The Guide | February 2021

From the President & CEO Dear Member, This February, we are honored to commemorate Black History Month with a full month of new specials and programming. We will premiere a new series, The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song, from executive producer, host, and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Featuring interviews with Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, and Jennifer Hudson, this moving two-part special examines the role of the Church as the site of African American organizing, resilience, autonomy, freedom, and solidarity. And travel back in time to 1968 with Mr. SOUL! – a vibrant documentary from Independent Lens that chronicles the public television variety show SOUL! that celebrated all facets of Black culture and earned critical praise as one of the first platforms to expand the image of African Americans on television. And explore the fascinating life of Marian Anderson, the celebrated singer who triumphed at the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall because she was Black, in American Experience: Voice of Freedom.

And don’t miss Gates’s Finding Your Roots: Write My Name in the Book of Life with musician Pharrell Williams and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons who uncover extraordinarily rare first-person accounts of their enslaved ancestors. On wttw.com, look back at Chicago’s groundbreaking first Black mayor, Harold Washington, and meet an important Black author tied to Chicago: Willard Motley, also known as Bud Billiken.

WFMT will feature Black composers and performers throughout the month, including a Sunday edition of With Heart and Voice and archival conversations on Best of Studs Terkel.

WFMT’s newest voice, LaRob Payton, will host Music of the Black Church, to preview the following week’s WTTW special, and Cello-Piano Music by Black Composers with youthful artists Itefayo Ali-Landing and Joshua Mhoon. And we’ll present an encore of A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood, paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On wfmt.com, find a calendar of streaming concerts and events featuring Black musicians and composers, and explore some memorable film scores by Black composers – from Terence Blanchard to Marvin Gaye to Kathryn Bostic.

On behalf of all of us at WTTW and WFMT, thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely, Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO

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Independent Lens: 9to5 – The Story of a Movement

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

Go inside the fight for women’s workplace equality. In the 1970s, a group of Boston secretaries called 9to5 used humor to negotiate for better wages, more opportunity, and an end to sexual harassment.

Meet the first Black superstar, Josephine Baker. Born into poverty in 1906, she moved to France and became an acclaimed dancer.

Later as a civil rights activist, she adopted 12 children from across the globe.

Monday, February 1, 10:00 pm

Thursday, February 11, 9:00 pm

400 Years: Taking the Knee This documentary narrated by writer and BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo highlights stories of Black resistance to oppression across four centuries, celebrating individuals who fought and struggled against colonialism, slavery, and their legacies.

Thursday, February 18, 9:00 pm

See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.

Independent Lens: 9to5 – The Story of a Movement When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was singing the true story of a movement that started with 9to5, a group of Boston secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simple – better pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassment – but their unconventional approach attracted the press and shamed their bosses into change.

Featuring interviews with 9to5’s founders, as well as actor and activist Jane Fonda, this is the previously untold story of the fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.

Monday, February 1 10:00 pm

Monday 1 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Father Brown: The Wisdom of the Fool [R] 1:30 Death in Paradise: Ye of Little Faith (Season 3, Part 4 of 8) [R]

Photo: Walter P. Reuther Lib., Arch. of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State Univ.

Karen Nussbaum

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The Mallorca Files: Number One Fan (Part 4 of 10) [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Fascist Story [R] Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 1 of 4) [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson (Part 2 of 2) Blazing hot Tucson treasures include a Mexican charro saddle, Gaston Chaissac artwork, and a piece of 1956 Olympics USA basketball memorabilia. But has the marketplace cooled down since they were appraised in 2006? Not for one $65,000-$110,000 find!

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana Highlights include, among other items, an 1821 citizenship certificate for a free man of color, and an African American beauty book written by entrepreneur Madame C.J. Walker, the first American female millionaire.

10:00 Independent Lens: 9to5 – The Story of a Movement When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was singing the true story of a movement that started with 9to5, a group of Boston secretaries in the early 1970s.

11:30 BBC World News

Tuesday 2 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Deeds Not Words (Part 3 of 6) [R] 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) [R]

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The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) [R] Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: No Irish Need Apply Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.

9:00 The Jazz Ambassadors Discover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided when America asked Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman to travel as cultural ambassadors and combat racially charged Soviet propaganda through their music.

10:00 Frontline: China’s COVID Secrets The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded.

Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts, and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak, and lessons for the world.

11:30 BBC World News

Wednesday 3 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson (Part 2 of 2) See Mon. Feb. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Fascist Story 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana See Mon. Feb. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: 9to5 – The Story of a Movement See Mon. Feb. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R]

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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Pumas – Legends of the Ice Mountains Travel to the mountains of Chile to discover the secrets of the puma,

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In the Spotlight

Comedian Jim Gaffigan

Finding Your Roots New Episodes!

Harvard scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is back with four all-new episodes, uncovering the surprising ancestral stories of more cultural trailblazers with fascinating histories. This month, his subjects are actress Jane Lynch, comedian Jim Gaffigan, actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni, musician Pharrell Williams, filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, and country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash.

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THIS IS OUR STORY. THIS IS OUR SONG.

Host, Henry Louis Gates Jr. inside historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA.

A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about The Black Church

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ou said in The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song that you have spent your career exploring stories about Black life, but this was one you never told. What inspired you to tell it now?

HENRY LOUIS GATES: Making this series (to my amazement,

it’s my twenty-third film!) has been a dream of mine since I first attended services as a child in Piedmont, West Virginia. When we began production almost two years ago, never did I imagine 4

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that we would be sharing our film with audiences at a time when stories of grace and resilience, struggle and redemption, hope and healing, are so desperately needed, given all that we’ve lost and endured in 2020. In speaking with Oprah for the series, she said of the Black Church, “I don’t know how we could have survived as a people without it.” Her words were powerful then and are even more powerful now. As “we, the people,” contend with a host of pandemics in our society, from COVID-19 to economic devastation to racial injustice, I believe the history of Black religion in America can be a positive, uplifting force for

all. And that’s before we get to the music in the series, which knocked me out as we recorded it in the presence of some of the greatest gospel singers of our times, from Shirley Caesar to Jennifer Hudson.

This was a deeply personal story for you. What was it like to share this part of your life?

GATES: You’ll see we end the series with a personal pilgrimage to the church where I professed my faith as a child in West Virginia. Heightening the moment was the fact that we invited members of the faith community there to a reunion of sorts. There I was telling them the story of my profession so many years ago – of the moment when I publicly accepted Christ as my savior – after making a vow to God that I would take that profound step if He somehow let my mother survive a health scare that nearly took her from me at that time. It was, therefore, an epiphany within an epiphany, and I found it quite moving to make that return trip to my hometown. Yes, this is a deeply personal series for me, and my only sadness is that my parents aren’t here to watch this one with me. Perhaps they’d be as surprised as I am that audiences will actually hear me singing on film.

astonishing came in filming for the first hour, when I learned that scholars today estimate that between eight and twenty percent of Africans dragged to North America on slave ships during the terrible years of the trans-Atlantic trade were practicing Muslims. Not only that, but the King of Kongo on the continent had converted to Roman Catholicism in the year 1491, which was even before Columbus set foot in our hemisphere. For so long, historians of earlier generations had fiercely debated whether

people and run independent of white society in America.

Indeed, there were congregations like the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia, that were seeded before the Declaration of Independence was drafted.

It’s remarkable. We also want viewers to come away understand that the Black Church is not a monolith. Instead, Black Christianity has a rich, complex, and nuanced history, with common roots but many branches. Also, for centuries, Black churches have been

“The Black Church was the first institution built by Black people and run independent of white society in America.

Indeed, there were congregations … that were seeded before the Declaration of Independence was drafted.” slavery had represented such a traumatic dislocation that African Americans had retained anything from their existence in Africa. Now we know that they not only brought their faith practices with them, but that those practices included the major religions that had already arrived in Africa centuries before.

What do you want viewers to take away from The Black Church: This is Our Story, When you researched this This is Our Song? topic for your film, what surprised you the most?

GATES: There are a dazzling number of takeaways, but I GATES: There were a number think the most essential are of surprising revelations, that the Black Church was the but I think for me the most first institution built by Black

the heartbeat of the African A merican experience as houses of worship; places for community support, political organizing and social justice; sanctuaries for the suffering and the marginalized; and, not least, engines for transcendent cultural gifts exported to the world—from the soulful voices of preachers and congregants to the sublime sounds of gospel music. For the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., going to church in America was also “the most segregated hour” of the week, and we explore that reality in our society as well. Overall, our mission is to explore the 400-year story of the Black Church and how it came to be such a profound

and important site of African American survival and endurance, grace and resilience, thriving and testifying, freedom and independence, solidarity and boldly speaking truth to power.

You mentioned that the Black Church is at a crossroads today. In your opinion, how will it continue to move forward in these turbulent times?

GATES: I have no doubt that it will. Black Churches are interwoven with community life across this great country, and in a year that has brought so much suffering and reckoning to our fellow citizens, I am confident that the Black Church will remain a foundational site for truth, healing, and redemption. It’s far from perfect, as we show. No human institution is. But as a force for nurturance and hope, sanctuary and uplift, truth and justice, it is one of the most important and enduring anywhere. And as we work our way out of the pain we see in so many corners right now, Black Church leaders and congregations will continue to be on the front lines, as our ancestors were before us.

This interview has been edited due to space constraints, and is courtesy of GBH, Boston.

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song airs Tuesday, February 16 and Wednesday, February 17 at 9:00 pm and at wttw.com/watch.

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WTTW Digital Channel Highlights

Seaside Hotel from Walter Presents Friday, February 12 at 11:00 pm

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules

Boss: The Black Experience in Business Sunday, February 14 at 7:00 pm

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.

Discover the untold story of African American entrepreneurship, where skill, industriousness, ingenuity, and sheer courage in the face of overwhelming odds provide the backbone of this nation’s economic and social growth. Stanley Nelson directs.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: John H. Johnson

Let the Good Times Roll Sunday, February 14 at 11:00 am

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.

Add a little New Orleans flavor to your Mardi Gras celebrations with back-to-back episodes from three of Kevin Belton’s cooking series. From shrimp Po-boys to a complete gumbo fest, it’s time to “Laissez les bon temps rouler!”

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Chef Kevin Belton

Heard Wednesday, February 24 at 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm

WTTW World WTTW World features public media’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.

News coverage offers a steady stream of dramatic stories of violence, gangs, and drugs in America’s public housing projects that obscures the unique, compelling, and varied personal stories of the residents living there. The documentary film Heard captures the inspiring stories of four people who grew up in “the projects,” surviving and thriving in spite of – and often because of – the challenges they’ve had to overcome.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Gwendolyn Harris, Heard

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Marathon Friday, February 5 at 6:00 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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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.

Celebrate Black History Month by joining Xavier Riddle and his friends as they learn about history with Harriet Tubman, Jesse Owens, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Maya Angelou, and Frederick Douglass.

Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

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WTTW Prime

Seaside Hotel is described as a cross between Downton Abbey and Agatha Christie. The show starts in the 1920s when 18-year-old Fie takes a job as chambermaid at a rural beach hotel in Denmark. Follow the drama that engulfs both the hotel guests and staff. In Danish with English subtitles.

Photo: TV 2 Danmark A/S

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.

Black History Month Programming February 2021

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy Friday, February 12 at 10:30 pm Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story Sunday, February 14 at 2:00 pm Legacy: The Untold Story of Chicago Black Music Sunday, February 14 at 3:00 pm Mandela in Chicago Sunday, February 14 at 4:00 pm Chicago at the Crossroad Sunday, February 14 at 5:00 pm American Experience: Voice of Freedom Monday, February 15 at 9:00 pm The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song February 16 and 17 at 9:00 pm

WTTW11 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices Sundays at 6:00 pm Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana Monday, February 1 at 9:00 pm The Jazz Ambassadors Tuesday, February 2 at 9:00 pm Africa with Ade Adepitan Thursday, February 4 at 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas Sunday, February 7 and 14 at 1:30 pm The 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Sunday, February 7 at 5:00 pm American Experience: Going Back to T-Town Monday, February 8 at 9:00 pm Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening Thursday, February 11 at 9:00 pm

400 Years: Taking the Knee Thursday, February 18 at 9:00 pm The HistoryMakers on Success Friday, February 19 at 9:00 pm The HistoryMakers on Faith Friday, February 19 at 10:00 pm The HistoryMakers on Courage Friday, February 19 at 11:00 pm Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Sunday, February 21 at 1:30 pm

WTTW PRIME The Central Park Five Saturday, February 13 at 8:00 pm Evening with Debra Lee Saturday, February 13 at 11:00 pm Boss: The Black Experiment in Business Sunday, February 14 at 7:00 pm Independent Lens: Black Memorabilia Sunday, February 14 at 11:00 pm Marching Forward Saturday, February 20 at 10:00 am Independent Lens: Rat Film Saturday, February 20 at 11:00 am Leah Chase: The Queen of Creole Cuisine Saturday, February 20 at 12:00 pm Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story Saturday, February 20 at 1:00 pm Queen of Swing Saturday, February 20 at 2:00 pm Dream Land: Little Rock’s West 9th Street Saturday, February 20 at 3:00 pm

Heard Sunday, February 21 at 3:00 pm

Freedom Summer: American Experience Saturday, February 20 at 8:00 pm

Independent Lens: MR. SOUL! Monday, February 22 at 10:00 pm

Musical Evening with Harry Lennix Saturday, February 20 at 11:00 pm

Chaka Khan: Homecoming Thursday, February 25 at 9:00 pm

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song Sunday, February 21 & 28 at 7:00 pm

Soul Legends Friday, February 26 at 9:30 pm Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Saturday, February 27 at 12:30 pm

Amen! Music of the Black Church Sunday, February 21 at 11:00 pm Independent Lens: MR. SOUL! Sunday, February 27 at 1:00 pm

’63 Boycott Thursday, February 11 at 10:00 pm

Driving While Black: Space, Race, and Mobility in America Sunday, February 28 at 3:00 pm

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2020 Sunday, February 27 at 4:00 pm

Indie Soul Journeys Thurs., February 11, 18 & 25 at 10:30 pm

Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs Sunday, February 28 at 6:30 pm

Miles Davis: American Masters Saturday, February 27 at 8:00 pm

Dave Chappelle: The Mark Twain Prize Friday, February 12 at 9:00 pm

Tina Turner: One Last Time Sunday, February 28 at 8:00 pm

An Evening with Ken Chenault Saturday, February 27 at 11:00 pm

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In the Spotlight

6:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 6:30 Nature Cat 7:00 Molly of Denali 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Hero Elementary 8:30 Xavier Riddle 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Daniel Tiger 10:00 Daniel Tiger 10:30 Elinor Wonders Why 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Afternoons 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Clifford 1:00 Sesame Street 1:30 Elinor Wonders Why 2:00 Hero Elementary 2:30 Let’s Go Luna!

3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Wild Kratts 4:00 Molly of Denali 4:30 Xavier Riddle

5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Arthur

Saturday Mornings 6:00 Sesame Street 6:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7:00 Elinor Wonders Why 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog

Sunday Mornings 5:00 Let’s Learn 6:00 Let’s Go Luna 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:00 Nature Cat 7:30 Nature Cat 8:00 Molly of Denali 8:30 Molly of Denali 9:00 Hero Elementary 9:30 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 10:00 Odd Squad 10:30 Odd Squad

Xavier Riddle and Yadina

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Monday-Friday Mornings

the area’s biggest and most elusive predator. Discover how this mountain lion survives and follow the dramatic fate of a puma mother and her cubs.

9:00 Beyond the Elements on NOVA: Reactions (Part 1 of 3) David Pogue dives into the transformative world of chemical reactions, from the complex formula that produces cement to the single reaction that’s allowed farmers to feed a global population by the billions – a reaction that when reversed, unleashes the powerful chemistry of high explosives.

10:00 Europe’s New Wild: The Missing Lynx (Part 1 of 4) Across the Iberian Peninsula, rewilding efforts allow the Iberian lynx – the rarest cat in the world – to flourish once again. In Portugal’s Coa Valley, the introduction of ancient species heralds the return of the region’s top predators.

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

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: No Irish Need Apply See Tues.

Feb. 2 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Jazz Ambassadors See Tues. Feb. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: China’s COVID Secrets See Tues. Feb. 2 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s Fascist Story [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 Doc Martin: Control-AltDelete Martin reaches his breaking point with being followed around by Buddy: he resolves to find a vet to have him put down. However, it isn’t quite that simple.

9:00 Africa with Ade Adepitan (Part 3 of 4) Ade begins this part of his journey in Tanzania, in the Selous Game Reserve. He is on the lookout for elephants but numbers in this park have fallen by 90 percent over the last few decades. He then travels on through to Ethiopia and on to war-torn Somalia.

10:00 Africa with Ade Adepitan (Part 4 of 4) The final leg of Ade’s epic tour of Africa sees him travelling from the beaches of Mozambique, through South Africa, before ending his entire trip in Zimbabwe.

Viewers’ Choice Bowl Winners 2020 Join us to learn which program or programs were chosen by you as the most popular of 2020 in our online poll. Will it be a British drama, a Geoffrey Baer tour special, a how-to series, a news show, or something else? Tune in to find out!

Sunday, February 7 3:00 pm

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

Friday 5 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Pumas – Legends of the Ice Mountains See Wed. Feb. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Beyond the Elements on NOVA: Reactions (Part 1 of 3) See Wed. Feb. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Europe’s New Wild: The Missing Lynx (Part 1 of 4) See Wed. Feb. 3 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Great British Baking Show: Bread 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!

Sensational Seafood 8:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 2 of 4) 9:00 In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl: Gustavo and Friends 10:00 In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl: Fireworks!

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

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Europe’s New Wild In an inspiring story of the wild rebirth of a continent, this four-part series reveals the spectacular resurgence of nature across Europe’s most varied and breathtaking landscapes, from the Arctic Circle to rich river wetlands, from deep forests to rugged mountain peaks.

Wednesdays, February 3, 10, and 24 10:00 pm

Saturday 6 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Africa with Ade Adepitan (Part 3 of 4) See Thurs.

Feb. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Africa with Ade Adepitan (Part 4 of 4) See Thurs.

Feb. 4 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Tucson (Part 2 of 3) [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: 9to5: The Story of a Movement [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Yoga in Practice MORNING 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Legacy List with Matt Paxton 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House: Mini Split, Butcher Block 11:00 Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 1:00 Simply Ming: Carla Hall 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Eat Like the Vikings 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Grill-Roasted Chicken and Green Beans 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Taste the Music – The Aromatic Cuisine of the Asian Minor Greeks Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Greece Every Day Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Meatballs and More Check, Please!

Sensational Seafood [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: Egypt’s Cairo Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Always Time for Tacos

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Folly of Jephthah Flambeau seeks Father Brown’s help to get rid of an unwanted rival.

8:00 Death in Paradise: Political Suicide (Season 3, Part 5 of 8) DI Goodman and his team are drawn into the world of politics when Saint-Marie’s scandalized Commerce Minister is discovered dead.

9:00 The Mallorca Files: Sour Grapes (Part 5 of 10) Miranda and Max head out into wine country to investigate the killing of a dog at one of Mallorca’s most famous vineyards – one of an increasingly dramatic series of threats faced by property owner Hans Webber.

10:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Deeds Not Words (Part 3 of 6) [R] 11:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) [R]

Sunday 7 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 3) [R] 1:00 Doc Martin: ControlAlt-Delete See Thurs.

Feb. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl: Fireworks! See Fri. Feb. 5 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD Dr. Amen shares six practical steps to help you feel happier, sharper, and more in control of your own destiny.

MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:30 Chavis Chronicles AFTERNOON 12:00 Fly Brother with Ernest White: Stockholm – Le Jazz Hot

Calling all Preschoolers!

WTTW Kids Learn & Play is on Facebook every other Thursday at 10:30 am.

Develop skills in social-emotional development, math, and language and literacy while having fun with WTTW Kids!

These events are free, but RSVP is required.

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12:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans 1:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Mark Cuban 1:30 Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas: San Jose, Costa Rica 2:00 Finding Your Roots: No Irish Need Apply [R] 3:00 Viewers’ Choice Bowl Winners Join us to find out which programs were selected by you as the most popular of 2020.

5:00 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2020 This program, hosted

by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the only juried American book prize focusing on works that address racism and diversity. During the current movement for racial equality, the necessity and relevance of these writings is as great as ever.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Memento Mori (Part 4 of 6) A photographer specializing in post-mortem portraits gets menacing messages from beyond the grave. Eliza’s investigation takes her into the spirit world. A photographer specializing in post-mortem

In the Spotlight

Beyond the Elements on NOVA David Pogue sets out to find the key molecules and chemical reactions that have paved the way for human civilization.

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Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet

Sunday Nights with Masterpiece Settle in with WTTW on Sunday evenings with two popular Masterpiece series. First, in Miss Scarlet and the Duke, private eye Eliza Scarlet, Victorian England’s first-ever female sleuth, solves crimes - and sometimes flirts - with her partner and childhood friend, Detective Inspector William “The Duke” Wellington.

Then, All Creatures Great and Small chronicles the heartwarming and humorous adventures of young country vet James Herriot and the denizens of the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s.

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portraits gets menacing messages from beyond the grave. Eliza’s investigation takes her into the spirit world.

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) James volunteers to be the official vet at the Darrowby Show. His ordeals include an ethical plight involving Helen’s bull.

9:00 The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) The handsome overseer Robert arrives, sparking a bitter rivalry between July and her mistress. Meanwhile, the field hands rebel against Robert’s work demands.

10:00 Check, Please!

Sensational Seafood [R] 10:30 The Great British Baking Show: Biscuits (Part 2 of 10) The Signature challenge is to create biscuits that go well with a cheese course. For the Technical, the bakers must follow Mary’s basic instructions for her Florentines recipe.

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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Father Brown: The Folly of Jephthah See Sat. Feb. 6 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Death in Paradise: Political Suicide (Season 3, Part 5 of 8) See Sat. Feb. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 The Mallorca Files: Sour Grapes (Part 5 of 10) See Sat. Feb. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl: Gustavo and Friends See Fri. Feb. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]

immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni, introducing ancestors who came to America to build a better life.

9:00 Al Capone: Icon Al Capone – the quintessential self-made American man, ruthless killer or both? Just his name sparks images of pinstripe suits and bloody violence. To this day, Americans are fascinated by this celebrity gangster.

10:00 Frontline: Iraq’s Assassins Discover how Iranian-backed Shia militias are terrorizing Iraq. Frontline Investigates allegations that militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting US interests. Also, in Yemen, learn how COVID is worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis.

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are tasked with creating threedimensional “biscuit scenes.”

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Orlando (Part 1 of 2) See if Sunshine State appraisals still sparkle in the marketplace 14 years after the Roadshow’s visit, including James McNeill Whistler artwork, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson-signed photos, and a Jonas Weber painted box. One is now worth $165,000-$250,000!

9:00 American Experience: Goin’ Back to T-Town 10:00 Independent Lens: Women in Blue 11:30 BBC World News

Tuesday 9 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Memento Mori (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) See Sun. Feb. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [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 Finding Your Roots: The Shirts on Their Backs Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Orlando (Part 1 of 2) [R] 1:30 American Experience: Goin’ Back to T-Town See Mon. Feb. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Independent Lens: Women in Blue See Mon. Feb. 8 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

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Thursday 11 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: The Shirts on Their Backs See Tues. Feb. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Al Capone: Icon See Tues.

Feb. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Frontline: Iraq’s Assassins See Tues.

Feb. 9 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2020 See Sun. Feb. 7 at 5:00 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 8:00 Doc Martin: Other People’s Children Martin and Louisa don’t seem to be having much success with their therapy, so Dr. Timoney

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In the Spotlight

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Big Bend – The Wild Frontier of Texas Journey alongside black bears as they re-settle after facing a near regional extinction; sit ringside as a roadrunner battles a rattlesnake in a desperate desert duel; and witness bats stalking the desert floor at night seeking out of all things – scorpions.

9:00 Beyond the Elements on NOVA: Indestructible (Part 2 of 3) David Pogue explores the fantastic chemistry behind the everyday materials we depend on, and how the quest for durability can be balanced with products’ environmental impact.

10:00 Europe’s New Wild: Return of the Titans (Part 2 of 4) Travel to the Carpathian Mountains and beyond, where Europe’s most iconic species are thriving. The reintroduction of European bison signals a wildlife comeback, while just beyond the mountains, gray wolves stage an astonishing return.

Band marching on Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma

American Experience: Goin’ Back to T-Town Hear the extraordinary history of Greenwood, a successful Black community in segregated Tulsa. In a nostalgic celebration of old-fashioned neighborhood life, Black residents of “T-Town” relive their community’s remarkable rise and ultimate decline.

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suggests they take things back to the beginning of their relationship and plan a date.

9:00 Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening 9:58 Reel Midwest: ’63 Boycott In 1963, 250,000 students boycotted the Chicago Public Schools to protest racial segregation. This is the story of one of the largest Northern civil rights demonstrations to contemporary issues around race, education, and youth activism.

10:30 Indie Soul Journeys This music docuseries chronicles the personal and professional lives of the brightest and best artists within the indie soul music community. Artists featured will include Eric Roberson, Avery Sunshine, Maysa Leak, Sy Smith, Frank McComb, and Yahzarah St. James.

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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: Big Bend – The Wild Frontier of Texas See Wed. Feb. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 Beyond the Elements on NOVA: Indestructible (Part 2 of 3) See Wed. Feb. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Europe’s New Wild: Return of the Titans (Part 2 of 4) See Wed. Feb. 10 at 10:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Great British Baking Show: Biscuits (Part 2 of 10) See Sun. Feb. 7 at 10:30 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids

Chief Janeé Harteau

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn 8:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 3 of 4) 9:00 Dave Chappelle: The Mark Twain Prize The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Dave Chappelle.

10:30 Phunny Business: A Black Comedy This documentary follows the decade-long rise and fall of Chicago’s All Jokes Aside, one of the preeminent comedy clubs in the country.

This film salutes the legendary showcase for its important contribution to comedy history.

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Independent Lens: Women in Blue Follow Minneapolis’ first female police chief, Janeé Harteau, as she works to reform the Minneapolis Police Department by diversifying the ranks and promoting women into every rank of leadership. After an officer-involved shooting forces Chief Harteau to resign, the new male chief selects only men as his top brass. The women left behind must grapple with rebuilding community trust, in a department where women have lost power.

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EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening See Thurs.

Feb. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 Al Capone: Icon [R] 3:30 Independent Lens: Women in Blue [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Yoga in Practice MORNING 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Legacy List with Matt Paxton 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House: Precast Concrete, New Lamp Post 11:00 Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Bread, Cheese, and Meat Can’t Be Beat 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table

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Simply Ming: Jacques Pepin New Scandinavian Cooking: Northern Sea Passage America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: New Ways with Ribs and Mushrooms America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Kalimera!

Breakfast and Brunch Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Italian Classics Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Indian Classics at Home Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: All in for Albondingas

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Numbers of the Beast Mrs. McCarthy strikes it lucky at the church bingo with the help of a Romani fortuneteller.

8:00 Death in Paradise: The Early Bird (Season 3, Part 6 of 8) When a bird-watcher is discovered murdered in the Saint-Marie jungle, the team has a particularly puzzling conundrum to solve.

9:00 The Mallorca Files: To Kill a Stag (Part 6 of 10) When a groom-to-be is found dead in the swimming pool of a luxury villa, Miranda and Max believe it’s the work of a prostitute who stuns her clients and then robs them.

10:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Memento Mori (Part 4 of 6) [R] 11:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) [R]

Sunday 14 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 3) [R] 1:00 Doc Martin: Other People’s Children See Thurs.

Feb. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Dave Chappelle: The Mark Twain Prize See Fri. Feb. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Phunny Business: A Black Comedy See Fri. Feb. 12 at 10:30 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:30 Chavis Chronicles

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In the Spotlight Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening This film tells the amazing story of the first Black superstar. Baker, born into poverty in Missouri in 1906, moved to France where she became a dancer hailed as the Queen of Paris, joined the French resistance, adopted twelve children from all over the world, ultimately becoming a civil rights activist.

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AFTERNOON 12:00 Fly Brother with Ernest White: Mumbai – Liquid Abundance 12:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans 1:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Mel Robbins 1:30 Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas: Limon, Costa Rica 2:00 Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story 3:00 Legacy: The Untold Story of Chicago Black Music From soulful horns to house music, this film tells the untold stories of Chicago’s Black music scene and its founding fathers.

4:00 Mandela in Chicago This new documentary tells the story of the city’s anti-apartheid leaders who worked for Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and celebrated his 1993 visit to the Windy City.

4:59 Chicago at the Crossroad While gun violence is on the decline in most major U.S. cities, why has it continued to increase in many of Chicago’s communities?

This documentary reveals how the elimination of public housing led to instability on the city’s South and West 2021

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In the Spotlight

Marian Anderson

American Experience: Voice of Freedom On Easter Sunday 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. She had been barred from performing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt publicly resigned her D.A.R. membership in protest. This film recalls that landmark moment.

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sides, and explores potential solutions for residents.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Cell 99 (Part 5 of 6) Searching for the secret to her father’s fate, Eliza goes to an abandoned prison. When the Duke joins her, they stumble on a nefarious criminal enterprise.

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) Defying Siegfried, Tristan coaxes James to try a risky procedure to save a stricken cow. Then James gets a shock from Helen.

9:00 The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) Facing labor unrest and financial ruin for the plantation, Robert’s sanity starts to unravel, with devastating effects on July. Years later, she makes a remarkable discovery.

10:00 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn [R] 10:30 The Great British Baking Show: Bread (Part 3 of 10) For the Signature, they must bake 12 perfect rye bread 12

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rolls. The Technical calls for ciabatta loaves, using judge Paul’s recipe. For the Showstopper, the bakers have to make a filled centerpiece loaf with as much impact on a table as on the judges.

11:30 Austin City Limits: Allen Toussaint – New Orleans Legend

Monday 15 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Indie Soul Journeys See Thurs. Feb. 11 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:00 Father Brown: The Numbers of the Beast See Sat. Feb. 13 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise: The Early Bird (Season 3, Part 6 of 8) See Sat. Feb. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Mallorca Files: To Kill a Stag (Part 6 of 10) See Sat. Feb. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Orlando (Part 2 of 2) Learn how outstanding Orlando items have held up in the market since 2007, such as a Fern Isabel Coppedge oil, a Tiffany Studios mosaic glass inkwell, and an 1844 Presidential election political banner. Which has a current value of $120,000-$180,000?

9:00 American Experience: Voice of Freedom 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Tuesday 16 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Cell 99 (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:30 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:30 The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) See Sun. Feb. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Write My Name in the Book of Life Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps musician Pharrell Williams and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons uncover extraordinarily rare first-person accounts of their enslaved ancestors.

9:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 1 of 2) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of African American religion beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the extraordinary ways enslaved Africans preserved and adapted faith practices from the brutality of slavery to emancipation.

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Wednesday 17 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Orlando (Part 2 of 2) See Mon. Feb. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 American Experience: Voice of Freedom See Mon. Feb. 15 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Mandela in Chicago See Sun. Feb. 14 at 4:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

Chicago at the Crossroad See Sun. Feb. 14 at 4:59 pm. [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]

MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Doc Martin: Facta Non Verba After Martin and Louisa tell Dr. Timoney about their failed date night, she questions their ultimate compatibility.

9:00 400 Years: Taking the Knee 10:30 Indie Soul Journeys 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 Beyond the Elements on NOVA: Life (Part 3 of 3) Discover the molecules that allowed life on Earth to begin, and ultimately thrive, and how scientists use evolution in chemistry.

9:00 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 2 of 2) Discover how the Black church expanded its reach to address social inequality and minister to those in need, from the Jim Crow South to the heroic phase of the civil rights movement, and the Black church’s role in the present.

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

Thursday 18 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: Write My Name in the Book of Life See Tues. Feb. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 1 of 2) See Tues.

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The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song In this new two-part special, retrace the 400-year-old-story of the Black church in America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., exploring its role as the site of African American organizing, resilience, autonomy, freedom, and solidarity. Part one explores the roots of African American religion beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and part two traces how the Black church expanded its reach to address social inequality and minister to those in need, and its role in the present.

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Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s 8:30 Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer (Part 4 of 4) 9:00 The HistoryMakers on Success Through a series of real life stories and experiences, this documentary chronicles the long road to success that many well-known and unsung African American historymakers have journeyed.

10:00 The HistoryMakers on Faith This episode explores the importance of faith in the African American community and the role it plays in achieving success.

11:00 The HistoryMakers on Courage This program illustrates how taking stands against social, economic, and racial barriers were amongst the many courageous actions taken by history makers to achieve their aspirations.

EARLY MORNING 12:30 Beyond the Elements on NOVA: Life (Part 3 of 3) See Wed. Feb. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (Part 2 of 2) See Wed. Feb. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:30 The Great British Baking Show: Bread (Part 3 of 10) See Sun. Feb. 14 at 10:30 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: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week

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In the Spotlight

Colin Kaepernick

400 Years: Taking the Knee Covering five centuries of intertwining British and American histories, this documentary highlights stories of Black resistance to oppression, focusing on the importance of individuals and their ability to resist historical conditions, shoulder burdens, and break down walls. From the Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons to the NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the film celebrates individuals who fought and struggled against colonialism, slavery, and their legacies, reminding us of the importance of remembering those who paved the way.

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EARLY MORNING 12:00 BBC World News 12:30 Amanpour and Company 1:30 400 Years: Taking the Knee See Thurs. Feb. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R 3:00 Legacy: The Untold Story of Chicago Black Music See Sun. Feb. 14 at 3:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Indie Soul Journeys [R] 4:30 Fly Brother with Ernest White II: Mumbai – Liquid Abundance [R] 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R] 5:30 Yoga in Practice MORNING 6:00-9:00 WTTW Kids 9:00 Legacy List with Matt Paxton 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House 11:00 Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Herbaceous Chicken and Potatoes 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 1:00 Simply Ming: Rick Bayless 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Food for a Polar Expedition 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Plum and Pear Desserts 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Chewing the Sea 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Enchiladas and Mollettes 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Quick Pasta

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In the Spotlight Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R] Rick Steves’ Europe: Ethiopia – A Development Story Mexico – One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless: Mole is Mexico’s Mother Sauce

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The River Corrupted Sid returns to Kembleford to ask his old family to help save his new one.

8:00 Death in Paradise: The Man with the Golden Gun (Season 3, Part 7 of 8) A murder on a privately owned island means DI Goodman and the team are cut off from the mainland when a storm comes in, and locked in a house with a killer.

9:00 The Mallorca Files: Friend Henry (Part 7 of 10) Miranda and Max investigate the death of a world-famous DJ after he plays at Mallorca’s most popular nightclub, leading the detectives to investigate a sophisticated drug network.

10:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: Cell 99 (Part 5 of 6) [R] 11:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) [R]

Sunday 21 EARLY MORNING 12:00 The Long Song on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 3) [R] 1:00 Doc Martin: Facta Non Verba See Thurs.

Feb. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R] 2:00 The HistoryMakers on Success See Fri. Feb. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The HistoryMakers on Faith See Fri. Feb. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R] 4:00 The HistoryMakers on Courage See Fri. Feb. 19 at 11:00 pm. [R] MORNING 5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids 11:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:30 Chavis Chronicles AFTERNOON 12:00 Fly Brother with Ernest White: Addis Ababa – Coffee and Faith 12:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans 1:00 To Dine For with Kate Sullivan: Kimbal Musk 1:30 Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams was

Harry Belafonte

The HistoryMakers on Success, Faith, and Courage This three-part series shines a spotlight on inspiring African American stories on the themes of success, faith, and courage, emphasizing the importance of education, risk taking, hard work, and perseverance in achieving success; the importance of faith in the African American community and the power of believing in your dreams; and how taking stands against social, economic, and racial barriers were vital to realizing their aspirations. Hear the personal stories of Susan L. Taylor, Reverend Al Sharpton, Kim Fields, BB King, Nikki Giovanni, Vernon Jordan, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, and many others.

Friday, February 19 9:00 pm one of the most successful architects in the country from the early 1920s until his retirement 50 years later. But he wasn’t always welcome in the restaurants and hotels he designed or the neighborhoods where he built homes, because of his race. Narrated by actor Courtney B. Vance.

2:30 Finding Your Roots: Write My Name in the Book of Life [R] 3:30 Heard This film captures the inspiring stories of four people who grew up in “the projects,” surviving and thriving in spite of – and often because of – the challenges they’ve had to overcome.

5:00 Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class Bob Herbert narrates this documentary about the extraordinary difficulty African Americans have faced in their efforts to establish and maintain a middle class 2021

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Frontline: Iraq’s Assassins

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Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD American Experience: Goin’ Back to T-Town

Finding Your Roots

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America ReFramed

Henry Louis Gates: Uncovering America

Where in Chicago?

Chicago from the Air

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All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece

Death in Paradise

The Jazz Ambassadors

Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

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Andy Williams

11-2 The Story of Fascism in Europe (5:30)

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Father Brown

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11-2 Chicago’s Loop: A New Walking Tour

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Finding Your Roots

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Ken Burns’ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Local, USA

John Lewis: Get in the Way

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HistoryMakers on Faith

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Tower of Power: 50 Years of Funk

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Chaka Khan: Homecoming

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America ReFramed

Call the Midwife

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9:00 The Legacy List with Matt Paxton 10:00 This Old House 10:30 Ask This Old House 11:00 Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 12:00 Cook’s Country 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen 3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas 3:30 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 4:30 Check, Please!

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

standard of living. He explains why this often tragic state of affairs exists a century and a half after slavery and 50 years after the heyday of the civil rights movement.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: The Case of Henry Scarlet (Part 6 of 6) Forgery, murder, and false accusation strain Eliza’s forensic skills as she gets to the bottom of her father’s death, aided by the Duke and her underworld friend Moses.

8:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 7) 9:30 Inside Harrods This program chronicles the world’s most famous department store, from its humble beginnings to a giant in British retail and symbol of aristocracy.

10:30 The Great British Baking Show: Desserts (Part 4 of 10) For the Signature, bakers must create delicate cakes hiding a gooey filling or saucy surprise at the bottom. In the Technical, bakers take on Mary’s tiramisu. In the Showstopper,

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11:30 Austin City Limits: Willie Nelson The Texan superstar performs a set of hits and songs from his latest album My Way.

Monday 22 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Indie Soul Journeys [R] 1:00 Father Brown: The River Corrupted See Sat. Feb. 20 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 Death in Paradise: The Man with the Golden Gun (Season 3, Part 7 of 8) See Sat. Feb. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:00 The Mallorca Files: Friend Henry (Part 7 of 10) See Sat. Feb. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R] 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Ethiopia – A Development Story [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 5:30 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R] MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight

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Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Spokane (Part 1 of 2) Discover what Spokane finds from Season 12 are worth now like a 1905 Spokane bird’s-eye view lithograph, Abraham Lincoln letters and signed carte-de-visite, and a yellow diamond and platinum ring.

One has an updated appraisal of $80,000-$120,000!

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Harrisburg (Part 3 of 3) Learn more about vintage and antique items in Harrisburg, such as the 1963-1968 NASA archive of Pearl Tucker, a painted “Bucher” box made around 1800, and a Randy Gumpert baseball archive.

10:00 Independent Lens: Mr. SOUL! 11:30 BBC World News

a first-time weasel mom, a fearless honey badger, and a tiny orphan weasel.

9:00 NOVA: Mars 2020 NOVA goes behind the scenes as NASA attempts to land its newest robotic geologist, a rover named Perseverance, on Mars this month.

10:00 Europe’s New Wild: Europe’s Amazon (Part 4 of 4) See how the precious habitats of the Danube Delta depend on a healthy river to continue growing. The Danube is Europe’s largest preserved wetland, but many of the species that call it home are the last of their kind.

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

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EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots: Country Roots See Tues.

Feb. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R] 1:30 To be announced 3:30 Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story See Sun. Feb. 14 at 2:00 pm. [R] 4:30 BBC World News 5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]

EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece: The Case of Henry Scarlet (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Feb. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R] 2:00 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 7) See Sun. Feb. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R] 3:30 Inside Harrods See Sun. Feb. 21 at 9:30 pm. [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 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Country Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the remarkably diverse backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash.

9:00 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

Wednesday 24 EARLY MORNING 12:30 Independent Lens: Mr. SOUL! See Mon. Feb. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R] 2:00 To be announced 3:30 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R] 4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [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 Nature: The Mighty Weasel Follow the adventures of

Ellis Haizlip on the set of SOUL!

Independent Lens: Mr. SOUL! For five years beginning in 1968, the public television series SOUL! highlighted Black literature, music, and politics, and often paired guests in unexpected juxtapositions that gave them an opportunity to shine in unique ways. Producer and host Ellis Haizlip conducted interviews with both an intense interest and laid-back style, providing a national platform for previously unheard voices.

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NOVA: Mars 2020 See Wed. Feb. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R] Europe’s New Wild: Europe’s Amazon (Part 4 of 4) See Wed. Feb. 24 at 10:00 pm. [R] The Great British Baking Show: Desserts (Part 4 of 10) See Sun. Feb. 21 at 10:30 pm. [R] BBC World News Chicago Tonight [R]

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Tina Turner: One Last Time In 2000, Tina Turner’s final UK concert was filmed at London’s Wembley Stadium with a state-of-the-art stage set, 18 cameras, and one of the world’s top directors. Turner’s inspiring, powerful performance made it an unforgettable event. Blasting out hit after hit and taking the audience through her amazing four-decade career, Turner once again proved herself to be “simply the best.”

Watching the show reveals why she set records for the largest-paying audience for a solo performer and for one of the highest-grossing tours of all time.

Sunday, February 28 8:00 pm MORNING-AFTERNOON 6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Doc Martin: The Doctor is Out Now reunited with Louisa, Martin manages to eventually find Jim and perform a lifesaving operation on him. But is it too late for Martin and Louisa to also save their marriage?

9:00 Chaka Khan: Homecoming Celebrate the legendary career of the multi-genre vocalist at a concert at the Harris Theatre in her hometown of Chicago. Performances include “I Feel For You” and “Tell Me Something Good.”

10:30 Indie Soul Journeys 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company

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EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years 9:30 Soul Legends Join host Pam Grier in a tribute to the greatest soul hits and performers from the 1970s and ’80s. Features classics

by The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Bill Withers, The Spinners, Isaac Hayes, Minnie Riperton, and more.

11:30 BBC World News

Saturday 27 EARLY MORNING 12:00 Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey Baer hops on the CTA’s famous elevated train lines to bring you a fascinating exploration of the colorful and diverse neighborhoods that Chicagoans access via the city’s storied elevated train system.

3:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD See Sun. Feb. 7 at 3:00 am. [R] MORNING 5:00 Joyful Pain-Free Living with Lee Albert As a neuromuscular therapist, meditation teacher, and yoga instructor, Lee Albert addresses three systems of the body that contribute to pain, stress, and premature aging.

7:00 Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer [R] 10:00 Chicago’s South Side Explore Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods with the people who call them home. Geoffrey Baer traces the rich history and culture of neighborhoods from Ashburn to Auburn, Hyde Park to Hegewisch, Woodlawn to Wrightwood.

AFTERNOON 12:30 Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (Part 1 of 2) Experience the aftermath of the Civil War – a bewildering, exhilarating, and terrifying time. For African

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Americans, despite their hard-won freedom, support for their social, economic, and political gains did not last.

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (Part 2 of 2) Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy, and see how African Americans fought back using artistic expression to put forward a “New Negro” for a new century.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Downton Abbey Returns!

In the wake of Downton Abbey: The Movie, this is a nostalgic celebration of all aspects of the most successful British drama ever.

Combining clips from all six seasons with new interviews and “behind-the-scenes” footage from the final season, the program will also share clips from the feature film.

8:30 The Carpenters: Close to You This music-filled documentary traces The Carpenters’ career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the duo’s friends in the music business, recalling their bestselling recordings.

10:00 ABBA Forever: A Celebration Celebrate the supergroup with Neil Sedaka, Donny Osmond, Tim Rice, and the band members themselves. The special includes a greatest hits soundtrack, original interviews, and rare archival footage.

11:30 Monty Python: A Celebration

Sunday 28 EARLY MORNING 1:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Join the acclaimed personal finance expert for essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.

3:00 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Former ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White shares a practical six-point plan anyone can use to keep their minds sharp and their bodies active.

4:00 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Dr. Gundry shares informative, life-changing information and a step-by-step easy approach to help us all feel better and more youthful at any age.

5:30 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD MORNING 7:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R]

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The Transformational Power of Yoga Teacher and author Desiree Rumbaugh shares how simple yoga and meditation practices can strengthen, protect and heal.

10:00 Classical Rewind Experience the beauty, romance and power of musical masterpieces in this joyride through the world of classical hits.

Martin Goldsmith hosts, with reflections from Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Stewart Copeland, and others.

11:30 Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the pioneering children’s series that premiered nationally more than 50 years ago.

AFTERNOON 1:00 Chicago River Tour with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey takes us on an in-depth exploration of all three branches of the river, including the less wellknown stretches extending south to the Sanitary and Ship Canal and winding north through the Botanic Garden and Skokie Lagoons.

3:10 Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new freedoms and new perils for African Americans on the road in this deep look into the dynamics of race, space and mobility in America over time.

EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs Celebrate the centennial of the timeless artist in this special featuring his greatest hits and cherished standards, including “Mona Lisa,” “Unforgettable” and “When I Fall in Love,” along with rarely seen footage from his variety show.

8:00 Tina Turner: One Last Time In 2000, Tina Turner’s final UK concert was filmed at London’s Wembley Stadium via 18 cameras by one of the world’s top directors.

Turner’s inspiring, powerful performance made it an unforgettable event.

9:30 Tower of Power: 50 Years of Funk 11:00 Monty Python: A Celebration [R]

February At-a-Glance • Arts • Performance ABBA Forever: A Celebration Saturday, 10:00 pm (2/27) Austin City Limits Thursday, 3:30 am (2/4) Sundays, 11:30 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Carpenters: Close to You Saturday, 8:30 pm (2/27) Chaka Khan Homecoming Thursday, 9:00 pm (2/25) Dave Chappelle: The Mark Twain Prize Friday, 9:00 pm (2/12) Sunday, 2:00 am (2/14) In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Friday, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm (2/5) Sunday, 2:00 am (2/7) Indie Soul Journeys Thursdays, 10:30 pm (2/11, 2/18, 2/25) Mondays, 12:30 am (2/15, 2/22) Saturday, 4:00 am (2/20) Nat King Cole’s Greatest Songs Sunday, 6:30 pm (2/28) Soul Legends Friday, 9:30 pm (2/26)

Drama • Comedy • Movies All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Tuesdays, 2:00 am (2/2, 2/9, 2/23) Saturdays, 11:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Sundays, 8:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Tuesday, 1:30 am (2/16) Death in Paradise Saturdays, 8:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Monday, 1:30 am (2/8) Mondays, 2:00 am (2/15, 2/22) Doc Martin Thursdays, 8:00 pm Sundays, 1:00 am (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Downton Abbey Returns!

Saturday, 7:00 pm (2/27) Father Brown Saturdays, 7:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Monday, 12:30 am (2/8) Mondays, 1:00 am (2/15, 2/22) The Long Song on Masterpiece Tuesdays, 3:00 am (2/2, 2/9) Sundays, 12:00 am (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Sundays, 9:00 pm (2/7, 2/14) Tuesday, 2:30 am (2/16) Mallorca Files Saturdays, 9:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Monday, 2:30 am (2/8) Mondays, 3:00 am (2/15, 2/22) Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece Tuesdays, 1:00 am (2/2, 2/9, 2/23) Saturdays, 10:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Sundays, 7:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Tuesday, 12:30 am (2/16) Monty Python: A Celebration Saturday, 11:30 pm (2/27) Sunday, 11:00 pm (2/28)

Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • Travel Africa with Ade Adepitan Thursday, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm (2/4) Saturday, 12:30 am, 1:30 am (2/6)

Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas Sundays, 1:30 pm (2/7, 2/14) America’s Test Kitchen Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (2/6,

2/13, 2/20) Antiques Roadshow Mondays, 8:00 pm Mondays, 9:00 pm (2/1, 2/22) Wednesdays, 12:30 am (2/3, 2/10, 2/17) Wednesday, 1:30 am (2/3) Saturday, 2:30 am (2/6) Ask This Old House Saturdays, 10:30 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Check, Please!

Fridays, 8:00 pm (2/5, 2/12, 2/19) Saturdays, 4:30 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Sundays, 10:00 pm ((27, 2/14) Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Saturdays, 3:30 pm, 4:00 pm (2/6,

2/13, 2/20) Cook’s Country Saturdays, 12:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Fly Brother with Ernest White II Sundays, 12:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Saturday, 4:30 am (2/20) Great British Baking Show Sundays, 10:30 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Fridays, 3:30 am Kitchen Queens: New Orleans Sundays, 12:30 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Legacy List with Matt Paxton Saturdays, 9:00 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Lidia’s Kitchen Saturdays, 11:30 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Saturdays, 5:30 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saturdays, 3:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) New Scandinavian Cooking Saturdays, 1:30 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen Saturdays, 11:00 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Pati’s Mexican Table Saturdays, 12:30 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Rick Steves’ Europe Saturdays, 5:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Mondays, 4:00 am (2/15, 2/22) Simply Ming Saturdays, 1:00 pm (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) This Old House Saturdays, 10:00 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20)

Nature • Science • Technology Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Sunday, 3:00 am (2/28) Beyond the Elements on NOVA Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (2/3, 2/10) Wednesday, 8:00 pm (2/17) Fridays, 1:30 am (2/5, 2/12) Friday, 12:30 am (2/19) Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen Sunday, 3:00 am (2/7) Saturday, 3:00 am (2/27) Sunday, 5:30 am (2/28)

Europe’s New Wild Wednesdays, 10:00 pm Fridays, 2:30 am Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Sunday, 4:00 am (2/28) Nature Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (2/3, 2/10, 2/24) Fridays, 12:30 am (2/5, 2/12, 2/26) NOVA Wednesday, 9:00 pm (2/24) Friday, 1:30 am (2/26) Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Sunday, 1:00 am, 7:00 am (2/28) Yoga in Practice Saturdays, 5:30 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20)

Public Affairs • History • Documentary 400 Years: Taking the Knee Thursday, 9:00 pm (2/18) Saturday, 1:30 am (2/20) Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class Sunday, 5:00 pm (2/21) Al Capone: Icon Tuesday, 9:00 pm (2/9) Thursday, 1:30 am (2/11) Saturday, 2:30 am (2/13) Amanpour and Company Mondays-Fridays, 11:30 pm American Experience Mondays, 9:00 pm (2/8, 2/15) Wednesdays, 1:30 am (2/10, 2/17) Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Sunday, 5:00 pm (2/7) Thursday, 3:30 am (2/11) BBC World News Mondays-Fridays, 4:30 am, 11:00 pm The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Tuesday, 9:00 pm (2/16) Wednesday, 9:00 pm (2/17) Thursday, 1:30 am (2/18) Friday, 1:30 am (2/19) Chavis Chronicles Sundays, 11:30 am (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Chicago at the Crossroad Sunday, 5:00 pm (2/14) Thursday, 3:30 am (2/18) Chicago by ‘L’ with Geoffrey Baer Saturday, 12:00 am, 7:00 am (2/27) Chicago River Tour Sunday, 1:00 pm (2/28) Chicago Tonight Mondays-Thursdays, 7:00 pm, 5:00 am Chicago Tonight: Black Voices Sundays, 6:00 pm Mondays, 5:00 am Wednesdays, 4:00 am (2/3, 2/10) Wednesday, 3:30 am (2/4) Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices Saturdays, 6:00 pm Mondays, 5:30 am Tuesdays, 4:00 am (2/2, 2/9, 2/16) Wednesday, 4:00 am (2/24) Chicago Tonight: Week in Review Fridays, 7:00 pm Saturdays, 5:00 am (2/6, 2/13, 2/20) Chicago’s South Side Saturday, 10:00 am (2/27)

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America Sunday, 3:10 pm (2/28) Fat Boy: The Billy Stewart Story Sunday, 2:00 pm (2/14) Thursday, 3:30 am (2/25) Finding Your Roots Tuesdays, 8:00 pm Thursdays, 12:30 am Sunday, 2:00 pm (2/7) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Sundays, 11:00 am (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Heard Sunday, 3:30 pm (2/21) The HistoryMakers Friday, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm (2/19) Sunday, 2:00 am, 3:00 am, 4:00 am (2/21) Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Sunday, 1:30 pm (2/21) Independent Lens Mondays, 10:00 pm (2/1, 2/8, 2/22) Wednesdays, 2:30 pm (2/3, 2/10) Saturdays, 3:30 am (2/6, 2/13) Wednesday, 12:30 am (2/24) Inside Harrods Sunday, 9:30 pm (2/21) Tuesday, 3:30 am The Jazz Ambassadors Tuesday, 9:00 pm (2/2) Thursday, 1:30 am (2/4) Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening Thursday, 9:00 pm (2/11) Saturday, 1:30 am (2/13) Legacy: The Untold Story of Chicago Black Music Sunday, 3:00 pm, (2/14) Saturday, 3:00 am (2/20) Mandela in Chicago Sunday, 4:00 pm (2/14) Wednesday, 3:30 am (2/17) Marian Anderson: Once in a Hundred Years Friday, 8:00 pm (2/21) It’s You I Like Sunday, 11:30 am (2/28) PBS NewsHour Mondays-Fridays, 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturdays, 6:30 pm Sundays, 6:30 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Phunny Business: A Black Comedy Friday, 10:30 pm (2/12) Sunday, 3:30 am (2/14) Reconstruction: America after the Civil War Saturday, 12:30 pm, 3:00 pm (2/27) Reel Midwest Thursday, 10:00 pm (2/11) To Dine For with Kate Sullivan Sundays, 1:00 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21) Viewers’ Choice Winners Sunday, 3:00 pm (2/7) Washington Week Fridays, 7:30 pm Where in Chicago? with Geoffrey Baer Fridays, 8:30 pm (2/5, 2/12, 2/19)

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• Daily Radio Programming

Programming Subject to Change Without Notice

Programmer’s Picks

Fridays, 12:00 pm

Monday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Josef Strauss Waltz, Viennese Frescoes, Op. 249 – Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti.

Sony 88985477002. [9:15] Bill McGlaughlin’s Exploring Music theme this week is Invitation to the Dance.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in F, K. 439b/2 – Chicago Sym Winds. CBS M2K-42144 (2). [17:10] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Camille Saint-Saëns Le Rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31 – London Sinfonia/John Wilson.

Chandos CHSA-5252. [7:26] 11:00 Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition – Chicago Sym/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN8849. [33:00] Break 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Antonio Vivaldi Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537 – Mark Bennett & Andrew Crowley, tr’s; St. Andrew Camerata/ Leonard Friedman. Omega OCD-1012. [6:43] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Jessie Montgomery Coincident Dances – Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000185. [11:40] Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.573838. [17:18] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Robert Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 – Mitsuko Uchida, p.

Philips 473686-2. [31:19] 3:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 45 in f-sharp minor, Farewell – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423376-2.

[27:17] Traditional Early One

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concert

In Great Choral Works, More Often Praised Than Listened To, Bill examines oratorios by Felix Mendelssohn, a choral symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Paul Hindemith’s setting of Walt Whitman’s poetry.

From a recent Los Angeles Philharmonic season, this concert featured the prize-winning Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen, joining the renowned Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan for this special Lunar New Year program.

Monday-Friday, February 8-12, 7:00 pm

Thursday, February 18, 9:00 pm

Morning – The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square/ Richard Condie. CBS MS-6019.

[1:14] Cyril Scott Poem for piano and orchestra, Early One Morning – John Ogdon, p; London Phil/Bernard Herrmann.

Lyrita SRCS.82. [14:40] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance 8:00 Live from WFMT Encore 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Grusin The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter film music: Main title – Orch/David Grusin.

Warner Brothers WPCR-782.

[3:10] Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1002.

[7:47] Various Four Seasonal Sketches: Spring Intermezzo; A Summer Day – Helen WalkerHill, p. Leonarda LE-339. [3:56] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F, RV 293, The Four Seasons: Autumn – Amsterdam Guitar Trio. RCA 61652-2. [10:50] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Richard Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60: Das Diner (The Dinner) – Orpheus Chamber Orch.

DG 435871-2. [10:04] 11:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 – London Phil/Bernard Haitink.

EMI CDC5-55487-2. [11:36] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus:

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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Henry Purcell Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge Suite – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock.

RCA-DHM 77231-2. [12:16] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Antonin Dvorák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 – Bavarian Radio Sym/Mariss Jansons.

BR Klassik 900145. [9:45] Igor Stravinsky Petrouchka – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti.

London 443775-2. [34:49] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in d, Op. 75 – Gil Shaham, v; Gerhard Oppitz, p. DG G2-29729. [22:28] 3:00 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 7 in E major, D. 729 – Munich Sym/Kevin John Edusei.

Solo Musica SM-339. [33:38] Erich Wolfgang Korngold Much Ado About Nothing incidental music, Op. 11 – Minería Sym/Carlos Miguel Prieto. Naxos 8.570791. [16:05] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance 8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years, composers’ early successes – Wagner: Rienzi Overture (/Daniel Barenboim).

Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 (Dale Clevenger/ Barenboim). Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (/Jean Martinon).

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Byron Janis/ Fritz Reiner). Verdi: Nabucco Overture (/Riccardo Muti).

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 (/Leonard Bernstein).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat arr clarinet-violin-piano; Grieg: String Quartet in g.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Frédéric Chopin Fantasy in

In the Spotlight Photo: IMG Artists

Impromptu Encore WFMT has welcomed some outstanding guest artists to the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. We revisit some of these mini-recitals this month as Impromptu Encores, including violinist Joshua Bell, tenor Joseph Calleja, pianist Kirill Gerstein, and mandolinist Avi Avital.

Christopher Kenney

Music of the Baroque 2021 Chicago’s Music of the Baroque continues to celebrate 50 years, and WFMT joins in with delayed broadcasts of this virtual season’s performances. From January 24 at Skokie’s North Shore Center comes a complete performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons violin concertos, with MOB concertmaster Gina DiBello as both soloist and conductor, and operatic baritone Christopher Kenney, an alum of the Ryan Opera Center, narrating.

The Four Seasons counts as one of the very first examples of program music, since they vividly describe extra-musical images like pastoral scenes, country dances, hunting expeditions, and storms. It’s likely that Vivaldi also wrote the descriptive sonnets that give clues to the music.

Wednesday, February 3 8:00 pm F minor, Op. 49 – Louis Lortie, p. Chandos CHAN-20117.

[13:31] Mily Balakirev Islamey, Oriental Fantasy – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy.

Sony SBK-62647. [8:52] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release,

plus: George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 447733-2 (3). [10:59] 11:00 Aaron Copland Prairie Journal (Music for Radio) – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [10:55] 12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Harpist Eleanor Kirk live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Jacques Ibert Concertino da Camera (Saxophone Concertino) – Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Ch Orch.

Sony SK-89251. [14:46] Claude Debussy Sarabande; Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin.

Naxos 8.573124. [10:23] Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [6:55] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: William Grant Still Symphony No. 1, Afro-American – Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN-9154. [24:10] 3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in d minor, BWV 1052 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony 82429-2 (3).

[20:39] Ronn McFarlane On the Heath – Ronn McFarlane & William Simms, l’s. Dorian DSL-92111. [8:42] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance 8:00 Music of the Baroque 2021: Performed online last month from the North Shore Center in Skokie – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, four violin concertos – Gina DiBello, conductor & violin; Christopher Kenney, narrator.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 4 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto in d, BWV 1060 – Johnny Gandelsman, v; Adam Hollander, ob; The Knights.

Warner 0825646170982.

[12:22] Francis Poulenc Flute Sonata – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p. EMI CDC5-56488-2. [12:24] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b – Martha

Argerich & Nelson Freire, p’s. DG 4778570. [16:55] 11:00 Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16: 1st mvt, Harold in the Mountains – Gérard Caussé, vi; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Philips 446676-2. [14:55] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – Atlanta Sym/Yoel Levi. Telarc CD-80250. [8:39] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Robert Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 – Alicia de Larrocha, p. London 421525-2. [22:35] Josef Strauss Aquarellen Waltzes, Op. 258 – Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado.

DG 431628-2. [7:40] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, Gran Partita – Ensemble Intercontemporain/ Pierre Boulez. London 4780316. [47:54] 3:00 Various Shenandoah; Spirituals: Deep River – Lara Downes, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92207.

[5:14] Howard Hanson Lux Aeterna, Op. 24 – Ilkka Talvi, v; Susan Gulkis, vi; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3160. [16:50] Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux – Voces8. Decca B0022601-02. [4:25] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance 8:00 Ravinia Recitals 2021 9:00 The Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concert: Simone Young, conductor; Michael Slattery, tenor; Andrew Bain, horn – Britten: Four Sea Interludes fr Peter Grimes; Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Friday 5 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance for Violin, Op. 39 – Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records . [10:29] Percy Grainger Brigg Fair – Gabrieli Consort/ Paul McCreesh. Signum SIGCD-490. [2:59] Frederick Delius Brigg Fair – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy.

Sony SBK-62645. [14:46] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Joseph Haydn

Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1 – Adolph Herseth, tr; Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado.

DG B0000025-02. [14:19] 11:00 Ernest John Moeran Symphonic Impression, In the Mountain Country – Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.573106. [6:24] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Sam Haywood performed in Levin Studio in 2015.

Kerry Frumkin hosts.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon Edward MacDowell Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 23 – André Watts, p; Dallas Sym/Andrew Litton.

Telarc CD-80429. [25:47] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 – Boston Sym/Andris Nelsons.

BSO Classics 1701/03. [42:17] 3:00 Dmitri Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61958-2.

[4:45] Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite: Death of Tybalt, Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet Before Parting, Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb – Chicago Sym/ Riccardo Muti. CSO ReSound CSOR-9011402. [22:45] Peter Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37: June; July; August – Vassily Primakov, p. Bridge 9283. [10:03] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Invitation to the Dance 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Alan Gilbert, conductor; Glenn Dicterow, violin – Dvorak: Carnival Overture.

Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 1.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Playwright Lanford Wilson interviewed in 1980.

Saturday 6 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians 12:00 From the Metropolitan Opera: A listeners’-choice opera rebroadcast, to be announced.

4:00 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho, including vocal music between now and 5:00.

5:00 Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 – Seong-Jin Cho, p; London Sym/Gianandrea

Photo: Fadil Berisha

In the Spotlight Nicole Heaston

New from the Ravinia Festival Hear more recitals recorded late last year and early this year by the Ravinia Festival. In the first broadcast, cellist Oliver Herbert and his frequent recital partner, pianist Xiaohui Yang, play the first and last cello sonatas

by Beethoven. The following week, pianist Dominic Cheli presents a program of music by the 20th-century composers Erwin Schulhoff and Carl Vine, plus some Beethoven, Clara Schumann, and Couperin.

Then, violinist Andrew Sords and pianist Daniel Overly perform Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A Major. And finally, soprano Nicole Heaston, in partnership with members of the Elgin Symphony, brings us extended arias by Purcell and Handel, songs

by Liszt and Jessie Montgomery, plus Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock.

Thursdays 8:00 pm

Noseda. DG B0026046-02.

[41:15] Xavier Montsalvatge Poema concertante – Rachel Barton Pine, v; NDR Radio Phil/Celso Antunes. Hänssler Classic 98.642. [12:32] 6:00 Astor Piazzolla Tango Suite – Yo-Yo Ma, vc, w/ assisting artists. Sony SK63122. [9:51] Richard Strauss Dance Suite after Couperin: Gavotte; Tourbillon; Allemande; March – Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe.

EMI 64350-2 (3). [13:56] Kurt Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music) – Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer.

EMI 64142-2. [20:20] Weill Lost in the Stars – Lara Downes, p.

Steinway & Son 30016. [4:27] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music from Venezuela 8:00 Folkstage hosted 2021

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In the Spotlight

Itefayo Ali-Landing

Black History Month Programming February 2021 Join WFMT daily throughout February for a wide variety of music written by Black composers and recordings of performances

by Black artists. Highlights include Music of the Black Church, hosted

by LaRob Payton on February 10 in anticipation of the twopart documentary by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. airing on WTTW beginning on February 16. An encore broadcast of A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood explores the importance of music in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha, performed by the Paragon Ragtime Chorus and Orchestra, tells the story of a teacher and freed slave kidnapped and then rescued from a band of conjurers. Best of Studs Terkel replays some of Studs’s many conversations with African-American artists, and With Heart and Voice shares traditional spirituals and original sacred-music works. Finally, LaRob Payton presents Cello and Piano Music by Black Composers featuring cellist Itefayo Ali-Landing and pianist Joshua Mhoon performing works

by Florence Price and others.

Throughout the month Various times

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by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Sunday 7 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Honoring Black History Month, Peter DuBois will play sacred compositions

by African-Americans plus traditional spirituals.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis • George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue – Katia & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 400022-2. [14:20] Various Sardana; Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells) – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; City of Birmingham Sym cellos. Decca 4832948. [8:50] Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Nos. 1-4 – Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer. Channel Classics CCSSA-90210. [19:06] 1:00 Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata Un Piccolo Divertimento (Variations) in f, H XVII:6 – MarcAndré Hamelin, p. Hyperion CDA-67710 (2). [12:45] Richard Strauss Divertimento after Couperin, Op. 86: I-III – New Zealand Sym/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.574217. [13:20] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat, K. 449 – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, p; Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy. Chandos CHAN10958. [21:07] Various Variations on Greensleeves; Chôros No. 1 – Julian Bream, l & g. RCA 33705-2 (2). [8:37] Alberto Ginastera Estancia: Four dances – Simón Bolívar Orch/Gustavo Dudamel.

DG B0011340-02. [12:00] Johann Strauss II Waltz, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 – Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber. CBS MK2-45564 (2).

[9:45] Mozart Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 211 – Gidon Kremer, v; Vienna Phil/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. DG 453043-2 (2). [19:39] 3:00 Franz Liszt Venezia e Napoli – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4830255. [17:51] Ottorino Respighi The Fountains of Rome – Oregon Sym/James DePreist. Delos DE-3287. [17:14] Dmitri Shostakovich Moscow, Cheremushki, Op. 105: A Spin Through Moscow; Polka; Galop – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly.

London 452597-2. [8:30] 4:00 Johannes Brahms F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz) – AnneSophie Mutter, v; Lambert

Orkis, p. DG 445826-2. [5:50] Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 – Baltimore Sym/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.570995. [15:04] Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Introduction through Midnight – Fort Worth Sym/Miguel HarthBedoya. FWSO Live. [22:01] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin • John Williams Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone film music: Hedwig’s Theme, Christmas at Hogwarts, Nimbus 2000, Leaving Hogwarts, Harry’s Wondrous World – City of Prague Phil/James Fitzpatrick.

Silva SILCD-1251. [16:22] Williams guest-conducts the Chicago Symphony on our CSO broadcast tonight at 8:00. Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Suite – Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2). [26:13] Gustav Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt – Thomas Hampson, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p. Teldec 74726-2.

[4:14] Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen – Yvonne Minton, ms; Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 414675-2 (2). [3:18] Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [19:56] Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6 in f, Op. 80 – Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000082 (3). [25:35] Mendelssohn Elijah, Op. 70: He Watching Over Israel – Cleveland Orch & Cho/Robert Shaw. RCA 63709-2. [4:10] 7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: John Williams conducts extended excerpts from his film scores.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Music by the Estonian composer Heino Eller (1887-1970).

Monday 8 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Hubert Parry Lady Radnor’s Suite – English String Orch/ William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5210/3 (4). [15:37] George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:48] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Benjamin Britten Gloriana, Op. 53: Courtly Dances – Royal Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80126. [10:18] 11:00 Ferde Grofé Mississippi Suite – Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart. RCA 68786-2. [13:38]

12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Montreal Sym/Kent Nagano. Decca 4830396. [10:42] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Florence Price Fantasie Negre – Helen Walker-Hill, p.

Leonarda LE-339. [8:56] Aaron Copland The Red Pony Suite – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.559240. [23:42] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ernest Chausson Symphony in B-Flat, Op. 20 – Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet.

London 433715-2. [35:29] 3:00 Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610): Dixit Dominus – Green Mountain Project/Jeffrey Grossman.

New Focus Recordings FCR-918. [8:26] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6/12 – English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archive 423626-2 (2). [10:32] Ralph Vaughan Williams Concerto grosso – Bournemouth Sym/Norman Del Mar. EMI CDC7-47812-2. [15:44] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Live from WFMT Encore 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 9 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Oboe d’Amore Concerto in A, BWV 1055 – Gonzalo Ruiz, ob d’amore; Portland Baroque Orch/Monica Huggett. Avie AV-2324. [12:41] Domenico Cimarosa Serenade – James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g. RCA 5679-2. [11:39] Ernest John Moeran Serenade in G – Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDC7-49912-2. [14:22] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72b – Saito Kinen Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa. Decca 00028948511105. [14:24] 11:00 Federico Moreno Torroba Aires de la Mancha – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80451. [7:55] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Adolphe-Charles Adam Giselle Suite – Vienna Phil/ Herbert von Karajan. London 473171-2 (2). [12:33] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Toru Takemitsu Toward the Sea – Cavatina Duo. Opera Tres CD-1029. [11:27] Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My

Fatherland): Vysehrad (The High Castle) – Czech Phil/ Rafael Kubelík. Supraphon SU-19102031. [15:40] François Couperin Concert Royal No. 1 – Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset.

Aparté AP-196. [11:36] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 39 – Lahti Sym/Osmo Vänskä. Bis CD-861. [35:04] 3:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 22 in B-Flat, K. 589 – Dover Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000167. [23:18] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years, music in anticipation of Valentine’s Day – Prokofiev: Excerpts fr Romeo and Juliet (/Riccardo Muti). Barber: The Lovers (CSO Cho/Andrew Schenck).

Verdi: Gia nella notte densa fr Otello (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti/Sir Georg Solti). Strauss: Symphonia Domestica (/Fritz Reiner).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Caplet: Conte fantastique for harp & string quartet.

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit.

Penderecki: String Trio.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 10 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 William Grant Still Violin and Piano Suite – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p.

Cedille CDR-90000182. [12:51] Peter Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Panorama; Waltz – Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons. Sony 92710 (2). [7:10] Franz Schubert Rosamunde incidental music, D. 797: Ballet music No. 1 – Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431655-2. [8:08] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Johann Wilhelm Hertel Trumpet and Oboe Concerto in E-Flat – Cologne Chamber Orch/Helmut Müller-Brühl.

Koch 3-1615-2. [14:25] 11:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307 – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta.

RCA 63144-2 (2). [8:52] 12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinist Brian Hong and pianist Victor Asuncion live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 in

F, K. 459 – Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym/Claudio Abbado.

Philips 456964-2 (2). [28:24] Carlos Salzedo Scintillation, Op. 31 – Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80361. [9:59] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 417719-2. [28:51] 3:00 George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Alison Balsom, tr; Balsom Ensemble.

Warner 0190295370060. [16:05] Claude Debussy Préludes, Book 2: XII. Feux d’artifice – Jorge Federico Osorio, p.

Cedille CDR-90000197.

[4:48] Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a – Thomas Yang, v; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman.

Pro Arte CDD-551. [10:41] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Music of the Black Church hosted by LaRob Payton.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 11 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Georg Philipp Telemann Three-Trumpet Concerto No. 1 – C Geyer, B Butler, J Hickey, tr’s; Music of the Baroque Orch/T Wikman. D’note DND-1026.

[10:47] Johann Sebastian Bach Three Pieces for Lute – Andrés Segovia, g. MCA Classics MCAD-42068. [8:56] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Maurice Ravel Piano Sonatine – Leon Fleisher, p. Sony 57307. [10:08] 11:00 Antonin Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op. 91 – Vienna Phil/Seiji Ozawa.

Philips 432996-2. [14:26] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: George Frideric Handel Berenice, Overture, Minuet, & Gigue – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

Oiseau 410553-2. [7:08] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33 – Lynn Harrell, vc; Cleveland Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. London 410019-2.

[19:00] Gerald Finzi Eclogue, Op. 10 – Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI-5366. [9:44] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Johannes Brahms String

Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36 – Isaac Stern & Cho-Liang Lin, v’s; Jaime Laredo & Michael Tree, vi’s; Yo-Yo Ma & Sharon Robinson, vc’s.

Sony S2K-45820 (2). [38:19] 3:00 Paul Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes

by Weber – London Sym/ Claudio Abbado. London 433081-2. [20:22] Franz Schubert Variations in A-Flat on an Original Theme, D. 813 – Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim, p.

DG 4793922. [18:32] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Ravinia Recitals 2021 9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Carey Bell, clarinet – Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622; Bruckner: Symphony No. 5.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

doubles – Alexandre Tharaud, p.

Erato 0190295386429. [6:24] 3:00 Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat – Gringolts, v; Altstaedt, vc; Bernardini, ob; Whelan, bn; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion CDA-68090.

[20:47] Toru Takemitsu Toward the Sea III – Auréle Nicolet, f; Naoko Yoshino, h.

Philips 442012-2. [10:52] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin, including: Copland A Lincoln Portrait – James Earl Jones, n; Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos 3140. [14:33] 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Lorin Maazel, conductor – Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1; Schumann: Symphony No. 4.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Soprano Barbara Hendricks interviewed in 1978.

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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Wang Jianmin At Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge – Lang Lang, p; Ji Wei, zither. DG B0008233-00.

[9:08] Tan Dun Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon film score: The Eternal Vow – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Shanghai Sym & Percussion Ensemble/Tan Dun. Sony SK89347. [2:58] Luigi Boccherini String Quintet in d, Op. 25/1 – Members of Europa Galante.

Virgin Classics 45421-2. [15:49] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Suite – Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p. DG 447640-2. [16:23] 11:00 Hugo Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 24, Upsala-rapsodi – Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi. Bis CD-725. [9:52] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Lisa Flynn welcomed tenor Joseph Calleja and pianist Jerad Mosbey to Levin Studio in 2017.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon César Franck Symphonic Variations – Alicia de Larrocha, p; London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. London 417583-2.

[16:48] Enrique Granados Danzas Españolas: Andaluza; Oriental – Milos Karadaglic, g.

DG B0015579-02. [11:40] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – Grant Park Orch/ Carlos Kalmar. Cedille CDR-90000125. [27:40] JeanPhilippe Rameau Gavotte et

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am 11:00 Introductions: Louis Auxenfans, 16, clarinet & piano; Henry Auxenfans, 13, violin. These two brothers play pieces by Beethoven, Bach, Stravinsky, Wieniawski, Fuchs, Rachmaninoff, and Kreisler.

12:00 From the Met: Massenet’s “Cendrillon” – Joyce DiDonato (Cendrillon); Kathleen Kim (Fairy); Alice Coote (Prince Charming); Stephanie Blythe (Madame de la Haltiere); Laurent Naouri (Pandolfe); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Bertrand de Billy. From 2018.

3:00 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho • Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 – Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 4797518 (2). [34:51] Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals – The Kanneh-Masons.

Decca 4851153. [22:51] 4:00 An Hour Featuring Vocal Music 5:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell. Avie AV-2207 (2). [15:24] Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1: III. Pastorale and Rustic Dances – David Schrader, p; Chicago String Ensemble/Alan Heatherington.

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In the Spotlight Chinese Folksong – Jenny Lin, p. Bis CD-1110. [13:37] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music from the Spanish Baroque, first of two weeks.

8:00 Folkstage hosted

by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

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Joyce DiDonato

From the Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera’s firstever staging of Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella) in 2018, starred Joyce DiDonato in the title role; also featured were soprano Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother, and singer-comedienne Stephanie Blythe as the farcical stepmother (Massenet also brings in the two ugly stepsisters). This rebroadcast from the Met’s archives is followed

by Giacomo Puccini’s La Rondine, in a 2009 production starring soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna that updates the action from the 19th century to 1920s Paris.

The story, set to some of Puccini’s most lyrical (and least-known) music, finds a “woman with a past” falling in love and contemplating – for a while – the start of a new life.

Saturdays, February 13 and 20, 12:00 pm

Centaur CRC-2140. [6:03] Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests – Chicago Sym/Rafael Kubelík. Mercury 434379-2.

[12:39] Antonín Dvorák Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55: No. 4, Songs My Mother Taught Me – Camille Thomas, vc; Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève. DG 4838564. [3:16] Antonin Dvorák Rusalka: Song to the Moon – Leontyne Price, s; New Philharmonia/Nello Santi. RCA 62596-2. [6:15] 6:00 Maurice Ravel Quartet in F – Tokyo String Quartet. RCA 62552-2. [27:47] Traditional Folksong, Imayo – Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Shinichi Yuize, koto. CBS MK-37295. [6:37] Various In a Chinese Temple Garden; Etude on a Chinese Theme; Improvisation on A

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: February birthdays include Mendelssohn, Handel, and several more.

7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis • Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Miniature Overture; March; Waltz of the Flowers – Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, p’s. DG 449816-2. [11:42] Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 – Czech Phil/Semyon Bychkov. Decca 4834942 (7).

[24:14] Emanuil Sheynkman Variations on Two Russian Folksongs – Odessa Balalaikas.

Nonesuch 79034-2. [6:51] 1:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, K. 16 – Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz. Aparté. [13:23] Mozart Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman, K. 265 – Lucille Chung, p. XXI 1732. [13:38] Manuel Ponce Estrellita – Mexico Festival Orch/Enrique Batiz.

Naxos 8.550838. [4:25] José White Violin Concerto in f-sharp minor – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege. Cedille CDR-90000035. [21:34] 2:00 Jean Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 1, Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Sony SK-48067. [16:13] Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 11 – Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4850020. [13:44] Antonin Dvorák Romance in f minor, Op. 11 – Gil Shaham, v; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 449923-2. [11:54] Adolphus Hailstork Two Romances: No. 2, Amoroso – Beverly Baker, vi; Virginia Chamber Players. Albany 612. [6:10] George Gershwin An American in Paris – Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot. Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1003.

[18:45] Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Gerard Caussé, vi; MariePierre Langlamet, h. Erato 0190295773960. [17:58]

Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22: No. 2, The Swan of Tuonela – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta; Anna Mattix, eh. Beau Fleuve Records 094975. [10:14] 4:00 Beethoven Quartet in G, Op. 18/2 – Emerson String Quartet. DG 447075. [22:31] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin • Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A – Yefim Bronfman, p; Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst.

DG 4763793. [20:21] Bronfman joins Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony on our broadcast tonight at 8:00.

Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music – Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti.

London 414581-2 (3). [21:39] 6:00 Frantz Casséus Suite haïtienne – Diana Golden, vc; Shawn Chang, p. New Focus Recordings FCR-279.

[13:36] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne – Nathan Milstein, v.

Teldec 95998-2. [12:41] Ralph Vaughan Williams Partita for Double String Orchestra – London Phil/Sir Adrian Boult.

EMI CDM7-68710-2. [19:29] 7:00 A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood: A Musical

Journey in the Life of Martin Luther King Jr. – Host Terrance McKnight weaves gospel music, folk music, and spirituals in with Dr. King’s speeches and writings to show how important music was in the great civil-rights leader’s message. A co-production of WQXR and WNYC. For Black History Month.

8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano – Rossini: Semiramide Overture.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation.

We also hear Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Arturo Toscanini conducting Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in 1940.

Monday 15 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 William Grant Still Folk Suite No. 2 – Sierra Winds; Kim DeLibero, h. Cambria CD-1083.

[7:11] Gustav Holst St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter, 2021

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In the Spotlight

Sir Georg Solti

From the Chicago Symphony Orchestra On February 16, From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years is devoted to music from and about Italy, including works by Verdi and Respighi, plus Italian-inspired creations from Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Richard Strauss, under the batons of Frederick Stock, Fritz Reiner, Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, and Riccardo Muti. Then, from the summer of 1971 during the orchestra’s first European tour, three Viennese choirs – including the Vienna Choir Boys – and a stellar cast of soloists recorded Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Symphony of A Thousand under the direction of Sir Georg Solti.

The following year, this recording won three Grammy awards, including Classical Album of the Year; it was later remastered in the digital era.

Tuesday, February 16 and Sunday, February 28 8:00 pm

v. RCA 7761-2. [12:08] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Schubert Impromptus, D. 935 (Op. 142): No. 3 in B-Flat – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 422237-2. [11:10] 11:00 Manuel de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Alicia de Larrocha, p; Suisse Romande Orch/Sergiu Comissiona.

London 417771-2. [24:27] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: George Gershwin Three Preludes – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Jeffrey Kahane, p.

Sony SK-53126. [6:44] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450 – Chamber Orch of Europe/PierreLaurent Aimard, p. Warner Classics 62259-2. [24:55]

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2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Inspired by youth Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 – Martha Argerich, p. DG 4795096 (2). [17:45] Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 – Royal Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80126. [17:08] 3:00 Katsutoshi Nagasawa Hoshun (Ode to Spring) – Susan Hoeppner, f; Rachel Gauk, g.

Marquis Classics ERAD-147.

[9:19] Gotthard Odermatt Été, Op. 18 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/Mathias Mönius. London 4782564.

[11:02] John Williams Air and Simple Gifts – Anthony McGill, cl; Itzhak Perlman, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Gabriela Montero, p.

Sony 70636-2. [4:29] Peter Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Pittsburgh Sym/Lorin Maazel. Sony SK-48382. [18:59] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nationalism in music 8:00 Live from WFMT Encore 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 16 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998 – David Russell, g. Telarc CD-80584. [13:03] Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Edward Druzinsky, h; Donald Peck, f; Clark Brody, cl; Chicago Sym/Jean Martinon. RCA 63683-2. [9:44] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 – Paul Meyer, cl; Eric le Sage, p.

Denon CO-75960. [10:30] 11:00 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dances – Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart.

Virgin Classics 91431-2. [10:59] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner – Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado.

Archive 4777598 (2). [20:54] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Alan Hovhaness Four Bagatelles, Op. 30 – Shanghai String Quartet. Delos DE-3162. [8:33] Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 – Ray Chen, v; London Phil/Robert Trevino. Decca 4833852. [25:40] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 27 – Oregon Sym/James de Preist. Delos

D/CD-3071. [51:53] 3:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Das Jahr: February; March; May; September; December – Jennifer Eley, p. Koch 3-7197-2.

[18:22] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in f minor, RV. 297, The Four Seasons: Winter – Amelia Piscitelli, v; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall. DMD Classics 03152019.

[8:02] Various Spring Wind; Autumn Moon on A Calm Lake – Lang Lang, p. DG B0008233-00. [6:11] Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, Op. 10: In the Village; Procession of the Sardar – Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel. Onyx 4124. [10:12] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nationalism in music 8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years, Viva l’Italia – Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani Overture (/Riccardo Muti). Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien (/Daniel Barenboim). Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (/Sir Georg Solti). Strauss: On the Shores of Sorrento (/Frederick Stock).

Verdi: Fuoco di gioia, Va pensiero, Gloria all’Egitto (CSO Cho/Solti). Respighi: The Pines of Rome (/Fritz Reiner).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Wednesday 17 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 William Byrd The Fitzwilliam Suite – Canadian Brass.

CBS MK-45792. [11:10] William Lloyd Webber Aurora – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN-9595. [9:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3, R. 428, The Goldfinch – Giovanni Antonini, r; Il Giardino Armonico.

Teldec 73267-2. [10:17] 11:00 Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 – Estonian National Male Cho & Sym/Paavo Järvi.

Virgin Classics 45589-2. [8:36] 12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Cellist Cora Swenson Lee and pianist Claire-Chung Lin live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet – Simón Bolívar Sym/Gustavo Dudamel. DG

B0015296-02. [22:14] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106, Hammerklavier – Murray Perahia, p. DG 4798353. [40:38] 3:00 Florence Price Deserted Garden; Elfentanz – Dawn Wohn, v; Esther Park, p.

Delos DE-3547. [6:08] Xian Xighai The Yellow River Concerto – Yundi Li, p; China NCPA Concert Hall Orch/Chen Zuohuang. EMI 88658-2. [21:18] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nationalism in music 8:00 Evening Music on WFMT Scott Joplin Opera, Treemonisha – Soloists, Paragon Ragtime Cho & Orch/Rick Benjamin. New World 80720. [90:29] 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Thursday 18 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Margaret Bonds Troubled Water; The Bells – Lara Downes, p. Flipside FL-0014. [8:25] Various Burchfield Gallery: Winter; The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers – American Sym, Chicago Sym/Morton Gould. RCA 7931-2. [9:19] Frédéric Chopin Waltzes, Op. 34 – Artur Rubinstein, piano. RCA RCD1-5492. [12:46] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Alexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in a, Op. 82 – Nicola Benedetti, v; Bournemouth Sym/Kirill Karabits. Decca 4788758. [20:00] 11:00 Eric Coates London Suite: Finale, Knightsbridge March – Royal Liverpool Phil/Sir Charles Groves. Arabesque Z-8036.

[4:15] Eric Coates London Again Suite: 3rd mvt, Mayfair (Valse) – Royal Liverpool Phil/Sir Charles Groves.

Arabesque Z-8036. [4:51] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight – Yevgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68910-2. [15:37] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon John Lunn Downton Abbey film soundtrack: Gleam and Sparkle; Sunset Waltz – London Chamber Orch/Lunn. Decca B0031059. [6:39] Frederick Delius In a Summer Garden – Welsh National Opera Orch/ Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo

430202-2. [14:05] Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in g minor, RV. 315, The Four Seasons: Summer – Chamber Orchestra/Alexandra Conunova, v. Aparte AP-242. [9:56] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloe – Chicago Sym & Cho/Bernard Haitink. CSO ReSound 901906. [53:26] 3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044 – Academy of Ancient Music/ Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907283/84 (2).

[22:25] Luigi Boccherini Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, Fandango, Op. 50 (G 448): Finale, Grave assai; Fandango – Chicago Harp Quartet; Vadim Karpinos, castanets. Chicago Harp Quartet 2014. [10:44] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nationalism in music 8:00 Ravinia Recitals 2021 9:00 The Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concert: Elim Chan, conductor; Ray Chen, violin – Huanghi: Spring Festival Overture.

Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. Du Yun: Thirst. An-Lun Huang: Saibei Dance. Ravel: Bolero.

Celebrating Lunar New Year.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

Friday 19 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Claude Debussy L’isle joyeuse – Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon. Cala CACD-1002.

[6:15] Fritz Kreisler Liebesleid; Liebesfreud – Jean-Guihen Queyras, vc; Alexandre Tharaud, p. Harmonia Mundi 902274.

[6:54] Max Bruch Romanze (Romance), Op. 85 – Janine Jansen, v; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. London B0007260-02. [8:27] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi 902216. [11:07] 11:00 Vincent D’Indy Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25 – Louis Lortie, p; Iceland Sym/Rumon Gamba.

Chandos CHAN-10760. [26:28] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Pianist Kiril Gerstein plays Liszt from a performance that took place in Levin Studio in 2016; Lisa Flynn hosts.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon Johannes Brahms Piano

Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8 – Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p.

Sony 88985407292. [36:21] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: 2:00 Alexander Glazunov The Seasons, Op. 67 – Royal Scottish National Orch/ José Serebrier. Warner Classics 61434-2. [37:38] 3:00 Franz Liszt Années de pèlerinage: Au lac de Wallenstadt; Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este – André Watts, p. EMI CDM7-64599-2. [11:16] Georg Philipp Telemann Suite in C, Hamburger Ebb’ und Flut (Wassermusik): Overture – Musica Antiqua Cologne/ Reinhard Goebel. Archive 413788-2. [9:29] Catriona McKay The Swan – Aquarelle Guitar Quartet. Chandos CHAN10609. [4:56] Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals: The Swan – Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; Yitkin Seow, p. ASV CDQS-6005. [2:54] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Nationalism in music 8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Lorin Maazel, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano – Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Strauss: Burleske. Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4, for piano & orchestra. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry interviewed in 1963.

Saturday 20 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians – Featuring 16-yearold violinist Ella Saputra.

12:00 From the Met: Puccini’s “La Rondine” – Angela Gheorghiu (Magda); Roberto Alagna (Ruggero); Lisette Oropesa (Lisette); Marius Brenciu (Prunier); Samuel Ramey (Rambaldo); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Marco Armiliato. From 2009.

2:30 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482 – Angela Hewitt, p; National Arts Center Orch/ Hannu Lintu. Hyperion CDA68049. [32:26] Franz Krommer

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Oboe Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 37 – Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman.

Cedille CDR-90000045. [21:54] Ennio Morricone The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe; Cinema Paradiso – Renaud Capuçon, v; Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève. Erato 0190295633936.

[7:11] Hector Berlioz Romeo and Juliet, Op. 17: Love Scene – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas.

SFS Media 0074. [18:23] 4:00 An Hour Featuring Vocal Music 5:00 Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – Jason Vieaux, g; Julian Labro, bandoneon; Far Cry Chamber Orch. Azica ACD71270. [27:21] John Ireland On A Birthday Morning; Soliloquy; Spring Will Not Wait – Eric Parkin, p. Chandos CHAN-9250.

[10:55] George Butterworth Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad – Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli.

Nixa NIXCD-6003. [10:45] 6:00 Niccolo Paganini Variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio from Rossini’s Mosè – Augustin Hadelich, v; Pablo Sainz Villegas, g. Avie AV-2280. [7:29] Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat – André Watts, p; New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Philips 456985-2 (2). [18:21] Samuel

Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert – Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman.

Cedille CDR-90000055. [13:36] An-Lun Huang Saibei Suite No. 2: Saibei Dance – Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen.

Cedille CDR-90000141. [4:08] 7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: More music from the Spanish Baroque.

8:00 Folkstage hosted

by Rich Warren 9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Sunday 21 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music for Lent, week 1 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis • Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman.

Sony SK-66244. [12:30] Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 – Derek Han, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman.

Pro Arte CDD-551. [21:25] Peter Tchaikovsky Mazeppa: 2021

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In the Spotlight

Shanna in A Dress

Folkstage Rich Warren hosts Shanna in A Dress, a live performance from the Hinsdale Unitarian Church. Shanna describes her music as “quirky folk pop” and accompanies her singing on guitar, ukulele, and piano (instruments she also teaches). Based in Boulder, Colorado, Shanna has toured Shanna in A Dress in both the U.S. and Europe, blending humor and pathos through her songs. (She says she never wears pants, only dresses.)

Saturday, February 27 8:00 pm

Gopak; The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch, New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 46322-2, 94571-2. [8:19] 1:00 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise in d minor, Op. 71/1; FantaisieImpromptu in c-sharp minor, Op. 66; Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat, Op. 61 – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6642 (2). [25:22] Victor Herbert American Fantasia – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 60983-2. [10:01] Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus: Overture and Ballet Music – Vienna Phil, Vienna SO Chorus/ Herbert von Karajan. London 4780155 (9). [15:06] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet No. 3 in C, K. 285b – Carol Wincenc, f; Emerson String Quartet members. DG 4456062. [18:36] Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Waltzes – Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe. EMI CMS7-64346-2 (3).

[17:45] Robert Nathaniel Dett Inspiration Waltzes; Magnolias; The Deserted Cabin; My Lady Love – Clipper Erickson, p.

Navona NV-6013. [16:56] 3:00 Vincent D’Indy Souvenirs,

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Op. 52 – Monte Carlo Phil/ James DePreist. Koch 3-7280-2. [19:12] Samuel Barber Souvenirs, Op. 28 – Zofo Duet. Sono Luminus DSL-92167. [17:28] 4:00 Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado.

DG 471627-2 (2). [10:05] Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 – Arabella Steinbacher, v; Robert Kulek, p. Pentatone PTC-5186367.

[21:11] Steinbacher is the guest soloist on our CSO broadcast tonight at 8:00. Franz Liszt Elégie No. 1; Romance oubliée – Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, p. RCA 682902. [8:27] Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 443444-2. [10:40] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin • Franz Schubert Fantasy in f, D. 940 – Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, p. Summit 339. [19:19] There’s more Schubert, along with Bach, Berg, and Bartok, on our Chicago Symphony broadcast tonight at 8:00.

Josef Suk String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6 – I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky.

Chandos 8659. [31:36] Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 – Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington. Sony SK-89505.

[42:14] Beethoven Mandolin Sonatina in c, WoO 43a – Julien Martineau, mandolin; Vanessa Benelli Mosell, p. Naïve V-7083. [5:35] Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances – Avi Avital, mandolin; Potsdam Chamber Academy. DG B0019758-02. [6:08] 7:00 Claude Debussy Three Nocturnes – Chicago Sym/ Sir Georg Solti. London 436468-2. [21:51] Frédéric Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat – Maria João Pires, p. DG 447096-2 (2). [6:37] Richard Strauss Four Last Songs – Renée Fleming, s; Munich Phil/ Christian Thielemann. London B0011851-02. [21:59] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Arabella Steinbacher, violin – BachWebern: Ricercare fr A Musical Offering. Berg: Violin Concerto. Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C. We also hear Bartok’s Two Pictures conducted by Pierre Boulez.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Sergei Rachmaninoff plays his own concerti with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Monday 22 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Camille Saint-Saëns La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 – Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Radio France Phil Orch/ Lionel Bringuier. Erato 934134-2. [16:36] Various In A Sentimental Mood; Capricho árabe (Serenata) – Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71287. [8:36] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 – Jan Lisiecki, p; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

DG 4836471. [20:01] 11:00 Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerto in F, S 234 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archive 437549-2 (2). [8:30] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Peter Tchaikovsky Marche slave, Op. 31 – St. Petersburg Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev.

Philips 442775-2. [10:10] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Claude Debussy En Blanc et Noir – Lyon National Orch/ Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.572583.

[17:32] Adolf (Andrei) Schulz-Evler Arabesques on Strauss’s ‘Blue Danube Waltz’ – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. London 4785334. [10:00] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 – Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000147. [30:58] 3:00 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat, Op. 10 – Yevgeny Kissin, p; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. DG 439898-2. [14:42] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz.

Aparte AP-190. [9:25] Johann Sebastian Bach Cantabile in G major, BWV 1019a – Rachel Barton Pine, v; Jory Vinikour, hc.

Cedille CDR-90000177. [8:22] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Symphony, part 8, looks at works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Vaughan Williams.

8:00 Live from WFMT Encore 10:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin

Tuesday 23 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata in g, Op. 2, No. 5 – The Brook Street

Band. Avie AV-2282. [10:52] Muzio Clementi Piano Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 24/2, Magic Flute – Ian Hominick, p. MSR Classics 1341. [12:38] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Alexander Borodin Prince Igor Overture – Royal Liverpool Phil/ Sir Charles Mackerras. Virgin Classics 61135-2. [10:43] 11:00 Arnold Bax Tintagel – Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN-7047. [14:59] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331 – Alfred Brendel, p.

Philips 446921-2 (5). [19:01] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern.

Reference RR-129. [25:11] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Nicolo Paganini Unaccompanied Violin Caprice No. 24 in a – La Pieta/Angèle Dubeau, v.

Analekta 8729. [5:42] Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini – Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

DG 4794970. [24:51] 3:00 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Baroque Soloists/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Philips 434122-2. [25:40] Virgil Thomson The River Suite – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-64307-2. [24:04] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Symphony, part 8, looks at works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Vaughan Williams.

8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years, Opera Without Words – Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla Overture (/Fritz Reiner). Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (/ Sir Georg Solti). Strauss: Waltzes fr Der Rosenkavalier; Copland: The Tender Land Suite (/Reiner). Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo (/Riccardo Muti). Rossini: William Tell Overture (/Reiner).

Wagner: Instrumental highlights from the Ring cycle (/Artur Rodzinski, Daniel Barenboim).

10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Harbison: IF (world premiere performance of a CMS commission).

Dvorak: Piano Quartet in D. Mendelssohn: Song Without Words, Op. 19/3, Jaegerlied.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Camille Saint-Saëns Rapsodie d’Auvergne, Op. 73 – JeanPhilippe Collard, p; Royal Phil/ André Previn. EMI CDC749757-2. [10:12] Jacques Offenbach Voyage dans la lune: Ballet of the Snowflakes – Les Musiciens du Louvre/ Marc Minkowski. Archive 4776403. [11:01] Various Summerland; Merzouga – Lara Downes, p. Flipside. [7:48] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in D, H XV:24 – Vienna Piano Trio.

Nimbus NI-5535. [12:56] 11:00 Antonín Dvorák Prague Waltzes – Detroit Sym/Antal Dorati. London 414370-2. [8:54] 12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violinist John Macfarlane and pianist Victor Asuncion live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons. DG 4836659. [20:57] Franz Liszt Réminiscences de Norma, after Bellini – Marc-André Hamelin, p.

Hyperion CDA-68320. [17:25] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82 – Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC5-55533-2. [29:46] 3:00 Duke Ellington Harlem – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.559737. [14:24] Aaron Copland Quiet City – Wynton Marsalis, tr; Phillip Koch, eh; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger. CBS MK-44916.

[10:52] Charles Tomlinson Griffes Poem – Carol Wincenc, f; Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.559164. [9:58] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Symphony, part 8, looks at works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Vaughan Williams.

8:00 Cello-Piano Music by Black Composers: Cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing and pianist Joshua Mhoon recorded earlier this month. Robbie Ellis is the producer and LaRob Payton is the host.

9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 22 – Elena Urioste, v; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4850020. [10:09] Gerald Finzi Romance in E-Flat, Op. 11 – City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9888.

[7:46] William Walton Henry V Suite – Bournemouth Sym/Andrew Litton. London 448134-2. [16:42] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Giuseppe Verdi Aida: Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene) – La Scala Cho & Orch/Claudio Abbado.

DG 4777645. [11:52] 11:00 Albert Ketèlby In a Chinese Temple Garden – Jenny Lin, p. BIS 1110. [6:05] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett.

Avie AV-2171. [17:31] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in f, Op. 57, Appassionata – András Schiff, p. ECM B001081402. [25:58] Various Two Epitaphios; Romance – Milos Karadaglic, g; English Chamber Orch/Paul Watkins.

DG B0015579-02. [8:32] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Peter Tchaikovsky String Serenade in C, Op. 48 – I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky.

Chandos CHAN-8659. [32:26] 3:00 Thomas Tallis Motet, Spem in Alium – The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Chandos CHAN0513. [9:24] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme

by Thomas Tallis – English String Orch/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI-1754 (4). [15:24] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Symphony, part 8, looks at works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Vaughan Williams.

8:00 Ravinia Recitals 2021: Soprano Nicole Heaston recorded earlier this month.

9:00 The San Francisco Symphony in Concert: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin – Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G. Sibelius: Symphony No. 2.

11:00 Evening Music on WFMT

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 7 in g minor, BWV 1058 – Simone Dinnerstein, p; A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra. Orange Mountain Music 0127. [13:14] Antonin Dvorák From the Bohemian Forest: #5, Silent Woods (Klid) – Jan Vogler, vc; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen.

Sony 88697599782. [6:08] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz von Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK-44932. [9:58] 11:00 Virgil Thomson Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and Dances – New London Orch/ Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [15:00] 12:00 Impromptu Encore: Mandolin artist Avi Avital joined Lisa Flynn in Levin Studio in 2015.

1:00 Music for the Afternoon Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 – Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis.

RCA 68790-2. [9:29] Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals (Feste Romane) – Oregon Sym/James de Preist. Delos D/CD-3070. [25:42] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30 – Gerard Aimontche, p; Chineke! Orchestra/Roderick Cox. Signum. [40:38] 3:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, Serenata Notturna – Amsterdam Baroque Orch/ Ton Koopman. Erato 45713-2.

[13:03] Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 74 – Sabine Meyer, cl; Dresden Staatskapelle/ Herbert Blomstedt. EMI CDC5-67988-2. [22:16] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: The Symphony, part 8, looks at works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Vaughan Williams.

8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 9:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week: Lorin Maazel, conductor; Leon Fleisher, piano – Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4. Falla: Excerpts fr El Amor Brujo.

11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs interviewed in 1975.

12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listeners’ Choice at 8:00 am and Soundtrack at 9:00 am 11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting the Chicago area’s young musicians – Gershwin’s Magic Key, a production of Classical Kids LIVE! featuring the Chicago Youth Symphony.

12:00 From the Met: Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” – Renee Fleming (Marschallin); Elina Garanca (Octavian); Erin Morley (Sophie); Guenther Groissboeck (Ochs); Markus Brueck (Faninal); Matthew Polenzani (Italian Tenor); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Sebastian Weigle. From 2017.

4:10 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho, who begins with an hour featuring vocal music.

5:10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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In the Spotlight

Renée Fleming

From the Metropolitan Opera In 2017, soprano Renée Fleming bid a highly publicized farewell to one of her signature roles, that of the Marschallin in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. The Metropolitan Opera’s production updated the setting from Vienna in the 18th century to Vienna shortly before the outbreak of World War I. The production also featured bassbaritone Guenther Groissboeck as Baron Ochs and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca in the trousers role of Octavian. It’s a poignant and sentimental comedy about love and renunciation, and a longtime favorite of opera audiences.

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Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, Turkish – London Sym/Nikolaj Znaider, v. LSO Live 0807. [28:35] Domenico Cimarosa Two-Flute Concerto in G – Shigenori Kudo, f; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/ Jean-Pierre Rampal, f.

Sony SK-45930. [16:48] Robert Nathaniel Dett In the Bottoms – Clipper Erickson, p.

Navona NV-6013. [15:33] Lukas Foss Three American Pieces – Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym/ Seiji Ozawa. EMI CDC5-553602. [12:20] Leonard Bernstein On the Town, Three Dance Episodes – St. Louis Sym/ Leonard Slatkin. EMI CDM764303-2. [10:50] John Williams Schindler’s List film music: Theme; Remembrances – Itzhak Perlman, v; Orch/John Williams. MCA Classics MCAD-10969. [9:30] Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Latin-American piano music Folkstage hosted

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7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg 12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis • Arthur Foote Nocturne and Scherzo – Fenwick Smith, f; Boston Chamber Music Society.

Northeastern NR-227. [13:00] John Field Nocturnes Nos. 6, 10, 14 – John O’Conor, p. Telarc CD-80199. [17:33] Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville Suite – Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Pentatone PTC5186190. [23:21] Giuseppe Verdi I Vespri Siciliani: Summer and Autumn fr Four Seasons ballet – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.572818-19 (2). [14:47] Erich Wolfgang Korngold Much Ado About Nothing incidental music, Op. 11: Suite – Gil Shaham, v; André Previn, p. DG 439886-2.

[12:58] Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Suite – London Sym/André Previn.

EMI CDM4-89485-2. [22:54] 2:00 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, The Bird – Alban Berg Quartet.

EMI CDC5-57541-2. [17:59] Max Bruch Adagio on Celtic Themes, Op. 56 – Ofra Harnoy, vc; London Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. RCA 60757-2.

[7:28] Alexander Mackenzie Twelfth Night, Op. 40 – BBC

Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA-66764. [19:09] 3:00 Johannes Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 – Stephen Hough, p. Hyperion CDA-68116.

[13:40] Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 411951-2. [9:41] Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of Apprentices, Entry of Mastersingers, Wach’ auf – Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti. London 452606-2 (4). [9:00] Johann Strauss II Waltz, Man lebt nur einmal (You Only Live Once) – Earl Wild, p.

Sony SK-62036. [7:22] Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21 – Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly. London 4756939. [12:00] Edward German Incidental music for Nell Gwynn – Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper. Marco Polo 8.223419. [17:25] Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: Nocturne & Scherzo – Jeffrey Kahane & Wu Han, p. Music@ Menlo Live 2009. [10:50] 5:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin • Gustav Mahler Rückert Lieder – Susan Graham, ms; San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson

Thomas. [19:49] Sir Georg Solti conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 on our CSO broadcast tonight at 8:00. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Alfred Brendel, p; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner.

[26:10] Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld – Thomas Quasthoff, b-br; Vienna Phil/ Pierre Boulez. [3:55] Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14a – San Francisco Sym/ Michael Tilson Thomas. [56:03] 7:00 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127 – Casals Quartet.

Harmonia Mundi HMM902400.02. [34:33] Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op. 121a, Kakadu Variations – Joseph Kalichstein, p; Jaime Laredo, v; Sharon Robinson, vc. [18:27] 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Sir Georg Solti, conductor; vocal soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Singverein, Vienna Boys’ Choir – Mahler: Symphony No. 8.

10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Historic Mozart recordings conducted by Bruno Walter.

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Children’s Programming The Duchossois Family Foundation Kiphart Family Foundation Russell and Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust, a partner of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation Edmond and Alice Opler Foundation Emma Rodriguez-Ayala and Eric Chitwood Rose Pest Solutions Philip F. Schoch Charitable Trust Dr. Scholl Foundation The Segal Family Foundation Shriners Hospitals for Children

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Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Admiral at the Lake Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William G. Brown Julian Family Foundation Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Wintrust Helen Zell Fiesta Joyce Saxon Impromptu Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation International Programs and Remote Broadcasts Friends of Oliver Dragon

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