Air Check Dear Member, This year, October brings much more than fall colors – one WTTW program celebrates an impressive milestone, and another stages a welcome return, after more than a decade, to our backyard. And WFMT travels far afield to bring you an event that may come as close as classical music ever gets to a reality show. One of our most popular local series, Check, Please!, marks its 15th anniversary this month with an exciting new season and a new online series, Chat, Please! The highly rated national series Antiques Roadshow rolled into Chicago last summer to tape three episodes that attracted 6,000 hopefuls and 70 appraisers, and this month, their fascinating finds will at last be revealed. Lisa Flynn treks to Warsaw, Poland to report for WFMT on the exciting action at the drama-filled 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, including a live broadcast of the winner’s concert. You can experience it as it happens, wherever you are, at 98.7WFMT and on wfmt.com. As the autumn leaves fall, WTTW11 offers a diverse array of riveting new content to enjoy. We commence October with a celebration of Polish Heritage Month and throughout the month, introduce three new British series to the Sunday night lineup: Home Fires, The Widower, and The Guilty. We explore Undiscovered Haiti with José Andrés (with President Bill Clinton and Chef Mario Batali in tow), and Latin artists pay tribute to Michael Jackson. We take you to Soldier Field for The Grateful Dead’s final shows ever, look back on the career trajectory of Mary Tyler Moore, delve into The Brain with David Eagleman, gain new insights about our pets on Nature, examine immigration reform and the war in Syria with Frontline, and premiere a new season of Jay’s Chicago. As mentioned above, Check, Please! creator David Manilow converses with a variety of restaurant industry influencers on the digital series Chat, Please!, and this month’s theme on The Good Stuff (wttw.com/goodstuff) is “Thrill Seeking” – for that, you need not look any further than WTTW, across all platforms. WFMT continues to bring you live Lyric Opera broadcasts: this month, hear Rossini’s fairytale comedy Cinderella as Peter van de Graaff and Roger Pines co-host the opening performance on October 4. And the New York Philharmonic starts its new radio season by broadcasting its 2015-16 opening night featuring music director Alan Gilbert and guest pianist Lang Lang. British pianist and recording artist Margaret Fingerhut brings her artistry to Live from WFMT to share a recital of songs, stories, and interludes. And to round out an exceptionally busy month, we bring you the San Francisco Opera’s critically acclaimed production of Berlioz’s Les Troyans (The Trojans), one of the highlights of the company’s 2014-15 season. WFMT.com is your source for music news around town, including timely, topical and humorous stories of interest; the complete radio schedule; and the “What’s Playing Now” roll, so you don’t miss a thing. On behalf of all of us at WTTW and WFMT, my thanks as always for your continued engagement Sincerely,
Dan Schmidt President & CEO
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ON THE COVER: Check, Please! Creator and Executive Producer David Manilow at popular Chicago BBQ destination and Check, Please! Season 11 restaurant Smoque. Photo: Teresa Crawford. Location: Smoque courtesy of owner/ operator Barry Sorkin. 2
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MEMBER CONNECTIONS Live Piano Concert WFMT’s monthly live series, The PianoForte Salon Series, continues its season of broadcasts and you’re invited to be part of the audience! Join WFMT for a live performance and conversation this month featuring pianist EunAe Lee. The program is an all-Beethoven recital. EunAe Lee began formal piano study at age 9, and dreamed of becoming a concert WHAT pianist. She was born in Seoul, Korea, and The PianoForte Salon Series attended Yewon School and Seoul Arts WHERE High School before moving to the United PianoForte Studios States in 2004. In Korea, she presented her 1335 S. Michigan Avenue solo debut at age 14, performing the Saintin Chicago Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton WHEN EunAe Lee of Bong Kim. She later went on to collect Friday, October 2, 12:00 pm an impressive number of prizes, including the Korea Times National Piano Competition and the CBS Radio National Piano Competition. Currently, EunAe lives in Evanston, Illinois and is pursuing her Doctoral Studies in Piano Performance at the Northwestern University. Admission to this concert is free. For more information, visit pianofortefoundation.org.
Free Screening: Independent Lens – Stray Dog
Photo: Eric Phillips-Horst.
WTTW Community Cinema and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events present and Indie Lens Pop-up event including a screening and discussion of the Independent Lens documentary, Stray Dog. Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik’s searching, stereotype-shattering documentary focuses on Ron “Stray Dog” Hall. The movie follows Stray Dog as he caraWHAT vans on his Harley from Indie Lens Pop-up his rural Missouri home Stray Dog to Washington, D.C. with WHERE his fellow vets to pay tribChicago Cultural Center ute to his fallen brothers 78 E. Washington Street in at the Vietnam Memorial. Chicago Back home, Ron and his Mexican wife, Alicia, assist WHEN Saturday, October 17, 2:00 pm her two newly arrived Ron “Stray Dog” Hall at his family teenage sons, who are, like reunion. Stray Dog, striving to find their place in a country that has become foreign. Stray Dog is at once a powerful look at the veteran experience, a surprising love story, and a fresh exploration of what it takes to survive in the hardscrabble heartland of America. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Vietnam veterans, and food donations (canned goods) for homeless veterans are welcome. This is a free event. For more information, visit wttw.com/events.
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All over Chicagoland For locations visit wfmt.com/events
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Dates through November 1 For schedule visit wfmt.com/events
WFMT Bach Keyboard Festival Fresh from the success of last season’s Bach Organ Project, WFMT presents The Bach Keyboard Festival, through November 1, 2015. You can enjoy Bach’s keyboard music by attending one or all eleven live concert events, featuring over 70 pianists and harpsichordists from Chicago and beyond. Artists include Jory Vinikour, Lara Downes, Bach David Schrader, Winston Choi, Stephen Alltop, Adam Neiman, Ariella Mak-Neiman, Anthony Molinaro, Philippe LeRoy, Carol lie Breckenridge, Jason Moy, Sylvia Wang, Kyomi Sugimura, and performers from the keyboard programs of DePaul, Northwestern, and Roosevelt Universities, and Wheaton College. For more information about this special concert series, visit wfmt.com/events.
Free Screening: New PBS Kids Series Nature Cat WTTW and Spiffy Pictures invite you to this sneak preview of Nature Cat, an upcoming new animated series for kids ages 3-8 premiering nationwide on Wednesday, November 25 as part of the WTTW Kids television lineup. Members of the Spiffy Pictures production team will be on hand to introduce a 30-minute episode, answer questions, and share some “behind the scenes” insights about the creation of this WHAT fun new series. Chicago International Children’s Nature Cat follows Fred, a house cat who dreams of exploring the great outdoors. Film Festival: Nature Cat In each episode, once his family leaves for the day, Fred transforms into Nature Cat, WHERE “backyard explorer extraordinaire.” Nature Cat can’t wait to get outside for a day of Facets Multimedia backyard nature excursions and bravery, but there’s one problem: he’s still a house 1517 W. Fullerton in Chicago cat with no instincts for nature. With the help of his animal friends, Nature Cat embarks on action-packed adventures while inspiring children to go outside. WHEN This is a free event, presented by the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. Saturday, October 24, 3:00 pm Seating is limited, so please register at CICFF.org. Visit wttw.com/events for more information. Major funding for Nature Cat is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Van Eekeren Family, founders of Land O’Frost.
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MEMBER PERKS 2-for-1 Tickets to Arsenic and Old Lace The Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) open their 35th season with the farcical black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring. Two Victorian sisters are known throughout Brooklyn for their virtues, eccentricities, and charitable acts. What their neighbors don’t know is the sweet ladies are knocking off lonely old men with homemade elderberry wine splashed with arsenic. When the sisters’ nephew Mortimer comes home for a visit, his aunts’ misdeeds and the schemes of his two insane brothers are uncovered. Performances of Arsenic and Old Lace take place October 23-November 15, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey Avenue in Chicago. Free parking is available in two lots. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, to any performance by emailing tickets@saintsebastianplayers.org and mentioning WTTW. For information, visit saintsebastianplayers.org. Issam Rafea
2-for-1 Tickets to The Orion Ensemble
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The Music Institute of Chicago presents Syrian musician and composer Issam Rafea and his Trio October 18 at 3:00 pm at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston. The Trio plays an astonishingly emotional and virtuosic repertoire of traditional Syrian music and new compositions for oud, tabla, and voice. Issam Rafea, one of Syria’s elite musicians, is a refugee now establishing himself as a professional musician and educator in the United States. He has a passion for infusing traditional Arab and Middle Eastern music with new compositional ideas and instrumentation. Rafea led a groundbreaking collaboration with Damen Albarn of the British rock bands Blur and The Gorillaz. WTTW members may purchase two full-price tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, by calling (847) 905-1500 ext. 108 and using the code WTTW. For information, visit musicinst.org.
A world premiere by Jackson Berkey opens the 23rd season of The Orion Ensemble. “French and German Tapestries” features guest violist Stephen Boe, a highly respected Chicago chamber musician, on a program that features Berkey’s Homage to Percy Bysshe Shelley for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano; three works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in E-flat Major for String Trio, K. 563; Fantasy in C Minor for Piano, K. 396; and Trio (Kegelstatt) in E-flat Major for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, K. 498 – and Gabriel Fauré’s Quartet in C Minor for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, Op. 15. The Orion Ensemble’s concert program takes place Sunday, October 4 at 7:30 pm at Music Institute of Chicago’s Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston; and Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30 pm at the PianoForte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago. WTTW members may purchase two tickets for the price of one, subject to availability, by calling (630) 628-9591 and using code WTTW. For information, visit orionensemble.org. Photo: Devon Cass
2-for-1 Tickets to Issam Rafea
2-for-1 Tickets to Giordano Dance Chicago Giordano Dance Chicago presents its high-energy, high-impact artistry complete with repertory and a world premiere from cutting-edge, Israeli-born choreographer Roni Koresh, known for his driving complexity that challenges endurance and pushes boundaries. For 2-for-1 admission to Giordano Dance Chicago Fall Home Season at Harris Theatre, 205 East Randolph Drive in Chicago on Friday, October 23 at 7:30 pm or Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 pm, visit harristheaterchicago.org and search Giordano 2015-2016 season. Use code WFMT for discount. For more information, visit giordanodance.org.
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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
Undiscovered Haiti with José Andrés Follow Chef Andrés into the heart of this mysterious island. Through its unique cuisine, discover the history and culture of a proud and rarely understood people. Joining Andrés along the way are former president Bill Clinton and Chef Mario Batali.
The Brain with David Eagleman
The C Word
Neuroscientist Eagleman explores the human brain in a series that reveals the ultimate story of us – why we feel and think the things we do. The project blends science with innovative visual effects and compelling stories, and addresses big questions.
The extraordinary true story of an ordinary woman, this adaptation of Lisa Lynch’s candid book reveals her experience of cancer, based on her popular blog which was launched shortly after her diagnosis. This film is a defiant and surprisingly funny story of live, love, and cancer.
Thursday, October 8, 8:00 pm
Begins Wednesday, October 14, 10:00 pm
Thursday, October 22, 10:00 pm
See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.
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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise – New Blood/Hidden Worlds (Part 3 of 6) [R] 3:30 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise – Hidden Worlds (Part 4 of 6) [R] 4:30 Life on the Line: Coming of Age Between Nations [R]
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 inCommon with Mike Leonard: Courage While most people will not be called to heroics on the battlefield, many life challenges require courage just to carry on. How do certain individuals summon strength when life presents pain? Are some born more resilient, or can mental toughness be learned? 8:30 The Fourth Partition: Chicago’s Polish Immigrants 10:00 Kosciuszko: A Man Ahead of His Time 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Friday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Tokyo [R] 3:30 Frontline: My Brother’s Bomber (Part 1 of 3) [R] 4:30 Moone Boy [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS
Specials for Polish Heritage Month The Fourth Partition: Chicago’s Polish Immigrants tells the story of one of the city’s largest and most influential communities, and how they built a wonderful life while aiding their beloved Poland in her fight for independence. Kosciuszko: A Man Ahead of His Time profiles a Polish officer who was a Revolutionary War hero, a champion of human rights, and a prince of tolerance whose principles still resonate today. Narrated by actor Blair Underwood.
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 1 of 4) In his first-ever quiz show, Geoffrey Baer poses Chicago history and trivia questions to a lively and diverse group of passersby all over the city – in Lincoln Park, Daley Plaza, Chinatown, Navy Pier, Hyde Park, and other locales – and reveals the answers. 8:00 Check, Please! Lady Gregory’s/Dawali/Cottage on Dixie Catherine’s guests are assistant principal Gary
Norcross, who recommends Lady Gregory’s in the Andersonville neighborhood; analytic consultant Sanket Shah, whose choice is Lincoln Park eatery Dawali; and research coordinator and Homewood resident Rebecca Haas, whose pick is hometown favorite Cottage on Dixie. 8:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 1 of 4) Join Geoffrey Baer for this engaging historical travelogue through Chicago, aided by his amazing flea market find: a time machine that gives us a unique bird’s-eye view of incredible moments of the past that happened in seemingly ordinary places. 9:00 Van Gogh: Painted with Words Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) portrays Vincent Van Gogh in this critically acclaimed docudrama, with every single word of dialogue sourced from the troubled artist’s original correspondence. 10:00 POV: Ai Weiwei – The Fake Case 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill
Saturday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 12:30 Nightly Business Report 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 E.O. Wilson: of Ants and Men [R] 4:30 Moone Boy [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW KIDS 10:00 American Graduate Day: Let’s Make It Happen This allday broadcast and outreach event, part of the American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen public media initiative, will address the national and local high school dropout crisis with special celebrity
In the Spotlight
POV: Ai Weiwei – The Fake Case This stunning dissection of the persecution of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei explores how the government’s attempts to silence him have backfired and turned him into an irrepressible voice for free speech and human rights around the globe.
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guests, relevant spokespeople, and compelling stories from the students themselves. I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Tokyo [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 As Time Goes By 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances 8:00 Doc Martin: Born with a Shotgun Sleepless nights are taking their toll on Martin and Louisa. Tempers are frayed as they try to find ways to comfort their constantly wailing baby.
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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights These digital channels are available with digital cable or over-the-air with a digital receiver. For more information about digital television and for complete schedules, visit wttw.com/schedules. Home Fires on Masterpiece Sundays, 7:00 pm
At the heart of a rural English village on the verge of the Second World War, a diverse group of women with personal struggles, conflicting views, and a shared mission forge a community that will inspire their finest hour. Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford) head an ensemble cast in this moving wartime drama.
WTTW11 in HD Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can watch WTTW11 in high-definition by tuning to channel 11-1. Cable or satellite viewers can locate WTTW11 in highdefinition on the on-screen menu.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Daisy Badger as Claire Hillman
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope – New Season Begins Thursday, October 22, 6:30 pm
Joseph Rosendo journeys from the California coast to the islands of Hong Kong and to Chile’s Tierra del Fuego. Along the way, he encounters the heights of natural beauty in the Cariboo-Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia, celebrates Christmas in Switzerland, and circumnavigates the tip of South America.
WTTW Prime WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Joseph Rosendo
Fall with Bob Ross Marathon Sunday, October 4, 11:00 am
WTTW Create WTTW Create is our how-to and lifestyle programming channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW Create is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW Create programming airs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
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Make your canvas come alive using the colors of autumn with the help of fan favorite Bob Ross. The red, gold, and brown palette of fall inspires Bob to create masterpieces. Follow along with his easy step ad by step technique and keep a piece of fall with you all year.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Bob Ross
America ReFramed: Stable Life Tuesday, October 7, 7:00 pm
WTTW World WTTW WORLD features public television’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW WORLD is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Dionicia M. lives in the stables at a California racetrack while her teenage son Jose Luis is turning heads as a hotshot apprentice jockey. Dionicia and Jose Luis have gambled their futures on the hardscrabble sport of horse racing. Will they succeed or will their lack of immigration papers prevent them from achieving the stable life of their dreams?
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Jose Luis, Stable Life
Vme Estelares: Giuseppe Moscati
Monday-Thursday October 19-22, 8:00pm
WTTW Vme WTTW Vme is our Spanish language channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. WTTW Vme is on Comcast digital channels 368 and 629, Dish Network channels 846 and 9414, DirectTV channel 440, and RCN channel 39.
on demand
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Giuseppe Moscati, “the holy physician of Naples,” was a medical doctor and layman in the early 20th century who came from an aristocratic family and devoted his medical career to serving the poor. He was also a medical school professor and a pioneer in the field of biochemistry whose research led to the discovery of insulin as a cure for diabetes.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Giuseppe Moscati
October On-Demand Picks • Chicago Tonight • Check, Please! • Jacques Pepin: Heart and Soul Pictured: Jacques Pepin
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Father Brown: The Kembleford Boggart When the father of a young writer is found dead, tension mounts against the travelers in Kembleford. Father Brown must uncover the truth before one of them is sent to the gallows. 10:00 Foyle’s War: Trespass The son of a prominent Jewish man is assaulted as a right-wing manifesto inflames anti-Semitic tensions. 11:30 Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 9) [R]
Sunday 4 EARLY MORNING 1:00 Great British Baking Show: Pies and Tarts [R] 2:00 Van Gogh: Painted with Words See Fri. Oct. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 POV: Ai Weiwei – The Fake Case See Fri. Oct. 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Nature: Nature’s Miracle Orphans – Wild Lessons (Part 2 of 2) [R]
In the Spotlight
Samantha Bond
Home Fires on Masterpiece (New Series) In this new six-part British drama series, witness the bitter rivalry between Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Reckless) to control the Women’s Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. In part one: With the war imminent, the local Women’s Institute dissolves after Joyce resigns as president. Frances tries to revive the group with a jam-making project.
Sundays beginning October 4, 7:00 pm
MORNING 5:00-11:30 WTTW KIDS 11:30 Charlie Rose: The Week AFTERNOON 12:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2, Part 1) Revisit the popular series beginning with Series 2 set in the tumultuous World War I era. Two years into the Great War, Downton Abbey is in turmoil, as Matthew and other young men go to war – or avoid it. The women also pitch in, and many couples see their romantic dreams dashed. 2:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2, Part 2) Downton is turned into a convalescent home with Thomas in charge. Meanwhile, Lavinia and Sir Richard’s secret comes out, Anna tracks down Bates and Branson seizes his chance to strike a blow for Ireland. 3:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2, Part 3) Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role, and Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen. And Matthew and William embark on a perilous patrol behind German lines. 4:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2, Part 4) In the climactic battle of the war, Matthew and William go over the top to an uncertain fate. Vera plays a cruel endgame with Bates and Anna. And Daisy faces the severest test of her life. 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:30 inCommon with Mike Leonard: Courage See Thurs. Oct. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] EVENING 6:00 Great British Baking Show: Biscuits and Traybakes Join eight bakers as they produce favorite traybakes, offering twists on everything from bakewells to banoffees and brownies. The Technical challenge is a French classictuiles. For the Showstopper, they construct biscuit towers of epic proportions. 7:00 Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) 8:00 Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 9) While Aafrin fights for his life, Ralph confronts the gunman in jail. Sarah is suspicious of Alice’s past. Adam goes missing. 9:00 The Widower (Part 1 of 3) 10:00 Moone Boy Martin decides to become an altar boy and is indoctrinated into a group of very cool and very corrupt young Catholics.
10:30 Moone Boy It’s the last week of school and Martin is determined to end his time there with a bang. 11:00 Justice for My Sister This film follows one Guatemalan woman during her three-year battle to hold her sister’s killer accountable.
Monday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Doc Martin: Born with a Shotgun See Sat. Oct. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Father Brown: The Kembleford Boggart See Sat. Oct. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2, Part 2) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 2:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2, Part 3) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2, Part 4) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 4:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Victory Garden’s Ediblefeast: San Diego 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: A Visit from the Beekman Boys MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 2 of 3) Journey to Albuquerque for finds such as a 1969 Jasper Johns flag print, a 1939 inscribed Pinocchio book, and an Imperial jade snuff bottle. Find out which is appraised for $50,000-$60,000! Take a trip to the Museum of International Folk Art. 9:00 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Italy Join Phil as he revisits this food mecca. Sit down with him as he feasts on a homecooked meal at chef Nancy Silverton’s Umbrian home and indulges his inner caveman, roasting gargantuan steaks over hot flames and serving them up “barbarian style.” 10:00 Antiques Roadshow: Seattle (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include a Vladimir Kagan desk used by Kagan himself and an impressive 1874 Francis A. Silva oil painting valued at $250,000. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Tuesday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose
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The Widower (New Series) This new three-part series tells the true story of Malcolm Webster, a nurse by profession and, on the surface, a perfect gentleman: well-spoken, personable, and charming. He’s also a spendthrift and killer. He marries, and then attempts to kill, a succession of women to cash in their life insurance policies. In part one: when Claire confronts Malcolm over his wild spending, he tries to control her with sedatives. Afraid he’ll soon be caught, he silences her forever. Three years on, he has a new bride...and history appears to be repeating itself.
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Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] The Widower (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: France’s Loire – Chateau Country Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise – Battle Lines/ Roaring Back (Part 5 of 6) A new lion’s arrival sparks a conflict among Gorongosa’s dominant lions. Joyce has questions about the mysterious behavior of the park’s elephants, and Bob tastes the danger of crop-raiding elephants. 9:00 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise – Roaring Back (Part 6 of 6) When Bob Poole returns to Gorongosa, 2015
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Q&A
Manilow: It’s a multi-platform initiative now. There are so many ways to access our content – via the broadcast, online, on demand, and through WTTW’s video app. Our fans can watch the show online by searching alphabetically, by season, cuisine, location, and price range. The site includes recipes from the restaurants, a comprehensive event planner, stories about the food landscape in Chicago, and more. We have an e-blast, and are active on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Chicagoans may not know that there are Check, Please! spinoffs in five other cities with more to come, including a pilot being taped this fall in Vienna, Austria.
with David Manilow, Creator and Executive Producer of
Check, Please! How did you come up with the original concept and format for Check, Please!? Manilow: I awoke one morning in 2001 and wondered why, in a city with such a huge appetite for dining out, there wasn’t a show about restaurants. I started thinking about ways to construct a show that I’d like to watch, and that turned out to be: three citizen reviewers from different walks of life coming together to talk about three interesting restaurants of their choosing – anything from upscale and avant garde to a “hole in the wall.” I knew that the only station in town I wanted to partner with was WTTW. They have the same sensibility of exploration and trust, and that was very important to me. I thought that finding guests would be easy, but I needed a host… someone who was not a restaurant critic but who could talk knowledgeably about food. Enter Amanda Puck – a restaurant veteran, fun, and with a little on-camera experience. We shot the pilot, and I can still remember sitting in the control room at WTTW, laughing at the banter and realizing that this might actually work. How many guest reviewers have applied to be on the show? Manilow: More than 37,000 people have applied online over the years, and of that number, more than 540 have appeared on the show. What goes into choosing the perfect guest/ group of guests? Manilow: A great trio of guests includes three people you’d never see around a dinner table other than on Check, Please! A diverse group of folks with equally diverse backgrounds, ages, ethnicity, occupations, and opinions. A belly dancer seated next to a used-car salesman and an investment banker, for instance.
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Is real wine served during the show? Manilow: Yes. How did Barack Obama come to be one of the first guest-reviewers? Manilow: Barack Obama, then an Illinois state senator, came on the show because I asked him to – we used to dine out occasionally. His epi-
And starting this fall, I’m hosting a new web interview series, Chat, Please!, in which I talk with a variety of notables connected with Chicago’s culinary scene – chefs, restaurant designers, restaurateurs, food photographers, distillery owners, and more. Anything else new coming up for season 15? Manilow: We’re excited about an upcoming “Chef’s Choice” compilation episode, in which nine prominent Chicago chefs choose a favorite local restaurant and explain why they selected it. Why do you think Check, Please! has so strongly influenced the local restaurant scene? Manilow: Audiences understand that we’ll show them the hip places, but also the ethnic hidden gems. As a native Chicagoan, I was raised that way, and I enjoy both ends of the scale, so the show mirrors that. I’m proud that so many viewers go to the featured restaurants. I’ve gotten calls from restaurateurs living the American Dream who tell me that they can “send their kids to college now” because of the amount of new customers they have, and the huge impact that Check, Please! has had on their restaurants and their lives.
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sode was never aired as part of a regular season because at that point, we were still working out the kinks. We premiered it seven years after we taped it, right before his first inauguration. Most memorable guest-reviewer (besides Barack Obama)? Manilow: There was a guy who, unknown to us, took a sleeping pill prior to the taping which did not mix well with the wine being served. Midway through, he suddenly yelled at the camera, “Stop looking at me!” We never aired that episode. How has Check, Please! evolved and innovated over the course of the series?
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he discovers a huge nesting colony of water birds. He resumes his search for the lion cubs that went missing. 10:00 Frontline: My Brother’s Bomber (Part 2 of 3) 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Wednesday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Seattle (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 5 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 1 of 4) See Fri. Oct. 2 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Big Birds Can’t Fly They say a bird is three things – feathers, flight, and song. But what happens when you’re a bird who can’t fly, who can’t sing, and whose feathers are closer to fluff? 9:00 NOVA: Secrets of Noah’s Ark A 3,700-year-old inscribed clay tablet reveals a surprising new version of the Biblical flood story, complete with how-to instructions for assembling an ark. Following the directions, expert boat builders assemble and launch a massive reed boat. 10:00 NOVA: Petra – Lost City of Stone More than two thousand years ago, the thriving city of Petra rose up in the bone-dry desert of what is now Jordan. But following a catastrophic earthquake, Petra’s unique culture was lost to most of the world. Now, archaeologists and sculptors team up to find out how the ancient people of Petra built their city of stone. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Thursday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise – Battle Lines/Roaring Back (Part 5 of 6) See Tues. Oct. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise – Roaring
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Back (Part 6 of 6) See Tues. Oct. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 1 of 4) See Fri. Oct. 2 at 7:30 pm. [R] Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Undiscovered Haiti with José Andrés 9:00 The Italian Americans: La Famiglia (1890-1910)/ Becoming Americans (1910-1930) (Parts 1 and 2 of 4) A brief history of the Italian Risorgimento provides the context for the great flight from the mezzogiorno region. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed, reinforcing stereotypes that plague Italian Americans today; Prohibition breeds a new kind of criminal who takes a shortcut to success. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Friday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Nature: Big Birds Can’t Fly See Wed. Oct. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 NOVA: Secrets of Noah’s Ark See Wed. Oct. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! Lady Gregory’s/Dawali/ Cottage on Dixie See Fri. Oct. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 2 of 4) 8:00 Check, Please! La Sirena Clandestina/Wakamono/ County BBQ Catherine’s guests are three Chicagoans: loan administrator Tavi Johnson, who recommends La Sirena Clandestina in the West Loop; arts publicist Eric Eatherly, whose choice is Wakamono in Lakeview; and accountant Stephen Robin, whose pick is Little Italy’s County BBQ. 8:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 2 of 4) 9:00 Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson 10:00 The Hispanic Heritage Awards Join host Rita
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6:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Sesame Street 11:00 Super Why 11:30 Peg + Cat
5:30 Sesame Street 6:30 Bob the Builder 7:00 Super Why 7:30 Sid the Science Kid 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 Peg + Cat 9:30 Peg + Cat
Afternoons 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Dinosaur Train 1:00 Caillou 1:30 Thomas and Friends 2:00 Sesame Street 2:30 The Cat in the Hat 3:00 Curious George 3:30 Curious George 4:00 Arthur 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Wild Kratts 5:30 Wild Kratts
Sunday Mornings 5:00 Super Why 5:30 Caillou 6:00 Cyberchase 6:30 Word Girl 7:00 Martha Speaks 7:30 Martha Speaks 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Arthur 9:30 Odd Squad 10:00 Wild Kratts 10:30 Umigo - You Make it Go
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Moreno for a celebration of the country’s highest tribute to Latinos by Latinos, including appearances by celebrated Hispanic artists. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill
Saturday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 12:30 Nightly Business Report 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Frontline: My Brother’s Bomber (Part 2 of 3) See Tues. Oct. 6 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Foyle’s War: Trespass See Sat. Oct. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW KIDS 10:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Pale Fish 10:30 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook – Lunch on the Grill 11:00 This Old House Hour With a focus on salvage and restoration, a new project on an 1895 Victorian in Belmont, Massachusetts, begins. AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Pasta for Every Palate 12:30 BBQ with Franklin: Leftovers 1:00 A Chef’s Life: A Prickly Business 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul – Fete Des Boules 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Oatmeal Muffins and Granola 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Comfort Food Revisited 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Corn 3:30 Martha Bakes: Never Enough Chocolate 4:00 Check, Please! La Sirena Clandestina/Wakamono/ County BBQ See Fri. Oct. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Italy See Mon. Oct. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Paris Side-Trips EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 The Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well 10:00 Foyle’s War: Elise After an assassination attempt on Hilda Pierce (Ellie Haddington), Foyle examines her Special Operations Executive
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activities during the war and rumors of a traitor. 11:30 Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 9) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Great British Baking Show: Biscuits and Traybakes See Sun. Oct. 4 at 6:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Undiscovered Haiti with José Andrés See Thurs. Oct. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson See Fri. Oct. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Foyle’s War: Elise See Sat. Oct. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:30 WTTW KIDS 11:30 Charlie Rose: The Week AFTERNOON 12:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 2, Part 5) As the war nears its end, Downton’s aristocrats and servants put their lives back together. Mary and Sir Richard go estate hunting. A mysterious wounded officer makes a shocking revelation. 1:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 2, Part 6) The Spanish flu strikes Downton, disrupting one match, hastening another, and transforming the fortunes of all. Mary, Sybil, and Robert each confront a moment of truth. Anna and Bates know a moment of happiness. 3:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 2, Part 7) In the second season finale, the family gathers at Downton Abbey for Christmas. 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 2 of 4) [R] EVENING 6:00 Great British Baking Show: Sweet Dough Watch the bakers work with sweet dough, making tea loaves that are connected to home, and 36 sweet European buns, from Swedish cinnamon buns to German schnecken and French brioches. They also face Paul’s most twisted Technical challenge yet. 7:00 Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) The Women’s Institute is back, and the RAF arrives in town. Pat endures abuse. Alison’s dog has a close call. The local doctor faces up to his fate. 8:00 Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 9) Sooni gets into trouble. Witness-tampering runs riot. Ramu confronts Armitage
at the annual fair. Dougie confesses to Sarah. 9:00 The Widower (Part 2 of 3) After two failed attempts on Felicity’s life, Malcolm returns to Scotland and reinvents himself – this time as the perfect boyfriend to Simone. However, DS Henry is hot on his heels and will stop at nothing to prevent the next murder. 10:00 Moone Boy Ireland has qualified for the World Cup, but it clashes with the Moones’ holiday plans. 10:30 Moone Boy It’s Martin’s first day at his new school and he promptly falls in love with his art teacher, Miss Tivnan. 11:00 Austin City Limits: Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson performs “Strange Fruit,” “Don’t Explain, “Good MORNING Heartache,” and other Billie Holiday classics from the tribute album Coming Forth by Day.
Monday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 2, Part 5) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 12:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 2, Part 6) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 1:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 2, Part 7) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 3:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Victory Garden’s Ediblefeast: Minnesota 5:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Past Made New MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include a 1962 sonic blue Fender Stratocaster, a 1965 Beatles-signed photo and letter, and French filigree earrings, ca. 1775. Learn which is valued at $45,000! 9:00 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Paris Join Phil in the place he calls the “City of Sweets” as he indulges in some of the finest hot chocolate, football-sized croissants, and vanilla bombes, and searches for the best roast chicken and vegetable-centric dishes in the City of Lights. 10:00 Antiques Roadshow: Seattle (Part 2 of 3) Seattle’s discoveries run the gamut, with a circa 1964 Star Trek script and pitch letter; a Civil War dog collar; and Harriet Frishmuth bookends valued at $10,000.
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Tuesday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Widower (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Paris Side-Trips [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse 10:00 Frontline: My Brother’s Bomber (Part 3 of 3) See Tues. Oct. 6 at 10:00 pm. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Wednesday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Seattle (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 12 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 2 of 4) See Fri. Oct. 9 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Soul of the Elephant 9:00 NOVA: Cyberwar Threat Through startling, previously unreported detail, delve into the chilling new reality of cyberwar, in which cyber weapons can inflict physical damage on our factories, power plants, and pipelines, leaving us vulnerable to crippling attacks. 10:00 The Brain with David Eagleman: What is Reality? (Part 1 of 6) 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Thursday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration See Tues. Oct. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse See Tues. Oct. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 2 of 4) See Fri. Oct. 9 at 7:30 pm. [R] Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow Chicago 8:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Veneto 9:00 The Italian Americans: Loyal Americans (1930-1945)/ The American Dream (1945-Present) (Parts 3 and 4) A second generation of Italian Americans begins to enter the labor movement, politics, sports, and entertainment. But with the outbreak of World War II, loyalty to America is questioned and Italians are forced to choose between two nations at war. In post-war America, Italian Americans enter the middle class. Have they finally shed the old stereotypes and become fully accepted? 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Friday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Nature: Soul of the Elephant See Wed. Oct. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Brain with David Eagleman: What is Reality? (Part 1 of 6) See Wed. Oct. 14 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! La Sirena Clandestina/Wakamono/ County BBQ [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 3 of 4) 8:00 Check, Please! Parachute/ Nando Milano/Pleasant House Bakery The 15th season premiere! Catherine De Orio’s guests are real estate agent Todd Shissler, who recommends Parachute in Lakeview; sales/marketing
rep Jennifer Dominic, whose choice is Nando Milano in Wicker Park; and medical technologist Kathy Williams, whose pick is Bridgeport’s Pleasant House Bakery. 8:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 3 of 4) 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center: Kern & Hammerstein’s Show Boat 11:30 BBC World News
Saturday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 Frontline: My Brother’s Bomber (Part 3 of 3) [R] 4:00 NOVA: Cyberwar Threat See Wed. Oct. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW KIDS 10:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: A Traveler’s Bite 10:30 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook – A Decadent Dinner 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Fried Chicken and Grilled Peppers 12:30 Stephen Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Yum Kippers/ Fish Gets Smoked 1:00 A Chef’s Life: If You Can’t Beet ‘Em… 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul – All in the Family 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Hearty Spanish and Italian Soups, Revamped 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Almond Cake and British Scones 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Eat Your Greens 3:30 Martha Bakes: Danish 4:00 Check, Please! See Fri. Oct. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Paris See Mon. Oct. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R] 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: The Best of Israel EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 The Bloody Irish! Songs of the 1916 Rising 9:00 Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
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Sunday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 9) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Great British Baking Show: Sweet Dough See Sun. Oct. 11 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 2, Part 7) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow Chicago See Thurs. Oct. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Veneto [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW KIDS 11:00 Globe Trekker: Poland AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! [R] 12:30 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking: Culinary Institute of America 1:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 3, Part 1) The Great War is over and the long-awaited engagement of Lady Mary and Matthew is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey. 3:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 3, Part 2) The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a crisis. 4:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 3, Part 3) Two social revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey: the Irish civil war and the fight for women’s suffrage. A mysterious conspiracy keeps Anna and Bates apart. 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] 5:30 Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow Chicago [R] EVENING 6:00 Great British Baking Show: Pastry View the competition among the remaining six bakers to update old-fashioned suet puddings, create perfect religieuses – delicate choux buns filled with crème patissiere – and make three different kinds of puffed pastries. 7:00 Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) Alison takes desperate steps to pay a bill. Claire asks Spencer out. Pat makes a speech but pays the consequences. The farmer and vicar do their duty.
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I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Journey with Phil Rosenthal, creator of the TV hit Everybody Loves Raymond, as he learns from the chefs, vendors, culinary leaders, and style-setters who keep their communities’ traditions alive and create new ones. Rosenthal visits kitchens on and off the well-worn gastronomic path, leading viewers from one of the least expensive Michelin-starred restaurants in Asia to a Los Angeles bakery training former gang members.
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Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 9) The viceroy gets a royal welcome. A crucial piece of evidence is missing. Aafrin sends Alice on an urgent errand. Ian gets bad news. 9:00 The Widower (Part 3 of 3) As Malcolm continues to evade capture and plots to bigamously marry Simone, DS Henry is thwarted at every step of his investigation. Time is running out when he stumbles across a legal ruling that could ultimately lead to Malcolm’s downfall. 10:00 Moone Boy Martin and Padraic are building a raft, but by the time it is finished it’s almost Halloween and it’s freezing, so they make a new plan. 10:30 Check, Please! [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Sturgill Simpson/ Asleep at the Wheel
Monday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 3, Part 1) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 1:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 2015
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In the Spotlight Tuesday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Widower (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow Chicago [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS David Eagleman
The Brain with David Eagleman (New Series) Neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman explores the human brain in a series that reveals the ultimate story of us, why we feel and think the things we do. The project blends science with innovative visual effects and compelling stories, and addresses big questions.
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3, Part 2) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 3:00 pm. [R] Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Series 3, Part 3) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 4:00 pm. [R] Great British Baking Show: Pastry See Sun. Oct. 18 at 6:00 pm. [R] Victory Garden’s Ediblefeast: Memphis P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Pay It Forward
MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 1 of 3) 9:00 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Hong Kong Ride along with Phil as he steps out of his comfort zone in this Pacific metropolis and gateway to Asia. 10:00 Antiques Roadshow: Seattle (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include a late-16th-century diamond and enamel jewel; a moose, elk, and buffalo hide chair; an 1880s Crazy Quilt; and a white Steiff clown bear worth $2,500-$3,200. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 The Forgotten Plague: American Experience While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development, and public policy, TB and its impact are poorly understood. 9:00 Frontline: Immigration Battle 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Wednesday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Seattle (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Hong Kong See Mon. Oct. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 3 of 4) See Fri. Oct. 16 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Pets – Wild at Heart: Playful Creatures 9:00 NOVA: Sinkholes – Buried Alive Filled with video of collapsing sinkholes, NOVA investigates what it’s like to have your world vanish beneath your feet. 10:00 The Brain with David Eagleman: What Makes Me? (Part 2 of 6) Explore how we are our brains, how our personality, emotions, and memories are encoded as neural activity. 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Thursday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Extraordinary Women: Amelia Earhart The story of the aviation pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Her 1937 disappearance, near the end of a trailblazing around-the-world flight, is still a mystery today. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 10:00 The C Word 11:30 BBC World News
Friday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Tavis Smiley 2:00 Charlie Rose 3:00 NOVA: Sinkholes – Buried Alive See Wed. Oct. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 The Brain with David Eagleman: What Makes Me? (Part 2 of 6) See Wed. Oct. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 4 of 4) 8:00 Check, Please! Travelle/ La Palapa/Aroy Thai Catherine’s guests are media editor Dan Kamys, whose choice is Travelle at the Langham in downtown Chicago; labor educator Liz Gres, who recommends La Palapa in the McKinley Park neighborhood; and comedian Elizabeth Gomez, who loves Aroy Thai in Lincoln Square. 8:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 4 of 4) 9:00 Great Performances: Billy Elliot – The Musical Live
Saturday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill
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MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW KIDS 10:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Norwegian Versions of Classic Recipes 10:30 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook – Paella Party 11:00 This Old House Hour AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: All-American Sweet Dough Desserts 12:30 Stephen Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Smoking the Competition – Our Tailgating Show 1:00 A Chef’s Life: A Casserole Says Plenty 1:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul – Toast to Julia 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Great American Sandwiches 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Pork Tenderloin Dinner 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: One-Pot Meals 3:30 Martha Bakes: Pulled Doughs 4:00 Check, Please! See Fri. Oct. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:30 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Hong Kong [R] 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Palestine EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 McLaughlin Group 7:00 As Time Goes By 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances 8:00 Doc Martin: Mother Knows Best Louisa’s mum Eleanor (Louise Jameson) arrives in Portwenn unexpectedly, and Louisa is far from happy about her arrival. 9:00 Father Brown: The Lair of the Libertines Father Brown and his friends find themselves stranded with a group of hedonists. 10:00 The Politician’s Husband (Part 1 of 3) Aiden Hoynes resigns from the cabinet in a failed leadership bid. In the reshuffle, his wife Freya is appointed to the cabinet. 11:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 1 of 3) [R]
In the Spotlight Sunday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 9) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Great British Baking Show: Pastry See Sun. Oct. 18 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Nature: Pets – Wild at Heart: Playful Creatures See Wed. Oct. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The C Word See Thurs. Oct. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow Chicago [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW KIDS 11:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 1 of 3) [R] AFTERNOON 12:00 Check, Please! [R] 12:30 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking: Miami 2 – Biscayne Bay 1:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 3, Part 4) The Crawley family faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, new faces try to fit into the tight-knit circle of servants. 2:00 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Season 3, Part 5) Things go amiss at Downton Abbey. Robert
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EVENING 6:00 Great British Baking Show: Quarter Final The five remaining bakers must make a loaf using flours such as spelt, rye, potato, or tapioca flours, master meringue and custard dacquoise, and create novelty vegetable cakes. 7:00 Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) Frances plans an air raid shelter. Alison breaks the law; so does Miriam. Steph hides a secret that threatens the farm. Kate gets shattering news. 8:00 Indian Summers on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 9) Ralph plays politics at his engagement bash. Eugene tells Cynthia a shocking secret. Adam and his mother make a surprise visit. 9:00 The Guilty (Part 1 of 4) 10:00 Moone Boy With money tight in the Moone household, Martin sets to work on the golf course. 10:30 Check, Please! [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Don Henley Savor songs from Don Henley’s first solo album in 15 years, Cass County, which represents both Henley’s roots and the next stop on his creative journey.
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Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow Chicago When Antiques Roadshow returned to Chicago WTTW’s cameras went along as locals brought their treasures to have them appraised. Did they strike gold? The Chicago episodes premiere on Monday, October 19.
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I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Barcelona Venture with Phil to enjoy a world-class breakfast of foie gras and eggs, a tapas crawl, and even a vermouth bar. 10:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa (Part 1 of 3) Highlights include a collection of late 17th/ early 18th-century Chinese rhinoceros horn carved libation cups – then the all-time highest Roadshow appraisal at $1 to $1.5 million! 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Tuesday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Home Fires on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Guilty (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Oct. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Palestine [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 War of the Worlds: American Experience Recalling Orson Welles’ infamous radio drama. 9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Vampire Legend Follow scientists as they uncover “deviant” burials dating back to medieval England, pointing to a belief that the dead could rise from their graves. 10:00 Frontline: Inside Assad’s Syria 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Nightly Business Report
Wednesday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 26 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Barcelona See Mon. Oct. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Chicago Time Machine (Part 4 of 4) See Fri. Oct. 23 at 8:30 pm. [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Pets – Wild at Heart: Secretive Creature Discover how our pets
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Friday 30 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 1:00 Tavis Smiley 1:30 Charlie Rose 2:30 NOVA: Animal Mummies See Wed. Oct. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Brain with David Eagleman: Who Is in Control? (Part 3 of 6) See Wed. Oct. 28 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW KIDS EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review with Joel Weisman 7:30 Jay’s Chicago 8:00 Check, Please! The Angry Crab/Oak+Char/Preservation Bread & Wine Catherine’s guests are sports executive
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October At-a-Glance • Arts • Performance Austin City Limits Sundays, 11:00 pm (10/11, 10/18, 10/25) Bloody Irish! Songs of the 1916 Rising Saturday, 7:00 pm (10/17) Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 Saturday, 10:00 pm, 11:30 pm (10/17) The Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well Saturday, 7:00 pm (10/10) Great Performances: Billy Elliot the Musical Live Friday, 9:00 pm (10/23) Live From Lincoln Center: Kern and Hammerstein’s Showboat Friday, 9:00 pm (10/16) Live From Lincoln Center: Elfman and Tim Burton Friday, 9:00 pm (10/30) Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Tuesday, 8:00 pm (10/13) Thursday, 2:30 am (10/15) Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson Friday, 9:00 pm (10/2) Sunday, 2:30 am (10/4)
Drama • Comedy • Movies As Time Goes By Saturdays, 7:00 pm (10/3, 10/24, 10/31) Doc Martin Saturdays, 8:00 pm (10/3, 10/24, 10/31) Mondays, 12:00 am (10/5, 10/26) Downton Abbey Sundays, 12:00 pm-:00 pm (10/4, 10/11) Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm (10/18, 10/25) Father Brown Saturdays, 9:00 pm (10/3, 10/24, 10/31) Mondays, 1:00 am (10/5, 10/26) Foyle’s War Saturdays, 10:00 pm (10/3, 10/10) Saturday, 3:30 am (10/10) Sunday, 3:30 am (10/11) The Guilty Sunday, 9:00 pm (10/25) Tuesday, 3:30 am (10/27) Home Fires on Masterpiece Sundays, 7:00 pm Tuesdays, 2:30 am Indian Summers on Masterpiece Sundays, 8:00 pm Saturday, 11:30 pm (10/10) Sundays, 12:00 am (10/18, 10/25) Keeping Up Appearances Saturdays, 7:30 pm (10/3, 10/24, 10/31) Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Tuesday, 8:00 pm (10/13) Thursday, 2:30 am (10/15) Moone Boy Sundays, 10:00 pm (10/18, 10/25) Saturday, 4:30 am (1024, 10/31) Politician’s Husband Saturdays, 10:00 pm (10/24, 10/31) Monday, 2:00 am (10/26) Van Gogh: Painted with Words Friday, 9:00 pm (10/2) Sunday, 2:00 am (10/4)
The Widower Sundays, 9:00 pm (10/4, 10/11, 10/18) Tuesdays, 3:30 am (10/6, 10/13, 10/20)
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel America’s Test Kitchen Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook Saturdays, 10:30 am (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 10:00 pm Thursdays, 9:00 pm (10/22, 10/29) Saturdays, 11:00 pm (10/24, 10/31) Sunday, 11:00 am (10/25) Wednesdays, 3:30 am (10/7, 10/14) Wednesdays, 2:30 am BBQ with Franklin Saturday, 12:30 pm (10/10) Check, Please! Fridays, 8:00 pm Saturdays, 4:00 pm (1010, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Sundays, 12:00 pm (10/18, 10/25) Sundays, 10:30 pm (10/18, 10/25) Fridays, 4:30 am (10/9, 10/16, 10/30) Chef’s Life Saturdays, 1:00 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen Saturdays, 12:00 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Great British Baking Show Sundays, 6:00 pm Sundays, 1:00 am (10/4, 10/18, 10/25) Sunday, 12:30 am (10/11) Monday, 4:00 am (10/19) I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Mondays, 9:00 pm Saturday, 5:00 pm (10/3) Saturdays, 4:30 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Wednesdays, 3:30 am (10/21, 10/28) Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Saturdays, 1:30 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Martha Bakes Saturdays, 4:00 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Saturdays, 3:30 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Sundays, 12:30 pm (10/18, 10/25) New Scandinavian Cooking Saturdays, 10:00 am (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Mondays, 5:30 am Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:30 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Thursday, 8:30 pm (10/15) Tuesdays, 4:30 am (10/6, 10/13, 10/27) Sunday, 4:30 am (10/18)
Steven Rachlen’s Project Smoke Saturdays, 12:30 pm (10/17, 10/24, 10/31) This Old House Hour Saturdays, 11:00 am (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Victory Garden’s Ediblefeast Mondays, 5:00 am
Nature • Science • Technology Brain with David Eagleman Wednesdays, 10:00 pm (10/14, 10/21, 10/28) Friday, 4:00 am (10/23) Fridays, 3:30 am (10/16, 10/30) E.O. Wilson: Of Ants and Men Saturday, 2:30 am (10/3) Gorongosa Park: The Rebirth of Paradise Tuesday, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm (10/6) Thursday, 2:30 am, 3:30 am (10/8) Nature Wednesdays, 8:00 pm Sunday, 4:00 am (10/4) Fridays, 2:30 am (10/9, 10/16) Sunday, 2:00 am (10/25) NOVA Wednesdays, 9:00 pm Wednesday, 10:00 pm (10/7) Friday, 3:00 am (10/23) Friday, 3:30 am (10/9) Saturday, 4:00 am (10/17) Friday, 2:30 am (10/30) Secrets of the Dead Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (10/13, 10/27) Thursday, 3:30 am (10/15) Thursday, 2:30 am (10/29)
Public Affairs • History • Documentary American Graduate Day Saturday, 10:00 am-5:00 pm (10/3) BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow Chicago Thursday, 8:00 pm (10/15) Sunday, 4:00 am, 5:30 pm (10/18) Tuesday, 4:30 am (10/20) Sunday, 4:30 am (10/25) Charlie Rose Mondays-Fridays, 1:30 am Charlie Rose: The Week Sundays, 11:30 am (10/4, 10/11) Chicago’s South Side Preview Saturday, 10:50 am (10/31) Chicago Time Machine Fridays, 8:30 pm (10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23) Wednesdays, 4:30 am (10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28) Chicago Tonight Mondays-Fridays, 7:00 pm, 12:00 am, 5:00 am Chicago’s South Side Preview Saturday, 10:50 am (10/31) Extraordinary Women Thursday, 8:00 pm (10/22)
Foods of Chicago Friday, 8:30 pm (10/30) Forgotten Plague: American Experience Tuesday, 8:00 pm (10/20) Saturday, 3:30 am (10/24) Fourth Partition: Chicago’s Polish Immigrants Thursday, 8:30 pm (10/1) Frontline Tuesdays, 10:00 pm (10/6, 10/13, 10/27) Tuesday, 9:00 pm (10/20) Saturday, 2:30 am (10/10) Saturday, 3:00 am (10/17) Thursday, 2:30 am (10/22) Thursday, 3:30 am (10/29) Globetrekker: Poland Sunday, 11:00 am (10/18) Hispanic Heritage Awards Friday, 10:00 pm (10/27) I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Mondays, 9:00 pm Saturday, 5:00 pm (10/3) Saturdays, 4:30 pm (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31) Wednesdays, 3:30 am (10/21, 10/28) inCommon with Mike Leonard Thursday, 8:00 pm (10/1) Sunday, 5:30 pm (10/4) Italian Americans Thursdays, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm (10/8, 10/15) Jay’s Chicago Friday, 7:30 pm (10/30) Justice for My Sister Sunday, 11:00 pm (10/4) Kosciuszko: A Man Ahead of His Time Thursday, 10:00 pm (10/1) The McLaughlin Group Saturdays, 6:30 pm Nightly Business Report Mondays-Wednesdays, 11:30 pm Fridays, 1:00 am Saturdays, 12:00 am PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturdays, 6:00 pm Sundays, 5:00 pm POV Friday, 10:00 pm (10/4) Sunday, 3:00 am (10/4) Tavis Smiley Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1:00 am Undiscovered Haiti with Jose Andres Thursday, 8:00 pm (10/8) Sunday, 1:30 am (10/11) War of the Worlds: American Experience Tuesday, 8:00 pm (10/27) Saturday, 2:30 am (10/31) Washington Week Fridays, 11:30 pm (10/2, 10/9, 10/30) Saturday, 12:00 am (10/17) Saturday, 12:30 am (10/24) Where in Chicago with Geoffrey Baer Fridays, 7:30 pm (10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23) Sundays, 5:30 pm (10/11, 10/25) Thursdays, 4:30 am (10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29)
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• Daily Radio Programming Programmer’s Picks Fiesta
Live from WFMT
San Francisco Opera
“Zarzuela,” says Fiesta host Elbio Barilari, “constitutes a delicate balance among Spanish folk music, costume drama, and operatic style.” This particular Spanish stage genre was especially popular in the first half of the 20th century.
British pianist Margaret Fingerhut returns with her latest recording, Endless Song, which has received outstanding reviews. She will play a recital of Songs, Stories, and Interludes that features Schubert, Chopin, Fauré, and Gershwin.
As Steven Winn points out in The Classical Review, staging Berlioz’s opera The Trojans is a monumental undertaking logistically and artistically. Tune in to scale the heights of Les Troyens with the San Francisco Opera.
Saturdays, October 17 and 31, 6:00 pm
Monday, October 26, 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 31, 12:00 pm
In the Spotlight
Isabel Leonard
An Opening Afternoon from Rossini and Lyric Opera Peter Van De Graaff and Roger Pines co-host the Sunday-matinee opening performance of Lyric Opera’s second production of the new season, Rossini’s Cinderella (La Cenerentola). It’s an opera that puts comic twists on the familiar fairy tale of Cinderella and Prince Charming. A prominent role is that of Don Magnifico, Cinderella’s stepfather, father of the less-thancharming stepsisters, one of whom he hopes to marry off to Prince Ramiro. Ramiro’s valet, Dandini, also gets some comic turns, and instead of a fairy godmother, there’s a sort of godfather figure, the prince’s friend, the mock-philosophical Alidoro. The role of Angelina – Cinderella – will be taken by Isabel Leonard, whom the Chicago Tribune has praised for “coloratura agility, striking beauty, and charm.” Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, a specialist in the bel-canto singing style, takes the role of Ramiro in his company debut. Lyric music director Sir Andrew Davis conducts.
Sunday, October 4, 1:45 pm
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Thursday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – Martha Argerich, p. EMI 93399-2. [18:35] Argerich won the 1965 Chopin Competition in Warsaw. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Bernstein Candide Suite – Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue. Reference RR-87-CD. [18:08] Moore The Ballad of Baby Doe: Letter Song – Renée Fleming, s; Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine. Lon 460567-2. [3:39] 11:00 Beethoven String Quartet #4 in c, Op. 18/4 – Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902207.08 (2). [23:05] Weber Der Freischütz Overture – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM7-64629-2. [10:31] 12:00 Newscast • Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D, R 428 (Op. 10/3), Il Gardellino – Giovanni Antonini, r; Il Giardino Armonico. Teldec 73267-2. [10:17] Handel Organ Concerto #13 in F, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale – Simon Preston, o; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archive 415338-2. [13:06] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Tchaikovsky The Seasons (The Months), Op. 37: September-OctoberNovember-December – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Lon 466562-2. [14:55] Khachaturian Spartacus Ballet Suite #2 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8927. [20:35] 2:00 Bach Motet, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 – Vocal Consort Berlin/Marcus Creed. Harmonia Mundi HMC902079. [13:14] Bach Clavier Concerto #7 in g, BWV 1058 – Andreas Staier, hc; Freiburg Baroque Orch. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902181.82 (2). [13:28] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bloch Two Poems (Winter, Spring) – Slovak Radio Sym/ Dalia Atlas. Naxos 8.570259. [13:59] Scott Poem for Piano and Orchestra, Early One Morning – John Ogdon, p;
London Phil/Bernard Herrmann. Lyrita SRCS.82. [14:40] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Cello concertos 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Alan Gilbert, conductor; Lang Lang, piano – Grieg: Piano Concerto in a; Beethoven: Symphony #7 in A. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians
Friday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie in A-Flat, Op. 61 – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6642 (2). [14:15] Ohlsson took first prize at the 1970 Chopin Competition. Tchaikovsky Yevgeny Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise and Waltz – Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi. Virgin Classics 45609-2. [10:58] Liszt Mephisto Waltz #1 (Dance at the Village Inn) – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Bridge 9409. [10:48] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Dvorak Symphony #7 in d, Op. 70 – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 66656-2. [36:45] 11:00 Fritz Violin Concerto in E – Leila Schayegh, v; Kesselberg Ensemble. Musiques Suisses MGBCD-6283. [18:05] Paganini Moto perpetuo, Op. 11 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p. EMI CDC7-47467-2. [4:13]
11:55 (Earlier than usual) Newscast 12:00 PianoForte Salon Series Live 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65: Symphonic Fantasy – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Erato 45997-2. [21:14] 2:00 Debussy Quartet in g, Op. 10 – Avalon String Quartet. Cedille CDR 90000156. [25:12] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Mozart Piano Concerto #27 in B-Flat, K 595 – Vassily Primakov, p; Odense Sym/Scott Yoo. Bridge 9328-A/B (2). [32:14] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Cello concertos 8:00 Music to preview “Meet the Composer” 9:00 Meet the Composer: hosted by Nadia Sirota – This week: Donnacha Dennehy 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Music of Marrying and Burying looks at the relationship between music and ritual. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Conductor Josef Krips interviewed in 1964
Saturday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Morning Program, including Brahms Scherzo in eflat, Op. 4 – Krystian Zimerman, p. Phi 456997-2 (2). [9:27] Zimerman took first place in the 1975 Chopin Competition. 9:00 Lyric Operathon 2015: Hear special guests and support Lyric Opera of Chicago. Broadcasting live
All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
Martha Argerich, 1962
Highlighting the 2015 Chopin Competition One of the world’s most prestigious contests for rising pianists is the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Poland. First held in 1927, it was interrupted by World War II, resuming thereafter and, since 1955, takes place every five years. Winners have included some of the most prominent keyboard artists of the 20th century: Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich, Garrick Ohlsson, and Yundi Li are just a few names. Artists who have taken second and third places in the Chopin Competition: these include Vladimir Ashkenazy and Mitsuko Uchida. The juries that judge the contestants’ performances have included such legendary names in music as Artur Rubinstein, Maurice Ravel, and Nadia Boulanger. David Polk, WFMT’s program director, will be joined by program host-producer Lisa Flynn on an extended visit to the 2015 competition, due to get underway October 3. From Warsaw, starting on October 10, David and Lisa will share commentary and performances from the competition’s four rounds. We’ll be airing these highlights on Carl Grapentine’s morning program (after 9:00 am) and on the weekend morning programs too. We’ll then present a live broadcast of the first prizewinners’ concert. To lead up to the presentations from the 2015 festival, Carl will play recordings by past prizewinners: those who took first place, and also some of the “also-rans.”
Wednesday, October 21, 1:00 pm
from Chicago’s Civic Opera House until midnight.
Sunday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice 7:00 Weekend Morning Program, including Chopin Waltzes, Op. 70 – Stanislav Bunin, p. Melodiya SUCD-1000111. [8:23] Bunin won first prize at the 1985 Chopin Competition. 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 We have Rossini’s version of a famous fairy tale coming your way at 1:45 pm. Medtner Piano Sonata #4 in c, Op. 25/1, Fairy Tale – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67221/4 (4). [11:40] Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite – Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. EMI 66342-2. [17:01] Borne Fantaisie Brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen – Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p. Cedille 121. [11:23] Bizet Carmen: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée – Placido Domingo, t; Los Angeles Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini. DG 4776613. [3:46] 1:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto #3 in c, Op. 37 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 443723-2 (3). [36:12] Our weekly Chicago Symphony Orchestra radio broadcast will go on at 6:00 pm tonight. 1:45 Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts – Live from the Civic Opera House, Lyric Presents Rossini’s “Cinderella” (La Cenerentola) – Isabel Leonard (Angelina); Lawrence Brownlee (Ramiro); Alessandro Corbelli (Don Magnifico); Vito Priante (Dandini); Christian Van Horn (Alidoro); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. 6:00 (Later than usual) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, violin – Brahms: Violin Concerto; Symphony #2. Haydn: Symphony #89. 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Georgi Catoire 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Turina Piano Trio #1 in D, Op. 35 – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR 90000150 (2). [21:51] Soler Keyboard Sonata #3 in B-Flat – David Schrader, hc. Cedille CDR-90000009. [5:21] Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Milos Karadaglic, g; London Phil/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4810652. [21:32]
Monday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Traditional Remote Shangri-La; Liu Yang
River; Kangding Love Song – Yundi, p. EMI 88658-2. [7:36] Yundi won the 2000 Chopin Competition. Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau) – Czech Phil/ Rafael Kubelik. Supraphon SU-19102031. [11:35] Chopin Scherzo #4 in E, Op. 54 – Yundi Li, p. DG B0003887-02. [10:34] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mozart Flute Quartet #3 in C, K 285b – Carol Wincenc, f; Emerson String Quartet. DG 431770-2. [18:36] Rossini Il Signor Bruschino Overture – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 415363-2. [5:08] 11:00 Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande Suite – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [18:16] Debussy L’isle joyeuse – Aldo Ciccolini, p. EMI CDC7-54451-2. [5:56] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Chicago Chamber Musicians Ensemble First Monday: Live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Haydn Symphony #82 in C, Bear – Vienna Concentus Musicus/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 60602-2 (3). [32:54] 2:00 Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances – Hélène Grimaud, p. DG B0015154-02. [5:33] Kodaly Hary Janos Suite, Op. 35a – Chicago Sym/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8877. [24:33] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Sarasate Faust Fantasy after Gounod – Gil Shaham, v; Jonathan Feldman, p. DG 463483-2. [11:23] Gounod Roméo et Juliette: Va, je t’ai pardonné...Nuit d’hyménée – Netrebko, Villazón, Dresden Staatskapelle/Nicola Luisotti. DG B0008845-02. [13:23] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill looks at new classical releases. 8:00 Live from WFMT: The Orion Ensemble 10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Haydn Symphony #101 in D, Clock – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM5-660972. [29:45] Lalo Rapsodie norvégienne – Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet. Lon 433720-2. [11:46] Various Renaissance Music for Winds – New York Kammermusiker. Dorian 90133 [6:49]
Tuesday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl
Photo: Dario Acosta
In the Spotlight Photo: Dick DeMarsico - LOC. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.
In the Spotlight
Daniil Trifonov
Exploring Music via New Releases Exploring Music host Bill McGlaughlin tells us he has “boxes of wonderful new recordings by artists ranging from rising starts to established masters and all manner of delightful esoterics in between.” In fact, he has so many boxes that he’s going to feature new classical releases over a period of two weeks. He notes that “these beautiful new albums prove beyond a doubt that classical music is alive and kicking: a vast abundance of new releases from orchestras, chamber groups, and opera companies around the world.” Being featured during week one are a number of pianists: Leif Ove Andsnes, Yundi Li, PierreLaurent Aimard, and Daniil Trifonov.
Beginning October 5, 7:00 pm Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Beethoven Piano Sonata #2 in A, Op. 2/2 – Rafal Blechacz, p. DG B0011952-02. [23:27] Blechacz took first prize in the 2005 Chopin Competition. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Telemann Don Quichotte – Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN0593. [18:34] Torroba Aires de la Mancha – Pepe Romero, g. Phi 442150-2. [8:11] 11:00 Tsintsadze Five Pieces on Folk Themes – Amit Peled, vc; Noreen Cassidy-Polera, p. Centaur CRC-3436. [15:16] Shostakovich Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes, Op. 115 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 427616-2. [9:58] 12:00 Newscast • Debussy Three Nocturnes – Cleveland Orch & Cho/Pierre Boulez. DG 439896-2. [22:26] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Rameau La Poule (The Hen) – Igor Kipnis, hc. 2015
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Photo: Dario Acosta
In the Spotlight
Thomas Hampson
Song: Mirror of the World Thomas Hampson explores a number of intriguing topics on the October editions of Song: Mirror of the World, sharing a number of outstanding art-song recordings along with his commentary. About Vienna: Crossroads of Change, he says: “At the turn of the 18th century, Imperial Vienna was the setting for political as well as artistic upheaval. A new yearning for individual expression gave Schubert the impetus to forge poetry and music into a fresh, powerful metaphor for human experience.” It was part of the dawn of the Romantic movement in music, theater, and literature, and Singing the Romantic Self is Hampson’s next theme: “a new era of individuality…the Romantics were also fascinated by the natural and supernatural worlds.” In Fascination with the Foreign, he looks at the music of Hector Berlioz: “France and Germany between the revolutionary years of 1830 and 1848, when a fascination with the outside world created passionate interest in Shakespeare, Scotland, and Swedish soprano Jenny Lind.”
Tuesdays beginning October 6, 11:00 pm
CBS MLK-45524. [4:35] Haydn Symphony #83 in g, La Poule – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDQS-6167. [22:49] 2:00 Traditional Blow the wind southerly; I have a bonnet trimmed with blue; I know where I’m going – Kathleen Ferrier, c; Phyllis Spurr, p. Lon 433475-2. [6:41] Peter Van De Graaff plays Ferrier’s recording of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice tonight at 9:00. Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 414595-2. [13:00] 22
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3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Beethoven String Quartet #6 in B-flat, Op. 18/6 – Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902207.08 (2). [26:09] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill looks at new classical releases. 8:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 9:00 The Tuesday Night Opera with Peter Van De Graaff: Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” – Kathleen Ferrier, c; G Koeman, N Duval, Netherlands Opera/Charles Bruck. EMI CDC5-86194-2 (2). 11:00 Song, Mirror of the World with Thomas Hampson: Vienna, Crossroads of Change
826 – Simone Dinnerstein, p. Sony 98943-2. [22:18] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill looks at new classical releases. 8:00 Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 4358712. [33:01] Strauss Four Last Songs – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 430511-2. [18:55] 9:00 The Civic Orchestra of Chicago in Concert: Cliff Colnot, conductor – Shostakovich: Symphony #15. 10:00 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: The distinguished baritone profiled by Jon Tolansky
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Chopin Preludes, Op. 28: Excerpts – Yulianna Avdeeva, p. Mirare 252. [15:00] Avdeeva won first prize in the 2010 Chopin Competition. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F, BWV 1047 – Maurice André, tr; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/ Janos Rolla. EMI CMS7-691522 (2). [12:05] Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G, BWV 1048 – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Steinway & Sons 30033. [10:55] 11:00 Strauss Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18 – Lisa Schatzman, v; Benjamin Engeli, p. Claves 501303. [29:12] Jos Strauss Polka mazur, Aus der Ferne, Op. 270 – Vienna Phil/Franz WelserMöst. Lon 4782601 (2). [5:09] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Live from the Cultural Center, the Zora String Quartet, winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Haydn Symphony #84 in E-Flat – Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati. Lon 4781221 (33). [23:51] 2:00 Wagner Tannhäuser: Aria, O du mein holder Abendstern – Thomas Hampson, br; Munich Radio Orch/Fabio Luisi. EMI CDC5-55233-2. [5:23] Waxman Tristan and Isolde Fantasy – Nadja SalernoSonnenberg, v; London Sym/ Andrew Litton. Nonesuch 79464-2. [10:39] Canning Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan – Houston Sym/Leopold Stokowski. Everest EVC-9004. [11:03] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bach Keyboard Partita #2 in c, BWV
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Prokofiev Piano Concerto #1 in D-Flat, Op. 10 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Intaglio INCD-7181. [15:09] Ashkenazy took second place at the 1955 Warsaw Chopin Competition. Schubert Impromptus, D 935 (Op. 142): #3 in B-Flat – Mitsuko Uchida, p. Phi 456245-2. [11:57] Uchida won second prize in the 1970 Chopin Competition. Various Improvisation, Mi Venezuela Llora; Kleiner Walzer; Joropo – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 41144-2. [10:32] Montero won third prize at the Chopin Competition of 1995. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Boccherini Cello Concerto in G, G 480 – Mischa Maisky, vc; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447022-2. [15:53] A Piatti 12 Caprices, Op. 25: #2 in E-flat – Antonio Meneses, vc. Avie AV-2328. [6:39] 11:00 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47099-2. [31:16] 12:00 Newscast • Couperin Trio Sonata, La Superbe – Sigiswald Kuijken, v; Wieland Kuijken, vi da gamba; Robert Kohnen, hc. Pro Arte 2PAL-2018 (2). [8:00] Ravel Menuet antique – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.572887. [6:43] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Haydn Symphony #85 in B-Flat, La Reine – Handel and Haydn Society Orch/Harry Christophers. Coro COR-16104. [25:48] 2:00 Elgar Violin Concerto in b, Op. 61 – Gil Shaham, v; Chicago Sym/David Zinman. Canary Classics CC-06. [48:28]
3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Shostakovich Four Waltzes – Phillipa Davies, f; Michael Collins, cl; Ian Brown, p. Virgin Classics 59312-2. [9:47] J Strauss Waltzes, Morgenblätter, Op. 279 – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK-66860. [10:34] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill looks at new classical releases. 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Alan Gilbert, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano – Haydn: Symphony #48, Maria Theresia. Berio: Folksongs. Beethoven: Symphony #4 in B-Flat. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians
Friday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Chopin Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60 – Ingrid Fliter, p. EMI 14899-2. [8:58] Fliter won second prize at the 2000 Warsaw Chopin Competition. Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle (Belle nuit) – Jessye Norman, Ann Murray; Théâtre de la Monnaie Cho & Orch/S Cambreling. EMI CDC5-678302 (2). [4:20] Scriabin Piano Sonata #2 in g-sharp, Op. 19, Sonata-Fantasy – Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 479 1728. [10:30] Trifonov placed third at the 2010 Chopin Competition. Chopin Ballade #4 in f, Op. 52 – Ingolf Wunder, p. DG 4779634. [11:44] Wunder tied for second place in Warsaw in 2010. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mozart String Quintet #3 in g, K 516 – Alban Berg String Quartet; Markus Wolf, vi. EMI CDC7-49085-2. [33:51] 11:00 Holborne The Honiesuckle; Paradizo; Fairie Round – Fretwork. Virgin Classics 90706-2. [5:55] Britten Gloriana, Op. 53: Courtly Dances – Royal Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80126. [10:18] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Haydn Symphony #86 in D – 18th-Century Orch/Frans Brüggen. Phi 426169-2. [27:33] 2:00 Monteverdi Monteverdiana – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3205. [7:08] Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI
In the Spotlight CDC7-47316-2. [15:25] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Brahms Symphony #3 in F, Op. 90 – Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-704. [33:30] Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen – Chicago Sym Cho, Orch/James Levine. RCA 61349-2. [5:21] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill looks at new classical releases. 8:00 Music to preview “Meet the Composer” 9:00 Meet the Composer: hosted by Nadia Sirota – This week: Caroline Shaw 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Sampling this summer’s premiere of Cold Mountain by Jennifer Higdon at the San Diego Opera. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Morning Program, including music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the San Francisco Opera: Handel’s “Partenope” – Danielle de Niese (Partenope); David Daniels (Arsace); other soloists; San Francisco Opera Cho & Orch/Julian Wachner. 3:00 Rachmaninoff Symphony #3 in a, Op. 44 – London Sym/ Valery Gergiev. LSO Live 0779. [43:26] Rachmaninoff Preludes, Op. 23: #s 5-6 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Lon 4758238. [6:56] 4:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G, BWV 1048 – European Brandenburg Ensemble/ Trevor Pinnock. Avie AV2119 (2). [11:44] Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras #5: Aria-Cantilena – Anna Moffo, s; American Sym/Leopold Stokowski. RCA 62600-2. [7:00] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Highlights from Rossini’s Cinderella (La Cenerentola), currently playing at Lyric Opera. 5:00 Copland The Red Pony Suite – New Philharmonia/ Aaron Copland. CBS MK42429. [25:19] Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Alexander Shelley. DG 4792954. [24:16] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Visions of the Vanquished
7:00 Sweet Folk Chicago with Rich Warren 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Kevin So live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice 7:00 Weekend Morning Program, including music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Haydn Symphony #87 in A – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Phi 412888-2. [21:12] Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – Albrecht Mayer, ob d’amore; St. Martin’s Academy/Mathias Mönius. Lon 4782564. [5:54] Gershwin An American in Paris – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1003. [18:45] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Semyon Bychkov, conductor – Bruckner: Symphony #8. We also hear Mozart’s Linz Symphony as recorded by the CSO and Fritz Reiner. 3:00 Brahms Piano Quintet in f, Op. 34 – Stephen Hough, p; Takacs Quartet. Hyperion CDA-67551. [40:10] Brahms Nänie, Op. 82 – Monteverdi Choir, Orch Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG704. [12:01] Brahms Gypsy Rondo – Ernst von Dohnanyi, p. Newport Classic NC-60030. [6:16] Tchaikovsky Symphony #3 in D, Op. 29, Polish – Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47868-2. [43:33] 5:00 Mahler Das Lied von der Erde – Jessye Norman, s; Siegfried Jerusalem, t; Berlin Phil/James Levine. DG 439948-2. [66:36] 6:10 Mozart Piano Concerto #9 in E-Flat, K 271, Jeunehomme – Alexandre Tharaud, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie. Erato 462626-8. [31:00] Mozart Violin Sonata #19 in E-Flat, K 302 – Isaac Stern, v; Yefim Bronfman, p. Sony SK-64309. [10:52] 7:00 Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite – Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach. RCA 685392. [25:21] Karas The Third Man film music: Harry Lime theme; Café Mozart Waltz – Gertrud Huber, zither. Silva SIL-CD-1151. [4:45] J Strauss Waltzes, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD80098. [10:59] J Strauss Polka française, Im Krapfenwald’l, Op. 336 – Cincinnati Pops
Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80098. [3:34] 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Recordings by composer-conductor Volkmar Andreae 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Mozart String Trio (Divertimento) in E-Flat, K 563 – Gidon Kremer, v; Kim Kashkashian, vi; Yo-Yo Ma, vc. CBS MK-39561. [49:52] Mozart Motet, Ave Verum Corpus, K 618 – Schütz Consort, London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington. EMI CDC5-67014-2 (2). [2:39]
Monday 12 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Walton Symphony #2 – BBC Sym/Edward Gardner. Chandos CHSA-5153. [28:10] 11:00 Beethoven Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 16 – Barenboim, p; Schellenberger, ob; Combs, cl; Damiano, bn; Clevenger, fh. Erato 963592. [25:06] Lortzing Zar und Zimmermann Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [6:05] 12:00 Newscast • Anonymous Gresley Dances – Dufay Collective. Avie AV-2286. [9:16] Arnold Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91 – London Phil/Sir Malcolm Arnold. Lyrita SRCD.201. [12:50] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Bach Keyboard Concerto #6 in F, BWV 1057 – Andreas Staier, hc; Freiburg Baroque Orch. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902181.82 (2). [15:14] Bach Cantata #78, Jesu, der du meine Seele – Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-124 (2). [23:05] 2:00 Shostakovich Symphony #5 in d, Op. 47 – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 440476-2. [43:11] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Mozart String Divertimento in D, K 136 – I Musici de Montréal/ Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN-9045. [15:13] Françaix Divertissement for wind trio – Chicago Chamber Musicians. Cedille CDR-90000040. [10:12] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill’s new releases, week 2 8:00 Live from WFMT
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The Civic Orchestra of Chicago Returns Led by its principal conductor, Cliff Colnot, and by a variety of guest conductors, Chicago’s Civic Orchestra presents a new 13-week series of one-hour broadcasts. Featured on the October shows, hosted by Lisa Flynn, are works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Copland, and Messiaen, directed by Colnot and by Jaap van Zweden, who conducts the Civic when he’s in town to guest-conduct the CSO. The Civic is the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony, whose alumni have gone on to careers in orchestras all over the world.
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10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Nielsen Wind Quintet, Op. 43 – Oslo Wind Ensemble. Naxos 8.553050. [26:47] Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Op. 49 – Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata. Pro Arte CDD-409. [14:35] Froberger Lament on the Death of Ferdinand IV – Ingemar Melchersson, hc. Christophorus CD-74554. [8:38]
Tuesday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Amadeus Guitar Duo. Naxos 8.573440. [14:01] Torelli TwoTrumpet Concerto in D – Ludwig Güttler, tr; Mathias Schmutzler, tr; Virtuosi Saxoniae. Berlin Classics 0092412-BC. [6:27] 11:00 Sibelius Symphony #1 in e, Op. 39 – Lahti Sym/Osmo 2015
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#2 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Peter Nagy, p. Lon B001912102. [10:02] Enescu Rumanian Rhapsody #1 in A, Op. 11/1 – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDZ7-67227-2. [12:18] Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 in c, Op. 18 – Sviatoslav Richter, p; Warsaw Phil/Stanislaw Wislocki. DG 447420-2. [34:46] Schubert Der Tod und das Mädchen – Renée Fleming, s; Christoph Eschenbach, p. Lon 455294-2. [4:00] Schubert String Quartet #14 in d, D 810, Death and the Maiden – Takacs Quartet. Hyperion CDA-67585. [35:58] Fine Arts Calendar • Handel Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 3/4 – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907415. [12:55] Bloch Concerto Grosso #1 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3135. [22:14] Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill’s new releases, week 2 The Tuesday Night Opera with Peter Van De Graaff:
Donizetti’s “Caterina Cornaro” – Montserrat7/27/15 Caballé, 1:20 PM José Carreras, Lorenzo Saccomani, Covent Garden Orch/Carlo Felice Cillario. Opera d’Oro OPD-1266 (2). 11:00 Song, Mirror of the World with Thomas Hampson: Singing the Romantic Self
Wednesday 14 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mozart Piano Concerto #21 in C, K 467 – Alon Goldstein, p; Fine Arts Quartet. Naxos 8.573398. [27:21] 11:00 H Praetorius Magnificat quarti toni – Balthasar Neumann Cho & Ensemble/ Pablo Heras-Casado. Archive 479 4522. [11:46] Praetorius Terpsichore: Dances – New London Consort/Philip Pickett. Oiseau 414633-2. [11:15] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Peter Friis Johansson live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Rodrigo 2015
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Thursday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Gershwin Cuban Overture – Zofo Duet. Sono Luminus DSL-92167. [10:26] Caturla Tres Danzas Cubanas – Simón Bolívar Sym, Venezuela/ Keri-Lynn Wilson. Dorian XCD-90254. [8:42] 11:00 Chausson Concert in D, Op. 21 – Soovin Kim, v; Jeremy Denk, p; Jupiter String Quartet. Azica ACD-71243. [36:03] 12:00 Newscast • Rossini The Barber of Seville Overture – Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 0825646243440. [7:15] Rossini Beltà crudele; La danza – Joyce DiDonato, ms; Antonio Pappano, p. Erato 0825646107896. [7:54] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Vaughan Williams Flos Campi – Sally Peck Lentz, vi; U of Utah Cho, Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard OVC-4053. [19:03] 2:00 Schubert Symphony #5 in B-Flat, D 485 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 97511-2. [26:37] 26
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3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Herrmann The Devil and Daniel Webster film music – New Zealand Sym/James Sedares. Koch 3-7224-2. [20:04] Tartini Violin Sonata in g, Devil’s Trill – Trondheim Soloists/Anne Sophie Mutter, v. DG 463259-2. [16:54] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill’s new releases, week 2 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano – Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin. Salonen: Piano Concerto. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians
Friday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Czerny Rondoletto concertant in F, Op. 149 – Kaunori Seo, f; Makoto Ueno, p. Naxos 8.573335. [10:04] SaintSaens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 – Isaac Stern, v; Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. Sony SM3K-45956 (3). [8:51] 11:00 Vaughan Williams Symphony #5 in D – London Sym/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9666. [39:31] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody #1, Op. 19, Midsommarvaka – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SFK-47281. [13:04] Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Van Cliburn, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 7945-2-RG. [24:42] 2:00 Beethoven String Quartet #1 in F, Op. 18/1 – Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902207. 08 (2). [27:07] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Verdi La Forza del Destino Overture – New Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47274-2. [7:07] Puccini Tosca: Act 3 opening through E lucevan le stelle – Roberto Alagna, t; Royal Opera House Orch/Antonio Pappano. EMI 57173-2. [13:26] The San Francisco Opera
presents Puccini’s La Bohème tomorrow at noon on WFMT. 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill’s new releases, week 2 8:00 Music to Preview “Meet the Composer” 9:00 Meet the Composer: hosted by Nadia Sirota – This week: Marcos Balter 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: A Decade of New Music Chicago 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Morning Program, including music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the San Francisco Opera: Puccini’s “La Bohème” – Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo); Alexia Voulgaridou (Mimi); Alexey Markov (Marcello); Nadine Sierra (Musetta); other soloists; San Francisco Opera Cho & Orch/Giuseppe Finzi. 3:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Op. 8/1-4: Violin Concerto #3 in F, R 293, L’autunno – Joshua Bell, v; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sony 11013-2. [10:39] Copland Appalachian Spring Suite – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Virgin Classics 90766-2. [26:02] Copland Old American Songs, set 1: The Boatmen’s Dance; The Dodger; Long Time Ago – Thomas Hampson, br; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 77310-2. [8:23] 4:00 Mozart Piano Concerto #12 in A, K 414 – Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG 400068-2. [26:30] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: It’s Not Easy Being A Princess 5:00 Piazzolla Four Seasons in Buenos Aires – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9330. [17:05] Various Summertime; Musetta’s Waltz Song – Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. Lon B0006590-02. [5:38] Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Pas de deux, Final Waltz and Apotheosis – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 5642-2. [12:54] Verdi La Traviata: Libiamo – Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas, Tézier; SWR Sym/Marco Armiliato. DG 4777177. [3:36] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Viva la Zarzuela
7:00 Sweet Folk Chicago with Rich Warren 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice 7:00 Weekend Morning Program, including music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Dvorak From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: #5, Silent Woods (Klid) – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, p. EMI CDZ5-73498-2. [4:45] Weilerstein is the guest soloist on our upcoming CSO broadcast. Balakirev Symphonic Poem, Russia (Second Overture on Russian Themes) – London Sym/Valery Gergiev. LSO Live 0779. [13:04] Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – Estonian National Male Cho & Sym/Paavo Järvi. Virgin Classics 45589-2. [8:36] Sibelius Karelia Suite, Op. 11 – Pittsburgh Sym/Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-61963. [16:37] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello – Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto. Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was). Shostakovich: Symphony #9. Britten: Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia fr Peter Grimes. 3:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in G, D 894, Op. 78, Fantaisie – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi 902115.16 (2). [39:47] Schubert Vocal scene, Der Hirt auf dem
Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya Mstislav Rostropovich: A tribute to the great cellist from Jon Tolansky • Wednesday, October 14 at 10:00 pm
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Fantasía para un gentilhombre – David Russell, g; Naples Phil/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80459. [20:58] 2:00 Franck Violin Sonata in A – Vadim Repin, v; Nikolai Lugansky, p. DG 4778794. [27:35] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Mozart Symphony #38 in D, K 504, Prague – Bavarian Radio Sym/Rafael Kubelik. Orfeo C-206891-A. [29:05] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bill’s new releases, week 2 8:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata #2 in A, Op. 2/2 – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-68086. [25:10] Weber Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34 – Charles Neidich, cl; L’Archibudelli. Sony SK-57968. [26:41] 9:00 The Civic Orchestra of Chicago in Concert: Cliff Colnot, conductor; Winston Choi, piano – Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man. Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques. Colnot: Rite of Passage. 10:00 Mstislav Rostropovich: A tribute to the great cellist from Jon Tolansky
Felsen, D 965 – Benita Valente, s; Harold Wright, cl; Rudolf Serkin, p. Bridge 9316. [11:26] 4:00 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Act 2 excerpts – Toronto Sym/Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Finlandia 19050-2. [12:55] Tchaikovsky String Sextet in d, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence – Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Dennis Russell Davies. MD+G Recordings 3211008-2. [38:03] 5:00 Mahler Symphony #2 in c, Resurrection: Part 1 – Lucerne Festival/Claudio Abbado. DG B0003397-02 (2). [81:14] 6:25 Bach Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D, BWV 1050 – Rudolf Serkin, p; Marlboro Festival Orch/Pablo Casals. Sony SMK46254. [21:55] Bach Cantata #140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Chorale, Zion hört die Wächter (Sleepers Wake) – Mormon Tabernacle Cho & Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony MDK-48296. [5:10] Mozart Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman, K 265 – Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907529.30 (2). [13:19] Mozart Symphony #41 in C, K 551, Jupiter – St. Luke’s Orch/ Donald Runnicles. St. Luke’s Collection SLC-3001. [38:07] 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Recordings by composer- conductor Volkmar Andreae 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Schubert String Quintet in C, D 956 – Stern, v; Lin, v; J Laredo, vi; Ma, vc; Robinson, vc. Sony SK-53983. [54:56]
Monday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mendelssohn Symphony #4 in A, Op. 90, Italian – Berlin Phil/James Levine. DG 427670-2. [29:02] 11:00 Bach Duets #s 1-3 in e, F, G, BWV 802-804 – Caterina Lichtenberg & Mike Marshall, mandolins. Adventure Music AM-1094-2. [8:19] Bach Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044 – Jaime Martin, f; Kenneth Sillito, v; St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3). [21:21] 12:00 Newscast • Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 – London Sym/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80208. [14:47] Albeniz Iberia, Bk 3: #2, El Polo – Alicia de Larrocha, p. Lon 417887-2 (2). [7:02]
1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Dvorak Symphony #5 in F, Op. 76 – Czech Phil Orch/Jirí Belohlávek. Lon 4786757 (6). [43:22] 2:00 Bach English Suite #3 in g, BWV 808 – Simone Dinnerstein, p. Sony 81742-2. [19:17] Holst St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29/2 – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood. Lon 440376-2. [12:23] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [14:19] Handel Samson: Aria, Let the Bright Seraphim – Danielle de Niese, s; English Concert/ Harry Bicket. Lon B0015869-02. [5:34] Copland Quiet City – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard OVC-4037. [9:36] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna I 8:00 Live from WFMT: Pipa players Yang Wei and friends 10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto #3 in c, Op. 37 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Mahler Chamber Orch. Sony 88725420582. [35:24] Bach Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, St. Anne – BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin. Chandos CHAN-9835. [14:36]
Tuesday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Op. 8/1-4: Violin Concerto #3, R 283, L’autunno – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; English Chamber Orch/David Lockington. E One EOM-CD-7790. [10:56] Mozart String Quartet #17 in B-Flat, K 458, Hunt – American String Quartet. Musicmasters 67194-2 (6). [22:16] 11:00 Strauss Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 – Vienna Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80167. [26:43] 12:00 Newscast • Bach WellTempered Clavier, Bk 2, BWV 870/91: Prelude & Fugue #21 in B-Flat – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67303/4 (2). [9:58] Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras #9 – I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN-9434. [9:09] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Dvorak Symphony #6 in D, Op. 60 – Berlin
Phil/Rafael Kubelik. DG 423120-2 (6). [45:12] 2:00 Duruflé Four Motets, Op. 10 – St. John’s College Choir Cambridge. Nimbus NI-5599. [9:06] Debussy Three Nocturnes – Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80617. [24:31] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Borodin String Quartet #2 in d – Brodsky String Quartet. Teldec 46319-2. [28:32] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna I 8:00 The Tuesday Night Opera with Peter Van De Graaff: Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” – Alexander Vedernikov, Vladimir Matorin, Artur Eisen, USSR TVRadio Large Sym/Vladimir Fedoseyev. Phi 412281-2 (3).
Wednesday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Music from the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Haydn Symphony #67 in F – Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque Productions PBP-08. [24:18] 11:00 Impromptu: Wu Han, Chad Hoopes, Ani Kavafian, and Dmitri Atapine preview tonight’s Harris Theater concert by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Baritone Mario Diaz-Moresco and pianist Spencer Myer live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Winners’ Concert of the 2015 Chopin Competition: Live from Warsaw. David Polk and Lisa Flynn co-host. 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna I 8:00 Dvorak Symphony #7 in d, Op. 70 – Chicago Sym/James Levine. [38:31] Rachmaninoff Preludes in g-sharp, Op. 32/12; g, Op. 23/5; D, Op. 23/4 – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9348. [13:16] 9:00 The Civic Orchestra of Chicago in Concert: Jaap van Zweden, conductor – Prokofiev: Symphony #5. 10:00 Sir Georg Solti: A tribute by Jon Tolansky to the great conductor who led the
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In the Spotlight
Alexander Vedernikov
Tuesday Night Opera: Boris Godunov Modest Mussorgsky’s powerful historical music-drama has been presented in a variety of versions since its first performance at the Maryinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1874. His friend and colleague Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov undertook a number of revisions, and for a long time, Mussorgsky’s original score was little known. The recording issued in the early 1980s on Philips Records, by the radio-television chorus and orchestra of what was still at that time the USSR, returned to the original version that Mussorgsky completed in 1872. He based his opera on a play by Alexander Pushkin, itself based on historical and quasi-historical events in the Russian history of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The recording features bass Alexander Vedernikov as Boris, a czar who may or may not have murdered the true heir to the Russian throne. In the 1872 version, the opera begins with a prologue that contains the famous Coronation Scene. Act One is devoted to the recollections of the aged monk Pimen and to the adventures of two younger clerics. Act Two contains Boris’ monologue. Act Three takes place in Poland, where Grigory, posing as the long-lost heir Dimitri, solicits help to reclaim his throne. Act Four contains the dramatic Death of Boris and the equally dramatic Revolution Scene, when the Russian people fearfully contemplate an uncertain future.
Tuesday, October 20, 8:00 pm
Chicago Symphony from 1969 to 1991. Sir Georg was born October 21, 1912.
Thursday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 2015
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6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Liszt Trois Études de Concert – Jorge Bolet, p. Lon 417523-2. [20:52] Liszt Les Préludes – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. DG 415851-2. [15:55] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Fauré Violin Sonata #1 in A, Op. 13 – Joshua Bell, v; JeanYves Thibaudet, p. Lon 4218172. [24:03] Debussy Waltz, La plus que lente – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [6:26] 11:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto #5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, Emperor – Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDQS-6129. [35:57] 12:00 Newscast • Locke Suite #3 in F – Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. Oiseau 421130-2. [9:31] Holst Suite #1 in E-Flat, Op. 28/1 – Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9697. [10:43] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Dvorak Symphony #8 in G, Op. 88 – Pittsburgh Sym/ Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-710-SACD. [38:57] 2:00 Giuliani La Rossiniana #1, Op. 119 – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80525. [16:08] Rossini La Cenerentola: Aria, Nacqui 28
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all’affanno...Non più mesta – Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Lon 448300-2. [7:16] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Bartok Rhapsody #1 – Gil Shaham, v; Chicago Sym/Pierre Boulez. DG 459639-2. [11:16] Liszt Totentanz – Alfred Brendel, p; London Phil/Bernard Haitink. Phi 446924-2 (5). [15:26] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna I 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Alan Gilbert, conductor; vocal soloists & NY Choral Artists – Lindberg: Al Largo; Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians
Friday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Bach Brandenburg Concerto #7 (reconstructed by Bruce Haynes) – Montreal Baroque
England Triptych – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3115. [16:18] 4:00 Bach Orchestra Suite in g, BWV 1070 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archive 415671-2 (2). [17:34] Bach Cantata #146, Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal: Duet, Wie will ich mich (My Spirit be Joyful) – Douglas Major, o; Empire Brass. EMI CDC7-47395-2. [5:25] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Previewing Alban Berg’s Wozzeck at Lyric Opera 5:00 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 – Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 419241-2. [36:35] Various Variations on Two Russian Folksongs; Down the Long Road; Gypsy Fantasy – Odessa Balalaikas. Nonesuch 79034-2. [13:29] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Soprano and composer Veronica Loiacono 7:00 Sweet Folk Chicago with Rich Warren 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Jim Photoglo live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren
Sunday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice 7:00 Weekend Morning Program 9:55 Fine Arts Calendar 10:00 The New Releases with Lisa Flynn 12:00 Liszt Piano Sonata in b – Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4791728. [29:48] Trifonov is the guest soloist on our upcoming Chicago Symphony broadcast.
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Band/Eric Milnes. Atma ACD22565. [8:22] Tchaikovsky Symphony #7 in E-Flat – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. CBS 46453. [37:15] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Byrd Nunc Dimittis – Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMU907419. [7:02] Jacob William Byrd Suite – Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell. Mercury 432009-2. [18:15] 11:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata #21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG 435472-2. [23:44] Wagner Das Liebesverbot: Overture – Philharmonia Zurich/ Fabio Luisi. Philharmonia Records PHR-0102 (2). [8:21] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Dvorak Symphony #9 in e, Op. 95, From the New World – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1006. [43:50] 2:00 Mozart Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K 498 – Nash Ensemble. Virgin Classics 61448-2 (2). [19:57] Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Finale, from Marie Theres’! – Lott, Dessay, Kirchschlager, Covent Garden Orch/Antonio Pappano. Virgin Classics 45705-2. [13:05] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Anonymous Rossignol; The Nightingale; In Midst of Woods/ The Blackbird; Goddesses; La Bounette – Piffaro. Navona NV-5823. [12:04] Stravinsky Le Chant du Rossignol – Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. Cleveland Orch ANNIV (10). [21:04] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna I 8:00 Music of the 21st Century 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Kickstarter projects that have aided recording projects, commissions, world-premiere performances, and more. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Morning Program 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the San Francisco Opera: Marco Tutino’s “Two Women” – Anna Caterina Antonacci, Sarah Shafer, Dimitri Pittas, Mark Delavan, San Francisco Opera Cho & Orch/Nicola Luisotti. 3:00 Schumann Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54 – Artur Rubinstein, p; Chicago Sym/Carlo Maria Giulini. RCA VOL53. [32:52] Schuman New
Sir Georg Solti: A Tribute by Jon Tolansky • Wednesday, October 21 at 10:00 pm
Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 414581-2 (3). [21:39] 1:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1; Shostakovich: Symphony #8. We also hear Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia conducted by Tugan Sokhiev. 3:00 Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 – Nikolai Lugansky, p. Warner Classics 61255-2. [30:53] Walton Henry V Suite – City of Prague Phil/Paul Bateman. Silva SILKD-6024 (2). [21:13] Anonymous It Was A Lover and His Lass – Ellen Hargis, s; Aaron Sheehan, t; Paul O’Dette, l. Azica ACD-72229 (2). [3:42] Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opp 21, 61 – Branagh, n; McNair, s; Kirchschlager, ms; Ernst Senff Women’s Cho, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-62826. [49:00] 5:00 Ravel Piano Concerto in G – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG B0014764-02. [22:22] Gershwin Catfish Row (Suite from Porgy and Bess) – Cincinnati Pops Orch/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD80086. [25:56] Mozart Don Giovanni, K 527: Overture, Notte e giorno, Madamina, Giovinette, Là ci darem la mano, Dalla sua pace, Fin ch’han dal vino – Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Pentatone PTC5186190. [18:50] Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – City of Birmingham Sym/Paavo Järvi. Virgin
Classics 45295-2. [24:08] 7:00 Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile – Berlin Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich, vc. DG 471620-2 (2). [6:40] Beethoven Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op. 97, Archduke – Emil Gilels, p; Leonid Kogan, v; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc. DG 4777476 (2). [43:49] 8:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Recordings by composer-conductor Volkmar Andreae 10:00 Pipedreams: Organ music with Michael Barone 11:00 Rachmaninoff Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 – Estonian Phil Chamber Choir/ Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807504. [53:56]
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Monday 26
Alexander Rudin • Prokofiev Cello Concertino in g, Op. 132 • Monday, October 26 at 11:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Strauss München Commemorative Waltz – Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9606. [8:45] Bernstein Candide: Paris Waltz Scene – London Sym/Leonard Bernstein. DG 449656-2 (2). [3:15] Mozart Symphony #36 in C, K 425, Linz – Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80148. [31:34] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Mendelssohn Piano Concerto #1 in g, Op. 25 – Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. DG B0000666-02. [20:50] Wencheng Autumn Moon on A Calm Lake – Lang Lang, p. DG B0008233-00. [4:08] 11:00 Rimsky Scheherazade, Op. 35 – Chicago Sym/ Seiji Ozawa; Victor Aitay, v. Sera 69131-2 (2). [43:11] 12:00 Newscast • A Scarlatti Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna – Mahan Esfahani, hc. Archive 4794481. [6:27] Scarlatti Sinfonia #1 in G for Oboe, Strings & Continuo – Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; I Solisti Italiani. Denon 75338. [4:07] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Schumann Symphony #3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, Rhenish – Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Archive 457591-2 (3). [29:42] Biebl Ave Maria – Cantus. Cantus CTS-1204. [6:43] 2:00 Bartok Piano Concerto #3 – Jonathan Biss, p; Munich Phil/James Levine. Oehms Classics OC-505 (2). [25:28] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D 667, Trout – Sir Clifford Curzon, p; Vienna Octet members. Lon 417459-2. [35:07] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at
4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna II 8:00 Live from WFMT: Margaret Fingerhut, piano 10:00 Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner 11:00 Prokofiev Cello Concertino in g, Op. 132 – Alexander Rudin, vc; Ukraine National Sym/Theodore Kuchar. Naxos 8.553624. [19:31] Vaughan Williams Symphony #8 in d – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Teldec 90858-2. [28:05] Vaughan Williams Two Hymn Tune Preludes: #1, Eventide – London Sym/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8828. [3:27]
Tuesday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Tomkins Almighty God, the Fountain of All Wisdom – Monteverdi Choir/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-720. [7:10] Stravinsky L’Histoire du Soldat: Devil’s Dance; Chorale; Triumphal March of the Devil – Chicago Pro Musica. Reference Recordings RR-17CD. [6:30] Schubert Symphony #8 in b, D 759, Unfinished – Chicago Sym/Carlo Maria Giulini. DG 463609. [27:40] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 77/1 – Leipzig String Quartet. MDG 3071860-2. [23:52] Mozart Lucio Silla Overture – La Cetra/Andrea Marcon. DG 4779445. [8:02] 11:00 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #1 in f-sharp, Op. 1 – Denis Matsuev, p; Mariinsky Orch/ Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky MAR-0587. [26:05] 12:00 Newscast • Albinoni Adagio in g – Edward Brewer, o; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 439147-2. [7:18] Bach Fugue in b on a Theme by Albinoni, BWV 951 – Alan Feinberg, p. Steinway & Sons 30034. [6:07] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Handel Water Music Suite in D/G – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9860. [20:03] Peter Van De Graaff plays Handel’s Orlando tonight at 8:00. Debussy Estampes – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Lon 452022-2 (2). [14:32] 2:00 Weber Clarinet Concertino in c minor/E-flat major, Op. 26 – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Slovak Radio Sym/Kirk Trevor. Navona NV-5801. [10:30] Janacek Sinfonietta – Chicago Sym/Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDFB5-72664-2 (2). [21:47] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Ravel
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In the Spotlight
Anna Caterina Antonacci
The San Francisco Opera and the Mighty Trojans Like Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov – see elsewhere in this section – and the components of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Berlioz’s Les Troyens (The Trojans) is an opera with problems. It requires a first-rate cast and elaborate staging, and its sheer length makes it a kind of musical endurance test. (Berlioz did not live to see a complete production of his most ambitious work.) The San Francisco Opera took on Les Troyens during its 2014-15 season, and according to Steven Winn, writing for The Classical Review, the company succeeded brilliantly. The production will close out the San Francisco Opera’s radio season for this year. It stars Anna Caterina Antonacci as Cassandra, the Trojan princess whose warnings against the Greeks are ignored, according to Virgil’s Aeneid, on which the composer based his libretto. Cassandra is prominent in the opera’s first portion, The Capture of Troy; in The Trojans at Carthage, interest is centered on Aeneas, who has escaped from Troy with a small band of followers, and on Dido, the queen of Carthage. The roles of the lovers are sung by tenor Bryan Hymel and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. Donald Runnicles, former music director of the San Francisco Opera, is the conductor.
Saturday, October 31, 12:00 pm Shéhérazade, Ouverture de Féerie – Lyon National Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.572887. [13:02] Ravel Shéhérazade – Jennifer Larmore, ms; Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar. Cedille CDR-90000104. [17:23] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna II 2015
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Wednesday 28 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • A Scarlatti Concerto grosso #3 in F – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v. Virgin Classics 45495-2. [7:23] Hanson Symphony #2, Op. 30, Romantic – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDC7-47850-2. [30:24] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Rossini L’Italiana in Algeri Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431653-2. [7:45] Rossini Il Turco in Italia: Se ho da dirla avrei molto piacere – Paolo Bordogna, br; Arturo Toscanini Phil/Francesco Lanzillotta. Decca 4811685. [4:16] 11:00 Nielsen Symphony #1 in g, Op. 7 – New York Phil/Alan Gilbert. Dacapo 6.220624. [33:18] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial 30
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Concerts: Cellist Matthew Zalkind and pianist Marnie Laird live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Grieg Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16 – Javier Perianes, p; BBC Sym/Sakari Oramo. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902205. [30:48] 2:00 Mozart Flute Quartet #1 in D, K 285 – Carol Wincenc, f; Emerson String Quartet members. DG 445606-2. [14:04] Martinu Oboe Concerto – Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000079. [15:44] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Hovhaness Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40a – Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7289-2. [8:50] Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms – Chicago Sym & Cho/Sir Georg Solti. Lon 4758525 (5). [21:11] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna II 8:00 Brahms Double Concerto in a, Op. 102 – Jascha Heifetz, v; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc; Orch/Alfred Wallenstein. RCA 63531-2. [28:57] Britten Double Concerto in b – Gidon Kremer, v; Yuri Bashmet, vi; Hallé Orch/
Kent Nagano. Erato 25502-2. [21:31] We’re airing a Britten documentary tonight at 10:00. 9:00 The Civic Orchestra of Chicago in Concert: Jaap van Zweden, conductor – Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5. 10:00 Benjamin Britten: Jon Tolansky’s centenary tribute, first aired in 2013, honoring the distinguished British composer.
Thursday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Mozart Don Giovanni, K 527: Là ci darem la mano – Danielle de Niese, s; Bryn Terfel, b-br; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Lon B0013277-02. [3:20] Beethoven Variations in C on Mozart’s Là ci darem la mano, WoO 28 – Marilyn Zupnik & Kathryn Greenbank, ob’s; Elizabeth Starr, eh. ASV CDQS6192. [9:15] Chopin Variations on La cì darem fr Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 – Idil Biret, p; Orch/Robert Stankovsky. Naxos 8.550369. [18:23] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Ravel Piano Sonatine – Alexandre Pirojenko, p. Novy Svet. [11:06] Debussy Cello Sonata in d – Sol Gabetta, vc; Hélène Grimaud, p. DG B0017523-02. [11:19] 11:00 Mozart Symphony #35 in D, K 385, Haffner – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.42703. [22:38] Franck Panis Angelicus – Vittorio Grigolo, t; Rome Sinfonietta/Fabio Cerroni. Sony 88883786372. [4:09] 12:00 Newscast • Bach Keyboard Concerto #4 in A, BWV 1055 – Andreas Staier, hc; Freiburg Baroque Orch. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902181.82 (2). [13:58] Françaix Piano Concertino – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Montreal Sym/Charles Dutoit. Lon 452448-2. [8:44] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Brahms Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40 – David Jolley, fh; Jaime Laredo, v; Joseph Kalichstein, p. Koch KICCD-7684 (2). [30:08] 2:00 Holst The Planets, Op. 32 – London Sym/Sir Colin Davis. LSO Live LSO-0029. [50:17] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Berlioz Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8 – Giovanni Radivo, v; Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.573297. [8:44] Piston Capriccio for Harp and Strings – Therese Elder Wunrow, h; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3106. [10:20] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour
between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna II 8:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: David Zinman, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin – Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1. Sibelius: Symphony #5. 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians
Friday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Carl Grapentine 9:00 News Summary • Copland Appalachian Spring – Chamber Orch/Aaron Copland. CBS MK-42431. [32:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn • Hindemith Suite of French Dances – Bamberg Sym/ Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Koch 3-1299-2. [8:10] Compère Ung Franc Archier – Orlando Consort. Hyperion CDA-68069. [7:08] 11:00 Brahms Serenade #2 in A, Op. 16 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4786775. [26:09] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin • Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22 – Lahti Sym/Osmo Vänskä. Bis CD-1015. [49:08] 2:00 Haydn String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76/4, Sunrise – Leipzig String Quartet. MD+G MDG3071683-2. [22:51] Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Act 1 prelude, Dawn on the Moskva River – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-62034-2. [6:28] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Suite – Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CDZB5-687362 (2). [26:13] Williams Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone film music: Prologue, Wondrous World, Arrival of Baby Harry – Orch/John Williams. Atlantic 83491-2. [11:56] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Vienna II 8:00 Music of the 21st Century 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: In the Field continues with a visit to Colombia. 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 31 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Morning Program
10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the San Francisco Opera: “The Trojans” by Berlioz – Bryan Hymel (Aeneas); Anna Caterina
Antonacci (Cassandra); Susan Graham (Dido); René Barbera (Iopas); Sasha Cooke (Anna); Brian Mulligan (Chorebus); Christian Van Horn (Narbal); San Francisco Opera Cho & Orch/Donald Runnicles. 5:00 (Later than usual) Arias
and Songs with Larry Johnson: The art of soprano Victoria de los Angeles 5:30 Mozart Two-Piano Concerto in E-Flat, K 365 – Murray Perahia, p; Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti, p. Lon 4784884. [24:58] 6:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:
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