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Chicago is known for its profound influence on many genres of music, and this month, WTTW’s award-winning Chicago Stories explores one of them in The Birth of Gospel. Through the story of Thomas A. Dorsey, known as “the Father of Gospel,” this new documentary traces the roots of gospel from Southern spirituals during slavery to the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. Visit the companion website (wttw.com/chicagostories) for a story that traces the African roots and origins of the form, a video performance by Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ Ensemble, and a web extra highlighting gospel singer Mahalia Jackson who made her mark in Chicago. Also in May, we highlight Jewish American Heritage Month as well as Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Along with the premiere of the new Masterpiece drama series Ridley Road about a young Jewish woman fighting fascism in 1960s London, we remember the Holocaust with a day of documentaries. Focusing on the AAPI experience, WTTW will bring you Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp, which tells the story of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated by the U.S. government during World War II; Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience, which follows the backlash after a fatal epidemic spread through San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900; and an American Masters profile of five-time Olympic medalist surfer Duke Kahanamoku. On wttw.com, try a Filipino fusion recipe from Chicagoland-based author Mia P. Manansala, whose next Chicago-centric mystery novel is in progress; and learn about Humboldt Park deli Jeff & Jude’s, which serves inventive dishes like matzo grits, "everything rye" hamantaschen, and more.
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WFMT will celebrate these cultures as well throughout the month. On WFMT Presents, we’ll explore the complex connection to the Filipino identity through art and music; and examine the life and work of prolific Japanese American composer Paul Chihara, Israeli native and mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital, and renowned composer and son of LithuanianJewish immigrants Philip Glass. On wfmt.com, find a playlist of eight favorite recordings by legendary Jewish American soprano Beverly Sills and learn about the creative genius of Chinese American composer Tan Dun, whose work spans opera, film, and the symphony hall.
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Thank you for spending the month with us, and for your continuing membership and support.
The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) May 2022 Volume 36, Number 287
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Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO
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WTTW Listings
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Do it Yourself Saturdays
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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
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Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
Colombia: Wild and Free
Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience
This film tells the story of a group of more than 40 Japanese Americans who reflect on the longterm effects of their incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II.
Journey to South America to explore scenic Colombia, from the largely deserted Pacific coast to the volcanoes of the Andes, from the plains of the Orinoco region to the Amazon rainforests.
When a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague spreads in Chinatown, the hunt to identify its source led to an all-too-familiar spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment.
Tuesday, May 10, 10:30 pm
Wednesdays, May 18 and 25, 10:00 pm
Tuesday, May 24, 9:00 pm
See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Sanditon Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) [R] 1:30 Before We Die (Part 6 of 6) [R] 2:30 Jay’s Chicago: Cool Stuff Makers [R] 3:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – New
Photo: Ben Blackall / © Red Productions
In the Spotlight
Tom Varey and Agnes O’Casey
Ridley Road on Masterpiece In the summer of 1962, London is swinging with new music, hip fashions, and an irresistible hedonistic spirit. It’s also seething with anti-Semitic violence incited by homegrown neo-Nazis. In this new four-part drama based on Jo Bloom’s acclaimed novel inspired by true events, Vivien Epstein (Agnes O’Casey) is a young Jewish hairdresser who fits right into London’s mod scene while secretly infiltrating the British neo-Nazi hierarchy on behalf of Jewish antifascists.
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American Voices [R] 4:00 International Jazz Day 2022 [R] 5:00 NOVA: Can We Cool the Planet? [R]
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6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Pacific Heartbeat: High Tide, Don’t Hide Determined to provoke real action, New Zealand teenagers join the global School Strike for Climate. 11:00 Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir – American Masters Explore the life of the groundbreaking author of The Joy Luck Club in this intimate portrait.
AFTERNOON Stories of Survival: Final Transports – The Holocaust Stories of Magda and George Take a compelling journey to reveal the intensely human aspects of survival, resistance, chance, and luck in the face of Nazi tyranny. 1:30 Stories of Survival: Childhood Lost – The Holocaust Stories of George and Steen This film details a gripping fight for survival within the Nazi camp system. 2:00 The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words This powerful documentary reveals the little-known story of 300 young orphaned Jewish refugees who began new lives in England’s Lake District in the summer of 1945. 3:00 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. 4:00 Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk This film focuses on the life of Czech Holocaust survivor and retired U.S. professor Vladimir Munk. The program follows Vladimir in 2020, at age 95, as he returned to AuschwitzBirkenau concentration and extermination camp. 1:00
Wild Travels Host Will Clinger searches for the elusive Yeti with the Bigfoot believers of the Sasquatch Outpost in the mountains of Colorado, and much more. PBS NewsHour Weekend
In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of Lou Nakasako
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EVENING 6:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: The Romanovs & The Russian Revolution Lucy explains why the spontaneous February 1917 popular uprising was the real Russian revolution that swept the Czar from power, not the famed October event in the history books. 7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part of 7 of 8) An unforeseen event in Poplar leads to Nonnatus House’s biggest threat yet. Timothy returns home from university after falling ill. Sister Hilda and Sister Julienne decide to show Nancy what she is capable of. 8:00 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) 9:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 5 of 8) Will and Geordie investigate an audacious bank robbery, which sees Geordie unexpectedly cross paths with an old friend from his army days. 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 11:00 Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) [R] 11:30 Jay’s Chicago: Cool Stuff Makers [R]
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Independent Lens: Try Harder! San Francisco’s Lowell High, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers from across the city into a fiercely competitive universe. Follow seniors as the pressure to impress admissions officers at elite universities intensifies.
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12:00 Austin City Limits: The War and Treaty/Ruthie Foster 1:00 Father Brown: The Final Devotion [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 4 of 8) [R] 3:00 Midsomer Murders: The Lions of Causton (Part 1 of 2) [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a
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A choir performs in Chicago in 1941.
A Q&A with Stacy Robinson producer of Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel
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he final chapter of this season of Chicago Stories, which premieres Friday, May 6 at 8:00 pm on WTTW, explores the history of gospel music and its origins in Chicago’s Black community and churches. Influential figures such as “The Father of Gospel" Thomas A. Dorsey, and later, Mahalia Jackson, began their careers in Chicago’s Black churches, shaping the evolving genre of gospel music along the way, while the genre itself influenced popular music ever after.
Friday, May 6 at 8:00 pm
We spoke with Stacy Robinson, the producer of Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel, about gospel music’s ties to Chicago and its unique power. Guide: What drew you to the story of gospel music? Robinson: Gospel music was a genre that interested me, and I had a lot of appreciation for it. But I didn’t know much going into it, which is the way I often like to approach a story. What I learned, which I did not expect, is how much the story of gospel music is actually a more universal story of American music and our country’s history. That was a pleasant surprise.
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Robinson: I think that most people recognize the impact that Black music has had on American music. But I believe there are few people who understand that all Black music really has its roots in gospel music. So for the same reason that you can ask, “Where would America be without Black music?” you can go further and ask, “Where would Black music be without gospel?” Guide: What are some of the ways that music of the Black church has influenced other styles of American music? Robinson: When we talk about gospel music, we go all the way back to the moment when enslaved Americans arrived here in the United States. Music for them was a way to connect with each other. For people who had come from many different cultures, music was a way to unite and form community in this new world, and it established itself at the church. It was a way for them to communicate and remember where they came from. That music that they created changed as Black experience changed. When Blacks were emancipated, they were able to add these new creative elements to what started as a Black spiritual, and that’s where we have the first influence of blues. A really distinct change happened with the Great Migration when African Americans came to Chicago, which is sort of the root of our story. The African American experience in Chicago really impacted African American music everywhere. Guide: What about Chicago caused gospel music to become essential here? Robinson: You could argue that the birth of gospel music didn’t happen here in Chicago – there isn’t just one thing that can lead to the creation of such a big genre; it happens collectively. But Chicago is essential. When Southern migrants arrived in Chicago, they often came here through the church or established their own churches. The first place Blacks arriving in Chicago really
Photo: Jennifer Shaffer Photography
Guide: Can you explain what you mean about gospel being a “universal story of American music?”
connected was through the churches, because the churches are like social service networks. There, these new residents were set up with friends, family, housing, clothing— and the same thing was happening with Black musicians. They arrived with all the sensibilities of the Southern blues and music from their church to a place where there was already an established African American community, and what was really happening here was jazz. Jazz was really hot on the South Side. And that music became part of the stew of church music, and we see that reflected in the music that we think of today as modern gospel, which is really blues, African American spirituals, and the sensibility of jazz. Guide: What happened to gospel music as it neared the present day? Robinson: Gospel music started as a way for African Americans to find hope and to survive the struggles of their arrival here in America as enslaved people. That sensibility traveled all the way to the music that served as the soundtrack of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, with Mahalia Jackson and others.
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unique musical histories in the way that we should. The potential is there; we just need to dedicate a little more attention to it. Guide: Is there anything new you came to understand about gospel music in the course of making this documentary?
The story of gospel music is actually a more universal story of American music and our country's history. Gospel music embodied hope and despair and survival, and it still has the ability to be used in that way today. Guide: How does contemporary gospel music in Chicago both honor its past here and look to the future? Robinson: We need to honor that past, because it is our past. I don’t think we realize how much we should be honoring it, and that some of the biggest gospel recording studios were here in Chicago – it was really a mecca. Chicago would make a great home for a gospel museum, for a blues museum. We’re not honoring either of those really
Robinson: I had an entirely new appreciation for gospel music. I know that rock ‘n’ roll has its roots in gospel music; I did not realize how much gospel music really rocks! I think anybody can appreciate gospel and the way it makes you feel. Gospel is so passionate and so vibrant. You can’t help wanting to stomp your feet and move your hips. You’re going to want to get up and dance. That’s not something that some people would think about in church, because they grew up in a different kind of church, but it’s a really beautiful thing, a natural thing. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
Magnificent Beast
Monday, May 16 at 9:00 pm
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Pet pig Maybelline, Camden, ME
The War: A Ken Burns Film (Marathon) Begins Sunday, May 29 at 7:00 pm
WTTW Prime WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.
This celebrated Ken Burns miniseries tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially American towns. The series explores the most intimate human dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: The War – Saipan, 1944
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love (Marathon) Saturday, May 21 at 9:00 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.
Samantha Brown hits the road to immerse herself in some of America’s top destinations, including Boston, New Hampshire, Louisville, Asheville, upstate New York, Colorado Springs, Palm Springs, San Antonio, and Texas Hill country.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Photo: Courtesy of U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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.
Explore the unique relationship of pigs as food, friend, and foe to humans. Interviews with archaeologists, farmers, chefs, hunters, and pet owners reveal the complicated bond between people and pigs, including the “pork taboo.”
Photo: Courtesy of American Public Television
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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.
Pictured: Samantha Brown
America Reframed: Jaddoland
Thursday, May 12 at 7:00 pm 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.
The film offers viewers a fresh look at the immigrant story in America and crafts a unique picture of how art can help both the creator and the audience make sense of familial and cultural connections, loss, perseverance, and life.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Jaddoland
See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special Friday, May 6 at 6:00 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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Created for families to watch together, this special celebrates diverse Asian and Pacific Islander communities and the power of belonging with original songs and an all-star cast.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Big Bird – See Us Coming Together
Image: © 2022 Sesame Workshop
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Flood in the Desert: American Experience Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland to ensure the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.
Tuesday, May 3 9:00 pm
German Hanukkah menorah, a 1946 David Burliuk oil painting, and a 1988 Ai Weiwei “One Man Shoe” sculpture. Which is appraised for $100,000? 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis (Part 2 of 3) Discover spectacular St. Louis treasures, including a 1927 Rookwood Shirayamadani black opal vase, an Elijah Pierce preaching stick from around 1950, and an Ozark Airlines poster from around 1960. 10:00 Independent Lens: Try Harder! 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part of 7 of 8) See Sun. May 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 8:00 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 9:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 5 of 8) See Sun. May 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Wild Travels See Sun. May 1 at 5:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
Photo: Courtesy of University of Southern California Libraries; California Historical Society
In the Spotlight EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 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 cover. 9:00 Flood in the Desert: American Experience 10:00 Frontline: The Power of Big Oil (Part 3 of 3) This program traces decades of casting doubt on the science, missed opportunities, and the ongoing attempts to hold Big Oil to account. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Jewish Heritage Month Programming
Wednesday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Prisoner of Her Past See Sun. May 2 at 3:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk See Sun. May 2 at 4:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: My Garden of a Thousand Bees A wildlife cameraman spends his time during the pandemic lockdown filming the bees in his urban garden. 9:00 NOVA: Hindenburg – The New Evidence Eighty years after the world’s largest airship ignited in a giant fireball, newly discovered footage sparks a reinvestigation. 10:00 Rip Current Rescue Rip currents are America’s greatest beach hazard, responsible for up to 80% of all beach rescues and dozens of deaths every year. This program reveals how to spot them and what to do if you ever find yourself in the grip of one. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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Stories of Survival: Final Transports – The Holocaust Stories of Magda & George Sunday, May 1 at 1:00 pm Stories of Survival: Childhood Lost – The Holocaust Stories of George & Steen Sunday, May 1 at 1:30 pm Windermere Children: In Their Own Words Sunday, May 1 at 2:00 pm Prisoners of Her Past Sunday, May 1 at 3:00 pm Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk Sunday, May 1 at 4:00 pm Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story Sunday, May 15 at 3:00 pm Big Sonia Sunday, May 15 at 4:00 pm
Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk Saturday, May 7 at 2:00 pm Windermere Children: In Their Own Words Saturday, May 7 at 3:00 pm When Comedy Went to School Saturday, May 7 at 4:00 pm Big Sonia Saturday, May 14 at 12:00 pm
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Asian American/ Pacific Islander Heritage Month Programming
Pacific Heartbeat Season 11 Sundays beginning May 1 at 10:00 am Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir - American Masters Sunday, May 1 at 11:00 am Independent Lens: Try Harder! Monday, May 2 at 10:00 pm Finding Your Roots: Reporting on the Reporters Tuesday, May 3 at 8:00 pm The Registry Sunday, May 8 at 12:00 pm Mr. Tornado: American Experience Sunday, May 8 at 1:00 pm Waterman-Duke: The Spirit of Aloha - American Masters Tuesday, May 10 at 9:00 pm Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp Tuesday, May 10 at 10:30 pm Japan with Sue Perkins Begins Sunday, May 15 at 6:00 pm Tyrus Wong: American Masters Tuesday, May 17 at 10:00 pm Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience Tuesday, May 24 at 9:00 pm Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March Tuesday, May 31 at 9:00 pm
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Finding Your Roots: Reporting on the Reporters Wednesday, May 4 at 6:00 am and 3:00 pm Pacific Heartbeat Season 11 Saturdays beginning May 7 at 10:00 am Independent Lens: Try Harder! Saturday, May 7 at 1:00 pm Unsettled History: America, China, & The Doolittle Tokyo Raid Saturday, May 14 at 1:00 pm Waterman-Duke: The Spirit of Aloha - American Masters Saturday, May 14 at 2:00 pm Bloodline Saturday, May 14 at 3:30 pm Shinmanchi: Stronger than a Tsunami Saturday, May 21 at 12:00 pm Touching the Sound Saturday, May 21 at 1:00 pm Tyrus Wong: American Masters Saturday, May 21 at 2:00 pm Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience Wednesday, May 25 at 7:00 am
Kid Grid Monday-Friday Mornings 5:30 Arthur 6:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 6:30 Nature Cat 7:00 Molly of Denali 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Hero Elementary 8:30 Alma’s Way 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Donkey Hodie 10:30 Elinor Wonders Why 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Pinkalicious
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Molly of Denali 4:00 Alma’s Way 4:30 Arthur 5:00 Odd Squad
Saturday Mornings 6:00 Molly of Denali 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:00 Arthur 7:30 Alma’s Way 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Sunday Mornings 6:00 Curious George 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00 Donkey Hodie 7:30 Elinor Wonders Why 8:00 Alma’s Way 8:30 Arthur 9:00 Hero Elementary 9:30 Molly of Denali
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Friday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: My Garden of a Thousand Bees See Wed. May 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Hindenburg – The New Evidence See Wed. May 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Rip Current Rescue See Wed. May 4 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Fall: My Adventurous Song (Season 1, Part 4 of 5) [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) 8:30 Jay’s Chicago: The Stories Photos Tell Jay meets photographers with stories to tell. 9:00 Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe [R] 10:00 Morocco, Morocco This documentary unravels the mystery of how the small town of Morocco, Indiana got its name. The film traces the story of an 1851 traveler’s red leather boots – featured on the town’s welcome sign – back to the kingdom of Morocco. 10:30 The Peace Exchange 11:00 BBC World News
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel 9:00 Inside the Vatican This program gives viewers unprecedented access to the inner workings of one of the most important places in the Christian world, and into the lives of those who live and work there. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) See Thurs. May 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Jay’s Chicago: The Stories Photos Tell See Thurs. May 5 at 8:30 pm. [R] 1:30 Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe [R] 2:30 Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir – American Masters See Sun. May 1 at 11:00 am. [R] 4:30 Washington Week [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Ocean Twilight 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Fiore Italia 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Portugal’s Heartland 10:00 This Old House: Saratoga Springs 10:30 Ask This Old House: DIY Birdbath, Dog Chew Wood Repair 11:00 Simply Ming: Susur Lee 11:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: The Countryside 5:30
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: What’s for Dinner? 1:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Olive Oil Everything 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Tagine and Hummus 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Breakfast with a Kick 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Cheryl Day Bakes Cakes! 3:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Fairytale Land 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Two-Mato 4:30 Check, Please! Roister, Midori, Sapori Napoletani 5:00 Jay’s Chicago: The Stories Photos Tell [R] 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Father Brown: The New Order Father Brown finds his position in jeopardy when he clashes with an influential new parishioner. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 5 of 8) When a young
popstar is found dead at a rehab clinic, it initially looks like a tragic accident. 9:00 Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part (Part 1 of 2) Barnaby and wife Sarah are guests at a wedding when the bride disappears during the reception, revealing a murderer’s penchant for newlyweds. 9:45 Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part (Part 2 of 2) 10:30 The Fall: The Vast Abyss (Season 1, Part 5 of 5) As the net appears to be narrowing, Spector makes a dramatic confession and a decision that binds his fate to Gibson. 11:30 Call the Midwife (Season 11, Part 7 of 8) [R]
Sunday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) [R] 1:30 Inside the Vatican See Fri. May 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: Try Harder! See Mon. May 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture (Part 3 of 3) [R] MORNING 6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Pacific Heartbeat: James & Isey 11:00 Roadtrip Nation: Skill Shift AFTERNOON 12:00 Registry Meet World War II veterans who served in the U.S. Military Intelligence Service (the M.I.S.), made up of Japanese-Americans who fought in the Pacific against the Japanese enemy. 1:00 Mr. Tornado: American Experience Meet pioneering meteorologist Ted Fujita, who transformed our understanding of tornados. 2:00 Nature: My Garden of a Thousand Bees [R] 3:00 Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly Follow the extraordinary journey of the monarch butterfly along the coasts of New England and into the heart of Mexico’s forested volcanic mountains. 4:00 Monty & Rose 2: The World of Monty & Rose [R] 5:00 Wild Travels Enjoy an entire episode devoted to the strangest festivals Wild Travels has ever attended. 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Henry VIII’s Reformation Join Lucy for the inside story of the English Reformation.
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Call the Midwife: Special Delivery (Season 11, Part 8 of 8) The aftermath of a tragic incident ripples through the community. As Nonnatus House faces its darkest day, the team must overcome personal anguish to help the injured. Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Now undercover, Vivien strives to convince neo-Nazi leader Colin Jordan that she is on his side. Her spying turns up an alarming development. Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 6 of 8) When the leader of a student group falls to her death during a protest, Will and Geordie are drawn into campus politics. Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] Great Chicago Quiz Show with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) [R] Jay’s Chicago: The Stories Photos Tell [R]
Monday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Allen Toussaint, New Orleans Legend 1:00 Father Brown: The New Order See Sat. May 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. May 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part (Part 1 of 2) See Sat. May 7 at 9:00 pm. [R 3:45 Midsomer Murders: Till Death Do Us Part (Part 2 of 2) See Sat. May 7 at 9:45 pm. [R 4:30 Wild Travels See Sun. May 8 at 5:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Singing at a Pentecostal church. Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Trace the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s through the story of Thomas A. Dorsey, “The Father of Gospel.” The film explores the roots of gospel from Southern spirituals during slavery and through gospel’s early years, using rare historic recordings and contemporary performances from the choirs of Trinity United Church of Christ and Greater Harvest Baptist Church.
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 1 of 3) Journey back in time through historical appraisals from the first hour at Colonial Williamsburg! 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include a 1920 Grace Ravlin oil painting, a Michael Jackson-signed fedora and photo from around 1990, and a Tiffany GMTMaster Rolex, circa 1963. 10:00 Independent Lens: When Claude Got Shot After being
Duke Kahanamoku
Waterman-Duke: The Spirit of Aloha – American Masters Narrated by Jason Momoa, discover the inspiring story and considerable impact of five-time Olympic medalist Duke Kahanamoku. He shattered swimming records and globalized surfing while overcoming racism in a lifetime of personal challenges.
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Nature: The Egg – Life’s Perfect Invention The egg is perhaps nature’s most perfect life support system. Step by step as the egg hatches, host Sir David Attenborough reveals the wonder behind these incredible miracles of nature.
shot in the face by 15-yearold Nathan King, Claude’s path to recovery leads to forgiveness. But that path is paved with the complexities of race, violence, and justice. 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Call the Midwife: Special Delivery (Season 11, Part of 8) See Sun. May 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. May 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 6 of 8) See Sun. May 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Morocco, Morocco See Thurs. May 5 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
Photo: Courtesy of Tristram Kenton
Wednesday, May 11 8:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: No Laughing Matter Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows comedians Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro, and Sarah Silverman that their family tress are filled with people whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success. 9:00 Waterman – Duke: the Spirit of Aloha – American Masters 10:30 Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp This film tells the story of a group of Japanese Americans and their incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II. 11:30 BBC World News
Wednesday 11 Robert Lindsay and Sutton Foster
Great Performances: Anything Goes Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter’s classic musical led by Broadway headliner Sutton Foster who reprises her Tony-winning role as Reno Sweeney directed by Kathleen Marshall, with favorite songs including “I Get A Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top.”
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Independent Lens: When Claude Got Shot See Mon. May 9 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: The Egg – Life’s Perfect Invention 9:00 NOVA: Dinosaur
Apocalypse – The New Evidence 10:00 NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse – The Final Day 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: No Laughing Matter See Tues. May 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Waterman – Duke: the Spirit of Aloha – American Masters See Tues. May 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp See Tues. May 10 at 10:30 pm. [R] 4:00 The Peace Exchange See Thurs. May 5 at 10:30 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) 8:30 Jay’s Chicago: Out in Nature Jay is out in nature – tagging along with a record-breaking teen birder, helping with a controlled fire that rejuvenates a forest, and more. 9:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel See Fri. May 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 10:00 Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History Geoffrey Baer plays both taste tester and tour guide, exploring the little known stories behind Chicago’s favorite foods.
Saturday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) [R] 1:30 Jay’s Chicago: Out in Nature See Thurs. May 12 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 Nature: The Egg – Life’s Perfect Invention See Wed. May 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse – The New Evidence See Wed. May 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 NOVA: Dinosaur Apocalypse – The Last Day See Wed. May 11 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Golden Desert 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Glad Tidings 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Travel Skills – Cruising 10:00 This Old House: Saratoga Springs – New Vision 5:30
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Friday 13 EARLY MORNING BBC World News Amanpour and Company To be announced Chicago Tonight [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne As a woman once again occupies the fifth floor of City Hall, Chicago Stories remembers the city’s first female mayor. 9:00 Great Performances: Anything Goes 11:30 BBC World News
Jalisco, Jose Cuervo Harvesting
Travel Detective New Season! In the seventh season of this lively and informative series, CBS News Travel Editor and host Peter Greenberg reveals some of his “Hidden Gems,” highlighting personal picks and favorite experiences off the tourist map in Dubrovnik, St. Kitts, Jalisco, Los Cabos, Kauai, Tulsa, and Vienna, and travels to Alabama to explore the Civil Rights Trail.
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6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Father Brown: The Island of Dreams When Father Brown visits Chummy’s holiday camp on its 20th anniversary, it doesn’t take long for someone to be murdered. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 6 of 8) When a woman reports a murder and is then found strangled, the team are left wondering whether she was reporting her own murder. 9:00 Midsomer Murders: Send in the Clowns (Part 1 of 2) Things take a gruesome turn when Ferabbees Circus comes to town, bringing sinister clown sightings, threatening notes, and deathly dangerous circus acts. 9:45 Midsomer Murders: Send in the Clowns (Part 2 of 2) 10:30 The Fall: These Troublesome Disguises (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) Gibson continues her challenging hunt for Paul Spector, the killer who hides in plain sight. 11:30 Call the Midwife: Special Delivery (Season 11, Part 8 of 8) [R]
Sunday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) [R] 1:30 Great Performances: Anything Goes See Fri. May 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly See Sun. May 8 at 3:00 pm. [R]
Sonia Warshawski
Big Sonia In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski – great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor – runs the tailor shop she’s owned for more than thirty years. But when she’s served an eviction notice, she revisits her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide.
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EVENING 6:00 Japan with Sue Perkins (Part 1 of 2) Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, Japan’s glittering capital city, finding a nation caught between the demands of a hi-tech future and the pull of a traditional past. 7:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of the two boys whose disappearance in 1483 has led to centuries of mystery and speculation. 8:00 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Vivien’s link to Jordan is complicated by the arrival of his wife. The police rebuff warnings from the 62 Group, who must act on their own. 9:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 7 of 8) Leonard asks Will and Geordie for their help when someone he knows is accused of murder. 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 11:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) [R] 11:30 Jay’s Chicago: Out in Nature [R]
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Lionel Richie: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 2022 The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honors renowned singer-songwriter Lionel Richie as he receives the distinguished honor from the Library of Congress. Watch as his friends in the industry offer a stirring musical tribute to the writer and performer of so many ageless hit songs.
Tuesday, May 17 9:00 pm
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: The Best of Spoon 1:00 Father Brown: The Island of Dreams See Sat. May 14 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 6 of 8) See Sat. May 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Midsomer Murders: Send in the Clowns (Part 1 of 2) See Sat. May 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:45 Midsomer Murders: Send in the Clowns (Part 2 of 2) See Sat. May 14 at 9:45 pm. [R] 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
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AFTERNOON Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella Enjoy this production of Massenet’s opera. 3:00 Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story An engaging profile of one of the 20th century’s most prominent Jewish theologians and philosophers. 4:00 Big Sonia 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 2 of 3) Discover more standout treasures from Roadshow’s visit to Colonial Williamsburg. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 1 of 3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 1 of 3) Finds include Heller in Pink
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AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Bread, Cheese, and Meat Can’t Be Beat 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Cheese Please! 1:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Meze Society 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mediterranean Comfort Food 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Quick Fish Dinners 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Taste of Vietnam 3:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Packed School Lunch 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Shake, Rattle, and Pole (Beans) 4:30 Check, Please! QXY, Milwalky Trace, Senor Pan 5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Los Cabos In the
season premiere, Peter explores hidden gems of Los Cabos. Plus, a warning about buzz words in brochures and how they can be deceiving. And, the food revolution underway in Slovenia. PBS NewsHour Weekend
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10:30 Ask This Old House: Garage Door Replacement, Emergency Plumbing Fixes 11:00 Simply Ming: Joanne Chang 11:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: The Herb Garden
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Elf owl looking out of its nest
Nature: Big Bend – The Wild Frontier of Texas The Rio Grande River cuts deep canyons between the United States and Mexico, and the most remote corner of this borderland is the National Park known as Big Bend – a vast, unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and home to some of America’s most glorious wildlife.
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Pascale Armand and Susan Kelechi Watson
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Freedom Tales Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. delves deep into the roots of two African American guests, actor S. Epatha Merkerson and athlete and television personality Michael Strahan. 9:00 Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize 10:00 Tyrus Wong: American Masters Discover the art, life, and enduring impact of Tyrus Wong, the renowned Chinese-American painter behind Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause. 11:30 BBC World News
Great Performances: Merry Wives
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Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, this production tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter, and vitality.
12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Independent Lens: Scenes from the Glittering World See Mon. May 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Los Cabos See Sat. May 14 at 5:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Friday, May 20 9:30 pm
Tights movie credits, a mid-century modern Eero Saarinen Womb settee, and a Lincoln-inscribed photograph from about 1860. 10:00 Independent Lens: Scenes from the Glittering World Following three Indigenous students, this film explores adolescence, trauma, and the power of connecting with an isolated Navajo homeland. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower See Sun. May 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. May 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Fall: These Troublesome Disguises (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) See Sat. May 14 at 10:30 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Big Bend – The Wild Frontier of Texas 9:00 NOVA: Why Ships Crash When the hull of the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed into the sandbank of the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. Follow the investigation and explore how such costly disasters might be prevented in the future. 10:00 Colombia: Wild and Free – Two Rivers (Part 1 of 2) Explore the magnificent eastern region of Colombia, a land defined by two powerful rivers: the Orinoco and the Amazon. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: Freedom Tales See Tues. May 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin
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Part 5 of 6) See Thurs. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] Jay’s Chicago: Song and Dance See Thurs. May 19 at 8:30 pm. [R] Check, Please! QXY, Milwalky Trace, Senor Pan [R] Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 2 of 2) See Mon. May 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] Tyrus Wong: American Masters See Tues. May 17 at 10:00 pm. [R] Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunny Bloom 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Patron Saint of Merriment 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes 10:00 This Old House: Saratoga Springs – Old Woes 10:30 Ask This Old House: All About Hydrangeas, Refinish Deck Railing 11:00 Simply Ming: Sara Moulton 5:30
In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of Tom Hayward, BBC Studios 2021
Photo: Courtesy of Joe Sinnott
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Friday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Big Bend – The Wild Frontier of Texas See Wed. May 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Why Ships Crash See Wed. May 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Colombia: Wild and Free – Two Rivers (Part 1 of 2) See Wed. May 18 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Japan with Sue Perkins (Part 1 of 2) See Sun. May 15 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Czechs in Chicago: Home in the Heartland 9:30 Great Performances: Merry Wives 11:30 BBC World News
Saturday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2,
Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence, and follows new clues. In this episode: how did George III’s mental illness change Britain? And how did the assassination attempt on his life change psychiatry forever?
Sunday, May 22 7:00 pm
11:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites: The Farmers Market
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Herbaceous Chicken and Potatoes 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Family Meal 1:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: A Bite of Greek Red Wine 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Schnitzel and Rosti 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Bake Sale Favorites 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Everyday Venice 3:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Southern Ways 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Prolific Peppers 4:30 Check, Please! Forbidden Root, Miss Saigon, Sofi 5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Dubrovnik Peter reveals the hidden gems of Dubrovnik. Plus, the most pessimistic nations and a hotel with a past in French Lick, Indiana. 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Father Brown: The Wayward Girls Bunty reunites with Father Brown to uncover a dark secret at the local girls’ borstal. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 7 of 8) A reggae rap artist is shot dead at a soundcheck for a concert. 9:00 Midsomer Murders: Habeas Corpus (Part 1 of 2) When wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster’s body goes missing on the night of his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed. 9:47 Midsomer Murders: Habeas Corpus (Part 2 of 2) 10:31 The Fall: Night Darkens the Streets (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) Gibson realizes that her mistakes have put the life of witness Rose Stagg in danger. 11:30 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower [R]
Sunday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) [R] 1:30 Czechs in Chicago: Home in the Heartland See Fri. May 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Great Performances: Merry Wives See Fri.
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MORNING 5:00 To be announced 6:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Pacific Heartbeat: Loimata, the Sweetest Tears 11:00 To be announced AFTERNOON 12:00 To be announced 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 Japan with Sue Perkins (Part 2 of 2) Sue Perkins enjoys a night out with Kyoto’s geishas, goes free diving, and visits Hiroshima. In Tokyo, she explores how the Japanese are tackling the future. 7:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George 8:00 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) As Vivien’s deception starts to crumble, she races to secure incriminating evidence against Jordan. Meanwhile, Jack faces mortal danger. 9:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 8 of 8) When a successful music producer is murdered, Geordie finds himself implicated in the investigation. 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 11:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 5 of 6) 11:30 Jay’s Chicago: Song and Dance [R]
Monday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Jade Bird/Dayglow 1:00 Father Brown: The Wayward Girls See Sat. May 21 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 7 of 8) See Sat. May 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:57 Midsomer Murders: Habeas Corpus (Part 1 of 2) See Sat. May 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:45 Midsomer Murders: Habeas Corpus (Part 2 of 2) See Sat. May 21 at 9:47 pm. [R] 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 3 of 3) Discover more standout treasures from
Roadshow’s final hour from Colonial Williamsburg. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 2 of 3) Take a passage to Portland to learn more about antique and vintage items like a 1942 Oregon State jacket and Rose Bowl trophy, a Ming Dynasty celadon bowl, and Evel Knievel leathers from around 1967. 10:00 Independent Lens: One Child Nation China’s one-child policy forever changed the lives of mothers and children. Inspired by the birth of her first child, filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to speak with her mother and brother, and explore the ripple effect of this social experiment. 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George See Sun. May 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Ridley Road on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. May 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Grantchester on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 22 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Jay’s Chicago: Song and Dance [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Photo: Courtesy of Genthe photograph collection, LOC, Prints and Photographs Division.
In the Spotlight
Joss House, Chinatown, San Francisco
Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience This fascinating film travels back to turn-of-the 20th-century San Francisco, when a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague in the city’s Chinatown and the hunt to identify its source led to an all-too-familiar spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment.
Tuesday, May 24 9:00 pm
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Breaking Silences Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family secrets of journalist Gayle King, director Jordan Peele, and comedian Issa Rae, introducing them to ancestors who are both Black and white. 9:00 Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: One Child Nation See Mon. May 23 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Dubrovnik See Sat. May 21 at 5:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Equus – Story of the Horse: Origins The relationship between man and his noble steed is almost as old as civilization itself. What makes us so perfect for each other? 9:00 NOVA: Ice Age Footprint Thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park capture moments when Ice Age humans crossed paths with enormous ground sloths and mammoths. What can this new evidence reveal about the peopling of the Americas? 10:00 Colombia: Wild and Free – From the Pacific to the Andes (Part 2 of 2) Journey to the Pacific coast of Colombia, where humpback whales give birth and fish hunt crabs in the mangrove forests. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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Jay’s Chicago: Life Stories Jay explores a mystery: who is that little girl in dozens of century-old negatives found in a Chicago attic? Czechs in Chicago: Home in the Heartland [R] To be announced BBC World News Amanpour and Company
Friday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Equus – Story of the Horse: Origins See Wed. May 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Ice Age Footprint See Wed. May 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Colombia: Wild and Free – From the Pacific to the Andes (Part 2 of 2) See Wed. May 25 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Fall: Night Darkens the Streets (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) See Sat. May 21 at 10:31 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
Favorites: The Allotment
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: An Italian Lunchbox 1:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Lesvos Spirit 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Indian Feast 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Back to Grilling Basics 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Turkish Kitchen 3:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Southwards Along the Coast 4:00 A Chef’s Life: A Food Truck and a Pear Tree 4:30 Check, Please! Libanais, S.K.Y., Federales 5:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of St. Kitts Peter introduces his hidden gems of St. Kitts. Plus, learn which nations are the least
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6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Hear the stories of two very different disasters that occurred in the heart of Chicago’s Loop 90 years apart: the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire and the Great Loop Flood of 1992. 9:00 Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim 10:30 Beyond the Canvas: Art, Innovated 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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J Schwanke visits with Taryn Nance, who integrates herbs as a healing way of life.
12:00 To be announced 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7H 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflowers and Honeybees 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Birds of a Feather 9:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals I 10:00 This Old House: Saratoga Springs – Secret Gardens 10:30 Ask This Old House: Replacing a Toilet Seat, Full Mortise Lockset Repair 11:00 Simply Ming: Dr. William Li 11:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute 5:30
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12:30 Finding Your Roots: Breaking Silences See Tues. May 24 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Plague at the Golden Gate: American Experience See Tues. May 24 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Japan with Sue Perkins (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. May 22 at 6:00 pm. [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) The season finale.
Katrina Lenk
Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim This documentary explores the legacy of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical Company. Filmed over two years, the program takes an inside look at the process bringing the reimagined genderswapped production to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a cast including Tony and Grammy winner Katrina Lenk and two-time Tony and two-time Grammy winner Patti LuPone.
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Bill Rector in uniform
EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced 5:00 Antiques Roadshow: Colonial Williamsburg (Part 3 of 3) [R]
In 1952, Gunner’s Mate Bill Rector was serving on the USS Los Angeles during the Korean War. Using an 8mm camera, Bill documented his war experiences, including battles during the Blockade of Wonsan. This film offers a glimpse into the story of one American war veteran as seen through the lens of his own camera.
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National Memorial Day Concert 2022 WTTW brings you America’s national night of remembrance. The multiaward-winning event honors the military service of all our men and women in uniform, their families, and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
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EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 7:00 Father Brown: The Enigma of Antigonish Father Brown investigates staff at the local health spa when an exemployee is found murdered. 8:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 8 of 8) When a prestigious chess match ends in murder, the team must work out how and why the killing was carried out. 9:00 To be announced
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Shrapnel Down: My Korean War Story
Color Guard at US Capitol
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English-proficient, and a hotel with a past in Istanbul. PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 Pacific Heartbeat: The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu 11:00 Pritzker Military Presents: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier When the Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General Pershing selected eight of America’s most decorated veterans to serve as Body Bearers.
AFTERNOON 12:00 Misty Experiment: The Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail This film reveals the story of a covert reconnaissance U.S. Air Force squadron during the Vietnam War. 1:00 They Volunteered for This: Merrill’s Marauders Narrated by Tom Brokaw, this documentary focuses on Merrill’s Marauders, who fought in Burma in 19441945 under the legendary General Frank Merrill. 2:00 Remember Pearl Harbor Narrated by actor Tom Selleck, this film chronicles the personal stories of veterans and citizens who witnessed the surprise attack by the Japanese on the American Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941. 3:30 Shrapnel Down: My Korean War Story 4:00 Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation During World War II, troops would look up and say, “Here come the Sky Blossoms,” about paratroopers rushing to their aid. 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING 6:00 American Veteran: The Mission (Part 2 of 4) Military life shapes servicemen and women in profound, unexpected ways. Hosted by Senator Tammy Duckworth. 7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2022 8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2022 [R] 10:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 10:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 11:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) [R] 11:30 Jay’s Chicago: Life Stories [R]
Monday 30 MEMORIAL DAY EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Leon Bridges/Khruangbin 1:00 Father Brown: The Enigma of Antigonish See Sat. May 28 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise (Season 11, Part 8 of 8) See Sat. May 28 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim See Fri. May 27 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
Tuesday 31 EARLY MORNING 12:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2022 [R] 2:00 Remember Pearl Harbor See Sun. May 29 at 2:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation See Sun. May 29 at 4:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreaming of a New Land Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg, and Kal Penn the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears. 9:00 Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March 10:00 Frontline: Police on Trial Investigate the Minneapolis police in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters from the Star Tribune. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe, Chicago’s first and oldest Mexican-American parish, lost 12 young men in the Vietnam War during a brutal five-year period. 8:30 Antiques Roadshow: Musical Scores Get ready for some rockin’, rollin’, and Roadshow with this collection of best musical moments. 9:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 3 of 3) Uncover West Coast wonders such as a Pablo Picasso “Grand Oiseau Vert” pot, an Ottoman zarf made around 1875, and a Tiffany Studios “Bookmark” desk set from around 1924. 10:30 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
San Franciscans march against anti-Asian violence.
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March Following the aftermath of the March 2021 mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, this film chronicles how the Asian American community came together to fight back against hate and explores the struggles and triumphs of AAPI communities.
Tuesday, May 31 9:00 pm
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Drama • Comedy • Movies Call the Midwife Sundays, 7:00 pm (5/1, 5/8) Tuesdays, 1:00 am (5/3, 5/10) Saturdays, 11:30 pm (5/7, 5/14) Death in Paradise Saturdays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 2:00 am Father Brown Saturdays, 7:00 pm Mondays, 1:00 am Grantchester on Masterpiece Sundays, 9:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Tuesdays, 3:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/24) Tuesday, 2:30 am (5/17) Midsomer Murders Saturdays, 9:00 pm, 9:45 pm (5/7, 5/14, 5/21) Mondays, 3:00 am, 3:45 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Ridley Road on Masterpiece Sundays, 8:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Tuesdays, 2:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/24) Sundays, 12:30 am (5/8, 5/15, 5/22) Tuesday, 1:30 am (5/17)
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Wednesdays, 12:30 am, 1:30 am (5/4, 5/25) Sunday, 5:00 am (5/8) Wednesdays, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (5/11, 5/18) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/21) Monday, 8:30 pm, 9:30 pm (5/30) Ask This Old House Saturdays, 10:30 am Check, Please! Saturdays, 4:30 pm Saturday, 2:00 am (5/21 Chef’s Life Saturdays, 4:00 pm
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Saturdays, 3:00 pm Cook’s Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Saturdays, 9:00 am Japan with Sue Perkins Sundays, 6:00 pm (5/15, 5/22) Friday, 3:30 am (5/20) Thursday, 3:30 am (5/26) Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 12:30 pm Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites Saturdays, 11:30 am My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saturdays, 1:00 pm New Scandinavian Cooking Saturdays, 3:30 pm Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 9:30 am Simply Ming Saturdays, 11:00 am Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Saturdays, 1:30 pm This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am Travel Detective Saturdays, 5:00 pm (5/14, 5/21, 5/28) Wednesdays, 4:00 am (5/18, 5/25)
Nature • Science • Technology Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly Sunday, 3:00 pm (5/8) Sunday, 4:00 am (5/15) Colombia – Wild and Free Wednesdays, 10:00 pm (5/18, 5/25) Fridays, 2:30 am (5/20, 5/27) Monty & Rose 2: The World of Monty & Rose Sunday, 4:00 pm (5/8) Nature Wednesdays, 8:00 pm Fridays, 12:30 am (5/6, 5/20, 5/27) Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/8) Saturday, 2:00 am (5/14) NOVA Wednesdays, 9:00 pm Sunday, 5:00 am (5/1) Fridays, 1:30 am (5/6, 5/20, 5/27) Wednesday, 10:00 pm (5/11) Saturday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (5/14)
Public Affairs • History • Documentary 10 Streets that Changed America Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/19) Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:30 pm American Experience: Flood in the Desert Tuesday, 9:00 pm (5/3) Thursday, 1:30 am (5/5) American Masters Sunday, 11:00 am (5/1) Saturday, 2:30 am (5/7) Tuesday, 9:00 pm (5/10) Thursday, 1:30 am (5/12) BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm BBC World News America Mondays-Fridays, 5:30 pm
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp Tuesday, 10:30 pm (5/10) Thursday, 3:00 am (5/12) Beyond the Canvas Friday, 10:30 pm (5/27) Big Sonia Sunday, 4:00 pm (5/15) Thursday, 3:30 am (5/19) Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Friday, 8:00 pm (5/27) Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne Friday, 8:00 pm (5/13) Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/19) Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/5) Saturday, 1:30 am (5/7) Monday, 7:30 pm (5/30) Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Friday, 8:00 pm (5/6) Thursday, 9:00 pm (5/21) Chicago Tonight Mondays-Thursdays, 7:00 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, 4:30 am Chicago Tonight: Black Voices Saturdays, 6:30 pm Sundays, 10:00 pm Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices Saturdays, 6:00 pm Sundays, 10:30 pm Chicago Tonight: Week in Review Fridays, 7:00 pm Saturdays, 5:00 am Finding Your Roots Tuesdays, 8:00 pm Thursdays, 12:30 am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Mondays, 5:00 am Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History Thursday, 10:00 pm (5/12) Frontline Tuesdays, 10:00 pm (5/3, 5/31) Thursday, 2:30 am (5/5) Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer Sundays, 11:00 pm Thursdays, 8:00 pm Saturday, 12:30 am (5/7) Saturdays, 1:00 am (5/14, 5/21) Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Saturdays, 5:30 am Czechs in Chicago: Home in the Heartland Friday, 8:00 pm (5/20) Sunday, 1:30 am (5/22) Thursday, 9:00 pm 5/26) Independent Lens Mondays, 10:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Sunday, 3:30 am (5/8) Wednesdays, 3:00 am (5/11, 5/18) Wednesday, 2:30 am (5/25) Inside the Vatican Friday, 9:00 pm (5/6) Sunday, 1:30 am (5/8) Jay’s Chicago Sundays, 11:30 pm Thursdays, 8:30 pm Saturday, 1:00 am, 5:00 pm (5/7) Saturdays, 1:30 am (5/14, 5/21) Tuesday, 4:00 am (5/24)
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• Daily Radio Programming
Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Programmer’s Picks WFMT Presents
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Folkstage
This month, explore music of the Black church, celebrate Filipino culture with a program of Kundiman (Filipino love songs), and enjoy Music and Conversation with Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital, and American composers Philip Glass and Paul Chihara.
The star-studded series from Santa Fe, New Mexico returns! Highlights this month include performances by pianists Anne-Marie McDermott and Jeremy Denk; violinists Paul Huang and Leila Josefowicz, and clarinetists Anthony McGill and David Shifrin.
Enjoy two live concerts this month: Vivian Nesbitt and John Dillon in Mother Jones in Heaven, a “folk opera” by Si Kahn (May 7), and singer-songwriters Cliff Eberhardt and Louise Mosrie (May 14). Plus, we’ll bring back performances by Scott Alarik and Lori Lieberman.
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Eastertide. The bountiful choral and organ music composed in celebration of the Resurrection, curated by host Peter DuBois. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis inclduing Heitor Villa-Lobos Five Preludes for Guitar: No. 1 in E minor – Gerry Saulter, g. Centaur CRC-3549. [6:30] Elena Kats-Chernin Russian Rag in A minor – Tamara-Anna Cislowska & Elena Kats-Chernin, p. ABC Classics 4816430 (10). [3:19] Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 – Martha Argerich, p; Guy Touvron, tr; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Jörg Faerber. DG 439864-2. [22:42] 1:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos Five Preludes for Guitar: No. 2 in E – Gerry Saulter, g. Centaur CRC-3549. [4:15] Frederick Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 2 – Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo 433704-2. [7:58] Ross Edwards The Harp and the Moon – Emily Granger, h. Avie AV-2495. [7:11] Béla Bartók Nine Hungarian Peasant Songs for Orchestra – BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. Onyx 4213. [9:04] 2:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos Five Preludes for Guitar: No. 3 in A minor – Gerry Saulter, g. Centaur CRC-3549. [6:27] Baptiste Trotignon Trumpet Concerto, Move – Romain
Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/ Marcus Bosch. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902600. [23:34] Francis Poulenc Flute Sonata – Donald Peck, f; Melody Lord, p. Boston Records BR-1010. [12:58] 3:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos Five Preludes for Guitar: No. 4 in E minor – Gerry Saulter, g. Centaur CRC-3549. [4:06] Edward Elgar The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b – Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo 433214-2. [16:51] Florence Price Piano Quintet in A minor – Catalyst Quartet; Michelle Cann, p. Azica ACD-71346. [26:57] 4:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos Five Preludes for Guitar: No. 5 in D – Gerry Saulter, g. Centaur CRC-3549. [5:38] Francis Poulenc Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio – Melos Ensemble. EMI CDFB5-72646-2 (2). [11:54] Franz Liszt Rákóczy March – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 67895-2. [6:42] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006: I. Prelude – Hilary Hahn, v. Sony SK-62793. [3:34] Deborah Henson-Conant The Nightingale; [4:27] Elena Kats-Chernin Blue Silence; [8:28] Nancy Gustavson Great Day – Emily Granger, h. Avie AV-2495. [2:25] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including César Franck Violin Sonata in A – Vadim Repin, v; Nikolai Lugansky, p. DG 4778794. [27:35] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – Musica Antiqua
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Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 423116-2 (2). [10:30] Valerie Coleman Umoja, Anthem of Unity – New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [13:24] 6:00 Manuel Ponce Concierto del sur – Junhong Kuang, g; Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra/Darrell Ang. Naxos 8.579053. [25:10] Dietrich Buxtehude Klag-Lied, BuxWV 76-2 – Iestyn Davies, ct; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen; Tom Foster, o. Hyperion CDA-68375. [13:00] 7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series: Soprano Maria Novello Malfatti with clarinetist Susan Warner and pianists Chris Reynolds and Craig Terry perform arias from Verdi’s “La Traviata” and Bellini’s “La sonnambula;”and songs by Franz Schubert and Franceso Santoliquido. 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Honegger: Pacific 231; Bates: Alternative Energy; Franck: Symphony in D minor; Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, Haffner; Divertimento in F, K. 138. Riccardo Muti, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Rare Yevgeny Mravinsky Recordings – Program 1. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 & 5. Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor.
Monday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D 703, Quartettsatz – Alban Berg Quartet. EMI
CDC5-56471-2. [9:01] 11:00 Claude Debussy Images, Set 3, for Orchestra: Iberia – Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 435766-2. [18:52] 12:00 Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon Septimi Toni; Sonata Pian’ e Forte – Canadian Brass. Opening Day ODR-7380. [8:06] 1:00 Florence Price Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E minor – Helen Walker-Hill, p. Leonarda LE-339. [8:56] Antonio Vivaldi String Concerto in
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Ryan Opera Center Recital Series One of the casualties of the pandemic for Chicago opera lovers was not being able to become more familiar with the outgoing class of the Ryan Opera Center. Maria Novella Malfatti concludes her membership in the ensemble at the end of this season, but is featured with pianists Craig Terry, Chris Reynolds, and clarinetist Susan Warner in a demanding program that includes Violetta’s double-aria from Act I of La Traviata and Schubert’s The Shepherd on the Rock.
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B-Flat, R. 166 – Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naive OP-30554. [5:38] 2:00 Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4796297. [32:17] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johannes Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 – Hélène Grimaud, p. Erato 143502. [15:06] Gregor Josef Werner The Curious Musical Instrument Calendar – Rhein Bach Collegium. CPO 999083-2. [26:18] Andrés Sas Sonatina Fantasía – Jessica Warren-Acosta, f; Christopher Cooley, p. Filarmonika FILA-0103. [12:36] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Get the Picture? Works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems including Granados’s Goyescas, a musical transcription of Francisco Goya’s paintings; Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition; Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler; and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. 8:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Cellist Kenneth Olson and pianist Jelena Derks from December 2007. 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 474502-2. [8:40] 11:00 Frédéric Chopin PolonaiseFantaisie in A-Flat, Op. 61 – Rafal Blechacz, p. DG B0018883-02. [12:33] 12:00 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt. Decca 425857-2. [15:47] 1:00 François Couperin Pièces en concert – Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg Strings. DG 474236-2. [12:41] Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps – Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7169-2. [4:59] 2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 – Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington.
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Wednesday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [13:40] 11:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, Kegelstatt – Martin Fröst, cl; Antoine Tamestit, vi; Leif Ove Andsnes, p. BIS 1893. [18:41] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violist Matthew Cohen and pianist Zhenn Li live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Johannes Brahms, trancribed Matthew Cohen: Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38; Peter Tchaikovsky: Paraphrase on Eugene Onegin; Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Federico Moreno Torroba Suite castellana – Pepe Romero, g. Philips 416384-2. [7:50] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto in d minor, BWV 1060 – Lisa Batiashvili, v; François Leleux, ob; Bavarian Radio Sym Chamber Orch. DG 4792479. [12:04] 2:00 George Gershwin Catfish Row (suite from Porgy and Bess) – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80086. [25:56] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. George Enescu Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, Op. 27, Villageoise – Rumanian RadioTV Orch/Josif Conta. Marco Polo 8.223145. [28:43] Louis Couperin Pavane in f-sharp minor – Luc Beauséjour, p. Analekta AN2-9128. [8:12] Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in C, D 279 – Sir András Schiff, p. Decca 440310-2. [18:05] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Richard Wagner Siegfried: Forest Murmurs – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 410137-2. [8:57] 11:00 Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – Guildhall String Ensemble/ Robert Salter. RCA 7846-2-RC. [16:02] 12:00 Anna Bon Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Op. 2, No. 5 – Sarah Cahill, p. First Hand Records FHR-131. [13:12] 1:00 Carlos Chávez Symphony No. 2, Sinfonía india – Xalapa
Sym Orch/Herrera de la Fuente. Guild GMCD-7211. [10:30] George Frideric Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Harp Consort/Andrew LawrenceKing, Welsh triple h. RCA-DHM 77366-2. [13:46] 2:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals – Santa Cecilia Orch/Sir Antonio Pappano. Warner 0190295755553. [24:08] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Colin Carr, vc; Thomas Sauer, p. MSR Classics MS-1486 (2). [11:51] Mauro Giuliani Gran Duetto Concertante in A, Op 52 – Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g. Our Recordings 6.220601. [17:13] Cécile Chaminade Contes bleus – Enid Katahn, p. Gasparo GSCD-247. [8:45] Mark O’Connor Strings and Threads Suite – Mark O’Connor, v; Sharon Isbin, g. Sony 45456-2. [15:11] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Hindemith: Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Op. 50; Mozart: Symphony No. 41, in C Major, K. 551, Jupiter; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64; Maria Dueñas, violin; Marek Janowski, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Friday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Johann Baptist Vanhal Symphony in F minor – Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574305. [16:08] 11:00 Anatol Kos-Anatolsky Poem in D minor – Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko. Centaur CRC-3799. [9:22] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Born in Paris, guitarist Stéphane Wrembel has been called one of the most original guitar voices in contemporary music. In this Impromptu from
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February 2020, he performed his composition “Bistro Fada,” evoking the spirit of the night in the City of Lights. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Gioachino Rossini Semiramide: Overture – Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM7-69042-2. [12:45] José Siqueira Three Etudes – Alex Klein, ob; Phillip Bush, p. Cedille CDR-90000208. [10:05] Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op. 40 – Lars Vogt, p; Paris Chamber Orchestra. Ondine ODE 1400-2. [21:25] Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Zoltán Kodály Marosszék Dances – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [13:37] Domenico Cimarosa Two-Flute Concerto in G – Shigenori Kudo, f; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Jean-Pierre
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In the Spotlight
Avi Avital
WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with Avi Avital The genre-defying Israeli mandolinist is the most sought-after soloist on his instrument and is also the muse of composers for new works for mandolin. Avi Avital uses his platform to draw attention to the rich history of the mandolin including music from the Jewish diaspora. He is also passionate about creating new repertoire that responds to the development the mandolin has made in the last 300 years. Hosted by Oliver Camacho.
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Saturday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 11:00 Introductions: LIVE: Elinor Detmer, 17, violin. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, 1st mvt; Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Grave; Perkinson: Louisiana Blues Strut; Gershwin: Summertime; A Woman is a Sometime Thing; Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 1st mvt. With Milana Pavchinskaya, piano. 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s Turandot Liudmyla Monastyrska (Turandot), Yonghoon Lee (Calàf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Timur); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Marco Armiliato. 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen on the Jugendlichdramatisches Fach and her new self-titled album. 5:00 Weekend Evening Music 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: A Tribute to Silvestre Revueltas. The mastery of this Mexican genius will be highlighted in works for the
orchestra, chamber groups and solo instruments. 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Si Kahn’s Mother Jones in Heaven performed live. This folk opera portrays the life of famed activist Mary G. Harris, known as Mother Jones, featuring Vivian Nesbitt and John Dillon. 9:30 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: From the earliest troubadours, the essence of folk songs have been the stories they tell. Tales of bandits, ballerinas, ballplayers and more. Also, a birthday salute the Ireland’s power folk singer, Christy Moore.
Sunday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Mother’s Day gives host Peter DuBois the opportunity to listen to sacred music focusing on human love, as well as honoring Mary, Mother of Jesus. 7:00 Mother’s Day Requests hosted by LaRob K. Rafael and Robbie Ellis: Email your Mother’s Day dedication to requests@wfmt.com or leave a voicemail at (773) 2792421, then tune in between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm to hear your request. Please submit voicemail requests by May 5 for potential inclusion on today’s broadcast. 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bedrich Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, From My Life – Pavel Haas Quartet. Supraphon SU-4172-2. [28:32] Adolphus Hailstork Sonata da Chiesa – Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Albany TROY-499. [19:19] 6:00 Georges Bizet Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p. Philips 420159-2. [21:42] Leonard Bernstein On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MK-42263. [19:31] 7:00 Louise Farrenc Trio for flute, cello and piano in E minor, Op. 45 – Jean Berkenstock, f; Walter Preucil, vc; William Koehler, p. Centaur CRC2206. [22:09] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – BBC Phil/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN-9633. [12:57] George Gershwin Second Rhapsody (1931 original version) – Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80112. [15:11] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts:
Smetana: Má vlast; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Daniel Barenboim, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Rare Yevgeny Mravinsky Recordings – Program 2. Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Babadjanian: Violin Concerto (with Leonid Kogan, violin); Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11. Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor.
Monday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Amilcare Ponchielli “Dance of the Hours” from La Gioconda – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4831148. [9:41] 11:00 Joachim Raff Duo, Op. 59 – Christoph Croisé, vc; Oxana Shevchenko, p. Avie AV-2490. [16:19] 12:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – English Concert/ Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi 907280. [20:50] 1:00 Georg Philipp Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 2: Three-Violin Concerto in F – Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archive 429774-2. [13:42] Agustín Barrios Mangoré Mazurka Apasionata – José Fernández Bardesio, g. Hänssler Classic HC-21047. [5:47] 2:00 Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos D/CD-3050. [28:45] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Constant Lambert Ballet, Pomona – English Northern Philharmonia/David LloydJones. Hyperion CDA-67049. [19:45] Melinda Wagner Thumbnail Moon – Palisades Virtuosi. Albany TROY1339. [3:00] Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture – Dresden Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner. Berlin Classics 0220007 (2). [7:48] Louis-Theodore Gouvy Four-Hand Piano Sonata in d, Op. 36 – Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony SK-53110. [23:27] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: Artists in Exile, Part I. A two-week series paying homage to 20th century war and revolution refugees who transformed the American arts. This program includes stories of appreciation for a new country, but also of terrible loneliness that comes from being forced from one’s home by political strife with works by Antonín Dvorák, Sergei Prokofiev, and Béla Bartók. 8:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Spektral Quartet from November 2014. 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Tuesday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Song of Hiawatha: Overture – RTÉ Concert Orchestra/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [11:21] 11:00 Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor – Joseph Moog, p; German Radio Phil/Nicholas Milton. Onyx 4169. [18:55] 12:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony in E minor, Wq 177 – Berlin Baroque Soloists/ Reinhard Goebel. Hännsler Classic HC-21029. [10:05] 1:00 Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 55 – Jan Lisiecki, p. DG 4860761. [10:33] Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Montreal Sym/Kent Nagano. Decca 4830396. [10:42] 2:00 Antonin Dvorák String Serenade in E, Op. 22 – Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo. Archetype 60105. [29:07] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Alberto Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Four dances – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [12:00] Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Five Dances – Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer. Boston Skyline
BSD-118. [12:15] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 – Norwegian Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI 00281-2. [29:42] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with Avi Avital Avi Avital is the most sought-after mandolin soloist for Baroque concertos and is the muse of composers creating bespoke works for his instrument. The genredefying Israeli artist shares how he has used his platform to draw attention to the rich history of the mandolin including music from his homeland and the Jewish diaspora. Hosted by Oliver Camacho. 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Glazunov: Idyll in D major for Horn and Strings; Rachmaninov: Two Movements for String Quartet; Schumann Quartet; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 80 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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Virtual Assembly Tuesday, May 10 at 1:00pm FEATURING
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago GUEST SPEAKERS
Lunga Eric Hallam, tenor; Chris Reynolds, pianist; Dan Novak, Director
Hector Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture – London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 456143-2 (6). [7:44] Clara Schumann Soirées musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno – Magdalena Hoffmann, h. DG 00028948617340. [5:18] 2:00 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; London Sym Orch/André Previn. DG 474515-2. [23:43] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Francesco Maria Veracini Recorder Sonata #3 in d – Gwyn Roberts, r; Tempesta di Mare. Pgm Recordings PGM107. [9:29] Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68061. [25:09] Enrique Arbós Pequena suite espanola – Madrid Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Verso VRS-2027 (2). [19:22] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Marc Neikrug: Clarinet Quintet; Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
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Lunga Eric Hallam
Chris Reynolds
Dan Novak
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PHOTOS: Lunga Eric Hallam and Chris Reynolds by Jaclyn Simpson Photography; Dan Novak by Simon Pauly
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Ensemble K/Simone Menezes. Accentus ACC-30567. [13:10] 11:00 Florence Price String Quartet in G (unfinished) – Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71346. [16:16] 12:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture – BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. Warner Classics 256469667-7. [9:22] 1:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 886449139354. [16:46] Ysaÿe Barnwell Wanting Memories – Cantus. Cantus Recordings CTS-1210. [4:55] 2:00 Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella: Suite – Orpheus Chamber
Orch. DG 445541-2. [22:38] Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031 – Michala Petri, r; Keith Jarrett, hc. RCA 61274-2. [9:06] Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1002. [15:28] Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Midori, v; Natalie Tal Glaser, h; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK-58967. [30:30] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: JeanFéry Rebel: “Chaos” from Les Élémens; Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G Major, Military; Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 BWV 1069; Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041; Alexander Barantschik, violin; Ton Koopman, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 3:00
Friday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Johann Strauss II Waltz, Morgenblätter, Op. 279 – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 68160-2. [8:00] 11:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Rondo in E, Wq 57/1 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68381/2. [8:07] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Tenor Lawrence Brownlee and pianist Craig Terry in works by Rossini as well as the spiritual “Come By Here” and the folksong setting “Down By the Sally Gardens.” From October 2015, hosted by Kerry Frumkin. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Jean-Marie Leclair Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 7, No. 5 – Leila Schayegh, v; La Cetra Baroque Orchestra. Glossa GCD-924206. [14:27] George Walker Lyric for Strings – Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London. Albany TROY-270. [6:09] 2:00 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 – Lahti
spontaneous description of a Tahitian dancer in motion.
Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-861. [35:04] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 3 in A minor – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572786. [17:36] Ludwig van Beethoven Wind Sextet in E-Flat, Op. 71 – Mozzafiato/ Charles Neidich. Sony SK-53367. [19:05] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in e, R. 277 Il Favorito – Salvatore Accardo, v; Naples Soloists. EMI CDC7-49320-2. [17:16] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kristina Lynn 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Jaap van Zweden conducts Brahms: A German Requiem; Ying Fang, soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone; Concert Chorale of NY 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Music of Tahiti (06/16/1959).The program includes musical performances and Studs’s
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In the Spotlight
James Conlon
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series Hours before James Conlon took the podium on October 21, 2021, Bernard Haitink had passed away at age 92. Conlon opened the concert with a somber announcement before the CSO strings performed Bach’s Air on a G String in tribute to the CSO’s former principal conductor. The following program included Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony for Strings in C Minor, Schubert’s Symphony No. 3, and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
Sunday, May 15 8:00 pm
Live the Life You Deserve
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 11:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Michael Volle (Hans Sachs), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Lise Davidsen (Eva), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Beckmesser), Georg Zeppenfeld (Pogner), Paul Appleby (David); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Antonio Pappano. Recorded November 4, 2021. 5:00 Weekend Evening Music 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Super Guitar Show. Great Latin American performers of- and composers for classical guitar including guitarists Abel Carlevaro, Eduardo Fernandez, and Manuel Barrueco; and master composers José Ardévol, Federico Moreno Torroba and Heitor Villa-Lobos. 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Two outstanding singer-songwriters: Cliff Eberhardt and Louise Mosrie live. 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: Motherhood is front and center with sweet sentiments as well as send-ups. And quirky characters populate the playlist of more story songs and tales.
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Sunday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Birthdays. Both Sweelinck and Monteverdi served as bridges between the Renaissance and Baroque, active at opposite ends of the European continent. Both also have significant birthdays in 2020, and on this edition of With Heart and Voice, host Peter DuBois will celebrate their music, as well as other May birthday composers: Brahms and Fauré. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – London Phil Orch/Leonard Slatkin.
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RCA 61350-2. [13:16] Amy Beach From Grandmother’s Garden, Op. 97 – Joanne Polk, p. Arabesque Z-6721. [14:05] Heinrich von Biber Sonata à 7 – English Chamber Orch Brass/Donald Fraser. RCA 61852-2. [4:00] Emmanuel Chabrier España Rhapsody – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SFK47279. [6:04] Lou Harrison Seven Pastorales – Brooklyn Phil/Dennis Russell Davies. Musicmasters 67089-2. [19:30] Meyer/Thile/Duncan Waltz Whitman – Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db. Sony 19439738551. [3:45] Johann Pachelbel The Pachelbel Loose Cannon – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3205. [6:27] Ernesto Lecuona Andalucía, Suite española: I. Córdoba – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 41144-2. [3:26] Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms – Israel Phil & Cho/Leonard Bernstein. DG 463462-2 (2). [19:04] Camille Saint-Saëns Wedding Cake (CapriceValse), Op. 76 – Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn. EMI CDC7-49757-2. [6:18] Giuseppe Verdi Aida:
Triumphal March – Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel. Sony 88883712052. [7:26] Traditional African-American Spiritual, There is a Balm in Gilead – Courtney Bryan, p. Courtney Bryan (2010). [4:01] Jón Leifs Hinsta kveðja, Op. 53 – Dmitri Ensemble/ Graham Ross. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905330. [8:33] 3:00 George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433523-2 (5). [20:41] Louise Farrenc Overture No. 1 in e minor, Op. 23 – Solistes Européens Luxembourg/ Christoph König. Naxos 8.574094. [6:59] Elena Ruehr Icarus – Jon Manasse, cl; Borromeo String Quartet. Avie AV-2502. [11:31] 4:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor African Suite, Op. 35: Danse nègre – London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [6:04] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDR5-69879-2. [20:38] Antonio Bazzini La Ronde des lutins, Op. 25 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Patrick
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Muti. EMI CDC7-47311-2. [16:12] Franz Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384 – Zachary Carrettín, v; Mina Gajic, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92240. [12:47] Barbara Strozzi Lagrime mie, Op. 7, No. 4 – Emöke Baráth, s; Il Pomo d’Oro/Francesco Corti. Erato 0190295632212. [8:26] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: In memoriam Bernard Haitink. Bach/Wilhelmj: Air on the G string; Shostakovich/ Barshai: Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano); Schubert: Symphony No. 3. James Conlon, conductor. Mahler: Symphony No. 6, 3rd mvt. Bernard Haitink, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Rare Yevgeny Mravinsky Recordings – Program 3. Sibelius: Symphony No. 3; Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (with Lev Oborin, piano); Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with David Oistrakh, violin); Glinka: Russlan & Ludmila Overture; Shostakovich: Festive Overture. Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor.
Sinozich, p. Cedille CDR90000041. [5:05] Sigurður Sævarsson Requiem: VII. In paradisum – Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905330. [4:25] Sigur Rós Fljótavik – Stephanie Gonley, v; Dmitri Ensemble/ Graham Ross. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905330. [4:17] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden – Aviv Quartet. Aparté AP-266. [41:10] Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0013458-02. [9:39] 6:00 Edvard Grieg Haugtussa, Op. 67 – Lise Davidsen, s; Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Decca B0034877-02. [25:53] Richard Strauss Wind Suite in B-flat, Op. 4 – Bohuslav Martinu Phil Orch Winds/ Jon Ceander Mitchell. Centaur CRC-3574. [25:53] 7:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – Maurice André, tr; Philharmonia/Riccardo
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In the Spotlight
Taki Salameh
Introductions In the 75th anniversary year of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, Introductions features a quintet of principal players from CYSO’s Jubilee Wind Quintet. In addition to chamber music by Paul Taffanel, Carl Nielsen and Paul Hindemith; these teens play the new Wind Quintet by the group’s bassoonist, Taki Salameh. The broadcast includes additional works by Salameh played by two teen soloists: Palatine flutist Anika Veda and Bay Area clarinetist Harrison Kim.
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Monday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) Symphonie concertante in G, Op. 13 – Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v’s; London Sym/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [15:23] 11:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale – Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0017253-00. [6:40] 12:00 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47116-2. [15:15] 1:00 James Curnow Rejouissance – Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble/Stephen Squires. MSR Classics MS-1735. [6:23] Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p.
Philips 420159-2. [16:41] Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Warner Classics 62769-2 (5). [37:55] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4782163 (2). [16:24] David Diamond String Quartet #3 – Potomac String Quartet. Albany TROY504. [25:41] Michael Haydn Divertimento in C – David Taylor, v; Gary Stucka, vc; Jerry Fuller, db. Musical Arts Society MASCD-41595. [11:55] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Artists in Exile, Part II. Bill continues to reflect on artists in exile, including music from Paul Hindemith, Chen Yi, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Tan Dun. 8:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Pianist Marcel Worms from September 2015. 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 2:00
Tuesday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale – Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [18:48] 11:00 Frédéric Chopin Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 – Emanuel Ax, p; Age of Enlightenment Orch/ Sir Charles Mackerras. Sony SK-60771. [17:28] 12:00 Alejandro García Caturla Tres danzas cubanas – Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Keri-Lynn Wilson. Dorian XCD-90254. [8:42] 1:00 Eric Whitacre Paradise Lost: Sleep My Child – Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre. Decca B0016636-02. [6:22] Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A, Fire – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 427661-2. [17:05] 2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Janine Jansen, v; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding. Decca 4780651. [35:19]
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Wednesday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5 – Boston Baroque Ensemble/Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80253. [15:31] 11:00 César Franck Symphonic Variations – Louis Lortie, p; BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9875. [15:51] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Zhenn Li live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Zhihong Guo: Xinjiang Dance; Claude Debussy: Select Preludes, Book 1; Johann Sebastian Bach,
transcribed Ferriccio Busoni: Chaconne from Violin Partita #2 in D Minor, BWV 1004. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op. 11, No. 2 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8947. [11:41] Reena Esmail The Light is the Same – Imani Winds. Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0138. [8:51] 2:00 Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a – London Sym Orch/André Previn. EMI CDM7-64736-2. [16:19] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 – Julia Fischer, v; Netherlands Chamber Orch/ Yakov Kreizberg. Pentatone PTC-5186453 (2). [23:37] Otto Klemperer Merry Waltz – Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer. EMI CDM7-639172. [7:29] Richard Rodgers Carousel: Waltz – John Wilson Orchestra. Warner 5099998443529. [7:26] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Ernesto Cavallini: Adagio & Allegro from Grand Artistic Duet No. 2 in B-flat Major for Two Clarinets; Johannes Brahms: String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
Thursday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Fanny Mendelssohn Overture (1830) – Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7169-2. [10:31] 11:00 Antonin Dvorák Bagatelles, Op 47 – Panocha String Quartet Members; Jaroslav Tuma, harmonium. Supraphon SU-33912131. [17:37] 12:00 Gustav Holst Brook Green Suite – New Zealand Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite. Koch 3-7058-2. [7:08] 1:00 Lettie Alston Variations
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Friday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Impromptu at 12:00 pm. Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 – Melos Ensemble. EMI CDFB5-72646-2 (2). [8:30] 11:00 Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto in B-Flat, G 482 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-60681. [16:30] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: For more than 30 years, the Hugo Wolf Quartett has demonstrated crystalline virtuosity across many styles. The Viennabased ensemble gave a rare Chicago performance in 2009, hosted by George Preston. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. 1:00 Ferdinand Hérold Zampa: Overture – Royal Scottish
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Saturday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael, with News at 7:00 am; Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am; and Soundtrack at 9:00 am. 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 11:00 Introductions: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Jubilee Wind Quintet. Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet, 1st mvt; Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, 1st mvt; Taki Salameh: Wind Quintet; Paul Hindemith:
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In the Spotlight
Nadine Sierra
From the Metropolitan Opera An alumna of the 2012 Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute Program for Singers, soprano Nadine Sierra has gone on to win the prestigious Richard Tucker Award and triumph in the top opera houses around the world. The Metropolitan Opera has anointed her with this new production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Mexican bel canto specialist Javier Camarena is partnered with her as Edgardo, with Polish baritone Artur Ruciński in the role of her overbearing brother, Enrico.
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Sunday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Ascendit Deus. Peter DuBois hosts a program of sacred choral and organ music for Ascension Day, along with other music of praise and majesty. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis inclduing Gabriela Lena Frank Three Latin American Dances – Utah Sym Orch/ Keith Lockhart. Reference RR-105. [16:25] Erik Satie Three Gymnopédies – Michel Legrand, p. Erato 92587-2. [10:24] 1:00 Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 – Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 604452. [10:07] Celso Machado Musiques populaires brésiliennes – Michelle LaPorte, f; Gerry Saulter, g; James Carroll, per. Centaur CRC3549. [17:10] Mary D. Watkins Five Movements in Color: No. 1, Once Upon a Time – New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner. Albany TROY-1200. [6:15] 2:00 Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49964-2. [16:59] Carl Maria von Weber Andante e Rondo Ungarese in c, Op 35 – Bernard Garfield, bn; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK-62652. [8:57] 3:00 Dmitri Shostakovich Jazz Suite No. 2 – Frankfurt Radio Sym Orch/Dmitri Kitayenko. RCA 68304-2. [25:45] Franz Schubert Military March in D, D 733, No. 1 – Evgeny Kissin, p. Sony SK-64538. [6:02] Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Erlkönig, Op. 26 – Rachel Barton Pine, v. Cedille CDR-90000041. [4:11] Diana Lawrence On Monsieur’s Departure – Artemisia. Artemisia (2018). [3:09] 4:00 Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a – Scottish Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80450 (3). [17:07] Daniel-François Auber Fra Diavolo: Overture – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel.
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Telarc CD-80116. [7:47] Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess – Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Felix Slatkin. EMI CDM7-63738-2. [6:05] Arvo Pärt The Woman with the Alabaster Box – Choir of Clare College Cambridge/ Graham Ross. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905323. [6:06] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons – Robert McDuffie, v; London Phil/ Marin Alsop. Orange Mountain Music 0072. [40:04] 6:00 Samuel Barber Dover Beach, Op. 3 – Matthew Rose, b; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20224. [7:25] Margaret Bonds Three Dream Portraits – Malcolm J. Merriweather, br; Ashley Jackson, h. Avie AV-2413. [7:00] Michel-Richard Delalande Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy (for the King’s Supper): Première Caprice – Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard. Erato ECD-88088. [15:18] 7:00 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Waltzes – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [20:22] Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 – Novus Quartet. Aparté AP-271. [31:04] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Mozart: Divertimento in D, K. 136; Piazzolla/Desyatnikov: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Julian Rachlin, violin & director. Hindemith: Nobilissima visione. Jean Martinon, conductor. 10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin. Liszt et al.: Hexameron; Thalberg: Grand Fantasy on Donizetti’s Don Pasquale; Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s Ernani; Thalberg: Fantasy on Rossini’s Mosè; Liszt: Reminiscences on Bellini’s Norma; Henselt: Piano Concerto in F minor (with BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins).
Monday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
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Wednesday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm. William Boyce Concerto grosso in B-Flat – Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN-6541. [11:05] 11:00 Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Singapore Sym Orch/Lan Shui. BIS 2412. [12:06] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon, including the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D – Tafelmusik. Reference RR-13. [5:43] Gioachino Rossini La Cenerentola: Overture – Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Conifer 55004-2. [8:33] 2:00 Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA RCD1-5407. [21:05] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. Antonio Salieri Sinfonia, Il Giorno Onomastico – London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9877. [17:54] Johann Nepomuk Hummel Theme and Variations in F, Op. 97 – London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, p. Chandos CHAN-9886. [16:01] Francis Poulenc Aubade – Gabriel Tacchino, p; Paris Conservatory Orch/Georges Prêtre. EMI CDM7-64714-2. [20:05] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Minor, Op. 38, Alan Gilbert, conductor; Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
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Friday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
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John Brancy and Peter Dugan
Memorial in Song with John Brancy and Peter Dugan Join us for this program for Memorial Day to honor lives that have been forever changed by war, including songs written by composers and poets who were soldiers themselves. Much of the music comes from the World War I era when the world was confronted with modern warfare for the first time. The program is cohosted and performed by Grammywinning baritone John Brancy and Peter Dugan, pianist and host of NPR’s From the Top, with testimonials from historians and war veterans.
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by many composers and performers, this style of music took on a new life across the ocean. 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Singersongwriter Lori Lieberman from a Folkstage concert recorded in 2010. 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer: Songs of remembrance and peace.
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Sunday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: In Remembrance. Host Peter DuBois offers music of remembrance – music to remember those who have died in service to their country, and sacred pieces about eternal life. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 459555-2. [4:18] Claude Debussy Petite Suite – Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon. Cala CACD-1001. [12:45] Jennifer Higdon Viola Sonata (1990) – Molly Carr, vi; Charles Abramovic, p. Naxos 8.559752. [18:31] Mark Olivieri Spectacular Vernaculars: I. Buenas Noches, Buenos Aires: hommage à Alberto Ginastera – Nicholas Phillips, p. [3:24] 1:00 George Gershwin An American in Paris – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. RCA 68931-2 (2). [18:15] Franz Schubert Die Zauberharfe, D. 644: Overture – London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI CDC7-49889-2. [9:41] Adolphus Hailstork Eight Variations on Shalom Chaverim – Andrey Kasparov, p. Albany TROY-1112. [7:15] 2:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 – Edwin Fischer Chamber Orch/ Edwin Fischer, p. Philips 456766-2 (2). [10:10] Erich Wolfgang Korngold Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in C-Sharp, Op. 17 – Orion Weiss, p; Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein. Bridge 9547. [28:38] Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville: Cavatina, Largo al factotum – Canadian Brass. RCA 5628-2-RC. [5:13] 3:00 Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Prelude for String Sextet – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8758. [10:00] Frédéric
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Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil Orch/Kazimierz Kord. Arabesque Z-6702-2 (2). [14:07] Ethel Smyth Violin and Horn Concerto – Steven Moeckel, v; Bruce Heim, hn; Joanna Goldstein, p. Centaur CRC-3693. [27:22] Carl Nielsen Serenata in vano – Chicago Pro Musica. Reference RR-16. [6:42] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80098. [11:00] Clarence Cameron White Bandanna Sketches, Op. 12 – Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records . [14:45] Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, Coronation – Robert Casadesus, p; Columbia Sym Orch/George Szell. Sony SBK-67178. [29:05] Jennifer Higdon Sky Quartet (2000) – Serafin String Quartet. Naxos 8.559752. [21:41] Douglas Lilburn Drysdale Overture – New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd. Naxos 8.557697. [10:27] Amy Beach Ecstasy, Op. 19, No. 2; Je demande à l’oiseau, Op. 51, No. 4; A Mirage, Op. 100, No. 1; Canzonetta, Op. 48, No. 4; Chanson d’amour (1898) – Emma Kirkby, s; Romantic Chamber Group of London. BIS CD-1245. [15:24] Béla Bartók Suite No. 2, Op 4b – BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. Onyx 4213. [31:10] Memorial in Song with John Brancy and Peter Dugan: The Grammy award-winning baritone John Brancy and his duo partner Peter Dugan (host of NPR’s From the Top) present a program that explores the timeless themes of longing, loss, love, and the search for peace in the wake of war. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Robert Chen, violin); Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter.” Marek Janowski, conductor. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde. Sir Georg Solti, conductor. Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Eleanor Steber – A Portrait of a Great American Soprano.
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582 – Canadian Brass. Opening Day ODR-7450. [12:04] 11:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Julia Fischer, v; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Yakov Kreizberg. Decca B0015535-02. [14:17] 12:00 Adolphus Hailstork Three Spirituals (2005) – Virginia Sym/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559722. [8:17] 1:00 Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Sioned Williams, h; Brodsky Quartet; Chris Laurence, db. Chandos CHAN-10717. [10:35] Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture – Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach. Sony Classical 88985425932. [8:50] 2:00 Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in a minor, D. 821 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Várjon, p. Hyperion CDA-68227. [25:54] 3:00 Mauro Giuliani Introduction, Theme with Variations and Polonaise in A, Op 65 – Pepe Romero, g; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 6514296. [19:28] Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings (from Op. 11) – Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 439521-2. [10:01] Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47543. [24:31] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: German composer Felix Mendelssohn has been hailed as one of the greatest musical minds of all time. This week, Bill ventures from his precocious youth to his early death surveying his great body of work including the beloved Violin Concerto, String Octet, and “Italian” Symphony. 8:00 Live from WFMT Encore: Baroque ensemble Black Tulip from May 2015. 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Philharmonia/ Sir Neville Marriner. Decca 4780106. [12:16] 11:00 Carlos Chávez Toccata for orchestra (1947) – State of Mexico Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-927. [6:47] 12:00 Franz Liszt Les Préludes – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47022-2. [16:35] 1:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Antonio Meneses, vc; Royal Northern Sinfonia/Claudio Cruz. Avie AV-2373. [18:07] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in F, K. 494 – Víkingur Ólafsson, p. DG 4860525. [6:04] 2:00 Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons. DG 4836659. [20:57] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm. George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN8947. [13:26] Johannes Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in f minor, Op. 120, No. 1 – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Richard Goode, p. RCA 60036-2-RG. [23:27] Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan. Decca 4758225. [17:04] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: See Mon. May 30 at 7:00 pm. 8:00 WFMT Presents: Music and Conversation with Philip Glass Kerry Frumkin speaks with influential American composer Philip Glass about his life in music, where he’s been, and what’s inspired him. A rebroadcast from 2016. 9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Haydn: Quartet in E-fla Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke;” Orion String Quartet; Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 97, “Archduke” 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
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