SUNDAYS BEGINNING AUG 24 9PM
August 2025
On WFMT, we close out another season of dazzling performances from the Grant Park Music Festival and, starting on the final afternoon of the month, listen for a weekly series of performances from Ravinia Festival.
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As the summer begins to wind down, WTTW will bring you your favorite British dramas and mysteries including the Grantchester season 10 finale and new seasons of Professor T, Unforgotten, The Marlow Murder Club, and Astrid on Sunday evenings. On page 4, the two lead actors from Unforgotten, Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar, give us their perspectives on the plot for season 6, how they feel about their characters and their onscreen partnership, and what it’s like to take part in the production of this acclaimed – and gritty – mystery series. WTTW Passport members can watch each of these series in their entirety on the night of the premiere, and Professor T early, on August 10.
On WFMT, we close out another season of live performances from the Grant Park Music Festival with two special live concerts – one featuring a rare Chicago appearance by violin virtuoso Joshua Bell performing Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole under the direction of new music director and principal conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. And on the final afternoon of the month, WFMT commences a weekly series of recorded performances from Ravinia Festival, beginning with pianist Angela Hewitt performing one of the most technically dazzling works in the keyboard repertoire: Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
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Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers
This film is about groundbreaking clinical trials for dogs with cancer which is leading to new treatments for people. Dogs are amazing and are now helping save our lives. Sunday, August 3, 2:30 pm
Clearing the Air: The War on Smog – American Experience
The story of the epic struggle against airborne toxins that lead to a national reckoning about air quality and the creation of the Clean Air Act. Tuesday, August 26, 8:00 pm
Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. The district commander enlists her help with very complex and unsolved investigations, thanks to her incredible memory.
Sunday, August 31, 10:00 pm
Friday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Island of Giants (Part 6 of 6) [R]
1:00 Human Footprint: Vanishing Act (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) [R]
2:00 NOVA: Ancient Maya Metropolis [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Until the Break of Dawn (Season 2, Part 10 of 12) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: Island of Giants (Part 6 of 6) [R]
3:00 Human Footprint: Vanishing Act (Season 2, Part 6 of 6) [R]
4:00 This Old House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Middle Eastern Dinner
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Great American Recipe: A Test of the Best (Season 4, Part 4 of 6) The six remaining home cooks must prepare one of the judges’ recipes; then, with the return of the recipe swap, they put their own spin on each other’s dishes.
9:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Dead Man’s Chest Aunt Prudence insists Phryne help an old school chum whose holiday mansion has been burgled.
10:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Part 4 of 6) [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Fox River Valley and Chain ‘O’ Lakes [R]
2:00 Chicago’s Western Suburbs: From Prairie Soil to Prairie Style [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now: Warming Waters and Mutant Crayfish
6:30 Table for All with Buki Elegbede: Conflicts & Community
7:00 No Passport Required: Queens, NYC
8:00 The Great American Recipe: A Test of the Best (Season 4, Part 4 of 6) See Fri. Aug. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
9:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Sarah Jessica Parker
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Paul’s Cathedral Hill, Minnesota
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood –Ridgewood Revival
10:30 Ask This Old House: Uneven Paver Patio, EV Charger
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Charm City ’cue
11:30 America the Bountiful: Mushrooms in Pennsylvania
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: A Bold Brunch
12:30 Cook’s Country: Aloha State Favorites
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Finding Belonging
1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Fête Des Boules
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Farmers’ Market Fare
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Pub-Style Favorites
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Basque Cheesecake
3:30 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets –Coffee Culture
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Swinging Spirits (New Season)
4:30 Check, Please! Gundis Kurdish Kitchen, The English Room, L’patron
5:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Part 5 of 6)
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: How to Murder a Tune Sister Boniface investigates when TV show Glory Be arrives at St Vincent’s, and the battle to win chorister of the year turns deadly.
7:00 My Life is Murder: Pleasure and Pain Alexa investigates the death of a self-help guru and finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with the victim’s mysterious wife.
8:00 Queens of Mystery: Murder in the Dark (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) Mattie is assigned the unglamorous job of searching for a lost dog, but one of a band’s members turns up murdered.
9:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Catch of the Day When a severed human hand is discovered in a cray fisherman’s catch, Shepherd and his team need to discover whether its owner is still alive.
10:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Dead Man’s Chest See Fri. Aug. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]
11:30 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor –Threats (Part 2 of 5) [R]
Sunday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – The Storm (19201933) (Part 4 of 7) [R]
2:30 Jay’s Chicago: On the Water [R]
3:00 Chicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:30 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Leconte Summit
7:00 This Old House: Ridgewood –Ridgewood Revival [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Uneven Paver Patio, EV Charger [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Flower Icon
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: A Taste of Winter
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Rabbit
9:30 A Chef’s Life: More Than One Way to Skin a Catfish
10:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Montreal
11:00 Great Performances at the Met: Fidelio Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches
Atomic People
Through personal accounts with archival footage, witness the human fallout of the first and last atomic bombs used in warfare from the only remaining survivors on Earth of a nuclear attack.
Monday, August 4 9:00 pm
The critically acclaimed drama series Unforgotten, which explores the emotional depth and complexities of cold case investigations in East London, is back for a sixth season, and so are actors Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sinéad Keenan, who portray detectives Sunil “Sunny” Khan and Jessica “Jess” James. As they embark on another season, Sanjeev and Sinéad hint about what’s in store, share updates on their characters, and reflect on the evolution of their onscreen partnership.
What sort of response did you get from fans to season five?
Bhaskar : The reactions to season five were incredible! Their opinions of Sinéad’s character
– Jess – changed. At first, they were very much on Sunny’s side, and they gauged how they felt about Jess through Sunny. As Sunny began to warm towards Jess, the audience did as well.
Would you say that Jess and Sunny are proper partners now?
Bhaskar : They’re still getting to know each other, but they have an understanding now and that makes them more of a team. I think Sunny and Jess have built a degree of trust with each other that makes them better partners. Sunny was carrying around a lot of grief last season [after losing his former partner Cassie]. Do you see him starting to move his life forward in season six?
Bhaskar : Sunny is definitely in a better place now, and a little more hopeful. I think he has
rediscovered his enthusiasm for his work environment.
Could you set the scene for the first episode?
Bhaskar: As is traditionally the case, the episode opens with a body that’s been found. This time it’s body parts in a marsh – somebody has spotted something suspicious and called in the police. So it’s quite gruesome in that sense.
Six seasons in, when you are given the scripts, have you gotten any better at working out who the killer is?
Bhaskar: Well, the short answer is no. In terms of reading the scripts, I luxuriate in them – I just read each one like it’s the latest novel from my favorite author. There is so much empathy in the writing – for the investigators, for the
victims, and also for the perpetrators. That makes for interesting reading, because there are layers there that you encounter as you turn the pages. I go, “It’s him.” “No, it’s her.” “No, it’s them .” I always get it wrong. And that’s one of the joys.
What do you still love about Sunny? What keeps you coming back to that role?
Bhaskar : It’s the layers. I don’t think we knew too much about him in the first three seasons, certainly. The audience was beginning to get to know him, and therefore I was getting to know him, across seasons four, five, and now six. There’s much more now about what he’s thinking and feeling.
What was it like coming back to film Unforgotten season six?
Keenan: It’s such a lovely crew and the same team, so it was great to work with everyone again. It was just a joy to come back to.
Where do we find Jess at the start of this new series, both at home and at work?
Keenan: In terms of Jess’s home life, we’re six months on, or thereabouts. At the end of season five, she found out that her husband Steve had been having an affair with her sister, which is no small thing. But it did look like she was going to stay and work through things. And at the start of this season, it appears that is the case. But obviously, the shadow of infidelity looms large. Steve appears to be trying his best, but then Jess reaches out to her sister and that whole part of her life unravels a little bit further. In terms of work, she and Sunny are working really well together. So, Jess's work life is definitely on a more even keel than her home life at the moment.
Do you feel that Jess and Sunny have a real partnership now?
Keenan: Obviously, they don’t yet have the longstanding partnership that Sunny and Cassie did, but they’ve got their own little groove going now, and I think they genuinely respect and like each other. Hopefully that continues.
Is Jess more comfortable leading the team?
Keenan: The team was grieving and also Jess wasn’t doing a particularly good job, so that added insult to injury from their point of view. But I think now she’s established good working relationships with everyone. Also, they look up to Sunny so much. So they tend to take their lead from him on the whole Jess front.
Has Jess changed since we first met her?
Keenan: I think if somebody throws that grenade into your marriage, you’re going to be changed by it in some way, shape, or form, so certainly, that will have changed Jess’s outlook on relationships, but I don’t think that has stifled her ambition at work at all.
When you first get those scripts, how do they make you feel?
There is so much empathy in the writing –for the investigators, for the victims, and also for the perpetrators.
SANJEEV BHASKAR
Keenan: It’s highly unusual to have all six scripts given to you before you start shooting. You can sit down and read them as a viewer would watch the show. The ups and downs and twists and turns are brilliant. This season’s arc deals with immigration, asylum seekers, social services, and social media, which are all quite timely themes.
What was the most challenging thing you had to face this season?
Keenan: To be honest, the most challenging aspect of this job – and actually, any acting job – is being away from home. That’s always the toughest bit. But it’s the price you pay, which is hopefully worth it.
Did you have a favorite scene or moment?
Keenan: I have to say, everyone was brilliant this year. In those interview scenes, you are up close and personal, watching some brilliant actors do their thing. That was a real pleasure. I was very lucky.
Watch Unforgotten on Sundays beginning August 24 at 9:00 pm. WTTW Passport members can watch all six episodes of this season starting on the night of its broadcast premiere. These interviews were edited for length and clarity, and are courtesy of ITV.
The Real Story of Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
Friday, August 15, 7:00 pm
This documentary reveals how the Post Office wrongly blamed hundreds of its own staff for missing funds caused by its faulty computer system – leading to false accusations, ruined lives, and one of the UK’s worst miscarriages of justice.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Friday, August 15, 8:00 pm
Set your sights on the great outdoors and revel in the spirit of exploration on WTTW Create with View Finders and Outside: Beyond the Lens as the hosts capture images of stunning vistas, celebrate the art of photography, discover the magic of travel. and more.
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Professor T, Season 4
Sunday, August 10
Watch all six episodes of this series with your WTTW Passport membership ahead of the broadcast premiere. After last season’s shocking finale, Dan and Jasper are consumed by grief. Dan throws himself into work while the Professor hides in his lectures, avoiding the police.
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of tyranny; also starring tenor David Butt Philip, bassbaritone Tomasz Konieczny, and bass Rene Pape.
AFTERNOON
1:30 Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue A man of his surroundings and culture and a vigorously collected and admired figure, the “Blue Dog” painter George Rodrigue has created a legacy that endures.
2:30 Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers This film is about groundbreaking clinical trials for dogs with cancer which is leading to new treatments for people.
3:57 A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story Follow three veterans who found hope and new ways to manage their PTSD and other challenges through the aid of a companion dog.
4:56 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Impressionists and Beyond
5:23 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:50 Peter Pan Goes Wrong The much-loved members of The Cornley Drama Society once again battle against technical hitches, flying mishaps, and cast disputes on their way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results. Actor David Suchet narrates.
EVENING
7:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: William the Conqueror How did this Norman Duke take over an entire country? Lucy Worsley uncovers William the Conqueror, the infamous victor of the Battle of Hastings.
8:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) Alphy and Geordie keep an eye on rising tensions as a controversial figure is invited to speak at the university. When a murder is committed, however, they disagree on how to approach the case.
9:00 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: A Queen Returns (Part 8 of 8) With the war almost over, the president’s health takes a bad turn. Olav tries to keep Norway out of the clutches of the Soviets.
10:00 The Paris Murders: Forever (Season 2, Part 11 of 12) The entire team is attending Hyppolite’s wedding, when a dramatic turn of events turns the ceremony into yet another bloodbath.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Jason Isbell and the 400 Jason Isbell and his band play selections from The Nashville Sound. Singer/songwriter/ violinist Amanda Shires shares
her distinctive take on country music from My Piece of Land
Monday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: How to Murder a Tune See Sat. Aug. 2 at 6:00 pm. [R]
1:00 My Life is Murder: Pleasure and Pain See Sat. Aug. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Queens of Mystery: Murder in the Dark (Season 1, Part 3 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Catch of the Day See Sat. Aug. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Paul’s Cathedral Hill, Minnesota [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Lucy Worsley Investigates: William the Conqueror See Sun. Aug. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor –Threats (Part 2 of 5) [R]
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –HVAC of the Future
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Better Breakfast
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1966 Roy Lichtenstein screenprint, a NASA Apollo archive circa 1965, and a 1905 Tiffany Studios mosaic panel.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 3 of 3) Finds include Charles Schreyvogel’s oil A Lone Horse circa 1900, Disneyland hand-colored architectural elevations from 1954, and a 1982 Bob Mackie beaded gown, made for Brooke Shields.
9:00 Atomic People
10:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
11:00 BBC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Lucy Worsley Investigates: William the Conqueror [R]
1:30 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) See Sun. Aug. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers See Sun. Aug. 3 at 2:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 Grantchester Season 10 on Masterpiece (Part 8 of 8) [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Dead Man’s Chest [R]
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown – A Charleston Family Home is Reborn
4:30 Cook’s Country: Thai Comforts
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen.
8:00 Victory in the Pacific: American Exprarperience From the U.S. capture of the Mariana Islands through the firebombing of Tokyo and the dropping of the atomic bomb, this program chronicles the dreadful and unprecedented loss of life and the decisions made by leaders on both sides that finally ended the war.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Atomic People See Mon. Aug. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Sarah Jessica Parker [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 Chicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer [R]
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Ramp up the R Value
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Updated Italian
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
Pompeii: The New Dig –House of Treasures
Join Italian archaeologists as they dig one of the grandest homes in the ancient city of Pompeii, revealing gold, luxury, and long-buried secrets, marking the final chapter of the biggest excavation in a generation.
Wednesday, August 6 9:00 pm
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: The Hummingbird Effect From rainforests to volcanos, tiny architects and caretakers keep the ecological giant of Costa Rica running: the hummingbirds.
8:00 NOVA: Ancient Builders of the Amazon Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations.
9:00 Pompeii: The New Dig –House of Treasures
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R] 10:30 BBC News 11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All See Tues. Aug. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Victory in the Pacific: American Experience See Tues. Aug. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece: A Queen Returns (Part 8 of 8) See Sun. Aug. 3 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
All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five
Go behind the scenes with the cast and creators of this beloved Masterpiece series. Season five opens in spring 1941 in Darrowby with World War II fully underway, and young baby Jimmy is keeping everyone in Skeldale House on their toes.
Sunday, August 10 7:00 pm
Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer
Geoffrey Baer hops on the CTA’s famous Red, Blue, Green, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Pink, and Purple Lines to bring you a fascinating exploration of the colorful and diverse neighborhoods that Chicagoans access via the city’s storied elevated train system.
Monday, August 11 7:00 pm
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Omaha (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All [R]
3:00 The Great American Recipe: A Test of the Best (Season 4, Part 4 of 6) [R]
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Net Zero Blanket
4:30 Cook’s Country: Seafood Two Ways
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Eastland: Chicago’s Deadliest Day [R]
8:30 Chicago Stories
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
7:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor – Intruders (Part 3 of 5) The Queen must deal with a series of scandals after intruders bring trouble for the Royal Family.
8:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Part 5 of 7) brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. His sweeping New Deal restores the people’s self-confidence.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 8
EARLY MORNING
6:00 Arthur
6:30 Nature Cat
7:00 Wild Kratts
7:30 Wild Kratts
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8:30 Carl the Collector
9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
12:00 Nature: The Hummingbird Effect See Wed. Aug. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Ancient Builders of the Amazon Wed. Aug. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Pompeii: The New Dig –House of Treasures Wed. Aug. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue See Sun. Aug. 3 at 1:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor – Intruders (Part 3 of 5) See Thurs. Aug. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Pompeii: The New Dig –House of Treasures [R]
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Modern Barn-Raising
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Italian Classics
5:00 BBC News America
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Great American Recipe: A Taste Down Memory Lane (Season 4, Part 5 of 6) The home cooks must create a dish based on a family tradition. In the second round, they’ll prepare heirloom recipes that have been treasured by their families.
9:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Deadweight When a gang leader is found dead outside a traveling boxing tent, Phryne’s investigation leads her into the world of fight rigging and tribal payback.
10:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Part 5 of 6) [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor –Intruders (Part 3 of 5) [R]
1:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate
9:30 Rosie’s Rules
10:00 Sesame Street
10:30 Work it Out Wombats!
11:00 Donkey Hodie
11:30 Elinor Wonders Why 12:00 Alma’s Way 12:30 Molly of Denali
Donkey Hodie • 11:00 AM
History – The Rising Road (1933-1939) (Part 5 of 7) See Thurs. Aug. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: Forever (Season 2, Part 11 of 12) See Sun. Aug. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe
MORNING
6:30 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the landmark series with this in-depth overview. See video clips and interviews with Ken Burns, Geoffrey Ward, and others.
8:30 Ken Burns: The National Parks Celebrate one of the filmmaker’s most beloved series and the grandeur of our nation’s parks from Acadia to Yosemite.
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood – Swiss Mix
10:30 Ask This Old House: Trash Insert, Arborvitae Removal
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Game Day Grill
11:35 America the Bountiful: Cheese & Beer in Wisconsin
AFTERNOON
12:05 Cook’s Country: Mediterranean Meze
12:45 Cook’s Country: Jamaican Feast
1:15 Lidia’s Kitchen: Something
for Everyone
1:55 America’s Test Kitchen: Flavors of Thailand
2:25 America’s Test Kitchen: Brunch at Home
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Mexico City Tacos
3:30 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin Join longtime friends and chefs Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin as they come together to share personal family stories and mouthwatering recipes.
5:00 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 Deconstructing the Beatles Acclaimed “Beatle-ologist” Scott Freiman guides you on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums and their fascinating stories.
EVENING
7:00 Father Brown: The Star of Jacob Father Brown investigates when the son of a Duke is abducted from Lady Felicia’s Yuletide ball.
8:00 Queens of Mystery: Death by Vinyl – Final Chapter (Season 1, Part 4 of 6) Mattie investigates a new victim: the band’s manager, who was stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife.
9:00 Brokenwood Mysteries: Blood Pink A touring musician is found electrocuted in what initially looks to be a suicide.
10:30 50 Years with Peter, Paul, and Mary Celebrate the impact of the folk music trio that provided America’s soundtrack for five decades.
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Best of the ’60s Legends from pop, folk, rock, The British Beat, Motown, soul, and more perform their biggest 1960s hits, classics and more live.
3:00 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop Full-length performances include Johnny Maestro, The Duprees, Jay Back, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Ronnie Spector, and more.
5:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks See Sat. Aug. 9 at 8:30 am. [R]
MORNING
7:00 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) In 1830, Cassandra Austen arrives in Kintbury after hearing of her friend Eliza’s husband’s impending death. But Cassandra is searching for the letters her sister Jane wrote to Eliza throughout their friendship.
8:15 Miss Austen on Masterpiece
(Part 2 of 4) Cassandra’s determination to keep Jane’s letters private is joined by a second objective: securing a home for Isabella.
9:30 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Through her feverish delirium, Cassandra guards Jane’s letters from Mary Austen.
10:45 Miss Austen on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) Cassandra uncovers the truth about Isabella and Lidderdale’s past and takes a final step to protect Jane’s legacy.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming “Back to Brooklyn” at the Barclays Center arena, marking the superstar’s first Brooklyn concert since her childhood years.
2:00 Tony Bennett: Viva Duets Tony Bennett performs duets with a celebrated roster of performers, including Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Franco De Vita, and Vicente Fernandez.
3:00 Great Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl Michael Bublé, Cynthia Erivo, saxophonist Dave Koz, and Mancini’s daughter Monica Mancini gather to perform Mancini’s signature songs.
5:00 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe
EVENING
7:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five
8:30 Deconstructing the Beatles See Sat. Aug. 9 at 5:30 pm. [R]
10:00 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – No Nukes Witness the legendary band on the cusp of superstardom in the “No Nukes” concerts of 1979.
Monday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration The legends of 60’s and 70’s soul music return to perform their biggest hits.
3:00 Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 The Marlow Murder Club
(Season 1, Part 1 of 4)
3:00 Professor T: The Perfect Picture (Season 3, Part 2 of 6)
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown – Air-Tight House
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: New Flavors on the Grill
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer
9:30 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Part 6 of 6)
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
EARLY MORNING
12:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five See Sun. Aug. 10 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Best of the ’60s See Sun. Aug. 10 at 12:30 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 2 of 3)
2:00 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 1, Part 2 of 4)
3:00 Professor T: Truth and Justice (Season 3, Part 3 of 6)
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Designing Their Dream Home
4:30 Cook’s Country: Two Tastes from the Bay Area
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital This film explores how the city became known as “the candy capital of the world.” Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
8:30 Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks The area’s long-lost amusement parks are fondly remembered by Chicagoans. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:00 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop See Sun. Aug. 10 at 3:00 am. [R]
2:00 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – No Nukes See Sun. Aug. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R]
Stories:
Chicago Stories: Summer Fun
Settle in for a lively double bill of WTTW’s popular series that explores Chicago’s rich history. Learn how the city became the center of the candy industry and hear the stories of how some of its most well-known confections were created by immigrants. Then, Chicagoans share their fondest memories of the area’s legendary amusement parks.
Tuesday, August 12 7:00 pm
Go behind the scenes of the sixpart series that takes viewers on a unique journey back through time. Through cuttingedge science, discover how six prehistoric creatures lived, hunted, fought, and died, with more accuracy than ever before.
Wednesday, August 13 7:00 pm
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 1, Part 3 of 4)
3:00 Professor T: A Little Drop of Poison (Season 3, Part 4 of 6)
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Powering Net Zero
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Latin Summer Favorites
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Walking with Dinosaurs: A Viewer’s Guide
8:30 Nature: Woodpeckers – The Hole Story With more than 240 species of woodpeckers identified, explore their unique evolutionary journey and the powerful role they play in every ecosystem except Antarctica and Australia.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 1 of 3) Finds include an 1844 “Bellows Falls” church hymnal, a 1914 Olaf Carl Seltzer oil on board, and a 1969 prototype Hot Wheels “Beach Bomb.”
1:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration See Mon. Aug. 11 at 12:00 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tampa 2019
2:00 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 1, Part 4 of 4)
3:00 Professor T: The Conference (Season 3, Part 5 of 6)
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Roger’s Nod to Sod
4:30 Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor –Tomorrow’s People (Part 4 of 5) The Queen
stages a comeback following the crisis surrounding Princess Diana’s death.
8:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – The Common Cause (1939-1944) (Part 6 of 7) FDR struggles to prepare a reluctant country to enter World War II and, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, helps set the course toward Allied victory.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 15
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a Cartier Art Deco diamond bracelet, a 1920 Zee Wo Silver & Cinnabar cutlery set, and a 1959 Number 1 Barbie doll and accessories.
1:00 Rick Steves: Why We Travel
2:00 50 Years with Peter, Paul, and Mary See Sat. Aug. 9 at 10:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 2 of 3) See 12:00 am. [R]
2:00 Professor T: Heir to the Throne (Season 3, Part 1 of 6)
3:00 Professor T: Attachment Issues (Season 3, Part 6 of 6)
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Energy-Saving Installations
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Pork Two Ways
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 The Great American Recipe: The Grand Finale (Season 4, Part 6 of 6) The top three home cooks showcase their signature dishes and compete to win.
9:00 Deconstructing the Beatles [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – No Nukes [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: Candy Capital See Tues. Aug. 12
at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks See Tues. Aug. 12 at 8:30 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 50 Years with Peter, Paul, and Mary [R]
MORNING
7:00 Rick Steves’ Mighty Alps Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure from Italy to Austria to Switzerland to France, with scenic train rides, breathtaking lifts, majestic glaciers, and unforgettable hikes.
8:30 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin See Sat. Aug. 9 at 3:30 pm. [R]
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood –Colonial Revival Revived
10:30 Ask This Old House: Shed Foundation, Bifold Doors
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Water Meets Fire
11:30 America the Bountiful: Chiles in New Mexico
AFTERNOON
12:10 Cook’s Country: Regional Seafood Specialties
12:40 Cook’s Country: Biscuits and Chicken
1:20 Lidia’s Kitchen: Worth Celebrating
1:50 America’s Test Kitchen: Ultimate Italian
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Mediterranean Sweets
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Venetian Pastas
3:40 Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen: Sandi Toksvig Prue welcomes good friend and former host of The Great British Baking Show Sandi Toksvig into her kitchen.
5:00 PBS News Hour Weekend
5:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five [R]
EVENING
7:00 Father Brown: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur Father Brown is asked to look after Lady Felicia’s wayward niece Bunty, who soon finds herself suspected of murder.
7:55 Queens of Mystery: Smoke & Mirrors – First Chapter (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) The stage adaptation of Jane’s book endures numerous snafus before opening night; Mattie searches for new clues in the case of her missing mother.
8:42 Queens of Mystery: Smoke & Mirrors – Final Chapter (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) Contending with another murder and a missing lead actress, the theatre company is forced to switch up the cast, but their production is a mess.
9:30 Death in Paradise
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson celebrates 50 years of police service at the Yacht Club...but the day takes a turn when he is shot.
10:30 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor –Tomorrow’s People (Part 4 of 5) See Thurs. Aug. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
11:30 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – The Common Cause (1939-1944) (Part 6 of 7) See Thurs. Aug. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 17
EARLY MORNING
1:30 Earth, Wind and Fire: iHeart Radio Live Join the legendary Grammy Award-winning band for an unforgettable night of music and celebration.
3:00 This Land is Your Land This special, hosted by Tom and Dick Smothers and Judy Collins, takes a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music.
4:30 Deconstructing The Beatles [R]
5:00 All-New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop [R]
Sanditon Revisited
This special goes behind the scenes with the cast and creators of the acclaimed series based on Jane Austen’s last, incomplete novel, set amid the romantic intrigues of an English seaside resort in the early 1800s.
Sunday, August 17 7:00 pm
MORNING
7:00 This Old House: Ridgewood –Colonial Revival Revived [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Shed Foundation, Bifold Doors [R]
8:00 Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin [R]
9:30 Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story –American Masters
AFTERNOON
12:00 Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv It may be Chicago’s greatest cultural export: improvised theater. But it was devised by a woman who wasn’t out for laughs.
1:00 Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells This film and companion website traces Ida B. Wells’ career as a journalist, activist, and organizer in Chicago.
2:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Stories of two hugely different disasters that occurred 90 years apart: First, the deadliest building fire in U.S. history: the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire. Then, the Great Loop Flood of 1992.
3:00 Chicago Stories: When The West Side Burned Examine Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s close ties to Chicago and how his murder brought longsimmering resentment over segregation and discrimination to a boiling point.
4:00 Chicago Stories: The Making of Playboy In the conservative 1950s, Hyde Park native Hugh Hefner brought sex into the mainstream with the creation of his glossy lifestyle magazine, Playboy.
5:00 Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe Travel expert and globetrotter Rick Steves eats his merry way through Europe.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Tony Bennett: Viva Duets See Sun. Aug. 10 at 2:00 pm. [R]
7:00 Sanditon Revisited
8:30 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Cat Among the Pigeons (Part 1 of 3) Lucy Worsley explores Agatha Christie’s haunted, unconventional early life to discover the origins of her talent and uncover some carefully concealed secrets.
10:00 Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem Learn how Midsomer Murders came to life from the pages of Caroline Graham’s books in interviews with the lead actors.
11:00 Best of the ’60s
Monday 18
EARLY MORNING
1:30 Father Brown: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur See Sat. Aug. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:25 Queens of Mystery: Smoke & Mirrors – First Chapter (Season 1, Part 5 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 16 at 7:55 pm. [R]
3:12 Queens of Mystery: Smoke & Mirrors – Final Chapter (Season 1, Part 6 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 16 at 8:42 pm. [R]
4:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Aug. 16 at 9:30 pm. [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Ken Burns: The Civil War [R]
4:00 This Old House: Jamestown –Net Zero Comes Together [R]
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Summer Picnic Party
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 3 of 3) Finds include Watson & Cricksigned Double Helix books, a 1930 Art Deco jewelry suite, and a Japanese Arita porcelain vase circa 1910.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a John Wayne mug collection from 1960, a 1977 Frank McCarthy On the Owl Hoot Trail oil, and 1943-1944 Albert Einstein letters.
9:00 Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer Mel Brooks is the master of parody and comedy. He tells us with his unflinching Jewish humor about his prolific career and becoming a world-famous entertainer.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sanditon Revisited See Sun. Aug. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Moments to Remember
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING 6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Providence 2019 2:00 Cooking with Legends:
Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin [R]
3:30 Rick Steves IslandHopping Europe
4:00 This Old House: Paradise – Paradise Lost
4:30 Cook’s Country: Pennsylvanian Melting Pot
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Viewers Like You After a nationwide search, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. solves deep family mysteries for three everyday Americans.
8:00 Atomic People [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – The Common Cause (19391944) (Part 6 of 7) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Memphis
2:00 Rick Steves’ Mighty Alps See Sat. Aug. 16 at 7:00 am. [R]
3:30 Rick Steves’ Festive Europe Rick experiences the pleasures of Andalucia, ventures into the reveler-filled Parisian streets on Bastille Day, takes in the royal pageantry in London, and much more.
4:00 This Old House: Paradise –Out of the Ashes
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Latin Comfort Food
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 PBS Previews: The American Revolution, A Film by Ken Burns
8:00 The U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding Explore the Ken Burns documentary that explores America’s response to one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century.
9:30 To be announced
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
PBS Previews:
The American Revolution, A Film by Ken Burns
Learn more about the upcoming new six-part, 12-hour documentary that examines the virtues and contradictions of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States of America, following dozens of figures from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Wednesday, August 20 7:00 pm
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story –American Masters
This is an intimate portrait of Liza Minnelli, best known for her Oscar-winning role in Cabaret Following in the footsteps of her mother Judy Garland, Minnelli used her boundless talent to build her own legacy in showbiz.
Thursday, August 21 7:00 pm
Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line
In April 2012, music luminaries and friends gathered in Austin, Texas, to celebrate the 80th birthday of Johnny Cash. Watch this musical tribute by Brandi Carlile, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ronnie Dunn, Jamey Johnson, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and an all-star band.
Friday, August 22 9:00 pm
Professor T (New Season!)
Ben Miller returns for a fourth season as Professor Jasper Tempest, who is obsessed with cleanliness, structure and order. But his genius for solving crimes means he constantly has to get his hands dirty, helping the police to crack their most difficult cases.
Sundays beginning August 24, 7:00 pm
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Viewers Like You See Tues. Aug. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Chicago Stories: When The West Side Burned See Sun. Aug. 17 at 3:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Chicago Stories: The Making of Playboy See Sun. Aug. 17 at 4:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters See Sun. Aug. 17 at 2:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Honolulu
2:00 Ken Burns: The National Parks [R]
4:00 This Old House: Paradise –No Pain, No Gain
4:30 Cook’s Country: Cajun Country
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story –American Masters See Sun. Aug. 17 at 9:30 am. [R]
9:30 Rick Steves’ Festive Europe See Wed. Aug. 20 at 3:30 pm. [R]
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:00 PBS Previews: The American Revolution, A Film by Ken Burns See Wed. Aug. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding See Wed. Aug. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 1 of 3)
2:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five [R]
3:30 Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe See Sun. Aug. 17 at 5:00 pm. [R]
6:30 Table for All
7:00 No Passport Required
8:00 Great American Recipe
9:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire 11:30 America the Bountiful 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Cook’s Country 1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 3:30 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table 4:30 Check, Please!
4:00 This Old House: Paradise –Paradise Strong
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: A Taste of Mexico
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder à la Mode When Phryne arrives at Madame Fleuri’s for a fitting, she discovers that the salon’s benefactor has been found impaled on her own hairpiece.
9:00 Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer See Mon. Aug. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
1:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now: Saving Whitefish and Navigating Niagara
6:30 Table for All with Buki Elegbede: On the Water
7:00 No Passport Required: Miami
8:00 The Great American Recipe: A Taste Down Memory Lane (Season 4, Part 5 of 6) See Fri. Aug. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R] 9:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: La Salle and Peru, Illinois
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood –Walled in Science
10:30 Ask This Old House: Gas Fireplace, Wainscoting 11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Barbecue on a Budget 11:30 America the Bountiful: Walleye in Ohio
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: From the Indigenous Pantry 12:30 Cook’s Country: Chicken and Cornbread
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Be the Host 1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – All in the Family
Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (New Season!)
While life in the idyllic town of Marlow is almost back to normal after a chain of murders rattled the tightly knit community, it’s not long before retired archaeologist Judith Potts, dog-walker Suzie Harris, and the Vicar’s wife Becks Starling must solve a series of new crimes that befall the local residents.
Sundays beginning August 24, 8:00 pm
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Pasta with Greens
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Flatbreads 101
3:30 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets –Arabian Nights
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Canyon Cuisine
4:30 Check, Please! Tryzub Ukrainian Kitchen, Eris Brewery & Cider House, Smack Dab
5:00 Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer (Part 6 of 6) [R]
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: It’s Just Not Cricket When Great Slaughter Cricket Club’s arrogant star player is murdered, Sister Boniface must do all she can to catch the killer.
7:00 Father Brown: The Eve of St. John Father Brown struggles to promote understanding when a group of pagans is suspected of killing one of their own.
8:00 Queens of Mystery: Sparring
with Death (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) Beth and Cat head to a luxury spa run by Dr. Angela Isherwood, who unexpectedly announces her retirement, names her successor, and then gets murdered that very same night.
8:45 Queens of Mystery: Sparring with Death (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) A second death at the Wildemarsh Wellness Retreat leads Matilda to uncover a heart-wrenching tragedy.
9:30 Death in Paradise The community is rocked by a murder at a care home when a game of bingo gets horribly out of hand.
10:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder à la Mode See Fri. Aug. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:30 POV: Emergent City A divided Brooklyn community faces rising rents, environmental racism, and loss of industrial jobs.
Sunday 24
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers [R]
2:30 Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story –American Masters [R]
5:00 Get Good with Money with Tiffany Aliche Cultivate good financial habits and make your money work for you.
MORNING
6:30 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins : Fire and Ice
7:00 This Old House: Ridgewood –Walled in Science [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Gas Fireplace, Wainscoting [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Painting and Flowers
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Fish on a Platter
9:00 A Chef’s Life: All Sunchoked Up
9:30 A Chef’s Life: Heavenly Hocks
10:00 Travel Detective: Hidden Gems of Santa Ana
10:30 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger spends an entire episode chronicling the annual Kinetic Sculpture Race in Baltimore.
11:00 Professor T: A Little Drop of Poison (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) [R]
AFTERNOON
12:00 Professor T: The Conference (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) [R]
1:00 Professor T: Attachment Issues (Season 3, Part 6 of 6) [R]
2:00 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 1, Part 1 of 4) [R]
3:15 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 1, Part 2 of 4) Despite Tanika’s warnings to stay away from the case,
the trio follow a trail of clues left by the murder weapon.
4:30 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 1, Part 3 of 4) As the police race against time, Tanika recruits the trio as civilian asors to help catch the killer.
5:45 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 1, Part 4 of 4) Judith makes a breakthrough and sets up a trap for the killer, but plans go awry.
EVENING
7:00 Professor T: Overboard (Season 4, Part 1 of 6) Since Lisa’s death, Jasper cannot face police work and is avoiding Dan. But when a woman disappears from a boat, Jasper is forced to help.
8:00 The Marlow Murder Club (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.
9:00 Unforgotten on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 1 of 6) When a spine is dredged out of Whitney Marsh, the team is immediately called to the scene. Jess and Sunny welcome the new challenge.
10:00 The Paris Murders: For Always (Season 2, Part 12 of 12) In a shocking series finale, the investigation continues, but nothing goes as planned.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Rodrigo y Gabriela Grammywinning guitar virtuoso duo Rodrigo y Gabriela with the 30-piece Austin Symphony bring to life their acclaimed album In Between Thoughts...A New World
Monday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: It’s Just Not Cricket See Sat. Aug. 23 at 6:00 pm. [R]
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sinéad Keenan
Unforgotten on Masterpiece (New Season!)
The gritty crime drama returns for a sixth season, as Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar reprise their roles as DCI Jess James and DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan. They are back to investigate emotionally charged cold cases from the past, unravelling secrets and unearthing buried truths along the way.
Sundays beginning August 24, 9:00 pm
1:00 Father Brown: The Eve of St. John See Sat. Aug. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Queens of Mystery: Sparring with Death (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:45 Queens of Mystery: Sparring with Death (Season 2, Part 2 of 6) See Sat. Aug. 23 at 8:45 pm. [R]
3:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Aug. 23 at 9:30 pm. [R] 4:30 John McGivern’s Main
6:30 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins
7:00 This Old House
7:30 Ask This Old House
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in
Streets: La Salle and Peru, Illinois [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake City (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: It’s Just Not Cricket [R]
3:00 Father Brown: The Eve of St. John [R]
4:00 This Old House: Project Interrupted
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Autumn Supper
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1964 Cassius Clay twice-signed promotional print, modern Abdullah Qandeel “Red” and “Love” oils, and an early 18th-century Chinese celadon vase.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a 1554 Giorgio Ghisi engraving after Bronzino, a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk circa 1890, and a 1962 Mercury Capsule antenna.
9:00 My Lai: American Experience This program focuses on the 1968 My Lai Massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the heroic efforts of the soldiers who broke rank to halt the atrocities.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Professor T: Overboard (Season 4, Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Unforgotten on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Paris Murders: For Always (Season 2, Part 12 of 12) See Sun. Aug. 24 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Milwaukee 2020
2:00 Death in Paradise [R]
3:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder
Mysteries: Murder à la Mode [R]
4:00 This Old House: New Light in Old Windows
4:30 Cook’s Country: Endless Dessert
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: La Famiglia Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the roots of talk show host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
8:00 Clearing the Air: The War on Smog – American Experience
9:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein – The Hollywood Sign Learn how a real estate advertisement erected in 1923 became an international symbol of fame, fortune, and the American dream.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Professor T: A Little Drop of Poison (Season 3, Part 4 of 6) [R]
3:00 Professor T: The Conference (Season 3, Part 5 of 6) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Mobile
2:00 Clearing the Air: The War on Smog – American Experience See Tues. Aug. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein: The Hollywood Sign See Tues. Aug. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 This Old House: Chimney Straightener
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Simple Chicken Dinner
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: The Platypus Guardian Peter Walsh is on a mission to observe and understand the platypus. But his time is
precious as he manages with his MS diagnosis.
8:00 NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark.
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The End of the Romans Follow an in-depth investigation into the real causes of the decline of the Roman Empire.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: La Famiglia See Tues. Aug. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Clearing the Air: The War on Smog – American Experience [R]
2:00 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein – The Hollywood Sign See Tues. Aug. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Professor T: Attachment Issues (Season 3, Part 6 of 6) [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Philadelphia
2:00 Finding Your Roots: La Famiglia [R]
3:00 NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower See Wed. Aug. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 This Old House: Back to Narragansett
4:30 Cook’s Country: Old New Mexico
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor –Heirs and Spares (Part 5 of 5) During the Queen’s final years, rifts appear between heirs and spares.
8:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962) (Part 7 of 7) FDR wins re-election, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right.
10:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
In the summer of 1943, a thick noxious haze of smog enveloped the Los Angeles region, and over the next several years, the problem reached crisis proportions. This new film will tell the story of the epic struggle against airborne toxins and the creation of the Clean Air Act.
Tuesday, August 26 8:00 pm
Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert
Enjoy this annual concert from Schönbrunn Palace conducted for the first time by Tugan Sokhiev. Opera star Piotr Beczala joins as soloist, performing arias from Carmen and Turandot along with the Vienna Boys Choir.
Friday, August 29 9:00 pm
Astrid Nielsen (Sara Mortensen) works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger’s syndrome, and excels at analyzing files of ongoing investigations. The district commander decides to use it to the fullest, entrusting her with complex investigations which have remained unsolved to date.
Sundays beginning August 31, 10:00 pm
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: The Platypus Guardian See Wed. Aug. 27 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The End of the Romans See Wed. Aug. 27 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 My Lai: American Experience See Mon. Aug. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 BBC News
5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 WTTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Virginia Beach (Part 3 of 3)
2:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor – Heirs and Spares (Part 5 of 5) See Thurs. Aug. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Professor T: Overboard (Season 4, Part 1 of 6) [R]
4:00 This Old House: Upgrading Old School
4:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Simple and Elegant Dinner
5:00 BBC News America
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Marked for Murder When Phryne is duped into investigating the football coach’s missing “lucky cap,” she discovers a gruesome murder instead .
9:00 Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert
10:30 BBC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor – Heirs and Spares (Part 5 of 5) [R]
1:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962) (Part 7 of 7) See Thurs. Aug. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Finding Your Roots: La Famiglia [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 Great Lakes Now: Reef Rescue and Wild Edibles
6:30 Table for All with Buki Elegbede: The Underground Railroad/African Americans
7:00 No Passport Required: D.C.
8:00 The Great American Recipe: The Grand Finale (Season 4, Part 6 of 6) See Fri. Aug. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
9:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Alli Webb, Founder of Drybar
9:30 John McGivern’s Main Streets: West Allis, Wisconsin
10:00 This Old House: Ridgewood – All Quiet on the Kitchen Front
10:30 Ask This Old House: Beehives 101, Step Stool
11:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Sustainable Seafood
11:30 America the Bountiful: Wheat in Kansas
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Darn Good Desserts
12:30 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Roll Up Your Sleeves
1:30 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul – Toast to Julia
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Elegant French Desserts
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Bold and Beefy
3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Dressing Up Chicken
3:30 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets –Culinary Cornerstones
4:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Symphony of Flavors
4:30 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the 20th Century
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: A Beautiful World When a murder takes place at a make-up demo party, Sister Boniface strives to solve the mystery.
7:00 Father Brown: The Chedworth Cyclone Father Brown is drawn into the shady world of boxing when a local fighter is found dead in suspicious circumstances.
7:58 Queens of Mystery: The Modern Art of Murder (Season 2, Part 3 of 6) The body of the gallery owner’s exhusband unexpectedly forms the gruesome centerpiece of a star artist’s installation.
8:42 Queens of Mystery: The Modern Art of Murder (Season 2, Part 4 of 6) Matilda finds evidence of a destroyed forgery, as Jane uncovers shady dealings.
9:30 Death in Paradise A famous chef is poisoned at the grand opening of his latest hotel.
10:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Marked for Murder See Fri. Aug. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
11:30 POV: A New Kind of Wilderness On a small farm in Norway, the Paynes lead a purposefully isolated life. But when tragedy strikes, they must adapt to modern society.
Sunday 31
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Professor T: Overboard (Season 4, Part 1 of 6) [R]
1:30 The Marlow Murder Club (Season 2, Part 1 of 6) [R]
2:30 Unforgotten on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 1 of 6) [R]
3:30 Clearing the Air: The War on Smog – American Experience [R]
4:30 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Alli Webb, Founder of Drybar [R]
5:00 Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert See Fri. Aug. 29 at 9:00 pm. [R]
MORNING
6:30 Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Late Afternoon Hike
7:00 This Old House:
Ridgewood – All Quiet on the Kitchen Front [R]
7:30 Ask This Old House: Beehives 101, Step Stool [R]
8:00 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Market Bouquet, Four Ways
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Land of Fish and Apples
9:00 A Chef’s Life: Mayo –The Mother Sauce
9:30 A Chef’s Life: Two-Mato
10:00 Wild Travels Host Will Clinger visits Hot Springs, Arkansas for the annual “Running of the Tubs.”
10:30 Islam’s Greatest Stories of Love Devastated by her father’s sudden death, a young woman seeks solace in five timeless stories of love and loss from the Islamic tradition.
AFTERNOON
12:30 Great Performances at the Met: Le Nozze Di Figaro Enjoy Mozart’s comic masterpiece, starring bass-baritone Michael Sumuel and soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed. Joana Mallwitz conducts.
4:00 The Mystery of Mr. E Twin brothers John and George Danes are visited by a stranger who knows where they are heading, introduces himself as “the murderer,” and then disappears.
5:30 PBS News Hour Weekend
EVENING
6:00 In Their Own Words: Princess Diana Learn how Diana defied expectations and evolved into one of the most impactful icons of our time.
7:00 Professor T: September Gardens (Season 4, Part 2 of 6) When Zelda brings Jasper to a retirement home to meet her date, a murder suddenly takes place.
8:00 The Marlow Murder Club (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.
9:00 Unforgotten on Masterpiece (Season 6, Part 2 of 6) The team digs deeper into Gerry Cooper’s life and criminal record.
10:00 Astrid: Global Plan (Season 3, Part 1 of 8) A well-known astrophysicist is found dead, struck by lightning, with no storm. Soon a conspiracy theory circulates that the victim was about to divulge a state secret.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Noah Kahan/Flor De Toloache Singer/songwriter Noah Kahan performs tunes from Stick Season. Groundbreaking all-female mariachi act Flor de Toloache plays songs from Motherflower
50 Years with Peter, Paul, and Mary
Saturday, 10:30 pm (8/9)
Friday, 2:00 am (8/15)
Saturday, 5:00 am (8/16)
’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration
Monday, 12:00 am (8/11)
Thursday, 1:00 am (8/14)
Saturday, 1:00 am (8/23)
All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop
Sunday, 3:00 am (8/10)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (8/13)
Sunday, 5:00 am (8/17)
Austin City Limits
Sundays, 11:00 pm (8/3, 8/24, 8/31)
Barbara Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
Sunday, 12:00 pm (8/10)
Best of the ‘60s
Sunday, 12:30 am (8/10)
Tuesday, 1:30 am (8/12)
Sunday, 11:00 pm (8/17)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: No Nukes
Sunday, 10:00 pm (8/10)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (8/13)
Saturday, 12:00 am (8/16)
Earth, Wind & Fire: IHeart Radio Live
Sunday, 1:30 am (8/17)
Great Performances
Sunday, 3:00 pm (8/10)
Friday, 9:00 pm (8/29)
Sunday, 5:00 am (8/31)
Great Performances at the Met
Sunday, 11:00 am (8/3)
Sunday, 12:30 pm (8/31)
Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line
Friday, 9:00 pm (8/22)
Moments to Remember
Tuesday, 1:30 am (8/19)
This Land is Your Land
Sunday, 3:00 am (8/17)
Tony Bennett: Viva Duets
Sunday, 2:00 pm (8/10)
Sunday, 6:00 pm (8/17)
All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five
Sunday, 7:00 pm (8/10)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (8/12)
Saturday, 5:30 pm (8/16)
Friday, 2:00 pm (8/22)
Astrid
Sunday, 10:00 pm (8/31)
Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece
Sunday, 9:00 pm (8/3)
Thursday, 3:00 am (8/7)
Brokenwood Mysteries
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (8/2, 8/9)
Monday, 3:00 am (8/4)
Death in Paradise
Saturdays, 9:30 pm (8/16, 8/23, 8/30)
Monday, 4:00 am (8/18)
Monday, 3:30 am (8/25)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (8/26)
Father Brown
Saturdays, 7:00 pm (8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30)
Monday, 1:30 am (8/18)
Monday, 1:00 am, 3:00 pm (8/25)
Grantchester on Masterpiece
Sunday, 8:00 pm (8/3)
Tuesday, 1:30 am, 2:00 pm (8/5)
Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece
Monday, 2:00 pm (8/11)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (8/12)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (8/13)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (8/14)
Sunday, 2:00 pm, 3:15 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:45 pm (8/24)
Sundays, 8:00 pm (8/24, 8/31)
Tuesday, 1:00 am (8/26)
Sunday, 1:30 am (8/31)
Miss Austen on Masterpiece
Sunday, 7:00 am, 8:15 am, 9:30 am, 10:45 am (8/10)
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Fridays, 9:00 pm (8/1, 8/8, 8/22, 8/29)
Saturdays, 10:30 pm (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Tuesdays, 3:00 pm (8/5, 8/26)
My Life Is Murder
Saturday, 7:00 pm (8/2)
Monday, 1:00 am (8/4)
Mystery of Mr. E
Sunday, 4:00 pm (8/31)
Paris Murders
Sundays, 10:00 pm (8/3, 8/24)
Saturday, 3:00 am (8/9)
Tuesday, 3:00 am (8/26)
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Sunday, 5:50 pm (8/3)
Professor T
Monday, 3:00 pm (8/11)
Tuesday, 3:00 pm (8/12)
Wednesday, 3:00 pm (8/13)
Thursday, 3:00 pm (8/14)
Friday, 2:00 pm (8/15)
Fridays, 3:00 pm (8/15, 8/29)
Sunday, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 7:00 pm (8/24)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (8/27)
Thursday, 3:00 am (8/28)
Sunday, 12:30 am, 7:00 pm (8/31)
Queens of Mystery
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (8/2, 8/9)
Monday, 2:00 am (8/4)
Saturdays, 8:00 pm, 8:45 pm (8/16, 8/23, 8/30)
Monday, 2:25 am, 3:10 am (8/18)
Monday, 2:00 am, 2:45 am (8/25)
Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor
Saturday, 11:30 pm (8/2, 8/16)
Monday, 3:00 pm (8/4)
Thursdays, 7:00 pm (8/7, 8/14, 8/28)
Fridays, 2:00 pm (8/8, 8/29)
Saturdays, 12:00 am (8/9, 8/30)
Sanditon Revisited
Sunday, 7:00 pm (8/17)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (8/19)
Sister Boniface
Saturdays, 6:00 pm (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Mondays, 12:00 am (8/4, 8/25)
Monday, 2:00 pm (8/25)
Unforgotten on Masterpiece
Sundays, 9:00 pm (8/24, 8/31)
Tuesday, 2:00 am (8/26)
Sunday, 2:30 am (8/31)
Food • Travel • How to
America the Bountiful
Saturdays, 11:30 am
America’s Test Kitchen
Fridays, 4:30 pm
Mondays, 4:30 pm
Wednesdays, 4:30 pm
Saturdays, 2:00 pm (8/2, 8/9, 8/23, 8/30)
Saturdays, 2:30 pm
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays-Fridays, 1:00 pm
Mondays, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm (8/4, 8/18, 8/25)
Wednesdays, 12:00 am, 1:00 am (8/6, 8/20, 8/27)
Thursday, 12:00 am (8/14)
Friday, 12:00 am (8/15)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Sundays, 7:30 am (8/3, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Chef’s Life
Sundays, 9:00 am, 9:30 am (8/3, 8/24, 8/31)
Cook’s Country
Saturdays, 12:00 pm (8/2, 8/9, 8/23, 8/30)
Saturdays, 12:30 pm (8/2, 8/9, 8/23, 8/30)
Tuesdays, 4:30 pm
Thursdays, 4:30 pm
Saturday, 12:10 pm, 12:40 pm (8/16)
Get Good with Money with Tiffany Aliche
Sunday, 5:00 am (8/24)
Great American Recipe
Fridays, 8:00 pm (8/1, 8/8, 8/15)
Saturdays, 8:00 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Thursday, 3:00 pm (8/7)
J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
Sundays, 8:00 am (8/3, 8/24, 8/31)
Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul
Saturdays, 1:30 pm (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins
Sundays, 6:30 am (8/3, 8/24, 8/31)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturdays, 1:00 pm (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Saturday, 1:15 pm (8/9)
Saturday, 1:20 pm (8/23)
Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
Saturdays, 3:30 pm (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
Monday, 3:00 am (8/11)
New Scandinavian Cooking
Sundays, 8:30 am (8/3, 8/24, 8/31)
No Passport Required
Saturdays, 7:00 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Pati’s Mexican Table
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen
Saturday, 3:40 pm (8/16)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Sunday, 5:00 pm (8/3)
Saturday, 5:00 pm (8/30)
Rick Steves’ Festive Europe
Wednesday, 3:30 pm (8/20
Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe
Wednesday, 3:30 pm (8/20)
Rick Steves’ Mighty Alps
Saturday, 7:00 am (8/16)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (8/20)
Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe
Sunday, 5:00 pm (8/17)
Friday, 3:30 pm (8/22)
Rick Steves Why We Travel Friday, 1:00 am (8/15)
Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire Saturdays, 11:00 am Table for All with Buke Elegbede Saturdays, 6:30 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
This Old House Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm Saturdays, 10:00 am Sundays, 7:00 am (8/7,8/14, 8/31)
Travel Detective Sundays, 10:00 am (8/3, 8/24)
Wild Travels Sundays, 10:30 am (8/3, 8/24) Sunday, 10:00 am (8/31)
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen Sunday, 8:30 pm (8/17)
American Experience Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (8/5, 8/26) Thursdays, 1:00 am (8/7, 8/28)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (8/27)
Sunday, 3:30 am (8/31)
American Masters
Sunday, 9:00 am (8/17)
Thursday, 7:00 pm (8/21)
Sunday, 2:30 am (8/24)
Atomic People
Monday, 9:00 pm (8/4)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (8/6)
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (8/19)
Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue
Sunday, 1:30 pm (8/3)
Friday, 3:00 am (8/8)
Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer
Sunday, 3:00 am (8/3)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (8/6)
Chicago on Vacation with Geoffrey Baer Sunday, 3:00 am (8/3)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (8/6)
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells Sunday, 1:00 pm (8/17)
Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv Sunday, 12:00 pm (8/17)
Chicago Stories: Downtown Disasters Sunday, 2:00 pm (8/17)
Thursday, 3:00 am (8/21)
Chicago Stories: Candy Capital
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (8/12)
Saturday, 2:00 am (8/16)
Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks
Tuesday, 8:30 pm (8/12)
Saturday, 3:00 am (8/16)
Chicago Stories: The Making of Playboy Sunday, 4:00 pm (8/17)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (8/21)
Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned
Sunday, 3:00 pm (8/17)
Thursday, 1:00 am (8/21)
Chicago’s Western Suburbs: From Prairie Soil to Prairie Style
Saturday, 2:00 am (8/2)
Deconstructing the Beatles
Saturday, 5:30 pm (8/9)
Sunday, 8:30 pm (8/10)
Friday, 9:00 pm (8/15)
Sunday, 4:30 am (8/17)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (8/5, 8/19, 8/26)
Thursdays, 12:00 am, 2:00 pm (8/7, 8/28)
Thursday, 12:00 am (8/21)
Saturday, 3:00 am (8/30)
Fox River Valley and Chain O’Lakes
Saturday, 12:00 am (8/2)
Great Chicago Quiz with Geoffrey Baer
Fridays, 10:00 pm (8/1, 8/8)
Saturdays, 5:00 pm (8/2, 8/23)
Monday, 9:30 pm (8/11)
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (8/26)
Wednesday, 3:00 pm (8/27)
Thursday, 2:00 am (8/8)
In Their Own Words
Sunday, 6:00 pm (/31)
Islam’s Greatest Stories of Love
Sunday, 10:30 am (8/31)
Jay’s Chicago
Sunday, 2:30 am (8/3)
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 9:30 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Ken Burns: The Civil War
Saturday, 6:30 am (8/9)
Monday, 2:00 pm (8/18)
Ken Burns: The National Parks
Saturday, 8:30 am (8/9)
Sunday, 5:00 am (8/10)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (8/21)
Lucy Worsley Investigates
Sunday, 7:00 pm (8/3)
Monday, 2:00 pm (8/4)
Tuesday, 12:30 am (8/5)
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer
Monday, 9:00 pm (8/18)
Saturday, 12:00 pm (8/23)
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Sunday, 10:00 pm (8/17)
My Lai: American Experience
Monday, 9:00 pm (8/25)
Friday, 3:00 am (8/29)
New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story
Sunday, 4:00 pm (8/3)
PBS Previews: The American Revolution; Ken Burns
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (8/20)
Friday, 12:00 am (8/22)
POV
Saturdays, 11:30 pm (8/23, 8/30)
Rick Steves: The Story of Fascism in Europe
Saturday, 5:00 am (8/9)
Sunday, 5:30 pm (8/10)
Friday, 2:30 am (8/22)
Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Sunday, 12:30 am (8/3)
Thursdays, 8:00 pm (8/7, 8/14)
Saturdays, 1:00 am (8/9, 8/30)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (8/16)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (8/20)
Secrets of the Dead
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (8/27)
Friday, 2:00 am (8/29)
To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
Saturdays, 9:00 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (8/6)
Sunday, 4:30 am (8/31)
U.S. and the Holocaust: Insight and Understanding
Wednesday, 8:00 pm (8/20)
Friday, 1:00 am (8/22)
Amanpour and Company
Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 am
BBC News
Mondays-Fridays, 10:30 pm, 5:00 am
BBC News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Tuesdays-Fridays, 5:30 am
Chicago Tonight Week in Review
Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 5:30 am
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Mondays, 5:30 am
PBS News Hour
Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 4:00 am
PBS News Weekend
Saturdays, 5:30 pm
Sundays, 5:30 pm (8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/31)
Washington Week
Fridays, 7:30 pm
Saturdays, 5:00 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Science • Nature
Great Lakes Now
Saturdays, 6:00 am (8/2, 8/23, 8/30)
Human Footprint
Friday, 3:00 pm (8/1) Nature
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm (8/6, 8/27)
Fridays, 12:00 am (8/8, 8/29)
Wednesday, 8:30 pm (8/13) NOVA
Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (8/6, 8/27) Fridays, 1:00 am (8/9, 8/29)
Thursday, 3:00 am (8/28)
Pompeii: The New Dig
Wednesday, 9:00 pm (8/6)
Friday, 2:00 am, 3:00 pm (8/8)
Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers
Sunday, 2:30 pm (8/3)
Tuesday, 2:30 am (8/5)
Sunday, 1:00 am (8/24)
Walking with Dinosaurs
Friday, 2:00 pm (8/1)
Walking with Dinosaurs: A Viewer’s Guide
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (8/13)
Shostakovich Anniversary
A special program that explores Shostakovich’s life and music marking 50 years since his death. Peter van de Graaff hosts. Tuesday, August 5, 10:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program including Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture – Czech State Phil/José Serebrier. Conifer 51522-2. [6:48]
7:00 Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Summertime – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Reiko Uchida, p. eOne EOM-CD-7780. [2:56]
8:00 CPE Bach Flute Concerto in A, Wq 168 – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Potsdam Chamber Academy/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 84220-2. [19:14]
9:00 Friedrich Witt TwoHorn Concerto in F: II. Romance – Jacek Muzyk & Daniel Kerdelewicz, hn’s; Buffalo Phil Orch/Falletta. Naxos 8.574646. [4:03]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. DG 474250-2. [9:26]
11:00 Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 – London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC5-55487-2. [11:36]
12:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78 –Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 442787-2. [10:33]
1:00 Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Suite – Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray. [5:13]
2:00 Wieniawski Capriccio-Valse in E, Op. 7 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Enrico Pace, p. Decca 4789377. [6:09]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Maria Hester Park Piano Sonata in C, Op. 7 – Betty Ann Miller, p. [15:25]
4:00 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola, and harp – James Galway,
Grant Park Music Festival
Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the season finale: Orff’s Carmina Burana with the chorus, soloists, and Uniting Voices children’s chorus. Friday, August 15, 6:30 pm
f; Graham Oppenheimer, vi; Marisa Robles, h. RCA RCD1-7173. [17:01]
5:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 –Chamber Orch of Europe/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4863050. [32:30]
6:00 Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – London Sym Orch/Benjamin Britten. Decca 417509-2. [16:31]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: To The Finland Station, Part 1 Bill follows the lives of some of our favorite Russian musicians, and how the revolution changed them and their music.
8:00 Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn including Morley Calvert Monteregian Hills Suite – Chicago Brass Quintet. Facet 8006. [8:49]
9:00 Lawrence Ashmore Four Seasons (Suite of English Folk Songs) – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 60437-2-RC. [21:26]
10:00 Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 – Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons. DG 4862040. [53:08]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Steve Goodman and John Prine (7/29/1975) At the peak of summer 1975, singersongwriters Steve Goodman (1948 – 1984) and John Prine (1946 – 2020), two great friends and musical voices, told tales and sang songs during their visit with Studs Terkel on WFMT.
Saturday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
All prerecorded music on WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
Rising star singer-songwriter Owen Welsh, who studied classical guitar at Ithaca College, performs live in Levin Studio
Saturday, August 16, 9:00 pm
11:00 Introductions. The Caspian Quartet , Trio Minela , and Quartetto Speranza. Music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bartók, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, Debussy and Garrop.
12:00 From the Royal Ballet and Opera in London: Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti & A Quiet Place Trouble in Tahiti cast: Henry Neill (Sam); Wallis Giunta (Dinah), Kirsty McLean (Trio), Guy Elliott (Trio), Peer Edge (Trio); A Quiet Place cast: Grant Doyle (Sam); Henry Neill (Junior); Rowan Pierce (Dede); Elgan Llyr Thomas (François); Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Nicholas Chalmers, conductor. Sung in English.
3:00 Afternoon Music including Bernhard Joachim Hagen Trio Sonata in E-Flat – Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d’Oro/Zefira Valova, v. Aparté AP-376. [12:18]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho Celebrating the centenary of the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with one his last pupils, Benjamin Appl
5:00 Evening Music including Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell, v. Sony 84200. [30:40]
6:00 Errollyn Wallen Dances for Orchestra – BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews. Resonus RES-10358. [23:55]
7:00 Sounds Classical Composer Anna Clyne joins Kristina and LaRob as they shine a spotlight on her 2020 album, Mythologies. The album is filled with intriguing and imaginative classical sounds: Anna articulates her inspirations, while the hosts share what drew them to the album.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Eavesdr Op. on a 1975 concert by the late Gamble
Hear world-class soloists in performances from leading orchestras in Beijing, Antwerp, Leipzig, and Berlin. On August 4, the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra presents the Yellow River Piano Concerto by Yin Chengzong and Chu Wanghua featuring Haochen Zhang , one of the youngest winners in the history of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Gold Medalist in 2009). The following week on August 11, the great Augustin Hadelich captivates the Belgian audience with his interpretation of the lyrical and technically demanding First Violin Concerto of Sergei Prokofiev. Renowned Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is heard as soloist with the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto No. 5 on August 18. The last program of the month on August 25, features French violinist Renaud Capuçon and Stefan Dohr, principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic, in Dame Ethel Smyth’s distinctive Concerto for Violin and Horn with the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
Mondays, 10:00 pm
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Time flies when you’re having fun. Host Marilyn Rea Beyer celebrates her fifth anniversary on WFMT with three hours of her personal favorites.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Evening Prayer. Host Peter DuBois shares contemplative music for evening, centering on aspects of evening prayer, as expressed through sacred choral and organ music.
7:00 Weekend Mornings
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1 – Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Carlo Tenan. Onyx 4257. [12:16]
1:00 Jon Batiste Für Elise - Reverie (after Beethoven) – Jon Batiste, p. Verve 7529002. [15:19]
2:00 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/ Vasily Petrenko. Avie AV-2188. [35:47]
3:00 Beethoven Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op. 97, Archduke –Eugene Istomin, p; Isaac
Stern, v; Leonard Rose, vc. Sony SM2K-64513 (2). [40:43]
4:00 Vivaldi Gloria in D, R. 589 – Soloists; Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80194. [29:38]
5:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series Soprano Gemma Nha performs an aria from Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet, lieder by Richard Strauss, and Korean songs. Tenor Daniel Espinal offers selections by Augustin Lara, Francesco Santoliquido, and Joaquín Turina. With pianist Michael Banwarth , recorded in the Levin Studio.
6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Op. 34; Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, Romantic; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Segovia and his Disciples Andrés Segovia is considered one of the greatest modern guitarists whose style and techniques elevated the classical guitar to new heights. His legacy has continued with many of his disciples including Abel Carlevaro, John Williams, Julian Bream, and Alirio Díaz.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Tristan and Isolde with Nilsson and Vickers Highlights from Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde featuring two all-time greats: Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson and Canadian tenor Jon Vickers.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Sarasate Caprice basque, Op. 24 – María Dueñas, v; Itamar Golan, p. DG 4865708. [7:25]
11:00 Smetana From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests –Milwaukee Sym Orch/ Zdenek Macal. Telarc CD-80265. [12:14]
12:00 Coleridge-Taylor Othello, Op. 79: Suite – RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555191. [10:29]
1:00 Purcell Suite of Theater Music – Taverner Players/ Andrew Parrott. Virgin Classics 61304-2. [7:54]
2:00 Fauré Barcarolle No. 2 in G, Op. 41 – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion
CDA-68331/2. [7:43]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Suite – Berlin Phil/ Mstislav Rostropovich. DG 469271-2. [20:07]
4:00 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Symphony No. 1, A Night in the Tropics – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard SVC-9. [18:47]
5:00 Ernest Farrar English Pastoral Impressions, Op. 26 – Philharmonia Orch/ Alasdair Mitchell. Chandos CHAN-9586. [14:18]
6:00 Bernstein West Side Story: Suite – Joshua Bell, v; Philharmonia Orch/ David Zinman. Sony SK-89358. [19:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: To the Finland Station, Part 2 This week marks the second part of our two-week exploration into the hidden phrases and chords of Russian musicians from both sides of the Iron Curtain.
8:00 Evening Music including Ernest Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Op. 19: III. Le temps des lilas – Pauline Buet, vc; David Violi, p. [4:43]
9:00 Respighi La boutique fantasque (after Rossini): Mvts 1-5: Overture; Tarantella; Vivo;
An Anniversary Memoir
Summer 2025 marks 50 years since the loss of one of the most consequential composers in history: Dmitri Shostakovich. To commemorate the occasion, Peter van de Graaff hosts a special twohour exploration of the man and his music, through the eyes of people who knew him and worked with him. Interview moments with artists including Rudolf Barshai, Elisabeth Leonskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kurt Sanderling, Thomas Sanderling, Maxim Shostakovich, and Grigori Spektor – and the voice of Dmitri Shostakovich himself – bring us close to the realities of one of the most profound composers of the modern era. This fascinating journey through Shostakovich’s life also samples a wide range of his music including excerpts from many of his symphonies, his operas The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, the Violin Concerto No. 1, the Piano Quintet, and the Piano Trio No. 2.
Tuesday, August 5
10:00 pm
Mazurka, Cossack Dance –Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61847-2. [12:09]
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra Respighi The Pines of Rome; Tan Dun, conductor; Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rhapsodie espagnole; Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra; Yin Chengzong/Chu Wanghua Piano Concerto, Yellow River; Haochen Zhang, piano; Xu Zhong, conductor; SaintSaëns Symphony No. 3, Op. 78, Organ Symphony; Shen Fanxiu, organ; Lio Kuokman, conductor.
Tuesday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Giuseppe Torelli Sinfonia in C – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler. Avie AV-2371. [7:45]
11:00 Cecil Burleigh Four Rocky Mountain Sketches, Op. 11 –Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p. Cedille CDR-90000097. [9:56]
12:00 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4870146. [10:44]
1:00 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 – Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. Hyperion CDA-66969. [21:02]
2:00 Bologne Concertante Quartet No. 5 in G – Arabella String Quartet. Naxos 8.574360. [10:43]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902154. [21:29]
4:00 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody in A-Flat, Op. 45, No. 3 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 416623-2. [12:23]
5:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45 – St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60433-2. [16:26]
6:00 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D, Titan: I. Langsam, schleppend – Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.572207. [16:23]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: To the Finland Station, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Beethoven Serenade in D, Op. 25 – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Delos DE-3177. [24:04]
9:00 Alexey Shor Piano Concerto No. 1 – Behzod Abduraimov, p; Royal Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko. Alpha 1124. [26:03]
10:00 Dmitri Shostakovich: An Anniversary Memoir Marking 50 years since Shostakovich’s death, Peter van de Graaff hosts a special two-hour exploration of the man and his music through the eyes of people who knew him and worked with him.
Wednesday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Fanny Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 6: No. 1, Andante espressivo –Sontraud Speidel, p. ARS Produktion ARS-38615. [6:39]
11:00 Ginastera Estancia, Op. 8: Ballet Suite (Four Dances) –Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [12:00]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Seoyun Baek performs music by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Complete ballet – Lyon National Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. [27:11]
2:00 Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G minor, R. 439, La Notte – Amsterdam Vivaldi Players/Lucie Horsch, r. Decca 4830896. [8:37]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rachmaninoff Etudestableaux, Op. 33: Nos. 1-3, 5-9 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Decca 444845-2 (2). [23:01]
4:00 Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs – I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky, vc. Analekta AN2-9897. [15:21]
5:00 Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt. Decca 425857-2. [15:47]
6:00 Richard Strauss Aus Italien, Op. 16: III. Am Strande von Sorrent (On the Shores of Sorrento) –Dresden Staatskapelle/ Rudolf Kempe. EMI CMS764350-2 (3). [12:06]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2025: Joshua Bell and Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture; Lalo Symphonie Espagnole; Joshua Bell, violin; Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy. Hosted by Dave Schwan.
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: To the Finland Station, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: La Follia with Ensemble 1700 Soprano Núria Rial joins Ensemble 1700, under the direction of recorder player Dorothee Oberlinger, to bring us a program of 16th to 18th-century German, Italian, and French composers inspired by La Follia. Recorded live in concert during the 2024 Schwetzingen Festival, Germany.
Thursday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Leó Weiner Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Dances, Op. 20 –I Virtuosi Italiani. Arcadia ARC-2002-2. [10:03]
11:00 Elizabeth Maconchy Overture, Proud Thames –London Phil Orch/ Vernon Handley. Lyrita SRCS.57. [5:44]
12:00 Price Fantasy No. 2 – Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p. Decca B0033878-02. [5:28]
1:00 Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F: Overture; Menuet; Air; Bourrée;
World-renowned violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated musicians of our time. In a rare appearance with the Grant Park Orchestra — a highlight of Chicago’s outdoor concert season — Bell performs Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. Known for his radiant tone and expressive interpretation, Bell brings a seasoned mastery to Lalo’s virtuosic showpiece, a work that blends French lyricism with Spanish flair. Critics have praised Bell’s past performances of Symphonie Espagnole for their “magnetic energy” and “luminous phrasing,” with The New York Times noting his “effortless command” of the work’s technical and emotional demands. Under the direction of Giancarlo Guerrero, the program opens with Franz von Suppé’s lively and charming Poet and Peasant Overture, and concludes with Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s sweeping Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Wednesday, August 6 6:30 pm
Andante – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:55]
2:00 Liszt Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. EMI CDM7-69022-2. [15:04]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Three-Piano Concerto No. 7 in F, K. 242 – Alfred Brendel & Imogen Cooper, p’s; St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 416364-2. [22:59]
4:00 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12, No. 2 – Bella Hristova, v; Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D088. [17:00]
5:00 Franck Symphonic Variations – Alicia de Larrocha, p; London Phil Orch/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Decca 417583-2. [16:48]
6:00 Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25 – Lisa Batiashvili, v; Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4860462. [16:18]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: To the Finland Station, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Britten Overture, The Building of the House, Op. 79 – City of Birmingham Sym Cho & Orch/Simon Rattle. EMI CZS5-73983-2 (2). [5:05]
9:00 Stravinsky The Firebird: Danse infernale to Finale (1911 version) – Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4853946. [13:50]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Britten Libera Me and Agnus Dei from War Requiem; Carol Vannes, soprano; Jerry Hadley, tenor; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Westminster Choir; American Boychoir; Kurt Masur, conductor; Holst The Planets; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
Friday 8
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Chopin Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 34, No. 1, Valse brillante – Lang Lang, p. Sony 71901 (2). [5:54]
11:00 Vincent d’Indy Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25: III. Finale, Animé – Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, p; Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch. Sony 88875192862. [7:31]
12:00 Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 25990-2. [16:24]
1:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 1: Quartet in G – Freiburg
Baroque Orch members. Harmonia Mundi HMC902042.45 (4). [13:45]
2:00 Chabrier Le roi malgré lui: Fête polonaise –Suisse Romande Orch/ Ernest Ansermet. Decca 433720-2. [8:28]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata – Annie Fischer, p. Hungaroton HCD-31631. [23:34]
4:00 Haydn String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, Sunrise – Takács Quartet. Decca 425467-2. [22:54]
5:00 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Divertissements –Stewart Goodyear, p. Steinway & Sons 30040. [17:37]
6:00 Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060 – Hilary Hahn, v; Allan Vogel, ob; Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Kahane. DG B0000986-02. [13:06]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: To the Finland Station, Part 2 See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including He Zhanhao & Chen Gang Violin Concerto, The Butterfly Lovers – Gil Shaham, v; Singapore Sym Orch/Lan Shui. Canary Classics CC-04. [27:21]
9:00 Germaine Tailleferre Hommage à Rameau (1964) – Mark Clinton & Nicole Narboni, p’s; Shepherd School Percussion Ensemble. Elan CD-82404. [8:29]
10:00 Coleridge-Taylor Piano Quintet, Op. 1 – Catalyst Quartet; Stewart Goodyear, p. Azica ACD-71336. [26:05]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Hiroshima? Overkill and Megalove (08/20/1963) A dramatization of Norman Corwin’s prose poem Overkill and Megalove — a response to the bombing of Hiroshima that deals with the madness of war that leads to the obliteration of the human species. An annual WFMT tradition dating back to 1963.
Saturday 9
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions The Purple Hippopotami and The Bone Rangers. Biagio Marini Canzona; Pierre Max Dubois Flute Quartet; Henri Tomasi Être, ou ne pas être
(Monologue d’Hamlet); Heike Beckmann Uptime; Fisher Tull Concert Piece, 1st mvt.
12:00 From the Royal Ballet and Opera in London: Puccini’s Turandot Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot); SeokJong Baek (Calaf); Gemma Summerfield (Liù); Adam Palka (Timur); Paul Hopwood (Altoum); Hansung Yoo (Ping); Aled Hall (Pang); Michael Gibson (Pong); Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Rafael Payare, conductor. Sung in Italian.
2:30 Afternoon Music including Ruth Gipps Trio, Op. 10: 1st mvt – Juliana Koch, ob; Julian Bliss, cl; Michael McHale, p. Chandos CHAN-20290. [8:47]
3:00 Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo in C, Op. 34 – Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/ Alexander Vedernikov. Cedille CDR-90000166. [6:20]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An interview with mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong in advance of her performances in Handel’s Alcina with Haymarket Opera later this month.
5:00 Evening Music including Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 –Ray Chen, v; Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Daniel Harding. Sony 98410-2. [27:44]
6:00 Price Octet for Brasses and Piano – Onyx Brass; Viv McLean, p. Chandos CHAN-20399. [10:54]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Disney, Part 1 Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn explore the sounds of their childhood and the composers who made the magic happen.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: The Early Risers, Putnam Smith , and Ashley Storrow cling to old time sounds while updating Appalachian traditions in a performance from 2020.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer “Give peace a chance” 80 years after two atomic bombs brought an end to WWII action in the Pacific. From Tom Lehrer to Tom Paxton to today’s newest talents, folk musicians have plenty to say.
Sunday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice The Great Amen! Host Peter DuBois explores a number of notable “Amens” in anthems and oratorios, as well as other musical
Elizabeth DeShong
One of the most distinguished alumnae of the Ryan Opera Center, mezzo -soprano Elizabeth DeShong’s career has taken her to the world’s leading opera stages including the Met, Covent Garden, La Scala, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. DeShong has been praised as “one of the most intelligent stage performers of her generation” (Opera News) with a voice that spans dramatic mezzo and contralto registers. She is in high demand for bel canto roles such as Arsace in Rossini’s Semiramide, Fidés in Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète, and Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma. These bravura parts have previously been the domain of only the most accomplished virtuosos like Marilyn Horne and the late Ewa Podleś, who coincidentally, were also notable Handelians. DeShong is also acclaimed for her Handel interpretations, including Bradamante in Alcina, a role she toured and recorded with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski. Elizabeth DeShong joins WFMT to preview her performance in Haymarket Opera’s upcoming concert presentation of Alcina later this month at Ravinia.
Saturday, August 9 4:00 pm
“punctuations” in sacred choral and organ music.
7:00 Weekend Mornings
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Ravel La valse – Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4870959. [12:47] 1:00 Cécile Chaminade Six pièces romantiques, Op. 55 – Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [13:20] 2:00 Glazunov Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Op. 48 – Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner 63236-2. [33:31]
3:00 Andrew Smith Katarsis –New York Polyphony. BIS 2719. [9:06]
4:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, Jeunehomme – Alicia de Larrocha, p; English Chamber Orch/Sir Colin Davis. RCA 60825-2-RC. [33:57]
5:00 Sibelius String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, Voces intimae –Emerson String Quartet. DG B0006340-02. [27:56]
6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Janácek Sinfonietta, Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Copland Dance Symphony; Morton Gould, conductor; Mussorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; Strauss II Wiener Blut, Op. 354; Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388; Der Zigeunerbaron, Op. 418; Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Constantino Gaito, an Argentine Post Romantic Genius Born in 1878 in Buenos Aires, Gaito is an amazing postromantic composer who has been overlooked for years. We will hear his Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 1, and Cello Sonata.
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9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Hubert Parry Scenes from Shelley’s Promethus Unbound; Piano Concerto in F-Sharp; Symphonic Variations; No Longer Mourn for Me.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84: Overture – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442073-2 (5). [8:54]
11:00 Mark O’Connor Appalachia Waltz – Mark O’Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db. Sony SK-68460. [5:45]
12:00 Giuseppe Torelli Trumpet Sonata in D, G 1 – Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman. Sony SK-66244. [7:08]
1:00 Louise Farrenc Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, Op. 44 –Linos Ensemble. CPO 777256. [22:55]
2:00 Copland The Tender Land: Suite – Boston Sym Orch/Aaron Copland. RCA 6802-2. [20:40]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3). [12:33]
4:00 Mozart Symphony in A minor, K. 16a/Anh 220, Odense – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19). [13:31]
5:00 Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56 –Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [16:14]
6:00 Dvorák Romance in F minor, Op. 11 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck. DG B0019303-02. [12:08]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn Symphonies Franz Joseph Haydn was the father of the symphonic form. This week, Bill will sample some of his 104 symphonies, following their development from modest orchestral pieces to expressions of wit, humor, and drama.
8:00 Evening Music including Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ –Olivier Latry, o; Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach. Ondine ODE-1094-5. [38:03]
9:00 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – Martha Argerich, p;
London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 415061-2. [17:36]
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Mendelssohn Fingal’s Cave Overture from The Hebrides, Op. 26; Ervin T. Rouse Orange Blossom Special; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, Op. 27; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
Tuesday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 – James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi. Analekta FL2-3151. [10:09]
11:00 Inocente Carreño Margariteña – Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0011340-02. [13:29]
12:00 Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture –Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach. Sony Classical 88985425932. [8:50]
1:00 Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor – Adrian Brendel, vc; Simon Crawford-Philliips, p.
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News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Mornings News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Mornings News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at 12:15 pm.
Mornings News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Mornings News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Afternoon Music
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Afternoon Music with Candice Agree Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel
10 pm WFMT Orchestra Series Chamber Music … Baroque&Before The New York Philharmonic This Week 11 pm Evening Music … Studs Terkel ... Through the Night …
12 am Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night … Through the Night …
Hyperion CDA-68463. [11:35]
2:00 Telemann Darmstadt Overture (Suite) in G minor –Vienna Concentus Musicus/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 93772-2 (2). [19:09]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 – Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Holly Mathieson. Decca 4850020. [21:17]
4:00 Schubert German Mass, D 872 – Vienna Boys’ Cho, Cho Viennensis, Age of Enlightenment Orch/Bruno Weil. Sony SK-53984. [19:44]
5:00 Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM7-69465-2. [17:21]
6:00 William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony: I. The Bond of Africa – Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865137. [12:57]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn Symphonies
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor, R. 63, La Folia – Francisco Fullana & Alan Choo, v’s;
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2485. [10:41]
9:00 Felix Mendelssohn Andante & Allegro brillant in A, Op. 92: Allegro brillant – Inon Barnatan & Wu Han, p. Music@ Menlo 2012 (6). [8:15]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. John Harbison Songs America Loves to Sing; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Bella Hristova, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Price Quintet in A minor; Wu Qian, piano; Stella Chen, James Thompson, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello.
11:00 Evening Music including Satie Three Gymnopédies: No. 1 – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; José Gallardo, p. DG 4867242. [2:56]
Wednesday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Johann Stamitz Sinfonia in B-Flat –Janácek Chamber Orch/
Zdenek Dejmek. Panton 811201-2. [7:31]
11:00 Traditional Romanian Dances from Transylvania – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Oszkár Ökrös, cimb; Ensemble. DG 4811409. [6:47]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Pianist Robert Brooks Carlson performs music by Liszt, Debussy, and Brahms live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Rimsky-Korsakov Mlada: Suite – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572787. [18:24] } – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI CDC5-56756-2. [10:16]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto – Maurice André, tr; Berlin Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDC5-56260-2. [20:11]
4:00 Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Part 3 – John Alldis Choir, London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink. LPO 0059. [16:55]
5:00 Joan Baptista Pla Flute Concerto in G – Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/ Jean-Pierre Rampal, f. Sony SK-58918. [14:51]
6:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano
Sonata in C minor – Sylviane Deferne, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1122. [13:52]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn Symphonies
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Barber Agnus Dei (from Op. 11) – Voces8. Decca B0029601-02. [7:38]
9:00 Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4783206. [9:59]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: The Voice That Still Rings. Veterum Mvsicae celebrates the female presence in music from the twelfth through fourteenth centuries with cantigas and more by Alfonso X, Beatritz de Dia, and Guillaume de Machaut, plus anonymous Andalusian melodies and Sephardic songs. Recorded during the 2024 Pyrenees Festival of Early Music.
Thursday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including CPE Bach
Symphony in G, Wq 180 – Les Amis de Philippe/Ludger Rémy. CPO 999418-2. [12:50]
11:00 Albéniz Iberia, Book 3: El Albaicín – Timo Korhonen, g; Tampere Phil Orch/ Tuomas Ollila. Ondine ODE-979-2. [7:20]
12:00 Mahler Blumine – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [8:28]
1:00 Couperin Concert royal No. 1 in G – Les Talens Lyriques/ Christophe Rousset. Aparté AP-196. [11:36]
2:00 Liszt Années de pèlerinage: 2nd Year, Italy: No. 6, Sonnet No. 123 of Petrarch – Daniel Barenboim, p. Philips 456721-2 (2). [7:11]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 –Academy of Ancient Music/ Richard Egarr. AAM Records AAM-003 (2). [22:59]
4:00 Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E: IV. Finale, Bewegt, doch nicht schnell – London Sym Orch/Simon Rattle. LSO Live LSO-0887. [12:34]
5:00 Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta – Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati. Mercury 432005-2. [15:05]
6:00 Leo Smit Divertimento –Lucas & Arthur Jussen, p. DG 4819860. [13:59]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn Symphonies See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain – London Sym Orch/John Williams. Sony SK-62729. [16:36]
9:00 Dvorák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky –Weilerstein Trio. Koch KICCD-7657. [29:21]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Fauré Requiem; Reri Grist, soprano; Donald Gramm, baritone; Vernon de Tar, organ; Choral Arts Society; Nadia Boulanger, conductor.
Friday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Still Festive Overture – Royal Phil Orch/ Arthur Bennett Lipkin. Cambria CD-1060. [7:52]
11:00 Eric Coates London Again Suite – Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson. Avie AV-2070. [15:41]
12:00 Mozart Idomeneo ballet music, K. 367 – Apollo’s
Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2159. [16:20]
1:00 Verdi Aida: Chorus, Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) –La Scala Cho & Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG 4777645. [11:52]
2:00 Price Dances in the Canebrakes – Kirsten Johnson, p. Guild GM2CD-7828. [9:29]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bizet Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 –Hyeyeon Park & Wu Han, p. Music@Menlo 2021. [20:02]
4:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight –Maria João Pires, p. DG 453457-2. [16:39]
5:00 Smetana Tábor – Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek. Decca 4833187. [12:34]
6:00 Vivaldi La Cetra Concerto No. 1 in C, R. 181 – Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer. Virgin 61246-2 (2). [8:42]
6:30 Grant Park Music Festival 2025: Orff’s Carmina Burana Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture; Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain; Orff Carmina Burana; Jana McIntyre, soprano; John Holiday, countertenor; Troy Cook, baritone; Uniting Voices Chicago; Christopher Bell, chorus director. Hosted by Dave Schwan.
9:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Haydn Symphonies
See Monday’s listing.
10:00 Schubert Impromptu in F minor, D 935, No. 1 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-68213. [11:11]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: George Nakashima (10/10/1977). Born in Spokane, Washington, George Nakashima (19051990) was a master craftsman and M.I.T.-trained architect who created some of the most iconically beautiful and organic wood furniture of the twentieth century. He also survived an internment camp in Idaho where Japanese Americans were forced to live during World War II. Nakashima spoke with Studs Terkel in 1977.
Saturday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions Featuring the Chicago area’s finest pre-college musicians.
12:00 From the Royal Ballet and Opera in London: Wagner’s Die Walküre Christopher Maltman (Wotan); Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde); Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund); Soloman Howard (Hunding); Marina Prudenskaya (Fricka); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Antonio Pappano, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho is preempted this week due to the length of Die Walküre
5:00 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 126: I. Largo – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Sinfonia of London/John Wilson. Decca 4870835. [12:25]
6:00 Daniel Binelli Fantasies of Buenos Aires: No. 2, Gratitude – Lincoln Trio. Acqua AQLD-407. [7:35]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael welcome composer and pianist Michael Oldham to discuss his distinct compositional style and his classical and non-classical influences. Oldham also performs in the Levin Studio.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio : Bursting with talent and intensity, Owen Walsh is among the country’s most promising and intriguing new talents.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Star time! Grab the folk comet by the tail as the Perseids pass overhead and new releases sparkle.
Sunday 17
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Peace & Unity. For troubled times in a troubled world, host Peter DuBois explores sacred choral and organ music from several traditions seeking and offering hope for peace among people and nations.
7:00 Weekend Mornings
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture –Suisse Romande Orch/ Ernest Ansermet. Decca 4758085. [8:50]
1:00 Porpora Cello Concerto in G –Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc. Aparté AP-274. [15:50]
2:00 Louise Farrenc Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30 –Ensemble Louise Farrenc.
CPO 555624-2. [28:42]
3:00 Franz Waxman Carmen Fantasy – Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p. Cedille CDR-90000184. [11:58]
4:00 Richard Strauss Dance Suite after Couperin – Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Koch 3-6535-2. [28:21]
5:00 Mozart Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 570 –Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-68431/2. [21:57]
6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto in F Minor; Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Schumann Konzertstück in F Major, Op. 86; Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, Norman Schweikert, horns; Strauss Don Quixote, Op. 35; Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Massenet Meditation from Thaïs; Steven Staryk, violin; Jean Martinon, conductor; Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun; Donald Peck, flute; Georg Solti, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: In the Family: Joaquín Nin and His Children Cuban composer Joaquín Nin was the father of two great 20th century artists. The writer and iconoclast Anaïs Nin and her brother, composer Joaquín NinCulmell. Fiesta! delves into this family’s great music and lives.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The Léner String Quartet Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in F, American; Piano Quintet No. 2 in A; Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Smetana Quartet No. 1 in E Minor.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Pietro Locatelli Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 1, No. 3 – Concerto Köln. Teldec 94551-2. [12:46]
11:00 Hans Christian Lumbye Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. Sony 92710 (2). [3:53]
12:00 Smetana The Bartered Bride: Three Dances – Prague Sym Orch/Jirí Belohlávek. Supraphon 110377-2. [12:23]
1:00 Schubert String Quartet
Massenet’s Werther
Franco-Swiss tenor Benjamin Bernheim’s meteoric rise has been marked by standout performances across Europe and North America. In 2018, he made his U.S. debut at Lyric Opera in the title role of Gounod’s Faust. The Chicago Tribune described him as “the major French lyric tenor the opera world is longing for.” Bernheim has already been featured in the title roles of two Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee radio broadcasts: Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (in March 2024) and Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann (from October 2024). Last summer, he transcended opera stages by performing Fauré’s Hymne d’Apollon at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, earning the affectionate moniker “Le Ténor des JO.” Earlier this spring, Bernheim garnered rave reviews at Théâtre des Champs- Élysées for his portrayal of the title role in Massenet’s Werther Critics hailed his “extraordinary” performance with a voice of “velours” and “intelligence,” calling him “the Werther of reference of today.”
Saturday, August 23
12:00 pm
No. 12 in C minor, D 703, Quartettsatz – Hagen Quartet. DG 419171-2. [9:41]
2:00 Emilie Mayer Symphony No. 3 in C, Military –Bremerhaven Phil Orch/ Marc Niemann. Hännsler Classic HC-22016. [30:46]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr. AAM Records AAM-003 (2). [22:28]
4:00 Elmer Bernstein The Age of Innocence: Suite –London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé. LPO 0110. [7:21]
AUGUST 2025
5:00 Saint-Saëns La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 – Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Sophie Shao, vc; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko. Centaur CRC-3799. [17:24]
6:00 Vivaldi Trio Sonata in C minor, R. 83 – Musica Alta Ripa. MD+G 3090927-2. [8:38]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Top Shelf, Part I Many of Bill’s favorite recordings don’t find their way into a thematic week. These are special recordings that wait and wait for the right theme –colorful, great performances of music that Bill adores.
8:00 Evening Music including Turina Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76 – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR90000150 (2). [15:13]
9:00 David Le Page Sleep Softly (after Schubert’s Death and the Maiden) – David Le Page, v; Orchestra of the Swan. Signum SIGCD-662. [5:13]
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, Emperor; Chopin Prelude Op. 28, No. 17; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Grazyna Bacewicz Symphony No. 4; Debussy Nocturnes; Sakari Oramo, conductor.
Tuesday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Liszt Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto –Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. Decca 436736-2. [6:33]
11:00 Gershwin Cuban Overture –Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton. Delos DE-3216. [10:35]
12:00 Jean-Marie Leclair Violin Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3 –Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v; Les Ombres. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902649. [15:48]
1:00 Irene Britton Smith Violin Sonata (1947) – Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p. Delos DE-3599. [14:49]
2:00 Turina Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 – Cincinnati Sym/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80574. [14:40]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique – Alfred Brendel, p. MMG MWCD-7107. [19:10]
4:00 Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World: II. Largo – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [12:27]
5:00 Michael Haydn Horn Concertino in D – Barry
Tuckwell, hn; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Decca B0006249-02 (2). [14:24]
6:00 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p. Decca B0020329-02. [19:57]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Top Shelf, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Gustave Charpentier Louise: Aria, Depuis le jour – Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. Decca B0013059-02 (2). [5:21]
9:00 Bach Selections from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 transcribed for chamber ensemble – Nevermind. Alpha 1116. [12:37]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Penderecki Trio; Paul Huang, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; Paul Watkins, cello; André Caplet Conte fantastique; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Kristin Lee, Sean Lee, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Efe Baltacigil, cello; Ravel Gaspard de la nuit; Inon Barnatan, piano.
11:00 Evening Music including Glass Closing – La Pietà/ Angèle Dubeau. Analekta AN2-8727. [5:43]
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including José White Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR-90000035. [21:34]
11:00 Michael Torke Tahiti: V. Tahaa –white sand – Ensemble 10-10/Clark Rundell. Ecstatic Records ER-092231. [5:23]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Soprano Adia Evans and pianist Michael Banwarth perform songs by Ricky Ian Gordon, Joseph Marx, Alfred Bachelet, Gian Carlo Menotti, H.T. Burleigh, Lori Laitman, and Leslie Adams live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDR5-69831-2. [15:20]
2:00 Ravel Sonatine – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [10:45]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Richard Strauss Festival Prelude, Op. 61 – Olivier Latry, o; Boston Sym Orch, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris
Nelsons. DG 4862040. [13:49]
4:00 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: II. Andante moderato – Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4794372. [12:15]
5:00 Mozart Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 282 –Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics 1044. [15:02]
6:00 Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 –Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons. DG 4836069. [19:56]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Top Shelf, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Emilie Mayer Symphony No. 4 in B minor: I. Allegro appassionato – NDR Radio Phil/Jan Willem de Vriend. CPO 555615-2. [9:43]
9:00 Traditional Irish The Last Rose of Summer – Z Wilder, t; M Vialle, viol; T Roussel, archl; R Khalil, vir. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902505. [4:34]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Music of the Angels Historical brass ensemble Oltremontano Antwerp and the female vocal ensemble Tiburtina join forces for a program focused on fifteenthcentury monophonic chant and polyphony. Recorded live in concert July 16, 2024 as part of Prague’s Summer Festivities of Early Music.
Thursday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado. DG B0000025-02. [14:19]
11:00 Beach From Grandmother’s Garden, Op. 97 – Joanne Polk, p. Arabesque Z-6721. [14:05]
12:00 Verdi Les Vêpres siciliennes: Overture – La Scala Phil/ Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-68468. [9:00]
1:00 Poulenc Clarinet Sonata – Pablo Barragán, cl; Sophie Pacini, p. Aparté AP-287. [13:21]
2:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Boston Baroque/ Martin Pearlman. Telarc CD-80354. [15:10]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 –Yuja Wang, p; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 4864759. [23:38]
4:00 Alexander Glazunov Violin
Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 –Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 457064-2. [20:14]
5:00 John Williams Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Hedwig’s Theme, Christmas at Hogwarts, Nimbus 2000, Leaving Hogwarts, Harry’s Wondrous World – City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick. Silva SILCD-1251. [16:22]
6:00 Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004. [18:10]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Top Shelf, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Massenet Werther: Letter scene – Anita Rachvelishvili, ms; RAI Sym Orch/ Giacomo Sagripanti. Sony 19075808752. [6:55]
9:00 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821: II. Adagio – Lorraine Campet, db; Nathanaël Gouin, p. Aparté AP-387. [4:19]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Shostakovich Symphony No. 14; Teresa Kubiak, soprano; Isser Bushkin, bass; Symphony No. 6; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Piano Concerto No. 2; Helen Huang, piano; Kurt Masur, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:18]
11:00 André Mathieu Été canadien (Canadian Summer) – Alain Lefèvre, p. Analekta AN2-9275. [5:32]
12:00 Still Prelude for flute, string quartet, double-bass and piano – Alexa Still, f; Michael Steer, db; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand SQ. Koch 3-7192-2. [10:19]
1:00 Jean-Féry Rebel Les Plaisirs Champêtres – La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken. Accent ACC-96122-D. [10:29]
2:00 Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 – Angela Hewitt, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/ Hannu Lintu. Hyperion CDA-67885. [31:29]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Christoph Graupner Suite in F for flute, viola d’amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo – Soloists, Finnish
Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d’amore. Ondine ODE-1220. [20:49]
4:00 Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Suite – Caroline Goulding, v; Christopher O’Riley, p. Telarc CD-80744. [17:05]
5:00 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian –Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 410862-2. [32:21]
6:00 Bach Oboe Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059R – Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music. Decca 4834722. [12:02]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Top Shelf, Part I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music Peter Tchaikovsky Hamlet, Op. 67: Overture-Fantasia –Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0015296-02. [18:39]
9:00 Domenico Scarlatti Clavier Sonata in E, Kk. 206 –Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-68184. [9:26]
10:00 Amanda Lee Falkenberg The Moons Symphony – Soloists; London Voices, London Sym Orch/Marin Alsop. Signum SIGCD-730. [41:41]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: André Watts (01/22/1986). André Watts (1946-2023), the pioneering piano virtuoso and one of the first Black superstars in classical music, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1986.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras at Lollapalooza, the first orchestra to have a feature spot at this Chicago music festival.
12:00 From Théâtre des ChampsElysées, Paris: Massenet’s Werther Benjamin Bernheim (Werther); Marina Viotti (Charlotte); Jean-Sébastien Bou (Albert); Sandra Hamaoui (Sophie); Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine; Gaël Darchen, chorus master; Orchestre National de France; Marc Leroy-Calatayud, conductor. Sung in French.
3:00 Afternoon Music including Handel Alcina: Overture –Montreal Baroque Orch/ Joël Thiffault. Atma ACD2-2157. [6:11]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho An conversation with tenor Nicholas Phan who will share exciting
news about the upcoming season of Art Song Chicago (formerly Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago).
5:00 Evening Music including Charlotte Sohy String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25: I. Allégresse (Très modéré - Animé) –Quatuor Hermès. La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03. [7:13]
6:00 Bach Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat, BWV 998: II. Fugue – Plínio Fernandes, g. Decca 4859359. [6:54]
7:00 Sounds Classical: Listening Party with Shawn E. Okpebholo Named he 2024 Chicagoan of the Year in Classical Music by the Chicago Tribune, the NigerianAmerican composer joins WFMT to share his inspirations and selections from his recent album Songs in Flight
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: California bred, Detroit-based songwriter Kora Feder paid a visit to WFMT in 2019 shortly after her first release, In Sevens. That concert revealed the seeds that became Some Kind of Truth in 2025.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer The birth anniversaries of Illinois poet Edgar Lee Masters and activist songwriter Malvina Reynolds coincide in an fascinating playlist featuring John Gorka, Deidre McCalla, Kate Macleod, The Malvinas, and many more.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Choral Sounds from Down Under. Host Richard Gladwell, explores choral sounds from Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, and from Wellington, New Zealand, in a program originally broadcast in February 2004.
7:00 Weekend Mornings
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Théodore Dubois Toccata in G – Marie-Claire Alain, o. Erato 95538-2. [6:46]
1:00 Reinhold Glière Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 74 – Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9094. [26:59]
2:00 Howard Hanson Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 21, Nordic – Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson. Mercury 432008-2. [26:39]
3:00 Stephen Paulus The Day Is Done – Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA-67832. [5:20]
4:00 Máximo Diego Pujol Dos aires candomberos – Nora Lee García, f; René Izquierdo, g. Centaur CRC-3937. [10:38]
5:00 Tchaikovsky Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, Caractéristique –BBC Scottish Sym Orch/ Alpesh Chauhan. Chandos CHSA-5352. [38:48]
6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Adams The Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for Orchestra; Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1; Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet; Ellington Big Fat Alice’s Blues; Amad; The Mooch; Wynton Marsalis All American Pep from Swing Symphony; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Sonic Alchemies from Latin America Fiesta presents the sonic alchemy of Latin American music. We’ll listen to the Brazilian Hietor Villa-Lobos’s Quarteto simbólico, the Mexican Carlos Chávez’s Xochipili and the Cubans Alejandro García Caturla’s Sonera and Amadeo Roldán’s Ritmicas.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Edmund Rubbra – Program 1 Piano Concerto, Op. 30; Symphony No. 6; Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici; Symphony No. 5; A Tribute for Vaughan Williams.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op. 45, No. 1 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Philips 416623-2. [11:55]
11:00 Ailbhe McDonagh The Irish Four Seasons: II. Samhradh (Summer) – Lynda O’Connor, v; Anamus/David Brophy. Avie AV-2688. [5:23]
12:00 Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in F, R. 455 – Zefiro/ Alfredo Bernardini, ob. Naïve OP-30478. [8:36]
1:00 Gershwin Piano Concerto in F – Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4865756. [31:29]
2:00 William Boyce Symphony No. 5 in D – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 436761-2. [7:29]
3:00 Afternoon Music with
Candice Agree including Schnittke Suite in the Old Style – Shea-Kim Duo. Blue Griffin BGR-643. [18:18]
4:00 Piazzolla Histoire du Tango – Britta Jacobs, f; Irene Kalisvaart, g. Naxos 8.551453. [19:16]
5:00 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 – Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0018913-02. [15:51]
6:00 Corelli Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 1 – I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO74168/9 (2). [13:04]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach Sleeps in on Sundays Having
With 28 albums of original and traditional music, Joel Mabus is a longtime fixture on the American folk music scene. He was born into a musical family that played old-time music, bluegrass, and gospel. Often labeled singer-songwriter, he defies the stereotype with a palette that ranges from mountain banjo to jazz guitar, from tender reflection to wicked satire. Fort Wayne, Indianabased Bobcat Opossum is the tuneslinging duo of multi-instrumentalists Sean Hoffman and Ellen Coplin. Drawing inspiration and repertoire from traditional music across several genres including Irish, Americana, bluegrass, classical, and old-time music, they are known for warm, collaborative performances often featuring community singing circles. In advance of their performances at the 49th Annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival over Labor Day Weekend, hear sets from these two headliners live in the Levin Studio.
Saturday, August 30 8:00 pm
dedicated most of his life to serving God and the Lutheran Church, Johann Sebastian Bach also composed remarkable and enduring secular music, particularly during the five years (1717-1722) he spent working for Prince Leopold. During this time, he created the cello suites, violin sonatas and partitas, and the Brandenburg Concertos. Bill chronicles this intensely creative period in the life of J.S. Bach.
8:00 Evening Music including Sérgio Assad Preludio Fuga e Vivace: Prelude & Fugue – Plínio Fernandes, g. Decca 4859359. [4:07]
9:00 Ethel Smyth Piano Piece in E – Antonio Oyarzábal, p. IBS Classical IBS-52021. [3:49]
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. Smyth Concerto for Violin and Horn in A; Renaud Capuçon, violin; Stefan Dohr, horn; Bruckner Symphony No. 5; Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor.
Tuesday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Copland Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. RCA 63511-2. [7:30]
11:00 Justin Holland Carnival of Venice Fantasy –Christopher Mallett, g. Naxos 8.559924. [6:39]
12:00 Johann Friedrich Fasch Sinfonia in G minor –Tempesta di Mare. Chandos CHAN-0783. [10:10]
1:00 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Poem (1918) – Scott Goff, f; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3099. [10:29]
2:00 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy –Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442061-2 (6). [20:16]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances – Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Decca 452916-2. [22:17]
4:00 Haydn Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat – Soloists; Chamber Orch of Europe/ Roger Norrington. RCA 68578-2. [20:26]
5:00 Bach Clavier Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057 – Masato Suzuki, hc; Bach Collegium Japan. BIS 2481. [15:44]
6:00 Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Alice Chalifoux,
h; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez. Sony SM2K68327 (2). [10:07]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach Sleeps in on Sundays See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus’s Lament and Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-68341. [4:40]
9:00 Bohuslav Martinu The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca – Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Carlo Tenan. Onyx 4257. [19:42]
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Arensky Silhouettes, Suite No. 2, Op. 23; Alessio Bax, Wu Qian, pianos; Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19; Juho Pohjonen, Orion Weiss, piano; Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme by Paganini; Wu Qian, Juho Pohjonen, pianos.
11:00 Evening Music John Dowland Lachrimae antiquae – Musicall Humors. Alpha 944. [4:53]
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Fauré Harp Impromptu, Op. 86 –Marisa Robles, h. Boston Skyline BSD-119. [8:48]
11:00 Arthur Bliss Overture, Edinburgh – City of Birmingham Sym Orch/ Vernon Handley. EMI ASD-3878. [10:04]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Violinist Zacahry Brandon and pianist Sung Hoon Mo perform music by Debussy and Fauré live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon including Alessandro Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor) – Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble. Summit DCD-743. [10:38]
2:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902448.49. [25:15]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Telemann Hamburger Ebb’ und Fluth (Wassermusik) –Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9914 (2). [22:18]
4:00 Wenzeslaus Matiegka Guitar Sonata in D, Op. 31, No. 5 – David Starobin, g. Bridge 9567. [11:26]
5:00 Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón. Alpha 937. [16:40]
6:00 Turina Tres danzas andaluzas, Op. 8 – Sara Davis Buechner, p. Connoisseur CD-4186. [12:05]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach Sleeps in on Sundays See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Felix Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 – Rotterdam Phil Orch/Lahav Shani. Warner Classics 2173272325. [12:29]
9:00 Marcel Tournier Images Suite No. 3, Op. 35 – Emmanuel Ceysson, h; Quatuor Voce. Alpha 1133. [9:42]
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Tempus mirabilium Soprano Hana Blažíková joins Capella de la Torre for a program of early seventeenth-century Germany and Italy celebrating an age of miracles. Recorded live in concert July 24, 2024 as part of Prague’s Summer Festivities of Early Music.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Handel Trio Sonata in F, HWV 392 – Brook Street Band. Avie AV-2357. [12:02] 11:00 Ron Nelson Savannah River Holiday – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [8:39]
12:00 Felix Mendelssohn Overture, The Fair Melusina, Op. 32 –Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Kurt Masur. Berlin Classics 0091572-BC. [11:25]
1:00 Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, Sonata-Fantasy – Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p. Sony 19802889462. [11:16]
2:00 Purcell The Fairy Queen: Suite – Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 40329-2. [14:05]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 – Oslo Phil/ Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4852256. [22:35]
4:00 Chopin Preludes, Op. 28: Nos. 13-16 – Grigory Sokolov, p. Naïve OP-30456 (2). [13:24]
5:00 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole –Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez. DG 439859-2. [16:39]
6:00 Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 – Vera Gornostaeva, p. LP Classics 1044. [11:58]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach Sleeps in on Sundays
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Grieg Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Solveig’s Song – Felix Klieser, hn; German Radio Phil Orch/ Jamie Phillips. Berlin Classics 0303248-BC. [4:43]
9:00 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Simone Dinnerstein, p; Havana Lyceum Orch/JA Méndez Padrón. Sony 88985382442. [29:25]
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Haydn Mass in B-flat, Hob. XXII:14 Judith Blegen, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo; Kenneth Riegel, tenor; Simon Estes, bass; Westminster Choir; Joseph Flummerfelt, director; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 Morning Program
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn including Dmitri Kabalevsky Violin Concerto in C, Op. 48 –Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 457064-2. [14:31]
11:00 Sofiane Pamart Alaska; Sahara – Sofiane Pamart, p. Urban PIASU-166D. [7:02]
12:00 Couperin Pièces en concert –Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg. DG 474236-2. [12:41]
1:00 Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 – Vienna Phil/ Sir Georg Solti. Decca 452853-2. [29:04]
2:00 Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 –Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman. Argo 436288-2. [8:16]
3:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 –Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20256. [22:58]
4:00 Schubert Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589, Little –Chamber Orch of Europe/ Claudio Abbado. DG 423651-2 (5). [31:49]
5:00 Arthur Benjamin Le tombeau de Ravel – Heinz Blattmann, cl; Eva Schwaar, p. Jecklin JS-272-2. [14:29]
6:00 Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor – Emanuel Ax, p; Philadelphia Orch/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-56364-2. [19:12]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach Sleeps in on Sundays
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music including Felix Mendelssohn
Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer, Op. 15 – Sylviane Deferne, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1122. [8:47]
9:00 Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 –Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei. Decca 4853322. [31:24]
10:00 Ferdinando Carulli Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96 – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61452-2. [10:02]
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: This Train, Part 1 (c. 1963)
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.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with news at 7:00 am.
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
11:00 Introductions: Class of 2025 A round-up of graduating seniors for Labor Day Weekend.
12:00 From Théâtre des ChampsElysées, Paris: Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Marlis Petersen (The Marschallin); Marina Viotti (Octavian); Regula Mühlemann (Sophie); Peter Rose (Baron Ochs); Jean-Sébastien Bou (Faninal); Éléonore Pancrazi (Annina); Kresimir Spicer (Valzacchi); Laurène Paternò (Marianne); Maîtrise des Hauts-deSeine; Orchestre National de France; Henrik Nánási, conductor. Sung in German.
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho. Drew Minter joins WFMT to pay tribute to the iconic English mezzosoprano Dame Janet Baker.
5:00 Evening Music including Handel Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E: IV. Finale, Air & Variations, The Harmonious Blacksmith – John Williams, g. CBS MLK-45522. [5:24]
6:00 Virgil Thomson The Plow That Broke the Plains: Suite – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-64306-2. [12:41]
7:00 Sounds Classical Hosts Kristina Lynn and LaRob K. Rafael are joined by Chicago Tribune film critic, Michael Phillips for a trip to the movies! They discuss some of the most iconic and important
composers of the genre and what makes a great film score.
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer Live from the Levin Performance Studio: Newcomers Bobcat Opossum from Fort Wayne and veteran Michigander Joel Mabus dig deep into traditional music, mining for gems to polish into new treasures. They are headed to Geneva, IL, for the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival over Labor Day Weekend.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Labor Day Weekend signals the end of summer with songs for late August. Meanwhile, folk music carries the history and struggles of working people, past and present.
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Labor Day. Host Peter DuBois honors the Labor Day holiday with American sacred choral and organ music appropriate for the celebration.
7:00 Weekend Mornings
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours – Royal Phil Orch/ Stanley Black. Decca 4786769. [10:07]
1:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in A-Flat, D 557 – András Schiff, p. Decca 440307-2. [12:29]
2:00 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442073-2 (5). [43:55]
3:00 Ravinia Festival 2025: Bach’s Goldberg Variations Pianist Angela Hewitt performs one of the most revered and technically dazzling works in the keyboard repertoire. Recorded June 11, 2025 in the Martin Theatre.
5:00 Alma Mahler Select songs –Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p. Sony SK-68344. [12:34]
6:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major; Lisa Della Casa, soprano; Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture; Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G Major; Jaromir Weinberger Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper; Rolf Liebermann Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra; Sauter-Finegan Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
Gramophone Hall of Fame pianist Angela Hewitt celebrates her 50-year career with a performance of one of the most revered works in the keyboard repertoire: Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Built upon a simple yet elegant aria, the work unfolds into 30 variations that display a dazzling array of contrapuntal techniques, dance forms, and virtuosic brilliance. From the buoyant energy of its rapid variations to the profound introspection of its slower movements, the Goldberg Variations is both a technical tour de force and a deeply expressive journey. Recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of Johann Sebastian Bach, this milestone program highlights Hewitt’s lifelong dedication to the composer’s works, particularly the Goldberg Variations—a masterpiece that showcases her exceptional clarity, precision, and depth of interpretation. Recorded in June, this program is the premiere of the series from the 2025 festival season. Upcoming highlights include performances from soprano Ana María Martínez and pianist Kevin Murphy, Apollo’s Fire, the Lincoln Trio, and more.
Sunday, August 31 3:00 pm
Claudio Santoro (1919-1989) is one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Fiesta will feature a selection of his work, from chamber music to full-scale orchestra pieces.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Edmund Rubbra –Program 2 Symphony No. 9, Sinfonia Sacra; Symphony No. 10; Symphony No. 3; Viola Concerto.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Step inside the landmark mansions of the Prairie Avenue Historic District
Sunday, September 14, 2025
1:00-4:00pm; optional reception following
Don’t miss the rare opportunity to tour the interior of several privately -owned landmark homes in the Prairie Avenue Historic District, along with Second Presbyterian Church, the Chicago Firehouse Restaurant, and Willie Dixon ’s Blues Heaven Foundation. First floor tours of Glessner House will also be offered.
Following the tour, attendees have the option of returning to the secluded courtyard at Glessner House for a reception featuring food and beverages and a silent auction that includes Chicago memorabilia, antiques and collectibles, and tickets to a variety of engaging Chicago experiences!
1800 South Prairie Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60616
312-326-1480
TICKETS
$50 tour only $60 tour and reception
Use coupon code PBS to receive a 10% discount!
www.glessnerhouse.org
