Weekly TV Picks
All times Eastern
SUNDAY, OCT. 22
Luigi Cherubini’s
Solemn Mass in G Major
EWTN, 1:30 p.m.
Cherubini
(1760-1842) composed this Mass for the 1814 coronation of Louis XVIII of
SUNDAY, OCT. 22
The Monastery
The Learning Channel, 10 p.m.
In this first of five hour-long episodes, five men stay at
the Benedictine Monastery of Christ in the Desert in
MONDAY, OCT. 23
Engineering
an Empire:
History Channel, 9 p.m.
This show examines the ancient Greeks’ spectacular engineering feats such as the mile-long Tunnel of Samos, dug through limestone.
MONDAY, OCT. 23
Beaux Arts at 50
PBS, 10 p.m.
In July 2005, pianist Menahem Pressler and his friends in the Beaux Arts Trio played three of
Beethoven’s most beloved trios as they reprised their debut together back in July 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival.
OCT. 25, NOV. 1
Secrets of the Dead: Catastrophe!
PBS, 8 p.m.
Not the usual “disaster” show, this episode features
scientists who speculate that European and world history were altered around
A.D. 535 by a
FRIDAY, OCT. 27
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
ABC, 8 p.m.
This 40th anniversary airing of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz’s animated classic includes a bonus: A cartoon in which Linus runs for class president.
SATURDAY, OCT. 28
An Empire Conquered
EWTN, 8 p.m.
Kaisers, czars and many an emperor and dictator have tried
to copy the worldly “glory” of the Caesars’
SATURDAY, OCT. 28
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Familyland TV, 11:45 p.m.
War is a punishment for sin, said Our Lady of Fatima. War’s horrors are sadly evident in this documentary, the second in the seven-part “Why We Fight” series created under the War Department in World War II by Catholic director Frank Capra (1897-1991), maker of classics such as Lost Horizon, You Can’t Take It with You and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Dan Engler writes from
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- October 22-28, 2006