The Guide | December 2018

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December 2018

THE GUIDE

The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT

HOLIDAY SPECIAL TUE DEC 25 | 8:00 PM ALSO INSIDE

This month on WFMT, celebrate the holidays with the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with the King’s College Chapel Choir, live from Cambridge University on Christmas Eve and discover some of the most festive performances around the city on wfmt.com.

From the President & CEO Dear Member, The holidays are upon us, and WTTW and WFMT are here to make them merry and bright with music for all ages and tastes. Throughout the month, enjoy specials – from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the choral ensembles of St. Olaf and Wheaton Colleges on WTTW to annual favorite Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with the King’s College Chapel Choir and Itzhak Perlman’s favorite music for the Jewish Festival of Lights on WFMT. Also on WTTW11, wttw.com/watch, and the WTTW video app this month, you won’t want to miss the new Call the Midwife holiday special in anticipation of season 8. Joy and chaos ensue when a new nun arrives at Nonnatus House. On wttw.com, discover the Chicago Botanic Garden’s meticulously crafted Chicago landmarks in miniature, and dive into the many adaptations of The Nutcracker.

On WFMT, wfmt.com/listen, and the WFMT app, celebrate the December holidays with special editions of With Heart and Voice, Fiesta, Arias and Songs, and Exploring Music. And on wfmt.com, we’ll bring you a guide to winter performances around the city – at the Bean, the Saint Lucia Festival of Lights, and the Christkindlmarket.

Thank you for your support all year long. All of us at WTTW and WFMT wish you a joyous holiday season!

Sincerely,

Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

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Member Connections

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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights

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WTTW Kid Grid

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ON THE COVER: Sister Monica Joan (Judy Parfitt) in Call the Midwife. Photo: Courtesy of Neal Street Productions.

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WTTW, in partnership with the award-winning POV series and POV: Do Not Resist the Chicago Public Library, presents a free screening and discussion WHERE of Do Not Resist, a vital and influential exploration of the rapid miliChicago Public Library tarization of the police in Carter G. Woodson the United States. The docuRegional Branch mentary puts audiences in 9525 S. Halsted Street the center of the action — in Chicago from inside a police training WHEN seminar that teaches the Thursday, December 6, importance of “righteous 7:00 pm violence” to the floor of a Congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments. The screening will be followed by a 15-30 minute discussion.

This is a free event; for more information, please visit wttw.com/events.

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Free Screening and Discussion – POV: Do Not Resist

Tom Hughes as Prince Albert and Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria

Caroling at Cloud Gate Don your warmest winter apparel, congregate in downtown Chicago at “The Bean,” and get ready to belt out your favorite holiday songs at this free and festive event from Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events that is part concert, part sing-along with some of the city’s best-known choral groups! Special guests for this event will be the renowned British male a cappella ensemble The King’s Singers (a perennial WFMT favorite) who will team up with Apollo Chorus of Chicago and ChiArts, The Chicago High School for the Arts, in collaboration with Harris Theater, to share music of the season.

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An Evening with Masterpiece: Victoria Light Refreshments and Season 3 Premiere Screening

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Caroling at Cloud Gate

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Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark Street in Chicago

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 5:30 pm: Light Refreshments & Cash Bar 6:30 pm: Season 3 Premiere Screening

Cloud Gate in Millennium Park 205 E. Randolph Street in Chicago

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Wednesday, December 12, 6:00 pm The King’s Singers

Free Screening – POV: The Islands and the Whales WTTW, in partnership with the award-winning POV series and the Chicago Public Library, presents a free screening of The Islands and the Whales. On the isolated North Atlantic archipelago of the Faroe Islands, filmmaker Mike Day shows us that the longtime hunting practices of the Faroese are threatened WHAT by dangerously high merFree Screening – cury levels in the whales, POV: The Islands and decimated seabird populathe Whales tions, and anti-whaling WHERE activists. The Faroe islandChicago Public Library ers consider themselves a Avalon Branch, Odeum canary in the mine, their 8148 S. Stony Island Avenue tale a warning to the rest of in Chicago the world.

WHEN This is a free event; for Wednesday, December 26, more information, please 6:30 pm visit wttw.com/events.

Be among the first to see the highly anticipated season 3 premiere of Victoria, the popular period drama series about the epic life of Queen Victoria, which will return on Masterpiece on January 13 on WTTW. It is 1848, and revolution is breaking out across Europe. In Britain, one woman stands between order and chaos: Queen Victoria, who must cope with a crisis that threatens to end her reign. Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes will reprise their roles as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the royal couple balancing the challenges of parenting their growing family with concerns that the violent unrest across Europe will make its way to England’s shores.

For $40, you’ll receive a reservation to this exclusive event at the Chicago History Museum, which will include light refreshments and a cash bar, followed by a preview screening of episode one of the upcoming new season.

WTTW and CHM members receive $15 off reservations. Tickets will be available on wttw. com on December 3 – reserve your space early, as this event will sell out quickly!

For more information, please visit wttw.com/events.

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MEMBER PERKS $10 Off Tickets to Ballet-Free Nutcracker The House Theatre of Chicago’s original show returns each year because it truly has something for everyone. The show is fast-paced, beautifully choreographed, family-friendly, and moving, even for those of us who might be on the Grinch’s side from time to time. With the help of a magical nutcracker, Clara will risk the darkness, fight the Rat King, and save her family! This modern holiday production weaves together riveting dialogue, astonishing puppetry, original song, and spellbinding spectacle to tell a heartwarming, darkly moving story of magic and hope – a fun outing suitable for the whole family.

To redeem this special offer, please visit TheHouseTheatre.com or call (773) 769-3832, and use code WTTW. Performances take place through December 30 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division Street in Chicago. Valid up to four tickets, subject to availability; not applicable on previously purchased tickets or with other discounts or offers, excludes December 21-26, some additional fees may apply.

50% Off Second Ticket to Hip Hop Nutcracker

25% Off Tickets to An Inspired Past. A Jubilant Future

Hyde Park School of Dance offers fans of ballet, modern, and hip hop its annual presentation of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, featuring more than 175 dancers – from seven-year-olds to grandparents, including members of the pre-professional Studio Company and senior dancers who have grown up at the school. This 90-minute narrated production includes a hip hop dance battle to showcase the range of dance genres the school offers, as well as send a message of peace.

The Nutcracker performances take place December 14-16 at Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street in Chicago. WTTW members who purchase one full-price general admission ticket to the Friday, December 14 performance at 7:00 pm or the Saturday, December 15 performance at 6:00 pm may purchase a second general admission ticket at half price. Tickets and information are available at (773) 493-8498 using code WTTW. For information, visit hydeparkdance.org.

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater celebrates its successes and looks forward to what lies ahead with An Inspired Past. A Jubilant Future at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus.

Parallel Lives, choreographed by Gary Abbott with original music by Evangelos Spanos, is inspired by the bonding resilience of poor working women. Flack, set to music by Roberta Flack, reveals a community’s strife, despair, and triumph through the unfailing power of love. Jeff’s Nia Keii – A Gift of Life is an interpretation of nature’s elements in fluid movement. Repertory favorites Somewhere, to music by Aretha Franklin, and Heaven, to original music by Janice Pendarvis, Anthony Moten, and Raymond Jones and updated by Sam Trump, complete the program.

An Inspired Past. A Jubilant Future takes place December 15 at 7:30 pm and December 16 at 2:00 pm at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street in Chicago. WTTW members receive a 25% discount by using the code WTTW when purchasing tickets at either deeplyrooted-jubilantdec15.eventbrite.com (for Saturday December 15) or deeplyrooted-jubilant-dec16.eventbrite.com (for Sunday, December 16). For more information, visit deeplyrooteddancetheater.org.

2-for-1 Tickets to Eclipse Theatre Company: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs The 2018 William Inge Season concludes with the moving family drama The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

The setting is a small Oklahoma town in the early 1920s and the home of the Flood family. Here we find Rubin (Chris Daley), a traveling salesman for a harness firm; Cora (Aneisa Hicks), his sensitive and lovely wife; Sonny (Davu Smith and James Leonardi), their little boy; and Reenie (Destini Huston), their teenage daughter. A series of short stories unfold. There is dark at the top of everyone’s stairs, but it can be dissipated by understanding, tolerance, and compassion. Directed by Jerrell L. Henderson.

To redeem this special offer, please call (773) 935-6875 and use code WFMT when purchasing tickets.

Performances run through December 16 on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm (no Performance on Thanksgiving) at The Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 North Southport Avenue in Chicago.

FOR DOZENS OF OTHER DISCOUNTS, visit wfmt.com and, under the Support WFMT menu, click on “Member Benefits” or call (312) 987-WFMT for a recorded message.

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Daily Television Programming • Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11

Joni Mitchell Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Enjoy an unforgettable early performance by iconic singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, as she shares some of her greatest hits with an audience of half a million people at this outdoor music festival.

Tuesday, December 4, 9:00 pm

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

NOVA: Apollo’s Daring Mission

This irreverent documentary tells the story of the unlikely Jewish immigrants who, enamored with Broadway and Hollywood, wrote some of the most popular songs in America: Christmas music. This special features rarely-seen archival footage, musical performances, and interviews.

Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of the first mission to circumnavigate the moon, Apollo 8, pioneered groundbreaking technologies that would pave the way to land a man on the moon and win the space race.

Thursday, December 13, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, December 26, 9:00 pm

See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.

Celtic Woman’s Éabha McMahon and Tara McNeill

Celtic Woman: Ancient Land Delight in the shimmering voices and enchanting music of this new concert filmed at the beautiful Johnstown Castle in Wexford, Ireland. Hear stunning new music from the group’s latest album, Ancient Land, along with a selection of timeless classics.

Saturday, December 1, 6:00 pm

Saturday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich Dr. Merzenich explores the idea that it is never too late to improve a person’s mental abilities. He explains how neuroplasticity affects the brain across the lifespan, and provides tips on how to deal with the fact that our brains age and are prone to decline.

2:30 Doo Wop Generations Doo Wop stars of yesteryear share their songs and passion

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with the next generation of Doo Wop singers, selected in an audition process to become the Doo Wop stars of the future.

3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D. More than 65% of Americans are overweight or obese, and that number is growing.

Dr. Joel Fuhrman offers a plan for reclaiming the vitality and good health we all deserve.

MORNING 6:30 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich [R] 8:30 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer Join Geoffrey Baer for this in-depth exploration of all three branches of the river, including the less well-known stretches extending south to the Sanitary and Ship Canal and winding north through the Botanic Garden and Skokie Lagoons. Along the way, Geoffrey shares dramatic stories of the river’s history.

10:45 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer [R] AFTERNOON 1:30 Sinatra in Concert at Royal Festival Hall This special was filmed in November 1970, with a set list that includes classics like “Pennies from Heaven,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “My Kind of Town,” and “My Way.” 3:00 Sinatra in Japan Filmed at Tokyo’s legendary Budokan in April 1985, this program offers a dazzling selection of Sinatra’s best-loved songs and biggest hits. The singer was approaching 70, but his energy and performance were in top form; he delivered one of the great Sinatra shows of all time.

4:30 Engelbert Humperdinck in Hawaii Celebrate with the legendary King of Romance as he croons classic hits and love songs from his 50-year career in a concert recorded at the historic Hawaii Theatre Center in Honolulu.

EVENING 6:00 Celtic Woman: Ancient Land 8:00 Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx Live in Los Angeles The ageless lead singer of Styx performs some of the band’s most unforgettable hits in this intimate and electrifying concert recorded in March 2014 before an audience of devoted Styx fans at the El Rey Theater.

9:30 Joe Bonamassa: British Blues Explosion Live The legendary guitarist Joe Bonamassa pays homage to three British blues rock guitarists who inspired him – Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page – in this concert recorded in London in July 2016.

11:00 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III This film chronicles Neil Diamond‘s triumphant return to the legendary Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in August 2012, the 40th anniversary celebration of the original multiplatinum-selling Hot August Night collection that was recorded live at the very same venue in 1972.

11:30 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You [R] AFTERNOON 1:30 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You [R] 3:30 Super Woman Rx with Dr. Taz Unlock the secrets for lasting health, perfect weight, and increasing energy and passion. Modern womanhood means juggling multiple roles while being expected to look perfectly composed. Dr. Taz addresses these challenges in a frank, prescriptive way.

In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of Evaan Kheraj

Photo: Courtesy of Kip Carroll

In the Spotlight

Sunday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:30 ’70s Soul Superstars Join Patti LaBelle for an all-star reunion of the legends of 1970s Motown, R&B, and soul.

3:00 Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Suze Orman focuses on helping individuals “find financial solutions for you,” guided by an understanding of “the goal of money.”

5:00 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer See Sat. Dec. 1 at 8:30 am. [R] MORNING 7:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. Dr. Amen outlines the 11 major risk factors that destroy brain function – many of which are either preventable or treatable.

9:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. [R]

Michael Bublé

Great Performances: Michael Bublé – Tour Stop 148 Take a front row seat to Michael Bublé’s sold-out To Be Loved Tour, which concluded in 2015 and was seen globally by more than two million fans. This special showcases thrilling live performances of many of the Grammy Award-winning singer/ songwriter’s biggest hits, including “Home” and “Haven’t Met You Yet.”

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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights These digital channels are available with digital cable or over-the-air with a digital receiver. For more information about digital television and for complete schedules, visit wttw.com/schedule.

Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood Friday, December 28, 8:30 pm

WTTW11 in HD Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can watch WTTW11 in high-definition by tuning to channel 11-1.

Cable or satellite viewers can locate WTTW11 in high-definition on the on-screen menu.

Featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra, this special concert is hosted by Audra McDonald and welcomes guest artists Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, Thomas Hampson, and more.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Host Audra McDonald

Grantchester on Masterpiece Marathon Begins at 9:00 am on Sunday, December 30

WTTW Prime WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel.

Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.

James Norton dons his priestly collar and Robson Green his rumpled raincoat as the improbable crime-fighting team – Reverend Sidney Chambers and Inspector Geordie Keating.

Together they bring justice and spiritual nourishment to early 1950s England during this all-day marathon.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: James Norton and Morven Christie

Joy to the World WTTW Create WTTW Create is our how-to and lifestyle programming channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW Create is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW Create programming airs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Sunday, December 23, 11:00 am Lifestyle experts Vivian Howard, Nigella Lawson, Rory O’Connell, and the America’s Test Kitchen crew will show you how to prepare a feast and decorate your home for the holidays.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Nigella Lawson

America ReFramed: Winter at Westbeth Tuesday, December 11, 7:00 pm

WTTW World WTTW WORLD features public television’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW WORLD is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.

The elderly residents of Westbeth Artists Housing in New York City are immersed in their art practice as though there is no tomorrow.

Video artist Edith Stephen hopes to complete an experimental film; contemporary dancer Dudley Williams rehearses for an electrifying return to the stage; and published poet Ilsa Gilbert candidly weaves her experience with breast cancer into her work.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Westbeth Artists Housing resident, poet Ilsa Gilbert

Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Friday, December 21, 7:00 pm

WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. The WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 is on Comcast digital channels 368 and on RCN channel 39.

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Plans are underway in Elwood City for the best holidays ever as Arthur, D.W., their family, and friends make preparations for perfect gifts, perfect parties, and perfect family traditions for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and even “Baxter Day” (Buster and his mom’s special celebration).

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: D.W. and Arthur in the snow

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Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich [R] Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 Hanukkah: A Festival of DeLights 9:00 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III See Sat. Dec. 1 at 11:00 pm. [R] 10:30 To be announced

Tuesday 4 Hanukkah: A Festival of DeLights Explore the evolution of Hanukkah from a small holiday within Judaism to prominence in American culture.

William Shatner, Lainie Kazan, authors, rabbis, and others share historical background and personal memories in this special.

Monday, December 3, 7:30 pm

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Healthy Brain, Happy Life with Dr. Suzuki Meet Dr. Wendy Suzuki, a neuroscientist who transforms the way we think about our brain, health, and happiness in an informative and inspiring special. She uses stories, science narrative, and takeaways to bring the brain into focus as never before.

EVENING 7:00 Great Performances: Michael Bublé – Tour Stop 148 8:30 Great Performances: Michael Bublé – Tour Stop 148 [R] 10:10 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live from Gainesville – The 30th Anniversary In 2006, the group returned to Petty’s hometown, with special guest Stevie Nicks, for this electrifying and emotional concert that includes some of the band’s greatest hits.

Monday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The British Beat Travel to London and around the UK to the places where the British Beat was born. The program features a mix of archival full-length performance films mixed with live performances.

Petula Clark hosts.

EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D. [R] 2:30 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D. See Sat. Dec. 1 at 5:00 am. [R] 4:00 3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D. [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 Sarah Brightman: Hymn 9:00 Joni Mitchell Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 10:30 Peter, Paul, and Mary at Newport 1963-65 Peter, Paul, and Mary are captured on film at the height of their fame.

Archival performances include their only filmed renditions of “Jesus Met the Woman at the Well,” “San Francisco Bay Blues,” “Rising of the Moon,” and “Wasn’t that a Time.”

Wednesday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Doo Wop Generations See Sat. Dec. 1 at 2:30 am. [R] 3:00 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 To be announced 10:30 To be announced

Thursday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Rhythm, Love & Soul Join Aretha Franklin and Lou Rawls along with 20 legends of R&B, Motown and soul, including Gloria

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In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of Jessica Nelson

In the Spotlight Gaynor, The Manhattans, Edwin Starr, Peaches & Herb, The Spinners, Thelma Houston, and many more.

Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich [R] Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living with Peggy Cappy Peggy Cappy and Lee Albert offer effective strategies for dealing with chronic pain day by day, and share stories of recovery, including their own.

Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 7:30 To be announced

Friday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 To be announced 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer [R] 10:15 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer [R]

Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman: Hymn Thrill to the exquisite voice of the world’s best-selling soprano in this concert filmed in a magical setting at the foot of the Bavarian Alps.

Features beloved favorites from her career and enchanting songs from her much-anticipated new album.

Tuesday, December 4, 7:30 pm

Saturday 8 EARLY MORNING 12:30 BBC World News 1:00 To be announced MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00 To be announced EVENING 6:00 To be announced

Sunday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced MORNING-AFTERNOON 12:00 Celtic Woman: Ancient Land See Sat. Dec. 1 at 6:00 pm. [R] 2:00 To be announced EVENING 6:00 To be announced

Monday 10 EARLY MORNING 12:00 To be announced MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Go back in time to watch the iconic singer-songwriter perform a set of her greatest hits – including “Both Sides Now,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” and “Woodstock” – before thousands of fans at this legendary outdoor festival (reputedly bigger than Woodstock!), and hear her personal recollections of the sometimes-chaotic experience.

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6:00 Ready Jet Go! 6:30 Cat in the Hat 7:00 Curious George 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:00 Let’s Go Luna!

9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 Sesame Street 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Splash & Bubbles

Afternoons 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 1:00 Nature Cat 1:30 Peg + Cat 2:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 2:30 Arthur 3:00 Let’s Go Luna!

3:30 Nature Cat 4:00 Wild Kratts 4:30 Wild Kratts 5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Odd Squad

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5:30 Peg + Cat 6:00 Sesame Street 6:30 Sesame Street 7:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 One-Hour Specials

Sunday Mornings 5:00 Dinosaur Train 5:30 Dinosaur Train 6:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 6:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00 Curious George 7:30 Arthur 8:00 Let’s Go Luna!

8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Wild Kratts 9:30 Wild Kratts 10:00 Odd Squad 10:30 Odd Squad

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To be announced John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace 10:00 Sacred Shot by more than 40 filmmaking teams around the world, this program examines the daily use of faith and spiritual practice – how people turn to ritual and prayer to navigate the milestones and crises of private life.

11:30 BBC World News

9:00 Letters from Baghdad 10:30 Frontline: Trafficked in America Get the inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will in Ohio. An investigation of labor trafficking exposes a criminal network exploiting undocumented minors, companies profiting from forced labor, and the U.S. government’s role.

11:30 BBC World News

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EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 To be announced 5:30 Chicago Tonight [R]

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 Marvel at these Roadshow appraisals, including a Steiff Pushmi-Pullyu Doctor Dolittle character, circa 1967; a Pablo Picasso linocut, circa 1950, discovered in a basement; and a pair of Italian carved door panels, circa 1550, purchased at an estate sale for $500 and now valued at $20,000 to $30,000.

2:00 John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace See Mon. Dec. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Sacred See Mon. Dec. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids John Paul II in Ireland

John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace This riveting film is at once an historical documentary of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, a retrospective of one of Ireland’s greatest living memories, and a spiritual reflection on the biblical mustard seed that ultimately brought peace to Northern Ireland.

Monday, December 10, 9:00 pm

Peg + Cat + Holidays

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 We’ll Meet Again: Children of World War II Join Ann Curry for the dramatic reunions of people separated

by World War II. A JapaneseAmerican woman sent to an internment camp hopes to find a childhood friend, and a survivor from a Jewish ghetto searches for the child of the couple who befriended him.

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Nature’s Miracle Orphans – Wild Lessons Watch two-toed baby sloth Pelota learn to be independent in Costa Rica, while in Australia, young kangaroo Harry must be taught to socialize with his mates. Baby fruit bat Bugsy needs special help when his mother cannot provide milk.

9:00 NOVA: Ultimate Cruise Ship Weighing 54,000 gross tons and stretching over two football fields, the Seven Seas Explorer is no ordinary boat.

Join pioneering shipbuilders as they endeavor to build the ultimate cruise ship.

10:00 Impossible Builds: The Floating House Follow the build to make living beneath the waves into a reality as a team in Dubai attempts to construct a floating house combining the best of land and marine design. Will they achieve the impossible?

11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

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In the Spotlight

Gaston Poon

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas This irreverent documentary tells the story of the unlikely Jewish immigrants who, enamored with Broadway and Hollywood, wrote some of the most popular songs in America: Christmas music. The doc features rarely seen archival footage, musical performances, and interviews.

Thursday, December 13, 9:00 pm

Thursday 13 EARLY MORNING 12:30 We’ll Meet Again: Children of World War II See Tues.

Dec. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Letters from Baghdad See Tues. Dec. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Frontline: Trafficked in America See Tues.

Dec. 11 at 10:30 pm. [R] 4:00 Hidden Chicago with Geoffrey Baer (Part 2 of 4) Host Geoffrey Baer takes viewers all over the Chicago region in search of often-overlooked fragments of our history.

4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Breakfast at Ina’s 9:00 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas 10:00 Rick Steves Special: European Christmas From manger scenes and mistletoe to wintry wonderlands, this program celebrates the Christmas season throughout the European continent.

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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Nature’s Miracle Orphans – Wild Lessons See Wed. Dec. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Ultimate Cruise Ship See Wed. Dec. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Impossible Builds: The Floating House See Wed. Dec. 12 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 4, Part 1 See Wed. Dec. 12 at 1:00 am. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Go 4 Food, Dos Ricco’s, Tied House Alpana welcomes three Chicagoans – science teacher Michael Bruesch, jewelry designer Don Strzepek, and executive assistant Rebecca Flores – to compare notes on their experiences at three area eateries: Go 4 Food in Chinatown, Dos Ricco’s in Lincoln Square, and Tied House in Lakeview.

8:30 Christmas on the Danube Travel the majestic Danube River as it passes through stunning European landscape, history, and culture – a view that is particularly spectacular at Christmas.

9:00 k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert: a Great Performances Special Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ingenue, the critically acclaimed and Grammy Award-winning album by superstar singer-songwriter k.d. lang, with a one-night-only performance from the magnificent Majestic Theater in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

10:30 Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Cheek to Cheek Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga team up for a special concert from the stage of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater in New York City, performing selections from their collaborative classic jazz recording, Cheek to Cheek.

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Saturday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas See Thurs.

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Dec. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] We’ll Meet Again: Children of World War II [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: European Festivals II Rick dances with Spaniards at Sevilla’s April Fair, celebrates Bastille Day in Paris, runs with the bulls at Pamplona, hoists a frothy stein at Munich’s Oktoberfest, and lots more.

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MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour: Ramp Up the R Value, Crown Molding 11:00 How to Cook Well with Rory O’Connell 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Amalfi Lemons AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: PubStyle Seafood 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Oregon RV Trip 1:00 Curious Traveler: Curious San Miguel De Allende 1:30 Simply Ming: Sarah Grueneberg 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays The cast shares their tips and tricks for planning a stress-free gathering, while also recounting personal holiday memories and revealing their all-time favorite holiday recipes from the Test Kitchen archives.

3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Stews of the Arabian Gulf 3:30 Martha Bakes: Breakfast Pastries 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Porchetta at Home 4:30 Check, Please! Go 4 Food, Dos Ricco’s, Tied House See Fri. Dec. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: The Splendor of Yucatan’s Enchanting Markets 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe: The Best of Sicily EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week [R] 7:00 800 Words (Part 7 of 8) George enjoys having the house to himself. Woody fears for his safety at his stag party.

8:00 Father Brown: The Face of the Enemy Lady Felicia returns from Africa, having split from her lover Benedict Northam; she is told by MI5 agent Daniel Whittaker that he is a Soviet spy.

9:00 Maigret Sets a Trap It’s 1955, and Paris is enjoying

a blisteringly hot summer... but it’s a city in the grip of fear. Four women have been murdered, and Chief Inspector Maigret is under huge pressure to find the killer.

10:30 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas [R] 11:30 Christmas on the Danube See Fri. Dec. 14 at 8:30 pm. [R]

Sunday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Breakfast at Ina’s [R] 1:00 NOVA: Ultimate Cruise Ship [R] 2:00 Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Cheek to Cheek See Fri. Dec. 14 at 10:30 pm. [R] 3:00 k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert: a Great Performances Special See Fri. Dec. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! Go 4 Food, Dos Ricco’s, Tied House [R]

In the Spotlight

Geoffrey Baer and architect Robert Adam

Portraits in Architecture Meet prize-winning architects who design classical and traditional buildings and cities. They’re the winners of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame, an award given annually to living architects whose work “embodies the highest ideals of traditional and classical architecture.” Each 30-minute program follows host Geoffrey Baer as he visits the architects across America and in Europe, traces their life stories, hears about their philosophies, and tours their most notable works.

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Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville are the featured guest artist and narrator, respectively, at this year’s Christmas concert by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, Utah. This program unites a 600-person-strong cast composed of the 360-voice world renowned choir, 150-piece orchestra, bell-ringers, dancers, and actors to deliver an unforgettable program of music, pageantry and storytelling. The program is filled with holiday carols.

Monday, December 17, 9:00 pm

Hastings discusses his new book Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975.

A Golden Cross to Bear (Part 1 of 5) As we mark the centenary of the end of World War I, this five-part documentary series follows the grandson of a soldier from the 131st Infantry Regiment who embarks on a global journey to retrace the path of those who helped bring the war to an end, and explores how that experience ultimately shaped the global map, and his own family.

Hear the story of a front-line soldier’s experience, and the importance of remembering their service and sacrifice.

A Golden Cross to Bear (Part 2 of 5) A Golden Cross to Bear (Part 3 of 5) PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 9) Mary and Lord Gillingham put their relationship to the test.

Bates also faces a trial. Cora makes a new friend, and Violet is reunited with an old one.

EVENING 6:00 Rick Steves Special: European Christmas See Thurs. Dec. 13 at 10:00 pm. [R] 7:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott and loved by generations of women worldwide, Little Women is set against the backdrop of the Civil War. The story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. In part one, with their father away at war, the sisters come to terms with their new life, alongside their mother, Marmee. The girls make friends with Laurie, the new boy next door.

8:00 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: A Soldier’s Daughter/The Green-Eyed Monster (Part 1 of 7) New mother Victoria is impatient to return to the business of ruling a nation, and is thrown into turmoil by the realization that she is pregnant again.

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by Albert’s friendship with a lady mathematician.

10:00 Check, Please! Go 4 Food, Dos Ricco’s, Tied House [R] 10:30 Christmas on the Danube [R] 11:00 Austin City Limits: Khalid/Mac Demarco

Photo: Courtesy of Danny Kendall

In the Spotlight MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Portraits in Architecture: Tom Beeby Chicago-based architect Tom Beeby is one of the chief participants in the American post-modernist architectural saga, contributing a bold edifice with the stunning Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago.

Beeby’s work includes libraries, museums, and theaters.

11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Monday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Bluegrass Underground: Brandi Carlile 12:30 800 Words (Part 7 of 8) See Sat. Dec. 15 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Father Brown: The Face of the Enemy See Sat. Dec. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Maigret Sets a Trap See Sat. Dec. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 9) See Sun. Dec. 16 at 5:00 pm. [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: For the Pets 5:30 Martha Bakes: Breakfast Pastries [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 8 Experience all-new and previously unaired appraisals, including a 1962 and 1963 Mercury Atlanta #8 and #9 archive, a Rasht horse cover made around 1875, and a purple sapphire ring. Which is appraised for $60,000-$120,000?

9:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 10:00 Independent Lens: Man on Fire Learn the story of an elderly white Texas minister who set himself on fire to protest the virulent racism of his community and the country at large. Friends, family members, neighbors, and colleagues search for an explanation of his action.

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Danny Kendall as a child

We’ll Meet Again: Great Alaskan Earthquake Join Ann Curry as two Alaskans try to track down childhood friends who also survived the state’s massive 1964 earthquake. A woman wants to thank a friend and her mom for shielding her from harm, and a man searches for a former Little League teammate.

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Tuesday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) See Sun. Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: A Soldier’s Daughter/The Green-Eyed Monster (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Rick Steves Special: European Christmas [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 We’ll Meet Again: Great Alaskan Earthquake 9:00 Frontline: The Gang Crackdown Investigate a slew of killings linked to the MS-13 gang and the crackdown that

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Some 25 bodies have surfaced since 2016. Law enforcement is trying to stop the gang, but some teens have been unlawfully detained in the process.

POV Shorts: Earthrise As told by the Apollo 8 astronauts, the film recounts their experiences and memories and explores the beauty, awe, and grandeur of the Earth against the blackness of space.

POV Shorts: Into My Life From 1965 to the present, M. Elaine and Cassandra Bromfield, two black women, made joyful documents of their lives on 8-mm film.

BBC World News Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 19 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 8 See Mon. Dec. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir See Mon. Dec. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Man on Fire See Mon. Dec. 17 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 A Golden Cross to Bear (Part 1 of 5) See Sun. Dec. 16 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 A Golden Cross to Bear (Part 2 of 5) [R] 2018

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In the Spotlight world’s longest mountain range, where pumas hunt guanaco, shape-shifting frogs hide in remote cloud forests, and descendants of the Inca build bridges of grass.

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Thursday 20

Anais Bueno and Ashley Wheater

Making a New American Nutcracker For generations, The Nutcracker has been a holiday tradition for audiences of all ages. In 2016, Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet gave the work an ingenious makeover and a new setting: the fairgrounds of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. WTTW takes you behind the scenes to reveal how it was made and introduce the A-list creative talents who made it happen.

They and many of the performers share anecdotes about the process and recall their first experiences either seeing or performing in The Nutcracker. The film is narrated by actress Neve Campbell.

Thursday, December 20, 8:00 pm

EARLY MORNING 12:30 We’ll Meet Again: Great Alaskan Earthquake See Tues. Dec. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Frontline: The Gang Crackdown See Tues.

Dec. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 POV Shorts: Earthrise See Tues. Dec. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:00 POV Shorts: Into My Life See Tues. Dec. 18 at 10:30 pm. [R] 3:30 A Golden Cross to Bear (Part 3 of 5) [R] 4:00 Christmas on the Danube [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Making a New American Nutcracker 9:00 Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Messiah, Prince of Peace 10:00 Christmas at St. Olaf: Ris’n with Healing in His Wings 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

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MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La This is the true story of a family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys living in the highest forests in the world. The survival of this unique monkey society, formed in response to the hardships of the Himalayas, depends on strong defensive strategies.

9:00 NOVA: Ghosts of Stonehenge Who built Stonehenge and why?

Discover how the last decade of groundbreaking archaeological digs has revealed major new clues to Britain’s enigmatic 5,000-year-old site and the people who constructed it.

10:00 Andes: Kingdoms of the Sky Experience the astonishing natural life found in the

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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La See Wed. Dec. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Ghosts of Stonehenge See Wed. Dec. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Andes: Kingdoms of the Sky See Wed. Dec. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: Man on Fire [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza e Pasta Alpana welcomes real estate professional Kurtis Lott of Montgomery, Illinois, who recommended the River North eatery Steak 48; Lincoln Park event specialist Mary MacLaughlin, who loves Chez

Moi in Lincoln Park; and Chicago marketing executive Jim Bloom, who chose Nella Pizza e Pasta in Hyde Park.

8:30 European Christmas Markets Discover Europe’s Christmas markets, where the town center, market square, or just the narrow, cobblestone streets of the cities and towns of Europe come alive in winter.

The Kingston Trio provides special folk arrangements of traditional Christmas carols.

9:00 Craft in America: California Explore craft practices definitively Californian, from Native Americans continuing ancient traditions, to contemporary artists expressing new iterations of the art of the handmade.

10:00 Craft in America: Visionaries Meet artists, curators, and collectors who envision limitless possibilities of craft and imagine new methods of achieving that vision.

11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 9) [R] 1:30 Making a New American Nutcracker See Thurs.

Dec. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Messiah, Prince of Peace See Thurs.

Dec. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Christmas at St. Olaf: Ris’n with Healing in His Wings See Thurs.

Dec. 20 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]

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Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Chicken from Paris to the Middle East Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza e Pasta See Fri. Dec. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] Rick Steves Special: European Christmas [R]

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week [R] 7:00 800 Words (Part 8 of 8) George helps Monty write the best man speech and ponders his own wedding.

A power outage threatens Woody and Tracey’s big day.

8:00 Father Brown: The Devil You Know Mallory is forced to turn to Father Brown for help when a policeman is murdered.

9:00 Maigret’s Dead Man Maigret focuses on the murder of a gambler with connections to a brutal gang from Czechoslovakia whose members are robbing and killing wealthy Parisians.

10:30 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: A Soldier’s Daughter/The Green-Eyed Monster (Part 1 of 7) [R]

In the Spotlight

MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour: Net Zero, Blanket Storage Bench 11:00 How to Cook Well with Rory O’Connell 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Costa Brava Tapas AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Ultimate Comfort Foods 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Houston, Texas 1:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Edinburgh 1:30 Simply Ming: Ivan Orkin 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Dinner Party 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Italian Seafood Suppers 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Breads 3:30 Martha Bakes: Fanciful Tarts

The Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra performs

Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Messiah, Prince of Peace Join the Wheaton College Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Men’s Glee Club, and Symphony Orchestra for this grand program of sacred Christmas music recounting the journey from the ancient prophecies that foretold Christ’s coming to the joyous celebration of his birth.

Thursday, December 20, 9:00 pm

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) [R] 1:30 European Christmas Markets See Fri. Dec. 21 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 We’ll Meet Again: Great Alaskan Earthquake [R] 3:00 Craft in America: California See Fri. Dec. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Craft in America: Visionaries See Fri. Dec. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Portraits in Architecture: Pier Carlo Bontempi Pier Carlo Bontempi is a Parma-based architect who is subtly exploring the vernacular forms of northern Italy.

11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 A Chef’s Life Holiday Special Join Vivian Howard as she serves up the best of her Southern cooking heritage and the Chanukah traditions of her husband

In the Spotlight

Steven Amundson, the Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra

Christmas at St. Olaf: Ris’n with Healing in His Wings This holiday special features lively and festive music, including “Gloria” by Andre J. Thomas – a work arranged for massed choir, soloists, and a full orchestra in a gospel musical style.

Other music includes familiar Christmas carols, beautiful and contemplative choral anthems, and rollicking orchestral flourishes.

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Nigella: At My Table Lidia Celebrates America: A Heartland Holiday Feast America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays See Sat. Dec. 15 at 2:00 pm. [R] Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Holidays Catherine Smart shows Christopher how to turn economical beef eye-round into a succulent holiday roast as she makes prune, peppercorn, and fresh herb-rubbed roast beef.

PBS NewsHour Weekend [R] Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 9) Lord Merton delivers a bombshell to Isobel, and Mary does likewise to Tony.

Police suspicions deepen in an unexplained death. Robert and Sarah lock horns.

EVENING 6:00 Making a New American Nutcracker [R] 7:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) The March family fears the worst when Mr. March falls ill. As circumstances change for Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, the family must come together to face their most difficult challenge yet.

8:00 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: Warp and Weft/The Sins of the Father (Part 2 of 7) Discontent is growing in the country; an unexpected grief finally forces Victoria to put childish things away. Despite the healthy birth of an heir, she’s paralyzed by an inexplicable sorrow. A tragedy in Coburg plunges Albert into his own torment.

10:00 Check, Please! Steak 48, Chez Moi, Nella Pizza e Pasta [R] 10:30 The Frank Capra Story: A Wonderful Life This film examines the life of the filmmaker Frank Capra, and features sound from Capra, as well as Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Donna Reed, and Bob Hope.

11:00 Austin City Limits: Tom Waits Tom Waits performs in this classic episode from 1979.

Monday 24 Christmas Eve EARLY MORNING 12:00 Bluegrass Underground: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper 12:30 800 Words (Part 8 of 8) See Sat. Dec. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]

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Father Brown: The Devil You Know See Sat. Dec. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R] Maigret’s Dead Man See Sat. Dec. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R] Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 9) See Sun. Dec. 22 at 5:00 pm. [R] P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Native Plants Martha Bakes: Fanciful Tarts [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Greatest Gifts A Louis Comfort Tiffany gift necklace from a husband or a Fender bass guitar as a birthday present – these memorable gifts turned out to be valuable and notable items.

8:00 Making a New American Nutcracker [R] 9:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir [R] 10:00 Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Messiah, Prince of Peace [R] 11:00 Christmas at St. Olaf: Ris’n with Healing in His Wings [R]

Tuesday 25 Christmas Day

Master altar maker Ofelia Esparza

Craft in America This series visits America’s premier craft artists in their studios to witness the creation of handmade objects and into homes, businesses, and public spaces where functional art is employed and celebrated. Using archival footage and interviews with some of the top artists in the country, the program reveals the breadth and beauty of handmade objects in our culture.

Friday, December 21, 9:00 and 10:00 pm

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Christmas in Christ Chapel at Gustavus: Visions of Divine Mystery 2018 A tradition since 1973, more than 300 students, faculty, and staff among the Gustavus Adolphus College community in St. Peter, Minnesota bring this holiday concert to life each year through music, dance, spoken word, and the visual arts.

1:00 BBC World News 1:30 Amanpour and Company 2:30 Wheaton College Christmas Festival: Messiah, Prince of Peace [R] 3:30 Christmas at St. Olaf: Ris’n with Healing in His Wings [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 We’ll Meet Again: Korean War Brothers-in-Arms Join Ann Curry as Korean War veterans search for their brothers-in-arms. One wants to show his gratitude to two lieutenants who inspired him to be brave in battle, and the other hopes to thank a

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In the Spotlight

Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018 See what happens when a new nun and four Chinese orphans arrive unexpectedly at Nonnatus House, causing both joy and chaos for the midwives. Meanwhile, Mother Superior falls ill, and it’s time for a new spiritual leader to be elected.

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Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White PBS NewsHour Washington Week

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11-3 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich

Miss Fisher Mysteries

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Chicago Tonight

Home Fires

11-1 PBS NewsHour

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Victoria on Masterpiece

Nature

Conversation with Bill Moyers

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TasteMAKERS

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We’ll Meet Again

11-3 Hanukkah: A Festival of DeLights

America ReFramed

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Chicago Tonight

11-1 PBS NewsHour Sarah Brightman: Hymn

Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White

11-3 Conversation with Bill Moyers

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Chicago Tonight

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Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx Live in Los Angeles

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Hanukkah: A Festival of DeLights

Antiques Roadshow

11-3 Playing By the Rules … Playing By the Rules … Nature

Great Performances: Michael Bublé

11-1 Healthy Brain, Happy Life with Dr. Suzuki (5:15)

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Three Faiths, One God

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Crisis of Faith

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Amazing Human Body

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Moveable Feast

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Photo: Courtesy of Chris Lee

In the Spotlight friend who boosted his spirits aboard a hospital ship.

8:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018 9:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2017 Join the midwives as they battle snow, ice, power cuts, and frozen pipes to provide patient care during the coldest winter in 300 years. Valerie helps a young couple who experience a traumatic birth and Sister Julienne tries to reunite a family.

11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 26 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. Dec. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: Warp and Weft/The Sins of the Father (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. Dec. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 We’ll Meet Again: Korean War Brothers-in-Arms See Tues. Dec. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) [R]

Yo-Yo Ma

Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood Celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday with this tribute concert at Tanglewood. Featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the concert is hosted by Audra McDonald and includes guest artists Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, Thomas Hampson, and more.

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids

Photo: ITV/Acorn TV

Friday, December 28, 8:30 pm

Martin Clunes

Doc Martin: Seven Grumpy Seasons Shot on location in the picturesque seaside village of Port Isaac during the filming of Doc Martin’s highly anticipated seventh season, this is a new behind-the-scenes look at the international hit series. Get a sneak peek at what Martin Clunes – the Doc himself – is calling the best series yet.

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: H is for Hawk – A New Chapter Helen Macdonald’s best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild and raising a goshawk of her own.

9:00 NOVA: Apollo’s Daring Mission Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon.

The U.S. space program suffered a bitter setback when Apollo 1 ended in a deadly fire. In disarray, NASA decided upon a radical and risky change of plan: turn Apollo 8 from an earth-orbit mission into a daring sprint to the moon. Fifty years after the historic mission, the Apollo 8 astronauts and engineers recount the feats of engineering that paved the way.

10:00 Tesla: American Experience Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla’s

vision that paved the way for today’s wireless world.

11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Thursday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:30 We’ll Meet Again: Korean War Brothers-in-Arms See Tues. Dec. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018 See Tues.

Dec. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2017 See Tues.

Dec. 25 at 9:30 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History You are what you eat, goes the old saying. So what can we learn about Chicagoans from the food on our plates? Geoffrey Baer plays both taste tester and tour guide, exploring the little-known stories behind Chicago’s favorite foods.

9:50 Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention Navy Pier celebrated its 100th birthday in 2016 with a dramatic facelift and a new Ferris wheel.

Geoffrey Baer traces the Pier’s dramatic history from underused shipping terminal, to military training center, to university, to rough-edged concert venue, and now, top tourist attraction.

11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Friday 28 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: H is for Hawk – A New Chapter See Wed. Dec. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 NOVA: Apollo’s Daring Mission See Wed. Dec. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Tesla: American Experience See Wed. Dec. 26 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Austin City Limits: Tom Waits See Sun. Dec. 23 at 11:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Kitsune, Niche, La Chaparrita Grocery

Alpana welcomes enterprise architect Tracey Coldewey of Evanston, who recommends the Lincoln Square eatery Kitsune; Elburn resident and creative consultant Kerri Lee-Young, who loves Niche in Geneva; and Pilsen lawyer Diego Martinez-Krippner, who chose La Chaparrita Grocery in Little Village.

8:30 Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Saturday 29 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 9) Rose makes a handsome new acquaintance. Something is wrong with Thomas.

Edith’s link to Marigold draws attention. Bricker and Robert lose control.

1:30 Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History See Thurs.

Dec. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:20 Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention See Thurs.

Dec. 27 at 9:50 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] MORNING 5:30-10:00 WTTW Kids 10:00 This Old House Hour: Modern Barn Raising, Tropical Yard 11:00 How to Cook Well with Rory O’Connell 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Paella in Spain AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Ballpark Classics 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Bern Region, Switzerland 1:00 Curious Traveler: Curious Guanajuato City 1:30 Simply Ming: Billy Dec 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Summer Pork Supper 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Dinner Party 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Side Dishes 3:30 Martha Bakes: Impressive Chocolate Desserts 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Japanese Quick Cook 4:30 Check, Please! Kitsune, Niche, La Chaparrita Grocery See Fri. Dec. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R] 5:00 Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: A Place of Deeply Rooted Innovation

10:00 This Old House Hour 11:00 How to Cook Well with Rory O’Connell 11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 1:00

Curious Traveler

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Simply Ming

2:00 America’s Test Kitchen 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 3:30 Martha Bakes 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 4:30 Check, Please!

5:00 MEXICO – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe

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Rick Steves’ Europe: Sicilian Delights

EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Washington Week [R] 7:00 Doc Martin: Seven Grumpy Seasons 8:00 Father Brown: The Dance of Death Lucy Dawes is murdered at a ballroom dancing contest and her necklace stolen. Everyone around her is keeping a secret, and Father Brown must figure out who is telling the truth to find her killer.

9:00 Maigret: Night at the Crossroads Maigret interrogates suspected murderer Carl Andersen, who insists he’s innocent. So why was the body of a diamond dealer found on his property, in his car, killed with his gun?

10:30 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: Warp and Weft/The Sins of the Father (Part 2 of 7) [R]

Sunday 30 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. Dec. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration

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at Tanglewood See Fri. Dec. 28 at 8:30 pm. [R] Curious Traveler: Curious Guanajuato City [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: Sicilian Delights [R]

MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Portraits in Architecture: David M. Schwarz David M. Schwarz designs sports facilities, concert halls, and shopping centers around the country. But his most significant work was revitalizing the downtown of Ft. Worth, Texas, designing and building dozens of new buildings over decades, bringing walkable urbanism to car-crazy Texas.

11:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover AFTERNOON 12:00 Pati’s Mexican Table: Los Cabos by Land & Sea 12:30 Lidia’s Kitchen: An Easy Holiday 1:00 TasteMAKERS: Warm & Wooly 1:30 Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen: Cuban Connections 2:00 Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History [R] 3:50 Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention [R] 5:00 Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 9) See Sat. Dec. 29 at 12:30 am. [R]

EVENING 6:00 The Secret Life of Twins Two hundred and fifty pairs of twins gather at St. Thomas’s Hospital to celebrate their contribution to science, while identical twin doctors Chris and Xand Van Tulleken set out to discover if their shared genes mean they will forever be identical.

7:00 Little Women on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) 8:00 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: Entente Cordiale (Part 3 of 7) Victoria decides to try her hand at foreign relations, and takes the royal court on an adventure to France, stepping toe to toe with the cunning King of the French, Louis Philippe.

9:00 Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece: Faith, Hope & Charity (Part 4 of 7) News of the horrific famine in Ireland has finally reached the queen. She is adamant that her government should be doing more to help, but meets with surprising opposition from her prime minister.

10:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018 [R] 11:30 Check, Please! Kitsune, Niche, La Chaparrita Grocery [R]

Rose Theater in New York City, performing selections from their collaborative classic jazz recording, Cheek to Cheek.

8:00 Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve with Renée Fleming 9:30 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years Explore the history of the Fab Four from their early days in Liverpool to their last concert in San Francisco in 1966.

The film, by Oscar-winner Ron Howard, reveals how the foursome united to become the global phenomenon that was “The Beatles.”

11:20 The Concert for George Celebrate George Harrison’s life in this 2002 memorial concert at the Royal Albert Hall with performances of his music from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, and more.

In the Spotlight Photo: Andrew Eccles

Do it Yourself Saturdays

Monday 31 New Year’s Eve EARLY MORNING 12:00 Austin City Limits: Iggy Pop The Detroit native blasts through classics and cuts from his latest album, Post Pop Depression, accompanied by members of Queens of the Stone Age and Arctic Monkeys.

1:00 Doc Martin: Seven Grumpy Seasons See Sat. Dec. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Father Brown: The Dance of Death See Sat. Dec. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Maigret: Night at the Crossroads See Sat. Dec. 29 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 Check, Please! Kitsune, Niche, La Chaparrita Grocery [R] 5:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home: Young Farmers 5:30 Martha Bakes: Impressive Chocolate Desserts [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Cheek to Cheek Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga team up for a special concert from the stage of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s

Renée Fleming

Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve with Renée Fleming The New York Philharmonic, led by new Music Director Jaap van Zweden, welcomes opera great Renée Fleming for an evening celebrating the intersection of classical music and dance. From the great waltzes and polkas of Johann Strauss II to musical pearls from composers such as Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, and acclaimed film composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water), the Philharmonic conjures the splendor and sparkle of a night at the Ball.

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• December At-a-Glance Arts • Performance Austin City Limits Sundays, 11:00 pm (12/16, 12/23) Friday, 3:30 am (12/28) Monday, 12:00 am (12/31) Beatles Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years Monday, 9:30 pm (12/31) Tuesday, 2:50 am (1/1) Bluegrass Underground Mondays, 12:00 am (12/17, 12/24) Celtic Woman: Ancient Land Saturday, 6:00 pm (12/1) Sunday, 12:00 pm (12/9) Christmas at St. Olaf Thursday, 10:00 pm (12/20) Saturday, 3:30 am (12/22) Monday, 11:00 pm (12/24) Tuesday, 3:30 am (12/25) Christmas in Christ Chapel at Gustavus Tuesday, 12:00 am (12/25) Christmas on the Danube Friday, 8:30 pm (12/14) Saturday, 11:30 pm (12/15) Sunday, 10:30 pm (12/16) Thursday, 4:00 am (12/20) Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mondays, 9:00 pm (12/17, 12/24) Wednesday, 1:30 am (12/19) Tuesday, 5:00 am (12/25) Concert for George Monday, 11:20 pm (12/31) Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx Live in LA Saturday, 8:00 pm (12/1) Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas Thursday, 9:00 pm (12/13) Saturday, 1:00 am, 10:30 pm (12/15) Engelbert Humperdinck in Hawaii Saturday, 4:30 pm (12/1) Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Friday, 10:30 pm (12/14) Sunday, 2:00 am (12/16) Monday, 7:00 pm (12/31) Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood Friday, 8:30 pm (12/28) Sunday, 1:30 am (12/30) Great Performances: Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 148 Sunday, 7:00 pm, 8:30 pm (12/2) Joe Bonamassa: British Blues Explosion Live Saturday, 9:30 pm (12/1) Joni Mitchell Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/4) k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert Friday, 9:00 pm (12/14) Sunday, 3:00 am (12/16) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Monday, 8:00 pm (12/31) Making a New American Nutcracker Thursday, 8:00 pm (12/20) Saturday, 1:30 am (12/22) Sunday, 6:00 pm (12/23) Monday, 8:00 pm (12/24) Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III Saturday, 11:00 pm (12/1) Monday, 9:00 pm (12/3) Peter, Paul and Mary at Newport 1963-65 Tuesday, 10:30 pm (12/4) Sarah Brightman: Hymn Tuesday, 7:30 pm (12/4) Sinatra in Concert at Royal Albert Hall Saturday, 1:30 pm (12/1) Sinatra in Japan Saturday, 3:00 pm (12/1)

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from Gainesville: The 30th Anniversary Concert Sunday, 10:10 pm (12/2) Wheaton College Christmas Festival Thursday, 9:00pm (12/20) Saturday, 2:30 am (12/22) Monday, 10:00 pm (12/24) Tuesday, 2:30 am (12/25)

Drama • Comedy • Movies Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2017 Tuesday, 9:30 pm (12/25) Thursday, 3:00 am (12/27) Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018 Tuesday, 8:00 pm (12/25) Thursday, 1:30 am (12/27) Sunday, 10:00 pm (12/30) Doc Martin: Seven Grumpy Seasons Saturday, 7:00 pm (12/29) Monday, 1:00 am (12/31) Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Sundays, 5:00 pm (12/16, 12/23, 12/30) Mondays, 4:00 am (12/17, 12/24) Saturday, 12:30 am (12/29) 800 Words Saturdays, 7:00 pm (12/15, 12/22) Mondays, 12:30 am (12/17, 12/24) Father Brown Saturdays, 8:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Mondays, 1:30 am (12/17, 12/24) Monday, 2:00 am (12/31) Frank Capra Story: A Wonderful Life Sunday, 10:30 pm (12/23) Little Women on Masterpiece Sundays, 7:00 pm (12/16, 12/23, 12/30) Tuesday, 12:30 am (12/18) Sundays, 12:30 am (12/23, 12/30) Wednesday, 12:30 am, 5:00 am (12/26) Maigret Saturdays, 9:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Mondays, 2:30 am (12/17, 12/24, 12/31) Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece Sundays, 8:00 pm (12/16, 12/23, 12/30) Sunday, 9:00 pm (12/30) Tuesday, 1:30 am (12/18) Saturdays, 10:30 pm (12/22, 12/29) Wednesday, 1:30 am (12/26)

Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel America’s Test Kitchen Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays Sunday, 3:00 pm (12/23) Antiques Roadshow Monday, 8:00 pm (12/17) Monday, 7:00 pm (12/24) Wednesday, 12:30 am (12/19) Check, Please!

Fridays, 8:00 pm (12/14, 12/21, 12/28) Saturdays, 4:30 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Sundays, 10:00 pm (12/16, 12/23) Sundays, 4:30 am (12/16, 12/31) Sunday, 11:30 pm (12/30) Monday, 4:30 am (12/31) Chef’s Life Holiday Special Sunday, 12:00 pm (12/23) Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Kitchen Saturdays, 4:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Cooks Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Curious Traveler Saturdays, 1:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Sunday, 4:00 am (12/30)

How to Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Saturdays, 11:00 am (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Sundays, 1:30 pm (12/16, 12/30) Lidia Celebrates America Sunday, 2:00 pm (12/23) Lidia’s Kitchen Sundays, 12:30 pm (12/16, 12/30) Martha Bakes Saturdays, 3:30 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Mondays, 5:30 (12/17, 12/24, 12/31) Martha Stewart Cooking School Saturdays, 3:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Saturdays, 5:00 pm (12/15, 12/29) Nigella: At My Table Sunday, 1:00 pm (12/23) P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Mondays, 5:00 am (12/17, 12/24) Pati’s Mexican Table Sundays, 12:00 pm (12/16, 12/30) Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:30 pm (12/15, 12/29) Saturday, 4:00 am (12/15) Sunday, 4:30 am (12/30) Rick Steves’ European Christmas Thursday, 10:00 pm (12/13) Sunday, 6:00 pm (12/16) Tuesday, 3:30 am (12/18) Saturday, 5:00 pm (12/22) Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Saturdays, 12:30 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Sara’s Weeknight Meals Saturdays, 11:30 am (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Simply Ming Saturdays, 1:30 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Sunday, 11:30 am (12/2) TasteMAKERS Sundays, 1:00 pm (12/16, 12/30) This Old House Hour Saturdays, 10:00 am (12/15, 12/22, 12/29)

Nature • Science • Technology Andes: Kingdoms of the Sky Wednesday, 10:00 pm (12/19) Friday, 2:30 am (12/21) Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich Saturday, 6:30 am (12/1) Healthy Brain – Happy Life with Dr. Suzuki Sunday, 5:15 pm (12/2) Impossible Builds: The Floating House Wednesday, 10:00 pm (12/12) Friday, 2:30 am (12/14) Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, MD Sunday, 7:30 am (12/2) Nature Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (12/12, 12/19, 12/26) Fridays, 12:30 am (12/14, 12/21, 12/28) NOVA Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (12/12, 12/19, 12/26) Fridays, 1:30 am (12/14, 12/21, 12/28) Sunday, 1:00 am (12/16) Secret Life of Twins Sunday, 6:00 pm (12/30) Super Woman Rx with Dr. Tazi Sunday, 3:30 pm (12/2)

Public Affairs • History • Documentary Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:30 pm BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 11:00 pm Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 am

Breakfast at Ina’s Thursday, 8:00 pm (12/13) Saturday, 2:00 am (12/15) Sunday, 12:00 am (12/16) Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer Saturday, 8:30 am, 10:45 am (12/1) Sunday, 5:00 am (12/2) Wednesday, 3:00 am (12/5) Friday, 8:00 pm, 10:15 pm (12/7) Chicago Tonight Mondays-Fridays, 7:00 pm, 5:00 am Craft in America Friday, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm (12/21) Sunday, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (12/23) Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas Thursday, 9:00 pm (12/13) Saturday, 1:00 am, 10:30 pm (12/15) European Christmas Markets Friday, 8:30 pm (12/21) Sunday, 1:30 am (12/23) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Sundays, 11:30 am (12/16, 12/23, 12/30) Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History Thursday, 8:00 pm (12/27) Saturday, 1:30 am (12/29) Sunday, 2:00 pm (12/30) Frontline Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/18) Tuesday, 10:30 pm (12/11) Thursday, 1:30 am (12/20) Thursday, 3:00 am (12/13) Golden Cross to Bear Sunday, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm (12/16) Wednesday, 3:30 am, 4:00 am (12/19) Thursday, 3:30 am (12/20) Hanukkah: A Festival of DeLights Monday, 7:30 pm (12/3) Independent Lens: Man on Fire Monday, 10:00 pm (12/17) Wednesday, 2:30 am (12/19) Friday, 3:30 am (12/21) John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace Monday, 9:00 pm (12/10) Wednesday, 2:00 am (12/12) Letters from Baghdad Tuesday, 9:00 pm (12/11) Thursday, 1: 30 am (12/13) Navy Pier: A Century of Reinvention Thursday, 9:50 pm (12/27) Saturday, 3:20 am (12/29) Sunday, 3:50 pm (12/30) PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturdays, 6:00 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) Sundays, 4:30 pm (12/16, 12/23) Portraits in Architecture Sundays, 11:00 am (12/16, 12/23, 12/30) POV Shorts Tuesday, 10:00 pm, 10:30 pm (12/18) Thursday, 2:30 am, 3:00 am (12/20) Pritzker Military Presents Sunday, 2:00 pm (12/16) Sacred Monday, 10:00 pm (12/10) Wednesday, 3:00 am (12/12) Tesla: American Experience Wednesday, 10:00 pm (12/26) Friday, 2:30 am (12/28) Washington Week Fridays, 7:30 pm Saturdays, 6:30 pm (12/15, 12/22, 12/29) We’ll Meet Again Tuesdays, 8:00 pm (12/11, 12/18, 12/25) Thursdays, 12:30 am (12/13, 12/20, 12/27) Saturday, 3:00 am (12/15) Sunday, 2:00 am (12/23) Wednesday, 3:30 am (12/26)

Daily Radio Programming • Programmer’s Picks Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson

The CSO with A French Accent

Exploring Music with an English Accent

Montserrat Caballé (1933-2018), the celebrated Spanish soprano from Barcelona, starred in operas

by Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, and Richard Strauss, and her recordings won numerous awards. Caballé is profiled in this one-hour special.

Music by French composers is the subtext for this month’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts, which include Ravel’s complete Daphnis and Chloe ballet, Saint-Saens’ dramatic Organ Symphony, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass.

Spending a week immersed in England’s Tudor period, Bill McGlaughlin samples music by Tallis, Byrd, and Henry VIII. Later, he’ll study two lateRomantic contemporaries who composed in very different styles: Frederick Delius and Gustav Holst.

Saturday, December 1, 4:00 pm

Sundays, December 2, 16, 23, 8:00 pm

Weekdays, December 17-31, 7:00 pm

Saturday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Boito’s “Mefistofele” – Christian Van Horn (Mefistofele); Michael Fabiano (Faust); Angela Meade (Margherita); Jennifer Check (Elena); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/ Joseph Colaneri pm.

4:00 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: An hourlong tribute to the late soprano Montserrat Caballé 5:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Peter Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37: November (Troika); December (Christmas) – Tampere Phil/ Leonid Grin. Ondine ODE-7822. [7:49] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in F, K. 453 – Vienna Phil/ Maurizio Pollini, p. DG 4775795.

[28:57] Tchaikosvky Sleeping Beauty: Adagio; Waltz – Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach.

Sony Classical 88985425932.

[12:06] Various The Harvest Home Suite: Spring/The Barndance; Foster’s Ladies – James Galway, f; Jay Ungar, fiddle; Molly Mason, g. RCA 63883-2. [10:46] Leo Weiner Divertimento No. 1 Op. 20, on old Hungarian dances – I Virtuosi Italiani. Arcadia ARC2002-2. [10:03] Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat Suite – Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM769037-2. [18:29] Falla Cuatro Piezas españolas: Montañesa & Andaluza – Brazilian Guitar Quartet. Delos DE-3466. [8:53] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music from the Baroque era in Spain 8:00 Folkstage hosted

by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren

Sunday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff

6:00 With Heart and Voice: Advent I, From Darkness to Light 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • The state of Illinois’ bicentennial is being celebrated tomorrow. Alexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in a, Op. 82 – Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 457064-2. [20:14] Shaham is an Illinois native raised in Israel, now with a worldwide career.

Serge Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a – National Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68801-2. [15:41] The opera’s world premiere took place in Chicago. Henry Purcell Suite of Ayres for the Theatre – Trio Settecento. Cedille 90000135. [11:42] Members of the trio are Chicago musicians Rachel Barton Pine, John Mark Rozendaal, and David Schrader.

1:00 César Franck Symphony in d minor – Orchestre Métropolitain/Yannick NézetSéguin. Atma ACD2-2647.

[41:33] Maurice Ravel Piano Sonatine – Michael Houstoun, p. Rattle RAT-D075. [12:08] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute, K. 620: Das klinget so herrlich; Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen; O Isis und Osiris – Amadeus Ensemble/ Julius Rudel. Musicmasters MMD-60141-F. [9:16] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in E-Flat, K. 563 – Henning Kraggerud, v; Lars Anders Tomter, vi; Christoph Richter, vc. Naxos 8.572258. [46:53] 3:00 George Butterworth Two English Idylls—St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner.

London 421391-2. [9:44] Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll – Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch/Christian Thielemann.

DG 469008-2. [19:16] Nikolai Medtner Sonata-Idylle in G, Op. 56 – Marc-André Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67221/4 (4). [11:18] George Frideric Handel Judas Maccabaeus: Sing unto God; Hallelujah, Amen – Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. Sony

MDK-48296. [5:22] 4:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; New York Phil/Kurt Masur.

DG 471349-2. [48:01] 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, Autumn – Adrian Chandler, v; La Serenissima. Avie AV-2344.

[12:08] Astor Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons in Buenos Aires): Otoño Porteño (Autumn) – Daniel Barenboim, p; Rodolfo Mederos, bandoneon; Hector Console, db. Teldec 13474-2.

[4:49] Lawrence Ashmore Four Seasons (Suite on English Folksongs): 3rd mvt, Autumn – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble. RCA 60437-2.

[4:15] Various My Little Dreydl; Candles Burning; Chanukah; Sunrise, Sunset fr Fiddler on the Roof – Rachel Van Voorhees, h. Centaur CRC-2317. [6:21] Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191 – David Mcgill, bn; Cleveland Orch/ Christoph von Dohnànyi.

London 443176-2. [18:18] 6:00 Aaron Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [18:54] Walter Piston Serenata – New York Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3106. [11:59] Copland In Evening Air – Leo Smit, p.

Sony SM2K-66345 (2). [2:55] Copland A Lincoln Portrait – Adlai Stevenson, n; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK-62401. [15:16] Paying tribute here to perhaps Illinois’ most famous citizen, Stevenson was governor of Illinois, ran twice for the presidency, and served as UN ambassador.

7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Matthias Pintsher, conductor; JeanYves Thibaudet, piano – Debussy: Sarabande et Danse.

Ravel: Left-Hand Piano Concerto in D; Daphnis and Chloe. We also hear the symphonic suite from Bernstein’s On the Waterfront film music conducted by James Gaffigan.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Josef Suk

Monday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Boerma Fanfare for A Golden Sky – U of Illinois Wind Sym/Keene.

Mark 4721. [3:00] Morton Gould Lincoln Legend – Nashville Sym/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.55937374 (2). [16:36] Fred Fisher Chicago – Benny Goodman, cl; Chicago Sym/Morton Gould.

CSO CD-90/12 (12). [2:35] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 19075822932. [7:12] 11:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Age of Enlightenment Orch/ Monica Huggett. Virgin Classics 90747-2 (2). [15:30] 12:00 Newscast • Ron Nelson Courtly Airs and Dances – Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin.

Reference RR-76. [12:02] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin John Alden Carpenter Skyscrapers – London Sym/Kenneth Klein.

EMI CDC7-49263-2. [20:57]

All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.

Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

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In the Spotlight

Music for December holidays With Heart and Voice typically plays several weeks’ worth of music for the Advent season leading up to Christmas; this year, each week has its own Advent-related theme.

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, comes early in December this year. Violinist extraordinary Itzhak Perlman presents favorite music for the holiday on his Hanukkah Radio Party, and Candice Agree will feature some related music of the Sephardim on her Baroque&Before series, while Best of Studs Terkel brings back one of his shows for the lights festival. We’ll also be rebroadcasting an edition of The Film Score with Michael Phillips, in which the Chicago Tribune’s movie critic plays a variety of classics from films about winter and its holidays.

With Heart and Voice Sundays, 6:00 am Itzhak Perlman’s Hanukkah Radio Party Monday, December 3, 10:00 pm Baroque&Before with Candice Agree Wednesday, December 5, 10:00 pm Best of Studs Terkel Friday, December 7, 11:00 pm The Film Score with Michael Phillips Monday, December 17, 10:00 pm Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 – Er-Gene Kahng, violin; Janacek Phil/Ryan Cockerham.

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in f minor, Op. 57, Appassionata – Llyr Williams, p. Signum SIGCD-527P. [25:46] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Leo Sowerby Prairie: A Poem for Orchestra – Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman. Cedille 90000033. [16:41] John Williams Lincoln: With Malice Toward None – Dallas Winds/ Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-142. [4:19] Charles Ives Lincoln, the Great Commoner – Nashville Sym & Cho/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559373-74 (2).

[3:39] Various Shehecheyanu; Lo Yisa Goy (Prayer for Peace) – Chicago a cappella/Jonathan Miller. Chicago a cappella CAC 2006, Cedille 90000107. [6:25] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Incidentally Speaking 8:00 Live from WFMT 10:00 Itzahk Perlman’s Hanukkah Radio Party: The famed violinist shares his favorite music for the Jewish Festival of Lights.

11:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg

Tuesday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Antonin Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek. Virgin Classics 907972. [9:22] Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Snowflakes; Waltz of the Flowers; Final Waltz & Apotheosis – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 94571-2. [14:22] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Christoph Willibald Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt.

RCA 63950-2 (2). [7:56] 11:00 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – London Sym/Peter Maag. London 466990-2. [11:55] 12:00 Newscast • Ottorino Respighi Botticelli Triptych – Lausanne Chamber Orch/ Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80309. [18:21] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p.

ArtistLed 19801-2 (2). [12:07] Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op.

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80 (Choral Fantasy) – Prague Phil Cho, Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p.

Sony 88843058862. [18:36] Jean Sibelius The Tempest Suite No. 1 – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference RR-115. [20:06] Lars-Erik Larsson A Winter’s Tale incidental music: Four Vignettes – CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l 5157. [10:02] Hector Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Love scene – Chicago Sym/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDC7-47616-2. [16:52] Fine Arts Calendar • Anonymous Peace and Joy; Drive the Cold Winter Away; Star in the East – Rose Ensemble. Rose Ensemble 00009. [9:38] Charles Tomlinson Griffes Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6 – Drew Petersen, p. Steinway & Sons 30095. [16:37] Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Incidentally Speaking Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg

Wednesday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Yolanda Kondonassis Dream Season – Kondonassis, h.

Telarc 80446. [3:56] Alexander Glazunov The Seasons, Op. 67: Summer and Autumn – Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier. Warner Classics 61434-2. [23:05] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Richard Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan.

EMI CDM7-69019-2. [11:42] 11:00 Claude Debussy Piano Trio in G – Renaud Capuçon, v; Edgar Moreau, vc; Bertrand Chamayou, p. Erato 0190295773960. [20:36] Break 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Flutist Kate Flum and pianist Beilin Han live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vysehrad (The High Castle) – Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek. Decca 4833187. [15:05] Federico Moreno-Torroba Castles of Spain – Christopher Parkening, g. EMI CDC7-49404-2. [9:10] 2:00 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82, original 1915

version – Lahti Sym/Osmo Vänskä. Bis CD-800. [35:16] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, Spring – Isabelle Faust, v; Alexander Melnikov, p. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902025.27 (4). [23:04] Claude Debussy Printemps – Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl.

Naxos 8.572583. [15:18] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Incidentally Speaking 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Adagio, Pastorale, Allegretto-Finale – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 419608-2. [12:41] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365 – Alicia de Larrocha, p; St. Luke’s Orch/André Previn, p. RCA 68044-2. [24:14] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:22] 11:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172 – Guy Fishman, vc; Handel and Haydn Society. New Focus Recordings FCR-915. [17:48] 12:00 Newscast • Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 12—St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner.

Argo 410552-2. [13:42] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin George Frideric Handel Concerto a due cori No. 3 in F – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archive 415129-2. [18:07] Handel Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord; For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Robert Shaw Chorale. RCA 62317-2. [6:40] 2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet #12 in E-Flat, Op 127 – Emerson String Quartet.

DG 447075-2 (7). [36:07] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Gustav Holst St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN-9270. [12:59] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Stephen Varcoe, br;

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Collegium COLCD-121. [11:25] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Incidentally Speaking 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Asher Fisch, conductor; Bella Hristova, violin; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Stuart Skelton, tenor – Foss: Three American Pieces.

Britten: Four Sea Interludes fr Peter Grimes. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde.

Friday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Joaquin Rodrigo Invocación y Danza (Homenaje a Manuel de Falla) – Milos Karadaglic, g.

DG 4810652. [9:14] Manuel de Falla El Amor Brujo Suite – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Hyperion CDA-68177. [17:40] Tomas Luis de Victoria Motet, O magnum mysterium – Cambridge

Singers/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-111. [4:00] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Antonio Vivaldi TwoTrumpet Concerto in C, R. 537 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

Oiseau 410553-2. [8:41] 11:00 Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance at the Village Inn) – Philadelphia Orch/ Eugene Ormandy. CBS MLK-39450. [11:25] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto in G, G. 480 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman. Sony SK-60680. [17:34] Francesco Manfredini Concerto grosso in C, Op. 3/12, Christmas Concerto – I Solisti Italiani.

Denon CO-78912. [9:04] 2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK-47514. [25:49] Leading up to Beethoven’s birthday December 16, we’ll be playing his symphonies.

3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Carl Nielsen Drommen om Glade Jul (Dream of a Merry Christmas); Humoresque-Bagatelles, Op. 11 – Peter Seivewright, p.

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Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 – Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado. DG 447419-2. [19:35] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Incidentally Speaking 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Still Goldberg After All These Years looks at the ongoing influence of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: A 1988 show for Hanukkah

Saturday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s “Trittico” – Placido Domingo (Gianni Schicchi); Amber Wagner (Giorgetta); Stephanie Blythe (Frugola/ Principessa/Zita); Marcelo Alvarez (Luigi); George Gagnidze (Michele); Kristine

Opolais (Suor Angelica); Kristina Mkhitaryan (Lauretta); Atalla Ayan (Rinuccio); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Bertrand de Billy.

4:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite, Op. 56: III. Le Jardin de Dolly; IV. Kitty-Valse – Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. DG 423089-2. [6:00] Claude Debussy Children’s Corner Suite – Ivan Moravec, p. VAI VAIA-1043 (2). [16:55] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Lullabies and other songs for and about children, and for the child who lives inside all of us.

5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 – Montreal Sym/Kent Nagano. Analekta AN2-9150-5 (6). [32:36] Various Huron Carol, “Twas in the Moon of Winter; Oh Chanukah – Chicago A Cappella. Chicago A Cappella CAC-2005. [7:07] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archive 423116-2 (2). [10:30] Various Allon, Gay Bergères; Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming; Break Forth, O Wondrous Heavenly Light – Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Shaw. Telarc CD-80461. [4:00] Michael 2018

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Praetorius Terpsichore: Suite in D – Christopher Parkening, g. EMI CDC5-55052-2. [11:51] Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite – New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MK-44709.

[22:36] Elizabeth Poston Arrangement of My Dancing Day; Angelus ad Virginem; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – King’s College Choir Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks.

EMI CDM5-66244-2. [7:15] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Latin-American classics 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Rabbi Joe Black live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren

Sunday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Advent II, Prophets and Prophecy 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie – Les Siècles/ François-Xavier Roth. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905281. [13:13] Ravel Shéhérazade: La Flute enchantée – Jennifer Larmore, ms; Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar. Cedille 90000104. [3:00] Fernando Sor Variations on a theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Op. 9 – Cavatina Duo. Bridge 9448. [8:02] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 – Claire Marchand, f; Valérie Milot, h; Les Violons du Roy/ Bernard Labadie. Analekta AN2-9990. [28:22] Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica – New York Phil/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK-35883. [52:35] 2:00 Francis Poulenc Piano and Wind Sextet – Stuttgart Wind Quintet; DR Davies, p. MD+G L-3287. [18:22] Various Lucia di Lammermoor: Sextet; Il Trovatore: Miserere – Sutherland, Pavarotti, Royal Opera House Cho and Orch/ Bonynge. London 443814-2.

[8:40] Giuseppe Verdi String Quartet in e – Brodsky Quartet.

Chandos CHAN-10761. [23:42] 3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Four Duets, BWV 802-5 – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67306.

[10:43] Bach Magnificat in D, BWV 243, with Christmas interpolations – Sampson, Danz, Padmore, Nock; Ghent Collegium Vocale, Orch/Philippe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901781.82 (2). [34:10] Antonio Vivaldi Il Giustino, R. 717: Aria, Vedrò con mio diletto – Nicola Benedetti, 22

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v; Scottish Chamber Orch/ Christian Curnyn. London B0016412-02. [4:20] 4:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, Egyptian – Jean-Philippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/André Previn. EMI CDFB5-73356-2 (2). [28:58] Various Summer in the High Grassland; Gallop of A Thousand Horses – Silk Road Ensemble/Yo-Yo Ma, vc. Sony SK-93962. [9:40] Saint-Saëns The Swan; Havanaise – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Philippe Entremont, Gaby Casadesus, Kathryn Stott, p’s. Sony 93927. [11:59] 5:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Claude Debussy La boîte à joujoux – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1010. [32:29] Gabriel Fauré Nocturne #13 in b, Op. 119 – Vladimir Horowitz, p. RCA 60377-2.

[7:25] Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. DG 4776198. [12:18] Alexander Borodin Quartet No. 2 in D: III. Nocturne – Borodin String Quartet.

Teldec 94572-2. [8:37] Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite – Berlin Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich. DG 469271-2.

[20:07] Leonard Bernstein Mass: Three Meditations – Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 437952-2 (2). [16:52] 7:00 Franz Schubert Guitar Quartet, D. 96 – JoAnn Falletta, g; Alexa Still, f; Paul Neubauer, vi; Ronald Thomas, vc. Koch 3-7404-2H1. [29:08] Beethoven Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33 – Pavel Kolesnikov, p. [21:03] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Neeme Järvi, conductor; Robert Chen, violin – Pärt: Fratres.

Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 1.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral. We also hear Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Josef Suk

Monday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Various He Watching Over Israel; The Shepherds’ Farewell – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw.

Telarc CD-80119. [7:16] Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64 – Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington.

Sony SK-80505. [27:41] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Royal Concertgebouw

Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

London 421295-2. [10:13] 11:00 George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F – Xiayin Wang, p; Royal Scottish National Orch/Peter Oundjian. Chandos CHSA-5128. [31:53] 12:00 Newscast • Mikhail IppolitovIvanov Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, Op. 10 – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Telarc CD-80378. [20:13] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Christoph Willibald Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Chen Yi, v; Lars Hannibal, g.

Our Recordings 6.220602. [6:42] Alan Hovhaness Meditation on Orpheus, Op. 155 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3168. [12:04] Bonfa Black Orpheus: Manha da Carnaval – Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; Jay Berliner, g. High Harmony HHCD-1001. [3:29] Gluck Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Furies – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437782-2. [4:04] 2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60 – Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Bruno Weil. Tafelmusik Media TMK-1023 (2). [32:12] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Josquin Des Prez Pater noster/Ave Maria – Cappella Amsterdam/ Daniel Reuss. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902620. [7:05] George Frideric Handel Terpsichore: Ballet Music – English Baroque Soloists/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Erato ECD-88084. [11:03] Franz Biebl Ave Maria – Cantus. Cantus Recordings CTS-1211. [7:11] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: In Fit for A King, Bill looks at composers from Handel and Haydn to William Walton – and their royal patrons.

8:00 Live from WFMT 10:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg

Tuesday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Ludwig van Beethoven O Come All Ye Faithful after Piano Sonata in c, Pathetique – Jeffrey Biegel, p. Koch KICCD-7737.

[5:38] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 – Prague Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras.

Telarc CD-80165. [28:25] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Serge Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87: Act 1 excerpts (Pt

1) – London Sym/André Previn.

EMI CDD7-64289-2. [12:28] 11:00 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat – English String Orch/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI-5141. [12:17] 12:00 Newscast • Nicolai RimskyKorsakov Concerto for Clarinet and Military Band – Olivier Patey, cl; Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy/Arjan Tien. Channel Classics CCS-40818. [7:57] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 – Berlin Phil/Sir Simon Rattle.

Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven: Complete Symphonies. [30:32] 2:00 Samuel Barber Essay No. 1, Op. 12 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.559024. [8:11] Alfred Burt Suite of Carols – Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops/John Williams.

Philips 416287-2. [12:51] Samuel Barber Souvenirs, Op. 28 – Zofo Duet. Sono Luminus DSL-92167. [17:30] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Carl Nielsen Little Suite for Strings, Op. 1 – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 60439-2. [14:47] Gordon Jacob Mini-Concerto for Clarinet and Strings – Charles Russo, cl; Chamber Orch/David Gilbert.

Premier PRCD-1052. [9:50] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: In Fit for A King, Bill looks at composers from Handel and Haydn to William Walton – and their royal patrons.

8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg

Wednesday 12 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Johann Strauss II Myrtle Blossoms Waltz, Op. 395 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [9:24] Richard Strauss Burleske – Lang Lang, p; Vienna Phil/ Christoph Eschenbach. Sony 88843070972. [22:24] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in C, K. 296 – Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p. DG B0007102-02 (4). [15:39] 11:00 Arturo Márquez Danzón #2 – Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel.

DG B0013458-02. [9:49] 12:00 Newscast

12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Cellist Parry Karp and pianist Jeffrey Sykes live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Franz Schubert Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589, Little – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado.

DG 423651-2 (5). [31:49] 2:00 Richard Wagner Rienzi Overture – Canadian Brass, Berlin Phil, Bayreuth Festival Brass/Edo de Waart. Philips 434109-2. [7:47] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Bridge 9250. [25:03] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals – Santa Cecilia Academy Orch/ Antonio Pappano. Warner 0190295755553. [24:08] Nigel Westlake Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra): Penguin Ballet – John Williams, g; London Sym/Paul Daniel. Sony SK-53361. [3:04] Various Carol of the Birds; A Hymn to the Virgin – Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. Telarc CD-80461. [7:31] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill

McGlaughlin: In Fit for A King, Bill looks at composers from Handel and Haydn to William Walton – and their royal patrons.

8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 13 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Georges Bizet The Pearl Fishers: Duet, Au fond du temple saint – Jussi Bjoerling, t; Robert Merrill, br; Orch/ Renato Cellini. RCA 230412. [4:34] Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 – Chicago Sym/ Jean Martinon. Sony Classical 88843062752 (10). [17:38] Adolphe-Charles Adam O Holy Night – Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter.

Collegium COLCD-111. [6:35] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Daniel-François Auber Fra Diavolo Overture—St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner.

Philips 411450-2. [7:38] 11:00 Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Artemis String Quartet. Virgin 2018

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Classics 395143-2. [28:01] 12:00 Newscast • Georg Philipp Telemann Tafelmusik, Bk 3: Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat – Soloists, Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4). [15:15] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. DG 447400-2. [38:39] 2:00 Josef Suk Meditation on an old Czech hymn, St. Wenceslas – Chicago Sym/Rafael Kubelik.

CSO 1992 . [6:45] Carols International Good King Wenceslas; The Three Kings – Wells and Salisbury Cathedral Choirs. ASV CDQS-6077.

[6:18] Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Christopher Parkening, g; St. Martin’s Academy/Iona Brown. EMI CDC5-55052-2.

[10:55] Warlock Bethlehem Down – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Coro COR-16146.

[4:50] Gerald Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 – Joshua Pierce, p; Slovak Radio Sym/Kirk Trevor.

Kleos Classics KL-5137. [8:56] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 – Jaime Martin, f; Kenneth Sillito, v; St. Martin’s Academy/ Murray Perahia, p. Sony 824292 (3). [21:13] Noel Regney Do You Hear What I Hear – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Jurij Konje, per. Telarc CD-80446. [3:40] George Frideric Handel Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, Welsh triple h.

RCA-DHM 77366-2. [13:46] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: In Fit for A King, Bill looks at composers from Handel and Haydn to William Walton – and their royal patrons.

8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Hans Graf, conductor; Truls Mork, cello – Barber: Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance. Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante, Op. 125. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, From the New World.

Friday 14 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Leopold Mozart Musical Sleigh Ride – Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp. RCA 61373-2. [1:50] Wolfgang

Amadeus Mozart German Dance, K. 605/3, Sleigh Ride – Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado.

DG 431628-2. [2:25] Frederick Delius Sleigh Ride – English Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDM5-65067-2.

[6:29] Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride—St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68048-2. [2:50] Jacques Offenbach Die Rheinnixen: Overture, Ballet and Grande Valse – Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski.

Archive 4776403. [14:51] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Antony Holborne Renaissance Suite – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble.

Sony SBK-63061. [11:45] 11:00 Maurice Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) – Prague Philharmonia/ Emmanuel Villaume. Warner 0190295625931. [16:34] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Serge Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets; Friar Laurence, Mercutio; Dance of the Girls with Lilies – Nikolai Demidenko, p. Hyperion CDA-67018. [13:17] Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0062. [20:25] 2:00 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E, R. 270, Il Riposo, per il Natale – Europa Galante/ Fabio Biondi, v. Virgin Classics 45424-2. [7:15] Arcangelo Corelli Variations in d minor on La Follia, Op. 5 No. 12 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p. EMI CDC7-548822. [10:40] Johann Sebastian Bach Two-Violin Concerto in d minor, BWV 1043 – Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, v’s; New York Phil/Zubin Mehta.

CBS MK-36692. [16:22] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 – Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Archive 439900-2 (5). [24:13] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: In Fit for A King, Bill looks at composers from Handel and Haydn to William Walton – and their royal patrons.

8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Discussing and sampling Douglas Cuomo’s music drama Arjuna’s Dilemma, which is based on the Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita and

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11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Celebrating Beethoven’s Birthday in 1968

Saturday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Verdi’s “La Traviata” – Diana Damrau (Violetta); Juan Diego Florez (Alfredo); Quinn Kelsey (Giorgio Germont); Metropolita pm.

3:35 Weekend Music on WFMT • Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: Excerpts – Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer. Channel Classics CCSSA-37418. [13:49] Jacques Ibert Suite Élisabéthaine for A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark.

Newport Classic NPD-85531.

[23:42] Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: Finale, Through the house give glimmering light – Heather Harper, s; Janet Baker, ms; Philharmonia & Cho/Otto Klemperer. EMI CDM7-64144-2. [4:48] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: The art of baritone Ettore Bastianini 5:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Giuseppe Tartini Pastorale in A – National Arts Center Orch/ Pinchas Zukerman, v. Analekta AN2-8783. [12:07] Hear Zukerman’s daughter Natalia on tonight’s live Folkstage at 8:00. Vincent Persichetti Pastoral – Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet. Boston Records 1063. [5:45] Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia (Pastoral Symphony) – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/ René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901630/1 (2). [7:48] Bach Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901578/9 (2). [22:47] Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor, Op. 37 – Paul Lewis, p; BBC Sym/ Jiri Belohlavek. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902053.55 (3). [36:04] John Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol, Nativity Carol, Sans Day Carol, What Sweeter Music – Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton.

Hyperion CDA-67245. [14:49] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Fiesta Goes to the Movies.

8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich 26

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Warren: Natalia Zukerman live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren

Sunday 16 Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Advent III, Song of Mary 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 – Emanuel Ax, p; San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. San Francisco Symphony 0037-2.

[34:20] Mayseder Potpourrie on Themes of Beethoven and Rossini – Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g. Our Recordings 6.220601. [9:02] Traditional What Child Is This? – Cambridge Singers, Orch/John Rutter. Collegium CSCD-503.

[2:50] Beethoven What Child is This? (after Beethoven’s Sonata in c#, Op 27/1) – Jeffrey Biegel, p. Koch KIC-CD-7737. [5:31] 1:00 Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet, Op. 43 – Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet. Boston Records BR-1062. [21:49] Beethoven Quintet in C, Op. 29 – Tokyo String Quartet; Pinchas Zukerman, vi. RCA 61284-2 (3). [34:13] 2:00 Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book 2 – Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos. Telarc CD-80470 (2). [21:43] Traditional Four Spanish Carols (Fum, Fum; Hacia Belen; Ya Viene; La Virgen Lava Pañales) – Robert Shaw Chorale. RCA DCM21217 (2). [5:49] Joaquin Turina Piano Trio #1 in D, Op. 35 – Lincoln Trio. Cedille 90000150 (2). [21:51] Marcel SamuelRousseau Variations pastorales sur un vieux Noël – Nicanor Zabaleta, h. DG 2531051.

[8:00] Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus – Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel. Vanguard SVC-43.

[12:39] Beethoven Variations on Mozart’s Bei Männern, WoO 46 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. CBS MK-44796. [9:43] 3:40 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125, Choral – Lorengar, Minton, Burrows, Talvela, Chicago Sym & Cho/ Sir Georg Solti in 1972.

London 4759090 (6). [76:32] 5:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 4 in f, Op. 52 – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 19075822932. [10:19] Witold Lutoslawski Dance Preludes – Richard Stoltzman,

cl; Warsaw Phil/Lawrence Leighton Smith. RCA 63836-2.

[11:25] Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN-8556. [29:27] 6:00 Francis Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noël – Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison.

Naxos 8.572978. [11:08] Darius Milhaud Suite provençale, Op. 152b – Toulouse Capitole Orch/ Michel Plasson. DG 435437-2.

[14:13] Astor Piazzolla Tango Suite – Yo-Yo Ma, vc, w/assisting artists. Sony SK-63122.

[9:51] Johann Sebastian Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake); Aria fr Goldberg Variations; Sheep May Safely Graze – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman.

Sony SK-60681. [11:56] 7:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight – Pavel Kolesnikov, p. Hyperion CDA68237. [15:00] Beethoven Piano Trio No. 6 in B-Flat, Op. 97, Archduke – Alexander Melnikov, fp; Isabelle Faust, v; Jean-Guihen Queyras, vc.

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902125.

[37:26] Faust is a guest soloist on our upcoming Chicago Symphony broadcast.

8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Emmanuel Krivine, conductor; Isabelle Faust, violin; Paul Jacobs, organ – Brahms: Tragic Overture. Schumann: Violin Concerto in d. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 78, Organ. We also hear Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Ernest Bloch

Monday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Whitacre Hope, Faith, Life, Love; Her Sacred Spirit Soars; Lux Aurumque – Polyphony/Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA-67543.

[13:06] Franz Lehár Gold and Silver Waltz; Ballsirenen Waltz fr The Merry Widow – Vienna Phil/Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

DG 463185-2. [16:09] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 6.110115. [10:29] 11:00 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for brass choir – BBC Concert Orch Brass/Leonard Slatkin.

Naxos 8.559621. [11:41] 12:00 Newscast • Claude Debussy Suite, Pour le piano – Paul Crossley, p.

Sony SK-53973. [13:39] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Ralph Vaughan Williams The First Nowell – Soloists; London Phil & Cho/ Vladimir Jurowski. LPO 0050.

[28:19] Edward Elgar String Serenade in e, Op. 20 – London Sinfonia/Sir John Barbirolli.

EMI CDC7-47537-2. [13:04] 2:00 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, Trout – Alfred Brendel, p; Cleveland Quartet; James van Demark, db.

Philips 400078-2. [38:30] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • AdolpheCharles Adam Giselle Suite – Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan.

London 473171-2 (2). [12:33] Various O Holy Night; Adeste Fideles – Luciano Pavarotti, t; Wandsworth School Boys Choir, National Phil/Samuel Adler. London 414044-2. [7:45] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor music 8:00 Live from WFMT: Lutenist Joel Spears and friends will perform an early 17th-century Christmas oratorio from Rome.

10:00 Michael Phillips, film critic of the Chicago Tribune, discusses and samples winter-holiday music from film classics.

11:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg

Tuesday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Traditional The Twelve Days of Christmas – Joan Sutherland, s; Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge. London 4330102. [3:10] Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz of the Snowflakes; Waltz of the Flowers; Final Waltz & Apotheosis – New York Phil/ Kurt Masur. Teldec 94571-2.

[14:22] Traditional Oh Come Emmanuel; La Cloche de Noel; Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming; Oh Come All Ye Faithful – Canadian Brass.

Philips 426835-2. [9:58] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Rafal Blechacz, p. DG 4795534. [12:22] 11:00 Various Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen; Weihnachten/ Im Balladenton – Calmus Ensemble. Carus 83.432.

[5:31] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 1—St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff.

Teldec 18970-2 (2). [14:56] 12:00 Newscast • Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Overture – Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel.

DG 435335-2 (2). [8:27] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Rome version 1830 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/ Riccardo Chailly. London 4781525. [11:25] Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concertino in E-Flat, Op. 26 – David Shifrin, cl; Orch di Padova e del Veneto/David Golub. Delos DE-3220. [10:06] Bach Cantata No. 1, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern: Opening chorus – Vienna Boys’ Choir, Cho Viennensis, Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Warner Classics 68081. [9:36] 2:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat, K. 595 – Kremerata Baltica/Yevgeny Kissin, p. EMI 26645-2. [29:34] Giuseppe Torelli Concerto grosso in g, Op. 8/6, Christmas Concerto – Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie.

Dorian DOR-90012. [6:01] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Thomas Tallis Gloria fr Missa Puer Natus Est – Stile Antico. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807517. [9:28] Gustav Holst The Morning of the Year: Dances – London Sym/David Atherton. Lyrita SRCD.209. [13:45] Various Green Grow’th the Holly; In the Bleak Midwinter – Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907079. [7:08] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor music 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg

Wednesday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Notturna – Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/ Isaac Stern, v. Sony SK-62693.

[12:31] Various Impressions on a French Noel (Fauré); Serenade for a Christmas Night (Susa) – Philip Brunelle, o; Lynne Aspnes, h; David John Olsen, vibraphone. Virgin Classics 91088-2. [12:11] Traditional Lullay My Child/ This Enders Night; Star in the East – Anonymous 4. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807453. [7:02] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Engelbert

Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime – Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler.

RCA 61685-2. [9:37] 11:00 Noëls du Monde Ancien Il est né le divin enfant; Sussex Carol; The Old Yeare Now; Guillo prends ton tambourin – Apollo’s Fire voices & instruments.

Eclectra ECCD-2041. [7:48] 12:00 Newscast 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: The Merz Trio (piano-violin-cello) live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Frederick Delius Two Aquarelles to be sung of a summer night on the water – English Chamber Orch/ Benjamin Britten. London 425160-2. [5:19] Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 – Trinity College Cho, Cambridge/ Richard Marlow; Frances Kelly, h. Conifer 51287-2. [23:01] 2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Suite of excerpts – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 68530-2. [40:12] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Serge Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87: The Prince Finds Cinderella; Slow Waltz; Amoroso – London Sym/André Previn.

EMI CDD7-64289-2. [11:09] Various Blessed Is the Man with bells; God Is with Us – Estonian Phil Chamber Cho/ Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907410. [8:31] Ottorino Respighi Six Little Pieces – Mary Ann & Tony Lenti, p.

ACA CM-20009-9. [10:55] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor music 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: A special two-hour edition for Christmas

Thursday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Victor Herbert Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys—St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 7716-2. [3:42] Herbert Cello Concerto No. 2 in e, Op. 30 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York Phil/ Kurt Masur. Sony SK-67173.

[20:42] Provençal Traditional Suite of Carols for instruments – Patrick Vaillant Ensemble.

L’Empreinte Digitale ED-13113.

[5:57] Michael Praetorius Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen – Vienna Boys’ Cho. RCA 68150-2. [3:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release,

plus: Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 437523-2. [14:43] 11:00 Leopold Mozart Toy Symphony in G – I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky.

Chandos CHAN-9098. [9:36] 12:00 Newscast • Marc-Antoine Charpentier Pastorale de Noël – Ensemble Correspondances/Sébastian Daucé. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902247. [8:12] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Gioachino Rossini La Boutique fantasque—St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 4204852. [20:34] Various All Bells in Paradise; Ding Dong Merrily on High; Carol of the Bells – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir/Andrew Carwood.

Decca 4789225. [8:59] 2:00 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6/8, Christmas Concerto – Les Violins du Roy/Bernard Labadie. Dorian DOR-90180. [13:11] Ottorino Respighi Botticelli Triptych—St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff.

Teldec 18970-2 (2). [19:16] Various March of the Three Kings; We Three Kings of Orient Are – Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. Telarc CD-80377. [4:25] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466 – András Schiff, p; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica/Sándor Végh.

London 430510-2. [31:16] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor music 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: KenDavid Masur, conductor; Todd Levy, clarinet; Robert Levine, viola; MSO Chorus – AR Thomas: Radiant Circles.

Copland: Clarinet Concerto.

Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2.

Friday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Various Huron Carol (‘Twas in the Moon of Winter); Noel nouvelet – Chanticleer. Teldec 85555-2.

[6:56] Astor Piazzolla Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons in Buenos Aires): Invierno Porteño (Winter) – Jason Vieaux, g; Julian Labro, bandoneon; Far

Cry Chamber Orch. Azica ACD71270. [7:48] Various Sleigh Ride; Un Sospiro/In the Bleak Midwinter – Jeffrey Biegel, p. Steinway 30005. [7:29] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Gustav Holst A Winter Idyll – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572914. [9:01] 11:00 Otto Nicolai Weihnachtsouvertüre (Christmas Overture) – Bavarian Radio Cho, Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Virgin Classics 91079-2. [10:51] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Lars-Erik Larsson A Winter’s Tale incidental music: Four Vignettes – Helsingborg Sym/Andrew Manze. CPO 777671-2. [10:19] Various The Holly and the Ivy; In the Bleak Midwinter – King’s College Choir Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks. EMI CDM5-66241-2.

[7:43] Emile Waldteufel Les Patineurs (The Skaters) Waltz – Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel.

Sony 88985376182. [7:55] 2:00 Tchaikosvky Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13, Winter Dreams – Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti.

EMI CZS7-67742-2 (5). [42:39] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Johann Pez Concerto pastorale in F – Les Violins du Roy/Bernard Labadie. Dorian DOR-90180.

[17:41] O Magnum Mysterium

by Victoria and Lauridsen – Handel and Haydn Society.

Avie AV-0039. [11:02] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Tudor music 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead: Vanishing New York looks at composers who flourished in the 1970s and Eighties but were taken too soon.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Christmas Memories

Saturday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” – Eva-Maria Westbroek (Minnie); Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson); Zeljko Lucic (Jack Rance); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Marco Armiliato.

3:20 Weekend Music on WFMT • Franz Liszt Weihnachtsbaum: 2018

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In the Spotlight

Christian Thielemann

More Music for the December Holidays Larry Johnson will feature holiday music recorded by Kirsten Flagstad, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Bryn Terfel on Arias and Songs, and he’ll end the year with a potpourri of Viennese operetta highlights. On Fiesta, Elbio Barilari features Spanish and LatinAmerican Christmas carols. WFMT’s late critic-at-large, Andrew Patner, was fond of Eastern Orthodox church music, and we revisit a special edition of his Critical Thinking series devoted to it. The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols for Christmas has been presented at King’s College of Cambridge University since 1918: 100 years ago. Readers share texts from the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels, then the choir responds with carols, which each year includes one newly composed. This live broadcast is a WFMT tradition.

Another is the New Year’s morning airing of New Year’s in Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic, this year conducted by Christian Thielemann.

Arias and Songs Saturdays, December 22, 29, 4:30 pm Fiesta Saturday, December 22, 7:00 pm Festival of Lessons and Carols Monday, December 24, 9:00 am Critical Thinking Monday, December 24, 10:00 pm New Year’s in Vienna Tuesday, January 1, 10:00 am

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Part One – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 454140-2. [21:55] Traditional I Saw Three Ships; O Tannenbaum; Allon gay bergeres; The Holly and the Ivy – Robert Shaw Chorale.

RCA DCM2-1217 (2). [7:51] Franz Liszt Weihnachtsbaum: Part Two – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 454140-2. [17:04] Various Personent Hodie (On This Day Earth Shall Ring); O Come All Ye Faithful – King’s College Choir Cambridge/ Sir David Willcocks. EMI CDM5-66241-2. [7:23] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Music for the holidays performed by operatic greats 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Maurice Ravel La Valse – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin.

Naxos 8.572888. [12:47] MarcAntoine Charpentier Noël sur les instruments – Masques/ Olivier Fortin. Analekta AN29908. [15:06] Gabriel Pierné Divertissements sur un Thème Pastoral – BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena. Chandos CHAN-10633.

[11:55] Luigi Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango: Finale, Grave assai; Fandango – Milos Karadaglic, g; English Chamber Orch/Paul Watkins. DG B0019383-02.

[4:02] Franz Schubert Mille cherubini in coro – Plàcido Domingo, t; Milan Sym/Marcello Viotti. DG 471575-2. [3:59] 6:00 Anonymous To Drive the Cold Winter Away: Festivities in the Tavern—St. George’s Canzona/John Sothcott.

Vanguard VSD-71261. [8:03] Traditional The Twelve Days of Christmas – Elmer Iseler Singers & Canadian Brass. Philips 426835-2. [7:15] Anonymous To Drive the Cold Winter Away: A Medieval Holiday— St. George’s Canzona/John Sothcott. Vanguard VSD-71261.

[14:33] Conni Ellisor Blackberry Winter – Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner Classics 46739-2. [16:55] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Latin-American Christmas carols (villancicos) 8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Reggie Harris live from Levin Studio 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren

Sunday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: A Christmas Festival 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Pietro Yon Gesu Bambino – Luciano Pavarotti,

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t; Wandsworth School Boys Choir, National Phil/Adler.

London 414044-2. [4:28] Eugene Gigout Rhapsody on Noëls – Richard Marlow, o. Conifer 51754-2 (2). [5:49] Felix Mendelssohn Hark the Herald Angels Sing – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir/Andrew Carwood. Decca 4789225.

[3:04] Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur. Warner Classics 627692 (5). [28:44] Various Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring/Ding, Dong, Merrily on High – Jeffrey Biegel, p. Steinway 30005. [4:32] George Frideric Handel Messiah: Part 1 (Christmas) with Hallelujah Chorus – K Gauvin, R Blaze, R Müller, B Polegato, Tafelmusik Baroque Orch & Chamber Choir/I Taurins. Tafelmusik TMK-1016 (2). [57:01] Peter Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 – Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9324. [19:04] Various A Christmas Jig; Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen; In dulci jubilo; To drive the cold winter away – Baltimore Consort instrumentalists. Dorian DOR-90198. [11:59] Robert Russell Bennett Christmas Medley No. 3 – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80087. [12:46] Gian-Carlo Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors: Orchestral suite – Atlanta Sym/Robert Shaw.

Turnabout QTV-S-34647/48.

[6:15] Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland – Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-162 (2). [15:06] Edmund Pascha Slovak Christmas Mass: Gloria – Taverner Consort, Cho, & Players/Andrew Parrott. EMI CDC7-54529-2. [11:51] HelyHutchinson Carol Symphony – Pro Arte Orch/Barry Rose.

EMI ESD-7021. [24:01] Ralph Vaughan Williams Christmas cantata, Hodie – E Gale, R Tear, S Roberts, LSO Chorus, St. Paul’s Cathedral Choristers, London Sym/Richard Hickox. EMI CDC7-54128-2. [57:42] Evening Music on WFMT • Jacques Offenbach Gaîté Parisienne Suite – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. MMG MWCD-7119. [23:09] Anonymous Christmas Day Mass, Notre Dame School: Gradual, Viderunt omnes – Ensemble Organum/Marcel Péres. Harmonia Mundi HMX290649/54 (6). [7:44] Marcel Tournier Six Noels pour la Harpe – Emily Mitchell, h. John Marks Records JMR-20. [9:10]

Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in f, Winter – Amsterdam Guitar Trio.

RCA 61652-2. [8:58] Various Once in Royal David’s City; O Little Town of Bethlehem – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir/Andrew Carwood. Decca 4789225.

[6:43] Meyer Winter’s Chill – Modern Mandolin Quartet; Edgar Meyer, db. Windham Hill 11108-2. [5:29] John Rutter The Lord Bless You and Keep You; A Gaelic Blessing – Polyphony/Stephen Layton.

Hyperion CDA-66947. [4:37] Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival – BBC Concert Orch/ Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559621. [9:03] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik – Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov.

RCA 60066-2. [19:52] 7:00 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, Great – Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti.

London 400082-2. [55:11] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Alain Altinoglu, conductor; vocal soloists & CSO Chorus – Prokofiev: Suite fr The Love for Three Oranges. Poulenc: Gloria. Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass. We also hear Ravel’s Mother Goose conducted

by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by Ernest Bloch

Monday 24 Christmas Eve 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Live from King’s College, Cambridge University: The King’s College Chapel Choir in its annual Festival of Lessons and Carols.

10:30 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Frederick Delius Sleigh Ride – Royal Phil/Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI CDS7-47509-8 (2). [5:25] Franz Gruber Silent Night – Giovanni De Chiaro, g. Centaur CRC-2101. [5:10] 12:00 Newscast • Christopher Rouse Karolju – Philharmonia Choir, BBC Sym/David Zinman.

RCA 11561-2. [29:25] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Frank Bridge Christmas dance, Sir Roger de Coverley – English Northern Philharmonia/David LloydJones. Naxos 8.555068. [4:29] Various Ecce Novum; The First Nowell – Choir of Royal Holloway; 12 Ensemble/Ola Gjeilo, p. Decca 4816326.

[8:23] Johann Melchior Molter Concerto pastorale in G – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.

Archive 435262-2. [6:46] Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in d, Op. 47 – Gidon Kremer, v; Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti.

EMI CDFB5-69334-2 (2). [31:34] 2:00 Ottorino Respighi Lauda per la Natività del Signore – Valente, Forrester, Philadelphia Singers, Orch/Michael Korn.

RCA 7787-2. [26:36] 3:00 Various Sinfonia fr Christmas Oratorio; Pifa fr Messiah – Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 410179-2. [7:57] Various Ave Maria; Comfort Ye…Ev’ry Valley – Juan Diego Florez, t; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Michele Mariotti. London B0014875-02. [11:20] Various Parade of the Wooden Soldiers; Three Nutcracker dances; The Toy Trumpet – Boston Pops/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61685-2.

[12:16] English Christmas O Little Town of Bethlehem; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – St. John’s College Choir.

London 421022-2. [6:56] Traditional The Twelve Days of Christmas – Te Kanawa, s; London Voices, Philharmonia/ Davis. London 414632-2. [4:47] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 8:00 Gabriel Pierné Les Enfants à Bethléem – Soloists; French Radio Orch, French Radio Cho’s/Lasserre de Rozel.

Erato 45008-2. [56:39] 9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantabile in G, BWV 1019a – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Jory Vinikour, hc. Cedille CDR 90000177. [8:22] Peter Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Pittsburgh Sym/Lorin Maazel. Sony S2K-93927 (2). [8:22] Joaquín Rodrigo Zarabanda Lejana y Villancico – LSO/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CZS7-67435-2 (4). [9:22] Antonio Vivaldi Gloria in D, R. 589 – Dawn Upshaw, other soloists, Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw.

Telarc CD-80194. [29:38] 10:00 Encore Broadcast: Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner – Andrew explores the rich world of Eastern Orthodox church music for the Christmas season.

11:00 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for woodwinds – BBC Concert Orch Winds/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559621.

[10:44] Christmas Silver Bells; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Eaken Piano Trio. Naxos 8.554099.

[5:38] Traditional Carols and Choruses for Christmas: Ding

Dong Merrily on High; Joy to the World; Silent Night; Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light; Caroling, Caroling; Personent Hodie; Hallelujah – Choral Guild of Atlanta. Sony SFK-62698. [14:28] Giuseppe Sammartini Concerto grosso in g, Op. 5/6 (Christmas) – Les Violins Du Roy/Bernard Labadie.

Dorian DOR-90180. [13:40] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361: Adagio – Marlboro Festival Ensemble. Sony MFK-48259.

[6:33] Various O du fröhliche!; Stille Nacht – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia/ Sir CharlesMackerras; Julian Bream, g. EMI CDM7-63574-2. [5:48]

Tuesday 25 Christmas Day 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for strings – BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559621. [12:20] Medieval Carol Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse – Anonymous 4. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907099. [4:50] 11:00 Elizabeth DiSavino Suite of Three German Carols – Solid Brass. Dorian DOR-90008.

[4:44] George Frideric Handel Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord; For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Robert Shaw Chorale. RCA 62317-2. [6:40] 12:00 Newscast • Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata – Boston Cecilia & Lenox Brass.

Koch 3-7180-2. [9:45] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6/8, Christmas Concerto – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 410179-2.

[12:50] Various I Wonder as I Wander; It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; In the Bleak Midwinter – Handel & Haydn Society/Harry Christophers.

Coro COR-16117. [9:55] Various Settings of Nun komm der Heiden Heiland and Vom Himmel hoch – Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman.

MOB MB-109. [10:23] Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807461.62 (2). [14:43] 2:00 Morton Gould Serenade of Carols – New Philharmonia/ Morton Gould. RCA 7931-2.

[13:38] Traditional Dormi, non piangere; Canta, rie, bebe – Choir. Philips PHS-600036.

[5:54] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 2 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47116-2. [17:49] 3:00 Various Quittez pasteurs; Huron Carol; Patapan; Candlelight Carol – Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley; Jacqueline Kerrod, h. Seraphic Fire Media.

[13:34] Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 22 – Andrew von Oeyen, p; Prague Philharmonia/ Emmanuel Villaume. Warner 0190295908485. [23:59] Adolphe Adam O Holy Night – St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir/Andrew Carwood.

Decca 4789225. [5:24] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg

Wednesday 26 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op. 3, No. 4 – Academy of Ancient Music/ Richard Egarr. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907415. [12:55] Handel Water Music: Allegro-AndanteAllegro da capo – Summit Brass. Summit DCD-138. [7:08] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite – Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell.

Telarc CD-80099. [10:44] 11:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 – Mahler Chamber Orch/ Leif Ove Andsnes, p. Sony 88725-42058-2. [32:44] 12:00 Newscast • Rebecca Clarke Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale for Viola and Clarinet – Patricia McCarty, vi; Peter Hadcock, cl.

Northeastern NR-212. [14:43] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Melos Ensemble. EMI CDFB572646-2 (2). [10:39] Claude Debussy La Mer – Lucerne Festival Orch/Claudio Abbado.

DG B0003397-02 (2). [24:04] 2:00 Giovanni Gabrieli Motet, Angelus ad pastores ait – Music of the Baroque Choir/Edward Zelnis. MOB 2006. [4:16] Arthur Sullivan Ballet, Victoria and Merrie England: Scene VI, Christmas Revels – Dublin RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny.

Marco Polo 8.223677. [13:35] Gerald Finzi Violin Concerto – Tasmin Little, v; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN-9888. [20:02] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331 – Alfred Brendel, p.

Philips 462903-2. [22:18] Josef Lanner Die Mozartisten Waltz – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. DG 4775566 (2). [9:38] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 27 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Franz Schubert Rondo in A, D. 951 – Claire Aebersold, Ralph Neiweem, p. Summit DCD-339. [12:05] Egberto Gismonti 7 Anéis – Brasil Guitar Duo. CAG Records CAG-119. [8:21] Johann Sebastian Bach Two-Clavier Concerto No. 1 in c, BWV 1060 – Christophe Rousset, hc; Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood, hc.

Oiseau 421500-2. [13:53] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Violin, Two Oboes, Bassoon, & Two Horns, R. 569 – Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier.

Atma ACD2-2602. [12:02] 11:00 Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite – Finnish Radio Sym/Jukka-Pekka Saraste. RCA 7765-2. [14:27] 12:00 Newscast • Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in G, H XVI:6 – Marc-André Hamelin, p.

Hyperion CDA-67882 (2). [15:58] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Anonymous Rossignol; The Nightingale; In Midst of Woods/The Blackbird; Goddesses; La Bounette – Piffaro. Navona Records NV5823. [12:04] Igor Stravinsky Le chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale) – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos D/CD-3051. [20:53] 2:00 Linkola Music for the film The Snow Queen: Kai and Gerda on the Beach through Gerda’s Journey – Orch/Jukka Linkola. Finlandia FACD-920.

[14:06] Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra – Leipzig 2018

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Radio Sym/Max Pommer.

Ondine ODE-937-2. [17:11] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 – Philharmonia/ Vladimir Ashkenazy, p.

London 400087-2. [26:55] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Jun Nels Cline Märkl, conductor; vocal soloists and MSO Chorus – Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral. The final broadcast in this series.

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 – London Sym/Valery Gergiev.

LSO Live LSO-0816. [36:15] 3:00 Fine Arts Calendar • Various Ave Maria – Luciano Pavarotti, t; Wandsworth School Boys Choir, National Phil/Adler.

London 414044-2. [9:15] Felix Mendelssohn Two-Piano Concerto No. 1 in E – Anthony, Joseph Paratore, p’s; Berlin RIAS Sym/Uros Lajovic.

CBS MK-42523. [28:19] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio 8:00 Evening Music with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead 11:00 Best of Studs Terkel

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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 Live from the Met: Mozart’s “Magic Flute” (abridged) – Ben Bliss (Tamino); Erin Morley (Pamina); Nathan Gunn (Papageno); Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night); Morris Robinson (Sarastro); Brenton Ryan (Monostatos); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Harry Bicket.

2:00 Weekend Music on WFMT • Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15 – Paul Lewis, p; Swedish Radio Sym/Daniel Harding. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902191. [49:19] 3:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in F, K. 439b, II – Chicago Symphony Winds.

CBS M2K-42144 (2). [17:04] Aaron Copland Music for the Theatre – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 4749402 (6). [23:27] Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood Suite – Hollywood Bowl Sym/John Mauceri.

Philips 432109-2. [11:10] RN Dett Characteristic suite, In the Bottoms – Denver Oldham, p. New World NW-367-2.

[14:29] Anonymous Villancicos: Riu Riu Chiu; E la Don, Don; Verges Maria – Waverly Consort/Michael Jaffee. CBS MK-34554. [4:01] Augustìn Barrios Mangoré Villancico de Navidad – Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, g. DG 471532-2. [2:50] 4:30 Arias and Songs with Larry Johnson: Music from Viennese operetta to usher in the New

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Igor Stravinsky Four Etudes – Chicago Sym/Pierre Boulez.

DG 437850-2. [9:36] Frédéric Chopin Études, Op. 25: Nos. 1-6 – Ian Hobson, p. Zephyr Z139-10. [14:31] Ralph Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folksong – Paul Watkins, vc; Ian Brown, p.

Hyperion CDA-67313. [9:05] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Mikhail Glinka Russlan and Ludmila Overture—St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin.

RCA 68511-2. [5:16] 11:00 Richard Strauss Don Juan – London Sym/Claudio Abbado.

DG 410518-2. [16:26] 12:00 Newscast • Music in Chicago 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio, Part 1: Opening chorus, Jauchzet, frohlocket – Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Archive 439885-2. [7:43] Bach Christmas Oratorio: Final chorale, Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen – L Güttler, tr; Leipzig U Cho & New Bach Collegium Musicum/M Pommer. Capriccio 10039.

[3:02] Bill McGlaughlin wraps up his look at this six-part oratorio tonight at 7:00. Claude Gervaise Livres de Danseries: Branles – Renaissonics. Titanic TI-232. [7:20] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Tausend und eine Nacht – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. Sony SK-48376. [8:20] 2:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff 30

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Year’s holiday weekend 5:00 Evening Music on WFMT • Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in b, D. 759, Unfinished – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. DG 449745-2. [24:38] Schubert Viennese Dances; Ecossaisen, Op. 49 – Boskovsky Ensemble.

Vanguard OVC-8016. [10:56] Traditional Medley of Scots Tunes – Rachel Barton Pine & Alasdair Fraser, v’s; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt. Cedille CDR-90000083 (2). [5:56] Claude Debussy Préludes, Book 2: XII. Feux d’artifice – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, p. DG 4273912. [4:40] Igor Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4 – Chicago Sym/Seiji Ozawa. RCA 60541-2-RV. [3:28] Aram Khachaturian Masquerade Suite – Orch/Kiril Kondrashin.

RCA 63302-2. [17:55] Vincent D’Indy Fantaisie sur des Thèmes populaires français, Op. 31 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/ Mathias Mönius. London 4782564. [14:54] Various Musetta’s waltz song; Depuis le jour – Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil/Sir Andrew Davis.

London B0006590-02. [8:01] Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi – Berlin RSO/Riccardo Chailly.

London 410007-2. [7:09] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The chamber ensemble Camerata de las Americas 8:00 Folkstage hosted

by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Rich Warren

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Sunday 30 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Christmastide 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 10:00 Fine Arts Calendar 12:00 Weekend Music with Robbie Ellis • Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 27 – Detroit Sym/Leonard Slatkin.

Naxos 8.572458. [54:05] 1:00 Frédéric Chopin Waltzes, Opp. 34, No. 3, 34, No. 2, 64, No. 2 – Daniel Barenboim, p. DG B0015384-02. [12:51] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes – Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-8834. [20:22] Johann Strauss II Vienna Blood Waltz – New York Vocal Arts Ensemble. Arabesque Z-6586.

[10:02] Leroy Anderson The Waltzing Cat – BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559356.

[2:36] Confrey Kitten on the Keys – Eteri Andjaparidze, p. Naxos 8.559016. [2:27] 2:00 Various Greensleeves; Nuttmigs

5:00

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and Ginger – Baltimore Consort.

Dorian DOR-90142. [8:09] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Stephen Varcoe, br; Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-121. [11:25] Henry Purcell Chacony in g – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archive 453418-2.

[7:26] Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Philharmonia/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDZB7-67723-2 (2). [18:42] Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome – Philadelphia Orch/ Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC747316-2. [22:08] Charles Tomlinson Griffes Four Roman Sketches – James Tocco, p.

Gasparo GSCD-231. [19:29] Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Pilgrim’s Chorus – Royal Opera House Cho, Philharmonia/ Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 4457692. [6:07] Johann Sebastian Bach Siciliano; Das alte Jahr vergangen ist – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-67309.

[6:34] Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel – Berlin Phil/ Gustavo Dudamel. DG B0018913-02. [15:54] Strauss Family Polkas: Bahn frei, Pizzicato, Fledermaus, Thunder and Lightning – Boston Pops/ Arthur Fiedler. RCA 61688-2.

[10:15] Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Quadrille – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 410027-2. [5:08] Strauss Die Fledermaus: Champagne chorus – Soloists, Philharmonia & Cho/Karajan. EMI CHS769531-2 (2). [2:36] Gioachino Rossini Soirées Musicales: La pastorella dell’Alpi; La danza – Kemal Gekic, p. Naxos 8.553961. [2:38] Gioachino Rossini Soirées Musicales: No. 9, La danza – Kemal Gekic, p. Naxos 8. 553961. [6:29] Weekend Music on WFMT • Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83 – Emil Gilels, p; Berlin Phil/Eugen Jochum. Philips 456799-2 (2). [51:24] Dmitri Shostakovich Moscow, Cheremushki: Suite from the operetta – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

London 452597-2. [19:57] Aaron Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo – Ian Gindes, p. Centaur CRC-3475.

[20:17] Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Dances – New London Consort. Oiseau 414633-2. [11:15] Frédéric Chopin Barcarolle, Op. 60 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4830255. [8:29] Various The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle; Lakmé: Flower Duet – Hei-Kyung Hong, Jennifer Larmore; Munich

Radio Orch/Jesus LópezCobos. Teldec 22801-2. [9:28] Claude Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun – Philharmonia/Pablo HerasCasado. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902310. [9:47] Gabriel Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 – Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, s. DG 423089-2. [20:51] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Juraj Valcuha, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin – Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, Queen. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1. J Strauss Jr Emperor Waltz. Strauss: Suite fr Der Rosenkavalier.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by the Estonian composer Tonu Korvits

Monday 31 New Year’s Eve 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 News Summary • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-647.

[18:23] Leonard Bernstein Candide Suite – University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble/Scott Weiss.

Naxos 8.573056. [12:37] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Claude Debussy Danses sacrée et profane – Elizabeth Hainen, h; IRIS Orch/Michael Stern. Avie AV-2285. [9:59] 11:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G, Surprise – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer.

Nimbus NI-5159. [23:42] 12:00 Newscast • Franz Liszt Années de pèlerinage, III: Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR90000098 (2). [7:12] 1:00 Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau) – Chicago Sym/Rafael Kubelik. Mercury 4756862 (4). [11:47] Virgil Thomson The River Suite – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-64307-2. [24:04] 2:00 Nicolo Paganini Caprice for Solo Violin, Op. 1/24 in a – Itzhak Perlman, v. EMI CDC7-47171-2. [4:23] Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Philharmonia/Bernard Haitink. London 417613-2.

[24:07] Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly Suite – London

Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC5-56591-2. [9:08] 3:00 George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks: Suite – Canadian Brass. RCA 68257-2. [10:01] Johann Sebastian Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 – David Schrader, hc.

Cedille CDR-90000020. [9:58] Moritz Rosenthal Fantasy on Waltzes by Johann Strauss

Jr – Konstantin Scherbakov, p. EMI CDZ5-69704-2. [10:41] Strauss Family On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz; Radetzky March – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985477002. [15:01] Join us tomorrow morning at 10:00 to hear the 2019 VPO New Year’s concert, being conducted

by Christian Thielemann.

4:00 Late Afternoon Music with

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