The Guide | August 2026

THE GUIDE The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT

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August 2026

Peter van de Graaff

ALSO INSIDE On WTTW, we bid a final farewell to the enduring detective series Grantchester after 11 seasons. In the aftermath of the siege, Geordie fights for his life; Alphy tracks a fugitive through the countryside; and the Grantchester family must face final questions of love, redemption, and forgiveness.

From the President & CEO Dear Member, This month, WFMT celebrates a new chapter for one of its signature programs. Beginning in August, Peter van de Graaff becomes the new host of Exploring Music, bringing his warm presence, deep musical knowledge, and almost four decades of broadcasting experience to the internationally syndicated series. On page 4, Peter reflects on the path that led him to WFMT, memorable moments along the way, and what excites him most about leading this treasured program into its next chapter.

Also in August, WFMT launches a new Sunday afternoon series featuring recordings – and one live broadcast – from this summer’s Ravinia Festival. The series opens with acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk, followed by pianist Misha Dichter celebrating his 50th Ravinia season; cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan in the Martin Theatre; Augustin Hadelich’s captivating program of Baroque and blues for solo violin; and the Danish String Quartet performing works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich. WFMT also concludes its 2026 Grant Park Music Festival season with two concerts led by Giancarlo Guerrero, culminating in the festival finale: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, performed by the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus with an outstanding roster of soloists.

On WTTW, we bid a final farewell to the enduring detective series Grantchester, which concludes after 11 popular seasons. Mystery lovers can continue sleuthing with The Brokenwood Mysteries, Between the Vines, My Life Is Murder, Shakespeare & Hathaway, and many more series available to stream with your WTTW Passport membership. Also this month, American Masters profiles Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, we meet the people dedicated to preserving a cherished national landmark in Saving George Washington’s Mount Vernon, and we close out August with this year’s Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert, an open-air performance from Austria’s spectacular Imperial Schönbrunn Palace.

Thank you for your support, and for spending your summer with WTTW and WFMT. Sincerely,

Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

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WTTW Listings

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A Q&A with Peter van de Graaff, new

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Multi-Channel Primetime Grid

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Multicast and Streaming Highlights

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At-a-Glance

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WTTW Kid Grid

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ON THE COVER: Peter van de Graaff at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago. Photo: Liz Farina Markel for WFMT 2

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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks

Concert for George

Diana’s Decades

On November 29, 2002, one year after the passing of music legend George Harrison, a performance tribute was organized in his honor.

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, and many more artists perform his work.

During Princess Diana’s 36 years, she changed the face of royalty, of Britain, and the world.

She was an icon of the 20th century, embodying the changing spirit of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.

Sunday, August 16, 10:00 pm

Mondays, August 17-31, 9:00 pm

MORNING

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently in the Cathedral [R] 2:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: As If Nothing Had Happened [R] 3:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Crown Point, Indiana [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

Photo: Margaret Crosby_Courtesy of APT

In the Spotlight

Chefs Dook Chase and Jacob Anguiano

Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey (New Series) Explore the rich food traditions of New Orleans with Dook Chase, the executive chef of the historically significant Dooky Chase Restaurant.

Episodes follow Dook as he visits places and people at the heart of New Orleans’ legendary cuisine.

Saturdays beginning August 1, 11:00 am

6:00 10 Streets That Changed America [R] 7:00 Once Upon a Time in Space: Politics as Usual (Part 3 of 4) [R] 8:00 Opportunity Knocks: The Moment Everything Changes 8:30 Curious Traveler: Curious Polish Palaces and Castles 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Hamburg and the Luther Trail 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Joseph, Michigan 10:00 This Old House: Asheville – Silt and Stone 10:30 Ask This Old House: Garage Storage, Anode Rod 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey (New Series) 11:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Shorey’s Petite Appetite

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast 12:30 Cook’s Country: Chocolate Baked Delights 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Respect the Ingredients 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Brisket 24/7 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Most Important Meal 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Takes on Chicken and Rice 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Professional Breads at Home 3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Gut Feeling – Probiotics to Love 4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: Snacks and Street Foods 4:30 Check, Please! Band of Bohemia, Turquoise, Dancing Marlin 5:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards At the end of the 19th century, Chicago’s Union Stockyards transformed how people eat. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

Carol Highsmith has one mission: to document every nook and cranny of the United States, from its mountains and roadside attractions to its unforgettable characters.

Sunday, August 23, 3:00 pm

fresh corpse of Professor Katz turns up in place of a cadaver in Dr. Mac’s anatomy lecture, she demands that Phryne and Jack solve the mystery.

7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – A Dark House Lu returns home to find her house stolen.

The case spirals into fraud, stolen lives, and murder.

8:00 My Life is Murder: The Village Alexa investigates a death at an upscale retirement village where a quiet life is the last thing the residents want.

8:45 Under the Vines As preparations for the showcase continue, Tippy, Gus, and Daisy all attempt to put Louis back on track following the breakup of his marriage.

9:30 Queens of Mystery: Sparring with Death (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) Beth and Cat head to a luxury spa run by Dr. Angela Isherwood, who unexpectedly announces her retirement and is murdered that same night.

10:12 Queens of Mystery: Sparring with Death (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) Matilda now has two murders to solve, made more complicated because one of the victims used a fake identity.

11:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 7) [R]

In the Spotlight

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EARLY MORNING Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Madison 2024 (Part 2 of 2) [R] 2:00 Chasing the Moon: American Experience – Earthrise (Part 2 of 3) [R] 4:00 George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Preserving the Legacy [R] 4:30 Behind the Canvas 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Golden Shoreline 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Simplicity, Patience, Compassion – Chair Yoga

6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: The Blood of Juana the Mad When the

6:00 Horizons from PBS News

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Capturing America: The Carol Highsmith Story

Rishi Nair and Robson Green

Grantchester Season 11 on Masterpiece (Series Finale) Bid farewell to this popular British drama series after 11 tumultuous seasons. In the aftermath of the siege, Geordie fights for his life; Alphy tracks a fugitive through the countryside; and the Grantchester family must face final questions of love, redemption, and forgiveness.

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Baking with Julia: ThreeTiered Wedding Cake with Martha Stewart, Part 1 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Rick Bayless 8:00 Homemade Live!

8:30 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Rooted Vegetables 9:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: South Sami Delicacies 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Bistro Classics 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’

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at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago.

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on Music, Curiosity, and His New Role on Exploring Music

By ADELA SKOWRONSKI

From his rich, resonant tone and calm

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car and thinking…well, it could never

demeanor to his warm and engaging

popular weeknight program.

happen, but wouldn’t it be amazing to

personality, Peter van de Graaff seems to have been destined for a career in radio. His ability to instantly put a room at ease and his wide-ranging knowledge of music history have been integral to his success as a longtime WFMT host.

After more than three and a half de-

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Prior to his first shift on Exploring

be on the radio?

Music, we sat down with Peter to dis-

I thought I was going to become a

cuss his extensive career at the station,

singer, but time went on and I began

how he started, and what excites him

to realize that I had more to contribute.

about the future.

I was also passionate about music and

WFMT: How did you first make your way into the radio business?

learning other languages. So I thought radio might be a good fit to work my way through college. I got my degree

cades as the voice of WFMT’s overnight

Peter van de Graaff: I went to New

in voice performance, but radio slowly

radio program Through the Night, Peter

Trier High School, grew up in the

evolved into a full-time thing, and

now adds another program to his list:

area here, and listened to WFMT all

after a couple of years at the station

Exploring Music. Beginning in August

the time. I remember tuning in in the

where I started (KBYU), I saw there

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Photo: Liz Farina Markel for WFMT

Peter van de Graaff

was an opening at WFMT. I applied, thinking they might give me some valuable feedback that would help me as my career developed. But then I got the job – I was

for a program like this. I’m looking forward to doubling down on all kinds of subjects for our listeners – anywhere there are rich discoveries to be made.

26 years old. I began as a regular host

WFMT: How do you choose what to

alternating shifts, and then after one

feature in the series?

year, I was given the overnight shift that I still have, 37 years later.

van de Graaff: I begin by programming a show from the top of my head,

WFMT: What’s something that you’ll

and then I start delving progressively

always remember from the early part

deeper with research to provide con-

of your career?

text for the pieces. After that, writing

van de Graaff: I’ll always remember the first time I went on the air. I was shaking and petrified. I grew up listening to the legends here: Studs Terkel, Norm Pellegrini, Jim Morath,

the scripts is the next big challenge.

It’s been a bit of a stretch doing the overnight program in addition to working on this one, but it’s a labor of love and passion.

Peter’s 5 Fast Facts Favorite Composer Haydn! People are often surprised by that, but it’s an easy answer for me because there is a joy, simplicity, and directness in Haydn that no one else has. He’s not the greatest composer – I think that’s probably Bach – but he’s my favorite.

Instruments I play keyboard and more specifically, harpsichord. I also played piano and studied a little violin. I was so bad that the orchestra conductor tried to move me to viola instead! But I’m a singer first and foremost – that’s my instrument, so to speak.

and so on. I mean, literally – I was

WFMT: What continues to inspire

almost in tears.

you?

Soon after I began, a listener called in:

van de Graaff: There’s always

“Would you tell the announcer that I

something to learn. I’m also always

could tell he’s nervous, but I think

thinking, what can I share? What

Favorite Place in Chicago

he’s gonna be really good.” Those

interesting things can I bring on the

words changed everything – they

air? This is my passion: sharing good

boosted my confidence and helped

music with people. I think there’s a

me through my first shift.

real healing element to music – it

No question: the Fine Arts Building.

I’m a big nostalgia buff for old movies, old-time radio. To walk into that building is like going back to 1920, and it’s very, very exciting.

One more thing: when I first arrived here, I kept seeing bus ads that read, “WFMT – Civilized Radio.” I’ve always kept that in the back of my mind. It’s

improves the lives of listeners. Of all the jobs in the world, how many of them have that ability to inspire? Not many.

not about sitting in the laps of the

So that’s why it’s easy to keep it fresh,

listeners, but treating them with

plus I try never to duplicate anything

respect, civility, and intelligence.

I’ve done in the past. The number of

You’re always a guest in their home.

recordings and performances that

WFMT: What are you most excited to add to Exploring Music? van de Graaff: I’ve been researching music since I was eight years old, which I think is great preparation

have been discovered, even in the last 40 years…it’s just inexhaustible, and extremely exciting.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

One Favorite Composition Here’s what I think is the greatest piece ever written: the St. Matthew Passion. As for genre: if I ever have a bad day or need to re-center myself, it’s always a Haydn string quartet that does it for me.

Favorite Artist from the Past One of my favorite artists of all time is the tenor Fritz Wunderlich, because of passion, diction, beauty of tone, technique…he’s my favorite singer of all time.

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In honor of Julia Child’s birthday, spend the weekend with classic episodes of In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs. Delight in the nostalgia as Julia cooks with the pros, detailing their techniques to whip up award-worthy dishes at home.

The new season of Professor T gets an early release for WTTW Passport members, ahead of the October 18 broadcast premiere. Jasper and Helena test their fragile spark at a secluded spa, but a death rekindles his instincts and threatens their new romance.

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Thursday, August 6, 8:00 pm

Professor T, Season 5

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for WTTW Passport Members Only Photo: A still from the program / PBS

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World – The Telescope

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Filmmaker Karla Murthy

POV: The Gas Station Attendant Using intimately recorded phone calls and home movies, a daughter, Karla Murthy, reflects on her father’s life and their complex relationship – weaving the story of his miraculous journey from the streets of India with the realities of life in America.

Monday, August 3 9:00 pm

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contribution of the Irish in the building of America and the role of the Irish in the world.

Behind the Canvas Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Florentine Renaissance

EVENING 6:00 Pioneers of Television: Doctors and Nurses Noah Wyle and Anthony Edwards reveal the secrets of ER; Howie Mandel, Ed Begley Jr., Norman Lloyd, and Christina Pickles revisit St. Elsewhere; and more.

7:00 Patience: Hostage (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) Patience and Frankie are held at gunpoint by an escaped prisoner, and a figure from Frankie’s past resurfaces.

8:00 Grantchester Season 11 on Masterpiece (Series Finale) 9:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) As wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey, Cora’s freewheeling American mother Martha Levinson (Shirley MacLaine) tries to loosen up her in-laws.

11:00 Austin City Limits: Finneas

Monday 3 EARLY MORNING

Louisiana: Evangeline Parish – Cajun Heartland 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Hog Wild 11:00 Compass Points from PBS News 11:30 Glacier Park’s Night of the Grizzlies In August 1967, grizzly bears in Glacier National Park killed two young women and severely mauled one man. This film explores this dramatic story. Actor J.K. Simmons narrates.

AFTERNOON From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – From the Beginning (Part 1 of 4) Piece together the fascinating jigsaw of Ireland’s earliest inhabitants.

2:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – Contested Identities (Part 2 of 4) Examine the transformation of Ireland and the Irish after the arrival of the Normans.

3:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – New Worlds (Part 3 of 4) Follow the first Irish diaspora to Europe in the 1600s and later to various destinations in the New World.

4:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – From the Famine to the Future (Part 4 of 4) Assess the huge 1:00

12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – A Dark House See Sat. Aug. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R] 12:50 My Life is Murder: The Village See Sat. Aug. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:35 Under the Vines See Sat. Aug. 1 at 8:45 pm. [R] 2:25 Queens of Mystery: Sparring with Death (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 1 at 9:30 pm. [R] 3:10 Queens of Mystery: Sparring with Death (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 1 at 10:12 pm. [R] 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: The Blood of Juana the Mad See Sat. Aug. 1 at 6:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Stanley McChrystal

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield Farms (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards See Sat. Aug. 1 at 5:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Mediterranean Grill 3:30 Cook’s Country: Paprikash and Stroganoff 4:00 Death in Paradise

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BBC World News America Chicago Tonight

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Maryland Zoo (Part 2 of 3) Finds include 1973 Topps uncut card sheets, a ring collection circa 1970, and a 1967 Ram Kumar oil painting.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Maryland Zoo (Part 3 of 3) Finds include George Patton’s gold World War I trench watch, a 1949 Charles Loloma pot, and a 1944 Joseph Erlanger’s Nobel Prize and diploma.

9:00 POV: The Gas Station Attendant 10:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Patience: Hostage (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. Aug. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Grantchester Season 11 on Masterpiece (Series Finale) See Sun. Aug. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Glacier Park’s Night of the Grizzlies See Sun. Aug. 2 at 11:30 am. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Maryland Zoo (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Maryland Zoo (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. Aug. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Baltimore 2021 (Part 2 of 2) 2:00 Once Upon a Time in Space: Friends Forever (Part 4 of 4) See Tues.

Aug. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Fast Food Makeovers 3:30 Cook’s Country: Pork and Pierogi 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00 BBC World News America 1:00

In the Spotlight Photo: Josh Valcarcel/NASA

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In the Spotlight

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Baltimore 2021 (Part 1 of 2) 2:00 Nature: Big Little Journeys – Survival [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: A Spanish Affair 3:30 Cook’s Country: Chicken Soup and Cheesy Bread 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Love & Basketball Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of basketball superstars Brittney Griner and Chris Paul.

8:00 Once Upon a Time in Space: Friends Forever (Part 4 of 4) Far from their home planet, astronauts living aboard the International Space Station face the emotional realities of isolation.

9:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World – The Robot Learn how robots were first conceptualized in ancient Rome and see how their use has evolved over the centuries.

Official crew portrait for Artemis II

NOVA: Return to the Moon A half-century after Apollo, the Artemis missions aim to bring astronauts back to the Moon and establish a lunar space station. Follow the Artemis II engineers and crew on their perilous 10-day journey.

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Big Little Journeys – Bloodlines In Taiwan, a Formosan pangolin travels through a land of giants to find a mate in a protected forest.

8:00 NOVA: Return to the Moon 9:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Beetlemania (Part 4 of 4) Why are beetles often regarded “the most important species on the planet?”

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

6:00 Nature Cat 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Weather Hunters 8:00 Lyla in the Loop 8:30 Carl the Collector 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Phoebe & Jay 10:00 Sesame Street 10:30 Work it Out Wombats!

11:00 Donkey Hodie 11:30 Rosie's Rules 12:00 Elinor Wonders Why 12:30 Alma's Way

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Neill Rea as DSS Mike Shepherd

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The Brokenwood Mysteries: Scared to Death Detective Sims and DSS Shepherd investigate when a man appears to die of fright and they must juggle testimony from a psychic, a ghost train operator, and a fairy princess.

Photo: Tom Hayward

Thursday, August 6 8:30 pm

12:00 Finding Your Roots: Love & Basketball See Tues.

Aug. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Once Upon a Time in Space: Friends Forever (Part 4 of 4) See Tues.

Aug. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World – The Robot See Tues.

Aug. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Pioneers of Television: Doctors and Nurses See Sun. Aug. 2 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson 2021 (Part 1 of 2) 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Love & Basketball [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Summer Dinner Party 3:30 Cook’s Country: Spicy and Sour for Supper 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING

Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution (in 2 parts) Lucy Worsley examines the tensions and turning points that led to America’s declaration of independence from Britain in 1776 and considers whether this explosive split could have been avoided.

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6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Inspector George Gently: Gently Between the Lines Gently and Bacchus investigate the death of a man in police custody.

8:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Scared to Death 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Big Little Journeys – Bloodlines See Wed. Aug. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Return to the Moon See Wed. Aug. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Watch Arthur weekday mornings at 6:30 am

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Bugs That Rule the World: Beetlemania (Part 4 of 4) See Wed. Aug. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Austin City Limits: Finneas See Sun. Aug. 2 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Maryland Zoo (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 NOVA: Return to the Moon [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Summer Pork Supper 3:30 Cook’s Country: Smoky Barbecue Favorites 4:00 Death in Paradise 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction This episode uncovers three key iconic science fiction series:

Star Trek, Lost in Space, and The Twilight Zone.

9:00 Chasing the Moon: American Experience – Magnificent Desolation (Part 3 of 3) Experience the triumph of the first moon landing, witnessed by the largest TV audience in history.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently Between the Lines See Thurs.

Aug. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Scared to Death See Thurs.

Aug. 6 at 8:30 pm. [R] 3:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Joseph, Michigan [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War Enjoy this in-depth overview of the iconic documentary with video clips and interviews with Ken Burns and others.

MORNING Once Upon a Time in Space: The Russian Thing (Part 3 of 4) [R] 8:00 Once Upon a Time in Space: Politics as Usual 6:30

Image credit: All rights reserved. © Marc Brown © 2025 WGBH Educational Foundation.

Photo: South Pacific Pictures / AcornTV

In the Spotlight

EVENING Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – The Endeavor of This Present Breath A football club hires Frank and Lu to find a saboteur, but the manager’s murder raises the stakes.

8:00 My Life is Murder: Silent Lights When Christmas lights aficionado Paddy falls from his roof, Alexa finds herself unravelling a mystery as tangled as Paddy’s beloved lights.

8:45 Under the Vines Gus and Tippy are lost in their own dilemmas while Daisy, still hurting over her fight with Griffin, struggles to get everyone on track.

9:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) [R] 7:00

Sunday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Carpenters: Close to You This music-filled documentary traces the Carpenters’ career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the group’s friends.

1:30 Red White and Rock Recorded in 2002, this is a patriotic celebration of America and pop oldies music performed by Frankie Valli, The Drifters, Connie Francis, Frankie Avalon, and other longtime favorites.

4:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD

AFTERNOON 12:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Captain Farnon? (Part 3 of 7) Tristan and Siegfried find themselves in competition to treat the horse of a wealthy family that’s new to the area.

1:45 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Jenny Wren (Part 4 of 7) Helen struggles when Jenny gets some exciting news. Tristan doubts himself when he tries to fit into Charlotte’s world.

3:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Fixes (Part 5 of 7) James gets more than he expected when he becomes the attending veterinarian at the Hensfield dog track.

4:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Our Hearts Are Full (Part 6 of 7) As VJ Day is announced, Mrs. Hall assists in planning the celebrations.

5:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Comfort and Joy (Part 7 of 7) An old flame of Siegfried’s returns to Darrowby. With Helen unwell, James juggles running the village Nativity with a growing to-do list.

EVENING All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Six 8:30 Rick Steves Art of Europe: Beauty Through the Ages Rick explores the wonder of European art from the High Middle Ages to the modern era through a selection 7:00

In the Spotlight of Rick’s favorite “art bites.”

9:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) 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.

10:00 Rock Classics This powerful concert event celebrates the songs, voices, and rebellious spirit that built rock ‘n’ roll.

11:30 Tina Turner: One Last Time Filmed at London’s Wembley Stadium, the legendary Tina Turner performs “River Deep Mountain High,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “What’s Love Got to Do With It, “ “The Best,” and “Proud Mary.”

Monday 10 EARLY MORNING 1:00 Luther Vandross: Live at Wembley This stunning concert was recorded during Luther Vandross’s worldwide 1988-1989 tour.

2:30 Red White and Rock See Sun. Aug. 9 at 1:30 am. [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Amy Coney Barrett, Part 1 MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

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AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Plenty of Garlic and Parm 12:40 Cook’s Country: Beef Kebabs and Cheese Bread 1:20 Lidia’s Kitchen: Finding Belonging 1:50 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Barbecue Takes Flight 2:20 America’s Test Kitchen: Plant-Based Perfection 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Italian Bites 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Greek Meze 4:00 Rick Steves Tasty Europe 4:30 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution – The Break-Up (Part 1 of 2) 5:45 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution – A Messy Divorce (Part 2 of 2)

MORNING 6:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys 30th Anniversary Special 8:00 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show Catapulting Riverdance into the 21st century, this new cinematic experience immerses viewers in the extraordinary energy and passion of Irish music and dance.

10:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Gathering the Flock (Part 1 of 7) Things look very different at Skeldale House as James grapples with Siegfried’s wild and chaotic energy.

Tristan returns from war.

11:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 6 on Masterpiece: Old Dog, New Tricks (Part 2 of 7) Tension sparks when James buys an X-ray machine for practice, challenging Siegfried’s traditional methods.

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Great Scenic Railway Journeys 30th Anniversary Special Explore some of America’s best railway adventures, from the Rocky Mountaineer to the Skyrail. Get a glimpse into how railroads defined the spirit of North America, creating a new industry and rewriting the history of transportation.

Sunday, August 9 6:00 am

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Maryland Zoo (Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:00 The Susan Ryeland Mysteries Hear from the cast and crew about Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders, and the upcoming Marble Hall Murders.

3:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Six See Sun. Aug. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight

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(Part 4 of 4) [R] 9:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks Filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan recall the making of the series.

11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Essential Pépin: Cattle Call

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: 250 Years of Americana Discoveries reflect 250 years of American art, artifacts, crafts, and collectibles.

8:30 Celebrating America 250: Made with Love Travel across the country to celebrate the traditions of makers who helped shape this nation.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969 Experience Ella Fitzgerald’s debut appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival as she combines

Samuel West and Anna Madeley

All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Six Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew as they discuss the growing Herriot family, Mrs. Hall’s return, Tristan’s new love interest, the animals of Season 6, the Alderson family’s changing relationship, the impact of war, the importance of community, and hopes for Season 7.

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In the Spotlight codes, and broke barriers.

Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement Discover the powerful stories of Fannie Lou Hamer, Angela Davis, Dolores Huerta, and Yuri Kochiyama – four extraordinary women whose courage, intellect, and activism helped shape the course of America’s civil and human rights movements.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company 8:30

Wednesday 12 EARLY MORNING

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton: Here I Am In this groundbreaking documentary, country music legend Dolly Parton shares her fondest memories, her influences, and her process, and we explore the legendary talent that has made her astonishingly successful and wellloved. Included is incredible archival footage from Dolly’s concerts and interviews spanning her career.

Friday, August 14 8:00 pm

12:00 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC Enjoy the singer’s biggest hits, performed at Madison Square Garden during his 2008 tour.

1:30 Moments to Remember Hosts Patti Page and Nick Clooney co-host new performances and archival classics from the late 1950s and early 1960s pop era.

4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Orlando (Part 1 of 2) 2:00 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin 3:30 Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai and Rick Bayless 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

contemporary tracks such as “Sunshine of Your Love” and “Hey Jude” with classics like “I Won’t Dance” and “That Old Black Magic.”

1:30 Tina Turner: One Last Time See Sun. Aug. 9 at 11:30 pm. [R] 3:00 Rick Steves Why We Travel 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson 2021 (Part 2 of 2) 2:00 Nature: Big Little Journeys – Bloodlines [R] 3:00 Concert for George On November 29, 2002, one year after the passing of George Harrison, a performance tribute was organized in his honor at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Women of World War II: The Untold Stories Meet the American women who built the planes and flew them, fought on the warfront and the home front, cracked

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey Baer brings you a fascinating exploration of the colorful and diverse neighborhoods that Chicagoans access via the city’s elevated train system.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:00 ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul Enjoy this all-star concert reuniting legendary singers and groups performing hits of the 1960s. Davy Jones of The Monkees makes his final television appearance.

2:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Full-length performances include Little Anthony & The Imperials, Ronnie Spector, Frankie Valli, Jerry Butler, and many more from the ’50s and ’60s.

4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Orlando (Part 2 of 2) 2:00 The Statue of Liberty Ken Burns traces the development of the Statue of Liberty.

3:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks See Sat. Aug. 8 at 9:30 am. [R] 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital This film explores how Chicago became known as “the candy capital of the world.” Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

8:30 Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks Take a nostalgic look back at the thrills, spills, and decadent treats at these parks, and their innovative rides. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rock Classics See Sun. Aug. 9 at 10:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop Hosted by Pat Boone and Phyllis McGuire, this special features a cavalcade of 1950s pop music recording legends.

4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 Deconstructing the Beatles Acclaimed “Beatle-ologist” Scott Freiman guides you on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums.

3:30 More Deconstructing the Beatles The second installment includes “Deconstructing a Hard Day’s Night,” “A Stroll Down Penny Lane,” and “Here Come the Songs: The Evolution of George Harrison.”

5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Dolly Parton: Here I Am 9:00 Chasing the Moon: American Experience – Magnificent Desolation (Part 3 of 3) Experience the first moon landing, witnessed by the largest TV audience in history.

10:00 Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration This concert special celebrates Willie Nelson’s milestone 90th birthday and the 12-time Grammy winner’s contributions to popular culture and music.

Saturday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Red White and Rock [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 To be announced

MORNING 7:00 To be announced 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Cook’s Country: Carne Guisada and Enchiladas

AFTERNOON 12:07 Cook’s Country: Regional Seafood Specialties 12:37 Lidia’s Kitchen: Easy Going Recipes 1:16 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Game Day Grill 1:45 America’s Test Kitchen: Shrimp, Fast and Slow 2:25 America’s Test Kitchen: Chinese Noodles and Meatballs 2:55 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Salad for Dinner 3:33 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: An Ionian Odyssey 4:00 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe Rick travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe.

5:30 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen Lucy Worsley explores the enigma of Agatha Christie.

EVENING Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – As I Have Seen a Swan Stratford’s mysterious vigilante The Swan is linked to murder, forcing Frank and Lu to unmask the hero.

8:00 My Life is Murder: Bride to Bee When a bride dies from an allergic reaction to a bee sting on her wedding day, Alexa must discover if it was just a tragic accident.

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Sunday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Tom Lehrer: Live in Copenhagen 1967 This rare concert features many of Tom Lehrer’s best-known songs, including “The Elements,” “Pollution,” and “The Vatican Rag.” 1:30 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC See Wed. Aug. 12 at 12:00 am. [R] 3:00 ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul See Thurs. Aug. 13 at 12:00 am. [R] 5:00 Dolly Parton: Here I Am See Fri. Aug. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]

MORNING The Carpenters: Close to You See Sun. Aug. 9 at 12:00 am. [R] 8:30 Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969 See Tues.

Aug. 11 at 12:00 am. [R] 10:00 Pavarotti 90: The Man Who Moved the World This tribute concert, filmed in September 2025 at Italy’s Arena di Verona, celebrates what would have been the acclaimed tenor’s 90th birthday.

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AFTERNOON 12:00 Thomas Jefferson: Life/ Liberty – Our Sacred Honor (Part 1 of 2) Enjoy this twopart portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president.

2:00 Thomas Jefferson: Liberty/ The Age of Experiments – The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 2 of 2) 4:00 To be announced

EVENING 6:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends Meet Tricki – the biggest scene stealer and smallest cast member – and the many other creatures that exemplify the bond between humans and animals.

7:30 The Susan Ryeland Mysteries See Mon. Aug. 10 at 2:00 pm. [R] 9:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) Two social revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey: the Irish civil war and the fight for women’s suffrage.

10:00 Concert for George See Tues. Aug. 11 at 3:00 pm. [R]

Monday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden This special marks Joel’s recordbreaking 100th consecutive residency performance at Madison Square Garden.

2:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration Legends of ‘60s and ‘70s soul music return to perform their biggest hits.

5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Amy Coney Barrett, Part 2

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 2 of 3) 2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – As I Have Seen a Swan See Sat. Aug. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Eggs for the Holidays 3:30 Cook’s Country: Smothered and Dowdied 4:00 Father Brown: The Kembleston Olimpicks 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1941 Rolls Royce Wraith center caps and certificate, 1934 All-American basketball team autographs, and a Maynard Dixon oil painting circa 1913.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a women’s Rolex gold & diamond bracelet watch, an American Girl Barbie & wardrobe circa 1965, and a schoolgirl needlework circa 1740.

9:00 Diana’s Decades: 1970s (Part 1 of 3) Look back at the 1970s, when Diana emerged from obscurity to begin her relationship with Prince Charles.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – As I Have Seen a Swan [R] 1:00 My Life Is Murder: Bride to Bee See Sat. Aug. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:45 Under the Vines See Sat.

Aug. 15 at 8:45 pm. [R] 2:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) [R] 3:30 Compass Points from PBS News 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Spokane (Part 1 of 2) 2:00 My Life Is Murder: Bride to Bee [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: A Trip to Rome 3:30 Cook’s Country: BBQ Thighs and Fried Peach Pies 4:00 Father Brown: The Forensic Nun 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Westward Bound Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.

8:00 Chicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey Baer takes you on a nostalgic journey by car to iconic vacation spots that Chicagoans have cherished for generations.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Lady Diana Spencer

Diana’s Decades (New Miniseries) It’s no exaggeration to say that Princess Diana was an icon of the final decades of the 20th century, embodying the changing spirit of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. Gain fascinating insight into a figure who inspired profound social change across a changing world.

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Photo: Doug Gordon © MOBIAS

Under the Vines As Daisy and Louis help Tippy prepare for her speech, Griffin’s arrival blindsides everyone.

9:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) [R] 10:30 Elvis ’56 In 1956, Elvis Presley was a new 21-year-old singing sensation, and both he and his rockabilly sound were unknown outside of the South.

This film reveals the legendary performer at the very beginning of his meteoric career.

Photo: Getty 79729809; Courtesy of APT

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Wednesday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Diana’s Decades: 1970s (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Spokane (Part 1 of 2) [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Spokane (Part 2 of 2) 2:00 Diana’s Decades: 1970s (Part 1 of 3) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Pork and Potatoes 3:30 Cook’s Country: Ribs and Mashed Potatoes Revisited 4:00 Father Brown: The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage 1:00

Miles O’Brien and filmmaker Sarah Koenigsberg

Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien (New Miniseries) Veteran science journalist Miles O’Brien circles the globe searching for solutions to climate, water, and health crises. From jaguars to glaciers, seaweed to psychedelics, the answers are closer than we think.

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Asmik Grigorian and Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.

Baritone Igor Golovatenko plays the urbane Onegin and Alexander Tsymbalyuk portrays Gremin.

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MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

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12:00 Inspector George Gently: Blue for Bluebird See Thurs.

Aug. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Bride Not to Be See Thurs.

Aug. 20 at 8:30 pm. [R] 3:00 To be announced 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Louisville (Part 1 of 2) 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Westward Bound [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Spiced and Sweet 3:30 Cook’s Country: Bourbon and Broccoli Hit the Grill 4:00 Father Brown: The Last Supper 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Inspector George Gently: Blue for Bluebird Gently and Bacchus go to a family holiday camp after the body of one of the bluecoats is washed up nearby.

8:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Bride Not to Be Suspicions are aroused when a popular tennis star is found dead following her bachelorette party.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 21 EARLY MORNING

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BBC World News America Chicago Tonight

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Lions of the Skeleton Coast Follow three orphaned desert lion cubs trying to survive on Namibia's brutal Skeleton Coast.

8:00 NOVA: Cat Tales Worshiped as a goddess, condemned as satanic, and spun into a stunning array of breeds, cats have long fascinated humans. What can science tell us about our most mysterious companions?

9:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Wild Climate Fixes from Cows and Beavers (Part 1 of 4) 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 20 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Westward Bound See Tues.

Aug. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Chicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer See Tues.

Aug. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Spokane (Part 2 of 2) 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

12:00 Nature: Lions of the Skeleton Coast See Wed. Aug. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Cat Tales See Wed. Aug. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Wild Climate Fixes from Cows and Beavers (Part 1 of 4) See Wed. Aug. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Louisville (Part 1 of 2) [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:00 NOVA: Cat Tales [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Classic Pastas 3:30 Cook’s Country: Straight from So-Cal 4:00 Father Brown: The Father, The Son 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 To be announced

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MORNING 6:00 Chicago’s South Side Geoffrey Baer traces the rich history and culture of the neighborhoods south of I-55.

8:30 Curious Traveler: Curious Polish Christmas 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Dresden and Leipzig 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Stevens Point, Wisconsin 10:00 This Old House: Welcome to Walpole ADU 10:30 Ask This Old House: Running Power to a Shed 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Cuisine de ma Cherie

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: A Trip to the Big Easy 12:30 Cook’s Country: New England Sandwiches 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Risotto is On 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Gulf Coast Grill 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Something Hearty, Something Light 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: PanSeared Halibut and Ma’amoul 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Favorite Italian Soups 3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Beans – The #1 Longevity Ingredient 4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: Breads – Tava and Tandoori 4:30 Check, Please! Peppercorns, Pacific Standard Time, Finom Coffee 5:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss & The Bulldozer This episode chronicles Chicago mayor Richard J. “Boss” Daley’s rise to power and his stubborn refusal to adapt to cultural change. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

EVENING 6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Framed for

Murder When one of Phryne’s oldest friends produces a silent movie, the lead actor is murdered on set.

7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – An Honest Fellow DS Keeler is blackmailed after a night he cannot remember.

Frank and Lu race to unmask the extortionist.

8:00 My Life is Murder: Breaking Bread Feuding celebrity bakers put Alexa through her paces when a man is found drowned with a rare flour in his lungs.

8:45 Queens of Mystery: The Modern Art of Murder (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) The body of the gallery owner’s ex-husband becomes the gruesome centerpiece of a star artist’s installation.

9:30 Queens of Mystery: The Modern Art of Murder (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) A violent message hidden in an artwork suggests others besides Cox also hide something.

10:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) [R] 11:30 D.I. Ray (Season 1, Part 1 of 4) D.I. Rachita Ray is promoted to Homicide but realizes that the so-called “culturally specific homicide” she is assigned to is anything but.

Sunday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:30 D.I. Ray (Season 1, Part 2 of 4) D.I. Ray and the team race to track down Anjuli Kapoor, making more than one grim discovery in the process.

1:30 D.I. Ray (Season 1, Part 3 of 4) D.I. Ray and the team uncover more evidence suggesting they are dealing with highly dangerous organized criminals.

2:30 D.I. Ray (Season 1, Part 4 of 4) D.I. Ray makes a shocking discovery which has a huge impact on both her investigation and her personal life.

3:30 Father Brown: The Last Supper [R] 4:15 Father Brown: The Father, The Son [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Waterfall Glen 5:30 Yoga in Practice: What Makes You Come Alive?

MORNING 6:00 Horizons from PBS News 6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Baking with Julia: ThreeTiered Wedding Cake with Martha Stewart, Part 2 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Gordon Hamersley 8:00 Homemade Live!

Do it Yourself Saturdays 8:00

Jay's Chicago

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Curious Traveler

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Rick Steves' Europe

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John McGivern's Main Streets

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This Old House

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Ask This Old House

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Dook Chase: A Chef's Journey

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Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul

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Cook’s Country

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Sat. Aug. 22 at 8:45 pm. [R] Queens of Mystery: The Modern Art of Murder (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 22 at 9:30 pm. [R] Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Framed for Murder See Sat. Aug. 22 at 6:00 pm. [R] Compass Points from PBS News BBC News Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Ringo Starr

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

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Cook’s Country

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Lidia’s Kitchen

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Steven Raichlen's Project Fire

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America’s Test Kitchen

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America’s Test Kitchen

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Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television

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My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas

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Indian as Apple Pie

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Check, Please!

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 1 of 3) [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss & the Bulldozer See Sat. Aug. 22 at 5:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Chicken and Biscuits 3:30 Cook’s Country: Southern Discoveries 4:00 Father Brown: The Quill of Osric 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

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Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Pickles 9:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Autumn Apple Treats 9:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Mexico’s Riviera 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Rapides Parish – Heart of Louisiana 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Wrangler Tailgate 11:00 Compass Points from PBS News 11:30 Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin

AFTERNOON Jay’s Chicago: Every Picture Tells a Story 3:00 Capturing America: The Carol Highsmith Story For more than 40 years, Carol Highsmith has had one mission: to document every nook and cranny of the United States, from its majestic mountains and quirky roadside attractions to its most unforgettable characters.

4:00 Inside the Court of Henry VIII Part Renaissance prince, Part medieval tyrant, Henry VIII is the most famous of English kings.

Venture beyond the facade of his glamorous court.

5:00 Behind the Canvas 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Renaissance Beyond Florence 2:30

EVENING 6:00 Pioneers of Television: Westerns 7:00 Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) Based on a true story, this series starring Toby Jones follows hundreds of subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of theft due to a faulty IT system.

8:00 Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Alan Bates and the subpostmasters begin their fight for the truth and justice with new allies in Parliament.

9:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) The Crawley family faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, new faces try to fit into the tight-knit circle of servants.

10:00 Astrid: Guilty (Season 4, Part 8 of 8) [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Bonnie Raitt

Monday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – An Honest Fellow See Sat. Aug. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 My Life is Murder: Breaking Bread See Sat. Aug. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:45 Queens of Mystery: The Modern Art of Murder (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) See

6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1941 Rolls Royce Wraith center caps and and a Maynard Dixon oil painting circa 1913.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an unpublished Art Spiegelman book proposal circa 1974 and a headboard from the set of The Godfather, Part II. 9:00 Diana’s Decades: 1980s (Part 2 of 3) The ’80s see Diana emerge from shy princess to the

most-photographed woman in the world.

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Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World – American Masters Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mary Oliver. Shaped by a solitary childhood and rising literary fame, Oliver published more than 30 collections of poetry and essays on nature, beauty, and love.

Tuesday, August 25 8:00 pm Mount Vernon 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Diana’s Decades: 1980s (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Inside the Court of Henry VIII See Sun. Aug. 23 at 4:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Las Vegas 2021 (Part 1 of 2) 2:00 Diana’s Decades: 1980s (Part 2 of 3) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Hearty Mediterranean at Home 3:30 Cook’s Country: Plenty of Garlic and Parm 4:00 Father Brown: The Last

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Nature: Grizzly 399 – Queen of the Tetons The most famous bear in the Tetons attempts to raise four cubs but becomes a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild.

8:00 NOVA: Dog Tales Researchers reveal how modern dog intelligence and behaviors have made them indispensable companions.

9:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Weathering Change Through Wind and Heat (Part 2 of 4) Extreme heat is reshaping lives across the globe. Miles O’Brien proves that while the tools to fight this threat exist, the real question is: do we have the will to use them in time?

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Harmonies See Tues.

Aug. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World – American Masters See Tues.

Aug. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Saving George Washington’s Mount Vernon See Tues.

Aug. 25 at 9:30 pm. [R] 3:00 Capturing America: The Carol Highsmith Story See Sun. Aug. 23 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Las Vegas 2021 (Part 2 of 2) 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Harmonies [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Flavorful Chinese Favorites 3:30 Cook’s Country: When Only Chicago Will Do 4:00 Father Brown: The Dead of Night 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Inspector George Gently: Gently with Honor A former soldier with a history of mental instability is the prime suspect after a man is beaten to death in a Turkish bath.

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In the Spotlight Tango in Kembleford BBC World News America Chicago Tonight

Tontine A multiple-beneficiary will appears to be related to the death of a cyclist.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Friday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Nature: Grizzly 399 – Queen of the Tetons See Wed. Aug. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Dog Tales See Wed. Aug. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Weathering Change Through Wind and Heat (Part 2 of 4) See Wed. Aug. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Pioneers of Television: Westerns See Sun. Aug. 23 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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The Mount Vernon mansion during renovations

Saving George Washington’s Mount Vernon This short film highlights a sweeping renovation at Mount Vernon. By the mid-nineteenth century, the Mount Vernon estate had fallen into near ruin. The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association not only saved the mansion, but also established a model for preserving historic sites.

Tuesday, August 25 9:30 pm

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026 9:30 Hemingway: A Writer (1899-1929) (Part 1 of 3) Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.

11:30 BBC News

Saturday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Inspector George Gently: Gently with Honor See Thurs.

Aug. 27 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Tontine See Thurs.

Aug. 27 at 8:30 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The

Vienna Philharmonic

Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026 Each summer, the Vienna Philharmonic is joined by a guest soloist to perform from the gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

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Rustic French Fare America’s Test Kitchen: Taiwanese Staples 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Fearless Fish 3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Beans – The #1 Longevity Ingredient 4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: Desserts – Chai, Besan Ki Pinni, and Kheer (Rice Pudding) 4:30 Check, Please! Giant, Blossom Café, Saucy Porka 5:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago Meet the local executives who became the leaders of the advertising world.

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The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece Marathon Settle in for this compelling drama series that follows Edmond Dantès, who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned just before his wedding. After escaping and discovering a hidden treasure, he reinvents himself as the Count of Monte Cristo in this captivating tale based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

Sunday, August 30 8:55 am Week in Review [R]

MORNING 6:00 Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History Geoffrey Baer explores the little-known stories behind Chicago’s favorite foods.

8:30 Curious Traveler: Curious Antarctica, Part 1 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Frankfurt and Nurnberg 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Greendale, Wisconsin 10:00 This Old House: Walpole – An ADU Takes Shape 10:30 Ask This Old House: Flower Vase, Smart Garage Opener 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Sweet Endings with Shorey

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Comfort Food Done Right 12:30 Cook’s Country: Elevated Friendsgiving Mains 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Simply Salads 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Green Meets Grill 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen:

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6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death on the Vine Phryne lands in the middle of an annual Wine Festival and the recent murder of her own “client.”

7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Be Not Afraid of Greatness At a live TV shopping channel, a star presenter dies on air.

8:00 My Life is Murder: Gaslight Sonata Alexa and Madison’s investigations into the death of a music producer are complicated by a young girl with some huge news.

8:45 Queens of Mystery: The Raven (Season 2, Part 5 of 6) A raven feather replaces an Edgar Allan Poe manuscript stolen before its sale.

9:30 Queens of Mystery: The Raven (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) As Matilda inches closer to solving the murders and the connection to her mother’s disappearance.

10:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) [R] 11:30 Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026 See Friday, Aug. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 30 EARLY MORNING Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago See Sat. Aug. 29 at 5:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Hemingway: A Writer (1899-1929) (Part 1 of 3) See Friday, Aug. 28 at 9:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Renaissance Beyond Florence [R] 4:30 Behind the Canvas [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflower Sunset 5:30 Yoga in Practice: A Moving Meditation – Gravity and Direction 1:00

MORNING 6:00 Horizons from PBS News

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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 Compass Points from PBS News 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Dean Fearing 8:00 Homemade Live!

8:30 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Fruit with More to Give 8:55 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Letter (Part 1 of 8) After a triumphant return from sea, Edmond Dantès is betrayed and falsely imprisoned.

10:07 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Castle (Part 2 of 8) As Edmond loses hope in prison, he meets Abbe Faria, a priest who has long attempted to escape.

11:24 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Treasure (Part 3 of 8) After escaping from the Castle and discovering Mercedes’ marriage, Edmond flees to Italy.

AFTERNOON 12:42 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Red Room (Part 4 of 8) Five years after reinventing himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond tracks down the men who betrayed him.

1:56 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Ball (Part 5 of 8) As Edmond continues to infiltrate the lives of his betrayers, he discovers more dark secrets that could destroy their reputations.

3:10 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: Providence (Part 6 of 8) Now deeply entrenched in Paris high society, Edmond meddles in the lives of those he wishes to destroy.

4:27 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Duel (Part 7 of 8) As Edmond’s revenge continues, Fernand’s misdeeds are made public, and he and his son Albert challenge Edmond to a duel.

5:44 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Last Two (Part 8 of 8) With one enemy out of the way, Edmond works to ensure that the remaining two pay for their crimes against him.

EVENING Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Alan allies with the Post Office in the hope his friends can get justice at last.

8:00 Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) Alan and his friends finally get the chance to fight the Post Office in court.

9:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 7:00

of 7) Robert and Cora are not speaking, Matthew and Robert have fallen out, and Bates takes a gamble.

11:00 ACL Presents: Willie Nelson and Family

Monday 31 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Be Not Afraid of Greatness See Sat. Aug. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 My Life is Murder: Gaslight Sonata See Sat. Aug. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:45 Queens of Mystery: The Raven (Season 2, Part 5 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 29 at 8:45 pm. [R] 2:30 Queens of Mystery: The Raven (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 29 at 9:30 pm. [R] 3:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death on the Vine See Sat. Aug. 29 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Compass Points from PBS News 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: T-Bone Burnett

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago See Sat. Aug. 29 at 5:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Springtime Feast 3:30 Cook’s Country: Ultimate Comfort Foods 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Cocaine Blues 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a show run from the Beatles’ first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, and a Joseph Kleitsch oil painting circa 1925.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a collection of rare 1903 American Beauty-backed tobacco baseball cards.

9:00 Diana’s Decades: 1990s (Part 3 of 3) The ’90s see Diana cultivate her role as Queen of Hearts as her marriage unravels.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

August At-a-Glance • Arts & Performance ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration Monday, 2:00 am (8/17) ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul Thursday, 12:00 am (8/13) Sunday, 3:00 am (8/16) ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family Sunday, 11:00 pm (8/30) All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Thursday, 2:00 am (8/13) Austin City Limits Sundays, 11:00 pm (8/2, 8/16, 8/23) Friday, 3:00 am (8/7) Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden Monday, 12:00 am (8/17) Carpenters: Close to You Sunday, 12:00 am (8/9) Sunday, 7:00 am (8/16) Concert for George Tuesday, 3:00 pm (8/11) Deconstructing the Beatles Friday, 2:00 pm (8/14) Dolly Parton: Here I Am Friday, 8:00 pm (8/14) Sunday, 5:00 am (8/16) Ella Fitzgerald Live in Montreux 1969 Tuesday, 12:00 am (8/11) Sunday, 8:30 am (8/16) Elvis ’56 Saturday, 10:30 pm (8/15) Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026 Friday, 8:00 pm (8/28) Saturday, 11:30 pm (8/29) Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin Sunday, 11:30 am (8/23) Luther Vandross: Live at Wembley Monday, 1:00 am (8/10) Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop Friday, 1:30 am (8/14) Moments to Remember Wednesday, 1:30 am (8/12) More Deconstructing the Beatles Friday, 3:30 pm (8/14) Neil Diamond: Hot August Night Wednesday, 12:00 am (8/12) Sunday, 1:30 am (8/16) Pavarotti 90: The Man Who Moved the World Sunday, 10:00 am (8/16) Red White and Rock Sunday, 1:30 am (8/9) Monday, 2:30 am (8/10) Saturday, 1:30 am (8/15) Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show Sunday, 8:00 am (8/9) Rock Classics Sunday, 10:00 pm (8/9) Friday, 12:00 am (8/14) Tina Turner: One Last Time Sunday, 11:30 pm (8/9) Tuesday, 1:30 am (8/11) Tom Leher: Live in Copenhagen 1967 Sunday, 12:00am (8/16) Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration Friday, 10:00 pm (8/14)

Cooking & Food America’s Test Kitchen Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm (8/3-8/7, 8/17-8/31) Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Baking with Julia Sundays, 7:00 am (8/2, 8/23) Check, Please!

Saturdays, 4:30 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Saturdays, 3:00 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Sundays, 9:30 am (8/2, 8/23) Saturday, 3:30 pm (8/8) Saturday, 2:55 pm (8/15) Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pépin Wednesday, 2:00 pm (8/12) Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai & Rick Bayless Wednesday, 3:30 pm (8/12) Cook’s Country Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm (8/3-8/7, 8/17-8/31) Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Saturday, 12:00 pm, 12:40 pm (8/8) Saturday, 11:28 pm, 12:07 pm (8/15) Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey Saturdays, 11:00 am Essential Pépin Saturday, 11:30 am (8/8) Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History Saturday, 6:00 am (8/29) Homemade Live!

Sundays, 8:00 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30) In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Sundays, 7:30 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)

Indian as Apple Pie Saturdays, 4:00 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul Saturdays, 11:30 am (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Sundays, 10:00 am (8/2, 8/23) Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard Sundays, 8:30 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30) Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 1:00 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Saturday, 1:20 pm (8/8) Saturday, 12:37 pm (8/15) My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saturdays, 3:30 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Saturday, 3:33 pm (8/15) New Scandinavian Cooking Sunday, 9:00 am (8/2, 8/23) Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Saturday, 1:30 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Saturday, 1:50 pm (8/8) Saturday, 1:16 pm (8/15) Sunday, 10:30 am (8/2, 8/23) Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Sunday, 10:30 am (8/2)

Drama & Mystery All Creatures Great and Small Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, 1:45 pm, 2:59 pm, 4:14 pm, 5:29 pm, 7:00 pm (8/9) All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Six Monday, 3:30 pm (8/10) Astrid Sunday, 10:00 pm (8/23) Tuesday, 3:00 am (8/25) Brokenwood Mysteries Thursdays, 8:29 pm (8/6, 8/20, 8/27) Saturday, 1:57 am (8/8) Saturday, 1:29 am (8/22) Saturday, 2:29 am (8/29) Death in Paradise Monday-Friday, 4:00 pm (8/3-8/7) D.I. Ray Saturday, 11:30 pm (8/22) Sunday, 12:30 am, 1:30 am, 2:30 am (8/23) Downton Abbey On Masterpiece Sundays, 9:00 pm Saturdays, 9:30 pm (8/8, 8/15) Saturday, 10:30 pm (8/22, 8/29) Saturday, 11:00 pm (8/1) Tuesday, 2:00 am (8/25) Tuesday, 2:30 am (8/18) Wednesday, 2:00 am (8/5) Father Brown Monday-Friday, 4:00 pm (8/17-8/28) Sunday, 3:30 am, 4:15 am (8/23) Grantchester On Masterpiece Sunday, 8:00 pm (8/2) Tuesday, 1:30 am (8/4) Inspector George Gently Thursdays, 7:00 pm (8/6, 8/20, 8/22) Saturdays, 12:00 am (8/22, 8/29) Saturday, 12:28 am (8/8) Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Saturdays, 6:00 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Mondays, 3:30 am (8/24, 8/31) Monday, 4:00 am (8/3) Monday, 4:00 pm (8/31) Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office on Masterpiece Sundays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (8/23, 8/30) Tuesday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (8/25) My Life is Murder Saturdays, 8:00 pm Monday, 12:50 am (8/3) Tuesdays, 1:00 am (8/18, 8/24, 8/31) Tuesday, 2:00 pm (8/18) Patience Sunday, 7:00 pm (8/2) Tuesday, 12:30 am (8/4) Queens of Mystery Saturday, 9:30 pm, 10:12 pm (8/1) Monday, 2:25 am, 3:10 am (8/3) Saturday, 8:45 pm, 9:30 pm (8/22) Monday, 1:45 am, 2:30 am (8/24) Saturday, 8:45 pm, 9:26 pm (8/29) Monday, 1:45 am, 2:26 am (8/31) Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Saturdays, 7:00pm (8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29) Mondays, 12:00am (8/3, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31) Tuesday, 12:00am (8/18) Susan Ryeland Mysteries Monday, 2:00pm (8/10) The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece Sunday, 8:55am, 10:07 am, 11:24 am, 12:42 pm, 1:56 pm, 3:10 pm, 4:27 pm, 5:44 pm (8/30) Under the Vines Saturdays, 8:45 pm (8/1, 8/8, 8/15) Monday, 1:35 am (8/3) Tuesday, 1:45 am (8/18)

Travel & Exploration 10 Streets that Changed America Saturday, 6:00 am (8/1) Celebrating America 250: Made with Love Monday, 8:30 pm (8/10) Chicago By ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer Wednesday, 7:00 pm (8/12) Chicago On Vacation with Geoffrey Baer Tuesday, 8:00 pm (8/18) Thursday, 1:00 am (8/20) Chicago’s South Side Saturday, 6:00 am (8/22) Curious Traveler Saturdays, 8:30 am (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) John McGivern’s Main Streets Saturdays, 9:30 am (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Saturday, 3:30 am (8/8) Rick Steves Art of Europe: Beauty Through the Ages Sunday, 8:30 pm (8/9) Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 9:00 am (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Sundays, 5:30 pm (8/2, 8/23) Sunday, 4:00 am (8/30) Rick Steves’ Fascism in Europe Saturday, 4:00 pm (8/15) Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe Saturday, 4:00 pm (8/8) Rick Steves’ Why We Travel Tuesday, 3:00 am (8/11)

How-To & Home Improvement Ask This Old House Saturdays, 10:30 am (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Behind the Canvas Sundays, 5:00 pm (8/2, 8/23) Sundays, 4:30 am (8/2, 8/30) Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Sundays, 5:00 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30) Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD Sunday, 4:00 am (8/9) Opportunity Knocks Saturdays, 8:00 am (8/1) This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Yoga in Practice Sundays, 5:30 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)

History & Documentary Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen Saturday, 5:30 pm (8/15) Antiques Roadshow Mondays - Fridays, 1:00 pm Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (8/3, 8/17, 8/23, 8/30) Wednesday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (8/5, 8/19, 8/26) Wednesday, 3:00 am (8/19) Thursday, 3:00 am (8/20) Friday, 3:00 am (8/21) Sunday, 1:00 am (8/2) Antiques Roadshow: 250 Years of Americana Monday, 7:00 pm (8/10) Capturing America: The Carol Highsmith Story Sunday, 3:00 pm (8/23) Thursday, 3:00 am (8/27) Diana’s Decades Mondays, 9:00 pm (8/17, 8/24, 8/31) Wednesdays, 2:00 am, 2:00 pm (8/19, 8/26) Sunday, 2:00 am (8/30) Chasing the Moon: American Experience Friday, 9:00 pm (8/7) Sunday, 2:00 am (8/2) Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Thursday, 7:00 pm (8/13) Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks Thursday, 8:30 pm (8/13) Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago Saturday, 5:00 pm (8/29) Sunday, 1:00 am (8/30) Monday, 2:00 pm (8/31) Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards Saturday, 5:00 pm (8/1) Monday, 2:00 pm (8/3) Chicago Stories: The Boss & the Bulldozer Saturday, 5:00 pm (8/22) Monday, 2:00 pm (8/24) Finding Your Roots Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (8/4, 8/18, 8/25) Thursdays, 12:00 am, 2:00 pm (8/6, 8/20, 8/27) From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish Sunday, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (8/2) George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Preserving the Legacy Sunday, 4:00 am (8/2) Hemingway Friday, 9:30 pm (8/28) Inside The Court of Henry VIII Sunday, 4:00 pm (8/23) Wednesday, 3:00 am (8/26)

Jay’s Chicago Sunday, 2:30 pm (8/23) Saturdays, 8:00 am (8/22, 8/29) Ken Burns: The Civil War Saturday, 5:00 am (8/8) Ken Burns: The National Parks Saturday, 9:30 am (8/8) Thursday, 3:30 pm (8/13) Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution Saturday, 4:29 pm, 5:44 pm (8/8) Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World - American Masters Tuesday, 8:00 pm (8/25) Thursday, 1:00 am (8/27) Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement Tuesday, 8:30 pm (8/11) Pioneers of Television Sundays, 6:00 pm (8/2, 8/23) Thursday, 3:00 am (8/6) Friday, 3:00 am (8/28) POV: The Gas Station Attendant Monday, 9:00 pm (8/3) The Statue of Liberty Thursday, 2:00 pm (8/13) Thomas Jefferson Sunday, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm (8/16) Women of World War II: More Untold Stories Tuesday, 7:00 pm (8/11)

News & Public Affairs Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Monday, 11:30 pm (8/3) Friday, 11:30 pm (8/7) Saturday, 12:30 am (8/15) Saturday, 12:00 am (8/29) BBC News Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm, 5:00 am Monday, 11:00 pm (8/3) Friday, 11:00 pm (8/7) Saturday, 12:00 am (8/15) Friday, 11:30 pm (8/28) BBC World News America Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm Chicago Tonight Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am Thursday, 10:01 pm (8/6) Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm Saturdays, 5:30 am (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Sundays, 6:30 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30) Compass Points from PBS News Sundays, 11:00 am (8/2, 8/23) Tuesday, 3:30 am (8/18) Mondays, 4:30 am (8/24, 8/31) Sunday, 7:00 am (8/30) Horizons from PBS News Sundays, 6:00 am (8/2, 8.23, 8/30) PBS News Hour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, 4:00 am Washington Week with The Atlantic Fridays, 7:30 pm Saturday, 5:00 pm (8/1, 8/22, 8/29) Saturdays, 5:00 am (7/11, 7/18, 7/25) Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove Mondays, 5:30 am

Science & Nature Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Tuesday, 9:00 pm (8/4) Thursday, 2:00 am (8/6) Bugs that Rule the World Wednesday, 9:00 pm (8/5) Friday, 2:00 am (8/7) Glacier Park’s Night of the Grizzlies Sunday, 11:30 am (8/2) Tuesday, 2:30 am (8/4) Great Scenic Railway Journeys 30th Anniversary Special Sunday, 6:00 am (8/9) Nature Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (8/5, 8/19) Fridays, 12:00 am (8/7, 8/28) Tuesdays, 2:00 pm (8/4, 8/11, 8/25) NOVA Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (8/5, 8/19, 8/26) Fridays, 1:00 am, 2:00 pm (8/7, 8/21 ,8/28) Wednesday, 7:00 pm (8/26) Once Upon a Time in Space Saturday, 7:00 am (8/1) Tuesday, 8:00 pm (8/4) Wednesday, 2:00 pm (8/5) Thursday, 1:00 am (8/6) Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (8/19, 8/26) Fridays, 2:00 am (8/21, 8/28)

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• Daily Radio Programming

Programming Subject to Change Without Notice

Programmer’s Picks Ravinia Festival 2026

Exploring Music

New York Philharmonic

Enjoy performances by Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk, Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan, Misha Dichter, Augustin Hadelich, and the Danish String Quartet.

Peter van de Graaff presents his first series of programs as the new host of Exploring Music — a week focused on the sound and history of the trumpet.

Gustavo Dudamel makes his debut as music director designate leading Ives’s Symphony No. 2 and Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Yunchan Lim.

Sundays, 1:30 pm

August 24–28, 7:00 pm

Thursday, August 13, 10:00 pm

With news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.

Midday with Lisa Flynn at 10:00 am With Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm (Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm).

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree at 3:00 pm With The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm and Friday Afternoon at the Movies on Fridays at 4:30 pm.

Saturday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Bologne L’amant anonyme: Act I, Scene 3: Ballet – Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter.

Cedille CDR-90000217. [7:55] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Stravinsky Suite italienne – Itzhak Perlman, v; Bruno Canino, p. EMI CDC749322-2. [16:56]

All prerecorded music on WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.

Most live performances on WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

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about The Dog Days of August, other mythical and earthly creatures. Also, a 95th birthday tribute to the unstoppable Ramblin’ Jack Elliot.

Sunday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Summertime. Summer is now upon us – a time for relaxation, refreshment, and reflection.

Host Peter DuBois shares music to help set the tone for this sacred season of renewal.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5-55001-2. [32:28] 8:00 Traditional American Bright Morning Stars – St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt. MSR Classics MS-1660. [4:40] 9:00 Anonymous 16th-century Suite of Dances – Piffaro.

Archiv 445883-2. [10:07] 10:00 Vincent d’Indy Suite in Olden Style, Op. 24 – Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba.

Chandos CHSA-5157. [16:24] 11:00 William Grant Still Danzas de Panama – Berlin Sym Orch/Isaiah Jackson.

Koch 3-7154-2. [14:02] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including John Psathas View from Olympus: III. Finale, Maenads – Pedro Carneiro, per; Michael Houstoun, p; New Zealand Sym Orch/Marc Taddei.

Rattle RAT-DV015. [6:06] 1:00 Ravel Menuet antique – Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN-9203. [6:28] 1:30 Ravinia Festival 2026: Joshua Bell & Jeremy Denk This special performance by violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk features the lush Romanticism of duo sonatas by Schubert, Grieg, and Ravel, plus a solo work each. Recorded June 5, 2026 in the Martin Theatre.

3:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543 – Chicago

Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti.

Decca 417782-2. [26:51] 4:00 Arthur Bliss Music for Strings – Sinfonia of London/ John Wilson. Chandos CHSA-5264. [23:56] 5:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Sopranos Adia Evans and Emily Richter and

In the Spotlight Photo: Hannah Cohen

Mornings with Jan Weller at 6:00 am

11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area.

Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

12:00 From Gran Teatre del Liceu: Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love Pretty Yende (Adina); Michael Spyres (Nemorino); Jan Antem (Belcore); Fabio Capitanucci (Dulcamara); Núria Vilà (Giannetta); Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus and Orchestra; Diego Matheuz, conductor. Sung in Italian.

3:00 Afternoon Music including Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson String Sinfonietta No. 1: III. Finale, Rondo, Allegro furioso – Experiential Orch/ James Blachly. Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0200. [6:38] 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Conductor Christopher Bell joins WFMT to celebrate 25 years as director of the Grant Park Chorus in advance of the 2026 season finale.

5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Chopin Variations on Mozart’s Là ci darem la mano, Op. 2 – Emanuel Ax, p; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras.

Sony SK-60771. [17:28] 6:00 Johanna Senfter Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 22 – Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/ Chelsea Gallo. Capriccio C-5555. [29:34] 7:00 Chopin Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat, Op. 61, Polonaisefantaisie – Garrick Ohlsson, p.

Arabesque Z-6642 (2). [14:15] 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer See In the Spotlight on this page.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Songs

Louie Lou Louis

Folkstage Louie Lou Louis is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter known for his warm presence and infectious positivity.

Raised in suburban New York City by parents of Haitian descent, he absorbed a rich mix of cultures from a very young age. Music sparked his curiosity — from learning his way around his first instrument, the clarinet, and imitating sounds from the radio, to breaking his father’s old record player while trying to scratch records. Global influences shape his music to this day. An adventurous vocalist and instrumentalist, Louis draws on jazz, folk, blues, pop, and global traditions for a sound both familiar and unique. He believes strongly in audience involvement and strives to make a positive impact on the world and its listeners. Louie Lou Louis makes his Folkstage debut live from the Levin Studio.

Saturday, August 1 8:00 pm

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pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs

by Samuel Barber, Richard Strauss, and Billy Strayhorn in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

Hosted by Candice Agree.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

Roussel Bacchus and Ariadne Suite No. 2; Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess; Jean Martinon, conductor; Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58; Gershwin An American in Paris; Stravinsky The Rite of Spring; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.

Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Brazil – Baroque to Classical Elbio presents music composed in Brazil during the 18th and 19th centuries

by Luis Alvares Pinto, José Mauricio Nunes García, and Sigismund von Neukomm.

Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Michael Rabin – Program 2 Recordings of the great American violinist.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Bobby McFerrin.

Sony SK-64600. [4:16] 7:00 Gerardo Matos Rodríguez La Cumparsita – Miloš, g.

DG B0017000-02. [3:45] 8:00 Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Chamber Ensemble. Telarc CD-80361. [11:09] 9:00 Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein.

CBS MYK-36718. [14:46] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Houston Sym/ Christoph Eschenbach.

Virgin 61360-2 (4). [11:08] 11:00 Vivaldi Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537 – Benjamin Raymond & Marianne Boies, tr’s; Les Violons du Roy/ Mathieu Lussier. Atma ACD2-2602. [6:30] 12:00 Moisés Moleiro Children’s Suite – Clara Rodríguez, p.

ASV CDDCA-890. [6:04] 1:00 Bizet Carmen: Suite – Burning River Brass. Dorian DOR90316. [14:07] – Guarneri Trio Prague. Praga PRD-250423. [17:00] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including

Grieg Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 22: Suite, Op. 56 – Swedish Radio Sym Orch/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-46668. [15:54] 4:00 Charlotte Sohy Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 30 – Marie Vermeulin, p. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [8:15] 5:00 Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 3, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela – Helsinki Phil Orch/Susanna Mälkki. BIS 2638. [15:27] 6:00 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Sinfonia of London/John Wilson.

Chandos CHSA-5324. [16:27] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius Bill broadens his look at the string quartet, focusing on lesser-known late-19th-century composers.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Coriolan Overture; Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Antonello Manacorda, conductor.

Tuesday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Francesco Durante String Concerto No. 3 in E-flat – Ensemble Imaginaire/ Cristina Corrieri. Brilliant Classics 95542. [10:12] 7:00 Franz Schmidt Notre Dame: Intermezzo – Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi.

DG 429494-2. [4:30] 8:00 George F. Bristow Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 26: 3rd mvt, Scherzo, The Butterfly’s Frolic – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN-9169. [5:45] 9:00 Sibelius The Oceanides, Op. 73 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle.

EMI CDM7-64119-2. [10:31] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Schubert Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3 – Andreas Haefliger, p. Sony SK-53108. [11:09] 11:00 Donizetti Don Pasquale: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung.

DG 471566-2. [6:49] 12:00 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 – Britten Oboe Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMM-907672. [14:44] 1:00 Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 – James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi.

Analekta FL2-3151. [10:09] 2:00 Price Concert Overture

No. 2 – Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [13:32] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Cécile Chaminade Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11 – Rembrandt Trio.

Dorian DOR-90187. [21:42] 4:00 Korngold Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Suite – Gil Shaham, v; André Previn, p. DG 439886-2. [12:58] 5:00 Debussy Suite bergamasque – Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl.

Naxos 8.572583. [16:57] 6:00 Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Lausanne Radio Cho, Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet.

Decca 4781728. [11:30] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Ligeti Sonata; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Bridge Novelletten; Shanghai Quartet; Mendelssohn Quartet in C Minor, Op. 1; Wu Qian, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello.

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Wednesday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Margaret Bonds The Bells – Michelle Cann, p.

Platoon PLAT-18088. [3:53] 7:00 Copland Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

Delos DE-3163. [2:52] 8:00 Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 5, Feux follets – Daniil Trifonov, p.

DG 4795529 (2). [3:27] 9:00 Chabrier España – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin.

RCA 68511-2. [6:34] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Darius Milhaud Scaramouche, Op. 165b – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 426284-2. [8:59] 11:00 Elmer Bernstein The Buccaneer film music: Prelude; Out to Sea – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel.

Telarc CD-80682. [6:40] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Concerts Pianist Michael Davidman performs music by Granados, Chopin, Albéniz, and Michael Abels, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Handel Alcina: Act 3 ballet music – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner.

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In the Spotlight

Klaus Mäkela

Chicago Symphony Orchestra In advance of Klaus Mäkelä’s debut at Ravinia this month, WFMT shares the CSO’s Paris-centric concert from last March featuring the Music Director Designate leading Milhaud’s Le Boeuf sur le Toit, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and a “blistering” (Chicago Tribune) account of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The star Finnish conductor has already established himself as a leading interpreter of Stravinsky’s Ballets Russes through his commercial recordings and highprofile international tours of the works with the Orchestre de Paris. For his upcoming Ravinia performance, Mäkelä revisits The Firebird, the work with which he introduced himself to Chicago audiences in 2022. “This was an organic performance, each scene flowing seamlessly into the next with a sense of an unfolding compelling narrative,” extolled Chicago Classical Review. “Throughout this iridescent score Mäkelä led the musicians with a confidence and podium control beyond his years.”

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Dvorák Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 – Philadelphia Orch/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC7-54320-2. [20:34] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Paul McCartney A Leaf – London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster.

EMI 56897-2. [11:03] 4:00 Jean Françaix Trumpet Sonatina – Alison Balsom, tr; Tom Poster, p. Warner 0190295987725. [6:50] 5:00 Gian Carlo Menotti Triple Concerto a Tre – London Sym Orch/David Amos. Harmonia Mundi HMU-906010. [20:46] 6:00 Máximo Diego Pujol Dos aires candomberos – Nora Lee García, f; René Izquierdo, g.

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Centaur CRC-3937. [10:38] Grant Park Music Festival 2026: Ohlsson Plays Chopin Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Juan Pablo Contreras Mariachitlán; Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2; Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien.

Hosted by Dave Schwan.

8:00 Evening Music 9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius See Monday’s listing.

10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Kenneth Cooper Early keyboardist Kenneth Cooper is best known for his improvisational skills, his spontaneity, and his rediscovery of 18th-century works, as well as performances of modern works written for the harpsichord.

Host Candice Agree surveys his performances of Bach and Handel, selected from his over 100 recordings.

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Thursday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Glazunov Concert Waltz No. 1 in D, Op. 47 – Bamberg Sym/Neeme Järvi.

Orfeo C-148101-A. [8:34] 7:00 Fauré Harp Impromptu, Op. 86 – Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80418. [8:24] 8:00 Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b: June; July; August – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9283. [10:03] 9:00 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Three Tone Pictures, Op. 5 – Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559164. [8:31] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Suite – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. CBS 35DC-56. [18:03] 11:00 Paul Schoenfield Cafe Music – James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p. Black Box BBM-1109. [15:32] 12:00 Ambroise Thomas Mignon: Overture – Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 423698-2. [8:02] 1:00 William Grant Still La Guiablesse (1927) – Berlin Sym Orch/Isaiah Jackson.

Koch 3-7154-2. [18:35] 2:00 Carl Stamitz Wind Octet No. 1 in B-Flat – Consortium Classicum.

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Candice Agree including Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 – Hee-Young Lim, vc; London Symphony Orchestra/Scott Yoo. Sony 18425. [19:49] 4:00 Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C, R. 447 – Zefiro/ Alfredo Bernardini, ob.

Naïve OP-30478. [15:02] 5:00 Mozart Symphony No. 30 in D, K. 202 – Sinfonia Varsovia/Emmanuel Krivine.

Denon CO-79784. [18:20] 6:00 Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner.

RCA 61793-2. [9:33] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. NY Phil/Bernstein Four Improvisations for Orchestra; Mozart The Magic Flute Overture; Copland Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp & Piano; Stanley Drucker, clarinet; Maler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5; Barber Second Essay for Orchestra; Shchedrin Mischievous Folk Ditties; Beethoven Gloria from Missa solemnis; Eileen Farrell, soprano; Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano; Jon Vickers, tenor; Donald Bell, baritone; Schola Cantorum; Copland Fanfare for the Common Man; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Alan Gilbert, conductor.

Friday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Léo Delibes Lakmé: Flower Duet, Dôme épais, le jasmin – Eugenia Zukerman, f; Allan Vogel, ob; Dennis Helmrich, p.

Delos DE-3209. [4:57] 7:00 Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 – James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi.

Analekta AN2-9768. [9:13] 8:00 Telemann Divertimento in B-Flat – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 463074-2. [9:05] 9:00 Albert Roussel Divertissement, Op. 6 – Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p.

Chandos CHSA-5282. [6:59] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Ron Nelson Sonoran Desert Holiday – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin.

Reference RR-76. [9:39] 11:00 Louise Farrenc Cavatine after Bellini’s Norma, Op. 14,

No. 1 – Joanne Polk, p.

Steinway & Sons 30133. [6:46] 12:00 Purcell The Fairy Queen: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:05] 1:00 Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C, Op. 3 – Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p.

Decca 4788416. [8:34] 2:00 Haydn Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle – Philharmonia Orch/Leonard Slatkin.

RCA 68424-2. [24:24] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Norman Dello Joio Homage to Haydn – Louisville Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. Albany TROY-024. [17:56] 4:00 Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 3 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [15:46] 5:00 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 6806-2-RG. [31:39] 6:00 Charlotte Sohy Fantaisie, Op. 3 – David Kadouch, p. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [6:43] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Hiroshima? Overkill and Megalove (8/20/1963) A dramatization of Norman Corwin’s prose poem Overkill and Megalove – a response to the bombing of Hiroshima that deals with the madness of war that leads to the obliteration of the human species. An annual WFMT tradition dating back to 1963.

Saturday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Henriëtte Bosmans Poème – Dmitri Ferschtman, vc, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Ed Spanjaard. NM Classics 92095. [14:32] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Jacques Ibert Concertino da camera – Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch.

Sony SK-89251. [14:46] 11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area.

Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

12:00 From La Scala: Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande Bernard Richter (Pelléas);

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Afternoon Music including Handel Sarabande (on La Follia) – Jupiter/ Thomas Dunford, l. Erato 5419719677. [5:43] Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Introducing British tenor Laurence Kilsby including highlights from his 2026 BBC Proms program with Thomas Dunford’s Jupiter Ensemble.

Weekend Evening Music including John Corigliano Gazebo Dances: I. Overture – Louisville Orch/ Lawrence Leighton Smith.

Louisville LCD-008. [4:23] Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor – Misha Dichter, p. Philips 446554-2 (2). [9:05] Ellington Harlem – Walter White & William Lucas, tr’s; Detroit Sym Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9226. [15:43] Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: One guitar, one accordion, two people whose songs are either funny or not so funny but with a twist. We re-broadcast Lou & Peter Berryman performing on Folkstage during the peak of their touring years.

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Chicago baseball teams come out on top this weekend wherever they may be in the standings. And we look to the heavens for The Perseids and The New Moon.

Sunday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice I Believe. Host Peter DuBois explores various expressions of faith through settings of creeds, ancient and modern, in sacred choral and organ music.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Copland Midsummer Nocturne – Leo Smit, p. Sony SM2K-66345 (2). [1:58] 8:00 Charles-Édouard Lefebvre Wind Suite, Op. 57 – Borealis Wind Quintet. MSR Classics MS-1250. [11:20] 9:00 Johann Friedrich Fasch Orchestra Suite (Overture) in D minor – Il Fondamento/ Paul Dombrecht. Fuga Libera FUG-502. [24:33]

10:00 Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel – Renaud Capuçon, v; Guillaume Bellom, p. Warner 0190295029579. [9:01] 11:00 Henry Mancini Moon River – Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902600. [3:41] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557428. [14:02] 1:00 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Litton. BIS 2174. [14:13] 1:30 Ravinia Festival 2026: Misha Dichter Live from Bennett Gordon Hall: Pianist Misha Dichter marks his 50th season at the festival – and 78th festival performance – with a solo recital featuring sonatas

by Brahms and Prokofiev.

He also pays homage to his Polish-immigrant parents with performances of polonaise and mazurka dances by Chopin and Beethoven.

3:30 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Dag Wirén Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner.

Argo 417132-2. [14:38] 4:00 Jennifer Higdon Trumpet Songs – Scott Meredith, tr; Rúbia Santos, p. Albany TROY-1395. [8:52] 5:00 Reynaldo Hahn Select Songs – Karim Sulayman, t; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20326. [10:50] 6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

Schoenberg Piano Concerto; Peter Serkin, piano; Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; Borodin Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor; 8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Turinas – A Family Affair The well-known Spanish composer Joaquín Turina is also the grandfather of another fine musician, the living composer José Luis Turina.

Fiesta! presents the music of two generations of Turinas.

9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Richard Stöhr including his Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Suite for Strings, “Per Aspera ad Astra,” and the Symphony No. 1 in A major.

11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Cécile Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107 – Timothy Hutchins, f; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5171. [7:40] 7:00 Rossini The Barber of Seville: Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado.

DG 431653-2. [7:13] 8:00 Chopin Grande valse brillante in E-Flat, Op. 18 – Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Litton.

BIS SACD-1874. [6:07] 9:00 Arthur Foote Piano Trio No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 65: II. Tranquillo – Neave Trio.

Chandos CHAN-10924. [8:02] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Anthony Holborne Renaissance Suite – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble.

Sony SBK-63061. [11:45] 11:00 Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor – Daniel Barenboim, p; Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta.

CBS MK-42322. [19:36] 12:00 Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture – Cincinnati Pops Orch/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [9:55] 1:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 1: Overture (Suite) in E minor – Pierre Hamon, f; Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9877. [23:00] 2:00 Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, Sonata-Fantasy – Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p. Sony 19802889462. [11:16] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 4 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [12:45] 4:00 Jacques Ibert Flute Concerto – Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-8840. [19:49] 5:00 Virgil Thomson Symphony on a Hymn Tune – New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares.

Naxos 8.559022. [21:36] 6:00 Weber Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 11 – Peter Rösel, p; Dresden Staatskapelle/ Herbert Blomstedt. EMI CDC7-49177-2. [20:19] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Musical Dynasties Bill surveys musical dynasties: Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss: the Johanns and Richard, and ending with the Haydns: Joseph and Michael.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467; Igor Levit, piano; Overture

to The Marriage of Figaro; Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D, Hob. I:104, “Salomon,” Renaud Capuçon, conductor.

Tuesday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Verdi Nabucco: Overture – Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011801. [6:59] 7:00 Schubert Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, D. 125: IV. Finale, Presto vivace – Berlin Phil/ Daniel Barenboim. CBS MK-39676. [8:02] 8:00 Lars-Erik Larsson Little Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 – Stockholm Sinfonietta/ Esa-Pekka Salonen.

BIS CD-285. [11:12] 9:00 Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor – Steven Isserlis, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p.

Virgin 61198-2. [10:47] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Johann Nepomuk Hummel Adagio and Variations in f, Op. 102 – Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000045. [14:20] 11:00 Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 4786775. [26:09] 12:00 Rutter Te Deum – Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter.

Collegium COLCD-112. [7:15] 1:00 Handel Violin Sonata in g minor, HWV 368 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; David Schrader, hc; John Mark Rozendaal, vc. Cedille CDR-90000032. [8:30] 2:00 Respighi The Pines of Rome – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos.

Telarc CD-80505. [20:16] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bizet Patrie Overture, Op. 19 – French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDD7-63898-2. [12:58] 4:00 Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104: III. Finale, Allegro moderato – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York Phil/Kurt Masur.

Sony SK-67173. [12:50] 5:00 Ravel Piano Concerto in G – Cédric Tiberghien, p; Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902612. [21:43] 6:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [11:29] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Musical Dynasties See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Debussy Six épigraphes antiques; Soyeon Kate Lee, Gilbert Kalish, piano; Saint-Saëns Fantasie in A Major, Op. 124; Kristin Lee, violin; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Léon Boëllmann Sonata in A minor, Op. 40; Gary Hoffman, cello; David Selig, piano.

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Wednesday 12 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Sibelius Spring Song, Op. 16 – Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson.

Chandos CHAN-6533. [7:13] 7:00 Tchaikovsky Pique Dame: Russian Dance and Romance – New Zealand Sym Orch/Peter Breiner. Naxos 8.573015. [6:11] – Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p. Sony G-010005641311J. [13:16] 9:00 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia – Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/EsaPekka Salonen. Philips 412552-2. [8:01] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Johan Wagenaar Cyrano de Bergerac Overture, Op. 23 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 425833-2. [13:51] 11:00 Maddalena Sirmen String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat – Allegri String Quartet.

Cala CACD-1019. [9:48] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Concerts Violist Joseph Skerik and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music

by Dobrinka Tabakova, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Coleman Hawkins, and Samuel Barber, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Dvorák From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: V. Silent Woods – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa.

Sony SK-46687. [6:19] 2:00 Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 – Avi Avital, m; Potsdam Chamber Academy. DG B0016801-02. [12:33] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique – Claudio Arrau, p. Philips 420153-2. [21:04] 4:00 Price Piano Concerto in D minor – Michelle Cann, p; New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [17:02] 5:00 Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2 – Håkan Rosengren,

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Nytorp CD-9701. [20:21] 6:00 Satie Three Gymnopédies – Michel Legrand, p. Erato 92587-2. [10:24] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Musical Dynasties See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Teresa Berganza Revel in the artistic legacy of Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza. While her unique vocal characteristics brought her accolades for

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In the Spotlight

Christopher Bell

Grant Park Music Festival Celebrating his 25th season as chorus director of the Grant Park Music Festival, Christopher Bell has crafted the ensemble into one of the finest in the country. The festival concludes its season-long celebration of the American semiquincentennial with a program relying on the Grant Park Chorus’s virtuosity and detailed delivery of text for two of the three works being presented. In the halfhour-long oratorio Mount Rushmore, composer Michael Daugherty sets texts of each of the presidents carved into the monument: a letter by Washington reflecting on retirement from the military; extracts from Jefferson’s letters and words from the Declaration of Independence; Roosevelt’s famous, impassioned speech urging preservation of the Grand Canyon; and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The finale of both the concert and the entire season is Beethoven’s colossal and triumphant “Ode to Joy.” WFMT is privileged to share interviews with Christopher Bell on Listening to Singers (August 1) and at wfmt.com.

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12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – András Schiff, p. Omega OCD-1014. [12:23] 7:00 Villa-Lobos Sexteto Místico – Lontano Ensemble/ Odaline de la Martínez.

Lorelt LNT-102. [7:08] 8:00 Chopin Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, Military – Lang Lang, p. Sony 82933. [6:12] 9:00 Copland Danzón cubano – Dallas Sym Orch/ Eduardo Mata. EMI CDM7-64303-2. [7:51] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – London Phil Orch/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 443856-2 (2). [14:12] 11:00 Verdi Macbeth: Act 3 ballet music – New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47274-2. [10:00] 12:00 Teresa Carreño Un bal en rêve, Op. 26 – Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [5:15] 1:00 Johann Friedrich Fasch Sinfonia in B-flat Major – Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0829. [9:59] 2:00 Copland Billy the Kid: Suite – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas.

RCA 63511-2. [21:06] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Charlotte Sohy Thème varié, Op. 15bis – Cordelia Palm, v; Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [8:41] 4:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58: III. Finale, Rondo, Vivace – Alicia de Larrocha, p; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 414391-2 (3). [10:22] 5:00 Cécile Chaminade Callirhoé, Op. 37: Pas des cymbales – Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [5:45] 6:00 Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – Estonian National Male Cho & Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi.

Virgin 45589-2. [8:36] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Musical Dynasties See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Lanzilotti of light and stone (World Premiere,

12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Giuseppe Sammartini Concerto a più stromenti in E-Flat – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler.

Avie AV-2154. [13:07] 7:00 Rodrigo Tres piezas españolas – Manuel Barrueco, g. EMI CDM5-66577-2. [11:25] 8:00 Puccini Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo – Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9011801. [6:18] 9:00 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Ulster Orch/ Yan-Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-8756. [16:25] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Sibelius Karelia Suite, Op. 11 – Bergen Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis.

Chandos CHSA-5134. [15:51] 11:00 Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight – Voces8.

Decca 4870458. [6:35] 12:00 Vivaldi Sinfonia in G, R. 146 – Venice Baroque Orch/ Andrea Marcon. Archiv B0006728-02. [7:16] 1:00 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Várjon, p.

Hyperion CDA-68227. [25:54] 2:00 Mademoiselle Duval Ballet, Les Génies (The Geniuses): Suite – Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Newport Classic NCD-60102. [11:34] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Samy Moussa A Globe Itself Infolding – Jean-Willy Kunz, o; Montreal Sym Orch/ Kent Nagano. Analekta AN2-8779. [10:48] 4:00 Bach Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 – Isabelle Faust, v. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902124. [21:45] 5:00 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – Alice Sara Ott, p; Munich Phil/ Thomas Hengelbrock.

DG 4778779. [19:47] 6:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat, Op. 27, No. 1 – Maurizio Pollini, p.

DG 4794120 (8). [15:07] 6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2026: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Julia Wolfe Liberty Bell; Michael Daugherty Mount Rushmore; Beethoven Symphony No. 9, “Choral;”

Damien Sneed

Listening to Singers As a multi-genre recording artist and instrumentalist, Damien Sneed is a pianist, vocalist, organist, composer, conductor, arranger, producer, and arts educator whose work spans multiple genres. He has worked with jazz, classical, pop, and R&B legends, including the late Aretha Franklin and Jessye Norman.

Among the prolific work on the “classical” side of his career, Sneed has enjoyed regular collaborations with Denyce Graves, Lawrence Brownlee, and Morris Robinson, and was recently commissioned

by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to compose a reimagined adaptation of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha.

Damien Sneed joins WFMT to preview The Soul Within Us: Gospel, folk & jazz through art song, the program he will curate and coach for the 15 classical vocal fellows of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute later this month.

Saturday, August 15 4:00 pm Karen Slack, soprano; Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano; John Matthew Myers, tenor; Jongwon Han, bass-baritone; Christopher Bell, chorus director. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Musical Dynasties See Monday’s listing.

10:00 Evening Music 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Kurt Elling (8/11/1997) The magnificent American jazz singer Kurt Elling (b. 1967) was Studs Terkel’s guest in 1997. With his rich baritone voice and four-octave range, Elling had just released The Messenger, the album which cemented his reputation as a producer, arranger, poetic lyricist, composer, and captivating vocalist.

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Saturday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Dvorák Rondo in G minor, Op. 94 – Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Paolo Giacometti, p. Channel Classics CCS-8695 (2). [7:04] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Claude Bolling Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio: III. Galop – Aaron Tindall, tuba; Shelly Berg, p; Chuck Bergeron, db; Svet Stoyanov, drums. Bridge 9536. [6:31] 11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area.

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12:00 From Bavarian State Opera in Munich: Gounod’s Faust Jonathan Tetelman (Faust); Kyle Ketelsen (Méphistophélès); Olga Kulchynska (Marguerite); Florian Sempey (Valentin); Thomas Mole (Wagner); Emily Sierra (Siebel); Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor. Sung in French.

3:30 Afternoon Music including Julia Wolfe Earring – Isabel Dobarro, p. Grand Piano GP-944. [1:44] 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho See In the Spotlight on page 24 5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Heinrich von Biber Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor – Cristina Prats Costa, v; Soloists. Pentatone PTC-5187582. [11:21] 6:00 Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: Laudate Dominum – Frederica von Stade, ms; Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Utah Sym/Silverstein. Decca 436284-2. [4:19] 7:00 Luis Bacalov Tangosaín – Luis Bacalov, p; Héctor Passarella, bandoneon; Santa Cecilia Orch/MW Chung.

DG 463471-2. [7:59] 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Jeff Black has written hits for others, but this Kansas City native never let Nashville go to his head. He keeps it simple, playing solo on guitar, mandolin and, if there is one, piano. His riveting, witty songs cover a wide range of subjects and emotions.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Fifty-seven years after the gathering at

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Yasgur’s dairy farm, we reflect on Woodstock and other things that happen on farms.

Sunday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Psalm 23 and More. Host Peter DuBois shares various sacred choral and organ music based on Psalm 23 and others.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10 – Anthony McGill, cl; Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71336. [27:43] 8:00 Debussy L’isle joyeuse – Pascal Rogé, p. Decca 4785437. [5:40] 9:00 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R. 367 – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2287. [13:58] 10:00 Mel Bonis Flute Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 – Erin K. Murphy, f; Kirstin Ihde, p.

Albany TROY-1829. [16:42] 11:00 Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 4 in F – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [6:47] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384: Overture – Zürich Opera House Orch/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 95523-2. [4:22] 1:00 Rachmaninoff Aleko: Dance of the Women; Dance of the Men – Philharmonia Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9081. [9:10] 1:30 Ravinia Festival 2026: Alisa Weilerstein & Inon Barnatan Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan present a program featuring Falla’s Suite populaire espagnole, several Shostakovich preludes, and sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff.

Recorded June 7, 2026 in the Martin Theatre.

3:15 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 414187-2 (2). [16:29] 4:00 Roque Cordero Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra: V. Nocturno; VI. Mejorana; VII. Plegaria – Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [6:46] 5:00 Bill Evans Peace Piece – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p.

Decca 455512-2. [7:31] 6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

R Strauss Horn Concerto

No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11; Dale Clevinger, horn; Wagner Rienzi Overture; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1; Byron Janis, piano; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21; Jean Martinon, conductor; Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.

8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Chamber Music by Heitor Villa-Lobos Known mostly for his orchestral, vocal, and guitar music, Villa-Lobos also composed gorgeous chamber music. Elbio presents a selection of some of his often-overlooked gems including string quartets and duo works with piano.

9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Jussi Björling and Bidú Sayão sing Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 1947.

11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Reinhold Glière Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 74: I. Allegro moderato – Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN-9094. [10:38] 7:00 Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner.

EMI CDD7-64107-2. [9:14] 8:00 Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Libor Pešek.

Virgin 59285-2. [6:47] 9:00 Grieg In Autumn Overture, Op. 11 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. Melodiya MCD-150. [12:44] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Frank Bridge Summer – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Sir Charles Groves.

EMI CDM5-66855-2. [9:37] 11:00 Paul Bowles Music for a Farce: I. Allegro rigoroso; II. Presto; V. Lento; III. Allegretto; IV. Allegro – Chicago Pro Musica. Reference RR-2102 (2). [8:03] 12:00 Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

DG 474250-2. [9:26] 1:00 Ravel String Quartet in F – Takács Quartet. Hyperion

CDA-68400. [27:35] Charles Avison Concerto grosso No. 6 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti – Tiento Nuovo. Glossa GCD923526. [12:39] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including William Alwyn Overture to a Masque – London Sym Orch/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9093. [9:19] 4:00 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/ André Previn, p. Philips 456934-2 (2). [13:53] 5:00 Elie Siegmeister Western Suite – Utah Sym/ Maurice Abravanel. Vox ACD-8155. [20:35] 6:00 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p.

DG B0014767-02. [19:06] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies Bill considers the so-called curse of the Ninth Symphony sharing five famous ninth symphonies by Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Dvorák, and Mahler.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491; Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano; Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34; Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97, Rhenish; Iván Fischer, conductor.

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Tuesday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Liszt Six Consolations: No. 2 in E – Leif Ove Andsnes, p.

Sony 19802856672. [2:53] 7:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Summer, RV. 315 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; English Chamber Orch/David Lockington. eOne EOM-CD-7790. [10:08] 9:00 Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 3, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Sony SK-48067. [13:26] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Johann Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 – Johann Strauss Orch/ Christopher Warren-Green.

Black Box BBM-1059. [10:23] 11:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Moorish Dance – Samantha Ege, p. Lorent LNT-147. [11:04] 12:00 Vivaldi Trio Sonata in C, R. 82 – Julien Martineau, m; Boris Begelman, v; Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc.

Naïve V-5455. [9:59] 1:00 Delius Life’s Dance – Royal

Phil Orch/Norman Del Mar. Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9108. [14:24] 2:00 Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80190. [16:34] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Verdi I Lombardi: Ballet music – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida.

Philips 422846-2 (2). [23:50] 4:00 Antonio Bazzini La Ronde des lutins, Op. 25 – Maxim Vengerov, v; Vag Papian, p; Virtuosi Violin Ensemble.

EMI CDC5-57164-2. [5:28] 5:00 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Tokyo String Quartet.

RCA 68033-2. [39:21] 6:00 Moritz Moszkowski Spanish Dances, Op. 12 – London Sym Orch/Ataúlfo Argenta.

Decca 443580-2. [14:11] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Saint-Saëns Tarantelle in A minor, Op. 6; Sooyun Kim, flute; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56; AnneMarie McDermott, Gloria Chien, pianos; Thuille Sextet in B-flat major, Op. 6; Tara helen O’Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; Wu Qian, piano.

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Wednesday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Fauré Sicilienne, Op. 78 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Mariko Anraku, h. EMI CDC5-57740-2. [3:40] 7:00 Britten Violin and Piano Suite, Op. 6: V. Waltz – Elena Urioste, v; Tom Poster, p.

Chandos CHAN-20248. [4:32] 8:00 Mozart Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat, K. 281 – Mitsuko Uchida, p. Philips 420186-2. [13:46] 9:00 Frank Bridge Phantasie Trio in C minor – Bernard Roberts Piano Trio. Black Box BBM-1028. [15:39] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Giuseppe Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil’s Trill – Trondheim Soloists/Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG 463259-2. [16:54] 11:00 Michael Torke Oboe

Concerto, South – Ryan Roberts, ob; Albany Sym/ David Alan Miller. Albany TROY-1784. [10:07] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Concerts Pianist Han Chen performs music by Igor Stravinsky and Nina C. Young, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10 – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman.

Telarc CD-80378. [20:13] 2:00 Berlioz Overture, Le corsaire, Op. 21 – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin.

Naxos 8.572886. [8:02] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Victor Herbert Irish Rhapsody – Ulster Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573517. [15:58] 4:00 Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture and Ballet Music – Vienna Sym Chorus, Vienna Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. Decca 4780155 (9). [15:06] 5:00 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil/ Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-39310. [14:07] 6:00 Alexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta. EMI CDC7-49814-2. [19:38] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Julian Bream English lutenist and guitarist Julian Bream’s contributions to music are innumerable. Although his repertoire spanned the centuries, this program focuses on his interpretations of works of the Renaissance and Baroque.

Thursday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Johan Halvorsen Three Norwegian Dances – Marianne Thorsen, v; Bergen Phil Orch/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN-10614. [10:40] 7:00 George Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow – English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDM5-65203-2. [6:44] 8:00 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67 – William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel.

Telarc CD-80112. [7:20] 9:00 Price String Quartet in

G (unfinished) – Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR90000228. [16:30] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Vienna Phil/ Christian Thielemann.

DG 4745022. [8:40] 11:00 Beethoven Variations on Mozart’s Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, Op. 66 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. CBS M2K-42446 (2). [11:12] 12:00 Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music.

Harmonia Mundi HMX2908288.91 (4). [12:39] 1:00 Price Village Scenes – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p. Blue Griffin BGR-615. [9:35] 2:00 Smetana From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests – Milwaukee Sym Orch/ Zdenek Macal. Telarc CD-80265. [12:14] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rued Langgaard Fjeldblomster (Mountain Flowers) – Danish Piano Trio.

Dacapo 8.226119. [8:56] 4:00 Amy Beach Tyrolean Valse-Fantaisie, Op. 116 – Joanne Polk, p. Arabesque Z-6721. [9:58] 5:00 Verdi Les Vêpres siciliennes: Four Seasons Ballet: Winter & Spring – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [14:21] 6:00 Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p.

Decca 4785334. [12:51] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Beethoven Symphony No. 5; Corigliano Symphony No. 1; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.

Friday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Richard Danielpour An American Mosaic: VIII. An Elegy for Our Time – Simone Dinnerstein, p.

Supertrain STR-025. [3:24] 7:00 Felix Mendelssohn Ruy Blas, Op. 95: Overture – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Kurt Masur. Berlin Classics 0091572-BC. [7:08] 8:00 Dvorák Twelve Cypresses (1887): Nos. 1, 2, 5, 9, 11 – Hagen Quartet. DG 419601-2. [16:41] 9:00 Elgar The Wand of Youth

Suite No. 2, Op. 1b – Welsh National Opera Orch/ Charles Mackerras. Argo 433214-2. [16:51] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Haydn Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, H XVI:37 – Anne-Marie McDermott, p. Bridge 9497. [11:44] 11:00 Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 1 – City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901606. [15:29] 12:00 Vivaldi Flute Concerto in A minor, R. 440 – Katy Bircher, f; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler. Avie AV-2218. [8:57] 1:00 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Simon Trpceski, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko.

Avie AV-2191. [22:53] 2:00 Adolphus Hailstork Two Romances: No. 1, Moderato – Beverly Baker, vi; Virginia Chamber Players.

Albany TROY-612. [7:32] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ravel Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie – Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier. DG 4795524 (4). [12:43] 4:00 Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.559240. [18:54] 5:00 Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, Prague – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [31:40] 6:00 Carl Nielsen Chaconne, Op. 32 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Virgin 45129-2. [9:23] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Unveiling Picasso’s Gift to Chicago In 1967, Studs recorded Chicagoans’ reactions to the then-new Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza. In 1997, he replayed the show along with some music and readings that muse on definitions of art.

Saturday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Antonio Salieri Sinfonia Veneziana in D, La scuola de’ gelosi – London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9877. [9:57] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Mozart Flute and Harp

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WFMT Orchestra Series Born in Ukraine, but a resident of Finland since the age of five, Dalia Stasevska is the chief conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, the artistic director of the Lahti International Sibelius Festival, and the principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She has established herself as an energetic proponent of contemporary works — championing the music of such composers as Missy Mazzoli, Thomas Adès, and Kaija Saariaho — and a fearless activist. Stasevska has been outspoken in her support of Ukraine, speaking about it publicly while also personally delivering aid to the front lines and conducting concerts in her native country. For her contributions to culture and public service, President Volodymyr Zelensky bestowed her the Order of Princess Olga in 2021. WFMT is delighted to share her performance from the 2026 Kissinger Summer Festival leading the Czech Philharmonic in Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony.

Monday, August 24 10:00 pm Concerto in C, K. 299 – James Galway, f; Marisa Robles, h; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner.

RCA 68256-2. [29:39] 11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area.

Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

12:00 From Vienna State Opera: Verdi’s Luisa Miller Roberto Tagliavini (Graf von Walter); Freddie De Tommaso (Rodolfo); Daria Sushkova (Federica); Marko Mimica (Wurm); George Petean (Miller); Nadine Sierra (Luisa); Teresa Sales Rebordão (Laura); Vienna

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Afternoon Music including Rossini The Barber of Seville: Overture – Orch National d’Île de France/Enrique Mazzola. NoMadMusic B07JL6485B. [6:56] Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2026-27 season with music director Enrique Mazzola.

Weekend Evening Music including Gershwin Three Preludes (1926) – Eroica Trio.

EMI CDC5-56482-2. [14:17] Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 – Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc; Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Sony 88985321792. [33:05] Wynton Marsalis Blues Symphony: VI. Danzon y Mambo, Choro y Samba – Detroit Sym Orch/Jader Bignamini. Pentatone PTC-5187232. [11:14] Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Twenty years ago, Terri Hendrix performed on Folkstage. We revisit that concert. The spirited Texas songwriter and multi-instrumentalist recently released her 30-year retrospective, Pen to Paper.

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Songs featuring “Little Boxes,” big circles, triangles, among other shapes and symbols commemorate Malvina Reynolds’ birth anniversary.

Sunday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Praise the Lord. Host Peter DuBois shares psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of praise from the vast repertoire of sacred choral and organ music.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Antonio Estévez Mediodía en el Llano – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel.

DG B0011340-02. [8:01] 8:00 Justin Holland Carnival of Venice Fantasy – Christopher Mallett, g.

Naxos 8.559924. [6:39] 9:00 Bologne Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1 – Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász.

Naxos 8.574452. [20:12] 10:00 Ellis Marsalis Fourth Autumn – Karen Walwyn, p.

Albany TROY-384. [5:45] 11:00 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Upbeat! – Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose.

BMOP Sound 1098. [4:01] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson String Sinfonietta No. 1 – Chicago Sinfonietta/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000087. [15:16] 1:00 Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Sanctus; Osanna in excelsis – Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-722 (2). [7:38] 1:30 Ravinia Festival 2026: Augustin Hadelich Violinist Augustin Hadelich presents his Baroque and Blues program for solo violin, from Bach and Paganini to the Louisiana Blues Strut. Recorded July 22, 2026 in the Martin Theatre.

3:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Alexandre Desplat Wes Anderson’s Suite – F Calvo, man; G Caserotto, banjo; L Morar, dulcimer; Orchestre de Paris/Alexandre Desplat. Warner Classics 2173277573. [12:11] 4:00 Moritz Moszkowski Bolero, Op. 16, No. 2; Humoresque, Op. 82, No. 4 – Nazrin Rashidova, v; Daniel Grimwood, p.

Naxos 8.573410. [12:10] 5:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge – Mark Padmore, t; Britten Sinfonia/ Jacqueline Shave. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807566. [21:13] 6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

Weber Clarinet Concertos No. 1 & 2; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Jean Martinon, conductor; Overture to Oberon; Georg Solti, conductor; Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor; Helios Overture, Op. 17; Jean Martinon, conductor; Fisher Chicago; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Morton Gould, conductor.

8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Travels to Sepharad Sepharad is the name the Spanish Jews gave to the Iberian Peninsula, making themselves the Sephardic people. Fiesta shares recordings of Jewish Sephardic music, one of the most fascinating music styles to come out of Spain.

9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The art of Elmira Darvarova Bulgarian violinist who was first female concertmaster of Met Opera Orchestra. Music by Liszt, Ligeti, Ysaÿe, and Kodály.

11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1707): VI. Aria – Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, hc. Alpha 1078. [5:46] 7:00 Rachmaninoff Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 – Mischa Maisky, vc; Pavel Gililov, p.

DG B0005831-02. [6:09] 8:00 Kevin Puts Home: I. Warm, with rubato – Miró Quartet. Pentatone PTC-5187227. [6:02] 9:00 Nielsen Maskarade: Overture & Cockerels’ Dance – Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard.

Dacapo 6.220518. [10:03] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Josef Myslivecek Cello Concerto in C – Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall. Cedille CDR-90000142. [20:40] 11:00 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Poem – Carol Wincenc, f; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.559164. [9:58] 12:00 Grace Williams Sea Sketches: No. 5, Calm Sea in Summer – BBC Phil Strings/ John Andrews. Resonus RES-10349. [5:49] 1:00 Haydn String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, Sunrise – Takács Quartet.

Decca 425467-2. [22:54] 2:00 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 435766-2. [8:52] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ludwig Senfl Quis dabit oculis – Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807595. [7:00] 4:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Le Rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31 – Earl Wild, p. Sony SK-62036. [8:09] 5:00 Mozart Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285 – Carol Wincenc, f; Emerson String Quartet.

DG 431770-2. [14:05] 6:00 Bologne Violin Concerto in D, Op. 2, No. 2: I. Allegro – Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász.

Naxos 8.574452. [9:51] 7:00 Exploring Music with Peter van de Graaff: Sound the Trumpets The story of the trumpet stretches back thousands of years and spans many cultures. We’ll listen to the Shofar and the ancient trumpets found in Tutankhamun's tomb. And we’ll savor the modern trumpet’s bright sound in music by Bach and Vivaldi, and in the rich and

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complex symphonic music of Mahler, Ravel, and Stravinsky.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Czech Philharmonic See In the Spotlight on page 28

Tuesday 25 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Puccini Le Villi: Prelude – Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 410007-2. [3:03] 7:00 Francisco Tárrega Capricho árabe (Serenata) – Christopher Parkening, g.

EMI CDC5-56730-2. [5:06] 8:00 George Walker Folksongs for Orchestra – Seattle Sym/Asher Fisch.

Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1027. [10:38] 9:00 Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A, Fire – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 427661-2. [17:05] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Dmitri Kabalevsky The Comedians, Op. 26 – National Phil/Leonard Slatkin.

RCA 5661-2-RC. [15:00] 11:00 Jean-Baptiste Lully Armide: Overture; Passacaille – Indianapolis Baroque Orch/Barthold Kuijken. Indy Baroque

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The New York Philharmonic This Week

Studs Terkel ...

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Music INDB-1401. [8:30] 12:00 Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, D 897 – Cho-Liang Lin, v; David Finckel, vc; Juho Pohjonen, p.

Music@Menlo 2011 (7). [10:51] 1:00 Samuel Scheidt Suite for Brass – London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. ASV CDQS-6013. [7:32] 2:00 Ravel Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand – Cédric Tiberghien, p; Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902612. [18:50] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Puccini Tosca: Symphonic Suite – Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Signum SIGCD-778. [20:01] 4:00 Francesco Geminiani Concerto grosso in F (after Corelli’s Op. 5, No. 4) – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze.

Harmonia Mundi HMU907261/62 (2). [9:40] 5:00 Wagner Tiso Chôro de mãe – Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g’s. Nonesuch 79179-2. [5:58] 6:00 Rossini William Tell: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung.

DG 471566-2. [11:10] 7:00 Exploring Music with Peter van de Graaff: Sound the Trumpets See Monday’s listing.

Evening Music

Folkstage

Fiesta!

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel

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8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Foss Three American Pieces; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Britten Sonata in C Major, Op. 65; David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano; Debussy Images; Gilles Vonsattel, piano.

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Wednesday 26 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Borodin Petite Suite: III. Mazurka 1 – Russian State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

RCA 62505-2. [3:00] 7:00 Chopin Preludes, Op. 28: Nos. 16-20 – Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 63535-2. [7:19] 8:00 Verdi La forza del destino: Overture – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-68468. [7:36] 9:00 Lucie Vellère String Quartet No. 3 – Crescent String Quartet. Leonarda LE-336. [16:32] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons.

DG 4836069. [19:56] 11:00 Robert Nathaniel Dett In

the Bottoms – Rochelle Sennet, p. Albany TROY1869-71 (3). [16:09] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Concerts Pianist Yizhen Chen performs music by Beethoven, Schubert, and Scriabin, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – B’Rock Orchestra/Dmitry Sinkovsky. Pentatone PTC-5187013. [16:00] 2:00 Hugo Alfvén The Mountain King, Op. 37: Suite – Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-725. [14:46] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including George F. Bristow Rip van Winkle, Op. 22: Overture – Royal Northern Sinfonia/Rebecca Miller.

New World 80768-2. [8:19] 4:00 Christian Sinding Suite in A minor, Op. 10 – Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p. BIS 2560. [12:12] 5:00 Marjan Mozetich Two-Harp Concerto, The Passion of Angels – Nora Bumanis & Julia Shaw, h’s; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5200. [20:56] 6:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 – Cincinnati Pops

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In the Spotlight

Danish String Quartet

Ravinia Festival 2026 For more than twenty years, the Grammy-nominated Danish String Quartet has asserted its preeminence among the world’s finest string quartets. Formed when they were in their teens, the ensemble is renowned for impeccable musicianship, sophisticated artistry, exquisite clarity, and an unmatched ability to play as one. Performances are characterized by a rare musical spontaneity, exuding a palpable joy in music-making that has made them one of today’s most highly acclaimed and in-demand classical quartets. In their Ravinia program recorded earlier this month, the quartet romps around Beethoven’s jovial final quartet, delights in the playful brilliance of Mozart, and explores the depth of Shostakovich’s profoundly inquisitive Third Quartet — affirming at every turn that they are “one of the best quartets before the public today” (Washington Post).

Sunday, August 30 1:30 pm Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80098. [8:25] 7:00 Exploring Music with Peter van de Graaff: Sound the Trumpets See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Jaap Schröder A celebration of violinist Jaap Schröder, one of the first pioneers to present performances of baroque, and later, classical works, on period instruments.

Thursday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Fauré Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 – Danbi Um, v; Juho Pohjonen, p.

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Avie AV-2743. [2:47] Edward MacDowell Orchestra Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42: V. Finale, Forest Spirits – Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa.

Naxos 8.559075. [4:35] 8:00 Jan Dismas Zelenka Hipocondrie in A, ZWV 187 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/ Gottfried von der Goltz.

RCA-DHM 77339-2. [7:50] 9:00 Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 415106-2. [18:57] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Glazunov Poème lyrique in D-Flat, Op. 12 – Bamberg Sym/Neeme Järvi.

Orfeo C-157201-A. [10:47] 11:00 Bach Fantasies for Anna Magdalena Bach – Canadian Brass. Opening Day B0010559-02. [10:40] 12:00 Pietro Locatelli Four-Violin Concerto in F, Op. 4, No. 12 – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler. Avie AV-2154. [11:18] 1:00 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.574430. [25:46] 2:00 Antonio Estévez 17 Piezas Infantiles: Nos. 6-10 – Clara Rodríguez, p.

Nimbus NI-6346. [6:05] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite – Music@ Menlo Ensemble. Music@ Menlo 2012 (6). [23:19] 4:00 Daniel-François Auber Fra Diavolo: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:13] 5:00 Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 2 in D, BWV 1028 – Jordi Savall, viga; Ton Koopman, hc. Alia Vox AV-9812. [15:05] 6:00 Louise Farrenc Piano Quintet No. 2 in E, Op. 31: II. Grave – Linos Ensemble.

CPO 999194-2. [7:20] 7:00 Exploring Music with Peter van de Graaff: Sound the Trumpets See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Debussy Gigues and Ronndes de Printemps, from Images; Fantasie; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; La Mer; Boulez Selections from Notations; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.

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Avie AV-2201. [3:35] Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [7:32] 8:00 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Quintet, Op. 143: II. Andante mesto – Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000190. [6:54] 9:00 Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Vienna Phil/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

RCA 54331-2 (2). [12:54] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Britten Peter Grimes, Op. 33: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a – English Sym Orch/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI-7017. [15:40] 11:00 Rossini La scala di seta: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano.

Warner 24344. [6:17] 12:00 Maurice Greene Overture No. 6 in E-flat – Baroque Band/Garry Clarke. Cedille CDR-90000152. [7:22] 1:00 Chopin Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14 – Idil Biret, p; Slovak State Phil/Robert Stankovsky.

Naxos 8.550369. [16:22] 2:00 Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [13:34] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 – Camerata Salzburg/Leonidas Kavakos, v. Sony 82876842412. [23:05] 4:00 Liszt Grand Concert Fantasy after Bellini’s La Sonnambula – Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion CDA-67406/7 (2). [15:08] 5:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian – Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 410862-2. [32:21] 6:00 Anatol Liadov Variations on a Polish Folk Theme, Op. 51 – Stephen Coombs, p.

Hyperion CDA-66986. [11:56] 7:00 Exploring Music with Peter van de Graaff: Sound the Trumpets See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Working (9/05/1960) Studs Terkel’s book Working celebrates everyday people in their own words and the way they make their living.

This archive rebroadcast is his 1960 tribute to Labor Day. 7:00

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12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Vivaldi Recorder Concerto fragment in G, R. 312 – Pamela Thorby, r; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler.

12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Fernando Sor Menuets, Op. 11 – John Holmquist, g. Naxos

8.571085. [6:08] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Ernest John Moeran Symphonic Impression, In the Mountain Country – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.573106. [6:24] 11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area.

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12:00 From Vienna State Opera: Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus Jonas Kaufmann (Gabriel von Eisenstein); Diana Damrau (Rosalinde); Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Frank); Daria Sushkova (Prinz Orlofsky); Jörg Schneider (Alfred); Adrian Eröd (Dr. Falke); Lukas Schmidt (Dr. Blind); Ilia Staple (Adele); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Markus Poschner, conductor. Sung in German.

4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A Fall Choral Preview highlighting a wealth of upcoming performances across Chicagoland.

5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/John Eliot Gardiner.

Virgin 61490-2 (2). [18:39] 6:00 Bruckner Abendzauber – phil Blech Wien/Anton Mittermayr; Olivier Latry, o. DG 4857171. [6:30] 7:00 Ginastera Overture to the Creole Faust – City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901808. [8:59] 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Highlights from the 35th annual Fox Valley Festival preview show with David Massengill, Tracy Grammer, the Sanctified Grumblers and others.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer The end of summer approaches in a wave of nostalgia and music that looks forward to change.

Sunday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Gloria in Excelsis Deo. In this archival program from 2002, Richard Gladwell, the original creator and host of With Heart and Voice, shares settings of the Gloria in Excelsis Deo

by Max Reger, Antonio Vivaldi, Herbert Howells,

W A Mozart and more!

Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Price Symphony No. 1 in E minor – Chineke! Orch/Roderick Cox. Decca 4853996. [40:48] 8:00 Richard Strauss Capriccio, Op. 85: Prelude for String Sextet – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch Members. Decca 4786480. [11:48] 9:00 William Alwyn Elizabethan Dances – London Sym Orch/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-8902. [18:32] 10:00 Cécile Chaminade Callirhoé, Op. 37: Ballet Suite – Metz Grand Est National Orch/ David Reiland. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [18:15] 11:00 Robert Kyr In Praise of Music – Antioch Chamber Ensemble/Joshua Copeland.

Bridge 9558. [5:39] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, Gran Partita: VI. Tema con variazioni (Andante) – London Sym Orch Wind Ensemble.

LSO Live LSO-0855. [9:45] 1:00 Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 460982-2 (2). [8:47] 1:30 Ravinia Festival 2026: Danish String Quartet See In the Spotlight on page 30 3:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 – Jon Manasse, cl; Jon Nakamatsu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907430. [22:43] 4:00 Michael Abels Global Warming – Sphinx Virtuosi.

DG 4865014. [8:29] 5:00 Franz Schubert Heidenröslein, D 257; Nachtstück, D 672; Ständchen (Horch, horch, die Lerch’), D 889 – Susanne Mentzer, ms; Sharon Isbin, g. Erato 23419-2. [11:03] 6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

Janácek Sinfonietta; Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Copland Dance Symphony; Morton Gould, conductor; Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; J Strauss, Jr. Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388; Der Zigeunerbaron, Op. 418; Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Latin Side of Daniel Barenboim Elbio shares favorite recordings from Maestro Barenboim from Manuel de Falla to Astor Piazzolla, Albeniz to Ginastera and Villa-Lobos.

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9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Eugen Jochum conducts Bruckner including the Symphony No. 8, Te Deum, and Psalm 150.

11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 31 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat – Arabella String Quartet.

Naxos 8.574360. [7:13] 7:00 George Whitefield Chadwick Symphonic Sketches: No. 1, Jubilee – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80144. [8:05] 8:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDR5-69877-2. [13:33] 9:00 Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – English Sym Orch/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI-7017. [16:42] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Price Dances in the Canebrakes – Malmö Opera Orch/John Jeter.

Naxos 8.559952. [9:15] 11:00 Telemann Divertimento in B-Flat – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 463074-2. [9:05] 12:00 Wolf Italian Serenade in G – Orpheus Chamber Orch.

DG 431680-2. [7:22] 1:00 Monteverdi Selva morale e spirituale: Beatus vir (Psalm 112) – Taverner Consort Cho & Players/Andrew Parrott.

Virgin 57876-2 (2). [8:56] 2:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 469000-2 (5). [39:17] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Fit for A King Bill surveys the rich and intriguing world of the European court composer. He connects Haydn, Scarlatti, and Walton to their savvy patrons, confirming that if you want to command the finest musicians, it helps to be the king.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Janine Jansen, violin; Wagner Overture to Der fliegende Holländer; Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish; Lahav Shani, conductor.

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