The Guide | September 2026

THE GUIDE The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT

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September 2026 ALSO INSIDE On WFMT, September brings a special two-hour live Folkstage preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival; a week of Exploring Music devoted to French composer Darius Milhaud, hosted by Peter van de Graaff; and recent performances from LA Opera and Teatro alla Scala on the WFMT Opera Series.

From the President & CEO Dear Member, This fall, WTTW welcomes a new season of dramas, documentaries, and returning favorites. The Marlow Murder Club returns with new mysteries for Judith, Suzie, and Becks, the unlikely trio of amateur sleuths who have made a habit of uncovering secrets in their seemingly peaceful English town. The new drama Signora Volpe travels to Umbria, where a disillusioned British detective hopes to begin a quieter life in the Italian countryside – only to find that trouble has followed her. And Trespasses, a gripping new miniseries, unfolds in 1970s Belfast at the height of the Troubles.

Returning favorites include Astrid, The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Under the Vines, and the Spanish-language drama Velvet with English subtitles which will join our Hispanic Heritage Month programming lineup. Also this month, actor, playwright, and comedian John Leguizamo visits Chicago’s Mexican and Puerto Rican communities to explore their histories and enduring contributions to the city’s culture.

We’ll also take viewers inside one of Chicago’s treasured cultural institutions, the Joffrey Ballet. The new Kartemquin Films documentary The Next Movement follows a diverse group of choreographers selected for the Joffrey’s Winning Works Choreographic Competition as they create original pieces for trainees at the Joffrey Academy of Dance. From the rehearsal studio to the world premiere, the film offers an intimate look at the discipline, creativity, and physical demands behind the art form. On page 4, director Cam Be discusses what drew him to the project, the importance of representing dancers of color on screen, and what audiences rarely see behind a ballet performance.

On WFMT, September brings a world premiere performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, and one final recital from this year’s Ravinia Festival with pianist Olga Kern performing works by Robert Schumann, Beethoven, and others. We’ll also present a special two-hour live Folkstage preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival; a new Exploring Music series with host Peter van de Graaff devoted to French composer Darius Milhaud; and recent performances from LA Opera and Teatro alla Scala on the WFMT Opera Series.

As a new season begins, all of us at WTTW and WFMT are grateful for your continued support.

Your generosity makes it possible for us to bring you programs that inform, inspire, entertain, and connect us to Chicago and the wider world.

Sincerely, Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

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ON THE COVER: Suzie Harris (Jo Martin), Becks Starling (Cara Horgan), and Judith Potts (Samantha Bond) in The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece Season 3. Photo: Courtesy of Monumental Television, UKTV, and Masterpiece.

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Programmer’s Picks Signora Volpe

Velvet, Season 3

Leguizamo Does America

Disillusioned British spy Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox) is in Italy for her niece’s wedding when the groom goes missing. Sylvia solves the mystery and decides to start anew in Umbria.

In late 1950s Madrid, the golden age of haute couture, there is one place everyone would like to shop at least once in their lifetime: the Galerias Velvet.

Joined by Chicago native and actor Michael Peña, Leguizamo visits Little Village, highlighting local stories and examining regional Latino history.

Saturday, September 19, 7:00 pm

Saturday, September 19, 10:00 pm

Sunday, September 20, 6:00 pm

Tuesday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) [R] 1:00 Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) [R] 2:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Cocaine Blues [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Wichita 2:00 Nature: Grizzly 399 – Queen of the Tetons [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Savory and Sweet Italian 3:30 Cook’s Country: Ballpark Classics 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder on the Ballarat Train 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Artistic Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of director Spike Lee and actor Kristin Chenoweth.

8:00 Billy the Kid: American Experience In April 1881, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of daring prison breaks. But his real story has been obscured. Learn how Billy the Kid became a hero of sorts to the Hispanic community, who hid him from the law and mourned him when he was gone.

9:00 Al Capone: Icon Al Capone: the quintessential self-made American man, ruthless killer, or both? To this day, Americans are fascinated

by this celebrity gangster.

The question is why?

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

then to Antarctica’s collapsing Doomsday Glacier.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 2 of 3) [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 Diana’s Decades: 1990s (Part 3 of 3) [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder on the Ballarat Train [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

12:00 Finding Your Roots: Artistic Roots 1:00 Billy the Kid: American Experience 2:00 Al Capone: Icon 3:00 ACL Presents: Willie Nelson and Family [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson 2:00 Diana’s Decades: 1990s (Part 3 of 3) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Sous Vide for Company 3:30 Cook’s Country: A Trip to Tarheel Country 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: The Green Mill Murder 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 1 of 6) The Big Cats 24/7 team begins a six-month expedition following lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Okavango Delta.

8:00 NOVA: Egypt’s Tombs of Amun Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred desert.

9:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Preserving Nature in Argentina and Antarctica (Part 3 of 4) Miles O’Brien travels to Argentina, where jaguars are being brought back from extinction, and

EARLY MORNING

Friday 4 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 1 of 6) See Wed. Sept. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Egypt’s Tombs of Amun See Wed. Sept. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Preserving Nature in Argentina and Antarctica (Part 3 of 4) See Wed. Sept. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Pioneers of Television: Superheroes [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage New York 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Artistic Roots [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Childhood Favorites, Grown Up 3:30 Cook’s Country: New Recipes for the Grill 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death at Victoria Dock 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 3 of 3) [R] 2:00 NOVA: Egypt’s Tombs of Amun [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Tasty Thai 3:30 Cook’s Country: Spaghetti House Classics 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Raisins and Almonds 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 1:00

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6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Inspector George Gently: Gently Going Under The mysterious death of the union leader in the mine leads Gently and Bacchus to explore the tensions and relationships in the community.

8:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Dark Angel Mike faces a challenge when a body is found in an abandoned mental health facility.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Chicago from the Air Host Geoffrey Baer narrates a sweeping bird’s-eye tour of the city and beyond, sharing his signature “I never knew that” facts on the journey.

9:30 Hemingway: The Avatar (1929-1944) (Part 2 of 3) Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

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Photo: Jason Rhee for Kartemquin Films

Cam Be (center) filming choreographer Houston Thomas

A NEW DOCUMENTARY GOES

Behind the Scenes at the Joffrey Ballet

by DANIEL HAUTZINGER

EACH YEAR, CHICAGO’S JOFFREY BALLET chooses five choreographers from underrepresented backgrounds in dance to create new works with students from the Joffrey’s academy through an initiative called Winning Works. The choreographers receive a full theatrical work-up, with two weeks of rehearsal to develop the piece, costumes, and lighting design before a performance. In 2024, filmmaker Cam Be followed the process to produce a documentary for Chicago-based Kartemquin Films that reveals the inspiration and challenges of artistic creation, the importance of familial support and representation of diverse people in the arts, and the toll of dance on the body.

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the PBS app. This month, we spoke to Be about the making of the documentary.

THE GUIDE: What piqued your interest about this Joffrey program?

CAM BE: I was interested in people of color in the ballet world and how they navigate that space. I think that was what was most intriguing to me. I like human stories, something that I think people can relate to. [It was] a story that I was not really familiar with, or familiar with the ballet world. The choreographers are all quite inspiring individuals, and it’s just a pleasure to know them and be able to tell some of their story.

THE GUIDE: How did you learn about the Winning Works initiative?

THE GUIDE: Did any of the stories particularly resonate with you?

BE: They all did. Houston, being a young Black kid in a predominantly white space and navigating that, was parallel to some things of mine. Xavi, a dancer with the

youngest one. It’s like a life cycle of a dancer.

THE GUIDE: Did filming this and spending so much time around all these choreographers and dancers change how you think about dance or art?

Photo: Simone Yael for Kartemquin Films

BE: I was part of Kartemquin’s Diverse Voices in Docs program in 2017, so I’ve been associated with them since that time, and I’ve done other projects through Kartemquin. They originally approached me with the idea [of covering the Joffrey’s Winning Works]. Part of the crew [for this film] had previously been part of Diverse Voices in Docs, so it helped make for a good family affair.

THE GUIDE: You’ve done music videos and made your own music, but what was it like to dive into the world of dance?

Choreographer Jainil Mehta rehearsing with the ensemble

THE GUIDE: Why do you want to tell stories about art?

BE: I’m an artist myself, so I relate to it from that standpoint alone. When you encounter different artists, you get diverse perspectives, and I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity in my career to have covered some amazing people - music artists, visual artists. I feel compelled to tell those stories. I feel I’m a bit of an archivist as well in documenting the times, documenting people’s lives and stories for future generations to consume at some point. I feel like that’s my duty as an artist and as a storyteller.

BE: To bring those two initiatives together for a project was a pretty cool thing. We all have stories to tell. And everybody needs to be represented in that, because there’s somebody out there who needs to hear that story, or watch that story, who will be inspired by that story, or feel changed by that story. Sometimes you need that voice to come from something that you’re familiar with.

THE GUIDE: What do you hope someone watching The Next Movement might take away from it?

Photo: Aylene Lopez for Kartemquin Films

BE: I’ve done some street dance stuff, too. I’ve never done ballet, though, so that world is new to me. I had never been to a ballet before working on this film. But the dedication to their bodies, to the art form – I learned a lot more about the history of ballet and the history of the Joffrey, and that was all extremely intriguing to me. I’m going to continue to go to ballet and be a part of that world as an observer and a fan of the art form.

Diverse Voices in Docs and Joffrey’s Winning Works try to support underrepresented people in the arts. Why is representation important?

Dancers rehearsing on pointe at the Joffrey Ballet in downtown Chicago

Joffrey Ballet, was very interesting, with him living in Chicago, working with the company, and trying to balance having to change and evolve in his career at some point – juggling being in his prime as a dancer and still trying to look ahead. As opposed to Manoela who was already done dancing, and Martha who is more like a mentor who’s been doing it for so long. Jainil was early, early on and is this internet sensation and the

BE: It was an enlightening experience. You see the costumes and the level of theater and storytelling that that art form creates. I also feel like us being there as a film crew of predominantly people of color and women and coming into Joffrey Tower was a good part of filming. I feel like we had good camaraderie and everybody really enjoyed us being there.

THE GUIDE: Both Kartemquin’s

BE: I always want people to feel inspired by people’s journeys and their stories and the challenges of overcoming the obstacles or the challenges pushing for a career or a goal in life, and the dedication it takes to do that thing. We can bring up Houston again, being a Black man in ballet: it’s very rare. For somebody who may be interested in dancing but doesn’t see a pathway to doing it, to see somebody like him doing it [is important]. When I was younger, I didn’t really see a pathway to becoming a filmmaker. I didn’t know how you did that – how you have movies out in the theater and all those things. So I hope that when people see this, they can connect to them and feel inspired by these stories to go and chase their dream.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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WTTW Multicast & Streaming Highlights

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Sunday, September 13, 9:00 pm

Friday, September 11, 8:00 pm

Coyotes have survived in the U.S. for more than a million years and still navigate its neighborhoods today. Through science, Indigenous knowledge, and firsthand accounts, this documentary explores how an ancient predator adapts.

Celebrate the spirit of New York City – bold, vibrant, creative, and resilient. Join us for a special program inspired by the energy and diversity of the Big Apple, brought to life through food, dance, culture, and connection.

A Tribute to New York City

Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece Watch all six episodes beginning the night of the broadcast premiere with WTTW Passport.

When Susan Ryeland becomes entangled in another baffling murder, literary detective Atticus Pünd helps her uncover the truth.

Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.

for WTTW Passport Members Only Photo: Courtesy of Bare Feet TV series and APT

Photo: Courtesy of NETA

Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.

Coyote

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Photo: Courtesy of Eleventh Hour Films and Masterpiece

Coyote Crossing

Passport

Host Mickela Mallozzi (right)

Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan

What is Passport? 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

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In the Spotlight Saturday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently Going Under See Thurs. Sept. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Dark Angel See Thurs.

Sept. 3 at 8:30 pm. [R] 3:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Greendale, Wisconsin [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

MORNING 6:00 Roadtrip Nation: Beyond Books (Part 1 of 2) 6:30 Roadtrip Nation: Beyond Books (Part 2 of 2) 7:00 Baking with Julia: Crème Fraiche with Nancy Silverton 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Reed Hearon 8:00 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Viva Mexico!

8:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: You’re Invited 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Bulgaria 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Wisconsin’s West Coast 10:00 This Old House: Walpole ADU – Retro Vibes 10:30 Ask This Old House: Paver Walkway, Mowing a Lawn 101 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Easy Enchiladas

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Regional Seafood Specialties 12:30 Cook’s Country: Upper Midwest Classics 1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: City of Gastronomy 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Secret Steaks 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Grill-Roasted Chicken and Green Beans 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Zesty Salmon and Salad 3:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Pizza and Lemons – Naples to Sorrento 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New French Desserts 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: From Dinosaurs to Cowboys (New Season) 4:30 Check, Please! Virtue, Qulinarnia, Longman & Eagle 5:00 Chicago Stories: Rod Blagojevich Follow “Blago’s” trajectory from triumph to disgrace to incarceration to his attempts to rise again. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

EVENING 6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Dead Air There’s murder on the airwaves when Dot’s favorite show is interrupted by an on-air panic.

7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Daggers of the Mind A horror director is haunted by his own creations, then stabbed at a convention.

8:00 My Life is Murder: Staying Mum When Alexa investigates the death of a popular male nanny, she discovers some pushy parents are more terrifying than most killers.

9:00 Mystery of Mr. E Twin brothers John and George Danes are visited by a stranger who somehow knows where they are heading for a job, announces himself as “the murderer,” and then disappears.

10:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) [R] 11:30 The Real Story of Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office This documentary tells the true story of the widest miscarriage of justice in British legal history.

Sunday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Chicago from the Air See Fri. Sept. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Chicago Stories: Rod Blagojevich See Sat. Sept. 5 at 5:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Hemingway: The Avatar (1929-1944) (Part 2 of 3) See Fri. Sept. 4 at 9:30 pm. [R] 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Bulgaria [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunset Haven 5:30 Yoga in Practice: With Each Step I Arrive

MORNING 6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Morning Vista 6:30 Follow the Blooms: Blooms on the Run (New Series) 7:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out: The Wonderful World of Markets 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Vegetables for Meat Lovers 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: Spice Basics, Anupy’s Story 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Avoyelles Parish – Smack Dab in the Middle 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: Smoking the Competition – Our Tailgating Show 11:00 Food. Curated.: The Great

Hispanic Heritage Month Pati’s Mexican Table Saturdays, 4:00 pm

Leguizamo Does America: NYC Tuesday, September 15 9:00 pm

Weekend in Havana with Geoffrey Baer

Taco Mafia Sundays, 4:00 pm and 4:30 pm starting September 6

Chicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park Tuesday, September 15 7:00 pm

Friday, September 18 9:30 pm

Chicago Stories: Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe

Velvet

Tuesday, September 15 8:00 pm

Saturday, September 19 10:00 pm

Leguizamo Does America: Chicago Sunday, September 20 6:00 pm

Voces: Omara Cuba’s Legendary Diva Monday, September 28 9:00 pm

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez – American Masters Tuesday, October 6 8:00 pm

Weekend in Havana with Geoffrey Baer Sunday, September 20 8:00 pm

Voces on PBS: Almost American Sunday, September 20 9:00 pm

Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined – American Masters Sunday, September 20 10:30 pm

Dia de Los Muertos Saturday, September 26 11:00 pm

Voces on PBS: American Sons Sunday, September 27 8:00 pm 2026

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Cara Horgan, Samantha Bond, and Jo Martin

The Marlow Murder Club Season 3 on Masterpiece Now an established part of newly promoted DI Malik’s crime-solving gang, retired archaeologist Judith Potts, dog walker Suzie Harris, and vicar’s wife Becks Starling are back and bringing their unconventional methods to a string of high-profile murders.

Photo: Courtesy of Eleventh Hour Films and Masterpiece

Sundays beginning September 6, 7:00 pm

Lesley Manville

Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (New Miniseries) In this adaptation of the third and final installment in Anthony Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland series, Susan (Lesley Manville) is hired to work on a continuation novel of the Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) series, written by a troubled young author.

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Weekday Lineup

Food Pivot (New Series) 11:30 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) When Sir Peter Bailey is found dead the day before his wedding, Judith, Becks, and Suzie are on the case once again.

6:00 Nature Cat 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Weather Hunters 8:00 Lyla in the Loop 8:30 Carl the Collector 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Phoebe & Jay 10:00 Sesame Street 10:30 Work it Out Wombats!

11:00 Donkey Hodie 11:30 Rosie's Rules 12:00 Elinor Wonders Why 12:30 Alma's Way

AFTERNOON 12:45 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) The pressure on Judith, Becks, and Suzie to solve Sir Peter’s death intensifies, because he might not be the only target.

2:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) When a body is found in the middle of a suburban street, the trio is drawn into the case.

3:15 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) Is the new body a coincidence, or could the killer responsible for Louis Oldham’s death have struck before?

4:30 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (Season 2, Part 5 of 6) When a member of the prestigious Marlow Sailing Club is killed in a shocking accident, Tanika quickly enlists the services of Judith, Becks, and Suzie.

5:45 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) Believing the murder is connected to the ongoing thefts, Judith enlists Becks and Suzie to catch the thieves.

EVENING The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: The Queen of Poisons, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 1 of 4) When the mayor of Marlow suddenly dies during a town council meeting, Judith, Becks, and Suzie investigate.

8:00 Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) Back in London, Susan Ryeland is once again corralled into the world of detective Atticus Pünd as he investigates the death of Lady Margaret Chalfont in the Greek Isle of Corfu.

9:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) A yearly cricket match with the village sees old scores settled and new plots hatched.

11:00 Austin City Limits: Carlos Vives 7:00

Monday 7 Labor Day EARLY MORNING 12:00 POV: Union Up against one of the world’s most powerful

The Day You Begin (special) Mon. Sept. 7, 8:30 am

companies, Amazon workers fight to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island.

1:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Daggers of the Mind See Sat. Sept. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:15 My Life is Murder: Staying Mum See Sat. Sept. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Dead Air See Sat. Sept. 5 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Stories: Rod Blagojevich [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Jonathan Capehart

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: New York City (Part 2 of 3) [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Rod Blagojevich [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Most Important Meal 3:30 Cook’s Country: TexMex Favorites 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Opening Day in Jackson Park Revisit WTTW News coverage 1:00

of the June 2026 grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park.

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Indianapolis Finds include an autographed electric guitar, a Little Orphan Annie dress circa 1930, and a 1913 N.C. Wyeth painting.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage San Diego Highlights include a Dr. Seuss “Kangaroo Bird,” a Tiffany & Co. yellow diamond pendant, and a 1781 George Washington lifetime print.

9:00 Chicago Works with Geoffrey Baer Explore some of the city’s most unique jobs with Geoffrey Baer. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

10:00 Chicago Tonight: Opening Day in Jackson Park See 5:30 pm. [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: The Queen of Poisons, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]

Image credit:Ditaquiae eos volorpo rumetur, si dolupta

Photo: Courtesy of Monumental Television, UKTV, and Masterpiece

In the Spotlight

Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Sept. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Opening Day in Jackson Park [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage St. Louis 2:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 1 of 6) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Something Tasty, Something Light 3:30 Cook’s Country: Pacific Northwest Supper 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in Montparnasse 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Song of the South Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family secrets of actor Danielle Deadwyler and musician Rhiannon Giddens.

8:00 Bonnie & Clyde: American Experience Though their exploits were romanticized, the Barrow gang was believed responsible for at least 13 murders, including two policemen, as well as robberies and kidnappings.

9:00 Frontline: The Man Who Knew Revisit the saga of FBI Agent John O’Neill and his warnings about Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks. What did the U.S. government know and when?

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Indianapolis See Mon. Sept. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage San Diego See Mon. Sept. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 POV: Union See Mon. Sept. 7 at 12:00 am. [R] 3:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Wisconsin’s West Coast [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Charleston 2:00 Bonnie & Clyde: American Experience See Tues.

Sept. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Thanksgiving for a Crowd 3:30 Cook’s Country: Summer Steak and Salad 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Away with the Fairies 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) The team follows lions, leopards, and cheetahs after a massive wildfire.

8:00 NOVA: Angkor – Hidden Jungle Empire Deep in the Cambodian jungle lie the ruins of Angkor, a marvel of urban engineering and seat of the once-mighty Khmer Empire.

9:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Mindshift – Rewiring the Human Brain (Part 4 of 4) Miles O’Brien explores bold brain science and becomes part of the experiment himself, enrolling in a study to treat his own phantom pain.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Song of the South See Tues.

Sept. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Bonnie & Clyde: American Experience [R] 2:00 Frontline: The Man Who Knew See Tues.

Sept. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 9/11 Inside the Pentagon On September 11, 2001, Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people. Survivors and first responders shed light on that tragic day.

4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Denver 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Song of the South [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Rustic French Fare 3:30 Cook’s Country: Reimagining Italian American Classics 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Queen of the Flowers 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Inspector George Gently: Gently with the Women After a woman’s body is found, Gently wants to catch the killer and stop him attacking again.

8:30 Chicago’s Loop: A New Walking Tour Written and hosted by Geoffrey Baer, this program traces the fascinating history of downtown Chicago’s rise, fall, and rebirth.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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Friday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) See Wed. Sept. 9 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Angkor – Hidden Jungle Empire See Wed. Sept. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien: Mindshift – Rewiring the Human Brain (Part 4 of 4) See Wed. Sept. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage St. Louis [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

Geoffrey Baer

Chicago Works with Geoffrey Baer What does it take to keep Chicago running? Chicago Works goes behind the scenes to explore the massive operations and fascinating jobs that power the city. Join host Geoffrey Baer as he meets the people behind the infrastructure.

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Eric Owens

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage San Diego [R] 2:00 Frontline: The Man Who Knew [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Grill-Roasted Chicken and Green Beans [R] 3:30 Cook’s Country: Southern Specialties 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death by Miss Adventure 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Great Performances: Verdi’s Requiem – The Met Remembers 9/11 10:00 Hemingway: The Blank Page (1944-1961) (Part 3 of 3) After World War II, Hemingway tries to start a life with Mary Welsh but is beset with tragedies. He publishes The Old Man and the Sea to acclaim but is overcome by his declining mental condition.

Great Performances: Verdi’s Requiem – The Met Remembers 9/11 Honor the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with this archival performance hosted by Misty Copeland and led by Met music director Yannick NezetSeguin featuring soloists Ailyn Perez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani, and Eric Qwens.

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Saturday 12 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently with the Women See Thurs. Sept. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Charleston [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

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Craniometer’ drawings

Independent Lens: Ghost in the Machine This revealing documentary lends a fresh perspective on what defines artificial intelligence, how it works, and how people can maintain a sense of agency in a threatening and overbearing tech-driven world.

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6:00 Florida Keys: 200 Years of Paradise 7:00 Baking with Julia: Puff Pastry with Michel Richard 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Johanne Killeen and George Germon 8:00 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Kitchen Companions 8:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Pull Up a Chair 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Romania 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Lanesboro, Minnesota 10:00 This Old House: Walpole ADU – An Attic ADU 10:30 Ask This Old House: Tile Soap Holders, Swirl Ceiling 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey

11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Favorite Forgotten Cakes

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Taste of Summer 12:30 Cook’s Country: Jewish Donuts and Potatoes 1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Sami Cuisine 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Primal Grill 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: New Ways with Ribs and Mushrooms 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Weeknight Chicken and Mashed Potatoes 3:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Bounty of Parma 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Soup from Nothing 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Desert’s Treasures 4:30 Check, Please! Gibsons Italia, Q Orland Park, Lillie’s Q 5:00 Chicago Stories: Iconic Foods Watch as chefs, restaurateurs, food writers, and historians explore the origins of deep-dish pizza, hot dogs, Italian beef, and many more foods, and why they remain so popular. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

EVENING 6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Unnatural Habits The gothic world of the Magdalene Laundries – a halfway house for pregnant and wayward girls, run by Catholic nuns – sets the scene for the tragic death of an escaping teenager.

7:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Such Sweet Sorrow Frank and Lu pose as expectant parents at a hypnobirthing class.

8:00 My Life is Murder: Killer Fashion The case of a young model’s death backstage at a show sees Alexa facing off with a former supermodel.

8:45 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Christmas As Christmas approaches, Judith and Jeremy arrange for the group to attend a murder-mystery night at a hotel with a spooky history.

9:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) [R] 11:30 POV: Remake Ross McElwee has shot footage from his own life since the 1970s. His son Adrian was filmed from infancy through years that got harder. In 2016, Adrian died of an overdose. What did the camera capture, and what did it miss?

Sunday 13 EARLY MORNING Chicago’s Loop: A New Walking Tour See Thurs.

Sept. 10 at 8:30 pm. [R] 3:00 Hemingway: The Blank Page (1944-1961) (Part 3 of 3) See Fri. Sept. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Golden Sunflowers 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Learning to Take a Leap 1:30

MORNING 6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Moonbeam Beach 6:30 Follow the Blooms: A Parade of Lilacs 7:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out: A Wonderful World of Festivals 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: In Search of Cacio e Pepe 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: Curry Means Gravy 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Toledo Band Lake Country 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: You Can Smoke What?!? Extreme Smoking 11:00 Food. Curated.: AAPI – The New Asian Food Wave 11:30 Whiskey Rebellion Treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton’s tax on the making of whiskey sparked a violent insurrection by settlers on Pennsylvania’s western frontier. This film brings the tale to life.

AFTERNOON 12:00 Made in the West Discover the beauty and utility of American functional art alongside artisans, historians, and educators.

1:00 Odysseus Returns Amateur historian Makis Metaxas claims he discovered the bones of Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem.

But controversy ensues, and Makis embarks on his own odyssey to convince the world he is right.

3:00 Frontier to Freedom This film traces the history of Michigan, tracing its evolution from a vast, untamed wilderness inhabited by Indigenous peoples to its emergence as the 26th U.S. state in 1837.

5:00 Behind the Canvas 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Baroque Art

EVENING 6:00 Growing Up Jewish This film follows four diverse

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Monday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Such Sweet Sorrow See Sat. Sept. 12 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 My Life is Murder: Killer Fashion See Sat. Sept. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:45 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Christmas See Sat. Sept. 12 at 8:45 pm. [R] 2:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Wisconsin’s West Coast [R] 3:00 POV: Remake 5:00 BBC News [R] 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Bruce Springsteen, Part 1

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Indianapolis [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Iconic Foods [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: New Ways with Ribs and Mushrooms [R] 3:30 Cook’s Country: Tri-State Treats 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Blood and Circuses 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

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Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Boston Highlights include a violin attributed to Johannes B. Ceruti, an 1836 Joseph H. Davis painting, and a frontiersman’s pipe tomahawk.

Independent Lens: Ghost in the Machine Chicago Tonight [R] BBC News

Tuesday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: The Queen of Poisons, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Unnatural Habits See Sat. Sept. 12 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tulsa 2:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Plum and Pear Desserts 3:30 Cook’s Country: Holiday Roast and Potatoes 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in the Dark 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: Rags to Riches Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Kate Burton and media mogul Barry Diller.

8:00 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: American Experience Paul Newman and Robert Redford immortalized them on screen, but who were Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh?

9:00 Leguizamo Does America: New York City 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Miami Highlights include a John Lehman stoneware jug from around

12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Miami See Mon. Sept. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow:

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Vintage Boston See Mon. Sept. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Independent Lens: Ghost in the Machine See Mon. Sept. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Las Vegas 2:00 Leguizamo Does America: New York City See Tues.

Sept. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Mexican Comfort Food 3:30 Cook’s Country: PubStyle Seafood 4:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: King Memses’ Curse 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) A fight with intruders leaves the lion pride males injured and the mothers with cubs vulnerable to attack.

Xudum, the female leopard, takes risks to find a mate.

8:00 NOVA: The Battle to Breathe 9:00 Ages of Ice: The Frozen Heart (Part 1 of 3) Venture into our planet’s most extreme ice fields alongside scientists uncovering the history of our climate.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Chest x-ray showing the chest and affected lungs

NOVA: The Battle to Breathe Once a death sentence, cystic fibrosis now faces an apparent miracle cure. Follow the decadeslong scientific quest, fueled by desperate parents, that led to this breakthrough with potential implications for the future of personalized medicine.

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young Jewish people as they prepare to celebrate their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.

7:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: The Queen of Poisons, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 2 of 4) As the suspects’ secrets begin to stack up, the trio hits a frustrating wall: absolutely no one seems to have a clear motive for wanting the mayor dead.

8:00 Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) Pünd begins his interrogations with the wealthy Chalfont family. Meanwhile, Susan uncovers evidence suggesting that Miriam Crace may have been murdered.

9:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the downstairs staff stays behind at Downton Abbey. New romances flare up, and a crisis unfolds.

11:00 Austin City Limits: ACL Hall of Fame – Brandi Carlile

Thursday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Finding Your Roots: Rags to Riches See Tues.

Sept. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: American Experience See Tues.

Sept. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Frontier to Freedom See Sun. Sept. 13 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Madison 2:00 Finding Your Roots: Rags to Riches [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Chicken or the Egg? 3:30 Cook’s Country: BBQ Brisket and Fritters 4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Such 1:00

Glacial microbiologist Birgit Sattler at Natur Eis Palast

Ages of Ice (New Miniseries) In this three-part series, embark on a breathtaking journey to Earth’s frozen frontiers. Meet the extraordinary scientists racing to decode the dramatic changes unfolding at our poles and reveal what it means for our future before time runs out.

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Duet on Stage

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(New Series) Sylvia Fox, a disillusioned British spy turned detective, starts a new life in Italy. She soon finds out that trouble follows her wherever she goes. At the wedding of her niece Alice, the groom disappears, leaving a woman’s body in the lake at the bottom of his garden.

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Inspector George Gently: Breathe in the Air Inspector Gently is intrigued as to why a woman has tragically committed suicide. There are too many details that don’t add up, and he suspects murder.

8:30 Chicago Time Machine Join Geoffrey Baer for this engaging historical travelogue through Chicago, aided by his amazing flea market find: a time machine.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

12:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) See Wed. Sept. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: The Battle to Breathe See Wed. Sept. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Ages of Ice: The Frozen Heart (Part 1 of 3) See Wed. Sept. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Growing Up Jewish See Sun. Sept. 13 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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Signora Volpe

Sweet Sorrow [R] BBC World News America Chicago Tonight

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Five rising choreographers create world premieres for The Joffrey Ballet’s Winning Works.

Under intense time pressure, artists from across cultures and backgrounds transform personal stories into bold choreography shaping ballet’s future. This new documentary is from Chicagobased Kartemquin Films.

Emilia Fox as Sylvia Fox

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MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids AFTERNOON 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Boston [R] 2:00 NOVA: The Battle to Breathe [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Summertime Staples 3:30 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food Classics 4:00 My Life is Murder: Killer Fashion [R] 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement 9:30 Weekend in Havana with Geoffrey Baer Join Geoffrey Baer as he travels to Havana, where locals invite him into their lives to experience the color, culture, and history of a beautiful and seductive city.

10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Inspector George Gently: Breathe in the Air See Thurs.

Sept. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Chicago Time Machine See Thurs. Sept. 17 at 8:30 pm. [R] 3:00 Leguizamo Does America: New York City [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

MORNING 6:00 Growing Up Jewish [R] 7:00 Baking with Julia: Pumpernickel Bread & Matzos with Lauren Groveman 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Carol Field 8:00 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Ocean Harvest 8:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Cook to Reminisce 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Assisi and Italian Country Charm 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Elmhurst, Illinois 10:00 This Old House: Walpole ADU – Board & Batten Down the Hatches 10:30 Ask This Old House: Picnic Table, Insurance Policies 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Secrets of Curry

AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Texas Cookout 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: A Coastal Feast 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Tex Meets Mex 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Breakfast of Champions 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Cheese Please 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The World of Breads 4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Time Stops at the Valley of the Ducks 4:30 Check, Please!

5:00 Chicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders Seven Chicagoans died after unknowingly taking Tylenol laced with cyanide. Recall this infamous unsolved murder case. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

EVENING 6:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: A Christmas Murder Phryne, Dot, and Dr. Mac happily accompany Aunt Prudence to a picturesque

Sally Lindsay as Jean White

The Madame Blanc Mysteries (New Season) As season 3 begins, Judith and Jeremy have loaned their boat to a group of marine biologists. While diving, tragedy soon strikes when one of the marine biologists, Gary, goes into cardiac arrest in the water. Caron enlists Jean’s help.

Saturdays beginning September 19, 8:30 pm chalet to celebrate a white Christmas in July, only to find one of the residents electrocuted while hanging festive lights.

7:00 Signora Volpe: An Anxious Aunt (Season 1, Part 1 of 3) 8:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Ocean 9:15 Under the Vines (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) 10:00 Velvet: The Man of the Year (Season 3, Part 1 of 15) 11:30 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) [R]

Sunday 20 EARLY MORNING Weekend in Havana with Geoffrey Baer See Fri. Sept. 18 at 9:30 pm. [R] 2:30 Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement See Fri. Sept. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Baroque Art [R] 4:30 Behind the Canvas [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Mountain Lake 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Open, Steady, and Patient 1:30

MORNING 6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Cattail Creek 6:30 Follow the Blooms: Artfest in Bloom

Charles Edwards and Rebecca Gibney

Under the Vines (New Season) Daisy’s, Griff’s, and Louis’s families are all living under the same roof, a situation made even more challenging by relationship troubles. Louis makes a last-ditch attempt to save his marriage, while Griff tries to rescue his romance with Gus by coming out online.

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Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out: The Wonderful World of Wine…and More!

7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Blender Cakes 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: The Not-So-Basics – Spice Blends and Beyond 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Natchitoches and the Cane River 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: White Glove Smoke Session 11:00 Great Performances at the Met: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde.

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AFTERNOON Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement [R] 5:00 Behind the Canvas 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Neoclassical and Romantic Ages 3:30

Monday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Signora Volpe: An Anxious Aunt (Season 1, Part 1 of 3) See Sat. Sept. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Ocean See Sat. Sept. 19 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:15 Under the Vines (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) See Sat. Sept. 19 at 9:15 pm. [R] 3:00 Velvet: The Man of the Year (Season 3, Part 1 of 15) See Sat. Sept. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out: The Wonderful World of Wine…and More! – a 20th Anniversary Celebration [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Bruce Springsteen and Bob Santelli, Part 2 MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Miami [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Grown-Up Comfort Classics 3:30 Cook’s Country: Cast Iron Everything 4:00 Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage First Finds, Part 1 Travel back to Season 1 to learn what the series’ first finds are worth today, including an 1895 UNC football, an

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EVENING 6:00 Leguizamo Does America: Chicago 7:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: Murder in the Park, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 3 of 4) When a man is killed during her university reunion, Becks finds herself landing on the wrong side of a murder investigation.

8:00 Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) As Eliot’s health rapidly deteriorates, he lashes out and accuses his own family of murder.

9:00 Trespasses (Part 1 of 4) 10:00 Astrid: You Only Die Once (Season 5, Part 1 of 8) A woman with no history is killed by a poisoned dart.

Astrid links it to a longretired mafia hitman.

11:00 Austin City Limits: Billy Strings

1856 Chinese export Canton fire oil painting, and a Jacob Hurd silver cann circa 1745.

8:00 To be announced 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: Murder in the Park, Part 1 (Season 3, Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Trespasses (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Astrid: You Only Die Once (Season 5, Part 1 of 8) See Sun. Sept. 20 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Sacramento 2:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Flavors of Thailand 3:30 Cook’s Country: New England for Everyone 4:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss & the Bulldozer 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

John Leguizamo

Leguizamo Does America: Chicago John travels to middle America to learn about how both the Mexican and Puerto Rican communities of Chicago have transformed the city into Chicagolandia; he learns about the deep roots in activism and resistance these communities have displayed.

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Stories We Tell Discover the unsolved mysteries behind the family stories of political organizer Donna Brazile, actor Ty Burrell and artist Kara Walker as they learn how the legacy of slavery has shaped their identities.

8:00 To be announced 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 23 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage First Finds, Part 1 See Mon. Sept. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 To be announced [R] 3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: A Christmas Murder See Sat. Sept. 19 at 6:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING

Sara Mortensen

Astrid (New Season) Detectives Astrid (Sara Mortensen) and Raphaelle are back for a fifth season of this suspenseful mystery series. They face spies, cults, killers, and more, as Lamarck makes a shocking return. The series is from Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.

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8:00 NOVA: Knowledge Keepers 9:00 Ages of Ice: Polar Seas (Part 2 of 3) The polar seas are one of Earth’s great superpowers, helping regulate our entire planet. But as they warm and sea ice disappears, explore why their health is inseparable from our survival.

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Sept. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 To be announced [R] 3:00 Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer Lifelong train enthusiast Geoffrey Baer hops aboard to tell the story of how railroads shaped our city, uncovering clues all around us to railroads of the past, recalling the colorful characters

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who built them and the unsung workers who toiled on them, and revealing why our current rail system remains just as vital to Chicago’s existence today. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

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Friday 25 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) See Wed. Sept. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Knowledge Keepers See Wed. Sept. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Ages of Ice: Polar Seas (Part 2 of 3) See Wed. Sept. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

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Saturday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer See Thurs.

Sept. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Leguizamo Does America: Chicago [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park [R] 3:00 Chicago Stories: The Boss & the Bulldozer [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: The

Sing Democracy 250 Celebrate America’s 250th and reaffirm the promise of democracy at the Minneapolis Signature Concert. Powerful choral performances honor our nation’s founding ideals, inspire hope, and remind us that “We, the People” are at the heart of it all.

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MORNING 6:00 Leguizamo Does America: Chicago [R] 7:00 Baking with Julia: Johnnycake Cobblers with Johanne Killeen 7:30 In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs: Michael Lomonaco 8:00 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Cooking Clever 8:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: Feed the Connection 9:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Siena and Tuscany’s Wine Country 9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Eagle River Wisconsin 10:00 This Old House: Walpole ADU – A Double Homecoming 10:30 Ask This Old House: Outdoor TV, Granite Firepit 11:00 Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey 11:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Eggs Around the World AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Fish Tacos and Fried Shrimp 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: A Flavor of History 1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: The Best BBQ

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4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: The Crawling Vine 4:30 Check, Please!

5:00 Chicago Stories: Marshall Field’s Explore the rise and fall of Chicago’s Marshall Field & Company, a famed department store that catered to women and famous for its whimsical holiday windows. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

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EVENING 6:00 Chicago Mysteries Did a UFO fly over O’Hare Airport?

Is the wife of Chicago’s “ sausage king” haunting the factory basement where she was murdered? Why don’t Chicagoans put ketchup on hot dogs? Geoffrey Baer and a team of super sleuths attempt to solve some of Chicago’s most baffling mysteries. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

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and Sacrifices (Season 1, Part 2 of 3) Sylvia assists on an archaeological dig at the Castello di Monterosa, and finds a skeleton buried in a shallow grave.

8:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Duel After Gloria discovers the body of an unknown man with a fencing foil protruding from his chest, Jean delves into a tale of honor and the last ever duel to take place in Sainte Victoire.

9:15 Under the Vines (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) Harvest is fast approaching, so Tippy gives everyone a lesson in the delicate art of grape-picking.

Daisy goes off on a walk with Nic and meets handsome local doctor David. And Gus and Griff decide to go on their first romantic trip away together.

10:00 Velvet: To Be or Not to Be (Season 3, Part 2 of 15) Cristina’s pregnancy threatens Ana and Alberto’s future.

She and Barbara devise a plan to win Alberto back.

Meanwhile, Rita, Pedro, and Jonas uncover a secret that could ruin Velvet.

11:30 Downton Abbey Season 4 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 8) See Thurs. Sept. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]

Sunday 27 EARLY MORNING 1:30 Chicago Mysteries See Sat. Sept. 26 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Sing Democracy 250 See Fri. Sept. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Neoclassical and Romantic Ages [R] 4:30 Behind the Canvas [R] 5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Seascape Sky 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Becoming Your Best Self MORNING 6:00 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Winter Glow 6:30 Follow the Blooms: Books in Bloom & River of Dahlias at the Library 7:00 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out: A World of Spiritual Experiences 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 8:00 Horizons from PBS News 8:30 Compass Points from PBS News 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Real Chicken Kyiv 9:30 Indian as Apple Pie: Dals – Lentils, Beans, and Peas 10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Red River Riches – Northwest Louisiana 10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke: ABCs of Smoke 11:00 Chicago Stories: Iconic Foods [R]

AFTERNOON 12:00 Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb On a spring afternoon in 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb abducted and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks.

Once convicted of the killing, only legendary defense attorney Clarence Darrow could save Leopold and Loeb from

the gallows. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

1:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Learn about two very different disasters that occurred in the heart of Chicago’s Loop 90 years apart: First, the deadliest building fire in U.S. history: the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire.

2:00 Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants Trace the histories of Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, and explore how they influenced the multitudes of retailers who came after them. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

3:00 Chicago Stories: Angels Too Soon – The School Fire of '58 On December 1, 1958, a devastating fire swept through Our Lady of the Angels school. Survivors, their families, and community members share their harrowing memories of that event and its aftermath. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

4:00 Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards Experience the sights, sounds, and awful smells of Chicago’s Union Stockyards and the complex of meat factories next to it, known as Packingtown.

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5:00 Chicago Stories: Legendary Blizzards Two deadly Chicago snowstorms in 1967 and 1979 stopped the city in its tracks. Look back at the fallout from these blizzards and how the public experienced them. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business Al Capone took advantage of Prohibition

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Learn how online scams steal billions of dollars and ruin victims’ lives. With The Associated Press, Frontline exposes the rise of a global criminal industry, the people and technology enabling it, and the efforts to shut it down.

Tuesday, September 29 8:00 pm to turn Chicago into a “ bootlegger’s paradise,” murdering anyone who got in his way.

Follow Capone’s rise and ignominious fall. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.

7:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: Murder in the Park, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 4 of 4) While Judith and Suzie team up with the police to find the murderer, tensions reach a boiling point among Becks’ housemates trapped in the house.

8:00 Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) The murderer in Corfu claims another victim. Back in reality, Eliot’s condition worsens, and Susan unexpectedly finds herself a suspect in a murder case.

9:00 Trespasses (Part 2 of 4) As Cushla’s affair deepens, tensions rise at school and home. Her kindness to her pupil backfires, her mother’s drinking worsens and her love for Michael is tested by betrayal, jealousy, and the dangerous politics closing in around them.

10:00 Astrid: But That’s Such A Long Time! (Season 5, Part 2 of 8) Recruited first by the French Secret Service, then the CIA, Astrid and Raphaelle become reluctant spies and double agents, caught

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Monday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Signora Volpe: Secrets and Sacrifices (Season 1, Part 2 of 3) See Sat. Sept. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Duel See Sat. Sept. 26 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:15 Under the Vines (Season 1, Part 2 of 6) See Sat. Sept. 26 at 9:15 pm. [R] 3:00 Velvet: To Be or Not to Be (Season 3, Part 2 of 15) See Sat. Sept. 26 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out: A World of Spiritual Experiences [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove: Julián Castro

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage First Finds, Part 1 [R] 2:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Modern Weeknight Meals 3:30 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts 4:00 Chicago Stories: Iconic Foods [R] 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage First Finds, Part 2 Vintage finds include a Gibson style H-2 mandola circa 1918, a Tiffany Studios Daffodil lamp circa 1906, and an 1852 Lincoln manuscript.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Honolulu Appraisals revisited 14 years later include 19th-century Hawaiian poi pounders, a Dirk van Erp copper vase, and an 1888 Joseph Nawahi oil painting.

9:00 Voces: Omara – Cuba’s Legendary Diva Meet the beloved Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, who has thrilled audiences for more than half a century, from the stages of Havana’s legendary nightclubs to her worldwide fame as part of the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece: Murder in the Park, Part 2 (Season 3, Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 27 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Sept. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Trespasses (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Sept. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Astrid: But That’s Such A Long Time! (Season 5, Part 2 of 8) See Sun. Sept. 27 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Los Angeles 2020 2:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Vegan for Everyone 3:30 Cook’s Country: Seafood Two Ways 4:00 Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business [R] 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

AFTERNOON Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Palm Springs, Part 1 2:00 Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer [R] 3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Just Add Apples 3:30 Cook’s Country: Two Tastes from the Bay Area 4:00 Chicago Stories: Legendary Blizzards See Sun. Sept. 27 at 5:00 pm. [R] 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 Chicago Tonight 1:00

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Big Cats 24/7 (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) The team witnesses a baby boom in the Delta. Lioness Matho must protect her cubs alone, while leopard mom Xudum reveals her newborns with danger looming nearby.

8:00 NOVA: Stone Age Masterpiece 9:00 Ages of Ice: The Incubator of Life (Part 3 of 3) As scientists explore glaciers, oceans, and frozen frontiers, they uncover remarkable clues that may one day help us find life beyond Earth.

10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

EVENING 6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 Finding Your Roots: In Search of Freedom Learn how the ancestors of Maya Rudolph, Shonda Rhimes, and Keenen Ivory Wayans struggled for freedom.

8:00 Frontline: Scammed 10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company

In the Spotlight Photo: France.TV.studio

Frontline: Scammed

Photo: David Goldman for AP; courtesy of GBH

In the Spotlight

Wednesday 30 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Siena and Tuscany’s Wine Country [R] 12:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Eagle River Wisconsin [R] 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage First Finds, Part 2 See Mon. Sept. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Honolulu See Mon. Sept. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Voces: Omara – Cuba’s Legendary Diva See Mon. Sept. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 PBS News Hour [R] 5:00 BBC News 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids

Scientist in front of the Panel of the Horses

NOVA: Stone Age Masterpiece Hidden in the gorges of Southern France lies one of the most stunning decorated caves ever discovered. Follow scientists as they search for new clues about the people who left such haunting images in these caves.

Wednesday, September 30 8:00 pm

September At-a-Glance • Arts & Performance ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family Thursday, 3:00 am (9/3) Austin City Limits Sundays, 11:00 pm (9/6, 9/13, 9/20) Great Performances: Verdi's Requiem - The Met Remembers 9/11 Friday, 8:00 pm (9/11) Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde Sunday, 11:00 am (9/20) Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement Friday, 8:00 pm (9/18) Sunday, 2:30 am, 3:30 pm (9/20) Sing Democracy 250 Friday, 9:00 pm (9/25) Sunday, 2:30 am (9/27)

Cooking & Food America’s Test Kitchen Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm Baking with Julia Saturdays, 7:00 am Check, Please!

Saturdays, 4:30 pm (9/5, 9/12) Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Saturdays, 11:30 am, 3:30 pm Sundays, 9:00 am Cook’s Country Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30pm Dook Chase: A Chef’s Journey Saturdays, 11:00 am Food. Curated.

Sundays, 11:00 am (9/6, 9/13) In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs Saturdays, 7:30 am Indian as Apple Pie Sundays, 9:30 am Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul Saturdays, 8:00 am Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana Sundays, 10:00 am Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 8:30 am New Scandinavian Cooking Sundays, 9:00 am Pati’s Mexican Table Saturdays, 4:00 pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals Saturdays, 3:00 pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Saturdays, 1:30 pm Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Sundays, 10:30 am

Drama & Mystery Astrid Sundays, 10:00 pm (9/20, 9/27) Tuesdays, 3:00 am (9/22, 9/29) Brokenwood Mysteries Thursdays, 8:28 pm (9/3) Saturday, 1:56 am (9/5) Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Sundays, 9:00 pm (9/6, 9/13) Saturday, 10:30 pm (9/5) Tuesday, 2:00 am (9/8) Saturday, 9:31 pm (9/12) Saturday, 11:30 pm (9/19, 9/26) Thursday, 8:00 pm (9/24) Inspector George Gently Thursdays, 7:00 pm (9/3, 9/10, 9/17) Saturday, 12:28 am (9/5) Saturday, 1:30 am (9/12) Saturday, 12:00 am (9/19) Madame Blanc Mysteries Saturday, 8:45 pm (9/12) Monday, 1:44 am (9/14) Saturdays, 8:30 pm (9/19, 9/26) Mondays, 1:30 am (9/21, 9/28) Marble Hall Murders on Masterpiece Sundays, 8:00 pm Tuesdays, 1:00 am (9/8, 9/22, 9/29) Tuesday, 2:00 am (9/15)

The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece Sundays, 7:00 pm Sunday, 11:30 am, 12:45 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:15 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:45 pm (9/6) Tuesdays, 12:00 am (9/8, 9/22, 9/29) Tuesday, 1:00 am (9/15) Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm (9/1-9/16) Saturdays, 6:00 pm (9/5, 9/12, 9/19) Wednesday, 3:00 am (9/2, 9/7, 9/15, 9/23) My Life is Murder Saturdays, 8:00 pm (9/5, 9/12) Monday, 2:15 am (9/7) Monday, 1:00 am (9/14) Friday, 4:00 pm (9/18) Mystery of Mr. E Saturday, 9:00 pm (9/5) Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Saturdays, 7:00pm (9/5, 9/12) Monday, 1:30 am (9/7) Monday, 12:00am (9/14) Thursday, 4:00 pm (9/17) Signora Volpe Saturdays, 7:00 pm (9/19, 9/26) Mondays, 12:00 am (9/21, 9/28) Trespasses Sundays, 9:00 pm (9/20, 9/27) Tuesdays, 2:00 am (9/22, 9/29) Under the Vines Saturdays, 9:15 pm (9/19, 9/26) Mondays, 2:15 am (9/21, 9/28) Velvet Saturdays, 10:00 pm (9/19, 9/26) Mondays, 3:00 am (9/21, 9/28)

Travel & Exploration Chicago from the Air Friday, 8:00 pm (9/4) Sunday, 12:30 am (9/6) Chicago Mysteries Saturday, 6:00 pm (9/26) Sunday, 1:30 am (9/27) Chicago Time Machine Thursday, 8:30 pm (9/17) Saturday, 1:30 am (9/19) John McGivern’s Main Streets Saturdays, 9:30 am Saturday, 3:30 am (9/5) Wednesday, 3:30 am (9/9) Monday, 2:30 am (9/14) Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out Sundays, 7:00 am Mondays, 4:30 am (9/21, 9/28) Leguizamo Does America Tuesday, 9:00 pm (9/15) Wednesdays, 2:00 pm (9/16, 9/23) Saturday, 3:00 am (9/19) Sunday, 6:00 pm (9/20) Saturday, 1:00 am (9/26) Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 9:00 am Sundays, 4:30 am (9/6) Sundays, 4:00 am, 5:30 pm (9/13, 9/20) Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer Thursday, 7:00 pm (9/24) Saturday, 12:00 am (9/26) Wednesday, 2:00 pm (9/30) Weekend in Havana with Geoffrey Baer Friday, 9:30 pm (9/18) Sunday, 1:30 am (9/20)

How-To & Home Improvement Ask This Old House Saturdays, 10:30 am Behind the Canvas Sundays, 5:00 pm (9/13, 9/20) Sundays, 4:30 am (9/20, 9/27) Follow the Blooms Sundays, 6:30 am Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr Sundays, 5:00 am Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins Sundays, 6:00 am Made in the West Sunday, 2:00 pm (9/13)

This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am Yoga in Practice Sundays, 5:30 am

History & Documentary 9/11 Inside the Pentagon Thursday, 3:00 am (9/10) Al Capone: Icon Tuesday, 9:00 pm (9/1) Thursday 2:00 am (9/3) Antiques Roadshow Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (9/7, 9/14, 9/28) Wednesdays, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/30) Wednesday, 2:00 am (9/30) Billy the Kid: American Experience Tuesday, 8:00 pm (9/1) Thursday 1:00 am (9/3) Bonnie & Clyde: American Experience Tuesday, 8:00 pm (9/8) Wednesday, 2:00 pm (9/9) Thursday 1:00 am (9/10) Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: American Experience Tuesday, 8:00 pm (9/15) Thursday 1:00 am (9/17) Diana’s Decades Wednesday, 2:00 am, 2:00 pm (9/2) Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Sunday, 1:00 pm (9/27) Chicago Stories: Union Stockyards Sunday, 4:00 pm (9/27) Chicago Stories: Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of ‘58 Sunday, 3:00 pm (9/27) Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion Friday, 4:00 pm (9/25) Chicago Stories: The Boss & the Bulldozer Tuesday, 4:00 pm (9/22) Saturday, 3:00 am (9/26) Chicago Stories: Candy Capital Monday, 2:00 pm (9/28) Chicago Stories: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants Sunday, 2:00 pm (9/27) Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance: Leopold and Loeb Sunday, 12:00 pm (9/27) Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal Wednesday, 4:00 pm (9/23) Friday, 3:00 am (9/25) Chicago Stories: Young Lords of Lincoln Park Thursday, 4:00 pm (9/24) Saturday, 2:00 am (9/26) Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned Monday, 4:00 pm (9/21) Thursday, 3:00 am (9/24) Chicago Stories: Al Capone’s Bloody Business Sunday, 6:00 pm (9/27) Tuesday, 4:00 pm (9/29) Chicago Stories: Legendary Blizzards Sunday, 5:00 pm (9/27) Wednesday, 4:00 pm (9/30) Chicago Stories: Inside the Tylenol Murders Saturday, 5:00 pm (9/19) Monday, 2:00 pm (9/21) Chicago Stories: Rod Blagojevich Saturday, 5:00 pm (9/5) Sunday, 1:30 am (9/6) Monday, 4:00 am, 2:00 pm (9/7) Chicago Stories: Iconic Foods Saturday, 5:00 pm (9/12) Monday, 2:00 pm (9/14) Sunday, 11:00 am (9/27) Monday, 4:00 pm (9/28) Chicago Stories: Marshall Field’s Saturday, 5:00 pm (9/26) Finding Your Roots Tuesdays, 7:00 pm Thursdays, 12:00 am, 2:00 pm

Frontier to Freedom Sunday, 3:00 pm (9/13) Thursday, 2:00 am (9/17) Frontline: The Man Who Knew Tuesday, 9:00 pm (9/8) Thursday, 2:00 am (9/10) Friday, 2:00 pm (9/11) Frontline: Scammed Tuesday, 8:00 pm (9/29) Growing Up Jewish Sunday, 5:00 am (9/13) Friday, 3:00 am (9/18) Saturday, 6:00 am (9/19) Hemingway Friday, 9:00 pm (9/4) Sunday, 2:30 am (9/6) Friday, 10:00 pm (9/11) Sunday, 3:00 am (9/13) Independent Lens: Ghost in the Machine Monday, 9:00 pm (9/14) Wednesday, 2:00 am (9/16) Pioneers of Television Friday, 3:00 am (9/4) POV: Union Monday, 12:00 am (9/7) Wednesday, 2:00 am (9/9) POV: Remake Saturday, 11:30 pm (9/12) Monday, 3:00 am (9/14) The Real Story of Mr. Bates vs the Post Office Saturday, 11:30 pm (9/5) Voces: Omara – Cuba’s Legendary Diva Monday, 9:00 pm (9/28) Wednesday, 3:00 am (9/30)

News & Public Affairs Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Tuesday, 12:00 am (9/15) Saturday, 12:300 am (9/12) BBC News Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm, 5:00 am Monday, 11:30pm (9/14) Friday, 11:00pm (9/4) Saturday, 12:00pm (9/12) BBC World News America Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm Chicago Tonight Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am Monday, 11:00 pm (9/14) Thursday, 10:01 pm (9/3) Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm Saturdays, 5:30 am Compass Points from PBS News Sundays, 8:30 am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Sundays, 7:30 am Horizons from PBS News Sundays, 8:00 am Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove Mondays, 5:30 am PBS News Hour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, 4:00 am Washington Week with the Atlantic Fridays, 7:30 pm Saturdays, 5:00 am

Science & Nature Ages of Ice Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (9/16, 9/23, 9/30) Fridays, 2:00 am (9/18, 9/25) Big Cats 24/7 Wednesdays, 9:00 pm Fridays, 12:00 am Tuesdays, 2:00 pm (9/8, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29) Nature Tuesday, 2:00 pm (9/1) NOVA Wednesdays, 8:00 pm Fridays, 1:00 am, 2:00 pm (9/4, 9/18, 9/25) Friday, 1:00 am (9/11) Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (9/2, 9/9) Fridays, 2:00 am (9/4, 9/11)

2026

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• Daily Radio Programming

Programming Subject to Change Without Notice

Programmer’s Picks Folkstage

Bach to School

Exploring Music

Enjoy live sets from The Mac and Cheese Band and Abbie Gardner, plus a special twohour preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival.

From 7:00 am-7:00 pm, tune in to WFMT’s Bach to School membership drive to learn how you can support music education in our community.

Call (773) 279-2100 or visit wfmt.com.

Peter van de Graaff explores the vibrant musical world of Darius Milhaud, whose curiosity drew him to cultures and sounds from every corner of the globe.

Saturdays, 8:00 pm

Wednesday, September 2

September 21-25, 7:00 pm

With news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.

Midday with Lisa Flynn at 10:00 am With Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm (Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm).

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree at 3:00 pm With The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm and Friday Afternoon at the Movies on Fridays at 4:30 pm.

Tuesday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto grosso No. 3 in F – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. Virgin 45495-2. [7:23] 7:00 Brahms Festive and Commemorative Music, Op. 109 – Millar Brass Ensemble/Bruce C Briney.

Crystal CD-433. [9:01] 8:00 Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: Folk Dance; The Street Awakens; Arrival of the Guests; The

All prerecorded music on WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.

King For centuries, the relationship between a King and his musical subjects has been intimate and deep. From Bach to Bridge, we will listen to this rich and intriguing world of the European court composer.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Balakirev Octet, Op. 3; Ransom Wilson, fl; James Austin Smith, ob; David Jolley, hn; Sean Lee, v; Mark Holloway, vi; Inbal Segev, vc; Xavier Foley, db; Michael Brown, p; Beethoven Schumann Quartet.

11:00 Evening Music

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In the Spotlight

Wednesday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Haydn Scherzando No. 3 in D, H II:35 – Berlin Haydn Ensemble. EMI CDC5-56577-2. [8:05] 7:00 WFMT’s fifth annual Bach to School membership drive Until 7:00 pm. Each year, WFMT’s Bach to School program provides free musical instruments to hundreds of schools, supporting thousands of students in their musical journey. This fall, 80 Chicago schools will each receive their choice of two acoustic guitars or a digital piano. Tune in to learn how you can help advance a bright and accessible future for music in our community. Call (773) 279-2100 or visit wfmt.com.

7:00 Exploring Music: Fit for a King See Tuesday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: 18th-cenutry concertos with Ensemble Diderot Violinist Johannes Pramsohler leads Ensemble Diderot in concertos by Bach and Vivaldi. Recorded live in concert February 28, 2026.

Thursday 3 Most live performances on WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

7:00

Cimarosa Serenade – James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g. RCA 5679-2-RC. [11:39] André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Suite de ballet – Orch National de Bretagne/ Stefan Sanderling. ASV CDDCA-1095. [10:19]

Photo: Courtesy of Claudia Schmidt

Mornings with Jan Weller at 6:00 am

Young Juliet – Frederic Chiu, p. Harmonia Mundi HCX-3957150. [12:11] 9:00 James Moody Little Suite – Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner.

Chandos CHAN-8617. [12:05] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [13:30] 11:00 Felix Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 85 – Christoph Eschenbach, p.

DG 4794624 (6). [13:18] 12:00 Corelli Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 1 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/ Mayumi Hirasaki. Pentatone PTC-5187234. [12:05] 1:00 Sérgio Assad Preludio Fuga e Vivace – Plínio Fernandes, g. Decca 4859359. [7:02] 2:00 Dvorák My Home Overture, Op. 62 – Los Angeles Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80173. [9:31] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Richard Strauss Duet Concertino – Larry Combs, cl; David McGill, bn; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim.

Teldec 23913-2. [19:49] 4:00 Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Romantic: I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell – London Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. LSO Live LSO-0875. [17:26] 5:00 Respighi The Birds – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 420485-2. [20:12] 6:00 Holst St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall. DMD Classics 2003. [13:28] 7:00 Exploring Music: Fit for a

12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Domenico

Claudia Schmidt

Folkstage To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival, Folkstage presents a rare two-hour program with five distinctive artists. Illinois songwriter and folk song historian Chris Vallillo starts the show followed by award-winning storyteller, author, and singer Heather Forest, Ph.D., and Zoe Mulford,composer of contemporary anthems like “Songs Stay Sung” and “The President Sang Amazing Grace” made famous by Joan Baez. In the second hour, host Marilyn Rea Beyer presents Joy Clark, a rising star from New Orleans. The party wraps up with the renowned Claudia Schmidt whose voice and shimmering 12-string guitar and dulcimer playing have only become richer and more refined since she first played live on WFMT with Steve Goodman in the 1970s. Stay to the end for an all-sing finale!

Saturday, September 5 8:00 pm

In the Spotlight

Friday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri Concerti da Chiesa

e da Camera: Concerto ottavo in E-Flat – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz.

RCA-DHM 77352-2 (2). [9:42] 7:00 Henry Hugh Pierson Overture, Romeo and Juliet, Op. 86 – English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones.

Hyperion CDA-66515. [9:42] 8:00 Mikhail Glinka Jota aragonesa (Spanish Overture No. 1) – Dresden Staatskapelle/ Neville Marriner. Philips 410047-2. [8:43] 9:00 Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 – Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jirí Stárek. Hänssler Classic CD-93.192. [23:39] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Wagner Rienzi: Overture – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim.

Teldec 24224-2. [13:05] 11:00 Irene Britton Smith Violin Sonata (1947) – Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p.

Delos DE-3599. [14:49] 12:00 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Sinfonia for Strings in F, F 67 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901772. [15:18] 1:00 Poulenc Flute Sonata – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p. EMI CDC5-56488-2. [12:27] 2:00 Smetana The Bartered Bride: Three Dances – Prague Sym Orch/Jirí Belohlávek.

Supraphon 110377-2. [12:23] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including John Corigliano Gazebo Dances – Louisville Orch/ Lawrence Leighton Smith.

Louisville LCD-008. [15:57] 4:00 Haydn Symphony No. 96 in D, Miracle – London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum. DG 437201-2 (4). [22:37] 5:00 Amy Beach Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67 – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20224. [28:33] 6:00 Mozart String Divertimento in F, K. 138 – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman.

Erato 45471-2. [13:40] 7:00 Exploring Music: Fit for a King See Tuesday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: This Train, Part 1 (c. 1963) Part one of “This Train,” WFMT’s annual remembrance of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. Studs joined hundreds of Chicagoans on a train bound for Washington, D.C. He recorded their thoughts and experiences on his portable tape recorder, and wove those historic voices into this award-winning documentary.

Saturday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039 – Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p; Camille Paquette-Roy, vc.

Analekta AN2-8921. [12:04] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Peter Boyer Celebration Overture – London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer. Naxos 8.559769. [6:33] 11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area.

Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.

12:00 From Teatro alla Scala: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor Rosa Feola (Lucia); Piero Pretti (Edgardo); Boris Pinkhasovich (Enrico); Michele Pertusi (Raimondo); Leonardo Cortellazzi (Arturo); Hyeonsol Park (Alisa); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci, conductor. Sung in Italian.

3:00 Afternoon Music including Anthony Ritchie Underwater Music, Op. 57 – New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich.

Rattle RAT-D143. [12:59] 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with soprano Lucy Crowe recorded at the 2026 Santa Fe Opera festival where she was starring in the title role of Handel’s Rodelinda.

5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Silvestre Revueltas Sensemayá – Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Michael Mulcahy.

CSO Resound 9011101. [7:08] 6:00 Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 – Olga Kern, p. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907402. [5:18] 7:00 Elfrida Andrée Symphony No. 1 in C: I. Allegro – Norrkoping Sym Orch/ Hermann Bäumer. CPO 555589-2. [8:08] 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A very special two-hour preview of the 50th annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival with Chris Vallillo, storyteller Heather Forest, Zoe Mulford, Joy Clark, and Claudia Schmidt.

10:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer We start an hour later this week and pack in a concentrated playlist of September songs.

Photo: Chris Lee

8:00 Amadeo Roldán La Rebambaramba Suite – New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. Argo 436737-2. [8:56] 9:00 Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [16:14] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Price Concert Overture No. 2 – Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [13:32] 11:00 Franz Xaver Richter Trumpet Concerto in D – Ludwig Güttler, tr; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer.

Capriccio 10051. [15:03] 12:00 Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV. 293 – Orchestre Le Consort/Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58. [10:19] 1:00 Scriabin Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 38 – Lise de la Salle, p. Naïve V-5468. [7:17] 2:00 Delius Over the Hills and Far Away – English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones.

Naxos 8.553535. [13:24] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – London Sym Orch/Peter Maag.

Decca 466990-2. [11:55] 4:00 Dmitri Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. CBS MK-37840. [18:21] 5:00 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: I. Reveries – Passions – Utah Sym/ Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA-68324. [15:14] 6:00 Maddalena Sirmen String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat – Allegri String Quartet.

Cala CACD-1019. [9:48] 6:30 Ravel La valse – Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch.

RCA 61956-2. [11:23] 7:00 Exploring Music: Fit for a King See Tuesday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica; Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated (World Premiere of Orchestral Version, New York Phil Commission); Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.

Olga Kern

Ravinia Festival With vivid stage presence and dazzling technique, pianist Olga Kern is widely recognized as one of the great artists of her generation. Since becoming the only woman in the last fifty years to win a historic Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Kern has continued to enthrall audiences across the globe, performing with major orchestras including the St. Louis Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Detroit Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. For the finale of WFMT’s 2026 Ravinia Festival broadcast season, Kern performs live from Bennett Gordon Hall. Her program traverses through the many masked faces of Robert Schumann’s Carnaval and Rachmaninoff’s breathless miniatures to songful Scriabin études and Beethoven variations—all before sparking off jazz-infused brilliance in Gershwin’s Preludes and Earl Wild’s Virtuoso Etude on “Fascinating Rhythm.”

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Sunday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Come, Labor On. As summer winds down, host Peter DuBois honors the Labor Day holiday with sacred choral and organ music appropriate for his truly American celebration.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Antonín Dvorák Bagatelles, Op. 47: Nos. 3-5 – Takács Quartet.

Decca 430077-2. [10:29] 8:00 Lawrence Ashmore Four Seasons (Suite of English Folk Songs) – Richard

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New York Philharmonic Music and artistic director designate Gustavo Dudamel conducts the world premiere of David Lang’s the wealth of nations featuring mezzosoprano Fleur Barro, bass-baritone Davóne Tines, and the New York Philharmonic Chorus directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather. Inspired

by Handel’s treatment of texts in Messiah, Lang turns to Adam Smith’s 1776 magnum opus. Drawing on texts from Smith, as well as Franklin Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edith Wharton, Eugene Debs, and Maria W. Stewart, the wealth of nations explores the roles and relationships of commerce and free markets. “One of the successes of Handel’s Messiah is in converting a serious subject, taken from an authoritative book, into a popular entertainment,” says Lang. “Thinking about that goal was helpful for me in the organization of my piece.” Lang hopes his enjoyable and thought-provoking 21st-century oratorio “encourages audiences to consider what we truly value.”

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RCA 60437-2-RC. [21:26] 9:00 Jennifer Higdon Trumpet Songs – Scott Meredith, tr; Rúbia Santos, p. Albany TROY-1395. [8:52] 10:00 Louise Farrenc Sextet for piano and winds in C minor, Op. 40: III. Allegro vivace – Linos Ensemble.

CPO 777256. [6:44] 11:00 Ellington Prelude to a Kiss – Daniel Barenboim, p; Chicago Sym Orch members & guests.

Teldec 25252-2. [4:47] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Robert Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52: Overture – Dresden Staatskapelle/

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Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDM7-69471-2. [6:32] Still Serenade – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Avlana Eisenberg. Naxos 8.559867. [5:58] Ravinia Festival 2026: Olga Kern Live from Bennett Gordon Hall: Pianist Olga Kern presents Robert Schumann’s Carnaval, Beethoven’s 10 Variations on la stessa, la stessissima, études by Scriabin, Earl Wild’s Virtuoso Etude on “Fascinating Rhythm,” and more.

Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Isabella Leonarda Ave Regina Caelorum; Laudate Pueri à 3 – Soloists; Bella Voce/Liza Calisesi Maidens; J Reed, o; A Steinhoff, vc.

Centaur CRC-4072. [7:14] François Couperin Concert royal No. 4 in E minor – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV-9840. [16:35] Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Tenor Travon Walker, ROC ensemble alumna mezzo-soprano Lindsay Metzger, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform Leoš Janácek’s operatic song cycle The Diary of One Who Disappeared.

With sopranos Adia Evans and Emily Richter and mezzo-soprano Alexis Peart.

Hosted by Candice Agree.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

Webern Im Sommerwind; Bernard Haitink, conductor; 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.

Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Women Composers from Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil Fiesta presents a full-scale string quartet by the iconic Teresa Carreño, as well as pieces by living composers María Granillo and Marisa Rezende.

Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Jascha Horenstein with the American Symphony Orchestra. A celebrated live performance of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Mahler’s Symphony No. 9.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune

No. 10 – Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner.

Argo 417818-2. [6:52] 7:00 Price Scenes in Tin Can Alley – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p.

Blue Griffin BGR-615. [11:01] 8:00 Michael Torke Javelin – Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi.

Argo 452101-2. [8:30] 9:00 Copland Symphony No. 3: IV. Finale – London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland.

Philips 422307-2. [12:37] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern.

Reference RR-129. [8:48] 11:00 Edward MacDowell Fireside Tales, Op. 61 – James Barbagallo, p. Marco Polo 8.223631. [12:01] 12:00 Maurice Greene Overture No. 1 in D – Baroque Band/ Garry Clarke. Cedille CDR-90000152. [5:45] 1:00 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, Emperor – Alessio Bax, p; Southbank Sinfonia/ Simon Over. Signum SIGCD-525. [37:30] 2:00 Copland The Red Pony Suite – Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [23:34] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Joshua Bell, v; Baltimore Sym Orch/ David Zinman. Decca 452851-2. [22:52] 4:00 Joaquín Turina Círculo, Op. 91 – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000150 (2). [11:14] 5:00 Carl Stamitz Clarinet Concerto No. 7 in E-flat – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Potsdam Chamber Academy.

Decca 4814711. [20:04] 6:00 Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Herbert Blomstedt. Decca B0004645-02. [19:05] 7:00 Exploring Music: Bill’s Keepers Bill keeps a big box at home filled with albums from friends around the world. This week, he’s sharing some of his favorites, which he calls his “keepers.”

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob. VIIb:1; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Weber Overture to Der Freischütz, Op. 77 Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter; Manfred Honeck, conductor.

Tuesday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Sylvius Leopold Weiss Concerto a Cinque in C – Tempesta di Mare.

Chandos CHAN-0707. [9:40] 7:00 Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Queen Mab Scherzo – London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 456143-2 (6). [7:44] 8:00 Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor: II. Tempo di minuetto: Sehr mässig – Chicago Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink. CSO Resound 901701. [9:52] 9:00 Lars-Erik Larsson Barococo Suite, Op. 64 – New York Scandia Sym/Dorrit Matson.

Centaur CRC-2607. [17:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Violin Sonata No. 18 in G, K. 301 – Alina Ibragimova, v; Cédric Tiberghien, p. Hyperion CDA-68091 (2). [13:02] 11:00 Rodrigo Sones en la Giralda (Fantasía sevillana) – Pepe Romero, g; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner.

Philips 416357-2. [9:08] 12:00 Ron Nelson Courtly Airs and Dances – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin.

Reference RR-76. [12:02] 1:00 Schubert Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 422237-2. [11:10] 2:00 Telemann Overture (Suite) in A minor, TWV 55:a1 – L’Orfeo Barockorchester/ Carin van Heerden. CPO 555519-2. [13:19] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Patricia Morehead Voyage Across Centuries – Janácek Phil/Stanislav Vavrínek.

Navona NV-6482. [11:47] 4:00 Richard Strauss Macbeth, Op. 23 – Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Marek Janowski. Pentatone PTC-5186339. [19:17] 5:00 Debussy Jeux (Poème dansé) – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas.

SFS Media 0069. [18:22] 6:00 Giovanni Punto Horn Concerto No. 10 in F – Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDFB569395-2 (2). [16:04] 7:00 Exploring Music: Bill’s Keepers See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Debussy Clair de lune; Tony Arnold, soprano; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Poulenc Sonata; Demarre McGill, flute; Evren Ozel, piano; Saint-Saëns Sonata, Op. 166; Juri Vallentin, oboe;

Evren Ozel, piano; Brahms Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Wu Qian, piano.

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RCA 7867-2-RC. [8:06] 7:00 Schubert Konzertstück in D, D 345 – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v.

Philips 420168-2. [9:44] 8:00 Emmanuel Chabrier Le roi malgré lui: Fête polonaise – Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [7:22] 9:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick NézetSéguin. DG 4863050. [26:21] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Price Octet for Brasses and Piano – Onyx Brass; Viv McLean, p. Chandos CHAN-20399. [10:54] 11:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Aleko: Dance of the Women; Dance of the Men – Philharmonia

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Bach Three Trumpet Concerto in D, after BWV 249 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 471150-2. [11:34] Franz von Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta.

CBS MK-44932. [8:08] Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Aram Khachaturian Spartacus: Ballet Suite No. 2 – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8927. [20:35] Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 33 – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG B0011939-02. [10:46] Agustín Barrios Mangoré La Catedral – Sharon Isbin, g. Virgin 59591-2. [5:17] Korngold Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11: Suite (Four Pieces) – Brinton Averil Smith, vc; Evelyn Chen, p.

Naxos 8.579055. [11:26] Exploring Music: Bill’s Keepers See Monday’s listing.

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10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Bach & Handel with Matthias Goerne Baritone Matthias Goerne joins the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra led by Enrico Onofri for a program of vocal and orchestral works by Bach and Handel. Recorded live in concert December 19, 2025.

Thursday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Josef Myslivecek Sinfonia in F – Concerto Köln.

Archiv 4776418. [9:53] 7:00 Saint-Saëns Africa, Op. 89 – Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Sakari Oramo. Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2). [9:42] 8:00 Britten Gloriana, Op. 53: Courtly Dances – Bournemouth Sym Orch/ Uri Segal. EMI CDM769422-2. [9:50] 9:00 Rodrigo Concierto andaluz – Los Romeros; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner. Decca 4780192 (2). [23:57] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 1 – Chicago

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Sym Orch/Jean Martinon. Sony Classical 88843062752. [17:38] 11:00 Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23 – Augustin Hadelich, v; Orion Weiss, p. Warner 5021732287908. [6:22] 12:00 Beethoven Andante favori in F, WoO 57 – András Schiff, p. ECM 1945/46. [8:22] 1:00 Verdi Don Carlos: Ballet de la Reine – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [16:41] 2:00 Elgar String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 – Orpheus Chamber Orch.

DG 419191-2. [12:18] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Waltzes – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [20:22] 4:00 Barber Adagio for Strings (from Op. 11) – Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 439521-2. [10:01] 5:00 Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 – Oslo Phil/ Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4852256. [22:35] 6:00 Puccini Preludio sinfonico: original version – Welsh National Opera Orch/ Carlo Rizzi. Signum SIGCD-778. [10:51]

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8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. David Lang the wealth of nations; (co-commission with the Aspen Music Festival and School); Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano; Davóne Tines, bass-baritone; New York Philharmonic Chorus; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.

Friday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including William Alwyn Seven Irish Tunes – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/David Lloyd-Jones.

Naxos 8.570145. [8:51] 7:00 Hans Christian Lumbye Drommebilleder (Dream Pictures) Fantasy – Danish National Radio Sym/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN-9209. [9:46] 8:00 Jean Françaix Divertissement for Bassoon and Strings (1968) – Gaudier Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA-67036. [9:28] 9:00 Vivaldi Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569 – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler.

Avie AV-2154. [12:31]

10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Luigi Boccherini Symphony in D, Op. 35, No. 1 (G 509) – Orchestra of the 18th Century. Glossa GCD-921131. [16:03] 11:00 Agathe Backer Grøndahl In the Blue Mountains (A Fairy Tale Suite), Op. 44 – Natalia Strelchenko, p.

Arena AR-07015. [14:12] 12:00 Ginastera Overture to the Creole Faust – Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Maximiano Valdés.

Dorian DOR-90227. [8:48] 1:00 Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902216. [26:40] 2:00 Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations – Michael Boriskin, p; Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer.

Conifer 51342-2. [8:58] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-Flat – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68330. [20:11] 4:00 Debussy La Mer – Los Angeles Phil/EsaPekka Salonen. Sony SK-62599. [24:19] 5:00 Jean Françaix L’Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock) – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St Martin’s Academy/Mathias Mönius.

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6:00 Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 – Radu Lupu, p. Philips 456895-2 (2). [16:42] 7:00 Exploring Music: Bill’s Keepers See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: This Train, Part 2 (c. 1963) Part two of “This Train,” WFMT’s annual remembrance of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. Studs joined hundreds of Chicagoans on a train bound for Washington, D.C. He recorded their thoughts and experiences on his portable tape recorder, and wove those historic voices into this award-winning documentary.

Saturday 12 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Enrique Granados Valses poéticos – Benjamin Grosvenor, p.

Decca 4785334. [10:31] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Eugenio Toussaint Concierto para piano improvisa: 2nd movement – Alex Brown, p; Phil Orch of the Americas/ Alondra de la Parra. Sony 88697755552. [6:58] 11:00 Introductions A solo piano performance by 14-year-old pianist Jeremy Liu, winner of the 2025 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition.

12:00 From Teatro alla Scala: Bizet’s Carmen Clémentine Margaine (Carmen); Vittorio Grigolo (Don José); Natalia Tanasii (Micaëla); Giorgi Manoshvili (Escamillo); Sarah Dufresne (Fraquita); Marine Chagnon (Mercédès); Pierre Doyen (Dancaïre); Loïc Felix (Remendado); Yuntong Han (Bardolph); Vinicius Costa (Pistol); Treble Voice Chorus from La Scala Academy; La Scala Chorus and Orchestra; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor. Sung in French.

3:00 Afternoon Music including Joel Puckett Bill-ytude – Nicholas Phillips, p. New Focus FCR-144. [4:47] 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Tenor Nicholas Phan joins WFMT to preview the 2026-27 season of Art Song Chicago.

5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Claudio Monteverdi L’Orfeo: Dances – Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini.

Naïve OP-7366. [3:50] 6:00 Cécile Chaminade Concert Etudes, Op. 35: No. 2,

Automne – Joanne Polk, p.

Steinway & Sons 30037. [5:11] 7:00 Manuel Ponce Estrellita – Joshua Bell, v; Orch of St. Luke’s/Michael Stern.

Sony SK-97779-2. [3:12] 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from St. Tim’s Coffeehouse in Northfield: The Mac and Cheese Band (Pete McCauley & Tim Cheesebrow) deliver highenergy, high-carb folk music with an expertly composed sauce of humor and strings in their Folkstage debut.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer We mark the 25th anniversary of the shared tragedy of 9/11 with music that helps us overcome fear and find a shared purpose.

Sunday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice School Days. With August and September beckoning students back to school, host Peter DuBois shares wonderful sacred music featuring choirs from secondary schools and colleges both in the US and the UK. 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Andrés Sas Sonatina Fantasía: I. Fantasía – Jessica Warren, f; Christopher Cooley, p.

Filarmonika FILA-0103. [3:46] 8:00 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Symphony in D: I. Allegro vivace – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall.

Astrée E-8532. [10:18] 9:00 Haydn Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese, H XXIIIc: 2 – Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 470286-2. [8:03] 10:00 Samuel ColeridgeTaylor African Suite, Op. 35 – Chineke! Orch/ Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [19:43] 11:00 Chabrier Gwendoline: Overture – Vienna Phil/ John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447751-2. [8:33] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including John Adams Fanfare, Tromba lontana – San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart.

Nonesuch 79144-2. [4:11] 1:00 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D, R. 210 (Op. 8/11) – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v. Signum SIGCD-919. [12:53] 2:00 Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 – Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Holly Mathieson.

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In the Spotlight Latin American composers celebrating this monumental work by Miguel de Cervantes.

9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Ivor Gurney A program of songs, piano music, and orchestral music by British composer Ivor Gurney.

11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

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ZaRiah

Dame Myra Hess Concerts A world-class emerging ensemble, ZaRiah (flutist Benjamin Smith, oboist Jamison Hillian, clarinetist Katelyn Poetker, bassoonist AJ Neubert, and hornist Oved Rico) is a collaboration of multifaceted artists passionate about creating performances that are both artistically compelling and deeply human. ZaRiah is the Gold Medal winner in the Senior Wind Division and Grand Prize winner of the 2026 Fischoff National Chamber Music competition — an honor that has not been won by a wind quintet in almost three decades. Known for their vibrant energy and genuine connection with audiences, the ensemble brings a fresh and engaging approach to chamber music. As part of the Fischoff Double Gold Tour, ZaRiah performs works by Samuel ColeridgeTaylor, Eugene Bozza, Valerie Coleman, Arturo Márquez, and Jeff Scott live from downtown Chicago.

Wednesday, September 16 12:15 pm Decca 4850020. [21:17] Martin Lodge & Bjørn Amtsen The Rest is Silence – Jade String Quartet.

Rattle RAT-D166. [9:34] 4:00 Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25 – London Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN-8825. [45:41] 5:00 Clara Schumann Liebst du um Schönheit, Op. 12, No. 2 – Nicole Cabell, s; John Axelrod, p. Telarc TEL-34658-02 (2). [2:37] 6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

Wagner Die Meistersinger Act 3 Prelude; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Sibelius Lemminkäien, Op. 22; R Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor.

8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music for Don Quixote Elbio presents Spanish and 3:00

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12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Giuseppe Sammartini Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 5, No. 4 – Barokkbandið Brák. Sono Luminus SLE-70026. [11:16] 7:00 Charles-Édouard Lefebvre Wind Suite, Op. 57 – Borealis Wind Quintet. MSR Classics MS-1250. [11:20] 8:00 Tomás Bretón En la Alhambra – City of Granada Orch/Juan de Udaeta.

Almaviva DS-0107. [8:02] 9:00 Hubert Parry An English Suite – English String Orch/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI-5366. [19:10] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including John Knowles Paine In the Country, Op. 26 – Denver Oldham, p. New World 80424-2 (2). [17:21] 11:00 Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 2 in C, Op. 72a – London Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink.

LSO Live LSO-0080. [15:00] 12:00 Johann Stamitz Flute Concerto in G – Barthold Kuijken, f; Tafelmusik/ Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-48045. [13:09] 1:00 Robert Schumann Arabeske in C, Op. 18 – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9300. [7:52] 2:00 Piazzolla Le grand tango – Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Javier Perianes, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902648. [12:20] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Robert Russell Bennett Suite of Old American Dances – Lone Star Wind Orch/ Eugene Migliaro Corporon.

Naxos 8.570968. [18:32] 4:00 Adalbert Gyrowetz Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 6, No. 2, Great – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN-9791. [17:47] 5:00 Purcell King Arthur: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.

EMI 40329-2. [14:20] 6:00 Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes – James Tocco, p.

Pro Arte CDD-183. [19:25] 7:00 Exploring Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (18721958) Composer of nine masterful symphonies, editor

of the English Hymnal, an ambulance driver in WWI and great-nephew to Charles Darwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prolific and intriguing figure at the forefront of English music in the early 20th century. We’ll look at his life, listen to his friends perform his music, and hear the music that inspired him.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra.

Yin Chengzong, Chu Wangua The Yellow River Piano Concerto; Chu Wanghua, piano; Mozart Violin Concertos No. 2, 3, & 5; Ning Feng, violin; Li Biao, conductor.

Tuesday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Mozart Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318 – Scottish Chamber Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

Virgin 61451-2 (2). [8:55] 7:00 Strauss II Waltz, Roses from the South, Op. 388 – Diabolicus/Dietrich Henschel.

Naïve AM-137. [9:34] 8:00 Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Czech Phil/ Václav Neumann. Philips 422387-2. [9:18] 9:00 Poulenc Two-Piano Concerto in D minor – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa.

Philips 426284-2. [20:12] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Alice Chalifoux, h; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. Sony SM2K-68327 (2). [10:07] 11:00 Gerald Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 – Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI-5366. [9:44] 12:00 John Alden Carpenter SeaDrift – Royal Phil Orch/Karl Krueger. Bridge 9190. [16:40] 1:00 Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 493 – Matthew Truscott, v; Joel Hunter, vi; Frank-Michael Guthmann, vc; Leif Ove Andsnes, p.

Sony 19439854512. [27:53] 2:00 Giuseppe Tartini Violin Concerto in A, D. 96 – Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon. Archiv B0003849-02. [18:13] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Carlos Guastavino Tres Romances Argentinos – Martha Argerich & Mauricio Vallina, p’s. EMI 58472-2 (3). [18:06] 4:00 Stella Sung Dance of the White Lotus Under

the Silver Moon – Susan Glaser, f; Emily Mitchell, h.

Koch 3-7497-2. [10:55] 5:00 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D, R. 208, Grosso Mogul – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2287. [16:09] 6:00 Adolf Schulz-Evler Arabesques on Strauss’s Blue Danube – Zlata Chochieva, p. Naïve V-7959. [11:11] 7:00 Exploring Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (18721958) See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Vivaldi Concerto in D major for Lute, Two Violins, and Continuo, RV 93; Avi Avital, man; Paul Huang, violin I; Danbi Um, violin II; Mihai Marica, cello; Vivaldi Aria from Sovvente il sole; Gábor Boldoczki, trumpet. Visit wfmt.com for more information.

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Wednesday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat – Arabella String Quartet.

Naxos 8.574360. [9:50] 7:00 Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 1 – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDM7-63572-2. [9:49] 8:00 Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Maxine Eilander, h; Tafelmusik/ Jeanne Lamon. Analekta AN2-9811. [11:44] 9:00 Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, Mozartiana – Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner.

Capriccio 10200. [24:16] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 – New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas.

RCA 68538-2. [9:39] 11:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in G minor – Anna Shelest, p. Sorel Classics SCCD-015. [16:36] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Concerts.

ZaRiah Wind Quintet (Smith, f; Jamison Hillian, ob; Katelyn Poetker, cl; AJ Neubert, bn; Oved Rico, hn) performs music by Samuel ColeridgeTaylor, Eugene Bozza, Valerie Coleman, Arturo Márquez, and Jeff Scott, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto – Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil Orch/Raymond Leppard.

CBS MK-44726. [17:32] 2:00 Poulenc Suite française – London Wind

Orch/Denis Wick. ASV CDWHL-2067. [12:20] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – Utah Sym/Keith Lockhart.

Reference RR-105. [22:09] 4:00 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Ulster Orch/ Yan-Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN-8756. [16:25] 5:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight – Alessio Bax, p. Signum SIGCD-397. [14:17] 6:00 Price Piano Concerto in D minor – Michelle Cann, p; New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper. Avie AV-2503. [17:02] 7:00 Exploring Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (18721958) See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Les chemins hébraïques du baroque Ensemble XVIII-21 Le Baroque Nomade presents selections from Benedetto Marcello’s settings of the Psalms of David. Recorded in 1999 in the Church of Saint-Quirin in the Moselle, France.

Thursday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Franz Xaver Dussek Sinfonia in G, Altner G4 – Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen.

Naxos 8.572683. [9:49] 7:00 Felix Mendelssohn Overture for Wind Instruments, Op. 24 – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado.

DG 471467-2 (4). [9:43] 8:00 Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim.

DG 419407-2. [11:06] 9:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Oboe Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 165 – Xenia Löffler, ob; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/ Georg Kallweit. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902601. [19:37] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Luigi Cherubini Anacréon: Overture – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan.

EMI CDM7-64629-2. [10:59] 11:00 Debussy Children’s Corner Suite – Stephen Hough, p.

Hyperion CDA-68139. [15:53] 12:00 Copland El Salón México – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 63717-2. [11:09] 1:00 Josef Myslivecek Concertino in E-Flat – Concerto Köln.

Archiv 4776418. [14:45] 2:00 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish – Rachel

Barton Pine, v; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner. Avie AV-2317. [27:50] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Alison Balsom, tr; Balsom Ensemble. Warner 0190295370060. [16:05] 4:00 Craig Hella Johnson Considering Matthew Shepard: Ordinary Boy – Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807638.39. [6:56] 5:00 Henry Cowell American Melting Pot – Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark. Koch 3-7220-2. [17:08] 6:00 Jane Antonia Cornish Sierra – Vicky Chow, p.

Cantaloupe CA-21174. [15:12] 7:00 Exploring Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (18721958) See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week For updated program listing, visit wfmt.com.

Friday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Richard Rodney Bennett Little Suite – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/ Gavin Sutherland. ASV CDWHL-2116. [9:40] 7:00 Piazzolla Tango Suite – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g’s.

Sony SK-63122. [9:51] 8:00 Ron Nelson Sonoran Desert Holiday – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin.

Reference RR-76. [9:39] 9:00 Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales – Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 449213-2. [15:17] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Anthony Holborne Renaissance Suite – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble.

Sony SBK-63061. [11:45] 11:00 Amy Beach From Grandmother’s Garden, Op. 97 – Joanne Polk, p.

Arabesque Z-6721. [14:05] 12:00 Rossini Semiramide: Overture – Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano.

Warner 24344. [12:08] 1:00 Lars-Erik Larsson Pastoral Suite, Op. 19 – CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5157. [13:17] 2:00 Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902416. [19:38] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella:

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Suite – Mahler Chamber Orch/Pablo HerasCasado. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902653. [22:39] Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 – Nicola Benedetti, v; Czech Phil/Jakub Hruša. DG 4764092. [24:36] John Sheppard Te Deum – Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807509. [15:14] Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C, R. 179a, Per Anna Maria – Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Les Ombres. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902649. [15:29] Exploring Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (18721958) See Monday’s listing.

Evening Music Best of Studs Terkel: Ursula Oppens (1/9/1994) Music and conversation with American classical pianist and educator Ursula Oppens, performing works by Tobias Picker, Beethoven, and Ravel.

Saturday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, Spring: IV. Finale, Allegro animato e grazioso – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 425608-2. [8:25] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Franz Lachner Nonet in F for winds & strings: IV. Finale, Allegro ma non troppo – Ensemble WienBerlin; R Kussmaul; W Christ; G Faust; A Posch.

Sony SK-58971. [7:55] 11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area.

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12:00 From LA Opera: Verdi’s Falstaff Craig Colclough (Sir John Falstaff); Nicole Heason (Alice Ford); Ernesto Petti (Ford); Deanna Breiwick (Nanetta); Sarah Saturnino (Meg Page); Hyona Kim (Mistress Quickly); Anthony León (Fenton); Nathan Bowles (Dr. Caius); Yuntong Han (Bardolph); Vinicius Costa (Pistol); LA Opera Chorus and Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor. Sung in Italian.

3:00 Afternoon Music including Ernesto Lecuona Rapsodia Cubana – Thomas Tirino, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Bartos.

BIS CD-794. [8:13] 4:00 Listening to Singers with

Oliver Camacho Music and conversation with tenor Zachary Wilder in advance of his debut with Haymarket Opera later this month.

5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Monteverdi Madrigals, Bk IX (1651): Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti – Jeremy Denk, p. Nonesuch 563316-2. [4:38] 6:00 Carlos Chávez Baile – State of Mexico Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-927. [5:12] 7:00 Ginastera Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21 – Nicholas Canellakis, vc; Michael Stephen Brown, p. First Hand Records FHR-134. [8:11] 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Highlights from Cheryl Wheeler’s performances. She was among the first artists to grace the Folkstage airwaves.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Can it be fall already? Autumn colors, warm feelings, and songs about the race against the clock.

Sunday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice High Holy Days. The Jewish High Holy Days conclude with Yom Kippur (September 20), having begun with Rosh Hashanah on September 11. Join host Peter DuBois for sacred music from the Jewish tradition.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Mozart Serenade No. 9 in D, K. 320, Posthorn – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado.

Sony SK-53277. [42:45] 8:00 Rebecca Clarke Piano Trio: III. Allegro vigoroso – Neave Trio.

Chandos CHAN-20139. [7:33] 9:00 Donizetti English Horn Concertino in G – Günther Passin, eh; RIAS Sinfonietta/Jirí Stárek.

Koch CD-311121. [10:26] 10:00 Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor, Song of the Night: III. Scherzo: Schattenhaft – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado.

DG 471623-2. [8:49] 11:00 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor – Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61497-2. [9:35] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Emil von Reznicek Donna Diana: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel.

Naxos 8.573418. [6:01] 1:00 Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me – Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet. Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (2026 Singles). [3:57] 2:00 Amy Beach Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, Gaelic – Detroit

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Chandos CHAN-8958. [41:01] 3:00 Jean-Baptiste Lully Atys: Le sommeil – Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901249. [9:55] 4:00 Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly, Op. 97: Romance, Youth; Intermezzo; Galop – KBS Sym Orch/ Vakhtang Jordania. Koch 3-7274-2. [12:21] 5:00 Juhi Bansal Love, Loss, and Exile – Laura Strickling, s; Carrie Bean Stute, vc; Joy Schreier, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92291. [20:38] 6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts.

Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana; Anita Rachvelishvili,

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In the Spotlight

Cavatina Duo

Collectors’ Corner Henry Fogel profiles the Cavatina Duo (Spanish flutist Eugenia Moliner and Bosnian guitarist Denis Azabagic).

Both serving on the faculty the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, Moliner and Azabagic are cherished by Chicago audiences having performed at Ravinia Festival, Symphony Center, and Live from WFMT. Other major venues and festivals which have presented the duo include The Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. With repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the 21st century, Cavatina Duo has championed living composers from around the world who have been inspired to write and arrange new works for them. Their growing discography as soloists and a duo includes four albums on Chicago’s own Cedille Records label.

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8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Great Alberto Ginastera Elbio shares some of his favorite recordings of one of the greatest 20th century composers, Alberto Ginastera, who was able to weave Latin American musical idioms seamlessly into his own works.

9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Cavatina Duo A program featuring performances by the Cavatina Duo (Denis Azabagic, guitar; Eugenia Molinar, flute).

11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Jean-Philippe Rameau Pièces de clavecin en concerts: Quatrième concert – Les Accents/Thibault Noally.

Aparté AP-254. [9:47] 7:00 Emanuil Sheynkman Variations on Two Russian Folksongs – Odessa Balalaikas. Nonesuch 79034-2. [6:51] 8:00 Gordon Jacob Mini-Concerto for Clarinet and Strings – Charles Russo, cl; Premier Chamber Orch/David Gilbert.

Premier PRCD-1052. [9:50] 9:00 Schubert Wanderer Fantasy in C, D 760 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4837909. [21:49] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Robert Nathaniel Dett Cinnamon Grove – Clipper Erickson, p.

Navona NV-6013. [17:40] 11:00 Britten Soirées musicales, Op. 9 (after Rossini) – London Phil Orch/Adrian Boult. EMI CDM7-63777-2. [10:01] 12:00 Antônio Carlos Gomes Il Guarany: Overture – Minas Gerais Phil Orch/ Fabio Mechetti. Naxos 8.574409. [8:11] 1:00 Jean Françaix Piano Concertino (1932) – Ian Hobson, p; Sinfonia da Camera. Arabesque Z-6541. [7:41] 2:00 Mozart Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407 – Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet. Berlin Classics 0302346-BC. [16:51] 3:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi

HMC-901634/5 (2). [18:55] 4:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Josef Suk Summer Impressions, Op. 22b – Margaret Fingerhut, p. Chandos CHAN9026/7 (2). [13:29] 5:00 Elgar Froissart Overture, Op. 19 – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Teldec 98436-2. [14:50] 6:00 Marjan Mozetich Postcards From The Sky – CBC Vancouver Orch Strings/ Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5200. [12:45] 7:00 Exploring Music: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Host Peter van de Graaff invites you into the vibrant musical world of Darius Milhaud, who stands among history’s most prolific composers and whose music is alive with inspiration and imagination. Born in Southern France, he traveled to Brazil and later to California, where he taught young musicians including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, and William Bolcom.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra.

Yao Chen Sentiments: Autumn; Shen Yang, bassbaritone; Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, Romantic, WAB 104; Lü Jia, conductor.

Tuesday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Francisco Tárrega Gran Jota – Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g. Sony 19439786732. [8:05] 7:00 Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto a cinque in C, Op. 9, No. 5 – Anthony Robson, ob; Collegium Musicum 90/ Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN-0579. [8:56] 8:00 Holst Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2 – Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell.

Telarc CD-80038. [11:23] 9:00 Telemann Suite in B-Flat (Ouverture burlesque) – Collegium Musicum 90/ Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN-0512. [14:55] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 – Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras.

Telarc CD-80450 (3). [17:07] 11:00 François Couperin Concert royal No. 1 in G – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset.

Aparté AP-196. [11:36] 12:00 Henryk Wieniawski Légende, Op. 17 – Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. DG 431815-2. [7:33]

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In the Spotlight

Vaclav Luks

Baroque&Before Host Candice Agree presents the 20th anniversary concert of the Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704 from their home venue, the Rudolfinum in Prague. Founded in 2005 by harpsichordist and conductor Václav Luks, the period instrument orchestra and choir have played an important role in reviving interest in the music of the Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka and have strengthened Czech-German cultural ties by rediscovering the two countries’ shared musical traditions.

Luks chose 1704 for the ensemble’s name to mark an important year in Zelenka’s career. Renowned for his inventive counterpoint and harmonic ingenuity, Zelenka’s solemn Missa Circumcisionis from 1728 is one of the most extensive and richly scored compositions of this kind. Václav Luks pairs this Czech masterpiece with Handel’s rousing Dixit Dominus, completed 1707 while the German composer was living in Rome and absorbing the Italian style.

Wednesday, September 23 10:00 pm Felix Borowski Suite Rococo – Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell.

New Focus FCR-166B. [9:06] 2:00 Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in D – Albrecht Mayer, ob; Bamberg Sym/Jakub Hruša. DG 4836622. [25:54] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Sergei Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33 – Shen Lu, p. Steinway & Sons 30039. [22:54] 4:00 Kevin Lau Joy – Conrad Chow, v; Sinfonia Toronto/ Ronald Royer. Cambria CD-1204. [7:36] 5:00 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – John Williams, g; Philharmonia Orch/ 1:00

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With Heart & Voice

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Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am

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Midday with Lisa Flynn

Midday with Lisa Flynn

Midday with Lisa Flynn

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The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm

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Louis Frémaux. CBS MDK-45648. [21:40] 6:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100149. [10:43] 7:00 Exploring Music: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Schubert An Schwager Kronos, D. 369 and Willkommen und Abschied, D. 767; Nikolay Borchev, br; Gilbert Kalish, p; Schubert Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D.929; Juho Pohjonen, p; Sean Lee, v; David Finckel, vc.

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Wednesday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Johann Melchior Molter Sinfonia concertante in D – Wolfgang Basch, tr; Chamber Group. RCA 7976-2-RC. [9:48] 7:00 Puccini Turandot: Suite – National Opera Orch/ Paul Freeman. Pro Arte CDS-3671. [9:43] 8:00 Shostakovich Four Waltzes – Philippa Davies, f; Michael

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Virgin 59312-2. [9:47] 9:00 Debussy Images, Set 3: Ibéria – Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. DG 435766-2. [18:52] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Maddalena Sirmen String Quartet No. 5 in F minor – Allegri String Quartet.

Cala CACD-1019. [12:30] 11:00 William Schuman American Festival Overture – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin.

RCA 61282-2. [9:14] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Concerts Pianist Miki Aoki performs music by Handel, Poulenc, Bach, and Cécile Chaminade, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A, Fire – Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini.

Alpha 692. [18:51] 2:00 Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Suite – Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon.

RCA 63683-2. [15:52] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Marjan Mozetich Violin Concerto, Affairs of the Heart – Juliette Kang, v; CBC Vancouver Orch strings/ Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5200. [22:59] 4:00 Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Brussels

Folkstage

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The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel

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Naxos 8.553627. [10:46] 5:00 Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 – Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.570995. [15:04] 6:00 Gershwin Second Rhapsody: 1931 original version – Stewart Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel.

Telarc CD-80112. [15:11] 7:00 Exploring Music: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Zelenka & Handel with Collegium 1704 Václav Luks leads the Prague-based baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 in Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Circumcisionis and Handel’s Dixit Dominus. Recorded live in concert October 9, 2025 in Dvorák Hall in Prague.

Thursday 24 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Antonio Lotti Trio Sonata in G – Eroica Trio.

EMI CDC5-56873-2. [8:51] 7:00 Leo Sowerby Serenade in G – Avalon String Quartet. Cedille

CDR-90000205. [9:36] 8:00 Buxton Orr Celtic Suite – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/ John Wilson. ASV CDWHL-2123. [10:46] 9:00 Saint-Saëns Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65 – Nash Ensemble.

Virgin 61516-2 (2). [17:29] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 – Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym Orch/ Daniel Barenboim. DG B0000666-02. [20:50] 11:00 Walton Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Kazuki Yamada. DG 4868227. [7:24] 12:00 Still American Suite – Royal Scottish National Orch/ Avlana Eisenberg. Naxos 8.559867. [7:42] 1:00 Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923-27) – Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p. Sony 82026-2. [17:05] 2:00 Handel Concerto grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music.

Harmonia Mundi HMX2908288.91 (4). [12:39] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Amy Beach Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 – Romantic Chamber Group of London.

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In the Spotlight 8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week For updated program listing, visit wfmt.com.

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Thomas Hampson

Listening to Singers Thomas Hampson, America’s foremost baritone, hails from Spokane, Washington. He has received many honors and awards for his probing artistry and cultural leadership. He enjoys a singular international career as an opera singer, recording artist, and “ambassador of song,” maintaining an active interest in research, education, musical outreach, and technology. Comprising more than 150 albums, his discography includes winners of a Grammy Award, five Edison Awards, and the Grand Prix du Disque. Through the Hampsong Foundation which he founded in 2003, he employs the art of song to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding. Thomas Hampson joins WFMT for an exclusive interview in advance of his performance next month as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Klaus Mäkelä in William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.

Saturday, September 26 4:00 pm

4:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80: III. Finale, Allegro molto – Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/ Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [11:04] 5:00 Paul Schoenfield Cafe Music – James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p. Black Box BBM-1109. [15:32] 6:00 Carl Stamitz Sinfonia Concertante in D – Desirée Ruhstrat, v; Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/ Drostan Hall. Centaur CRC-2860. [19:58] 7:00 Exploring Music: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) See Monday’s listing.

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12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter.

RCA 7761-2-RC. [9:29] 7:00 Thomas Arne Overture No. 7 in D – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 4759117. [6:13] 8:00 Smetana Shakespeare Festival March – Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky.

Marco Polo 8.223705. [6:15] 9:00 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 – Charles Neidich, cl; Orpheus Chamber Orch.

DG 423377-2. [29:36] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Bach Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, St Anne – BBC Phil/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-20400. [15:06] 11:00 Gershwin Fantasy on themes from Porgy and Bess – Joshua Bell, v; London Sym Orch/John Williams.

Sony SK-60659. [20:27] 12:00 Errollyn Wallen Chorale – Orchestra of the Swan.

Signum SIGCD-662. [5:03] 1:00 Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale – Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner.

DG 447751-2. [18:43] 2:00 Mahler Piano Quartet Movement – Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p. DG B0022906-02. [11:38] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Alfredo Casella Italia, Op. 11 – BBC Phil/ Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN-10768. [19:39] 4:00 Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Zuill Bailey, vc; Simone Dinnerstein, p.

Telarc CD-80740 (2). [12:23] 5:00 Albert Roussel Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43: Suite No. 2 – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch. Sony Classical 88876192862. [16:03] 6:00 Still Danzas de Panama – Oregon String Quartet.

Koch 3-7546-2. [12:35] 7:00 Exploring Music: Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: David Attenborough (2/8/1985) In his 1984 book and subsequent BBC and PBS television

series, Sir David Attenborough (b. 1926) examined the forces that shape the Earth’s surface and how the living adapt.

The author, broadcaster, and naturalist spoke with Studs Terkel in 1985.

Saturday 26 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. Beethoven Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56: III. Finale, Rondo alla Polacca – Benedetti; Kanneh-Mason; Grosvenor; Philharmonia Orch/Rouvali.

Decca 4854624. [12:22] 8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice 9:00 Soundtrack 10:00 Enrique Granados Goyescas (piano suite): No. 4, Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor – Orion Weiss, p. Orion Weiss Presentiment. [6:30] 11:00 Introductions Selections from a Levin Studio performance by violinist Cecilia O’Malley, winner of the 2026 CrainMaling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition.

12:00 From LA Opera: The James Conlon Farewell Concert.

Verdi’s La forza del destino, Act III Rodrick Dixon (Don Alvaro); Ernesto Petti (Don Carlo di Vargas); Craig Colclough (A Surgeon); Sarah Saturnino (Preziosilla); Yuntong Han (Maestro Trabuco); Sung in Italian.

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Act II, Finale Hyungjin Son (Count Almaviva); Nicole Heaston (Countess Almaviva); Gabrielle Turgeon (Susanna); Craig Colclough (Figaro); Vinicius Costa (Antonio/ Doctor Bartolo); Hyona Kim (Marcellina); Nathan Bowles (Don Basilio); Sung in Italian.

Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act III Martin Gantner (Hans Sachs); Nicole Heason (Eva); Nathan Bowles (Walther von Stolzing); Hyona Kim (Magdalena); Yuntong Han (David); Craig Colclough (Veit Pogner); Sung in German. LA Opera Chorus and Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor.

3:00 Afternoon Music including Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 – Northern Sinfonia/Imogen Cooper, p. Avie AV-2100. [26:55] 4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with legendary American baritone Thomas Hampson who is the soloist in Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra next month.

5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Roberto Sierra Folías – Manuel Barrueco, g; Galicia Sym Orch/Victor Pablo Pérez. Koch 3-7597-2. [13:08] 6:00 Ricardo Castro Vals capricho, Op. 1 – Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/ Christophe Chagnard.

Reference RR-134. [7:57] 7:00 Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 – Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra.

Sony 88697755552. [9:27] 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Abbie Gardner of Red Molly makes her long-awaited return to WFMT for a solo show, Dobro in hand.

9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer The anniversary of the 1960 Nixon/Kennedy debate in Chicago prompts a show centered on unusual pairings and compatible duos.

Sunday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice Comes Autumn Time. As Fall has officially begun this week, host Peter DuBois focuses on the wonders of nature, of creation, and the changing seasons, with great sacred choral and organ music, and stirring hymns.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Andrew York Sunburst – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71287. [4:15] 8:00 Francesco Geminiani Concerto grosso in A, Op. 2, No. 6 – Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krcek.

Naxos 8.553019. [6:36] 9:00 Puccini Capriccio sinfonico – Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Signum SIGCD-778. [12:06] 10:00 Judd Greenstein City Boy – NOW Ensemble.

New Amsterdam NWAM-064. [11:02] 11:00 José Luis Merlin Progresiones para Pauline – Michelle LaPorte, f; Gerry Saulter, g.

Centaur CRC-3549. [6:40] 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Paganini Moto perpetuo, Op. 11 – Michael Rabin, v, Columbia Sym Orch/ Donald Voorhees. Sony MHK-60894. [3:09] 1:00 Vincent Youmans Tea for Two – Jean Yves-Thibaudet & Michael Feinstein, p’s.

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Franz Schmidt Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat – Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8779. [46:55] Josquin des Prez Chanson, Allegez moy, doulce plaisant brunette – London Early Music Consort/ David Munrow. Virgin 61334-2 (2). [2:06] Bohuslav Martinu Piano Quintet, H. 35 – Graffe String Quartet; Michiko Otaki, p. Ceský Rozhlas CRO-545-2. [18:54] Roger Quilter Love’s Philosophy, Op. 3, No. 1; Music, when soft voices die, Op. 25, No. 5; Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Op. 3, No. 2 – John Mark Ainsley, t; Malcolm Martineau, p.

Hyperion CDA-66878. [4:44] Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor; Les francs-juges Overture, Op. 3; Georg Solti, conductor.

Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Carlos Prieto & Edison Quintana For many decades, Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto and Uruguayan pianist Edison Quintana have been one of the greatest chamber duos in the world. Elbio shares Latin American and Spanish music recorded by these two masters.

Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: An historic performance of Puccini’s Tosca from the Met featuring Renata Tebaldi (Tosca); Richard Tucker (Cavaradossi); Leonard Warren (Scarpia); Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor.

Live performances from the Metropolitan Opera, 1956.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Monday 28 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Jean-Marie Leclair Two-Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5 – Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, v’s. Warner Classics 2564613015. [9:49] 7:00 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance in the Village Inn) – La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v.

Analekta AN2-8718. [8:53] 8:00 Darius Milhaud Scaramouche, Op. 165b – Jirí Hlavác, sx; Suk Chamber

Orch/Stanislav Bogunia.

Panton 810884-2. [9:35] 9:00 Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 4786775. [26:09] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Rimsky-Korsakov May Night: Overture – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz.

Naxos 8.572788. [8:26] 11:00 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch Trumpet Concerto in E – John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/ Simon Wright. Nimbus NI-5121. [14:29] 12:00 Amy Beach Children’s Carnival – Sahan Arzruni, p.

New World 80590-2. [8:04] 1:00 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, Rhenish – Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

DG 4792437 (2). [31:19] 2:00 James Stephenson Fantasie – John Bruce Yeh, cl; Patrick Godon, p. Cedille CDR-90000176. [9:07] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314 – James Galway, f; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner.

RCA 68256-2. [20:55] 4:00 Giovanni Bottesini Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor – Edgar Meyer, db; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Sony SK-60956. [16:50] 5:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado.

DG 410518-2. [14:46] 6:00 Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 – Maurizio Pollini, p. DG B0014190-02. [9:52] 7:00 Exploring Music: A Guitar Fest Bill shares performances by Andrés Segovia and his colleagues in guitar pieces by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Albéniz, and Brouwer.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra. Mahler Symphony No. 3; Zhu Huiling, soprano; Shao-Chia Lü, conductor; Qigang Chen Wu Xing (The Five Elements) Suite for Orchestra; MyungWhun Chung, conductor.

Tuesday 29 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller including Giles Farnaby Suite of Six Dances – Philip

Jones Brass Ensemble. Decca B0000807-02 (2). [7:54] 7:00 Mel Bonis Soir et matin, Op. 76 – Neave Trio. Chandos CHAN-20337. [8:07] 8:00 Aleksander Zarzycki Grande Polonaise in E-Flat, Op. 7 – Jonathan Plowright, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/ Lukasz Borowicz. Hyperion CDA-67958. [9:51] 9:00 Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento – London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 417114-2. [23:43] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Price Concert Overture No. 1 (on Sinner, Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass) – Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [11:36] 11:00 John Rutter Anthem, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes – Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter.

Collegium COLCD-103. [7:14] 12:00 Debussy Images, Set 1 – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-68139. [14:46] 1:00 Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – Orpheus Chamber Orch.

DG 419192-2. [17:17] 2:00 Wagner Siegfried: Forest Murmurs – Vienna Phil/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 4758525 (5). [8:58] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bologne Violin Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 1b, No. 1 – Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records 888295594394. [12:24] 4:00 Caroline Shaw The Wheel – Pauline Buet, vc; David Violi, p. Alpha 881. [10:16] 5:00 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 – Chicago Chamber Musicians.

Summit DCD-461. [15:06] 6:00 Britten Matinées musicales, Op. 24 (after Rossini) – London Phil Orch/Adrian Boult. EMI CDM7-63777-2. [13:12] 7:00 Exploring Music: A Guitar Fest See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Villa-Lobos Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle); Sooyun kim, f; Mihai Marica, vc; Stravinsky Five Easy Pieces for Piano, Four Hands; Gilbert Kalish and Gilles Vonsattel, p; Dvorák String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 51; Schumann Quartet.

11:00 Evening Music

Wednesday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Jan Weller

including Haydn Piano Sonata No. 50 in D, H XVI:37 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p.

EMI CDC5-56756-2. [9:30] 7:00 Copland Our Town – London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland.

CBS MK-42429. [11:01] 8:00 Christoph Graupner Suite in F for flute, viola d’amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo: Ouverture, Air en Gavotte, Air en Polonese – Soloists, Finnish Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d’amore.

Ondine ODE-1220. [10:01] 9:00 Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 – St Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 412727-2. [20:15] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Cecil Coles From the Scottish Highlands – BBC Scottish Sym Orch/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA-67293. [12:31] 11:00 José White Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR90000035. [21:34] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Concerts Pianist Ariel Lanyi performs music by Haydn, Chopin, and Brahms, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

1:00 Verdi Otello: Ballabili Dances (Ballet Music) – Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier.

Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [5:37] 2:00 Haydn String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 71, No. 3 – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-67793. [21:17] 3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Adalbert Gyrowetz Symphony in F, Op. 6, No. 3 – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN-9791. [20:14] 4:00 François Couperin Sonata, La Sultanne – Charivari Agréable. Signum SIGCD-032. [9:10] 5:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 – Midori, v; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Warner 5419721537. [20:24] 6:00 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 – Jascha Heifetz, v; William Kapell, p.

RCA 61739-2 (2). [19:26] 7:00 Exploring Music: A Guitar Fest See Monday’s listing.

8:00 Evening Music 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Jean Guillou An appreciation of French organist, composer, pedagogue, and organ builder Jean Guillou, titular organist at L’Église St. Eustache in Paris for 52 years.

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