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BEGINS SUN NOV 16 7 PM
November 2025
On WFMT, Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein discuss the importance of music in their new film, The American Revolution, and Live from WFMT welcomes guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas in advance of his solo appearance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Dear Member,
This month, we bring you the new epic film from Ken Burns, The American Revolution. Over six consecutive nights, watch the story of how thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose i n rebellion, won their independence, and established a new form of government that radically reshaped the continent and inspired centuries of democratic movements around the globe. On page 4, read our interview with Burns and his co-producer/director Sarah Botstein, and explore our companion website at wttw.com/americanrevolution for additional content. And during the week leading up to the premiere on November 16, watch and listen to interviews with Burns and Botstein on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight and on WFMT.
This month, we mark Veterans Day with new programs including Salute to Service 2025: A Veterans Day Celebration, a tribute concert hosted by country music icon Trace Adkins and the U.S. Army Field Band with Chicago native Kurt Elling; and American Heart in WWI: A Carnegie Hall Tribute, a special that combines storytelling and music to shine a spotlight on America’s involvement in World War I. And WTTW will commemorate Native American Heritage Month with a new special, K’etniyi: The Land Is Speaking to Us, that explores cultural interconnection in Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park; and Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience, a new film that traces the history of Indigenous children forced into government-sanctioned boarding schools.
On WFMT, Live from WFMT welcomes guitarist Pablo Sainz Villegas in advance of his solo appearance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Listening to Singers features an interview with the vibrant Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique prior to her NEIU Jewel Box recital and performances with the CSO in Mozart’s Requiem ; and Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts shines a spotlight on young cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky (a frequent guest on WFMT’s Introductions) with pianist Liang Yu Wang.
In this season of Thanksgiving, all of us at WTTW and WFMT are grateful for the generous support of our members and sustainers. Thank you, and best wishes for a happy and healthy upcoming holiday season.
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November 2025 Volume 36, Number 327
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Follow in the footsteps of London and New York pigeon flocks to uncover their secret world as never before. Witness the challenges of city life and how the humble pigeon has overcome them.
Wednesday, November 5, 7:00 pm
Catherine, Princess of Wales and future Queen of England, has a nation’s hopes resting on her shoulders. But what will it mean when she becomes Queen Consort? Mixing archival footage with insights and interviews, this is a celebration of a figure who embodies the grace of royalty while forging a path of her own.
Sunday, November 2 6:00 pm
Saturday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret’s Failure, Part 2 (Part 4 of 6) [R]
1:30 The Gold on Masterpiece: Vengeance Is Easy, Justice Is Hard (Part 4 of 6) [R]
2:30 M iss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) [R]
3:30 C urious Traveler: Curious Gdañsk
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
Great Performances: Twelfth Night
Shakespear's comedy of mistaken identity was filmed at the Delacorte Theater, starring Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
Friday, November 14, 9:00 pm
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 G reat Lakes Now: Too Many Geese and Too Few Mussels
6:30 Living West Michigan: Reach for the Sky
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Finding My Roots [R]
7:30 C urious Traveler: Curious Warsaw
8:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope: Halloween In Ireland’s Ancient East
8:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Darwin, Australia
9:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Frankenmuth, Michigan
9:30 Fork & Hammer: Summer Soirée
10:00 This Old House: Asheville –Community Carpenters
10:30 Ask This Old House: Sustainable Grass, Driveway Lights
11:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Change the Geography of the Dinner Plate
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: My Italian Kitchen
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Bourbon and Broccoli Hit the Grill
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Know Your Cheese
1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Catch o’ the Day
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Ultimate Sticky Buns
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Takes on Chicken and Rice
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Everyone is Wrong About Pie!
3:30 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Rooted Vegetables
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Rhythms of the City
4:30 C heck, Please! Gibsons Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q
5:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Highlights
5:30 PBS News Weekend
Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson star in the true story of Bernard Jordan, a veteran who staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy.
Sunday, November 23, 8:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 C hicago Stories: Legendary Blizzards [R]
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Are Ye’ Dancin’? (Season 4, Part 4) When a member of a ceilidh band is slain, Sister Boniface must catch the killer at Mrs. Clam’s birthday party.
8:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Christmas in Saint Victoire It’s Christmas in the beautiful town of Sainte Victoire – lights are twinkling and choirs are singing. Jean is looking forward to spending it with her new friends.
9:00 Father Brown: The Tanganyika Green The fair comes to town in Kembleford, but Father Brown is struggling to celebrate. Amidst the festivities, he investigates the murder of a postal service officer.
10:00 Velvet: Sky High Barbara is devastated upon learning the truth of Enrique and Patricia’s scandalous love affair. Alberto is tormented by the sight of Ana, happy with Carlos.
11:27 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Dead and Buried [R]
Sunday 2
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sands Point Preserve (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 G reat Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Ocean Breeze
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Reset Your Emotional Circuit Breaker
MORNING
6:00 How Are We Today? Compassion Fatique
6:30 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Winter Among the Pines
7:00 This Old House: Asheville –Community Carpenters [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Sustainable Grass, Driveway Lights [R]
8:00 Simply Ming: Sushi from Maui
8:30 N ew Scandinavian Cooking: Drama on a Plate
9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Veggie Love
9:30 Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August: Gdañsk
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Acadia Parish – Rice Central
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Mexi-Que
11:00 Cajundome City This film tells the story of the creation of the nation’s first mega-shelter, which came together and was operated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, in 2005.
Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport investigates assisted dying and uncovers how ableism, policy, and systemic failures can make death seem like the only option. With gripping stories and a personal mission, This film explores who gets real choice and who doesn’t, in life and death.
Monday, November 3 9:00 pm
he American Revolution, a new six-part documentary series premiering this month from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, tells the extraordinary story of the birth of the United States. More than nine years in the making, this film
tells the tale of the country’s founding struggle. WTTW News/Chicago Tonight anchor Brandis Friedman sat down with filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein in WTTW’s studios to talk about the production, and why this film is especially relevant now. Watch the entire
interview on Chicago Tonight on Thursday, November 13 at 5:30 pm.
Brandis Friedman: The American Revolution begins with a reminder that the America that we now know was not the first nation here. There was a different
confederation of states – not so much the colonies that we know that became the United States, but specifically Native American nations that long predated the Revolutionary War. How important was it to begin with that context?
Ken Burns: Well, I think that what we’re taught in grammar school is that the American Revolution is about taxes and representation. And that’s true, but it’s also about Native American land. At the beginning of the film, we needed to illustrate that the Revolution is a world war, a civil war, and a war essentially over the prize of North America. And what is the prize? This land that is already occupied by 13 British colonies, superimposed over the land of Native nations. And to the west are many more Native nations that are extraordinarily complicated groups as different from one another as, say, France is from Belgium. This film is about moving into this new space and claiming it for our own.
Friedman: We hear from one expert who says that part of Revolutionary War history has been sanitized. What are we misunderstanding or forgetting about the Revolution?
Sarah Botstein: We forget that the American Revolution is at least two things happening at the same time. One is this huge revolution of ideas, and how a government might be structured, who might lead it, and who may be responsible for selecting that person. And the other is a terribly brutal, extremely complicated 18th century war. An 18th century war is awful, bloody, scary, violent, and dark. And in order to really understand our founding story, I think you have to braid the two together.
Friedman: Ken, you’ve talked about democracy being sort of an unintended consequence of the Revolution. What did you mean by that?
in the United States. So things are beginning to change and morph, and the American Revolution is leading that change. The people who fought and died and won this war were so-called ordinary people, and they deserved something. So you can say that democracy is not an object of the American Revolution. It’s a consequence of it, and there’s a big difference there. We are all the beneficiaries of that big difference.
Friedman: How do you think this series is different from any other documentary you’ve done?
Burns: Well, it goes back to the violence. If you have photographs and newsreels, the violence is proven. But if you’ve got a painting and somebody’s got a bayonet, to tell the real story of the Revolution, you have to forget the distance and time. And a lot of it is doing reenactments and asking the finest actors in the world to read off camera. They helped bring alive not just the familiar top-down folks, but dozens of other people that viewers have never heard of. By having all of these different voices, you give viewers a sense of what really took place, and can make it arguably the most complex and interesting story we’ve ever tried to tell.
Friedman: Tell me about the importance of the Native American nations, as well as Black people, African Americans, be they free or enslaved, for both sides of this war.
“I believe this is the most important e vent in world history since the birth of Christ.” ken burns
Burns: First of all, there’s a quarrel between Englishmen that gets broken out into natural rights. It’s the Enlightenment, and human beings deserve natural rights, so Thomas Jefferson reacts by saying that all men are created equal, while he owns other human beings. Now human beings are going to have to be equal, even though it takes decades for that to happen
Botstein: I think that you can’t tell a story of America without widening the lens to see who is actually living here, who was fighting the war, and who was going to be impacted by it. The Native American populations were vast and different, as were the free and enslaved Black people; they made all kinds of rational decisions including the choice to side with the British. It was very reasonable to say, “What this have to do with me?” and get out of the way, as we see even today.
Friedman: Speaking of today, because we are living through bitter political division, was there any period of that deep division that you feel still resonates now?
Burns: Well, of course the period we’re covering, the American Revolution, does represent deep
division. But here’s the central thing: When a person is in a struggle, having great difficulty, they go to a professional who asks essential questions such as where are you from? Tell me your story. Tell me about your parents. How did you get to where you are right now? Because that’s the way we’re going to unravel what's currently going on. So if find yourself in a time of great division and internal turmoil for an entire country, you go back to your origin story and find out where you began. There’s always been division, but you might find the path back to how you solve that.
I believe this is the most important event in world history since the birth of Christ. Everybody was a subject up until then – and all of a sudden, people were citizens with the great responsibility that entails. That’s about as inspiring a story as I know. If we learn our origin story, it can help us get through this and begin to move on to the next great phase, which is repair. Ultimately, we’re hoping that if anything, this story will help put the us back in the U.S.
The American Revolution premieres on Sunday, November 16 and runs for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21 f rom 7:00 to 9:00 pm on WTTW, the PBS app, and wttw.com. Visit WTTW’s companion website at wttw.com/americanrevolution.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Magical Land of Oz
Monday, November 10, 7:00 pm
Burrow into the magical depths of Australian animal life as unique species navigate extremes on land and sea. Blue chip cameras capture the continent’s diverse animal populations in its highest snow peaks, frigid southern seas, and suburban backyards.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Thanks and Giving
(Viewer’s Choice)
Friday, November 28, 8:00 pm
We’re showing our gratitude and giving a viewer the keys to the lineup! This special marathon, programmed by Create viewer Barbara K. is packed with favorites from across the years.
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Paradise, Season 9
from Walter Presents
Friday, November 28
Watch all ten episodes of the 9th season. This Italian series follows workers at a store amidst the societal expectations of the 1950s. The first eight seasons are also available to WTTW Passport subscribers.
For WTTW Passport Members Only
With a WTTW Passport membership, unlock thousands of exclusive WTTW and PBS programs on wttw.com/watch and the PBS app. Look for videos with the blue compass symbol to get members-only access to watch on your computer, smartphone, tablet, smart TV, or TV streaming device.
Find full schedules for all channels at wttw.com/schedules.
AFTERNOON
12:00 K’etniyi: The Land Is Speaking to Us Through a seasonal cycle in Alaska’s Lake Clark National Park, Indigenous elders and park scientists explore the deep interconnections that run through everything.
1:00 The American Buffalo (in 2 parts) The dramatic story of how America’s national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people, was driven to the brink of extinction. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world.
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Kate: A Queen for the Future
7:00 M iss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Through her feverish delirium, Cassandra guards Jane’s letters from Mary Austen. As she drifts in and out of consciousness, she relives the dramatic events of her youth.
8:00 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret Comes Home, Part 1 (Part 5 of 6) A student is stabbed to death in the street. As Maigret and Cavre disagree over the killer’s motives, Maigret digs into the killer’s psychology and tries to provoke him into making contact.
9:00 The Gold on Masterpiece: The Boy You Were (Part 5 of 6) Palmer is finally caught after attempting to escape to Brazil. The police learn that Cooper and Parry have been laundering the Brink’s-Mat millions. Cooper is arrested, but Parry escapes.
10:00 Astrid: Memento Mori (Season 3, Part 2 of 8) Father Louis Desforges is found stabbed to death in a monastery. Astrid and Raphaelle soon discover that the Father was living under a false identity – and that he had stigmata.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Samara Joy
Monday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Are Ye’ Dancin’? (Season 4, Part 4) See Sat. Nov. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Christmas in Saint Victoire See Sat. Nov. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Father Brown: The Tanganyika Green See Sat. Nov. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Velvet: Sky High See Sat. Nov. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Frankenmuth, Michigan [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Kooky & Spooky [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: Candy Capital [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Unexpected Salads
3:30 Cook’s Country: Ribs and Mashed Potatoes Revisited
4:00 Father Brown: The Tanganyika Green [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Kids’ Stuff Finds include a traveling puppet show circa 1870, Yakama toy cradle & doll circa 1890, and a 1993 Air Jordan sneaker display.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: I Was There Hear guests’ stories and see some incredible mementos from their experiences, including Disney animation art circa 1938, a 1970 Jimi Hendrix collection, and a Norman Rockwell oil painting and chair circa 1952.
9:00 Independent Lens: Life After
10:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:30 M iss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Nov. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret Comes Home, Part 1 (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 The Gold on Masterpiece: The Boy You Were (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Italy’s Highlights
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sands Point Preserve (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Nature: Willow – Diary of a Mountain Lion [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Cast Iron Staples [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: Bourbon and Broccoli Hit the Grill [R]
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
K’etniyi: The Land Is Speaking to Us
Sunday, November 2 12:00 pm
The American Buffalo
Sunday, November 2 1:00 pm
Finding Your Roots: Fathers and Sons
Tuesday, November 4 8:00 pm
In The Wake of Justice Delayed Thursday, November 6 9:00 pm
Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience
Sunday, November 9 1:00 pm
Bring Them Home
Monday, November 24 9:00 pm
Finding Your Roots: Fathers and Sons
Wednesday, November 5 11:00 am
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Activist Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice.
Native America
Thursdays, November 6-20 8:00 pm
In The Wake of Justice Delayed Friday, November 7 12:00 pm
Next at the Kennedy Center: Embracing Duality –Modern Indigenous Culture Friday, November 7 9:00 pm
Little Bird Tuesdays, November 11-25 8:00 pm
The Horse Relative Tuesday, November 18 10:00 pm
Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience
Sunday, November 23 10:00 pm
Indigenize the Plate
Sunday, November 23 11:00 pm
Bring Them Home
Tuesday, November 25 12:00 pm
Little Bird: Wanna Icipus Kupi (Coming Home)
Tuesday, November 25 10:00 pm
8:00 Finding Your Roots: Fathers and Sons Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors LeVar Burton and Wes Studi, two men who grew up without their fathers. 9:00 Frontline: The Rise of Germany's New Right 10:30 C hicago Tonight [R] 11:00 B BC News
Nature: The Pigeon Hustle
Follow in the footsteps of London’s and New York’s feral pigeon flocks to uncover their secret world as never before, revealing how they adapt to the challenges of city life and thrive alongside people. Narrated by SNL’s Bobby Moynihan.
Wednesday, November 5
7:00 pm
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Fork & Hammer: Summer Soirée [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Kids’ Stuff See Mon. Nov. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: I Was There See Mon. Nov. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Kate: A Queen for the Future See Sun. Nov. 2 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 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Sands Point Preserve (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 NOVA: Superfloods [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Modern Stews
3:30 Cook’s Country: Straight from So-Cal [R]
4:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Christmas in Sainte Victoire [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: The Pigeon Hustle
8:00 NOVA: Operation Space Station – High-Risk Build
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Princes in the Tower
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Activist Roots See Tues. Nov. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Finding Your Roots: Fathers and Sons See Tues. Nov. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: The Rise of Germany's New Right See Tues. Nov. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 This Old House: Asheville –Community Carpenters [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Activist Roots [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Back to Basics
3:30 Cook’s Country: Southern Discoveries [R]
4:00 Finding Your Roots: Fathers and Sons [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 To be announced
8:00 Fortunate Sons This program tells the story of the 1974 graduating class of the Harvard School, a private military academy for the sons of the Los Angeles elite.
9:00 In the Wake of Justice Delayed This film explores the moving personal stories of two families in rural Alaska who fight for justice after the brutal murders of their loved ones.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: The Pigeon Hustle See Wed. Nov. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Operation Space Station – High-Risk Build See Wed. Nov. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Princes in the Tower See Wed. Nov. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Cajundome City See Sun.
Nov. 2 at 11:00 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: I Was There [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Princes in the Tower [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: New England Classics
3:30 Cook’s Country: Cast Iron Comforts
4:00 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret Comes Home, Part 1 (Part 5 of 6) [R]
5:00 B BC 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 Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders Seven Chicagoans died after unknowingly taking Tylenol laced with cyanide. Recall this infamous unsolved murder case – an event that has lasting repercussions on our
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
9 :00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9 :30 R osie’s Rules
10 :00 S esame Street
10 :30 Work it Out Wombats! 11 :00 D onkey Hodie
11 :30 Elinor Wonders Why 12:00 A lma’s Way 12:30 M olly of Denali
An Arthur Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day @ 6:00 am
everyday lives. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
9:00 C hicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park From the late 1940s through the 1960s, the Lincoln Park neighborhood served as home to Chicago’s huge Puerto Rican community, and to a band of revolutionaries known as the Young Lords. Follow this activist group that evolved from a social club to a street gang to a political force. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Love is Not Enough
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The American Buffalo: Blood Memory (Part 1 of 2) See Sun. Nov. 2 at 1:00 pm. [R]
2:30 In the Wake of Justice Delayed See Thurs. Nov. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Darwin, Australia [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
6:00 G reat Lakes Now: Killer Trees and Sacred Waters
6:30 Living West Michigan: Wonders of the World
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Activist Roots [R]
7:30 C urious Traveler: Curious Warsaw
8:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope: Ireland –Following The Way of St. Patrick, Part 1
8:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Route 66, Illinois
9:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Paul’s Cathedral Hill, Minnesota
9:30 Fork & Hammer: Cocina Espinola
10:00 This Old House: Asheville – Boulder Dash
10:30 Ask This Old House: Seabees, Paint Galvanized Railing
11:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Greens Rule the Day
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Salmon – May the North Be with You
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Straight from So-Cal [R]
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Family Meal
1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Julia Remembered
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Hearty One-Pot Meals
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: PanSeared Halibut and Ma’amoul
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Cheese Bread & Garlic Chicken
3:30 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Pickles
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Rural Heart
4:30 C heck, Please! Momotaro, Goree, Johnny’s Grill
5:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Burgundy – A Gourmet Barge Cruise
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 C hicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders See Fri. Nov. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Killer Heels (Season 4, Part 5) A murder at Groovy Shoo’s boot factory forces Sister Boniface to investigate amid striking workers after owner Arthur is poisoned following a pay dispute.
8:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries Jeremy stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. The only clue to her identity is a Victorian comb in her pocket.
9:00 Father Brown: The Fire in the Sky Kembleford comes under threat of an alien invasion and Father Brown must
face the impending threat.
10:00 Velvet: White Christmas When snow arrives in time for Christmas, Ana organizes a celebration. Rita is left heartbroken after Pedro’s announcement.
11:30 To be announced
Sunday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The American Buffalo: Into the Storm (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Nov. 2 at 3:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Independent Lens: Life After See Mon. Nov. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Love is Not Enough [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Summer Sunflower Storm
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Savoring the Gifts
MORNING
6:00 D ream of Europe: London Part 1 with Abbey Road Studios
6:30 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: New Smyrna Sunrise
7:00 This Old House: Asheville –Boulder Dash [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Seabees, Paint Galvanized Railing [R]
8:00 Simply Ming: Tsai Family Hot Pot with Mom and Dad
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Tina’s French Pantry
9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Beauty Food
9:30 Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August: Katowice
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: St. Landry Parish – Prairie Sampler
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Texas Trinity
11:00 Corpsman! Pearl Harbor
This film, narrated by sports commentator Jim Nantz, follows the story of Navy Corpsman Harry Chandler on December 7, 1941 and the days that followed America’s sudden entry into World War II, while also examining the role of corpsmen and medics during the war.
AFTERNOON
12:00 G reat Performances: Tiler Peck – Suspending Time Follow acclaimed ballerina Tiler Peck as she overcomes injury to reclaim her place on stage and debut her own choreography with New York City Ballet.
1:00 U ncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience This documentary chronicles present-day efforts by Klamath tribal members in their fight to uncover the
difficult and often hidden history of Indigenous children forced into governmentsanctioned boarding schools.
2:00 Healing a Soldier’s Heart Follow the courageous journeys of four Vietnam veterans, all suffering from severe PTSD, who return to Vietnam to confront and heal their psychological and emotional wounds.
3:00 The True Cost of Defense Explore the continual role of servicemen and women across global communities.
4:00 The U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding This program goes deeper into the Ken Burns documentary series that explores America’s response to one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century.
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Si mon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On In this year marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the last concentration camps, renowned historian Sir Simon Schama confronts the history of the Holocaust as not just a Nazi obsession but as a European-wide crime.
7:00 M iss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) Cassandra uncovers the truth about Isabella and Lidderdale’s past. Dinah makes a reckless decision. Upon arriving back at Chawton, Cassandra takes a final step to protect Jane’s legacy.
8:00 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret Comes Home, Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) Tragedy strikes in Saint-Fiacre, shocking Maigret to the core and driving him to uncover the deceit that ruined Sophie’s life.
9:00 The Gold on Masterpiece: I’ll Be Remembered (Part 6 of 6) Some of the criminals are found innocent, and others are convicted, but the case is far from over.
10:00 Astrid: Natives (Season 3, Part 3 of 8) A young woman under the influence of a powerful drug is found with the weapon used to commit a crime twenty-five years earlier, in a small First Nations community.
11:00 Austin City Limits: ACL Celebrates Antone’s & the Blues
Monday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Killer Heels (Season 4, Part 5) See Sat. Nov. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries See Sat. Nov. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Father Brown: The Fire in the Sky See Sat. Nov. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Velvet: White Christmas See Sat. Nov. 8 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Paul’s Cathedral Hill, Minnesota [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Kids’ Stuff [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Italian Vegetarian
3:30 Cook’s Country: Plenty of Garlic and Parm
4:00 Father Brown: The Fire in the Sky [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
Outside the International Space Station
NOVA: Operation Space Station –
High Risk Build
Witness an unprecedented feat of engineering: the creation of the International Space Station, a habitable space lab hurtling around Earth at 17,000 mph. From ammonia leaks to Space Shuttle disasters to a spacewalk gone terribly wrong, astronauts and Mission Control insiders relive the most terrifying moments during construction.
Wednesday, November 5 8:00 pm
Salute to Service 2025: A Veterans Day Celebration
Country music legend Trace Adkins joins the U.S. Army Field Band to host this inspiring tribute which features performances by opera superstar Angel Blue, acclaimed jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, Amanda Shires, and Trace Adkins himself. Come together to express gratitude to those who have worn the uniform in service to us all.
Monday, November 10 8:00 pm
Jaguar in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
On a remote stretch of Central America’s Pacific coast, the lush, volcanic landscape gives way to a startlingly different world: a dry tropical forest where a newly resurgent population of jaguars has reclaimed their kingdom.
Wednesday, November 12 7:00 pm
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Pretty or Pretty Ugly? Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Uncover the value of eyepopping treasures including a 1982 George Condo drawing, a folk-art spool table circa 1900 and a Guido Gambone vase circa 1960.
8:00 Salute to Service 2025: A Veteran’s Day Celebration
9:00 The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah The battles of Fallujah and Najaf in 2004 were the two deadliest battles of the Iraq War. This film tells the story of these battles, not through narration, but through the words and deeds of those who fought there.
10:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:30 M iss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Nov. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret Comes Home, Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 The Gold on Masterpiece: I’ll Be Remembered (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Nov. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Burgundy – A Gourmet Barge Cruise [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Nature: The Pigeon Hustle [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Seafood Supper [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: When Only Chocolate Will Do [R]
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Killer Heels (Season 4, Part 5) [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 American Heart in WWI: A Carnegie Hall Tribute 9:00 Frontline: Drug War in Ecuador
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Fork & Hammer: Cocina Espanola [R]
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Pretty or Pretty Ugly? See Mon. Nov. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Salute to Service 2025: A Veteran’s Day Celebration See Mon. Nov. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah See Mon. Nov. 10 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 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Orlando (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 NOVA: Operation Space Station – High-Risk Build [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Ultimate Sticky Buns
3:30 Cook’s Country: The Italian American Kitchen [R]
4:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Jaguar Beach
8:00 NOVA: Operation Space Station – Science and Survival
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Picturing Shakespeare
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 American Heart in WWI: A Carnegie Hall Tribute See Tues. Nov. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Frontline: Drug War in Ecuador See Tues. Nov. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 This Old House: Asheville –Boulder Dash [R]
3:30 Ask This Old House: Seabees, Paint Galvanized Railing [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omni Mount Washington Resort (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor –Tomorrow’s People [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen:
Hearty One-Pot Meals [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: Ultimate Comfort Foods [R]
4:00 My Life is Murder: Mirror, Mirror [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 A Celebration of Hanukkah with Geoffrey Baer
8:30 A Celebration of Hanukkah with Geoffrey Baer [R]
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration The legends of ’60s and ’70s soul music return to perform their biggest hits. Featuring The Temptations, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners, Sam Moore, and more.
3:00 Austin City Limits: ACL Celebrates Antone’s & the Blues See Sun. Nov. 9 at 11:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
Space Station
NOVA: Operation Space Station –Science and Survival
Witness life-or-death decisions 250 miles above Earth, as astronauts and Mission Control work together to survive moments of high danger on board humanity’s remarkable orbiting laboratory, the International Space Station.
Wednesday, November 12 8:00 pm
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omni Mount Washington Resort (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Picturing Shakespeare See Wed. Nov. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Comfort Classics
3:30 Cook’s Country: Ballpark Classics
4:00 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret Comes Home, Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) [R]
5:00 B BC 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 Stories: Rod Blagojevich Rod Blagojevich used his many gifts to be elected governor of Illinois. But poor decisions fueled by greed and ambition led to his shocking downfall. Follow “Blago’s” trajectory
There are only two accepted representations of William Shakespeare that are considered “official,” but could a portrait that has been hanging over Steven Wadlow’s family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third? If so, it could be worth as much as $200 million.
Wednesday, November 12 9:00 pm
from triumph to disgrace to incarceration to his attempts to rise again. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
9:00 G reat Performances: Twelfth Night
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Burgundy – A Gourmet Barge Cruise [R]
1:00 Nature: Jaguar Beach See Wed. Nov. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 NOVA: Operation Space Station – Science and Survival See Wed. Nov. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Secrets of the Dead: Picturing Shakespeare [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
6:00 G reat Lakes Now: Battling Invaders and Exploring Hidden Habitats
6:30 Living West Michigan: Paws, Whiskers, and Scales
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Pretty or Pretty Ugly? [R]
8:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope: Ireland –Following The Way of St. Patrick, Part 2
8:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Victoria, B.C., Canada
9:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Lasalle and Peru, Illinois
9:30 Fork & Hammer: Fried Chicken Around the World
10:00 This Old House: Asheville –Testing the Ground
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Plant-Based in Ancient Greece
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Speedy Pasta –Italy vs. the U.S.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Southern Discoveries
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Think Seasonally
1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Shorey’s Petite Appetite
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Outsmarting Thanksgiving
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: New Thanksgiving Favorites
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Holiday Vegetables
3:30 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Fruit with More to Give
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table:
Passion in Every Bite
4:30 C heck, Please! Rhyme or Reason, Bang Bang Pie, Mambo Italiano
5:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Paris of the Parisians
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 C hicago Stories: Rod Blagojevich See Fri. Nov. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Let the Games Begin! (Season 4, Part 6) A game show films in Great Slaughter, but chaos erupts when a stunt goes wrong and a contestant is electrocuted.
8:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries Jean takes center stage to uncover a deadly family drama when tragedy strikes twice in Sainte Victoire.
9:00 Father Brown: The Penitent Man When his old adversary Flambeau pleads guilty and is locked up for murder, Father Brown suspects there is an ulterior motive.
10:00 Velvet: Twelfth Night Secrets are revealed as Carlos and Ana’s relationship grows stronger. Cristina hosts an eventful Christmas party.
11:30 Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret Comes Home, Part 2 (Part 6 of 6) [R]
Sunday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The Gold on Masterpiece: I’ll Be Remembered (Part 6 of 6) [R]
1:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Route 66, Illinois [R]
2:00 G reat Performances: Tiler Peck – Suspending Time See Sun. Nov. 9 at 12:00 pm. [R]
3:00 G reat Performances: Twelfth Night See Fri. Nov. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunset Bloom
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Refining and Evolving
MORNING
6:00 D ream of Europe: London Part 2
6:30 The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Leconte Summit
7:00 This Old House: Asheville –Testing the Ground [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House [R]
8:00 Simply Ming: Meuniere
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Pale Fish
9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Satisfying + Complete, With or Without Meat
9:30 Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August: Wroclaw
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Evangeline Parish – Cajun Heartland
Follow Geoffrey on a heartwarming, nostalgic, and humorous journey as he tells the story of Hanukkah, exploring the time-honored traditions of this joyous Jewish holiday and making a few surprising discoveries along the way.
Thursday, November 13 7:00 pm
Enjoy this Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity from The Public Theater, captured at the reopened Delacorte Theater in New York’s Central Park, starring Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
Friday, November 14 9:00 pm
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Fire and Spice
10:58 The Statue of Liberty In this revealing documentary, Ken Burns traces the development of the Statue of Liberty, from its conception to its complicated and often controversial construction and final dedication. Hear from a wide range of Americans who explore the meaning of this monumental landmark.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Thomas Jefferson: Life/ Liberty – Our Sacred Honor (Part 1 of 2) Enjoy this twoPart portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president. In Part one, Jefferson’s beginnings are detailed from his education, to the building of Monticello, to his marriage.
1:30 Thomas Jefferson: Liberty/The Age of Experiments – The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 2 of 2) Explore Jefferson’s battles with the Federalist movement along with his controversial relationships.
3:00 Benjamin Franklin: Join or Die (1706-1774) (Part 1 of 2) After building a printing empire in Philadelphia with his wife Deborah, Benjamin
Washington by
The American Revolution
In this new six-part docuseries created by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire centuries of democratic movements within the United States and around the globe.
Sunday-Friday, November 16-21, 7:00 pm
Franklin gains worldwide fame from electricity experiments, then spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his family comes apart.
5:00 Benjamin Franklin: An American (1775-1790) (Part 2 of 2) In wartime Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution. Back home, he works on the Constitution of the new United States.
EVENING
7:00 The American Revolution: In Order to Be Free (Part 1 of 6) Opposition in colonial North America to British policies over taxes, land, and sovereignty escalates into violent confrontation. Fighting in Massachusetts ignites a war that gives common cause to thirteen otherwise disunited colonies.
9:00 The American Revolution: In Order to Be Free (Part 1 of 6) [R]
11:00 Austin City Limits: Kelsea Ballerini/Cam
Monday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Let the Games Begin! (Season 4, Part 6) See Sat. Nov. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries See Sat. Nov. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Father Brown: The Penitent Man See Sat. Nov. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Velvet: Twelfth Night See Sat. Nov. 15 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Lasalle and Peru, Illinois [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Pretty or Pretty Ugly? [R]
2:00 Jay’s Chicago: I Love My Job
2:30 The American Revolution: In Order to Be Free (Part 1 of 6) [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The American Revolution: An Asylum for Mankind (Part 2 of 6) As New Englanders work to force the British Army from Boston,
Congress puts George Washington in command of a new Continental Army. In July 1776, Congress declares American independence, insisting on the people’s right to resist tyranny.
9:05 The American Revolution: An Asylum for Mankind (Part 2 of 6)
11:15 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:45 B BC News
Tuesday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:15 Amanpour and Company
1:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Paris of the Parisians [R]
2:00 The American Revolution: In Order to Be Free (Part 1 of 6) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omni Mount Washington Resort (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Jay’s Chicago: In the Family
2:30 The American Revolution: An Asylum for Mankind (Part 2 of 6) [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The American Revolution: The Times That Try Men’s Souls (Part 3 of 6) British General Howe soundly defeats General Washington at Long Island and in Manhattan, forcing the Americans to abandon New York City. After fleeing across New Jersey, Washington’s army regroups before attacking an outpost at Trenton.
9:00 The American Revolution: The Times That Try Men’s Souls (Part 3 of 6) [R]
11:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:30 B BC News
Wednesday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 The American Revolution: An Asylum for Mankind (Part 2 of 6) [R]
3:15 Father Brown: The Penitent Man [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Jay’s Chicago: Eat Up
2:30 The American Revolution: The Times That Try Men’s Souls (Part 3 of 6) [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game (Part 4 of 6) After beating General Washington in battle, General Howe takes Philadelphia, forcing Congress to flee the city. But the Americans’ surprising victory over General Burgoyne at Saratoga encourages France to openly support the United States.
9:00 The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game (Part 4 of 6) [R] 11:00 C hicago Tonight [R] 11:30 B BC News
Thursday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 The American Revolution: The Times That Try Men’s Souls (Part 3 of 6) [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Pretty or Pretty Ugly? [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 Jay’s Chicago: Better World 2:30 The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game (Part 4 of 6) [R]
5:00 B BC News America 5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) After Valley Forge and Monmouth, the French-American alliance changes the war and moves it to other theaters. Navies battle off England and in the Caribbean, while armies advance in Indian Country and the South. The British take Charleston.
9:00 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) [R]
11:00 C hicago Tonight [R] 11:30 B BC News
6:30 Living West Michigan
7:00 Finding Your Roots
8:00 J oseph Rosendo's Travelscope
8:30 S amantha Brown's Places to Love
9:00 J ohn McGivern's Main Streets
9:30 Fork & Hammer
10:00 This Old House
10:30 A sk This Old House
11:00 M y Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
11:30 S ara's Weeknight Meals
12:00 Co ok’s Country
12:30 Co ok’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 J acques Pépin: Heart & Soul
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 K itchen Curious with Vivian Howard
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table
4:30 C heck, Please!
Friday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game (Part 4 of 6) [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omni Mount Washington Resort (Part 3 of 3) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Grounds for Sculpture (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Jay’s Chicago: Chicago Lore
2:30 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The American Revolution: The Most Sacred Thing (Part 6 of 6) British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states. Supported by the French, Washington wins the decisive
victory at Yorktown. With independence secured, Americans aspire for a more perfect union.
9:10 The American Revolution: The Most Sacred Thing (Part 6 of 6) [R]
11:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
11:30 B BC News
Saturday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic
12:30 Amanpour and Company
1:30 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) [R]
3:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Victoria, B.C., Canada [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
6:00 G reat Lakes Now
6:30 Living West Michigan: It’s All Fun and Games
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omni Mount Washington Resort (Part 3 of 3) [R]
8:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope: The
Best of Taiwan
8:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: New Hampshire’s Coast and More
9:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: West Allis, Wisconsin
9:30 Fork & Hammer: Pairings
10:00 This Old House: Bluestone, Mead, Wire Splices
10:30 Ask This Old House: Radiator, Saws, Garage Lights
11:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Mushrooms for Our Minds…Not What You Think!
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Classics Reborn
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Cast Iron Comforts [R]
12:30 Cook’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Take the Time
1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Sweet Endings with Shorey
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Korean Feast
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Best Italian Desserts
3:30 Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard: Beans & Rice
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: For Love and Family
4:30 C heck, Please! RPM Steak, Crisp, Pisolino
5:00 R ick Steves’ Europe: Istanbul – Capital of Emperors and Sultans
5:30 PBS News Weekend
EVENING
6:00 In side the Warren Commission This is a riveting account of the people who worked tirelessly to
discover the truth behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This documentary offers viewers insight into its content, the commission who authored it, and their investigation.
7:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: There’s No “I” in Great Slaughter (Season 4, Part 7) Sam, Felix, and Peggy’s teambuilding weekend turns deadly when rival chief Winthrop is found dead in a locked room.
8:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries Jean and Dom help Caron solve a murder in a remote country mansion. A mysterious key could hold the solution, but what does it open? Meanwhile, love rolls into town for Gloria.
9:00 M cDonald & Dodds Detective Chief Inspector Lauren McDonald and the shy Detective Sergeant Dodds forge a friendship along with an entertaining, effective partnership as they work to solve puzzling mysteries.
10:30 The American Revolution: The Most Sacred Thing (Part 6 of 6) [R]
Sunday 23
EARLY MORNING
1:30 Thomas Jefferson: Life/ Liberty – Our Sacred Honor (Part 1 of 2) See Sun. Nov. 16 at 12:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Thomas Jefferson: Liberty/ The Age of Experiments –The Pursuit of Happiness (Part 2 of 2) See Sun. Nov. 16 at 1:30 pm. [R]
4:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Istanbul – Capital of Emperors and Sultans
5:00 The American Revolution:
5:00 Hap py Yoga
5:30 Yoga in Practice
6:00 D ream of Europe
6:30 The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins
7:00 This Old House
7:30 A sk This Old House
8:00 S imply Ming
8:30 N ew Scandinavian Cooking
9:00 Ellie's Real Good Food
9:30 Flavor of Poland
10:00 Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana
10:30 Steven Raichlen's Planet Barbecue
Follow the daring escape of Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine), an 89-yearold World War II veteran, to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Driven by love and the memory of fallen comrades, this true story is a tribute to heroism, healing, and remembrance.
Sunday, November 23 8:00 pm
Live Drawing: The WTTW 2025 Be a Winner Sweepstakes
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Monday, November 24 4:50 pm
(Part 1 of 6) In Order to Be Free [R]
MORNING
6:58 The American Revolution: An Asylum for Mankind (Part 2 of 6) [R]
9:03 The American Revolution: The Times That Try Men’s Souls (Part 3 of 6) [R]
11:00 The American Revolution: Conquer by a Drawn Game (Part 4 of 6) [R]
AFTERNOON
1:30 The American Revolution: The Soul of All America (Part 5 of 6) [R]
4:00 The American Revolution: The Most Sacred Thing (Part 6 of 6) [R]
EVENING
7:00 My Grandparents’ War: Keira Knightley Follow actor Keira Knightley as she learns, through conversations with family members and historians, of the extraordinary triumphs and tragedies her grandparents faced during some of the biggest conflicts of World War II.
8:00 The Great Escaper on Masterpiece
10:00 Astrid: The Open Room (Season 3, Part 4 of 8) A former murderer is found dead in the psychiatric hospital room where he was interned. Far from an accident, Astrid and Raphaelle discover that it was an organized crime hit.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Jon Batiste
Monday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: There’s No “I” in Great Slaughter (Season 4, Part 7) See Sat. Nov. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries See Sat. Nov. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 M cDonald & Dodds See Sat. Nov. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 In side the Warren Commission See Sat. Nov. 22 at 6:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: West Allis, Wisconsin [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Mansion Masterpieces
2:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Thanksgiving [R]
2:30 N ew Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton: Thanksgiving
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Outsmarting Thanksgiving [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: A Trip to Tarheel Country
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: There’s No “I” in Great Slaughter (Season 4, Part 7) [R]
4:50 Live Drawing: WTTW’s Be a Winner Sweepstakes 2025
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Women’s Work Celebrate outstanding contributions from female athletes, artists, activists, and more who left an indelible mark on the world around us.
8:00 A M ore Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America
9:00 B ring Them Home
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:00 My Grandparents’ War: Keira Knightley See Sun. Nov. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Great Escaper on Masterpiece See Sun. Nov. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Astrid: The Open Room (Season 3, Part 4 of 8) See Sun. Nov. 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 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 1
2:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Everyone is Wrong About Pie!
2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Thanksgiving 101
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: New Thanksgiving Favorites [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: New Recipes for the Grill
4:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Things We Don’t Discuss Henry Louis Gates, Jr. works with Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn, two guests whose family trees were
obscured by scandals.
8:00 Lidia Celebrates America: A Nation of Neighbors
9:00 Frontline: 2000 Meters to Andriivka
11:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:30 B BC News
Wednesday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Women’s Work See Mon. Nov. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 A M ore Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America See Mon. Nov. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 B ring Them Home See Mon. Nov. 24 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 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 2
2:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Holiday Vegetables [R]
2:30 Pati’s Mexican Table: Turkey Day
A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America
This special in collaboration with the National Constitution Center features Ken Burns in conversation with thought leaders as they examine how we think about America’s founding.
Monday, November 24 8:00 pm
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Turkey Two Ways
3:30 Cook’s Country: Spaghetti House Classics
4:00 Lidia Celebrates America: A Nation of Neighbors See Tues. Nov. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: My Life as a Turkey Deep in the wilds of Florida, writer and naturalist Joe Hutto was given the rare opportunity to raise wild turkeys from chicks. Eventually, he had to let his children grow up and go off on their own, but this was harder than he ever imagined.
8:00 NOVA: Revolutionary War Weapons In 1775, a ragtag group of farmers and tradesmen went to war against the world’s most powerful army. What military technologies did the American colonies use in their fight for freedom, and what role did they play in one of history’s most unlikely victories?
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark Winter Follow forensic anthropologists as they excavate the early American colony and uncover dark secrets. What do the newly discovered bones of a 14-year-old English girl reveal about what really happened during the winter of 1609?
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 27
Thanksgiving Day
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Things We Don’t Discuss See Tues. Nov. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Lidia Celebrates America: A Nation of Neighbors [R]
2:00 Frontline: 2000 Meters to Andriivka See Tues. Nov. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 6
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Things We Don’t Discuss [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Korean Feast
3:30 Cook’s Country: TexMex Favorites
4:00 Nature: My Life as a Turkey See Wed. Nov. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 To be announced
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Peter Pan Goes Wrong The much-loved members of The Cornley Drama Society once again battle against technical hitches, flying mishaps, and cast disputes on their way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results. Actor David Suchet narrates.
8:06 A C hristmas Carol Goes Wrong Blacklisted by the BBC after ruining Peter Pan, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are not taking their ban lying down and force themselves back on the BBC by hijacking the jewel of the Christmas schedule, a “live” stage production of A Christmas Carol. Sir Derek Jacobi tries to keep up!
9:00 C urious Traveler: Curious Austrian Christmas Markets Why is a European Christmas Market also called Weihnachtsmarkt or a Christkindlmarkt? And why do you find Christmas Markets mostly in Germanspeaking countries?
9:30 European Christmas Markets Discover Europe’s Christmas Markets, where the town center, market square, or just the narrow, cobblestone streets of the cities and towns of Europe come alive in winter. The Kingston Trio provides special folk arrangements of traditional Christmas carols.
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: My Life as a Turkey [R]
1:00 NOVA: Revolutionary War Weapons See Wed. Nov. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark Winter See Wed. Nov. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 A C hristmas Carol Goes Wrong See Thurs. Nov. 27 at 8:06 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: The Best of 20
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark Winter [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Big Easy Favorites
3:30 Cook’s Country: Pacific Northwest Supper
4:00 My Grandparents’ War: Keira Knightley [R]
5:00 B BC 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: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl Michael Bublé, Cynthia Erivo, saxophonist Dave Koz, and Mancini’s daughter Monica Mancini gather to perform Mancini’s signature songs.
10:00 Air Supply: 50th Anniversary Concert Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock – known to millions of fans worldwide as Air Supply – celebrate five decades of hit songs.
11:30 B BC News
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Deconstructing the Beatles Acclaimed “Beatle-ologist” Scott Freiman guides you on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums and their fascinating stories.
2:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks Celebrate one of the filmmaker’s most beloved series and the grandeur of our nation’s parks from Acadia to Yosemite.
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration See Fri. Nov. 14 at 12:00 am. [R]
MORNING
8:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks [R]
9:30 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pépin Join these longtime friends and chefs for mouthwatering recipes and personal family stories.
3:35 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas From the traditional turkey to her classic Christmas pudding, it’s the perfect recipe for a deliciously festive holiday.
5:05 PBS NewsHour Weekend
5:30 R ick Steves’ European Christmas From manger scenes and mistletoe to wintry wonderlands, Rick celebrates the Christmas Season throughout the European continent.
EVENING
7:00 Father Brown: The Star of Jacob Father Brown investigates when the son
of a Duke is abducted from Lady Felicia’s Yuletide ball.
8:00 The Madame Blanc Mysteries Jean is visited by honeymooning friends from England, but all is not going well for the newlyweds.
9:00 M cDonald & Dodds Adjusting to life in Bath, McDonald and Dodds are called to a private rehabilitation clinic to investigate the mysterious death of a wealthy patient.
10:30 Deconstructing the Beatles See 1:00 am. [R]
Sunday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 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.
1:30 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
4:30 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy
5:30 5 -Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
MORNING
6:30 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Performers include Johnny Maestro, The Duprees, Jay Back and many more artists from the ’50s and ’60s.
8:30 Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop This program is hosted by Pat Boone and Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire Sisters.
11:00 Andre Rieu: Power of Love
AFTERNOON
1:00 G reat Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert featuring global superstars Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Brian May, Jon Batiste, and more.
3:00 G reat Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl See Fri. Nov. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend
5:30 Sanditon Revisited Go behind the scenes with the cast and creators of the acclaimed series
EVENING
8:30 R ick Steves’ European Christmas See Sat. Nov. 29 at 5:30 pm. [R]
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.
Arts • Performance
’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
Friday, 12:00 am (11/14)
Saturday, 5:00 am (11/29)
Sunday, 1:30 am (11/30)
Air Supply: 50th Anniversary Special
Friday, 10:00 pm (11/28)
All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop
Sunday, 6:30 am (11/30)
American Heart in WWI:
A Carnegie Hall Tribute
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (11/11)
Thursday, 12:00 am (11/13)
Andre Rieu: The Power of Love
Sunday, 11:00 am (11/30)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm
Friday, 3:00 am (11/14)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: No Nukes
Sunday, 10:00 pm (11/30)
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Thursday, 8:00 pm (11/27)
Friday, 3:00 am (11/28)
Deconstructing the Beatles
Saturday, 1:00 am, 10:30 pm (11/29)
Great Performances
Sunday, 12:00 pm (11/9)
Friday, 9:00 pm (11/14)
Friday, 8:00: pm (11/28)
Sunday, 2:00 am, 3:00 am (11/16)
Sunday, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm (11/30)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 2:00 am (11/2)
Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop 8:30 am (11/30)
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Thursday, 7:00 pm (11/27)
Salute to Service 2025:
A Veterans Day Celebration
Monday, 8:00 pm (11/10)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (11/12)
Drama • Mystery
Astrid
Sundays, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays, 3:00 am
Brokenwood Mysteries
Saturday, 11:30 pm (11/1)
Father Brown
Monday, 2:00 am (11/3, 11/10, 11/17)
Monday, 4:00 pm (11/3, 11/10)
Saturday. 7:00 pm (11/29)
Saturday, 9:00 pm (11/1, 11/8, 11/15)
Wednesday, 3:15 pm (11/19)
Gold on Masterpiece
Sundays, 9:00 pm
Sunda, 12:30 am (11/16)
Tuesdays, 2:30 am (11/4, 11/11)
Great Escaper on Masterpiece
Sunday, 8:00 pm (11/23)
Tuesday, 1:00 am (11/25)
Madame Blanc Mysteries
Saturdays, 8:00 pm
Mondays, 1:00 am
Tuesday, 4:00 pm (11/25)
Wednesday, 4:00 pm (11/5, 11/12)
Maigret on Masterpiece
Sundays, 8:00 pm (11/2, 11/9)
Tuesdays, 1:30 am (11/4, 11/11)
Fridays, 4:00 pm (11/7, 11/14)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (11/15)
McDonald & Dodds
Saturday, 9:00 pm (11/22, 11/29)
Monday, 2:00 am (11/24)
Miss Austen on Masterpiece
Sundays, 7:00 pm (11/2, 11/9)
Tuesdays, 12:30 am (11/4, 11/11)
My Life is Murder
Thursday, 4:00 pm (11/13)
Sanditon Revisited
Sunday, 5:30 pm (11/30)
Velvet
Saturdays, 10:00 pm (11/1, 11/8, 11/15)
Mondays, 3:00 am (11/3, 11/10, 11/17)
Food • Travel • How to
5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
Sunday, 5:30 am (11/30)
America’s Test Kitchen
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Monday, 7:00 pm (11/3, 11/10, 11/24)
Wednesdays, 1:00 am (11/5, 11/26)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (11/5)
Mondays, 8:00 pm (11/3)
Saturday, 7:00am (11/15)
Saturday, 7:00 am, (11/22)
Sunday, 1:00 am (11/2)
Wednesday, 12:30 am (11/12)
Thursday, 3:00 am (11/20)
Friday, 3:00 am (11/21)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Sundays, 7:30 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
Thursday, 3:30 am (11/13)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street
Television
Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Monday, 2:00 pm (11/24)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (11/25)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (11/26)
Cooking with Legends
Saturday, 9:30 am (11/29)
Cook’s Country
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
Saturdays, 11:30 am (11/29)
Curious Traveler
Thursday, 9:00 pm (11/27)
Dream of Europe
Sunday, 6:00 am (11/9, 11/16)
Easy Yoga
Sunday, 4:30 am (11/30)
Ellie’s Real Good Food
Sundays, 9:00 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
European Christmas Markets
Thursday, 9:30 pm (11/27)
Flavor of Poland with Aleksandra August
Sundays, 9:30 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
Fork and Hammer
Saturdays, 9:30 am
Wednesday, 12:30 am (11/5)
Wednesday 12:00 am (11/12)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr
Sundays, 5:00 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
How Are We Today?
Sundays, 6:00 am (11/2)
Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
Saturdays, 1:30 pm
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:00 am
Mondays, 4:30 am
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Saturdays 8:00 am
Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins
Sundays, 6:30 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
Sundays, 10:00 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
Kitchen Curious with Vivian Howard
Saturdays, 3:30 pm
Lidia Celebrates America
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (11/25)
Wednesday, 4:00 pm (11/26)
Thursday, 1:00 am (11/27)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm
Saturday 12:30 pm (11/29)
Living West Michigan
Saturdays, 6:30 am
Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas
Saturday, 3:30 pm (11/29)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
Saturdays, 11:00 am
New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton
Monday, 2:30 pm (11/24)
New Scandinavian Cooking
Sundays, 8:30 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
Pati's Mexican Table
Saturdays, 4:00 pm
Wednesday, 2:30 pm (11/26)
Rick Steves Europe
Saturdays, 5:00 pm
Saturday, 12:30 am (11/15)
Tuesdays, 3:30 pm (11/4, 11/11)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (11/18)
Sunday, 4:30 am (11/23)
Rick Steves European Christmas
Sunday, 5:30 pm (11/29)
Sunday. 8:30 pm (11/30)
Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
Sunday, 12:00 am (11/30)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Saturdays, 8:30 am (11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22)
Saturday, 3:30 am (11/8, 11/22)
Sunday, 1:30 am (11/16)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Saturdays, 11:30 am (11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22)
Tuesday, 2:30 pm (11/25)
Simply Ming
Sundays, 8:00 am
Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue Sundays, 10:30 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am (11/1, 11/8, 11/15)
Sundays, 7:00 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16) Thursday, 3:30 am (11/6) Thursday, 3:00 am (11/13) Yoga in Practice Sundays, 5:30 am (11/2, 11/9, 11/16)
A Celebration of Hanukkah Thursday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (11/13)
A More Perfect Union Wednesday, 2:00 am (11/26)
American Buffalo Saturday, 12:30 am (11/8) Sunday, 1:00 pm (11/2) 3:00 pm (11/2) 12:30 am (11/9)
American Revolution Sunday, 7:00 pm (11/16) 9:00 pm (11/16) Monday, 2:30 pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm (11/17) Tuesday, 2:00 am, 2:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm (11/18)
Wednesday, 1:00am, 2:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:00 pm (11/19)
Thursday, 1:00am, 2:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm (11/20) Friday, 1:00am, 2:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm (11/21)
Saturday, 1:30am, 10:30pm (11/22)
Sunday, 5:00 am, 6:58 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, 4:00 pm (11/23)
Benjamin Franklin
Sunday 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm (11/16) Bring Them Home
Monday, 9:00 pm (11/24)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (11/26)
Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Monday, 2:00 pm (11/3)
Chicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders
Friday, 8:00 pm (11/7)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (11/8)
Chicago Stories: Legendary Blizzards Saturday, 6:00 pm (11/1)
Chicago Stories: Rod Blagojevich Friday, 8:00 pm (11/14)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (11/15)
Chicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park Friday, 9:00 pm (11/7)
Monday, 2:00 pm (11/10) Corpsman! Pearl Harbor Sunday, 11:00 am (11/9) Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (11/4, 11/25) Thursdays, 12:00 am (11/6, 11/27)
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (11/4)
Thursday, 1:00 am, 4:00 pm (11/6)
Saturdays, 7:00am (11/1, 11/8) Thursdays, 2:00 pm (11/6, 11/27) Fortunate Sons Thursday, 8:00 pm (11/9) Frontline
Tuesdays, 9:00 pm (11/4, 11/11, 11/25) Thursdays, 2:00 am (11/6, 11/13, 11/27)
Healing a Soldier’s Heart Sunday, 2:00 pm (11/9)
In The Wake of Justice Delayed Thursday, 9:00 pm (11/6)
Saturday, 2:30 am (11/8) Independent Lens
Monday, 9:00 pm (11/3)
Sunday, 2:30 pm (11/9)
Inside the Warren Commission
Saturday, 6:00 pm (11/22)
Monday, 3:30 am (11/24)
Jay’s Chicago
Monday-Friday 2:00 pm (11/17-11/21)
Kate: A Queen for the Future
Sunday, 6:00 pm (11/2)
Wednesday, 3:00 am (11/5)
Ken Burns: The National Parks Saturday, 2:30 am, 8:00 pm (11/29)
K’etniyi: The Land is Speaking to Us Sunday, 12:00 pm (11/2) Last 600 Meters
Monday, 9:00 pm (11/10)
Wednesday, 2:30 am (11/12)
Love is Not Enough
Friday, 10:00 pm (11/7)
Sunday, 4:00 am (11/9)
More Perfect Union
Monday, 8:00 pm (11/24)
My Grandparents’ War
Sunday, 7:00 pm (11/23)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (11/25)
Friday, 4:00 pm (11/28)
Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor
Thursday, 2:00 pm (11/13)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (11/5, 11/12, 11/26) Fridays, 2:00 am (11/7, 11/28) Fridays, 2:00 pm (11/7, 11/14, 11/28)
Saturday, 3:00 am (11/15)
Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On Sunday, 6:00 pm (11/9)
Statue of Liberty Sunday, 10:58am (11/16)
Thomas Jefferson
Sunday, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm (11/16)
Sunday, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm (11/23)
True Cost of Defense
Sunday, 3:00 pm (11/9)
Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance
Sunday, 1:00 pm (11/9)
U.S. and the Holocaust
Sunday, 4:00 pm (11/9)
Amanpour and Company
Mondays, 11:30 pm (11/3, 11/10) 11:00 pm (11/24) Tuesday, 11:30 pm (11/4) 11:00 pm (11/11) 12:15 am (11/24) Wednesday, 11:00 pm (11/5, 11/12, 11/26) 12:00 am (11/19, 11/26)
Thursday, 11:00 pm (11/6, 11/13, 11/27) 12:00 am (11/20)
Friday, 11:30 pm (11/7, 11/14) 12:00 am (11/21) Saturday, 12:30 am (11/22) 12:00 am (11/29)
BBC News
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 am, 10:30 pm, 11:00 pm Monday, 11:30 pm (11/17)
Tuesday, 11:30 pm (11/18, 11/25)
Wednesday, 11:30 pm (11/19)
Thursday, 11:30 pm (11/20) Friday, 11:30 pm (11/28)
BBC News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Monday, 10:30 pm (11/3, 11/10)
Tuesday, 10:30 pm (11/4, 11/25)
Monday, 11:00 pm (11/17)
Tuesday, 11:00 pm (11/18)
Wednesday, 11:00 pm (11/19)
Thursday, 11:00 pm (11/20)
Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 5:30 am
Friday, 11:30 pm (11/21)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:30 am
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 4:00 am
PBS News Weekend
Saturdays, 5:30 pm (11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22)
Sundays, 5:30 pm (11/2, 11/9)
Saturday, 5:00 pm (11/29)
Sunday, 5:00 pm (11/30)
Washington Week with the Atlantic Fridays, 7:30 pm (11/7, 11/14, 11/28)
Saturdays, 5:00 am (11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22)
Saturday, 12:00 am (11/22)
WTTW 2025 Be a Winner Sweepstakes
Monday. 4:50 pm (11/24)
Science • Nature
Great Lakes Now
Saturdays, 6:00 am Nature
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (11/5, 11/12, 11/26)
Tuesdays, 2:00 pm (11/4, 11/11)
Thursday, 4:00 pm (11/27)
Fridays, 12:00 am (11/7, 11/28)
Saturday, 1:00 am (11/15)
NOVA
Wednesdays, 2:00 pm (11/5, 11/12)
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (11/5, 11/12, 11/26)
Fridays, 1:00 am (11/7, 11/28)
Saturday, 2:00 am (11/15)
Music of The American Revolution
Preview the music of the new documentary film featuring a conversation with co-directors Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein. November 14-16, Check Listings
Mornings at 6:00 am
With news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
Midday with Lisa Flynn at 10:00 am
With Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm ( Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on Wednesdays at 12:15 p m).
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.
Saturday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 12:00pm.
12:00 From the Bayreuth Festival: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Georg Zeepenfeld (Sachs); Jongmin Park (Veit Pogner); Martin Koch (Kunz Vogelgesang); Werner Van Mechelen (Konrad Nachtigall); Michael Nagy (Beckmesser); Jordan Shanahan (Fritz Kothner); Daniel Jenz (Balthasar Zorn); Matthew Newlin (Ulrich Eisslinger); Gideon Poppe
Hear performances from guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, pianist Victor Santiago Asunción & cellist Gabriel Martins, The Juliani Ensemble, and Black Tulip. Mondays, 8:00 pm
(Augustin Moser); Alexander Grassauer (Hermann Ortel); Tijl Faveyts (Hans Shwatz); Patrick Zielke (Hans Foltz); Michael Spyres (Walther); Matthias Stier (David); Christina Nilsson (Eva); Christa Mayer (Magdalena); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Daniele Gatti, conductor. Sung in German.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Johann Strauss II Myrtle Blossoms Waltz, Op. 395 – Vienna Phil/ Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [9:10]
6:00 Henriëtte Bosmans Cello Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro moderato – Raphael Wallfisch, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ed Spanjaard. CPO 555694-2. [15:06]
7:00 Robert Kajanus Finnish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 8 – Oulu Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20401. [9:36]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale: Hear C. Daniel Boling and Ben Bedford in a live double bill. The two masterful songwriters come at folk from different yet synchronous angles.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Mysterious tales may still haunt us the night after Halloween. We also note the first night of Native American Heritage Month.
Sunday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice All Saints and All Souls. Host Peter DeBois shares sublime music celebrating the great
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.
The season concludes with three performances from the Bayreuth Festival plus Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Richard Strauss’s Arabella from Vienna State Opera. Saturdays, 12:00 pm
“cloud of witnesses” of those who have passed before us.
7:00 Weekend Mornings including Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25 – James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi. Analekta FL2-3151. [14:54]
8:00 Joh n Knowles Paine In the Country, Op. 26 – Denver Oldham, p. New World 80424-2 (2). [17:21]
9:00 Dom enico Cimarosa Serenade – James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g. RCA 5679-2-RC. [11:39]
10:00 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Serenade for Strings in E-Flat – I Virtuosi Italiani. Arcadia ARC-2002-2. [24:00]
11:00 Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Otoño Porteño (Autumn) – Paul Ben Soussan, vc; Pays de la Loire National Orch/Karen Gomyo, v. BIS 2385. [8:06]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Dvorák Humoresque in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7 – Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p. RCA 61750-2 (2). [3:33]
1:00 Alessandro Stradella Trumpet Sonata (Concerto) in D – Crispian Steele-Perkins, tr; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-53365. [8:25]
2:00 Bizet Symphony in C –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423624-2. [32:17]
3:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Bridge 9207. [10:25]
4:00 Carlos Simon The Block –National Sym Orch/ Gianandrea Noseda. National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0015-D. [6:27]
5:00 R yan Opera Center Recital Series Soprano Adia Evans, bass-baritone Christopher Humbert, Jr. , and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias from Verdi’s Oberto and Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos; and songs by Fauré, Menotti, Robert Owens, Lori Laitman, Stephen Schwartz and Ricky Ian Gordon.
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Emil von Reznicek Donna Diana Overture; Tchaikovsky
Suites from The Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake; Strauss II Emperor Waltz, Op. 437; Ravel String Quartet in F Major; Stephanie Jeong, So Young Bae, violins; Lawrence Neuman, viola; Kenneth Olsen, cello.
Dora Pejačević
Henry Fogel presents a program on Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), a pioneering Croatian composer and one of the first women of her background to write symphonic music. Born into nobility during a time when the aristocracy was in obsolescence, she received an extensive musical education in Zagreb, Dresden, and Munich, and became acquainted with leading artists and intellectuals of her time, including Rainer Maria Rilke. Deeply rooted in late Romanticism, Pejačević composed more than 50 works across various genres, including orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal music. Her Symphony in F-sharp minor is one of the earliest symphonies written by a Croatian composer. Tragically, Pejačević died at age 38 following the birth of her son, cutting short a promising career and robbing Croatian music of a trailblazing creative voice.
Saturday, November 2 9:00 pm
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari:
Dia de los Muertos The Day of the Dead has inspired music in Latin American culture throughout history. Often confused with Halloween in America, the Day of the Dead is about honoring and paying tribute to one’s ancestors. Elbio explores music that celebrates the many facets of this holiday.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Croatian Composer Dora Pejacevic (1885–1923)
Selections include the Cello Sonata in E, the Piano Concerto in G, Intermezzi, Op. 38, and her Symphony in F-Sharp.
11:00 Through the Night with
Undoubtedly the most virtuoso guitarist of his generation, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas has been acclaimed by the international press as the successor to Andrés Segovia and an ambassador of Spanish culture in the world. He is the first solo guitarist to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York since Maestro Andrés Segovia did so in 1983, the first guitarist to play with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 2001, and the first guitarist to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic at the New Year’s Eve Gala since 1983. Sainz-Villegas returns to the CSO November 6-8 to perform Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez under Riccardo Muti. In advance of his CSO engagement, WFMT is thrilled to welcome him back to the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio for an exclusive solo recital.
Monday, November 3
8:00 pm
Peter Van De Graaff
Monday 3
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Didn’t Know About You Bill shares some remarkable music he has unearthed, including hidden gems, unexpected delights, and treasures shared by our listeners. Listen to Autumn on a Calm Lake, played by Lang Lang, and enjoy Cecilia Bartoli singing Chants Populaires by Ravel. Also, don’t miss Peter Lieberson’s songs inspired by Pablo Neruda’s love sonnets, beautifully performed by mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
8:00 Live from WFMT An exclusive performance by guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas. See In the Spotlight on this page.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Kaija Saariaho HUSH (US premiere, LA Phil commission); Verneri Pohjola, trumpet; Schubert Symphony No. 8, Unfinished; Strauss Death and Transfiguration; Susanna Mälkki, conductor.
Tuesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Didn’t Know About You See Monday’s listing..
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello; Scott Pingel, double bass; Michael Stephen Brown, harmonium; Lucille Chung, piano; Ian Rosenbaum, percussion; Ysaÿe Sonata
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in D minor, Op. 27, No. 3, Ballade; James Thompson, violin; Grieg Quartet in G minor, Op. 27; Erik Schumann, Ken Schumann, violins; Liisa Randalu, viola; Mark Schumann, cello.
11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Frederick Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 2 –Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras. Argo 433704-2. [7:58]
11:00 Jean Françaix Le gay Paris – Prague Wind Quintet. Praga PRD-250126. [9:04]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Bassoonist Galina Kiep and pianist Myunghee Chung perform music by Libby Larsen, Paul Jeanjean, Liliya Ugay, and Camille Saint-Saëns live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Dvorák Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 66656. [23:07]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including
Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, The Four Temperaments – San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt. Decca 430280-2. [32:15]
3:00 Debussy La Mer – Lucerne Festival Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0003397-02 (2). [23:30]
4:00 Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor – Rudolf Serkin, p; Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. Sony SM3K-47269 (3). [17:18]
5:00 M ichael Haydn Horn Concertino in D – Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian. Berlin Classics 0300647-BC. [16:13]
6:00 Gershwin Cuban Overture –Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata. RCA RCD1-4551. [9:45]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Didn’t Know About You See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Leipzig 1722-1723 In 1722 the search was on for the Thomaskirche’s next Director of Music. Erik Bosgraaf leads soprano Eszter Zemlényi, tenor Zoltán Megyesi, and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Budapest in a program of works by
Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique is renowned for the vivid artistry and magnetic presence she brings to every performance. Whether unleashing dazzling cascades of baroque coloratura, or giving voice to new roles with fearless immediacy, she commands the stage with a combination of virtuosity and emotional truth that has secured her position as one of the most exceptional sopranos of her generation. De Bique makes her subscription concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in Mozart’s Requiem (November 20–23) and gives a solo recital with pianist Aaron Wajnberg for Northeastern Illinois University’s Jewel Box Series on November 1 – a performance which will followed by a free public masterclass. She joins WFMT to share selections from her acclaimed debut solo album, Mirrors Saturday, November 8 4:00 pm
Graupner, Telemann, Fasch, and Johann Sebastian Bach, the four aspirants for the post of Thomaskantor. Recorded live in concert December 20, 2022 in Budapest.
Thursday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Beethoven Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 68976-2. [6:36]
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 G iuseppe Tartini Cello Concerto in A – Elinor
Frey, vc; Rosa Barocca/ Claude Lapalme. Analekta AN2-9163. [12:51]
1:00 Ravel La valse – Rotterdam Phil Orch/Yannick NézetSéguin. EMI 66342-2. [12:23]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beach Romance, Op. 23 – Augustin Hadelich, v; Orion Weiss, p. Warner 5021732287908. [6:22]
3:00 Bizet Carmen: Suite No. 2 – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47531. [23:06]
4:00 Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks – Orch of St. Luke’s/ Robert Craft. Musicmasters 67113-2. [13:08]
5:00 G iovanni Punto Horn Concerto No. 10 in F: III. Rondo (Allegretto) – Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDFB569395-2 (2). [5:34]
6:00 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Zuill Bailey, vc; San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West. Telarc CD-80724. [18:48]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Didn’t Know About You See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Milhaud Suite française, Op. 248; Darius Milhaud, conductor; Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1945); Igor Stravinsky, conductor; Rodgers The Carousel Waltz; Richard Rodgers, conductor; Hindemith When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d: Requiem for Those We Love; Louise Parker, alto; George London, bass; Schola Cantorum; Paul Hindemith, conductor.
Friday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Erato 45471-2. [13:36]
11:00 I saac Albéniz Cantos de España, Op. 232: No. 3, Bajo la Palmera – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61452-2. [5:35]
12:00 Augusta Holmès Trois petites pièces – Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p. Alpha 573. [6:47]
1:00 Rossini L’Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431653-2. [7:45]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2 – Daniel Ottensamer, cl; Berlin German Sym Orch/ Stephan Koncz. Pentatone PTC-5187425. [19:08]
3:00 Jean Françaix String Trio –Black Oak Ensemble. Cedille CDR-90000212. [12:40]
4:00 Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 – Bella Davidovich, p. Philips 412742-2. [22:01]
5:00 Amanda Lee Falkenberg The Moons Symphony: II. Europa: Is there an Ocean? –London Voices, London Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Signum SIGCD-730. [5:49]
6:00 Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelík. DG 463158-2 (6). [9:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: I Didn’t Know About You See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Larry Adler, Harmonica (3/29/1976) One of the more charismatic virtuosi of the mid-twentieth century, Larry Adler (1914–2001) was known for the revolutionary way he celebrated the harmonica as a serious instrument, performing a cross-pollinated blend of classical and popular music and film scores. Darius Milhaud, Malcolm Arnold, and Vaughan Williams are among the composers who wrote for his unique musical voice.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am. Arnold Bax In the Faery Hills – Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-6525. [15:15]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Holst Wind Quintet in A-Flat, Op. 14 – Elysian Wind Quintet. Chandos CHAN-9077. [14:37]
11:00 Introductions Kashyap Prasad, 18, piano. Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3, 1st & 2nd mvts; Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10; Price: Sonata in E minor, 2nd mvt; Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp, Op. 30.
12:00 From the Bayreuth Festival: Wagner’s Parsifal Andreas Schager (Parsifal); Michael Volle (Armfortas); Tobias Kehrer (Titurel); Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz); Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor); Ekaterina Gubanova (Kundry);
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique in advance of her Jewel Box recital at Northeastern Illinois University and performances in Mozart’s Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra later this month.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: I Feel Pretty; Maria; America – Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907649. [5:23]
6:00 C larice Assad Metamorfose: II. Dança das Borboletas –Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p. Cedille CDR-90000184. [6:52]
7:00 Ivor Gurney War Elegy – BBC Sym Orch/David Lloyd-Jones. Dutton CDLX-7172. [11:07]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: With an elegant style and rich voice, Diana Jones brings the human condition into focus through the lens of her own complex heritage. She played Folkstage in 2018.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Honoring those who serve our nation with pride as Veterans Day approaches. Also, songs about the toll taken by wartime.
Sunday 9
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Remembrance. Following closely on the heels of All Saints’ Day, national observances of Veterans’ Day in the US and Remembrance Day in the UK celebrate the lives of those who have served in the defense of our two countries. Host Peter DeBois shares sacred choral and organ music of remembrance.
7:00 Weekend Mornings including Luke Howard Dappled Light – Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble. Decca 4851062. [4:12]
8:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in C minor, Op. 73 – Elena Urioste, v; Tom Poster, p. Chandos CHAN-20248. [12:32]
9:00 Handel Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne: Aria, Eternal Source of Light Divine – Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; Orch of St. Luke’s/John Nelson. Sony SK-46672. [2:55]
10:00 Price Three Spirituals –Ifetayo Ali-Landing, vc; Joshua
Mhoon, p. WFMT . [10:11]
11:00 O mar Thomas Of Our New Day Begun – Western Kentucky U Wind Ensemble/ Gary Schallert. Mark Records 52287-MCD. [10:44]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Copland Danzón cubano – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47544. [6:46]
1:00 Alexander Scriabin Poème-Nocturne, Op. 61 –Andrew Rangell, p. Dorian DOR-93194. [6:28]
2:00 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat for the Left Hand, Op. 53 – Boris Berman, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8791. [23:17]
3:00 Beach Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 – Neave Trio. Chandos CHAN-20139. [14:48]
4:00 Carl Nielsen Little Suite, Op. 1 – St Martin’s Academy/ Neville Marriner. Argo 417132-2. [13:48]
5:00 Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 – Christa Ludwig, ms; Philharmonia Cho, Orch/Otto Klemperer. EMI CDM7-69650-2. [12:26]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77; Silvestrov Serenade; Vadim Gluzman, violin; Ravel Menuet antique; La valse Debussy La Mer; David Afkham, conductor; Webern Im Sommerwind; Bernard Haitink, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Concerti from Argentina and Brazil Two of the largest countries in South America, Argentina and Brazil boast powerful musical traditions. Elbio presents an oboe concerto by contemporary Argentine composer Eduardo Alonso-Crespo and a piano concerto by one of the greatest composers of Brazil: Mozart Camargo Guarnieri.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Marguerite Long, pianist The French pianist, pedagogue, lecturer, and an ambassador of French music plays works by Ravel, Debussy, and Chopin.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
Monday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso – Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano. Erato 14331-2. [8:00]
11:00 Bartók Romanian Folk
Dances – Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Atma ACD2-2576. [7:07]
12:00 Johann Neruda Horn Concerto in E-flat – Steven Gross, hn; Capella Istropolitana/Dale Clevenger. Summit DCD-511. [17:19]
1:00 Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 –Gautier Capuçon, vc; Paris Chamber Orch/ Adrien Perruchon. Erato B08CJTWP7P. [6:21]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Maddalena Sirmen Violin Duet in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 1 – Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v’s. Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5). [10:05]
3:00 Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne: Suite – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47532. [21:04]
4:00 Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 –Sol Gabetta, vc; Munich Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen. RCA 82876759512. [19:59] – Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-53635. [12:50]
5:00 Alberto Hemsi Quintet, Op. 28: II. Burlesca – ARC Ensemble. Chandos CHAN-20243. [5:38]
6:00 Robert Schumann Fantasy in C, Op. 131 – Jennifer Koh, v; Reiko Uchida, p. Cedille CDR-90000073. [15:33]
6:30 Dom enico Zipoli Dixit Dominus – Cathedral Singers, Sym of the Shores Chamber Players/Piotr Nawrot. Techny TECH-CD-101. [6:10]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Martha Graham and Her Music Martha Graham’s choreography was born out of a close relationship to fresh-off-the-page music: she commissioned ballets from American composers Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, and Louis Horst — whose music would be all but forgotten if it were not for archival films of her early dances. Graham changed the way we think about dance, as much as Igor Stravinsky did with music and Pablo Picasso with his paintings and sculpture.
8:00 Live from WFMT Pianist Victor Santiago Asunción recently established the American Recital Debut Award as a means to champion the careers of exceptional emerging classical musicians. In advance of his December performance at Carnegie Hall with cellist Gabriel Martins, an ARD Award honoree, the duo performs repertoire by Fauré, Ginastera, Mozart, and Brahms live in the Levin
Performance Studio.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mahler Selections from Lieder und Gesänge and Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzosoprano; Simon Keenlyside, baritone; Blumine; Symphony No. 10, Adagio; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.
Tuesday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Charles Tomlinson Griffes Poem – Carol Wincenc, f; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559164. [9:58]
11:00 Vernon Duke Autumn in New York – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Reiko Uchida, p. eOne EOM-CD-7780. [5:49]
12:00 Johann Friedrich Fasch Violin Concerto in G – Emlyn Ngai, v; Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0829. [13:19]
1:00 Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 414488-2. [10:35]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Britten Soirées musicales, Op. 9 (after Rossini) –Helsingborg Sym Orch/ Okko Kamu. Ondine ODE-825-2. [11:03]
3:00 Beethoven Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11 – David Shifrin, cl; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p. ArtistLed 11101-2. [21:12]
4:00 Falla Four Spanish Pieces: Montañesa; Andaluza – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000075. [9:17]
5:00 Abraham Goldfaden Rozhinkes mit mandlen –Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil Orch/Dov Seltzer. EMI CDC7-47904-2. [5:36] –Anne-Marie McDermott, p. Bridge 9497. [11:44]
6:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 – Apollo’s Fire/ Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [19:17]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Martha Graham and Her Music See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Debussy En blanc et noir; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Alessio Bax, pianos; Stravinsky The Rite of Spring; Juho Pohjonen, Gloria Chien, piano four hands.
11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [21:34]
11:00 Ferde Grofé Mississippi Suite: Father of Waters; Huckleberry Finn – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [5:56]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky and pianist Liang-Yu Wang perform music by Dinuk Wijeratne and Dmitri Shostakovich live
Cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky has been named one of the 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honors for graduating high school seniors. He is one of only 161 students nationwide to receive this prestigious honor recognizing academic success, artistic excellence, leadership, and service. Currently a freshman at the Bienen School of Music, the 18-year-old from Wilmette has been regularly featured on WFMT including several performances on Introductions and as part of the station’s 70th anniversary celebration. For his debut on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series, Nedvetsky is joined by pianist Liang-Yu Wang to perform Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata in D minor and Portrait of the Imaginary Sibling, a contemporary work by Sri Lankan-born Canadian composer Dinuk Wijeratne.
Wednesday, November 12 12:15 pm
from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Decca B0014091-02. [9:05]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 4 – I Musici. Philips 434110-2 (2). [10:11]
3:00 Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13 – Mayumi Fujikawa, v; Jorge Federico Osorio, p. ASV CDQS-6170. [23:27]
4:00 Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Los Angeles Phil/André Previn. Philips 416382-2. [10:54]
5:00 M uzio Clementi Piano Four-Hands Sonata, Op. 3, No. 2 – Genevieve Chinn & Allen Brings, p. Centaur CRC-2046. [14:40]
6:00 Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 3, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-48067. [13:26]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Martha Graham and Her Music See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Bach with the Swedish Radio Choir Fredrik Malmberg leads the Swedish Radio Choir and Capella Suecia in JS Bach’s Mass in G Major, BWV 236. The beloved cantata “Sleepers Awake” opens the concert, recorded on November 25, 2023, in Stockholm’s Oscar’s Church.
Thursday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Franz von Suppé Boccaccio: Overture – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [7:36]
11:00 John Griffin Violin Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat, Alpine: I. The Lauterbrunnen Valley – Blue Violet Duo. Retroclassical 195269271794. [8:35]
12:00 Telemann Three-Oboe Concerto in B-Flat – Soloists; Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 419633-2. [8:56]
1:00 Robert Schumann String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2 – Ying Quartet. Sono Luminus DSL-92184. [21:32]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata – Timothy Ridout,
vi; James Baillieu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM905376.77. [22:03]
3:00 Mozart String Quintet in C minor, K. 406 – Griller Quartet; William Primrose, vi. Vanguard OVC-8025. [19:55]
4:00 D uke Ellington New World a-Comin’ – Jeffrey Biegel, p; Brown U Orch/Paul Phillips. Naxos 8.573490. [13:34]
5:00 Wu Tong Rain Falling from the Roof – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p. Sony 19439822372. [5:27]
6:00 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Vienna Phil/André Previn. Philips 420161-2. [12:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Martha Graham and Her Music See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor; Larissa Lakner Three-Minute Cello Concerto; Sheku KannehMason, cello; JS Bach arr. Webern Fuga (Ricercata) from Musical Offering; Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor; Simone Young, conductor.
Friday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Verdi Il Trovatore : Ballet Music: La bohe´mienne – BBC Phil/Sir Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN-9594. [7:48]
11:00 Antonio Estévez Mediodía en el Llano – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [8:01]
12:00 Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C, Op. 3 – Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Várjon, p. Hyperion CDA-68227. [8:57]
1:00 M usic of The American Revolution See In the Spotlight, page 26
1:15 James Horner Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows –Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ David Arnold. Mercury 4812810. [6:21]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti. Philips 422399-2. [18:37]
3:00 I saac Albéniz Iberia, Book 1 – Lang Lang, p. Sony 71901 (2). [20:56]
4:00 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat, K. 297b: I. Allegro –Music of the Baroque/ Jane Glover. Music of the Baroque CD-2018. [10:25]
5:00 C hristian Sinding Suite
“Music is central to filmmaking because in every aspect, it informs how we understand it.” Hear Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein talk about the importance of music in their new film, The American Revolution. And get a taste of the broad range of sounds and colors that help bring the film to life. Look for an extended version of this compelling conversation on our website. The American Revolution premieres over six consecutive nights (6 parts, 12 hours) beginning on Sunday, November 16 at 7:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on wttw.com and the PBS app.
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in A minor, Op. 10 – Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p. BIS 2560. [12:12]
6:00 Bach Violin Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 1019 – Michelle Makarski, v; Keith Jarrett, p. ECM 2230/31 (2). [16:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Martha Graham and Her Music
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Muhammad Ali (11/26/1975)
Studs Terkel used his portable tape recorder to capture an interview with one of the best-known and most indelible figures of the 20th century: boxing great and activist Muhammad Ali. Their conversation covers Ali’s athletic artistry, his vibrant perspective on life, and his dynamic
commitment to the American civil rights movement. Ali also discusses his childhood and family, conversion to Islam, stance on the Vietnam War, and experiences in jail – all of which he describes in his 1975 autobiography, The Greatest: My Own Story.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am. Haydn Symphony No. 6 in D, Le matin – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer. Nimbus NI-5240. [22:29]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl Three Pieces, Op. 25 –Natalia Strelchenko, p. Arena AR-07008. [11:56]
11:00 Introductions Eddie Zhou, 17, piano. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Beethoven Hammerklavier Sonata, 1st mvt; Scriabin Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28; Vine Piano Sonata No. 1, 2nd mvt.
12:00 From the Bayreuth Festival: Wagner’s Lohengrin Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin); Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler); Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant); Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund); Miina Liisa Värelä (Ortrud); Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King’s Herald); Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Conductor and soprano Christine Brandes joins WFMT to preview Chicago Opera Theater’s upcoming production of Falstaff by Antonio Salieri.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Peter Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 – Robert Chen, v; NDR Radio Phil/Pavel Kogan. Berlin Classics 0011692-BC. [18:32]
6:00 M usic of The American Revolution See In the Spotlight, on this page
6:15 El sa Barraine Pogromes –WDR Sym Orch/ Elena Schwarz. CPO 555704-2. [8:26]
7:00 Heinrich von Biber Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor –Brecon Baroque/Rachel Podger, v. Channel Classics CCS-48525. [11:46]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie : The Oh Boys (Chicagoans Kieran
McCabe, Zachary Stevenson & Shaun Whitley) are just here to have a good time, and so is the audience.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Hearth and home in folk music featuring songs about houses plus a little homespun, downright silly humor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Birthdays. Host Peter DeBois explores music of several composers of sacred choral and organ music celebrating birthdays in November, including William Mathias, Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Emma Lou Diemer, and several others.
7:00 Weekend Mornings including George Whitefield Chadwick Suite symphonique – Czech State Phil/José Serebrier. Reference RR-74. [36:10]
8:00 Jacques Ibert Concertino da camera – Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch. Sony SK-89251. [14:46]
9:00 Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – BBC Phil/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9930. [19:31]
10:00 Bologne Symphonie concertante in G, Op. 13 –Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v’s; London Sym/ Paul Freeman. Sony 19075862152 (10). [15:23]
11:00 Shostakovich Jazz Suite No. 1 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 433702-2. [8:02]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Anthony Ritchie Underwater Music, Op. 57 – New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich. Rattle RAT-D143. [12:59]
1:00 M usic of The American Revolution See In the Spotlight, on this page
1:15 Paul Hindemith Flute Sonata – Wolfgang Schulz, f; Ferenc Bognár, p. Sony SK-64400. [13:47]
2:00 William Grant Still Symphony No. 4, Autochthonous – Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559603. [26:15]
3:00 Carl Czerny Fantasy in F minor, Op. 226 – Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p. Sony SK-45936. [9:38]
4:00 Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. Decca 433081-2. [20:22]
5:00 Berlioz Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas
McGegan. Philharmonia Baroque PBP-01. [31:10]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Wagner Lohengrin Prelude; Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28; Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: A Lost Baroque Opera Domenico Zipoli was one of the most remarkable Italian baroque composers. In 1717, he migrated to South America, where he contributed some of
Zachary Stevenson, Shaun Whitley, and Kieran McCabe are The Oh Boys, a retro pop, rock, and folk trio. Formed in 2018 to reproduce the music and magic of Buddy Holly and the Crickets in a Chicago production of Buddy: the Buddy Holly Story, they honed their sound through almost 100 sell-out performances, winning 5 Chicago Theatre Awards including Best Musical, Best Ensemble, and Best Lead Performance. The three singer/songwriters kept the band together to move seamlessly between old-school pop and folk music scenes. With a classic Crickets song as namesake, they call their sound “modern music for vinyl hearts.” Their vintage-inspired writing melds pop, rock, folk, and doo-wop in original songs that feature tight harmonies, inventive arrangements, and poignant lyrics. Their sets are also fueled by respect for the fiery 1960s protest singer Phil Ochs. Veterans of musical theatre, their concerts engage audiences with humor, spontaneity, and melodic storytelling. The Oh Boys make their Folkstage debut live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Skokie.
Saturday, November 15 8:00 pm
the most important music written on this side of the Atlantic. Elbio presents his ‘lost’ opera San Ignacio de Loyola, rediscovered in the 1990s.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Art of Constantin Silvestri Great performances of Respighi Pines of Rome; Enescu Concert Overture; RimskyKorsakov Scheherazade; and Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, conducted by Romanian conductor and composer Constantin Silvestri.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Clara Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 22 –Julian Bliss, cl; James Baillieu, p. Signum SIGCD-888. [9:19]
11:00 Joh n Barry High Road to China: Suite – City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine. Silva SSD-1055. [8:10]
12:00 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance
March No. 5 in C, Op. 39, No. 5 – BBC Phil/Sir
Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10709. [6:07]
1:00 Handel Trio Sonata in F, Op. 2, No. 4 – R Harvey, r; M Huggett, v; T Roberts, hc; S Cunningham, viga. ASV CDGAU-117. [11:55]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Miloš, g; London Phil Orch/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4810652. [21:32]
3:00 August Klughardt Schilflieder (Songs of the Reeds), Op. 28 –Alex Klein, ob; Richard Young, vi; Ricardo Castro, p. Cedille CDR-90000102. [19:20]
4:00 Haydn Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, H VIId:3 – Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian. Berlin Classics 0300647-BC. [16:27]
5:00 J ustin Holland Sweet Memories of Thee –Kevin Cooper, g. Acis APL-20445. [5:27]
6:00 Dora Bright Variations for Piano and Orchestra –Samantha Ward, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Charles Peebles. Somm SOMMCD-273. [16:29]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Symphonies
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Dame Myra Hess Concert at 12:15 pm.
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Numbered Nine, Part 2 The second week of Bill’s exploration of this topic starts the week with the expansive Ninth symphonies of Anton Bruckner, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Einojuhani Rautavaara. For the last two days of the week, Bill will guide us through Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, in a historic performance by the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra under the baton of Wilhelm Furtwängler. These symphonies capture the very essence of mankind.
8:00 Live from WFMT The Juliani Ensemble returns to WFMT with a beautiful and varied collection of music involving string quartet, flute, and piano. Selections include works by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Béla Bartók, Carl Maria von Weber, and Paul Schonfeld.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Alma Mahler Five Songs; Sasha Cooke, mezzosoprano; Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.
am and 9:00 am Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree
Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Tuesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op. 91 –Vienna Phil/Seiji Ozawa. Philips 432996-2. [14:26]
11:00 Liszt Rákóczy March –Philharmonia Hungarica/ Willi Boskovsky. Seraphim 69038-2. [8:46]
12:00 Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, D 897 – Jaime Laredo, v; Sharon Robinson, vc; Joseph Kalichstein, p. Bridge 9376-A/B (2). [9:42]
1:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tausend und eine Nacht, Op. 346 – Vienna Phil/ Gustavo Dudamel. Sony 88985376182. [8:32]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Édouard Lalo Le roi d’Ys: Overture – Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon. Sony Classical 88843062752. [11:21]
3:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171 – Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society. New Focus FCR-915. [22:05]
4:00 Chopin Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13 – Emanuel Ax, p; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras. Sony SK-63371. [14:01]
5:00 Ary Barroso Bahia – Daniel Barenboim, p; Alex Klein, ob; Nikolaj Znaider, v; Kassinger, db; Baptista, per. Teldec 21482-2. [5:27]
6:00 Maddalena Sirmen Violin Duet in B-Flat, Op. 5, No. 3 – Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v’s. Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5). [9:45]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Beethoven Serenade in D major, Op. 25; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Ida Kavafian, violin; Daniel Phillips, viola; Paganini Terzetto concertante in D major; Benjamin Beilman, viola; Jason Vieaux, guitar; Dane Johansen, cello.
11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Purcell King Arthur: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:20]
11:00 Xian Xinghai The Yellow River Concerto: IV. Defend the Yellow River – Yit Kin Seow, p; Fung Lam, pipa; Gunma Sym Orch/Lim Kek-Tjiang. Marco Polo 8.225805. [6:37]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Umi Garrett performs an all-American program featuring works by George Gershwin, Florence Price, George Walker, Amy Beach, and William Bolcom live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Price Concert Overture No. 2 – Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [13:32]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Alexander Glazunov Mazurka-Obéreque – Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster. EMI CDC5-55475-2. [10:14]
3:00 Antonio Soler Keyboard Quintet No. 3 in G – David Schrader, hc; Verrette, Shelton, v’s; Slowik, vi; Rozendaal, vc. Cedille CDR-90000013. [23:54]
4:00 Joaquín Turina La oración del torero, Op. 34 – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-75040. [9:28]
5:00 Wilhelm Stenhammar Two
Sentimental Romances, Op. 28: No. 1, Andantino –Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p. BIS 2560. [5:50]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Times of Days & Seasons in Mantua Basel-based ensembles Voces Suaves and Capricornus Consort join forces for a program of madrigals and instrumental works by Monteverdi, Giaches De Wert, and their contemporaries. Recorded live in concert March 19, 2022 at the Zurich Early Music Festival.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Louis Moreau Gottschalk Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67 – Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/ Christophe Chagnard. Reference RR-134. [8:09]
11:00 Frederick Delius North Country Sketches: IV. Finale, March of Spring – Welsh National Opera Orch/ Charles Mackerras. Argo 430202-2. [8:03]
12:00 Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto a cinque in G minor, Op. 9, No. 8 – Heinz Holliger, ob; I Musici. Philips 420189-2. [10:33]
1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D, Hornsignal – Scottish Chamber Orch/Robin Ticciati. Linn CKD-500. [32:03]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Moritz Moszkowski Piano Concerto in E, Op. 59: III. Scherzo, Vivace – Markus Pawlik, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.553989. [7:16]
3:00 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in F (1838) – Alina Ibragimova, v; Cédric Tiberghien, p. Hyperion CDA-68322. [23:29]
4:00 Jacques Ibert Escales (Ports of Call) – French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon. EMI CDM7-64276-2. [15:28]
5:00 Iva Bittová V zemi neorane (On unploughed land) – Bart Schneemann, ob, Daniel Raiskin, v. Channel Crossings CCS-18598. [5:26]
6:00 C lara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20 – David Kadouch, p. Mirare MIR-532. [10:05]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See
Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Mendelssohn Elijah; Twyla Robinson, soprano; Alice Coote, Jennifer Johnson, mezzosopranos; Allan Clayton, tenor; Gerald Finley, bass-baritone; Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy soprano; New York Choral Artists; Alan Gilbert, conductor.
Friday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Ernest John Moeran Overture for a Masque (1944) – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573106. [9:22]
11:00 N igel Westlake Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra): Wooden Ships; Penguin Ballet – John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel. Sony SK-53361. [7:22]
12:00 Mozart Idomeneo ballet music, K. 367 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2159. [16:20]
1:00 Gershwin Three Preludes (1926) – Eroica Trio. EMI CDC5-56482-2. [14:17]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Francesco Maria Veracini Ouverture (Suite) No. 1 in B-Flat – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 439937-2. [13:56]
3:00 Rachmaninoff Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17 – Vladimir Ashkenazy & André Previn, p’s. Decca 444845-2 (2). [22:54]
4:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight –André Watts, p. EMI CDM7-64600-2. [16:32]
5:00 Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Jack Liebeck, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-68050. [31:00]
6:00 Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 – I Musici de Montréal/ Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN-8817. [18:21]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Bryn Terfel (11/30/1995) The Welsh bass-baritone was a young singer at the beginning of a meteoric rise into operatic stardom when he spoke with Studs Terkel in November 1995
Saturday 22
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am. Jens Kruger Roan Mountain Suite: VII. Finale, Overmountain Men –Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet. WFMT . [6:45]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain – London Sym Orch/John Williams. Sony SK-62729. [16:36]
11:00 Introductions Henry Auxenfans, 17, violin. Mozart Violin Sonata K. 378, 1st mvt; Glazunov Grand Adagio from Raymonda; Perkinson Louisiana Blues Strut; Fuchs Clarinet and Violin Duo in G minor, Op. 14, No. 3, 1st mvt; Franck Violin Sonata, 2nd 3rd & 4th mvts; Wieniawski Polonaise de concert, Op. 4. With Nathan Canfield, piano & Louis Auxenfans, clarinet.
12:00 From Vienna State Opera: Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta Sonya Yoncheva (Iolanta), Ivo Stanchev (René, King of Provence); Boris Pinkhasovich (Robert, Duke of Burgundy); Dmytro Popov (Count Vaudémont); Attila Mokus (Ibn-Hakia); Daniel Jez (Alméric); Simonas Strazdas (Bertrand); Monika Bohinec (Marta); Maria Nazarova (Brigitta); Daria Sushkova (Laura); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Tugan Sokhiev, conductor. Sung in Russian. 2:00 Afternoon Music including Verdi Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va, pensiero – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 458118-2 (2). [4:34] 3:00 Errollyn Wallen Fondant –BBC Concert Orch/ John Andrews. Resonus RES-10358. [3:07]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A program for St. Cecilia’s Day including selections from Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day and Purcell’s Hail! Bright Cecilia.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Ethel Smyth Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7: III. Romance – Duo FAE. Albany TROY-2006. [10:18]
6:00 Wilhelm Furtwängler Symphony No. 2 in E minor: IV. Finale, Langsam – Estonian National Sym Orch/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-20373. [23:10]
7:00 Abel Selaocoe Tsohle Tsohle – Abel Selaocoe, voice, vc & per; ensemble;
Manchester Collective. Warner 2173245895. [5:50]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Timeless strings and seamless harmonies characterize Harpeth Rising. Hear their 2011 Folkstage concert.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Songs of bounty and gratitude, and music to reflect values of indigenous peoples.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Christ the King & Thanksgiving. The Liturgical Year concludes this week with the celebration of the Feast of Christ the King, looking forward to the Second Coming, even as we mark the traditional American holiday of Thanksgiving. Host Peter DuBois helps us celebrate both with great choral and organ music!
7:00 Weekend Mornings including Cécile Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107 – KarlBernhard Sebon, f; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Uroš Lajovic. Koch 3-1613-2. [8:38]
8:00 William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony: III. Finale, O, Le’ Me Shine, Shine like a Morning Star! – Seattle Sym/Roderick Cox. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1027. [7:37]
9:00 Arcangelo Corelli Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 7 – Barton Pine, v; Rozendaal, vc; Acker, theorbo & g; Schrader, hc & o. Cedille CDR-90000232. [8:14]
10:00 Maddalena Sirmen String Quartet No. 6 in E – Allegri String Quartet. Cala CACD-1019. [9:59]
11:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance of the Prairie Lilies, Op. 39 – RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [6:30]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Elgar String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419191-2. [12:18]
1:00 M el Bonis Suite en forme de valses – Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [12:51]
2:00 Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65: Symphonic Fantasy – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. Erato 45997-2. [21:14]
3:00 Peter Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile; Henry Mancini Moon River – Jan Vogler, vc; Dresden Kapellsolisten/Helmut Branny. Sony 13065-2. [8:44]
4:00 Mozart Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375 – Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble. EMI CDC5-56502-2. [24:30]
5:00 Bach Cantata No. 82, Ich habe genug (I have enough): Aria, Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Emmanuel Orch/Craig Smith. Nonesuch 79692-2. [10:00]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Khachaturian Symphony No. 3 in C Major; Leopold Stokowski, conductor; Williams Memoirs of a Geisha Suite, John Williams, conductor; Kodály Dances of Galánta; Neeme Järvi, conductor; Franck Symphony in D minor; Pierre Monteux, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Chamber Music from Spain and Brazil Spanish and Latin American chamber music has a strong and original character, defined by folkloric and popular music. Elbio illustrates this synthesis in works by two composers for Catalonia, Eduard Toldrá and Pablo Casals; and two 20th century composers from Brazil, Claudio Santoro and Mozart Camargo Guarnieri.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Erica Morini, the RCA Victor recordings The Austrian-American violinist in performances of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto; plus, short pieces by Sarasate, Brahms, Wieniawski, Vivaldi, Schumann, Schubert, and Svendsen.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
Monday 24
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Vienna Phil/ Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [8:40]
11:00 James Barnes Yorkshire Ballad – Evelyn Glennie, mar; Black Dyke Band/James Watson. RCA 63234-2. [4:59]
12:00 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 429396-2. [13:15]
1:00 Robert Schumann Papillons, Op. 2 – András Schiff, p. ECM 2122/23 (2). [14:50]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 –Yuja Wang, p; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4864759. [23:34]
3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 –Rudolf Serkin, p; Marlboro Festival Orch/Pablo Casals. Sony SMK-46254. [21:55]
4:00 François Couperin Concert royal No. 1 in G – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset. Aparté AP-196. [11:36]
5:00 Johann Georg Pisendel Violin Sonata in C minor –Adrian Chandler, v; Robert Howarth, hc; Gareth Deats, vc. Avie AV-2308. [14:05]
6:00 Beethoven Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56: I. Allegro – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim, p. DG 4838242. [17:57]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orpheus in the New World With communications and travel offering cultural exchange like never before, today’s composer draws from an enormous palette, giving voice to the amazing era in which we live. You’ll find tonality and melody are most decidedly in style, while originality and diversity reign. From Joseph Schwantner and John Adams to Marc Neikrug and Amy Beach, we’ll listen to and celebrate their music.
8:00 Live from WFMT: Early music ensemble Black Tulip (Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano; Mirja Lorenz, recorder; Phillip W. Serna, viola da gamba; and Joel Spears, theorbo) present their program Court, Convent & Stage: Redefining the Early Modern Woman featuring vocal and instrumental works by Francesca Caccini, Élisabeth Jacquet De-la Guerre, Isabella Leonarda, Barbara Strozzi & others. Recorded in 2022.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Schubert Symphony No. 9, The Great; Marko Nikodijevic GHB/tanzaggregat; Joana Mallwitz, conductor.
Tuesday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 2 in G minor –Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [10:08]
11:00 Sibelius Karelia Suite, Op. 11 – Bergen Phil Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5134. [15:51]
12:00 Vivaldi Sinfonia in G, R. 149 –Academy of Ancient Music/ Andrew Manze. Harmonia
Mundi HMU-907230. [6:57]
1:00 Beach Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 – Danny Driver, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Rebecca Miller. Hyperion CDA-68130. [34:39]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Carl Stamitz Wind Octet No. 1 in B-Flat –Consortium Classicum. CPO 999081-2. [10:17]
3:00 James P. Johnson Yamekraw – Marcus Roberts, p; Lincoln Center Jazz Orch, Orch of St. Luke’s/Robert Sadin. Sony SK-68488. [20:37]
4:00 Price Symphony No. 1 in E minor: I. Allegro ma non troppo –Chineke! Orch/Roderick Cox. Decca 4853996. [17:56]
4:30 Verdi Four Sacred Pieces: Te Deum – Santa Cecilia Cho & Orch/Antonio Pappano. Warner 84524-2. [15:32]
5:00 Alexandre Desplat Girl with the Pearl Earring –Traffic Quintet. Mercury 4812172. [5:37]
6:00 Bach Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053 – St Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3). [19:02]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orpheus in the New World See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Vivaldi Concerto in D major, RV 93; Avi Avital, mandolin; Paul Huang, Danbi Um, Ani Kavafian, Chad Hoopes, violins; Mihai Marica, Daniel McDonough, cellos; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Jiayan Sun, harpsichord; Taneyev Quintet in G minor, Op. 30; Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello. 11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Ernest Chausson Viviane, Op. 5 – BBC Phil/ Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-9650. [11:57]
11:00 Joh n Williams A Hymn to New England – Utah Sym/John Williams. Sony 70636-2. [3:12] 12:00 Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto –Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 437789-2. [9:01]
1:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Bargemusic Orch. Koch 3-7294-2 (2). [16:00]
2:00 Afternoon Music with
La Néréide was created in 2019 to showcase repertoire for equal voices by sopranos, Julie Roset, Camille Allérat and Ana Vieira Leite. The trio connected while studying at the conservatory in Geneva and chose the name La Néréide as a reference to the mythical water sirens, les Néréides, keeping the singular form to represent their unity as an ensemble. Last summer at Bruges’s Musiqua Antiqua Festival, La Néréide presented Il Concerto Segreto, an all-Italian program including works by the resident composer in 16th century court of Ferrara, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, alongside music by Francesca Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi, and Luca Marenzio recreating the original conditions in which the works would have been performed. Their performances of Il Concerto Segreto have been praised for “very beautiful voices, which fit together perfectly” (Diapason) and “vocal art at the highest level.” (SWR2)
Wednesday, November 26 10:00 pm
Candice Agree including Hans Huber Serenade No. 1 in E, Op. 86, Summer Nights – Stuttgart Phil/ Jörg-Peter Weigle. Sterling CDS-1027-2. [19:47]
3:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450 – Robert Casadesus, p; Cleveland Orch/George Szell. Sony MPK-46736. [21:57]
4:00 Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Marisa Robles, h; Chamber Orch of Europe/James Galway. RCA RCD1-7173. [10:51]
5:00 C lément Janequin Le chant des oyseaux – A Sei Voci/ Bernard Fabre-Garrus. Astrée E-8631. [5:27]
6:00 Ned Rorem Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale, Allegro –Bournemouth Sym Orch/ José Serebrier. Naxos
8.559149. [6:23]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orpheus in the New World See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Il concerto secreto See In the Spotlight on this page.
Thursday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Wagner Rienzi: Overture – Berlin Phil/ Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-47030-2. [13:34]
11:00 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Flowers of Frösön – Don Bailey, f; Arcata String Quartet, Grace Paradise, h; Scott Pingel, db. Summit DCD-239. [8:43]
12:00 François Couperin Pièces en concert – Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg. DG 474236-2. [12:41]
1:00 Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 – Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jirí Stárek. Hänssler Classic CD-93.192. [23:39]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 –Andrzej Grabiec, v; American Sinfonietta/Michael Palmer. Summit DCD-180. [28:11]
3:00 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. DG 429234-2. [22:40]
4:00 Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan. Onyx 4242. [8:52]
5:00 Hamilton Harty A Comedy Overture – Ulster Orch/ Bryden Thomson. Chandos ABRD-1027. [14:09]
6:00 G iuseppe Tartini Violin Concerto in A, D. 96 – Carlo Chiarappa, v; Accademia Bizantina. Denon CO78969. [16:30]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orpheus in the New World See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Vivaldi Concerto for Piccolo, Strings, and Cembalo in C, RV. 444; Mindy Kaufmann, piccolo; Paine Symphony No. 2 in A, Op. 34, In Spring; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Mozart Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B-flat, K. 191; Judith LeClair, bassoon; Christopher Hogwood,
conductor; Hindemith Symphony, Mathis der Maler; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Rossini The Barber of Seville : Overture – Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda. Naxos 8.570933. [7:28]
11:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [12:18]
12:00 Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 17 –Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Virgin 91501-2 (2). [13:00]
1:00 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano. Erato 14331-2. [17:21]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Franz von Suppé Donna Juanita: Overture – Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223648. [12:44]
3:00 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A – Van Cliburn, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 7834-2-RG. [21:12]
4:00 G iovanni Paisiello Mandolin Concerto in E-Flat – Ugo Orlandi, m; I Solisti Veneti/ Claudio Scimone. Erato ECD-88165. [15:03]
5:00 William Byrd Sellinger’s Round – Trio Settecento. Cedille CDR-90000135. [5:31]
6:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 –Chineke! Orch/Kalena Bovell. Decca 4853322. [11:37]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Orpheus in the New World See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Big Bill Broonzy and Pete Seeger (c. 1952) On a cold morning in 1952, Studs Terkel introduced two musicians he admired both personally and professionally: the legendary blues artist Big Bill Bronzy and folk singer Pete Seeger. This historic broadcast is one of the earliest surviving programs Studs made for WFMT; his then-weekly program, the Almanac, was heard live on Sunday mornings.
Saturday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am. Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11 – Martin Owen, hn; BBC Phil/John Wilson. Chandos
CHAN-20168. [15:25]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Hamish MacCunn Highland Memories, Op. 30 – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson. ASV CDWHL-2123. [9:49]
11:00 Introductions Lily Yoshihara, 18, violin. Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1, 1st mvt; Ikuma Dan: Fantasy for Violin and Piano No. 1; Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001, 1st mvt; Wieniawski: Polonaise de concert, Op. 4. With Yoahn John Kwon, piano.
12:00 From Vienna State Opera: Strauss’s Arabella Camilla Nylund (Arabella); Sabin Devieilhe (Zdenka); Michael Volle (Mandruka); Margaret Plummer (Adelaide); Wolfgang Bankl (Count Waldner); Laurenz (Matteo); Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A preview of upcoming vocal and choral performances for the holiday season.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Helene Liebmann Violin Sonata in B-flat, Op. 14, No. 1: I. Allegro moderato – Gernot Süßmuth, v; Monica Gutman, p. CPO 555638-2. [10:10]
6:00 Handel Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest – Music of the Baroque/Jane Glover. Music of the Baroque CD-2018. [5:37]
7:00 Antonio Bertali Sonata à 3 in D minor – Quicksilver. Acis APL-94710. [7:06]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Twins Adam and David Moss, The Brother Brothers, started out in Peoria and landed in Brooklyn. On the way, they played at WFMT’s Folkstage in 2018.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Remembering Stan Rogers, born on November 29, 1949. Also, the legacy of Brownie McGhee on the eve of his 110th birth anniversary.
Sunday 30
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Advent 1. The themes of anticipation of the coming of the Messiah permeate the time of preparation known as Advent. Choral and organ music of longing and expectation will be featured as we begin the Advent journey.
7:00 Weekend Mornings including Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36 – Marlboro Festival Ensemble. Sony SMK-46249. [46:02]
8:00 Caitlin Edwards Faithful –Caitlin Edwards, v & prod; Edward Smith, p. Caitlin Edwards Exhale. [3:30]
9:00 Bach Cantata No. 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Now come, savior of the gentiles) – Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-162 (2). [15:06]
10:00 Enrique Granados Tonadillas en estilo antiguo – Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Javier Perianes, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902648. [11:23]
11:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 – Tasmin Little, v; BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10879. [31:51]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8958. [8:56]
1:00 William Grant Still Folk Suite No. 4 – Leonard Garrison, f; Robert Umiker, cl; Samuel Magill, vc; Arthur Tollefson, p. Cambria CD-1060. [5:08]
2:00 M iriam Hyde Piano Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor – Miriam Hyde, p; West Australian Sym Orch/ Geoffrey Simon. ABC Classics ABCL-0013D. [25:03]
3:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 1: Flute, Violin & Cello Concerto
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION
in A – Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4). [20:11]
4:00 Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Suite – Royal Phil Orch/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80151. [24:42]
5:00 Robert Schumann Dichterliebe, Op. 48 –Matthias Goerne, br; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 458265-2. [28:51]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Bach Sarabande, Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Op. 45; Variations on a Roccoco Theme, Op. 33; Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a;
Anna Rakitina, conductor. 8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Medieval & Renaissance Music from Spain, Portugal & the Americas Elbio features a treasure of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American music from the 12th to the 18th century, including the mysterious Codex Calixtinus. 9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Eugene Goossens, Cincinnati Symphony Grieg Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1; Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite; Respighi Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome; Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2, London. 11:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
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