Labor Day weekend. For WFMT’s radio audience, the group will play Turina’s Scène Andalouse for strings and piano, Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, and the Sextet in D for string quintet and piano by Mendelssohn. Kerry Frumkin hosts and Mary Mazurek engineers this concert from our Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
Monday, May 13 8:00 pm
Igor Overture – Royal Liverpool Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. Virgin Classics 61135-2. [10:43] 11:00 Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47 – Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p. DG B0022906-02. [26:36] 12:00 Newscast • George Gershwin Lullaby – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80503. [8:45] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Peter Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Joshua Bell, v; Berlin Phil/ Michael Tilson Thomas. Sony SH-94832. [36:53] 2:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos A Prole do Bebê (The Baby’s Family), set 1 – Cristina Ortiz, p. EMI CDFB5-72670-2 (2). [15:52] Alberto Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Four dances – Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [12:00] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don 26
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Giovanni: Overture, Notte e giorno, Madamina, Giovinette, Là ci darem la mano, Dalla sua pace, Fin ch’han dal vino – Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Pentatone PTC-5186190. [18:50] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata #23 in f, Op. 57, Appassionata – András Schiff, p. Teldec 13159-2 (3). [25:21] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Week 2 of music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Live from WFMT: Midsummer’s Music 10:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Tuesday 14 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Georg Philipp Telemann Overture (Suite) in C, Hamburger Ebb’ und Flut (Wassermusik): Overture – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 415338-2. [9:31] Hugo Alfvén A Legend of the Skerries, Op. 20 – Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi. Bis CD-725. [16:11] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Liszt Les Préludes – Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon. Erato ECD-88235. [16:45] 11:00 Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 – Susan Dewitt Smith, p; San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra. Koch 3-7196-2. [22:37] 12:00 Newscast • Jacques Offenbach La belle Hélène Overture – Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA-5160. [8:35] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 458, Hunt – American String Quartet. Musicmasters 67194-2 (6). [22:16] Maurice Ravel Menuet antique – Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier. DG 4795524 (4). [6:09] 2:00 César Franck Symphonic Variations – Jorge Bolet, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. London 421714-2. [17:06] Giuseppe Verdi Jérusalem (Paris version of I Lombardi): Ballet music – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. London 4783559. [19:17] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68901-2. [9:48] Traditional Four Irish
Folksongs – Ronn McFarlane, l. Sono Luminus DSL-92225. [10:10] George Butterworth Two English Idylls—St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. London 421391-2. [9:44] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Week two of music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Wednesday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Richard Rodgers Carousel Waltz – Ian Gindes, p. Centaur CRC3475. [6:26] Aaron Copland Quiet City – Soloists, LSO Strings/MT Thomas. EMI CDC5-55358-2. [11:34] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Federico Moreno Torroba Guitar Sonatina – Denis Azabagic, g. Naxos 8.554555. [11:04] 11:00 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 11 – William Caballero, fh; Pittsburgh Sym/Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-728. [16:21] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: The Cheng Squared Duo in a live cello-piano recital 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Isaac Albéniz Iberia Suite – Philharmonia/ Yan-Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-8904. [32:47] 2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Trio Sonata No. 4 in e, BWV 528 – Brook Street Band. Avie AV-2199. [9:28] Maurice Ravel Sonatine en Trio – Aureole. Koch 3-7102-2. [12:32] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 3 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47116-2. [14:57] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 – Northern Sinfonia/ Thomas Zehetmair, v. Avie AV-2125. [35:00] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Week two of music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder.
8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Johann Sebastian Bach Two-Clavier Concerto No. 1 in c, BWV 1060 – Sir Andrew Davis, hc; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard, hc. Philips 454268-2 (2). [13:04] Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) – Daniel Barenboim, p, Emmanuel Pahud, f, Alex Klein, ob, Larry Combs, cl. Teldec 21482-2. [5:21] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Richard Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 411951-2. [11:04] 11:00 Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite – Royal Phil/ Yuri Temirkanov. RCA 60394-2-RC. [23:30] 12:00 Newscast • Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: Shepherd Boy; Norwegian Dance; Procession of the Trolls – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Virgin Classics 59300-2. [10:48] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow): Symphonic Fantasy – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. [20:41] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in f (Organ Piece for a Clock), K. 608 – Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu, p’s. [10:06] 2:00 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, Trout – Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank, Rebecca Young, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer. [37:48] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Gioachino Rossini William Tell Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431653-2. [10:57] Charles Gounod Faust: Ballet music—St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 462125-2. [17:07] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Week two of music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; vocal soloists & SFS Chorus – Ives: Psalm
In the Spotlight 90. Dvorak: The American Flag, followed by a group of traditional hymns. Ives: Symphony No. 3, Camp Meeting. Gershwin: An American in Paris.
Friday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Johann Sebastian Bach Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in g, BWV 1001: II. Fuga: Allegro; III. Siciliano – Chris Thile, mandolin. Nonesuch 535360-2. [7:29] Pehr Henrik Nordgren Portraits of Country Fiddlers – Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas. Ondine ODE-766-2. [17:34] Bach Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006: Praeludium; Three-Part Sinfonia No. 10 in G – Béla Fleck, banjo; Evelyn Glennie, marimba. Sony SK-89610. [4:48] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 4 in f, Op. 52 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London 417474-2. [11:20] 11:00 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Pittsburgh Sym/André Previn. EMI CDC7-47846-2. [24:01] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat, K. 449 – JeanEfflam Bavouzet, p; Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy. Chandos CHAN-10958. [21:07] 2:00 Aaron Copland Danzón cubano – James Tocco, Lukas Foss, p’s. Pro Arte CDD-183. [6:41] Manuel de Falla The ThreeCornered Hat: Four Dances – Berlin Radio Sym/Lorin Maazel. DG 447414-2. [20:08] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Francis Poulenc Piano and Wind Sextet – Music@Menlo Ensemble. Music@Menlo Live 2018 Creative Capitals, Volume 2. [17:32] Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Lisa Wellbaum, h; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG B0002121-02. [10:18] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Week two of music composed and performed by musical child prodigies, or Wunderkinder. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the Hotel Morrison (from 1957)
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden: Verdi’s “Falstaff” – Bryn Terfel (Falstaff); Ana Maria Martinez (Alice Ford); Simon Keenlyside (Ford); Anna Prohaska (Nannetta); Frédérid Antoun (Fenton); Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Dame Quickly); Marie McLaughlin (Meg Page); ROH Cho & Orch/Nicola Luisotti. 3:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361 – Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble. EMI CDC7-544572. [47:10] Mozart Fantasia in d, K. 397 – Inna Faliks, p. Delos DE-3540. [5:51] 4:00 Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 – Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet. London 433715-2. [13:43] Serge Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite: Madrigal, Minuet, Masks – Chicago Sym/ Riccardo Muti. CSO ReSound CSOR-9011402. [8:42] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: A collection of musical prayers 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 26 – Glenn Dicterow, v; New York Phil/Lorin Maazel. New York Philharmonic 140201. [26:11] Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Snowflakes; Waltz of the Flowers; Final Waltz & Apotheosis – New York Phil/ Kurt Masur. Teldec 94571-2. [14:22] Dmitri Shostakovich Four Waltzes – Phillipa Davies, f; Michael Collins, cl; Ian Brown, p. Virgin Classics 59312-2. [9:47] Philip Lane Suite of Cotswold Folkdances – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland. ASV CDWHL-2126. [11:48] Edvard Grieg Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 419431-2. [30:57] Serge Prokofiev Six Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102: The Quarrel; Waltz (Cinderella Going to the Ball) – Jenny Lin, p. Steinway & Sons 30055. [5:59] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Flamenco Soundscapes 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Rod Abernethy live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: More Eastertide music, and a celebration of spring 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 – Berlin Phil/Sir Simon Rattle. EMI 67254-2 (3). [39:48] Various Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are thy dwellings); He Watching Over Israel; The Shepherds’ Farewell – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80119. [12:55] Robert Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. Warner Classics 634262. [29:54] Benjamin Britten Canadian Carnival (Kermesse canadienne), Op. 19 – English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557198. [13:07] Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 – London Sym/André Previn. EMI 73338-2 (2). [8:05] 2:00 Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp – Joshua Smith, f; Cynthia Phelps, vi; Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80694. [17:48] George Frideric Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Andrew Lawrence-King, h; Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott. Virgin Classics 57876-2 (2). [13:53] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archive 4136292 (4). [18:41] Antonio Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C – Alex Klein, ob; New Brandenburg Collegium/Anthony Newman. Cedille CDR-7003. [14:00] Alfredo Casella Italia, Op. 11 – BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN-10768. [19:39] Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo – Chicago Sym/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound CSOR-9011801. [6:18] Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Gli arredi festivi; Va pensiero – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. London 430226-2. [9:32] 4:00 Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32 – BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis; Manchester Chamber Choir women’s voices. Chandos CHSA-5086. [49:40] 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in F, K. 439b/2 – Chicago Sym Winds. CBS M2K-42144 (2). [17:31] There’s more Mozart on our CSO broadcast later tonight. Albert Franz Doppler Fantaisie pastorale hongroise – Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang,
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Opera from London: New Miniseries from Royal Opera House With the final Metropolitan Opera matinee performance taking place on Saturday, May 11, the WFMT Radio Network has joined with the European Broadcasting Union and the BBC to syndicate pre-recorded performances from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Our miniseries will start with Verdi’s final opera, the Shakespearean comedy Falstaff, based mostly on The Merry Wives of Windsor and starring Sir Bryn Terfel in the title role, Ana María Martínez as Alice Ford, and Simon Keenlyside as Ford. Nicola Luisotti conducts. Like the Metropolitan, and like Lyric Opera over the past few seasons, Covent Garden has been revisiting Wagner’s Ring cycle, and from these recent productions, we’ll be hearing Das Rheingold in late May. Lyric’s Wotan, the leading character in Das Rheingold, has been Eric Owens, and from the Met, we recently heard Greer Grimsley; the ROH Wotan, chief of the gods, is bass-baritone John Lundgren. The conductor is Sir Antonio Pappano. These performances from the Royal Opera House will last into mid-July, and will also feature Simon Boccanegra, La Forza del Destino, Billy Bud, and Andrea Chénier.
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In the Spotlight
Janet Sung
Janet Sung Leading a Live from WFMT String Ensemble Sung, a graduate of Harvard University and the Juilliard School, teaches at Chicago’s DePaul University. She’s been a soloist with a number of American orchestras and has given the world premieres of works by Kenneth Fuchs and Augusta Read Thomas. Recital appearances have taken her to festivals from Aspen to Lucerne, and she’s also toured with Mark O’Connor’s American String Celebration. For the past several seasons, she has gathered a small group of string-playing friends to present concerts on Live from WFMT, and host Kerry Frumkin is delighted to be welcoming them all back again.
Monday, May 20 8:00 pm Kubelik. Mercury 4343792. [14:37] Moreno Torroba Castles of Spain – Andrés Segovia, g. MCA Classics 42067. [16:05] John Lunn Downton Abbey: The Suite – London Chamber Orch/Alastair King. London B0016260-02. [7:08] Josef Strauss Waltz, Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 – Vienna Phil/Franz WelserMöst. DG 4763793. [9:29] 7:00 Igor Stravinsky Petrouchka – Orch/Igor Stravinsky. CBS MK-42433. [33:50] Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat, Op. 36 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. London 458930-2. [18:27] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Robert Chen, conductor & violin; Stefan Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute – Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Flute Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 3; Symphony No. 25 in g. We also hear Mozart’s Oboe Concerto with Ray Still, Claudio Abbado conducting. 28
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10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Jascha Horenstein conducts the Gothenburg Symphony in 1969, music by Mozart, Saint-Saens, and Schubert.
Monday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Daniel-François Auber Fra Diavolo Overture – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [7:47] Jacques Offenbach Le voyage dans la lune: Overture and ballet music – Philharmonia/ Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422057-2. [18:21] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Serge Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG 447419-2. [19:35] 11:00 Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 74 – Charles Neidich, cl; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 435875-2. [21:21] 12:00 Newscast • Franz Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, D. 897 – Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 412620-2 (2). [10:27] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Maurice Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) – Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier. DG 4795524 (4). [26:57] 2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127 – Danish String Quartet. ECM 2561. [38:38] Tonight at 7:00, Bill McGlaughlin begins a week about string quartets by a later generation of composers: Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin. 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Giuseppe Tartini Violin Sonata in G, Devil’s Trill – Trondheim Soloists/Anne Sophie Mutter, v. DG 463259-2. [16:54] Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre, Op. 40 – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80189. [7:40] Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance in the Village Inn) – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. DG B0015651-02 (2). [11:06] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String quartets by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin. 8:00 Live from WFMT: Violinist Janet Sung and friends 10:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Tuesday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Francisco Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71287. [5:15] Edouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole in d, Op. 21 – Anne Sophie Mutter, v; French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa. EMI CMS7-69878-2 (3). [32:53] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: George Frideric Handel Alcina: Act 3 ballet music – English Baroque Soloists/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Erato ECD-88084. [13:25] 11:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119 – Andrew Rangell, p. Dorian DOR-93194. [14:51] 12:00 Newscast • William Schuman American Festival Overture—St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61282-2. [9:28] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests – Milwaukee Sym/Zdenek Macal. Telarc CD-80265. [12:14] George Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow – London Sym/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9902. [6:15] Wm Lloyd Webber Three Spring Miniatures – Ian Brown, p. Hyperion CDA-67008. [5:55] 2:00 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 – London Phil/Marin AlsOp. Naxos 8.557430. [36:38] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: #s 5-8 – COE/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 81038-2. [15:14] John Adams The Chairman Dances – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Argo 444454-2. [12:23] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String quartets by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Wednesday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Antony Holborne The Honiesuckle; Paradizo; Fairie Round – Fretwork. Virgin Classics 90706-2. [5:55] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV
1050 – Jaime Martin, f; Kenneth Sillito, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3). [21:13] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: George Gershwin Three Preludes – Michael Tilson Thomas, p. CBS MK-39699. [7:11] 11:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 82 in C, Bear – Stockholm Chamber Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-45972. [23:35] 12:00 Newscast • Antonio Vivaldi Two-Violin Concerto in D, R. 511 – Viktoria Mullova & Giuliano Carmignola, v’s; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon. Archive 4777466. [12:43] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque – Inon Barnatan, p. Avie AV-2256. [16:52] Jacques Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-61830. [21:02] 2:00 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite – Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 437790-2. [21:36] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in D, K. 306 – Isabelle Faust, v; Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902360. [22:03] Gregorio Allegri Motet, Miserere – Voces8. Decca B0022601-02. [7:06] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String quartets by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Gustav Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Es sungen drei Engel; Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt – Thomas Hampson, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p. Teldec 747262. [8:36] On tonight’s San Francisco Symphony concert, Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct one of Mahler’s Wunderhorn symphonies: No. 4 in G. Various Valse triste; On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [13:00] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute Overture – Royal Phil/Sir Colin Davis. EMI CDZ7-62858-2. [7:04] 11:00 Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.574013. [22:01] 12:00 Newscast • Maurice Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 in G – Philippe Graffin, v; Claire Désert, p. Avie AV-2399. [17:09] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian – Berlin Phil/ Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDD7-64085-2. [26:20] 2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in b – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p. DG 4792784 (2). [13:00] Bach Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 565 – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-89012. [10:07] Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto in D, G. 476 – Yo-Yo Ma, Baroque-vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-60681. [16:37] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Leonard Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra – Bournemouth Sym/ Marin AlsOp. Naxos 8.559245. [14:57] Norman Dello Joio Diversion of Angels (Serenade for Orchestra) – Atlantic Sinfonietta/Edvard Tchivzhel. Koch 3-7167-2. [15:09] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String quartets by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano – Mozart: German Dances, K. 509; Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165. Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G.
Friday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.570293. [5:44] Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 437523-2. [14:43] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 429984-2. [15:48]
11:00 Antonin Reicha Quintet in E-flat, Op. 88/2 – Bergen Wind Quintet. Simax PSC-1094. [14:16] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Aaron Copland Three Latin-American Sketches – New Philharmonia/ Aaron Copland. CBS MK42429. [10:46] Edward MacDowell Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 – James Barbagallo, p. Marco Polo 8.223631. [18:22] 2:00 Mauro Giuliani Six Variations on La Folia, Op. 45 – Richard Savino, g. Koch KICCD-7591 (2). [5:13] Francesco Geminiani Concerto grosso in d (La Follia) after Corelli – Europa Galante/ Fabio Biondi, v. Opus 111 OPS-30-172. [12:44] Sergei Rachmaninoff Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op. 42 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Philips 456715-2 (2). [19:45] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau) – Czech Phil/ Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU-3465-2031. [11:57] Eric Ewazen Oboe Concerto, Down A River of Time – Linda Strommen, ob; International Sejong Soloists. Albany TROY-577. [23:52] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String quartets by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin. 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Author, broadcaster, and naturalist Sir David Attenborough interviewed in 1985
Saturday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden: Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” – John Lundgren (Wotan); JohannesMartin Kränzle (Alberich); Alan Oke (Loge); Sarah Connolly (Fricka); Lise Davidsen (Freia); Gerhard Siegel (Mime); Günther Groissböck (Fasolt); Brindley Sherratt (Fafner); ROH Orch/ Sir Antonio Pappano. 3:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV
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Sunday 26 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music to honor both Ascension Day and Memorial Day 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Today’s New Release 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98 – Chicago Sym/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDC5-85974-2 (3). [43:00] William Byrd O Quam Gloriosum; Alleluia, Ascendit Deus – King’s College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. King’s College
Cambridge KGS-0024. [7:24] 1:00 Edward Elgar The Spanish Lady Suite – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2. [11:49] Franz Waxman Carmen Fantasy – Maxim Vengerov, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta. Teldec 17045-2. [9:57] Georges Bizet Carmen: Je vais danser through Flower Song – Tatiana Troyanos, ms; Plácido Domingo, t; London Phil/Sir Georg Solti. London 414489-2 (3). [9:34] Luigi Boccherini La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid – Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música/ Andreas Staier. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902337. [16:07] 2:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30 – Lang Lang, p; St. Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov. Telarc CD-80582. [43:33] Peter Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42: #1, Meditation – Joshua Bell, v; Berlin Phil/ Michael Tilson Thomas. Sony SH-94832. [9:40] 3:00 Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in a, D. 821 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Várjon, p. Hyperion CDA-68227. [25:54] Mauro Giuliani Variazioni Concertanti, Op. 130 – Julian Bream, John Williams, g’s. RCA 61452-2. [11:55] Giuseppe Verdi Otello: Duet, Già nella notte densa – Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan. London 470280-2 (2). [10:47] Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Suite – Joshua Bell, v; Philharmonia/David Zinman. Sony SK-89358. [19:01] Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Orchestral Suite – Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2). [26:13] Franz Schubert Ave Maria – Joshua Bell, v; St. Luke’s Orch/Michael Stern. Sony 97779-2. [4:41] 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man – London Sym/Aaron Copland. CBS MK-42430. [3:16] Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #1 – Colorado Sym/ Marin AlsOp. Koch 3-7469-2. [2:32] Charles Ives Variations on America – Chicago Sym/ Morton Gould. RCA 60206-2 (3). [6:30] Morton Gould American Salute – Boston Pops/John Williams. Philips 454391-2. [4:30] Traditional Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye – Robert Shaw Chorale/Mr. Shaw. RCA 63646-2. [3:15] Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDC5-553602. [22:22] Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings – Manhattan String Quartet. Newport Classic NC-60033. [7:15] 2019
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In the Spotlight
WFMT Memorial Day Beach Party 2019!
Just at press time, WFMT learned that once again this Memorial Day, we’ll be able to have a musical beach party on Chicago’s beautiful lakefront. Live from the grotto next to Theater on the Lake, WFMT hosts will present both live and recorded music to honor the Memorial Day holiday and to celebrate the unofficial start of summer in Chicago. We’ll have some games, contests, and souvenirs, too. For more information about the Beach Party, visit wfmt.com as the date gets closer!
Monday, May 27, 10:00 am-4:00 pm 6:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375 – COE Winds/Alexander Schneider. ASV CDCOE-802. [23:41] Peter Tchaikovsky String Serenade in C, Op. 48 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. [29:11] 7:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in d, Op. 107, Reformation – London Sym/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner. LSO Live LSO-0826. [28:05] Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms – Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Sir Simon Rattle. EMI 07630-2. [22:33] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: James Feddeck, conductor; Christopher Martin, trumpet – Franck: Les Eolides. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto. Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2. Encore: Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet (/Sir Mark Elder) 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Callas Live
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10:00 WFMT Holiday Beach Party 2019 – Come to the grotto at Theater on the Lake on Chicago’s lakefront to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer in the city, or join us via radio or streaming to hear music, including live performances, to honor the Memorial Day holiday and the upcoming summer season. 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 8:35 Benjamin Britten War Requiem, Op. 66 – Vishnevskaya, Pears, FischerDieskau, Cho’s, Melos Ens, London Sym/Britten. London 414383-2 (2). [81:21] 10:00 The Film Score with Michael Phillips: The Chicago Tribune film critic presents a Memorial Day special about war movies and their music. 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Tuesday 28 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Béla Bartók Hungarian Sketches – Chicago Sym/Pierre Boulez. DG 4458252. [10:51] Charles Tomlinson Griffes Four Roman Sketches, Op. 7 – Michael Lewin, p. Naxos 8.559023. [18:29] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johannes Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442068-2 (4). [13:38] 11:00 Aram Khachaturian Clarinet, Violin and Piano Trio – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Nemanja Radulovic, v; Laure FavreKahn, p. DG 4797545. [15:28] 12:00 Newscast • Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 – Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN-8723. [16:38] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051 – Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Rees. Virgin Classics 614032 (2). [16:46] Louis-Claude Daquin Le Coucou (The Cuckoo) – Trevor Pinnock, hc. Archive 413591-1. [1:57] Thomas Bateson The Nightingale – Piffaro Renaissance Band. Navona Records NV-5823. [1:48] George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto No. 13 in F, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale – Herbert Tachezi,
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o; Vienna Concentus Musicus/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 93668-2. [13:13] Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in f, Op. 36 – London Sym/Gianandrea Noseda. LSO Live 0810. [41:45] Fine Arts Calendar • Manuel de Falla Pièces espagnoles (Cuatro Piezas españolas) – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000075. [16:30] Heitor Villa-Lobos Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra – Eduardo Fernàndez, g; English Chamber Orch/Enrique Garcia Asensio. London 421108-2. [17:26] 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 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg
Wednesday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Malcolm Arnold Four Irish Dances, Op. 126 – London Phil/Sir Malcolm Arnold. Lyrita SRCD.201. [9:18] 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] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Gustav Holst Brook Green Suite – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9270. [7:14] 11:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in d, BWV 974, after A Marcello – Víkingur Olafsson, p. DG 4835022. [9:58] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Duo-pianists Esther Lee and Sung Chang live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Georges Bizet Symphony in C – Chicago Sym/Jean Martinon. Sony Classical 88843062752. [26:33] 2:00 Franz Schubert Quartet No. 12 in c, D. 703, Quartettsatz – Emerson String Quartet. DG 459151-2 (3). [11:23] Frédéric Chopin Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil/Kazimierz Kord. Arabesque Z-6702-2 (2). [18:40] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Various Liebesleid; Tango Song; Hungarian Dance #6; Summertime fr Porgy and Bess – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis & André
Previn, p. DG B0007189-02. [15:29] Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c-sharp – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 412724-2. [10:29] 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 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • Johann Sebastian Bach Three-Clavier Concerto No. 2 in C, BWV 1064 – Andras Schiff, Peter Serkin & Bruno Canino, p’s; Camerata Bern/ Thomas Füri. London 4782363 (4). [18:42] Various Fisherman’s Song & Miller’s Dance fr The Three-Cornered Hat; Spanish Dance #5 – John Williams, g. CBS MK-44794. [9:05] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Christoph Willibald Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt. [7:56] 11:00 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 – Jan Lisiecki, p; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. DG 4836471. [20:06] 12:00 Newscast • Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – Les Violons du Roy/JeanMarie Zeitouni. [7:07] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Nicolo Paganini Variations on Di tanti palpiti (after Rossini) – Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p. DG 447640-2. [9:40] Witold Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme by Paganini – Peter Jablonski, p; Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy. London 4362392. [8:42] Various Variations on Guardame las Vacas; Diferencias de Conde Claros; Piper’s Pavan – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80659. [8:16] 2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D, Hornsignal – Orch of St. Luke’s/ Sir Charles Mackerras. [33:54] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • William Walton Façade Suites 1 & 2—St. Paul Chamber Orch/ Hugh Wolff. Teldec 90852-2. [22:00] Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. [16:01] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including
a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano – Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat, K. 449. Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42. Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel.
Friday 31 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Newscast • English Traditional The Springtime of the Year; The Willow Tree; The Cuckoo – Cambridge Singers/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-120. [8:05] Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps incidental music – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-129. [25:18] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Gioachino Rossini William Tell Overture – Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471566-2. [11:10] 11:00 Francis Poulenc Suite française – London Wind Orch/Denis Wick. ASV CDWHL-2067. [12:20] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482 – András Schiff, p; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica/Sándor Végh. London 425855-2. [35:57] 2:00 Arthur Honegger Pastorale d’été – Toulouse Capitole Orch/ Michel Plasson. DG 435438-2. [9:01] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, Pastoral – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG 427770-2. [23:54] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Frank Bridge Two Old English Songs – Delmé String Quartet. Chandos CHAN-8426. [6:50] Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten. London 417509-2. [17:28] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Pianist Alfred Brendel interviewed in 1994
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•12:00 Through Masterpiece the Night with Peter Van BMO Harris BankDe Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore • Ask Geoffrey segments on 9:00 Newscast • Chicago Tonight Gioachino Rossini Semiramide Overture – Santa BMO Wealth Management Cecilia National Academy • Check, Please! Orch/Antonio Pappano. Brinson Foundation Warner 0825646243440. • NOVA[12:08] Rossini-Respighi La Boutique fantasque—st Martin’s City Club of Chicago Academy/Sir • Chicago Tonight Neville Marriner. Philips 420485-2. [20:34] Clifford Law Offices 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, • Closed captioning of local productions including today’s new release, ComEd plus: Ralph Vaughan Williams • Chicago TheTonight Wasps Overture – • Programming celebrating Handley. London Phil/Vernon diverse voices 8330. [10:08] Chandos 11:00 Franz Abe and Ida Joseph Cooper Haydn Foundation Symphony • Chicago Tonight No. 104 in D, London – Academy of Ancient • Frontline Music/Christopher Hogwood. • Jewish Heritage Programming Oiseau 411833-2. [27:08] City of Chicago Department of 12:00 Newscast • Léo Délibes Cultural Affairs & Special Events Coppélia: Excerpts – National • Arts programming Phil/Richard Bonynge. London Howard and Ursula Dubin 414502-2 (2). [10:35] Foundation 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry • BBC Frumkin • World NewsLudwig van • Chicago Tonight String Quartet Beethoven No.Convention 10 in E-Flat,and Op. 74, DuPage Harp – Quartetto Italiano. Visitors Bureau Philips 4758503 (3). [32:34] • Saturday cooking and dining Joaquín Rodrigo Sones en la programming Giralda (Fantasia Sevillana) – The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Isabelle Moretti, h; Seville Foundation Royal Sym/Edmon • 10 that Changed AmericaColomer. Valois V-4815. [8:07] Julius N. Frankel Foundation 2:00 Edouard Lalo Cello Concerto • Chicago Tonight in d – Hee-Young Lim, vc; London Sym/Scott Yoo. Alvin Joel M. Friedman, President, Sony 80358118425. [28:19] H. Baum Family Fund 3:00 Finesegments Arts Calendar • • Science on Chicago Tonight Johannes Brahms Eight Friendship Village Piano Pieces, Op. 76: Nos. • Check, Please! 5, 7, 8 – Barry Douglas, p. Lloyd Chandos A. Fry Foundation CHAN-10903. • Chicago Tonight [9:41] Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, GE Monogram Op. 38, Spring – • WTTW Healthy Tips Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ The Grainger Sir JohnFoundation Eliot Gardiner. • 10 that Changed America Archive 457591-2 (3). [30:02] 4:00 Walter Late Afternoon Music with The E. Heller Foundation, in memory of Alyce DeCosta Candice Agree, including • 10 that Changed America a newscast at 4:00 pm and Unrushand HourMillennium between DanielThe J. Hyman 5:00 pm Properties R/Eand 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring with • 10 that ChangedMusic America Bill McGlaughlin Illinois Artsfrom Council Agency 8:00 Live WFMT • Arts programming 10:00 Evening Music with
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Joffrey Ballet 12:00 Through • Check, Please! the Night with Peter Van De Graaff Leo & Roslyn L. Krupp 6:00 J.Mornings with Dennis Moore Family FoundationJohann Sebastian 9:00 Newscast • • Jewish Heritage Programming Bach English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809 – Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-60277. [19:44]
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, John D. and Catherine MacArthur Op. 72b – GermanT.Chamber Foundation Phil/Daniel Harding. Virgin • Chicago Tonight Classics 45364-2. [12:49] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, Sonia T. Marschak including today’s new release, • 10 that Changed America plus: Peter Warlock Capriol Sonia T. Marschak, in memory of Suite – English String Orch/ Henriette Wenk William Boughton. Nimbus • Jewish Heritage Programming NI-5210/3 (4). [10:07] Mollenhauer 11:00 Claude Progressive Debussy Three Philanthropic FundBerlin Radio Cho, Nocturnes – • Chicago Tonight Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 471332-2. Alexandra and John[22:24] Nichols 12:00 Newscast • • Chicago Tonight Alberto Nepomuceno O Garatuja Nicor Gas Prelude – Minas Gerais • Programming celebrating diverse Phil/Fabio Mechetti. voices Naxos 8.574067. [9:12] Northwestern Medicine 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry • Call the Midwife Wolfgang Amadeus Frumkin • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 William F. O’Connor Foundation in B-flat, K. 207 – London Phil/ • Chicago Tonight Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG George and Sarah Ohlhausen B0005078-02 (2). [20:29] Serge Foundation Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. • Jewish Heritage 1 in D-Flat,Programming Op. 10 – JeanBavouzet, p; Museum BBC Phil/ PeggyEfflam Notebaert Nature Gianandrea Noseda. • Urban Nature, Season 2 Chandos CHAN-10802 (2). [15:31] Pritzker Military Museum & Library 2:00 Maurice Ravel Quartet in F – • 10 that Changed America Avalon String Quartet. Channel Joan and Paul CCS-14898. Rubschlager[27:02] Classics •3:00 10 that Changed America Leonard Fine Arts Calendar • Bernstein On the Town: New Polk Bros. Foundation York, New York; Candide: Make • Chicago Tonight Our Garden Grow – Joshua Rose Pest Solutions Bell, v; Philharmonia/David • Urban Nature, Season 2 Zinman. Sony SK-89358. David [7:59] Snyder and Peggy Edvard GriegSalamon Peer • Frontline Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 – Steve Gothenburg and DeloresSym/Neeme Sarovich Järvi. DG 437523-2. [16:21] Foundation 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with • 10 that Changed America Candice Agree, including Visit Bloomington, a newscast atIndiana 4:00 pm and • ThinkThe Wednesday programming Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm Matt and Joyce Walsh Exploring with •7:00 10 that ChangedMusic America Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg Aldi • Nature Cat • WTTW Kids Big Idea Tour BMO Wealth Management • WTTW Kids Big Idea Tour
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