August 2011
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Also this month: • Intelligence Squared: Immigration • Joni Mitchell’s Blue turns 40 • Ask the Mayor hits the road • Artist of the Month: Carmen Helena Téllez . . . and more!
Freakonomics Radio Sunday, August 28, 8 p.m.
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Freakonomics Radio: The Economist’s Guide to Parenting Sunday, August 28, 8 p.m. Explore the hidden side of everything with Freakonomics Radio. In their books Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner use the tools of economics to explore real-world behavior. As boring as that may sound, what they really do is tell stories—about cheating schoolteachers, self-dealing real-estate agents, and crack-selling mama’s boys. Now Marketplace brings the Freakonomics approach to the radio, with Dubner as host. Just like the books, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew but didn’t, and things you never thought you wanted to know, but do. In this episode, Levitt and Dubner assemble a roundtable of economists to talk about child-rearing, with one essential question in mind: How much do parents really matter, and in what dimensions? We hear about parents’ effect on everything from education and culture cramming to smoking and drinking. The economists include Joshua Gans, author of Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting and Bryan Caplan, author of Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Parenting is More Fun and Less Work Than You Think. Caplan discusses the startlingly slim effect that parents seem to have on their children’s lifetime income. He conducted a study which found that kids raised by the very poorest families grew up to have the same income as the kids raised by the very richest families. Dartmouth economist Bruce Sacerdote talks about some of the areas where nurture beats out nature. “You see that children are picking up their parents’ smoking and drinking habits with a very high degree of correlation,” Sacerdote tells us, “and it’s the same with the adoptees and the non-adoptees, they really pick up their parents’ habits, those types of habits explicitly.” Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics have sold more than five million copies in 35 languages, and Freakonomics was made into the documentary film Freakonomics: The Movie. Host Stephen J. Dubner is an author, journalist, and TV personality. His other books include Choosing My Religion, Confessions of a Hero-Worshipper, and the children’s book The Boy With Two Belly Buttons. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, and other publications.
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Stephen Foster: America’s Bard
Concerts from Music Mountain
Sunday, August 7, 8 p.m.
Sundays at 9 p.m.
In 19th century America, popular songs were churned out by the dozens, but no other composer of the day wrote as many great songs with as much sticking power as Foster. We’re Stephen Foster all familiar with “Oh, Susannah,” “Beautiful Dreamer,” “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair,” and “Old Folks at Home.” Foster wrote more than 150 tunes—some of which have been adopted as official state songs. This program includes those songs and many others, as well as instrumental numbers. Among the performers are Marilyn Horne, Thomas Hampson, Itzhak Perlman, and Leopold Stokowski leading the Philadelphia Orchestra. Stephen Collins Foster was not born in “an old Kentucky home.” He was a Northerner, from Pennsylvania, born on July 4, 1826, fifty years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Foster sought to humanize the characters in his songs, to have them care for one another, and to convey a sense that all people regardless of their ethnic identities or social and economic class share the same longings and needs for family and home. He instructed white performers of his songs not to mock slaves but to get their audiences to feel compassion for them. In his own words, he sought to “build up taste . . . among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive words which belong to some songs of that order.” Foster’s aim was to reform black-face minstrelsy, then the most pervasive and powerful force in American popular culture. The program is written and hosted by Naomi Lewin of New York’s classical music station WQXR.
The Music Mountain concert series is the longest continuing summer chamber music festival in the country. The 17-week series of radio broadcasts, which originate from Gordon Hall in Connecticut, continues this month with these four episodes. The August 28th broadcast features the Harlem Quartet, which was praised by the Cincinnati Enquirer for “bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing, and intelligent.” The group has performed with Itzhak Perlman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the London residence of the U.S. ambassador to the UK, and it has played two performances at the White House for the President and First Lady. The quartet is the resident ensemble in the New England Conservatory of Music’s Professional String Quartet Program, which seeks to advance diversity in classical music while engaging young and new audiences through the discovery and presentation of varied repertoire, highlighting works by minority composers. The Harlem Quartet’s members are Ilmar Gavilán, violin; Melissa White, violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; and Paul Wiancko, cello. Each is a seasoned solo artist, having appeared with the New York Philharmonic, and the Atlanta, Baltimore, and other symphony orchestras. As a quartet, they have performed in many communities across the country and at Carnegie Hall on numerous occasions.
From the Archives: Donizetti: Excerpt from Fantasia on Lucrezia Borgia for oboe and strings Leontivitch String Quartet; Humber Lucarelli, oboe
The Penderecki String Quartet
Sunday, August 21, 9 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Opus 21, transcribed for piano quintet (1830) Chopin: Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op.22 (piano solo) Webern: Excerpt from Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909) Penderecki String Quartet; Jan Lisiecki, piano
Sunday, August 7, 9 p.m. Dohnanyi: String Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 33 (1926) Brahms: Viola Quintet in G Major, Op. 111 (1890) Arianna String Quartet; Amadi Azikiwe, viola Sunday, August 14, 9 p.m. Mozart: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, K. 458, Hunt (1784) Platt: Bassoon Quintet (1997) St. Petersburg String Quartet; Peter Kolkay, Bassoon
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The Harlem Quartet
Sunday, August 28, 9 p.m. Turina: Oracion del Torero (1927) Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5 (1796-1797) Marsalis: At the Octoroon Balls (1995) Strayhorn, arr. Chihara: Take the A Train (1939) The Harlem Quartet August 2011 / Directions in Sound / Page 3
Joni Mitchell’s Blue Intelligence Sunday, August 14, 8 p.m. Squared
Joni Mitchell
In Joni Mitchell’s 1971 album Blue, the Canadian singer-songwriter put the experience of being a woman and being human on display through her confessional lyrics, innovative open guitar tunings, and jazz-inflected vocals. Many of her fans believe it is her finest effort. In this special, musicians, music writers, fans, and Joni Mitchell herself reflect on Blue, released forty years ago this summer. Exploring facets of relationships from infatuation to insecurity, the songs feature simple accompaniments on piano, guitar, and Appalachian dulcimer. With Stephen Stills and James Taylor as two of the four sidemen, Mitchell summoned an involving song cycle of romance found and lost. Blue was a critical and commercial success. It reached #15 on the Billboard 200 and #3 in the UK Albums Chart. In 2000, The New York Times chose Blue as one of the 25 albums that represented “turning points and pinnacles in 20th century popular music.” In 1979 Joni Mitchell reflected, “At that period of my life, I had no personal defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldn’t pretend in my life to be strong. Or to be happy. But the advantage of it in the music was that there were no defenses there either.” Joni Mitchell’s Blue, hosted by Paul Ingles, mixes Mitchell’s music from this and other Joni Mitchell albums with informed commentary. Guests include music writers Ann Powers, Anthony DeCurtis, Paul Zollo, and Lydia Hutchinson. Also featured are musicians Shawn Colvin, Lucy Kaplansky, and others. Page 4 / Directions in Sound / August 2011
The Moth Radio Hour
Sunday, August 21, 8 p.m.
Sundays at 11 a.m.
America was built by the hard work of its immigrants, but now finds itself home to an estimated eleven million illegal immigrants. Are immigrants taking American jobs, or does immigration help our economy? On tonight’s Intelligence Squared, the panelists debate the motion, “Don’t give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.” Speaking for the motion: Kris Kobach, secretary of state for Kansas and former professor of constitutional law at the University of Missouri. He served as counsel to Attorney General John Ashcroft during the Bush administration, where he led Department of Justice efforts to prevent terrorists from exploiting gaps in U.S. immigration controls. Tom Tancredo, former Republican congressman from Colorado and former Secretary of Education’s regional representative under Presidents Reagan and Bush, and founder of two notfor-profit education Tom Tancredo organizations. Against the motion: Mayor Julián Castro, the 36-year-old mayor of San Antonio—the youngest mayor of a major American city. During his tenure in public service, he has emphasized economic development, education, and environmental protection. Tamar Jacoby, president and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation working to advance better immigration law, author of Someone Else’s House: America’s Tamar Jacoby Unfinished Struggle for Integration, and former deputy editor of The New York Times op-ed page.
The Moth Radio Hour showcases true stories told live on stage without notes, props, or accompaniment. Each episode mixes humorous, heartbreaking, and poignant tales that captivate and delight. Please note that The Moth Radio Hour contains adult themes and adult language. Sunday, August 7 Andrew Solomon goes to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in search of the artistic community and finds a reemerging, creative underground. Comedian Judy Gold talks seriously about how the rituals of Judaism helped her through some of her darkest hours. And Al Sharpton finds forgiveness in his heart for the man who almost killed him. Sunday, August 14 The star of television’s long-running children’s show Blue’s Clues details his complicated relationship with fame; a 13-year-old girl from Somalia immigrates to America and thrives, but struggles to keep her troubled sister in the country; on the eve of her high school reunion, a woman learns that her husband, “thinks he might be gay.” Sunday, August 21 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Phil Caputo shares how a bullet wound helped him heal his soul; a little girl learns what love is about after surviving a terrible car accident; a young man and his father succumb to guilt at the animal shelter; and a burnt-out corporate executive tries to shake her A-type personality at art school. Sunday, August 28 Double-amputee Aimee Mullins chronicles her adventures with prosthetic legs as an athlete, actress and artist; the mother of a bullied teen tells the story of his suicide; ex-New York City Mayor Ed Koch stands up to an anti-Semitic soldier while in training for World War II; and three teenagers from Grace King High School in New Orleans share their stories on the theme, Prejudice and Power.
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Jazz Notes
Artist of the Month Featured Contemporary WFIU’s artist of the month for August is Carmen Helena Téllez, a professor of Composer choral conducting and the director of
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the Latin American Music Center at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Téllez balances activities as a creative multi-media artist, conductor, scholar, producer, and administrator. She directs IU’s Contemporary Vocal Ensemble and is also the artistic co-director of Aguavá New Music Studio, an artists’ group with which she records and tours internationally.
Carmen Helena Téllez
Téllez has conducted 20th century masterpieces by Stravinsky, Ligeti, Schnittke, Xenakis, Lutosławski, and has conducted the canonic symphonic choral repertoire. She is the first woman on record to conduct the monumental Grande messe des morts by Hector Berlioz. In 2006 she conducted the worldpremiere of James MacMillan’s Sun-Dogs, a work she co-commissioned. Mario Lavista’s Missa ad Consolationes Dominam Nostram, Cary Boyce’s Ave Maria and Ingram Marshall’s Savage Altars are among the distinguished choral compositions she commissioned and premiered. Téllez also presented the collegiate premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s opera Ainadamar, and she prepared the vocalists in the Chicago premiere of Antonio Estévez’s Venezuelan masterpiece La Cantata Criolla. She has conducted the Midwest and collegiate premiere of John Adams’s opera-oratorio El Niño, as well as the American premiere of Ralph Shapey’s oratorio Praise. In 2010, Professor Téllez received the University’s Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for distinction as a teacher, scholar, and artist. WFIU will feature music performed by Carmen Téllez throughout the month of August.
Don’t let those August dog day blues drag you down—beat the heat and stay cool with jazz every weekday afternoon on Just You and Me! Throughout the month we’ll be featuring music from two very different big bands, showcased in recent releases from Mosaic Records: the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra of the 1930s, noted for its dashing showmanship, artful arrangements, and swinging, smooth sailing ensemble work, and the Charles Tolliver big band of the 1970s, a hard-charging, avant bop outfit.
WFIU’s featured contemporary composer for August is Grayston “Bill” Ives. Bill Ives is a conductor, choral composer and arranger. He is also a singer, perhaps best known for his time with the British vocal group The King’s Singers, with whom he performed 800 concerts worldwide, appeared on many radio and television programs, and made more than 20 recordings Grayston Ives began his career as a chorister at Ely Cathedral and later studied music at Cambridge University. Until March 2009 Ives was director of the Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, where for 18 years he held the post of organist, tutor in music, and Informator Choristarum. During his tenure, the choir performed in Japan, the U.S., and across Europe. In 1999 they made their debut at the BBC Proms, and in association with film composer George Fenton, they recorded movie soundtracks for Shadowlands, Ever After, and the BBC television documentary, Blue Planet. In 2001 they gave the first performance of a new oratorio by Paul McCartney, Ecce Cor Meum.
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Grayston “Bill” Ives
As a composer, his works reflect his broad musical taste and consist mainly of sacred and secular music for choir. He is also known for a large number of vocal arrangements of popular music, some of which have been recorded by The King’s Singers. He was commissioned to compose the centerpiece anthem The Gift of Grace, for the commemoration service, held in Westminster Abbey in 2007, for the abolition of slavery. WFIU will feature music composed by Grayston Ives throughout the month of August.
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We’ll also highlight music from California Concert, a recent, expanded reissue of a 1971 all-star get-together for the CTI label including Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, and other jazz standouts of the time. And stay tuned for a surprise or two this month on Just You and Me as well! Our Saturday late evening Night Lights program offers a pair of twopart shows. The first is a look at the life and music of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, with special guest and Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley, airing on August 6 and 13 at 11 p.m. On August 20 and 27 “Chicago Calling” delves into the 1950s and 60s Windy City hardbop scene. You can also hear these programs online any time at indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights. On Friday, August 12, Afterglow celebrates the 65th birthday of songwriter Jimmy Webb with interpretations of Webb hits such as “By The Time I Get to Phoenix” and “MacArthur Park” as interpreted by Frank Sinatra, Maynard Ferguson, Cassandra Wilson and others. Other Afterglow features this month include singer Doris Day’s LP encounter with pianist Andre Previn and a recently-discovered 1949 Nat King Cole concert from Carnegie Hall. If you miss the show at 10 p.m., catch it later on the Afterglow Web site at indianapublicmedia.org/afterglow. August 2011 / Directions in Sound / Page 5
Profiles
The Radio Reader
Sunday at 7 p.m.
with Dick Estell
August 14 – David B. Audretsch David Audretsch is distinguished professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs, director of the Institute for Development Strategies, and director of SPEA Overseas Education. Audretsch’s research has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development and global competitiveness. He has consulted with the World Bank and numerous private corporations, state governments, and a number of European Governments. In 2007 he was named one of the 60 most influential economists of all time in The Most Important Economists. Owen Johnson hosts. August 21 – Ambassador Kim Beazley Kim Beazley is the Australian ambassador to the United States. A longtime politician and diplomat, he served for twenty-seven years in the Australian House of Representatives. Previously, he was leader of the Australian Labor Party and leader of the opposition. He was a minister under Australian Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and served as deputy prime minister to Keating in 1995-96. After he retired from the Australian parliament, he was appointed chancellor of the Australian National University. Beazley assumed his current post as ambassador in 2010. Patrick O’Meara hosts. August 28 – Alice Curry Alice Curry is the former executive director of the Columbus, Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra which she helped found in 1989. Except for two seasons in the mid-1990s when she was with the Asheville Symphony and the Louisville Orchestra, Curry helped guide the Philharmonic for twenty-one years. During her tenure, she served on the League of American Orchestras as National Chair of Small-Budget Orchestras. She retired at the end of 2010. Curry was also a chair of the Indiana Orchestra Consortium, is a past president of the IU Jacobs School of Music Alumni Association, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors. Annie Corrigan hosts. (repeat) Page 6 / Directions in Sound / August 2011
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff Airs: July 26 to August 25 In May of 1945, twenty-four officers and enlisted men and women stationed on what was then Dutch New Guinea boarded a transport plane named the Gremlin Special for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La,” a beautiful and mysterious valley surrounded by steep, jagged mountain peaks deep within the island’s uncharted jungle. But the pleasure tour became a battle for survival when the plane crashed. Only three passengers survived—Lieutenant John McCollom, WAC Corporal Margaret Hastings, and Sergeant Kenneth Decker. Emotionally devastated, badly injured, and vulnerable to disease, parasites, and poisonous snakes in the wet jungle climate, the trio was caught between man-eating headhunters and the enemy Japanese. With nothing to sustain them but a handful of candy and their own fortitude, they endured a harrowing trek down the mountainside—straight into a primitive tribe of superstitious natives who had never before seen a white man or woman.
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August 7 – Dottie King Dottie King is president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College near Terre Haute, the oldest Catholic liberal arts college for women in the United States. King previously served as associate professor of mathematics, chair of the sciences and mathematics department, assistant dean for undergraduate and international programs, and vice president for academic affairs. A mathematician and administrator, she has delivered numerous professional presentations and published research on factors that encourage women to persist in their study of mathematics. She is a recipient of the Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy Award for Faculty Excellence for teaching, the College’s highest teaching honor. George Walker hosts.
Mitchell Zuckoff
Lost in Shangri-La recounts this incredible true-life adventure for the first time. A riveting work of narrative nonfiction that vividly brings to life an odyssey at times terrifying, enlightening, and comic, it’s a thrill ride from beginning to end. Mitchell Zuckoff’s previous books include Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, a New York Times Editors’ Choice book.
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Featured Classical Recordings
August 1–6 Rachmaninoff Recital (Bridge 9348) Vassily Primakov, piano Vassily Primakov was named by the Classical Recording Foundation as their “Young Artist of the Year,” and his recording of the Chopin mazurkas recording was chosen “Best of the Year” by NPR. This new CD presents Primakov’s renditions of some of Rachmaninoff’s most beloved works. August 7–13 Capricho Latino (Cedille CDR 90000 124) Rachel Barton Pine, violin This album of Spanish and Latin American music written solely for unaccompanied violin offers premieres of works by Roque Cordero, César Espejo, and José White, as well as first-time recordings of pieces composed or arranged for violin by José Serebrier, Luis Jorge González, and Jesús Florido; and two of Rachel Pine’s own arrangements.
August 21–27 Capriccio and Rhapsody (Naxos Wind Band Classics 8.572528) Vince DiMartino, trumpet Chicago Saxophone Quartet Indiana State University Faculty Winds and Wind Orchestra Kent State University Wind Ensemble John Boyd, director
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We’re delighted to feature the latest release highlighting director John Boyd and his work with the Indiana State University Wind Orchestra. The ensemble is joined by some amazing guest artists in performing music of Ron Nelson, Fisher Tull, Warren Barker, and Andrew Boysen. August 28–September 3 Canción (Independent Release) Erol Özsever, guitar Our final recording for August brings us back to central Indiana once more. Erol Özsever is native of Fishers, Indiana, and a graduate of the Jacobs School of Music where he continues to study under guitar virtuoso Ernesto Bitetti. Bitetti called Özsever “a refined and sensitive guitarist with an impeccable technique.” Here he performs music for solo guitar from Spain and Latin America.
August 14–20 Venetian Oboe Concerti (Centaur CRC 3108) Marc Schachman, baroque oboe American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford, conductor The five Baroque concertos on this recording are staples of the oboist’s literature. Written within a span of a few years, each has its own personality, yet all share a lyrical quality that is a defining characteristic of the 18th century instrument. Each composer’s genius in finding a distinct idiomatic voice for the oboe accounts for the success and popularity of these works.
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Selections from each week’s featured recording can be heard throughout WFIU’s local classical music programming. A weekly podcast of our featured classical recordings is available on WFIU.org under the Podcasts link.
Broadcasts from the IU Jacobs School of Music
Stanley Ritchie
August 1-5 GEMINIANI—Concerto Grosso in g after Corelli’s Op. 5 No. 5; Rebecca Emtage, vln.; Claudia Chopek, vln.; Jann Cosart, vla.; Cora Hamish, vlc.; Fumi Nishikiori, hpsd; Stanley Ritchie/IU Baroque Orch. August 6-13 MENDELSSOHN—Auf Flügeln des Gesanges [On Wings of Song], Op. 34, No. 2; Teresa Kubiak, s.; Charles Webb, p. August 15-19 BEETHOVEN—THE CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS, OP. 43: Overture; Thomas Baldner/IU Concert Orch. August 22-26 CASSADÓ—Sérénade and Fandanguillo; Emilio Colón/Indiana Cello Ens. August 29-September 2 PROKOFIEV—Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 “Classical”; Ilya Kaler/IU Ch. Orch.
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Joe Bourne Steps Away from the Mic For 26 years on WFIU, the “me” in Just You and Me has been Joe Bourne. Now, Joe is stepping down from his everyday duties as our senior jazz host. The program continues as Joe passes the baton to Afterglow and Night Lights host David Brent Johnson. When the news went out that Joe was retiring at the end of June, tributes from the area jazz community poured in. Here’s what some listeners have told us. Joe, I just heard the announcement that your last few days at WFIU are coming up. I’m heartbroken! I came to IU shortly before you did and I’ve been listening to you ever since. I’m not the only listener who will miss your voice, your personality, your musical choices, your depth of understanding, your humor . . . you. — Ken Pimple Back when I was jocking at WFIU, which I did from 1972 to 1984, Joe Bourne wrote to me from Louisville. He wondered if we were related. I didn’t think so, but it’s cool that we’re both jazz jocks named Bourne. When I was heading for New York, he wrote again, asking if he could apply for my gig. I said sure, and he got it, and he’s been at WFIU twice as many years. It’s been fun hanging on the air with Joe the couple times I’ve come back for a visit. I told him my favorite story about us. Soon after I’d gone, someone I knew was in line at the bank, and two guys behind him were talking. One grumbled “They finally got rid of Michael Bourne.” And the other grumped, “Yeah, but they hired his brother!” Farewell, brother . . . — Michael Bourne WBGO jazz host Joe, I “found you” a few days after moving to Bloomington in 1986. It was a great welcome to this community. I learned about Hoagy Carmichael, local and visiting artists, and danced with my little ones to R&B on Friday afternoons. — Jennifer Bass
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I moved to Indiana and Bloomington area in 1992. Since then I’ve tuned in to Just You and Me every chance I could. Probably more times than all the other programs, on all the stations, put together. Thanks for all the music and turning me on to artists I had never heard of. Bonne chance, Joe! — Allan Joe Bourne has been an incomparable supporter and contributor to the ongoing survival and growth of jazz and the arts in the south-central Indiana community. As host of numerous concert and arts events, such as the IU Art Museum’s Jazz In July concert series and the IU Big Band Extravaganza, Joe has been the voice of IU Bloomington, and area jazz artists and arts events—speaking eloquently on behalf of performing musical artists in the southcentral Indiana area. Joe Bourne will be greatly missed. — David Miller, for the Jazz Fables Concert Series
Oh, how I will miss hearing Joe Bourne’s comforting voice in the late afternoons. No matter how the day has gone, having Joe bring it on home into the dinner hour has been such a glorious end to the work day. Thank you, Joe. You will be greatly missed! — Jan Grant Joe Bourne’s daily radio show Just You and Me was a huge part of my entrance into the world of jazz. My being a classical musician, I really did not know where to begin and his show gave me ideas, and courage! — Janis Stockhouse
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How fortunate we were to have Joe in Bloomington! We grew up listening to WFMT in Chicago and doubted that we would ever find that quality of programming elsewhere, but Joe Bourne proved us very wrong. — Chuck and Betty Watson I’ve been listening to your show since the beginning (back in my student days). We in the community have benefited greatly from your multi-faceted contribution to the music scene over the last 25-plus years. I have so many snapshot memories: your interviews with local and visiting artists, your movie reviews, your narration at the IU Big Band Extravaganza, you introducing groups at Jazz in July, and tuning in whenever I could to hear Just You and Me. I will forever associate Count Basie’s “Lady Be Good” with you and your show! — Tom Walsh I suppose everyone has a right to retire, but I’m surely going to miss hearing you, Joe, on Just You and Me. Through the years I learned to truly appreciate and enjoy jazz and its many moods. — Sharon Kirk Clifton I am one of the thousands who’ll miss Joe Bourne terribly. — Karima Amos
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August Highlights A sampling of this month’s programming Dave Brubeck’s Choral Music Jazz composer Dave Brubeck is known for his jazz compositions, such as the hit tune “Take Five.” But he also composes sacred choral music, as heard on his album Sacred Choral Works: Songs of Praise. We’ll hear some of Brubeck’s choral works on the August 2nd edition of Sounds Choral, at 10 p.m.
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Franco Donatoni’s Last Work Friday, August 8th at 8 p.m., WFIU broadcasts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Esa (in Cauda V), the final work by the Italian composer Franco Donatoni (1927–2000), who dictated the piece to his assistants in his final days. Donatoni dedicated the work to his student, Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, and used letters from Salonen’s first name as part of the musical material. Salonen was scheduled to conduct the world premiere performance of Esa, but at first he was too grief-stricken to do so. Ultimately, he was able to carry on when he heard in the music, “My old teacher’s message . . . ‘Carry on, son, it will be OK.’”
Thelonious Monk
Monk: An American Original This month Night Lights presents a twopart look at the life and music of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley, who spent fourteen years working on the biography, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. Gaining unparalleled access to the pianist’s family and to his archives, Kelley produced a portrait that gives depth and humanity to an artist most often characterized for wearing funny hats, his habit of dancing on the bandstand, and eccentric behavior. Monk was a musical visionary, and part of what makes Kelley’s book so interesting are the ways in which he shows how Monk arrived at his philosophy and style. The programs air on August 6 and 13 at 11 p.m.
A Great Swedish Tenor and a Maverick Cellist The Record Shelf devotes two programs to the newly-published broadcast performances by the great Swedish tenor Jussi Björling. A product of the Swedish/ Italian School of training, Björling (1911–1960) was one of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century who appeared frequently at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and at many major European opera houses. The programs can be heard on August 10th and 17th. Jim Svejda interviews pioneering cellist Matt Haimovitz on the August 31st broadcast. Haimovitz’s trademark is the solo cello recital—both inside and outside the concert hall. In 2000, he made waves with his Bach Listening Room Tour, for which he took Bach’s cello suites out of the concert hall and into bars, clubs, and cafés across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Haimovitz’s fiftystate Anthem tour in 2003 celebrated living American composers and featured his own arrangement of Jimi Hendrix’s version of
Franco Donatoni
“The Star-Spangled Banner.” Haimovitz founded the Oxingale record label and teaches at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal and at the Domaine Forget academy in rural Quebec. The Record Shelf airs on Wednesdays at 10:06 p.m.
Cover of Duet
Doris Day and Andre Previn Make a Marvelous Duet On the Friday, August 26th installment of Afterglow, host David Brent Johnson delves into a collaboration between Andre Previn and Doris Day, the 1961 album Duet. The LP generated no single hits, but it’s felt by many to be Day’s best album and her purest jazz solo recording. The Andre Previn Trio lends an intimate feel to this romantic collection, which includes “Falling In Love Again,” “Who Are We To Say,” and “Fools Rush In.” The trio consists of Andre Previn, piano, Red Mitchell on bass, and Frank Capp on drums.
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State and Local news :06 after the hour 8:50 am : Marketplace Morning Report
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Marketplace Classical Music
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Classical Music
Ether Game
Live! At the Concertgebouw
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Sounds Choral
The Record Shelf
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Piano Jazz The Big Bands Afterglow Beale Street Caravan
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San Francisco Opera 8/20 8/27
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Harmonia With Heart and Voice The Score Travel with Rick Steves The State We’re In
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Afropop Worldwide
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Composers Datebook Mondays through Wednesdays at 3:25 pm
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Making an IRA Charitable Rollover Gift Congress has once again extended the popular IRA charitable rollover act until December 31, 2011. This legislation lets you make a tax-free gift directly from your IRA account to a qualified charitable organization, such as WFIU, and avoid the tax liability that would be incurred by the need to report your mandatory annual IRA pay out as taxable income. Is this the right gift for you to make? Yes, if: • You do not need additional income from your IRA, you can benefit because the transfer will count toward your minimum distribution requirement. • You do not itemize, you can make a gift without the gift amount being included as taxable income. • You have, or would like to make, contributions in excess of the annual 50% limitation on deductibility for charitable contributions. What are the requirements and restrictions for making this gift? • You must be 70½ or older. • The gift must be made directly from the IRA to a qualified charitable organization. • Gifts cannot exceed a total of $100,000 for the year. • Gifts cannot be made to a donor advised fund or supporting organization or to fund a charitable life-income plan. • The gift is not included in taxable income, but no charitable income tax deduction is allowed. • The gift can only be made from an IRA. 401(k), 403(b), and 457 plans are not permitted.
You’re Invited to Ask the Mayor Ask the Mayor, WFIU’s weekly public affairs program that lets you call in questions to local mayors, is once again is hitting the road. At noon on Monday, August 1, WFIU News Director Stan Jastrzebski joins Columbus Mayor Fred Armstrong and your fellow citizens for one-hour town hall meeting. It takes place upstairs at Zaharakos, 329 Washington Street in Columbus, and you’re invited to participate. A half-hour excerpt of the meeting will be broadcast on Wednesday, August 3, at the usual time of 12:06 p.m. Ask the Mayor focuses on issues facing communities in central Indiana. Everything from potholes to tax policy gets covered in 30-minute weekly live interviews with the mayors of Bloomington, Kokomo, Terre Haute, and Columbus, Indiana.
Mayor Fred Armstrong
Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. This puzzle’s difficulty level is medium. Solution on page 19.
What steps should you take to make a gift? In most cases your IRA custodian or plan administrator can provide a simple form. You may also contact Carmella Hise in the Office of Gift Planning at the IU Foundation at 812-855-6095 or 800-5588311 or by email at chise@indiana.edu for directions on how to initiate the transfer or other questions related to the rollover. As always, you can contact Nancy Krueger at 812-855-2935 or nkruege@indiana.edu with any questions about giving opportunities at WFIU.
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Community Events
MemberCard Benefits For a listing of more than 300 Indiana membership benefits and offer details for each participating business, visit membercard.com or call 800-662-3311. Benefits of the Month: The Cabaret at The Columbia Club (#163) 121 Monument Circle Indianapolis 317-275-1169 thecabaret.org Valid for two-for-one admission during August. Food or two-beverage minimum required; subject to availability. Bluespring Caverns (#385) 1459 Bluespring Caverns Road Bedford 812-279-9471 bluespringcaverns.com Valid for two-for-one admission any time during August; subject to availability.
SimmonsNaturals.com 707-777-1920 Valid for a 15 percent discount on all purchases, excluding sale items, shipping, and gift certificates. Enter promotion code “NPB2011” in the coupon box at checkout. Organic soaps and body items ranging from soaps to sunscreen, hair care to shaving kits. Taraluna.com 707-442-1541 Valid for a 15 percent discount on all purchases, excluding gift cards, gift wrapping, and shipping; use discount code “supporter” at checkout. Fair trade, handcrafted, and organic gifts made in the USA. Benefit Changes: Lighthouse Café (#16) Alexandria Closed Sitara Indian Restaurant (#909) Muncie Offer Expired
New Online Benefits: CastleWare.com 707-443-9335 Valid for a 20 percent discount on all purchases. May not be combined with other discounts; enter coupon code “membercard” at checkout. CastleWare creates classic newborn to 4T clothing, sleepwear, and accessories from the highquality, USA-made, organic cotton knit fabrics. Fiddlersgreenfarm.com 800-729-7935 Valid for a 10 percent discount on all purchases, excluding shipping; use discount code “membercard” at checkout. Organic cereals, pancake and baking mixes from Belfast, Maine.
IU Jacobs School of Music Summer of Music To August 10 The music of Beethoven figures prominently as the IU Jacobs School of Music winds up its summer series. Pianist Hee Sung Joo performs three Beethoven sonatas on August 3 at 8 p.m. in Auer Hall. On the 5th, pianist Eugene Albulescu gives a lecture and Beethoven recital at Auer Hall at 5 p.m. That same day at the IU Auditorium at 8 p.m., Giancarlo Guerrero leads the Festival Orchestra in Rossini’s William Tell overture, Respighi’s Pines of Rome, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. There’s more Beethoven piano music on August 9th as Peter Bithell performs at 8 p.m. in Auer Hall. Cliff Colnot conducts the Symphony Orchestra on August 10th at 8 p.m. at the IU Auditorium in performances of Haydn’s Symphony in G Major and selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Monroe County United Ministries Each One, Feed One August 26, 27, and 28 Locations vary, Bloomington The Each One, Feed One food drive is held each August at grocery stores across Monroe County. More than 250 volunteers staff this three-day drive that restocks the MCUM’s pantry shelves after the summer, a time of traditionally slow donations. Volunteers are needed to collect donations at area grocery stores (store volunteers) and to coordinate store and volunteer activities (store coordinators). The goal is to collect 15,000 pounds of food, hygiene products, and cleaning supplies. If you’re interested in volunteering, call Justin Smith at 812-3393429.
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Eugene Albulescu
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a., alto; b., bass; bar., baritone; bssn., bassoon; cl., clarinet; cond., conductor; cont., continuo; ct., countertenor; db., double bass; ch., chamber; E.hn., English horn; ens., ensemble; fl., flute; gt., guitar; hn., horn; hp., harp; hpsd., harpsichord; intro., introduction; instr., instrument; kbd., keyboard; lt., lute; ms., mezzo-soprano; ob., oboe; orch., orchestra; org., organ; Phil., Philharmonic; p., piano; perc., percussion; qt., quartet; rec., recorder; sax., saxophone; s., soprano; str., string; sym., symphony; t., tenor; tb., trombone; timp., timpani; tpt., trumpet; trans., transcribed; var., variations; vla., viola; vlc., vdg., viola da gamba; violoncello; vln., violin. Upper case letters indicate major keys; lower case letters indicate minor keys.
Note: Daily listings are as complete as we can make them at press time, and we strive to provide full program information whenever possible. However, some programs do not provide us with information about their content. We include the titles of those programs as a convenience to our readers. For a complete list of WFIU’s schedule, see the program grid on pages 10 and 11.
1 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor Myung-Whun Chung conducts Brahms. BRAHMS—Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 BRAHMS—Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (Vadim Repin, violin) RAVEL—Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
2 Tuesday 10:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Celebrating Brubeck Dave Brubeck turned 90 years old last December, and we’ll honor him with performances of several of his innovative choral works.
3 Wednesday 8:00 PM LIVE! AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW Daniel Harding/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra JANAČEK— Lachian Dances MAHLER— Symphony No. 1 10:06 PM THE RECORD SHELF A comparative survey of the recordings of Haydn’s “Military” Symphony. Page 14 / Directions in Sound / August 2011
4 Thursday 8:00 PM SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL WEINBERG—Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 28 David Shifrin, clarinet; AnneMarie McDermott, piano SCHUMANN—Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 Opus One
7 Sunday Anne-Marie McDermott
9:00 PM HARMONIA Power to the People Long before the 18th century revolutions in France and America, and the 21st century “Arab spring” in countries such as Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia, people were questioning the establishment, and making decisions on their own for how they wanted their world to be. We look at some musical manifestations of people taking their lives into their own hands.
5 Friday 8:00 PM MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ Marian McPartland Selects: Ray Bryant In his storied career, pianist and composer Ray Bryant has worked with Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, and Aretha Franklin. He also has a long list of recording credits as a leader. On this 1982 session, Bryant performs “Take the ‘A’ Train,” and duets with McPartland on “Like Someone in Love” and “Billie’s Bounce.” 10:09 PM AFTERGLOW Nat King Cole: The Carnegie Hall Concert In 1949 pianist and singer Nat King Cole’s trio was at the height of its popularity. This recently discovered recording finds the group running through a set of their vocal hits and several bop and Latin influenced numbers as well.
12:00 PM HARMONIA Beasts and Bestiaries Harmonia goes where the wild things are as we delve into music inspired by the beasts within. We’ll hear of crickets and cuckoos in songs of medieval and Renaissance Europe, as well as a setting of Saint Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures, and a featured release inspired by medieval bestiaries. 1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE The Choir of Rochester Cathedral, Kent Peter DuBois shares a program from our archives, originally broadcast in April 1997. Richard Gladwell visits with Roger Sayer, former organist and choirmaster of Rochester Cathedral, Kent, and features recordings from the choir’s 1996 tour stop in Rochester, New York. 7:00 PM PROFILES Dottie King
8 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a work dedicated to him by his teacher, Franco Donatoni. BEETHOVEN—Leonore Overture No. 2 WAGNER—Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg DONATONI—Esa (In cauda V) BRUCKNER—Symphony No. 7
6 Saturday 1:00 PM LOS ANGELES OPERA ROSSINI—The Turk in Italy Starring Simone Alberghini, Nino Machaidze, Thomas Allen, Paolo Gavanelli, Maxim Mironov, and Katie Lindsey. James Conlon conducts.
Photo: Clive Barda
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8:00 PM HOMETOWN WITH TOM ROZNOWSKI And One for You 8:05 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER Alone: Sometimes good . . . sometimes bad. 9:05 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK Words and Music Uncover musical connections with Stevenson, Yeats, Scott and other literary figures in the company of Bonnie Rideout, Loreena McKennitt, Battlefield Band and Jean Redpath. 11:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Thelonious Monk: From Man to Myth Part 1 of a two-part Thelonious Monk program takes a look at the pianist and composer’s early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.
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the pianist’s career and features an interview with Monk biographer Robin D. G. Kelley.
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10:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Choral Music of Georg Philipp Telemann We’ll hear a late work by this late Baroque master: the oratorio Die Donner-Ode (The Thunder Ode), as well as selected motets.
8:00 PM MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ Carla Bley and Steve Swallow Fifty years ago clarinetist/saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre formed his influential yet underappreciated trio with bassist Steve Swallow and pianist Paul Bley. The group split after a gig in which they made 35 cents each. The music of Bley’s then wife, Carla, was central to the group. On this Piano Jazz, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow join McPartland for trio renditions of Carla Bley originals “Ida Lupino” and “Ad Infinitum.” 10:09 PM AFTERGLOW The Jimmy Webb Songbook Jimmy Webb was one of the most popular songwriters of the late 1960s, with songs such as “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “MacArthur Park” finding favor with listeners and other performers. We’ll hear interpretations of his music by Frank Sinatra, Cassandra Wilson, and other jazz and popular song vocalists.
10 Wednesday
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8:00 PM LIVE! AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW Simone Lamsma, violin Yannick Nézet-Seguin/Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra BERLIOZ—Le corsaire Overture DE FALLLA—First Suite from El sombrero de tres picos RAVEL—Tzigane MASSENET—Méditation from Thaïs FAURÉ—Pavane RAVEL—Bolero
Simone Lamsma
10:06 PM THE RECORD SHELF The One Tenor In the first of two programs, newlypublished broadcast performances by the great Swedish tenor, Jussi Björling
13 Saturday 1:00 PM LOS ANGELES OPERA BRITTEN—Turn of the Screw Starring Patricia Racette, William Burden, Michael Kepler Meo, Ashley Emerson, Ann Murray, and Tamara Wilson. James Conlon conducts.
11 Thursday 8:00 PM SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL BACH—Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Helen Nightengale, violin; Bella Hristova, violin; Giora Schmidt, violin; Lily Francis, viola; Michael Tree, viola; L. P. How, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Gary Hoffman, cello; Lynn Harrell, cello; Marji Danilow, bass; Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord FRANCK—Piano Quintet in F Minor, M. 7 Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Teng Li, viola; Peter Stumpf, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano 9:00 PM HARMONIA Beasts and Bestiaries Harmonia goes where the wild things are as we delve into music inspired by the beasts within. We’ll hear of crickets and cuckoos in songs of medieval and Renaissance Europe, as well as a setting of Saint Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures, and a featured release inspired by medieval bestiaries.
Michael Kepler Meo
Patricia Racette
8:00 PM HOMETOWN WITH TOM ROZNOWSKI Grass Beneath My Feet 8:05 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER A Sad Song: We all sing them. 9:05 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK Song Beat Hebridean tweed workers’ songs, rowing songs, hiking songs, mouth music—their lyrics take a back seat to their integral rhythms, lightening the work and keeping the singer going. Get into the rhythm of the song this week with Catherine-Anne MacPhee, Ossian, Christy Moore, and others. 11:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man, Part 2 Part 2 of a two-part Thelonious Monk program details the later years and music of
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14 Sunday 12:00 PM HARMONIA Queen Christina of Sweden Harmonia looks at one of the 17th century’s most famous women, Queen Christina of Sweden. Her life, arts patronage, and historic accomplishments will be explored as well as music associated with her court.
Queen Christina of Sweden
1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE Music for Lutherans We make another visit to our archives, for a program originally broadcast in October, 2000. “Music for Lutherans” features works by Reformation composers who were inspired by the theology of Martin Luther. 7:00 PM PROFILES David Audretsch
15 Monday
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Bernard Haitink returns to Chicago. SCHUMANN—Manfred Overture MOZART—Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (Emanuel Ax, piano) BRAHMS—Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98 HAYDN—Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:105
Bernard Haitink
16 Tuesday 10:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Spotlight: Accentus We’ll experience the artistry of this French chamber choir founded in 1991, with performances of Baroque and contemporary music, including transcriptions of some of the greatest classics of all time. August 2011 / Directions in Sound / Page 15
17 Wednesday 8:00 PM LIVE! AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW Lisa Batiashvili, violin Markus Stenz/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ZUIDAM—Adam-Interludes LINDBERG—Violin Concerto ADAMS—Harmonielehre
she released the critically acclaimed album Reverse Thread, an exploration of the rhythms and instruments of the African diaspora. Carter brings her stellar technique and infectious energy to bear when she joins McPartland for “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “In A Sentimental Mood.” 10:09 PM AFTERGLOW Billy Eckstine on Roulette Music from the “sepia Sinatra” taken from the handful of albums that he made for Roulette at the beginning of the 1960s.
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Lisa Batiashvili
10:06 PM THE RECORD SHELF In the second of two programs, more newly-published live performances by the Swedish tenor Jussi Björling
18 Thursday
1:00 PM SAN FRANCISCO OPERA VERDI-Aïda Starring Micaela Carosi, Dolora Zajick, Marcello Giordani, Marco Vratogna, Hao Jiang Tian, Christian Van Horn, Lean Crocetto, and David Lomeli. Nicola Luisotti conducts. 8:00 PM HOMETOWN WITH TOM ROZNOWSKI Worth Keeping 8:05 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER Good: The word for the day 9:05 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK Time To Dance The rhythms of Celtic music will always get into your feet and before you know it, you’re dancing. Limber up before you tune into this hour of music featuring Alasdair Fraser, Trian, and a pair of traditional dance bands from Ireland and Scotland.
8:00 PM SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL JOACHIM—Hebrew Melodies: Impressions of Byron’s Poems, for Viola & Piano, Op. 9 Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola; Marc Neikrug, piano MOZART—Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 David Shifrin, clarinet; Orion String Quartet: Todd Phillips, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA Queen Christina of Sweden Harmonia looks at one of the 17th century’s most famous women, Queen Christina of Sweden. Her life, arts patronage, and historic accomplishments will be explored as well as music associated with her court.
11:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Chicago Calling: Unsung Heroes of the City’s Hardbop Scene A look at some of Chicago’s sung and unsung jazz heroes, including bassist Wilbur Ware, saxophonist Johnny Griffin, and trumpeters Gene Shaw and Ira Sullivan.
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8:00 PM MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ Regina Carter Jazz violinist Regina Carter is one of today’s most original and daring musicians. Classically trained, Carter grew up in Detroit, where she absorbed all of the music that Motown had to offer. In 2010,
12:00 PM HARMONIA Renaissance Poetry: Madrigals, Chansons, and Villancicos Harmonia looks at the poetry behind the most popular Renaissance vocal music from Italy, France, and Spain. Plus, Nigel North performs in a featured release of lute music by Robert Johnson.
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1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE Our exploration of the With Heart and Voice archives continues with a program from April 1990. Richard Gladwell features Lee Hoiby’s “Magnificat” and “Nunc Dimittis,” “Sing Joyfully” by English Renaissance composer John Mundy, and a setting of “Laudate Pueri” by Polish composer J. Staromieyski. 7:00 PM PROFILES Ambassador Kim Beazley
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor John Eliot Gardiner and pianist Robert Levin provide their unique insight into Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto.
Robert Levin
HANDEL—Music for the Royal Fireworks (Nicolas McGegan, conductor) SHOSTAKOVICH—Chamber Symphony for Strings in C Minor, Op. 110a (John Eliot Gardiner, conductor) BEETHOVEN—Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Robert Levin, piano; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor) SCHUMANN—Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97, Rhenish (John Eliot Gardiner, conductor)
23 Tuesday Alasdair Fraser
10:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL The Choral Artistry of Bob Chilcott One of the original King’s Singers, Bob Chilcott is known now in Britain as a formidable composer and arranger of choral music. We’ll sample performances of his compositions.
Bob Chilcott
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24 Wednesday 8:00 PM LIVE! AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe Kees Bakels/Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic SIBELIUS—Excerpts from Pelléas and Mélisande MOZART— Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, KV 314 BERWALD—Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia singulière 10:06 PM THE RECORD SHELF Rachmaninoff’s Rachmaninoff The composer plays and conducts his own music, including the 1939 recording (with the Philadelphia Orchestra) of his third symphony.
Bill Evans Trio’s landmark dates at the Village Vanguard. Bassist Eddie Gomez joined Evans’ group a few years after, and the 11-year partnership yielded three Grammy wins. He has also worked with other heavyweights including Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Benny Goodman, and Herbie Hancock. He joins McPartland for “Turn Out The Stars” and “Stella By Starlight.” 10:09 PM AFTERGLOW Doris Day and Andre Previn’s Duet
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1:00 PM SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ALFANO—Cyrano de Bergerac Starring Placido Domingo, Ainhoa Arteta, Thiango Arancam, Stephen Powell, Lester Lyche, Brian Mulligan, Timothy Mix, Leah Crocetto, Maya Lahyani, and Austin Kness. Patrick Fournillier conducts.
25 Thursday
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9:00 PM HARMONIA Renaissance Poetry: Madrigals, Chansons, and Villancicos Harmonia looks at the poetry behind the most popular Renaissance vocal music from Italy, France, and Spain. Plus, Nigel North performs in a featured release of lute music by Robert Johnson.
26 Friday 8:00 PM MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ Eddie Gomez The year 2011 marks 50 years since the
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8:00 PM SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL MOSZKOWSKI—Suite for Two Violins & Piano in G Minor, Op. 71 Giora Schmidt, violin; Bella Hristova, violin; Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano HAHN—Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jennifer Gilbert, violin; Hsin-Yin Huang, viola; Peter Stumpf, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano
Austin Kness
8:00 PM HOMETOWN WITH TOM ROZNOWSKI Personal Preference 8:05 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER A Bit Of The Fool: We’ve all played the part. 9:05 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK Easy Does It There’s more to this roots music business than high-energy dance tunes. Kick back with some soothing voices (Maire Brennan, Dougie MacLean, Karen Matheson) and some free-spirited instrumentals (Davy Spillane, William Jackson, Michael McGoldrick). 11:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Returning the Call: More from the Unsung Hardbop Heroes of Chicago 1950s/60s hardbop from Windy City musicians Paul Serrano, John Gilmore, John Young and others
1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE Our final summer exploration of our archives features a program from April 1990 that highlights music of French composers. The Choir of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris sings music for the Office of Lauds, and we’ll also hear excerpts from the Solemn Mass by Louis Vierne, and Louis Marchand’s “Recitative in D,” which was our original theme music. 7:00 PM PROFILES Alice Curry
29 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA James Conlon frequently conducts the CSO as Music Director of the Ravinia Festival: for this concert he conducts the orchestra in a downtown subscription series. GOLIJOV—Sidereus (CSO cocommission in honor of Henry Fogel) SIBELIUS—Violin Concerto (Leonidas Kavakos, violin) SHOSTAKOVICH—Suite from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District STRAVINSKY—Concerto for Piano and Winds (Peter Serkin, piano; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor)
30 Tuesday 10:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Choral Music of Johann Adolph Hasse Hasse’s Mass in G Minor was written thirty years after the death of Bach. We’ll hear excerpts as well as his setting of the Te Deum.
31 Wednesday 8:00 PM LIVE! AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin Bernard Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra BRAHMS—Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH—Symphony No. 15
28 Sunday 12:00 PM HARMONIA “What do you know, Chalumeau” Harmonia explores music for the seldom heard chalumeau, a predecessor to the clarinet. Plus, we’ll “revisit” some chant from the early Maronite Christian tradition, and hear from a featured release by the Gregorian Ensemble of Notre Dame de Paris.
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10:06 PM THE RECORD SHELF A conversation with cellist Matt Haimovitz August 2011 / Directions in Sound / Page 17
In Stephen Foster: America’s Bard we’ll hear what is probably Foster’s most famous song, “Old Folks at Home” (or “Swanee River”) in an arrangement by Jascha Heifetz, performed by violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Samuel Sanders. (Sunday, August 7 at 8 p.m.) Through the years, the meaning and significance of the lyrics of “Old Folks at Home” have been interpreted in various ways, depending on the mood of the times. Here’s a selected list of those interpretations. Foster’s intended meaning (1850s): No matter how far we may travel or what sadness the world imposes on us, all our hearts ache for the best memories of childhood, the security of a family and parents (“old folks”), the familiarity of a home. Post-reconstruction era (1870s-1890s): Black Americans yearn to go back to the plantation, where they were better off. The song was performed condescendingly and with exaggerated dialect. Harry T. Burleigh and Antonin Dvořák (1890s): A “heart song” of the American people, a folk song alongside slave spirituals. W.E.B. DuBois (ca. 1900): “‘Old Folks at Home’ is legitimately considered an authentic song of the Negro race, who have adopted it to express their own emotions.” W.C. Handy (“Father of the Blues” in his autobiography, 1955): “‘Old Folks at Home,’ ‘My Old Kentucky Home,’ and ‘Old Black Joe’ helped bring about emancipation, and owe something to the ‘well of sorrow’ that gave rise to the blues.” Civil Rights Era (1950s-1960s): Any song ever associated with negative ethnic images should be eliminated. Postmodern era (1980s-1990s): A song can be interpreted both positively and negatively. “Old Folks at Home” has hundreds of meanings around the world. Page 18 / Directions in Sound / August 2011
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The Changing Interpretations of “Old Folks at Home”
Filmed live in Bloomington in June 2011, Wilderness Plots in Concert features five of Indiana’s most treasured singer-songwriters coming together to create a moving and powerful evening of entertainment. Wilderness Plots began as a book of stories by Scott Russell Sanders. These fifty brief tales trace the settlement of the Ohio Valley between the American Revolution and the Civil War, while meditating on the cost of that transformation to native people, enslaved people, wildlife, and forests. First published in 1983, the book was out of print when Tim Grimm found a copy in 2006. He read a few tales and began hearing songs. At the next meeting of a songwriters’ group, he suggested to his fellow musicians—Krista Detor, Carrie Newcomer, Tom Roznowski, and Michael White—that they browse through the stories and see if they could find songs of their own. They soon found plenty. In spring 2007 they released a Wilderness Plots album and began presenting a stage show featuring their music, with Sanders as narrator. Since then they have introduced audiences to preachers and profiteers, generals and journalists, hermits and healers, farmers and bonecollectors, lovers, liars, layabouts and other high spirited characters—the kinds of people who, in all ages, have made history. Like the richest American folklore, these tales and songs witness to life on a wild, dangerous, and glorious continent. Says Scott Sanders, “It’s about dwelling more consciously in the present by learning more deeply about the past.”
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