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On WTTW, the fascinating new six-part series Walking with Dinosaurs brings the stories of six iconic dinosaurs to life with state-of-the-art visual effects, giving viewers the rare chance to see these giants as they walked the earth millions of years ago.
Dear Member,
As summer returns to Chicago, so too does the Grant Park Music Festival – a tradition that brings world-class music to the heart of the city. This year marks a new chapter as Giancarlo Guerrero steps into his role as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, bringing his enthusiasm and global perspective to the popular outdoor series. On page 4, read our interview with Guerrero to learn what he’s most looking forward to in the upcoming season which will be presented live on WFMT, his thoughts on Chicago, and how WFMT influenced him as a young musician.
This month, WFMT also brings you an eclectic roster of artists on Live from WFMT including Josefien Stoppelenburg and Stephen Alltop who share Baroque vocal music accompanied by harpsichord and theorbo; the duo of violinist Philippe Quint and pianist Christopher Guzman; pianist Craig Terry and friends; and in the season finale, a performance by pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege. And WFMT celebrates Pride Month with dedicated episodes of The Midnight Special, Listening to Singers, and Best of Studs Terkel , plus a performance of Benjamin Britten’s Canticle 1: My Beloved is Mine on this month’s Ryan Opera Center Recital Series.
WTTW celebrates Pride Month with a new American Masters film that explores the life and work of the iconic singer-songwriter Janis Ian, and the return of Chicago Stories documentaries on activist-cartoonist Danny Sotomayor and the local origins of house music. And for something different, WTTW will premiere Walking with Dinosaurs – a new six-part miniseries bringing the stories of six iconic dinosaurs to life with state-of-the-art visual effects. Don’t miss this rare chance to see the giants of our past as they walked the earth millions of years ago.
All of us at WFMT and WTTW are grateful for your continuing support.
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June 2025
Volume 36, Number 322
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Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
The Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery
Go behind the scenes of Grantchester, Magpie Murders, Moonflower Murders, The Marlow Murder Club, and Miss Scarlet to learn what makes the “cozy mystery” genre so enchanting.
Sunday, June 1, 7:00 pm
Sunday 1
EARLY MORNING
2:30 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop
4:30 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
MORNING
6:00 Best of the ’60s Music legends perform their biggest 1960s hits, classics and more live.
8:30 Moments to Remember Patti Page and Nick Clooney present legends of the late fifties and early sixties pop era.
11:00 Classical Rewind Hear the stories of the greatest compositions and composers of all time.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery.
2:00 The Quilting Women of Gee’s Bend Learn about the celebrated quilts made by a community of African American women in rural Alabama.
3:00 Deconstructing The Beatles [R]
5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend
5:30 The U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding This program offers a deeper understanding of the Ken Burns documentary.
EVENING
7:00 Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery
8:30 All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales Members of the cast and creative team share what life lessons they have learned from this series.
10:00 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop See 2:30 am. [R]
Monday 2
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Best of the ’60s See Sun. June 1 at 6:00 am. [R]
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Season four of this series kicks off with a visit to Long Grove, Illinois. Other Midwest destinations include Indianapolis, Cedar Rapids, St. Paul, LaSalle, Peru, Sturgeon Bay, Kokomo, Ludington, and more.
Saturday, June 21, 9:30 am
2:30 Moments to Remember See Sun. June 1 at 8:30 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
3:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Touring Chicago’s Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer Join Geoffrey on a lively exploration of Chicago’s legendary “front yard” and learn how it was envisioned, built, and defended, and the ways it has evolved.
8:00 Chicago Mysteries Host Geoffrey Baer and a team of super sleuths attempt to solve some of Chicago’s most baffling mysteries.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop See Sun. June 1 at 2:30 am. [R]
2:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD See Sun. June 1 at 4:30 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Desert Botanical Garden (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Miriam and Alan:
From Executive Producer Bradley Cooper, this is the story of paid and unpaid caregivers navigating the challenges and joys of this deeply meaningful work. The film reveals the state and the stakes of care in America today.
Tuesday, June 24, 8:00 pm
Lost in Scotland
3:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Far from Home Henry Louis Gates maps the family trees of pop icon Cyndi Lauper and actors Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo.
8:00 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery See Sun. June 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales See Sun. June 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Why We Travel Rick Steves shares what makes travel so meaningful
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: Desert Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower
3:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks Celebrate one of the filmmaker’s most beloved
series with filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan.
8:30 Nature: Attenborough’s Life Journey Follow Sir David Attenborough from his boyhood days as a fossil hunter, through his early days as a host on Zoo Quest, to his programs using pioneering technology.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Geoffrey Baer is live in WTTW’s studios for a double-header of two popular recent specials that illuminate aspects of Chicago that may not be widely known. Along the way, hear his trademark fascinating stories and uncover intriguing secrets about the city’s history.
Monday, June 2 7:00 pm
Director
by KEEGAN MORRIS
GIANCARLO GUERRERO’S joy – for his art, for his new role, for the city of Chicago – is irrepressible.
The six-time Grammy-winning conductor acknowledges that his road to the podium might not be typical. With a good-natured, sardonic smile, Guerrero explains, “I come from Costa Rica and Nicaragua. You know, those two meccas of classical music!?”
Guerrero’s passion for the art form can be traced back to
his youth orchestra days…and WFMT. In Costa Rica, he and his fellow musicians would carefully calibrate a shortwave radio to hear the WFMT-distributed Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcast series. “This can move you regardless of where you come from.”
In the years since those Costa Rican listening parties, Guerrero has spent time in the Chicago area as a graduate student at Northwestern University, and in recent years leading the Chicago Symphony
and Grant Park Orchestras. In October 2024, the Grant Park Music Festival appointed him Artistic Director and Principal Conductor.
He takes the helm at the festival this summer. And from the podium of the striking Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Guerrero wants to inspire audiences of all stripes in the same way that music moved him in his youth. In between rehearsals, Maestro Guerrero spoke to WFMT ahead of his first season at the reins of the festival.
Listen to the new season live on WFMT beginning Wednesday, June 11 at 6:30 pm on 98.7FM, the WFMT app, and wfmt.com.
WFMT: Tell us about the importance of Chicago and the Grant Park Music Festival.
GIANCARLO GUERRERO:
Chicago is one of the great cultural centers in the country. Period. Not just in terms of classical music, but overall. The size of the city allows you to find anything that you want. In the third largest city in the country, the possibilities are truly endless.
The word unique is used a lot, but find me another festival like this one that is open, free to the public, and goes back 100 years! Even our rehearsals – you can go and watch conductors and soloists do what they do every day just because we happen to be in a public park.
Continuing to expand the reach of the Grant Park Music Festival, I have to say, is priority number one. We are nothing without our audiences; we are nothing without our supporters. A big part of every single one of my visits is going out into the community and reminding everyone that this very special event is taking place for ten weeks out of the summer. That they should check it out because it’s there for the enjoyment and enrichment of the community.
One big part of my job, I believe, is challenging audiences as well. You cannot come to just hear the classics. That isn’t going to work in a city as wide and diverse as Chicago. Summer by summer, the city is changing and evolving. And for us to stay the same would be a huge crime! So, we
must get creative and provide unique experiences to support new voices and compositions.
WFMT: What are you most looking forward to in your first season leading this festival?
GUERRERO: I am most looking forward to connecting with the players. Last year I was here for just a week for a couple of programs: one with the orchestra alone and one with the chorus. They were really special, and immediately we felt there was a spark, and that led to my appointment as artistic director.
concert with the orchestra. What do you think his appearance brings to the season?
GUERRERO: The fact that we’re going to be making music with one of the great violinists in the world is a joy. And Josh isn’t the only one. If you look at the rest of the season, we have very recognizable names throughout. Now that I am artistic director, I get to find excuses to make music with these amazing colleagues. They inspire not only our orchestra, but our audiences.
I want to present as many
“Find me another festival like this one that is open, free to the public, and goes back 100 years!”
GIANCARLO GUERRERO
We’re all looking forward to when we get to make music together in one of the most incredible venues in the country.
WFMT: Joshua Bell was recently announced for a one-night-only
lawn surrounded by thousands of people. Chicago is one of the largest cities in the world, and it comes with a lot of noise. You cannot recreate that anywhere. Nothing matches live performance – there’s something in the moment that will never be recreated.
If you want to hear the music played the same way over and over again, listen to recordings! I love my recordings, but at a live performance, there is adventure. You don’t know where it’s going to go! You may know the piece, but you don’t know how it’s going to be played that night. And everybody’s hearing it through their own experience.
WFMT: The live performances reach an even broader audience through the series of WFMT broadcasts from the Pritzker Pavilion. Talk about whats this platform means to you as a musician, and why you have such a strong connection to WFMT and Chicago.
musical languages as possible. And I’m not always the right person for it – there’s repertoire that may not speak to me – and that’s why we have guest conductors! It speaks highly of the festival that these incredible artists also want to be a part of it. I’m enormously proud to continue with that tradition.
WFMT: How does this festival bring communities together?
GUERRERO: When you attend a performance, anything can happen. Concerts are shared events, whether they take place in a concert hall or out on a
GUERRERO: In the early '80s in Costa Rica when we were listening to WFMT on shortwave radio, it had to be a clear night, no clouds, for us to be able to hear it. Now, it’s not just that you look out at all these thousands of people listening on the lawn, but you know that beyond that, there are people – God knows where – maybe another group of youth orchestra kids, sitting around in Costa Rica or in the Amazon, and they’re being inspired. Nowadays, these performances are available to anyone, literally. The fact that we can reach even more people through our broadcasts never escapes me. That is very special.
This interview was edited for length and clarity.
Curse of the Spencers
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 pm
Explore the complicated upbringing that shaped a Princess. Curse of the Spencers is a story of broken first love, infidelity, and heartbreaking family betrayal played out in the glare of the media spotlight.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Make Your Dad’s Day
Friday, June 13, 8:00 pm
In celebration of Father’s Day weekend, we’re putting the spotlight on some of our favorite makers. Let dad sit back, relax, and watch the pros bring new creative projects to life!
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Grantchester Season 10
Sunday, June 15
Geordie (Robson Green) and Alphy (Rishi Nair) return for more crime-solving in the picturesque village of Grantchester. WTTW Passport members can stream the entire new season on the PBS app starting on the night of its premiere.
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Thursday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration The legends of 60’s and 70’s soul music return to perform their biggest hits.
3:00 Finding Your Roots: Far from Home See Tues. June 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George
3:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Deconstructing The Beatles [R]
8:30 Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano Featuring a state-of-the art Yamaha piano, this unforgettable show features Elton performing his much-loved hits.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Roy Orbison & FriendsA Black and White Night Celebrate the music legend in an iconic 1987 concert with an all-star cast.
1:30 Best of the ’60s [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: Albuquerque (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Black Death
3:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Queen of the Flowers Phryne has been chosen to refine a group of delinquent flower maidens for the annual flower parade, when the body of one of her charges washes up on the beach.
9:00 50 Years with Peter, Paul, and Mary
11:00 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Classical Rewind See Sun. June 1 at 11:00 am. [R]
2:00 Groucho & Cavett: American Masters See Tues. June 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour
5:00 Deconstructing The Beatles [R]
MORNING
6:30 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the landmark series with this in-depth overview.
8:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe
10:00 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pépin
11:30 Cook’s Country: A Trip to the Big Easy
AFTERNOON
12:10 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake
12:45 Lidia’s Kitchen: Simply Salads
1:30 Essential Pépin: Fine Finishes
2:10 America’s Test Kitchen: The Noodle Show
2:50 America’s Test Kitchen: Simple Chicken Dinner
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Pantry Staples
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
4:10 Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen: Alison Hammond
4:30 Check, Please! Madison Bar, Chicago Culinary Kitchen, Chiya Chai
5:00 Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery [R]
EVENING
7:00 My Life is Murder: Oceans Apart Alexa’s investigation into the death of a surfing champion takes her back to an old childhood haunt.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: The Free Waters (Part 1 of 6) Restaurant owner and private detective Pearl Nolan discovers the body of her friend and oyster supplier chained to the anchor of his ship. The police, led by Chief Inspector Mike McGuire, believe it was an accident, but Pearl suspects foul play.
9:00 Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem Learn how Midsomer Murders came to life from the pages of Caroline Graham’s books in interviews with the lead actors.
10:00 All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales [R] 11:00 Best of the ’60s [R]
Sunday 8
EARLY MORNING
2:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration See Thurs. June 5 at 12:00 am. [R]
5:00 Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities Join neuroscientist and bestselling author Dr. Lisa Genova to discover ways to enhance brain health for the rest of your life.
MORNING
6:30 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
8:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks See Wed. June 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
10:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: To All Our Boys (Part 1 of 7) Siegfried is keen to have everyone back at Skeldale House, but Tristan’s surprise return won’t be quite as straightforward as he hoped.
11:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Holding the Baby (Part 2 of 7) James needs a crash course for fatherhood; Mrs. Hall referees between Siegfried and her new boss, Mr. Bosworth; Helen is concerned about the influence of Jenny’s new friend Doris.
AFTERNOON
12:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Homecoming (Part 3 of 7) It’s Jimmy’s christening day and everyone is determined to make it special. Siegfried writes his godparenting speech.
1:45 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Uninvited Guests (Part 4 of 7) Tristan’s first meeting with Carmody doesn’t go as planned.
3:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Pair Bond (Part 5 of 7) Carmody gets an exciting opportunity. Mrs. Hall must deal with an unlikely emergency in Darrowby. Siegfried and Carmody must pay attention to their romantic pursuits.
4:15 All Creatures Great
Acclaimed “Beatle-ologist” Scott Freiman guides you, step by step, on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums and the fascinating stories that accompanied them. No matter how much you know about the Beatles, there’s something new here for you.
Thursday, June 5 7:00 pm
Noel Paul Stookey, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow
Celebrate the impact of the folk music trio that provided America’s soundtrack for five decades, while combining artistry with activism. From their emergence in Greenwich Village in the 1960s to the present, this special features many of their best performances and most popular songs.
Friday, June 6 9:00 pm
Featuring CSO concertmaster Robert Chen and principal cellist John Sharp
Monday, June 23
The Chen String Quartet
Monday, August 11
John Sharp and Friends
Tickets $50 per concert
Doors open at 6:00pm, concert starts at 6:30pm
and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Glass Half Full (Part 6 of 7) James has a bout of brucellosis, bringing long buried emotions to the surface.
5:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: All God’s Creatures (Part 7 of 7) As Skeldale House prepares for Christmas and Jimmy’s first birthday, a worrying news bulletin throws Mrs. Hall into turmoil.
EVENING
7:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Reflections
8:00 Agatha and the Truth of Murder Join the crime writer as she investigates the murder of Florence Nightingale’s goddaughter during her 11-day disappearance in 1926. Christie’s involvement in the case influenced her later work. Starring Ruth Bradley as Agatha Christie.
10:00 Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night
Monday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Commodores Live Join the legendary band for their greatest hits, including
6:00 Odd Squad
6:30 Arthur
7:00 Wild Kratts
7:30 Alma’s Way
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8:30 Carl the Collector
9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9:30 Rosie’s Rules
10:00 Sesame Street
10:30 Work it Out Wombats!
11:00 Donkey Hodie
11:30 Elinor Wonders Why
12:00 Nature Cat
12:30 Molly of Denali
Work it Out Wombats! • 10:30 am New season begins June 9
chart-toppers “Nightshift,” “Lady (You Bring Me Up),” “Sail On,” “Easy,” “Too Hot Ta Trot,” “Three Times a Lady,” “Brick House,” and more.
1:30 50 Years with Peter, Paul, and Mary See Fri. June 6 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Classical Rewind [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Rick Steves’ European Festivals
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1962 sonic blue Fender Stratocaster, a 1965 Beatles-signed photo and letter, and French filigree earrings circa 1775. Learn which is valued at $45,000!
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago
(Part 1 of 3) Discoveries include a 1969 “Chicago Seven” signed subpoena, a 1961 Leonora Carrington oil, and a 1976 Playboy Bunny collection. Which find is appraised at $200,000-$300,000?
9:00 Chicago Stories: The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor Fiery openly gay AIDS activist and political cartoonist Danny Sotomayor used civil disobedience to wage war on city officials who marginalized the LGBTQ community and ignored the AIDS crisis, while fighting a losing battle with the disease himself. This program chronicles his courageous fight for equality. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Reflections See Sun. June 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Classical Rewind [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. June 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Rick Steves’ Rome
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America
Explore the work of one of the most renowned, respected, and popular cultural historians with this retrospective documentary, which explores his work and how it has made history come alive for tens of millions of Americans.
8:30 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 codes, and broke barriers. The “secret weapon” that helped win the war, they forever changed the world in the process.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano See Thurs. June 5 at 8:30 pm. [R]
1:30 Deconstructing The Beatles [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. June 9 at 8:00 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: McNay Art Museum (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Queen of the Flowers
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine From the
heart of war-torn Ukraine, stories of survival, love, and resilience emerge beyond the battles. Witness an extraordinary view into the effects of war on animals and the humans who help them.
8:30 Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Terry Masear finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a magical tale of love, fragility, and healing. Meet Cactus, Jimmy, Wasabi, Alexa, and Mikhail, Masear’s diminutive patients, as we celebrate their small victories while lamenting their tiny tragedies.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary [R]
2:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
Patience (New Series)
Witness the powerful deduction skills of Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis) as she helps the York Police solve crimes. Her autism and extraordinary ability to make connections that others overlook impress Detective Bea Metcalf, who believes she could be an asset to her team.
Sundays beginning June 15, 7:00 pm
Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (New Season)
Geordie (Robson Green) and Alphy (Rishi Nair) return for more crimesolving in the picturesque village of Grantchester. Alphy feels like he’s found home, until he’s forced to confront secrets he’s kept close to his chest. Will he be able to let anyone fully in, or must he confront truths about himself first?
Sundays beginning June 15, 8:00 pm
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: New Orleans (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Songs of the Past
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert from Tuscany, featuring global superstars Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Sofia Carson, Brian May, Jon Batiste, and more.
9:00 Frontline
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum The Highwaymen — Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson — were American country music’s first bonafide “supergroup.” Enjoy this concert of their greatest hits.
1:30 The Commodores Live See Mon. June 9 at 12:00 am. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor See Mon. June 9 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
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Nature: The Ocean’s Greatest Feast
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death by Miss Adventure Phryne investigates the death of a young female worker in a factory ‘accident’ and soon learns
that the woman’s death might not be the misadventure the police think it is.
9:00 Independent Lens: We Want the Funk! Take a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots to its rise into the public consciousness. The film also explores funk’s influences on both new wave and hip-hop.
11:00 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe See Sat. June 7 at 8:30 pm. [R]
2:00 Agatha and the Truth of Murder See Sun. June 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
MORNING
7:00 Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood See Wed. June 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
8:30 Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine See Wed. June 11 at 8:30 pm. [R]
10:00 This Old House: Nashville – Moving Day
10:30 Ask This Old House: Cracked Drywall, Radiator Baseboard Cover
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: The Improbable Grill
11:30 Cook’s Country: Beef, Dressed Up
AFTERNOON
12:08 Cook’s Country: Comfort Food Done Right
12:38 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Community Table
1:15 Essential Pépin: Classic Conclusions
1:45 America’s Test Kitchen: Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
2:20 America’s Test Kitchen: Chicken on the Grill
2:50 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Pasta Secrets
3:00 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pepin Join longtime friends and chefs Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin as they come together to share personal family stories and the mouthwatering recipes that made their careers.
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
5:00 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe [R]
EVENING
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
7:00 My Life is Murder: All That Glitters Alexa’s personal and professional lives collide when she investigates the death of a drag queen whose star was on the rise.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: Random Acts (Part 2 of 6) Working with local cop Nikki Martel, Mike investigates the death of a diabetic estate agent. When a woman hires Pearl to look into a large sum of cash left in her mailbox, Pearl discovers Whitstable may have a mysterious benefactor. But are they connected to the murder?
9:00 Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th –The Celebration See Thurs. June 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
11:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: To All Our Boys (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. June 8 at 10:00 am. [R]
Sunday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Holding the Baby (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. June 8 at 11:15 am. [R]
1:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Homecoming (Part 3 of 7) See Sun. June 8 at 12:30 pm. [R]
2:45 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Uninvited Guests (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. June 8 at 1:45 pm. [R] 4:00 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Pair Bond (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. June 8 at 3:00 pm. [R] 5:15 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: Glass Half Full (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. June 8 at 4:15 pm. [R]
MORNING
6:30 All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 on Masterpiece: All God’s Creatures (Part 7 of 7) See Sun. June 8 at 6:30 pm. [R] 8:00 Great Performances at the Met: Aida Enjoy Verdi’s epic love story starring soprano Angel Blue in the title role with new staging by Michael Mayer featuring projections and animations that bring ancient Egypt to life. Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts the all-star cast.
11:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) Will and Geordie investigate the mysterious death of a circus performer. Will
receives a surprising offer that makes him question his life in Grantchester.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 8) An abandoned baby is discovered on the same day that a hotel manager is found dead. Geordie is blindsided by Will’s news.
1:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) Geordie and new vicar Alphy Kottaram get off on the wrong foot, but soon find themselves teaming up to investigate the murder of a local landowner.
2:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 8) Alphy is invited to a party at a country manor, where he hopes to raise funds for the ailing church. But then a body is found in the basement.
3:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 8) A murder at Esme’s office sends shockwaves through the Keating family. Alphy’s meeting with the bishop fails to go as planned.
4:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 8) Alphy and Geordie’s investigation into the murder of an archaeologist uncovers a tangled web of betrayal and deceit.
5:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) Alphy is stunned to discover that a woman he knows has gone missing. When her friend is later brutally murdered, Alphy and Geordie race to find the answers.
EVENING
6:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) When a reclusive man is found dead on the streets of Cambridge, Alphy and Geordie begin to unravel a series of clues that lead them to a shocking revelation.
7:00 Patience: Paper Mountain Girl, Part 1 Detective Bea Metcalf is intrigued when Patience, a young woman with autism in Criminal Records, connects a supposed suicide to other cases. Patience jumps at the invitation to help, but she is hiding a big secret.
8:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) A suspicious death interrupts the Grantchester Easter celebrations.
9:00 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: The Attack (Part 1 of 8) Norwegian Crown Princess Martha and her husband Prince Olav visit U.S. President Franklin
Roosevelt in 1939. A year later, they must flee the Nazi invasion of their country.
10:00 The Paris Murders: On the List (Season 2, Part 4 of 12) A school shooter is stopped by a professor, who coldly kills him with the gun and flees the scene, leaving Chloe to analyze an extraordinarily complex profile.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Celebrated singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and his band the 400 Unit play highlights from their acclaimed LP Weathervanes
Monday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: All That Glitters See Sat. June 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Whitstable Pearl: Random Acts (Part 2 of 6) See Sat. June 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death by Miss Adventure See Fri. June 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Independent Lens: We Want the Funk! See Fri. June 13 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Patience: Paper Mountain Girl, Part 1 [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Orphan (Part 1 of 6) An orphaned baby Triceratops must outwit a deadly T. rex. Today, paleontologists are uncovering her remains and use stunning VFX to bring her story vividly to life.
8:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The River Dragon (Part 2 of 6) A Spinosaurus struggles to keep his family alive in the deadliest place in Earth’s history.
9:00 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough takes us on an after-hours journey through London’s world-famous Natural History Museum, meeting the extinct creatures that fascinate him the most, as they magically come alive in front of his eyes.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Patience: Paper Mountain Girl, Part 1 See Sun. June 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) See Sun. June 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: The Attack (Part 1 of 8) See Sun. June 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: On the List (Season 2, Part 4 of 12) See Sun. June 15 at 10:00 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: New Orleans (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Band of Brothers (Part 3 of 6) Follow a gang of armored dinosaurs battle to reach adulthood, pursued by ferocious raptors.
8:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Pack (Part 4 of 6) A young Albertosaurus, a relative of T. rex, earns her place in a fierce hunting pack.
9:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of forensic experts as they unearth the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Orphan (Part 1 of 6) See Mon. June 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The River Dragon (Part 2 of 6) See Mon. June 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough See Mon. June 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 8) See
Meet six extraordinary dinosaurs emerging from dig sites in an incredible imagining of the most dramatic moments in their prehistoric lives. Blending the latest discoveries from dinosaur digs across the globe with spellbinding natural history storytelling and state-of-the-art CGI, this film brings these giants back to life so that they can walk again.
Monday-Wednesday, June 16-18, 7:00 and 8:00 pm
Sun. June 15 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: St. Louis (Part 1 of 3) 2:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death by Miss Adventure [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00
Walking with Dinosaurs: The Journey North (Part 5 of 6) Travel back in time to the dangerous journey of the Pachyrhinosaurus, where their survival is at stake.
8:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Island of Giants (Part 6 of 6) Discover the story of Lusotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever, as it embarks on a quest for love.
6:30 Fresh Glass
8:00 My Money Mentors
8:30 Curious Traveler
9:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
11:30 America the Bountiful
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Essential Pépin
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 The Life of Loi
4:00 Mary Berry Makes it Easy
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
9:00 NOVA: Alaskan Dinosaurs Wielding chainsaws to extract fossils frozen into the permafrost and flying drones to map thousands of footprints, intrepid paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in the unlikeliest of places – the cold and dark of the Arctic Circle.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 19
Juneteenth
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Band of Brothers (Part 3 of 6) See Tues. June 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Pack (Part 4 of 6) See Tues. June 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster See Tues. June 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) See Sun. June 15 at 5:00 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: St. Louis (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Meet industrialist George Pullman, inventor of the sleeping railcar who hired an army of Pullman Porters and Maids to staff them, establishing a company town that gave him complete authority over their lives. This film traces the workers’ long and bloody struggle for their independence. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
8:00 Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells This documentary and companion website traces Ida B. Wells’ career as a journalist, activist, and organizer in Chicago, using
dramatic re-enactments and interviews with historians and Wells’ descendants.
9:00 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel This episode traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s through the story of “The Father of Gospel” –Thomas A. Dorsey, who wrote one of gospel’s early hits.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Journey North (Part 5 of 6) See Wed. June 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Island of Giants (Part 6 of 6) See Wed. June 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 NOVA: Alaskan Dinosaurs See Wed. June 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Grantchester Season 9 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 8) See Sun. June 15 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
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Blood and Circuses The carnival is in town, but innocent fun turns to horror when one of the sideshow acts is murdered. Phryne poses as the magician’s assistant to investigate.
9:00 Janis Ian: Breaking Silence – American Masters
11:00 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: New Orleans (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: St.
At just 15, Janis Ian shook the world with her hit “Society’s Child,” a song about an interracial relationship that not only launched her career but sparked controversy. She also had to cope with early success, homophobia, record industry misogyny, and a life-threatening illness, all while creating an indelible body of work.
Friday, June 20 9:00 pm
Louis (Part 1 of 3) [R]
3:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now
6:30 Fresh Glass: Cassandra Manifests Her Dreams
7:00 Grown-Up Dad
7:30 Grown-Up Dad
8:00 My Money Mentors
8:30 Curious Traveler: Dublin Pubs
9:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Alice Walton
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Long Grove, Illinois
10:00 This Old House: Nashville – Grounded
10:30 Ask This Old House: Florida Trees, Smart Lighting
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Miami Spice
11:30 America the Bountiful: Salmon in Washington State
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: North Carolina Barbecue
12:30 Cook’s Country: The Cuban Sandwich Show
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Cook to Reminisce
1:30 Essential Pépin: Light as Air
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Back to Grilling Basics
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: The Noodle Show
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Parisian Sweets
3:30 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets –Abrahamic Family Spirit
4:00 Mary Berry Makes it Easy: Weekend Warriors
4:30 Check, Please! Gogi, Revival Food Hall, Club Lucky
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Ancient Roman Art
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient –Part 1 When a precious jewel is stolen from a snowbound train, the crime-solving nun turns passenger to detective – uncovering murder, ancient curses, and dark family secrets.
7:00 My Life is Murder: Look, Don’t Touch Alexa is confronted by her own history when she investigates the death of a museum curator.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: Civil War (Part 3 of 6) When a recently retired DCI is shot dead during an English Civil War reenactment, Mike immediately suspects the victim’s wife, who in turn hires Pearl to find out if she’s being targeted as well. Pearl and Mike plan a date, but a miscommunication puts them at odds.
9:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Blood and Water Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent to Brokenwood to investigate the death of a farmer whose body has been found by two local fishermen.
10:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Blood and Circuses See Fri. June 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:30 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion See Thurs. June 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells See Thurs. June 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel See Thurs. June 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 To Dine for with Kate Sullivan: Alice Walton [R]
3:00 Janis Ian: Breaking Silence –American Masters See Fri. June 20 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough [R]
MORNING
6:00 Jay’s Chicago: The Stories Photos Tell 6:30 Grown-Up Dad
7:00 This Old House: Nashville – Grounded [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Florida Trees, Smart Lighting [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Flowers for Now and Later
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: City of Gastronomy
9:00 A Chef’s Life: A Casserole Says Plenty
9:30 A Chef’s Life: Honey, I’m Home!
10:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Montreal Peter Greenberg introduces us to the hidden gems of Montreal. Plus, America’s most expensive cities to fly from, and America’s best chocolate.
10:30 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger visits Hot Springs, Arkansas for the annual Running of the Tubs to watch costumed teams race bathtubs filled with water through the downtown, and much more.
11:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Orphan (Part 1 of 6) [R]
AFTERNOON
12:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The River Dragon (Part 2 of 6) [R]
1:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Band of Brothers (Part 3 of 6) [R]
2:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Pack (Part 4 of 6) [R]
3:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Journey North (Part 5 of 6) [R]
4:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Island of Giants (Part 6 of 6) [R]
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Roman Empire
5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Professor T: The Perfect Picture A bride is found dead on her wedding night floating in the hotel swimming pool. The photos portray the perfect picture of happiness. But the police and the Professor suspect foul play.
7:00 Patience: Paper Mountain Girl, Part 2 Patience is upset when she is a suspect in the burning man investigation. Bea learns more about the young woman’s autism and her difficult past. Patience makes connections with other cold cases and together with Bea, they uncover a trail.
8:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 8) A death at the university plunges Geordie and Alphy into a world of academic adversaries. Alphy encounters a complication in his romantic life.
9:00 Atlantic Crossing on
Masterpiece: The Throne (Part 2 of 8) Olav and the king plan their escape. Meanwhile, Martha and the children take refuge with her Swedish royal relatives. But the Nazis threaten the king if he harbors the crown princess.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Storms, Part 1 (Season 2, Part 5 of 12) As a storm is raging outside, Chloe is stuck on Belle-Ile, where a criminology conference gives way to a bloodbath and a killer is on the loose.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Japanese Breakfast/Arlo Parks Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner plays her breakthrough album Jubilee. Arlo Parks performs her winning album Collapsed in Sunbeams.
Monday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient –Part 1 See Sat. June 21 at 6:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Life is Murder: Look, Don’t Touch See Sat. June 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Whitstable Pearl: Civil War (Part 3 of 6) See Sat. June 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Blood and Water See Sat. June 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Long Grove, Illinois [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Patience: Paper Mountain Girl, Part 2 [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 2 of 3) Finds include 1989 Keith Haring graffiti art, a 1910 Walter Johnson All-Star watch, and a Walt Whitman Civil War letter. Watch to learn the $50,000 find, and take a field trip to the Civic Opera House.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a group of Ayn Randinscribed books, an Edward Borein watercolor circa 1930, and a 1931 Carnegie hero medal. But which is the episode’s top find?
9:00 Art and Pep Art Johnston and Pepe Pena are civil rights leaders whose life and love is a force behind LGBTQ+ equality in the heart of the country. Their iconic gay bar, Sidetrack, has helped fuel movements and create community for decades in Chicago’s queer enclave. But behind the business and their historic activism exists a love unlike any other.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Patience: Paper Mountain Girl, Part 2 See Sun. June 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 8) See Sun. June 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: The Throne (Part 2 of 8) See Sun. June 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Storms, Part 1 (Season 2, Part 5 of 12) See Sun. June 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
7:00 This Old House
7:30 Ask This Old House
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking 9:00 A Chef’s Life 9:30 A Chef’s Life 10:00 Travel Detective 10:30 Wild Travels
to members of the WTTW Satellite Council and WFMT Encore Society.
Their generous support makes essential programming possible!
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 8) [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Secret Lives Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses DNA to help comedians Carol Burnett and Niecy Nash solve deep family mysteries.
8:00 Caregiving
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. June 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. June 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Art and Pep See Mon. June 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Professor T: The Perfect Picture See Sun. June 22
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
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Blood and Circuses [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Orphan (Part 1 of 6) [R]
8:00 Human Footprint: Shelf Life (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) Shane travels from New York City to rural Thailand to explore the Human Footprint of the supermarket – a 20th century innovation that transformed our relationship with food – reshaping our bodies, our society, and our planet along the way.
9:00 NOVA: Great Mammoth Mystery Join Sir David Attenborough on a unique excavation of a site in
southwest England with rare traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals, featuring hands-on experiments with replicas of Neanderthal-era spears and photorealistic reconstructions of the site’s ancient riverside setting.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Secret Lives See Tues. June 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Caregiving See Tues. June 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Austin City Limits: Japanese Breakfast/Arlo Parks See Sun. June 22 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
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Secret Lives [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 Cook’s Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 To be announced
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
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: Chicago (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Orphan (Part 1 of 6) [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder
Mysteries: Murder in the Dark Phryne’s cousins and Aunt Prudence’s entire household come under suspicion when a young girl is found drowned in her aunt’s fountain on the eve of a lavish fancy dress party.
9:00 Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny – American Masters
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: The Orphan (Part 1 of 6) [R]
1:00 Human Footprint: Shelf Life (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) See Wed. June 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 NOVA: Great Mammoth Mystery See Wed. June 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 2 of 3) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now
6:30 Fresh Glass: Cassandra Embraces Sisterhood
7:00 Grown-Up Dad
7:30 Grown-Up Dad
8:00 My Money Mentors
8:30 Curious Traveler: Ghent
9:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Barbara Corcoran
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Indianapolis Mass Ave, Indiana
10:00 This Old House: Nashville –A Grand Old Time at the Opry
10:30 Ask This Old House: Rusty Bulkhead, Granite Stairs
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Raichlen Rules Steak
11:30 America the Bountiful: Pumpkin in Illinois
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Inspired by Japanese Immigrants
12:30 Cook’s Country: BBQ Brisket and Fritters
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Feed the Connection
1:30 Essential Pépin: Good Catch!
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: A Trip to Vietnam
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Breakfast for a Crowd
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Potatoes
3:30 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets –Cooking with Gold
4:00 Mary Berry Makes it Easy: More Will Than Skill
4:30 Check, Please! Big Ed’s, Serai, Bistronomic
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Early Middle Age
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient – Part 2 See Sat. June 21 at 6:00 pm.
7:00 My Life is Murder: Crushed Dreams Alexa will need all five senses to solve the mysterious death of an ambitious young winemaker.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: Disappearance at Oare (Part 4 of 6) Pearl agrees to help a woman who received a note claiming her missing husband did not die from suicide. As Christmas approaches, Mike sinks into a depression, despite taking on a new flat in Whitstable.
9:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Sour Grapes The annual Brokenwood wine show is disrupted when the guest judge, a well-known wine critic, is found dead in a fermentation vat.
10:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in the Dark See Fri. June 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:30 Art and Pep [R]
Sunday 29
EARLY MORNING
12:30 POV
2:00 Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny – American Masters See Fri. June 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Roman Empire [R]
4:00 Wild Travels [R]
4:30 Travel Detective [R]
5:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War See Sat. June 7 at 6:30 am. [R]
MORNING
7:00 This Old House: Nashville –A Grand Time at the Opry[R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Rusty Bulkhead, Granite Stairs [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Fun with Flower Frogs
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Sami Cuisine
9:00 A Chef’s Life: They Call ‘em ‘Bagas
9:30 A Chef’s Life: Gone Clamming, Part 1
10:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Santa Ana Peter Greenberg explores the hidden gems of Santa Ana, California. Plus, the world’s most corrupt countries and a hotel with a past: the Armory Bozeman.
10:30 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger drives the Illinois leg of historic Route 66 to explore its oddities.
11:00 10 Monuments that Changed America
AFTERNOON
1:00 Thomas Jefferson: Life/ Liberty – Our Sacred Honor (Part 1 of 2) Enjoy this twopart portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president. In part one, Jefferson’s beginnings are detailed from his education, to the building of Monticello, to his marriage.
3:00 Thomas Jefferson: Liberty/ The Age of Experiments –The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 2 of 2) Jefferson’s battles with the Federalist movement are explored, as well as his controversial relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings; his retirement to Monticello; and the ensuing personal tragedies that surrounded him towards the end of his life.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the High Middle Ages
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Professor T: Truth and Justice Professor T is up in court, and he must decide whether to save himself or his former lover. Meanwhile, a prison officer is found dead and there are no shortage of suspects, but one in particular seems intent on taking the blame.
7:00 Patience: The Missing Link A woman is found dead in the dinosaur exhibit at York Museum. The investigation leads them into the shadowy world of fossil smuggling and Patience makes a startling deduction.
8:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 8) Alphy’s attempts to cook a romantic dinner are interrupted when a familiar face arrives unannounced at the vicarage.
9:00 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: Crossing the Atlantic (Part 3 of 8) While bombs fall on Olav and the king in London, Martha and the children are in the U.S., where President Roosevelt extends a special invitation.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Storms, Part 2 (Season 2, Part 6 of 12) The worst demons of the DPJ come back to haunt the investigators when Chloe is accused of being the congress’ killer and Adele helps exonerate her.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Jorge Drexler Award-winning Latin music star Jorge Drexler debuts with Spanishlanguage songs from his landmark Tinta y Tiempo
Monday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: The Star of the Orient –Part 2 See Sat. June 28 at 6:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Life is Murder: Crushed Dreams See Sat. June 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Whitstable Pearl: Disappearance at Oare (Part 4 of 6) See Sat. June 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:55 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Sour Grapes See Sat. June 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Indianapolis Mass Ave, Indiana [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Patience: The Missing Link See Sun. June 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Doc Martin
4:00 Ask This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an unpublished Art Spiegelman book proposal circa 1974; a headboard from the set of The Godfather, Part II that was purchased for under $25; and an archive of rare photographic baseball cards with a handwritten letter from the 1871-1872 Boston Red Stockings.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Tiffany Studios mosaic inkwell circa 1905; a show run from the Beatles’ first Ed Sullivan Show appearance along with an autographed photograph of the band; and a Joseph Kleitsch oil painting circa 1925.
9:00 Chicago Stories: House Music – A Cultural Revolution To mark the 40th anniversary of its invention, celebrate the innovative and catchy electronic dance music that still inspires prominent artists today. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary
Friday, 9:00 pm (6/6)
Monday, 1:30 am (6/9)
Thursday, 12:00 am (6/12)
’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
Thursday, 12:00 am (6/5)
Sunday, 2:00 am (6/8)
All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop
Sunday, 10:00 pm (6/1)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (6/3)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (6/15, 6/22, 6/29)
Thursday, 3:00 am (6/26)
Best of the ’60s
Sunday, 6:00 am (6/1)
Monday, 12:00 am (6/2)
Friday, 1:30 am (6/6)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (6/7)
Classical Rewind
Sunday, 11:00 am (6/1)
Saturday, 12:30 am (6/7)
Monday, 3:30 am (6/9)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (6/10)
Commodores Live
Monday, 12:00 am (6/9)
Friday, 1:30 am (6/13)
Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano
Thursday, 8:30 pm (6/5)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (6/11)
Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli
30th, The Celebration
Thursday, 7:00 pm (6/12)
Saturday, 9:00 pm (6/14)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 8:00 am (6/15)
Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum
Friday, 12:00 am (6/13) Moments to Remember
Sunday, 8:30 am (6/1)
Monday, 2:30 am (6/2)
Roy Orbison & Friends
Friday, 12:00 am (6/6)
Sunday, 10:30 pm (6/8)
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Sunday, 8:30 pm (6/8)
Saturday, 2:00 am (6/14)
All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece
Sunday, 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, 1:45 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:15 pm, 5:30 pm (6/8)
Saturday, 11:00 pm (6/14)
Sunday, 12:15 am, 1:30 am, 2:45 am, 4:00 am, 5:15 am, 6:30 am (6/15) Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece
Sundays, 9:00 pm (6/15, 6/22, 6/29) Tuesdays, 2:00 am (6/17, 6/24) Brokenwood Mysteries
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (6/21, 6/28) Mondays, 3:00 am (6/23, 6/30)
Cozy Mysteries on Masterpiece Mystery
Sunday, 7:00 pm (6/1)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (6/4)
Saturday, 5:30 pm (6/7) Doc Martin
Mondays, 3:00 pm (6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30)
Tuesdays, 3:00 pm (6/10, 6/17, 6/24)
Wednesdays, 3:00 pm (6/11, 6/18, 6/25)
Thursdays, 3:00 pm (6/12, 6/19, 6/26)
Fridays, 3:00 pm (6/13, 6/20, 6/27) Grantchester
Sunday, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 6:00 pm (6/15)
Sundays, 8:00 pm (6/15, 6/22, 6/29)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am, 2:00 pm (6/17, 6/24)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (6/18)
Thursday, 3:00 am (6/19)
Friday, 3:00 am (6/20)
Saturday, 3:00 am (6/21) Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Fridays, 8:00 pm
Wednesdays, 2:00 pm (6/11, 6/18, 6/25)
Monday, 2:00 am (6/16)
Saturdays, 11:30 pm (6/21, 6/28)
My Life is Murder
Saturdays, 7:00 pm
Monday, 12:00 am (6/16)
Mondays, 1:00 am (6/23, 6/30)
Paris Murders
Sundays, 10:00 pm (6/15, 6/22, 6/29)
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (6/17, 6/24)
Patience
Sundays, 7:00 pm (6/15, 6/22, 6/29)
Mondays, 2:00 pm (6/16, 6/23, 6/30)
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (6/17, 6/24)
Professor T
Sundays, 6:00 pm (6/22, 6/29)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (6/25)
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Saturdays, 6:00 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Monday, 12:00 am (6/23, 6/30)
Whitstable Pearl
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
Monday, 1:00 am (6/16)
Monday, 2:00 am (6/23)
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Reflections
Sunday, 7:00 pm (6/8)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (6/10)
Food • Travel • How to
America the Bountiful
Saturdays, 11:30 am (6/21, 6/28)
America’s Test Kitchen
Mondays, 4:30 pm
Wednesdays, 4:30 pm
Fridays, 4:30 pm
Saturday, 2:10 pm, 2:50 pm (6/7)
Saturday, 1:45 pm, 2:20 pm (6/14)
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (6/9, 6/23, 6/30)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (6/10)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (6/11)
Saturday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (6/21)
Wednesday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (6/25)
Saturday, 3:00 am (6/28)
Ask This Old House
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm
Saturdays, 10:30 am (6/14, 6/21, 6/28)
Sundays, 7:30 am (6/22, 6/29)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Chef’s Life
Sundays, 9:00 am, 9:30 am (6/22, 6/29)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Saturday, 3:30 pm (6/7)
Saturday, 2:50 pm (6/14)
Saturdays, 3:00 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Cooking with Legends: Lidia
Bastianich & Jacques Pepin
Saturday, 10:00 am (6/7)
Saturday, 3:30 pm (6/14)
Cook’s Country
Tuesdays, 4:30 pm
Thursdays, 4:30 pm
Saturdays, 11:30 am, 12:10 pm (6/7, 6/14)
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Curious Traveler
Saturdays, 8:30 am (6/21, 6/28)
Essential Pépin
Saturdays, 1:30 pm (6/7, 6/21, 6/28)
Saturday, 1:15 pm (6/14)
Fresh Glass
Saturdays, 6:30 am (6/21, 6/28)
J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sundays, 8:00 am (6/22, 6/29)
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (6/21, 6/28)
Mondays, 4:30 am (6/23, 6/30)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 12:45 (6/7, 6/14)
Saturdays, 1:00 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
Saturdays, 3:30 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Mary Berry Makes It Easy
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Monday, 3:00 pm (6/2)
Tuesday, 3:00 pm (6/3)
Wednesday, 3:00 pm (6/4)
Thursday, 3:00 pm (6/5)
New Scandinavian Cooking
Sundays, 8:30 am (6/22, 6/29)
Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen
Saturday, 4:10 pm (6/7)
Rick Steves Best of the Alps
Friday, 3:00 pm (6/6)
Rick Steves Cruising the Mediterranean
Monday, 2:00 pm (6/2)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (6/21, 6/28)
Saturday, 12:30 am (6/21)
Sundays, 5:00 pm (6/22, 6/29)
Sunday, 3:30 am (6/29)
Rick Steves European Festivals
Monday, 2:00 pm (6/9)
Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
Saturday, 8:30 am (6/7)
Saturday, 12:30 am, 5:00 pm (6/14)
Rick Steves Rome Tuesday, 2:00 pm (6/10)
Rick Steves Why We Travel Wednesday, 3:00 am (6/4)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Saturdays, 11:00 am (6/14, 6/21, 6/28)
This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am (6/14, 6/21, 6/28)
Sundays, 7:00 am (6/22, 6/29)
Travel Detective
Sundays, 10:00 am (6/22, 6/29) Sunday, 4:30 am (6/29)
Wild Travels Sundays, 10:30 am (6/22, 6/29) Sunday, 4:00 am (6/29)
History • Documentary
10 Monuments that Changed America Sunday, 11:00 am (6/29)
All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales
Sunday, 8:30 pm (6/1)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (6/4)
Saturday, 10:00 pm (6/7)
American Masters
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (6/3)
Saturday, 2:00 am (6/7)
Fridays, 9:00 pm (6/20, 6/27) Sunday, 3:00 am (6/22) Sunday, 2:00 am (6/29)
Art and Pep
Monday, 9:00 pm (6/23)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (6/25)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (628)
Caregiving
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (6/24)
Thursday, 1:00 am (6/26)
Chicago Mysteries
Monday, 8:30 pm (6/2)
Chicago Stories: House Music, A Cultural Revolution Monday, 9:00 pm (6/30)
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells
Thursday, 8:00 pm (6/19)
Sunday, 12:30 am (6/22)
Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion
Thursday, 7:00 pm (6/19)
Friday, 2:00 pm (6/20)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (6/21)
Chicago Stories: The Birth of Gospel Thursday, 9:00 pm (6/19) Sunday, 1:30 am (6/22)
Chicago Stories: The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor
Monday, 9:00 pm (6/9) Friday, 3:00 am (6/13)
Deconstructing the Beatles Sunday, 3:30 pm (6/1)
Thursday, 7:00 pm (6/5)
Saturday, 5:00 am (6/7)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (6/11)
Finding Your Roots Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (6/3, 6/24)
Thursday, 3:00 am (6/5) Thursdays, 2:00 pm (6/12, 6/26) Thursday, 12:00 am (6/26) Frontline
Thursday, 9:00 pm (6/12)
Grown Up Dad
Saturdays, 7:00 am, 7:30 am (6/21, 6/28) Sunday, 6:30 am (6/22)
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Sunday, 12:30 pm (6/1)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (6/10)
Human Footprint
Wednesday, 8:00 pm (6/25)
Saturday, 1:00 am (6/28) Independent Lens
Friday, 9:00 pm (6/13)
Monday, 3:00 am (6/16)
Jay’s Chicago
Sunday, 6:00 am (6/22)
Ken Burns: The Civil War
Saturday, 6:30 am (6/7)
Sunday, 5:00 am (6/29)
Ken Burns: The National Parks Wednesday, 7:00 pm (6/4)
Ken Burns: The National Parks
Sunday, 8:30 am (6/8)
Lucy Worsley Investigates
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (6/4)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (6/5)
Friday, 2:00 pm (6/6)
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Saturday, 9:00 pm (6/7)
Quilting Women of Gee’s Bend
Sunday, 2:00 pm (6/1)
Statue of Liberty
Sunday, 12:00 pm (6/29)
Thomas Jefferson
Sunday, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm (6/29)
Touring Chicago’s Lakefront
Monday, 7:00 pm (6/2)
U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding
Sunday, 5:30 pm (6/1)
Weekend in Havana
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (6/3)
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Tuesday, 8:30 pm (6/10)
News • Public Affairs
Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm
BBC News
Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm, 5:00 am
BBC News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: Week in Review
Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 5:30 am (6/21, 6/28)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:30 am
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 4:00 am
PBS News Weekend
Sundays, 5:00 pm (6/1, 6/22, 6/29)
Saturday, 6:30 pm (6/14)
Saturdays, 5:30 pm (6/21, 6/28)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
Saturdays, 9:00 am (6/21, 6/28)
Sunday, 2:30 am (6/22)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (6/21, 6/28)
Great Lakes Now
Saturdays, 6:00 am (6/21, 6/28)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Tuesday, 2:00 am (6/3)
Sunday, 6:30 am (6/8)
Thursday, 2:00 am (6/12)
Saturday, 5:00 am (6/14) Nature
Wednesday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (6/11)
Friday, 2:00 pm (6/13)
Saturday, 7:00 am, 8:30 am (6/14)
Monday, 9:00 pm (6/16)
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (6/17)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (6/18)
Thursday, 2:00 am, 2:00 pm (6/19)
Sunday, 5:00 am (6/22) NOVA
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (6/18, 6/25)
Friday, 2:00 am (6/20)
Saturday, 2:00 am (6/28)
Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities
Sunday, 5:00 am (6/8)
Walking with Dinosaurs
Monday, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (6/16)
Tuesday, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (6/17)
Wednesday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (6/18)
Thursday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (6/19)
Friday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (6/20)
Sunday, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (6/22)
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (6/25)
Friday, 2:00 pm (6/27)
Saturday, 12:00 am (6/28)
Live from WFMT
Soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg, violinist Philippe Quint, pianists Craig Terry and Samantha Ege, International Chamber Artists, and others perform in Levin Studio this month. Mondays, 8:00 pm
Mornings with John Clare at 6:00 am
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 Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and 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.
Sunday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Host Peter DuBois celebrates the June birthdays of several composers of sacred choral and organ music, including John Stainer, Lili Boulanger, Edward Elgar, and Hugo Distler.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Schubert Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589, Little –Australian Chamber Orch/
Grant Park Music Festival
Live performances begin June 11. The season premiere features music by Gabriela Lena Frank, George Gershwin, and Manuel de Falla. Wednesdays, 6:30 pm
Charles Mackerras. Omega OCD-1005. [33:04]
8:00 Vincent d’Indy Suite in Olden Style, Op. 24 – Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHSA-5157. [16:24]
9:00 Rameau Pièces de clavecin en concerts: Quatrième concert –Trio Settecento. Cedille CDR-90000129. [10:22]
10:00 Carlos Salzedo Variations on a Theme in the Ancient Style – Mariko Anraku, h. EMI CDC5-67270-2. [9:49]
11:00 Gayane Chebotaryan Piano Trio – Trio de l’Île. Divine Art 25211. [9:35]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Antonio Soler Clavier Sonata No. 4 in G – David Schrader, hc. Cedille CDR-90000004. [4:38]
1:00 Glinka Kamarinskaya – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9227. [6:03]
2:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, Op. 5 –Dover Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000198. [28:32]
3:00 Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint – Valérie Milot, h’s. Analekta AN2-9880. [14:42]
4:00 Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D, Hornsignal – Scottish Chamber Orch/Robin Ticciati. Linn CKD-500. [32:03]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Serenade No. 3 in D, K. 185/167a, Antretter – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 426388-2. [34:34]
6:00 Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 –Nikolai Lugansky, p. Warner Classics 61255-2. [30:53]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Tenor Travon D. Walker and pianist Michael Banwarth perform Britten’s
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.
WFMT Opera Series
Beginning June 14, enjoy three performances from Teatro alla Scala: Verdi’s La forza del destino, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, and Cesti’s L’Orontea Saturdays, 4:00 pm
Canticle 1: My Beloved Is Mine, selections from Robert Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 39, and songs by Barber, Richard Strauss, Hoagy Carmichael, and Undine Smith Moore.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts See In the Spotlight on page 21.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1878, Constantino Gaito was an amazing post-Romantic composer who was overlooked for years. Elbio shares his Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 1, and Cello Sonata.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Thomas Jensen, Conductor – Program 1 Sibelius Symphony No. 5; Valse lyrique; Valse triste; Hans Christian Lumbye Bouquet Royal Galop ; Queen Louise Waltz; Columbine Polka Mazurka; Nielsen Helios Overture; Symphony No. 4, “Inextinguishable;” Flute Concerto.
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Fanny Mendelssohn Das Jahr: June (Serenade) – David Kadouch, p. Mirare MIR-532. [4:37]
7:00 Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle) –Moscow Chamber Orch/ Constantine Orbelian. Delos DE-3255. [5:11]
8:00 Beach Dusk in June, Op. 82 – La Caccina. La Caccina (Becoming). [2:57]
9:00 Rodgers Carousel: June is Bustin’ Out All Over –Joyce DiDonato, ms; Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orch/John Wilson. Warner 3193012. [8:56]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Elgar Dream Children, Op. 43 – English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258. [7:05]
11:00 Tomás Bretón En la Alhambra – City of Granada Orch/Juan de Udaeta. Almaviva DS-0107. [8:02]
12:00 Purcell Suite of Theater Music – Taverner Players/ Andrew Parrott. Virgin Classics 61304-2. [7:54]
1:00 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 –Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4794970. [24:51]
2:00 Debussy Jeux (Poème dansé) – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC7-49947-2. [19:24]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Charlotte Sohy Piano Trio, Op. 24 – Nikola Nikolov, v; Xavier Phillips, vc; Célia Oneto Bensaid, p. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [19:47]
4:00 Poulenc Flute Sonata –Jonathan Snowden, f; Andrew Litton, p. Virgin 61495-2 (2). [12:22]
5:00 Ludovico Einaudi I giorni – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8738. [5:45]
6:00 Handel Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 6, No. 6 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907228.29 (2). [15:02] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Takes Two to Tango This week features remarkable performances of musicians working in tandem playing Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart; plus, duets of Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner.
8:00 Live from WFMT Soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg and keyboardist Stephen Alltop present a vocal program. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony Stravinsky Pulcinella; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone; Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77; Julia Fischer, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
Tuesday 3
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Gustavo Campa Mélodie pour violon et orchestre, Op. 1 – Daniel Andai, v; Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [5:32]
7:00 Copland Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [4:22]
8:00 Massenet Thaïs: Meditation –Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. EMI 07634-2 (2). [6:43]
9:00 Gershwin Piano Concerto in F: III. Finale, Allegro agitato – Hélène Grimaud, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Erato 19571-2. [6:55]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Stravinsky Suite italienne – Itzhak Perlman, v; Bruno Canino, p. EMI CDC7-49322-2. [16:56]
11:00 Elizabeth Maconchy Overture, Proud Thames –London Phil Orch/ Vernon Handley. Lyrita SRCS.57. [5:44]
12:00 Salieri Variations on La Folia di Spagna – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9877. [17:47]
1:00 Beethoven Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11 – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-57499. [21:39]
2:00 Mahler Blumine – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [8:28]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ravel Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand – Leon Fleisher, p; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. Sony SK-47188. [19:22]
4:00 Albéniz Suite española, Op. 47: Asturias; Sevilla –Emerald Brass Quintet. Albany TROY-1839. [11:33]
5:00 Higdon Concerto 4-3: III. Roaring Smokies – Time for Three; Philadelphia Orch/Xian Zhang. DG 4863066. [5:47]
6:00 Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 – Jinjoo Cho, v; Appassionato/Mathieu Herzog. Naïve V-7422. [9:46]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Takes Two to Tango See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Weber Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34 – Charles Neidich, cl; L’Archibudelli. Sony SK-57968. [26:41]
9:00 Charles Auguste de Bériot Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 32 – Philippe Quint, v; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Kirk Trevor. Naxos 8.570360. [28:24]
10:00 Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Abgang and Kaddish; David Shifrin, clarinet; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello; Shai Wosner, piano; Brahms Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1; Calidore String Quartet.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including James Horner Pas de Deux (Double Concerto) – M Samuelsen, v; H Samuelsen, vc; Royal Liverpool Phil/Petrenko. Mercury 4811487. [27:42]
Wednesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68511-2. [5:19]
7:00 Piazzolla Milonga in D – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Akira Eguchi, p. Koch KICCD-7762. [3:42]
8:00 Thomas Mignon: Romance –Sol Gabetta, vc; Prague Phil/ Charles Olivieri-Munroe. RCA 88697359622. [4:38]
9:00 Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV; Chorale, Vor dienen Thron tret ich hiermit –Emerson String Quartet. DG B0000908-02. [11:27]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Berlioz Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm Music – BBC Sym Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5169 (2). [9:40]
11:00 Fela Sowande African Suite: I. Joyful Day – London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [7:37]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. Trio Rai (violinist Tiffany Chang, cellist Leland Ko, and pianist Motti FangBentov) performs music by Mel Bonis and Brahms, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Pergolesi Flute Concerto in G – James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. RCA 61164-2. [12:04]
2:00 Gottschalk Symphony No. 1, A Night in the Tropics – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard SVC-9. [18:47]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 886449139354. [13:50]
4:00 Chopin Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 – Dmitry Paperno, p. Cedille CDR90000026. [12:58]
5:00 Johann Stamitz Trumpet Concerto in D – Håkan Hardenberger, tr; St Martin’s
Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 420203-2. [15:35]
6:00 Borodin Prince Igor: Overture – Boston Pops Orchestra/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 68132-2. [10:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Takes Two to Tango See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Emanuel Ax, p. DG B0023611-02. [26:31]
9:00 Felix Mendelssohn Two-Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat – Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p’s; Slovak State Phil/ Bystrík Režucha. MSR Classics MS-1330. [41:34]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Sonate Italiane Violinist Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Tartini, Veracini and Locatelli. Recorded at the 2023 International Bach Festival.
Thursday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight – Alessio Bax, p. Signum SIGCD-397. [14:17]
7:00 Kevin Puts Four Airs: No. 4, Air – Kristin Lee, v; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, p. First Hand Records FHR-147. [4:25]
8:00 Wolf Italian Serenade in G – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 431680-2. [7:22]
9:00 Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, D. 897 – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Maximilian Hornung, vc; Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4797570. [8:01]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Rossini Tancredi: Overture – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Thomas Schippers. Vox CDX-5141 (2). [7:13]
11:00 Milhaud Suite provençale, Op. 152b – Detroit Sym Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9072. [14:11]
12:00 Vivaldi Sinfonia in G, R. 149 –Academy of Ancient Music/ Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907230. [6:57]
1:00 Debussy Estampes –Jean-Paul Gasparian, p. Naïve V-7958. [15:11]
2:00 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis –National Sym Orch/ Mstislav Rostropovich. DG 410519-2. [27:35]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Kodály Háry János Suite, Op. 35a – Chicago Sym
This summer, Marin Alsop returns for her fifth season as Chief Conductor of the orchestra’s summer residency at Ravinia Festival. A highlight of Alsop’s tenure thus far has been the establishment of the annual Breaking Barriers Festival, which in its three seasons has celebrated women conductors, women composers, and women leaders in music and space. This season, Breaking Barriers will focus on women leaders in food and music. Revisit the all-American 2024 opening night program which included Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite, James P. Johnson’s Charleston, Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, and Geroge Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Michelle Cann. Sunday, June 1 8:00 pm
Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 443444-2. [22:58]
4:00 Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2171. [17:31]
5:00 Robert Schumann Papillons, Op. 2 – András Schiff, p. ECM 2122/23 (2). [14:50]
6:00 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique: III. Allegro molto vivace – Philharmonia Orch/ Riccardo Muti. Warner 82564627825. [8:45]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Takes Two to Tango See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Hindemith The Four Temperaments – Carol Rosenberger, p; Royal Phil Orch/James DePreist. Delos D/CD-1006. [29:42]
9:00 Mozart String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K.
421 – Cleveland Quartet. Telarc CD-80297. [30:02]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Ives Holidays Symphony; Copland Lincoln Portrait; William Warfield, narrator; Blitzstein Airborne Symphony; Orson Welles, Andrea Velis; David Watson; Choral Arts Society; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – Mutter’s Virtuosi/ Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG 4865256. [10:04]
7:00 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25: IV. Finale, Rondo alla zingarese – Amadeus Quartet members; Murray Perahia, p. CBS MK-42361. [8:13]
8:00 Price Colonial Dance –Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [4:12]
9:00 Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude, Dawn on the Moskva River – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 458919-2. [5:00]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45471-2. [13:36]
11:00 Boyer Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah) – London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer. Naxos 8.559915. [5:10]
12:00 Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody in A-Flat, Op. 45, No. 3 –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 416623-2. [12:23]
1:00 Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 – Ilya Kaler, v; Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.557981. [11:33]
2:00 John Field Nocturne in C, H 60 – Alice Sara Ott, p. DG 4866238. [8:03]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907228.29 (2). [11:07]
4:00 Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9330. [17:05]
5:00 Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5-55001-2. [32:28]
6:00 Hamilton Harty With the Wild Geese – Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson. EMI CDM7-69206-2. [18:28]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: It Takes Two to
Tango See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Poulenc Les biches: Suite – Ulster Orch/ Yan-Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9023. [20:09]
9:00 Damien Geter String Quartet No. 1, Neo-Soul – I Voglar Belgique & R Chen, v’s; J Arnold, vi; N Ives, vc. Navona NV-6625. [17:09]
10:00 Price Symphony No. 3 in C minor – Women’s Phil/Apo Hsu. Koch 3-7518-2. [29:28]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962 – 2017), one of the great operatic voices of the late 20th and early 21st century, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1996.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Tailleferre Flute and Piano Concerto –Leta Miller, f; Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/Nicole Paiement. Helicon HE-1048. [17:13]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Still Seven Traceries –Denver Oldham, p. Koch 3-7084-2. [17:42]
11:00 Introductions Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative Class of 2025. Mozart Flute Concerto in G; Bozza Image; Montgomery Rhapsody No. 1; Glazunov Chant du ménestrel; Tchaikovsky Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin; Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Finale. Jesse Perez, flute; David Roche, viola; Diego Dahle, cello; Sarah Morris, clarinet; Katherine Petersen, piano.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades Brandon Jovanovich (Hermann); Sonya Yoncheva (Lisa) Violeta Urmana (Countess) Igor Golovatenko (Prince Yeletsky); Maria Barakova (Pauline); Alexey Markov (Tomsky); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A Pride Month program exploring gay and lesbian identity in the art songs of Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Ben Moore, Ethel Smyth, and Jennifer Higdon.
5:00 Music with Jan Weller including Higdon Violin Concerto: III. Finale, Fly Foward – Hilary Hahn, v; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko. DG B0014698-02. [5:10]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Rameau Concert No. 1 in C Minor from Pièces de clavecin en concerts; Yura Lee, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Kirill Gerstein, piano; William Hagen, L.P. How, violins; Milena Pajaro Van de Stadt, viola; Paul Watkins, cello.
7:00 Sounds Classical: Sounds Like Heavy Metal with Rachel Barton Pine Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn chat with a hard-core enthusiast of rock bands like Megadeath and Metallica who also happens to be a world-renowned violinist.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Virginia native Bryan Bowers is an autoharp virtuoso, humorist, and story weaver. He spans generations of music and every human emotion in this performance from 2012.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Smile and sing! We take pride in celebrating Pride Month. Also, songs about pictures and photographs.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice The Day of Pentecost is a vivid narrative in the New Testament depicting the coming of the Holy Spirit. Host Peter DuBois shares dramatic choral and organ music to mark this “birthday” of the Church.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Mary D. Watkins Five Movements in Color: No. 2, Soul of Remembrance – New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner. Albany TROY-1200. [5:57]
8:00 Korngold Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Suite (Four Pieces) – Gil Shaham, v; André Previn, p. DG 439886-2. [12:58]
9:00 Handel Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 2 – Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2. [11:49]
10:00 Chabrier Suite pastorale –Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [18:48]
11:00 Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80: II. Andante – Tasmin Little, v; BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10879. [9:19]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Robert Schumann Manfred,
Op. 115: Overture – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 411104-2. [11:48]
1:00 Duke Ellington In a Sentimental Mood; David Baker Blues (Deliver My Soul); Errollyn Wallen Woogie Boogie – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000182. [10:02]
2:00 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26 – JeanEfflam Bavouzet, p; BBC Phil/ Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN-10802 (2). [27:49]
3:00 Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 – Michael Collins, cl; Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, p. RCA 63504-2. [14:20]
4:00 Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 –Timothy Ridout, vi; Frank Dupree, p. Harmonia Mundi HMN-916118. [29:52]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 – Annie Fischer, p; Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer. Price-Less D-16492. [32:13]
6:00 Robert Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52 –Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 431161-2. [16:47]
7:00 Robert Schumann
String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2 – Emerson String Quartet. Pentatone PTC-518686. [23:27]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Mahler Totenfeier; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Smetana Excerpts from Má vlast; Jakub Hruša, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Brazilian Composer Paulo Bellinati Elbio presents a selection of the guitar music by the composer and virtuoso guitar player who has dedicated his career to the music for his instrument.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Thomas Jensen, Conductor – Program 2 Sibelius Symphony No. 1; Finlandia; Nielsen Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 5.
Monday 9
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Schickele Oboe Concerto: III. Chant – Pamela Pecha, ob; Moscow Phil Orch/Paul Freeman. Carlton Classics 30366-00652. [5:56]
7:00 Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D: Canon – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner.
6 am
7 am
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm.
4 pm
3 pm Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
5 pm
6 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Grant Park Music Festival at 6:30 pm beginning June 11
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Mornings with John Clare News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm
The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Through the Night … With Heart & Voice
Weekend Mornings
Afternoon Music
Listening to Singers …
Music with Jan Weller Sunday Evening with Kerry Frumkin
Santa Fe Chamber
7 pm Exploring Music Exploring Music Exploring Music Exploring Music Sounds Classical
8 pm Live from WFMT Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
Evenings with Kerry … Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
9 pm Exploring Music
Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn Folkstage Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
10 pm San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music … Baroque&Before The New York Philharmonic This Week Fiesta! 11 pm Evening Music …
Studs Terkel ... Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel
12 am Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night …
Seraphim 73289-2. [4:59]
8:00 Suk Piano Pieces, Op. 7: No. 1, Love Song – Janine Jansen, v; Antonio Pappano, p. Decca 48518173. [6:35]
9:00 Wagner Rienzi: Overture –Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4582142. [11:38]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 – Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti. BIS SACD-1877. [18:56]
11:00 Federico Moreno Torroba Aires de la Mancha –David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80451. [8:10]
12:00 Richard Strauss Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7 – Minnesota Orch Winds/Edo de Waart. Virgin 91102-2. [8:51]
1:00 Price Piano Quintet in A minor – Takács Quartet; Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68433. [26:27]
2:00 Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor – Maurice Bourgue, ob; English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-1754 (4). [16:41]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Symphony No. 13 in F, K. 112 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [15:08]
4:00 Jean-Féry Rebel Les Plaisirs
Champêtres – La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken. Accent ACC-96122-D. [10:29]
5:00 Giovanni Legrenzi Sonata La Galini a due (Op. 8) – Pallade Musica. Atma ACD2-2697. [5:47]
6:00 Boccherini Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat, G 482 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman. CBS MK-39964. [20:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part I The first week in ten-part series surveying the life and music of Giuseppe Verdi, a towering figure in Italian art and perhaps the greatest composer of nineteenth-century opera.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Chicago-based International Chamber Artists perform music by Clara Schumann, Joaquín Turina, Alyssa Morris, Robert Schumann, and ICA Composer-in-Residence, James M. Stephenson.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47; Lisa Batiashvili, violin; Finlandia, Op. 26; Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Robert Schumann Abegg Variations, Op. 1 – Lise de la Salle, p. Naïve V-5364. [8:14]
7:00 Paganini Caprice No. 24 in A minor – Rachel Barton Pine, v. WFMT (Women in Music). [4:21]
8:00 Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 449166-2 (2). [5:55]
9:00 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: III. Finale, Rondo – Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 4797518 (2). [9:41]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Couperin Pièces en concert – Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg. DG 474236-2. [12:41]
11:00 Suppé Viennese Jubilee Overture – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-54056-2. [7:05]
12:00 Bach French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 815 –Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 4832150. [11:59]
1:00 Dvorák Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 – Baltimore
Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.572112. [37:04]
2:00 Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon. Avie AV-2585. [6:35]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Haydn Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, La Reine –Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-66296. [21:38]
4:00 Mozart Concert Rondo in A, K. 386 – English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p. CBS MK-39224. [9:26]
5:00 Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDB5-68953-2 (2). [5:56]
6:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky. EMI CDZ7-62505-2. [10:54]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart String Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat, K. 428 – Guarneri Quartet. Philips 426392-2. [28:58]
9:00 Bartók Scherzo, Op. 2 –Zoltán Kocsis, p; Budapest
Festival Orch/Iván Fischer. Philips 416831-2 (3). [30:01]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Wolf Italian Serenade; Jupiter String Quartet; Bloch Three Nocturnes; Alessio Bax, piano; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello; Chopin Sonata in G minor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1; Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1; Inon Barnatan, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 –London Sym Orch/Colin Davis. RCA 68218-2. [26:05]
Wednesday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Handel Concerto grosso in B minor, Op. 6, No. 12 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447733-2 (3). [12:08]
7:00 Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C: Finale, Allegro molto –Lynn Harrell, vc; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-64326-2. [6:57]
8:00 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83: III. Andante – Daniel Barenboim, p; Frank Miller, vc; Chicago Sym Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini. CSO CD-90/12 (12). [11:55]
9:00 David Diamond Music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: Overture and Balcony Scene – New York Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3103. [8:14]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Schubert 14 Waltzes – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9327. [9:50]
11:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Berlin Symphony No. 6 in F, Wq 181 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902601. [11:35]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Kayoung An performs transcriptions of music by J.S. Bach, Robert Schumann, and Gershwin, and more, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Malcolm Arnold Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68901-2. [8:42]
2:00 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 – Isata KannehMason, p; London Mozart Players/Jonathan Bloxham. Decca 4870256. [19:50]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Michel Blavet Flute
Concerto in A – ErnstBurghard Hilse, f; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Capriccio 10134. [13:44]
4:00 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym Orch/ Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [14:19]
5:00 Varvara Gaigerova Suite for Viola and Piano, Op. 8 –Eliesha Nelson, vi; Glen Inanga, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92136. [14:41]
6:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in A (after BWV 1055) – Brecon Baroque/Rachel Podger, v. Channel Classics CCSSA-30910. [13:39]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2025: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton. Gabriela Lena Frank Three Latin American Dances; Falla Suite from The Three-Cornered Hat; Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; Andrew Litton, piano.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Hahn Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor – Alexandre Tharaud, p; Quatuor Parisii. Valois V-4848. [26:06]
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part I See Monday’s listing.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree The ensemble Arte dei Suonatori and harpsichordist Marcin Swiatkiewicz explore the Polish influence in works by Telemann, J.S. Bach, and Johann Gottlieb Goldberg. Recorded at the 2024 Stockholm Early Music Festival.
Thursday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Stravinsky Mavra: Chanson russe (Russian Maiden’s Song) – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4853169. [3:13]
7:00 Biber Violin Sonata, La Pastorella – Andrew Manze, v; John Toll, hc; Nigel North, l. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907134/5 (2). [4:37]
8:00 Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess – James Galway, f; London Sym Orch/ Klauspeter Seibel. DG B0003024-02. [6:09]
9:00 Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183: I. Allegro con brio – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 414631-2. [10:44]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Puccini Capriccio sinfonico – Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Signum SIGCD-778. [12:06]
11:00 Jesús Corona Rapsodia Mexicana – Argentina Durán, p. Bravo Music (Rapsodia Mexicana). [8:56]
12:00 Bach Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1 in G, BWV 1027 – David Finckel, vc, Wu Han, p. ArtistLed 653738395926. [11:43]
1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G, Surprise – Il Giardino Armonico; Basel Chamber Orch/Giovanni Antonini. Alpha 698. [22:13]
2:00 Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 – Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417818-2. [6:52]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Milhaud Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: Set 2 – William Bolcom, p. Nonesuch 71316-2. [11:10]
4:00 Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – English Sym Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-7017. [16:42]
5:00 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – St. Petersburg Phil Orch/ Yuri Temirkanov. RCA 68408-2. [14:04]
6:00 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole –London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 415972-2. [15:09]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 400031-2. [26:02]
9:00 Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 493 – Pinchas Zukerman, v; Jethro Marks, vi; Amanda Forsyth, vc; Yefim Bronfman, p. RCA 88697160442. [29:13]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead; Kurt Masur, conductor; Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3; Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, II. Allegro molto; Artur Rodzinski, conductor; Respighi Feste Romane; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor.
Friday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Long Beach Sym/JoAnn Falletta. Albany TROY-364. [9:18]
7:00 Corelli Variations in D minor on La Follia, Op. 5, No. 12 –Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV-9844. [11:00]
8:00 Beethoven Rage Over a Lost Penny, Op. 129 – Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68911-2. [5:25]
9:00 Williams Air and Simple Gifts – Anthony McGill, cl; Itzhak Perlman, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Gabriela Montero, p. Sony 70636-2. [4:29]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Oberlin 21/ Bridget-Michaele Reischl. Telarc CD-80694. [10:10]
11:00 Ding Shande Variations on a Chinese Folk Song – Gunma Sym Orch/Lim Kek-Tjiang. Marco Polo 8.225805. [6:24]
12:00 Verdi La forza del destino: Overture – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4783559. [7:07]
1:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 – Paul Lewis, p; BBC Sym Orch/Jirí Belohlávek. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902053.55 (3). [36:04]
2:00 Korngold Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures), Op. 3 – Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter. ASV CDDCA-1108. [19:35]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Jerome Moross Sonata for Piano Duet and String Quartet (1975) – Texas Festival Chamber Ensemble. Albany TROY-301. [20:01]
4:00 Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Selections –Royal Scottish National Orch/ Elmer Bernstein. Varèse Sarabande VSD-5754. [17:42]
5:00 Tailleferre Piano Concerto (1925) – Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/ Nicole Paiement. Helicon HE-1048. [16:44]
6:00 Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Alessio Bax, p. Signum SIGCD-426. [10:21]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Suk Summer Impressions, Op. 22b – Margaret Fingerhut, p. Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2). [13:29]
9:00 Jessie Montgomery Starburst – The Knights. Rising Sun Music Flight. [3:12]
10:00 Franck Symphony in D minor – French National Orch/Leonard Bernstein.
Bloomington, Indiana singersongwriter Jason Wilber started playing guitar with John Prine at the age of 26. For two dozen years, Wilber accompanied Prine on stages from the Grand Ole Opry to Austin City Limits, as well as playing live on late night TV for Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Conan O’Brien, and David Letterman. Wilber has also collaborated with such legends as Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Josh Ritter, Kacey Musgraves, and others. Of his time with Prine, Wilber says, “It was a special gift to stand beside John all those years and watch what happened between him and an audience. ... it was a pleasure and a joy to get to be a part of it for so long.” Prine’s spirit echoes through Jason Wilber’s own writing, along with a love of science fiction inspired by another local legend, Ray Bradbury. He shares songs from his latest album Time Traveler and more live from the Levin Studio.
Saturday, June 14 10:00 pm
DG 445512-2. [42:21] 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Remembering Rita Jacobs Willens (6/12/1990) In 1951, a young couple named Rita and Bernie Jacobs bought a small Chicago radio station where they could share the classical and arts programming they loved. When Rita died in June 1990, Studs presented this hour of her favorite music, and a glimpse into the sounds and spirit of WFMT’s early years.
Saturday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Price Piano
Concerto in D minor –Michelle Cann, p; New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [17:02]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Massenet Orchestral Suite No. 5, Scènes napolitaines –New Zealand Sym Orch/ Jean-Yves Ossonce. Naxos 8.553125. [11:34]
11:00 Introductions LIVE | Henry Auxenfans, 17, violin. Mozart Violin Sonata K. 378; Glazunov Grand Adagio from Raymonda; Perkinson Louisiana Blues Strut; Fuchs Clarinet and Violin Duo in B-Flat, Op. 15, No. 3; Franck Violin Sonata; Wieniawski Polonaise de concert, Op. 4. With Nathan Canfield, piano & Louis Auxenfans, clarinet.
12:00 From La Scala: Verdi’s La forza del destino Anna Netrebko (Donna Leonora); Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo di Vargas); Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro); Vasilisa Berzhansaya (Preziosilla); Alexander Vinogradov (Padre Guardiano); Marco Filippo Romano (Fra Melitone); La Scala Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Hahn Piano Quartet in G: IV. Allegro assai – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20326. [5:12]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An encore presentation of a conversation with soprano Lisette Oropesa recorded in 2023.
5:00 Music with Jan Weller including Ethel Smyth Piano Piece in E – Antonio Oyarzábal, p. IBS Classical IBS-52021. [3:49]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. John Williams Theme from Schindler’s List; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Weinberg Piano Quintet, Op. 18; Katia Skanavi, piano; John Storgårds, Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Eric Kim, cello.
7:00 Sounds Classical: Have you heard? Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share new and surprising musical finds, and interesting works each thinks the other would enjoy in this “Albums of Note” playlist.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer See In the Spotlight on this page.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Father’s Day – Have some fun with folk music while honoring dads.
Sunday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Host Peter DuBois shares music for Trinity Sunday, celebrating the doctrine of the three Persons of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Vicente Lusitano Inviolata, integra et casta est – Marian Consort. Linn CKD-694. [11:31]
8:00 Hélène de Montgeroult Cours complet pour l’enseignement du forte-piano: Etude No. 89 in A-flat minor – Clare Hammond, p. BIS 2603. [4:38]
9:00 Mozart Adagio and Allegro in F minor, K. 594 – Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, o. Harmonia Mundi HMM902396.97. [8:20]
10:00 Bridge Summer – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Sir Charles Groves. EMI CDM5-66855-2. [9:37]
11:00 Hanson Symphony No. 4, Op. 34, Requiem – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3105. [25:56]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Sanctus; Osanna in excelsis – Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902754.55. [7:45]
1:00 Jessie Montgomery In Color: Suite – Third Coast Percussion. Cedille CDR-90000236. [7:16]
2:00 Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-68079. [26:22]
3:00 Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Göttingen Sym Orch/ChristophMathias Mueller. Cedille CDR-90000144. [8:33]
4:00 Nikolai Myaskovsky Symphony No. 21 in F-sharp minor, Op. 51 – New Philharmonia Orch/David Measham. Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2066. [16:09]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Clementi Symphony No. 1 in C, WoO 32 – Rome Sym Orch/ Francesco La Vecchia. Naxos 8.573071. [26:54]
6:00 Glière Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 74 – Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9094. [26:59]
7:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in B-Flat, D 960 – Mitsuko Uchida, p. Philips 456572-2. [44:41]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.
Ravel String Quartet in F Major; Stephanie Jeong, So Young Bae, violins; Lawrence Neuman, viola; Kenneth Olsen, cello; von Reznicek Donna Diana Overture; Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; J Strauss, Jr. Emperor Waltz, Op. 437; Riccardo Muti, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: 19th Century Orchestral Music from Brazil. Elbio showcases some very charming compositions by Leopoldo Miguez, Carlos Gomez and Alberto Nepomuceno.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Mozart Y Mambo French hornist Sarah Willis and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra in music of Mozart and others.
Monday 16
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor) – Alison Balsom, pic tr; Pinnock’s Players/ Trevor Pinnock. Warner 2173227329. [10:41]
7:00 Ravel Piano Concerto in G: II. Adagio assai – Hélène Grimaud, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Erato 19571-2. [9:23]
8:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – Mutter’s Virtuosi/ Anne-Sophie Mutter, v. DG 4865256. [10:04]
9:00 Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 414487-2. [13:24]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Boccherini Symphony in D, Op. 35, No. 1 (G 509) – London Festival Orch/Ross Pople. Hyperion CDA-66903. [13:12]
11:00 Tailleferre Fleurs de France –Quynh Nguyen, p. Music & Arts MA-1306. [8:05]
12:00 Weber Der Freischütz: Overture – Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan. DG 474275-2 (2). [10:34]
1:00 John Field Irish Concerto –Benjamin Frith, p; Royal Scottish National Orch/ Andrew Mogrelia. Naxos 8.573262. [22:40]
2:00 Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 –Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 415671-2 (2). [24:32]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Suk Prague, Op. 26 – Czech Phil/Libor Pešek. Supraphon 33C37-7509. [23:23]
4:00 Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 –Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 423089-2. [18:08]
5:00 Haydn Symphony No. 26 in D minor, Lamentatione –Philharmonia Hungarica/ Antal Dorati. Decca 4781221 (33). [16:47]
6:00 Clara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 – Veronica Jochum, p. Pro Arte CDD-396. [10:46]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part II The second of a two-week series featuring Verdi with more of his operas and other works, both iconic and underappreciated.
8:00 Live from WFMT Violinist Philippe Quint and pianist Christopher Guzman perform sonatas by Beethoven and Lera Auerbach Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Walton Viola Concerto; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Shostakovich Funeral March from The Great Citizen, Op. 5; Prokofiev Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 –Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5366. [9:44]
7:00 Stanford Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op. 80: III. Finale, Allegro moderato – Janet Hilton, cl; Ulster Orch/ Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN-8991. [6:01]
8:00 Bernstein Candide: Overture – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-63085. [4:09]
9:00 Telemann Paris Quartet No. 2 in D – London Handel Players. Somm Recordings SOMMCD-0698. [11:19]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Wieniawski Légende, Op. 17 – Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. DG 431815-2. [7:33]
11:00 Francisco Pulgar Vidal Cascay – Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Naxos 8.574266. [6:48]
12:00 Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 6 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423626-2 (2). [12:28]
1:00 Mahler Piano Quartet Movement – Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p. DG B0022906-02. [11:38]
2:00 Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc
CD-80703. [16:55]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Henriette Renié Pièce symphonique en trois épisodes – Susann McDonald, h. Klavier K-11133. [8:50]
4:00 Rossini William Tell: Overture – Prague Sinfonia/ Christian Benda. Naxos 8.570934. [11:37]
5:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Adagio and Variations in f, Op. 102 – Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000045. [14:20]
6:00 Beethoven Kakadu Variations in G, Op. 121a –Lobkowicz Trio. Rubicon RCD-1075. [15:42]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Anton Reicha Grand Quintet for Bassoon & String Quartet – Daniel Smith, bn; Coull String Quartet. ASV CDDCA-613. [33:46]
9:00 Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) – Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier. DG 4795524 (4). [26:57]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mozart Sonata in F major, K. 376; Paul Huang, violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1; Paul Watkins, cello; Alessio Bax, piano; Brahms Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2; Ricardo Morales, clarinet; Wu Qian, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bruch Symphony No. 3 in E, Op. 51 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 420932-2 (2). [31:50]
Wednesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622: II. Adagio – Andrew Marriner, cl; London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. EMI CDC5-74883-2. [7:40]
7:00 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4866000. [12:28]
8:00 Copland An Outdoor Overture – Colorado Sym/ Andrew Litton. BIS 2164. [8:17]
9:00 Corelli Oboe Concerto in A – Anthony Camden, ob; City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward. Naxos 8.553433. [9:10]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Granados Valses
poéticos – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4785334. [10:31]
11:00 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, R. 577, Per l’Orchestra di Dresda –Elizabeth Blumenstock, v; Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan. Reference RR-77. [9:13]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Aaron Wolff and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Franck and Reena Esmail, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Schubert Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589, Little – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-49724-2. [30:14]
2:00 George Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow – English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDM5-65203-2. [6:44]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 –Nashville Sym Cellos/ Andrew Mogrelia. Naxos 8.557460-62 (3). [19:50]
4:00 Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 1 – Bastille Opera Orch/ Myung-Whun Chung. DG 431778-2. [18:18]
5:00 Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 – Suisse Romande Orch/Armin Jordan. Erato 45813-2. [17:09]
6:00 Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060 – Lisa Batiashvili, v; François Leleux, ob; Bavarian Radio Sym Chamber Orch. DG 4792479. [12:04]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2025: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto See In the Spotlight on this page.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375 –Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich, cl. Sony SK-64306. [32:16]
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part II See Monday’s listing.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: A Portuguese Pilgrimage Giulio Prandi leads the Ghislieri Chorus, Orchestra, and soloists in Davide Perez’s Mattutino de’ Morti and selections from Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki’s Conductus funebris. Recorded live at the 2021 Misteria Paschalia Festival.
Thursday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Still Lyric
Park Music Festival
Grant Park Music Festival’s newly appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero is acclaimed for his commitment to new repertoire — each of his six Grammys has been for recordings of music by contemporary American composers. In his radio broadcast debut and his first performance in this new role, Guerrero leads a program that characteristically juxtaposes beloved classics with American and contemporary works. Grant Park Orchestra concertmaster Jeremy Black is the featured soloist in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. The program also includes Adolphus Hailstork’s An American Port of Call, and Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
Wednesday, June 18 6:30 pm
Quartet: II. The Quiet One – Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71357. [5:21]
7:00 Korngold The Sea Hawk: Suite – Oregon Sym/ James DePreist. Delos DE-3234. [8:06]
8:00 Price Piano Quintet in A minor: III. Juba – Takács Quartet; Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68433. [3:30]
9:00 Jessie Montgomery Soul Force – New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [8:31]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Haydn Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, H VIId:3 – Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian. Berlin Classics 0300647-BC. [16:27]
11:00 Ola Gjeilo The Lake Isle –Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet. Decca B0024646-02. [6:18]
12:00 Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 – Buffalo Phil Orch/
Jacob Cornejo
Jacob Cornejo, an 18-year-old flutist from Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood, is a fellow of Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, a program that supports young orchestral musicians of diverse backgrounds. As a longtime student at Merit School of Music, he is in The Purple Hippopotami, Merit’s top flute ensemble. He also recently performed at Symphony Center with the Equity Arc Pathways Orchestra. In his live recital with pianist Mio Nakamura, he plays landmark flute works by Benjamin Godard and Robert Muczynski, a fantasia by Telemann, and shorter pieces by Ian Clarke and John Rutter. Robbie Ellis hosts.
Saturday, June 21
11:00 am
JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572323. [15:06]
1:00 Josef Fiala English Horn Concerto in C – Albrecht Mayer, eh; Potsdam Chamber Academy. DG 4792942. [11:45]
2:00 Debussy Piano Trio in G – Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA-67114. [19:37]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Tailleferre Flute and Piano Concerto – Leta Miller, f; Josephine Gandolfi, p; UC Santa Cruz Orch/ Nicole Paiement. Helicon HE-1048. [17:13]
4:00 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Julian Bream, g; Melos Ensemble/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 61598-2. [19:53]
5:00 Gershwin Piano Suite, Blue Monday – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s. EMI CDC7-49752-2. [14:22]
6:00 Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 – Dmitri Berlinsky, v; Svetlana Gorakhovich, p. Helicon HE-1015. [10:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn Symphony No. 81 in G – Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone. Decca 4788837 (2). [28:24]
9:00 Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 –Beaux Arts Trio. Warner Classics 62514-2. [27:07]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Dvorák Piano Concerto in G minor; Martin Helmchen, piano; Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World; Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor.
Friday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: II. Air on the G string – Lucie Horsch, r; et al.. Decca 4870642. [4:14]
7:00 Barber Piano Concerto, Op. 38: Canzone: Moderato –John Browning, p; St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60732-2-RC. [7:55]
8:00 Debussy Première rapsodie (Clarinet Rhapsody) – Franklin Cohen, cl; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 439896-2. [8:33]
9:00 Robert Schumann Manfred, Op. 115: Overture – London Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner. LSO Live LSO-0844. [11:09]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Chaplin City Lights: Suite – Philippe Quint, v; Marta Aznavoorian, p. Warner 585381. [8:18]
11:00 Nigel Westlake Selections from Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra –John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel. Sony SK-53361. [7:22]
12:00 Auber Fra Diavolo: Overture – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [7:47]
1:00 Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner – Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado. Archiv 4777598 (2). [20:54]
2:00 Price Piano Sonata in E minor – Michelle Cann, p. Platoon PLAT-18088. [24:06]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship – Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel; Leon Spierer, v. DG 4745642. [10:32]
4:00 Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E: III. Scherzo, Sehr schnell – Rotterdam Phil Orch/Lahav Shani. Warner 5054197619663. [9:55]
5:00 Jonathan Dove Seek him that maketh the seven stars –Baylor A Cappella Choir/ Alan Raines; Isabelle Demers, o. Acis APL-55284. [6:08]
6:00 Kabalevsky Violin Concerto in C, Op. 48 – Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 457064-2. [14:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Giuseppe Verdi, Part II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Clarice Assad Familia – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Assad family, g’s and vocals. Sony 24414-2. [3:57]
9:00 Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Summertime – Jazz Combo/Miles Davis. CBS CK-40647. [3:19]
10:00 Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 –Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [31:24]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Quentin Crisp (10/21/1992) Studs talked with author and historian Quentin Crisp (1908 –1999) who wrote about gays in Britain and the United States, and notably, about his own life as a homosexual in England in the 1930s.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4785334. [12:51]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Michael Abels Delights and Dances – Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000141. [13:02]
11:00 Introductions See In the Spotlight on this page.
12:00 From La Scala: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin Alisa Kolosova (Larina); Aida Garifullina (Tatiana); Elmina Hasan (Olga); Yulya Gertseva (Filippyevna); Alexey Markov (Eugene Onegin); Dmitry Korchak, (Lensky); Dmitry Ulyanov (Prince Gremin); La Scala Chorus & Orchestra; Timur Zangiev, conductor.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Menotti Sebastian: Barcarolle & Pavane – Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9900. [8:40]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of Lyric Opera’s
2025-26 season with general director John Magnum
5:00 Music with Jan Weller including Henriëtte Bosmans Poème – Dmitri Ferschtman, vc, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Ed Spanjaard. NM Classics 92095. [14:32]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Schumann Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18; George Li, piano; Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D. 929; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello.
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael chat with bassbaritone Davóne Tines about his project exploring the life and legacy of Paul Robeson. LaRob also shares some of his favorite vocal moments in classical music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Among the first performers to visit Folkstage in 1998, Cheryl Wheeler cast her spell over the audience with self-deprecating humor and songs of deep feeling.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Summer Solstice – On the longest day of the year, stretch out, stay out late, and remember those bygone vacations.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Host Peter DuBois explores sacred choral and organ music of praise.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Ken Burton The Promised Land – The Aeolians Cho & Orch/Jason Max Ferdinand. GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087. [6:16]
8:00 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio – Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4864775. [16:12]
9:00 Mozart Idomeneo ballet music, K. 367 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2159. [16:20]
10:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in G, D 894: I. Molto moderato e cantabile – Adam Laloum, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902660. [21:04]
11:00 Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 –André Previn, p; William Vacchiano, tr; New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Philips 456934-2 (2). [22:06]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz
of the Flowers – Orch de Paris/Seiji Ozawa. Philips 4788977. [6:36]
1:00 Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da Capo; Chih-Long Hu Afterthoughts on Bach’s Goldberg Variations – Chih-Long Hu, p. Blue Griffin BGR-423. [11:13]
2:00 Poulenc Sinfonietta (1947) – San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra. Koch 3-7094-2. [29:41]
3:00 Higdon Blue Cathedral –Atlanta Sym Orch/ Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80596. [12:13]
4:00 Britten Select Folksong settings – Peter Pears, t; Benjamin Britten, p. Decca 430063-2. [13:10]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82 – Berlin Phil/ Daniel Barenboim. CBS M2K-42489 (2). [30:42]
6:00 Hanson Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 21, Nordic –Eastman-Rochester Orch/ Howard Hanson. Mercury 432008-2. [26:39]
7:00 Vivaldi Gloria in D, R. 589 –Dawn Upshaw & Penelope Jensen, s’s; Marietta Simpson, ms; Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80194. [29:38]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Ginastera String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20; Mozart Quartet for Flute and Strings in D Major, K. 285; Divertimento in F Major, K. 138; William Kraft Timpani Concerto No. 1; David Herbert, timpani; Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1; Pines of Rome; Riccardo Muti, conductor. Visit wfmt. com for more information.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Ricardo Castro Mexican Composer and Pioneer Elbio highlights Castro’s piano concerto and cello concerto, the first ever written in Latin America.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Jorge Federico Osorio –Program 1. Ricardo Castro Piano Concerto in A; Liszt Three Petrarch Sonnets; Rameau L’Egyptienne; Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess; Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2; Intermezzo, Op. 116, No. 2 in A.
Monday 23
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Dvorák Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81: II. Dumka – Takács Quartet; Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68433. [14:02]
7:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral: V. Finale, Shepherd’s Song – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [8:58]
8:00 Geminiani Trio Sonata No. 3 in F – Purcell Quartet. Hyperion CDA-66264. [8:45]
9:00 Berlioz Waverley Overture, Op. 1 – London Sym Orch/ Sir Colin Davis. Philips 456143-2 (6). [10:21]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Cimarosa Il matrimonio segreto : Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [6:43]
11:00 Liszt Années de pèlerinage: 1st Year, Switzerland: No. 9, Les cloches de Genève –Muza Rubackyte, p. Lyrinx LYR-2216 (3). [5:52]
12:00 Telemann Violin Concerto in A, Die Relinge – Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 471492-2. [10:54]
1:00 Schubert Rondo in A, D 951 – Maria João Pires & Ricardo Castro, p. DG 4775233 (2). [9:35]
2:00 Copland Billy the Kid: Suite –Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Decca 466909-2. [19:33]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV 806 – Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-60276. [22:21]
4:00 Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MLK-39440. [16:03]
5:00 Sibelius Tapiola, Op. 112 –Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4852256. [19:15]
6:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58: I. Allegro moderato – Boris Giltburg, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko. Naxos 8.574152. [19:25]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bushel of Fifths Bill considers the fifth symphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Sibelius, and Shostakovich. He shares performances conducted by Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, Yannick NézetSéguin, and Eugene Ormandy.
8:00 Live from WFMT Kerry Frumkin welcomes pianist Craig Terry and friends for a delightful program.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony Schoenberg Erwartung, Op. 17; Mary Elizabeth Williams, soprano; Ravel Mother Goose; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
Tuesday 24
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846/69: Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C minor – Víkingur Ólafsson, p. DG 4835022. [2:58]
7:00 Jean-Baptiste Accolay Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor –Itzhak Perlman, v; Juilliard Orch/Lawrence Foster. EMI CDC5-56750-2. [7:36]
8:00 Walton Troilus and Cressida: Symphonic Suite: II. Scherzo – Sinfonia of London/ John Wilson. Chandos CHSA-5360. [7:22]
9:00 Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, Egyptian: III. Finale, Molto allegro –Philippe Entremont, p; Toulouse Capitole Orch/ Michel Plasson. Sony 88875192862. [6:00]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Satie Pièces froides - Trois airs à faire fuir – Alain Planès, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902749. [7:00]
11:00 Bartók Nine Hungarian Peasant Songs for Orchestra – BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. Onyx 4213. [9:04]
12:00 Handel Coronation Anthem, Let Thy hand be strengthened – Westminster Abbey Cho, English Concert/ Simon Preston. Archiv 410030-2. [8:52]
1:00 Beach Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 – Danny Driver, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rebecca Miller. Hyperion CDA-68130. [34:39]
2:00 Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture –Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 423662-2. [8:17]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Elgar Froissart Overture, Op. 19 – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Teldec 98436-2. [14:50]
4:00 Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata notturna – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45713-2. [13:03]
5:00 Holst St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2-RC. [12:13]
6:00 Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Suite – Pro Arte Guitar Trio. ASV CDWHL-2099. [15:16]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bushel of Fifths See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart String Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464 –Emerson String Quartet. Andante 123 (3). [32:13]
9:00 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – St. Petersburg Phil Orch/ Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-54877-2. [34:32]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 , Métamorphoses nocturnes; Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, BB 115; Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung, piano; Ayano Kataoka, Ian Rosenbaum, percussion. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Symphony No. 10 in D, D. 936a – St Martin’s Academy/ Neville Marriner. Philips 412176-2 (6). [27:31]
Wednesday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Chopin Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2 – Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 60445-2. [6:06]
7:00 Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 –Janine Jansen, v; Royal Phil Orch/Barry Wordsworth. Decca 475011-2. [9:02]
8:00 Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter: I. Allegro vivace – Vienna Concentus Musicus/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Sony 888430263529. [12:57]
9:00 Copland El Salón México –Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata. EMI CDM7-64303-2. [10:45]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Karl Kohaut Lute Concerto in F – Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d’Oro/Zefira Valova. Aparté AP-376. [13:26]
11:00 Avril Coleridge-Taylor Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 –Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor. Decca 4853322. [13:34]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. Trio Tokava (violinist Zi Yang Low, cellist Liav Kerbel, and pianist Nadia Azzi) performs music by Debussy, Lili Boulanger, and Shostakovich, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Bonds Troubled Water –Ashley Jackson, h. Decca 7572822. [6:35]
2:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0013. [30:21]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Vivaldi La Cetra Concerto No. 2 in A, R. 345 – Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer. Virgin 61246-2 (2). [9:02]
4:00 Rossini String Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat – Leningrad Chamber Orch/Eduard Serov. Melodiya MCD-246. [14:01]
5:00 Sarasate Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 – Hilary Hahn, v; Frankfurt Radio Symphony/ Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
DG 4862383. [14:05]
6:00 Bernhard Henrik Crusell Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 1: Finale, Rondo: Allegretto – Emma Johnson, cl; Royal Phil Orch/Günther Herbig. ASV CDDCA-763. [7:14]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2025: Mozart Paris Symphony Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Imani Winds and Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Valerie Coleman Phenomenal Women; Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Mozart Symphony No. 31, Paris.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Piano
Formed in 2014, The Gesualdo Six is an award-winning British vocal ensemble comprising some of the UK’s finest consort singers and is praised for their imaginative programming and impeccable blend. Their debut recording was released in 2018 to wide critical acclaim, and their discography has already grown to nine albums on the Hyperion label, each regularly reaching the top of the classical charts. This summer, the sextet comes to the US to tour the extraordinary theatrical concert Secret Byrd, created and directed by Bill Barclay and produced by Concert Theatre Works. Secret Byrd has been described by The Guardian as “glorious,” “chillingly authentic,” ”ominous, buoyant and uplifting.” In advance of The Gesualdo Six’s upcoming Chicago performances, meet the founder of the vocal consort: bass, composer, and conductor Owain Park.
Saturday, June 28
4:00 pm
Sonata in D, D 850 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi 902115.16 (2). [38:38]
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bushel of Fifths See Monday’s listing.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: A Frescobaldi Musical Flower Organist Lorenzo Ghielmi and the vocal ensemble Canticum perform Giralomo Frescobaldi’s Missa della Madonna from the composer’s 1635 collection of sacred music Fiori musicali
Thursday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Tchaikovsky Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, Caractéristique: III. Scherzo burlesque – Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner. Capriccio 10227. [5:00]
7:00 Gabrieli O magnum mysterium – National Brass Ensemble. Oberlin Music OC 15-04. [3:57]
8:00 Rossini The Barber of Seville : Overture – Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda. Naxos 8.570933. [7:28]
9:00 Bruce Wolosoff Cello Sonata No. 1, Paradise Found: II. Semplice –Sara Sant’Ambrogio, vc; Bruce Wolosoff, p. Avie AV-2492. [5:35]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. DG 439152-2. [6:47]
11:00 Ernest Farrar Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 9, The Open Road – Philharmonia Orch/ Alasdair Mitchell. Chandos CHAN-9586. [10:05]
12:00 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Overture, Op. 1, Nonetto – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Astrée E-8532. [7:59]
1:00 Franck Violin Sonata in A – Lara St. John, v; Matt Herskowitz, p. Ancalagon ANC-144. [22:12]
2:00 Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano. Decca 4830396. [10:33]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Symphony No. 16 in C, K. 128 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [13:51]
4:00 Richard Strauss Romanze in F – Heinrich Schiff, vc; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 426262-2. [9:26]
5:00 Ruth Gipps Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 34: II.
Andante – Murray McLachlan, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Charles Peebles. Somm SOMMCD-273. [5:47]
6:00 Elfrida Andrée Flute Sonata in B-Flat – Paula Gudmundson, f; Tracy Lipke-Perry, p. MSR Classics MS-1722. [15:00]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bushel of Fifths See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Dmitri Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 77 – Raphael Wallfisch, vc; London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8579. [29:43]
9:00 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 – Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony SK-48494. [26:34]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Bernstein Overture to Candide; Chichester Psalms; Schumann Manfred Overture, Op. 115; JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Thomson Selections from Four Saints in Three Acts; Russo Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 32, Titans; Debussy Rhapsody; Brubeck Dialogue, II. Visit wfmt.com for more information.
Friday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107, Reformation: IV. Finale (Chorale, Ein feste Burg) – Zürich Tonhalle Orch/ Paavo Järvi. Alpha 1004. [8:13]
7:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV. 293 – Gil Shaham, v; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 439933-2. [10:15]
8:00 Ernest John Moeran Overture for a Masque (1944) – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573106. [9:22]
9:00 Falla Suite populaire espagnole – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Sandra Rivers, p. RCA 62546-2. [12:34]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 – Yundi Li, p. DG 4812443. [11:48]
11:00 Rubén D’Artagnan González Tango, Santa Fe – D’Artagnan González & Fehling, v’s; Swan, vi; Hirschl, vc. D’Note DND-1024. [3:36]
12:00 Offenbach La belle Hélène: Overture – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 411450-2. [7:21]
1:00 Gershwin Piano Concerto in F – Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865756. [31:29]
2:00 Josef Myslivecek Sinfonia concertante No. 6 in C – Concerto Köln. Archiv 4776418. [8:01]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Wagner Symphony in E – Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch/Hiroshi Wakasugi. Denon CO-75259. [19:00]
4:00 Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 –Lynn Harrell, vc; Cleveland Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. Decca 410019-2. [19:00]
5:00 Bologne Violin Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 1b, No. 1 –Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records 888295594394. [12:27]
6:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 426262-2. [15:22]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bushel of Fifths See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including LennonMcCartney Yesterday – Theo Hoffman, br; Rubén Rengel, v; Steven Blier, p; Schubert Im Frühling, D 882 – Theo Hoffman, br; Kunal Lahiry, p. NYFOS Records 198622719254. [8:12]
9:00 Clémence de Grandval Trio de salon, Op. 8 – Lajos Lencsés, ob; Libor Šíma, bn; François Killian, p. Hänssler Classic 98295. [8:17]
10:00 Clara Schumann Piano Sonata in G minor – Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4850020. [20:14]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (6/21/1974) The preeminent journalists tell the story of the Watergate break-in and writing their book, All The President’s Men.
Saturday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 –French National Radio Orch strings/Heitor Villa-Lobos. EMI CDU5-66964-2. [10:56]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Ludovico Einaudi I giorni; Giorni dispari – La Pietà/ Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8738. [11:16]
11:00 Introductions Lily Yoshihara, 18, violin. Wieniawski Polonaise de concert, Op. 4; Ikuma Dan Fantasy for Violin and Piano No. 1; Bach Solo Violin Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001;
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1. With Yoahn Jon Kwon, piano.
12:00 From La Scala: Cesti’s L’Orontea Stéphanie d’Oustrac (Orontea); Mirco Palazzi (Creonte); Francesca Pia Vitale (Silandra); Hugh Cutting (Corindo); Luca Tittoto (Gelone); Sara Blanch (Tibrino); Marianna Pizzolato (Aristea); Carlo Vistoli (Alidoro); Maria Nazarova (Giacinta); La Scala Orchestra; Giovanni Antonini, conductor.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Ned Rorem Three Barcarolles: No. 3, Lento –Lively – Leon Fleisher, p. Sony SK-57338. [3:54]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with conductor and bass Owain Park. See In the Spotlight on page 30.
5:00 Music with Jan Weller including Eve Beglarian Another Time – Lara Downes, p. Flipside FL-0011. [1:30]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Mauro Giuliani Grand duo concertante in A Major, Op. 85; Danbi Um, violin; Lukasz Kuropaczewski, guitar; Bartók Sonata No. 1 in C-sharp Minor, Sz. 75; Yura Lee, violin; George Li, piano.
7:00 Sounds Classical: Classical Music Faves and Why People Love Them Join hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael in a fun look at some of the world’s most famous classical pieces as they highlight moments that stand out to them!
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio : Catherine Miles and Jay Mafale are husband and wife, co-conspirators, and storytellers who deliver modern folk with a sprinkling of the wit and flair that springs from their theater backgrounds.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Spin the Wheel – Music will keep you rolling through summer including songs about wheels and other things that spin and turn.
Sunday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Summertime is a time for refreshment, relaxation, and reflection. Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ music that invites us to sit back and savor a more relaxed pace, while leading us to spiritual reflection.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Price Symphony No. 1
in E minor – Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559827. [37:22]
8:00 Daniel Bernard Roumain Prayer – Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet. Rising Sun Music RS-012. [6:09]
9:00 Tartini Violin Concerto in B-flat – La Serenissima/ Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2154. [18:33]
10:00 Carlos Simon Memory of Summer – Carlos Simon, p. Decca 4854768; Warmth from Other Suns: I. Rays of Light – Ivalas Quartet. Rising Sun Music Light. [9:33]
11:00 Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 –Tasmin Little, v; BBC Phil/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10879. [31:51]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including José Pablo Moncayo Huapango –Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Maximiano Valdés. Dorian DOR-90227. [7:52]
1:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 1: Flute, Violin & Cello Concerto in A – Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4). [20:11]
2:00 Doreen Carwithen Piano Concerto – Samantha Ege, p; Lontano Orch/ Odaline de la Martinez. Lorelt LNT-150. [32:49]
3:00 Herrmann Psycho : A Narrative for String Orchestra – London Phil Orch/Bernard Herrmann. Decca 443895-2. [14:30]
4:00 Still Poem for Orchestra –Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559603. [10:27]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Excerpts from Acts 2 and 3 – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-63162. [34:09]
6:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, Jeunehomme – Alicia de Larrocha, p; English Chamber Orch/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 60825-2-RC. [33:57]
7:00 Sibelius String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, Voces intimae –Emerson String Quartet. DG B0006340-02. [27:56]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano; Andrzej Panfunik Heroic Overture; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13, Winter Dreams; Tugan Sokhiev, conductor; Wagner Prelude to Tristan and Isolde; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: 18th Century Latino Jewels Elbio shares Baroque and Classical music from Bolivia,
Brazil, and Mexico that is as powerful and beautiful as what was coming from Europe at the time.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Jorge Federico Osorio –Program 2 Schubert Piano Sonata in B-Flat; Soler Sonatas in D, D-Flat, F-Sharp Minor; Ricardo Castro Canto de amor; Ponce Piano Concerto No. 1, “Romantico;” Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2.
Monday 30
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, Gran Partita: III. Adagio – Amadeus Winds/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421437-2. [5:19]
7:00 Rachmaninoff Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 – Mischa Maisky, vc; Pavel Gililov, p. DG B0005831-02. [6:09]
8:00 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Quintet, Op. 143: II. Andante mesto – Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000190. [6:54]
9:00 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in C minor, R. 401 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-90916. [10:12]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Beethoven Andante favori in F, WoO 57 – Nelson Freire, p. Decca 4853136. [7:55]
11:00 Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Ballet Suite (Four Dances) – London Sym Orch/Gisèle Ben-Dor. Naxos 8.570999. [14:20]
12:00 Purcell The Fairy Queen: Act 3 Instrumental Suite –Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall. Fontalis ES-8583. [11:01]
1:00 Debussy Petite Suite – Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.572583. [13:02]
2:00 Mozart Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 545 – Mitsuko Uchida, p. Philips 412122-2. [13:40]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Johann Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 – Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/ Willi Boskovsky. EMI CDC7-47052-2. [10:12]
4:00 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: IV. Finale, Allegro energico e passionato – London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.570233. [10:27]
5:00 Ravel Boléro – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 439512-2. [14:22]
6:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata
The season finale of Live From WFMT features an exclusive performance by pianist and musicologist Dr. Samantha Ege, a leading scholar and interpreter of the music of Florence Price. Her latest book, South Side Impresarios, showcases Chicago composers such as Price and Margaret Bonds during a golden era in Chicago’s classical music history. As a concert pianist, Dr. Ege’s performances bring her research to life, sometimes entwining narration and conversation. Whether sharing the Black Renaissance repertoire of Price and Bonds, or displaying the postmodernism of Undine Smith Moore and Julia Perry, or championing the British concertos of Avril Coleridge-Taylor and Doreen Carwithen, or celebrating the contemporary works of Bongani Ndodana-Breen and Odaline de la Martinez, storytelling is at the heart of Dr. Ege’s engaging performances. Monday, June 30 8:00 pm
No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight –Alessio Bax, p. Signum SIGCD-397. [14:17]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sounds of the City of Light Music in Paris from Hector Berlioz to Claude Debussy, spanning from 1830 to the early 1900s. Discover what made luminaries such as Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod, and Charles-Valentin Alkan shine.
8:00 Live from WFMT See In the Spotlight on this page.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Gubaidulina Fairytale Poem; Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
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