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Jamestown, Season 1

Jamestown follows the lives of three courageous women who decide to leave their dark pasts behind in England for a new life in 17th-century America.

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Dinosaur Train

Dinosaur Train embraces the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while encouraging basic scientific thinking and skills.

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Father Brown

A Catholic priest with excellent detective skills solves crimes in this stylish series set in the 1950s and based on G.K. Chesterton's stories.

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Happy Valley

Sarah Lancashire stars as a police sergeant whose life is turned upside down when the man she believes is responsible for her daughter's death is released from prison.

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Happy Holidays

WETA is getting into the holiday spirit with special broadcasts on TV 26 and Classical WETA 90.9 FM.

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Jamestown, Season 2

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Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018

Dec. 25 at 9pm on TV 26 and WETA HD

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Motet, BWV 227. Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)

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Cleveland Orchestra At 100: The Heartland Band With The World Class Sound

December 11, 2018

Who knew that a little orchestra in America's Midwest, born in 1918, could grow up to be one of the world's best? Through a century of trials and triumphs, the Cleveland Orchestra still shines.

San Francisco Symphony Names Esa-Pekka Salonen As Its Music Director

December 5, 2018

In a surprise move, the orchestra announced Wednesday that it is bringing composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen aboard as its music director, beginning in September 2020.

University Of Michigan Ensemble 'Gives A Voice' To Nazi Prisoners Through Unearthed Music

December 2, 2018

While conducting research at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, a music theory professor discovered manuscripts of music that haven't been heard since World War II.

DJ Sessions: Listening To Franz Schubert — 'Ave Maria' And Beyond

November 30, 2018

Schubert, the Viennese composer who died at the age of 31 in 1828, is known for a number of memorable melodies, which he often composed to illustrate poems.

How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To Itself

November 24, 2018

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see a culture clearly. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony was an ode to what American music could become.

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