From the President & CEO The Guide
Dear Member,
This month, WTTW will bring you a new Jane Austen story, about the family of the famed author herself. The four-part drama Miss Austen reimagines a real-life event that has intrigued historians for generations – why Cassandra Austen burned her sister’s letters – and transforms it into a sharp-witted and ultimately heartbreaking tale of sisterly devotion. On page 4, two of the stars of the miniseries, Keeley Hawes (Cassandra) and Patsy Ferran (Jane), explain what drew them to the roles and how they approached their characters, what it was like to work on this series with a woman-centric cast and crew, and what they learned about the Austens and their world.
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WTTW presents profiles of actor and activist George Takei and the enigmatic San Francisco photographer Michael Jang; two sobering documentaries about Japanese internment camps during World War II – Amache: American Experience, that tells the story of the 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were unjustly incarcerated after the attack on Pearl Harbor; and Snapshots of Confinement , in which Japanese American families share the creative ways they found to document their lives in the camps. For Jewish Heritage Month, Where Neon Goes to Die explores the rise and fall of South Beach, Florida’s Yiddish community that was created by Jewish immigrants after World War II; and Eva’s Promise, a poignant film that introduces viewers to artist Heinz Geiringer who hid his artwork before being sent to Auschwitz, making his sister Eva pledge to retrieve it if he didn’t survive. And finally for something completely different, an examination of comedy legend Mel Brooks as he looks back on his prolific career.
In May, WFMT debuts a new season of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival , known for featuring iconic repertoire alongside contemporary works. Listen as performers provide commentary about the festival, their experiencesin Santa Fe, and the music. To celebrate Mother’s Day, we’ll bring you an appearance by violinists Rachel Barton Pine and her daughter Sylvia Pine who perform with pianist Matthew Hagle on Live from WFMT. And we observe AAPI Heritage Month with a special episode of Introductions and a Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center program featuring pipa virtuoso Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet.
Thank you for your continued membership, and I hope you enjoy the month of May!
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The Cost of Caring
This documentary explores the challenges veterinarians face. Multiple stressors lead to burnout, compassion fatigue and depression among these professionals who dedicate their hearts and lives to caring for vulnerable animals.
Sunday, May 11, 10:00 am
Thursday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots [R]
1:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Alaska –Wild Harvest [R]
2:00 Walkable USA [R]
3:00 Letters from Brno [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Kansas City
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Forever Young [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Die We Must [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Soup for Dinner
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Pioneers of Television: Doctors and Nurses Television’s long love affair with doctors and nurses is examined in this episode.
8:00 The Vietnam War: Things Fall Apart (Part 6 of 10) Seeing the violence and brutality of the Tet Offensive unfold on television, Americans begin to doubt Johnson’s promise of “light at the end of the tunnel.”
9:30 Jay’s Chicago: Mentors Changing Lives
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 2
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Niagara Falls [R]
1:00 NOVA: Critical Condition –Health in Black America [R]
3:00 Wine, Women, & Dementia [R]
Daily Television Programming •
Programmer’s Picks
Great Performances: Yellow Face
This comedy stars Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical Miss Saigon only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.
Friday, May 16, 9:00 pm
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 5 of 8) [R]
3:00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Seafood Two Ways
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Pressure Cooker Perfection
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Raisins and Almonds When a young man is found dead in a bookshop at the Eastern Market, Phryne Fisher’s is plunged into the diverse worlds of Jewish politics, alchemy, and poison.
9:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar Agustin Barrios captured the soul of Latin America to become the most important guitar composer of the 20th century.
10:00 10 Towns That Changed America Visit influential towns across the country from Greenbelt, Maryland, and Seaside, Florida, to Riverside, Illinois.
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Pioneers of Television: Doctors and Nurses See Thurs. May 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Mel Brooks: Genius Entertainer
With a career spanning nine decades, EGOT winner Mel Brooks is the master of parody and comedy. Mel Brooks tells us with his unflinching Jewish humor about his prolific career and becoming a world-famous entertainer. Thursday, May 22, 7:00 pm
1:30 The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay [R]
2:30 Independent Lens: Free for All – The Public Library [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now
6:30 Fresh Glass: Cassandra Goes South, Part 1
7:00 The Great American Recipe
8:00 My Money Mentors
8:30 Curious Traveler: Manchester
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Berlin, Leipzig, and Meissen, Germany
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Marquette, Michigan
10:00 This Old House: Westford – Side Hustle
10:30 Ask This Old House: Urban Gardens, Apron Driveway
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: The Best BBQ You’ve Never Heard Of 11:30 America the Bountiful: Honey in North Dakota
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country: Chuck Roast and Potatoes
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Dream of Summer
1:30 Essential Pépin: Rollin’ in Dough
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Indian Feast
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Blender Cakes
3:30 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Special Occasions
4:00 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Memories
4:30 Check, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Fascist Story
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago You
may not have heard of Albert Lasker, Eugene Kolkey, or Tom Burrell, but you most certainly know their creations. They’re Chicago’s Mad Men - the local executives who created iconic advertising campaigns.
7:00 My Life is Murder: All the Better to See You All the world’s a stage when Alexa investigates the murder of an actor in the middle of a live performance.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: Civil War
When a recently retired DCI is shot dead during an English Civil War reenactment, Mike immediately
In the Spotlight
Water: The Sacred Gift
More than precipitation and gravity, the Rocky Mountain watershed is critical to the survival of all living things dependent on this ecosystem. As the changing climate poses rapid challenges to the environment’s equilibrium, can the sheer aesthetics of this ecosystem aid in drawing attention to the problem? Hosted by filmmaker Nick Mollé.
Sunday, May 4 11:00 am
Nick Mollé
Photo: © Nick Mollé Productions
Miss Austen
A Q&A with Actors Keeley Hawes and Patsy Ferran
he new miniseries Miss Austen, premiering Sunday, May 4 at 8:00 pm, takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters after she dies – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty, and heartbreaking story of sisterly love. Once she finds the letters, Cassandra is transported back to her youth to recall the events that shaped their lives and laid the foundation for Jane’s unforgettable stories. Actors Keeley Hawes (Cassandra) and Patsy Ferran (Jane) reveal how they approached their roles, what they discovered about Austen’s life and work, and what this story reveals about the world of which Jane was such a keen observer.
WTTW Passport members can binge all four episodes of this series starting on the night of its broadcast premiere.
What drew you to the role of Cassandra?
Keeley Hawes: I was sent the script for Miss Austen knowing nothing at all about this story, and instantly I found it absolutely fascinating and charming. I think people will love it, because for anyone who is not aware of this backstory, it’s almost like we are getting a new Jane Austen story in itself, and what a lovely surprise that is. This is a story about relationships and families and what people mean to each other, and how we experience love, loss, and life.
How do we first meet Cassandra in the series?
Hawes: At the very start of our story, Cassandra goes to the Fowle family home in Kintbury to try to retrieve Jane’s letters. Isabella Fowle is having to leave the family home after her father’s passing - she is left with nothing after his death,
because she is a woman. It’s terribly sad and deeply shocking to think that that’s how things were.
Tell us more about Cassandra.
Hawes: I think Cassandra is an extraordinary woman for the time – for any time, actually. We meet her in flashbacks where the same character is played as a young girl by Synnøve Karlsen. The backstory itself feels like something from a Jane Austen novel – Cassandra is engaged to Tom (Fowle) and shortly after their engagement he goes away for a year and sadly doesn’t return. So, for the rest of Cassandra’s life she doesn’t marry or have a family of her own, despite second chances at love and happiness later in her life. That alone is heartbreaking, and I think it tells you an awful lot about her.
Tell us a little about your costumes for the series.
Synnøve Karlsen as young Cassandra and Patsy Ferran as Jane Austen
Photos: Robert Viglasky Photography for BBC, Bonnie Productions, and MASTERPIECE
Hawes: I have a corset, but it doesn’t have to be that tight, and there’s nothing nicer than having a costume on and being able to forget about it. The corset is useful, however, as it makes you carry yourself in a slightly different way. Also, there are many black costumes in my section of the story as we are all in mourning for Reverend Fowle, but in the flashbacks there are these lovely blasts of color. It’s a great way of visually distinguishing those two periods.
Lots of women were at the heart of the making of Miss Austen both in front of and behind the camera. What stands out most for you about working together on the series?
Hawes: Within five minutes of my first meeting with director Aisling Walsh, I could tell this story was in great hands with these talented women – some of our finest actresses and the nicest people that I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
How do you think Cassandra’s act of destroying Jane Austen’s letters might have impacted Jane’s legacy?
Hawes: We live in the modern world where people are incredibly open on social media and in autobiographies, so I think there is something worthwhile about what Cassandra did, because we don’t know Jane’s innermost thoughts. That makes her a bit of an enigma, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I don’t think we need to know everything about everyone – in Jane’s case, her work speaks for itself.
Tell us about the Jane Austen that we encounter in this series.
Patsy Ferran: Our writer Andrea Gibb has created a vibrant, complex, and wonderful woman in Jane Austen. I’m ashamed to say I wasn’t clued into her work, but I think that’s a blessing as I wasn’t paralyzed by expectations. In the script, I found a woman who was vivacious, highly intellectual, funny, and complex, but she’s also judgmental.
The reason she was such a good writer is because she was a sharp observer of the world and of society, so she makes her judgements as she lives her life.
Can you tell us about your preparations for the role?
Ferran: There were a couple of skills I had to develop for this role. One was playing the piano, which was an utter joy as I used to play as a child, and this role gave me the excuse to reignite my love for it. I also had to learn to use a quill and ink pen, as there are a lot of close-ups of Jane writing her letters to Eliza or writing her novels. Finally, I read some of Jane’s novels. I knew of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility through other films and visual mediums, but I’d never read any of Jane’s books, so I read Persuasion and
“It’s almost like we are getting a new Jane Austen story in itself, and what a lovely surprise that is.”
Keeley Hawes
Northanger Abbey and didn’t realize what I’d been missing!
What is it about Miss Austen that you think viewers will fall in love with?
Ferran: What I love about Miss Austen is that it’s a love story between two sisters. Cassandra and Jane are best friends, soulmates, and the loves of their lives. They’re two women who decide not to marry, so they’ve created a world of independence. They have to rely financially on the men in their lives and must serve their siblings and parents, but they have a little bit of agency in their lives. There’s something extraordinary in this seemingly ordinary relationship.
These interviews were condensed for length and clarity. Courtesy of Bonnie Productions and Masterpiece, in association with the BBC and Federation Stories.
Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen
JFK: Breaking the News
Saturday, May 3, 9:00 pm
Narrated by Emmy-winning newscaster Jane Pauley, this documentary focuses on media coverage of the tragedy, with an insightful look at the emergence of television as the primary source of breaking news information.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
What is Passport?
World
Independent Lens: Matter of Mind – My Alzheimer’s
Wednesday, May 7, 7:00 pm
An intimate portrayal of three families confronting the unique challenges of Alzheimer’s and how this progressive neurodegenerative disease transforms roles and relationships.
Watch on WTTW World, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Passport
Miss Austen on Masterpiece
Sunday, May 4
WTTW Passport members can binge all four episodes of this series starting on the night of its broadcast premiere. Miss Austen, based on Gill Hornby’s acclaimed novel, reimagines a real-life literary mystery.
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President John F. Kennedy
Kristy Miller, one of the film’s subjects
Photo: KERA PBS and American Public Television
Photo: David Alvardo
Photo: Robert Viglasky Photography
Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen
In the Spotlight
Miss Austen (New Miniseries)
Notoriously known for burning Jane Austen’s letters, did Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes, The Durrells in Corfu) truly protect her famous sister’s reputation? Immerse yourself in this four-part literary mystery, reimagined as a fascinating, witty, and heartbreaking tale of sisterly love. Also starring Rose Leslie and Phyllis Logan (both of Downton Abbey ).
Sundays beginning May 4, 8:00 pm
suspects the victim’s wife.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Some Cupid Kills Frank and Luella are employed by Pollie Grisham to find who murdered her actor boyfriend by poisoning.
10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Raisins and Almonds See Fri. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:00 The Vietnam War: Things Fall Apart (Part 6 of 10) See Thurs. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:30 POV: The Taste of Mango Spanning three generations of women, their narratives bear witness to the ever-evolving nature of inheritance and the hurt and protection entangled within familial bonds.
2:00 Prohibition: A Nation of Drunkards (Part 1 of 3) [R]
4:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This – Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar See Fri. May 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
7:00 This Old House: Westford –Side Hustle [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Urban Gardens, Apron Driveway [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: A Day for Lei
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Island Treats
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Eggs a Dozen Ways
9:30 A Chef’s Life: Eggs Two Dozen Ways
10:00 Hidden Louisiana Join Peter Greenberg as he introduces you to a side of Louisiana you never knew existed.
11:00 Water: The Sacred Gift
AFTERNOON
12:00 Holocaust Warnings: American Antisemitism and Extremism Can the Holocaust provide a template for understanding and confronting extremism today?
1:00 Prohibition: A Nation of Scofflaws (Part 2 of 3) In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell intoxicating liquor. And millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.
3:00 Prohibition: A Nation of Hypocrites (Part 3 of 3) Support for Prohibition diminishes in the mid-1920s as the playfulness of sneaking around for a drink gives way to disenchantment with its glaring unintended consequences.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Amsterdam
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 To be announced
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 6 of 8) It’s September 1970 and the local dustbin strike leads to a refuse site established outside Nonnatus House.
8:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) In 1830, Cassandra Austen arrives in Kintbury after hearing of her friend Eliza’s husband’s impending death. But Cassandra is searching for the letters her sister Jane wrote to Eliza throughout their friendship.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: Madame Deficit (Season 2, Part 7 of 8) Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief after the death of her daughter Sophie and faces extortion over stolen love letters to Fersen.
10:00 The Paris Murders: For Always (Season 2, Part 12 of 12) In a shocking series finale, the investigation continues, but nothing goes as planned.
Asian American / Pacific Islander
Heritage Month Programming
Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage Monday, May 5, 7:00 pm
Snapshots of Confinement Sunday, May 11, 6:00 pm
Independent Lens: And So It Begins Monday, May 12, 9:00 pm
Great Performances: Yellow Face Friday, May 16, 9:00 pm
Independent Lens: Who is Michael Jang? Monday, May 19, 9:00 pm
Tyrus Wong: American Masters Tuesday, May 27, 8:00 pm
Amache: An American Injustice Tuesday, May 27, 9:30 pm
To Be Takei Thursday, May 29, 7:00 pm
Finding Her Beat Sunday, May 4, 3:00 pm
Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi: Little Sri Lanka Sunday, May 4, 4:30 pm
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March Sunday, May 4, 7:00 pm
Frontline: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning Sunday, May 4, 9:30 pm
Asian Americans Sundays beginning May 4, 11:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage
Tuesday, May 6, 10:00 am
Field Trip with Curtis Stone: Hong Kong Saturday, May 10, 9:00 pm
Pacific Heartbeat Sunday May 11 & 18, 3:00 pm
Plague, the Golden Gate –American Experience Wednesday, May 14, 7:00 pm
Great Performances: Yellow Face
Saturday, May 17, 8:00 am
To Be Takei
Saturday, May 17, 9:00 pm
Independent Lens: Who is Michael Jang? Tuesday, May 20, 12:00 pm
Tyrus Wong: American Masters Wednesday, May 28, 11:00 am
Amache: American Injustice Wednesday, May 28, 12:30 pm
Keeley Hawes
Photo: Robert Viglasky Photography
In the Spotlight
Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood
Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Terry Masear finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a magical tale of love, fragility, and healing. Meet Cactus, Jimmy, Wasabi, Alexa, and Mikhail, Masear’s diminutive patients, as we celebrate their small victories while lamenting their tiny tragedies.
Wednesday, May 7 7:00 pm
Close up of a praying
Bugs that Rule the World
(New Miniseries)
Explore the fascinating world of bugs, their beauty, and ecological importance. From pollinators and insect predators to the clean-up crews purifying our planet, scientists examine the decline of these essential yet least appreciated creatures.
Wednesdays, May 7-28 9:00 pm
11:00 ACL 10th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Garth Brooks Austin City Limits Hall of Fame honoree Garth Brooks shares classics and the stories behind the songs in an epic, singalong hour for the series’ 50th anniversary.
Monday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: All the Better to See You See Sat. May 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Whitstable Pearl: Civil War See Sat. May 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Some Cupid Kills See Sat. May 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Raisins and Almonds [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago See Sat. May 3 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: Maryland Zoo (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 10 Towns That Changed America See Fri. May 2 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: All the Better to See You [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Two Tastes from the Bay Area
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: DinerStyle Favorites with a Twist
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage Finds with Asian and Pacific Islands origins include a Hawaiian kou bowl, a Ghandi presentation spinning wheel, and an 1888 Joesph Nawahi painting.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Booker T. Washington archive collected by Washington’s former teacher; a 17th-century Chinese transitional wine; and an Eanger Irving Couse painting featuring an iconic subject for the artist.
9:00 Independent Lens: Matter of Mind – My Alzheimer’s Meet three families confronting the unique challenges of Alzheimer’s and learn how this progressive neurodegenerative disease transforms roles and relationships.
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
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 6 of 8) See Sun. May 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. May 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: Madame Deficit (Season 2, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: For Always (Season 2, Part 12 of 12) See Sun. May 4 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Charlotte
2:00 Pioneers of Television: Doctors and Nurses [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Raisins and Almonds [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Italian Seafood Suppers
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Children of Exile Henry Louis Gates, Jr. retraces the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raul Esparza, whose families fled their homelands.
8:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Juneau & Whitehorse – Sister Cities Pati explores the sister cities of Alaska’s capital, Juneau, and the capital of Canada’s Yukon Territory, Whitehorse.
9:00 Frontline: Antidote Watch the U.S. broadcast premiere of an award-winning film exposing the cost of opposing Vladimir Putin. Hear the stories of an investigative journalist and a political activist putting their lives on the line standing up to the Kremlin, and the consequences.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R] 11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Hummingbird rehabber Terry Masear
Photo: Zachary Ruddell / © WildBear
mantis
Photo: Tai Inoue
Acoustic Rooster and his Barnyard Band, May 1 at 7:30 am
Wednesday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Jay’s Chicago: Mentors Changing Lives [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage See Mon. May 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Independent Lens: Matter of Mind – My Alzheimer’s See Mon. May 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Latino Heritage
2:00 Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago [R]
3:00 Whitstable Pearl: Civil War [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvanian Melting Pot
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Dinner Party
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood
8:00 NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test – Countdown
9:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Insect Apocalypse (Part 1 of 4)
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Children of Exile See Tues. May 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Juneau & Whitehorse – Sister Cities See Tues. May 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: Antidote See Tues. May 6 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Curious Traveler: Manchester [R]
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Amsterdam [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Omaha
2:00 Finding Your Roots:
Children of Exile [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Some Cupid Kills [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Cajun Country
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mediterranean Sweets
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00
PBS News Hour
7:00 Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction This episode spotlights three key sci-fi series: Star Trek, Lost in Space, and Twilight Zone
8:00 The Vietnam War: The Veneer of Civilization (Part 7 of 10) With the country at odds over the war, draft-age Americans face wrenching choices.
9:30 Jay’s Chicago:
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood See Wed. May 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test – Countdown See Wed. May 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Insect Apocalypse (Part 1 of 4) See Wed. May 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To be announced
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 6 of 8) [R]
3:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Weeknight Japanese Dinners
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore At a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, there is a bizarre death onstage.
9:00 Great Performances:
Next to Normal Grammy nominee Caissie Levy stars in the story of a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness.
11:30 BBC News
Saturday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction See Thurs. May 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Prohibition: A Nation of Scofflaws (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. May 4 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now: Maple Syrup and Storing Energy
6:30 Fresh Glass: Cassandra Goes South, Part 2
7:00 The Great American Recipe
8:00 My Money Mentors
8:30 Curious Traveler: Hong Kong – Culture and Traditions
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Crystal Coast of North Carolina
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Austin, Minnesota
10:00 This Old House: Westford –Gutted and Rewired
10:30 Ask This Old House: A/C Airflow Issue, Shellac Removal
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Florida Tailgate Party
11:30 America the Bountiful: Lobster in Maine
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country: Saucy Italian-Inspired Dinners
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Keep it Fresh
1:30 Essential Pépin: Egg-Ceptional
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Bistro Classics at Home
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Real Chicken Kyiv
3:30 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Team Favorites
4:00 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Coastal Delights
4:30 Check, Please! Counter Culture
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Egypt’s Cairo
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
Jewish Heritage Month Programming
Holocaust Warnings: American Antisemitism and Extremism
Sunday, May 4 at 12:00 pm
Where Neon Goes to Die Sunday, May 11 at 1:00 pm
Resistance: They Fought Back
Tuesday, May 13 at 7:00 pm
Eva’s Promise Sunday, May 18 at 6:00 pm
Mel Brooks: Genius Entertainer
Thursday, May 22 at 7:00 pm
Also, stream the following programs at any time at wttw.com/watch, or on your smart TV or mobile device through the free PBS app.
The U.S. and the Holocaust
The Jewish Journey: America
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
Growing Up Jewish
Children of the Holocaust: Stories of Survival
Life After Liberation: Holocaust Survivors in Post-War Germany
6:00 Chicago Stories: The Race to Reverse the River Engineers arrive at an ingenious solution for purifying the polluted Chicago River: reversing the flow of the river away from the lake.
7:00 My Life is Murder: Hidden Gems Alexa must sort fact from fiction when a compulsive liar confesses to a murder at a high-end jeweler.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: Disappearance at Oare Pearl agrees to help a woman who received a note
claiming her missing husband did not die from suicide, connecting the case to a grief-counseling church group and a drowning years ago.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – And Rarest Parts Frank and Luella are employed by lottery winner Leroy King convinced his son, who died 5 years earlier, is haunting him.
10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore See Fri. May 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:00 The Vietnam War: The Veneer of Civilization (Part 7 of 10) See Thurs. May 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 11
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Prohibition: A Nation of Hypocrites (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. May 4 at 3:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Next to Normal See Fri. May 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:30 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Juneau & Whitehorse – Sister Cities [R]
MORNING
6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
7:00 This Old House: Westford –Gutted and Rewired [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: A/C Airflow Issue, Shellac Removal [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Flowers Magic
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Stone Upon Stone
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Stop, Squash, and Roll
9:30 A Chef’s Life: Pretty in Peach
10:00 The Cost of Caring Veterinarians have one of the highest suicide rates in the United States. This film explores the challenges veterinarians face and ways to address these obstacles.
11:00 Mental Health Care In America This discussion program illustrates the impact of untreated mental illness and addiction on us all in a post-COVID society, and focuses on the extent of the crisis reaching deep into rural communities.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Aging in America: Survive or Thrive This film narrated by Martin Sheen explores critical topics such as ageism, healthcare, economic insecurity, and Alzheimer’s disease.
1:00 Where Neon Goes to Die For more than 60 years, Miami Beach flourished as a Jewish cultural haven. Then one day it vanished
in a fog of disco lights.
2:00 Gods of Tennis: Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe In 1975, Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe are fighting to become Wimbledon champions, and in their own ways, they are also battling social change for equality on a global level.
3:00 Gods of Tennis: Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe’s showdowns in the Wimbledon finals in 1980 and 1981 are among the most memorable matches in the sport.
4:00 Gods of Tennis: Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert In 1990, Martina Navratilova dominates Wimbledon, yet struggles to be as adored as her rival, Chris Evert.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Snapshots of Confinement During World War II, the U.S. government limited the use of cameras by Japanese Americans in the confinement sites, while simultaneously utilizing photography for propaganda. But Japanese American families found ways to document their lives.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 7 of 8) Joyce faces a disciplinary hearing over a recent complaint. Dr. Turner volunteers at a methadone clinic to treat heroin addiction.
8:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Cassandra’s determination to keep Jane’s letters private is joined by a second objective: securing a home for Isabella.
9:00 Marie Antoinette: The End of the Beginning (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) Amid the revolution’s advance, Marie Antoinette struggles to support Louis’s rule. When he succumbs to depression, she bravely steps up to rule in his place.
10:00 The Paris Murders: One for Everyone (Season 2, Part 1 of 12) The investigation of a brutal murder leads to a mysterious father figure who becomes the key suspect.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Maren Morris Country superstar Maren Morris showcases gems from her Grammynominated album Humble Quest alongside chart-topping hits in a career-spanning hour.
Monday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: Hidden Gems See Sat. May 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Whitstable Pearl: Disappearance at Oare See Sat. May 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – And Rarest Parts See Sat. May 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: The Race to Reverse the River See Sat. May 10 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: Celebrating AsianPacific Heritage [R]
2:00 Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: Hidden Gems [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Old New Mexico
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Brunch at Home
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Never Seen That Before!
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an archive of the Oak Ridge Journal; a Pete Seeger-autographed sign; and an 1854 Edward Beyer panoramic oil painting.
9:00 Independent Lens: And So It Begins An historic presidential race in the Philippines is seen through the eyes of Nobel-winning journalist Maria Ressa.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. May 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Marie Antoinette: The End of the Beginning (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Savannah [R]
2:00 Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Chuck Roast and Potatoes
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Three-Cup Chicken and Smashed Cucumbers
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Resistance: They Fought Back Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, this film provides a muchneeded corrective to the myth of Jewish passivity during World War II.
9:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Alberta –Canada’s Changing Heartland In Canada’s heartland, Alberta, Pati learns how thriving immigrant communities in Edmonton and Calgary are reshaping the Canadian identity.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Never Seen That Before! See Mon. May 12 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Aging in America: Survive or Thrive See Sun. May 11 at 12:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Where Neon Goes to Die See Sun. May 11 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Portland
2:00 Chicago Stories: The Race to Reverse the River [R]
3:00 Whitstable Pearl: Disappearance at Oare [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Saucy Italian-Inspired Dinners [R]
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 Nature: My Garden of a Thousand Bees A wildlife
cameraman spends his time during the pandemic lockdown filming the bees in his urban garden.
8:00 NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test – Impact
9:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Lifegivers (Part 2 of 4) Dive into the colorful world of Earth’s essential pollinators – bees, moths, and butterflies.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Far From Home Henry Louis Gates maps the family trees of pop icon Cyndi Lauper and actors Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo.
1:00 Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Alberta –Canada’s Changing Heartland See Tues. May 13 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Snapshots of Confinement See Sun. May 11 at 6:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Holocaust Warnings: American Antisemitism and Extremism See Sun. May 4 at 12:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Far from Home See 12:00 am. [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: And Rarest Parts [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake
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 Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms This episode focuses on five key sitcoms: I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Make Room for Daddy, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
8:00 The Vietnam War: The History of the World (Part 8 of 10) When troop withdrawals begin, soldiers left in Vietnam ask what they are fighting for.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: My Garden of a Thousand Bees See Wed. May 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test – Impact See Wed. May 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Lifegivers (Part 2 of 4) See Wed. May 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Cost of Caring See Sun. May 11 at 10:00 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 7 of 8) [R]
3:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Spicing Up the Grill
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in Montparnasse As a young woman in Paris after the war, Phryne posed for the famous artist Pierre Sarcelle. Now, Sarcelle’s widow arrives in Melbourne asking for her late husband’s paintings.
9:00 Great Performances: Yellow Face
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Amanpour and Company
1:30 Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms See Thurs. May 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Independent Lens: And So It Begins See Mon. May 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now: Freighter Madness
6:30 Fresh Glass: Cassandra Falls in Love
7:00 The Great American Recipe
8:00 My Money Mentors
8:30 Curious Traveler: Southern Wales
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Traverse City, Michigan
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Greater Lafayette, Indiana
10:00 This Old House: Westford –A Family Affair
10:30 Ask This Old House: Overseeding, Foundation Repair
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Shoulder On 11:30 America the Bountiful: Cherries in Michigan
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country: Pork Roast and Orange Cake [R]
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: You’re Invited
1:30 Essential Pépin: Game Day
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Salmon Steaks Done Right
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Spice Kitchen
3:30 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Wilderness Festival
4:00 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Crowd Pleasers
4:30 Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza E Pasta
5:00 Rick Steves’
Europe: Ethiopia – A Development Story
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Stories of two hugely different disasters that occurred 90 years apart: First, the deadliest building fire in U.S. history: the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire. Then, the Great Loop Flood of 1992.
7:00 My Life is Murder: Wild Life Harry asks Alexa to look into the case of his friend, who is accused of murdering a survival expert.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: A Cup o’ Kindness When a mother takes her daughter out for a boat ride contrary to the father’s wishes, the boat starts taking on water and the two need to be rescued.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Time Decays Frank receives £5,000 anonymously to solve a crime yet to be committed on a walk along Shakespeare’s Way.
10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in Montparnasse See Fri. May 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:00 The Vietnam War: The History of the World
Do it Yourself Saturdays
6:30 Fresh Glass
7:00 Great American Recipe
8:00 My Money Mentors
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 America the Bountiful
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Essential Pépin
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 Mary Berry Cook & Share
4:00 Mary Berry Cook & Share
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
(Part 8 of 10) See Thurs. May 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 18
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Gods of Tennis: Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe See Sun. May 11 at 2:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Gods of Tennis: Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe See Sun. May 11 at 3:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Great Performances: Yellow Face See Fri. May 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
7:00 This Old House: Westford –A Family Affair [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Overseeding, Foundation Repair [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Flowers Can
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: South Sami Delicacies
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Getting’ Figgy With It
9:30 A Chef’s Life: Pickle Perfect
10:00 The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause This program confronts the neglected menopause
crisis, advocating for a revolutionary approach to women’s health in America.
11:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) Susan is living in Crete when a couple asks her for help finding their missing daughter, Cecily.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Susan meets Cecily’s sister and husband and learns more about the hotel’s former employee found guilty in the murder of Frank Parris.
1:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) In London, Susan investigates what Alan Conway knew about the Frank Parris murder, but DS Locke warns her to stay away from the case.
2:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) Susan meets with Alan’s ex-partner and learns about the relationship between Alan and Frank.
3:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) The Endicotts reveal that Martin Webster had a motive to kill Cecily. Liam
Corby tells Susan that he knows a secret of Lisa’s.
4:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) Susan and Andreas visit Stefan in prison. With help from Pund, Susan puts the pieces together.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Why We Travel After a lifetime of exploring, Rick Steves shares his reasons why he values travel.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Eva’s Promise On a train to Auschwitz, Heinz Geiringer made his sister Eva promise if he should die, she would retrieve his hidden artwork. This film introduces Heinz, his artistry, and his sister’s efforts to find and share his remarkable legacy.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 8 of 8) The challenges of midwifery hit close to home when a Mother and Baby Home is evacuated.
8:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Through her feverish delirium, Cassandra guards Jane’s letters from Mary Austen.
8:57 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) Cassandra uncovers the truth about Isabella and Lidderdale’s past and takes a final step to protect Jane’s legacy.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Russian Doll (Season 2, Part 2 of 12) While Adele struggles to integrate in the DPJ, a murdered prostitute is found.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Pavement Legendary alternative rock pioneers Pavement mark their 30th anniversary with a rare television performance.
Monday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: Wild Life See Sat. May 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Whitstable Pearl: A Cup o’ Kindness See Sat. May 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Time Decays See Sat. May 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in Montparnasse [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters See Sat. May 17 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
In the Spotlight
Mr. Polaroid: American Experience
In 1948, Edwin Land introduced the Polaroid camera, which produced instant photographs. His creation empowered Americans to control and define the way the outside world saw them. This film traces Land’s life and legacy from global success to financial disaster..
Monday, May 19 8:00 pm
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Never Seen That Before! [R]
2:00 Nature: My Garden of a Thousand Bees [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: Wild Life [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: The Cuban Sandwich Show
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 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 14 Enjoy this compendium of rare treasures from all five Season 29 tour cities.
8:00 Mr. Polaroid: American Experience
9:00 Independent Lens: Who is Michael Jang?
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) See Sun.
Polaroid inventor Edwin Land
Photo: Harvard University, Baker Library
In the Spotlight
Michael Jang from a self-portrait
Independent Lens: Who is Michael Jang? After decades in obscurity and sitting on a treasure trove of pictures, elusive San Francisco artist Michael Jang uses guerrilla art tactics to share his stunning, previously unknown work with unsuspecting audiences.
Monday, May 19 9:00 pm
May 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marie Antoinette: The End of the Beginning (Season 2, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: One for Everyone (Season 2, Part 2 of 12) See Sun. May 18 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in Montparnasse [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Texas Cookout
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chinese Classics
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda
Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they’ve played.
8:00 Deadlock Join Aaron Tang of UC Davis School of Law as he guides a panel of thought leaders through complex, ethical dilemmas based on real-life scenarios. The special encourages civil dialogue and critical thinking in an era dominated by polarizing debates.
9:00 Frontline: Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning Learn how Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness. With NPR, drawing on a decade of reporting on disasters and their aftermath, Frontline explores how and why the U.S. is more vulnerable than ever to climate change-related storms.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Ethiopia – A Development Story See Sat. May 17 at 5:00 pm. [R]
12:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Why We Travel See Sun. May 18 at 5:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 14 See Mon. May 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Mr. Polaroid: American Experience See Mon. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Independent Lens: Who is Michael Jang? See Mon. May 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters [R]
3:00 Whitstable Pearl: A Cup o’ Kindness [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Regional Seafood Specialties
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 Nature: Gorilla Gabon’s Loango National Park is home to a group of western lowland gorillas that have become accustomed to biologists over almost 20 years.
8:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Cosmos See how mind-bending discoveries over the past 50 years have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
9:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Eat or Be Eaten (Part 3 of 4) From praying mantises and aquatic insects to dragonflies, nature has equipped these creatures with intelligence, agility, and necessary hunting skills for survival.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life See Tues. May 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Deadlock See Tues. May 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning See Tues. May 20 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause See Sun. May 18 at 10:00 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bonanzaville (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: Time Decays [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Taste of Summer
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 Mel Brooks: Genius
Entertainer
8:00 The Vietnam War: A Disrespectful Loyalty (Part 9 of 10) South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own suffer a terrible defeat in Laos.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Gorilla See Wed. May 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Cosmos See Wed. May 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Eat or Be Eaten (Part 3 of 4) See Wed. May 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Eva’s Promise See Sun. May 18 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Bonanzaville (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 8 of 8) [R]
3:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Beef Kebabs and Cheese Bread
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Elegant Desserts
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Away With the Fairies Phryne investigates the puzzling death of a magazine columnist and
Do it Yourself Sundays
6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out 7:00 This Old House 7:30 Ask This Old House
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom 8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking
9:00 A Chef’s Life
9:30 A Chef’s Life
Photo: Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
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In the Spotlight
Mare Winningham and Jeannette Bayardelle
Great Performances: Girl from the North Country
This hit musical starring Mare Winningham weaves into its narrative 20 legendary songs by Bob Dylan, and is set in 1934 Duluth, Minnesota, where a group of wanderers’ lives intersect at a house full of music, life, and hope.
Friday, May 23 9:00 pm
Miles, Morale, and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope and his troupe of performers traveled more than 80,000 miles during World War II to entertain the troops. This film examines Hope’s impact on the American war effort overseas.
Sunday, May 25 4:00 pm
author of fairy stories.
9:00 Great Performances: Girl from the North Country
11:30 BBC News
Saturday 24
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Mel Brooks: Genius
Entertainer See Thurs. May 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. May 18 at 11:00 am. [R]
2:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. May 18 at 12:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now: A Better Future
6:30 Fresh Glass: Cassandra Goes Home
7:00 The Great American Recipe
8:00 My Money Mentors
8:30 Curious Traveler: Bruges
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Mainz, Wiesbaden, and Rothenburg, Germany
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Madison, Wisconsin
10:00 This Old House: Westford –Mural, Mural on the Wall
10:30 Ask This Old House: Thank you, Roger Cook
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Chino-Latino
11:30 America the Bountiful: Grapes in New York
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Pull Up a Chair
1:30 Essential Pépin: Souper Soups for Supper
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Bake Sale Favorites
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Italy’s Forgotten Pastas
3:30 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
4:00 Mary Berry Cook and Share: Crowd Pleasers
4:30 Check, Please! Madison Bar, Chicago Culinary Kitchen, Chiya Chai
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv Explore the life and legacy of Viola Spolin, the social-worker-turnedtheater guru known as The Mother of Improv.
7:00 My Life is Murder: Pleasure and Pain Alexa investigates
the death of a self-help guru and finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with the victim’s mysterious wife.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: The Man on the Blue Plaque A 30-year-old skeleton washes up on the shore, and the victim has a very personal connection to Pearl.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – No More Desire a Rose Frank and Lu are hired to unmask the “Voice in the Dark” who threatens to destroy Wintermas.
10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Away With the Fairies See Fri. May 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:00 The Vietnam War: A Disrespectful Loyalty (Part 9 of 10) See Thurs. May 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 25
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6)
See Sun. May 18 at 1:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6)
See Sun. May 18 at 2:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6)
See Sun. May 18 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6)
See Sun. May 18 at 4:00 pm. [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
7:00 This Old House: Westford –Mural, Mural on the Wall [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Thank you, Roger Cook [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Flower Crafts
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Autumn Apple Treats
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Prickly Business
9:30 A Chef’s Life: If You Can’t Beet ’Em…
10:00 Great Performances at the Met: Tosca The extraordinary Lise Davidsen sings Tosca for her first time at the Met, alongside tenor Freddie De Tommaso and baritone Quinn Kelsey.
AFTERNOON
12:30 Songs About Buildings and Moods: Brooklyn Tower and the Wrigley Building Chicago’s Wrigley Building is an iconic masterpiece that defines the stretch of Michigan Avenue that
has come to be known as the Magnificent Mile.
1:00 Defying Death on the Atlantic “The World’s Toughest Row” is an extreme race featuring unassisted rowing boats that cross the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua. For a team of four Air Force veterans, this challenge was the ultimate test of body and mind. But nothing could have prepared them what happened when they took part.
2:00 A City at War: Chicago This program explores how the Windy City answered FDR’s call for assistance just prior to World War II.
3:00 Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan In 1942, the U.S. Navy converted two passenger steamships into aircraft carriers to train pilots and deck crews in the safety of Lake Michigan.
4:00 Miles, Morale, and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
In the Spotlight
National Memorial Day Concert 2025
Join WTTW for the 36th annual live broadcast of America’s national night of remembrance, live from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, featuring stories and tributes interspersed with musical performances by world-renowned artists accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra.
Sunday, May 25
7:00 and 8:30 pm
Photo: Matthew Murphy
Bob Hope
Photo: AP Photo/U.S. Army
Photo: Capital Concerts
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe, Chicago’s first and oldest Mexican American parish, lost 12 young men in the Vietnam War during a brutal five-year period.
7:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2025
8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2025 [R]
10:00 The Paris Murders: Facing the Camera (Season 2, Part 3 of 12) Rocher and his team are being filmed at work by a team of journalists, while Chloe runs into a brilliant old acquaintance in a psychiatric hospital.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Adrian Quesada Black Pumas founder Adrian Quesada brings to life the music of his acclaimed Spanish-language album Boleros Psicodelicos
Monday 26
Memorial Day
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Life is Murder: Pleasure and Pain See Sat. May 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Whitstable Pearl: The Man on the Blue Plaque See Sat. May 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – No More Desire a Rose See Sat. May 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Away With the Fairies [R]
4:00 Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv See Sat. May 24 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: Junk in the Trunk 14 [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe [R]
3:00 My Life is Murder: Pleasure and Pain [R]
4:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2025 [R]
5:30 BBC News America
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a collection of Marilyn Monroe stills, a British rainbow spatterware pot circa 1860, and an 1849 ship’s log and register
chronicling the journey from Boston to San Francisco during the Gold Rush.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Newcomb College vase circa 1905; an 1875 W.S. Young landscape oil of the Greenbrier River in West Virginia; and a collection of Noel Coward Sail Away memorabilia gifted by Coward himself.
9:00 Independent Lens: Make Peace or Die – Honor the Fallen Riddled with survivor’s guilt after his unit lost 17 men during “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan, Marine veteran Anthony Marquez reconnects with the Gold Star families of the fallen.
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2025 [R]
1:30 Miles, Morale, and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II See Sun. May 25 at 4:00 pm. [R]
2:30 A City at War: Chicago See Sun. May 25 at 2:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Songs About Buildings and Moods: Brooklyn Tower and
the Wrigley Building See Sun. May 25 at 12:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Jay’s Chicago: Mentors Changing Lives [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Crocker Art Museum (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Away With the Fairies [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Pork Chops and Oven Fries
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
8:00 Tyrus Wong: American Masters Discover the art, life, and enduring impact of Tyrus Wong, the
In the Spotlight
Stephanie J. Block and Adrian
Great Performances: Kiss Me Kate
This 2024 revival of Cole Porter’s musical Kiss Me, Kate, based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, stars Tony-winner Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show) and Irish star Adrian Dunbar (Ridley ) as Porter’s famously feuding couple. This London production was directed by Tonywinning director Bartlett Sher.
Friday, May 30 8:00 pm
renowned Chinese American painter behind Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause
9:30 Amache: An American Injustice The story of the unjust incarceration of 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans during WWII after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Independent Lens: Make Peace or Die – Honor the Fallen See Mon. May 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Crocker Art Museum (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv [R]
3:00 Whitstable Pearl: The Man on the Blue Plaque [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Bread, Cheese, and Meat Can’t Be Beat
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 Nature: Equus – Story of the Horse: Chasing the Wind Since the mysterious beginning of our extraordinary partnership, horses helped shape the human world. What makes us so perfect for each other?
8:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Quantum Welcome to the quantum universe, where particles can spin in two directions at once, observing something changes it, and a thing on one side of the galaxy can instantly affect something on the other.
9:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Beetle Mania (Part 4 of 4) The tiny yet mighty beetle plays crucial ecological roles in nearly every environment. Why are these colorful and ingenious creatures often called the most important species on the planet?
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 29
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction See Tues. May 27 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Tyrus Wong: American Masters See Tues. May 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Amache: An American Injustice See Tues. May 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Defying Death on the Atlantic See Sun. May 25 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Crocker Art Museum (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway, Private Investigators: No More Desire for a Rose [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Herbaceous Chicken and Potatoes
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 To Be Takei Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei boldly journeyed from a WWII internment camp, to the helm of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise, to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans.
8:00 The Vietnam War: The Weight of Memory (Part 10 of 10) Nixon resigns amidst Watergate, while a brutal civil war continues in Vietnam.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Equus – Story of the Horse: Chasing the Wind See Wed. May 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Quantum See Wed. May 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Bugs That Rule the World: Beetle Mania (Part 4 of 4) See Wed. May 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 To Be Takei See Thurs. May 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years [R]
3:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) [R]
4:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cake
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 Great Performances: Kiss Me, Kate
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 31
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The Vietnam War: The Weight of Memory (Part 10 of 10) See Thurs.
May 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Best of the ’60s The decade of peace, love, and happiness is celebrated in this compilation special, as legends from Pop, Folk, Rock, The British Beat, Motown, Soul, and Rock ‘n’ Roll all perform their biggest hits, classics, and more.
5:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
MORNING
6:30 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.
8:30 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.
10:00 This Old House: Westford –A Historical Gem Once Again
10:30 Ask This Old House: Mudroom Cubbies
11:00 Cook’s Country 11:38 Cook’s Country
AFTERNOON
12:16 Lidia’s Kitchen
12:54 Essential Pépin
1:35 America’s Test Kitchen
2:12 America’s Test Kitchen
2:50 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen
5:00 PBS News Weekend
5:30 Deconstructing the Beatles Acclaimed “Beatle-ologist” Scott Freiman guides you on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums and the fascinating stories that accompanied them. No matter how much you know about the Beatles, there’s something new here for you.
EVENING
7:00 My Life is Murder: Call of the Wild Alexa Crowe investigates a seemingly open-and-shut murder by Auckland Harbor.
8:00 Deconstructing the Beatles [R]
9:30 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: No Nukes The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Recorded at the September 1979 MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) benefit concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Watch all 13 songs Bruce performed over the two nights.
11:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration The legends of ’60s and ’70s soul music return to perform their biggest hits.
Dunbar
Photo: Johan Persson
Arts • Performance
ACL 10th Annual Hall of Fame
Honors Garth Brooks
Sunday, 11:00 pm (5/4)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (5/11, 5/18, 5/25)
Best of the ’60s
Saturday, 2:30 am (5/31)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: No Nukes
Saturday, 9:30 pm (5/31)
Deconstructing the Beatles
Saturday, 5:30 pm, 8:00 pm (5/31)
Great Performances
Fridays, 9:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Sunday, 4:00 am (5/4)
Sundays, 3:00 am (5/11, 5/18)
Sunday, 10:00 am (5/25)
Friday, 8:00 pm (5/30)
National Memorial Day Concert
Sunday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (5/25)
Monday, 4:00 pm (5/26)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (5/27)
’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
Saturday, 11:30 pm (5/31)
Songs About Buildings and Moods
Sunday, 12:30 pm (5/25)
Tuesday, 3:30 am (5/27)
Drama • Mystery
Call the Midwife
Fridays, 2:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Sundays, 7:00 pm (5/4, 5/11, 5/18)
Marie Antoinette
Sundays, 9:00 pm (5/4, 5/11)
Tuesdays, 2:30 am (5/6, 5/13)
Miss Austen on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (5/4, 5/11, 5/18)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am (5/6, 5/20)
Fridays, 3:00 pm (5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (5/13)
Sunday, 9:00 pm (5/18)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (5/20)
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Fridays, 8:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Saturdays, 10:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Mondays, 3:00 am
Tuesdays, 3:00 pm
Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece
Sunday, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (5/18)
Saturday, 2:00 am, 3:00 am (5/24)
Sunday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (5/25)
My Life is Murder
Saturdays, 7:00 pm
Mondays, 12:00 am, 3:00 pm
Paris Murders
Sundays, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (5/6, 5/20) Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Thursdays, 3:00 pm
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Mondays, 2:00 am
Whitstable Pearl
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Mondays, 1:00 am
Wednesdays, 3:00 pm
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece
Friday, 3:00 pm (5/2)
Food • Travel • How to America the Bountiful
Saturdays, 11:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
America’s Test Kitchen
Saturdays, 2:00 pm
Saturdays, 2:30 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Saturday, 1:35 pm, 2:12 pm (5/31)
Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 pm
America’s Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
Saturday, 3:30 pm (5/24)
Friday, 2:00 pm (5/30)
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays, 7:00 pm
Mondays, 8:00 pm (5/5, 5/12, 5/26)
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Wednesdays, 1:00 am
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/7)
Wednesdays, 12:00 am (5/14, 5/28)
Saturday, 1:00 pm (5/31)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Sundays, 7:30 am
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Chef’s Life
Sundays, 9:00 am, 9:30 am
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Saturdays, 3:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Saturday, 2:50 pm (5/31)
Cook’s Country
Saturdays, 12:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Saturday, 2:50 pm (5/31)
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm
Curious Traveler
Saturdays, 8:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Thursday, 3:00 am (5/8)
Essential Pépin
Saturdays, 1:30 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Saturday, 12:54 pm (5/31)
Fresh Glass
Saturdays, 6:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Great American Recipe
Saturdays, 7:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Hidden Louisiana
Sunday, 10:00 am (5/4)
J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sundays, 8:00 am
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
Sundays, 6:30 am
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Saturday, 12:16 pm (5/31)
Mary Berry Cook and Share
Saturdays, 3:30 pm, 4:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17)
Memory Makeover with
Daniel Amen, MD
Saturday, 5:00 am (5/31)
New Scandinavian Cooking
Sundays, 8:30 am
Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/6)
Thursdays, 1:00 am (5/8, 5/15)
Sunday, 5:30 am (5/11)
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (5/13)
Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen
Saturday, 3:30 pm (5/31)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Sundays, 5:00 pm
Wednesdays, 12:00 am (5/7, 5/21)
Thursday, 3:30 am (5/8)
Tuesday, 3:30 am (5/13)
Wednesday, 12:30 am (5/21)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (5/28)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Saturdays, 9:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
Saturdays, 11:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:00 am
Sundays, 7:00 am
History • Documentary
10 Towns that Changed America
Friday, 10:00 pm (5/2)
Monday, 2:00 pm (5/5)
Aging in America: Survive or Thrive
Sunday, 12:00 pm (5/11)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/14)
Amache: An American Injustice
Tuesday, 9:30 pm (5/27)
Thursday, 2:30 am (5/29)
May At-a-Glance
American Experience
Monday, 8:00 pm (5/19)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/21)
Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv Saturday, 8:00 pm (5/24)
Monday, 4:00 am (5/26)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (5/28)
Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters
Saturday, 6:00 pm (5/17)
Monday, 4:00 am (5/19)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (5/21)
Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Sunday, 6:00 pm (5/25)
Monday, 2:00 pm (5/26)
Chicago Stories: Race to Reverse the Chicago River
Saturday, 6:00 pm (5/10)
Monday, 4:00 am (5/12)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (5/14)
Chicago Stories: The Real Mad Men of Chicago
Saturday, 6:00 pm (5/3)
Monday, 4:00 am (5/5)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (5/7)
City at War: Chicago
Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/25)
Tuesday, 2:30 am (5/27)
Cost of Caring
Sunday, 10:00 am (5/11)
Friday, 3:00 am (5/16)
Deadlock
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/20)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/22)
Defying Death on the Atlantic Sunday, 1:00 pm (5/25)
Thursday, 3:00 am (5/29)
Eva’s Promise Sunday, 6:00 pm (5/18) Friday, 3:00 am (5/23)
Finding Your Roots Thursdays, 2:00 pm
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (5/6, 5/20, 5/27) Thursdays, 12:00 am (5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29)
Gods of Tennis
Sunday, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm (5/11) Sunday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (5/18)
Heroes on Deck: World War II on Lake Michigan Sunday, 3:00 pm (5/25)
Holocaust Warnings: American Antisemitism and Extremism Sunday, 12:00 pm (5/4) Thursday, 3:00 am (5/15) Independent Lens Mondays, 9:00 pm Saturdays, 2:30 am (5/3, 5/17) Wednesdays, 3:00 am (5/7, 5/21) Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/28)
Jay’s Chicago Thursday, 9:30 pm (5/1) Wednesday, 12:30 am (5/7) Tuesday, 5:30 am (5/27)
Ken Burns: The Civil War Saturday, 6:30 am (5/31)
M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause
Sunday, 10:00 am (5/18) Thursday, 3:00 am (5/22)
Mel Brooks: Genius Entertainer Thursday, 7:00 pm (5/22)
Saturday, 1:00 am (5/24)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (5/27)
Mental Health Care in America
Sunday, 11:00 am (5/11)
Miles, Morale, and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II
Sunday, 4:00 pm (5/25)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (5/27)
My Money Mentors
Saturdays, 8:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
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Live from WFMT
Kontras Quartet, Black Oak Ensemble, and violinists Rachel Barton Pine and Sylvia Pine with pianist Matthew Hagle perform live. 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.
Thursday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Rued Langgaard Fjeldblomster (Mountain Flowers) – Danish Piano Trio. Dacapo 8.226119. [8:56]
7:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412 – David Jolley, hn; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423377-2. [8:48]
8:00 Wagner Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta.
Rising Stars in Concert 2025
Tomorrow’s opera stars demonstrate the exceptional and unparallelled training that defines Lyric’s Ryan Opera Center. Sunday, May 18, 5:00 pm
Naxos 8.573839. [7:30]
9:00 Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5: V. Finale, Allegro moderato ma rubato – Orion Weiss, p. First Hand FHR-129. [7:43]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Walton Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March –Royal Phil Orch/André Previn. Telarc CD-80125. [7:09]
11:00 Traditional Scottish Loch Lomond – Andrew Walker, t; Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison. Naxos 8.573861. [4:30]
12:00 Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar’s Bride, Op. 57: Overture –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788. [6:07]
1:00 Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto grosso No. 3 in F – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. Virgin 45495-2. [7:23]
2:00 John Alden Carpenter Krazy Kat – Los Angeles Phil/Calvin Simmons. New World 80228-2. [12:52]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata – Vinciane Béranger, vi; Dana Ciocarlie, p. Aparté AP-289. [22:37]
4:00 Price Violin Concerto No. 2 – Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Decca 4854234. [15:52]
5:00 Antonio Rosetti Symphony in F, M.A33 – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9567. [17:29]
6:00 Copland El Salón México –New Philharmonia Orch/ Aaron Copland. CBS MK-42429. [11:24]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Baltic Music. The countries around the Gulf of Finland have given us a
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.
Listening to Singers
Explore songs by Jewish American composers and preview upcoming festivals in Boston, St. Louis, and Santa Fe. Saturdays, 4:00 pm
wealth of composers like Erkki Melartin, Leevi Madetoja, Heino Eller, and Arvo Pärt, who worked under the long shadow of Sibelius to create violin concertos, symphonies, tone poems, choral works, and chamber works.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503 – Martha Argerich, p; Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado. DG 4791033. [30:44]
9:00 Janácek String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters – Hagen Quartet. DG 427669-2. [26:01]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Schoenberg Song of the Wood Dove from Gurrelieder; Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Verklarte Nacht; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Brahms Symphony No. 4; Kurt Masur, conductor; Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Lorin Maazel, conductor.
Friday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Albinoni Adagio in G minor – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-56873-2. [6:59]
7:00 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor, Op. 39, No. 2 – London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 417719-2. [5:51]
8:00 Carl Friedrich Abel Sonata in G for cello and continuo –Elinor Frey, 5-string cello; Lorenzo Ghielmi, fortepiano. Passacaille 1006. [8:21]
9:00 Daniel Binelli Fantasies of Buenos Aires: No. 2, Gratitude – Lincoln Trio. Acqua AQLD-407. [7:35]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including John Stanley String Concerto in D, Op. 2/1 – Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman. Hyperion CDA-66338. [9:13]
11:00 Jenny Peña Campo Cuban Suite: I. Mambo – Philzuid/ Duncan Ward. Fuga Libera FUG-832. [6:45]
12:00 Richard Strauss Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils – Toronto
Sym Orch/Andrew Davis. CBS MK-42019. [9:28]
1:00 Wieniawski Légende, Op. 17 – Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. DG 431815-2. [7:33]
2:00 Bizet Symphony in C –Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon. Sony Classical 88843062752. [26:33]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique – Jae-Hyuck Cho, p. Sony 80358118355. [19:32]
4:00 Dora Pejacevic Phantasie concertante in D minor, Op. 48 – Volker Banfield, p; Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Ari Rasilainen. CPO 777418. [14:30]
5:00 Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 3, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. EMI CDM5-65176-2. [14:22]
6:00 Kodály Concerto for Orchestra – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573838. [19:22]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Baltic Music. See Thursday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Charles Lucien Lambert Variations and Finale on Au clair de la lune, Op. 30 –Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, p. Naxos 8.559037. [9:43]
9:00 Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42: III. Mélodie in E-Flat; Chopin Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59, No. 3 – Béla Fleck, banjo; John Williams, g. Sony SK-89610. [6:59]
10:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR90000035. [12:33]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Bob Dylan (05/01/1963) Studs Terkel’s interview with Bob Dylan, first broadcast on WFMT in May 1963, is one of those shows that legends and bootleg tapes are made of.
Saturday 3
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923-27) – Philippe Graffin, v; Claire Désert, p. Avie AV-2399. [17:12]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Price String Quartet in G (unfinished) – Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71346. [16:16]
11:00 Introductions Leo Zupko, 17, violin. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, 1st mvt; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, 1st mvt; Mischa Zupko: Rising With Mischa Zupko, piano.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s Il trovatore Machael Fabiano (Manrico); Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Leonora); Jamie Barton (Azucena); Igor Golovatenko (Count di Luna); Ryan Speedo Green (Ferrando); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/ Daniele Callegari. Recorded October 29, 2024.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including Kevin Lau Joy – Conrad Chow, v; Sinfonia Toronto/ Ronald Royer. Cambria CD-1204. [7:36]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of the 2025 Boston Early Music Festival featuring soprano Emőke Baráth
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Joe Hisaishi Kikujiro : The Rain –La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8737. [4:46]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Ligeti Six Bagatelles; Bart Feller, flute; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Todd Levy, clarinet; Julia Harguindey, bassoon; Kelly Cornell, horn; Dvorák Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Dover Quartet.
7:00 Sounds Classical: Sounds Like Chicago A playlist inspired by the Windy City, including works by Shawn E. Okpebholo, Sofiane Pamart, Tomeka Reid, and more.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio : Two long-time friends—North Carolina songwriter Jess Klein and Jenny Reynolds from Texas—reunite for this special evening.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer On Pete Seeger’s birth anniversary, we celebrate with his songs and stories and the legacy carried on by musicians today.
Sunday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Spring is Springing! Host Peter DuBois shares music to celebrate creation and the natural wonders of the world.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 – Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons. BSO Classics 1401. [45:29]
8:00 Williams Star Wars: A New Hope: Main Title; Princess Leia’s theme – Skywalker Sym Orch/John Williams. Sony SK-45947. [10:35]
9:00 Michael Fink Monteverdiana –Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3205. [7:08]
10:00 Monteverdi Cantate Domino – Choir of King’s College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; Dónal McCann, o. King’s College Cambridge KGS-0034. [2:04]
11:00 Weber Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat, Op. 48 – Anthony McGill, cl; Gloria Chien, p. Cedille CDR-90000207. [17:48]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Rossini William Tell: Overture – Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47118-2. [11:27]
1:00 Ma Shui-long Bamboo Flute Concerto – Michala Petri, r; Copenhagen Phil/ Lan Shui. Our Recordings 6.220603. [18:33]
2:00 William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony – Seattle Sym/Roderick Cox. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1027. [30:55]
3:00 Domenico Scarlatti Clavier Sonata in D minor, Kk 32 (L 423); Sylvius Leopold Weiss Passacaglia in D – Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g. Sony 19658779092. [7:22]
4:00 Burak Besir Sound from Anatolia – Burak Besir & Jim Walker, f’s; Sonya Belousova, p. Albany TROY-1671. [9:17]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Franck Violin Sonata in A – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p. Sony SK-87287. [26:38]
6:00 Walton Viola Concerto –Yuri Bashmet, vi; London Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. RCA 63292-2. [25:43]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Tenor Travon D. Walker, baritone Sankara Harouna , and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias from operas by Mozart, Donizetti, and Heggie; Poulenc’s Tel jour, telle nuit, and more.
8:00 Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Corigliano Tournaments Overture; Georg Solti, conductor; Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela No. 2 from Four Legends from the Kalevela, Op. 22; Jimmy López Aino; Mahler Symphony No. 5; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Paquito D’Rivera This multi-Grammy award-winning Cuban American clarinet and saxophone player is also a very exciting composer of chamber and orchestra music. Elbio’s program on Paquito D’Rivera includes his gorgeous orchestral work The Elephant and the Clown and his Saxophone Quartet.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Joseph Szigeti – European Columbia Recordings. Warlock Capriol Suite; Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1; Bloch Violin Concerto; Other music by Debussy, Ravel, and Bartók.
Monday 5
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Villa-Lobos Harmonica Concerto: Finale, Allegro – José Staneck, harm; São Paulo Sym Orch/Giancarlo Guerrero. Naxos 8.574018. [5:34]
7:00 Ponce Gavota – Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-926. [6:17]
8:00 José Pablo Moncayo Huapango – Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [8:18]
9:00 Copland El Salón México – Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p’s. Koch 3-7002-2. [9:59]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16: I. Allegro moderato – Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80522. [8:43]
11:00 Sibelius Karelia Suite, Op. 11 –Helsinki Phil Orch/Susanna Mälkki. BIS 2638. [16:56]
12:00 Tartini Trumpet Concerto in D – Alison Balsom, tr; Scottish Ensemble. EMI 56094-2. [9:49]
1:00 Weber Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 34 – Eduard Brunner, cl; Hagen Quartet. DG 419600-2. [25:02]
2:00 Ruth Gipps Song for Orchestra – BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20078. [6:03]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Symphony No. 17 in G, K. 129 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Join WFMT for a sampling of some of the best performances from the festival’s most recent season. Beloved core works by well-known composers are featured alongside less familiar discoveries and new commissions. Every piece comes to life through virtuosic performances by both veteran and emerging musicians. Highlights in May include performances by flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, violinist Danbi Um, clarinetist David Shifrin, pianist Jon Kimura parker, the Dover Quartet, the Escher String Quartet, and many other premier musicians. Kerry Frumkin hosts with composer Marc Neikrug, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s artistic director, providing insightful commentary.
Saturdays, 6:00 pm
Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [16:44]
4:00 Stravinsky Petrushka: I. The Shrovetide Fair – Chicago Sym Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI 85974-2 (4). [10:15]
5:00 Miriam Hyde String Trio – Hague String Trio. Cobra 0083. [16:18]
6:00 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: III. Finale, Allegro scherzando – Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/ Claudio Abbado. DG B0015338-02. [11:07]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Schubert String Quartets Bill continues his in-depth look at the history of the string quartet with the unique and remarkable music of Franz Schubert.
8:00 Live from WFMT Equally committed to time-honored classics, contemporary compositions, and genrebending collaborations, Kontras Quartet performs
Escher String Quartet
Photo: Anna Kariel
live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Salonen Kínema; Carey Bell, clarinet; Jens Ibsen Drowned in Light; Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements; EsaPekka Salonen, conductor.
Tuesday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Gabriela Lena Frank Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata – Claremont Trio. Tria 195269138882. [4:53]
7:00 Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of Apprentices; Entry of Mastersingers; Wach’ auf – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 452606-2 (4). [9:00]
8:00 Purcell The Fairy Queen: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:05]
9:00 Karol Szymanowski Three Myths, Op. 30: No. 1, The Fountain of Arethusa – CheeYun, v; Akira Eguchi, p. Denon CO-75118. [5:37]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bonds Troubled Water – Agave. Acis APL-53714. [5:24]
11:00 John Alden Carpenter Adventures in a Perambulator: The Lake; Dogs – Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson. Mercury 434319-2. [8:54]
12:00 Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61958-2. [10:13]
1:00 PM Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in C minor, H XV:13 – Trio Gaspard. Chandos CHAN-20330. [16:00]
2:00 Tchaikovsky Hamlet, Op. 67: Overture-Fantasia –Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0015296-02. [18:39]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 – Mina Gajic, hc; Boulder Bach Festival Orch. Sono Luminus DSL-92265. [22:17]
4:00 Ravel Sonatine –Martha Argerich, p. DG 4795978. [9:56]
5:00 Lucie Vellère String Quartet No. 3 – Crescent String Quartet. Leonarda LE-336. [16:32]
6:00 Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 21 –Uriel Tsachor, p. EMS SBCD-2600. [11:35]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Schubert String Quartets See
Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 – Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 432125-2. [27:44]
9:00 Glazunov Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Op. 48 – Royal Scottish National Orch/ José Serebrier. Warner Classics 63236-2. [33:31]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Puccini Scherzo; Orion String Quartet; Reicha Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 89; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Alexi Kenney, Sean Lee, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Jiping/Zhao Lin Zhao Red Lantern; Wu Man, pipa; Shanghai Quartet.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Zemlinsky The Mermaid – Cologne Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon. EMI CDC5-55515-2. [44:14]
Wednesday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Chopin Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-flat, Raindrop – Alice Sara Ott, p. DG 4860474. [6:19]
7:00 Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82: Finale, Allegro –Rachel Barton Pine, v; Russian National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 67946 (2). [12:23]
8:00 Dvorák String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, Slavonic: III. Romanza – Kontras Quartet. MSR Classics MS-1859. [6:49]
9:00 Piazzolla Le grand tango – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p. Erato 0190295392260. [10:43]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Elena KatsChernin Re-invention No. 5 (after Bach’s BWV 777) – Genevieve Lacey, r; Flinders Quartet. ABC Classics 4816430/7. [5:21]
11:00 Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – Philadelphia Orch/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-56364-2. [16:35]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Guitar duo Ziggy and Miles perform music by César Franck, Nigel Westlake, and Astor Piazzolla live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 429774-2. [13:37]
2:00 José Pablo Moncayo Huapango – Mexico Festival Orch/Enrique Bátiz. Naxos 8.550838. [8:26]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat, Op. 26 –Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D048 (14). [20:03]
4:00 Carl Reinecke Flute Sonata in E minor, Op. 167, Undine –James Galway, f; Phillip Moll, p. RCA 61615-2. [19:45]
5:00 Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 – Chicago Sym Orch/ Jean Martinon. Sony Classical 88843062752 (10). [18:24]
6:00 Bernstein West Side Story: Prologue, Jet Song, Something, Dance at the Gym, Maria, America – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s; G Grau & R Séguinier, per. KML 1121. [20:23]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Schubert String Quartets See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 –Juilliard String Quartet. Sony SK-62792. [27:38]
9:00 Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in D – Alex Klein, ob; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 23913-2. [26:32]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Tempus mirabilium–Hopes & Dreams Soprano Hana Blažíková joins Capella de la Torre for a program of early seventeenthcentury Germany and Italy celebrating an age of miracles. Recorded live in concert July 24, 2024 at Prague’s Summer Festivities of Early Music.
Thursday 8
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11: I. Allegro molto – Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80522. [12:53]
7:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. DG 4792687. [7:25]
8:00 Bach Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life): Chorale, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon; Jaebon Hwang, o. Avie AV-2585. [3:34]
9:00 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in B minor, R. 424 – Mischa Maisky, vc; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447022-2. [10:13]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Fauré Masques et Bergamasques,
Op. 112 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [13:40]
11:00 Liszt Venezia e Napoli: I. Gondoliera – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67760. [5:13]
12:00 Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – La Stravaganza Cologne/ Andrew Manze. Denon CO-79943. [12:34]
1:00 Beethoven Variations on Mozart’s Bei Männern, WoO 46 – Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67755. [9:51]
2:00 Charlotte Sohy Histoire sentimentale, Op. 34 – AvignonProvence National Orch/ Debora Waldman. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [11:29]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 –Camerata Salzburg/Sándor Végh. Capriccio 10185. [17:28]
4:00 Hanson Pan and the Priest, Op. 26 (1925-26) – Nashville Sym/Kenneth Schermerhorn. Naxos 8.559072. [13:04]
5:00 Shalom Hanoch Shir Lelo Shem – Viktoria Mullova, v; Misha Mullov-Abado, db. Onyx 4220. [5:43]
6:00 Elgar Four Dances for Winds (1879) – Athena Ensemble. Chandos CHAN-6554. [11:42]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Schubert String Quartets See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 – Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-861. [35:04]
9:00 Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99) – Storioni Trio Amsterdam. Pentatone PTC-5186050. [36:52]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Milhaud Suite française, Op. 248; Stravinsky Firebird Suite; Igor Stravinsky, conductor; Rodgers The Carousel Waltz; Richard Rodgers, conductor; Hindemith When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d: Requiem for Those We Love; Louise Parker, alto; George London, bass; Schola Cantorum; Paul Hindemith, conductor.
Friday 9
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Mozart Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457: I. Molto allegro – Orli Shaham, p. Canary Classics CC-24. [9:30]
7:00 Ravel Boléro – Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez. DG 439859-2. [14:58]
8:00 Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22: II. Romance – Joshua Bell, v; Cleveland Orch/ Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 4756703. [4:52]
9:00 Carl Michael Ziehrer Nachtschwärmer (Night Owls), Op. 466 – Vienna Phil/ Daniel Barenboim. Sony 19439962512. [10:04]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – Michael Laird, tr; English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 413629-2 (4). [12:19]
11:00 Ron Nelson Sonoran Desert Holiday – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-76. [9:39]
12:00 Chabrier Le roi malgré lui: Fête polonaise – Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [7:22]
1:00 Robert Nathaniel Dett Inspiration Waltzes – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [6:08]
2:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 1 – Royal Liège Phil Orch/John Neschling. BIS 2540. [15:51]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre – Ekachai Jearakul, g; Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Beau Fleuve 610708-094982 (2). [19:54]
5:00 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Elena Urioste, v; London Choral Sinfonia/ Michael Waldron. Orchid Classics ORC-100200. [15:54]
6:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: I. Nanette’s Caprice; II. Request and response – Philharmonia Orch/George Weldon. EMI CDZ7-62529-2. [7:03]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Schubert String Quartets See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Bonds Montgomery Variations – Royal Scottish National Orch/Kellen Gray. Linn CKD-731. [22:50]
9:00 Alexandre Desplat The Shape of Water – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Myriam Lafargue, acc; French National Orch/ Alexandre Desplat. Warner 0190295306878. [11:08]
10:00 Maddalena Sirmen Violin Duet in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 1 – Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v’s. Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5). [10:05]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Mothers’ Day (5/8/1981) Music for Mother’s Day, honoring both mothers and fathers.
Saturday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D – Chamber Orch of Europe/Mischa Maisky, vc. DG 419786-2. [21:51]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Etruscan Concerto – Keith Jarrett, p; Brooklyn Phil/Dennis Russell Davies. Musicmasters 67089-2. [13:55]
11:00 Introductions Highlights from the 2025 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition, including winner Jeremy Liu, 13 playing Grieg’s Piano Concerto. With the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Jerry Hou, conductor.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s Turandot The Listeners’ Choice performance from December 3, 1966, features Brigit Nilsson as Turandot, Franco Corelli as Calaf, and Mirella Freni as Liù. Conducted by Zubin Mehta.
3:00 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller including An-Lun Huang Saibei Suite No. 2: Saibei Dance – Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000141. [4:08]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Songs by Jewish American composers including Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Kurt Weill.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Qigang Chen You and Me – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Paris Chamber Orch/Adrien Perruchon. Erato B08CJTWP7P. [5:39]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Lully Trios pour le coucher du roi, LWV 35; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Yura Lee, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello; Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque in D Minor, Op. 9; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello.
7:00 Sounds Classical: Sounds Small but Mighty In the 21st century classical landscape, more and more composers are stepping away from large symphonic writing and diving into the ways
one can make effective and meaningful sounds with smaller ensembles. Join hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael for a playlist of great chamber works.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: The motherdaughter duo of Rebecca and Jennifer Armstrong performing traditional and modern songs with charm and distinctive harmonies in a concert recorded in 2002.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Music to honor motherhood, including family bands and mother-and-child reunions.
Sunday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Mothers’ Day. Host Peter DuBois shares sacred music focusing on human love, as well as honoring Mary, Mother of Jesus.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Copland Poems of Emily Dickinson: Nature, the Gentlest Mother – Barbara Hendricks, s; London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas. EMI CDC5-55358-2. [4:18]
8:00 L. Viola Kinney Mother’s Sacrifice – Maria Thompson Corley, p. Albany TROY857. [5:17] Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou Mother’s Love – Maria Thompson Corley, p. MSR Classics MS-1744. [3:54]
9:00 Tartini Violin Concerto in B-flat – La Serenissima/ Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2154. [18:33]
10:00 Bobby McFerrin The 23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother) – Cantus. Cantus Recordings CTS-1210. [3:29]
11:00 Ysaÿe Barnwell Wanting Memories – Cantus. Cantus Recordings CTS-1210. [4:55]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine – San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart. Nonesuch 79144-2. [4:16]
1:00 Leonard Bernstein Valse lente; Non troppo presto (Music for the Dance No. 1); Mixolydian Mixup ; 35 – Leann Osterkamp, p. Steinway & Sons 30076 (2). [4:52]
2:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, Emperor – Paul Lewis, p; BBC Sym Orch/Jirí Belohlávek. Harmonia Mundi HMC902053.55 (3). [38:50]
3:00 Mel Bonis Album pour les Tout-Petits, Op. 103 – Nathalia
In
Live from WFMT
At the age of 13, violinist Sylvia Pine has already won multiple international competitions; given solo performances in Carnegie Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, and the Royal Albert Hall in London; toured as a soloist with the Tel Aviv Soloists; and performed Vivaldi’s TwoViolin Concerto with the Syracuse Orchestra (with Rachel Barton Pine, her mother, as the other soloist). A composer from the age of 4, Ms. Pine is currently the youngest member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composers Initiative. Her string quartet was recently premiered by members of the Civic Orchestra, and her work Rising Storm has been performed by youth orchestras across the U.S. Sylvia Pine joins WFMT with Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Matthew Hagle to play Sarasate’s Navarra and Shostakovich’s Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, and, perhaps, her own compositions.
Monday, May 12
8:00 pm
Milstein, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [13:33]
4:00 Hajime Komatsu Four Japanese Folk Songs Suite No. 2 – Kontras Quartet. MSR Classics MS-1537. [12:53]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Wagner Siegfried Idyll – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons. DG 4836659. [20:57]
6:00 Beach Empress of the Night, Op. 2, No. 3 – Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet. Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (Cooler By The Lake). [1:56]
7:00 Richard Strauss Song, Muttertändelei, Op. 43, No. 2 – Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Sir Georg Solti, p. Decca 430511-2. [2:06]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in
Sylvia Pine
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
C Minor; Christian Thielemann, conductor; Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Living Composers from Mexico Fiesta presents a selection of delightful pieces by living Mexican composers including works by María Granillo, Juanrra Urrusti, Julio César Oliva, and Diana Syrse.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: A Newly Discovered 19th Century Mass Featuring the Messa Solenne of Saverio Mercadante and other works.
Monday 12
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Gershwin Cuban Overture – Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata. RCA RCD1-4551. [9:45]
7:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467: II. Andante – Alon Goldstein, p; Fine Arts Quartet. Naxos 8.573398. [6:42]
8:00 Hovhaness Four Bagatelles, Op. 30 – Shanghai Quartet. Delos DE-3162. [8:33]
9:00 Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E: IV. Finale, Bewegt, doch nicht schnell – London Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. LSO Live LSO-0887. [12:34]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Suppé Poet and Peasant: Overture – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 460982-2 (2). [9:05]
11:00 Glass Piano Etude No. 2 –Jenny Lin, p. Steinway & Sons 30070 (2). [6:30]
12:00 Mily Balakirev Islamey –Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Philips 412552-2. [9:19]
1:00 Tielman Susato The Danserye (1551): Six Dances – Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz. Delos DE-3171. [13:41]
2:00 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 – Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 4797518 (2). [34:49]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Franck Psyché – Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 425432-2. [22:38]
4:00 Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales – Michel Dalberto, p. Aparté AP-225. [17:47]
5:00 Jean-Marie Leclair Violin Sonata in D, Op. 9, No. 3 – Convivium. Hyperion CDA-67068. [14:30]
6:00 Rimsky-Korsakov
Baroque&Before
Nicholas Kraemer, who just celebrated his 80th birthday, has earned an international reputation as an interpreter of early music. Conducting from the harpsichord, Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic and Collegium Vocale 1704 in Johann Sebastian Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor Widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Western classical music, the Mass might serve as a catalog of all Bach’s techniques and compositional methods. The unsurpassed quality of this colossal work has fascinated musicians and listeners for more than 250 years. The soloists for this performance are soprano Miriam Kutrowatz, mezzosoprano Catriona Morison, tenor Patrick Grahl, and bass Christian Immler. Recorded on January 24, 2025 at Dvořák Hall, Prague.
Wednesday, May 14
10:00 pm
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 419407-2. [14:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tone Poems Bill invites us to sit with him as he describes and listens to symphonic music freed from its traditional structures which takes a programmatic turn. The image-evoking playlist includes Ottorino Respighi’s Gli Uccelli and George Gershwin’s American in Paris.
8:00 Live from WFMT Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, and her daughter, composer and violinist Sylvia Pine perform duets with pianist Matthew Hagle, including Navarra by Sarasate and Five Pieces by Shostakovich.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Gabriella Smith Breathing Forests; Stravinsky Octet
Nicholas Kraemer
Photo: Petra Hajska
for Wind Instruments; Les Noces; Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; David Soar, bass; SFS Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
Tuesday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Bernstein Candide: Overture – Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss. Pro Arte CDD-102. [4:27]
7:00 Debussy Première rapsodie (Clarinet Rhapsody) – Franklin Cohen, cl; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 439896-2. [8:33]
8:00 Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 3 – Frankfurt Radio Sym/Dmitri Kitayenko. RCA 68304-2. [15:44]
9:00 Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor – Janine Jansen, v; Itamar Golan, p. Decca B0015249-02. [13:51]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 –Amsterdam Baroque Orch/ Ton Koopman. Erato ECD-75357. [10:17]
11:00 Johan Wagenaar Cyrano de Bergerac
Overture, Op. 23 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 425833-2. [13:51]
12:00 John Field Nocturne in C, H 60 – Alice Sara Ott, p. DG 4866238. [8:03]
1:00 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-68463. [8:34]
2:00 Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Suite – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47075-2. [20:48]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Orchestra Suite (from BWV 1067 & BWV 1068) – Los Angeles Phil/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-89012. [20:21]
4:00 Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Decca B0014091-02. [9:05]
5:00 Michael Haydn Horn Concertino in D: II. Allegro non troppo – Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian. Berlin Classics 0300647-BC. [5:59]
6:00 Vivaldi La Cetra Concerto No. 4 in E, R. 263 – Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer. Virgin 61246-2 (2). [10:23]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tone Poems See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, Rosamunde –Emerson String Quartet. DG 459151-2 (3). [32:35]
9:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K. 451 – Rudolf Serkin, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 474328-2 (2). [24:38]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Suk Quartet in A minor, Op. 1; Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello; Mendelssohn Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66; Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; David Requiro, cello.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem – Y Kenny, s; B Terfel, bbr; London Sym Cho & Orch/R Hickox. EMI CDC7-54788-2. [38:47]
Wednesday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 8, Wilde Jagd – Alice Sara Ott, p. DG 4778362. [5:26]
7:00 Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op. 91 –Bournemouth Sym Orch/ José Serebrier. Warner 66656. [14:59]
8:00 Schubert String Quintet in C, D 956: III. Scherzo –Emerson String Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc. DG 431792-2. [9:59] 9:00 Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4759090 (6). [8:05]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso – Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683-2. [7:20]
11:00 Haydn Symphony No. 89 in F – Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-66253. [18:40]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Adria Ye performs music by Lili Boulanger, Leoš Janácek, and Chopin live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Hanson Merry Mount, Op. 31 –Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3105. [16:02]
2:00 Still Africa (1928): Land of Romance – Lara Downes, p. Steinway & Sons 30016. [6:53]
3:00 Afternoon Music with
Candice Agree including Telemann Flute (Recorder) Suite in A minor – Michala Petri, r; Berlin Baroque Soloists. RCA 57130-2. [23:28]
4:00 Walton Façade: Suite –Winnipeg Sym Orch/Bramwell Tovey. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5176. [17:47]
6:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón. Alpha 937. [16:40]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tone Poems See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 415671-2 (2). [24:32]
9:00 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 – Van Cliburn, p; Sym of the Air/Kiril Kondrashin. RCA 67894-2. [43:07]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Bach’s Mass in B minor Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale 1704, and vocal soloists in Bach’s monumental masterpiece. Recorded live in concert January 24, 2025, in Dvorák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague.
Thursday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon in Double Echo –Canadian Brass. Opening Day ODR-7380. [3:41]
7:00 Holst The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity –Philharmonia Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68819-2. [7:58]
8:00 Roxanna Panufnik Coronation Sanctus – Coronation Cho/Andrew Nethsingha; Peter Holder, o. Decca 4859080. [2:09]
9:00 Bach Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 –Anne Akiko Meyers, v’s; English Chamber Orch/ Steven Mercurio. eOne EOM-CD-7785. [14:33]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Naïve V-5130. [12:27]
11:00 Bruch Romance in F, Op. 85 – Janine Jansen, vi; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca B0007260-02. [8:27]
12:00 Stephen Hough Sonatina nostalgica – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-68455. [4:53]
1:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Spring, RV. 269 – Orchestre
Le Consort/Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v. Harmonia Mundi
HMM-902757-58. [8:53]
2:00 Price Symphony No. 3 in C minor – Vienna Radio Sym Orch/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559897. [27:24]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 –Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Sakari Oramo. Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2). [21:32]
4:00 Sibelius Tapiola, Op. 112 – Berlin Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM7-64331-2. [19:14]
5:00 Couperin Concert royal No. 2 in D – Clavecin en Concert. Analekta AN2-9993. [14:23]
6:00 Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 – Daniel Barenboim, p. DG 4796724. [9:49]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tone Poems See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Haydn Symphony No. 92 in G, Oxford – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos. Denon CO-18079. [25:40]
9:00 Granados Escenas románticas – Alicia de Larrocha, p. RCA 63368-2. [24:03]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Martinu Piano Concerto No. 4, Incantation; Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Haydn Symphony No. 95 in C minor; Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Xian Zhang, conductor.
Friday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Korngold Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Marietta’s Song – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p. Sony 19439822372. [6:09]
7:00 Nicola Matteis Sett of Ayres in F – Palladian Ensemble. Honest Entertainment HONCD-5041. [5:35]
8:00 Alexander Tcherepnin Sonata in one movement – John Bruce Yeh, cl; Patrick Godon, p. Cedille CDR-90000218. [5:04]
9:00 Bellini (Oboe) Concerto in E flat – John Hagstrom, tr; Chicago Brass Choir/ Michael Stewart. Chicago Brass Choir CD. [8:55]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-120. [17:02]
11:00 Ed Bland Chaconne in Blue
No. 1 – Judith Olson, p. Cambria CD-1256. [5:40]
12:00 Robert Schumann Three Romances, Op. 94 –Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p. Warner 5419756355. [11:20]
1:00 Chausson Poème, Op. 25 –Rachel Kolly d’Alba, v; Pays de la Loire National Orch/ John Axelrod. Warner Classics 67181-4. [17:59]
2:00 Grainger Lincolnshire Posy –Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-117. [17:14]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Violin Sonata No. 18 in G, K. 301 – Hilary Hahn, v; Natalie Zhu, p. DG 4775572. [14:15]
4:00 Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture – Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons. BSO Classics 1401. [15:53]
5:00 Mark-Anthony Turnage Lament – New Century Chamber Orch/Daniel Hope, v. DG 4864128. [13:18]
6:00 John Ireland Ballade of London Nights – Eric Parkin, p. Chandos CHAN-9250. [7:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tone Poems See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Price Five Folksongs in Counterpoint –Catalyst Quartet. Azica ACD-71346. [19:58]
9:00 Dani Howard Arches –Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Paul Urbina. Rubicon RCD-1125. [9:15]
10:00 James Stephenson Fantasie – John Bruce Yeh, cl; Patrick Godon, p. Cedille CDR-90000176. [9:07]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Jan Peerce (5/15/1961) The career of the beloved and versatile American tenor Jan Peerce (1904–1984) spanned six decades, including nearly thirty years as a Metropolitan Opera favorite. In 1961, Jan Peerce spoke with Studs Terkel about Verdi, cantorial repertoire, and more.
Saturday 17
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Dvorák Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 – Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo de Waart. Philips 472678-2 (2). [24:16]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Saint-Saëns Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65 – Guerrier; R Capuçon; Hoppe; Muthelet; G Capuçon; Saksala; Braley.
Virgin 45603-2. [16:04]
11:00 Introductions Highlights for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Jean Ahn: Ongheya; Heeyoung Yang: Pheasant Hunting Song; Teddy Niedermaier: Bluebird, Bluebird; Toshiro Mayuzumi: Bunraku; Zachary Guo: Le tombeau de Takemitsu
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Richard Strauss’s Salome Elza van den Heever (Salome); Peter Mattei (Jochanaan); Gerhard Siegel (Herod); Michelle DeYoung (Herodias); Piotr Buszewski (Narraboth); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
2:30 Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller
3:00 Ryuichi Sakamoto Solitude –La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta AN2-8737. [4:26]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of the 2025 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis festival season with general director Andrew Jorgensen.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Jung Jae-il Squid Game: I Remember My Name – Ray Chen, v; Jonathan Ayling, vc; Royal Phil Orch/C Macelaru. Decca 4870322. [4:41]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Brahms Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 100; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581; David Shifrin, clarinet; Escher String Quartet.
7:00 Sounds Classical: Music for Children Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael invite the young and young-at-heart to enjoy a playlist of classical music written especially for kids.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale : Canadian troubadour Scott Cook tours in his campervan dubbed “Roadetta.” He meets up with Chicago singer-songwriter Heather Styka for this double bill.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Bluesman Taj Mahal, iconic Scots folksinger Dick Gaughan, and the late Jesse Winchester share May 17th birthdays. We’ll sample their music and sweeten the pot with songs about bees and honey.
Sunday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Big Birthday Bash! Host Peter
DuBois marks significant birthdays of three great composers of sacred choral and organ music, including Leo Sowerby, Harold Friedell, and Gabriel Fauré, among others.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Vijay Iyer Crown Thy Good –Lara Downes, p. Pentatone PTC-5187018. [5:20]
8:00 Asako Hirabayashi Suite for Children – Gina DiBello, v; Asako Hirabayashi, hc. Albany TROY-1180. [7:25]
9:00 Sylvius Leopold Weiss Concerto Grosso in B-Flat –Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0707. [12:11]
10:00 Ma Shui-long Bamboo Flute Concerto – Michala Petri, r; Copenhagen Phil/ Lan Shui. Our Recordings 6.220603. [18:33]
11:00 Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 886449139354. [21:21]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Hugo Pierson Overture, Romeo and Juliet, Op. 86 – English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones. Hyperion CDA-66515. [9:37]
1:00 Brahms Selections from Piano Pieces, Op. 118 –Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D131. [16:19]
2:00 Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 – Oslo Phil/ Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC7-49995-2. [12:39]
3:00 Monteverdi Scherzi Musicali (1607): Balletto, De la bellezza – Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner. Erato ECD-88032. [9:30]
4:00 Yuko Uébayashi Flute Sonata – Martha Long, f; María García, p. Navona NV-6625. [25:40]
5:00 Rising Stars in Concert 2025 A showcase performance by The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2024/25 Ensemble with the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Enrique Mazzola. The program includes selections from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld Recorded Saturday, April 25 at the Lyric Opera House.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, Classical; Mahler Symphony No. 9; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor. 10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Symphonic Poems from Venezuela and Mexico A celebration of the symphonic poem with music by Juan Bautista Plaza, Evencio Castellanos, Ricardo Castro,
José Pablo Moncayo.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Martha Argerich, Live – Program 1 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3; Ravel Gaspard de la nuit; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C; Chopin Nocturne in D-Flat; Scherzo No. 3.
Monday 19
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Sarasate Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 – Gil Shaham, v; Castilla y León Sym Orch/Alejandro Posada. Canary Classics CC-07. [8:16]
7:00 Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco Sonata in d minor, ABV 35 – Elinor Frey, vc; Mauro Valli, vc; Federica Bianchi, hc; Giangiacomo Pinardi, lute. Passacaille 1069. [11:26]
8:00 Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone – Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti. CSO Resound 9012301. [11:22]
9:00 Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80189. [3:35]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Albinoni Trumpet, Three-Oboe and Bassoon Concerto in C – Crispian SteelePerkins, tr; other soloists; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-53365. [9:47]
11:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl Prelude and Grand Minuet, Op. 61 – Natalia Strelchenko, p. Arena AR-08016. [8:32]
12:00 Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 471627-2 (2). [10:05]
1:00 Fauré Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 – Neave Trio. Chandos CHAN-10996. [18:52]
2:00 Copland The Tender Land: Suite – Boston Sym Orch/Aaron Copland. RCA 6802-2. [20:40]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 – Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano. ASO Media CD-1004. [22:17]
4:00 Joaquín Turina Sinfonía sevillana, Op. 23: I. Panorama – London Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49542-2. [8:51]
5:00 Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042 – Lara St. John, v; New York Bach Ensemble. Ancalagon 131. [16:41]
6:00 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35: III. Finale, Allegro vivacissimo – Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/
Alexander Vedernikov. Cedille CDR-90000166. [10:47]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: American Masters, Part III Our series celebrating American composers continues with innovative works from composers born in the first fifteen years of the 20th century including Lou Harrison, George Rochberg, Franz Waxman, Morton Gould, and Leroy Anderson.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Black Oak Ensemble (violinist Desirée Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunliffe, and violist Aurélien Fort Pederzoli) perform music for string trio and a Brahms sextet with students from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Gonzalo Grau Odisea Concerto for Venezuelan Cuatro and Orchestra; Jorge Glem, cuatro; Gabriela Ortiz Kauyumari; Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.
Tuesday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Bellini Norma: Aria, Casta Diva – James Galway, f; London Sym Orch/Klauspeter Seibel. DG B0003024-02. [5:00]
7:00 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1 – London Phil Orch/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 417719-2. [6:30]
8:00 Biber Eight-Trumpet Sonata in A – Wynton Marsalis, tr’s; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-42478. [5:35]
9:00 Tchaikovsky Album for the Young, Op. 39: Four Dances – Borodin Quartet. Teldec 94572-2. [6:11]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Overture, Op. 1, Nonetto – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Astrée E-8532. [7:59]
11:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 –Chineke! Orch/Kalena Bovell. Decca 4853322. [11:37]
12:00 Purcell Abdelazer: Suite – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433523-2 (5). [12:41]
1:00 Liszt Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto – Daniel Barenboim, p. DG B0015651-02 (2). [7:29]
2:00 Respighi The Pines of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47316-2. [22:01]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 – Cuarteto Casals. Harmonia Mundi HMM902400.02. [21:54]
4:00 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8947. [13:26]
5:00 Boccherini Night Music in the Streets of Madrid, Op. 30, No. 6 – Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música/ Andreas Staier. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902337. [16:10]
6:00 CPE Bach Hamburg Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq 182/1 – Capella Istropolitana/ Christian Benda. Naxos 8.553285. [11:06]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: American Masters, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 – Jascha Heifetz, v; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc; Arthur Rubinstein, p. RCA 61767-2. [27:01]
9:00 Hindemith Symphony, Mathis der Maler (1934) – Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN-9457. [27:00]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Coleridge-Taylor Quintet in G minor, Op. 1; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Stella Chen, Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Dvorák Sextet in A major, Op. 48; Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violins; Steven Tenenbom, Matthew Lipman, violas; Timothy Eddy, Mihai Marica, cellos.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Ignaz Moscheles Piano Concerto No. 5 in C, Op. 87 – Sinfonia da Camera/Ian Hobson, p. Zephyr Z-119-01. [34:26]
Wednesday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture –Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch/Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi. Denon 38C37-7012. [8:19]
7:00 Piazzolla Adiós Nonino – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9330. [6:15]
8:00 Jean-Féry Rebel Ballet, Les Elémens – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9914 (2). [9:49]
9:00 Glass Modern Love Waltz – Gloria Cheng, p.
Telarc CD-80549. [3:38]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 – Sinfonia of London/John Wilson. Chandos CHSA-5291. [13:21]
11:00 Bach Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV 548, Wedge: Prelude – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db. Nonesuch 558933-2. [5:41]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Leland Ko and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Nadia Boulanger, Robert Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Franz Ignaz Beck Symphony in D, Op. 4, No. 4 – Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Marek Štilec. Naxos 8.573249. [12:40]
In the Spotlight
New York Philharmonic
Nathalie Stutzmann leads the New York Philharmonic in The Ring Without Words, a 75-minute distillation of Wagner’s Ring Cycle created by Lorin Maazel. The arrangement focuses on the orchestral music from the four-part opera cycle without any new musical additions and including only Wagner’s original music, synthesizing it into a continuous flow. Stutzmann, a Wagner specialist, praises Maazel’s reworking of the epic score, telling Playbill, “every intention, every color, every character, is set up in the orchestra. [Maazel] didn’t change one note of Wagner,” giving vocal lines to “exactly the right instrument.” The French conductor and contralto, music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is only the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. Friday, May 22
10:00 pm
2:00 Beach Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 – Danny Driver, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rebecca Miller. Hyperion CDA-68130. [34:39]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Johann Neruda Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/ Christopher Warren-Green. Nimbus NI-5065. [14:30]
4:00 Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 –Swiss Chamber Orch. ASV CDQS-6094. [19:27]
5:00 Paquito D’Rivera Invitación al Danzón – Sándor Rigó, ssx; Christina Leeb-Grill, p. Naxos 8.579078. [5:30]
6:00 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 – R Still, ob; I Perlman, v; P Zukerman, vi; L Harrell, vc. EMI ZDMD7-64617-2 (4). [15:44]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: American Masters, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bach Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995 – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71250. [23:12]
9:00 Henri Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31 – Hilary Hahn, v; German Chamber Phil Bremen/Paavo Järvi. DG B0022698-02. [30:36]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: The Five Kingdoms of Medieval Spain A program of vocal music from 13th through 17th-century Spain, reflecting the mix of cultures—Roman, Germanic, Byzantine, French, Arabic, and Jewish—throughout the country’s five medieval kingdoms.
Thursday 22
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47525. [7:55]
7:00 Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7: II. Romanze – ChristianPierre La Marca, vc; Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, p. Naïve V-7364. [4:43]
8:00 Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Beau Fleuve 094975. [7:57]
9:00 Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 – Hélène Grimaud, p. DG 4837854. [11:36]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Carlos Chávez Caballos de Vapor: Suite, El Trópico – Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [7:31]
11:00 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola, and harp – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Gérard Caussé, vi; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h. Erato 0190295773960. [17:58]
12:00 Weber Oberon: Overture –Philharmonia Orch/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDM7-69572-2. [9:24]
1:00 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 – Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/ Roger Norrington. Sony SK-89505. [42:14]
2:00 Samuel Scheidt Suite for Brass – German Brass/ Enrique Crespo. EMI CDC7-47692-2. [9:46]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 – Berlin Phil/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 13136-2 (3). [18:18]
4:00 Poulenc Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio – Alfred Genovese, ob; David McGill, bn; Peter Serkin, p. Boston Records BR-1022-CD. [14:02]
5:00 Alexander Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto in A-Flat –Alison Balsom, tr; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Lawrence Renes. EMI 78590-2. [15:08]
6:00 Hummel Trumpet Concerto –Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil Orch/Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-44726. [17:32]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: American Masters, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485 –Vienna Phil/István Kertész. Decca 430773-2 (4). [27:39]
9:00 David Diamond String Quartet No. 3 – Potomac String Quartet. Albany TROY-504. [25:41]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Wagner, arr. Maazel The Ring Without Words; Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor.
Friday 23
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Rossini The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum – Canadian Brass. RCA 5628-2-RC. [5:13]
7:00 Handel Almira: Sarabande and Chaconne – Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion CDA-66371/2 (2). [11:23]
8:00 Andrea Casarrubios Piano Quintet: III. Golden Hour –Andrea Casarrubios, vc; Manhattan Chamber Players. Odradek ODRCD-457. [5:02]
9:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, Eroica:
III. Scherzo – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. Warner 0825646278299. [5:59]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Telemann Divertimento in A – Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 463074-2. [11:03]
11:00 Sarasate Caprice basque, Op. 24 – María Dueñas, v; Itamar Golan, p. DG 4865708. [7:25]
12:00 Holst Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1 – Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/ Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9697. [10:43]
1:00 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 – Sabine Meyer, cl; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. EMI CDC5-56832-2. [26:41]
2:00 Shostakovich The Gadfly, Op. 97: Suite – London Phil Orch/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC5-56591-2. [9:08]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E minor, R. 277, Il Favorito –Elizabeth Blumenstock, v; Philharmonia Baroque Orch/N McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque PBP-03. [13:34]
4:00 Britten Peter Grimes, Op. 33: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a – London Sym Orch/André Previn. EMI CDM7-64736-2. [16:19]
5:00 Franck Piano Trio No. 4 in B minor, Op. 2 – Bekova Sisters. Chandos CHAN-9742. [18:53]
6:00 Michael Haydn Trumpet Concerto in C – Crispian Steele-Perkins, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Halstead. MCA Classics 93772-2 (2). [9:13]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: American Masters, Part III See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [16:14]
9:00 Debussy Saxophone Rhapsody – Alexandre Doisy, sx; Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.572675. [10:00]
10:00 Higdon Blue Cathedral –Atlanta Sym Orch/ Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80596. [12:13]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Mark Ludwig (6/26/1991) In 1991, Studs interviewed violist Mark Ludwig, founder of the Terezin Music Foundation. Ludwig and his ensemble, the Hawthorne String Quartet, shared music created and performed in the notorious Nazi holocaust concentration camp, Theresienstadt.
Nathalie Stutzmann
Photo: Daniele Ratti
Saturday 24
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Poulenc Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio – Alfred Genovese, ob; David McGill, bn; Peter Serkin, p. Boston Records BR-1022-CD. [14:02]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Germaine Tailleferre Partita for flute, oboe, clarinet, and strings (1962) – Leta Miller, f; Roger Wiesmeyr, ob; Marc Brandenburg, cl; UC Santa Cruz Orch/Nicole Paiement. Helicon HE-1048. [11:25]
11:00 Introductions Featuring young chamber ensembles. Visit wfmt.com for more information.
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra Julia Bullock (Cleopatra); Gerald Finley (Antony); Paul Appleby (Caesar); Elizabeth DeShong (Octavia); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/John Adams.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of Chicago Opera Theater’s She Who Dared with composer Jasmine Barnes
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Germaine Tailleferre Pastorale in D (1919) –Quynh Nguyen, p. Music & Arts MA-1306. [1:21]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Verdi String Quartet in E Minor; Verona Quartet; Bartók String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102; Escher String Quartet.
7:00 Sounds Classical LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn talk with conductor John Jeter about his work to bring attention to underperformed music and artists.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: From the War of 1812 to WWII, family narratives and story songs are woven together in this live performance by Nell Robinson and Jim Nunnally with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott from 2015.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Remembrances of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice on Memorial Day Weekend.
Sunday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice In Remembrance. Host Peter DuBois shares music to
remember those who have died in service to their country, but also sacred pieces about eternal life.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael including Bach Wachet auf, BWV 645 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Master Chorale/ Grant Gershon; Jaebon Hwang, o. Avie AV-2585. [4:21]
8:00 Reena Esmail One Word Makes a World – Yoshika Masuda, vc; HyeJin Kim, p. Avie AV-2653. [5:53]
9:00 Domenico Scarlatti Clavier Sonata in F minor, Kk 466; Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 – Yuja Wang, p. DG B0014108-02. [10:57]
10:00 Zhao Jiping Moon Over Guan Mountains – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Yang Wei, pipa; Wu Tong, sheng; Shane Shanahan, tabla. Sony SK-89782. [11:48]
11:00 Xian Xinghai The Yellow River Concerto – Yundi Li, p; China NCPA Concert Hall Orch/Chen Zuohuang. EMI 88658-2. [21:18]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Summer, RV. 315 – Orchestre Le Consort/Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58. [10:15]
1:00 Bright Sheng Suzhou Overture – Suzhou Sym Orch/Bright Sheng. Naxos 8.570628. [9:46]
2:00 Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter – Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein. Decca 460615-2. [38:04]
3:00 Robert Nathaniel Dett Magnolia – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [19:30]
4:00 Vicente Lusitano Salve Regina – Marian Consort. Linn CKD-694. [6:49]
5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, Linz – Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf. Laserlight 15864. [30:25]
6:00 Vivaldi Gloria in D, R. 589 –Soloists; Arnold Schoenberg Cho, Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 76989-2. [27:46]
7:00 Chausson Concert in D, Op. 21 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Jorge Bolet, p; Juilliard String Quartet. CBS MK-37814. [40:36]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Resurrection; Miah Persson, soprano; Christianne Stotijin, mezzo-soprano; Duain Wolfe, director; Bernard Haitink, conductor.
10:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:
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Leo Brouwer Now in the ninth decade of his life, Leo Brouwer is one of the few great living masters of classical music. Elbio shares his Guitar Concerto No. 9 and The Book of Signs for guitar duo and orchestra.
11:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Martha Argerich Live – Program 2 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1; Chopin Bacarolle in F-Sharp; Nocturne in c minor; Scherzo No. 3; Schumann Fantasiestucke; Op. 12.
Monday 26
Memorial Day
1:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Ives Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting: I. Old Folks Gathering –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 439869-2. [7:28]
7:00 Anderson Serenata –BBC Concert Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559357. [3:54]
8:00 Copland A Lincoln Portrait –James Earl Jones, n; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz.
Delos DE-3140. [14:33]
9:00 Barber Essay No. 2, Op. 17 – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Argo 436288-2. [10:27]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bologne Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1 – Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v. Erato 5419718972. [17:41]
11:00 Poulenc Suite française – London Wind Orch/Denis Wick. ASV CDWHL-2067. [12:20]
12:00 Anton Arensky String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35: Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a – Sejong Soloists. Samsung SCC-013. [12:27]
1:00 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, Funeral March – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4795332. [20:46]
2:00 Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op. 91 – Czech Phil/Libor Pešek. Virgin 90791-2. [14:01]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Still Symphony No. 1, Afro-American –Chicago Sinfonietta/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000055. [21:10]
4:00 Mozart Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330 – Mitsuko Uchida,
p. Philips 412616-2. [17:55]
5:00 Leonardo Cárdenas En el Centro del Mundo y el Tiempo: I. Yaraví y tristeza en azul – Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p. Naxos 8.579125. [5:54]
6:00 Rossini William Tell: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 24344. [11:34]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Treasure Hunt Bill shares treasures from a myriad of recent releases including albums from Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson, and violinist Leonidas Kavakos; fresh interpretations of works by Debussy and Brahms; and Lisa Batiashvili’s City Lights, Susan Palma’s Best of Brazil, and Howard Wall’s
In the Spotlight
Introductions
Pianist Matthew Hahn, 18, is a senior at Lake Forest High School and a Merit Scholarship Fellow at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. Matthew has appeared as a soloist and recitalist at venues including Weill Recital Hall, the Kaufman Music Center, the Chicago Cultural Center, and Beethoven House in Bonn. Matthew made his solo orchestral debut at age 11 and has performed with the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago as winner of the DePaul National Concerto Competition. He is the founder and executive director of Musicians for Hope, a nonprofit that has raised more than $45,000 through fundraising concerts to support numerous underfunded elementary and middle school music programs in the Chicago area.. Matthew joins WFMT live to perform music by Chopin, Beethoven, Barber, and Garrop.. Robbie Ellis hosts. Saturday, May 31 11:00 am
Horn Mononologues.
8:00 Live from WFMT We remember the great American cellist Lynn Harrell (1944 – 2020), who performed with pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion in the Levin Studio on January 16, 2012. The program includes cello sonatas by Debussy, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff, and The Swan by Saint-Saëns.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
Tuesday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Sousa The Liberty Bell – Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell. Mercury 434300-2. [3:26]
7:00 Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations in E-Flat/B-Flat – Sabine Meyer, cl; Zürich Opera Orch/ Franz Welser-Möst. EMI CDC5-56137-2. [11:32]
8:00 Telemann Three-Trumpet Concerto in B-Flat –Wynton Marsalis, tr’s; English Chamber Orch/ Raymond Leppard. CBS MK-42478. [10:00]
9:00 Stravinsky Mavra: Chanson russe (Russian Maiden’s Song) – Isabelle van Keulen, v; Olli Mustonen, p. Philips 420953-2 (2). [3:40]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture – Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 4775789 (2). [6:04]
11:00 Bernhard Henrik Crusell Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Swedish Air, Op. 12 – Martin Fröst, cl; Ostgöta Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Arie van Beek. BIS CD-818. [11:14]
12:00 Puccini Preludio sinfonico – Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Signum SIGCD-778. [9:17]
1:00 Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060 –Gonzalo Ruiz, ob; Portland Baroque Orch/ Monica Huggett, v. Avie AV-2324. [12:27]
2:00 Gershwin Lullaby – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80503. [8:45]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Falla El amor brujo – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3144. [21:16]
4:00 Vivaldi La Cetra Concerto No. 10 in G, R. 300 – Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque
Players/Nicholas Kraemer. Virgin 61246-2 (2). [9:05]
5:00 Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata notturna – Andrey Pushkarev, tim; Kremerata Baltica/ Gidon Kremer, v. Nonesuch 79633-2. [14:47]
6:00 Telemann Burlesque de Don Quichotte – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. RCA-DHM 77321-2. [20:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Treasure Hunt See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony 88985407292. [36:21]
9:00 Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 –Catrin Finch, h; Sinfonia Varsovia/James Galway, f. DG B0007148-02. [29:21]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mozart Quintet in B-flat major, K. 174; Sean Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Mark Holloway, Matthew Lipman, viola; David Requiro, cello; Quintet in E-flat major, K. 452; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Michael Brown, piano.
11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Beethoven Serenade in D, Op. 25 –James Galway, f; Joseph Swensen, v; Paul Neubauer, vi. RCA 7756-2-RC. [25:00]
Wednesday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Peter Boyer Fanfare for Tomorrow – London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer. Naxos 8.559915. [2:44]
7:00 Clara Schumann Soirées musicales, Op. 6: No. 2, Nocturne – Magdalena Hoffmann, h. DG 4861734. [5:18]
8:00 Bach-Gounod Ave Maria – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p. DG 4795023. [5:08]
9:00 Ernest John Moeran Rhapsody No. 1 (1922) –Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573106. [11:26]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Hovhaness Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b – Seattle Sym Strings/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3157. [9:13]
11:00 Handel Organ Concerto in F, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale – Simon Preston, o; English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv
415338-2. [13:09]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Johannes Gray and pianist Anastasiya Magamedova perform music by Jean Sibelius, Felix Mendelssohn, and Jacques Ibert live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Delius Summer Night on the River – Northern Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. EMI CDM5-65067-2. [6:10]
2:00 Robert Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Lars Vogt, p. Ondine ODE-1205-2. [17:06]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ravel Piano Concerto in G –Alicia de Larrocha, p; London Phil Orch/Lawrence Foster. Decca 417583-2. [22:55]
4:00 John Field Rondo in A-Flat – Míceál O’Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9534. [7:23]
5:00 Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK-36718. [14:46]
6:00 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Michael Boriskin, p; Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer. Conifer 51342-2. [17:19]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Treasure Hunt See Monday’s listing. 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170 – Anner Bylsma, vc; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin 90800-2. [25:52]
9:00 Debussy Three Nocturnes – Philharmonia/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM7-69184-2. [26:27]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree Harpsichordist Christophe Rousset performs selections from Couperin’s “L’Art de toucher le clavecin.” Recorded live in concert January 8, 2025, in Madrid’s Fundación Juan March.
Thursday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – Adolph Herseth, tr; Donald Peck, f; Ray Still, ob; Samuel Magad, v; Chicago Sym Orch members. RCA 60378-2. [12:04] 7:00 Leopold Mozart Toy Symphony In G – Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Karl Münchinger. Decca
Matthew Hahn
Photo: Visual Image Photography
433084-2. [9:10]
8:00 Tartini Cello Concerto in A – Elinor Frey, vc; Rosa Barocca/Claude Lapalme. Analekta AN2-9163. [12:51]
9:00 Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Yuja Wang, p. DG B0016606-02. [9:49]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E-Flat, R. 253, Tempesta di mare –Alfia Bakieva, v; Les Musiciennes du Concert des Nations/Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9958. [9:00]
11:00 Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus – London Sym Orch Strings/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9593. [10:35]
12:00 Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b –Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/ Leonard Bernstein. BR Klassik 900228. [14:26]
1:00 Jean-Féry Rebel Les Caractères de la Danse –Palladian Ensemble. Linn CKD-100. [9:26]
2:00 Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, p; BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena. Chandos CHAN-10694. [22:11]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 1: Overture (Suite) in E minor – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4). [22:44]
4:00 Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks – Berlin Academy of American Music/Garrett Keast. Onyx 4223. [15:05]
5:00 Liszt Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: No. 3, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude –Jenny Lin, p. Steinway & Sons 30189. [14:29]
6:00 Giovanni Punto Horn Concerto No. 6 in E-Flat –Barry Tuckwell, hn; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDFB569395-2 (2). [14:07]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Treasure Hunt See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin including Bizet Symphony in C – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Virgin 90765-2. [33:44]
9:00 Samuel ColeridgeTaylor Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10 – Harold Wright, cl; Hawthorne String Quartet. Koch 3-7056-2. [35:39]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Shostakovich/ Barshai Chamber Symphony; Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
Friday 30
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with John Clare including Sarasate Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 –Hilary Hahn, v; Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Andrés Orozco-Estrada. DG 4862383. [14:05]
7:00 Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Lise de la Salle, p. Naïve V-5444. [12:06]
8:00 Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon per sonare #2 – Chicago Sym Orch Brass Quintet. Audiophile AP-21. [3:15]
9:00 Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2: Danse bohème – London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. MCA Classics MCAD-25902. [4:21]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 – James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi. Analekta FL2-3151. [10:09]
11:00 Dvorák Bagatelles, Op. 47 – Panocha Quartet members; Jaroslav Tuma, harmonium. Supraphon SU-33912131. [17:37]
12:00 Purcell The Married Beau –La Stravaganza Cologne. Denon 81757-9250-2. [14:48]
1:00 Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Ballet Suite (Four Dances) –Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [12:00]
2:00 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Four Roman Sketches, Op. 7: Nightfall; The Fountain of the Acqua Paola – James Tocco, p. Gasparo GSCD-231. [9:58]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Vivaldi La Cetra Concerto No. 1 in C, R. 181 – Rachel Podger, v; Holland Baroque Society. Channel Classics CCSSA-33412 (2). [9:35]
4:00 Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 449186-2. [14:27]
5:00 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition – Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8849. [33:00]
6:00 Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – London Phil Orch/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 443856-2 (2). [14:12]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Treasure Hunt See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Debussy La Mer – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC5-55120-2. [26:02]
9:00 Ethel Smyth Violin Sonata in A minor,
Op. 7 – Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p. Navona NV-6563. [30:02]
10:00 Arlen Over the Rainbow –Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli. Warner Classics 0190295888329. [5:17]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Sharon Isbin (10/21/1992) Internationally acclaimed American guitarist Sharon Isbin interviewed in 1992.
Saturday 31
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael with news at 7:00 am. Glass Glassworks: Opening – Víkingur Ólafsson, p; Siggi String Quartet. DG 4796918. [6:40]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Still Danzas de Panama –Berlin Sym Orch/ Isaiah Jackson. Koch 3-7154-2. [14:02]
11:00 Introductions LIVE | Matthew Hahn, 18, piano. Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat, Op. 110, 1st mvt; Barber: Piano Sonata, 4th mvt (Fuga); Garrop: Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
12:00 Metropolitan Opera: Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Figaro); Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina); Jack Swanson (Count Almaviva) Peter Kálmán (Dr. Bartolo); Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Giacomo Sagripanti.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of the 2025 Sante Fe Opera season featuring conductor Gemma New.
5:00 Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller including Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez Remember Me (from Coco) – Miloš, g; Lang Lang, p; Royal Phil Orch/Robert Ziegler. DG B0036059-02. [4:52]
6:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Handel Water Music Suite in D Major and G Major, HWV 349–350; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra members; Harry Bicket, conductor and harpsichord; Bernard Herrmann Souvenirs de Voyage; Todd Levy, clarinet; Ida Kavafian, L.P. How, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Eric Kim, cello.
7:00 Sounds Classical: New Sounds of the Past Hosts
Metropolitan Opera
Stillwater, Minnesota native Jack Swanson is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after young tenors in the opera world. He has already established himself as one of the leading Rossini specialists of his generation, having sung Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville at Santa Fe Opera; Arena di Verona; and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; and Prince Ramiro in Cinderella at Norwegian Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Ahead of his Chicago debut in Cinderella, Swanson was named one of WFMT’s 2024 “Artists to Watch.” Praising his debut, Chicago Classical Review said the “dashing” tenor “threw off his...showpiece aria with energetic panache and multiple ringing high Cs.” Swanson makes his Met Opera debut in one of his signature roles, Almaviva, which also marks his debut on the Met’s Saturday broadcast series.
Saturday, May 31 12:00 pm
Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael share an intriguing playlist of recently discovered or rediscovered works in classical music.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Recorded live at St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie in 2023, Jonas Friddle, Anna Jacobsen , and Andrew Wilkins blend every note with ease on originals and traditional songs and tunes.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Summer begins in earnest. Coming of age story songs, graduation days recalled, and a bit of nostalgia fill the sunny playlist.
Jack Swanson
Photo: Lily Lancaster
