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April 2016 Vol. 64, No. 4
Directions in Sound (USPS314900) is published each month by the Indiana University Radio and Television Services, 1229 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 telephone: 812-855-6114 or e-mail: wfiu@indiana.edu web site: wfiu.org Periodical postage paid at Bloomington, IN POSTMASTER Send address changes to: WFIU Membership Department Radio & TV Center Indiana University 1229 East 7th Street Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 WFIU is licensed to the Trustees of Indiana University, and operated by Indiana University Radio and Television Services. Perry Metz—Executive Director, Radio and Television Services Will Murphy—Station Operations Director John Bailey—Program Director Eoban Binder—Director of Digital Media Barbara Brosher—Senior News Editor Mark Chilla—Production Director, Afterglow and Ether Game Host Annie Corrigan—Multimedia Producer/Announcer Becca Costello—Digital News Journalist Don Glass—Volunteer Producer/ A Moment of Science® Joe Goetz—Music Director George Hopstetter—Director of Engineering and Operations David Brent Johnson—Jazz Director
A Time for Renewal
Nancy Krueger—Gifts and Grants Officer Yaël Ksander—Producer/Announcer Angela Mariani—Host/Producer, Harmonia Sandra McGow—Corporate Development Representative Claire Mclnerny—StateImpact Indiana Multimedia Journalist Sarah Neal-Estes— Statewide News Manager Mia Partlow—Corporate Development Representative Michael Paskash—Radio Audio Director Adam Schwartz—Editor, Directions in Sound Brandon Smith—IPBS Statehouse Reporter Donna Stroup—Chief Financial Officer George Walker—Producer/On-Air Broadcast Director Sara Wittmeyer—WFIU/WTIU News Bureau Chief Marianne Woodruff—Corporate Development Manager Casey Zakin—Broadcast Audio Specialist Eva Zogorski—Membership Director
by Will Murphy, WFIU Station Operations Director
• Earth Eats Bloggers: Chad Bouchard, Taylor Killough • Harmonia Production Assistant: Janelle Davis • Jazz Host: William Morris • Multimedia Journalists: Sophia Saliby, James Varvek, Harrison Wagner, Lindsey Wright • Writer/Producer: Elizabeth Clark • News Journalist/Producers: Steve Burns, James Gray • Online Content Coordinator: Betsy Shepherd • Production Editors: Josh Brewer, DeShawn Tyree • Program Services Manager: LuAnn Johnson • Radio Resources Coordinator: Shayne Laughter • Met Opera Announcer: Christopher Burrus • Volunteer Producer/Hosts: Moya Andrews, Romayne Rubinas Dorsey, Wendy Gillespie, Trish Kerlé, Murray McGibbon, Patrick O’Meara, Shana Ritter, Bob Zaltsberg
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April is a time of hope and regeneration. The sun is shining again, the snow has changed to rain, and flowers are making their first forays on the new season. And at WFIU, April brings a renewed sense of purpose and mission. The WFIU Spring fund drive runs April 7 to 13th. It’s that time of year when we ask listeners, new and renewing, to help sustain the station with their generous financial support. And for the week prior, we’re having a “silent campaign,” in which we’re especially hoping to hear from listeners who have never donated before. Folks who pledge during the silent drive (March 31-April 6) will be automatically entered in a drawing for one of the three Bose Bluetooth Speakers we’ll be giving away (pledges are not required for entry in the drawing). This year is a particularly significant year to pledge support for WFIU. It was in April of 1971, 45 years ago, that NPR executive Bill Siemering first proposed the program “All Things Considered” (it went on the air on about 90 public radio stations, including WFIU, on May 3, 1971). We’ll be offering special thank-you gifts, such as a vintage 1971 NPR tote bag, or a newly-minted All Things Considered coffee mug to take you back to the first days of that special program airing on WFIU. WFIU has stayed on the air because the investments of dedicated listeners over the past 45 years. Help keep WFIU blossoming for years to come with your pledge of support. Thank you!
Michael Barone visits IU Dozens of WFIU faithful braved a February snowstorm to attend a listener reception featuring Michael Barone, host of the long-running series dedicated to the art of the pipe organ, Pipedreams. Barone emceed two concerts at IU’s Alumni Hall, which will be featured on a future Pipedreams program. Left to right: WFIU staffers Will Murphy, Nancy Krueger and Joe Goetz; former community advisory board member Janis Starcs; Barone; IU Jacobs School of Music faculty member Janette Fishell; and Jacobs Dean Emeritus Charles Webb. Listen to Pipedreams Mondays from 10 p.m. to midnight.
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Jazz Notes
Sundays at 6 p.m. April 3 – Gerould Kern Gerould Kern recently retired as senior vice president and editor of the Chicago Tribune. During his tenure he expanded local investigative reporting to expose political corruption, government mismanagement, and consumer safety issues—an emphasis that helped drive political reform in Illinois. His other accomplishments include creating a digital-first newsroom, leading the Tribune to a Pulitzer Prize, and steering the company through a four-year Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. He also directed the launch of a redesigned and expanded Tribune, adding 44 full news pages of news to the paper each week, and oversaw the redesign of the newspaper’s website. Perry Metz hosts. April 10 – Bill Siemering Bill Siemering has been a key innovator in the development of public radio. His early productions at small radio stations became the model in 1970 for the creation of National Public Radio, for which he wrote the initial statement of purpose and for whom he was its first director of programming. Under his leadership, All Things Considered was developed and Fresh Air with Terry Gross was transformed from a local to a national audience. For ten years he was a senior radio adviser for the Open Society Institute, which funds civil society initiatives in more than fifty countries. Adam Ragusea hosts. April 17 – In Memory of Five Friends On the evening of April 20, 2006, five Indiana University School of Music graduate students died in a plane crash as they returned from a rehearsal in Lafayette, Indiana. Chris Carducci, Garth Eppley, Georgina Joshi, Zachary Novak, and Robert Samels were accomplished musical performers with brilliant careers ahead of them when their lives were cut short. On the tenth anniversary of this tragic event, WFIU remembers the lives of these remarkable young people with a memorial program featuring recordings they made during their time at IU.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, culminating at the end of the month with International Jazz Day, hosted this year by President Obama at the White House. On Saturday, April 23, the IU Jacobs School of Music jazz program will inaugurate a jazz educators hall of fame. David Brent Johnson will celebrate both of these events on the newly-expanded Kurt Elling Just You and Me, which now begins at 3 p.m. each weekday. This month on Afterglow tune in Friday evening at 8 for programs about Kurt Elling (who’s performing in Bloomington), the pre-rock ’n’ roll music of Louis Jordan and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a sequel to “The Great French Songbook.”
Last Chapter for The Radio Reader Last month we closed the book on one of the longest-running programs on WFIU. Dick Estell, better known as the “Radio Reader,” hung up the microphone after more than five decades of reading works of fiction and non-fiction on the air.
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Profiles
April 24 – Michael Barone J. Michael Barone has been involved with the pipe organ for more than 50 years. As host and senior executive producer of Pipedreams, he is recognized nationally for his contributions to the world of organ music. He formerly served as host for broadcasts of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and for 25 years he served as classical music director for Minnesota Public Radio. Barone was a consultant to pipe organ installations at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and has served as a program consultant to the organ series at the Kimmel Center. He is an inductee of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. Charles Webb hosts.
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Dick Estell
At the time of this writing, Dick was in his 90th year and in failing health. This led him to make what he called a “heartbreaking decision” to end the program. The departure of The Radio Reader from our schedule left us an extra half-hour from Monday to Friday mornings at 11:30. We’ve filled that by extending Classical Music with George Walker to noon, and by extending Just You and Me to a two-hour program that now begins at 3 p.m. April 2016 / Directions in Sound / Page 3
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Key to abbreviations
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. Some programs, however, do not provide us with information about their content. We include the titles of those programs as a convenience. When we receive no program information for a given day, the day will not appear in the listings. For a complete list of WFIU’s schedule, see the program grid on pages 8 and 9.
3 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Mortality Is death a disease that can be cured? In this episode, we search for the fountain of youth through personal stories of witnessing death—the death of a cell, the death of a loved one, and the aging of a society. 6:00 PM PROFILES Retired Chicago Tribute editor Gerould Kern. Perry Metz hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Alan Gilbert conducts Heidi Melton, soprano Eric Owens, bass-baritone SIBELIUS: En Saga STRAUSS: “Ruhe, meine Seele,” Op. 27, No. 1 “Cäcilie,” Op. 27, No. 2 “Pilgers Morgenlied”
George Lewis
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1 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Kurt Elling – Dedicated to You Mark Chilla showcases Kurt Elling’s 2009 Grammy-award-winning live album Dedicated to You. The album was a tribute to the classic 1963 album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, which he’ll also highlight on this episode. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Durable Kenny Dorham David Brent Johnson looks at the trumpeter’s career spanning his recordings with Charlie Parker in the 1940s to his collaborations with Joe Henderson in the 1960s.
2 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA PUCCINI—Madama Butterfly Anthony Minghella's breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. Kristine Opolais reprises her acclaimed portrayal of the title role, opposite Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton, the naval officer who breaks Butterfly's heart. Ana María Martínez, Latonia Moore, Roberto De Biasio, and Gwyn Hughes Jones star in a second set of performances. Karel Mark Chichon conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Springtime According to the late Robin Williams: “Spring is nature’s way of saying: ‘Let’s party!’” This week’s folktale is headed to spring—as host Julia Meek leaves winter’s remnants far behind, and jumps into seasonal celebrations all around the musical globe.
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Afterword, an opera about the AACM by longtime member and celebrated composer George Lewis. Seth Boustead chats with Lewis about the piece, the AACM, and plays music by other AACM composers.
Heidi Melton
4 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Salonen Conducts Sibelius CLYNE: <<rewind<< BARTÓK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin SIBELIUS: Four Legends from the Kalevala SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7 MOZART: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS On a Spring Note As seasons come and go, who is not filled with a sense of joyous celebration at the coming of spring?
5 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Bon Appetit Ether Game sets out a musical banquet this week, as we explore music inspired by food. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Best of Sounds Choral A program selected by Marjorie Herman from the Sounds Choral archives. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES AACM at 50 Chicago’s storied Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has provided a unique place for musicians of all kinds to create unique and stunning new creations. Last year AACM turned 50 and we’ll celebrate with performances of
8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Paavo Jarvi conducts Midori, violin TUUR: Aditus SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77 BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL The Art of Oleg Kagan, violinist – Program 2 VIERU: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orch. (Natalia Gutman; Vieru, cond; Olympia OCD 409 SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Con 1. (Lazarev, USSR State) Live Classics LCL 105 SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Sonata (Richter) Olympia OCD 579 SZYMANOWSKI: Myths (Vladimir Skanavi, piano) Live Classics LCL 192 SHOSTAKOVICH: Polka. (Skanavi) Live Classics LCL 192
7 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER BARTÓK: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano Erin Keefe, violin; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Gilles Vonsattel, piano DVOŘÁK: Quintet in E-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 97 Erin Keefe, Lily Francis, violins; Paul Neubauer, Beth Guterman, violas; David Finckel, cello 10:00 PM FIESTA! Smiles and Tears Humor in music is fun to do, but it is not easy to pull off. This week we have a few great examples that even Mozart would laugh along with. Starting with Paquito D’Rivera’s rendition of the Mozart clarinet concerto and ending with catching a musical disease.
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8 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Count Basie and the Singers On this Fund Drive program, Mark Chilla explores pairings of singers with Count Basie’s big band.
HINDEMITH: Concert Music for Brass and String Orchestra PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Felix Broede
9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Randy Weston Songbook The music of pianist Randy Weston, performed by Weston himself and others such as Gigi Gryce, Betty Carter, and Booker Ervin.
9 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA VERDI—Simon Boccanegra The legendary pair of James Levine and Plácido Domingo have defined Verdi’s art for more than four decades. They demonstrate their mastery with this remarkable character study of the wise Doge forced to confront his past. The spectacular cast includes tenor Joseph Calleja and another legend, bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, as Boccanegra’s rival, Fiesco. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Community Support It’s fundraising time in our folkworld, and we’re saying hats off to you, our public radio family, with this special Folktale of Community Support! According to Orson Scott Card, “Every person is defined by the communities he or she belongs to.” In the pub radio world, that’s a mighty powerful observation, one we’re proudly tracking around the musical globe! Please join us— and thanks for your support!
10 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Space In the 1960s, space exploration was an American obsession. This hour, we chart the path from romance to increasing cynicism. We begin with Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan, and a story about the Voyager expedition, true love, and a golden record that travels through space. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the Copernican Principle, and just how insignificant we are. 6:00 PM PROFILES Public radio pioneer William Siemering. Adam Ragusea hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK James Gaffigan conducts Jeffrey Kahane, piano BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 ANDREW NORMAN: Split (WorldPremiere) STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
11 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Riccardo Muti and Leif Ove Andsnes BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 (Leif Ove Andsnes, piano)
Leif Ove Andsnes
10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Brass Tracks Whether with a single trumpet or in the context of a full brass ensemble or band, the pipe organ will prevail.
12 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Rossini Remixed Tune in to Ether Game for a variety of fun, creative, and downright silly selections. You may have heard the classics, but never like this this! 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Best of Sounds Choral A program selected by Marjorie Herman from the Sounds Choral archives. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Musical Chiaroscuro Literally “light-dark,” chiaroscuro in art is the creation of depth through the play of light and shadow. This artistic technique has inspired legions of composers to try to create the same contrasts in music through timbral shadings and instrumental colors. Seth Boustead hosts.
13 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Thielemann conducts Maurizio Pollini, piano SCHUMANN: Overture to Genoveva, Op. 81 CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 REIMANN: Seven Fragments for Orchestra in memory of Robert Schumann STRAUSS: Four Symphonic Interludes, from Intermezzo, OP. 72 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Three Male Singers Who Should Have Had Bigger Met Careers: Igor Gorin, Pavel Lisitsian, and Norman Treigle
14 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER MAHLER: Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello
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Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello BRAHMS: Quintet in F minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34 Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Danish String Quartet 10:00 PM FIESTA! Memories from Sefarad Sefarad is the name the Spanish Jews gave to that land, thence their denomination as Sephardic people. Over several hundred years many Sephardies migrated to the Americas, especially Mexico, America, Argentina and Uruguay. Now, a strong Sephardic community lives in Israel too. Elbio Barilari pays a new visit to this tradition.
15 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Clifford Brown and the Singers In a five-month period at the end of 1954, trumpeter Clifford Brown, the 23-year old phenom, recorded three sessions with three of the best singers of his day: Dinah Washington, Helen Merrill, and Sarah Vaughan. Mark Chilla features those three albums on this episode. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Jivin’ with the DJs Jazz odes to Symphony Sid Torin, Oscar Treadwell, and other DJs, from Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Illinois Jacquet, and others.
16 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA DONIZETTI—Roberto Devereux Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queen operas in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills—and not attempted on a New York stage since. In this climactic opera of the trilogy, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves, Roberto Devereux. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Devereux, and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete the principal quartet in the bel canto masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti specialist Maurizio Benini.
Sondra Radvanovsky
10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Revenge Homer claimed that revenge “is sweeter far than flowing honey.” On this edition of Folktales, Julia Meek walks the path of retaliation to test that hypothesis. With music and wise words from the Americas, Europe, Africa and the South Pacific, she invites you to listen and decide for yourself. April 2016 / Directions in Sound / Page 7
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11:00 AM RADIOLAB Cities There’s no scientific metric for measuring a city’s personality. But step out on the sidewalk, and you can see and feel it. This hour, we talk to two physicists who explain one tidy mathematical formula that they believe holds the key to what drives a city. Yet math can’t explain most of the human-scale details that make urban life unique. So we head out in search of what the numbers miss, and meet a reluctant city dweller, a man who’s walked 700 feet below Manhattan, and a oncethriving community that’s slipping away.
8:00 PM LIVE BROADCAST: BEETHOVEN IN BLOOMINGTON Guest conductor Carl St. Clair leads the IU Philharmonic Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 live from the Musical Arts Center at Indiana University. The concert marks the tenth anniversary of the plane crash in which five music school students perished, and the first performance at IU of Beethoven’s masterpiece since the tragedy. WFIU Music Director Joe Goetz hosts.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Charles Dutoit conducts Yuja Wang, piano MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 RESPIGHI: Roman Festivals RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
23 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA VERDI—Otello Director Bartlett Sher’s new production of Verdi’s masterful Otello returns for a second run with Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title role and Željko Lučić as Iago reprising their performances. Hibla Gerzmava joins the cast as Desdemona, and Adam Fischer conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Going Nowhere “A million miles from nowhere, is better than going nowhere, a million times.” That’s Anthony Liccione’s take on a stalled state of living. If you’re stuck in a rut, this is a folktale to get you kick started along your way, in the most compelling of musical traditions.
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18 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Muti conducts Tchaikovsky and Debussy BERLIOZ: Waverley Overture DEBUSSY: La mer TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS The Winds of Aeolus A visit with audio producer Christoph Frommen to sample some of his recent projects.
19 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Down on the Farm Ether Game explores music about, for, and by animals. Well, maybe not music by animals, but no doubt your furry, scaly, or feathered friend will want to join you for this week’s episode, as we explore the music of the barnyard. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Best of Sounds Choral A program selected by Marjorie Herman from the Sounds Choral archives. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES New Releases Composer Phil Kline sits down with host Seth Boustead to discuss music that’s hot off the presses.
Carl St. Clair
10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL A potpourri of Henry Fogel’s favorites to celebrate his 1,000th program.
21 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER PROKOFIEV: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 Ani and Ida Kavafian Janáček Quartet No. 1, “The Kreutzer Sonata” Prazak Quartet PROKOFIEV: Quintet in G minor for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Bass, Op. 39 Stephen Taylor, oboe; David Shifrin, clarinet, Susie Park, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; DaXun Zhang, double bass 10:00 PM FIESTA! Colonial Music from Perú Once one of the richest regions on Earth, the Viceroyalty of Perú was one of the key components of the Spanish Empire. Music started to be printed and published there, for the first time on this side of the Atlantic.
11:00 AM RADIOLAB K-pop + Gary Hart First, we peer back at the moment when poking into the private lives of political figures became standard practice in the American media. Then, we travel to South Korea where first-ever paparazzi photos turned the world of K-pop upside down and introduced sort of a puzzle: How much do you really want to know about the people you idolize? 6:00 PM PROFILES Pipedreams host Michael Barone. Charles Webb hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK David Robertson conducts Leonidas Kavakos, violin IVES/SCHUMAN: Variations on “America” BARBER: Violin Concerto John ADAMS: Harmonielehre
25 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Riccardo Muti conducts Bolero CHABRIER: España GINASTERA: Harp Concerto (Xavier de Maistre, harp) CHARPENTIER: Impressions d’Italie RAVEL: Bolero STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird
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Phil Kline
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9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Histories of Jazz David Brent Johnson looks at some of the many efforts to tell the history of jazz in a single, extended musical collage.
Marco Borggreve
8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Louis Jordan and Sister Rosetta Tharpe Mark Chilla turns the spotlight on two pre-rock ’n’ roll artists, who both blended elements of jazz, R&B, and soul: Louis Jordan and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Xavier de Maistre
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10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS A Houston Organ Prelude A sampler of some of the instruments to be featured in June during the 2016 American Guild of Organists National Convention.
26 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME How Green was My Valley Ether Game goes green this week as we celebrate Earth Day. Join us as we explore all the natural wonders of this cool planet called Earth. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Best of Sounds Choral A program selected by Marjorie Herman from the Sounds Choral archives. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Letters from Ukraine Relevant Tones has been carrying on a correspondence with several musicians in this war-torn region, where making music has recently been a challenge. Seth Boustead shares their stories and features chamber and orchestral works by composers determined to carry on.
27 Wednesday
28 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER SAINT-SAËNS: Sonata No. 1 in C minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 32 Gary Hoffman, cello; David Selig, piano FAURÉ: Quartet No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15 Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Colin Carr, cello 10:00 PM FIESTA! Latin American Piano The history of Latin American piano starts in the 18th century, shows brilliant accomplishments in the 19th century, and shines throughout the 20th and into the 21st century. Elbio Barilari visits piano marvels by Camargo Guarnieri, Francisco Mignone, and Leonardo Balada.
29 Friday
9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Ellington Ending In the last years of his life, and no longer with the services of longtime writing partner Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington continued to compose memorable music. David Brent Johnson talks with historian Michael McGerr about Ellington’s late period works and years.
30 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA R. STRAUSS—Elektra Soprano Nina Stemme, unmatched today in the heroic female roles of Strauss and Wagner, portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance for the murder of her father, Agamemnon. Mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother, Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bassbaritone Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled siblings. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Strauss’s mighty take on Greek myth.
8:00 PM AFTERGLOW The Great French Songbook, Part 2 A follow-up to last month’s look at France’s contributions to the Great “American” Songbook. Mark Chilla explores more French jazz standards, sung by Blossom Dearie, Stacey Kent, Madeleine Peyroux, and others. Kristian Schuller/Metropolitan Opera
8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Houston Symphony Andres Orozco-Estrada conducts Kirill Gerstein, piano SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10
Nina Stemme
10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Financial Affairs According to 19th-century banker M.W. Harrison: “The waste of money cures itself, for soon there is no more to waste.” This week, Julia Meek chases the almighty dollar (or a mark, a yen, a buck or a pound) around the musical globe. Marco Borggreve
Madeleine Peyroux
Kirill Gerstein
10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Music of Giovanni Sgambati – Program 1 Piano Concerto in g (Bolet, Cox, Nürnburg Symphony) Genesis GCD106 Cola di Rienzo Ov. (La Vecchia, Rome Sym) Naxos 8.537007 Symphony No. 1 (La Vecchia, Rome Sym) Naxos 8.537007 Solo Piano Music (Spada) Arts 47770-2
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Jackie Robinson Monday and Tuesday April 11-12 at 9 p.m. Jackie Robinson is a new two-part, four-hour Ken Burns documentary that chronicles Robinson’s life and times, breaking of baseball’s color barrier, and lifelong fight for equality on and off the field. The film includes interviews with President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Harry Belafonte, Tom Brokaw, and others, who reflect on Robinson’s legacy.
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Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia, Robinson challenged institutional racism even as a teenager, when he demanded service at a lunch counter and refused to sit in the segregated balcony of a movie theater. In the spring of 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey signed Robinson to a major league contract. To help ensure the success of their endeavor, Robinson agreed to ignore the threats and abuse that Rickey assured him he would face. Robinson kept his word, remaining silent while he dazzled fans with his
brilliant play and helped lead the Dodgers to the National League pennant. By the end of the year, he was the most famous black man in the country and second only to Bing Crosby as the most popular American. In 1949, Robinson started to speak out—to players, umpires, and the press— while playing some of the best baseball of his career. His outspokenness drew criticism from the league, the press, and even from black fans and players. After baseball, Robinson continued to use his fame to elevate the civil rights movement. Jackie Robinson is also a warm portrait of a devoted husband and father, featuring extensive interviews with Robinson’s widow, Rachel, and their surviving children Sharon and David.
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