A journey of Indian ingredients for the home cook
Saturdays | 4 pm
May 2026
The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT
In May, WFMT observes Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a recital featuring the Filipino duo of violinist Diomedes Saraza Jr. and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción; Live from WFMT with pianist Claire Huangci; and a performance by the San Francisco Symphony featuring the electrifying pianist Yuja Wang.
Dear Member,
This month, we’re excited to bring you a new cooking show – filmed in Chicago and featuring a local chef! On Saturday afternoons, settle in for the new series Indian as Apple Pie, hosted by food entrepreneur and cookbook author Anupy Singla. Chef Singla will share her love of her homeland by demonstrating how to make popular Indian dishes in your home kitchen, where and how to shop for key ingredients, and how Indian food manages to be both nutritious and delicious. On page 4, meet Anupy as she tells her story and reveals how her children inspire her work.
Also in May, mark Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with several new programs including Food Roots, following Emmy Award-winning restaurateur Billy Dec as he returns to his native Philippines to explore the food and culture that shaped him; timely documentaries from Independent Lens and Secrets of the Dead that explore Asian history; and an Antiques Roadshow episode that unearths stunning items made by Asian American, Asian, and Pacific Islands creators. And to honor Jewish American Heritage Month, WTTW will share two new films: Growing Up Jewish, which follows young people preparing for their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs; and About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces, about men and women who returned to their native Germany to fight for freedom alongside American and other Allied troops in World War II.
In May, WFMT will present a new season of performances from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the annual Ryan Opera Center Rising Stars in Concert. WFMT also observes Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the Filipino duo of violinist Diomedes Saraza Jr. and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción in their live recital for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts; a new Live from WFMT with Claire Huangci, an American pianist of Chinese descent; a performance by the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus led by Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada; and another SFS concert featuring the electrifying Chinese-born American pianist Yuja Wang.
We are grateful as always for your continuing support. Enjoy May on WTTW and WFMT!
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May 2026
Volume 36, Number 332
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Follow four young Jewish people as they prepare to celebrate their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. This rite of passage marks their transition to adulthood within the Jewish faith and brings family together to celebrate.
Sunday, May 3, 6:00 pm
Friday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Woodpeckers –The Hole Story [R]
1:00 NOVA: Return to the Moon [R]
2:00 Shared Planet: Cities (Part 1 of 4) [R]
3:00 An Invitation to Wonder [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 NOVA: Return to the Moon [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Sous Vide for Company
3:30 Cook’s Country: Southern Sandwiches
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Puzzle Lady (Part 4 of 6) The Puzzle Lady discovers a dark conspiracy at the heart of Bakerbury.
9:00 G reat Performances: Now Hear This – The Iceland Sound Journey across Iceland with host Scott Yoo to uncover how this small nation produces extraordinary musicians.
10:00 Jay’s Chicago: Wildlife Photographers [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: 250 Years of Americana [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 2 of 3) [R]
Emmy Award-winning restaurateur Billy Dec journeys to his native Philippines to find his last living relatives, haunted by a past tragedy. He gains a deeper understanding of how food has shaped his family’s worldview.
Monday, May 11, 9:00 pm
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: McNay Art Museum (Part 3 of 3) [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham (Part 2 of 3) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
5:57 Southwest Suburbs: Birthplace of Chicago
8:03 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Spooner, Wisconsin
8:30 Ireland with Michael: Dublin, By the Sea
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Route 66 in California
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Iceland’s Ring Road
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House: Flower Vase, Smart Garage Opener
11:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: One Hundred Blooms
11:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Chef in Training
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: BBQ Brisket and Fritters
12:30 Cook’s Country: Spring Dinner and Dessert
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Meet Me at the Table
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Pac-Rim Smoke
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Chicken and Biscuits
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: New England Clambake
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Pizza Party
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: Indian Food Spice Basics Trace host Anupy Singla’s own history and get an introduction to Indian cooking through a description of its basic spices.
4:30 C heck, Please! Libanais, S.K.Y., Federales
5:00 C hicago Stories: The Young Lords of Lincoln Park From the late 1940s through the 1960s, the now-upscale Lincoln Park
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neighborhood housed a band of Puerto Rican revolutionaries known as the Young Lords. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
EVENING
6:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in the Dark Phryne’s cousins come under suspicion when a young girl is found drowned in her aunt’s fountain.
7:00 Father Brown: The Puzzle of Banburismus Father Brown must untangle the mysteries that lie within the sewing circle when a seamstress is stabbed to death.
8:00 Beyond Paradise (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) Panic spreads when an arsonist targets three businesses, bizarrely invoking the Three Little Pigs fable.
9:00 Death in Paradise A murder victim is found in Mervin’s locked shack before his flight home.
10:00 The Forsytes on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) [R]
11:00 The Puzzle Lady (Part 3 of 6) See Fri. May 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Whitstable Pearl: A Cup O’ Kindness [R]
1:00 The Chelsea Detective: The Wages of Sin (in 2 parts) [R]
2:30 The Office [R]
3:00 G reat Performances: Now Hear This – The Iceland Sound See Fri. May 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham (Part 2 of 3) [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Golden Rays
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Finding Your Center
MORNING
6:00 Horizons from PBS News
6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
7:00 Baking with Julia: Traditional French Bread with Danielle Forestier
7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master
Chefs: Madhur Jaffrey
8:00 Hom emade Live! Birthday Bites
8:30 Si mply Ming: Okonomiyake
9:00 N ew Scandinavian Cooking: Fairytale Land
9:30 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Kebab, Hummus, and Date Cookies
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Florida Parishes –Cultural Crossroads
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Planet Barbecue 11:00 Compass Points
Chicago-based cookbook author Anupy Singla takes us on a journey of Indian ingredients by visiting fresh markets across the U.S. and cooking popular recipes in her own kitchen. She aspires to help create the next generation of Indian home cooks in America by demonstrating how to source Indian ingredients and prepare authentic dishes at home and beyond.
Saturdays beginning May 2, 4:00 pm
Anupy Singla was born in the northern Indian state of Punjab and came to Pennsylvania with her family when she was three. She worked on Capitol Hill and then found her way to Chicago, where she worked in broadcast journalism before taking a career turn to become a cookbook author and food entrepreneur, selling Indian spices, sauces, and other ingredients under the name “Indian as Apple Pie,” a reflection of her background in two worlds.
Now she’s returning to television with a new cooking show, Indian as Apple Pie, which will air on Saturdays at 4:00 pm on WTTW beginning May 2. The show aims to not just demonstrate recipes for everything from roti to dal to street food, but also teach techniques, tricks, and shortcuts to make Indian food a part of the home cook’s weekly routine without losing the heart of the dish.
The Guide: Why did you want to make this show?
Anupy Singla: I have had this idea in my head since I was really, really, really young. I remember people would say, “Well, what is it that you really want to do?” and I was like, “Well I just want to host a travel cooking show for India, and I’ll be the host.” I think I’ve had such a love for India and such a huge love for growing up in America, that to be able to connect the two and show positive aspects of each has always been my goal. Taking
Americans on this journey to understand India has been something I’ve really wanted to do from the very beginning.
The Guide: How did you make food a career?
Singla: We came to this country when I was three. My mom had to work; we had to make ends meet. As she worked, she also wanted to make Indian food. Growing up in the ’80s, there was no place to go for Indian groceries or Indian ingredients. She was one of the first that I knew of that saw a crockpot and said, “That makes sense for Indian cooking: low heat, long cooking hours. I’m at work all day. This is the way to get Indian food on the table.” So she developed these recipes, and I always wanted to put her recipes in a book to celebrate her and everything she’s done.
[Years later] I was the morning reporter for CLTV, and my husband traveled Monday through Friday for like 20 years, so I was a single mom during the week, and it was hard to get food on the table. I took a break to write The Indian Slow Cooker, because I felt like it was going to help a lot of people, and especially Indian Americans, to not have to give up their day jobs. I’m not a trained chef; I’m a home cook who learned how to cook from my grandfather in the village in Punjab.
That book was top of the charts. We sold so many copies, and we continue to, because now people felt like they could understand Indian, whereas before it was this unapproachable type of eating. That started the process [that continues today] of, how do we simplify Indian food? My journalism background came together to make recipes really, really clear and approachable and easy.
Singla: There’s been this misconception that Indian food is arriving or has arrived. What I always say is, unless the home cook is making Indian food at home once a week or twice a week, finding it approachable, we’re not there yet. People are going to Indian restaurants more than ever. They
want Indian food more than ever. But they still don’t know how to lock in the flavors, and that’s what my platform is about.
For me, the most important thing is that Indian food is incredibly healthy.
ANUPY SINGLA
My perspective is to reach that home cook and say, “Here’s how you do it,” by making it easier, but then also saying, “You don’t have to lose the authenticity. You don’t have to lose the flavor.” I kind of figured out the spots where y ou can take shortcuts. It’s just about making it approachable. It’s basically giving them the path to making Indian food at home without having to give up their day jobs like I did.
and use them. And then we take them to the next step of curry. There’s so much misconception of what curry is. We show a chicken curry. Now you’ve gotten the curry and the spices down, let’s do your one-pot meal of a biryani, which is complex, but uses the same sort of elements. And then here’s your side; there are some complex sides, but then there are some really easy sides as well. So we just took them on a journey of teaching them from the basics and using the recipes as examples of those basic techniques, and then just started to stack on them.
The Guide: What makes you want to share Indian food and get the everyday cook to incorporate it into their lives?
The Guide: Indian food in all its variety is becoming increasingly common and visible in acclaimed restaurants. Has that changed how you approach your recipes?
The Guide: How did you decide how to structure the show and what recipes to include?
Singla: We start from the very basics, like the basic spices and how to buy and store
Singla: For me, the most important thing is that Indian food is incredibly healthy. Restaurant-style Indian food can be a little bit heavier; it isn’t everyday food. I’ve raised my kids on homestyle Indian. It’s also a gift to my kids, because I grew up where I was made fun of for eating Indian food. Everything I do is really just to show my kids that they can be proud of their roots and be American, too.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Professor T
Tuesday, May 19, 7:00 pm
Professor Jasper Tempest is obsessed with cleanliness, structure, and order. But his genius for solving crimes means he constantly has to get his hands dirty, helping the police to crack their most difficult cases.
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Friday, May 8, 8:00 pm
It’s Rick Steves’ birthday, and he’s taking us to some of his favorite places! Get ready for a tour of fabulous European destinations that are sure to inspire some travel dreams for your next adventure.
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The Nordic Murders from Walter Presents
Friday, May 1
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11:30 Jay’s Chicago: Wildlife Photographers
AFTERNOON
12:00 To be announced
5:00 Behind the Canvas
5:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe
EVENING
6:00 G rowing Up Jewish
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 7 of 8) Dr. Turner learns shocking news that implicates the future of the maternity house.
8:00 Mar yLand on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) This miniseries tells the story of Becca and Rosaline, two sisters re-discovering each other after uncovering the secret life of their mother.
9:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Duel (Part 7 of 8) As Edmond’s revenge continues, Fernand’s misdeeds are made public. Fernand and his son Albert challenges Edmond to a duel.
10:00 M urder in the Mountains: Redemption (Season 1, Part 13 of 13) When an old acquaintance arrives in Kitzbuhel, Nina’s past comes back to haunt her.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Pat Benatar & Neil Geraldo
Monday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Puzzle of Banburismus See Sat. May 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Beyond Paradise (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) See Sat. May 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. May 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in the Dark See Sat. May 2 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 C hicago Stories: The Young Lords of Lincoln Park See Sat. May 2 at 5:00 pm. [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 The Savers of Flavor: Peas Come to Table
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grant’s Farm (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: The Young Lords of Lincoln Park [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Childhood Favorites, Grown Up
3:30 Cook’s Country: Chocolate Baked Delights
4:00 Father Brown: The Kembleston Olimpicks [R]
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grant’s Farm (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1960 Ansel Adams Portfolio III: Yosemite Valley, a Persian Qashqai Gabbeh rug circa 1935, and 1959 JFK’s boxer shorts with signed photo.
8:00 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) After Valley Forge and Monmouth, the French-American alliance moves the war to other theaters.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Mar yLand on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. May 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Duel (Part 7 of 8) See Sun. May 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 M urder in the Mountains: Redemption (Season 1, Part 13 of 13) See Sun. May 3 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Nature: Woodpeckers –The Hole Story [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Tasty Thai
3:30 Cook’s Country: New England Sandwiches
4:00 Father Brown: The Forensic Nun
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: In the Blood Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the surprising roots of actor Michael Douglas and writer/director Lena Dunham.
8:00 The American Revolution: The Most Sacred Thing (Part 6 of 6) British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states. Washington wins the decisive victory at Yorktown.
10:15 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:45 B BC News
11:15 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grant’s Farm (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) See Mon. May 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 7 of 8) [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Most Important Meal
3:30 Cook’s Country: Elevated Friendsgiving Mains
4:00 Father Brown: The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
8:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Cosmos Learn how mind-bending discoveries over the past 50 years have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
9:00 Shared Planet: Open Spaces (Part 2 of 4) From Kenya to Mexico, witness how people and wildlife are finding a harmonious balance in Earth’s most vulnerable landscapes.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: In the Blood See Tues. May 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The American Revolution: The Most Sacred Thing (Part 6 of 6) See Tues. May 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Iceland’s Ring Road [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Finding Your Roots: In the Blood [R]
This film follows four young Jewish people as they prepare to celebrate their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Discover how these 12and 13-year-olds prepare for the big day and explores the cultural and religious significance this milestone holds to each of them.
Sunday, May 3 6:00 pm
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Something Hearty, Something Light
3:30 Cook’s Country: Jewish Donuts and Potatoes
4:00 Father Brown: The Last Supper
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Chelsea Detective: Mrs. Romano (in 2 parts) This case follows the disappearance of a social media sensation married to the owner of an upmarket Chelsea eatery.
8:30 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.
9:30 The Office David Brent still has his motivational lectures to fall back on, until Ray and Jude give him more unwelcome news.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure See Wed. May 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Cosmos See
Wed. May 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shared Planet: Open Spaces (Part 2 of 4) See Wed. May 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 G rowing Up Jewish See Sun. May 3 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Cosmos [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Thanksgiving for a Crowd
3:30 Cook’s Country: Feast of the Seven Fishes
4:00 Father Brown: The Father, The Son
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Puzzle Lady (Part 5 of 6) A rock star’s visit sparks chaos while Cora meets a mysterious suitor.
McCleskey and
Great Performances: Suffs
Celebrate the American women's suffrage movement in this Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. The cast includes Shaina Taub, Anastacia McCleskey, Laila Erica Drew, Jenn Colella, and Nikki M. James as Ida B. Wells.
Friday, May 8
9:00 pm
9:00 G reat Performances: Suffs
11:30 B BC News
Saturday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 1 of 3) [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara (Part 2 of 3) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
EARLY MORNING
6:00 The Cost of Caring This documentary explores the challenges veterinarians face and ways to address them.
7:00 G randma Stand Wise and witty grandmothers in New York’s Central Park offer life lessons to passersby from ages 10 to 81.
8:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota
8:30 Ireland with Michael: Just One More Mad Dash
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Zurich
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Krakow – Poland’s Historic Capital
10:00 This Old House
6 : 00 N ature Cat
6 :30 Arthur
7: 00 W ild Kratts
7: 30 Weather Hunters
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8 :30 C arl the Collector
10:30 Ask This Old House: Paver Walkway, Mowing a Lawn 101
11:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Aloha in Bloom
11:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Autumn Leaves
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food Classics
12:30 Cook’s Country: Flavorful Chicken Fonduta
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Plan the Menu
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Where There’s Smoke
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Very Best Paris-Brest
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Tandoori Salmon and Broiled Zucchini
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Apple Strudel and Schnitzel
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: Curry Means Gravy Anupy breaks down one of the biggest misnomers about Indian cooking in the West: curry.
4:30 C heck, Please!
5:00 C hicago Stories: Inventing Improv It may be Chicago’s greatest cultural export: improvised theater. But this art form was devised by a woman
9 :00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9 :30 P hoebe & Jay
10 :00 S esame Street
10 :30 Work it Out Wombats!
11 :00 D onkey Hodie
11 :30 R osie's Rules
12:00 Elinor Wonders Why
12:30 A lma's Way
NATURE CAT weekdays at 6:00 am
who wasn’t out for laughs.
EVENING
6:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: King Memses’ Curse Phryne’s hunt for a madman leads her on a disturbing trail of death and despair.
7:00 Father Brown: The Blessing of the Father Mrs. Devine and Sullivan’s wedding approaches, but can Father Brown stop a would-be killer from ruining their big day?
8:00 Beyond Paradise (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) A house is burgled, but the prime suspect was locked up in a police cell at the time.
9:00 Beyond Paradise Christmas Special Humphrey Goodman becomes Detective Inspector at Shipton Abbott police station.
10:00 The Puzzle Lady (Part 5 of 6) See Fri. May 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:00 Whitstable Pearl: The Man on the Blue Plaque See Thurs. May 7 at 8:30 pm. [R]
Sunday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Chelsea Detective: Mrs. Romano (in 2 parts) See Thurs. May 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 G reat Performances: Suffs
See Fri. May 8 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe [R]
4:30 Behind the Canvas [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Mountain Skyline
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Intention, Knowledge, and Action
MORNING
6:00 Horizons from PBS News
6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
7:00 Baking with Julia: Meringue Desserts with Charlotte Akoto
7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Daniel Boulud
8:00 Hom emade Live! Homemade for the Holidays
8:30 Simply Ming: Miso Salmon 9:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Packed School Lunch
9:30 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Loaf Cakes – Chocolate, Plum, and Lemon
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: St. Bernard Parish – New Orleans’ Most Historic Neighbor
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Obsessed with Brisket
11:00 Compass Points from PBS News
11:30 Postcards: A Line in the Snow This film follows a
mother and her two daughters on a winter dogsledding trip within Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
AFTERNOON
12:00 G reat Performances: Suffs [R]
2:30 Women of World War II: The Untold Stories Meet the American women who built the planes and flew them, fought on the warfront and the home front, cracked codes and broke barriers.
4:00 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A Portrait of Freedom (Part 1 of 6) This miniseries explores the early history of Muslims in America.
4:30 American Muslims: A History Revealed –Islam at the Nation’s Founding (Part 2 of 6)
5:00 Behind the Canvas
5:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece
EVENING
6:00 Iron Ladies This documentary follows “The 35s,” a protest movement known as the Women’s Campaign for Soviet Jewry, which was founded in London in 1971.
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 8 of 8) As Sister Veronica weighs her future
2:00 Beyond Paradise Christmas Special See Sat. May 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3 3 4 0 O a k t o n S t r e e t / 8 4 7 - 8 6 9 -
with the Order, Dr. Turner makes a final stand before the maternity home closes.
8:00 Mar yLand on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) As Becca and Rosaline deal with the fallout from their mother’s death, the sisters cope in different and sometimes destructive ways.
9:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Last Two (Part 8 of 8) With one enemy out of the way, Edmond works to ensure that the remaining two pay for their crimes against him.
10:00 Astrid: Eye of the Dragon (Season 4, Part 1 of 8) An infamous green diamond is being exhibited in Paris, but then the security chief is found dead and the diamond goes missing.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Gary Clark Jr./Black Pumas
Monday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Blessing of the Father See Sat. May 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Beyond Paradise (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) See Sat. May 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: King Memses’ Curse See Sat. May 9 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 C hicago Stories: Inventing Improv See Sat. May 9 at 5:00 pm. [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 The Savers of Flavor: A Cherry to Die For
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grant’s Farm (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: Inventing Improv [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Rustic French Fare
3:30 Cook’s Country: Greens for Dinner
4:00 Father Brown: The Quill of Osric [R]
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grant’s Farm (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Cartier Art Deco Tutti Frutti clutch circa 1925, a Carl Kauba cowboy bronze circa 1900, and a Sumerian cuneiform tablet circa 2150 BCE.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa
Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 3 of 3) Finds include Green Bay Packers salesman’s sample championship rings, Barbie dolls and wardrobe circa 1960, and a 1977 Keith Haring Bean Salad lithograph.
9:00 Food Roots
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Mar yLand on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. May 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Last Two (Part 8 of 8) See Sun. May 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Astrid: Eye of the Dragon (Season 4, Part 1 of 8) See Sun. May 10 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 1 of 3) [R]
Rob Reiner: The Director
Celebrate the extraordinary work of a man whose contributions to the silver screen entertained a broad audience for decades. This program covers his younger days as an actor on All in the Family and his role as one of the leading film directors of our time.
Tuesday, May 12
8:00 pm
Amara Okereke and Phillip Attmore
Great Performances: Top Hat
Enjoy this acclaimed musical inspired by the 1935 movie starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers featuring a timeless score by Irving Berlin that includes classics including “Cheek to Cheek,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”
Friday, May 15
9:00 pm
2:00 Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Grill-Roasted Chicken and Green Beans
3:30 Cook’s Country: Upper Midwest Classics
4:00 Father Brown: The Word of the Condemned
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Far From Home Henry Louis Gates maps the family trees of pop icon Cyndi Lauper and actors Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo.
8:00 Rob Reiner: The Director
9:00 Frontline: The President vs. the Fed Frontline explores President Trump’s unprecedented challenges to the Federal Reserve and what they mean for the economy.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece [R]
12:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Krakow – Poland’s Historic Capital [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grant’s Farm (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. May 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Food Roots See Mon. May 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 8 of 8) [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: New Ways with Ribs & Mushrooms
3:30 Cook’s Country: Inspiring Shrimp Suppers
4:00 Father Brown: The Last Tango in Kembleford
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard.
8:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Quantum Buckle
up for a wild ride through the discoveries that paved the way for the digital technologies we enjoy today, and the computers of tomorrow.
9:00 Shared Planet: Forests (Part 3 of 4) Journey from Guatemala to Japan to meet the pioneers sharing space with wildlife and restoring the way we coexist among the trees.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Far From Home See Tues. May 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Rob Reiner: The Director See Tues. May 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: The President vs. the Fed See Tues. May 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece [R]
3:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Krakow – Poland’s Historic Capital [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Far from Home [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Plum and Pear Desserts
3:30 Cook’s Country: Glazed Pork and Potatoes
4:00 Father Brown: The Dead of Night
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Chelsea Detective: The Gentle Giant (in 2 parts) A popular security guard is stabbed to death. Was it caused by a drug deal gone wrong?
8:30 R ick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe Rick travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe, taking millions of people with it.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon See Wed. May 13 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Decoding the
Universe – Quantum See Wed. May 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shared Planet: Forests (Part 3 of 4) See Wed. May 13 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Iron Ladies See Sun. May 10 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 NOVA: Decoding the Universe – Quantum [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Mexican Comfort Food
3:30 Cook’s Country: Chinese Noodles and Egg Rolls
4:00 Father Brown: The Scars of War
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Puzzle Lady (Part 6
Whitstable Pearl (New Season)
With her son grown, single mom Pearl (Kerry Godliman) continues to run her private detective agency from her family restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. In the opener, Dan Tomlin crashes his car and wakes up in the hospital with his son missing and Dan’s exwife accusing him of kidnapping.
Saturdays beginning May 16, 8:00 pm
of 6) Cora faces her deadliest case yet – saving Hooper means losing everything.
9:00 G reat Performances: Top Hat
11:30 B BC News
Saturday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Independent Lens: Natchez In a Mississippi town, historic homes fuel a tourism economy rooted in antebellum nostalgia. Discover how unresolved racial tensions have shaped the town.
3:30 Postcards: A Line in the Snow See Sun. May 10 at 11:30 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Invisible Nation This film offers unprecedented, intimate access to Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s first female president.
7:00 Food Roots [R]
8:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Ludington, Michigan
8:30 Ireland with Michael: Back Home to Derry
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Williamsburg, Virginia
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House: Tile Soap Holders, Swirl Ceiling
11:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Beauty Blooms
11:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – La Cocina Ole
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways
12:30 Cook’s Country: Puerto Rican Flavors
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Community Table
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Extreme Smoke
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Hearty Mediterranean at Home
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Petite French Pastries
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Coconut Curry & Stir-Fried Chicken
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: The Not-So-Basics – Spice Blends and Beyond Anupy looks at one of the most common and ubiquitous North Indian blends – garam masala – and demonstrates
how to make it at home.
4:30 C heck, Please! Roister, Midori, Sapori Napoletani
5:00 C hicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire On October 10, 1871, the citizens of Chicago awoke to a smoking pile of rubble that stretched for miles on end.
EVENING
6:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder Most Scandalous When Jack’s ex-father-in-law is implicated in the brutal murder of a prostitute, Phryne decides to go undercover at a gentleman’s club.
7:00 Father Brown: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur Father Brown is asked to look after Lady Felicia’s wayward niece Bunty, who soon finds herself suspected of murder.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: Babylon (Season 2, Part 1 of 6)
9:00 Beyond Paradise Humphrey takes on the new position as DI of Shipton Abbott police station.
10:00 The Puzzle Lady (Part 6 of 6) See Fri. May 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:00 The Chelsea Detective: The Gentle Giant (in 2 parts) See Thurs. May 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:30 G reat Performances: Top Hat See Fri. May 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A Portrait of Freedom (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. May 10 at 4:00 pm. [R]
3:30 American Muslims: A History Revealed – Islam at the Nation’s Founding (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. May 10 at 4:30 pm. [R]
4:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of Ancient Greece [R]
4:30 Behind the Canvas [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Transforming Fear into Joy
MORNING
6:00 Horizons from PBS News
6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
7:00 Baking with Julia: Quickbreads with Marion Cunningham
7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Jim Dodge
8:00 Homemade Live! Off the Eaten Path
8:30 Simply Ming: Pound Cake
9:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Southern Ways
9:30 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Scones, Doughnuts, and Banana Bread
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Cookin’ in
the Crescent City
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Smoking 101
11:00 Compass Points from PBS News
11:30 Independent Lens: Natchez See Sat. May 16 at 2:00 am. [R]
AFTERNOON
1:00 G reat Performances at the Met: Arabella In this production of Richard Strauss's opera, soprano Rachel WillisSorensen makes her debut in the title role alongside Louise Alder and Tomasz Konieczny.
4:00 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A Muslim in the Civil War (Part 3 of 6)
4:30 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A Mosque on the Prairies (Part 4 of 6)
5:00 Behind the Canvas
5:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Ancient Roman Art
EVENING
6:00 R ick Steves’ Best of Paris
7:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Elizabeth I, The Warrior Queen Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I’s image as a warrior queen shaped British national identity.
8:00 Mar yLand on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) Richard and Jim arrive at the Isle of Man. Mary’s actions continue to have an impact on the entire family.
9:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) In the opener, the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs, and his daughter Mary loses her fiancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil.
10:30 Astrid: The Arabian Nights (Season 4, Part 2 of 8) The charred corpse of an Iranian man is found in his house. Spontaneous combustion or a diabolical crime?
11:30 Austin City Limits: Jelly Roll/The War and Treaty
Monday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Father Brown: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur See Sat. May 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Whitstable Pearl: Babylon See Sat. May 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Beyond Paradise See Sat. May 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk [R]
4:00 C hicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire See Sat. May 16 at 5:00 pm. [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 The Savers of Flavor: Okra
Arguably the most popular series in public media history, Downton Abbey is back! Settle in weekly for the dramatic story of the aristocratic Crawley family and their staff at their opulent country house in 1912, starring Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, and more.
Sundays beginning May 17 9:00 pm
from Another Mother
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grant’s Farm (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 C hicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Chicken or the Egg?
3:30 Cook’s Country: When Southern Women Cook
4:00 Father Brown: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur [R]
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 15 Never-beforeseen finds include a 1961 JFK Santa Claus letter, a 1979 Ed Ruscha Stage Fright ink on paper, and a John Juzek violin circa 1950.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 1 of 3)
Finds include an 1880 Celia Thaxter hand-painted vase, a 1964 Presidential Rolex with the box and papers, and a Mary Elizabeth Price painted screen circa 1925.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause –American Masters
Born just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation and passing away on the eve of March in Washington in 1963, W.E.B. Du Bois's legacy as an activist still resonates today.
Tuesday, May 19
8:00 pm
Great Performances: An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger received international acclaim for her star turn in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard. In 2025, Scherzinger returned to London for this concert at Royal Albert Hall.
Friday, May 22
9:00 pm
9:00 Independent Lens: Light of the Setting Sun After a family member has a mental breakdown, filmmaker Vicky Du traces generational trauma rooted in her family’s displacement during China’s 1949 revolution.
10:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Elizabeth I, The Warrior Queen See Sun. May 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Mar yLand on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. May 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1) See Sun. May 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Life on Earth: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Summertime Staples
3:30 Cook’s Country: Cajun Cooking
4:00 Father Brown: The Eve of St. John
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
8:00 W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause – American Masters
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 15 See Mon. May 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. May 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Independent Lens: Light of the Setting Sun See Mon. May 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Williamsburg, Virginia [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets: Elizabeth I, The Warrior Queen [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Pork and Greens
3:30 Cook’s Country: Sweet and Savory Lunch
4:00 Father Brown: The Chedworth Cyclone
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song Sir David Attenborough presents seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature.
8:00 NOVA: When Whales Could Walk Egyptian desert fossils reveal clues to the evolution of the biggest animals on Earth.
9:00 Shared Planet: Waters (Part 4 of 4) Dive into the stories of people setting a new standard for aquatic wildlife protection.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction See Tues. May 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause – American Masters See Tues. May 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A Muslim in the Civil War (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. May 17 at 4:00 pm. [R]
3:30 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A Mosque on the Prairies (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. May 17 at 4:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Turkey Two Ways
3:30 Cook’s Country: Mediterranean Burgers and Fritters
4:00 Father Brown: The Hand of Lucia
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
40 years after the recording of “We Are the World,” this documentary explores what motivated this epic collaboration, shares neverbefore-seen footage of the session, and highlights how artists, journalists, activists, filmmakers, and healthcare workers can work together to achieve equality, justice, and positive change.
Saturday, May 23 10:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Chelsea Detective: A Chelsea Education (in 2 parts) A teacher in a prestigious international school is murdered.
8:30 About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces This film reveals the untold story of young German-born Jewish refugees who returned to fight the Nazis alongside U.S. forces in World War II.
10:10 C hicago Tonight [R] 10:38 B BC News 11:06 Amanpour and Company
Friday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:03 Nature: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song See Wed. May 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: When Whales Could Walk Wed. May 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shared Planet: Waters (Part 4 of 4) See Wed. May 20 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Invisible Nation See Sat. May 16 at 6:00 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
8:00 J ohn McGivern's Main Streets
8:30 I reland with Michael
9:00 S amantha Brown's Places to Love
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe
10:00 This Old House
10:30 A sk This Old House
11:00 J S chwanke's Life in Bloom
11:30 J acques Pépin: Heart & Soul
12:00 Co ok’s Country
12:30 Co ok’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Steven Raichlen's Project Smoke
2:00 A merica’s Test Kitchen
2:30 A merica’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Ch ristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 M y Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 I ndian as Apple Pie
4:30 C heck, Please!
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 NOVA: When Whales Could Walk [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Plant-Based Perfection
3:30 Cook’s Country: Tucson Tacos
4:00 Father Brown: The Eagle and the Daw
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 C hicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer Take a nostalgic journey by car to iconic vacation spots that Chicagoans have cherished for generations, and some secret hideaways, too!
9:00 G reat Performances: An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger
11:30 B BC News
Saturday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Beef, Dressed Up
12:30 Cook’s Country: Seafood in a Snap
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Building Flavor
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Perfect Hog
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Flavorful Chinese Favorite
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Grilled Flank Steak and Chili Crisp Noodles
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Everyone is Wrong About Pie!
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: Lentils, Beans, and Peas Anupy demonstrates the art of making legumes irresistible through Indian spices and cooking techniques.
4:30 C heck, Please! BYOB
5:00 C hicago Stories: The Making of Playboy Trace Chicago publishing icon Hugh Hefner s life and career and the evolution of the Playboy brand. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
EVENING
1:00 R ick Steves’ Best of Paris See Sun. May 17 at 6:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Astrid: The Arabian Nights (Season 4, Part 2 of 8) See Sun. May 17 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder Most Scandalous See Sat. May 16 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Jay’s Chicago: In the Club
6:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1) [R]
8:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: West Bend, Wisconsin
8:30 Ireland with Michael: Cork’d
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Italy, Part 1 – Bologna
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Highlights
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House: Picnic Table, Insurance Policies
11:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Wellness in Bloom
11:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Cooking for the President
6:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death Comes Knocking Phryne’s Aunt Prudence is swept up in the new spiritualist fad and resolves to contact her dead godson.
7:00 Father Brown: The Eve of St. John Father Brown investigates when a community of pagans stand accused of killing one of their own.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: Night Terrors (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) Housebound with a broken leg, Mike observes his neighbors, witnessing a man’s disturbing night terrors.
9:00 Beyond Paradise Humphrey
and his team are baffled by the mysterious disappearance of an entire family.
10:00 Stand Together as One This documentary reveals how a group of music icons created the legendary 1985 recording “We Are the World” to fund African famine relief.
11:00 The Chelsea Detective: A Chelsea Education (in 2 parts) See Thurs. May 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
EARLY MORNING
12:30 C hicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer See Fri. May 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 G reat Performances: An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger See Fri. May 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Ancient Roman Art [R]
4:30 Behind the Canvas [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr
5:30 Yoga in Practice: The Dance of Confidence
MORNING
6:00 Horizons from PBS News
6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
7:00 Baking with Julia: Baby Cakes with Johanne Killeen
7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Charlie Trotter
8:00 Hom emade Live! Cookbook Club
8:30 Simply Ming: Broccoli and Beef
9:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Southwards Along the Coast
9:30 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Thai Street Food
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Lafourche Parish –Belton Family Home Place
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Shoulders and Bellies
Do it Yourself Sundays 5:00 Hap py Yoga 5:30 Yoga in Practice
7:00 B aking with Julia
7:30 I n Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs
8:00 H omemade Live!
8:30 S imply Ming
9:00 N ew Scandinavian Cooking 9:30 Ch ristopher Kimball's Milk Street Television
10:00 Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana
10:30 Steven Raichlen's Planet Barbecue
Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna
National Memorial Day Concert 2026
Join WTTW for the 37th 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 and hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise.
Sunday, May 24
7:00 pm
11:00 Compass Points from PBS News
11:30 The Ship that Turned Back
This film recounts the dramatic escape of her late husband, Irving Saraf, from Poland to Palestine in 1940, when he was just seven years old.
AFTERNOON
12:00 About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces See Thurs. May 21 at 8:30 pm. [R]
2:00 Her War, Her Story: World War II Narrated by actor Jane Lynch, this film tells the stories of the war experiences of more than two dozen women.
3:00 Healing a Soldier’s Heart
Follow the courageous journeys of four Vietnam veterans, all suffering from severe PTSD, who return to Vietnam.
4:00 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A New Hope for Freedom (Part 5 of 6)
4:30 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A South Asian in the Southwest (Part 6 of 6)
5:00 Behind the Canvas
5:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Roman Empire
EVENING
6:00 C hicago 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 2026
8:30 National Memorial Day Concert 2026 [R]
10:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Mary entertains three suitors, including a Turkish diplomat whose boldness leads to a surprising event.
11:30 Astrid: 30,000 Feet (Season 4, Part 3 of 8) Raphaelle escorts a repatriated serial killer on a plane, but he dies mid-flight; by phone, Astrid helps her obtain proof that it's murder.
Memorial Day
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Father Brown: The Eve of St. John See Sat. May 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Whitstable Pearl: Night Terrors (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) See Sat. May 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Beyond Paradise See Sat. May 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Jay’s Chicago: In the Club [R]
4:00 C hicago Stories: The Making of Playboy See Sat. May 23 at 6:00 pm. [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 The Savers of Flavor: It’s A Great Pumpkin
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 15 [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe See Sun. May 24 at 6:00 pm. [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: French Chicken and Potatoes
3:30 Cook’s Country: From Texas, with Love
4:00 Father Brown: The Smallest of Things
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 B BC News The Context USA
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating AsianPacific Heritage Discover incredible items from Asian-American, Asian, and Pacific Islands creators.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Civil War Union soldier archive, Disneyland railroad hat badges, and an art deco diamond, sapphire and pearl necklace..
9:00 Independent Lens: Third Act Filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura chronicles the life of his father Robert A. Nakamura, from World War II incarceration to his vital role in Asian American cinema.
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2026 [R]
1:30 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. May 24 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death Comes Knocking See Sat. May 23 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 Jay’s Chicago: In the Club [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Attenborough’s Wonder of Song [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Prime Rib and Popovers
3:30 Cook’s Country: Pork and Pierogi
4:00 Father Brown: The Crimson Feather
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreamers, One and All Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestries of actor Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen.
8:00 Seabiscuit: American Experience In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression era, the champion thoroughbred racehorse Seabiscuit became a national obsession.
9:00 Frontline: The War Cabinet Meet the key players behind President Trump’s expansive use of the U.S. military.
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:30 R ick Steves’ Europe:
Italy’s Highlights [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage See Mon. May 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. May 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Stand Together as One See Sat. May 23 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: The Making of Playboy [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Bulgogi and Bokkeumbap
3:30 Cook’s Country: Spicy and Sour for Supper
4:00 Father Brown: The Lepidopterist
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of experts as they unearth the fossil of the largest Jurassic predator ever known.
8:00 NOVA: Great Mammoth Mystery Join Sir David Attenborough on a unique excavation of a site with rare traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: China’s Bronze Kingdom A mysterious ancient city lies hidden in the mountains of Sichuan. Could this be the capital of the ancient Shu kingdom?
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R] 10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreamers, One and All See Tues. May 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Seabiscuit: American Experience See Tues. May 26 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Frontline: The War Cabinet See Tues. May 26 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Roman Empire [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
This documentary explores the creation and cultural impact of a beloved public television children’s series that introduced a generation of viewers to classic literature through imaginative storytelling. This film reveals how a small Texas production became one of the most memorable educational programs in public television history.
Thursday, May 28
8:00 pm
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chicago (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Jewish Baking
3:30 Cook’s Country: Smoky Barbecue Favorites
4:00 Father Brown: The Alchemist’s Secret
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 R ick Steves’ Best of Paris [R]
8:00 What’s the Story, Wishbone?
9:30 Jay’s Chicago: Better World
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 29
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster See Wed. May 27 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Great Mammoth Mystery See Wed. May 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: China’s Bronze Kingdom See Wed. May 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Astrid: 30,000 Feet
(Season 4, Part of 8) See Sun. May 24 at 11:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 NOVA: Great Mammoth Mystery [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Shrimp, Fast and Slow
3:30 Cook’s Country: Smothered and Dowdied
4:00 Father Brown: The Sins of Others
5:00 B BC World News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 G reat Performances: Broadway Musicals - A Jewish Legacy Explore the role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the American musical in this film narrated by Joel Grey.
10:00 Barry Manilow: Live by Request The consummate performer fields call-in requests for his greatest hits in a live broadcast from 1996.
11:30 B BC News
Saturday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Barry Bostwick Presents Classical Rewind Hosted by actor Barry Bostwick, this program explores the origins of classical music.
2:30 Behind the Canvas [R]
3:00 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A New Hope for Freedom (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. May 24 at 4:00 pm. [R]
3:30 American Muslims: A History Revealed – A South Asian in the Southwest (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. May 24 at 4:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy
MORNING
6:00 R ick Steves Why We Travel Rick Steves shares why he believes travel can be so meaningful, and personal insights he’s gained along the way.
7:00 J ulia Child’s Best Bites Celebrate The French Chef with Martha Stewart, Jacques Pepin, Vivian
Howard, Marcus Samuelsson, Jose Andres, Eric Ripert, Rick Bayless and more.
8:30 Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai & Rick Bayless Grab a seat at the table with these two award-winning chefs as they share recipes and dish on their inspirations.
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House: Outdoor TV, Granite Firepit
11:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Golden State Grub
11:30 Cook’s Country: Ballpark Classics
AFTERNOON
12:10 Cook’s Country: Southern Discoveries
12:40 Lidia’s Kitchen: You’re Invited
1:10 Essential Pépin: Light as Air
1:40 America’s Test Kitchen: Catalan Supper
2:20 America’s Test Kitchen: Nutritious and Delicious
2:50 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Brazilian Pizza
3:20 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Foods That Unite Us
4:00 Indian as Apple Pie: Rice & Biryani Anupy Singla reveals what makes basmati rice so special.
4:30 America Made with Love, Part 2 Discover the ingenuity, vision, and unparalleled talent of some of the nation’s most extraordinary artisans.
EVENING
6:00 R ick Steves: Why We Travel See 6:00 am. [R]
7:00 Father Brown: The Chedworth Cyclone When a local boxer is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Father Brown discovers a web of corruption, match fixing, and blackmail.
8:00 Whitstable Pearl: The Offer (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) After inheriting a beloved local pub from her mother, Molly Stratton puts it up for sale and begins receiving anonymous threats; she turns to Pearl for help.
9:00 Beyond Paradise The community is rocked when a beloved painting disappears in a seemingly impossible heist.
10:00 B ruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – No Nukes Witness the legendary band on the cusp of superstardom in the “No Nukes” concerts of 1979, with recovered and restored footage of their epic performance.
Sunday 31
EARLY MORNING
12:00 All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop
2:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
5:00 M emory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
MORNING
6:30 Barry Bostwick Presents Classical Rewind See Sat. May 30 at 1:00 am. [R]
8:00 Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Terry Masear nurtures wounded hummingbirds.
9:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends Meet Tricki, among the many other creatures that illustrate the bond between humans and animals.
11:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Seasons of the Dales Revisit the most picturesque scenes from the series with the cast, creators, and local residents.
AFTERNOON
12:30 M ister Rogers: It’s You I Like Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the pioneering children’s series.
2:00 Making of the American Revolution Go behind the scenes with Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, David Schmidt, and their team to learn about this production that took almost a decade to complete.
4:00 Tony Bennett: Viva Duets Bennett performs duets with a roster of performers, including Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Franco De Vita, and Vicente Fernandez.
5:00 G reat Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th − The Celebration Bocelli’s 30th anniversary concert from Tuscany featuring global superstars.
EVENING
7:00 O ur Favorite Things About Grantchester This special unpacks memorable moments from the series through interviews with the cast and crew and archival clips spanning 10 seasons.
8:30 R ick Steves’ Art of Europe: Beauty Through the Ages Rick explores the wonder of European art from the High Middle Ages to the modern era.
9:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Growing into his role as heir, Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith. Servants Thomas and O’Brien scheme against Bates.
10:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends See 9:30 am. [R]
All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop
Sunday, 12:00 am (5/31)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (5/3, 5/10)
Sundays, 11:30 pm (5/17, 5/24)
Barry Bostwick Presents Classical Rewind
Saturday, 1:00 am (5/30)
Sunday, 6:30 am (5/31)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandNo Nukes
Saturday, 10:00 pm (5/30)
Great Performances: An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger
Friday, 10:00 pm (5/22)
Sunday, 2:30 am (5/24)
Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30thThe Celebration
Sunday, 5:00 pm (5/31)
Great Performances: Broadway MusicalsA Jewish Legacy
Friday, 8:00 pm (5/29)
Great Performances: Suffs
Friday, 9:00 pm (5/8)
Sunday, 1:30 am, 12:00 pm (5/10)
Great Performances: Top Hat
Friday, 9:00 pm (5/15)
Sunday, 12:30 am (5/17)
Great Performances: Now Hear This –The Iceland Sound
Friday, 9:00 pm (5/1)
Sunday, 3:00 am (5/3)
Great Performances at the Met: Arabella
Sunday, 1:00 pm (5/17)
National Memorial Day Concert 2026
Sunday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (5/24)
Tony Bennett: Viva Duets
Sunday, 4:00 pm (5/31)
'60s and '70s Soul Celebration
Sunday, 2:00 am (5/31)
All Creatures Great and Small: Seasons of the Dales
Sunday, 11:00 am (5/31)
All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends
Sunday, 09:30 am (5/31)
Astrid
Sunday, 10:00 pm (5/10)
Sunday, 10:30 pm (5/17)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (5/12)
Saturday, 2:00 am (5/23)
Friday, 3:00 am (5/29)
Beyond Paradise
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (5/2, 5/9)
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30)
Mondays, 1:00 am (5/4, 5/11)
Monday, 2:00 am (5/11)
Monday, 2:30 am (5/18, 5/25)
Call the Midwife
Sundays, 7:00 pm (5/3, 5/10)
Wednesdays, 2:00 pm (5/6, 5/13)
Tuesdays, 12:00 am (5/5, 5/12)
Chelsea Detective
Thursday, 7:00 pm, 7:45 pm (5/7, 5/14, 5/21)
Sunday, 1:00 am, 1:45 am (5/3)
Sunday, 12:00 am, 12:45 am (5/10)
Saturday, 11:00 pm, 11:45 pm (5/16, 5/23)
The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece
Sundays, 9:00 pm (5/3, 5/10)
Tuesdays, 2:00 am (5/5, 5/12)
Death in Paradise
Friday, 4:00 pm (5/1)
Saturday, 9:00 pm (5/2)
Monday, 2:00 am (5/4)
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece
Sundays, 9:00 pm (5/17, 5/31)
Sunday, 10:00 pm (5/24)
Tuesday, 2:30 am (5/19)
Saturday, 6:30 am (5/23)
Father Brown
Monday-Friday 4:00 pm (5/4 onwards)
Saturdays, 7:00 pm
Mondays, 12:30 am (5/18, 5/25)
Mondays, 12:00 am (5/4, 5/11)
The Forsytes on Masterpiece
Saturday, 10:00 pm (5/2)
MaryLand on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am (5/5, 5/12)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (5/19)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Saturdays, 6:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Mondays, 3:00 am (5/4, 5/11)
Saturday, 3:00 am (5/23)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (5/26)
Murder in the Mountains
Sunday, 10:00 pm (5/3)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (5/5)
The Office
Thursday, 9:30 pm (5/7)
Sunday, 2:30 am (5/3)
The Puzzle Lady
Fridays, 8:00 pm (5/1, 5/8, 5/15)
Saturday, 11:00 pm (5/2)
Saturdays, 10:00 pm (5/9, 5/16)
Whitstable Pearl
Thursday, 8:30 pm (5/7)
Sunday, 12:00 am (5/3)
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (5/16, 5/23, 5/30)
Saturday, 11:00 pm (5/9)
Mondays, 1:30 am (5/18, 5/25)
Food • Travel • How to
America Made with Love: Part 2
Saturday, 4:30 pm (5/30)
America’s Test Kitchen
Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm
Saturday, 1:40 pm (5/30)
Saturday, 2:20 pm (5/30)
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays - Fridays, 1:00 pm
Sunday, 4:00 am (5/3)
Saturday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am, 3:00 am (5/9)
Saturday, 1:00 am, 2:00 am (5/2)
Saturday, 12:00 am (5/20)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/13, 5/27)
Wednesdays, 1:00 am (5/6, 5/13, 5/20)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (5/20)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Baking with Julia
Sundays, 7:00 am
Behind the Canvas
Sundays, 5:00 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Sundays, 4:30 am (5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Saturday, 2:30 am (5/30)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Chicago On Vacation Geoffrey Baer
Friday, 8:00 pm (5/22)
Sunday, 12:30 am (5/24)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Sundays, 9:30 am
Saturday, 2:50 pm (5/30)
Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai & Rick Bayless
Saturday, 8:30 am (5/30)
Cook’s Country
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30pm
Saturday, 11:30 am, 12:10 pm (5/30)
Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy
Saturday, 5:00 am (5/30)
Essential Pepin
Saturday, 1:10 pm (5/30)
Food Roots
Monday, 9:00 pm (5/11)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (5/13)
Saturday, 7:00 am (5/16)
Grandma Stand
Saturday, 7:00 am (5/9)
Homemade Live!
Sundays, 8:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr
Sundays, 5:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs
Sundays, 7:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Ireland with Michael
Saturdays, 8:30 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Indian as Apple Pie
Saturdays, 4:00 pm
J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Saturdays, 11:00 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
Saturdays, 11:30 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Jay’s Chicago
Saturday, 6:00 am (5/23)
Monday, 3:30 am (5/25)
Tuesday, 5:30 am (5/26)
Sunday, 11:30 am (5/3)
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 8:00 am (5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Saturday, 8:03 am (5/2)
Julia Child’s Best Bites
Saturday, 7:00 am (5/30)
Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
Sundays, 10:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Saturday, 12:40 pm (5/30)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Sunday, 5:00 am (5/31)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
Saturdays, 3:30 pm (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Saturday, 3:20 ppm (5/30)
New Scandinavian Cooking Sundays, 9:00 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Rick Steves Best of Paris
Sunday, 6:00 pm (5/17)
Saturday, 1:00 am (5/23)
Thursday, 7:00 pm (5/28)
Rick Steves’ Europe Sundays, 5:30 pm (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Wednesdays, 12:30 am (5/5, 5/13, 5/27) Sundays, 4:00 am (5/10, 5/17, 5/24) Thursday, 3:00 am (5/14, 5/28)
Thursdays, 3:30 am (5/7, 5/14, 5/28)
Sunday, 4:00 am (5/24)
Saturdays, 9:30 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Monday, 3:30 am (5/18)
Rick Steves Why We Travel Saturday, 6:00 am (5/30)
Rob Reiner: The Director Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/12)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/14)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 9:00 am (5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (5/20)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Saturday, 11:00 am (5/30)
Savers of Flavor
Mondays, 5:30 am
Simply Ming
Sundays, 8:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue Sundays, 10:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Saturdays 1:30 pm (5/ 2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23)
This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am Yoga in Practice
Sundays, 5:30 am (5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
About Face: Jewish Refugees in the Allied Forces
Thursday, 8:30 pm (5/21)
Sunday, 12:00 pm (5/24)
American Muslims: A History Revealed Sundays, 4:00 pm (5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Sundays, 4:30 pm (5/10, 5/17, 5/24)
Sundays, 3:00 am (5/17, 5/21, 5/30) Sundays, 3:30 am (5/17, 5/21, 5/30)
The American Revolution
Monday, 8:00 pm (5/4)
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/5)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/6) Thursday, 1:00 am (5/7)
Chicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire Saturday, 5:00 pm (5/16) Monday, 4:00 am, 2:00 pm (5/18)
Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv Saturday, 5:00 pm (5/9)
Monday, 4:00 am, 2:00 pm (5/11)
Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Sunday, 6:00 pm (5/24)
Monday, 2:00 pm (5/25)
Chicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park Saturday, 5:00 pm (5/2)
Monday, 4:00 am, 2:00 pm (5/4)
Chicago Stories: The Making of Playboy Saturday, 5:00 pm (5/23) Monday, 4:00 am (5/25)
Monday, 2:00 pm (5/27)
The Cost of Caring
Saturday, 6:00 am (5/9)
Growing Up Jewish Sunday, 6:00 pm (5/3)
Friday, 3:00 am (5/8)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm
Thursdays, 12:00 am, 2:00 pm (5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28)
Frontline
Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (5/12, 5/26)
Healing A Soldier’s Heart Sunday, 3:00 pm (5/24)
Her War, Her Story: World War II
Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/24)
Independent Lens: Natchez
Saturday, 2:00 am (5/16)
Sunday, 11:30 am (5/17)
Independent Lens: Light of the Setting Sun
Monday, 9:00 pm (5/18)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (5/20)
Independent Lens: Third Act
Monday, 9:00 pm (5/25)
Invisible Nation
Saturday, 6:00 am (5/16)
Friday, 3:00 am (5/22)
Iron Ladies
Sunday, 6:00 pm (5/10)
Friday, 3:00 am (5/15)
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets
Sunday, 7:00 pm (5/17)
Tuesday, 12:30 am (5/19)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (5/20)
Making of the American Revolution
Sunday, 2:00 pm (5/31)
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like
Sunday, 12:30 pm (5/31)
Postcards: A Line in the Snow
Sunday, 11:30 am (5/10)
Saturday, 3:30 am (5/16)
Seabiscuit: American Experience
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/26)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/28)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (5/27)
Friday, 2:00 am (5/29)
The Ship That Turned Back Sunday, 11:30 am (5/24)
Southwest Suburbs: Birthplace of Chicago
Saturday, 5:57 am (5/2)
Stand Together as One
Saturday, 10:00 pm (5/23)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (5/27)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a CauseAmerican Masters
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (5/19)
Thursday, 1:00 am (5/21)
What’s the Story, Wishbone?
Thursday, 8:00 pm (5/28)
News • Public Affairs
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Live from WFMT
Enjoy performances by Audire and Kontras Quartets and pianist Claire Huangci live from the Levin Studio; plus Cantus’s program Land That I Love on Memorial Day. Mondays, 8:00 pm
Chicago’s renowned Susan Werner plays Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale. The concert is sold out, but WFMT brings it to you live! Saturday, May 2, 8:00 pm
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Ensemble with the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Enrique Mazzola present Donizetti’s Viva la mamma Sunday, May 17, 3:00 pm
Mornings with Jan Weller 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 Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm ( Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm).
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree at 2:00 pm
With The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm and Friday Afternoon at the Movies on Fridays at 4:30 pm.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Anonymous O Lusty May – Toronto Consort/David Fallis. Dorian DOR-93172. [1:57]
7:00 Thomas Morley Madrigal, Now Is the Month of Maying –Toronto Consort/David Fallis. Dorian DOR-93172. [2:01]
8:00 Selim Palmgren May Night, Op. 27, No. 4 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [2:16]
9:00 Felix Mendelssohn Songs
Without Words, Op. 62: No. 1 in G, May Breezes –Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4853169. [2:00]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-129. [8:48]
11:00 Copland Prairie Journal (Music for Radio) – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [10:49]
12:00 Schubert Impromptu in A-Flat, D 899, No. 4 – Rudolf Buchbinder, p. Sony 88883717422. [8:02]
1:00 Paul Dukas La Péri – RTÉ National Sym Orch/ Jean-Luc Tingaud. Naxos 8.573296. [20:02]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Forest Scenes, Op. 66 – Waka Hasegawa, p. Metropolis Group 1301. [17:54]
3:00 Boh uslav Martinu Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani – Jaroslav Saroun, p; Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN-8950. [21:49]
4:00 Dag Wirén Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Argo 417132-2. [14:38]
5:00 Ernst von Dohnányi Piano Sextet in C, Op. 37 – Kálmán Berkes, cl; Radovan Vlatkovic, hn; Takács Quartet members; András Schiff, p. Decca 421423-2. [29:47]
6:00 Debussy Estampes – Nils Anders Mortensen, p. LAWO LWC-1032. [14:26]
7:00 Exploring Music: A Visit with Richard Stoltzman The conclusion of Bill’s weeklong focus on the legendary
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.
American clarinetist. 8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Pete Seeger (11/12/1955) Over 70 years ago, Studs’s guest was his old friend, the American folk legend and banjo virtuoso Pete Seeger (1919 – 2014) born on May 3, 1919.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Eric Coates From Meadow to Mayfair – BBC Phil/John Wilson. Chandos CHAN-20292. [11:59]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Vincent d’Indy Fantasy on Popular French Themes, Op. 31 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St Martin’s Academy/ Mathias Mönius. Decca 4782564. [14:51]
11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin Iurii Samoilov (Onegin); Amik Grigorian (Tatiana); Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Lenski); Maria Barakova (Olga); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Prince Gremin); Larissa Diadkova (Filippyevna); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Timur Zangiev. Sung in Russian.
4:15 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of the upcoming festival season at Des Moines Metro Opera with music director David Neely. 5:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Rachmaninoff Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Dohnányi Serenade in C Major, Op. 10; Martin Beaver, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Shostakovich Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 67; Giles Vonsattel,
piano; Leila Josefowicz, violin; Paul Watkins, cello. 6:00 Weekend Evening Music including Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 – Alice Sara Ott, p; Netherlands Radio Phil Orch/Karina Canellakis. DG 4864898. [33:26]
7:00 William Walton Henry V: Touch her soft lips and part –Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Pops Orch/John Williams. Sony 41779-2 (20). [4:01]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer See Programmer’s Pick on this page.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer The lovely month of May! The promise of May includes flowers, sunshine, and sweet surprises.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Happy Birthday! Host Peter DuBois marks the birthdays of some great composers of sacred choral and organ music, including Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Faure, Claudio Monteverdi, William Grant Still, and several others.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Price Adoration – Daniel Hope, v; Zürich Chamber Orch. DG 4861941. [3:50]
8:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, Gradus ad Parnassum –Barret; Burke; Beck; Burns; Fadial; Orenstein; Rawls; Whitehouse; Harley. Centaur CRC-2691. [26:00]
9:00 Anonymous Medieval Harp Dance Suite – Elena Polonska, h; La Camerata. Vox PVT-7146. [14:29]
10:00 G abriela Montero Improvisation on Bach’s Jesu, Joy of man’s Desiring – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 64647. [5:20]
11:00 Darius Milhaud Pastorale, Op. 147 – Chicago Chamber Musicians. Cedille CDR90000040. [3:49]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis
including Rossini William Tell: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 24344. [11:34]
1:00 G ilbert & Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance: Overture –Hanover Band/Tom Higgins. CPO 777074-2. [7:45]
2:00 Price Piano Quintet in A minor – Takács Quartet; Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68433. [26:27]
3:00 Marcel Dupré Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Op. 7, No. 3 – Virgil Fox, o. EMI CDM5-66386-2. [6:55]
4:00 Bach Violin Concerto in G minor (after BWV 1056) –James Ehnes, v; National Arts Centre Orch. Analekta AN2-8893-4. [9:28]
5:00 R yan Opera Center Recital Series Soprano Emily Richter, mezzo-soprano Camille Robles and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs by Richard Strauss, Price, Debussy, Massenet, and more, in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture, K. 492; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Liebermann Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 142; Debussy Syrinx; Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute; Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major; Ying Fang, soprano; Susanna Mälkki, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Astor Piazzolla’s Universal Appeal Elbio presents Piazzolla’s music performed by an amazing collection of international musicians.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Alfredo Campoli, bel canto violinist Alfredo Campoli plays violin concertos by Beethoven and Elgar, Hubay’s Heijire Kati, Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen and Saint-Saëns Havannaise
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Purcell Purcell Suite – Canadian Brass. RCA RCD1-4574. [10:00]
7:00 Jean Françaix Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings (1968) – Gaudier Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-67036. [9:28]
8:00 Beethoven Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11: I. Allegro con brio –Isaac Stern, v; Leonard Rose, vc; Eugene Istomin, p. Sony SM2K-64513 (2). [9:59]
9:00 Tchaikovsky Variations
on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa. Erato ECD-88224. [17:31]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Handel Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 7 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU907228.29 (2). [13:30]
11:00 Teresa Carreño Revue à Prague, Op. 27 – Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [4:53]
12:00 Carl Maria von Weber Euryanthe : Overture –Philharmonia Orch/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDM7-69572-2. [8:47]
1:00 Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals – The Kanneh-Masons. Decca 4851156. [22:30]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Friedrich Kuhlau The Elf’s Hill, Op. 100: Overture –Danish National Radio Sym Orch/John Frandsen. Dacapo 8.224020. [11:16]
3:00 Mozart String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 458, Hunt – American String Quartet. Musicmasters 67194-2 (6). [22:16]
4:00 Liszt Réminiscences de la Scala – Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion CDA67406/7 (2). [16:15]
5:00 Reinhold Glière Gyul’sara: Overture – St Petersburg State Sym Orch/André Anichanov. Marco Polo 8.223675. [15:09]
6:00 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 – Emanuel Feuermann, vc; Gerald Moore, p. EMI CDH7-64250-2. [18:24]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Claude Debussy (1809-1847) Bill reflects on Debussy’s peculiar upbringing, his studies at the Paris Conservatory, and his Prix de Rome win.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Audire Quartet returns to the Levin Studio with a program that includes the String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3, by Beethoven, and the String Quartet No. 14 “Death and the Maiden” by Schubert. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23; Conrad Tao, piano; Adès Three-Piece Suite from Powder Her Face; Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36; Nicholas Collon, conductor.
Tuesday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Juventino Rosas Sobre las olas (Over the Waves) – Cuarteto Latinoamericano and friends. Dorian DOR-93224. [8:15]
7:00 Carlos Chávez Chapultepec (Obertura Republicana) –Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Keri-Lynn Wilson. Dorian XCD-90254. [7:27]
8:00 José Pablo Moncayo Huapango – Mexican Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49785-2. [7:58]
9:00 Man uel Ponce Concierto del Sur – John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/André Previn. CBS M2K-44791 (2). [24:44]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including William Grant Still Violin and Piano Suite – Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p. Decca B0033878-02. [14:17]
11:00 Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerto in F, S 234 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 437549-2 (2). [8:30]
12:00 Brahms Waltzes, Op. 39 –Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung, p. Signum SIGCD-365. [17:04]
1:00 Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0013458-02. [5:59]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Copland Rodeo – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. EMI CMS764315-2 (2). [23:02]
3:00 Anna Amalia of Prussia Flute Sonata in F – Jean Brégnac, f; Jennifer Hardy, vc; Yoann Moulin, hc. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905378. [10:45]
4:00 Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D, Titan: II. Kräftig bewegt – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MK-42194. [8:11]
5:00 Marguerite Monnot Hymne à l’amour – Chris Reynolds, p. Lexicon LC-2205. [5:57] –Guarneri Trio Prague. Praga PRD-250423. [14:06]
6:00 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola, and harp – Chicago Chamber Musicians. WFMT. [19:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Claude Debussy (1809-1847) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Grieg Sonata in A minor, Op. 36; Jakob Koranyi, cello; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Bartók Quartet No. 2, BB 75, Op. 17; Schumann Quartet.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival series showcases recent performances by leading artists recorded in the intimate atmosphere of the St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art. Concerts feature celebrated core repertoire alongside lesser-known composers and compositions. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin, program commentary is provided by artistic director Marc Neikrug. “[The Festival] is uncompromising in its exploration of iconic masterpieces as well as neglected works from the past and a substantial presentation of the music of our time,” says Neikrug. “The Festival has one of the most sophisticated audiences anywhere in the world. The musicians that come –and they’re global, they’re superstars –all remark about this audience. And I want to find a way where the audience is always comfortable having something they’re familiar with and, at the same time, open to the expanse of what this music is.”
Saturdays, 5:00 pm Tuesdays, 11:00 pm
11:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival See listing on Saturday, May 2.
Wednesday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Mozart Symphony No. 11 in D, K. 84 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [8:56]
7:00 G iuseppe Sammartini Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 5, No. 4 – Barokkbandið Brák. Sono Luminus SLE-70026. [11:16]
8:00 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Flute & Guitar Sonatina, Op. 205 – Britta Jacobs, f; Irene Kalisvaart, g. Naxos 8.551453. [11:52]
9:00 Josef Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 – Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras. Decca 466443-2. [14:47]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Johann Friedrich Fasch Sinfonia in G minor –Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0783. [10:10]
11:00 Traditional American Bound for California medley –James Galway, f, Jay Ungar, fiddle, Molly Mason, g. RCA 63883-2. [4:12]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Violinist Diomedes Saraza Jr. and pianist
Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Richard Strauss, Nicanor Abelardo, and Manuel Velez, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt. Decca 421815-2. [17:35]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Matthew Locke The Flat Consort: Suite No. 5 in A minor – Fretwork. Signum SIGCD-696. [9:08]
3:00 Britten Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2 – Alex Klein, ob; Vermeer Quartet members. Cedille CDR-90000093. [13:16]
4:00 Webern Im Sommerwind –Chicago Sym Orch/ Bernard Haitink. CSO Resound 9011002. [15:03]
5:00 Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [15:32]
6:00 Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25 – James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi. Analekta FL2-3151. [14:54]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Claude Debussy (1809-1847)
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Hildegard of Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum Twelfth-century mystic, writer, philosopher, and composer Hildegard von Bingen used all her gifts in the service of her unfaltering Christian faith which she channeled through her music in the morality play Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues). Seraphic Fire performs this 12th-century masterpiece under the direction of Patrick Dupré Quigley.
Thursday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Arnold Bax Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex) – Piers Lane, p; The Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein. Hyperion CDA-68297. [7:38]
7:00 Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia –Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 68132-2. [7:37]
8:00 Jean-Féry Rebel Les caractères de la danse – Les Musiciens du Louvre/ Marc Minkowski. Erato 45974-2. [7:49]
9:00 Karol Szymanowski Concert Overture in E, Op. 12 – BBC Sym Orch/Edward Gardner. Chandos CHSA-5115. [12:07]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Louise Farrenc Air russe varié, Op. 17 –Joanne Polk, p. Steinway & Sons 30133. [11:04]
11:00 Arturo Márquez Conga del Fuego – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0013458-02. [4:49]
12:00 N icola Matteis Sett of Ayres in E – Palladian Ensemble. Honest Entertainment HONCD-5041. [10:03]
1:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 –Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 439900-2 (5). [24:27]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Leó Weiner Serenade for small orchestra, Op. 3 – Budapest Festival Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 458929-2. [19:58]
3:00 Jerome Kern Mark Twain: Portrait for Orchestra – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [13:24]
4:00 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun –Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. RCA 60133-2-RV. [10:24]
5:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto – Ludwig Güttler, tr; New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer. Capriccio 10009. [16:11]
6:00 Darius Milhaud Scaramouche, Op. 165b – Claude Hobson & Ian Hobson, p’s. Arabesque Z-6569. [10:17]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Claude Debussy (1809-1847)
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Please visit wfmt. com for more information.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Luigi Boccherini Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 2 (G 510) – London Festival Orch/Ross Pople. Hyperion CDA-66903. [10:47]
7:00 G erald Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 –Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5366. [9:44]
8:00 M ichael Torke Bliss –University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel. Ecstatic Records ER-092261. [11:30]
9:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 429774-2. [13:37]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Thomas Arne Overture No. 5 in D –Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 4759117. [7:08]
11:00 Emiliana de Zubeldía Esquisses d’une aprèsmidi basque (Sketches of a Basque Afternoon) – Antonio Oyarzábal, p. IBS Classical IBS-52021. [5:49]
12:00 Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 4, Lemminkäinen’s Return (1896 version) – Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-1015. [11:23]
1:00 Alexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 –Rachel Barton Pine, v; Russian National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 67946 (2). [20:18]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Jules Massenet Esclarmonde: Suite – Hong Kong Phil Orch/Kenneth Jean. Marco Polo 8.223354. [23:10]
3:00 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 – Lars Vogt, p; Paris Chamber Orchestra. Ondine ODE-1400-2. [21:21]
4:00 Thoinot Arbeau Orchésographie: Galliards & Mimed Branles – New York Renaissance Band/ Sally Logemann. Arabesque Z-6514. [17:16]
5:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0018913-02. [15:51]
6:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral: II. Scherzo, Molto vivace – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-741. [13:05]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Claude Debussy (1809-1847)
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry (1/28/1970) Featuring bluesmen Sonny Terry (1911–1986) with his harmonica and Brownie McGhee (1915–1996) at the guitar.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Antonín Dvorák Notturno (Intermezzo) in B, Op. 40 – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. EMI CDD7-64107-2. [7:04]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Igor Stravinsky Tango –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 453458-2. [3:27]
11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Donizetti’s La fille du régiment Erin Morley (Marie); Lawrence Brownlee (Tonio); Alice Coote (Marquise of Berkenfield); Peter Kálmán (Sulpice); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Giacomo Sagripanti. Sung in French. Recorded Fall 2025.
3:00 Afternoon Music including William Walton Scapino Overture – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson. Avie AV-2194. [8:21]
4 :00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho For Mother’s Day: a survey of the good mothers and mother figures in opera.
5:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Messiaen Le baiser de l’enfant-Jésus from Vingt regards sur; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Boccherini Cello Concerto in B-flat Major, G. 482; Camden Shaw, cello; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra musicians. Bartók Sonata in C Major, Sz. 76; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Shai Wosner, piano.
6:00 Weekend Evening Music including Felix Mendelssohn Elijah, Op. 70: No. 20, Thanks be to God – Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/ Jane Glover. Music of the Baroque CD-2018. [3:42]
7:00 Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Boréades: Entrée de Polymnie – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Archiv B0004478-02. [6:05]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn
Rea Beyer From the archives: Torchbearers for a unique collaboration, a look back at “Weavermania” from a 2001 concert with Mark Dvorak alongside Michael Smith , Barbara Barrow, and Tom Dundee of treasured memory.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Mother’s Day! Let’s honor your mom and salute American poet and musician Joy Harjo on her 75th birthday. And we fondly remember Tom Dundee, born on May 9, 1946.
Dmitri Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony, “The Year 1905,” depicts the start of the first Russian Revolution of 1905 when a large group of peaceful protesters gathered at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Soldiers opened fire, slaying hundreds. Revolutionary songs of the era punctuate the score entwined with Shostakovich’s trademark pounding percussion and intense writing for brass and strings. In March of 2025, Jakub Hrůša led the CSO in highly acclaimed performances of the Symphony No. 11 to sold-out houses and a tumultuous response. Hrůša himself described these performances as having touched the “musical heavens.” Chicago Classical Review said the performance was “not just a highlight of this season, but one of the finest CSO nights of recent years.” Chicago On the Aisle reported that Hrůša addressed the rapturous audience, saying, “Keep coming back to this place. Keep coming to hear this great orchestra. Your response has made me profoundly happy.” Sunday, May 10
6:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Mothers’ Day. Host Peter DuBois shares a feast of sacred music focusing on human love, as well as honoring Mary, Mother of Jesus.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Amy Beach From Grandmother’s Garden, Op. 97 – Joanne Polk, p. Arabesque Z-6721. [14:05]
8:00 John Rutter Suite for Strings – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.554186. [12:06]
9:00 Sylvius Leopold Weiss Lute and Flute Concerto in B-Flat –Gwyn Roberts, f; Richard Stone, l; Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0707. [12:16]
10:00 Copland Poems of Emily Dickinson: Nature, the Gentlest Mother – Barbara Hendricks, s; London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas. EMI CDC5-55358-2. [4:18]
11:00 Lennon-McCartney Let It Be – Gregory Porter, voc; Miloš, g; Navarra String Quartet; Chris Hill, db. Mercury B0024425-02. [3:16]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Dvorák Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55, No. 4 – Joshua Bell, v; Craig Ogden, g; St. Martin’s Academy/Michael Stern. Sony 88985395202. [2:44]
1:00 Jean-Marie Leclair Violin Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3 –Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Les Ombres. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902649. [15:48]
2:00 Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, Gran Partita –Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble. EMI CDC7-54457-2. [47:10]
3:00 Max Steiner Gone with the Wind: Introduction – London Festival Orch/Stanley Black. Decca 4787297. [9:20]
4:00 Malcolm Williamson Our Man in Havana: Suite – Iceland Sym Orch/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-10359. [19:56]
5:00 Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 –Mark Padmore, t; Stephen Bell, hn; Britten Sinfonia/ Jacqueline Shave. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807552. [24:47]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Lalo Le Roi d’Ys, Overture; Jean Martinon, conductor; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1; Traditional Macedonian Folk Song; Simon Trpceski, piano; Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, The Year 1905; Jakub Hruša, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Transatlantic Music Elbio spotlights Latin American composers who had successful careers in Europe and from European composers that migrated to Latin America to make a name for themselves.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music of Moses Pergament including The Jewish Song, Meditation, Melodia Romantica, and his Piano Concerto.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Suite de ballet – Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling. ASV CDDCA-1095. [10:19]
7:00 Korngold Tänzchen im alten Stil – Helsinki Phil Orch/ John Storgårds. Ondine ODE-1182-2. [7:17]
8:00 Carlos Guastavino Jeromita Linares – Pablo Cohen, g; Camerata Bariloche. Dorian DOR-90202. [11:44]
9:00 Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132 – Michael Collins, cl; Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, p. RCA 63504-2. [14:08]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 4 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/ Georg Kallweit. Pentatone PTC-5187234. [9:00]
11:00 Vally Weigl New England Suite: III. Berkshire Pastorale –Lee Carroll Levine, cl; Roy Christensen, vc; Amy Dorfman, p. Gasparo GSCD-236. [4:51]
12:00 R icardo Castro Atzimba: Intermezzo – Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [5:08]
1:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish – Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Andrew Davis. Sony SBK-46536. [37:48]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII a & b; Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu; Contrapunctus XVIII, Fuga a tre soggetti – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902064. [19:37]
3:00 C lara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 – Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p. Grand Piano GP-930. [12:11]
4:00 Gershwin Cuban
American pianist Claire Huangci gained international acclaim by winning first prize as well as the Mozart Prize at the 2018 Concours Géza Anda. She performs live from the Levin Studio to share selections from her latest album Heroines celebrating women composers and the struggles they’ve endured, with works by Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Fanny Hensel, and Florence Price. Née Clara Wieck, Clara Schumann was a mother of eight and the main breadwinner, constantly on tour. Fanny Hensel composed largely in private, often publishing under her brother’s name (Mendelssohn). Amy Beach’s career was practically silenced during her marriage; only upon her husband’s death did she return to the stage. Florence Price faced both racial and gender discrimination and later raised two children alone. Huangci writes, “The realities these women faced are difficult to imagine for any modern woman in the field. In their music, we don’t just hear history. We hear transformation. Heroines is my way of listening back – and adding my voice to theirs.”
Monday, May 11
8:00 pm
Overture – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 6806-2-RG. [9:20]
5:00 Price Violin Concerto No. 2 – Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Decca 4854234. [15:52]
6:00 Antonio Soler Fandango –L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar. Virgin 0709502-3. [9:11]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Béla Bartók (1881-1945) A look at the life and musical development of one of Hungary’s greatest composers. Bartok was supported by many of
APR 30-MAY 3
Canellakis, Tao & Tchaikovsky 5
MAY 1
Mike Reed’s Chicago Inspirations
MAY 7-9
DiDonato Performs Neruda Songs
MAY 9
Mother Goose & the Cabinet of Wonder
MAY 12
Samara Joy & the CSO
MAY 14-16
Poulenc Gloria & Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
MAY 15
Aida Cuevas: 50 Years
Singing to México
MAY 17
Evgeny Kissin
MAY 21-23
Pekka Kuusisto: Time Shifting
MAY 24
Hilary Hahn in Recital
MAY 28-31
Brahms, Strauss & Ravel La valse
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the great conductors of his era including Paul Sacher, Serge Koussevitsky, and Fritz Reiner, who each commissioned his compositions.
8:00 Live from WFMT See In the Spotlight on page 23.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Dai Fujikura Entwine; Ravel Piano Concerto in G minor; Hélène Grimaud, piano; Fauré Requiem, Op. 48; Liv Redpath, soprano; Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone; SFS Chorus; Kazuki Yamada, conductor.
Tuesday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Leó Weiner Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Dances, Op. 20 – Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay. Capriccio 10528. [10:50]
7:00 Felix Mendelssohn Konzertstück in D minor, Op. 114 – Thea King, cl; Julian Farrell, basset hn; English Chamber Orch Winds. EMI CD-CFP-4555. [8:49]
8:00 François Couperin Pièces en concert – Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg. DG 474236-2. [12:41]
9:00 Rossini String Sonata No. 3 in C – Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri. DG 413310-2. [12:54]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Rossini Semiramide: Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431653-2. [11:53]
11:00 Jórunn Viðar Eldur (Fire) – Iceland Sym Orch/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHSA-5319. [9:03]
12:00 Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Ronald Thomas. Chandos CHAN-6592. [16:14]
1:00 Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale – Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [18:43]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Franz Schreker Prelude to A Drama – Cologne Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon. EMI CDC5-56784-2. [18:48]
3:00 Korngold Overture to a Play, Op. 4 – Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto. Naxos 8.570791. [13:31]
4:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Steinway & Sons 30033. [10:55]
5:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Dale Clevenger, hn; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla. CBS MK-42324. [17:28]
6:00 Amy Beach Piano Quintet
in F-sharp minor, Op. 67: II. Adagio espressivo –Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20224. [8:51]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Béla Bartók (1881-1945) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Schubert, arr. Kreisler Ballet Music No. 2 from Rosamunde; Kristin Lee, violin; Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Schubert Quartet in G major, D. 887, Op. 161; Adam Barnett-Hart, Brendan Speltz, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello.
11:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival See listing on Saturday, May 9.
Wednesday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerto in F, S 232 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 437549-2 (2). [7:49]
7:00 Sibelius Scènes historiques Suite No. 1, Op. 25: Finale, Festivo – Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN-6591. [7:25]
8:00 Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 458142-2. [12:01]
9:00 Ernst von Dohnányi Symphonic Minutes, Op. 36 – West Australian Sym Orch/Jorge Mester. ABC Classics 438197-2. [13:10]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Robert Schumann Papillons, Op. 2 – András Schiff, p. ECM 2122/23 (2). [14:50]
11:00 Vincent d’Indy Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25: III. Finale, Animé –Catherine Collard, p; Radio France Phil/Marek Janowski. Erato 45821-2. [7:21]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. Trio Eris (Violinist K. J. McDonald, cellist Annie SeEun Hyung, and pianist Andrew Jun Chen) perform music by Reena Esmail and Felix Mendelssohn, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-66843. [15:51]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Leopold Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphosis
on Strauss’s Die Fledermaus –Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67626. [11:04]
3:00 Franck Les Éolides – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 74863-2. [11:18]
4:00 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – London Phil Orch/ Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC7-49394-2. [16:16]
5:00 Ethel Smyth Violin and Horn Concerto – Sophie Langdon, v; Richard Watkins, hn; BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez. Chandos CHAN-9449. [28:06]
6:00 G ermaine 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]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Béla Bartók (1881-1945) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Accademia Bizantina Harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone leads Accademia Bizantina in musical jewels by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach. Recorded live in concert February 7, 2026 in Rome.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 – Maxim Vengerov, v; London Sym Orch/Mstislav Rostropovich. Warner 5099998443529. [9:59]
7:00 Aram Khachaturian Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia –London Sym Orch/ Stanley Black. Decca 433880-2. [9:58]
8:00 G aetano Donizetti Dom Sébastien: Ballet Music: Ballabile di Schiavi –Philharmonia Orch/ Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422844-2. [7:53]
9:00 Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Suite – Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire, p’s; Peter Sadlo & Edgar Guggeis, per. DG 4778847 (6). [15:33]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Shostakovich The Gadfly, Op. 97: Suite –Thomas Yang, v; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman. Pro Arte CDD-551. [10:41]
11:00 Antonio Salieri Sinfonia Veneziana in D, La scuola de’ gelosi – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.
Chandos CHAN-9877. [9:57]
12:00 Beethoven Variations on Mozart’s Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, Op. 66 –Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4853169. [9:26]
1:00 Price Symphony No. 4 in D minor – Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865137. [33:44]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Adolphus Hailstork Sonata da Chiesa – Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman. Albany TROY-499. [19:19]
3:00 Alejandro Tobar Kalamary –Norwegian Radio Orch/ Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Naxos 8.574266. [9:12]
4:00 Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian: I. Allegro vivace – New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDM7-69660-2. [10:43]
5:00 D mitri Kabalevsky The Comedians, Op. 26 – San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra. Koch 3-7042-2. [15:30]
6:00 Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, American: III. Molto vivace; IV. Finale, Vivace ma non troppo – Modern Mandolin Quartet. Sono Luminus DSL-92157. [10:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Béla Bartók (1881-1945) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Please visit wfmt. com for more information.
Friday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Emmanuel Chabrier Bourrée fantasque – Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA-5122. [6:44]
7:00 C harles Wuorinen Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch –Ensemble Recherche. Coviello COV-60812. [7:38]
8:00 Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 – Evgeny Kissin, p. DG 4862990. [10:22]
9:00 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ: II. Allegro moderato - Maestoso –Olivier Latry, o; Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach. Ondine ODE-1094-5. [15:35]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Symphony No. 18 in F, K. 130 – Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80242. [18:16]
11:00 C hris Batchelor Andalusian Suite – London Brass. Teldec 76990-2. [8:09]
12:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor The Song of Hiawatha: Overture –RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [11:21]
1:00 Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 – Janine Jansen, v; Mahler Chamber Orch/Daniel Harding. Decca 4780651. [17:15]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Vincent d’Indy Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 98, En forme de suite – Horszowski Trio. Bridge 9441. [18:59]
2:30 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Künstlerleben (Artist’s Life), Op. 316 – Vienna String Sextet. Camerata 32CM-93. [6:19]
3:00 Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009 – Nina Kotova, vc. Warner 0825646394111. [23:11]
4:00 Amy Beach Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, Gaelic: Finale, Allegro di molto – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8958. [9:16]
5:00 Beethoven String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op. .74, Harp – Quartetto Italiano. Philips 4758503 (3). [32:34]
6:00 Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 63313-2. [10:30]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Béla Bartók (1881-1945) See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Anna Deavere Smith (5/4/1995) Born in 1950, the prolific actor and author frequently credits Studs Terkel’s book Working for revealing to her the dramatic power of spoken language, and for inspiring her groundbreaking plays.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Gabriel Fauré Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 – Janine Jansen, v; Itamar Golan, p. Decca B0015249-02. [3:26]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Arnold Bax Three Pieces for Small Orchestra (1928): No. 3, Dance in the Sunlight – English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDM7-64200-2. [4:51]
11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Verdi’s
Don Carlo (Listener’s Choice) Jussi Björling (Don Carlo), Delia Rigal (Elisabeth of Valois), Cesare Siepi (Philip II), Fedora Barbieri (Princess Eboli), Robert Merrill (Rodrigo), Jerome Hines (Grand Inquisitor); Fritz Stiedry, conductor. Sung in Italian. Performance from November 11, 1950.
3:30 Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho See In the Spotlight on page 27.
5:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041; Joel Link, violin; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra musicians; Enescu Octet in C Major, Op. 7; Chad Hoopes, Ida Kavafian, Adam BarnettHart, James Thompson, violins; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Pierre Lapointe, violas; Eric Kim, Brook Speltz, cellos.
6:00 Weekend Evening Music including Robert Schumann Arabeske in C, Op. 18 – Evgeny Kissin, p. Sony SK-52567. [6:03]
7:00 Robert Parsons Ave Maria –Music of the Baroque Cho/ William Jon Gray. Music of the Baroque CD-2020. [5:13]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio : Raised in a one-room schoolhouse in Kansas, Sky Smeed ’s songwriting balances humor, heart, and honesty. He makes his Folkstage debut.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer An early matchup between the Cubs v. Sox inspires a playlist about rivalries and competitions.
Sunday 17
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Praise the Lord. Host Peter DuBois shares psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of praise from the vast repertoire of sacred choral and organ music.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Bedrich Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Vienna Phil/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. RCA 54331-2 (2). [12:54]
8:00 Asako Hirabayashi Suite for Children – Gina DiBello, v; Asako Hirabayashi, hc. Albany TROY-1180. [7:25]
9:00 Haydn Symphony No. 30 in C, Alleluia – Cantilena/ Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN-8505. [13:48]
10:00 Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Marisa Robles, h; Chamber Orch of Europe/James Galway.
RCA RCD1-7173. [10:51]
11:00 M ichael R. Oldham A Muse on Old Hollywood – Michael R. Oldham, p. Michael R. Oldham In Select Theaters. [3:18]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: II. Allegro – Brussels Phil/Alexander Rahbari. Naxos 8.520102. [4:19]
1:00 Satie Parade – London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati. Mercury 434335-2. [14:23]
2:00 Vítezslava Kaprálová Military Sinfonietta, Op. 11 –University of Michigan Sym Orch/Kenneth Kiesler. Naxos 8.574144. [14:40]
3:00 R ising Stars in Concert 2026 A showcase performance by The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 20. 25/26 Ensemble with the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Enrique Mazzola. Featuring selections from Donizetti’s Viva la mamma, the program also includes additional repertoire chosen to highlight the Ensemble’s wide-ranging talents. Recorded Saturday, April 25 at the Lyric Opera House. Hosted by Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines.
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Tchaikovsky, arr. Glazunov Meditation from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42; Julien Rachlin, violin; Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364; Stephanie Jeong, violin; Julien Rachlin, viola; Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture; Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425, Linz; Julien Rachlin, conductor; Hindemith Noblissima visione; Jean Martinon, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music from Uruguay Elbio presents orchestral music by the iconic composer Lamarque Pons and by living composers Fernando Condon, Sergio Cervetti and José Serebrier.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Great Recordings by Great Tenors
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Luigi Boccherini Flute Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 19, No. 5 (G 429) – Sally Walker, f; Layton & Rayner, v’s; King, vi; Marlin, vc. Avie AV-2698. [9:48]
7:00 Malcolm Arnold English
Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-66. [9:30]
8:00 G iovanni Sollima Il concerto perduto (after Vivaldi R 787) – Giovanni Sollima, vc; Il Pomo d’Oro. Erato 5419791752. [11:19]
9:00 Poulenc Piano and Wind Sextet – Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2). [17:37]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Schubert Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384 – Lara St. John, v; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h. Ancalagon ANC-141. [12:51]
11:00 U lvi Cemal Erkin Dance Rhapsody, Köçekçe – Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel. Onyx 4124. [9:47]
12:00 Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p. Philips 420159-2. [16:41]
1:00 Holst Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2 – Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell. Telarc CD-80038. [11:23]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465, Dissonance –Emerson String Quartet. DG 427657-2. [28:28]
3:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Othello, Op. 79: Suite –Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor. Decca 4853322. [15:06]
4:00 Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World: II. Largo – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [12:27]
5:00 Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite – Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN-9697. [15:02]
6:00 Copland Old American Songs Set 2 – St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/ Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297. [13:12]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: What Else Ya Got? Have you ever wondered about those composers who succeeded in writing one smashing piece but were otherwise forgotten? This week, we’ll get to know some of these immortals and their other compositions, including Pachelbel, Dukas, and Glière.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Chicago-based Kontras Quartet (violinists Eleanor Bartsch and Sherri Zhang, violist Ben Weber, and cellist Jean Hatmaker) returns to the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485; Brahms Symphony No. 1
in C minor, Op. 68; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Rameau Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin (1728): Gavotte avec six doubles – Brasil Guitar Duo. CAG Records CAG-119. [7:09]
7:00 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D – London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky. EMI CDM7-69011-2. [7:52]
8:00 James Moody Little Suite – Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Chandos CHAN-8617. [12:05]
9:00 Handel Organ Concerto in F, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807447.48 (2). [16:09]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Verdi Nabucco: Overture – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-68468. [7:15]
11:00 Traditional Chinese Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River – Fan Wei, pipa; Lang Lang, p. DG B0008233-00. [7:15]
12:00 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Sinfonia for Strings in F, F 67 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901772. [15:18]
1:00 Bernstein Candide: Suite –Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue. Reference RR-87. [18:08]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, Serioso – Calidore String Quartet. Signum SIGCD-872. [21:21]
3:00 Franz Lehár Violin Concertino in B minor – Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80402. [12:57]
4:00 Antonio Bertali Sonata à 5 – Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2202. [8:08]
5:00 Helen Crane Six Idylls, Op. 51 – Juliana Soltis, vc; Ruoting Li, p. Navona NV-6659. [14:01]
6:00 Schubert Rosamunde, D 797: Overture, The Magic Harp, D 644 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-54873-2. [10:33]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: What Else Ya Got? See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Nikolai Myaskovsky Quartet No. 13
After 24 years at the helm, Bruce Tammen, founder and artistic director of Chicago Chorale, will be retiring at the end of the 2025-26 season. Without institutional funding or sponsorship, Tammen founded Chicago Chorale in 2001. The group flourished under his direction and was quickly acknowledged for its high-quality performances of a cappella and orchestral choral works – a transformation of the sound of Chorale’s 60 volunteer singers into that of a professional-level ensemble. “Tremendous ability and feeling resides in all of us. And we all have voices,” says Tammen. “My goal, both as voice teacher and as choral conductor, has been to discover and unlock that potential. Great music is too important to be left to the pros.” Bruce Tammen joins WFMT to look back on the accomplishments of the Chicago Chorale in advance of his final performance as artistic director leading Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem later this month.
Saturday, May 16 4:00 pm
in A minor, Op. 86; Borodin Quartet; Dohnányi Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1; Alessio Bax, piano; Ida Kavafian, Alexi Kenney, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello.
11:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Bach See listing on Saturday, May 16.
Wednesday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Elgar String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419191-2. [12:18] 7:00 György Ligeti Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances – Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg
Violinist Alejandra Switala has been praised as a musician of “beauty and grit” (Cleveland Classical ) who plays with “a flair and capacity far beyond her years” (Sarasota Herald Tribune). Since her solo debut with the Fort Worth Symphony at the age of 13, Switala has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the New World Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Orchestra. She graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music under the tutelage of Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank and recently attended the Cleveland Institute of Music studying with Ilya Kaler. An alumna of the Grant Park Music Festival’s Project Inclusion and a laureate of the 2023 Sphinx Competition, Switala is currently curating a multi-concert series for Pilsen Classical, a project that aims to make the chamber music concert experience more accessible, inclusive, and engaging. For their Dame Myra Hess recital, Switala and pianist Katherine Peterson perform Mel Bonis’s Violin Sonata, Florence Price’s two violin fantasies, and selections from Paul Schoenfield’s Four Souvenirs
Wednesday, May 20 12:15 pm
Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw. Teldec 88262-2. [10:26]
8:00 Richard Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60: Das Diner (The Dinner) – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 435871-2. [10:01]
9:00 Anton Arensky String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35: II. Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky –Philippe Quint, v; Lily Francis, vi; Claudio Bohórquez & Nicolas Altstaedt, vc’s. Avanti 10432. [13:26]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Bach French
Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 815 – András Schiff, p. Decca 433313-2 (2). [11:45]
11:00 Lyndol Mitchell Kentucky Mountain Portraits –Eastman-Rochester Orch/ Howard Hanson. Mercury 434324-2. [13:56]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts See In the Spotlight on this page.
1:00 Respighi Trittico botticelliano – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [19:41]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 4 in F – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [6:47]
3:00 D ietrich Buxtehude Cantata, Nun danket alle Gott (Now Thank We All Our God) – Cantus Cölln/ Konrad Junghänel. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901629. [11:07]
4:00 Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557428. [10:31]
5:00 Bizet Carmen: Suite No. 2 – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80703. [16:55]
6:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417 – Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-69569-2. [12:52]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: What Else Ya Got? See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: The Spanish Palestrina Swiss vocal ensemble Corund presents a concert of madrigals and sacred works by Tomás Luis de Victoria. Recorded live at Switzerland’s St. Gallen Festival on June 27, 2014.
Thursday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including François-Joseph Gossec Symphony in D, Op. 3, No. 6 – Concerto Köln. Capriccio 10280. [9:00]
7:00 Joaquín Turina La oración del torero, Op. 34 – San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra. Koch 3-7160-2. [8:53]
8:00 Dvorák Prague Waltzes –Detroit Sym Orch/Antal Dorati. Decca 414370-2. [8:54]
9:00 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC5-86549-2 (2). [17:54]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale : Overture – Santa Cecilia
Orch/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471566-2. [6:49]
11:00 Howard Cable Quebec Folk Fantasy – Edmonton Wind Ensemble/Harry Pinchin. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5165. [6:55]
12:00 Vivaldi Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569 –Freiburg Baroque Orch/ Gottfried von der Goltz. Naïve OP-30283. [12:16]
1:00 Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 – Toronto Sym Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. CBS MDK-45649. [17:36]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, American – Hagen Quartet. DG 419601-2. [25:54]
3:00 Price Songs of the Oak –Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [16:21]
4:00 Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture –Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 423662-2. [8:17]
5:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 – Paris Chamber Orch/Lars Vogt, p. Ondine ODE-1414-2. [29:17]
6:00 Wagner Siegfried Idyll –St Martin’s Academy Chamber Ensemble. Philips 426298-2. [18:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: What Else Ya Got? See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Please visit wfmt. com for more information.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun –Canadian Chamber Ensemble/ Raffi Armenian. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5164. [9:47]
7:00 Wilhelm Stenhammar Serenade in F, Op. 31: V. Finale – Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Musica Sveciae MSCD-626. [8:50]
8:00 Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 2 – Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras. Argo 433704-2. [7:58]
9:00 Mozart Violin Sonata No. 18 in G, K. 301 – Hilary Hahn, v; Natalie Zhu, p. DG 4775572. [14:21]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Josef Myslivecek Overture in A – Concerto Köln. Archiv 4776418. [9:31]
11:00 Copland Our Town: Suite – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 61699-2. [9:05]
12:00 Handel Violin Sonata in D, HWV 371 – James Ehnes,
v; Andrew Armstrong, p. Onyx 4234. [12:06]
1:00 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A – Yefim Bronfman, p; Vienna Phil/Franz WelserMöst. DG 4763793. [20:01]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Claire Cowan Hansel and Gretel: Finale, Celebrations –New Zealand Sym Orch/ Hamish McKeich. (Claire Cowan) (2020). [7:21]
3:00 Ravel Piano Concerto in G – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG B0014764-02. [22:16]
4:00 Gershwin An American in Paris – Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80542. [17:16]
5:00 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite – Utah Sym/ Maurice Abravanel. EMI CDM7-64307-2. [32:29]
6:00 Liszt Années de pèlerinage: 2nd Year, Italy: Nos. 4-6, Three Petrarch Sonnets – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR90000098 (2). [19:37]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: What Else Ya Got? See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Memorial Day (5/30/1960) A program of music and poetry for Memorial Day.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Mark O’Connor The American Seasons: Spring – Mark O’Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo. Sony SK-89660. [7:38]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1 – London Phil Orch/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 417719-2. [6:30]
11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Puccini’s Turandot Anna Pirozzi (Turandot); Brian Jagde (Calaf); Angel Blue (Liu); John Relyea (Timur); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Oksana Lyniv. Sung in Italian.
3:30 Afternoon Music
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: A survey of songs based A Shropshire Lad, including settings by George Butterworth, Ivor
6 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
12:00 pm
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm Midday with Lisa Flynn Dame Myra Hess Concert at 12:15 pm Midday with Lisa Flynn Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm Midday with Lisa Flynn Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Gurney, Arthur Somervell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Ian Venables.
5:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Grainger Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Andy Akiho Spiel; Colin Currie, glockenspiel; Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, Kreutzer, Chad Hoopes, violin; Katia Skanavi, piano.
6:00 Weekend Evening Music including William Grant Still American Suite – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Avlana Eisenberg. Naxos 8.559867. [7:42]
7:00 Mozart Violin Sonata No. 27 in G, K. 379 – Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p. DG 4798295 (2). [19:30]
8:00 Folkstage with Marilyn Rea Beyer: From the archives:
To celebrate Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday this weekend, we’ll sample artists’ covers of his songs – and other songs – performed over the years on Folkstage
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Memorial Day weekend is a time to reflect on what we have lost and to honor those who gave “the last full measure of devotion.”
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice
Pentecost. The Day of Pentecost is a vivid narrative in the New Testament depicting the coming of the Holy Spirit. Host Peter DuBois shares dramatic choral and organ music to mark this “birthday” of the Church.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, Eroica –Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle. EMI 57445-2 (5). [49:44]
8:00 Fauré Ballade in F-Sharp, Op. 19 – Louis Lortie, p. Chandos CHAN-20149. [14:42]
9:00 Pietro Locatelli Violin Concerto in A, Op. 3, No. 11 – Ilya Gringolts, v; Finnish Baroque Orch. BIS 2445. [18:00]
10:00 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo. BIS 2438. [25:15]
11:00 G ermaine Tailleferre Harp Concertino – Gillian Benet, h; Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7169-2. [16:04]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Elliott Carter Holiday Overture – American
Composers Orch/Paul Dunkel. CRI CD-610. [9:13]
1:00 Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-68431/2. [13:05]
2:00 Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat, Op. 70 – Vienna Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 419771-2. [27:13]
3:00 Price String Quartet in G (unfinished) – Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR90000228. [16:30]
4:00 Jacques Ibert Flute Concerto – Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-8840. [19:49]
5:00 Pauline Viardot Select songs after Chopin’s Mazurkas) –Karin Ott, s; Christoph Keller, p. CPO 999044-2. [12:05]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor; Weibke Lehmkuhl, contralto; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Uniting Voices Chicago; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Symphonic Music of Carlos Chávez Elbio presents best-known works as well as hidden treasures from one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann including his Violin Concerto, FantasieConcerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, Une fete en Ukraine, Concierto Andaluz, and Symphonie-Poeme No. 4. 11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 25
Memorial Day
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Rayburn Wright Shaker Suite – Canadian Brass; New York Phil & Boston Sym Brass/Lukas Foss. Philips 434276-2. [9:02]
7:00 Ron Nelson Savannah River Holiday – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [8:39]
8:00 Sousa A Sousa Collection –Canadian Brass. RCA RCD1-4733. [7:03]
9:00 C harles Ives Variations on America – Chicago Sym Orch/Morton Gould. RCA 60206-2-RG (3). [6:30]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Haydn Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat, The Philosopher – Austro-
In a program conducted by EsaPekka Salonen, Yuja Wang brings her dramatic flair and interpretive finesse to two piano concertos. The first, Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, would have constituted a full night’s work with the composer’s challenge to make a one-handed soloist sound as virtuosic as any pianist. But following Wang’s recent feat of performing all four piano concertos by Sergei Rachmaninoff, as well as the composer’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on a single program, performing at least two concertante works per program may now be the Chinese pianist’s minimum offering. In the second half of this concert, Wang tackles Einojuhani Rautavaara’s post-modern Piano Concerto No. 1. Composed in three movements, the Finnish master’s concerto calls for technical flourishes including a flurry of tone clusters played with the forearm and bravura glissandos which Wang makes look almost effortless. “For Yuja Wang’s legion of fans, the pianist’s prodigious, seemingly inexhaustible gifts are a settled matter,” said San Francisco Classical Voice. “The sound and fury, range and finesse, drama and delicacy she summons from a Steinway grand are a renewable marvel.”
Monday, May 25 10:00 pm
Hungarian Haydn Orch/ Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5179. [16:49]
11:00 Joaquín Zamacois Sardana – Jordi Masó, p. Naxos 8.570457. [8:36]
12:00 Offenbach La belle Hélène: Overture – St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. Philips 411450-2. [7:21]
1:00 Amy Beach Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 –Neave Trio. Chandos CHAN-20139. [14:48]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including
Joplin Bethena: A Concert
Waltz – The Chesapeake Minstrels/George Weigand. Helios CDH-88009. [6:17]
3:00 Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 –Simone Dinnerstein, p; Berlin Staatskapelle Chamber Orch. Sony 81742-2. [22:29]
4:00 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance in the Village Inn) – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. CBS MLK-39450. [11:25]
5:00 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym Orch/ Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [14:19]
6:00 François Borne Fantaisie brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen – Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p. Cedille CDR-90000121. [11:23]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his first piano sonata at the age of 25 and his last at 52, and together these 32 sonatas have been called The New Testament of music. We’ll sample as many as we possibly can!
8:00 Live from WFMT The gentlemen of Cantus return to WFMT to share their recent project, Land That I Love – a program honoring our diverse American heritage with captivating music by composers carrying their own migration stories. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 San Francisco Symphony. Ravel Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand; Rautavaara Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 45; Yuja Wang, piano; Debussy Gigues, Rondes de primtemps, and Ibéria from Images pour orchestre; EsaPekka Salonen, conductor.
Tuesday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto a cinque in C, Op. 9, No. 5 – Anthony Robson, ob; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN-0579. [8:56]
7:00 Felix Mendelssohn Variations concertantes, Op. 17 – Haruma Sato, vc; Wataru Hisasue, p. Universal 00028948586936. [8:54]
8:00 Bach Flute Sonata in C, BWV 1033 – Andrea Oliva, f; Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67897. [8:58]
9:00 Joaquín Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre – John Williams, g; English Chamber Orch/Charles Groves.
CBS MYK-36717. [21:44]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Felix Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 –Rotterdam Phil Orch/Lahav Shani. Warner Classics 2173272325. [12:29]
11:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl Norwegian Folk Tunes and Folk Dances, Op. 33 –Natalia Strelchenko, p. Arena AR-06007. [10:45]
12:00 François Couperin Concert royal No. 1 in G – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset. Aparté AP-196. [11:36]
1:00 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19 – Hilary Hahn, v; Radio France Phil Orch/Mikko Franck. DG 4839847. [21:35]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Charlotte Sohy Piano Sonata, Op. 6 – Célia Oneto Bensaid, p. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [18:28]
3:00 Luigi Boccherini Night Music in the Streets of Madrid, Op. 30, No. 6 –Cuarteto Casals; Eckart Runge, vc. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902092. [13:58]
4:00 Mozart Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman, K. 265 – Jan Lisiecki, p. DG 4862069. [12:40]
5:00 Joh n Williams The Long Goodbye: Theme – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Boston Sym Orch/John Williams. DG 4861698. [5:55]
6:00 William Grant Still Africa (1928): Land of Superstition –Denver Oldham, p. Koch 3-7084-2. [7:50]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mozart Trio in C major, K. 548; Orion Weiss, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Carter Brey, cello; R Schumann Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello.
11:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival See listing on Saturday, May 23.
Wednesday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus – London Sym Orch Strings/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9593. [10:35]
7:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony in E minor, Wq 177 – Berlin Academy for
Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317. [9:43]
8:00 Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Galway, f; Stoltzman, cl; Lehwalder, h; Tokyo String Quartet. RCA 62552-2. [10:51]
9:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [15:24]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 414487-2. [13:24]
11:00 Alexander Arutiunian Armenian Scenes – Meridian Arts Ensemble Brass Quintet. Channel Classics CCS-2191. [8:48]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Flutist Tyler Martin and pianist Beilin Han-Kim perform music by Joachim Andersen, Reena Esmail, Carl Reinecke, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Telemann Three-Trumpet Concerto in D – Soloists; Music of the Baroque Orch/ Thomas Wikman. D’Note DND-1026. [10:47]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485 – Age of Enlightenment Orch/ Charles Mackerras. Virgin 59273-2. [28:46]
3:00 Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 419407-2. [10:31]
4:00 Lita Grier Flute Sonata – Erin K. Murphy, f; Kirstin Ihde, p. Albany TROY-1829. [11:18]
5:00 Carl Maria von Weber Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat, Op. 48 – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p. DG 4836069. [16:06]
6:00 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole –Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61250-2. [16:55]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Bernardo Pasquini’s Sant’Agnese A performance of the 1677 oratorio Sant’Agnese which recounts the martyrdom of the patron saint of chastity. Recorded in concert August 11, 2025.
Thursday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Alexander Glazunov
Mazurka-Obéreque – Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster. EMI CDC5-55475-2. [10:14]
7:00 Andrzej Panufnik Old Polish Suite – Polish Chamber Orch/Mariusz Smolij. Naxos 8.570032. [10:10]
8:00 Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Bru Zane BZ-2007. [11:25]
9:00 Dvorák String Serenade in E, Op. 22 – London Chamber Orch/Christopher WarrenGreen. Virgin 91165-2. [25:47]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Josef Strauss Waltz, Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 – Vienna Phil/ Daniel Barenboim. Decca B0012569-02 (2). [9:27]
11:00 Percy Grainger Children’s March, Over the Hills and Far Away – US Marine Band/Michael J Colburn. Naxos 8.570243. [7:03]
12:00 Price Concert Overture No. 2 – Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [13:32]
1:00 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, Funeral March – Eric Lu, p. DG 4868297. [23:43]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Ravel Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan – Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo. BIS 2438. [8:33]
3:00 Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 – Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2171. [20:33]
4:00 Hamish MacCunn Highland Memories, Op. 30 – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson. ASV CDWHL-2123. [9:56]
5:00 Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Suite – Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p. [16:23]
6:00 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11 – Dale Clevenger, hn; Chicago Sym Orch/ Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 23913-2. [16:49]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Please visit wfmt.com for more information.
Friday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D, R. 93 – Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naïve V-5455. [10:12]
7:00
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul
La chasse du jeune Henri: Overture – Gulbenkian Orch/ Michel Swierczewski. Nimbus NI-5184/5 (2). [10:28]
8:00 Hamish MacCunn The Land of the Mountain and the Flood – Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson. EMI CDM7-69206-2. [9:02]
9:00 Stravinsky Suite italienne –Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, vc; Martin Helmchen, p. Alpha 827. [18:12]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68511-2. [5:09]
11:00 Joaquín Turina Sevillana, Op. 29 – Oscar Ghiglia, g. Angel S-36849. [6:08]
12:00 Barber Souvenirs, Op. 28 – London Sym Orch/José Serebrier. ASV CDDCA-737. [18:29]
1:00 Handel Coronation Anthem, Let Thy hand be strengthened – Westminster Abbey Cho, English Concert/ Simon Preston. Archiv 410030-2. [8:52]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Nielsen Maskarade: Overture & Cockerels’ Dance – Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard. Dacapo 6.220518. [10:03]
3:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring – Maxim Vengerov, v; Itamar Golan, p. Teldec 76349-2. [22:37]
4:00 Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 – Augustin Hadelich, v; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Hannu Lintu. Avie AV-2276. [32:04]
6:00 Cecil Burleigh Four Rocky Mountain Sketches, Op. 11 –Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [9:56]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Dr. Evan Davies (3/8/1988) A candid discussion with Dr. Evan Davies of Chicago’s Neon Street Center about living with AIDS and his advocacy for others.
Saturday 30
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Meredith Monk Ellis Island – Lara Downes & Simone Dinnerstein, p’s. Portrait 19075920792. [3:02]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Luke Howard Dappled Light – Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble. [4:12]
11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego Isabel Leonard (Frida); Carlos Álvarez (Diego); Gabriella Reyes (Catrina); Nils Wanderer (Leonardo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Yannick NézetSéguin. Sung in Spanish.
3:00 Afternoon Music including Schubert Moments musicaux, D 780: No. 4 in C-sharp minor – Martin Helmchen, p. Pentatone PTC-5186329. [5:16]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of the upcoming festival season of Santa Fe Opera with general director Robert K. Meya.
5:00 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Schumann Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Dvorák String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105; Escher String Quartet.
6:00 Weekend Evening Music including William Grant Still Poem for Orchestra – Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559603. [10:27]
7:00 M el Bonis Cello Sonata, Op. 67 – Victor JulienLaferrière, vc; Théo Fouchenneret, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [15:22]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem kept listeners on their toes in a 2001 performance that ranged from Appalachian traditional tunes to Tin Pan Alley gems to their own finely crafted original songs, all played with skill and verve.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer School’s out. What does the summer hold? Find out in folk songs filled with nostalgia, good times and a little mischief.
Sunday 31
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Pomp & Circumstance. In the midst of the season of high school and collegiate graduations, host Peter DuBois celebrates with sacred choral and organ music from a variety of schools and colleges in the US and abroad.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Caitlin Edwards Faithful –Caitlin Edwards, v & prod; Edward Smith, p. Caitlin Edwards Exhale. [3:30]
8:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR90000035. [12:33]
9:00 Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat –Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [7:13]
10:00 Mark Hayes Forever Music – The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand; instrumentalists. GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087. [5:16]
11:00 Paul Wiancko When the Night – Owls. New Amsterdam Records NWAM-194. [8:42] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Summer, RV. 315 – Patrick Stewart, n; Stephen Alltop, hc; Musica Anima String Orch/Arnie Roth, v. American Gramaphone AGCD-801. [11:43]
1:00 Beethoven Variations and Fugue in E-Flat, Op. 35, Eroica – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 446922-2 (5). [23:37]
2:00 Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 – Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc; Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Sony 88985321792. [33:05]
3:00 Caroline Shaw Three Essays: No. 1, Nimrod – Calidore String Quartet. [8:34]
4:00 Poulenc Sinfonietta (1947) –San Diego Chamber Orch/ Donald Barra. [29:41]
5:00 Barbara Strozzi L’amante segreto, Op. 2, No. 16 – Tenet. Avie AV-2326. [7:00]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Poulenc Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani; Bach Varation No. 20 fr Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Saint-Saëns Cameron Carpenter, organ; Nikolaj Szeps-Znaieder, conductor; Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe; Boléro; Daniel Barenboim, conductor. 8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Teresa Carreño: Composer and Pianist Elbio explores the music of one of the first Latin American women with an international career as a pianist, composer and teacher. 9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Klaus Tennstedt Live Klaus Tennstedt conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. 11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
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