From the President & CEO The Guide
Dear Member,
This month, we premiere Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, a long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed series tracing the precarious relationship between King Henry VIII, played by Damian Lewis, and his chief minister Thomas Cromwell, portrayed by Oscar winner Mark Rylance. The new series is adapted from the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, and on page 4, Lewis, Rylance, and actor Kate Phillips (who plays Jane Seymour and most recently, the title role in Miss Scarlet) share their thoughts about the story so far and insights about their characters. WTTW Passport members can watch all six episodes of season one of Wolf Hall now.
WTTW will celebrate Women’s History Month throughout March with Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy, the story of one of the greatest cellists of all time narrated by Yo-Yo Ma; Women of World War II: The Untold Stories, about the American women who fought on the warfront and the home front; and Shaking it Up: The Life & Times of Liz Carpenter, the inspirational story of the groundbreaking journalist and press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson who helped shape some of the most vivid moments and movements of the 20th century.
WFMT will also mark the month with a vibrant live performance by singersongwriter and violin phenom Anne Harris, who brings her trio to WFMT’s Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio for Folkstage ; an interview with soprano Joélle Harvey in advance of her appearance in Haydn’s Mass in the Time of War with the Chicago Symphony; and Barbara Hannigan’s debut as guest conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra as she leads works by Haydn, Ligeti, and Strauss.
On behalf of all of us at WTTW and WFMT, thank you for your support that makes everything possible.
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT (ISSN 2329-1338) March 2025
Volume 36, Number 319
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Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Wisconsin Lighthouses
Discover the stunning lighthouses that shaped Wisconsin’s maritime history, from Lake Michigan’s first beacon at Pottawatomie to the towering lights of Door County. Marvel at their idyllic settings and architecture.
Wednesday, March 12, 7:00 pm
In the Spotlight
Tony Bennett: Viva Duets
The late, great entertainer Tony Bennett (who passed away in 2023) performs duets with a celebrated roster of performers, including Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Franco De Vita, and Vicente Fernandez on some of his greatest hits, including “For Once in My Life,” “Return to Me,” “Who Can I Turn To?”, and many more.
Sunday, March 2
6:00 pm
Saturday 1
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 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
5:00 Classical Rewind The program weaves the stories of the greatest compositions and composers of all time with visual interpretations of the music set to iconic images of nature, fantasy, historical locations, architecture, and art.
Daily Television Programming •
Programmer’s Picks
The Mystery of Mr. E
Twin brothers John and George Danes are visited by a stranger who knows where they are heading, introduces himself as “the murderer,” and then disappears. It isn’t long before someone is found dead.
Thursday, March 20, 8:30 pm
MORNING
6:30 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop Full-length performances include Johnny Maestro, The Duprees, Jay Back, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Ronnie Spector, Frankie Valli, Jerry Butler, and many more.
8:30 Get Good with Money with Tiffany Aliche Find peace, safety, and harmony with money, no matter how big or small the goal. An invaluable guide to cultivating good financial habits and making your money work for you.
10:00 America Made with Love Travel coast to coast to meet extraordinary artisans – including a cowboy bootmaker and a jewelry artist inspired by Indigenous ancestry –whose passion, vision and creativity embody the essence of American ingenuity.
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Double Down
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake
12:43 Cook’s Country: Puerto Rican Classics
1:20 Lidia’s Kitchen: Good Friends & Good Food
1:57 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: ButterBasted Fish and Succotash
2:35 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Tagine and Hummus
3:11 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Stir-Fry Favorites
3:48 Essential Pépin: Eggs-Quisite
4:24 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Crowd Pleasers
5:00 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and fell in Europe, taking millions of people with it.
EVENING
7:00 Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem Learn how Midsomer Murders came to
Frontline: The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram
With ProPublica, Frontline traces the rise of a global community of white supremacists and the anonymous platforms used to spread hate and promote terror attacks.
Tuesday, March 25, 9:00 pm
life from the pages of Caroline Graham’s books in interviews with the lead actors.
8:00 Earth, Wind and Fire: Iheart Radio Live Join the legendary Grammy Award-winning band Earth, Wind & Fire for an unforgettable night of music and celebration. With their signature blend of soul, funk, pop, and R&B, the band delivers a high-energy performance filled with timeless hits like “Shining Star,” “September,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “Let’s Groove,” and more.
9:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop See 6:30 am.
11:30 Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park Join the iconic duo and the more 500,000 fans who came out for this once-in-a-lifetime 1981 benefit concert in New York’s Central Park.
Sunday 2
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Get Good with Money with Tiffany Aliche See Sat. Mar. 1 at 8:30 am. [R]
2:30 Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities
4:00 5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
5:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White
MORNING
6:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy
7:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the landmark series with video clips and interviews with Ken Burns, Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and others.
9:00 Moments to Remember Patti Page and Nick Clooney co-host new performances and archival classics featuring many legends of the late fifties and early sixties pop era.
11:30 Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste Explore the science and culture
behind musical taste with Dr. Nolan Gasser.
AFTERNOON
1:00 Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming “Back to Brooklyn” at the Barclays Center arena, marking the superstar’s first Brooklyn concert since her childhood years.
3:00 Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things Explore the vast repertoire of these musical theater pioneers
In the Spotlight
Behind the Scenes of Leonardo Da Vinci with Ken Burns
Explore the making of the groundbreaking documentary about the artist’s towering achievements. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon discuss their creative process and reveal the challenges of making this 500-year-old story compelling for today’s viewers.
Monday, March 3 7:00 pm
Leonardo Da Vinci
Tony Bennett
Photo: Kelcey Bennett
A with Q&A Wolf Hall’s DAMIAN LEWIS, MARK RYLANCE, & KATE PHILLIPS
When Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light begins, Thomas Cromwell is nearing the peak of his powers as a servant of King Henry VIII. But Henry is a capricious master, and Cromwell has plenty of enemies. The Mirror and the Light , which tracks Cromwell’s downfall, is an adaptation of the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Cromwell trilogy, following Wolf Hall , which covered the first two books.
Watch Sundays beginning March 23 at 8:00 pm on WTTW, wttw.com, and the PBS app and enjoy this chat with actors Mark Rylance, who stars as Cromwell; Damian Lewis (King Henry VIII); and Kate Phillips (Jane Seymour), who also stars in Miss Scarlet
Where did we leave Cromwell at the end of the first series?
Mark Rylance: We left Cromwell right after the execution of Anne Boleyn. She was someone whom he really liked because she was intelligent and cultured, so I think it was quite tragic for him. This series begins right at the same moment, with a different perspective of the
execution. Cromwell is a guard dog and becomes increasingly required to be a brutal gatekeeper for his master, but he never really loses his compassion and empathy for other human beings.
Who are Cromwell’s enemies?
Rylance: His primary enemies are the old families – the Courtenays and the Poles are not friends of Cromwell, primarily because they see the Tudor dynasty as a blip in the much longer dynasties of their families. They don’t like the idea of a common man rising up and replacing many posts in the governance of England with people of merit rather than people of aristocracy. Cromwell is increasingly on his own.
What is Cromwell’s relationship with Henry like?
Rylance: It’s nice to be playing with Damian Lewis again, and his subtle and mysterious portrayal of Henry VIII. He’s deeply sensitive and incredibly powerful, so there’s that appeal of working for someone who has the power to effect enormous good, and if you catch him in the right mood, then great things can happen. It’s a remarkable thing that he has advanced a person like Cromwell because of his merit and ability. Cromwell was a very early activist in trying to get English translations of the Bible into the hands of every man and woman. This sounds natural now, but it was a very dangerous thing at the time, for which people were being burnt left, right, and center. Cromwell is walking the line, very close to that being his fate. I don’t know how you would prepare yourself for that.
Does Cromwell see his downfall coming?
Rylance: I think that’s a good question for the audience to consider; it’s one of the delights you’ll have watching the show. I think he gets tired
MARK RYLANCE AS THOMAS CROMWELL AND DAMIAN LEWIS AS KING HENRY VIII
and there are times when he fantasizes about a different life. He’s always aware that something bad could happen. You are reaping great benefits, great wealth, but you are dealing with people who are trying to put a knife in your back. You’re dealing with an extremely violent regime that is sustained by that. And you are an agent of that regime.
What are Henry’s concerns about his position?
Damian Lewis: I think what is probably true of Henry is that there was a deep insecurity in him underneath the magnificence. He believed he possessed this magnificence. He believed he was next to God on Earth. But I think deep down there was an insecurity about him not being able to provide male heirs and his children not surviving. In Tudor times, they believed strongly that if you had many extramarital affairs, you were less likely to have healthy children within marriage. It was a new dynasty. The Tudors, Henry VIII, had a thin claim to the throne.
Tell us about Cromwell and Henry’s relationship.
Lewis: Henry enjoys Cromwell’s honesty, his truth, and his ability to get things done. So, he doesn’t have to think too hard about them himself. Henry was many things – he
loved his pastimes and his pursuits, he spent a long time trying to create this idea of an Arthurian romantic court where people wrote poetry and played music and learnt languages, and where romantic love and the chivalric code were terribly important. This meant that there wasn’t always a lot of time to run the country, so he had Cromwell.
Tell us about Jane Seymour.
Kate Phillips: Jane is the third wife of Henry VIII. She was believed to be one of the lowest born of all of the queens, but she’s been a lady in waiting to Katherine of Aragon, and later to Anne Boleyn, so she’s been at Court for some time. Jane’s relationship with the King is, I believe, at the beginning, something of real hope and happiness for him. It’s with Jane that he sees this new future. She’s seen as very chaste, really plain, and I think Henry finds that deeply attractive. And whether or not Jane herself has found a love match…I think that’s definitely called into question over the course of the series. What Hilary Mantel did so beautifully in the book, and what I think has been translated so brilliantly in the screenplay, is the unpicking of the stereotype of Jane, the stereotype of having no agency. You see these moments when she’s sharp and witty, and I think those flashes of brilliant intelligence are really exciting.
"What is probably true of Henry is that there was a deep insecurity in him underneath the magnificence."
DAMIAN LEWIS
What is Jane’s relationship with Cromwell?
Phillips: I think they’re in love with each other. That’s the story that we have been discussing – you see a glimpse of it in Wolf Hall , and it’s definitely present in this series. He’s one of the very few people in her life that she can rely on, in whom she trusts and confides. It’s a really important relationship in her life. I think there’s a huge amount of underlying pain that exists in lots of the scenes where I think they would, if they could, have been together – but the King gets in the way.
Courtesy of BBC. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
KATE PHILLIPS AS JANE SEYMOUR
Ireland with Michael
Beginning Thursday, March 6, 9:00 pm
Michael Londra, host of Ireland with Michael, takes us to intriguing destinations where we learn Irish history, meet local artisans, experience small-town pubs and food, and enjoy VIP access to musical and cultural experiences.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
What is Passport?
World
POV: Wisdom Gone Wild
Wednesday, March 5, 7:30 pm
A reflection on aging over the course of 16 years, this film tells the story of Rose Akiko Tajiri through a blend of humor and sadness between mother and daughter that blooms into a portrait of love, care, and a relationship transformed.
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Passport
Murder in Sweden, Season 4
Friday, March 14
WTTW Passport members can binge the entire new 8-episode season of Murder in Sweden.
On a picturesque Swedish island, Maria juggles being a good mother and detective, all while investigating some heinous crimes.
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Michael Londra
Rose Akiko Tajiri
Photo: Seanchai Productions
Photo: Christian Bruno
Photo: Eyeworks Scandi Fiction
Eva Röse and Jerka Johansson
in a star-studded concert featuring Aaron Tveit, Patrick Wilson, and more performing from Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music, and more.
5:00 Rick Steves Why We Travel
5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Tony Bennett: Viva Duets Tony Bennett performs duets with a celebrated roster of performers, including Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Franco De Vita, and Vicente Fernandez on classic songs like “For Once in My Life,” “Return to Me,” “Who Can I Turn To?”, and many more.
7:00 All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales Reflect on the simple wisdom that can be gleaned from the people of the Yorkshire Dales as they support each other as a community. Members of the cast and creative team share what life lessons they have learned from this gentle, life-affirming series.
8:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends Celebrate the animals we love by revisiting moments from the series where they always come first. Meet Tricki – the biggest scene stealer and smallest cast member – and the many other creatures that exemplify the bond between humans and animals.
10:00 Kris Kristofferson: The Life & Songs Celebrate Kris Kristofferson in a 2016 concert featuring Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Eric Church, Emmylou Harris, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss, Lady A, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Jennifer Nettles, Darius Rucker, and Hank Williams Jr.
11:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe
See Sat. Mar. 1 at 5:30 pm. [R]
Monday 3
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War
See Sat. Mar. 1 at 7:00 am. [R]
2:30 Classical Rewind See Sat. Mar. 1 at 5:00 am. [R]
4:00 Tony Bennett: Viva Duets
See Sun. Mar. 2 at 6:00 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: Living History Farms
(Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Great American Recipe [R]
3:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower
4:00 Cook’s Country: Chicken and Biscuits
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Vibrant Mediterranean Cooking
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Behind the Scenes of Leonardo Da Vinci with Ken Burns
8:30 The U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding This program offers a deeper understanding of the Ken Burns documentary that explores America’s response to one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 4
EARLY MORNING
1:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends See Sun. Mar. 2 at 8:30 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things See Sun. Mar. 2 at 3:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Churchill Downs Racetrack (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (Season 2, Part 1 of 4)
3:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George
4:00 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvania Dutch Country
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Grilled Steak and Fruit Tart
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Fighters Henry Louis Gates, Jr. sits down with Terry Crews and Tony Danza, both guests who overcame adversity, to discover they aren’t the first in their families to beat the odds through sheer force of will.
8:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America Explore the work of one of the most renowned, respected, and
Women’s History Month
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Thursday, March 6, 7:00 pm
Chicago Stories: Jane Addams –Together We Rise
Saturday, March 15, 9:00 pm (11.2 Prime)
Sunday, March 30, 10:00 am
Fly With Me: American Experience
Tuesday, March 18, 8:00 pm Wednesday, March 19 at 10:00 am (11.2 Prime)
Shaking it Up: The Life & Times of Liz Carpenter Sunday, March 23, 10:00 pm (11.2 Prime) Monday, March 24, 9:00 pm
Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne Friday, March 28, 8:00 pm Saturday, March 29, 8:00 pm (11.2 Prime)
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy Friday, March 28, 9:00 pm
The Vote: American Experience
Saturdays, March 1-22, 8:00 pm
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir – American Masters
Sunday, March 2, 9:30 am
Roberta Flack: American Masters
Sunday, March 2, 11:30 am
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands –American Masters
Sunday, March 2, 1:00 pm
Jacqueline du Pré
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It –American Masters
Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm
Her War, Her Story: WWII Sunday, March 9, 10:00 am
The Sun Queen:
American Experience Sunday, March 9, 7:00 pm
Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella
Sunday, March 9, 8:00 pm
Story of the D-Day Forecast: Three Days in June
Saturday, March 16, 7:00 pm
Nolly on Masterpiece
Wednesday, March 19, 8:00 pm
Coronation Girls
Saturday, March 22, 10:30 am
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells
Saturday, March 22, 9:00 pm
Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up
Sunday, March 23, 9:00 am
The Philadelphia Eleven Sunday, March 23, 9:30 am
Miss Friman’s War
Sunday, March 23, 11:00 am
Singing for Justice
Sunday, March 23, 11:00 pm
Wednesday, March 26, 11:00 am (11.2 Prime)
Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv
Saturday, March 29, 9:00 pm
Next, the Kennedy Center: A Joni Mitchell Songbook
Saturday, March 29, 11:00 pm
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Weekday Lineup
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
popular cultural historians with this new retrospective documentary, which explores his work and how it has made history come alive for tens of millions of Americans.
9:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Filoli, Part 1 Finds include a 1976 Apple-I operation manual mock-up for Apple-II, a 1934 All Americans teamsigned baseball, and a 1967 Ansaldo Poggi viola. One is $200,000 to $330,000!
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop See Sat. Mar. 1 at 9:30 pm. [R]
2:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration See Sat. Mar. 1 at 12:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Chicago Finds include a 1908 Chicago Cubs presentation piece, a Tiffany & Co. gold
necklace, and a 1904 Henry Woods oil. Which have soared and which have sunk in the marketplace since 2003? [R]
2:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (Season 2, Part 2 of 4)
3:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Black Death
4:00 Cook’s Country: Motor City Favorites
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Spicing Up the Grill
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Story of the Horse – Origins Since the mysterious beginning of our extraordinary partnership, horses helped shape the human world. Together, humans and horses flourished side by side. What makes us so perfect for each other?
8:30 8 Days: to the Moon and Back Join Apollo 11 on its historic journey. The film seamlessly blends mission audio featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing.
Donkey Hodie @ 11:00 am
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Classical Rewind [R]
2:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
4:00 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Birmingham
2:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (Season 2, Part 3 of 4)
3:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts
4:00 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Pork Chops and Corn Fritters, Perfected
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Women of World War II: The Untold Stories Meet the American women who built the planes and flew them, fought on the warfront and the home front, cracked codes, and broke barriers. The “secret weapon” that helped win the war, they forever changed the world in the process.
8:30 Statue of Liberty Ken Burns traces the development of the Statue of Liberty, from its conception to its complicated and often controversial construction and final dedication. Hear from a wide range of Americans to explore the meaning of this monumental landmark.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
3:00 Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn See Sun. Mar. 2 at 1:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum
(Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland (Season 2, Part 4 of 4)
3:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
4:00 Cook’s Country: Spring Feast
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chinese Classics
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 Earth, Wind and Fire: Iheart Radio Live See Sat. Mar. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
9:30 The Spinners in Concert Join the band who defined the smooth sound of Philadelphia soul for a concert of their classic hits, including I’ll Be Around,” “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love?,” “Then Came You,” “The Rubberband Man,” and many more.
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America See Tues. Mar. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Fighters See Tues. Mar. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War [R]
5:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
MORNING
8:00 5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy [R]
9:00 Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen: Sandi Toksvig Prue welcomes good friend and former host of The Great British Baking Show Sandi Toksvig into her kitchen to cook two recipes from the 1920s. Her husband John makes yogurt, which Prue transforms into a dinner party dessert.
10:15 Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen: Alison Hammond Prue cooks dishes perfect for entertaining and welcomes current host of The Great British Baking Show Alison Hammond into her kitchen, where the pair make something sweet together.
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Leftovers – Use It or Lose It
AFTERNOON
12:07 Cook’s Country: Chuck Roast and Potatoes
12:43 Cook’s Country: New
Mexican Bounty
1:20 Lidia’s Kitchen: A Meal to Make You Smile
1:57 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Japanese-Inspired Favorites
2:35 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Back to Grilling Basics
3:11 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Pies of Yelapa
3:48 Essential Pépin: Ocean Options
4:24 Mary Berry Love to Cook: From the Garden
5:00 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 Ireland Made with Love Explore the legacy of craftsmanship through the skill, pride, and love that go into legendary Irish products. From the spectacular cliffs on the Atlantic coast to medieval castles, Ireland’s epic landscape and rich culture are gloriously showcased.
EVENING
7:00 Best of the ’60s Legends from pop, folk, rock, The British Beat, Motown, soul, and more perform their biggest 1960s hits, classics and more live.
9:30 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
Sunday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: Story of the Horse – Origins See Wed. Mar. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 8 Days: to the Moon and Back See Wed. Mar. 5 at 8:30 pm. [R]
4:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy [R]
5:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
MORNING
7:00 Get Good with Money with Tiffany Aliche [R]
8:30 Classical Rewind [R]
10:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon. Filmmakers Burns and Dayton Duncan vividly reveal fascinating behindthe-scenes stories about the making of the series.
11:30 Ken Burns: The Civil War [R]
AFTERNOON
1:00 Thomas Jefferson: Life/ Liberty – Our Sacred Honor (Part 1 of 2) In this Ken Burns film, Jefferson’s beginnings in Virginia are detailed from his education at William & Mary, the building of Monticello, to his marriage and children.
Helen Baxendale as Agatha Christie
Agat ha and the Midnight Murders
This film reveals the worldrenowned mystery writer’s plan to sell a manuscript that kills off her famous detective Hercule Poirot. Struggling with money and under investigation by tax authorities in America and Britain, Agatha must come up with an enormous sum to get herself out of debt.
Sunday, March 9 7:00 pm
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 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe [R]
EVENING
7:00 Agatha and the Midnight Murders
9:00 Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar Travel to the deserts of Iraq for an archaeological dig, where the famous crime writer unravels a series of mysterious murders.
11:00 Best of the 60’s See Sat. Mar. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Monday 10
EARLY MORNING
1:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop [R]
3:30 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with
In the Spotlight
Chicago R iver Tour with Geoffrey Baer
Join Geoffrey as he explores all three branches of the river aboard six vessels, including the stretches extending south to the Sanitary and Ship Canal and north through the Botanic Garden and Skokie Lagoons. Along the way, he meets people who live and work along the river.
Tuesday, March 11 7:00 pm
Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Idaho Botanical Garden (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 The Great American Recipe
3:00 My Life is Murder: The Boyfriend Experience
4:00 Cook’s Country: Cast Iron Everything
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Cookout
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1956-1958 Celtics teamsigned photo & basketball, a Buffalo Bill poster circa 1893 and an Edwardian sapphire & diamond ring. Which Vermont treasure is worth up to $150,000?
8:00 Great Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl Michael Bublé, Cynthia Erivo, saxophonist Dave Koz, and Mancini’s daughter Monica
Mancini gather to perform Mancini’s signature songs, interspersed with clips from his beloved movies and TV shows.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Thomas Jefferson: Life/ Liberty – Our Sacred Honor (Part 1 of 2) See Sun. Mar. 9 at 1:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Thomas Jefferson: Liberty: The Age of Experiments/ The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Mar. 9 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Oklahoma City
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Fighters [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: The Locked Room
4:00 Cook’s Country: New England for Everyone
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: To Meat or Not to Meat (Sauce)
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War [R]
2:00 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe [R]
3:30 Classical Rewind [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Oklahoma City
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Fighters [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: The Locked Room
4:00 Cook’s Country: New England for Everyone
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: To Meat or Not to Meat (Sauce)
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Wisconsin Lighthouses Discover the lighthouses that shaped Wisconsin’s maritime history, from Lake Michigan’s first beacon at Pottawatomie to the towering lights of Door County and Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands.
8:30 Nature: Woodpeckers – The Hole Story Get an intimate look at what makes woodpeckers so special. With over 240 species of woodpeckers identified, explore their unique evolutionary journey and the powerful role they play in every ecosystem except Antarctica and Australia.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Best of the 60’s [R] 2:30 Best of the 60’s [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage St. Paul
2:00 Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland (Part 1 of 2)
3:00 My Life is Murder: Can’t Stand the Heat
4:00 Cook’s Country: Midwestern Favorites
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: PubStyle Favorites, Revisited
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago from the Air Host Geoffrey Baer narrates a sweeping bird’s-eye tour of the city and beyond, sharing his signature “I never knew that” facts on the journey.
8:30 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago People from all over the city and suburbs take Geoffrey Baer to the places they find most breathtaking and explain why they are so meaningful. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced 5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland (Part 2 of 2)
3:00 My Life is Murder: Feet of Clay
4:00 Cook’s Country: Fried Chicken and Biscuits
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Pork Chops and Oven Fries
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 To be announced 11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:30 To be announced
In the Spotlight
My Life is Murder Marathon
Settle in on Saturday night for back-to-back episodes of this contemporary Australian detective drama as Lucy Lawless plays retired cop Alexa Crowe. Her old boss repeatedly asks for her insight on cold cases and whether Alexa wants to or not, she can’t seem to stop solving crimes.
Saturday, March 15 7:00 pm
Geoffrey Baer
Photo: WTTW / Ken Carl
Lucy Lawless
Photo: American Public Television
MORNING
6:30 To be announced
9:30 Mexico Made with Love
Explore Mexico’s rich cultural landscape through the work of talented artisans who craft beautiful objects infused with warmth, color, and soul. The program celebrates the artists’ exceptional skills while showcasing Mexico’s captivating beauty.
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Grilling with Wood
11:28 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: 5 Ingredients Spells Dinner
AFTERNOON
12:06 Cook’s Country: Low Country Party
12:35 Cook’s Country: Hawaiian Melting Pot
1:12 Lidia’s Kitchen: Embrace The New 1:40 Essential Pépin: Fowl Play
2:15 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Burgers and Chips
2:45 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Farmers’ Market Fare
3:23 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Weeknight Soups
3:51 Pati’s Mexican Table: A Family Affair
4:30 Mary Berry Love to Cook: New Tastes
5:00 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 To be announced
EVENING
7:00 My Life is Murder: Old School Alexa revisits better days – or at least, younger ones – after her beloved high school teacher is crushed to death by a boat rack.
7:45 My Life is Murder: Remains to Be Seen While jogging one morning, Alexa collapses on the bridge named in honor of her late husband. As she confronts her mortality, Kieran takes the opportunity to hand her a case to solve.
8:30 My Life is Murder: Fake Empire When Kieran presents Alexa with another unsolved murder, she declines until Kieran mentions the involvement of clairvoyant Chloe Angel.
9:15 My Life is Murder: Mirror, Mirror As Alexa’s birthday approaches, Kieran gives her an early present: the case of a plastic surgeon obsessed with getting her own cosmetic procedures, who died after self-administering an antiwrinkle drug she developed.
10:00 To be announced
Sunday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced
MORNING 7:00 To be announced
AFTERNOON
1:00 Moments to Remember See Sun. Mar. 2 at 9:00 am. [R]
3:30 Benise: 25 Years of Passion! Join the Prince of Spanish Guitar for a 25th anniversary celebration of fan favorites from his Emmy-winning stage productions. Go on the road with the guitarist to Spain, Paris, Egypt, India, Italy, and more as classical guitar meets classic rock.
5:00 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 Ireland Made with Love See Sat. Mar. 8 at 5:30 pm. [R]
EVENING
7:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Cat Among the Pigeons Lucy Worsley explores Agatha Christie’s haunted, unconventional early life to discover the origins of her talent for murder.
8:30 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Doctor and Detective Join Lucy as she unearths Holmes’ origins in Doyle’s life as a young medical student in Edinburgh.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Storms, Part One (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: Jacob Collier/Nickel Creek
Monday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: The Locked Room [R]
12:45 My Life is Murder: Lividity in Lycra [R]
1:30 My Life is Murder: Can’t Stand the Heat [R]
2:15 My Life is Murder: Feet of Clay [R]
3:00 00 Great Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl See Mon. Mar. 10 at 8:00 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: Shelburne Museum (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 The Great American Recipe
3:00 My Life is Murder: Another Bloody Podcast
4:00 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen
from Cook’s Illustrated: Chocolate Delights
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1943 Le Petit Prince signed first edition, an Arnold Schwarzenegger shirt and autograph circa 1990, and a 1907 E. Williams Gollings oil painting.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a miniature Japanese china set circa 1925, made for dolls; a fashion-forward ranchwear outfit circa 1935; and a Chinese Imperial ceremonial outfit from 1900.
9:00 The Calling: A Medical School Journey A year in the life of medical students at Albert Einstein Medical School in the Bronx.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Ireland Made with Love [R]
2:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Cat Among the Pigeons See Sun. Mar. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle: Doctor and Detective See Sun. Mar. 16 at 8:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Reno
2:00 Wisconsin Lighthouses See Wed. Mar. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: Old School
4:00 Cook’s Country: Seafood Two Ways
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Roast Chicken and Sprouts
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Born to Sing Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the remarkable roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara, revealing his guest’s hidden connections to history and to music.
8:00 Fly With Me: American Experience
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
In the Spotlight
Fly With M e : American Experience
Discover how the first female flight attendants in the 1960s were at the leading edge of women’s rights, changing gender norms and equal opportunity in the workplace law. This lively film recalls the important but neglected history of the women who, while flying the world, changed it.
Tuesday, March 18
8:00 pm
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Calling: A Medical School Journey See Mon. Mar. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 My Life is Murder: Another Bloody Podcast See Mon. Mar. 17 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals II 5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Houston 2019
2:00 Chicago from the Air See Thurs. Mar. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: Remains to be Seen See Sat. Mar. 15 at 7:45 pm. [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Two Tastes from the Bay Area
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated:
Do it Yourself Saturdays
6:30 Puppy School (2 episodes)
8:30 Curious Traveler
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
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 Sara’s Weeknight Meals
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 Pati’s Mexican Table
4:00 Mary Berry Love to Cook
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
The Perfect Cake
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: The Elephant and the Termite Witness the dramas of Africa’s great wildlife meeting place: the waterhole. From mighty elephants to tiny termites, an entire community of creatures call the waterhole their home.
8:00 NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark.
9:00 Weathered: Inside the L.A. Firestorm Go inside the recent devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area to examine the causes, impact on communities, emergency response efforts, and the broader issues of climate change contributing to such extreme fire events.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Born to Sing See Tues. Mar. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Fly With Me: American Experience See Tues. Mar. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Storms, Part One (Season 2, Part 5 of 12) See Sun. Mar. 16 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 My Life is Murder: Remains to Be Seen [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Bismarck
2:00 The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: Fake Empire See Sat. Mar. 15 at 8:30 pm. [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chinese Favorites
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Labours of Hercules Poirot’s pursuit of the infamous art thief Marrascaud leads him to a snowbound
hotel in the Swiss Alps.
8:30 The Mystery of Mr. E
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: The Elephant and the Termite See Wed. Mar. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower See Wed. Mar. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Weathered: Inside the L.A. Firestorm See Wed. Mar. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: Fake Empire [R]
4:00 My Life is Murder: Mirror, Mirror See Sat. Mar. 15 at 9:15 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Rick Steves Rome
3:00 My Life is Murder: Mirror, Mirror [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvanian Melting Pot
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cookie
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 Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal It was the most notorious scandal in the history of professional sports: eight Chicago White Sox players were charged with throwing the World Series in 1919. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
9:00 Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the newfangled “horseless carriage.”
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:30 To be announced See Thurs. Mar. 20 at 8:30 pm. [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Princes in the Tower [R]
3:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Madness of King George [R]
4:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Black Death [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 History with David Rubenstein: Kai Bird
6:27 Puppy School
7:14 Puppy School
8:00 Jay’s Chicago: Music Makers
8:30 Curious Traveler: Utrecht, Netherlands
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: The Black Hills of South Dakota
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Grand Rapids, Michigan
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood – Colonial Revival with Modern Flair
10:30 Ask This Old House: Stair Treads, Sconce Install 11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Brisket 24/7
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Family-Friendly Fare
In the Spotlight
L ucy Worsley Investigates: Blo ody Mary
Does “Bloody Mary,” England’s first ruling female monarch, truly deserve her infamous reputation? In this engaging program, Historian Lucy Worsley investigates whether Queen Mary I (1516-1568) was as ruthless as history suggests, or if her notoriety stemmed from being a strong woman in a predominantly male world.
Sunday, March 23 7:00 pm
Lucy Worsley
Photo: PBS
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food
12:30 Cook’s Country: Two Tastes from the Bay Area [R]
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Cook Together
1:30 Essential Pépin: Cattle Call
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Pork Chops and Blondies
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Chicken and Biscuits
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Cookie Classics
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Ode to the Egg
4:00 Mary Berry Love to Cook: For a Crowd
4:30 Check, Please! Kitsune, Niche, La Chaparrita Grocery
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: The Best of Sicily
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal See Fri. Mar. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
7:00 My Life is Murder: Call of the Wild When a woman shoots a stranger at point-blank range by Auckland Harbor, it looks like an open-and-shut
In the Spotlight
Wolf H a ll: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece
(New Season)
The sequel picks up in May 1536 after the beheading of Anne Boleyn. Cromwell must deftly navigate some moral complexities – he’s caught between his desire to do what’s right and his instinct to survive. The question is: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s brutally mercurial gaze?
Sundays beginning March 23, 8:00 pm
case. But the inquiry becomes anything but simple when Alexa Crowe takes it on.
8:00 Midsomer Murders: The Blacktrees Prophecy (in 2 parts) Deep in Blacktrees Forest is a bombproof shelter built by a man named Warren Kaine. His extreme paranoia has drawn other survivalists to the village, and now a doomsday prepper group meets weekly.
9:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – If It Be Man’s Work Frank and Luella are employed to find a mole leaking secrets of a new fashion app about to be launched.
10:25 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Labours of Hercules See Thurs. Mar. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip See Fri. Mar. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts [R]
3:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album [R]
4:00 Rick Steves Rome [R]
5:00 Finding Your Roots: Born to Sing [R]
6:00 Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv It may be Chicago’s greatest cultural export: improvised theater. But this art form wasn’t created by a funny man – it was devised by a woman who wasn’t out for laughs. Explore the life and legacy of Viola Spolin, known as The Mother of Improv.
7:00 This Old House: Ridgewood –Colonial Revival with Modern Flair [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Stair Treads, Sconce Install [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom: The Shade of It All
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Fairytale Land
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Shrimp Sells
9:30 Great Performances at the Met: Grounded Two-time Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera, based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, has its longawaited company premiere, starring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo and tenor Ben Bliss.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) Revisit the first Season of this historical drama starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII. In the opener: having failed to secure the annulment of Henry’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon, Cardinal
Wolsey is stripped of his powers. His hopes of returning to the king’s favor lie with the ever-loyal Cromwell.
1:13 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Cardinal Wolsey has been forced to move to York. Cromwell remains in London, seeking to return the cardinal to the king’s favor. As Cromwell’s relationship with Henry deepens, there is unexpected news from the north.
2:20 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) With the cardinal dead, it falls to Cromwell to orchestrate a marriage between the king and Anne Boleyn. The king rewards Cromwell for his loyalty, but he is being closely watched by his enemies.
3:30 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) Anne gives birth to a baby girl, failing to produce Henry’s longed-for male heir. Cromwell demands the nobility and church swear an oath acknowledging Anne as lawful queen, but will Thomas More agree?
4:40 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) With Anne pregnant again and away from court, Henry begins to take notice of Jane Seymour. Anne hears of this and threatens Cromwell to make terms with her before her son is born. But
has she overplayed her cards?
5:45 Wolf Hall on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) Henry’s love for Anne Boleyn has given way to anger and distrust. Henry instructs Cromwell to rid him of his second queen. Sensing her loss of favor, the queen’s enemies gather.
EVENING
7:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Bloody Mary Does “Bloody Mary,” England’s first ruling female monarch, truly deserve her infamous reputation?
Investigate whether Mary I was as ruthless as history suggests or if her notoriety stemmed from being a strong woman in a predominantly male world.
8:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) After Anne Boleyn’s death, the young queen’s blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councilor.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: The Worst Winter (Season 2, Part 1 of 8) In the second Season opener, Marie Antoinette and Louis prove to be compassionate and capable rulers with modern ideas about rewarding
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell
Photo: Playground Television Uk Ltd
In the Spotlight
As season two begins, Marie Antoinette (Emilia Schüle) and her husband King Louis XVI are at the height of their power, but face an unprecedented financial crisis while disastrous consequences loom with the Diamond Necklace Affair. From Versailles to the Palais-Royal, the revolt rumbles on and enemies are everywhere.
Sundays beginning March 23, 9:00 pm
Change, Not Charity:
The Americans with Disabilities ActAmerican Experience
Disabled people, their loved ones and allies marched in Washington, DC on March 13, 1990 to protest the lack of support for the Americans With Disabilities Act. This film traces the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility.
Tuesday, March 25
8:00 pm
talent over inherited privilege. But enemies are everywhere.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Storms, Part Two (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: Jelly Roll/The War and Treaty Jelly Roll performs highlights from his breakthrough smash Whitsitt Chapel and celebrated husband-and-wife duo The War And Treaty thrill with powerhouse vocals.
Monday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: Call of the Wild See Sat. Mar. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Midsomer Murders: The Blacktrees Prophecy (in 2 parts) See Sat. Mar. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – If It Be Man’s Work See Sat. Mar. 22 at 9:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: The Best of Sicily [R]
4:00 Puppy School [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Great American Recipe
3:00 My Life is Murder: Call of the Wild [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Cajun Country
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Elegant Dinner Party
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield Farms (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a 1954 Marilyn Monroe military defense ID photo, a Panama hat circa 1970, and an Andy Warhol Golden Shoe collage. Which is valued at $125,000 to $150,000?
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck (Part 3 of 3) Finds include an original Santa Claus oil and advertisement by Hadden Sundblom, a 1778 letter written and signed by George Washington, and two Irish dragoon swallowtail
guidon flags that were used in the Battle of Nashville.
9:00 Shaking it Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter Journalist, White House official, author, humorist, political activist, and feminist leader: over her 89 years of service, Liz Carpenter was often front and center where history was unfolding, leaving her own indelible mark on events and people.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Bloody Mary See Sun. Mar. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Mar. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: The Worst Winter (Season 2, Part 1 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Storms, Part Two (Season 2, Part 6 of 12) See Sun. Mar. 23 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Puppy School [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Election Connection
2:00 Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal [R]
3:00 Midsomer Murders: The Blacktrees Prophecy (in 2 parts) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Elegant Dinner Party
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Brick Wall Falls Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actor Danielle Brooks and singer Dionne Warwick to their distant ancestors, breaking down the barriers imposed by slavery.
8:00 Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act - American Experience
9:00 Frontline: The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield Farms (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Jay’s Chicago
2:00 Shaking it Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter See Mon. Mar. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: Jane Addams – Together We Rise
4:00 Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv See Sun. Mar. 23 at 6:00 am. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Extraordinary Finds
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Bloody Mary [R]
3:00 Midsomer Murders: The Blacktrees Prophecy (Part 2 of 2) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Old New Mexico
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chicken and Biscuits [R]
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Grizzly 399 – Queen of the Tetons The most famous bear in the Tetons attempts to raise four cubs. But she makes increasingly unexpected and consequential choices to protect her family, Grizzly 399 stands as a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild.
8:00 NOVA: Hunt for the Oldest DNA For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Follow the dramatic quest to recover DNA millions of years old and reveal a lost world from before the last Ice Age.
9:00 The Future of Nature: Oceans (Part 1 of 4)
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: The Brick Wall Falls See Tues. Mar. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act - American Experience See Tues. Mar. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram See Tues.
Marie Anto inette (New Season)
Emilia Schüle
ADAPT activists protesting in Los Angeles
Photo: Tom Olin
Mar. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal [R]
4:30 Ask This Old House: Stair Treads, Sconce Install [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Extraordinary Finds 2
2:00 Finding Your Roots: The Brick Wall Falls [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – If It Be Man’s Work [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Chuck Roast and Potatoes
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Cooking at Home with Bridget and Julia
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain – Poirot’s Last Case Confined to a wheelchair and suffering from arthritis, the now elderly Poirot must battle his ultimate nemesis in his last-ever case.
8:30 The Vietnam War: Deja Vu
(1858-1961) (Part 1 of 10) With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided: communists hold the North, while America supports an untested regime in the South.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Grizzly 399 – Queen of the Tetons See Wed. Mar. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Hunt for the Oldest DNA See Wed. Mar. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Future of Nature: Oceans (Part 1 of 4) See Wed. Mar. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Finding Your Roots: The Brick Wall Falls [R]
4:00 The Great American Recipe [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Future of Nature: Oceans (Part 1 of 4) [R]
3:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and
the Light on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Saucy Italian-Inspired Dinners
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Fare
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 Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne This film recalls the city’s first female mayor.
9:00 Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy Jacqueline du Pré is considered one of the greatest cellists of all time, despite a career that was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at just 28 years old. Introduced and narrated by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, this film tells us why she was such an extraordinary musician, and how, in the 1960s, she injected a youthful excitement into a staid industry – forming a classical “rat pack” that included Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, and her
husband Daniel Barenboim.
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 29
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Independent Lens: Home Court Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California. As she overcomes injury as well as racial and class differences, Ashley strives to become her own person and leave a legacy behind.
1:30 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Crowd Pleasers [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: Bloody Mary [R]
3:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) [R]
4:00 Marie Antoinette: The Worst Winter (Season 2, Part 1 of 8) [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 History with David Rubenstein: Alex Prud’homme
6:27 Puppy School
7:14 Puppy School
In the Spotlight
Call the Midwife (New Season)
This new season begins in 1970, marking a new decade in Poplar. As chaos unfolds when activists on the Isle of Dogs block access in their bid for independence, Dr. Turner and the midwives must work to keep things running. Meanwhile, Nonnatus House continues to tackle social challenges.
Sundays beginning March 30, 7:00 pm
8:00 Jay’s Chicago: Great Discoveries
8:30 Curious Traveler: Poznan, Poland
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Route 66 –Missouri to Oklahoma
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Michigan City, Indiana
10:00 This Old House: Westford –Welcome to Westford
10:30 Ask This Old House: Outdoor Shower
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Gulf Coast Grill
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: A Tale of Two Chinatowns
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts [R]
12:30 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate [R]
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Know Your Cheese
1:30 Essential Pépin: Fruit Fete
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Flavor-Packed Chicken Dinner
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Spring Dinner for Company
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Chicken Paprikash
3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Yucatan Meats
4:00 Mary Berry Love to Cook: For Family and Friends
4:30 Check, Please! Bacchanalia, Half Acre Taproom, Naoki Sushi
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Sicilian Delights
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne See Fri. Mar. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
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. What is the victim’s influencer girlfriend trying to hide?
8:00 Midsomer Murders: The Debt of Lies (in 2 parts) Gated estate Challis Court is a tightknit community for retired police officers, but when a new arrival is found dead, the other residents regard the murder as an affront.
9:31 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – If Music Be the Food of Love Frank and Luella are employed by Beatie Delamar to investigate a curse on her Dance School, causing the accidental deaths of three directors.
10:30 The Vietnam War: Deja Vu (1858-1961) (Part 1 of 10) See Thurs. Mar. 27 at 8:30 pm. [R]
Sunday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms (Part 3 of 3) [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Election Collection [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Extraordinary Finds [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Extraordinary Finds 2 [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck (Part 3 of 3) [R]
5:00 The 100 Days: The Suez Crisis – 1956 (Part 3 of 6) Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain, and France.
MORNING
6:00 The 100 Days: Fall of the Berlin Wall – 1989 (Part 5 of 6) On November 9, 1989, the most solid symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall, was knocked down. Explore the days and actions that surrounded this key geopolitical event.
7:00 This Old House: Westford –Welcome to Westford [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House:
Outdoor Shower [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Packed School Lunch
9:00 A Chef’s Life: R-E-S-PE-C-T The Butterbean
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 1
10:00 Chicago Stories: Jane Addams – Together We Rise [R]
11:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 1 of 8) Nonnatus House kicks off a new pupil midwife training. Dr Turner supervises the delivery of a baby whose mother has cerebral palsy.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 2 of 8) Shelagh and Joyce assist a heavily pregnant woman dealing with a severe mold infestation in her new flat. Trixie takes secret driving lessons.
1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 3 of 8) Violet and Matthew are worried about Fred’s ability to serve as the mayor’s consort. Later, Fred falls ill after a minor injury.
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 4 of 8) An anxious Trixie receives an urgent phone call that leads to dire consequences for her patient.
3:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 5 of 8) During Violet’s first event as mayor, a young mother goes into labor, May sneaks off, and Shelagh receives an unexpected visit.
4:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 6 of 8) The pupil midwives prepare for their final while two little brothers are abandoned at a church. Trixie learns about Matthew’s financial woes.
5:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 7 of 8) Rosalind and Joyce are thrilled to receive their red cardigans. Sister Julienne presents Joyce with the Violet Albany Prize.
EVENING
6:00 Call the Midwife (Season 13, Part 8 of 8) Miss Higgins receives an unexpected visitor, and Sister Monica ruffles feathers. Plus, Poplar votes for its Mother of the Year.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 1 of 8)
8:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) As the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, Cromwell makes a personal pilgrimage to Shaftesbury Abbey to speak with a young nun who profoundly shakes his view of himself.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: A Poison Pen (Season 2, Part 2 of 8)
10:00 The Paris Murders: Predators (Season 2, Part 7 of 12) Chloe investigates a woman who files a rape charge, and then discovers dozens of similar charges in her name.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Brittany Howard
Monday 31
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: Oceans Apart See Sat. Mar. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Midsomer Murders: The Debt of Lies (in 2 parts) See Sat. Mar. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:31 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – If Music Be the Food of Love See Sat. Mar. 29 at 9:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Jacqueline du Pre: Genius and Tragedy See Fri. Mar. 28 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: Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield Farms (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Great American Recipe
3:00 My Life is Murder: Oceans Apart [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Weeknight Italian
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatfield Farms (Part 2 of 3) Finds include Paul Revere Jr. silver tablespoons, a 1942 DC Comics promotional Superman figurine, and a 1974 Sam Gilliam June 5 acrylic painting.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham (Part 1 of 3) Finds include hand-colored Andy Warhol lithographs; a pair of southern dolls that includes an “Alabama baby” doll; and a Frederic Remington portrait with a letter from the artist to the owner’s great-grandmother.
9:00 Going Your Way
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Call The Midwife
Photo: © Neal Street Productions
Arts
• Performance
’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/5)
Friday, 12:00 am (3/7)
Saturday, 5:00 am, 9:30 pm (3/8)
All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop
Saturday, 6:30 am, 9:30 pm (3/1)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (3/5)
Monday, 1:30 am (3/10)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (3/16, 3/23, 3/30)
Barbara Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
Sunday, 1:00 pm (3/2)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/7)
Benise: 25 Years of Passion!
Sunday, 3:30 pm (3/16)
Best of the ’60s
Saturday, 7:00 pm (3/8)
Sunday, 11:00 pm (3/9)
Thursday, 12:00 am, 2:30 am (3/13)
Classical Rewind
Saturday, 5:00 am (3/1)
Monday, 2:30 am (3/3)
Thursday, 12:30 am (3/6)
Sunday, 8:30 am (3/9)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (3/12)
Earth, Wind and Fire: iHeart Radio Live
Saturday, 8:00 pm (3/1)
Friday, 8:00 pm (3/7)
Great Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Monday, 8:00 pm (3/10)
Monday, 3:00 am (3/17)
Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary
Sunday, 3:00 pm (3/2)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (3/4)
Kris Kristofferson: The Life & Songs
Sunday, 10:00 pm (3/2)
Moments to Remember
Sunday, 9:00 am (3/2)
Sunday, 1:00 pm (3/16)
Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park
Saturday, 11:30 pm (3/1) Spinners in Concert
Friday, 9:30 pm (3/7)
Tony Bennett: Viva Duets
Sunday, 6:00 pm (3/2)
Monday, 4:00 am (3/3)
Drama • Comedy • Movies
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Sunday, 9:00 pm (3/9)
Agatha and the Midnight Murders
Sunday, 7:00 pm (3/9)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Thursdays, 7:00 pm (3/20, 3/27)
Saturday, 10:30 pm (3/22)
All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends
Sunday, 8:30 pm (3/2)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (3/4)
All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales
Sunday, 7:00 pm (3/2)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (3/4) Call the Midwife
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, 7:00 pm (3/30)
Midsomer Murders
Saturdays, 8:00 pm, 8:45 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Mondays, 1:00 am, 1:45 am (3/24, 3/31)
Tuesday, 3:00 pm (3/25)
Wednesday, 3:00 pm (3/26)
My Life is Murder
Mondays, 3:00 pm (3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31)
Tuesdays, 3:00 pm (3/11, 3/18)
Wednesdays, 3:00 pm (3/12, 3/19)
Thursdays, 3:00 pm (3/13, 3/20)
Saturday, 7:00 pm, 7:45 pm, 8:30 pm, 9:15 pm (3/15)
Monday, 12:00 am, 12:45 am, 1:30 am, 2:15 am (3/17)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (3/19)
Thursday, 4:00 am (3/20)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/21)
Saturdays, 7:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
The Mystery of Mr. E.
Thursday, 8:30 pm (3/20)
Paris Murders
Sundays, 10:00 pm (3/16, 3/23, 3/30)
Thursday, 3:00 am (3/20)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (3/25)
Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators
Saturdays, 9:30 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Mondays, 2:30 am (3/24, 3/31)
Thursday, 3:00 pm (3/27)
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (3/23, 3/30)
Tuesday, 1:00 am (3/25)
Friday, 3:00 pm (3/28)
Saturday, 3:00 am (3/29)
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel
Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland
Thursday, 2:00 pm (3/13)
Friday, 2:00 pm (3/14)
America Made with Love
Saturday, 10:00 am (3/1)
American Experience
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (3/18, 3/25)
Thursdays, 1:00 am (3/20, 3/27)
America’s Test Kitchen
Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 pm
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Monday, 7:00 pm (3/10)
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (3/17, 3/24, 3/31)
Wednesday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (3/26)
Sunday, 12:00 am, 1:00 am, 2:00 am, 3:00 am (3/30)
Antique Roadshow Recut
Tuesday, 9:30 pm (3/4)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
Sundays, 7:30 am (3/23, 3/30)
Thursday, 4:30 am (3/27)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Chef’s Life
Sundays, 9:00 am (3/23, 3/30)
Sunday, 9:30 am (3/30)
Christopher Kimballs Milk Street Television
Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Cook’s Country
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm
Curious Traveler
Saturdays, 8:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
Essential Pépin
Saturdays, 3:30 pm
Great American Recipe
Mondays, 2:00 pm
Friday, 2:00 am (3/28)
Ireland Made with Love
Saturday, 5:30 pm (3/8)
Sunday, 5:30 pm (3/16)
Tuesday, 12:30 am (3/18)
J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sundays, 8:00 am (3/23, 3/30)
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm
Mary Berry Cook and Share
Saturday, 4:25 pm (3/1)
Saturday, 1:30 pm (3/29)
Mary Berry Love to Cook
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (3/8, 3/15)
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Mexico Made with Love
Saturday, 9:30 am (3/15)
Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (3/4)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/5)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (3/6)
Friday, 2:00 pm (3/7)
New Scandinavian Cooking
Sundays, 8:30 am (3/23, 3/30)
Pati’s Mexican Table
Saturday, 3:50 pm (3/15)
Saturdays, 3:30 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen
Saturday, 9:00 am, 10:15 am (3/8)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Wednesday, 4:30 am (3/19)
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Monday, 3:30 am (3/24)
Rick Steves Rome
Friday, 2:00 pm (3/21)
Sunday, 4:00 am (3/23)
Rick Steves Why We Travel
Sunday, 5:00 pm (3/2)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Saturday, 9:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Saturdays, 11:30 am
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Saturdays, 11:00 am (3/15, 3/22, 3/29)
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Sundays, 7:00 am (3/23, 3/30)
Thursday, 4:00 am (3/27)
Wisconsin Lighthouses
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (3/12)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (3/18)
Nature • Science • Technology
Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy Sunday, 6:00 am (3/2)
Sunday, 4:00 am (3/9)
Future of Nature
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (3/26)
Friday, 2:00 am, 2:00 pm (3/28)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Thursday, 2:00 am (3/6)
Sunday, 5:00 am (3/9)
Monday, 3:30 am (3/10)
Nature
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (3/5, 3/19, 3/26)
Sunday, 12:30 am (3/9)
Wednesday, 8:30 pm (3/12)
Fridays, 12:00 am (3/21, 3/28) NOVA
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (3/19, 3/26)
Fridays, 1:00 am (3/21, 3/28)
Supercharge Your Brain: Maximizing Your Cognitive Abilities
Sunday, 2:30 am (3/2)
Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste
Sunday, 11:30 am (3/2)
Weathered: Inside the L.A. Firestorm Wednesday, 9:00 pm (3/19)
Public Affairs • History • Documentary
100 Days: The Suez Crisis, 1956 Sunday, 5:00 am (3/30)
100 Days: The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 Sunday, 6:00 am (3/30)
5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy Sunday, 4:00 am (3/2) Saturday, 8:00 am (3/8)
8 Days: To the Moon and Back Wednesday, 8:30 pm (3/5) Sunday, 2:00 am (3/9)
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen Sunday, 7:00 pm (3/16)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (3/18)
Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Thursday, 4:00 am (3/6)
Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility Sunday, 5:00 am (3/2) Tuesday, 4:00 am (3/11) Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm BBC News
Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm, 5:00 am BBC News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm Behind the Scenes of Leonardo Da Vinci with Ken Burns
Monday, 7:00 pm (3/3)
Calling: A Medical School Journey Monday, 9:00 pm (3/17)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/19)
Chicago from the Air
Thursday, 7:00 am (3/13)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/19)
Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer Tuesday, 7:00 pm (3/11)
Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv Sunday, 6:00 am (3/23)
Wednesday, 4:00 am (3/26)
Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne Friday, 8:00 pm (3/28)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (3/29)
Chicago Stories: Jane AdamsTogether We Rise Wednesday, 3:00 am (3/26)
Sunday, 10:00 am (3/30)
Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal
Friday, 8:00 pm (3/21)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (3/22)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (3/25)
Thursday, 3:00 am (3/27)
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursday, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 5:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (3/4, 3/18, 3/25)
Saturday, 2:00 am (3/8)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (3/11)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/12)
Thursdays, 12:00 am (3/20, 3/27)
Sunday, 5:00 am (3/23)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (3/27)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/28)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:30 am
Get Good with Money
Saturday, 8:30 am (3/1)
Sunday, 1:00 am (3/2)
Sunday, 7:00 am (3/9)
Going Your Way
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/31)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr: The Fabric of America
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (3/4)
Saturday, 12:30 pm (3/8)
History with David Rubenstein
Saturdays, 6:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip
Friday, 9:00 pm (3/21)
Sunday, 12:00 am (3/23)
Independent Lens
Saturday, 12:00 am (3/29)
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Friday, 9:00 pm (3/28)
Monday, 3:30 am (3/31)
Jay’s Chicago
Saturdays, 8:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Ken Burns: The Civil War
Sunday, 7:00 am (3/2)
Monday, 1:00 am (3/3)
Saturday, 3:00 am (3/8)
Sunday, 11:30 am (3/9)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (3/12)
Ken Burns: The National Parks
Sunday, 10:00 am (3/9)
Lucy Worsley Investigates
Monday, 3:00 pm (3/3)
Tuesday, 3:00 pm (3/4)
Wednesday, 3:00 pm (3/5)
Thursday, 3:00 pm (3/6)
Saturday, 2:00 am, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (3/22)
Sunday, 2:00 am, 7:00 pm (3/23)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (3/25)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/26)
Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle
Sunday, 8:30 pm (3/16)
Tuesday, 3:30 am (3/18)
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album
Friday, 3:00 pm (3/7)
Sunday, 3:00 am (3/23)
Marie Antoinette
Sundays, 9:00 pm (3/23, 3/30)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (3/25)
Saturday, 4:00 am (3/29)
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Saturday, 7:00 pm (3/1)
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
Thursday, 8:30 pm (3/13)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (3/20)
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
PBS News Weekend
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (3/1, 3/8, 3/15)
Sunday, 5:30 pm (3/2)
Sundays, 5:00 pm (3/9, 3/16)
Saturdays, 5:30 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Puppy School
Saturdays, 6:30 am, 7:15 am (3/22, 3/29)
Monday, 4:00 am (3/24)
Tuesday, 4:00 am (3/25)
Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
Saturday, 5:30 pm (3/1)
Sunday, 11:30 pm (3/2)
Sunday, 5:30 pm (3/9)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/12)
Shaking it Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/24)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/26)
Statue of Liberty
Thursday, 8:30 pm (3/6)
Thomas Jefferson
Sunday, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm (3/9)
Tuesday, 12:00 am, 2:00 am (3/11)
U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding
Monday, 8:30 pm (3/3)
Vietnam War
Thursday, 8:30 pm (3/27)
Saturday, 10:30 pm (3/29)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Thursday, 7:00 pm (3/6)
• Daily Radio Programming
Programmer’s Picks
Live from WFMT
This month features performances by Danbi Um and Juho Pohjonen, Paul Huang and Helen Huang, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, and more.
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.
Saturday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Julia Perry Prelude (1946) – Experiential Orch/ James Blachly. Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0200. [2:48]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Nathalie Joachim & Allison Loggins-Hull Stacked – Flutronix. Flutronix (2010). [3:53]
11:00 Introductions Music
Ravel: An Anniversary Portrait
A two-hour program to mark the 150th birthday of Maurice Ravel featuring commentary from acclaimed artists.
Tuesday, March 4, 10:00 pm
performed by young musicians and composed by Eugénie Rocherolle, Clara Schumann, Augusta Read Thomas, Stacy Garrop, Judith Weir, Heeyoung Yang, Alma Mahler, Lera Auerbach, and Nadia Boulanger.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Bizet’s Carmen Elina Garanca (Carmen); Roberto Alagna (Don José); Barbara Frittoli (Micaëla); Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Escamillo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Recorded January 16, 2010.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Lita Grier Flute Concertino, Renascence – Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000046. [10:55]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with tenor Pene Pati in advance of his Chicago debut in La bohème at Lyric Opera.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Doreen Carwithen Overture, ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another) – London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9524. [8:15]
6:00 Kim Diehnelt Striadica, A Symphonic Passage – Brno Phil Orch/Pavel Šnajdr. Navona NV-6399. [8:36]
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael welcome film critic Michael Phillips and music journalist Hannah Edgar to discuss how classical music is portrayed in recent films like Maestro and Tár.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Strong women’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 Spring Membership Drive
Tune in throughout the membership drive for exclusive offers, a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, and programming surprises.
Beginning March 27
voices ring through the 2017 performance by The Boxcar Lilies when Susan Cattaneo joined Jenny Goodspeed and Stephanie Marshall to create a bright Americana sound.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Women’s voices and story songs about notable, honorable, heroic women launch Women’s History Month.
Sunday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Praise & Exultation. Host Peter DuBois explores sacred choral and organ music of praise marking the last Sunday before the season of Lent.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Ethel Smyth Serenade in D – BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez. Chandos CHAN-9449. [35:28]
8:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 –Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-68307. [24:31]
9:00 Anna Bon Flute Sonata in G, Op. 1, No. 6 – Sabine Dreier, f; Irene Hegen, hc. CPO 999181-2. [14:46]
10:00 Dana Suesse Jazz Nocturne –Sara Davis Buechner, p. eOne 7770. [3:43]
11:00 Jessie Montgomery Rounds – Awadagin Pratt, p; A Far Cry. New Amsterdam NWAM-177. [14:18]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Price The Oak – Women’s Phil/Apo Hsu. Koch 3-7518-2. [12:40]
1:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl In the Blue Mountains (A Fairy Tale Suite), Op. 44 –Natalia Strelchenko, p. Arena AR-07015. [14:12]
2:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 –Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/ Leonard Bernstein. BR Klassik 900228. [35:08]
3:00 Vivaldi Violin and Cello Concerto in A, R. 546, All’inglese – Federico Guglielmo, v; Giovanni
Sollima, vc; Il Pomo d’Oro. Erato 5419791752. [8:38]
4:00 Still Folk Suite No. 1 – Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand String Quartet. Koch 3-7192-2. [7:30]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart
In the Spotlight
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Last November, Riccardo Muti wrapped up his autumn residency with theatrical flair. The program centered the world premiere of the Megalopolis Suite by former composer-in-residence Osvaldo Golijov’s based on his score for Francis Ford Coppola’s 2024 film. The extravagantly orchestrated 20-minute suite was well received by the audience which included Coppola himself, a distant cousin of Muti, as the conductor announced. The overture to Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and the “Four Seasons” ballet from Verdi’s I vespri scilliani – Muti in his most familiar and expert territory –opened the program, while two Spanish favorites, Chabrier’s España and Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat, bookended a crowd-pleasing evening at Orchestra Hall.
Sunday, March 2 8:00 pm
Riccardo Muti and Osvaldo Golijov
Photo: Amy Aiello Photography
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450 – Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein, p. Decca 433336-2. [27:12]
6:00 Anton Arensky Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 –Andrés Cárdenes, v; Jeffrey Solow, vc; Mona Golabek, p. Delos DE-3056. [26:52]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Soprano Emily Richter, mezzo-soprano Lucy Baker, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform songs by Barber, Korngold, Rachmaninoff, Burleigh, Ellington, and Errol Garner.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts See In the Spotlight on page 20.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari Largely unknown outside Cuba, Alejandro Garcia Caturla (1906-1940) built a forward-looking musical catalog. New recordings have sparked the interest for the music of this “secret” genius.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Wilhelm Stenhammar: The Quartets and Other Music Program 2 of 3. Featuring Quartets No. 3 and No. 4 and his Symphony No. 4.
Monday 3
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Byrd The Bells; The Earl of Oxford’s March –Canadian Brass. Opening Day Entertainment OD-7347. [7:22]
7:00 Cimarosa L’amor costante : Overture – Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.573459. [6:50]
8:00 Michael Torke Javelin –Boston Pops Orch/ John Williams. Sony SK-62592. [8:50]
9:00 Evaristo Dall’Abaco Concerto in D a più istrumenti, Op. 5, No. 6 – Concerto Köln. Teldec 22166-2. [11:23]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Josef Martin Kraus Soliman II: Overture – Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle. Virgin 91496-2. [5:16]
11:00 Conni Ellisor Blackberry Winter – Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner Classics 46739-2. [16:51]
12:00 Claude Debussy Preludes La cathédrale engloutie; Feux d’artifice – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000197. [11:27]
1:00 Handel Alcina: Act 3 ballet music – English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato ECD-88084. [13:42]
2:00 Mozart Horn Concerto
No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447 –English Chamber Orch/ Barry Tuckwell, hn. Decca 410284-2. [13:54]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Jan Koetsier Brass Symphony, Op. 80 – TenThing. EMI 88326-2. [13:51]
4:00 Bach Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 – Jennifer Koh & Jaime Laredo, v’s; Curtis 20/21 Ensemble/ Vinay Parameswaran. Cedille CDR-90000146. [15:07]
5:00 Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. Decca 430212-2. [14:22]
6:00 Myroslav Skoryk Carpathian Rhapsody – Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko. Centaur CRC-3799. [6:40]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) A look at the life and music of one of Russia’s most beloved composers of the 20th century, who created seven symphonies, great concertos, and ballets such as Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella.
8:00 Live from WFMT Violinist Danbi Um and pianist Juho Pohjonen perform live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Johannes Maria Staud Whereas the Reality Trembles; (World Premiere); Hubert von Goisern Improvisation on the song Jodler für Willi; Christoph Sietzen, percussion; Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A, K 201; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 in C minor Op 17 Ukrainian; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.
Tuesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile – Pieter Wispelwey, vc; German Chamber Phil Bremen/ Daniel Sepec. Channel Classics CCS-16501. [6:55]
7:00 Rodrigo Concierto serenata: III. Finale, Sarao – Nancy Allen, h; Royal Phil Orch/ Enrique Bátiz. EMI CZS767435-2 (4). [5:55]
8:00 Robert Nathaniel Dett In the Bottoms: IV. Barcarolle, Morning – Natalie Hinderas, p. CRI CD-629 (2). [5:52]
9:00 Verdi Don Carlos: Ballet de la Reine – Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422846-2 (2). [16:10]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn
Successor to Bach Week Festival
Bach in the City
Inaugural Concert
Led by Artistic Director, Richard Webster, and featuring Organist, Jacob Reed, the Gaudate Brass Ensemble & Bach in the City Chorus.
Friday March 21, 2025 | 7:30 PM
St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Chicago
including John Cage In a Landscape – Cédric Tiberghien, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902435.36. [8:34]
11:00 Edmond Dédé Chicago, grande valse à l’Américaine –Mary Scott Spry, p. Naxos 8.559038. [5:28]
12:00 Purcell Come ye sons of art: Suite – Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble/ Stephen Squires. MSR Classics MS-1704. [6:36]
1:00 Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 – Oslo Phil/ Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4852256. [45:58]
2:00 Jessie Montgomery Strum – Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71302. [6:52]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 – Toronto Sym Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. CBS MDK-45649. [17:36]
4:00 Liszt Fantasy on the Waltz from Gounod’s Faust –Gábor Farkas, p. Steinway & Sons 30065. [10:57]
5:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 436623-2. [14:59]
6:00 Stravinsky Wind Octet –Harmonie Ensemble New York/Steven Richman. Koch 3-7438-2. [15:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Glazunov Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 55 – Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 61434-2. [32:42]
9:00 Poulenc Organ Concerto in G minor – Michael Murray, o; Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80104. [25:15]
10:00 Maurice Ravel: Artist and Man – an Anniversary Portrait Host Jon Tolansky offers a unique perspective on the composer’s inspired genius and quirky personality through a mix of commentary and vibrant interpretations of his music.
Wednesday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Maurice Greene Overture No. 6 in E-flat –Baroque Band/Garry Clarke. Cedille CDR-90000152. [7:22]
7:00 Paul Dukas Villanelle –Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 416380-2. [6:03]
8:00 Daniel-François Auber The Bronze Horse: Overture – BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9765. [7:20]
9:00 Alberto Nepomuceno Suíte antiga, Op. 11 – English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson. Naxos 8.574405. [12:42]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Pauline Viardot Violin Sonatina – Anna Agafia, v; Frank Braley, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [11:46]
11:00 Eugene Goossens Three Greek Dances, Op. 44 –Melbourne Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5119. [10:06]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist James Baik performs music by Gaspar Cassado, Benjamin Britten, and Robert Schumann, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Korngold Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Orchestral Suite (Five Pieces) –Northwest German Phil/ Werner Andreas Albert. CPO 999046-2. [17:00]
2:00 Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 – National Sym Orch members/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68801-2. [8:34]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Clara Schumann Quatre Pièces fugitives, Op. 15 – Angela Cheng, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1087. [12:59]
4:00 Higdon Blue Cathedral –Atlanta Sym Orch/ Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80596. [12:13]
5:00 Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-48385. [16:44]
6:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Spring, RV. 269 – Jacob Reuven, m; Sinfonietta Leipzig/Omer Meir Wellber. Hyperion CDA-68357. [10:14]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3, Razumovsky – Tokyo String Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907423/24. [31:20]
9:00 Zygmunt Stojowski Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat, Op. 32 – Jonathan Plowright, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-67314. [33:01]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree Kyiv-based early music ensemble Liatoshynsky Capella performs lamentations from Italy, Malta, and
Ukraine. Recorded at the 2023 Jordi Savall Festival.
Thursday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Randall Thompson Alleluia – Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy. Nimbus NI-5568. [7:36]
7:00 Sarasate Caprice basque, Op. 24 – Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p. Decca 4785950. [5:57]
8:00 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39, No. 3 – London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 417719-2. [5:54]
9:00 Dvorák My Home Overture, Op. 62 – Los Angeles Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80173. [9:31]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Donizetti Don Pasquale : Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471566-2. [6:49]
11:00 Traditional Venezuelan Medley, Caballo viejo; Alma llanera – L’Arpeggiata/ Christina Pluhar. Virgin 0709502-3. [4:58]
12:00 Stacy Garrop Select choruses from Terra Nostra – Soloists; Cho’s; Northwestern U Sym Orch/Stephen Alltop. Cedille CDR-90000227. [5:57]
1:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 87 – Music@ Menlo Ensemble. Music@ Menlo 2021. [28:42]
2:00 Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in F, R. 457 – Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini, ob. Naïve OP-30478. [10:03]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9330. [12:40]
4:00 Beach Summer Dreams, Op. 47 – Deborah Moriarty & Zhihua Tang, p. Blue Griffin BGR-633. [13:19]
5:00 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80657. [15:50]
6:00 Lukasz Wos Sonata Medjugorska – Adrianna Lis, f; Sarah Watkins, p. Atoll ACD-742. [14:52]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 8 in D – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437528-2. [25:45]
9:00 Brahms Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40 – Barry Tuckwell, hn; Itzhak Perlman, v;
Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 414128-2. [27:27]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Haydn Cello Concerto in C major; Carter Brey, cello; Mozart “Great” Mass in C minor; Miah Persson, Amanda Majeski, sopranos; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone; Concert Chorale of New York; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
Friday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66 – Therese Motard, vc; Louise-Andrée Baril, p. Analekta FL2-3142. [6:13]
7:00 Lalo Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21: V. Finale, Rondo: Allegro – Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta. Sony MLK-66701. [6:59]
8:00 Wagner Siegfried: Forest Murmurs – Cleveland Orch/George Szell. CBS MDK-46286. [6:53]
9:00 Gilbert & Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance: Overture –Scottish Chamber Orch/ Alexander Faris. Nimbus NI-7067/8 (2). [7:18]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. Philips 423092-2. [9:05]
11:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl Norwegian Folk Tunes and Folk Dances, Op. 33 –Natalia Strelchenko, p. Arena AR-06007. [10:45]
12:00 Webern Langsamer Satz – Avalon String Quartet. WFMT . [8:39]
1:00 Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 –Bomsori Kim, v; Warsaw Phil Orch/Jacek Kaspszyk. Warner 57632-2. [23:54]
2:00 Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80166. [9:08]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 – Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 68544-2. [22:19]
4:00 Hubert Parry Symphonic Variations in E minor –London Phil Orch/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN9120/22 (3). [14:04]
5:00 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain – London Sym Orch/John Williams. Sony
SK-62729. [16:36]
6:00 Britten A Wedding Anthem, Op. 46 – Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer; Andrew Lumsden, o. Chandos CHAN-9598. [9:46]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Poulenc Les chemins de l’amour; Ross Parker & Hughie Charles We’ll Meet Again – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p. Sony 19439822372. [6:11]
9:00 Copland Quiet City – Wynton Marsalis, tr; Phillip Koch, eh; Eastman Wind Ensemble/ Donald Hunsberger. CBS MK-44916. [10:52]
10:00 Bonds Three Dream Portraits – Malcolm J. Merriweather, br; Ashley Jackson, h. Avie AV-2413. [7:00]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Fareed Haque and Edgar Meyer (2/8/1991) An interview with two extraordinary collaborators known for their fluid ability to perform across a wide range of musical genres.
Saturday 8
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Ricardo Castro Vals capricho, Op. 1 – Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/ Christophe Chagnard. Reference RR-134. [7:57]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: III. Finale, Lento assai - Allegro vivace – Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4839839. [13:53]
11:00 Introductions Eddie Zhou, 17, piano. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Beethoven Hammerklavier Sonata, 1st mvt; Scriabin Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28; Vine Piano Sonata No. 1, 2nd mvt.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s La bohème Kristina Mkhitaryan (Mimi); Joseph Calleja (Rodolfo); Brittany Renee (Musetta); Luca Micheletti (Marcello); Nicolas Testé (Colline); Gihoon Kim (Schaunard); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Alexander Soddy.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Clémence de Grandval Lamento – Lajos Lencsés, ob; Ansgar Schneider, vc; Budapest Strings. Hänssler
Classic 98295. [4:20]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho See In the Spotlight on this page.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Fanny Mendelssohn Das Jahr: March (Agitato) – David Kadouch, p. Mirare MIR-532. [5:04]
6:00 Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for cello and strings: II. Longing – Kristina Blaumane, vc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov. ECM 2239. [8:42]
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts
LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn welcome the all-women brass ensemble Seraph Brass for live performances and conversation. Plus, Kristina shares some of her favorite brass moments in classical music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie: the Chicagoland debut of Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt , who blend voice, guitar and cello in a uniquely surprising duo.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Music from women around the world on International Women’s Day. Plus, songs about furry companions and animals in the wild.
Sunday 9
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 1. Host Peter DuBois shares music of introspection and reflection, a hallmark of the 40-day season of Lent.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Louise Farrenc Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32 – Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König. Naxos 8.574094. [30:34]
8:00 Kim André Arnesen Even when he is silent – La Caccina. La Caccina . [4:46]
9:00 Francesca Caccini Dispiegate guancie amate; Nube gentil; Tenet. Avie AV-2326. [7:11]
10:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl Three Pieces, Op. 25 –Natalia Strelchenko, p. Arena AR-07008. [11:56]
11:00 Sophie Hutchings By Night – Elitsa Bogdanova, vi; Matthew Sharp, vc; Olivia Jageurs, h; Voces8. Decca B0034074-02. [4:33]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Crucifixus; Et resurrexit –Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Jane Glover. Music of the Baroque CD-2020. [7:40]
1:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat – Teunis van der Zwart & Bart Aerbeydt, hn’s; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4). [15:15]
2:00 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82 – Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4852256. [33:53]
3:00 Liz Carroll Lament of the First Generation; Keith Murphy La Maestra – Jacqueline Schwab, p. Midsummer MR-224-CD. [7:55]
4:00 Beach Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67 –Takács Quartet; Garrick Ohlsson, p. Hyperion CDA-68295. [27:49]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart String Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464 – Guarneri Quartet. Philips 432076-2. [33:46]
6:00 Kevin Puts Symphony No. 4, From Mission San Juan – Baltimore Sym Orch/ Marin Alsop. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907580. [28:28]
7:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in C, D 840, Reliquie (unfinished) – András Schiff, p. Decca 440305-2. [26:39]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Berg Violin Concerto; Kyung-Wha Chung, violin; R Strauss Four Last Songs; Lucia Popp, soprano; Georg Solti, conductor; Shulamit Ran Legends; Dvorák Silent Woods; Jacqueline Du Pré, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Montgomery Hymn for Everyone; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Augusta Read Thomas ...words of the sea...; Pierre Boulez, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Chamber Music from Brazil, Spain & Portugal Elbio shares works by Julio Medaglia, Gaspar Cassadó, and Joly Braga Santos.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Wilhelm Stenhammar – The Quartets and Other Music Program
3 of 3. Quartet No. 5, “Serenade;” Quartet in F; Florez och Banzeflor; Quartet No. 6; Serenade for Orchestra.
Monday 10
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Still Violin and Piano Suite: II. Mother and Child – Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p. Decca B0033878-02. [7:20]
7:00 Chabrier Bourrée fantasque –Suisse Romande Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos
Listening to Singers
Joélle Harvey has built a reputation as one of the finest singers of her generation, performing major roles on the world’s greatest opera stages. Since the birth of her daughter, now 9 years old, Harvey has prioritized concert work over opera, allowing her more time for her preferred job as a mother. Chicago audiences have already been treated to her solo recital for Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, various appearances with Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Carmina Burana, Messiah), and Haydn’s The Creation with Music of the Baroque, described as “a consistent pleasure” by Chicago Classical Review. Harvey joins WFMT to discuss her choice to limit operatic engagements and to share performances of art song, oratorio, and yes, opera, in advance of her return to CSO as soloist in Haydn’s Mass in Time of War.
Saturday, March 8 4:00 pm
CHSA-5122. [6:44]
8:00 Beethoven The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113: Overture –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Pro Arte CDD-392. [4:56]
9:00 Brahms Waltzes, Op. 39: Nos. 1-5 – Martha Argerich & Alexandre Rabinovitch, p. Teldec 92257-2. [7:04]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Concert Rondo in D, K. 382 –English Chamber Orch/ Murray Perahia, p. CBS MK-39224. [10:18]
11:00 William Ferris Bristol Hills –London Sym Orch/Arnie Roth. Cedille CDR-7004. [7:45]
12:00 Fabián Pérez Ximeno Dixit Dominus – Newberry Consort/ Ellen Hargis. Newberry Consort NC-101. [6:40]
1:00 Schubert String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat, D. 112 – Takács
Joélle Harvey
Photo: Arielle Doneson
BACH CELEBRATION
Live the Life You Deserve
Quartet. Hyperion CDA68423. [27:19]
2:00 Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Dance of the Persian Slaves –Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-62034. [7:08]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Moncayo Huapango – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 63717-2. [7:59]
4:00 Stravinsky Petrushka: Suite – Philharmonia Orch/ Igor Markevitch. EMI CZS7-62647-2 (2). [16:23]
5:00 Dora Bright Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor: III. Finale, Allegro – Samantha Ward, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Charles Peebles. Somm SOMMCD-273. [5:47]
6:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV. 293 –Amsterdam Guitar Trio. RCA 61652-2. [10:50]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Lost It at the Movies Bill shares some of his favorite original and arranged scores from great films including music by Bernard Hermann, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, and Ennio Morricone.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Silver-Rose Duo (flutist Kim Fleuchaus and guitarist Julie Goldberg) performs
live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Mahler Songs from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit and Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Simon Keenlyside, baritone; Symphony No. 7 in E minor; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.
Tuesday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Schubert Polonaise in B-Flat, D 580 – German Chamber Phil Bremen/ Thomas Zehetmair, v. Teldec 46448-2. [5:38]
7:00 Juventino Rosas Sobre las olas (Over the Waves) –Mexico Festival Orch/Enrique Bátiz. Naxos 8.550838. [6:13]
8:00 Berlioz The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczy March (Marche hongroise) – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 7716-2-RC. [4:54]
9:00 Corelli Variations in D minor on La Follia, Op. 5, No. 12 –Ensemble/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV-9805. [11:08]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Heinrich Baermann Adagio in D-Flat – Jack Brymer, cl; Vienna State
MARCH AT SYMPHONY CENTER
FEB 27-MAR 2
Seong-Jin Cho Plays Prokofiev
MAR 6-8
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe
MAR 9
Leonidas Kavakos & Daniil Trifonov
MAR 13-15
Haydn Mass in Time of War
MAR 16
Mao Fujita
MAR 17
Impact: Showcasing Education & Community Engagement at the CSO
MAR 20-22
Hrůša, Trpčeski & Rachmaninov
MAR 21
Bill Charlap Trio with special guests
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Nicholas Payton
MAR 23
Jimmy López: Inner Dialogues
MAR 27-29
Bruch & Schumann Rhenish
MAR 30
Julia Fischer & Jan Lisiecki
Opera Orch/Felix Prohaska. Vanguard OVC-8090. [5:10]
11:00 Berkeley & Britten Mont Juic (Suite of Catalan Dances), Op. 9/Op. 12 –English Chamber Orch/ Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557198. [12:03]
12:00 Piazzolla Ave Maria –Axiom Brass. Axiom Brass 198002109903. [6:06] Astor Piazzolla Oblivion –Axiom Brass. Axiom Brass 198002109903. [3:51]
1:00 Telemann Viola Concerto in G – Antoine Tamestit, vi; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902342. [11:32]
2:00 Schubert Wanderer Fantasy in C, D. 760 – Alexandre Kantorow, p. BIS 2660. [21:25]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Liszt Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 436839-2. [15:16]
4:00 Still Africa (1928): Land of Romance – Denver Oldham, p. Koch 3-7084-2. [7:32]
5:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [15:24]
6:00 Saint-Saëns La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 – J Bell, v; S
Isserlis, vc; North German Radio Sym/C Eschenbach. RCA 63518-2. [15:46]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Lost It at the Movies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor – Quartetto Italiano. Pentatone PTC5186189. [26:24]
9:00 Glazunov From the Middle Ages, Op. 79 – USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya SUCD-1000157. [26:10]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. SaintSaëns Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79; Chausson Concerto in D major, Op. 21. Visit wfmt.com for more information.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 – Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 70548. [34:00]
Wednesday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including WF Bach Sinfonia in D, F 64 – Berlin Academy
Leonidas Kavakos
In the Spotlight
Metropolitan Opera
Beethoven’s Leonore is a signature role for the young dramatic soprano Lise Davidsen. In January, Davidsen announced that she will be withdrawing from her scheduled performances after the March run of Fidelio at the Met, which includes the Saturday afternoon radio and HD cinema broadcast. “I’m cancelling for a happy reason: I’m expecting twins. I’m very excited about their arrival, and my new life with them,” said Davidsen. “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the leaders of the opera houses I was due to sing at, and my colleagues whom I was due to be performing with: thank you for your kind words, understanding and support … I appreciate [my fans and followers] more than words can say, and I thank you in advance for your patience as you wait for me to return.” Davidsen is planning to resume her barnstorming career at the beginning of 2026.
Saturday, March 15 12:00 pm
for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901772. [8:51]
7:00 Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 8 in A-Flat –Cleveland Orch/George Szell. Sony SBK-89845. [7:21]
8:00 Ponce Estudios de concierto : No. 12, La vida sonrie – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000086. [5:07]
9:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47116-2. [15:11]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Aaron Copland Our Town: Suite – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61699-2. [9:05]
11:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 –New Philharmonia Orch/
Sir Adrian Boult. EMI CDC7-47218-2. [10:14]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Janice Lu performs music by Ravel, Robert Schumann, and Janácek live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Anatol Liadov Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; Kikimora, Op. 63 –Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 447084-2. [10:46]
2:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2 – Jennifer Kloetzel, vc; Robert Koenig, p. Avie AV-2450. [21:53]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre – Göran Söllscher, g; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 429232-2. [22:30]
4:00 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson String Sinfonietta No. 1: III. Finale, Rondo, Allegro furioso – Experiential Orch/ James Blachly. Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0200. [6:38]
5:00 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11 – Barry Tuckwell, hn; London Sym Orch/ István Kertész. Decca 460296-2 (2). [15:30]
6:00 Bologne Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1 – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v. Erato 5419718972. [17:41]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Lost It at the Movies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Walton Cello Concerto – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; London Sym Orch/André Previn. CBS MK-39541. [30:01]
9:00 Franciszek Lessel Wind Sextet No. 4 in E-Flat –Consortium Classicum. MD+G 3011509-2. [23:21]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Lamentaciones Xavier Pastrana leads O Vos Omnes Ensemble in settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah by two Catalan composers: Joan Pau Pujol and Bernat Icart. Recorded in concert at the Festival Llums Antiga.
Thursday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Albéniz Suite española, Op. 47: No. 1, Granada (Serenade) – Julian Bream, g. RCA 33705-2 (2). [5:39]
7:00 Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:18]
8:00 Carl Friedrich Abel Clavier
Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 11, No. 2 – David Owen Norris, square piano; Ensemble Sonnerie. Avie AV-0014. [8:17]
9:00 Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 –Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [13:40]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Salieri Il Mondo alla Rovescia (The World Turned Upside Down): Overture – Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey. Hänssler Classic CD-98.554. [4:57]
11:00 Johan Svendsen Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 21 –Trondheim Sym Orch/ Ole Kristian Ruud. Simax PSC-1085. [10:50]
12:00 Copland Old American Songs Set 2 – St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/ Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297. [13:12]
1:00 Louise Farrenc Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32 – Insula Orch/ Laurence Equilbey. Erato 5419752210. [31:23]
2:00 Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2 –Hélène Grimaud, p. DG B0006904-02. [7:06]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Quintet, Op. 143 – Matteo Mela, g; Byron Quartet. Aparté AP-308. [23:28]
4:00 Sibelius Karelia Suite, Op. 11 – Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste. RCA 7765-2-RC. [14:27]
5:00 Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 1 – City of Granada Orch/ Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901675. [17:03]
6:00 Clara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4853945. [11:18]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Lost It at the Movies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Karl Goldmark Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, Rustic Wedding – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-61836. [43:50]
9:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 –Rafal Blechacz, p. DG B0011952-02. [23:27]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Janácek The Cunning Little Vixen; Soloists; ; New York Choral Artists; Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus; Alan Gilbert, conductor. Visit wfmt. com for more information.
Friday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Telemann Divertimento in B-Flat –Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 463074-2. [9:05]
7:00 Rachmaninoff Scherzo in D minor (1887) – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80670. [4:54]
8:00 Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – Lara Downes, p. Postcards 772001-2. [7:09]
9:00 Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 1 – City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901606. [15:29]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Delius Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water – English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten. Decca 425160-2. [5:19]
11:00 Albéniz Mallorca, Op. 202 –Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g. Sony 19439786732. [7:12]
12:00 David Baker Violin Sonata: II. Reverie – Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p. Navona NV-6563. [6:01]
1:00 Price String Quartet in G (unfinished) – Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR90000228. [16:30]
2:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat, K. 456 –English Chamber Orch/ Daniel Barenboim, p. EMI 72930-2 (10). [29:46]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Gershwin An American in Paris – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK-37242. [18:22]
4:00 Ravel La valse – Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo. BIS 2438. [12:28]
5:00 Bach Clavier Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-89690. [15:39]
6:00 Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 419407-2. [10:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Lost It at the Movies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn Camille Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 – Itzhak Perlman, v; New York Phil/Zubin Mehta. DG 423063-2. [9:37]
9:00 Jessie Montgomery Duo for violin and cello – Ari Streisfeld, v; Claire Bryant, vc. Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0178. [10:11]
10:00 Alice Mary Smith Symphony in A minor – London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley. Chandos CHAN-10283. [26:18]
Lise Davidsen
Photo: Fredrik Arff
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Songs About Cowboys (4/7/1959) In this program from the This Is Our Story series, Studs takes us back to the old west and the lives of cowboys as told through prose and folk songs.
Saturday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Donizetti Oboe Sonata in F – Heinz Holliger, ob; Gabriel Bürgin, p. Philips 426288-2. [7:15]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Poulenc Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio – Alfred Genovese, ob; David McGill, bn; Peter Serkin, p. Boston Records BR-1022-CD. [14:02]
11:00 Introductions Tristan Zhu, 18, violin. Bach: Chaconne in D minor; Chaminade: Capriccio, Op. 18; Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 1st mvt; Roumain: FILTER. With Milana Pavchinskaya, piano.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Beethoven’s Fidelio Lise Davidsen (Leonore); David Butt Philip (Florestan); René Pape (Rocco); Tomasz Konieczny (Don Pizarro); Ying Fang (Marzelline); Magnus Dietrich (Jaquino); Stephen Milling (Don Fernando); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Susanna Mälkki.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Ailbhe McDonagh The Irish Four Seasons: I. Earrach (Spring) – Lynda O’Connor, v; Anamus/David Brophy. Avie AV-2688. [6:02]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with baritenor Michael Spyres on bel canto and his new album of songs by Gaetano Donizetti.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Hania Rani Glass – Mari Samuelsen, v; Julien Quentin, p; Scoring Berlin/Stockhammer. DG 4865773. [4:11]
6:00 Beach Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104: IV. Finale –Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo. CPO 555453-2. [4:19]
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn explore music where R&B, jazz, culture, and classical collide with selections from Janelle Monae, Will Gregory, the Kruger Brothers and more.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the
archives: Chicago’s premiere singer-songwriter Susan Werner performed live in the early days of Folkstage playing many of her signature songs at this 1999 concert.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer On the Ides of March, we take a folk music tour of Rome. Also, songs about fate and “the evil that men do.”
Sunday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 2. Host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ music related to texts in the Book of Psalms that enrich the Lenten season.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Teresa Carreño Un bal en rêve, Op. 26 – Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [5:15]
8:00 Cécile Chaminade Concert Etudes, Op. 35: No. 2, Automne – Michael Guttman, v; Royal Phil Orch/José Serebrier. ASV CDDCA-855. [6:59]
9:00 Handel Giulio Cesare: Che sento?...Se pietà di me non senti – Jeanine De Bique, s; Concerto Köln/Luca Quintavalle. Berlin Classics 0302017-BC. [9:48]
10:00 Ricky Ian Gordon Will There Really Be a Morning? – Nadine Sierra, s; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Robert Spano. DG B0028836-02. [5:00]
11:00 Maria Schneider Winter Morning Walks – Dawn Upshaw, s; Australian Chamber Orch. Artistshare AS-0121. [28:16]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including James Kimo Williams Fanfare for Life – Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Albany TROY-312. [4:10]
1:00 Pablo Ziegler Suite Canyengue – Susan Palma-Nidel, f; Borromeo String Quartet. Flutewine Productions 616892044949. [15:42]
2:00 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 –Augustin Hadelich, v; West German Radio Sym Orch/ Cristian Macelaru. Warner 9029631076. [27:39]
3:00 Vivaldi Stabat Mater, R. 621 – Carlo Vistoli, ct; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/ Georg Kallweit. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902383. [18:17]
4:00 Sungmin Shin Pinoy Reverie – Norman Menzales, f; Sungmin Shin, g. Ravello RR-8113. [10:17]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 – Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 421774-2. [25:57]
6:00 Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2159. [31:02]
7:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 44, No. 3 – Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR90000082 (3). [30:14]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38, Spring; Goldmark In Springtime; Frederick Stock, conductor; Mahler Das Lied von der Erde; Maureen Forrester, contralto; Richard Lewis, tenor; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Exploring the Roots Discover the connections between Spanish Renaissance music and Latin American folk music with performances by the Mexican ensemble Tembembe and Hesperion XXI.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Puccini’s Turandot A recent recording using the full ending written by Franco Alfano. The performance features Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, and the St. Cecilia Academy, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Monday 17
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Lars-Erik Larsson Lyric Fantasy, Op 58 – Stockholm Phil Orch/Ulf Björlin. EMI CDC5-56151-2. [10:09]
7:00 Gabrieli Canzon XVIII a 14 – London Brass. Teldec 90856-2. [6:13]
8:00 Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk. Capriccio 10070. [7:08]
9:00 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG B0002121-02. [17:46]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Granados La Maja y el ruiseñor – Javier Perianes, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902626. [7:40]
11:00 Nigel Westlake Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra): Wooden Ships; Penguin Ballet – John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel. Sony SK-53361. [7:22]
12:00 Andrea Zani Cello Concerto
No. 3 in D – Martin Rummel, vc; Cologne Academy/ Michael Alexander Willens. Capriccio C-5145 (2). [13:07]
1:00 Franck Symphonic Variations – Louis Lortie, p; BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9875. [15:51]
2:00 Still Symphony No. 5, Western Hemisphere – Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559603. [19:35]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ravel Gaspard de la nuit – Jan Lisiecki, p. DG 4862069. [23:56]
4:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian: I. Allegro vivace –Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 414665-2. [10:03]
5:00 Michael Haydn Horn
In the Spotlight
The Cleveland Orchestra
Barbara Hannigan, a bold and uncompromising artist, made her debut as guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra in repertoire of widely contrasting eras and styles –a signature of her programs. The concert began in the 18th century with Haydn’s “Mourning” Symphony No. 44 in E minor. Next followed Lonely Child (1980) by French composer Claude Vivier, featuring the “utterly mesmerizing” soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou (The Guardian). Hannigan and the Cleveland Orchestra then paid tribute to the recent centenary of György Ligeti with his eerie and captivating Lontano, a prime example of the densely overlapping lines and tone clusters of what he called micropolyphony. The program concluded with Death and Transfiguration, a meditation on the great beyond composed by a 25-year-old Richard Strauss.
Monday, March 17
10:00 pm
Barbara Hannigan
Photo: Cyrus Allyar / Cyrus Photography
Concertino in D: II. Allegro non troppo – Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian. Berlin Classics 0300647-BC. [5:59]
6:00 Hummel Trumpet Concerto –German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr. EMI 16213-0. [17:40]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pastoral Symphonies This week will feature symphonic music inspired by bucolic nature scenes including Harold in Italy, Richard Strauss in the mountains, Vaughan Williams in clover, and Beethoven in the Austrian countryside.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Juliani Ensemble performs music by Beethoven, Ginastera, Schulhoff, and Shostakovich live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra See In the Spotlight on page 27.
Tuesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Vincent Persichetti Pastoral, Op. 21 – Prairie Winds. Albany TROY-401. [5:57]
7:00 Schubert Overture in C, In the Italian Style, D 591 – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4852944. [7:58]
8:00 Max Richter In the Garden –La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8748. [5:23]
9:00 Corelli Concerto grosso in C, Op. 6, No. 10 – Modo Antiquo/ Federico Maria Sardelli. Tactus TC-650308. [11:58]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Bruce Liu, p. DG 4861556. [13:34]
11:00 Albéniz Iberia, Book 1: El Corpus Christi en Sevilla – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [8:00]
12:00 Borodin Prince Igor: Overture – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Charles Mackerras. Virgin 61135-2. [10:43]
1:00 Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 –Leipzig String Quartet; Christian Zacharias, p. MD+G 3071610-2 (2). [29:12]
2:00 Richard Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60: Das Diner (The Dinner) – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [10:09]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ponce Sonata
romántica – Hermann Hudde, g. Centaur CRC-2974. [23:21]
4:00 Julian Riem Carmen Fantasie – Raphaela Gromes, vc; Festival Strings Lucerne/Daniel Dodds. Sony 19658710712. [9:20]
5:00 Giulio Briccialdi Wind Quintet, Op 124 – Aulos Wind Quintet. Koch CD-310087. [14:33]
6:00 Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op 26 – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61793-2. [9:33]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pastoral Symphonies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Dvorák String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, Slavonic –Emerson String Quartet. DG B0014106-02 (3). [32:03]
9:00 Mozart Bastien und Bastienne, K. 50 – Gruberova, Cole, Polgár; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard. Sony SK-45855. [40:33]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Berg Quartet, Op. 3; Antiphon String Quartet; Brahms Quintet in G major, Op. 111; Philip Setzer, Shmuel Ashkenasi, violins; Richard O’Neill, Arnaud Sussman, violas; Paul Watkins, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Richard Strauss Intermezzo, Op. 72: Four Symphonic Interludes –Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 437790-2. [23:54]
Wednesday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Gaspar Sanz Suite española –Christopher Parkening, g. EMI CDC7-49404-2. [7:40]
7:00 Fela Sowande African Suite: I. Joyful Day – London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [7:37]
8:00 Felix Mendelssohn Ruy Blas, Op 95: Overture –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Kurt Masur. Berlin Classics 0091572-BC. [7:08]
9:00 Sarasate Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 – Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble. Cedille CDR-90000179. [9:35]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Vivaldi Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R. 367 – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2287. [13:58]
11:00 Jennifer Higdon All Things Majestic: II. String Lake – Nashville Sym/ Giancarlo Guerrero.
Naxos 8.559823. [7:07]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Sydney Lee and pianist Liang-yu Wang perform music by Janácek, Robert Schumann, and Nadia Boulanger live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Barber Souvenirs, Op. 28 – London Sym Orch/José Serebrier. ASV CDDCA-737. [18:29]
2:00 Dvorák Czech Suite, Op 39 –Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal. Koss KC-1002. [24:16]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Respighi The Pines of Rome – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80505. [20:16]
4:00 Alexander Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto in A-Flat – Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lucerne Sym Orch/ Michael Sanderling. Warner 9029633426. [16:48]
5:00 Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A, Fire – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 427661-2. [17:05]
6:00 Britten Harp Suite, Op. 83 – Marion Hofmann, h. Capriccio 10165. [14:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pastoral Symphonies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 20, No. 1 – Leipzig String Quartet. MDG 3071925-2. [24:18]
9:00 Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 – Jascha Heifetz, v; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc; Orch/Alfred Wallenstein. RCA 61779-2 (5). [28:48]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree Fredrik Malmberg leads the Swedish Radio Choir and Capella Suecia in JS Bach’s Mass in G Major, BWV 236. Recorded in Stockholm’s Oscar’s Church.
Thursday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425 – Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch. DG 4794017. [7:31]
7:00 Ricardo Castro Vals capricho, Op. 1 – Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/ Christophe Chagnard. Reference RR-134. [7:57]
8:00 Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 421396-2. [8:45]
9:00 Liszt Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto – Jean-Yves
Thibaudet, p. Decca 436736-2. [6:33]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Josef Myslivecek Concertino in E-Flat – Concerto Köln. Archiv 4776418. [14:45]
11:00 Jens Kruger Roan Mountain Suite: III. Gather Round –Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet. Double Time Music DTM-027. [4:57]
12:00 Josef Strauss Aquarellen Waltz, Op. 258 – Vienna Phil/ Franz Welser-Möst. Sony 196589022110. [7:44]
1:00 Irene Britton Smith Violin Sonata (1947) – Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p. Delos DE-3599. [14:49]
2:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 – Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano. Analekta AN2-9150-5 (11). [24:55]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Sarah Chang, v; London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC5-55487-2. [13:30]
4:00 CPE Bach Trio Sonata in B-Flat, Wq 161 – Les Coucous Bénévoles. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1117. [17:29]
5:00 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – B’Rock Orchestra/Dmitry Sinkovsky. Pentatone PTC-5187013. [16:00]
6:00 Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7: Finale, Allegro non troppo – Elizabeth Rich, p; Janácek Phil/Dennis Burkh. Centaur CRC-2283. [11:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pastoral Symphonies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 –London Phil Orch/Kurt Masur. Teldec 46446-2. [33:49]
9:00 Louis-Theodore Gouvy Four-Hand Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 36 – Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony SK-53110. [23:27]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week “Kaplen’s Playlist” featuring performances by violinists David Nadien, Pinchas Zuckerman, and Itzhak Perlman; soprano Dawn Upshaw; and conductors Leonard Bernstein, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Lorin Maazel, Semyon Bychkov, Zubin Mehta, Alan Gilbert
Friday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare
including Johann Stamitz Symphony in A – Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall. Centaur CRC-2860. [11:19]
7:00 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act 1, Waltz – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4796297. [6:59]
8:00 Sibelius Serenade in G minor, Op. 69, No. 2 – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Dresden Staatskapelle/André Previn. DG 447895-2. [6:52]
9:00 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 – New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. RCA 68538-2. [9:39]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 –Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2171. [17:20]
11:00 Hamish MacCunn Highland Memories, Op 30 – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson. ASV CDWHL-2123. [9:49]
12:00 Bonds Troubled Water –Agave. Acis APL-53714. [5:24]
1:00 Chabrier Suite pastorale –Suisse Romande Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA-5122. [19:05]
2:00 Handel Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 2 – Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2. [11:49]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Still Violin and Piano Suite – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000182. [12:51]
4:00 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun –Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. RCA 60133-2-RV. [10:24]
5:00 Emiliana de Zubeldía Esquisses d’une aprèsmidi basque (Sketches of a Basque Afternoon) – Antonio Oyarzábal, p. IBS Classical IBS-52021. [5:49]
6:00 Ravel Bolero – Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905361. [15:16]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pastoral Symphonies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Judd Greenstein Clearing, Dawn, Dance –yMusic. New Amsterdam NWAM-032. [10:05]
9:00 Libby Larsen Symphony No. 4, String Symphony –Scottish Chamber Orch/ Joel Revzen. Koch 3-7481-2. [23:47]
10:00 Kevin Puts River’s Rush – Peabody Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559794. [10:32]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Celebrating J.S. Bach (3/21/1980) A tribute featuring Andrés Segovia, Dame Myra Hess, Pete Seeger, Bidu Sayão, Pablo Casals, JeanPierre Rampal, and others.
Saturday 22
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Still Poem for Orchestra – Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559603. [10:27]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Josef Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572323. [15:06]
11:00 Introductions Kashyap Prasad, 18, piano. Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3, 1st & 2nd mvts; Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10; Price: Sonata in E minor, 2nd mvt; Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp, Op. 30.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges & Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias Ravel: Hilda Harris (Child); Ruth Welting (Fire); Gail Robinson (Princess); Poulenc: Catherin Malfintano (Thérèse); David Holloway (Husband) Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Manuel Rosenthal. Recorded February 28, 1981.
2:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Elfrida Andrée Violin Sonata in B-Flat – AnnetteBarbara Vogel, v; Durval Cesetti, p. Toccata Next TOCN-0013. [13:56]
3:00 Doreen Carwithen Concerto for Piano and Strings –Howard Shelley, p; London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9524. [28:54]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Henriette Renié Cello Sonata – Victor JulienLaferrière, vc; Théo Fouchenneret, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [20:42]
6:00 Molly Herron Trill – Science Ficta. New Amsterdam (Through Lines). [5:08]
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael welcome La Caccina. The Chicagobased treble ensemble discusses their mission to diversify choral repertoire.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer See In the Spotlight on this page.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer This week’s playlist is a surprise package because sometimes it’s fun to be unpredictable. Just like a jack-in-the-box, songs will “spring” up!
Sunday 23
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Host Peter DuBois celebrates the birthdays of JS Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Samuel Adler, Moses Hogan, and Franz Josef Haydn.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 –Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.555714. [44:05]
8:00 Germaine Tailleferre Harp Concertino – Gillian Benet, h; Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7169-2. [16:04]
9:00 Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell, hc. Avie AV-2207 (2). [24:17]
10:00 Price Mississippi River Suite – Women’s Phil/Apo Hsu. Koch 7518-2. [27:46]
11:00 Bernstein West Side Story: Concerto for string quartet and orchestra – Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000141. [25:47]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Sérgio Assad Tahhiyya li ossoulina –Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g’s. Nonesuch 278140-2. [7:13]
1:00 Sofia Gubaidulina Allegro rusticana; Sounds of the Forest –Alexa Still, f; Stephen Gosling, p. Koch KICCD-7658. [9:09]
2:00 Stravinsky The Firebird: (1911 version) – Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Litton. BIS SACD-1874. [47:04]
3:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Swedish Chamber Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. BIS 2199. [15:42]
4:00 Traditional African-American Spirituals, My Lord, What a Morning’; There is a Balm in Gilead – Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley. Seraphic Fire Media Steal Away. [9:15]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Anton Arensky Symphony No. 1 in B minor, Op. 4 – USSR Sym Orch/ Yevgeny Svetlanov. Mobile Fidelity MFCD-878. [35:56]
6:00 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25 –Amadeus Quartet members;
Folkstage
Anne Harris embodies Chicago’s blend of roots music, blues, jazz, and another Chicago mainstay –improvisation. A violinist, singer, and composer, Harris has forged a distinguished solo career and collaborates with legends like Otis Taylor, Cathy Richardson, and the internationally acclaimed Markus James. Described as “a force of nature” (Living Blues), she recently made history as the first Black woman violinist ever to commission an instrument from Amanda Ewing, the first officially recognized Black woman luthier in the U.S. Harris will introduce the new violin on WFMT when the Anne Harris Trio comes to the Levin Performance Studio for Folkstage live, hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer.
Saturday, March 22 8:00 pm
Murray Perahia, p. Sony SX4K-63380 (4). [40:18]
7:00 Friedrich Witt Septet in F – Consortium Classicum. CPO 777486-2. [23:51]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Scriabin Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60; Antol Ugorski, piano; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Bartók Rhapsody for Violin No. 2; Gil Shaham, violin; Stravinsky Pulcinella; Roxana Constantinescu, mezzosoprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone; Fireworks, Op. 4; Varèse Ionisation; Schoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Boulez Notations VII; Daniel Barenboim, conductor. 10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Fiesta of the Guitar Elbio celebrates Latin-American guitar music that explores the crossover of classical style 2025 MARCH
Anne Harris
Photo: Peter Jordan
and popular folk themes.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Robert Goldsand, the Lost Recitals. Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Chopin; Five Preludes from Op. 23 and 32; Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes from “Die Fledermaus;” Chopin Etudes.
Monday 24
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Maxine Eilander, h; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Analekta AN2-9811. [11:44]
7:00 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 68132-2. [7:37]
8:00 Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 – Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417818-2. [6:52]
9:00 Poulenc Flute Sonata –Jonathan Snowden, f; Andrew Litton, p. Virgin 61495-2 (2). [12:22]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Rimsky-Korsakov May Night: Overture – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788. [8:26]
11:00 Villa-Lobos Ciclo brasileiro –Justin Badgerow, p. Divine Art 25201. [10:07]
12:00 Corelli Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 1 – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 423626-2 (2). [11:35]
1:00 Rossini La Cenerentola: Overture – Sinfonia Varsovia/Marc Minkowski. Naïve V-5221. [7:24]
2:00 Ravel String Quartet in F – Emerson String Quartet. DG 445509-2. [28:02]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207 – Gidon Kremer, v; Vienna Phil/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. DG 453043-2 (2). [23:21]
4:00 Haydn Piano Sonata No. 13 in G, H XVI:6 – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67882 (2). [15:58]
5:00 Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80703. [16:55]
6:00 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F, R. 288 – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v. Naïve OP-30572. [9:35]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Merrie England Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar, and John Dowland all composed
music inspired by the folk tunes in country pubs, the pageantry of Royal Albert Hall and Covent Garden, and the stunning countryside. Join us as we walk along England’s pathways.
8:00 Live from WFMT Violinist Paul Huang and pianist Helen Huang share selections from their new album Mirrors, recorded in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G; Betsy Jolas Ces belles années... (U.S. Premiere, TCO Co-Commission); Daniel Harding, conductor.
Tuesday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Purcell The Fairy Queen: Act 2 Instrumental Suite – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Fontalis ES-8583. [10:30]
7:00 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail – Boston Pops Orch/John Williams. Sony 41779-2 (20). [7:40]
8:00 Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 439892-2. [5:33]
9:00 Lully Armide : Overture; Passacaille – Indianapolis Baroque Orch/Barthold Kuijken. Indy Baroque Music INDB-1401. [8:30]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Anthony Holborne Five Dances – London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. ASV CDQS-6013. [6:18]
11:00 Robert Nathaniel Dett In the Bottoms: IV. Barcarolle, Morning – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [4:49]
12:00 Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 –Noah Geller, v; Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-136. [9:33]
1:00 Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDR5-69831-2. [15:20]
2:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D 537 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902690. [21:37]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – BBC Phil/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN-9633. [12:57]
4:00 Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture – Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Conifer 55004-2. [9:57]
5:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – David
Jolley, hn; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423377-2. [16:50]
6:00 Mauro Giuliani Variazioni concertanti, Op. 130 – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61452-2. [11:55]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Merrie England See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Glazunov Five Novelettes, Op 15 – St. Petersburg String Quartet. Delos DE-3262. [30:07]
9:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 410068-2. [30:10]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Schubert Trio in B-flat major, D. 581; Kristin Lee, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello; Fantasy in C major, D. 934, Op. 159; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Gloria Chien, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3, Pastoral –London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink; Amanda Roocroft, s. EMI CDC5-56564-2. [39:01]
Wednesday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Chopin Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67706. [8:39]
7:00 Falla La vida breve : Interlude & Dance – Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80149. [7:01]
8:00 Weber Clarinet Concertino in E-Flat, Op. 26 – David Shifrin, cl; Orch di Padova e del Veneto/David Golub. Delos DE-3220. [10:06]
9:00 Elmer Bernstein The Age of Innocence: Suite –London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé. LPO 0110. [7:21]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including John Stanley String Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 2/6 – Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN-0638. [7:52]
11:00 Delius Florida Suite: II. By the river – Bournemouth Sym Orch/Richard Hickox. EMI CDM5-65203-2. [7:05]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Fluitist Jungah Yoon and pianist Kay Kim perform music by Ravel, Barber, and Franck live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Michael Abels Winged Creatures – Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/ Allen Tinkham. Cedille CDR-90000187. [11:38]
2:00 Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-7009. [10:42]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite – Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572041. [23:47]
4:00 Alessandro Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor) – Heinz Holliger, ob; Camerata Bern/Erich Höbarth. ECM 2229. [10:38]
5:00 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. Erato ECD-88224. [17:31]
6:00 Chris Brubeck Guitar Concerto, Affinity – Sharon Isbin, g; Maryland Sym Orch/Elizabeth Schulze. Zoho ZM-202005. [16:02]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Merrie England See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Johann Gottlieb Graun Viola da Gamba Concerto in A minor – Jan Freiheit, viga; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902132. [24:26]
9:00 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ –Olivier Latry, o; Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach. Ondine ODE-1094-5. [38:03]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree A performance of the 1867 oratorio The Martyrdom of Saints Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia under the Tyranny of Diocletian by Bernardo Pasquini, featuring Ensemble Concerto Romano and vocal soloists recorded in concert as part of Forum Alte Musik Köln.
Thursday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including news and weather at 6:00 am.
6:30 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Merrie England See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Richard Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 – Orpheus Chamber
Orch. DG 435871-2. [33:10]
9:00 Mohammed Fairouz The Named Angels – Del Sol Quartet. Sono Luminus DSL-92193. [27:01]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Brahms A German Requiem; Ying Fang, soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone; Concert Chorale of NY; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
Friday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including news and weather at 6:00 am.
6:30 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Merrie England See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Price Concert Overture No. 1 (on Sinner, Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass) –Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [11:36]
9:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 – Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle. Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven: Complete Symphonies. [39:12]
10:00 Cécile Chaminade Pas des Cymbales, Op 36, No. 2 – Bengt Forsberg & Peter Jablonski, p’s. DG 471331-2. [5:17]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel In 1988, Studs welcomed The Rhos Welsh Choir for a warm hour of songs and stories.
Saturday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 12:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Heggie’s Moby-Dick Brandon Jovanovich (Captain Ahab); Stephen Costello (Greenhorn); Petter Mattei (Starbuck); Ryan Speedo Green (Queequeg); Janai Brugger (Pip); Malcolm MacKenzie (Stubb); William Burden (Flask); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Karen Kamensek.
3:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including
Ruth Gipps Trio, Op. 10: 3rd mvt – Juliana Koch, ob; Julian Bliss, cl; Michael McHale, p. Chandos CHAN-20290. [6:02]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Meet the women’s ensemble Lyyra in advance of their Chicago debut at Northeastern Illinois University’s Jewel Box Series.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Laura Karpman Brass Ceiling: The Journey of General Ann Dunwoody – US Army Field Band/Col. Jim R. Keene. Navona NV-6297. [6:18]
6:00 Mel Bonis Le Rêve de Cléopâtre, Op. 180 – Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Bru Zane BZ-2007. [9:03]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Classical Sounds Electric Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn continue their exploration of where new and innovative sounds are found in the classical sphere, shining a light on music with some electrifying elements.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: To celebrate WFMT members who make Folkstage possible, we present an array of performances down through the years.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer A virtual festival with tunes about music, musical instruments, musicians and the way we build community through folk songs. Listener suggestions encouraged, please and thank you.
Sunday 30
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 4. Laetare Sunday provides a brief opportunity to share music of a more joyful nature in mid-Lent. “Laetare,” which means “rejoice,” sets the tone for this program for the Fourth Sunday in Lent.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Charlotte Sohy Symphony in C-sharp minor – French National Orch/Débora Waldman. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [28:48]
8:00 Jasmine Barnes Peace –Lawrence Brownlee, t; Kevin J. Miller, p. Warner 5419756371. [3:16]
9:00 Maddalena Sirmen Violin Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1 – Zefira Valova, v; Il Pomo d’Oro. Aparté AP-291. [13:59]
10:00 Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 – Leontyne
Price, s; New Philharmonia Orch/Thomas Schippers. RCA 61983-2. [16:18]
11:00 Bonds Montgomery Variations – Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray. Linn CKD-731. [22:50]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Debussy Jeux (Poème dansé) – Orch de Paris/ Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4870146. [17:38]
1:00 Louise Farrenc Variations on Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Op. 5 – Maria Stratigou, p. Grand Piano GP-934. [8:32]
2:00 Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p. DG 4862388. [34:11]
3:00 Monteverdi Selva morale e spirituale: Magnificat I – La Cetra/Andrea Marcon. DG 4862977. [13:44]
4:00 Lawson Lunde Saxophone Sonata, Op. 37, Alpine –Paul Cohen, ssx; Allison Brewster Franzetti, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92135. [8:47]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat, Op. 70 – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko. Naxos 8.501111 (11). [26:31]
6:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMX-2901902.11 (10). [24:36]
7:00 Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36 – Marlboro Festival Ensemble. Sony SMK-46249. [46:02]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Op. 60; Poulenc Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani; Cameron Carpenter, organ; Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor; Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe; Bolero; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari An exploration of the pure classical works of Astor Piazzolla, who is famous for revolutionizing the field of nuevo tango.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Historic recordings with Eduard van Beinum and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Berlioz Symphonie fantastique; Rákóczi March; Bruckner Symphony No. 9.
Monday 31
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including news and weather at 6:00 am.
6:30 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the
In the Spotlight
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) was a renowned conductor known for creating over 200 orchestral transcriptions, many of which are still performed and re-recorded today. His works are colorful and varied, spanning a wide range from the organ pieces of Johann Sebastian Bach to the operas of Richard Wagner. Stokowski played a pivotal role in the early development of orchestral recordings, collaborating with Bell Labs and the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1940, he partnered with Walt Disney and the beloved character Mickey Mouse to produce the groundbreaking film, Fantasia. Stokowski’s managers were focused on every penny he could potentially earn for them, which is why they kept him under contract just in case he lived to be 105 years old.
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7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) See In the Spotlight on this page.
8:00 Live from WFMT Pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, winner of the 2024 Concours musical international de Montréal and the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, performs live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: The Cleveland Orchestra. Krenek Kleine Symphonie, Op 58 ; Mahler Adagio from Symphony No. 10; Bartók String Quartet No. 3 for String Orchestra; Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op 19; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.
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Leopold Stokowski
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