The Member Magazine for WTTW and WFMT
March 2026
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ALSO INSIDE
This month on WFMT, we celebrate Women’s History Month with special programming, including Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel on great female pianists, Elim Chan conducting the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and women-centered episodes of Folkstage, The Midnight Special, and Live from WFMT
From the President & CEO The Guide
Dear Member,
This month, WTTW brings you The Forsytes, a highly anticipated new series based on the novels by John Galsworthy. This “prequel” to the familiar story chronicles the trials and triumphs of a wealthy Victorian stockbroking family who find themselves torn between tradition and the personal pursuit of happiness. On page 4, hear from members of the cast as they hint at what you can expect to see throughout the miniseries.
Along with The Forsytes , we will premiere another season of Call the Midwife and a gripping new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s dramatic saga The Count of Monte Cristo . And throughout March, WTTW will celebrate Women’s History Month with new profiles of tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams, prolific writer Eudora Welty, and ballet trailblazer Martha Graham and the legendary dance company she founded as it celebrates its centenary. See page 7 for a rundown of these programs and many others that shine a light on stories of strong and resilient women throughout history.
Also in March, WFMT will also mark Women’s History Month with a variety of music performed, conducted, and written by women. Some highlights include a two-part Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel that recalls great female pianists of the past; Elim Chin conducting the Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Folkstage and Midnight Special programs that feature generational artists; a Listening to Singers episode that focuses on 19th century mezzosoprano Pauline Viardot; and The William Ferris Chorale performing works by women on a new Live from WFMT. And for Metropolitan Opera fans, this month soprano Lise Davidsen returns from hiatus to headline Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde ; also hear Puccini’s Madama Butterfly starring Sonya Yoncheva in her Met role debut.
As spring approaches, we’re grateful you are watching WTTW and listening to WFMT, and hope you are enjoying everything we have to offer. My heartfelt thanks for your support.
Sincerely,
Sandra Cordova Micek President & CEO
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March 2026
Volume 36, Number 330
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The Forsytes: An Inside Look
Enjoy this extended preview of the upcoming Masterpiece series. Hear from the cast as they describe the work involved with bringing us back to the early 20th century in this lavish production.
Sunday, March 1, 8:30 pm
Sunday 1
EARLY MORNING
12:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration The legends of ’60s and ’70s soul music return to perform their biggest hits. Featuring The Temptations, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners, Sam Moore, and more.
3:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop Performers include Johnny Maestro, The Duprees, Jay Back, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Ronnie Spector, Frankie Valli, Jerry Butler, and many more artists from the ’50s and ’60s.
5:00 Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy Join yoga teacher Peggy Cappy as she demonstrates how to strengthen muscles and help increase mobility for people who are challenged by arthritis.
MORNING
6:00 ’60s and ’70s Soul Celebration [R]
9:00 Epic Train Journeys from Above: The Glacier Express The Glacier Express train in the Swiss Alps is an engineering marvel traveling over treacherous gorges and through huge mountain ranges.
10:00 Epic Train Journeys from Above: Norway’s Bergen Railway
11:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) When the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs and his daughter Mary loses her fiancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a middle-class lawyer with novel ideas about country life.
AFTERNOON
1:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) Mary entertains three suitors,
Daily Television Programming •
Programmer’s Picks
Venus & Serena: The Game Changers
Explore the remarkable journeys of Venus and Serena Williams, two of the greatest athletes in the history of tennis. They shattered the sport's image to become top-ranked players.
Monday, March 2, 9:00 pm
including a Turkish diplomat whose boldness leads to a surprising event. Downstairs, the shocking former life of Carson, the butler, is unmasked and Bates risks his health to remain valet.
3:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between the feuding sisters Mary and Edith. Servants Thomas and O’Brien scheme against Bates, while head housemaid Anna is increasingly attracted to him. Lady Violet’s winning streak in the flower show is threatened.
5:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) The heir crisis at Downton Abbey takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, rumors fly about Mary’s virtue. Her sister Sybil takes a risk in her secret political life. Anna unearths Bates’ mysterious past and O’Brien and Thomas plot their exit strategy.
EVENING
7:00 All Creatures Great and Small: Seasons of the Dales
8:30 The Forsytes: An Inside Look
9:30 M ore Deconstructing The Beatles “Beatle-ologist” Scott Freiman guides you, step by step, on an educational journey through several of The Beatles’ milestone albums and the fascinating stories that accompanied them. The second installment includes “Deconstructing a Hard Day’s Night,” “A Stroll Down Penny Lane,” and “Here Come the Songs: The Evolution of George Harrison.”
11:00 Barry Manilow: Live by Request Grab a front-row seat as the consummate performer fields call-in requests for his greatest hits in a live broadcast from 1996. Classics performed include “Mandy,” “Copacabana,” and “I Write the Songs,” interspersed with stories and chats with fans.
MacGillivray Freeman’s Ireland
Ireland’s natural wonders and cultural heritage come alive in this cross-country adventure narrated by Liam Neeson. Travel the Emerald Isle with stops at the Cliffs of Moher, Giant’s Causeway, Dublin, Belfast, and more.
Sunday, March 22, 11:30 am
Monday 2
EARLY MORNING
12:30 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary Celebrate the impact of the legendary folk trio that provided America’s soundtrack for generations and combined artistry with activism for five decades.
2:30 M oments to Remember Hosts Patti Page and Nick Clooney co-host new performances and archival classics from the late fifties and early sixties pop era.
5:00 B BC News
5:30 H istory with David Rubenstein: Doris Kearns Goodwin
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: Jane Addams – Together We Rise
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Pork Chops and Blondies
3:30 Cook’s Country: Summer Steak and Salad
4:00 Father Brown: The Blessing of the Father [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum (Part 3 of 3) Finds include 1997 Michael Jordan-signed Air Jordan XII shoes; a Patek Philippe gold wristwatch circa 1915; and a diamond & platinum ring circa 2000.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: North Carolina Museum of Art (Part 1 of 3) Finds include 1994 Maya Angelou Spingarn Awards, a 1939 autographed Baseball Hall of Fame program, and a Le Pho La Cueillette des Pommes Cannelle oil circa 1950.
9:00 Venus & Serena, The Game Changers
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 3
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Blessing of the Father [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise: Christmas 2024, Part 1 [R]
2:00 All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop See Sun. Mar. 1 at 3:00 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Bismarck
2:00 C hicago Stories: Jane Byrne
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Flavor-Packed Chicken Dinner
3:30 Cook’s Country: Reimagining Italian-American Classics
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Never Too Deadly to Die [R] 5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: 7:00 The Making of The American Revolution
9:00 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America Explore the work of one of the most renowned, respected, and popular cultural historians with this new retrospective documentary, which explores his work and how it has made history come alive for tens of millions of Americans.
10:30 C hicago Tonight [R] 11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 4
EARLY MORNING
12:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Seasons of the Dales See Sun. Mar. 1 at 7:00 pm. [R]
generation-spanning saga is coming your way. The Forsytes is the latest drama from Masterpiece, following the fortunes of one British family as they navigate a changing England in the nineteenth century. Written as a “prequel” to the Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga books, the series dives into the story of a family who has newly acquired its money and is riven by conflict between two brothers and their heirs.
Hear from four of the actors in this historical epic: Eleanor Tomlinson, who plays Louisa, a woman who could wreck the Forsytes with her secret; Tuppence Middleton, whose character Frances married into the Forsyte family; Stephen Moyer, whose Jolyon is the father of Frances’s husband, Jolyon, Jr.; and Francesca Annis, the matriarch of the family and mother of Jolyon, Sr.
Would you describe The Forsytes as a romantic drama?
Eleanor Tomlinson: Romance and love are very much at the forefront of my character’s story arc and
for her, it’s about rediscovering the most significant love of her life. Romance and relationships are at the heart of the show for almost all of the characters in some form or other. Louisa has always been true to herself; she has had to tell white lies here and there to protect herself and her children. She’s incredibly loyal to the woman she has become and everything that she holds dear and has worked so hard for. The revelation of her previous relationship with Jolyon tests his loyalty and asks questions about Jolyon’s integrity and how honest he has been about his feelings.
What are the key themes of the series?
Tuppence Middleton: The Forsytes is full of secrets. It feels like there is always someone withholding something from someone else, which makes it very riveting to watch. You see the way in which people cover up, whether it’s to protect themselves or for their own gain. On top of that, there are many different shades of romance in this story. There’s a very pure first love, and there is passion which becomes controlling. There is a very stable, loyal love, which
Danny Griffin as Jo Forsyte and Tuppence Middleton as Frances Forsyte
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is disrupted and causes ripple effects throughout the family and the business. We really get to see the full spectrum of what love means to all of these different people. At this time and within this society there was a real sense of moral obligation to other people, your position in society, your work and to your family. Those things are really tested throughout the course of the story. With Frances and Jolyon particularly, we explore a lot about loyalty, because Jolyon must make a decision about whether his loyalty is to his family, the company, or his bohemian spirit.
What can we expect from the show in terms of secrets?
Stephen Moyer: When we think of a Victorian drama, it’s all about the things that you don’t know, the stuff that’s hidden. I believe that all the characters within these dramas have these hidden elements of themselves that are restricted, and this is exemplified in the costuming. The bodice is a physical embodiment of it for women, but figuratively for the men as well. Also, I think that there are elements of the characters’ past that will come to the forefront within the story in a way that perhaps didn’t in the original books. There’s a lot of working out what the other person is doing and determining what they give away, which I think is an important aspect of our version of this tale and the way that we do the storytelling.
Describe how the theme of succession
plays a role in the business side of the story.
Moyer: One of the interesting elements about primogeniture is that, as an accident of birth, my character is born first and James is born second. Therefore, my son is going to be the one who takes over the company, whether he has the disposition or aptitude for the job or not. It’s just how it worked back then. In some respects, my character understands how that must be extraordinarily frustrating for James, but it doesn’t change the fact that that’s how it has to be. I think my character is probably more sympathetic to James’s bitterness than he is to my kindness. As much as there is a burden of being the second-born son and not being able to make the big decisions, the firstborn has the burden of not being able to do anything else. They’re two sides of the same coin, which is really interesting to
and the end of the episodes and is very much telling the story from the perspective of the present, rather than trying to pack in the past as well. It’s full of family drama like love, death, secrets, and marriages, all of which offer intrigue and great storytelling.
Why do you think American audiences in particular love British costume drama?
Annis: English period dramas have a great eye for authenticity and detail which I think really appeals to American audiences. The Forsytes are not aristocracy or even born into the wealth they now enjoy. They were a self-made family that has made good and are now struggling to hold on to everything they have. I think that’s something that Americans appreciate, understand, and are interested in. Additionally, it’s the notion of
play. My character would love to have had the chance to follow his dreams; equally James wasn’t able to be in charge so now he desperately wants his son Soames to be the one to step up because he feels that his son is much better equipped to do so than Jolyon.
How did you feel when you first read the script?
Francesca Annis: I loved the script immediately. Ann narrates the beginning
holding a family and a business together. Well, we’ve all been there, haven’t we?
The Forsytes premieres on WTTW and the PBS app on Sunday, March 22 at 8:00 pm. WTTW Passport members can stream all six parts of the series on premiere night.
These interviews have been edited for length and clarity, and are courtesy of GBH and Masterpiece.
Tuppence Middleton as Frances Forsyte
Eleanor Tomlinson as Louisa Byrne
Photo: Courtesy © 2024 Mammoth Screen Limited
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Prime
Nature: Parenthood –
The Greatest Adventure
Monday, March 30, 7:00 pm
Parenthood is a journey like no other. It is full of moments of joy and danger, and for animal parents the stakes couldn’t be higher. See their stories of dedication, adaptability, and sacrifice.
Watch on WTTW Prime, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
What is Passport?
Create
National Flower Day
Friday, March 20, 8:00 pm
What would spring be without flowers?
Celebrate the start of spring and National Flower Day with ten back-to-back episodes of J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom and welcome the beauty of flowers into your home.
Watch on WTTW Create, wttw.com/watch, or the PBS app.
Passport
The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece
Sunday, March 1
Watch all eight episodes of this series ahead of the March 22 premiere. Starring Sam Claflin as the Count and featuring Jeremy Irons, this sweeping adaptation brings to life the literary classic written by Alexandre Dumas.
for WTTW Passport Members Only
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Ways to Watch
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Western Lowland Gorilla
J Schwanke
Photo: Courtesy of Peter Lyttle and Silverback Film
Photo: © 2024 uBloom; All Rights Reserved
Photo: Kudos/ITV/Masterpiece
Sam Claflin
2:00 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary See Mon.
Mar. 2 at 12:30 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Election Collection
2:00 C hicago Stories: Inventing Improv
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Starring Tomatoes
3:30 Cook’s Country: Southern Specialties
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: House of Misfit Dolls
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Parenthood –The Greatest Adventure (Part 5 of 5)
8:30 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough Sir David Attenborough takes us on a journey of discovery and adventure through London’s world-famous Natural History Museum. As night falls, Attenborough meets the extinct creatures that fascinate him the most, as they magically come alive in front of his eyes.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 5
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 4) See Sun. Mar. 1 at 11:00 am. [R]
2:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 4) See Sun. Mar. 1 at 1:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Extraordinary Finds
2:00 C hicago Stories: Ida B. Wells
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Summer Decadence
3:30 Cook’s Country: Tri-State Treats
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Professor Y
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples
8:30 Deconstructing
MARCH 2026
Women’s History Month
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore –American Masters
Chicago Stories: Jane Addams –Together We Rise
Monday, March 2, 2:00 pm
Sunday, March 8, 8:00 pm (11.2 Prime)
Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne
Tuesday, March 3, 2:00 pm
Sunday, March 8, 9:00 pm (11.2 Prime)
Saturday, March 21, 5:00 pm
Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv
Wednesday, March 4, 2:00 pm
Sunday, March 8, 10:00 pm (11.2 Prime)
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells
Thursday, March 5, 2:00 pm
Sunday, March 8, 7:00 pm (11.2 Prime)
Saturday, March 28, 5:00 pm
Venus & Serena: The Game Changers
Monday, March 2, 9:00 pm Tuesday, March 3, 12:00 pm (11.2 Prime) Friday, March 6, 2:00 pm
Of the People:
Women of the Civil Rights Movement
Wednesday, March 11, 7:00 pm
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Wednesday, March 11, 8:30 pm
Antiques Roadshow: Women’s Work
Monday, March 16, 7:00 pm
Tuesday, March 17, 10:00 am (11.2 Prime)
Monday, March 16, 9:00 pm
Bella! This Woman’s Place is in the House –American Masters
Tuesday, March 17, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, March 18, 11:00 am (11.2 Prime)
The (M) Factor 2: Before the Pause
Sunday, March 22, 7:00 am
Martha Graham Dance Company We Are Our Time
Friday, March 27 & April 3, 8:00 pm
Opportunity, Access & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs
Sunday, March 29, 11:30 am
Eudora Sunday, March 29, 12:00 pm
Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter
Sunday, March 8, 11:00 pm
Coronation Girls Monday, March 9, 10:00 am
The Philadelphia Eleven Monday, March 9, 11:30 am
The Vote: American Experience
Sunday, March 15, 7:00 pm
Women and the Vote Sunday, March 15, 11:00 pm
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore –American Masters
Tuesday, March 17, 11:00 am Sunday, March 29, 7:00 pm
Kate: A Queen for the Future
Saturday, March 21, 9:00 pm
Fly with Me: American Experience Sunday, March 1, 7:00 pm
The Disappearance of Miss Scott: American Masters Sunday, March 1, 9:00 pm
Roberta Flack: American Masters Sunday, March 1, 10:30 pm
Becoming Frida Kahlo Monday, March 2, 10:00 am
Margaret: The Rebel Princess Friday, March 6, 10:00 am
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom Sunday, March 22, 7:00 pm
Eva’s Promise Sunday, March 22, 8:00 pm
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny –American Masters Sunday, March 22, 9:00 pm
Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella Sunday, March 22, 10:30 pm
Great Performances: Ann Sunday, March 29, 9:00 pm
Roberta Flack
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Music Group
the Beatles [R]
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 6
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 4) See Sun. Mar. 1 at 3:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Downton Abbey Season 1 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 4) See Sun. Mar. 1 at 5:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: North Carolina Museum of Art (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Venus & Serena, The Game Changers [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Pupusas and Yuca
3:30 Cook’s Country: Holiday Roast and Potatoes
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: A Fragrant Scandal [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Barbra Streisand: Timeless – Live in Concert
10:00 B ruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – No Nukes Witness the legendary band on the cusp of superstardom in the “No Nukes” concerts of 1979, with recovered and restored footage of their epic performance.
Saturday 7
EARLY MORNING
12:00 B BC News
12:30 Amanpour and Company
1:30 Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop Pat Boone and Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire Sisters host this special.
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 All New Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop [R]
MORNING
7:00 Magic Moments: The Best of ’50s Pop [R]
9:30 Deconstructing the Beatles [R]
11:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Spot Prawns Vancouver
11:37 Cook’s Country: Smothered and Dowdied
AFTERNOON
12:07 Cook’s Country: Georgia Food on My Mind
12:37 Lidia’s Kitchen: Take A Chance
1:15 Essential Pépin: Shell-Ebration
1:55 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Classic Pastas
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Takes on Chicken and Rice
2:55 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Best Beef Stews
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: The Dodecanese for Dinner
4:00 J ulia Child: Best Bites Celebrate the first lady of cooking with Martha Stewart, Jacques Pepin, Vivian Howard, Marcus Samuelsson, Jose Andres, Eric Ripert, Rick Bayless, and more who share personal insights as they screen Julia’s most-beloved episodes.
5:30 America Made with Love Discover the ingenuity, vision, and unparalleled talent of some of the nation’s most extraordinary artisans who embody American innovation and dedication.
EVENING
7:00 Father Brown: The Battle of Kembleford Father Brown investigates when a medieval murder is committed at a battle re-enactment.
8:00 Death in Paradise: Christmas 2024, Part 2 DI Mervin Wilson is back. Things have thawed between himself and the team, particularly after the pursuit and arrest of his mother’s killer. But now he meets his half-brother: the charismatic Solomon Clarke.
9:00 M idsomer Murders: The Devil’s Work (in 2 parts) Ancient families like the Shirewells thrive on tradition, but when the eldest son throws a bomb into five centuries of history, longburied resentments resurface.
10:30 M ore Deconstructing The Beatles See Sun. Mar. 1 at 9:30 pm. [R]
Sunday 8
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 2 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Nature: Parenthood – The Greatest Adventure (Part 5 of 5) See Wed. Mar. 4 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough See Wed. Mar. 4 at 8:30 pm. [R]
5:00 Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy [R]
6 : 00 N ature Cat
6 :30 Arthur
7: 00 W ild Kratts
7: 30 Weather Hunters
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8 :30 C arl the Collector
9 :00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9 :30 P hoebe & Jay
10 :00 S esame Street
10 :30 Work it Out Wombats!
MORNING
6:00 To be announced
11 :00 D onkey Hodie
11 :30 R osie's Rules
12:00 Elinor Wonders Why 12:30 A lma's Way
NATURE CAT • weekdays at 6:00 am
9:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) Two years into World War I, Matthew and other young men are at war…or avoiding it.
11:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) Downton is turned into a convalescent home with Thomas in charge. Branson seizes his chance to strike a blow for Ireland.
AFTERNOON
12:45 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. And Matthew and William embark on a perilous patrol.
2:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) in the climactic battle of the war, Matthew and William go over the top to an uncertain fate. Vera plays a cruel end game with Bates and Anna.
3:15 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) As the war nears its end, a mysterious wounded officer makes a shocking revelation.
4:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) The Spanish flu strikes Downton, disrupting one match, hastening another, and transforming
the fortunes of all.
EVENING
7:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 7) The family gathers at Downton Abbey for Christmas.
9:00 Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples See Thurs. Mar. 5 at 7:00 pm. [R] 10:30 To be announced
Monday 9
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Battle of Kembleford See Sat. Mar. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 Death in Paradise: Christmas 2024, Part 2 See Sat. Mar. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 M idsomer Murders: The Devil’s Work (in 2 parts) See Sat. Mar. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Venus & Serena, The Game Changers [R]
4:30 Compass Points from PBS News
5:00 B BC News
5:30 H istory with David Rubenstein: Benn Steil
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 All Creatures Great
SUNDAY, APR. 19 (3:00 PM)
Studebaker Theater, Chicago
SATURDAY, APR. 25 (7:30 PM)
Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston
Step into a musical time capsule with the ten singers of Chicago a cappella as they revisit the Brill Building era of the 1950s and ’60s with special guest Geoffrey Baer. These irresistible pop classics evoke songwriting genius converging under one roof—and their magic still strikes a chord today. Featuring WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer
SUNDAY, APR. 26 (3:00 PM)
McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn
Tickets: Chicagoacappella.org
King JAILHOUSE ROCK Stand by Me On Broadway
photo: joe mazza - brave lux, inc.
and Small: Seasons of the Dales [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: PubStyle Seafood
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: How to Murder a Tune
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: North Carolina Museum of Art (Part 2 of 3) Finds include 1921 & 1923 Miss America Pageant trophies, a 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 introducing Spider-Man and 1910-1911 T3 Turkey Red baseball cards.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: North Carolina Museum of Art (Part 3 of 3) Finds include a Disney Carrier gouache painting circa 1942; a pearl, diamond, & platinum brooch; and a 1928 William H. Johnson oil.
9:00 R ick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe Rick travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe, taking millions of people with it.
10:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 10
EARLY MORNING
12:30 The Making of The American Revolution See Tues. Mar. 3 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:30 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Fabric of America See Tues. Mar. 3 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Extraordinary Finds 2 [R]
2:00 Nature: Parenthood – The Great Adventure [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: BBQ Brisket and Fritters
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: It’s Not Just Cricket
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Touring Chicago’s Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer Join Geoffrey on a lively exploration of Chicago’s legendary “front yard.”
8:30 C hicago Works with Geoffrey Baer Geoffrey introduces us to some of the people who make Chicago “The City that Works.”
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 11
EARLY MORNING
12:00 R ick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe See Mon. Mar. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R]
1:30 B ruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – No Nukes See Fri. Mar. 6 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Horizons from PBS News
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Harrisburg (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen – Cat Among the Pigeons
3:30 Cook’s Country: Italian Comfort Food Classics
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: A Beautiful World
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Women of World War II: The Untold Stories Meet the American women who built the planes and flew them, fought on the warfront and the home front, cracked codes, and broke barriers. The “secret weapon” that helped win the war, they forever changed the world in the process.
8:30 Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 12
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7) See Sun. Mar. 8 at 9:00 am. [R]
2:30 Deconstructing The Beatles [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Harrisburg (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 R ick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: Tacos Two Ways
4:00 Sister Boniface Mysteries: Toast to the Newly Dead
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 G reat Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things This celebration at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane features Michael Ball, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Friedman, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Aaron Tveit, Marisha Wallace, and Patrick Wilson, with surprise appearances by Rita Moreno and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
9:00 To be announced
10:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 13
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) See Sun. Mar. 8 at 11:30 am. [R]
1:45 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 7) See Sun. Mar. 8 at 12:45 pm. [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: North Carolina Museum of Art (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: North Carolina Museum of Art (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 C hicago Works with Geoffrey Baer See Tues. Mar. 10 at 8:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Cook’s Country: Beef, Dressed Up 4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –O Brave New World
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour 7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic 8:00 R iverdance 25th Anniversary Special 10:00 To be announced 11:30 B BC News
Saturday 14
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 7) See Sun. Mar. 8 at 2:00 pm. [R] 2:15 Downton Abbey Season 2 on
Masterpiece (Part 5 of 7) See Sun. Mar. 8 at 3:15 pm. [R]
3:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 To be announced
MORNING
6:00 To be announced
11:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: The World in a Meatball
11:37 Cook’s Country: Spicy and Sour for Supper
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Chips on the Menu
12:40 Lidia’s Kitchen: Be the Host 1:10 Essential Pépin: Game Day
1:40 America’s Test Kitchen: A Trip to Rome
2:20 America’s Test Kitchen: Farmer’s Brunch
2:50 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Venetian Pastas
3:20 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Tasty Teardrops and Tomatoes – Chios
4:00 To be announced
EVENING
6:00 The Forsytes: An Inside Look See Sun. Mar. 1 at 8:30 pm. [R]
7:00 Father Brown: The Kembleston Players Father Brown investigates when rehearsals for A Most Perfect Murder are derailed by a dramatic death.
8:00 Death in Paradise A team anticipates a new recruit as Mervin prepares to leave the island. Before departing, Mervin investigates a young man’s murder in a ravine. The victim leaves behind a mysterious message, complicating the case.
9:00 M idsomer Murders: Book of the Dead (in 2 parts) When the author of a book that sparked a nationwide treasure hunt is found dead, Barnaby must unravel the clues to find the killer among a group of dedicated seekers.
10:30 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Mar. 8 at 4:30 pm. [R]
Sunday 15
EARLY MORNING
1:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 6 of 7) See Sun. Mar. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
3:00 R iverdance 25th Anniversary Show See Fri. Mar. 13 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Easy Yoga for Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy
MORNING
6:00 To be announced
AFTERNOON
12:30 Barbra Streisand: Timeless –Live in Concert See Fri. Mar. 6 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 G reat Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary – My Favorite Things See Thurs. Mar. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
4:30 Starring Dick Van Dyke: American Masters Celebrate the life and career of legendary actor Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday. View never-before-seen footage, photos, and home movies.
EVENING
7:00 R iverdance 25th Anniversary Show [R]
9:00 Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary Concert
Celebrate 20 years of spectacular Irish music with a new concert filmed at the Helix in Dublin. with fan favorites, new arrangements, and stirring originals, this emotional evening features a stellar lineup of eight world-class Celtic Women.
11:00 The Great Irish Songbook Join internationally acclaimed Sligo-based band Dervish and a stellar lineup of artists to celebrate the uniquely powerful Irish tradition of song.
Monday 16
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Father Brown: The Kembleston Players See Sat. Mar. 14 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Death in Paradise See Sat. Mar. 14 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 M idsomer Murders: Book of the Dead (in 2 parts) See Sat. Mar. 14 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 5 M inute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
5:00 B BC News
5:30 H istory with David Rubenstein: Ken Burns
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: North Carolina Museum of Art (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – From the Beginning (Part 1 of 4)
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Unexpected Salads
3:30 Cook’s Country: Regional Italian American Favorites
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – The Chimes at Midnight
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow:
Women’s Work Celebrate trailblazing women in a special hour spotlighting outstanding contributions from female athletes, artists, activists and more.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
(Part 1 of 3) Finds include Fred Rogers postcards circa 1968, a 1966 Milton Glasersigned Bob Dylan poster, and a Tiffany Studios special order tulip lamp circa 1915.
9:00 Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – American Masters Take an intimate look at the life and career of Oscarwinning actor Marlee Matlin (the first Deaf actor to win) as she shares her story in American Sign Language.
11:00 Ch icago Tonight 11:30 B BC News
Tuesday 17
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Amanpour and Company
1:00 Starring Dick Van Dyke: American Masters See Sun. Mar. 15 at 4:30 pm. [R]
3:30 Compass Points from PBS News
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Hot Springs
2:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – Contested Identities (Part 2 of 4)
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Cast Iron Staples
3:30 Cook’s Country: Aloha State Favorites
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –The Promised End
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Born to Sing Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the remarkable roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara, using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to travel back centuries.
8:00 Bella! This Woman’s Place Is in the House: American Masters
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 18
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Antiques Roadshow: Women’s Work See Mon.
Mar. 16 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 16 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore – American Masters See Mon. Mar. 16 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Austin
2:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – New Worlds (Part 3 of 4)
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Two Modern Stews
3:30 Cook’s Country: Chicken and Cornbread
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –This Rough Magic
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Portugal – Wild Land on the Edge Discover the wildlife and landscapes of Portugal, impacted by its history as a global trading hub.
8:00 NOVA: Why Ships Crash When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed into the bank of the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. How could such a disaster happen? And can the investigation help prevent future accidents?
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Sunken Basilica 2014, Turkey. A normal survey flight over Lake Iznik unexpectedly reveals the sunken remains of a 4th century basilica.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 19
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Born to Sing See Tues. Mar. 17 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Bella! This Woman’s Place Is in the House: American Masters See Tues. Mar. 17 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Antiques Roadshow: Women’s Work [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Cleveland
2:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish –From the Famine to the Future (Part 4 of 4)
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Back to Basics
3:30 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Toil and Trouble
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Exposed to the Light A fundraising evening at the historic Brokenwood Empire Cinema turns deadly when a fire breaks out; when the smoke clears, a local businessman is found strangled.
8:30 In spector George Gently: Gently Upside Down Gently and Bacchus are thrown into the new world of pop and media celebrity when the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered in a shallow grave in Pinnock Woods.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 20
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Portugal – Wild Land on the Edge See Wed. Mar. 18 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 NOVA: Why Ships Crash See Wed. Mar. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: The Sunken Basilica See Wed. Mar. 18 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Austin City Limits: Alanis Morissette
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Part 1 of 3) [R]
2:00 NOVA: Why Ships Crash [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: New England Classics
3:30 Cook’s Country: Roast Beef and Potatoes
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Exit, Pursued by a Bear
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The
Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 G reat Performances at the Met: La Bohème
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 21
EARLY MORNING
12:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – From the Beginning (Part 1 of 4)
1:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – Contested Identities (Part 2 of 4)
2:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish – New Worlds (Part 3 of 4)
3:00 From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish –From the Famine to the Future (Part 4 of 4)
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 G reat Lakes Now: Sorting Fish and a Breakaway Buoy
6:30 Living West Michigan: It’s All Fun and Games
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Born to Sing [R]
8:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: Frankenmuth, Michigan
8:30 Ireland with Michael: The Ancient East Michael explores Ireland’s Ancient East, from the Hill of Tara and Trim Castle to the sacred mounds of Knowth and Dowth, with music, poetry, and whiskey heritage along the way.
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Italy, Part 2 – Modena
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Paris of the Parisians
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House: Grass Seed Facility, Porch Swing
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Southern Ways
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Classics Reborn
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Summer Steak and Salad
12:30 Cook’s Country: Spring Feast
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: Worth Celebrating
1:30 Essential Pépin: Fine Finishes
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Mediterranean Grill
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Springtime Feast
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Simple Italian Pastas
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Greens Rule the Day
4:00 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Global Melting Pot
4:30 C heck, Please! Kabobi Grill, Cindy’s, Sunset Pho Caffe
5:00 C hicago Stories: Jane Byrne [R]
EVENING
6:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore At a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, Phryne Fisher witnesses a bizarre death onstage.
7:00 Father Brown: The Horns of Cernunnos Father Brown investigates when an old friend’s daughter is plagued by other-worldly visions.
8:00 Death in Paradise A reality show contestant is mysteriously murdered during the show.
9:00 M idsomer Murders: Claws Out (in 2 parts) When a pet detective is found dead inside the kennel of a dog he is searching for, Barnaby and Winter are drawn into the world of dognapping, cat seduction, and animal investigation.
10:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Exposed to the Light See Thurs. Mar. 19 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 22
EARLY MORNING
12:00 In spector George Gently: Gently Upside Down See Thurs. Mar. 19 at 8:30 pm. [R]
1:30 C hicago Stories: Jane Byrne [R]
2:30 G reat Performances at the Me: La Bohème See Fri. Mar. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Sunflower Woods
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Learning to Slow Down
MORNING
6:00 Horizons from PBS News
6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
7:00 The (M) Factor 2: Before the Pause
8:00 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets –The Unknown Mykonos
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Hay Smoked Salmon
9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Say Yes to Chocolate
9:30 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Cook What You Have
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Texas Trinity
11:00 Compass Points from PBS News
11:30 MacGillivray Freeman’s Ireland Ireland’s stunning natural wonders and rich
cultural heritage come alive in this cross-country adventure narrated by Liam Neeson.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 4 of 8) It is May 1970, and new postulant Sister Catherine arrives at Nonnatus House. Disappointment strikes as responses for the measles vaccination clinic remain low.
1:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 5 of 8) A solo delivery puts Sister Julienne’s skills to the test. The Nonnatus team oversees the care of a man living inside an iron lung after being paralyzed from a polio infection. Cyril returns from Jamaica.
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 6 of 8) It’s September 1970 and the local dustbin strike leads to a refuse site established outside Nonnatus House.
3:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 7 of 8) Joyce faces a disciplinary hearing over a recent complaint. Dr. Turner volunteers at a methadone clinic to treat heroin addiction.
4:00 Call the Midwife (Season 14, Part 8 of 8) The challenges of midwifery hit close to home when a Mother and Baby Home is evacuated.
5:00 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2025 When senior members of the Nonnatus House staff head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the younger midwives are left to cope alone. As the Christmas action shifts to a snowy East End, Sister Julienne is excited about the future.
EVENING
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 1 of 8)
8:00 The Forsytes on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) Chance encounters for cousins Jo and Soames Forsyte, rival heirs to the family firm, throw their previously steady lives into disarray.
9:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Letter (Part 1 of 8) After a triumphant return from sea, Edmond Dantès is betrayed and falsely imprisoned.
10:00 M urder in the Mountains: Rubbish Diver (Season 1, Part 7 of 13) When a dumpster dive for waste food results in a young man being poisoned, Nina and Lukas connect the case to the murder of a prostitute.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Margo Price/Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Monday 23
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Horns of Cernunnos See Sat. Mar. 21 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Mar. 21 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 M idsomer Murders: Claws Out See Sat. Mar. 21 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –Toil and Trouble [R]
4:15 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Exit, Pursued by a Bear [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 H istory with David Rubenstein: Bash and Fisher
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Women’s Work [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: Jane Byrne [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Italian Vegetarian
3:30 Cook’s Country: Pork and Pie
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – The Fairest Show Means the Most Deceit
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Part 3 of 3) Finds include cast-iron lobster andirons circa 1880, a 1965 Roy Lichtenstein Shipboard Girl offset lithograph, and a Japanese bronze lantern circa 1909.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) Finds include a 1953 Marilyn Monroe pin-up poster, a diamond & platinum ring circa 1960 and a 1910-1911 Philadelphia Athletics trophy, card, and pin.
9:00 C hicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal It was the most notorious scandal in the history of professional sports: eight Chicago White Sox players were charged with throwing the World Series in 1919. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 24
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 1 of 8) See Sun. Mar. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Do it Yourself Saturdays
6:30 Living West Michigan
8:00 J ohn McGivern's Main Streets
8:30 I reland with Michael
9:00 S amantha Brown's Places to Love
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe
10:00 This Old House
10:30 A sk This Old House
11:00 N ew Scandinavian Cooking
11:30 S ara's Weeknight Meals
12:00 Co ok’s Country
12:30 Co ok’s Country
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen
1:30 Es sential Pépin
2:00 A merica’s Test Kitchen
2:30 A merica’s Test Kitchen
3:00 Ch ristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3:30 M y Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
4:00 Steven Raichlen's Planet Barbecue
4:30 C heck, Please!
1:00 The Forsytes on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) See Sun. Mar. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Letter (Part 1 of 8) See Sun.
Mar. 22 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 M urder in the Mountains: Rubbish Diver (Season 1, Part 7 of 13) See Sun. Mar. 22 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Seattle
2:00 Nature: Portugal – Wild Land on the Edge [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Seafood Supper
3:30 Cook’s Country: Holiday Feast
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – The Chameleon’s Dish
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda
Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they’ve played on stage and screen.
8:00 B reaking the Deadlock: Gambling with Your Life
9:00 White with Fear
10:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 25
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Part 3 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 23 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Mar. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:30 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Ruddy Gore See Sat. Mar. 21 at 6:00 pm. [R]
3:30 30 Ireland with Michael: The Ancient East See Sat. Mar. 21 at 8:30 am. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Kansas City
2:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15,
Part 1 of 8) [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: The Ultimate Sticky Buns
3:30 Cook’s Country: A Trip to the Big Easy
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –The Rascal Cook
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Nature: Raptors – A Fistful of Daggers From giant eagles to miniature falconets, meet the many species of raptors. Explore how they survive bitter winters, learn to hunt, and undergo epic migrations. Their superpowers of flight, sight, hearing, and smell give them dominance over the skies.
8:00 NOVA: Baltimore Bridge Collapse On March 26, 2024, a massive container ship plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six highway workers. How did the ship lose control? Why did the bridge fail so catastrophically? And how many other bridges around the world are at risk?
9:00 Secrets of the Dead: King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom Uncover new archaeological evidence at Tintagel that suggests the legend of King Arthur started in a prosperous and sophisticated trading village in 5th-century Britain following the departure of the Romans.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 26
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life See Tues. Mar. 24 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 B reaking the Deadlock: Gambling with Your Life See Tues. Mar. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 White with Fear See Tues.
Mar. 24 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Ask This Old House: Grass Seed Facility, Porch Swing [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Charlotte
2:00 Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Hearty One-Pot Meals
3:30 Cook’s Country: Comfort Food Done Right
4:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Ill Met by Moonlight
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Here’s to You, Mrs. Robinson When Mike mysteriously leaves Brokenwood to conduct other police business, Kristin leads the inquiry into a 1970s-themed party where several partygoers turn up dead.
8:30 In spector George Gently: Goodbye China Gently and Bacchus investigate the supposedly accidental death of China, who was one of the inspector’s ex-informants and an old friend, but all they get are coverups and lies.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Friday 27
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Nature: Raptors – A Fistful of Daggers See Wed. Mar. 25 at 7:00 pm. [R] 1:00 NOVA: Baltimore Bridge Collapse See Wed.
Do it Yourself Sundays
5:00 Hap py Yoga
5:30 Yoga in Practice 8:00 Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
8:30 N ew Scandinavian Cooking
9:00 Ellie's Real Good Food 9:30 Ch ristopher Kimball's Milk Street Television
10:00 Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana
10:30 Steven Raichlen's Planet Barbecue
ensemble!
Mar. 25 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Secrets of the Dead: King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom See Wed. Mar. 25 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 C hicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal See Mon. Mar. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Part 2 of 3) [R]
2:00 NOVA: Baltimore Bridge Collapse [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Outsmarting Thanksgiving
3:30 Cook’s Country: Regional Seafood Specialties
4:00 Death in Paradise
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
7:30 Washington Week with the Atlantic
8:00 Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time (Part 1 of 2) This two-part
documentary tells the story of Martha Graham, the fiercely foundational artist, beset by conflict, competition, and inspiration, and how she forged the path for the future of modern dance. in 2026, the Martha Graham Company, America’s oldest and the longest running dance company, will celebrate its centennial anniversary.
9:30 Independent Lens: Keep Quiet and Forgive Three decades after her assault, Lizzie confronts her Amish community’s silence around sexual abuse. She leads a movement to support fellow Amish and Mennonite survivors as they navigate trauma, faith, and family ties.
11:00 B BC News
11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 28
EARLY MORNING
12:30 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – The Fairest Show Means the Most Deceit [R]
1:15 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – The Chameleon’s Dish [R]
2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators –The Rascal Cook [R]
3:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Ill Met By Moonlight [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 Washington Week with the Atlantic [R]
5:30 C hicago Tonight: The Week in Review [R]
MORNING
6:00 G reat Lakes Now
6:30 Living West Michigan: A Taste of Community
7:00 Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life [R]
8:00 John McGivern’s Main Streets: St. Paul’s Cathedral Hill, Minnesota
8:30 Ireland with Michael: Sports & Forts
9:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Art & Artisans
9:30 R ick Steves’ Europe: Istanbul – Capital of Emperors and Sultans
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House: Lead Testing, Hillside Steps
11:00 New Scandinavian Cooking: Danish Influences
11:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals: Edgy Veggies
AFTERNOON
12:00 Cook’s Country: Reimagining Italian American Classics
12:30 Cook’s Country: A Trip to the Big Easy
1:00 Lidia’s Kitchen: The Dinner Dance
1:30 Essential Pépin: Special Spuds
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen: A Spanish Affair
2:30 America’s Test Kitchen: Something Hearty, Something Light
3:00 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Real Spaghetti and Meatballs
3:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Plant-Based in Ancient Greece
4:00 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Obsessed with Brisket
4:30 C heck, Please! Counter Culture
5:00 C hicago Stories: Ida B. Wells [R]
EVENING
6:00 M iss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder in Montparnasse As a young woman in Paris after the war, Phryne posed for the famous artist Pierre Sarcelle. Now, 10 years later, Sarcelle’s widow arrives in Melbourne asking for her late husband’s paintings.
7:00 Father Brown: The Invisible Friends Father Brown investigates when murder threatens to derail the live
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broadcast of agricultural radio drama, The Muckles.
8:00 Death in Paradise Mervin and the team investigate the death of the owner of a skincare company after she dies from an allergic reaction, that shouldn’t have been fatal.
9:00 M idsomer Murders: A Climate to Death (in 2 parts) Locals have put the sleepy Goodman’s Land on the map as “The Greenest Village in Midsomer.” But when the entire village is bought by a Texan oilman, a string of grisly murders ensues.
10:30 The Forsytes on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6) [R]
11:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries: Here’s to You, Mrs. Robinson See Thurs. Mar. 26 at 7:00 pm. [R]
Sunday 29
EARLY MORNING
1:00 In spector George Gently: Goodbye China See Thurs. Mar. 26 at 8:30 pm. [R]
2:30 C hicago Stories: Ida B. Wells [R]
3:30 Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Mar. 27 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr: Pastel Morning
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Opening to Self-Love
MORNING
6:00 Horizons from PBS News
6:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
7:00 Hom emade Live! Weeknight Dinners
7:30 Simply Ming: Sushi from Maui
8:00 The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets –The Handmade Island
8:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Campfire Fish
9:00 Ellie’s Real Good Food: Carpo-Diem
9:30 C hristopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: The Middle Eastern Kitchen
10:00 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Fisherman’s Paradise
10:30 Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Fire and Spice
11:00 Compass Points from PBS News
11:30 O pportunity, Access, & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs Examine the changes, misconceptions, and current state of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the personal stories of five HBCU students, the family of a Chicago high school senior debating his future, and insights from
experts. Hosted by HBCU graduate Brandis Friedman.
AFTERNOON
12:00 Eudora This film explores the life of the renowned writer Eudora Welty through intimate photographs and charming interviews with family and friends set against the backdrop of Jackson, Mississippi.
1:00 Death in Paradise The death of a scientist on the side of a live volcano proves a difficult case to crack for Humphrey and his team when everything appears to point to a death from natural causes.
2:00 Death in Paradise Florence finds herself becoming emotionally involved in a case when a young literature student is found dead at the foot of a cliff.
3:00 Death in Paradise Humphrey and Martha’s romantic weekend at the remote Hotel Cecile is disrupted by the murder of the hotel owner on the first night of their stay.
4:00 Death in Paradise When Jerome Martin, president of the Saint Marie’s local cricket club, is found shot dead in the middle of the cricket ground as the sun rises over the island, suspicion falls over his teammates.
5:00 Death in Paradise This twopart special sees a murder investigation into the death of an enigmatic boat captain propel Humphrey, Dwayne, and Florence to London in pursuit of their suspects.
EVENING
7:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 2 of 8)
8:00 The Forsytes on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) After a family night at the opera, Jo makes a life-changing discovery, while Soames, smitten with Irene, makes a hasty decision.
9:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Castle (Part 2 of 8) Amid disaster at sea, first mate Edmond Dantes takes command of his late captain’s ship, navigating safely home to wed his beloved Mercedes. But a trio of unforeseen enemies derail his plans and future, sending him to prison on a false charge.
10:00 M urder in the Mountains: Firestarter (Season 1, Part 8 of 13) The arrival of a biker gang leads to the murder of a member via snake venom.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Robert Glasper/DOMi & JD BECK
Monday 30
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Father Brown: The Invisible Friends See Sat. Mar. 28 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise See Sat. Mar. 28 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 M idsomer Murders: A Climate to Death (in 2 parts) See Sat. Mar. 28 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Independent Lens: Keep Quiet and Forgive See Fri. Mar. 27 at 9:30 pm. [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 H istory with David Rubenstein: Andrew Sorkin MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Part 3 of 3) [R]
2:00 C hicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Korean Feast
3:30 Cook’s Country: Taste of Summer
4:00 Death in Paradise [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Castle Farms (Part 1 of 3) Finds include a Tiffany Studios Turtleback diver’s lamp circa 1905, John George Brown’s Making Houses of Sand oil circa 1880, and a Chinese silk dragon panel circa 1775.
8:00 Ken Burns Presents: Henry David Thoreau – Who Are We? (Part 1 of 3) As the nation struggles with its ideals and industry reshapes the land, Henry David Thoreau pursues a career as an author. But, unsuccessful and disheartened, he retreats to a cabin in the woods to live simply, deliberately - and write.
9:00 Ken Burns Presents: Henry David Thoreau – Being Alive (Part 2 of 3) At Walden Pond, Thoreau finds solace in nature and writes two books, including a classic about his time there. Over his two-year stay, an expedition to Maine and an act of civil disobedience protesting slavery reshape his idea of freedom.
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Tuesday 31
EARLY MORNING
12:00 Call the Midwife (Season 15, Part 2 of 8) See Sun.
Mar. 29 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 The Forsytes on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6) See Sun. Mar. 29 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Castle (Part 2 of 8) See Sun.
Mar. 29 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 M urder in the Mountains: Firestarter (Season 1, Part 8 of 13) See Sun. Mar. 29 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 PBS News Hour [R]
5:00 B BC News
5:30 C hicago Tonight [R]
MORNING
6:00-1:00 W TTW Kids
AFTERNOON
1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Omaha
2:00 Nature: Raptors – A Fistful of Daggers [R]
3:00 America’s Test Kitchen: Big Easy Favorites
3:30 Cook’s Country: Beef Kebabs and Cheese Bread
4:00 Death in Paradise [R]
5:00 B BC News America
5:30 C hicago Tonight
EVENING
6:00 PBS News Hour
7:00 Finding Your Roots: The Butterfly Effect Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey to their roots, telling stories of ancestors who made bold decisions that reshaped their families.
8:00 Ken Burns Presents: Henry David Thoreau – Several More Lives to Live (Part 3 of 3) Thoreau returns to society to test what he learned at Walden, taking on roles as surveyor, scientist, and abolitionist, and making two more Maine trips to gain deeper insights. Facing a lifelong illness, he writes with renewed urgency.
9:00 Frontline: The Deal – Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador Frontline examines the Salvadoran president’s deal with Trump to imprison deportees, and what each stood to gain. with the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, now reporting from exile, explore President Nayib Bukele’s tangled history with the gangs the U.S. says it is fighting
10:00 C hicago Tonight [R]
10:30 B BC News
11:00 Amanpour and Company
Arts • Performance
Austin City Limits
Sunday, 11:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/20)
50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary
Monday, 12:30 am (3/2)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/4)
'60s and '70s Soul Celebration
Sunday, 6:00 am (3/1)
All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop
Tuesday, 2:00 am (3/3)
Saturday, 5:00 am (3/7)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless – Live in Concert
Friday, 8:00 pm (3/6)
Sunday, 12:30 pm (3/15)
Barry Manilow: Live By Request
Sunday, 11:00 pm (3/1)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band –
No Nukes
Friday, 10:00 pm (3/6)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (3/11)
Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary Concert
Sunday, 9:00 pm (3/15)
Deconstructing The Beatles
Thursday, 8:30 pm (3/5)
Saturday, 9:30 am (3/7)
Thursday, 2:30 am (3/12)
The Great Irish Songbook
Sunday, 11:00 pm (3/15)
Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things
Thursday, 7:00 pm (3/12)
Sunday, 2:30 pm (3/15)
Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme
Friday, 7:00 pm (3/20)
Sunday, 2:30 am (3/22)
Il Volo in the Valley of the Temples
Thursday, 7:00 pm (3/5)
Sunday, 9:00 pm (3/8)
Magic Moments: The Best of '50s Pop (My Music Presents)
Saturday, 1:30 am (3/7)
Saturday, 7:00 am (3/7)
Martha Graham Dance Company:
We Are Our Time
Friday, 8:00 pm (3/27)
Sunday, 3:30 am (3/29)
Moments to Remember
Monday, 2:30 am (3/2)
More Deconstructing The Beatles
Sunday, 9:30 pm (3/1)
Saturday, 10:30 pm (3/7)
Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show
Friday, 8:00 pm (3/13)
Sunday, 3:00 am (3/15)
Sunday, 7:00 pm (3/15)
Drama • Mystery
All Creatures Great and Small:
Seasons of the Dales
Sunday, 7:00 pm (3/1)
Wednesday, 12:30 am (3/4)
Monday, 2:00 pm (3/9)
Brokenwood Mysteries
Thursdays, 7:00 pm (3/19, 3/26)
Saturday, 10:30 pm (3/21)
Saturday, 11:30 pm (3/28)
Call the Midwife
Sunday, 12:00 pm (3/22)
Sunday, 1:00 pm (3/22)
Sunday, 2:00 pm (3/22)
Sunday, 3:00 pm (3/22)
Sunday, 4:00 pm (3/22)
Sundays, 7:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Tuesday, 12:00 am (3/24, 3/31)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/25)
Call the Midwife Holiday Special
Sunday, 5:00 pm (3/22)
The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece
Sundays, 9:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Tuesdays, 2:00 am (3/24, 3/31)
Death in Paradise
Mondays-Fridays 4:00 pm
Saturdays, 8:00 pm (3/21, 3/24)
Mondays, 1:00 am (3/3, 3/9, 3/23, 3/30)
Mondays, 1:30 am (3/16)
Tuesday, 1:00 am (3/3)
Monday, 1:00 am (3/9)
Sunday, 1:00 pm (3/29)
Sunday, 2:00 pm (3/29)
Sunday, 3:00 pm (3/29)
Sunday, 4:00 pm (3/29)
Sunday, 5:00 pm (3/29)
Sunday, 6:00 pm (3/29)
Downton Abbey on Masterpiece
Sunday, 11:00 am (3/1)
Sunday, 1:00 pm (3/1)
Sunday, 3:00 pm (3/1)
Sunday, 5:00 pm (3/1)
Thursday, 12:00 am (3/5)
Thursday, 2:00 am (3/5)
Friday, 12:00 am (3/6)
Friday, 2:00 am (3/6)
Sunday, 9:00 am (3/8)
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Father Brown
Saturdays, 7:00 pm (3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28)
Mondays, 12:00 am (3/3, 3/9, 3/23, 3/30)
Monday, 12:30 am (3/16)
Monday, 4:00 pm (3/2)
The Forsytes: An Inside Look
Sunday, 8:30 pm (3/1)
Saturday, 6:00 pm (3/14)
The Forsytes On Masterpiece
Sunday, 8:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Tuesdays, 1:00 am (3/24, 3/31)
Saturday, 10:30 pm (3/28)
Inspector George Gently
Thursdays, 8:30 pm (3/19, 3/26)
Sunday, 12:00 am (3/22)
Sunday, 1:00 am (3/29)
Midsomer Murders
Saturdays, 9:00 pm (3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28)
Mondays, 2:00 am (3/9, 3/23, 3/30)
Mondays, 2:30 am(3/16, 3/25)
Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries
Saturdays, 6:00 pm (3/21, 3/28)
Monday, 2:30 am (3/25)
Murder in the Mountains
Sundays, 10:00 pm (3/22, 3/29)
Tuesdays, 3:00 am (3/24, 3/31)
Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm (3/13-3/26)
Monday, 3:30 am (3/23)
Monday, 4:15 am (3/23)
Saturday, 12:30 am (3/28)
Saturday, 1:15 am (3/28)
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Saturday, 3:00 am (3/28)
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Mondays-Fridays, 4:00 pm (3/3-3/12)
Food • Travel • How to
America’s Test Kitchen
Saturdays, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm (2/7, 2/14, 2/21)
Saturday, 1:55 pm (3/7)
Saturday, 2:20 pm (3/7)
Saturday, 1:40 pm (3/14)
Mondays-Fridays, 3:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow
Mondays - Fridays, 1:00 pm
Mondays, 7:00 pm
Mondays, 8:00 pm (3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (3/18)
Sunday, 12:00 am (3/8)
Thursday, 3:00 am (3/19)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/13)
Wednesday, 1:00 am (3/18)
Wednesday, 1:30 am (3/25)
Check, Please!
Saturdays, 4:30 pm (3/21, 3/28)
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
Saturday, 2:55 pm (3/7)
Saturday, 2:50 pm (3/14)
Saturdays, 3:00 pm (3/21, 3/28)
Sundays, 9:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
Cook’s Country
Mondays-Fridays, 3:30 pm
Saturdays, 12:00 pm, 12:30pm (3/21, 3/28)
Saturday, 12:07 pm (3/7)
Homemade Live!
Sunday, 7:00 am (3/29)
Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr
Sundays, 5:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy
Monday, 4:00am (3/16)
America Part 2 Made with Love
Saturday, 5:30pm (3/7)
Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy
Sunday, 5:00am (3/1)
Ellie’s Real Good Food
Sundays, 9:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Epic Train Journeys from Above
Sunday, 9:00 am (3/1)
Sunday, 10:00 am (3/1)
Essential Pepin
Saturdays, 1:30 pm (3/21, 3/28)
Saturday, 1:15 pm (3/7)
Saturday, 1:10 (3/14)
March At-a-Glance
From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish
Monday, 2:00 pm (3/16)
Tuesday, 2:00 pm (3/17)
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/18)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (3/19)
Saturday, 12:00 am (3/21)
Saturday, 1:00 am (3/21)
Saturday, 2:00 am (3/21)
Saturday, 3:00 am (3/21)
Ireland with Michael
Saturday, 8:30 pm (3/21, 3/28)
Wednesday, 3:30 am (3/25)
John McGivern’s Main Streets
Saturdays, 8:00 am (3/21, 3/28)
Julia Child: Best Bites
Saturday, 4:00 pm (3/7)
Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
Sundays, 10:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Lidia’s Kitchen
Saturday, 12:37 pm (3/7)
Saturday, 12:40 pm (3/14)
Saturdays, 1:00 pm (3/21, 3/28)
The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets Sundays, 8:00 am (3/22, 3/29)
Living West Michigan
Saturday, 6:30 am (3/21, 3/28)
Macgillivray Freeman’s Ireland Sunday, 11:30 am (3/22)
My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Saturdays, 3:30 pm (3/7, 3/21, 3/28)
Saturday, 3:20 pm (3/14)
New Scandinavian Cooking Saturdays, 11:00 am (3/21, 3/28)
Sundays, 8:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
Rick Steves’ Europe
Saturdays, 9:30 am (3/21, 3/28)
Rick Steves Fascism In Europe
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/9)
Wednesday, 12:00 am (3/11)
Thursday, 2:00 pm (3/12)
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Saturdays, 11:00 am (3/7, 3/14)
Saturdays, 11:30 am (3/21, 3/28)
Simply Ming
Sunday, 7:30 am (3/29)
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
Saturdays, 9:00 am (3/21, 3/28)
Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue
Sundays, 10:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
Saturdays, 4:00 pm (3/21, 3/28)
This Old House
Saturdays, 10:00 am (3/21, 3/28)
Ask This Old House
Saturdays, 10:30 am (3/21, 3/28)
Thursday, 3:30 am (3/26)
Chicago Works with Geoffrey Baer
Tuesday, 8:30 pm (3/10)
Friday, 2 pm (3/13)
Touring Chicago’s Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (3/10)
Yoga in Practice
Sundays, 5:30 am (3/22, 3/29)
History • Documentary
American Masters: Bella! This Woman’s Place Is in the House
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (3/17)
Thursday, 1:00 am (3/19)
American Masters: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/16)
Wednesday, 2:00 am (3/18)
American Masters: Starring Dick Van Dyke
Sunday, 4:30 pm (3/15)
Tuesday, 1:00 am (3/17)
Chicago Stories: Ida B. Wells
Thursday, 2:00 pm (3/5)
Saturday, 5:00 pm (3/28)
Sunday, 2:30 am (3/29)
Chicago Stories: Inventing Improv
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/4)
Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/4)
Saturday, 5:00 pm (3/21)
Sunday, 1:30 am (3/22)
Monday, 2:00 pm (3/23)
Chicago Stories: Jane Addams: Together We Rise
Monday, 2:00 pm (3/2)
Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/23)
Friday, 3:00 am (3/27)
Monday, 2:00 pm (3/30)
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
Wednesday, 2:00 pm (3/11)
Eudora
Sunday, 12:00 pm (3/29)
Finding Your Roots
Tuesdays, 7:00 pm (3/17, 3/24, 3/31)
Thursdays, 12:00 am, 2:00 pm (3/19, 3/26)
Saturday, 7:00 am (3/21)
Henry David Thoreau
Monday, 8:00 pm (3/30)
Monday, 9:00 pm (3/30)
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (3/31)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (3/3)
Tuesday, 2:30 am (3/10)
Frontline: The Deal – Trump, Bukele, & the Gangs of El Salvador
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (3/31)
History with David Rubenstein
Mondays, 5:30 am
Independent Lens: Keep Quiet and Forgive
Friday, 9:30 pm (3/27)
Making of the American Revolution
Tuesday, 7:00 pm (3/3)
Tuesday, 12:30 am (3/10)
The (M) Factor 2: Before the Pause
Sunday, 7:00 am (3/22)
Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement
Wednesday, 8:30 pm (3/11)
Opportunity, Access & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs
Sunday 11:30 am (3/29)
Secrets of the Dead
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Venus & Serena, The Game Changers
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Monday, 3:30 am (3/9)
White with Fear
Tuesday, 9:00 pm (3/24)
Thursday, 2:00 am (3/26)
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Wednesday, 7:00 pm (3/11)
News • Public Affairs
Amanpour and Company
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Monday, 11:30 pm (3/9)
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Saturdays, 12:30 am (3/7, 3/14)
Tuesday, 12:30 am (3/17)
BBC News
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Monday, 11:00 pm (3/9)
Tuesday, 11:00 pm (3/3, 3/24)
Thursday, 11:00 pm (3/12)
Friday, 11:00 pm (3/27)
Saturday, 12:00 am (3/7)
Friday, 11:30 pm (3/13)
Monday, 11:30 pm (3/16)
BBC News America
Mondays-Fridays, 5:00 pm
Breaking the Deadlock: Gambling with Your Life
Tuesday, 8:00 pm (3/24)
Thursday, 1:00 am (3/26)
Chicago Tonight
Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30 pm, 10:00 pm
Monday, 10:30 pm (3/9)
Tuesday, 10:30 pm (3/3, 3/24)
Thursday, 10:30 pm (3/12)
Monday, 11 pm (3/16)
Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review
Fridays, 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm
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Compass Points from PBS News
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WFMT Orchestra Series
Enjoy a front row seat to recent concerts from Copenhagen, Munich, London, and Frankfurt with classical music’s brightest stars including Elim Chan, Nicole Car, and Anne-Sophie Mutter. Mondays, 10:00 pm
WFMT Spring Membership Drive
Tune in throughout the membership drive for programming surprises, a chance to engage with WFMT hosts, and exclusive offers including bonus tickets.
Beginning March 5
Caroline Shaw and the swallow – Voces8. Decca 4870458. [3:49]
Mornings with Jan Weller at 6:00 am
With news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am.
Midday with Lisa Flynn at 10:00 am
With Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm ( Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on Wednesdays at 12:15 p m).
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree at 2:00 pm
With The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm and Friday Afternoon at the Movies on Fridays at 4:30 pm.
Sunday 1
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 12. The texts in the Book of Psalms span the whole of human experience, and during the Lenten season we focus particularly on those of lament, reflection and comfort. Host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ music related to those texts, as well as hymns that enrich the season.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including
8:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 –Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA-68307. [24:31]
9:00 H ildegard of Bingen Vocal Symphonia, O dulcissime amator – Sequentia. RCA-DHM 77346-2. [6:46]
10:00 Cécile Chaminade Flute Concertino, Op. 107 –Sharon Bezaly, f; Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi. BIS 1679. [7:05]
11:00 Florence Price The Oak –Women’s Phil/Apo Hsu. Koch 3-7518-2. [12:40]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4783206. [8:13]
1:00 Leo Brouwer El Decamerón Negro – Sharon Isbin, g. Virgin 59591-2. [13:03]
2:00 Janácek Sinfonietta – Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek. Decca 4834080. [22:49]
3:00 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p. Erato 0190295392260. [30:18]
4:00 Telemann Suite in B-Flat (Ouverture burlesque) –Collegium Musicum 90/ Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN-0512. [14:55]
5:00 R yan Opera Center Recital Series Conductor and pianist Chi-Yuan Lin leads pianist Michael Banwarth , and members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra in Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with baritone Sihao Hu , the aria “Vissi d’arte” from Puccini’s Tosca with soprano Adia Evans, plus select works by Taiwanese composers
All prerecorded music on WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
Metropolitan Opera
The season continues with live performances by Sonya Yoncheva as Madama Butterfly, Lise Davidsen in Tristan und Isolde, and Lisette Oropesa in La Traviata Saturdays, check listings
Chih-Yun Wang, Tyzen Hsiao, and Ching-Shan Chang. Hosted by Candice Agree.
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Beatrice Rana, piano; Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy for piano for hands; Lahav Shani, piano; Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Classical; Lahav Shani, conductor; Wagner Orchestral selections from The Ring Cycle; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: 18th Century Composers from Spain & Portugal Fiesta! introduces rarely heard pieces by Spanish and Portuguese composers from the Baroque and early Classical periods including Manuel Canales, Vicente Baset, and Joao de Souza Carvalho.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Stokowski Live – program 2 of 3 Leopold Stokowski conducts performances of Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in E, Ravel’s Rhapsodie espanole, and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 2
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Peter Warlock Capriol Suite – Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter. RCA 7761-2-RC. [9:29]
7:00 Ravel Sonatine – Stewart Goodyear, p. Orchid Classics ORC-100061. [10:45]
8:00 Doreen Carwithen Suffolk Suite – London Sym Orch/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN-9524. [11:41]
9:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 –Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5 (2). [18:55]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Gounod Faust: Ballet music – Royal Opera
In the Spotlight
Aznavoorian Duo
Live from WFMT
Sisters Ani and Marta Aznavoorian launched their musical careers with a debut performance at ages four and eight at their Armenian church in Evanston, Illinois. Today, pianist Marta and cellist Ani are both awardwinning, internationally acclaimed instrumentalists and recording artists. Ani is the longtime principal cellist of Camerata Pacifica and proudly performs on a cello made by their father, the luthier Peter Aznavoorian. Pianist Marta is a founding member of the GRAMMY-nominated Lincoln Trio and is a Steinway Artist. Later this year, Cedille Records will release Stacy Garrop’s Invictus, a powerful new piano concerto which received its premiere at the Ear Taxi Festival performed by the Chicago Philharmonic and the work’s dedicatee, Marta Aznavoorian. The Aznavoorian Duo will perform live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
Monday, March 2 8:00 pm
House Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 421396-2. [15:54]
11:00 Copland Danzón cubano – New York Phil/ Leonard Bernstein. Sony
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
SMK-47544. [6:46]
12:00 C harles Avison Concerto grosso No. 6 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti – Tiento Nuovo. Glossa GCD923526. [12:39]
1:00 Brahms Waltzes, Op. 39 –Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung, p. Signum SIGCD-365. [17:04]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: Nos. 2-4 – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 426264-2. [13:41]
3:00 Frank Bridge Suite for String Orchestra – English String Orch/William Boughton. Nimbus NI-5068. [19:50]
4:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109 –Rudolf Buchbinder, p. RCA 787510 (9). [20:26]
5:00 Alexandre Desplat The Painted Veil: River Waltz; Kitty’s Theme – Lang Lang, p; Prague Sym Orch/Alexandre Desplat. DG 4776552. [5:32]
6:00 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks – Tafelmusik/ Jeanne Lamon. Sony SK-63073. [19:03]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Arias and Barcarolles Taking a cue from President Eisenhower’s famous remark to Leonard Bernstein, “I like music with a theme, not all them arias and barcarolles,” this week features a mix of arias, overtures, barcarolles, and other melodic delights that deserve more airtime.
8:00 Live from WFMT Cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Marta Aznavoorian perform live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Danish National Symphony Orchestra Beethoven Violin Concerto in D; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73; Fabio Luisi, conductor.
Tuesday 3
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Schubert Overture in C, In the Italian Style, D 591 –La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 4852944. [7:58]
7:00 J ules Massenet Orchestral Suite No. 5, Scènes napolitaines – New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce. Naxos 8.553125. [11:34]
8:00 Augusta Holmès Ouverture pour une comédie –Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/ Samuel Friedmann. Marco Polo 8.223449. [10:00]
9:00 G ordon Jacob William Byrd Suite – Eastman Wind
Ensemble/Frederick Fennell. Mercury 432009-2. [18:15]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Beethoven Kakadu Variations in G, Op. 121a – Lobkowicz Trio. Rubicon RCD-1075. [15:42]
11:00 Carlos Guastavino Diez cantilenas argentinas: No. 6, Juanita; No. 10, La Casa – Camerata Bariloche. Dorian DOR-90202. [8:14]
12:00 Telemann Divertimento in A – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 463074-2. [11:03]
1:00 Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 1 – Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2). [13:34]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 – Jascha Heifetz, v; London New Sym Orch/Malcolm Sargent. RCA 61779-2 (5). [21:59]
3:00 Maddalena Sirmen String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat –Allegri String Quartet. Cala CACD-1019. [12:09]
4:00 Bach Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053 – Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti. Hyperion CDA-67308. [19:15]
4:30 Bedrich Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) – Boston Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelík. DG 439663-2 (2). [11:56]
5:00 Barber Hermit Songs, Op. 29 –Todd Palmer, cl; Carol Archer, p. Koch 3-7148-2. [14:45]
6:00 Bizet Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 – Toronto Sym Orch/ Sir Andrew Davis. CBS MDK-45649. [11:27]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Arias and Barcarolles See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock); Beverly Sills, soprano; Gervase de Peyer, clarinet; Charles Wadsworth, piano; Respighi Il Tramonto (The Sunset); Heather Harper, mezzo-soprano; James Buswell, Daniel Phillips, violins; Ida Kavafian, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Britten Quartet No. 3, Op. 94; Amadeus String Quartet.
11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 4
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Anna Bon Divertimento No. 4 – Sarah Darlin & Laura Gulley, v’s; Noriko Yasuda, fp; Laury
J.S.
Bach ST. MArk PAssion
Chicago premiere of BWV 247, newly reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno, with music for recitatives and turba choruses by Richard Webster.
FRIDAY, March 20, 2026 | 7:30 PM
St. Vincent de Paul church, Chicago
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In the Spotlight
Women’s History Month
Throughout the month, WFMT celebrates the accomplishments and the music of women in history and in classical and folk music. Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel presents two programs (March 15 and 22) featuring great female pianists of the past including Olga Smaroff, Myra Hess, Teresa Carreño, and others. Live from WFMT presents cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Marta Aznavoorian on March 2, the allwomen Sapphire Quintet performing music by Louise Farrenc and Jennifer Higdon on March 9, and the William Ferris Chorale performing music by Stacy Garrop, Alexandra Olsavsky, Ayanna Woods, Anne Kilstofte, and Missy Mazzoli on March 30. The WFMT Orchestra Series features Anne-Sophie Mutter performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on March 2, soprano Nicole Car singing Barber’s Cleopatra and Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Munich Radio Orchestra on March 9, and Elim Chan conducting the Danish National Symphony Orchestra on March 16. Listening to Singers presents a program on mezzosoprano, composer, and cultural influencer Pauline Viardot, one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century, on March 28. Marilyn Rea Beyer shares two favorite archival Folkstage performances: on March 21, enjoy an adventurous evening of music with banjo phenom Abigail Washburn accompanied by famed fiddler Rayna Gellert and their ensemble recorded in 2011, and on March 28, renowned traditionalists Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker with Deborah Clifford play music that spans many generations, followed by a Women’s History Month edition of The Midnight Special Check listings
Overture, Op. 80 – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 442068-2 (4). [10:24]
8:00 C harles Koechlin Oboe d’amore Sonatina, Op. 194, No. 1 – Lajos Lencsés, obda; Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch members. Audite 97.417. [11:23]
9:00 Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 – Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jirí Stárek. Hänssler Classic CD-93.192. [23:39]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Pablo de Sarasate Two Spanish Dances, Op. 21 –James Ehnes, v; Eduard Laurel, p. Radio Canada Int’l MVCD-1177-2 (2). [9:42]
11:00 Johan Halvorsen Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2 in G –Trondheim Sym Orch/ Ole Kristian Ruud. Simax PSC-1085. [11:57]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Violist Jay Julio and pianist Josh Tatsuo Cullen perform music by Nicanor Abelardo, James Lee III, Rebecca Clarke, and Astor Piazzolla, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Stravinsky Pulcinella: Suite – Teatre Lliure Chamber Orch Barcelona/Josep Pons. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901609. [22:59]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Alfred Brendel, p; St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 446921-2 (5). [26:10]
3:00 Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Violin Sonata II in A minor (1695) – Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, o. Alpha 1078. [12:59]
4:00 Amy Beach Les Rêves de Colombine (Suite Française), Op. 65 – Virginia Eskin, p. Northeastern NR-223. [15:31]
5:00 Radiohead Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi – Matt Haimovitz, vc; Christopher O’Riley, p. Oxingale OX-2019. [5:34]
6:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 –Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMX-2901634.35 (2). [20:17]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Arias and Barcarolles See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
Recorded live in concert January 8, 2025, in Madrid’s Fundación Juan March.
Thursday 5
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Emilie Mayer Symphony No. 3 in C, Military: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio –Bremerhaven Phil Orch/ Marc Niemann. Hännsler Classic HC-22016. [10:12]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Arias and Barcarolles See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet selections; Kurt Masur, conductor; Koussevitzky Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra; Eugene Levinson, double bass; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Shostakovich Symphony No. 14; Teresa Kubiak, soprano; Bushkin Isser, bass; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Friday 6
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Price Village Scenes – Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p. Blue Griffin BGR-615. [9:35]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive: Community Day until 7:00 pm. Tune in for a day-long celebration of the artists, organizations, and music that comprise Chicago’s classical music community—and for a chance to claim tickets to see live performances from many of these community partners! Support WFMT by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Arias and Barcarolles See Monday’s listing.
Saturday 7
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 12:00pm.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Part 2 Christa Ludwig (Didon); John Vickers (Énée); Mignon Dunn (Anna); John Macurdy (Narbal); Metropolitan Opera Cho &
In the Spotlight
James Keelaghan and David Woodhead
Folkstage
Gutiérrez, viga. La Donna Musicale LA-10104. [10:23]
7:00 Brahms Academic Festival
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Christophe Rousset plays Couperin Harpsichordist Christophe Rousset performs selections from Couperin’s L’Art de toucher le clavecin.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Aaron Copland (3/10/1961) Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1900, Aaron Copland devoted his creative life to creating and fostering distinctive American music. Studs Terkel spoke with the eminent twentiethcentury composer in the WFMT studios in 1961.
Singer-songwriter James Keelaghan grew up in northwest Calgary with six siblings, an Irish father, and an English mother. The family record collection provided inspiration with Traditional folk LPs by the likes of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Séan Ó Riada, and Harry Belafonte. Incidentally, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy would live in Calgary in the mid-‘70s where they recorded a weekly television series that James and his father routinely attended. Now a Juno and Canadian Folk Music Award winner, James Keelaghan’s career spans almost four decades with a unique body of work, either inspired by or drawn from the folk tradition, including ten solo albums and various originals that will surely enter the domain of traditional folklore. Keelaghan has been described by Eric Bibb, the celebrated acoustic bluesman, as “a joy to hear, just beautiful. Reminded me of the best of the best of another time: Liam Clancy, Tom Paxton, etcetera,” while Rolling Stone simply described him as “Canada’s finest songwriter.” James Keelaghan returns to Folkstage for a live performance from Acoustic Renaissance Concerts in Hinsdale. He is joined by David Woodhead, the prolific and versatile bassist best known for his melodic personal style.
Saturday, March 7 8:00 pm
Photo: Marie Dionne
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Photo: Andreas Ortner
Orch/Rafael Kubelik. Sung in French. Recorded March 16, 1974. Artist’s Choice chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin to spotlight Rafael Kubelik.
3:00 Afternoon Music including Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1707) – RescheCaserta, v; Dunford, l; Christie, hc; Rignol, viga. Harmonia Mundi HAF-8905379. [14:51]
In the Spotlight
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä returned to Chicago last October for the first of four CSO residencies this season following acclaimed orchestral performances around the world which included concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mäkelä was also one of the featured conductors in the historic Mahler Festival in Amsterdam last May. His first program of the 2025-26 season centered two programmatic showpieces by Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy, a concerto commissioned by Niccolò Paganini who wanted to show off his new Stradivarius viola — performed here by acclaimed French violist Antoine Tamestit; and the audience favorite, Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s thriller about a lovesick artist obsessed with a young actress. Chicago Classical Review hailed the concert as “a brilliant and blazing night of Berlioz,” describing Mäkelä’s partnership with the orchestra as “growing closer, musically tighter, and stronger and more effective overall with each successive performance.”
Sunday, March 8
6:00 pm
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho A conversation about historically informed performances of the music of J S Bach with conductor Richard Webster, music director of Bach in the City
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Julie Cooper Ourania – Justin Pearson, vc; Julie Cooper, p. Signum SIGCD-364. [4:00]
6:00 Ruth Gipps Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 22: IV. Adagio – BBC Phil/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20284. [10:21]
7:00 Phoebe Knapp Blessed Assurance – Peter Moore, tb; Tredegar Town Band/ Ian Porthouse. Chandos CHSA-5366. [4:48]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer see In the Spotlight on page 22.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Can we talk? Alexander Graham Bell’s historic patent on the telephone was granted 150 years ago today. We ask listeners to call in with their support during WFMT’s Spring Membership Drive.
Sunday 8
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 3. Host Peter DuBois continues to observe the season of Lent. The program also features works of an eclectic group of composers whose birthdays are in March including J S Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Samuel Adler, Moses Hogan, and Franz Josef Haydn.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight – Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble. Decca 4851062. [6:21]
8:00 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78, Rain – Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p. DG B0014767-02. [28:06]
9:00 Anna Amalia of Prussia Divertimento – Sapphire Woodwind Quintet. Sapphire Woodwind Quintet . [5:19]
10:00 U ndine Smith Moore AfroAmerican Suite – Mallarmé Chamber Players. Albany TROY-1190. [12:15]
11:00 Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Martha Argerich, p; Orch de Paris/ Daniel Barenboim. Erato 45266-2. [24:50]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Carl Maria von Weber Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 – Bergen
Phil Orch/Andrew Manze. Hyperion CDA-68193. [10:26]
1:00 Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, Prague – Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti. Decca 417782-2. [26:00]
2:00 Felix Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 19: No. 6 in G minor, Venetian Gondola Song – Antonio Meneses, vc; Gérard Wyss, p. Avie AV-2140; Songs Without Words, Op. 30: No. 6, Venetian Gondola Song – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p. DG 4836069; Songs Without Words, Op. 62: No. 5 in A minor, Venetian Gondola Song –Christian Li, v; Xuefei Yang, g. Decca 4853987. [9:30]
3:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170 – Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society. New Focus FCR-915. [24:15]
4:00 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain – Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 61957-2. [19:08]
5:00 Debussy La damoiselle élue –Elly Ameling, s; Janice Taylor, a; San Francisco Sym & Women’s Cho/Edo de Waart. Philips 410043-2. [20:08]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Bizet Adagietto from Suite No. 1 from L’Arlésienne; Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor; Les francs-juges Overture, Op. 3; Georg Solti, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Mexican Soundscapes México is an enormous country, with many different regions and cultures. Fiesta! presents orchestral works inspired by the landscapes of Mexico and the Mexican people, including music by José Pablo Moncayo and Candelario Huízar.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Stokowski Live – program 3 of 3 Leopold Stokowski conducts Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, Klemperer’s Merry Waltz, Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 8, and Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 9
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Louise HéritteViardot Piano Quartet No. 2 in D, Op. 11, Spanish:
Baroque&Before
French conductor, recorder player, and bass Lionel Meunier is both the founder and artistic director of the renowned Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis and a leading figure in historically informed performance practice and choral music. His interpretations combine meticulous musical detail with energetic expressiveness, a blend that has garnered him international acclaim. He is increasingly in demand as a guest conductor and artistic partner for choirs, ensembles, and orchestras worldwide. Under his direction, Vox Luminis has undertaken extensive concert tours throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, established multi-year residencies at Wigmore Hall, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, and the Concertgebouw Bruges, and released over 20 critically acclaimed albums. Celebrated for their rediscovery of rarities of 17th and early 18th century German repertoire, Vox Luminis and musicians of the Freiburg Baroque Consort, led by Lionel Meunier, present a program on the theme of wedding music by Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach interspersed with works by other members of the extensive Bach musical dynasty –Heinrich, Johann Bernard, Johann Christoph, and Johann Michael Bach.
Wednesday, March 11 10:00 pm
IV. Divertimento: Allegro giocoso – Matous Michal, v; Lawrence Neuman, vi; David Cunliffe, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p. Classical Music Chicago . [8:00] 7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love
Antoine Tamestit and Klaus Mäkelä
Photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography
Lionel Meunier
Photo: Foppe Schut
25/26
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Brahms, Shostakovich, and Schubert
Thursday, March 26 / 7:30PM
Saint-Saëns, Vieuxtemps, and Fauré
Wednesday, May 20 / 7:30PM Left
by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Triple Play Trios have their own set of challenges for composers and performers, and this week, Bill demonstrates on the piano, pointing out their complex structure of voice harmonies. We will hear Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, the trio from Act III of Der Rosenkavalier, and on Friday, Bill plays a wonderful treat from Porgy and Bess performed by the Bill Evans Trio.
8:00 Live from WFMT The virtuosic women of the Sapphire Quintet present a program of music for woodwinds plus piano including works by Roussel, Higgins, Francaix, Farrenc, and more. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Munich Radio Orchestra. Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Death of Cleopatra, from Anthony and Cleopatra; Nicole Car, soprano; Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D major; Nicolas Carter, conductor.
Tuesday 10
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Bach Capriccio in B-flat, BWV 992, on the Departure of a Beloved Brother – João Carlos Martins, p. Concord Concerto CCD-42051-2. [11:17]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive: Bonus Tickets Day until 7:00 pm. Tune in for opportunities to claim bonus tickets to upcoming performances and experiences in the Chicagoland area while supporting the music you love. Call (773) 2792100 or by visit wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Triple Play See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Roussel Serenade, Op. 30; Sooyun Kim, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Joseph Jongen Deux pièces en trio, Op. 80; Sooyun Kim, flute; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Ravel Sonata; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Colin Carr, cello.
11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 11
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Ruth Gipps Knight in Armour – BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20078. [9:53]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Triple Play
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Just Married. See In the Spotlight on page 23.
Thursday 12
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Lars-Erik Larsson Little Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 – Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen. BIS CD-285. [11:12]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Triple Play
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week. Berg Der Wein; Jessye Norman, soprano; Mahler Symphony No. 3; Yvonne Minton, soprano; Pierre Boulez, conductor.
Friday 13
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Friedrich Kuhlau The Elf’s Hill, Op. 100: Overture –Danish National Radio Sym Orch/John Frandsen. Dacapo 8.224020. [11:16]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Triple Play
See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Sylvia
Woods, harper (9/2/1982)
In this musical hour, harper Sylvia Woods tells Studs about winning the 1980 All Ireland Harp Competition, her book, Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp, and the interesting cultural and military history of this important Celtic instrument. Sylvia and Studs also discuss their participation in the 1982 documentary, Chicago’s Secret Wilderness.
Saturday 14
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 12:00pm.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Sonya Yoncheva (Cio-CioSan); Adam Smith (Pinkerton); Jennifer Johnson Cano (Suzuki); Quinn Kelsey (Sharpless); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Carlo Rizzi. Sung in Italian.
3:30 Afternoon Music including Bizet Clovis et Clotilde : Prayer, Prière, ô doux souffle de l’ange! – Karina Gauvin, s; Le Concert de la Loge/Julien Chauvin. Bru Zane BZ-1059. [2:28]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho: An interview with soprano Karina Gauvin who makes her Haymarket Opera debut later this month. Recorded at the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Doreen Carwithen Carwithen: Boys in Brown: Suite – BBC Concert Orch/ Gavin Sutherland. Dutton CDLX-7266. [9:13]
6:00 I solina Carrillo Dos Gardenias – Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/ José Antonio Méndez Padrón. Alpha 578. [5:05]
7:00 El sa Barraine Symphony No. 1: II. AdagioScherzando – WDR Sym Orch/Elena Schwarz. CPO 555704-2. [8:41]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Highlights of 2025 including performances from the members-only per-concert sets by artists such as Miles & Mafale, Bobcat Opossum, Jason Wilber, Howard Levy, Anne Harris, Jess Klein & Jenny Reynolds, Sam Robbins, and more during WFMT’s Spring Membership Drive.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Then and Now. Tracing treasured artists from their early work to their current recordings as we go live on the air with the WFMT Spring Membership Drive.
Sunday 15
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 4. Laetare Sunday provides a brief opportunity to share music of a more joyful nature in mid-Lent. “Laetare”, which means “rejoice” sets the tone for this program for the Fourth Sunday in Lent hosted by Peter DuBois.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Louis Moreau Gottschalk Home Sweet Home, Op. 51 – Alan Feinberg, p. Argo 436121-2. [6:15]
8:00 Traditional Irish Dance in the Morning Early – James Galway, f; The Chieftains, Orch/Dudley Simpson. RCA 60424-2. [5:16]
9:00 Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria; Variations 1-2 – Britten Sinfonia/Thomas Gould. Harmonia Mundi HMU-807633. [23:39]
10:00 Su san Spain-Dunk Phantasy Quartet in D minor – Archaeus Quartet. Lorelt LNT-114. [13:11]
11:00 Amy Beach Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104 –Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo. CPO 555453-2. [22:22]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Franz von Suppé Light Cavalry: Overture – Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK-44932. [6:23]
1:00 Joh n Dowland The Queen’s Galliard;The Lady Rich, her Galliard; The Frog Galliard; Captain Candish’s Galliard –Joseph Ehrenpreis, g. Joseph Ehrenpreis (Aloe). [7:46]
2:00 Dora Pejacevic Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 –Oliver Triendl, p; Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths. CPO 777916. [28:31]
3:00 Teresa Carreño Plainte (Première élégie), Op. 17; Partie (Deuxième élégie), Op. 18 –Clara Rodríguez, p. Fundación MMG FD-2522002237. [8:31]
4:00 Walter Piston Symphony No. 2 – Boston Sym Orch/ Michael Tilson Thomas. DG 429860-2. [26:34]
5:00 Amy Beach Chanson d’amour, Op. 21, No. 1; Ecstasy, Op. 19, No. 2 – Eric Ferring, t; Adrien Jurkovic, v; Madeline Slettedahl, p. Delos DE-3593. [7:34]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Mahler Totenfeier; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Smetana Má vlast; Jakub Hruša, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Imaginary Concert Our new imaginary concert starts with a lively Venezuelan overture,
In the Spotlight
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
Classical Music Chicago partners with At the World’s Edge to copresent a spring festival of chamber music forging new creative pathways between Aotearoa New Zealand and Chicago — from the great lakes of Central Otago to the shores of Lake Michigan. AWE Festival Chicago includes four performance from March 16–20 at venues across the city: The CheckOut (Access Contemporary Music’s new performance space in a transformed former 7-Eleven in Uptown), The Arts Club of Chicago, the Driehaus Museum, and the Seventeeth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago — the regular site for the Hess Concert series Festival artists include AWE Artistic Director and violinist Benjamin Baker, violinist Risa Hokamura, violist Jordan Bak, cellists Julia Yang and Alice Yoo, pianist Janice Carissa, and the celebrated British virtuoso clarinetist Julian Bliss. The festival’s Hess program includes “Goodnight Kiwi” by New Zealand composer Victoria Kelly and “Dream Catcher” by Chicago’s own Augusta Read Thomas, plus chamber works by Brahms and Bartók.
Wednesday, March 18 12:15 pm
followed by a colorful Brazilian violin concerto. We’ll finish with by a great Mexican symphony by Carlos Chávez.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Great Female pianists from the past –Program 1 Including Olga Samaroff, Myra Hess, Marla Jona, Gina Bachauer, Guiomar Novaes, Tatiana Nikolaeva, Maria Yudina, Teresa Carreno, and Magda Tagliaferro.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Julian Bliss
Photo: Rebecca Schelldorff
WFMT Programming Grid
Programming Subject to Change Without Notice
6 am Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Mornings with Jan Weller News and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am
Through the Night …With Heart & Voice
7 am Weekend Mornings …Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn
8 am Listener’s Choice
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am
9 am Soundtrack
10 am Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Morning Music …
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Dame Myra Hess Concert at 12:15 pm
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Midday with Lisa Flynn Daily Excursion at 11:00 am Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm
Metropolitan OperaSunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis 1
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2 pm Afternoon Music with Candice Agree The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm.
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8 pm Live from WFMT Evening MusicEvening MusicEvening
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10 pm WFMT Orchestra Series Chamber Music …Baroque&Before The New York Philharmonic This Week 11
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Monday 16
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Madeleine Dring Trio for flute, oboe & piano – Adam Walker, f; Nicholas Daniel, ob; Antonio Oyarzábal, p. Chandos CHAN-20344. [10:53]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I Join Bill for a trip around the Pacific Rim! From Australia, we’ll hear Aboriginal music alongside pieces by Percy Grainger and Peter Sculthorpe. In New Zealand, we’ll hear Maori music, featuring Dame Gillian Whitehead and Kiri Te Kanawa. Then, we’ll continue sailing west to South America, where we’ll encounter music from Argentina and Chile. It’s a two-part show, so tune in next week to see where else we go!
8:00 Live from WFMT Pianist Inon Barnatan performs works by
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Original broadcast March 25, 2024.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Danish National Symphony Orchestra Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Schubert Entr’acte No. 3 from Rosamunde; Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70; Elim Chan, conductor.
Tuesday 17
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Vivaldi Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in F major, Il Mezzetino – Martin Fröst, cl; Concerto Köln. Sony . [11:12]
7:00 WFMT Membership Drive until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 2792100 or by visiting wfmt.com.
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. L Boulanger
Afternoon Music with Candice Agree Friday Afternoon at the Movies at 4:30 pm The Unrush Hour at 5:00 pm
Afternoon Music
Listening to Singers …
Music Folkstage Fiesta!
The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel
Trois Morceaux; Wu Han, piano; Stravinsky Petrushka; Lucille Chung, Alessio Bax, pianos; Françaix L’heure du berger; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Michael Stephen Brown, piano. 11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 18
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Britten Gloriana, Op. 53: Courtly Dances –Julian Bream Consort. RCA 61589-2. [10:05]
7:00 H ildegard of Bingen Sequence, O ignis spiritus Paracliti – A Far Cry. Crier Records CR-1401. [8:37]
8:00 Paul McCartney A Leaf –London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster. EMI 56897-2. [11:03]
9:00 Dvorák Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 – Vienna Phil Winds/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471613-2. [23:00]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 – Berlin Phil/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Teldec 13136-2 (3). [18:18] 11:00 I saac Albéniz Cantos de España, Op. 232: No. 4, Córdoba – Pro Arte Guitar Trio. ASV CDWHL-2061. [5:59] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Musicians from At the World’s Edge Festival See In the Spotlight on page 26.
1:00 Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä. Decca 4870146. [10:44]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Dvorák String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, American – Hagen Quartet. DG 419601-2. [25:54]
3:00 Price Songs of the Oak –Württemberg Phil/John Jeter. Naxos 8.559920. [16:21]
4:00] Joseph Bologne Violin Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 1b, No. 1 –Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p. BCM+D Records 888295594394. [12:27]
5:00 Adolf Wiklund Konsertstycke in C, Op. 1 – Martin Sturfält, p; Helsingborg Sym Orch/ Andrew Manze. Hyperion CDA-67828. [16:06]
6:00 Wagner Siegfried Idyll –St Martin’s Academy Chamber Ensemble. Philips 426298-2. [18:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin:
In the Spotlight
Metropolitan Opera
Wagner’s Isolde is one of the most demanding roles in the operatic repertoire, requiring immense vocal power, stamina, and dramatic authority. Lisa Davidsen’s assumption of the role (only the second production of the opera after debuting the role at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in January 2026 following her maternity leave) confirms her status as a true Wagnerian soprano at a time when such voices are increasingly rare. Her bright, focused tone and seemingly effortless projection offer a modern answer to a role long associated with legendary figures like Kirsten Flagstad and Birgit Nilsson. For the Met, her Isolde signals confidence in a new generation of singers capable of sustaining these monumental works which also includes her American colleagues for this production: “baritenor” and heldentenor Michael Spyres as Tristan, and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as King Marke. Please note the early start time of Tristan und Isolde which will also be broadcast in HD cinemas.
Saturday, March 21
11:00 am
Pacific Overtures I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Bach’s Chorale Preludes Daniel Gauss, organist at the Bern Cathedral, performs The Great Eighteen chorale preludes on the Gottlieb Leu organ, built in 1729.
Thursday 19
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including John Field Piano Quintet in A-Flat – Míceál O’Rourke, p; London
Mozart Players. Chandos CHAN-9534. [11:01]
7:00 Telemann Overture (Suite) in G minor, TWV 55:g1 –L’Orfeo Barockorchester/ Carin van Heerden. CPO 555519-2. [11:24]
8:00 C lara Schumann Three Romances, Op. 22 – Julian Bliss, cl; James Baillieu, p. Signum SIGCD-888. [9:19]
9:00 Gounod Petite Symphonie in B-Flat – St. Paul Chamber Orch Winds/ Christopher Hogwood. Decca 430231-2. [20:12]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Schubert Rondo brillant in B minor, D 895 – Christian Tetzlaff, v; Lars Vogt, p. Ondine ODE-1394-2D. [13:39]
11:00 Ron Nelson Aspen Jubilee –Women’s Cho of Dallas, Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin. Reference RR-76. [10:37]
12:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto –German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr. EMI 16213-0. [17:40]
1:00 Gershwin Lullaby – Euclid Quartet. Afinat AF-2401. [8:12]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Debussy Three Nocturnes – Philharmonia/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM7-69184-2. [26:27]
3:00 Johan Agrell Violin Concerto in G – Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, v; Barokkbandið Brák. Sono Luminus SLE-70026. [9:38]
4:00 Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG 4835522. [19:05]
5:00 Andreas Oswald Sonata à 3 – Quicksilver. Acis APL-94710. [5:34]
6:00 Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: III. Finale, Lento assai - Allegro vivace – Philadelphia Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 4839839. [13:53]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Please visit wfmt.com for details.
Friday 20
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Amy Beach Summer Dreams, Op. 47 – EStrella Piano Duo. Sheridan Music Studio (In Her Own Voice). [12:37]
7:00 Arthur Sullivan Overture di Ballo – St Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. Philips 434916-2. [11:23]
8:00 G uillaume Dumanoir Orchestra Suite in F/C – Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall. Fontalis ES-9908. [12:39]
9:00 Respighi The Birds –Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 437533-2. [18:14]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G – Cremona Quartet. Avie AV-2436. [6:50]
11:00 Vaughan Williams In the Fen Country – London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink. EMI CDC5-56762-2. [13:48]
12:00 Henry Charles Litolff Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102: II. Scherzo – Cristina Ortiz, p; Royal Phil Orch/ Moshe Atzmon. Decca 414348-2. [7:25]
1:00 Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C – Christian Poltéra, vc; Munich Chamber Orchestra. BIS 2507. [22:58]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Leopoldo Miguez Suíte à antiga, Op. 25 – English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson. Naxos 8.574405. [23:58]
3:00 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D 537 – Paul Lewis, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902690. [21:37]
4:00 Virgil Thomson The River Suite – Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-64307-2. [24:04]
5:00 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight –Evgeny Kissin, p. RCA 68910-2. [15:37]
6:00 Alan Hovhaness The Flowering Peach incidental music – Ohio State Concert Band/Keith Brion. Delos DE-3158. [15:20]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures I See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: Celebrating J.S. Bach (3/21/1978) Studs Terkel was an ardent fan of J.S. Bach. The German composer and virtuoso of the Baroque period was born on March 21, 1685. In 1980, Studs crafted a tribute featuring Andrés Segovia, Dame Myra Hess, Pete Seeger, Bidu Sayão, Pablo Casals, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and others.
Saturday 21
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. William Grant Still Danzas de Panama – Oregon
String Quartet. Koch 3-7546-2. [12:36]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Florence Price Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G minor – Lara Downes, p. Flipside FL-0014. [7:02]
11:00 M etropolitan Opera: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Lise Davidsen (Isolde); Michael Spyres (Tristan); Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne); Ryan Speedo Green (King Marke); Tomas Konieczny (Kurnewal); Metropolitan Opera Orch/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Sung in German.
4:30 Weekend Evening Music including Maria Antonia of Bavaria Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni: Aria, Da me ti dividi – Raphaela Gromes, vc; Festival Strings Lucerne/Daniel Dodds. Sony 19658710712. [4:04]
5:00 M el Bonis Six Pieces for Four Hands, Op. 130 –Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p. Bru Zane BZ-2006. [7:16]
6:00 Amy Beach Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 – Romantic Chamber Group of London. BIS CD-1245. [14:00]
7:00 Lilian Elkington Out of the Mist – BBC Sym Orch/ David Lloyd-Jones. Dutton CDLX-7172. [7:48]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: An adventurous evening of music with banjo phenom Abigail Washburn accompanied by famed fiddler Rayna Gellert and their ensemble recorded in 2011.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer Hello, Neighbor! Sampling music from Canada and Mexico, our neighbors to the north and south.
Sunday 22
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Lent 5. Host Peter Dubois shares sacred choral and organ music evoking prayers of petition, repentance, thanksgiving, and longing during this season of Lent.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, Pastoral –Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons. DG 4837071. [40:56]
8:00 G ermaine Tailleferre Harp Concertino – Gillian Benet, h; Women’s Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7169-2. [16:04]
9:00 G iuseppe Sammartini
Lise Davidsen
Photo: Paola Kudacki
Recorder Concerto in F –
Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music. Decca 4834722. [12:26]
10:00 Pablo de Sarasate Two Spanish Dances, Op. 26 – Aaron Rosand, v; Eileen Flissler, p. Vox ACD-8160. [11:39]
11:00 Will Gregory Orbit –Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble. Decca 4851062. [4:21]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture – RCA Victor Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski. RCA 62601-2. [7:04]
1:00 Mykola Lysenko Ukrainian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 18, Dumka-Shumka – Margaret Fingerhut, p. Somm SOMMCD-0701. [8:40]
2:00 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 – Julian Rachlin, v; Israel Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK-48373. [22:50]
3:00 Stephen Sondheim A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns; Into the Woods: No One Is Alone –Anthony de Mare, p. ECM 2470-72; Company: Being Alive – Anthony de Mare, p. Avie AV-2694. [14:14]
4:00 Joaquín Turina String Quartet, Op. 4, De la guitarra – Byron Quartet. Aparté AP-308. [29:03]
5:00 Will Liverman Morning – Will Liverman, br & p; The Lesson –Martin Luther Clark, t; Will Liverman, br & p; Sonnet – Will Liverman, br & p; Lady Jess, v. Lexicon LC-2505. [7:01]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 41: D7; Michael Haydn Esteban Batallán, trumpet; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60; R Strauss Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: Baroque Music from Mexico, Perú & Brazil The music written and performed in Latin America during the Colonial period has become more popular in recent years. Elbio explores the strong connections between Spanish music from the past and Latin American music as well as the multiple similarities with early and baroque music one can find in Latin American folk music.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: Great Female pianists from the past –Program 2 Including Olga Samaroff, Myra Hess, Marla
Jona, Gina Bachauer, Guiomar Novaes, Tatiana Nikolaeva, Maria Yudina, Teresa Carreno, and Magda Tagliaferro.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 23
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Felix Mendelssohn Rondo brillant in E-Flat, Op. 29 – Roberto Prosseda, p; Hague Residentie Orchestra/ Jan Willem de Vriend. Decca 4817207. [11:36]
7:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony in E-Flat, Wq 183/2 – Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901622. [10:50]
8:00 Ethel Smyth Violin and Horn Concerto: III. Finale, Allegro – Sophie Langdon, v; Richard Watkins, hn; BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez. Chandos CHAN-9449. [10:27]
9:00 Victor Ewald Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 6 – Axiom Brass. Axiom Brass [New Standards]. [16:20]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including John Rutter Anthem, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes –Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-103. [7:14]
11:00 Astor Piazzolla María de Buenos Aires: Suite –Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/ Sascha Goetzel. Warner 0190295155636. [11:55]
12:00 Louise Farrenc Variations concertantes, Op. 20 – Guillaume Sutre, v; Brigitte Engerer, p. Naïve V-5033. [9:47]
1:00 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis – Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz. Delos D/CD-3050. [28:45]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Mozart String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 458, Hunt –Emerson String Quartet. DG 427657-2. [25:52]
2:30 Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Three Dances – Garrick Ohlsson, p. Hyperion CDA-68177. [11:00]
3:00 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v. Naïve V-7262. [23:03]
4:00 Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – Orpheus Chamber Orch. DG 435390-2. [8:22]
5:00 Richard Strauss Macbeth, Op. 23 – Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel. DG 413654-2. [18:50]
6:00 Johan Agrell Sinfonia in A, Op. 1, No. 3 – Barokkbandið Brák. Sono Luminus SLE-70026. [10:22]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures II In the second week cruising the Pacific Rim, you’ll hear selections from Chile and Colombia. Then the tour heads up into Mexico, where we’ll hear Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez, before motoring to the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Then, we’ll sail all the way down to the Philippines, to Java, to China, Korea, and Japan, and finally, the Hawaiian Islands.
8:00 Live from WFMT An archival performance by the São Paulo City String Quartet from 2010. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series: Academy of St. Martinin-the-Fields. Ravel Piano Concerto in G major; Julius Asal, piano; Le Tombeau de Couperin; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482; Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, Paris.
Tuesday 24
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including André Grétry Rococo Suite – France Springuel, vc; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen. Koch CD-311197. [9:52]
7:00 Nancy Dalberg Scherzo, Op. 6 – Danish Phil Orch Strings/Frans Rasmussen. Dacapo 8.224138. [11:12]
8:00 Jean-Philippe Rameau Dances from Les Indes Galantes – Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA-9877. [9:58]
9:00 Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento – London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 417114-2. [23:59]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 – BBC Phil/ Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN-10709. [14:56]
11:00 Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes –Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart. Virgin 91431-2. [10:59]
12:00 M oisés Moleiro Little Suite – Clara Rodríguez, p. ASV CDDCA-890. [8:40]
1:00 Liszt Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 415851-2. [15:55]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D – Lynn Harrell, vc; St. Martin’s Academy/ Sir Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-69009-2. [26:49]
3:00 Ferde Grofé Mississippi Suite – Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart.
RCA 68786-2. [13:38]
4:00 Avril Coleridge-Taylor Sussex Landscape, Op. 27 –Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor. Decca 4853322. [13:34]
5:00 Holst A Moorside Suite (1928) – Dallas Wind Sym/ Howard Dunn. Reference RR-39. [14:08]
6:00 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Mandolin Concerto in G – Avi Avital, m; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini. DG 4865228. [15:10]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Haydn Quartet in F major Op. 77, No. 2; Orion String Quartet; Reicha Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 88, No. 2; Adam Walker, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe, David Shifrin, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Jolley, horn. 11:00 Evening Music
Wednesday 25
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including John Rutter Suite for Strings – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.554186. [12:06]
7:00 Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039 – Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p; Camille Paquette-Roy, vc. Analekta AN2-8921. [12:04]
8:00 Piazzolla Le grand tango – Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p. Erato 0190295392260. [10:43]
9:00 Jennifer Higdon Dance Card – Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000185. [23:07]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 – European Brandenburg Ensemble/ Trevor Pinnock. Avie AV-2119 (2). [15:43]
11:00 Carl Nielsen An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands –Swedish Radio Sym/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony SK-53276. [10:05]
12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Cellist Jenny Bahk and pianist Linda Lee perform music by Lera Auerbach, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 Wagner Rienzi: Overture –Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt. EMI CDC7-47030-2. [13:34]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including
Bizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 – Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan. DG 415106-2. [18:57]
3:00 Joseph Bologne Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1 – Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/ Michael Halász. Naxos 8.574452. [20:12]
4:00 František Janoska 9 Symphonies in 9 Minutes (paraphrase on Beethoven) –Janoska Ensemble. DG 4540390. [8:57]
5:00 Arno Babajanian Aria and Dance – Ani Aznavoorian, vc; Marta Aznavoorian, p. Cedille CDR-90000209. [5:33]
6:00 Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-Flat –Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA-68330. [20:11]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: Tallis Scholars in Tokyo As part of its fiftieth anniversary world tour, The Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips perform sacred works by Renaissance masters Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cristóbal de Morales, Gregorio Allegri, Costanzo Festa, Elzéar Genet Carpentras, and Josquin des Prez. Recorded live in concert July 5, 2024 in Tokyo’s Opera City Concert Hall.
Thursday 26
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Violin Sonata No. 5 in A minor (1707) –Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, hc. Alpha 1078. [10:32]
7:00 C hopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 – Seong-Jin Cho, p. DG B0026046-02. [12:07]
8:00 Rossini Semiramide: Overture – London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI CDC7-54091-2. [12:24]
9:00 Man uel Infante Danses Andalouses – Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p’s. Philips 438938-2. [15:00]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in G minor –Anna Shelest, p. Sorel Classics SCCD-015. [16:39]
11:00 Handel Love in Bath: The Pump Room; Beau Nash; The Linleys; Hunting Dance – Royal Phil Orch/ Sir Thomas Beecham. EMI CDM7-63374-2. [7:40]
12:00 G iuseppe Torelli Sinfonia in
C – La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler. Avie AV-2371. [7:45]
1:00 Josef Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 – Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras. Decca 466443-2. [14:47]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata – Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p. Harmonia Mundi HMM905376.77. [22:03]
3:00 Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 – Monteverdi Cho/ John Eliot Gardiner; Robert Levin & John Perry, p. Philips 4757558. [23:17]
4:00 Haydn Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:4 – Norwegian Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p. EMI CDC5-56960-2. [17:43]
5:00 Yolanda Kondonassis Liquid Shadows – Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80488. [5:27]
6:00 M ichael Haydn Symphony in B-Flat, P 9 – London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN-9352. [14:03]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 The New York Philharmonic This Week Please visit wfmt.com for details.
Friday 27
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417 – Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin’s Academy/Neville Marriner. EMI CDM7-69569-2. [12:52]
7:00 Jean Françaix Le gay Paris – Prague Wind Quintet. Praga PRD-250126. [9:04]
8:00 Lita Grier Flute Concertino, Renascence – Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym Orch/ Paul Freeman. Cedille CDR-90000046. [10:55]
9:00 Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin – Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano. Erato 14331-2. [17:21]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Dvorák In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op. 91 –Vienna Phil/Seiji Ozawa. Philips 432996-2. [14:26]
11:00 M ichael Daugherty Reflections on the Mississippi: III. Prayer – Carol Jantsch, tba; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller. Naxos 8.559807. [6:43]
12:00 Purcell The Curious Impertinent: Suite – Septura. Naxos 8.573386. [12:57]
1:00 Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G, Surprise – AustroHungarian Haydn Orch/ Ádám Fischer. Nimbus
NI-5200/04 (5). [23:39]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music) –Chicago Pro Musica. Reference RR-29. [20:43]
3:00 Ruth Gipps Chanticleer, Op. 28 – BBC Phil/ Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN-20161. [8:48]
4:00 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Emil Gilels, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner. RCA 888837019828. [20:19]
5:00 Jessica Wells Sati – Sally Walker, f; Emily Granger, h. Avie AV-2626. [5:30]
6:00 Amanda Maier Violin Sonata in B minor: I. Allegro – Katharina Wimmer, v; Ingrid Wendel, p. Naxos 8.551438. [8:44]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Pacific Overtures II See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
11:00 Best of Studs Terkel: This is Our Story – River Songs (c. 1959) Throughout 1959, Studs Terkel presented a series on WFMT he called This is Our Story. In this archival program, Studs weaves together a wide range of songs about rivers, where they go, how they roll along, and the lives lived upon their waters and shores.
Saturday 28
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn with news at 7:00 am. William Bolcom Dream Shadows – Spencer Myer, p. Steinway & Sons 30041. [6:29]
8:00 Saturday Morning Listener’s Choice
9:00 Soundtrack
10:00 Purcell The Fairy Queen: Act 4 Symphony – Music of the Baroque Orch/ Thomas Wikman. D’Note DND-1026. [6:30]
11:00 Introductions WFMT features talented young classical musicians from around the Chicago area. Please visit wfmt.com for details on today’s program.
12:00 M etropolitan Opera: Verdi’s La traviata Lisette Oropesa (Violetta Valéry); Piotr Buszewski (Alfrdo Germoont); Luca Salsi (Giorgio Germont); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Antonello Manacorda. Sung in Italian.
3:00 Afternoon Music including Stefania De Kenessey
Sunburst – Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p. Leonarda LE-345. [8:51]
4:00 Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho On Pauline Viardot , the renowned mezzosoprano, composer, and 19thcentury cultural influencer who inspired significant works from Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns (who wrote Samson and Delilah for her), Frédéric Chopin, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Johannes Brahms, in addition to composing five chamber operas and over 100 songs herself.
5:00 Weekend Evening Music including Nicole Murphy Spinning Top – Benaud Trio. ABC Classics 4817995 (2). [6:07]
6:00 Anna Amalia of Prussia Flute Sonata in F – Jean Brégnac, f; Jennifer Hardy, vc; Yoann Moulin, hc. Harmonia Mundi HMM-905378. [10:45]
7:00 Natalia Camargo Duarte With Eyelids Shut – Black Moon Trio. Black Moon Trio BMT-01. [6:13]
8:00 Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer From the archives: Renowned traditionalists Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker with Deborah Clifford play music that spans many generations.
9:00 The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer We believe in women. On the final weekend of National Women’s Month, we honor the accomplishments and the music of women in history and in folk music.
Sunday 29
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 With Heart and Voice Palm/ Passion Sunday. B eginning with music to mark Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, followed by the Passion that unfolds, host Peter DuBois shares some of the most powerful music of the church year.
7:00 Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn including Schubert String Quintet in C, D 956 – Cleveland Quartet; Yo-Yo Ma, vc. CBS MK-39134. [54:30]
8:00 Aulis Sallinen Sunrise Serenade, Op. 63 – Finnish Chamber Orch/Okko Kamu. Naxos 8.553747. [6:42]
9:00 Jean-Philippe Rameau Clavier Suite in E minor (1724): Rigaudons et Double, Musette, Tambourin – Jory Vinikour, hc. Sono Luminus DSL-92154. [6:49]
10:00 C lara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 – Gabriela Montero,
p; National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley. Analekta AN2-8877. [22:29]
11:00 M ichael Abels Delights and Dances – Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000141. [13:02]
12:00 Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis including William Walton Crown Imperial – Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton. Decca 448134-2. [6:57]
1:00 R ichard Rodney Bennett Little Suite – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland. ASV CDWHL-2116. [9:40]
2:00 Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, Haffner – Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Virgin 61451-2 (2). [22:48]
3:00 G ermaine Tailleferre Harp Sonata – Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan, g’s. Analekta AN2-8793. [10:14]
4:00 Mozart String Quintet in C, K. 515 – Quatuor Ébène; Antoine Tamestit, vi. Erato 5419721332. [36:16]
5:00 Franz Schubert Select songs – Renée Fleming, s; Christoph Eschenbach, p. Decca 455294-2. [15:24]
6:00 C hicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts. Strauss, Jr. Die Zigeunerbaron Overture; Hindemith Mathis der Maler Symphony; Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, From the New World; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Albéniz Navarra; Fête-Dieu à Séville from Ibéria, Book I; Triana from Ibéria, Book I; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
8:00 Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari: A Guitar Showcase Host and composer Elbio Barilari picks some of his favorite Latin American and Spanish guitar music including performances by Abel Carlevaro, Eduardo Fernández, and Julian Bream.
9:00 Collectors’ Corner with Henry Fogel: The PaTRAM Male Choir Ekaterina Antonenko conducts the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, one of several ensembles associated with the Patriarch Tikhon Russian-American Musical Institute, in Rachmaninoff’s All Night Vigil, plus, music by Pavel Chesnikov.
11:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
Monday 30
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Gabriel Pierné Divertissement sur un thème pastoral, Op. 49 – BBC Phil/
Juanjo Mena. Chandos CHAN-10633. [11:55]
7:00 C larice Assad Sin Fronteras –Chicago Sinfonietta/ Mei-Ann Chen. Cedille CDR-90000185. [13:27]
8:00 Chopin Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Emanuel Ax, p; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras. Sony SK-63371. [13:31]
9:00 Saint-Saëns Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65 – Guerrier; R Capuçon; Hoppe; Muthelet; G Capuçon; Saksala; Braley. Virgin 45603-2. [16:04]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 – Kremerata Baltica/ Gidon Kremer. Nonesuch 79633-2. [17:19]
11:00 B ryan Kelly Suite Parisienne – Brass Ring. Crystal CD-561. [12:43]
12:00 Nielsen Maskarade: Suite – Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen. CBS MK-44547. [15:10]
1:00 Puccini Capriccio sinfonico –La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti. Sony SK-63025. [13:08]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Florent Schmitt Antoine et Cléopâtre: Suite No. 1 – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573521. [22:29]
3:00 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 76, No. 1 – Kodály Quartet. Naxos 8.502400. [21:57]
4:00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 – A Herseth; D Peck; R Still; S Magad; Chicago Sym Orch members. RCA 60378-2. [12:04]
5:00 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch Trumpet Concerto in E – John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/ Simon Wright. Nimbus NI-5121. [14:29]
6:00 G irolamo Frescobaldi Cento partite sopra Passacagli –Francesco Tristano, p. Sony 19439917392. [8:55]
7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) German composer Felix Mendelssohn has been hailed as one of the greatest musical minds of all time. This week, Bill ventures from his precocious youth to his early death surveying his great body of work including the beloved Violin Concerto, String Octet, and “Italian” Symphony.
8:00 Live from WFMT Under the direction of Christopher Windle, members of the William Ferris Chorale perform live in Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.
10:00 The WFMT Orchestra Series:
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Lully Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite; Rameau Les Indes galantes Suite; Poulenc Concert champêtre; Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite; Maxim Emelyanychev, harpsichordist and conductor.
Tuesday 31
12:00 Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff
6:00 M ornings with Jan Weller including Vivaldi Violin and Cello Concerto in B-Flat, R. 547 – Vladimir Waltham, vc; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v. Avie AV-2392. [8:58]
7:00 José Pons Symphony in G – Concerto Köln. Capriccio 10488. [8:57]
8:00 Francis Poulenc Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio –Maurice Bourgue, ob; Amaury Wallez, bn; Pascal Rogé, p. Decca 421581-2. [13:00]
9:00 Errollyn Wallen Dances for Orchestra – BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews. Resonus RES-10358. [23:55]
10:00 M idday with Lisa Flynn including Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, Sonata-Fantasy – Yuja Wang, p. DG B0012534-02. [12:20]
11:00 Xian Xinghai The Yellow River Concerto: III. The Yellow River in Wrath – Yit Kin Seow, p; Fung Lam, pipa; Gunma Sym Orch/Lim Kek-Tjiang. Marco Polo 8.225805. [6:41]
12:00 Telemann Tafelmusik, Book 3: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 429774-2. [13:37]
1:00 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 –Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN-20256. [22:58]
2:00 Afternoon Music with Candice Agree including Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 –Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG-721. [31:16]
3:00 Vivaldi Concerto for multiple instruments in F, R. 571 – Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer. Harmonia Mundi HMM-902688. [9:53]
4:00 Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances – Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim. DG 419407-2. [11:06]
5:00 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending – Nicola Benedetti, v; London Phil Orch/Andrew Litton. DG 4766198. [15:56]]
6:00 Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 – György Cziffra, p. WFMT (Fogel
Live from WFMT
Chicago’s leading voice in new music, the William Ferris Chorale seeks to redefine “choir.” At the forefront of Chicago’s contemporary music scene for more than 50 years, and with upwards of 200 premiere performances WFC expands choral repertoire, and audience experience, through the performance of living composers. Featuring unexpected concerts and music, WFC strives to make connections with the world around us, bringing audiences, composers, and artists together through dynamic, evocative music. Led by Artistic and Music Director Christopher Windle, members of the WFC present music by Chicagobased composers Stacy Garrop, Alexandra Olsavsky, Benjamin Martin, and Ayanna Woods, and additional works by Anne Kilstofte, Missy Mazzoli, Michael McGlyn, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, and others.
Monday, March 30
8:00 pm
Spring 2022 Cziffra). [10:01]
7:00 Exploring Music with Peter van de Graaff: Holy Week and Passover Celebration See Monday’s listing.
8:00 Evening Music
10:00 C hamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Britten Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36; Calidore Quartet; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Chad Hoopes, Kristin Lee, Danbi Um, Arnaud Sussmann, and Bella Hristova, violin I; Francisco Fullana, James Thompson, Daniel Phillips, and Sean Lee, violin II; Paul Neubauer, Jeremy Berry, and Matthew Lipman, viola; Dmitri Atapine, Sihao He, Mihai Marica, and David Finckel, cello; Blake Hinson, double bass. 11:00 Evening Music
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