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A CHICAGO STORIES Special
FRIDAY OCT 9 8 PM
ALSO INSIDEAs WTTW looks back at the Great Fire and its aftermath, enjoy WFMT’s playlist of music inspired by fire and an exploration, in parallel, of the illustrious 130-year history of the Chicago Symphony.
October 2020
THE GUIDEThe Member Magazine
for WTTW and WFMT
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Dear Member,
This month, as the city marks the 149th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1871, WTTW will bring you the dramatic story of this defining and prescient moment in Chicago history when Chicagoans faced destruction, rebuilt, and prepared the city
for a thriving future. THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, a new Chicago Stories special, premieres on Friday, October 9 at 8:00 pm on all WTTW platforms. Explore the companion website (wttw.com/chicagofire) and on page 4, meet the film’s writer-producer and executive producer.
WTTW celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with new programming including POV’s The Infiltrators, following a group of radical Dreamers who are on a mission to stop deportations; Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground, an inside look at the high-stakes effort to get out the Latino vote in this year’s election; and the 2020 Hispanic Heritage Awards, a prestigious honor bestowed
on Latinos by Latinos. On wttw.com, we’ll profile Rudy Lozano, a Little Village labor activist and community activist who championed Black-Latino unity in the election of Harold Washington, Chicago’s first African American mayor.
WFMT will honor Hispanic Heritage Month with music written and performed by musicians from Spain and Latin America including an Hispanic-themed program from the Milwaukee Symphony. On wfmt.com, discover the unique Spanish art form of zarzuela and meet some lesser-known Latin American composers we think you will love. And as WTTW looks back at the Great Fire and its aftermath, enjoy our playlist of music inspired by fire and an exploration, in parallel, of the illustrious 130-year history of the Chicago Symphony.
As always, thank you for your continuing support of WTTW and WFMT.
Sincerely,
Sandra Cordova MicekPresident & CEO
From the President & CEO
3 WTTW Listings
4 Revisiting the Great Chicago Fire
6 WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
8 WTTW Kid Grid
14 Multi-Channel Primetime Grid
18 Do it Yourself Saturdays
19 At-a-Glance
20 WFMT Listings
31 Sponsors
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The Guide: The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT(ISSN 2329-1338)October 2020Volume 35, Number 268
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ON THE COVER: Chicago in Flames; Chicago History Museum, ICHi-023436; Currier and Ives, lithographers
4 OCTOBER 2020
For many Chicagoans, the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is a familiar one: a devastating inferno that destroyed the city, and its resurrection from the ashes. This episode of Chicago Stories that revisits the fire reveals new details with recreations and animations that bring this long-ago event to vivid life. The program recalls the
blaze from the point of view of three survivors: Irish immigrant Catherine O’Leary, who was wrongly accused of starting the fire; Chicago Tribune publisher William Bross; and head custodian of the Board of Trade, Joseph Hudlin, a former slave who became a hero. Executive producer Dan Protess and producer and writer Peter Marks talked about their approach to telling this old story in a new way.
Revisiting theGreat Chicago Fire 149 Years Later by MEREDITH FRANCIS
The story of the Great Chicago Fire is 149 years old. What are some of the challenges in telling a story that happened so long ago?
PETER MARKS: It is the seminal event in Chicago history. The challenges are, how do you tell a story that has no pictures? There are no pictures that exist from during the fire itself. Nobody’s ever found any of those. You have mostly illustrations, mostly black and white, some that were later colorized. The other challenge is that the story has been done. So how do you tell the story with a fresh angle?
DAN PROTESS: That was one way in which Peter rose to the occasion. Especially in editing in places where I would have been perfectly happy just seeing a painting of the fire, Peter kept insisting, “No, I want to feel the fire.” And I think that’s important, because we have a tendency when we think of these historical events to have a waxy nostalgia about them, and almost see them in our memories as black-and-white events. But we forget that for the people living through the fire, this was awful.
The show explores the fire through the lens of three individuals: Catherine O’Leary, Joseph Hudlin, and William Bross. Why did you choose these three people?
MARKS: We wanted to have somebody who left behind a record of what happened so we could have a first-person perspective through their words and hear what they had to say. We wanted to get a cross-section of society and different social rungs.
PROTESS: I always try to tell any story from a human perspective. We’re humans as producers. Our viewers are humans. We’re all more likely to find an interest in a story when we see historical events through the eyes of humans like us.
The show examines certain myths and local legends. The most pervasive myth was that Catherine O’Leary’s cow kicked over a lantern and started the fire. Why was it important to dispel that?
MARKS: It is the greatest myth about the fire. If you talk about the Great Chicago Fire, everyone thinks that it was Mrs. O’Leary, the cow, and the lantern. There’s an interviewee who says that these myths are like seeds, and they start to grow and it’s impossible to stop them. It was really wonderful to have Mrs. O’Leary’s descendant, Nancy Connelly, on the program. She provided a wonderful perspective and an emotional core about the suffering of her relative, and provided some humanity to the fire and what happened afterwards.
PROTESS: Blaming the Chicago Fire on Catherine O’Leary was heaping a tragedy upon a tragedy. Not only did we lose our city, but we continued to perpetuate the lie for more than a century that this woman was responsible. And it’s a story that we all grew up with, especially those of us who grew up in Chicago. So it’s not dispelling some obscure myth. It’s dispelling a myth that we all grew up with.
In researching or doing interviews, did you personally learn anything new or discover any details that surprised you?
MARKS: One thing I didn’t realize was that immediately after the fire, the city was rebuilt exactly like it looked before. In those three years after the fire, you wouldn’t have known it was a different city. There was another fire in 1874, and luckily the whole city didn’t burn down, but it’s after that when the city starts to transform and change, so that a decade later you get people like Louis Sullivan and other architects coming to Chicago who transform the face of the city.
PROTESS: Working on this definitely clarified some of the chronology for me. I would think that a lot of people in our audience probably assume that this was an event that unfolded over a few hours, but it actually happened over the course of three days. What if you were a North Sider, and there’s a fire all the way on the Southwest Side of the city? There’s no television news or internet to tell you what’s happening, but maybe you see some distant smoke. It is so far away from you at that point that the idea that this fire would reach your home on the North Side had to be unbelievable.
What do you hope people will take away from the show?
MARKS: I hope it provides some type of hope during this time of crisis in the world, that we do look back and history provides a lesson that people find a way. Chicagoans have found a way to flex their muscles and pick themselves up and carry on.
PROTESS: I hope the recreations and the animations make people feel the fire and give them a sense of what it must have been like to live through it. But more than anything else, I hope they see the many ways in which this story resonates with the present. Chicago, then as now, was a city that was really divided by race, ethnicity, and class. People across the socioeconomic spectrum did not experience the fire equally, in the same way that we’re not experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic equally.
EXPLORE THE WEBSITE: wttw.com/chicagofire
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
2020 OCTOBER 5
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
Programmer’s Picks on WTTW11
See page 6 for information about WTTW Prime listings.
1951, and is literally the home where buffalo still roam.
9:00 Great Performances: Now Hear This, Series 2: Becoming Mozart Travel with host Scott Yoo and pianist Stewart Goodyear as they visit Yoo’s Festival Mozaic where Goodyear learns to direct an orchestra from the piano while impro-vising the solos of Mozart’s twentieth piano concerto.
10:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century: Borderlands Learn how contemporary art can challenge pre-conceived notions of the U.S.-Mexico border.
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 3EARLY MORNING
12:30 Hidden Poland See Thurs. Oct. 1 at 9:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Solidarnosc: How Solidarity Changed Europe See Thurs. Oct. 1 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Inheritance See Thurs. Oct. 1 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Washington Week [R]5:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review [R]5:30 McLaughlin Group
MORNING
6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids10:00 This Old House:
Designing Kitchens10:30 Ask This Old House:
All Hands on Deck11:00 Flavor of Poland: Gdansk11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen:
Welcome to My Home
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table1:00 Simply Ming: Ming Tsai
with guest Michael Schlow1:30 Stephen Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Tex Meets Mex2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
from Cook’s Illustrated: The Perfect Cookie
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Chicken and Biscuits
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Solidarnosc: How Solidarity
Changed Europe9:00 Hidden Poland10:00 Inheritance Meet three
women who are genetically predisposed to breast cancer. Follow Alejandra, Lilith, and Bonnie as they undergo life-altering medical procedures in the hope of reducing their risk and saving their lives.
Friday 2EARLY MORNING
12:00 BBC World News12:30 Amanpour and Company1:30 Hawaii: Islands
of Wonder [R]2:30 NOVA: How Writing
Changed the World (Part 2 of 2) [R]
3:30 Hacking Your Mind: The Wings of Angels (Part 4 of 4) [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review7:30 Washington Week8:00 Check, Please! Roka
Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn
8:30 Islands Without Cars: Catalina Catalina Island is everything that you would expect in terms of warm breezes, Hollywood-style romance, and high-sea adventure. But it also features a museum honoring the Chicago Cubs, who trained on the island from 1921 to
3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Tasty Teardrops and Tomatoes – Chios
3:30 A Chef’s Life: Honey, I’m Home!
4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
4:30 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn [R]
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Denmark Beyond Copenhagen
Thursday 1EARLY MORNING
12:30 The Vote: American Experience (Part 4 of 4) [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:30 POV: Our Time Machine [R]
Not Done: Women Remaking America
This film charts the last five years of the women’s movement and its re-energized, intersectional fight for equality. Activists, journalists, enter-tainers, athletes, and politicians report from
the front lines of the feminist tidal wave.Tuesday, October 27, 8:00 pm
Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Solidarnosc: How Solidarity Changed EuropeAs we observe the 40th anniversary of the
Polish uprising known as “solidarnosc” or solidarity, this documentary is a timely look at the events that began in 1980 and
contributed to the fall of Communism.Thursday, October 8, 8:00 pm
COBRAIn this six-part series, follow the British Prime
Minister and his Cabinet Office Briefing Room A (COBRA) committee, comprised
of leading contingency planners and senior politicians, as they navigate the difficulties
in overcoming a major national crisis.Sunday, October 4, 9:00 pm
WTTW Celebrates Polish-American Heritage MonthThroughout the month, celebrate the history and culture of one of Chicago’s largest and most prominent communities, beginning with Solidarnosc: How Solidarity Changed Europe, a film that examines the uprising that began in 1980 and is considered to have contributed mightily to the fall of Communism. Then, Hidden Poland narrated by Peter Greenberg, showcases the special destinations and unique experiences of Poland not found in traditional guidebooks, brochures, or the internet.
Thursday, October 1 8:00 pm
Flesh and Blood on MasterpieceWhen recently widowed Vivien (Francesca Annis) announces her love for a new man, Mark, it throws her family of adult children into chaos, and their own love lives start to spiral out of control. In the premiere: In the aftermath of a family celebration, a person lies motionless on the beach, terribly injured – perhaps dead. But who is it? The series also stars Imelda Staunton, Claudie Blakley, Stephen Rea, and David Bamber.
Sundays 8:00 pm
Solidarnosc: How Solidarity Changed Europe
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WTTW Digital Channel HighlightsThese 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.
WTTW PrimeWTTW 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.
Sanditon on MasterpieceFriday, October 30 at 8:00 pmJane Austen was chronically ill with a mysterious disease in early 1817 when she turned her thoughts to a happier subject. She started work on a witty and delightful novel set in a seaside town. She never finished it. Now, noted screenwriter Andrew Davies picks up Austen’s plot and takes it in a glorious and satisfying direction.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedulesPictured: Rose Williams as Charlotte Heywood
WTTW PrimeWTTW 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.
Freedom Summer: American ExperienceSaturday, October 31 at 7:00 pmThe story of 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, when more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in Mississippi – then one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedulesPictured: Fannie Lou Hamer
WTTW CreateWTTW 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.
Bob Ross DaySunday, October 25 at 11:00 am This weekend, Create celebrates iconic public television artist Bob Ross on his 78th birthday. Ease into the weekend with back-to-back episodes of The Best of the Joy of Painting and follow along with the late, great painter as he encourages viewers with his endearing can-do approach to create their own masterpieces.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedulesPictured: Bob Ross
WTTW WorldWTTW 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.
America LostTuesday, October 27 at 8:00 pm Exploring life in three of America’s “forgotten cities” – Youngstown, Ohio; Memphis, Tennessee; and Stockton, California – this film shows the dramatic decline of the American interior through a mosaic of stories: an ex-steelworker scrapping abandoned homes to survive; a recently incarcerated father trying to rebuild his life; and a pair of sisters hoping to escape their blighted urban neighborhood.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedulesPictured: Filmmaker Christopher F. Rufo
WTTW PBS Kids 24/7Free 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.
PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and RacismFriday, October 9 at 6:00 pm This new special features kids and their parents talking about race and racial justice-related topics in an age-appropriate way, such as noticing differences in race, understanding what racism can look like, and embracing the role we all have to play in standing up for ourselves and each other.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedulesPictured:
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In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
5:30 Islands Without Cars: Catalina Island See Fri. Oct. 2 at 8:30 pm. [R]
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices Hugo Balta hosts this weekly series focusing on stories relevant to Chicago’s Latino communities.
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 Father Brown: The
Honourable Thief When Lady Felicia’s home comes under threat, Father Brown is forced to seek help from an unlikely ally.
8:00 Death in Paradise: A Murder on the Plantation When the owner of a former sugar plantation, Roger Seymour, is discovered with a machete in his back, Poole and his team have a seeming-ly impossible case to solve.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Thy Fury Spent A simple missing persons case takes a dramatic turn as Frank and Lu find themselves in the middle of a dispute over the opening of a new Shakespeare center.
10:00 Van Der Valk on Masterpiece: Death in Amsterdam (Part 3 of 3) [R]
Sunday 4EARLY MORNING
12:00 Last Tango in Halifax [R]1:00 Hawaii: Islands
of Wonder [R]2:00 Variety Studio: Actors
on Actors [R]2:30 Variety Studio: Actors
on Actors [R]3:00 Great Performances:
Now Hear This, Series 2: Becoming Mozart See Fri. Oct. 2 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century: Borderlands See Fri. Oct. 2 at 10:00 pm. [R]
MORNING
5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids11:00 Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover11:30 The Chavis Chronicles
Journalist and civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr. hosts this program featuring interviews with a diverse group of leaders and politi-cians, doctors and scientists, cultural leaders and influenc-ers from around the globe.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Fly Brother with Ernest White II: Sao Paulo – Don’t Sleep
12:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
1:00 Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef – Hubert’s Birthday Bash
1:30 Our American Family: The Kurowskis This film tells the story of a woman born and raised on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin married to the son of Polish immigrants.
2:00 Hidden Poland [R]3:00 Solidarnosc: How Solidarity
Changed Europe [R]4:00 Library of Congress
National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity This special, hosted by Hoda Kotb of Today, will feature some of the nation’s most renowned authors and literary voices, as part of this year’s virtual National Book Festival.
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices Brandis Friedman hosts this weekly series focusing on stories relevant to Chicago’s Black communities.
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 Last Tango in Halifax
Alan’s new supermarket job brings an unexpected challenge. A home improve-ment project creates chaos.
Caroline begins to question how people see her.
8:00 Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4)
9:00 COBRA (Part 1 of 6)10:00 Variety Studio: Actors on
Actors This episode features Jennifer Aniston with Lisa Kudrow, Daveed Diggs with Anthony Mackie, and Henry Cavill with Patrick Stewart.
10:30 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors This episode features Claire Danes with Damian Lewis, Zendaya with MJ Rodriguez, and Chris Evans with Paul Rudd.
11:00 Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Los Lobos The local talk show hosted by Mark Bazer returns for a sixth sea-son. This week, Mark’s guest is David Hidalgo – vocalist, guitarist, and founding mem-ber of the band Los Lobos.
11:30 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn [R]
Monday 5EARLY MORNING
12:00 Austin City Limits: The Very Best of John Prine
1:00 Father Brown: The Honourable Thief See Sat. Oct. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
COBRAFollow the British Prime Minister and his Cabinet Office Briefing Room A (COBRA) committee, composed of leading contingency planners and senior politicians, as they navigate the difficulties in overcoming a major national crisis. In the premiere: as a major crisis threatens the stability of the U.K., Prime Minister Robert Sutherland and his close team assemble an emergency committee in an effort to combat the situation.
Sundays 9:00 pm
Latino Vote: Dispatches from the BattlegroundGet an inside look at the high-stakes effort to get out the Latino vote in this year’s election. Political candidates are focused on maximizing turnout and support from Latinos, poised to be the largest non-white voting bloc.
Tuesday, October 6 9:00 pm
Latinos for Trump at a Las Vegas MAGA rally in February 2020.
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In the Spotlight
Monday-Friday Mornings
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 and the
Secret Museum 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 Elinor Wonders Why 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific
Afternoons
12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog 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 and
the Secret Museum
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 9:00 One-Hour Specials
Sunday Mornings
5:00 Cat in the Hat 5:30 Arthur 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 Growing Bolder
2:00 Death in Paradise: A Murder on the Plantation See Sat. Oct. 3 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Thy Fury Spent See Sat. Oct. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Islands Without Cars: Catalina [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight:
Black Voices [R]5:30 Chicago Tonight:
Latino Voices [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Indianapolis (Part 2 of 3) Highlights include a 1952 Joe Louis-signed whiskey bottle, a Sheraton sideboard, and a 1928 New York Yankees team-signed baseball. Which one is the top find of the hour?
9:00 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Bryan Stevenson This uplifting new talk series is hosted by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Corrigan, who will conduct candid conversations with influential leaders in their fields, exploring their universal humanity and passions. Her first guest: lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
10:00 POV: The Infiltrators This suspenseful documentary tells the true story of Marco and Viri, members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical Dreamers who are on a mission to stop deporta-tions. And the best place to do that, they believe, is in detention. However, when Marco and Viri get arrested on purpose by Border Patrol and try to pull off their heist – a kind of “prison break” in reverse – things don’t go according to plan.
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 6EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 Last Tango in Halifax See
Sun. Oct. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]2:00 Flesh and Blood on
Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 COBRA (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 4 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Hispanic Heritage Awards
2020 The 33rd annual Hispanic Heritage Awards, in keeping with the safety of participants in mind, will not include a live ceremony but will feature more inti-mately filmed performances and segments with honorees filmed across the United States and Latin America.
9:00 Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground
10:00 Frontline: America’s Medical Supply Crisis
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 7EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 5 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Bryan
and Sundays at 10:
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TUNE IN
Mondays - Fridays
at 5:00 pm
PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – 2020 Vice Presidential DebateThe team from PBS NewsHour, led by anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, provides live coverage and analysis of the sole 2020 Vice Presidential Debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, live from Kingsbury Hall on President’s Circle at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Wednesday, October 7 8:00 pm
Vice Presidential Debate
8 OCTOBER 2020
T U N E I N O R S T R E A MSTARTING WED OCT 14 10 PM wttw.com/watch
2020 OCTOBER 9
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
influential artists of the 20th century, and how he found re-demption not in the public ad-oration he craved as a youth, but in the quiet and simple pleasures of fatherhood.
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Interview Show with Mark
Bazer: Los Lobos See Sun. Oct. 4 at 11:00 pm. [R]
Saturday 10EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 PBS NewsHour Debates: A
Special Report – 2020 Vice Presidential Debate See Wed. Oct. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 A Night on Milwaukee Avenue See Thurs. Oct. 8 at 10:30 pm. [R]
4:30 Washington Week [R]5:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review [R]5:30 McLaughlin Group
MORNING
6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids10:00 This Old House:
Factory Made10:30 Ask This Old House:
Preventing Plumbing Disasters
11:00 Flavor of Poland: Katowice11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen:
Brunch Brilliance
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table1:00 Simply Ming: Ming Tsai with
guest Jamie Bissonnette1:30 Stephen Raichlen’s
Project Fire: The Best BBQ You’ve Never Heard Of
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Elegant Dinner Party
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: The Very Best Paris-Brest
3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Naxos: Meat & Potatoes Like You Never Had ‘Em
3:30 A Chef’s Life: They Call ‘Em ‘bagas
4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
4:30 Check, Please! Peppercorns, Pacific Standard Time, Finom Coffee
5:00 Rick Steves’ Egypt: Yesterday and Today
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 Chicago Stories: The
Great Chicago Fire See Fri. Oct. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
8:00 Death in Paradise: An Unholy Death When a young nun is found dead in her smoke-filled bedroom,
Stevenson See Mon. Oct. 5 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 POV: The Infiltrators See Mon. Oct. 5 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 PBS NewsHour Debates:
A Special Report – 2020 Vice Presidential Debate
10:00 Nature: The Story of Cats – Asia to Africa Discover how the first cats arose in the for-ests of Asia, how they spread across the continent and later came to conquer Africa.
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
DI Richard Poole and his team are soon baffled. With her room locked from the inside, how could anyone else from the convent have committed the crime?
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Reputation, Reputation, Reputation! Frank and Lu enter the competitive world of hairdressing, and find themselves combing through a tangled web of backstabbing and deceit.
10:00 Last Tango in Halifax [R]11:00 Classic Albums: John
Lennon – Plastic Ono Band See Thurs. Oct. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 11EARLY MORNING
12:30 Lennon NYC: American Masters See Fri. Oct. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 My Neighborhood: Pilsen See Thurs. Oct. 8 at 9:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground [R]
4:30 Our American Family: The Kurowskis [R]
Driving While BlackIn this new film, 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.
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12:30 The Hispanic Heritage Awards 2020 See Tues. Oct. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground See Tues. Oct. 6 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frontline: America’s Medical Supply Crisis See Tues. Oct. 6 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Our American Family: The Kurowskis See Sun. Oct. 4 at 1:30 pm. [R]
4:00 Check, Please! Roka Akor, Mango Pickle, The Dearborn [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Classic Albums: John
Lennon – Plastic Ono Band9:30 My Neighborhood: Pilsen
Explore what community engagement and activism has done for one Chicago neighborhood, Pilsen, as six Pilsen residents share their personal stories.
10:30 A Night on Milwaukee Avenue This film tells the story of the most famous Polish neighborhood in America through the legendary stars who lived and performed along Milwaukee Avenue in the last decades of the 20th century.
Friday 9EARLY MORNING
12:00 BBC World News12:30 Amanpour and Company1:30 Library of Congress
National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity See Sun. Oct. 4 at 4:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors See Sun. Oct. 4 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors See Sun. Oct. 4 at 10:30 pm. [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review7:30 Washington Week8:00 Chicago Stories: The
Great Chicago Fire9:00 Lennon NYC: American
Masters The story of one of the most famous and
Chicago Stories: The Great Chicago FireChicago Stories brings to life the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 as never before with vivid animations and dramatic re-enactments. This special explores the disaster through eyewitness accounts of the city’s mayor, a newspaper publisher, a heroic janitor, and a successful businesswoman named Catherine O’Leary. It reveals the anti-immigrant bigotry of the time, how these forces led the media to wrongfully accuse O’Leary of starting the fire, and how the people of Chicago rallied to rebuild the city better than before.
Friday, October 9 8:00 pm
Great Central Railroad Station
10 OCTOBER 2020
In the Spotlight
PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – 2020 Presidential DebatesOn the 15th, the candidates are live from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida; on the 22nd, they debate at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Thursday, October 15 and 22, 8:00 pm
The Age of NatureIn this three-part series, explore how new understandings of the role that nature plays in our societies are leading to more symbiotic relationships between humanity and the natural world. Each episode focuses on three stories that take us beyond the traditional natural history series to answer the question: what have our past mistakes taught us about nature?
Wednesdays beginning October 14, 10:00 pm
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5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids11:00 Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover11:30 The Chavis Chronicles
AFTERNOON
12:00 Fly Brother with Ernest White II: Tbilisi – The Whole Day Through
12:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
1:00 Pritzker Military Presents: Andrew Roberts, Churchill – Walking with Destiny
2:00 To be announced5:00 Chicago Stories: The
Great Chicago Fire [R]
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 Last Tango in Halifax Gillian
is pushed to her breaking point at the farm. Caroline finds herself at the heart of an unlikely love triangle. Alan and Celia discover reason to laugh together again, but sobering news awaits them at home.
8:00 Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Vivien’s children are alarmed to discover that she plans to sell their childhood home and go travelling with her new man Mark in India. Although Mark seems loving and atten-tive, the siblings and neighbor Mary are increasingly suspicious of his motives.
9:00 COBRA (Part 2 of 6) With the nation experiencing one of the worst crises in UK history, the Prime Minister and his team are forced to work around the clock. Anna reconnects with a face from her past.
10:00 Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater, and the 1964 Campaign that Changed it All The 1964 presidential campaign between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater ushered in a new era of the television attack ad, and re-shaped the American political landscape in other significant ways. This film includes interviews with historians and participants in the campaign.
11:00 Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Rick Perlstein Mark’s guest this week is Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganland and The Invisible Bridge.
11:30 Check, Please! Peppercorns, Pacific Standard Time, Finom Coffee [R]
Monday 12EARLY MORNING
12:00 Austin City Limits: Yola British soul singer and
songwriter Yola performs tunes from her solo debut Walk Through Fire.
1:00 Chicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise: An Unholy Death See Sat. Oct. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Reputation, Reputation, Reputation! See Sat. Oct. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Denmark – Beyond Copenhagen [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight:
Black Voices [R]5:30 Chicago Tonight:
Latino Voices [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Indianapolis (Part 3 of 3) Highlights include an 1898 Alphonse Mucha JOB poster, a 1974 George Nakashima “Kent Hall” floor lamp, and a 1961 Ty Cobb-signed baseball.
9:00 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: James Corden
10:00 POV: Softie After years of fighting injustice in Kenya, daring and audacious political activist Boniface “Softie” Mwangi decides to run for political office. But running a clean campaign against corrupt opponents with idealism as his only weapon proves challenging.
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 13EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 Last Tango in Halifax See
Sun. Oct. 11 at 7:00 pm. [R]2:00 Flesh and Blood on
Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 COBRA (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Finding Your Roots:
Fashion’s Roots9:00 Driving While Black11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 14EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Oct. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: James Corden See Mon. Oct. 12 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 POV: Softie See Mon. Oct. 12 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Nature: The Story
of Cats – Into the Americas Track the story of cats into the Americas. Meet the mighty jaguar, the urban mountain lion, the curious ocelot, the Canada lynx, the nimble margay, the Siamese cat, and the Sphynx.
9:00 NOVA: Nature’s Fear Factor When top predators disap-peared from Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, other animals fell into unusual patterns. Now scientists are reintroducing wild dogs to restore the park’s “landscape of fear” and with it, the natu-ral balance of the ecosystem.
10:00 The Age of Nature: Awakening (Part 1 of 3)
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 15EARLY MORNING
12:30 Finding Your Roots: Fashion’s Roots See Tues. Oct. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Driving While Black See Tues. Oct. 13 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater, and the 1964 Campaign that Changed it All See Sun. Oct. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 PBS NewsHour Debates:
A Special Report – 2020 Presidential Debate The team from PBS NewsHour, led by anchor and manag-ing editor Judy Woodruff, provides live coverage and analysis of the second 2020
Presidential Debates
2020 OCTOBER 11
In the Spotlight
The Trouble with Maggie ColeSet in a picturesque fishing village, the series centers on historian Maggie Cole (Dawn French), who gives a radio interview about her coastal village, Thurlbury, and inadvertently reveals all the guarded secrets, indiscretions, and gossip of the town.
Sundays beginning October 18, 7:00 pm
Presidential Debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, live from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida.
10:00 Chicago Stories: The Great Chicago Fire [R]
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 16EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: The Story of Cats – Into the Americas See Wed. Oct. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 NOVA: Nature’s Fear Factor See Wed. Oct. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 The Age of Nature: Awakening (Part 1 of 3) See Wed. Oct. 14 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Rick Steves Egypt: Yesterday & Today [R]
4:30 BBC World News [R]5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review7:30 Washington Week8:00 Check, Please! Swift
& Sons, Mi Tocaya, Hidden Manna
8:30 Dishing with Julia Child: The Whole Fish Story José Andrés and Eric Ripert are amazed by Julia Child’s hands-on treatment of a whole fish, how much information she conveys in the show, and her ability to work without any retakes.
9:00 Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends
10:30 Generation Nation: An American Portrait Story Explore how people in differing age groups see themselves and their place in the America. Through self-shot video, they share common experi-ences that bind age groups together, and generational differences that put them at odds with one another.
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Interview Show with Mark
Bazer: Rick Perlstein See Sun. Oct. 11 at 11:00 pm. [R]
Saturday 17EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 To be announced5:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review [R]5:30 McLaughlin Group
MORNING
6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids
Spain, ESPN Radio host and TV commentator.
11:30 Check, Please! Swift & Sons, Mi Tocaya, Hidden Manna [R]
Monday 19EARLY MORNING
12:00 Austin City Limits: Stevie Ray Vaughan – A Retrospective Enjoy classic performances by late Texas blues rocker Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble. Songs include “Pride and Joy,” “Crossfire,” and “Texas Flood.”
1:00 Doc Martin: Sickness and Health See Sat. Oct. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise: Death in the Clinic See Sat. Oct. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Best Beware My Sting See Sat. Oct. 17 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe [R]4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight:
Black Voices [R]5:30 Chicago Tonight:
Latino Voices [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
11:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
11:30 The Chavis Chronicles
AFTERNOON
12:00 Fly Brother with Ernest White II: Toronto – Pride and Joy
12:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
1:00 Field Trip with Curtis Stone1:30 Neven’s Spanish Food
Trails: Granada2:00 In Frame: The Man Behind
the Museum Hotel In 2006, art collector and entrepreneur Steve Wilson opened the first 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky – a unique hybrid of a boutique hotel and gallery space where visitors can experience world-class contemporary art without the cost of museum admission. This film follows Wilson as he builds his latest Museum Hotel in Durham, North Carolina, navigating a maze of art fairs and construction sites to bring his artistic vision to life.
3:00 The Book Makers Meet an eclectic group of people who have dedicated their lives to answering the question: what should books become in the digital age? This engaging documentary captures the painstaking but pleasurable process of creating hand-crafted books, in a diverse range of styles, and mediums.
4:00 Driving While Black [R]
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 The Trouble with Maggie
Cole (Part 1 of 6)8:00 Flesh and Blood on
Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Vivien and Mark plan their trip to India, but the children’s ongoing distrust of Mark starts to put a strain on the couple’s relationship.
9:00 COBRA (Part 3 of 6) As the country continues to face dark days, the Prime Minister, Anna, Fraser, and their teams pay a visit to the worst affected area. Archie’s rhetoric threatens to cause more problems for everyone.
10:00 Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election Assassinations, racial unrest, nationwide riots, and an endless war in Vietnam put the nation on edge and produced a historic three-way presidential elec-tion where all the candidates were deeply flawed. This documentary tells the unforgettable story of 1968.
11:00 Interview Show with Mark Bazer Sarah: Spain Mark’s guest this week is Sarah
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10:00 This Old House: Memorable Makers
10:30 Ask This Old House: All About Walkways
11:00 Flavor of Poland: Wroclaw11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table1:00 Simply Ming: Ming Tsai
with guest Alex Crabb1:30 Stephen Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Florida Tailgate Party2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
from Cook’s Illustrated: Sous Vide for Everybody
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Hearty Mediterranean at Home
3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: A Meal in Messinia
3:30 A Chef’s Life: Gone Clamming, Part 1
4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
4:30 Check, Please! Swift & Sons, Mi Tocaya, Hidden Manna [R]
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe5:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a
Time with Rick Bayless: All in for Albondingas
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 Doc Martin: Sickness
and Health Portwenn is buzzing about the wedding of the Doc and Louisa. Will they finally tie the knot?
8:00 Death in Paradise: Death in the Clinic A body found floating in the pool of a luxury cosmetic clinic presents a complex case for DI Poole’s team. Everything points to suicide, but Richard is not content with this hypothesis.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Best Beware My Sting An energy tycoon hires Frank and Lu to keep an eye on his wayward eldest daughter and ensure that the wedding of his youngest daughter goes off without a hitch.
10:00 Last Tango in Halifax [R]11:00 To be announced
Sunday 18EARLY MORNING
3:00 Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends See Fri. Oct. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Generation Nation: An American Portrait Story See Fri. Oct. 16 at 10:30 pm. [R]
MORNING
5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids
12 OCTOBER 2020
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
3:00 COBRA (Part 3 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Finding Your Roots:
DNA Mysteries9:00 Walter Winchell: The Power
of Gossip – American Masters Meet the newspaper columnist, radio com-mentator, and television personality who pioneered the fast-paced, gossip-driven, politically charged journalism that dominates today. Stanley Tucci stars as Winchell.
10:00 Frontline: Whose Vote Counts
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 21EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Our 50 States (Part 1 of 2) See Mon. Oct. 19 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Jennifer Garner See Mon. Oct. 19 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Independent Lens: Feels Good Man See Mon. Oct. 19 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Nature: Pandas –
Born to be Wild9:00 NOVA: Touching
the Asteroid10:00 The Age of Nature:
Changing (Part 2 of 3)11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 22EARLY MORNING
12:30 Finding Your Roots: DNA Mysteries See Tues. Oct. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip – American Masters See Tues. Oct. 20 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Frontline: Whose Vote Counts See Tues. Oct. 20 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election See Sun. Oct. 18 at 10:00 pm. [R]
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Our 50 States (Part 1 of 2) Celebrate America’s hidden treasures from all 50 states in part one of this two-hour special, with finds such as a Thomas Hart Benton oil on tin, a Kentucky sugar chest, and a 1960-inscribed To Kill a Mockingbird.
9:00 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan: Jennifer Garner
10:00 Independent Lens: Feels Good Man Follow artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, as he begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who use it for their own purposes.
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 20EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 The Trouble with Maggie
Cole (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Oct. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 PBS NewsHour Debates:
A Special Report – 2020 Presidential Debate The team from PBS NewsHour, led by anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, pro-vides live coverage and analy-sis of the third and final 2020 Presidential Debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, live from the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
10:00 Love Wins Over Hate This film explores the per-sonal transformations of six individuals who went from agents of anger and bigotry to advocates for empathy and inclusivity, a hopeful portrait of how people can change their motivation from prejudice to an appreciation of the world’s diversity.
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 23EARLY MORNING
12:30 Nature: Pandas – Born to be Wild See Wed. Oct. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 NOVA: Touching the Asteroid See Wed. Oct. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:30 The Age of Nature: Changing (Part 2 of 3) See Wed. Oct. 21 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Finding Your Roots: DNA Mysteries [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review7:30 Washington Week8:00 Check, Please! Izakaya
Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s
8:30 Dishing with Julia Child: The Good Loaf Vivian Howard, Marcus Samuelsson, Carla Hall, and Sara Moulton highlight Julia Child’s role in reorienting people’s perception of food.
9:00 Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is – American Masters
10:30 Beyond the Canvas: All About the Music Bruce Springsteen, Reba McEntire, and others talk about their success and
Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is – American MastersDiscover the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist, and composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient and longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony, he helped set the standard that an American orchestra should champion modern American music.
Friday, October 23 9:00 pm
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Mark Bazer: Sarah Spain See Sun. Oct. 18 at 11:00 pm. [R]
Saturday 24EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 Love Wins Over Hate
See Thurs. Oct. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R]
2:00 In Frame: The Man Behind the Museum Hotel See Sun. Oct. 18 at 2:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Book Makers See Sun. Oct. 18 at 3:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Antiques Roadshow: Our 50 States (Part 1 of 2) [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 McLaughlin Group
MORNING
6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids10:00 This Old House:
Anatomy of a Kitchen10:30 Ask This Old House:
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11:00 Flavor of Poland: Poznan, Gniezno
11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
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In the Spotlight
Independent Lens: RepresentLeading up to the 2018 midterm elections in the heart of the Midwest, three women take on entrenched local political networks in their fight to reshape politics on their own terms.
Monday, October 26 10:00 pm
Julie Cho, candidate for Illinois State Representative
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AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table1:00 Simply Ming: Ming Tsai with
guest Karen Akunowicz1:30 Stephen Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Shoulder On2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
from Cook’s Illustrated: Chicken and Biscuits
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Flavorful Chinese Favorite
3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Evia – An Island Hiding In Plain Sight
3:30 A Chef’s Life: Gone Clamming, Part 2
4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
4:30 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R]
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe5:30 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 Weekend7:00 Doc Martin: Guess Who’s
Coming to Dinner? Martin and Louisa host a disastrous dinner party and Morwenna advertises for a lodger.
8:00 Death in Paradise: A Deadly Curse DI Poole and the team are plunged into a mysterious plot of pirates and ancient
help create an exhibit that ensures that children have the power and responsibility to make a difference.
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 The Trouble with Maggie
Cole (Part 2 of 6) With the town still reeling from “Radio-gate,” Maggie is desperate to make amends. Meanwhile, Neil and Kelly decide to embrace what was broadcast about them and go along with the unsub-stantiated gossip as a way to explain their sudden windfall.
8:00 Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) Vivien tries to dismiss her children’s fears about Mark, even as serious doubts creep into her mind. Everything comes to a head at Vivien’s 70th birthday party.
9:00 COBRA (Part 4 of 6) As questions are asked about the Prime Minister’s personal life, Anna seeks the help of intelligence chief Eleanor James. A new threat rears its head as public sentiment grows ever more turbulent.
10:00 Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election This film chronicles the race between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, exploring Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon and Carter’s primary strategy in a crowded field, and discusses how the 1976 Presidential election was the last time in which the country wasn’t polarized in the manner it is today.
11:00 Interview Show with Mark Bazer: Christian Bride Mark’s guest this week is jazz bandleader and bassist Christian Bride.
11:30 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R]
Monday 26EARLY MORNING
12:00 Austin City Limits: Rufus Wainwright The American/Canadian performer and composer sings songs from his album Unfollow the Rules.
1:00 Doc Martin: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? See Sat. Oct. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Death in Paradise: A Deadly Curse See Sat. Oct. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – All That Glisters See Sat. Oct. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight:
Black Voices [R]5:30 Chicago Tonight:
Latino Voices [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Kooky & Spooky Celebrate Halloween with thrilling and chilling finds, like a rag doll nicknamed Chucky, a night-marish Leonora Carrington painting, and a Bride of Frankenstein pressbook.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport, Part 3 A Faberge jade snuff bottle and an Egyptian mummi-fied falcon made around 200 BC are appraised.
9:30 Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait Story [R]
10:00 Independent Lens: Represent
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 27EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 The Trouble with Maggie
Cole (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Flesh and Blood on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Oct. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 COBRA (Part 4 of 6) See Sun. Oct. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Not Done: Women
Remaking America9:00 Frontline: The Choice
2020 – Trump vs. Biden See Sun. Oct. 25 at 3:00 pm. [R]
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 28EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Kooky & Spooky See Mon. Oct. 26 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow Recut: Newport, Part 3 See Mon. Oct. 26 at 9:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait Story See Mon. Oct. 26 at 9:30 pm. [R]
2:30 Independent Lens: Represent See Mon. Oct. 26 at 10:00 pm. [R]
myth when a treasure hunter is shot dead in the jungle.
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – All That Glisters Frank and Lu find themselves puz-zling through the world of enigmatology as they become podcasters investigating a mysterious 20-year-old car accident that killed a young mother.
10:00 The Trouble with Maggie Cole (Part 1 of 6) [R]
11:00 To be announced
Sunday 25EARLY MORNING
12:00 To be announced3:00 Michael Tilson Thomas:
Where Now Is - American Masters See Fri. Oct. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Beyond the Canvas: All About the Music See Fri. Oct. 23 at 10:30 pm. [R]
MORNING
5:00-11:00 WTTW Kids11:00 Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover11:30 The Chavis Chronicles
AFTERNOON
12:00 Fly Brother with Ernest White II: Ovamboland: Northern Exposure
12:30 Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
1:00 Field Trip with Curtis Stone1:30 Neven’s Spanish Food
Trails: Cordoba2:00 Battleground This film is an
intimate exploration of the state of our democracy as seen through the eyes of two grassroots political leaders in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. As they fight to gain power in order to realize their visions for America, they find their real struggle may be within their own parties and the system at large.
3:00 Frontline: The Choice 2020 – Trump vs. Biden Investigating the lives and characters of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as they compete to be president. Those who know them best reveal key moments that made both men and shape how they would lead America through a time of crisis.
5:00 The Power of Us: Confronting Our Climate Crisis Retired Chicagoland engineer Jim Goodman and his wife Annie are alarmed about the ever-more-severe climate change crisis, but know that their generation has failed to address it. With the environmental clock ticking, the Goodmans work with Northwestern University students to
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8:00 Washington Week 2020 Election Special In this special, Robert Costa takes viewers on the road through Pennsylvania, one of the key swing states that voted for President Trump in 2016.
8:30 Check, Please! Virtue, Qulinarnia, Longman & Eagle
9:00 Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years and Counting
10:00 Monstrum: The History of Zombies This special is based on the PBS Digital Studios’ series Monstrum, that looks at humans’ unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature, and film, and digs deep into the history of those mythologies.
11:00 BBC World News11:30 Interview Show with Mark
Bazer: Christian Bride See Sun. Oct. 25 at 11:00 pm. [R]
Saturday 31EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 Mikva! Democracy
is a Verb See Thurs. Oct. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Battleground See Sun. Oct. 25 at 2:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Monstrum: The History of Zombies See Fri. Oct. 30 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years and Counting See Fri. Oct. 30 at 9:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
5:30 McLaughlin Group
MORNING
6:00-10:00 WTTW Kids10:00 This Old House:
Generation Next10:30 Ask This Old House:
All About Windows11:00 Flavor of Poland: Torun11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table1:00 Simply Ming: Ming Tsai
with guest Avi Shemtov1:30 Stephen Raichlen’s Project
Fire: Chino-Latino2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
from Cook’s Illustrated: Cooking at Home with Bridget and Julia
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Nutritious and Delicious
3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Culinary Tapestry of Corfu
3:30 A Chef’s Life: What’s Your Beef?
4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
4:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Nature: Australian
Bushfire Rescue9:00 NOVA: Can We Cool
the Planet?10:00 The Age of Nature:
Understanding (Part 3 of 3)11:00 BBC World News11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 29EARLY MORNING
12:30 Not Done: Women Remaking America See Tues. Oct. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Frontline: The Choice 2020 – Trump vs. Biden [R]
3:30 Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election See. Sun. Oct. 25 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight8:00 Mikva! Democracy is a Verb
4:30 Check, Please! Virtue, Qulinarnia, Longman & Eagle [R]
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe5:30 MEXICO – One Plate at a
Time with Rick Bayless: A Tour of Tacos Al Pastor
EVENING
6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend7:00 Doc Martin: The Tameness
of a Wolf Ruth is invited on Radio Portwenn and attracts an admirer. Doc and Louisa find a replacement nanny.
8:00 Death in Paradise: Murder Onboard
9:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – O Thou Invisible Spirit of Wine
10:00 The Trouble with Maggie Cole (Part 1 of 6) [R]
11:00 Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony: S&M 2 See Thurs. Oct. 29 at 9:00 pm. [R]
9:00 Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony: S&M 2 Experience a joint concert by rock band Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony, with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas and Edwin Outwater.
10:30 The Power of Us: Confronting Our Climate Crisis See. Sun. Oct. 25 at 5:00 pm. [R]
11:30 BBC World News
Friday 30EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company1:00 Nature: Australian
Bushfire Rescue See Wed. Oct. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 NOVA: Can We Cool the Planet? See Wed. Oct. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 The Age of Nature: Understanding (Part 3 of 3) See Wed. Oct. 28 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s [R]
4:30 BBC World News5:00 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON
6:00-6:00 WTTW Kids
EVENING
6:00 PBS NewsHour7:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review7:30 Washington Week
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00 Flavor of Poland
11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen
12:00 Cook’s Country
12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table
1:00 Simply Ming
1:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen
3:00 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3:30 A Chef’s Life
4:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
4:30 Check, Please!
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe
Do it Yourself Saturdays
In the Spotlight
Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years and CountingEnjoy a celebration of the music of Sesame Street with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Big Bird, Elmo, and other Sesame Street favorites sing the show’s songs alongside the world-renowned orchestra and artistic director Wynton Marsalis.
Friday, October 30 9:00 pm
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Arts • PerformanceAustin City LimitsMondays, 12:00 amGreat Performances: Now Hear This: Becoming MozartFriday, 9:00 pm (10/2)Sunday, 3:00 am (10/4)Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music LegendsFriday, 9:00 pm (10/16)Sunday, 3:00 am (10/18)Metallica and the San Francisco SymphonyThursday, 9:00 pm (10/29)Saturday, 11:00 pm (10/31)Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years and CountingFriday, 9:00 pm (10/30)Saturday, 4:00 am (10/31)
Drama • Comedy • MoviesCOBRASundays, 9:00 pmTuesdays, 3:00 amDeath in ParadiseSaturdays, 8:00 pmMondays, 2:00 amFather BrownSaturday, 7:00 pm (10/3)Monday, 1:00 am (10/5)Flesh and Blood on MasterpieceSundays, 8:00 pmTuesdays, 2:00 amInheritanceThursday, 10:00 pm (10/1)Saturday, 2:30 am (10/3)Last Tango in HalifaxSundays, 7:00 pm (10/4, 10/11)Sunday, 12:00 am (10/4)Tuesdays, 1:00 am (10/6, 10/13)Saturdays, 10: 00 pm (10/10, 10/17)Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private InvestigatorsSaturdays, 9:00 pmMondays, 3:00 amTrouble with Maggie ColeSundays, 7:00 pm (10/18, 10/25)Tuesdays, 1:00 am (10/20, 10/27)Saturdays, 10:00 pm (10/24, 10/31)Van der Valk on MasterpieceSaturday, 10:00 pm (10/3)
Cooking & Dining • Home Improvement • TravelAmerica’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s IllustratedSaturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pmAntiques RoadshowMondays, 8:00 pmWednesdays, 12:30 amSaturday, 4:00 am (10/24)Monday, 9:00 pm (10/26)Wednesday, 1:30 am (10/28)Antiques Roadshow RecutMonday, 9:00 pm (10/26)Wednesday, 1:30 am (10/28)Ask This Old HouseSaturdays, 10:30 amCheck, Please!Fridays, 8:00 pm (10/2, 10/16, 10/23)Saturdays, 4:30 pmSundays, 11:30 pmThursday, 4:00 am (10/8)Friday, 4:00 am, 8:30 pm (10/30)Chef’s LifeSaturdays, 3:30 pmChristopher Kimball’s Milk Street TelevisionSaturdays, 4:00 pm
Cook’s CountrySaturdays, 12:00 pmDishing with Julia ChildFridays, 8:30 pm (10/16, 10/23)Field Trip with Curtis StoneSundays, 1:00 pm (10/18, 10/25)Flavor of PolandSaturdays, 11:00 amFly Brother with Ernest White IISundays, 12:00 pmHidden PolandThursday, 9:00 pm (10/1)Saturday, 12:30 am (10/3)Sunday, 2:00 pm (10/4)Hubert Keller: Secrets of a ChefSunday, 1:00 pm (10/4)Islands Without CarsFriday, 8:30 pm (10/2)Saturday, 5:30 pm (10/3)Monday, 4:00 am (10/5)Kitchen Queens: New OrleansSundays, 12:30 pmLidia’s KitchenSaturdays, 11:30 amMexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick BaylessSaturdays, 5:30 pm (10/17, 10/24, 10/31)My Greek Table with Diane KochilasSaturdays, 3:00 pmNeven’s Spanish Food TrailsSundays, 1:30 pm (10/18, 10/25)Patti’s Mexican TableSaturdays, 12:30 pmRick Steves Egypt: Yesterday, & TodaySaturday, 5:00 pm (10/10)Friday, 3:30 am (10/16)Rick Steves’ EuropeSaturdays, 5:00 pm (10/3, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31)Mondays, 4:00 am (10/12, 10/19, 10/26)Simply MingSaturdays, 1:00 pmSteven Raichlen’s Project FireSaturdays, 1:30 pmThis Old HouseSaturdays, 10:00 am
Nature • Science • TechnologyAge of NatureWednesdays, 10:00 pm (10/14, 10/21, 10/28)Fridays, 2:30 am (10/16, 10/23)Friday, 3:00 am (10/30)Hacking Your MindFriday, 3:30 am (10/2)Hawaii: Islands of WonderFriday, 1:30 am (10/2)Sunday, 1:00 am (10/4)NatureWednesday, 10:00 pm (10/7)Wednesdays, 8:00 pm (10/14, 10/21, 10/28)Friday, 12:30 am (10/16)Fridays, 1:00 am (10/23, 10/30)NOVAFriday, 2:30 am (10/2)Wednesdays, 9:00 pm (10/14, 10/21, 10/28)Fridays, 1:30 am (10/16, 10/23)Friday, 2:00 am (10/30)
Public Affairs • History • DocumentaryAmanpour and CompanyFridays, 12:30 am (10/2, 10/9)Friday, 11:30 pm (10/2)Tuesdays, 12:00 amWednesdays, 11:30 pmSaturdays, 12:00 am (10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31)Tuesdays, 11:30 pm (10/13, 10/20, 10/27)
Thursdays, 11:30 pm (10/15, 10/22)Friday, 12:00 am (10/30)American Masters: Lennon NYCFriday, 9:00 pm (10/9)Sunday, 12:30 am (10/11)American Masters: Michael Tilson Thomas – Where Now IsFriday, 9:00 pm (10/23)Sunday, 3:00 am (10/25)American Masters: Walter Winchell – The Power of GossipTuesday, 9:00 pm (10/20)Thursday, 1:30 am (10/22)Art in the Twenty-First CenturyFriday, 10:00 pm (10/2)Sunday, 4:00 am (10/4)Ball of Confusion: The 1968 ElectionSunday, 10:00 pm (10/18)Thursday, 3:30 am (10/22)BattlegroundSunday, 2:00 pm (10/25)Saturday, 2:00 am (10/31)BBC World NewsMondays-Fridays, 4:30 am, 11:00 pmBeyond the CanvasFriday, 10:30 pm (10/23)Sunday, 4:30 am (10/25)Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 CampaignSunday, 10:00 pm (10/11)Thursday, 3:30 am (10/15)Book MakersSunday, 3:00 pm (10/18)Saturday, 3:00 am (10/24)Chavis ChroniclesSundays, 11:30 amChicago Stories: The Great Chicago FireFriday, 8:00 pm (10/9)Saturday, 7:00 pm (10/10)Sunday, 5:00 pm (10/11)Monday, 1:00 am (10/12)Thursday, 10:00 pm (10/15)Chicago TonightMondays-Fridays, 7:00 pm, 5:00 amChicago Tonight: Black VoicesSundays, 6:00 pmMondays, 5:00 amTuesdays, 4:00 amChicago Tonight: Latino VoicesSaturdays, 6:00 pmMondays, 5:30 amWednesdays, 4:00 amClassic Albums: John Lennon – Plastic Ono BandThursday, 8:00 pm (10/8)Saturday, 11:00 pm (10/10)Driving While BlackTuesday, 9:00 pm (10/13)Thursday, 1:30 am (10/15)Sunday, 4:00 pm (10/18)Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential ElectionSunday, 10:00 pm (10/25)Thursday, 3:30 am (10/29)Finding Your RootsTuesdays, 8:00 pm (10/13, 10/20)Thursdays, 12:30 am (10/15, 10/22)Friday, 3:30 am (10/23)Firing Line with Margaret HooverSundays, 11:00 amFrontlineTuesdays, 10:00 pm (10/6, 10/20)Thursdays, 2:30 am (10/8, 10/22)Sunday, 3:00 pm (10/25)Tuesday, 9:00 pm (10/27)Thursday, 1:30 am (10/29)Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait StoryFriday, 10:30 pm (10/16)Sunday, 4:30 am (10/18)Monday, 9:30 pm (10/26)
Growing BolderSundays, 10:30 amHispanic Heritage Awards 2020Tuesday, 8:00 pm (10/6)Thursday, 12:30 am (10/8)In Frame: The Man Behind the Museum HotelSunday, 2:00 pm (10/18)Saturday, 2:00 am (10/24)Independent LensMondays, 10:00 pm (10/19, 10/26)Wednesdays, 2:30 am (10/21, 10/28)Interview Show with Mark BazerSundays, 11:00 pmFridays, 11:30 pmLatino Vote: Dispatches from the BattlegroundTuesday, 9:00 pm (10/6)Thursday, 1:30 am (10/8)Sunday, 3:30 am (10/11)Library of Congress National Book FestivalSunday, 4:00 pm (10/4)Friday, 1:30 am (10/9)Love Wins Over HateThursday, 10:00 pm (10/22)Saturday, 1:00 am (10/24)Mikva! Democracy is a VerbThursday, 8:00 pm (10/29)Saturday, 1:00 pm (10/31)Monstrum: The History of ZombiesFriday, 10:00 pm (10/30)Saturday, 3:00 am (10/31)My Neighborhood: PilsenThursday, 9:30 pm (10/8)Sunday, 2:30 am (10/11)A Night on Milwaukee AvenueThursday, 10:30 pm (10/8)Saturday, 3:00 am (10/10)Not Done: Women Remaking AmericaTuesday, 8:00 pm (10/27)Thursday, 12:30 am (10/29)One American Family: The KurowskisSunday, 1:30 pm (10/4)Thursday, 3:30 am (10/8)Sunday, 4:30 am (10/11)PBS NewsHourMondays-Fridays, 6:00 pmPBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – Vice Presidential DebateWednesday, 8:00 pm (10/7)Saturday, 1:00 am (10/10)PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report – Presidential DebateThursdays, 8:00 pm (10/15, 10/22)PBS NewsHour WeekendSaturdays, 6:30 pmSundays, 6:30 pmThe Power of Us: Confronting Our Climate CrisisSunday, 5:00 pm (10/25)Thursday, 10:30 pm (10/29)POVMondays, 10:00 pm (10/5, 10/12)Wednesdays, 2:30 am (10/7, 10/14)Solidarnosc: How Solidarity Changed EuropeThursday, 8:00 pm (10/1)Saturday, 1:30 am (10/3)Sunday, 3:00 pm (10/4)Tell Me More with Kelly CorriganMondays, 9:00 pm (10/5, 10/12, 10/19)Wednesdays, 1:30 am (10/7, 10/14, 10/21)Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSunday, 2:00 am, 2:30 am, 10:00 pm, 10:30 pm (10/4)Friday, 3:30 am, 4:00 am (10/9)Washington WeekFridays, 7:30 pmSaturdays, 4:30 am (10/3, 10/10)Washington Week 2020 Election SpecialFriday, 8:00 pm (10/30)
October At-a-Glance •
2020 OCTOBER 19
In the Spotlight
• Daily Radio Programming
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Host Bill McGlaughlin begins the month with a tribute to the late pianist Leon Fleisher (1928-
2020). He then devotes a week to one of the most fundamental and mysterious qualities that music
has: its ability to convey emotion.Weeknights, October 5-16, 7:00 pm
The New York Philharmonic This Week
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 were overshadowed by his famous No. 1. The New
York Philharmonic premiered No. 2 in G Major in 1881; the orchestra and pianist Simon Trpceski pres-
ent it again on this all-Tchaikovsky program.Friday, October 9, 9:00 pm
Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel
Henry samples some lesser-known Bernstein: his only film score, On the Waterfront; his symphony The
Age of Anxiety conducted by Sir Simon Rattle; the Chichester Psalms; and the Serenade After Plato’s
Symposium with violinist Gidon Kremer.Sunday, October 11, 10:00 pm
Programmer’s Picks
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.
including today’s new release, plus: Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Martin Stadler, ob; Marilyn Boenau, bn; Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, hc. RCA-DHM 77366-2. [13:16]
11:00 Bedrich Smetana Má Vlast (My Fatherland): From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests – Czech Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU-3465-2031. [12:07]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: Guitarist Stephanie Wrembel from last February
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Benjamin Britten Matinées musicales, Op. 24 – London Phil/Sir Adrian Boult. EMI CDM7-63777-2. [13:19] Tomorrow at noon, we’ll air a Covent Garden production of Britten’s last opera, Death in Venice, starring Mark Padmore and Sir Gerald Finley. Henry Purcell King Arthur Suite – Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-66169. [18:21] Otto Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 474502-2. [8:40]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in d minor, D. 810, Death and the Maiden – Takacs Quartet. Hyperion CDA-67585. [35:58]
3:00 Heitor Villa-Lobos Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra – Julian Bream, g; London Sym/André Previn. RCA 6525. [18:21] Carlos Chávez Paisajes Mexicanos – State of Mexico Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDDCA-927. [16:15]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Schubertiade
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin – Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d. Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Thursday 112:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Felix Mendelssohn A
Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-62826. [11:45] Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in g – Anna Shelest, p. Sorel Classics SCCD-015. [16:39]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony: I. The Bond of Africa – Vienna Radio Sym/Arthur Fagen. Naxos 8.559870. [12:06]
11:00 Darius Milhaud Suite française, Op. 248 – Edmonton Wind Ensemble/Harry Pinchin. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5165. [17:01]
12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902416. [14:52]
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Various Sicilienne; Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in g – Nicola Hall, g. London 430839-2. [7:03] Antonin Dvorák String Serenade in E, Op. 22 – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz. Delos D/CD-3011. [27:56] Sergei Rachmaninoff Fourteen Songs, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise – Isaac Stern, v; Orch/Frank Brieff. CBS MDK-45816. [5:43]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: An Albeniz pair Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Book 1 – Alicia de Larrocha, p. Philips 456883-2 (2). [18:32] Albéniz España, Op. 165 – Daniel Barenboim, p. Teldec 81703-2. [18:30]
3:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, Jupiter – English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-711. [35:56]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Schubertiade
8:00 New from Ravinia Summer 2020: For the season finale, soprano Michelle Areyzaga with Welz Kauffman at the piano.
9:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage: Ken-David Masur, conductor; Nicolas Namoradze, piano – Wagner: Prelude to act 1 of Die Meistersinger. Schumann: Piano Concerto in a. Detlev Glanert: Brahms-Fantasie. Strauss: Suite fr Der Rosenkavalier.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 212:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Franz Joseph Haydn
Rondo all’ongarese (Gypsy Rondo) – Jon Kimura Parker, p; Elmar Oliveira, v; David Finckel, vc. Music@Menlo 2011 (7). [3:13] Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 – Janine Jansen, v; Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth. London 475011-2. [9:02] Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro – Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Chamber Ensemble. Telarc CD-80361. [11:09]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
Saturday 312:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff7:00 Weekend Mornings with
Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice at 8:00 am
Welz Kauffman: 20 Summers at RaviniaWelz Kauffman’s 20-year tenure heading the Ravinia Festival has been filled with triumphs and innovations. Although his final season of 2020 played out differently than anyone had anticipated, his influence over the outdoor festival in Highland Park will remain after his departure. Welz appears on the air twice this month: on October 1 in a recently recorded recital by soprano Michelle Areyzaga with him as collaborative pianist; and on October 5 in an extended conversation with WFMT general manager George Preston in which he recalls his most memorable festival highlights. We’ll enhance the special with music that corresponds with many of Kauffman’s memories.
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6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music to honor World Communion Sunday
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis • John Williams Sabrina: Main Theme – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/Williams. DG B0030629. [4:59] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207 – London Phil/Mutter, v. DG B0005078-02 (2). [20:29] Manuel Ponce Three Piano Pieces – Jorge Federico Osorio, p. WFMT Recording. [18:14]
1:00 Claude Debussy Sonata (No. 2) for flute, viola and harp – Marina Piccinini, f; Kim Kashkashian, vi; Sivan Magen, h. ECM 2345. [18:02] Antonio Vivaldi Viola d’amore and Lute Concerto in d, R. 540 – Rachel Barton Pine, vi d’amore; Hopkinson Smith, l; Ars Antigua. Cedille CDR-90000159. [12:04] Vincent D’Indy Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 24 – Iceland Sym/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHSA-5157. [16:19]
2:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 – Angela Hewitt, p. Hyperion CDA-68199. [19:41] Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville Suite – Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Pentatone PTC-5186190. [23:21] Camille Saint-Saëns Tarantelle in a, Op. 6 – Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym/Allen Tinkham. Cedille CDR-90000187. [6:06] William Walton Façade Suites 1 & 2 – St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 90852-2. [22:00] Aaron Copland Scherzo Humoristique, The Cat and the Mouse; In Evening Air – Leo Smit, p. Sony SM2K-66345 (2). [6:42] Hans Huber Serenade No. 1 in E, Op. 86, Summer Nights – Stuttgart Phil/Jörg-Peter Weigle. Sterling CDS-1027-2. [19:47]
4:00 Joaquín Turina Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 – London Phil/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49405-2. [17:00] John Adams The Chairman Dances – Baltimore Sym/David Zinman. Argo 444454-2. [12:23] Lou Harrison Suite No. 2 for guitar, harp and percussion – Just Strings; Gene Sterling, per. Bridge BCD-9041. [9:39] George Harrison Here Comes the Sun – Milos Karadaglic, g; String Ensemble/Christopher Austin. Mercury B0024425-02. [3:02]
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Suite – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini. Sony SK-45935. [24:10] Giulini conducts
music by Mozart, Rossini, Prokofiev, and Mahler on our Chicago Symphony broadcast tonight at 8:00. Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 – Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Analekta FL2-3134. [25:37]
6:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Spano. Telarc CD-80676. [13:02] Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16 – Javier Perianes, p; BBC Sym/Sakari Oramo. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902205. [30:48] Jean Sibelius Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0060. [5:29]
7:00 Ryan Opera Center Recital Series
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; soloists from the orchestra – Rossini:The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for winds, K. 297b. Prokofiev: Classical Symphony. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The art of the Danish-born Wagnerian tenor Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973).
Monday 512:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Dmitri Shostakovich The
Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a – Thomas Yang, v; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman. Pro Arte CDD-551. [10:41] Amy Beach Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60 – Virginia Eskin, p. Northeastern NR-223-CD. [15:09]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, includ-ing today’s new release, plus: Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559024. [8:37]
11:00 Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Royal Phil/Jesús López-Cobos. RCA 60942-2. [27:26]
12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Antonio Vivaldi Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537 – Gabriele Cassone, tr; Luca Marzano, tr; Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini. Astrée E-8679. [7:04]
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Benjamin Britten Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2 – Alex Klein, ob; Vermeer Quartet members. Cedille CDR-90000093. [13:16] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314 – James Galway, f; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. RCA 68256-2.
and Soundtrack at 9:00 am11:00 Introductions: Spotlighting
the Chicago area’s young musicians
12:00 From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden: Britten’s “Death in Venice” – Mark Padmore (Gustav von Aschenbach); Sir Gerald Finley (Traveller/Gondolier/Manager/Dionysus); Randall Scotting (Apollo); ROH Cho & Orch/Richard Farnes.
3:00 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor, K. 491 – Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz. ASV CDQS-6015. [29:10] McFarlane On the Heath; A Day in November – Ronn McFarlane & William Simms, l’s; Mindy Rosenfeld, f; string quartet. Dorian DSL-92111. [3:54] Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: E Susanna non vien...Dove sono – Leontyne Price, s; Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. RCA 61236-2 (4). [7:09] Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 – Glenn Dicterow, v; New York Phil/Lorin Maazel. New York Philharmonic 140201. [26:11]
4:30 Arias and Songs Encore: Singers of Spain
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in g, Op. 6, No. 6 – Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz. RCA-DHM 77295-2. [14:08] Gustav Holst Beni Mora (Oriental Suite) – BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA-5086. [16:50] Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32: Neptune, the Mystic – Philharmonia, New London Children’s Chorus/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 68819-2. [7:14] Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Julia Fischer, v; Monte Carlo Phil/Yakov Kreizberg. London B0015535-02. [14:27]
6:00 Various Fantasie Negre; Spirituals: Deep River – Lara Downes, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92207. [12:22] Georges Bizet Carmen Suite – Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Telarc CD-80593. [15:26] Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Introduction through Midnight – Fort Worth Sym/Miguel Harth-Bedoya. FWSO Live. [22:01]
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Latin-American art songs
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Sunday 412:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff
[20:55] William Hirtz The Wizard of Oz Fantasy – Jon Kimura Parker, p. Jon Kimura Parker FP-0908. [7:34]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 – San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas. SFS Media SFS-0054. [39:40]
3:00 Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand – Leon Fleisher, p; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa. Sony SK-47188. [19:22] Agustín Barrios Mangoré La Catedral; Villancico de Navidad – Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, g. DG 471532-2. [10:23] Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in d (La Follia), Op. 5/12 – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. Opus 111 30172. [12:44]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and
In the Spotlight
From the Royal Opera House Covent GardenLast fall’s new Covent Garden production of Benjamin Britten’s opera Death in Venice garnered rapturous praise for its star, tenor Mark Padmore. He played Gustav von Aschenbach, a burned-out German writer who travels to Venice in search of peace and quiet, but his sojourn - during a cholera outbreak - will bring him anything but. This is Britten’s rendering of the Thomas Mann novella by a single singer, in this case baritone Sir Gerald Finley, who came in for his share of acclaim. Britten’s last opera is filled with layers of meaning expressed through music sometimes lyrical and sometimes dissonant. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts.
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In the Spotlight
The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
8:00 Welz Kauffman: 20 Summers at Ravinia – This wide-ranging conversation with WFMT general manager George Preston took place in August. In between Welz’s reminiscences, we’ll play music that evokes some of the highlights of his two-decade tenure as head of the Ravinia Festival.
10:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Tuesday 612:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Antonio Vivaldi Violin &
Echo Violin Concerto in A, R. 552 – Elliott Golub, v; Music of the Baroque Orch/Thomas Wikman. Music of the Baroque MB-112. [17:37] Ferdinando Carulli Serenade in A, Op. 96 – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61452-2. [10:00]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Schubert Notturno in E-Flat, D. 897 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Maximilian Hornung, vc; Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4797570. [8:01]
11:00 Edward Elgar Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 – Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar. Pentatone PTC-5186471. [15:02]
12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 – Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 439892-2. [5:33]
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 – Hilary Hahn, v; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff. Sony SK-89029. [23:05] George Whitefield Chadwick Suite symphonique – Czech State Phil/José Serebrier. Reference RR-74. [36:10]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Two-Piano Sonata in D, K. 448 – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Steinway & Sons 30022. [22:08]
3:00 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat Suite – Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM7-69037-2. [18:29] Johann Sebastian Bach Three Pieces for Lute – Andrés Segovia, g. MCA Classics MCAD-42068. [8:56] Frederick Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 1 – Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Argo 433704-2. [13:06]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years – Bernstein: Symphonic Dances fr West Side Story (/Daniel Barenboim); Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, Leningrad (/Leonard Bernstein).
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: American Visions – Gottschalk: The Union. Ives: Five songs. Frederick Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. Ellington: Clarinet Lament. Gershwin: An American in Paris.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Wednesday 712:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Manuel Ponce Legende –
Jorge Federico Osorio, p. Cedille CDR-90000086. [5:38] Johann Sebastian Bach Violin and Oboe Concerto in d, BWV 1060 – Lisa Batiashvili, v; François Leleux, ob; Bavarian Radio Sym Chamber Orch. DG 4792479. [12:04] Various Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena); Danses espagnoles after Bizet’s Carmen: Chanson boheme – Alexandre LaGoya, g; St. Martin’s Academy/Kenneth Sillito. Philips 446002-2. [7:44]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar’s Bride Overture – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788. [6:07]
11:00 Johann Strauss II Waltz, On the Beautiful Blue Danube – Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner. RCA 68160-2. [8:04]
12:00 Music in Chicago12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts: Cellist Jamal Aliyev and pianist Dominic Cheli live from the Cultural Center
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Joaquín Turina Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 35 – Lincoln Trio. Cedille CDR-90000150 (2). [21:51] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lucio Silla Overture – St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDC7-47014-2. [8:31]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Antonin Dvorák Symphony No. 5 in F, Op. 76 – Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier. Warner 0825646132010 (7). [39:42]
3:00 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F – English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. DG B0005828-02 (2). [14:48] Adolphe-Charles Adam Giselle Suite – Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan. London 473171-2 (2). [12:33] Claude Debussy Six Épigraphes antiques – Zofo Duet. Sono Luminus DSL-92151. [16:30]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
8:00 Highlights from Music of the Baroque: Jane Glover conducts the MOB Chorus and Orchestra in Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 812:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Germaine Tailleferre Harp
Sonata – Maria Graf, h. Philips 432103-2. [8:45] Francis Poulenc Suite française – London Wind Orch/Denis Wick. ASV CDWHL-2067. [12:20]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495 – David Jolley, fh; Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 423377-2. [16:50]
11:00 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI 57296-2. [6:21]
12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Ambroise Thomas Mignon Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [8:24]
1:00 Music for the Afternoon
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra OnstageUnder the leadership of new music director Ken-David Masur, who also leads the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is back for a new 13-week season. This month, Masur will lead concerts that feature a young award-winning pianist, Nicolas Namoradze, and violinist Augustin Hadelich, plus an all-Beethoven broadcast. A guest conductor, Germany’s Jun Maerkl, welcomes Mexican-born pianist Jorge Federico Osorio to perform Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain as the centerpiece of a Spanish-inspired concert that ends with Ravel’s Bolero. Finally, French-born guest conductor Fabiel Gabel combines Mendelssohn and Mahler.
Thursdays, 9:00 pm
From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 YearsThe rich recorded legacy of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its vast audio archives contribute to a new series of programs on the theme of The First 130 Years. Highlights include the CSO’s recording of Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No. 7, Leningrad; a Sir Georg Solti performance of David Del Tredici’s Final Alice, a work on the theme of Alice in Wonderland with soprano Barbara Hendricks, along with works by Mozart; a tone poem, opera music, and two concertos by Richard Strauss; and finally, in advance of Halloween, Claudio Abbado conducts Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, with other spookiness contributed by conductors Frederick Stock, Fritz Reiner, and Seiji Ozawa.
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm
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In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
Aaron Copland Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.559240. [18:54] Various Prelude in d, Op. posth; Tango in d; Africa: Land of Romance – Lara Downes, p. Steinway & Sons 30016. [12:59]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 – Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. London 417628-2 (2). [33:00]
3:00 Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals (Feste Romane) – London Sinfonia/John Wilson. Chandos CHSA-5261. [23:52] Charles Tomlinson Griffes Four Roman Sketches, Op. 7 – James Tocco, p. Gasparo GSCD-231. [19:29]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra Onstage: Ken-David Masur, conduc-tor; Augustin Hadelich, violin – Kaija Saariaho: Ciel d’Hiver. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in f.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 912:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 George Frideric Handel Harp
Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 – Andrew Lawrence-King, h; Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott. Virgin Classics 57876-2 (2). [13:53] Franz Liszt Années de pèlerinage: 1st Year, Switzerland: No. 3, Pastorale; No. 4, Au Bord d’une source; No. 9, Les Cloches de Genève – Muza Rubackyte, p. Lyrinx LYR-2216 (3). [11:33]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat, The Philosopher – Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer. Nimbus NI-5392. [16:49]
11:00 Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia – Bavarian Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Philips 412552-2. [8:01]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: The Escher String Quartet
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Samuel Barber Souvenirs, Op. 28 – London Sym/José Serebrier. ASV CDDCA-737. [18:29] Georg Philipp Telemann Ouverture des nations anciens et modernes – Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN-0593. [18:34] Johann Sebastian Bach Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989 – Andrew Rangell, p. Steinway & Sons 30126. [7:59]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 – Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Analekta AN-2-9947. [24:53]
3:00 Igor Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento – London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly. London 417114-2. [23:59] Erik Satie Sports et Divertissements – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p. London 473620-2 (5). [15:23] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor African Suite: Dance – Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000055. [6:14]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between
5:00 pm and 6:00 pm7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Bramwell Tovey, conductor; Simon Trpceski, piano – Tchaikovsky: Coronation March; Piano Concerto No. 2; excerpts from Swan Lake; 1812 Overture.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 1012:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff7:00 Weekend Mornings with
Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listener’s 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 Royal Opera House Covent Garden: Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” – Sir Bryn Terfel (Pasquale); Olga Peretyatko (Norina); Ioan Hotea (Ernesto); Markus Werba (Dr Malatesta); ROH Cho & Orch/Evelino Pido.
2:30 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365 – Alfred Brendel & Imogen Cooper, p’s; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 446921-2 (5). [24:57] Gian-Carlo Menotti The Medium: Act 1 finale (Black Swan); Monica’s Waltz – Patrice Michaels, Joyce Castle, Chicago Opera Theater/Lawrence Rapchak. Cedille CDR-90000034. [12:34] Isaac Albéniz Cantos de España, Op. 232: No. 3, Bajo la Palmera; Iberia, Book 1: Evocación – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61452-2. [11:22] Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture and Dances – London Sym/Geoffrey Simon. Chandos CHAN-8412. [24:23] Robert Nathaniel Dett In the Bottoms – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [15:33] Aaron Copland The Tender Land: Introduction and Love Music – Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson. Naxos 8.559297. [10:11]
4:30 Arias and Songs Encore: Relationships
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 – JF Osorio, p; Mexico National Cho & Mexico City Phil/Herrera de la Fuente. Carlton Classics 30367-01962. [19:14] Stay tuned this evening as Elbio Barilari takes us on a visit to Mexico on Fiesta at 7:00. Traditional The Three Ravens; Greensleeves – St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt. MSR
Classics MS-1606. [7:42] Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves – William Bennett, f; Skaila Kanga, h; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 414595-2. [4:25] John Rutter Suite Antique – Andrew Nicholson, f; John Birch, hc; Royal Phil Strings/John Rutter. London B0001821-02. [17:45] Richard Strauss Duet-Concertino – Larry Combs, cl; David McGill, bn; Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 23913-2. [19:49] Johann Strauss II Casanova: Nuns’ Chorus and Laura’s Song – Sumi Jo, s; Cologne Phil Cho, Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon. Erato 85772-2. [3:26] Traditional Spiritual, Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child – Sumi Jo, s, James Conlon, p. Erato 85772-2. [3:21] Zoltán Kodály Summer Evening – Helsinki Phil/Janos Fürst. Kontrapunkt 32153/54 (2). [17:02] George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Summertime – Leontyne Price, s; Orch/Skitch Henderson. RCA 5234-2. [4:53] Giacomo Puccini La Rondine: Aria, Chi il bel sogno di Doretta – Leontyne Price, s; Rome Opera Orch/Oliviero de Fabritiis. RCA 68883-2. [2:43]
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: A Visit to Mexico
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Sunday 1112:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 With Heart and Voice:
Birthday celebrations for Louis Vierne, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, and other sacred-music composers born in October.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg
12:00 Weekend Music on WFMT Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris – Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK-48385. [16:47] Aaron Copland Quiet City – Wynton Marsalis, tr; Phillip Koch, eh; Eastman Wind Ensemble. CBS MK-44916. [10:52] Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G, R. 435 (Op. 10/4) – Michala Petri, r; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov. RCA 68543-2. [6:34] Ottorino Respighi The Birds (Gli Uccelli) – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [18:14]
1:00 Various Waltz, Op. 8, No. 4; El Marabino; Waltz No. 3, Natalia – Sharon Isbin, g. Teldec 19899-2. [7:47] Frédéric Chopin Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise
From the Royal Opera House Covent GardenA frequent situation in operatic comedies is that of an old man wanting to court a young woman, either for her money or because he wants to be young again, or both. The result is inevitably a triumph for the young woman and her age-appropriate suitor. Donizetti’s Don Pasquale is based on this idea, with the soprano and tenor in this case being helped out by the wily Dr. Malatesta. Sir Bryn Terfel portrayed Don Pasquale to critical acclaim last fall in this new production at the Royal Opera House; Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko also stars. Listen for a rare bass-and-baritone duet between Pasquale and the doctor.
Saturday, October 10 12:00 pm
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in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. London 4785334. [12:56] Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise and Waltz – Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi. Virgin Classics 45609-2. [10:58] Virgil Thomson Harp Concertino, Autumn – Ann Mason Stockton, h; Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-64306-2. [9:05]
2:00 Robert Schumann Introduction and Allegro Appassionato (Konzertstück), Op. 92 – Jan Lisiecki, p; Santa Cecilia Academy Orch/Sir Antonio Pappano. DG 4795327. [14:25] Edward Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 – English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten. London 425160-2. [14:09] William Byrd Sellinger’s Rownde – Trio Settecento. Cedille CDR-90000135. [5:31] Henry Purcell Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge Suite – English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard. CBS 44650. [13:29]
3:00 Live from Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago: The Chen Family Quartet, led by Chicago Symphony concertmaster Robert Chen. Robbie Ellis hosts.
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT Richard Wagner Das
The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Emotion and meaning in music
8:00 Live from WFMT Encore10:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Tuesday 1312:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Franz Liszt Ballade No. 2
in b – Nelson Freire, p. London 4782728. [13:43] George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, Op. 11 – Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble. Cedille
Live from Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of ChicagoJoin WFMT for a live performance by the Chen Family Quartet: Chicago Symphony concertmaster Robert Chen, and his wife, Laura Park Chen, violins; their daughter Beatrice Chen, viola; and their son Noah Chen, cello. As part of the 90th anniversary celebration for the Music Institute of Chicago, the quartet will play a live concert to be broadcast and livestreamed on WFMT, with a video livestream on our Facebook page. Robbie Ellis will host. The program will also include the Serenade for String Trio by Hungarian-American composer Ernst von Dohnanyi, Beethoven’s Quartet in G, Op. 18, number 2; and Bedrich Smetana’s Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, From My Life.
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Rheingold: Prelude, Interludes, Entance of the Gods into Valhalla – Paris Opera Orch/Philippe Jordan. Erato 9341422-7 (2). [22:13] There’s more Wagner tonight at 8:00 pm on our Chicago Symphony broadcast, which is a tribute to Theodore Thomas. Gustav Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Es sungen drei Engel; Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt – Thomas Hampson, br; Geoffrey Parsons, p. Teldec 74726-2. [8:36] Franz Liszt Deux Légendes: No. 1, St. Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds – Alessio Bax, p. Signum SIGCD-611. [8:50] Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 12 in c minor, D. 703, Quartettsatz – Emerson String Quartet. DG 459151-2 (3). [11:23]
6:00 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 – Boston Sym/Andris Nelsons. BSO Classics 1401. [45:29]
7:00 Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto in D arr guitar – Andrés Segovia, g; Sym of the Air/Enrique Jorda. DG 471430-2 (4). [21:54] Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20 – Nuttall, St. John, Ganatra, Bernhardsson, v’s; Rostad, Robertson, vi’s; Finckel, Vamos, vc’s. Music@
Menlo Live 2009. [31:37]8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Radio Broadcasts: Celebrating today’s birthday anniversary of Theodore Thomas, founder and first music director of the CSO – Brahms: Academic Festival Overture (/Daniel Barenboim). Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod fr Tristan and Isolde (/Artur Rodzinski). Elgar: Enigma Variations (/Sir Georg Solti). Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (/Fritz Reiner).
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Leonard Bernstein the Composer
Monday 1212:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra Suite in G minor, BWV 1070 – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archive 415671-2 (2). [17:32] Joaquín Turina Tres Danzas an-daluzas, Op. 8 – Martin Jones, p. Nimbus NI-1710. [12:17]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, H VIIb:2 (Op. 101) – Chamber Orch of Europe/Mischa Maisky, vc. DG 419786-2. [21:51]
11:00 James Horner First in Flight: Kitty Hawk – Royal Liverpool Phil/David Arnold. Mercury 4812810. [10:06]
12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 7 – Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU-907228/9 (2). [13:30]
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Various Sueño recurrente; From Blackbird Hills – Lara Downes, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92207. [6:36] Aaron Copland Billy the Kid – St. Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin. EMI 47382-2. [32:26]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543 – Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado. Archive 4779792. [31:03]
3:00 Nino Rota The Leopard film music: Dances – La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-66279. [16:10] Henry Thacker Burleigh Four Southland Sketches – Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records. [12:06] Antonin Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: Nos. 4-6 – Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlávek. Decca 4789458. [12:02]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and
24 OCTOBER 2020
In the Spotlight
CDR 90000179. [7:24]10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn,
including today’s new release, plus: Georg Philipp Telemann Flute Concerto in D – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul, v. EMI CDC5-57397-2. [12:42]
11:00 Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 – Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.573297. [8:37]
12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Georges Bizet Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 – Toronto Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. CBS MDK-45649. [11:27]
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol,
Op. 34 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788. [16:20] Various Jobiniana #1; Chôros No. 5, Alma Brasileira – Sergio & Odair Assad, g’s. Nonesuch 79179-2. [9:47] Walter Piston Serenata – New York Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3106. [11:59]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 443723-2 (3). [36:19]
3:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Oiseau 414187-2 (2). [16:36] Orlando Gibbons Lord Salisbury’s Pavan and Galliard – Stewart Goodyear, p. Sono Luminus DSL-92220. [6:07]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Emotion and meaning in music
8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years – Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio Overture (/Daniel Barenboim); Divertimento in D, K. 334 (/Fritz Reiner). Del Tredici: Final Alice (Barbara Hendrick, s/Sir Georg Solti).
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D, Op. 102/2; Mozart: String Quartet in C, K. 465, Dissonant.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Wednesday 1412:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Ernesto Lecuona Impromptu;
A la Antigua; Suite Espagnole: I. Córdoba – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 41144-2. [7:09] Bernard Herrmann Journey to the Center of the Earth Suite – National Phil/Bernard Herrmann. London 443899-2. [14:59] Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/Mathias Mönius. London 4782564. [5:13]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Liszt Les Préludes – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC7-47022-2. [16:35]
11:00 Morley Calvert Monteregian Hills Suite – Chicago Brass Quintet. Facet 8006. [8:49]
12:00 Music in Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio BroadcastsThe CSO’s first conductor, Theodore Thomas (1835-1905), came to America from Germany with his family as a youth, later touring the Eastern United States as a freelance concert violinist. After gaining some orchestral experience, Thomas led the first concert of what was then the Chicago Orchestra at the Auditorium Theater on October 16, 1891. During his tenure as conductor, he introduced American audiences to European composers that were new to them – notably, his friend Richard Strauss. Thomas also oversaw the building of the Daniel Burnham-designed Orchestra Hall, and led its dedicatory concert just a few weeks before his death. To mark Thomas’s 185th birthday, the CSO presents this tribute concert of works by Brahms, Wagner, Elgar, and Strauss under the batons of Artur Rodzinski, Fritz Reiner, Sir Georg Solti, and Daniel Barenboim.
Sunday, October 11 8:00 pm
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12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Artists and repertory to be announced
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191 – David McGill, bn; Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi. London 443176-2. [18:18] Paquito D’Rivera Aires Tropicales: Six movements – Imani Winds. Koch 3-7599-2. [17:56]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44 – St. Petersburg Phil/Mariss Jansons. EMI 54877-2. [37:35]
3:00 Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1 in g minor, Op. 23 – Vladimir Horowitz, p. Sony SK-53465. [9:02] Frederick Delius Brigg Fair – Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK-62645. [14:46] Traditional Scarborough
Fair – King’s Singers, Manuel Barrueco, g. EMI CDC7-54904-2. [4:16] Stanley Myers The Deer Hunter: Cavatina – Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse, g’s. Warner 094636490120. [3:16] Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite – University of Texas Wind Ensemble/Jerry F. Junkin. Reference RR-104. [11:32]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Emotion and meaning in music
8:00 Highlights from Music of the Baroque: For their grand finale, the MOB Chorus and Orchestra perform The Day of Judgment by Georg Philipp Telemann; Jane Glover conducts.
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Our WFMT Fine Arts Circle fall membership drive begins on October 15 and is scheduled to run through Wednesday, October 28. For the next 2 weeks our listings here in the guide will feature only programming highlights. Be sure to listen to WFMT live for special offers and programming surprises every day throughout the drive.
Thursday 1512:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: Emotion and meaning in music
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra Onstage: Jun Markl, conductor; Jorge Federico Osorio, piano – Chabrier: Espana Rhapsody. Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol. Ravel: Bolero.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 1612:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: Emotion and meaning in music
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Alan Gilbert, conductor; Dawn Upshaw,
soprano – Haydn: Symphony #48, Maria Theresia. Berio: Folksongs. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 1712:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 WFMT membership
drive programming12:00 From the Royal Opera
House Covent Garden: Massenet’s “Werther” – Juan Diego Florez (Werther); Isabel Leonard (Charlotte); Heather Engebretson (Sophie); Jacques Imbrailo (Albert); Alastair Miles (Bailli); ROH Cho & Orch/Edward Gardner.
3:00 Weekend Music on WFMT Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503 – David Fray, p; Philharmonia/Jaap van Zweden. Virgin Classics 641964. [31:11] George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 3 – Oregon Guitar Quartet. Cube Squared Records C2-R602. [13:27] George Frideric Handel L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: Duet, As Steals the Morn – Kate Royal, s; Ian Bostridge, t; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Harry Bicket. EMI 82243-2. [5:35] Francis Poulenc Piano and Wind Sextet – Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2). [17:37] Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [6:18]
4:30 Arias and Songs Encore: An English Songbook
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in d minor, Op. 104 – New Zealand Sym/Pietari Inkinen. Naxos 8.572705. [29:19] Various Orientale; Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Three Myths, Op. 30: I. The Fountain of Arethusa – Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p. Sony SK-52568. [11:02] Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain – Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi. Telarc CD-80705. [11:45] Franz Schubert Allegro in a, D. 947, Lebensstürme – Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, p. Summit DCD-339. [11:44] William Grant Still Symphony No. 2 in G, Song of A New Race – Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-9226. [29:22] Various Carousel: Waltz; Embraceable You – Jenny Lin, p. Steinway 30011-A. [9:31]
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Music for the harp
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren: Membership-drive
edition9:00 The Midnight Special
with Marilyn Rea Beyer: Membership-drive edition
Sunday 1812:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 With Heart and Voice:
Sacred music for voices, brass, and organ
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Maggie Clennon Reberg
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis
12:00 Samuel Barber Canzonetta – Paula Engerer, ob; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill. Warner Classics 46739-2. [7:49] Edvard Grieg Two Norwegian Airs (Nordic Melodies), Op. 63 – Malmö Highlights from
Music of the BaroqueAs its late-summer series concludes, Music of the Baroque returns to the grand finale of its 2016-17 season, a performance of Georg Philipp Telemann’s oratorio The Day of Judgment. Jane Glover conducts soloists, chorus, and orchestra in this work that the ensemble introduced to Chicago audiences earlier in its history. Telemann’s work is divided into four “Contemplations.” In part one, believers and non-believers are both heard from; in part 2, storms, earthquakes, and other calamities are vividly depicted, recalling some Biblical accounts of events that will precede the end. Part 3 shows the arrival of Jesus, and in part 4, choruses of praise herald The Ascension to Heaven.
Wednesday, October 14 8:00 pm
From the Royal Opera House Covent GardenThe origin of the 1892 opera is a tale by the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a superbly Romantic, pathos-filled novel called The Sorrows of Young Werther. He is a poet in love with a woman pledged in marriage to another man. She returns his affection but sticks to her vows and her duty, driving her would-be lover to despair. Among the highlights of Massenet’s score are Werther’s aria “Pourquoi me reveiller,” and the Letter Scene in which his beloved, Charlotte, reproaches herself for being unable to destroy the letters he has written her. In this Royal Opera House Covent Garden performance from fall of 2019, tenor Juan Diego Florez and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sing the principal roles.
Saturday, October 17 12:00 pm
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Sym/Bjarte Engeset. Naxos 8.572403. [11:07] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 – Rune Most, f; Sivan Magen, h; Odense Sym/Scott Yoo. Bridge 9502. [29:18] Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30, No. 3 – Isabelle Faust, v; Alexander Melnikov, p. Harmonia Mundi HMC-902025.27 (4). [15:08] Peter Tchaikovsky Hamlet, Op. 67 – Oregon Sym/James DePreist. Delos D/CD-3081. [19:56] Various Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet: Romeo Bids Juliet Farewell; Scherzo in A-flat – Vladimir Ashkenazy, p. Philips 456715-2 (2). [9:51]
2:00 Georg Philipp Telemann Violin and Horn Concerto in A, Die Relinge (The Frogs) – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archive 471492-2. [10:54] Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps incidental music – Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern. Reference Recordings RR-129. [25:18] Henry Purcell The Curious Impertinent Suite – Septura. Naxos 8.573386. [12:57]
3:00 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200 – The Knights/Eric Jacobsen. Ancalagon ANC-137. [21:46] Johannes Brahms Four Songs (Women’s Chorus, Two Horns & Harp), Op. 17 – Instrumental trio, RIAS Chamber Choir/Marcus Creed. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901592. [15:30] Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 22 – Elena Urioste, v; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p. Decca 4850020. [10:09]
4:00 Vincent D’Indy Fantaisie sur des Thèmes populaires français, Op. 31 – Albrecht Mayer, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/Mathias Mönius. Decca 4782564. [14:51] Various Variations on a theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute; Malagueña – Pepe Romero, g. Philips 411033-2. [12:52] Franz Liszt Six Grand Etudes after Paganini: No. 3, La Campanella; No. 5, La Chasse – Daniil Trifonov, p. DG 4795529 (2). [7:51] Franz Lehár Gold and Silver Waltzes, Op. 79 – Dresden Staatskapelle/Christian Thielemann. DG B0015299-02. [6:44] Lehár The Merry Widow: Vilja-Lied – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Philharmonia & Cho/Lovro von Matacic. EMI CDC5-55095-2. [4:51]
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, The Inextinguishable – BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis. Virgin Classics 91210-2. [34:54] There’s music by Nielsen and Sibelius on our Chicago Symphony broadcast tonight
at 8:00. Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite – Vienna Phil/André Previn. DG 437790-2. [21:36] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 – Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet. Cedille CDR-90000147. [30:58] Strauss Four Last Songs – Barbara Hendricks, s; Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI CDC5-55594-2. [19:09] Strauss Malven – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Sir Georg Solti, p. London 430511-2. [3:20]
7:00 George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto in d, Op. 7, No. 4 – Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807447.48 (2). [14:55] Franz Joseph Haydn Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, Sunrise – Orlando String Quartet. Philips 410053-2. [24:18] Traditional Early One Morning – The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square/Richard Condie. CBS MS-6019. [1:14] Jean-Michel Damase Variations on Early One Morning – Anna Noakes, f; Gillian Tingay, h. ASV CDDCA-898. [9:31]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Hannu Lintu, conductor; Pekka Kuusisto, violin – Sibelius: Finlandia. Nielsen: Violin Concerto; Helios Overture. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5. We also hear Frederick Stock con-ducting The Swan of Tuonela.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Two Bruckner symphonies conducted by Jascha Horenstein.
Monday 1912:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: The life and mu-sic of Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
8:00 Live from WFMT Encore10:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Tuesday 2012:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: The life and mu-sic of Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years – Richard Strauss: Don Juan (/Sir Georg Solti). Burleske (Claudio Arrau, p/Desire Defauw). Symphonic Fantasy after Die Frau ohne Schatten (/Daniel
Barenboim). Horn Concerto No. 1 (Dale Clevenger, fh/Barenboim). Dance of the Seven Veils & finale fr Salome (Inge Borkh, s/Fritz Reiner).
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Crusell: Clarinet Quartet in E-Flat; Sibelius: String Quartet in d, Voces Intimae.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Wednesday 2112:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: The life and mu-sic of Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT10:00 Baroque&Before with
Candice Agree11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 2212:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: The life and mu-sic of Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra Onstage: Ken-David Masur, conductor (symphonies); Gemma New, conductor (concerto); Anthony Marwood, violin – Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 2312:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with Bill
McGlaughlin: The life and mu-sic of Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Bernard Haitink, conductor – Mahler: Symphony No. 9.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 2412:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 WFMT membership
drive programming12:00 From the Royal Opera House
Covent Garden: Handel’s “Agrippina” – Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina); Franco Fagioli (Nerone); Lucy Crowe (Poppea); Iestyn Davies (Ottone); Age
of Enlightenment Orch/Maxim Emelyanychev.
4:00 Weekend Music on WFMT Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture – Cleveland Pops/Louis Lane. Sony SBK-62401. [8:54] Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80116. [9:55] Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle (Belle Nuit) – BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth. London 473371-2. [3:34]
4:30 Arias and Songs Encore: Songs by Cole Porter
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 – Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym/Andris Nelsons. Hyperion CDA-68099. [32:21] Marjan Mozetich The Passion of Angels – Nora
From the Royal Opera House Covent GardenThe London critics could not say enough words of praise for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as she performed the title role of Handel’s opera Agrippina at Covent Garden last year. This opera, which premiered in Venice in 1709, is one of Handel’s youthful triumphs. Agrippina is the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius; her thirst for power leads her to deceptions and conspiracies to guarantee that her son, Nero, will succeed to the imperial throne. DiDonato was acclaimed for both her singing and her acting talents, as was soprano Lucy Crowe, who portrays the equally ambitious and scheming Poppea. The singers are joined for this performance by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Saturday, October 24 12:00 pm
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In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
by Rich Warren9:00 The Midnight Special
with Marilyn Rea Beyer
Sunday 2512:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 With Heart and Voice: Music
to honor Reformation Sunday7:00 Weekend Mornings with
Maggie Clennon Reberg12:00 Sunday Afternoons with
Robbie Ellis • Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 – Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell, hc. Avie AV-2207 (2). [21:17] Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on See the Conquering Hero Comes, WoO 45 – Zuill Bailey, vc; Simone Dinnerstein, p. Telarc CD-80740 (2). [12:23] Leonard Bernstein Candide Suite – Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue. Reference RR-87. [18:08]
1:00 Frédéric Chopin Berceuse, Barcarolle, Bolero – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Arabesque Z-6686. [22:09] Witold Lutoslawski Dance Preludes – Richard Stoltzman, cl; Warsaw Phil/Lawrence Leighton Smith. RCA 63836-2. [11:25] Virgil Thomson Acadian Songs and Dances from Louisiana Story – New London Orch/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA-66576. [14:58] Carlos Guastavino Jeromita Linares – Pablo Cohen, g; Camerata Bariloche. Dorian DOR-90202. [11:44] Astor Piazzolla Primavera Porteño (Spring); Verano Porteño (Summer) – Daniel Barenboim, p; Rodolfo Mederos, bandoneon; Hector Console, db. Teldec 13474-2. [8:01] Henri Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 5 in a, Op. 37 – Itzhak Perlman, v; Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim. EMI CDC7-47165-2. [20:47] Vieuxtemps Souvenir d’Amerique, Op. 17 (Variations on Yankee Doodle) – Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p. Angel SZ-37560. [5:06]
3:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony (Serenade) in D, K. 100 – Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony S2K-47260 (2). [15:57] Carl Nielsen Serenata in vano – Chicago Pro Musica. Reference RR-16. [6:42] Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 437523-2. [14:43]
4:00 Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in a – Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Arabesque Z-6736-2 (2). [26:39] Ravel Matinée de Provence; Tout Est Lumière – Paris-Sorbonne Cho, Orch/Jacques Grimbert. Marco Polo 8.223755. [7:30] Jean-Philippe Rameau Nouvelles suite de
pièces de clavecin (1728): Allemande – Sergio & Odair Assad, g’s. Nonesuch 79292-2. [3:45] Franz Schubert Twelve German Dances (Ländler), D. 790 – Ensemble Wien. Sony SK-48386. [12:36]
5:00 Evening Music on WFMT Johann Sebastian Bach Three-Clavier Concerto No. 1 in d, BWV 1063 – Jacques Rouvier & Emmanuel Christien, p’s, Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/David Fray, p. Erato 190295632281. [13:58] Fray is the guest soloist on our Chicago Symphony broadcast tonight at 8:00. Gian-Carlo Menotti Triple Concerto a Tre – London Sym/David Amos. Harmonia Mundi HMU-906010. [20:54] Howard Hanson Pastorale, Op. 38 – Randall Ellis, ob; Susan Jolles, h; New York Chamber Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3105. [7:21] Igor Stravinsky Pastorale (Song Without Words); Mavra: Chanson russe – Isabelle van Keulen, v; Olli Mustonen, p. Philips 420953-2 (2). [6:59]
6:00 Felix Mendelssohn Elijah, Op. 70: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains; He Watching Over Israel – Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw. Telarc CD-80119. [5:42] Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64 – Nicola Benedetti, v; ASMIF/James MacMillan. DG B0007682-02. [27:31] Louise Farrenc Piano Trio in e minor, Op. 45 – Jean Berkenstock, f; Walter Preucil, vc; William Koehler, p. Centaur CRC-2206. [22:09] Antonin Dvorák Rusalka, Op. 114: Fantasy – Pittsburgh Sym/Manfred Honeck. Reference FR-720SACD. [20:11] Franz Liszt Réminiscences de la Scala – Leslie Howard, p. Hyperion CDA-67406/7 (2). [16:15] Various Córdoba (Nocturne); Intermezzo fr Goyescas; Spanish Dance No. 1 fr La Vida Breve – Julian Bream & John Williams, g’s. RCA 61450-2. [14:42]
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts: Riccardo Muti, conductor; David Fray, piano – Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Piano Concerto No. 3 in c. Hindemith: Mathis der Maler Symphony. We also hear Fritz Reiner conducting music from Die Meistersinger.
10:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Pianist Grigory Sokolov performing at the Salzburg Festival in 2008
Monday 2612:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin8:00 To be announced10:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Tuesday 2712:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT membership
drive programming7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The
First 130 Years – Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (/Seiji Ozawa). Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead (/Fritz
Bumanis & Julia Shaw, h’s; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi. Radio Canada Int’l SMCD-5200. [20:56]
6:00 Various Water Night; Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-On – St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt. MSR Classics MS-1660. [8:41] Amy Beach Les Rêves de Columbine (Suite Française), Op. 65 – Virginia Eskin, p. Northeastern NR-223. [15:31] Jules Massenet Manon: Je suis seul!...Ah! fuyez, douce image; En fermant les yeux... C’est un rêve (Des Grieux’ Dream) – Marcelo Álvarez, t; Nice Phil/Mark Elder. Sony SK-89650. [7:33] Claude Debussy Printemps – San Francisco Ballet Orch/Emil de Cou. Arabesque Z-6734. [19:03]
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: The Fiesta Time Machine
8:00 Folkstage hosted
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio BroadcastsHindemith’s symphony titled Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter) was premiered in 1934 by Wilhelm Furtwaengler and the Berlin Philharmonic; much of its music was re-used in the composer’s opera of the same title. The protagonist is the 16th-century German artist Matthias Gruenewald, who – perhaps misguidedly – becomes involved in the political and social upheavals of the Peasants’ Revolt, itself an indirect result of the Protestant Reformation. In concert with the Chicago Symphony, music director Riccardo Muti conducted the symphony as part of a program that also contains works by Beethoven.
Sunday, October 25 8:00 pm
From the Hamburg State OperaSoprano Marina Rebeka has a thoughtful view of the title character, an ancient Druid priestess both in love and in conflict with an officer of the imperial army of Rome. In an Operawire interview, she says that Norma is many things: a warrior, a witch, a daughter, and a mother. She’s also a criminal, having broken her sacred priestly vows to get involved in a love affair and have two children with the Roman officer who’s trying to conquer her people. And she’s a deceiver for keeping the affair a secret. Rebeka reminds us that, for all the threatened and actual violence of the plot, Norma’s opening aria, the famous “Casta Diva,” is actually a prayer for peace. The singing cast is joined by the Hamburg State Philharmonic.
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In the Spotlight
Reiner). Liszt: Totentanz (Byron Janis, p/Fritz Reiner). Sibelius: Valse triste (/Frederick Stock). Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (/Claudio Abbado).
10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Viennese Voices – Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat, D. 581; Berg: Lyric Suite.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Wednesday 2812:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore6:30 WFMT Membership
Drive Programming7:00 Exploring Music with
Bill McGlaughlin8:00 Evening Music on WFMT10:00 Baroque&Before with
Candice Agree11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 2912:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Italian
Concerto in F, BWV 971 – Peter Serkin, p. RCA 68188-2. [13:02] Bach Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565 – Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI 55592-2. [9:39]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont Overture – New York Phil/Kurt Masur. Teldec 77313-2. [8:40]
11:00 Emmanuel Chabrier España Rhapsody – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDM7-63572-2. [6:08]
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 Claude Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 – Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68061. [25:09] Robert Nathaniel Dett Magnolia: Part I: Magnolias; The Deserted Cabin; My Lady Love – Clipper Erickson, p. Navona NV-6013. [10:48] Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Second half – Music@Menlo Ensemble. Music@Menlo Live 2012 (6). [11:08]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35 – Borusan Istanbul Phil/Sascha Goetzel. Onyx 4124. [47:54]
3:00 Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in a minor, D. 821 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p. Sony SK-61964. [24:28] Bach Prelude and Fugue
in e, BWV 548 – Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, db. Nonesuch 558933-2. [11:47] Antonio Vivaldi Viola d’amore Concerto in d, R. 393 – Alessandro Tampieri, vi; Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone. Naïve OP-30570. [9:25]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra Onstage: Fabien Gabel, conduc-tor; Simone Lamsma, violin – Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e; Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D.
11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 3012:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore9:00 Various Kleiner Walzer (Mi
Teresita); Carioca – Gabriela Montero, p. EMI 41144-2. [8:35] Benjamin Britten Gloriana, Op. 53: Courtly Dances – Royal Phil/André Previn. Telarc CD-80126. [10:18] Frédéric Chopin Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14 – Jan Lisiecki, p; NDR Phil/Krzysztof Urbanski. DG 4796824. [13:36]
10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Claude Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of A Faun – Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-62599. [10:09]
11:00 Eric Coates London Suite – London Pops/Frederick Fennell. Mercury 434376-2. [14:31]
12:00 Impromptu Encore: Cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Awadagin Pratt; George Preston hosts.
1:00 Music for the Afternoon Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in a – David Theodore, ob; London Sym/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8594. [19:58] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285 – Midsummer’s Music. Solstice Records. [14:30]
2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Franz Schubert Die Forelle, D. 550 – Renée Fleming, s; Christoph Eschenbach, p. London 455294-2. [2:09] Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, Trout – D Trifonov, p; A Mutter, v; H Lee, vi; M Hornung, vc; R Patkoló, db. DG 4797570. [38:27]
3:00 Igor Stravinsky Scènes de ballet – Israel Phil/Leonard
Bernstein. DG 410996-2. [18:32] William Walton Henry V Suite – Bournemouth Sym/Andrew Litton. London 448134-2. [16:42]
4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
8:00 Evening Music on WFMT9:00 The New York Philharmonic
This Week: Alan Gilbert, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano; vocal soloists & NY Choral Artists – Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482; Mass in c, K. 427, Great.
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel
Saturday 3112:00 Through the Night with
Peter Van De Graaff7:00 Weekend Mornings with
Maggie Clennon Reberg, including Saturday Morning Listener’s 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 Hamburg State Opera: Bellini’s “Norma” – Marina Rebeka (Norma); Marcelo Puente (Pollione); Diana Haller (Adalgisa); Liang Li (Oroveso); Hamburg SO Cho, Hamburg State Phil/Matteo Beltrami.
3:00 Weekend Music with Oliver Camacho Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op. 70/1, Ghost – Martha Argerich, p; Julian Rachlin, v; Mischa Maisky, vc. DG 4795096. [26:22] Richard Strauss Macbeth, Op. 23 – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE-3094. [19:17] Anonymous Goe from My Window – Les Witches. Dorian DOR-93182. [5:07] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 – Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon. Analekta FL2-3134. [19:21] Giuseppe Tartini Violin Sonata in G, Devil’s Trill: Finale – Rachel Barton Pine, v; David Schrader, hc. Cedille CDR-90000041. [5:25]
4:30 Arias and Songs Encore: Demons and Devils for Halloween
5:00 A Tribute to John Williams: The New Philharmonic Orchestra of the College of DuPage, conducted by Kirk Muspratt, in concert heralding the great American film composer.
7:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Dia de los Muertos
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Rich Warren
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer
A Tribute to John WilliamsEnjoy this performance of favorite film scores by multiple Oscar-winning composer John Williams presented by the New Philharmonic Orchestra of the College of DuPage. WFMT’s broadcast will include some of the commentary from music director Kirk Muspratt. We hope this concert will be a welcome and tuneful addition to Halloween.
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