GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET:
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 8 PM

New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow's widely acclaimed memoir is the source for this moving story of his traumatic youth in Louisiana. Fire Shut Up in My Bones is an opera for today, revealing the Black experience in this country as few other operas have done.

 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/01/2022 @ 8 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/02/2022 @ 12:30 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 04/04/2022 @ 2 AM

GREAT PERFORMANCES
NOW HEAR THIS: AMY BEACH – AMERICAN ROMANTIC
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 8 PM

Join Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, as they investigate the work and life of one of America's greatest Romantic composers, along with her European counterparts, by performing her work and exploring where she spent her early life.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/08/2022 @ 8 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/09/2022 @ 12 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 04/11/2022 @ 2 AM

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
RETURNS TO LINCOLN CENTER
FRIDAY, APRIL 8 AND 15, 9 PM

This two-part series follows the return of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center after a year and a half away, capturing the drama, mishaps and adventure of mounting a tour in these times.

Part 1

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/08/2022 @ 9 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/09/2022 @ 1 AM

Part 2

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/15/2022 @ 9 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/16/2022 @ 1 AM

GREAT PERFORMANCES
NOW HEAR THIS: FLORENCE PRICE AND THE AMERICAN MIGRATION
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 8 PM

Host Scott Yoo follows the trail of great African American composer Florence Price, learning that West African music and European hymns inspired nearly all American popular music. He begins with the Arkansas archives that house Price's work initially found in the attic of an abandoned Chicago house. Explore the Southern migrants' musical impact on the city and gospel music showing how powerful Price's influence remains today.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/15/2022 @ 8 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/16/2022 @ 12 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 04/18/2022 @ 2 AM

GREAT PERFORMANCES
NOW HEAR THIS: AARON COPLAND – DEAN OF AMERICAN MUSIC
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 9 PM

Drawing from his Jewish roots, modernism and American folk music, composer Aaron Copland created a distinctive American sound in his classical compositions and film scores. Learn how the composer developed his signature sound, now so familiar to us all.

 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/23/2022 @ 12:30 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/23/2022 @ 9 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 04/24/2022 @ 2 AM

GREAT PERFORMANCES
NOW HEAR THIS: NEW AMERICAN VOICES
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 8 PM

Explore how American composers are inspired by their immigrant roots today through two composers: Brazilian-born Sergio Assad and Indian American Reena Esmail.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/29/2022 @ 8 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 04/30/2022 @ 12 AM

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 9 PM

Take a look back at 10 years of historic International Jazz Day concerts featuring dozens of music icons. Watch unforgettable performances by Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Hugh Masekela and many more.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/29/2022 @ 9 PM