August 2017
SATURDAY MORNINGS: CHOOSE YOUR PROGRAM!
Ophira Eisenberg
Sam Sanders
Ailsa Chang
Guy Raz
August 2017
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Tell Us: How Should Saturdays Sound? by John Bailey, WFIU Station Operations Director Tom and Ray Magliozzi—also known as Click and Clack, the Car Talk brothers—will be pulling away in their Dodge Dart for the last time on WFIU at the end of September. What program would you like to replace it on Saturdays 10 to 11 a.m.? Here are some options: Ask Me Another Recorded live in New York, this is NPR’s blend of brainteasers, pub trivia, comedy, and music, hosted by standup comic and writer Ophira Eisenberg. It’s like game night with your friends, only on your radio. We am currently bring you this program nt eda V r Shanka Saturday afternoons at 2 on WFIU2. Hidden Brain Does the way you park your car say something important about you? Can hidden biases keep people from finding interesting jobs? NPR’s science correspondent Shankar Vedantam brings you knowledge from social science to explore life’s unseen patterns. Science has never been so surprising, fascinating, and fun. It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders Each week Sam Sanders spends an hour in conversation with journalists, newsmakers, and listeners about news, popular culture, and the Internet—about all subjects, with equal vigor and interest. Planet Money and How I Built This These two popular podcasts are paired into an hour-long radio program. Planet Money explains the economy with playful storytelling and roll-up-your-sleeves journalism. Guy Raz hosts How I Built This, where innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists take us through the challenging journeys they took to build their now iconic companies. Profiles This staple of WFIU’s lineup, currently airing Sunday evenings at 6, has just been rebooted. It’s now a magazine program along the lines of Fresh Air, featuring long-form interviews, poetry, fiction, commentary, and sound-rich features from our Arts Desk. And finally: another possibility is an extra hour of Weekend Edition Saturday at 10. Which of these programs would make for the best weekend company? Which would you rather not hear? Sample NPR’s new offerings at npr.org, then let us know by taking our survey before August 10 at surveymonkey. com/r/BY9TYNT.
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We hope you’re enjoying the new format of Profiles that began last month. Profiles is now a radio magazine, with interviews, opinion, feature stories, fiction, poetry, and other elements. The heart of the program is still in-depth interviews with the most fascinating people from south-central Indiana and around the world—both new conversations and ones drawn from our extensive archives.
If August is infamous for its long, hot dog days, what better time to be a jazz cat? Enjoy the cool musical breezes heard every weekday afternoon on Just You and Me from 3 to 5 p.m., with new and classic jazz, live recordings, Indiana artists, and more. Guests on Just You and Me this month include pianist Craig Brenner, who’ll be
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Yaël Ksander speaks with author Scott Russell Sanders and photographer Jeff Wolin on the occasion of a new edition of their book Stone Country: Then and Now, which explores Indiana’s two-century-old limestone industry. Sanders is the author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including Hunting for Hope, Earth Works, and Divine Animal.
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August 13 – Comedian Joe Wong Joe Wong is a Chinese American comedian who has appeared several times on the Late Show with David Letterman. He has headlined the annual dinner hosted by the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association, and he placed first in the Third Annual Great American Comedy Festival. In 2013, he moved back to China, where he hosts television shows, such as the myth busting program Is It True? for China Central Television. Will Murphy hosts. August 20 – Lyndal Roper Lyndal Roper is an Australian historian and academic. The first woman to hold the prestigious Regius Chair of History at Oxford University, she is one of the most respected scholars of early modern history on both sides of the Atlantic. Her books include Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany, The Witch in the Western Imagination, and The Holy Household: Women and Morals in Reformation Augsburg. Mark Roseman hosts. August 26 – Hobie Billingsley Hobart Sherwood Billingsley is considered to be one of the most influential figures in the history of diving. Billingsley was Indiana University’s diving coach from 1959 to 1989, during which time he helped produce 132 International Olympic and National Champions. Previously an All-American diver, he founded the World Diving Coaches Association and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was the subject of the documentary film Hobie’s Heroes and is author of Challenge: How to Succeed Beyond Your Dreams. Peter Andersen hosts.
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stopping by on Thursday, August 10 to talk with David Brent Johnson about the popular Bloomington Boogies festival. Guitarist Charlie Ballantine, who’ll be doing a live in-studio performance with his quartet, will follow. Writer Shana Ritter will be a guest on Wednesday, August 9 to talk about an upcoming jazz benefit for Foundation for Autism Resources. As always, Brother William Morris steps in on Fridays to give us some down-home cooking straight from the “Soul Kitchen” edition of Just You and Me. Our Friday-night jazz programming always begins at 8 p.m. with Afterglow. This month, host Mark Chilla explores the postwar musical theater songs of Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein, the recordings of singer Astrud Gilberto, classical melodies that have been turned into popular-song standards, and songs for the evening. Night Lights follows at 9 with shows devoted to Louis Armstrong’s late 1940s/50s era, bassist Jaco Pastorius, French pianist Martial Solal, and the bigband recordings of saxophonist Charlie Parker. Stick around at 10 for The Jazz Network, which keeps the jazz going until 2 a.m. The Jazz Network also airs on Saturday evenings beginning at midnight, preceded by William Morris’ Saturdaynight edition of The Soul Kitchen.
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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; fr, from; 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 4 and 5.
1 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Tickle the Ivories Ether Game has 88 reasons why you should listen to this keyboard-themed show this week. Mark Chilla is your host. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Composers Among Us: Angélica Negrón Puerto Rican-born composer and multiinstrumentalist Angélica Negrón writes music for accordions, toys, and electronics as well as for chamber ensembles and orchestras. Her works Bubblegum Grass Peppermint Field and They Swim Under My Bed are as whimsical as their names suggest. Join Seth Boustead in this latest installment of his Composers Among Us series.
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4 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Sondheim and Bernstein Mark Chilla turns the spotlight on two of the most innovative figures in postwar musical theater: Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein. We’ll hear their songs, including “Lonely Town” and “Send in the Clowns,” performed by Tony Bennett, Kurt Elling, Sarah Vaughan, and others. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS It’s All in the Game: Louis Armstrong 194757 A look at Louis Armstrong’s life and music in the years following World War II. David Brent Johnson interviews jazz writer Dan Morgenstern (whose notes on Armstrong for a box set won a Grammy) and historian Michael McGerr.
5 Saturday 1:00 PM LA OPERA OFFENBACH—The Tales of Hoffman The sensational Vittorio Grigolo returns to LA Opera as poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, whose boozy recollections of the women he has loved and lost set the plot in motion. The cast also features Kate Aldrich, Kate Lindsey, and superstar Diana Damrau in her company debut. Marta Domingo’s staging captures the half-remembered, half-fantasy dreamworld of Offenbach’s final masterpiece. Performed in French.
8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST From the 2017 BBC Proms Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
3 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Two Pianos/Four Hands ARENSKY: Silhouettes, Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 23 (1892) Alessio Bax, Wu Qian, piano BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 19 (1918-19) Juho Pohjonen, Orion Weiss, piano Page 6 / August 2017
LUTOSŁAWSKI: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos (1941) Wu Qian, Juho Pohjonen, piano 9:00 PM HARMONIA The Other Guy What if your name was famous, but your work wasn’t? For those composers who share names with their more glorified relations, it’s all too easy to fade into the shadows. This week on Harmonia, we’re devoting a full hour to the also-rans: the Bachs who weren’t Johann Sebastian, the Purcells who weren’t Henry. Plus a featured release of music from the Spanish Renaissance. Angela Mariani hosts. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Chôros No. 11, Part 1 The gargantuan Chôros No. 11 by Heitor Villa-Lobos is one of the most ambitious works ever written for the combination of piano and orchestra. Listen to this monument of music together with other inspiring pieces by the Brazilian master. Elbio Barilari hosts.
6 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Lucy Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We’re all great apes, but that doesn’t mean we’re one happy family. This hour, stories of trying to live together. Is cross-species co-habitation an
utterly stupid idea? Or might it be our one last hope as more and more humans fill up the planet? A chimp named Lucy teaches us the ups and downs of growing up human, and a visit to The Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa highlights some of the basics of bonobo culture (be careful, they bite). 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of the Wheel of Fortune As they say in China, “The winds of Heaven change suddenly, so do human fortunes.” That’s an intriguing twist of fate Julia Meek investigates this week, with musical support of the premise from North America, Europe, India and Africa. 6:00 PM PROFILES Author Scott Russell Sanders and photographer Jeffrey A. Wolin. Yaël Ksander hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Vladimir Jurowski conducts Nicola Benedetti, violin SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV: Selections from Cinderella
7 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Sir Mark Elder conducts Mozart Ives: Symphony No. 2 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 (Richard Goode, piano) STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 MOZART: Concerto for Two Pianos (Emanuel Ax, Benjamin Hochman, Orli Shaham, and Orion Weiss, pianos; David Robertson, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS At the Sydney Town Hall Resident musician Robert Ampt introduces us to the most famous historic organ in the southern hemisphere. Michael Barone hosts. JOSEPH BONNET: Concert Variations, Op. 1 SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: O welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 65, no. 22 JOHANN HUMMEL: Prelude & Fugue in c WILLIAM LOVELOCK: Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra LEO SOWERBY: A Joyous March PERCY WHITLOCK: Canzona, fr Sonata in c ALFRED HOLLINS: A Trumpet Minuet JEAN LANGLAIS: Concerto No. 3 for Organ, Strings and Timpani (Réaction) GEORGE THALBEN-BALL: Poeme & Toccata Beorma
8 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Sibling Rivalry The Ether Game Brain Trust keeps it all in the family this week, exploring musical flesh and blood. Mark Chilla sits at the head of the table. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Going Solo There is perhaps no more intimate connection in music than when a composer
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writes a solo piece specifically for a gifted performer, crafting the piece for the player’s strengths and musical tastes. Seth Boustead talks with several performers about solo works that have been written for them and features performances of the pieces recorded live in our studio.
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST From the 2017 BBC Proms BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thomas Sondergard, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin SHOSTAKOVICH: October SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
10 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER American Program BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost from Three Rags for String Quartet (1989) Escher Quartet Tsontakis: KnickKnacks for Violin and Viola (2000) Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola FINE: Partita for Wind Quintet Ransom Wilson, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; William Purvis, horn JALBERT: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1998) Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Susie Park, violin; Julie Albers, cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA The Humble Hurdy-Gurdy Since the 11th century, the hum of droning strings and the dancing melodies that spin forth from the hurdy-gurdy have made it a popular folk instrument for both solo and ensemble playing. During the 18th century, it became a popular chamber music instrument, with its rustic sound often meant to invoke a pastoral scene. Join Angela Mariani as she explores the art of the humble hurdy-gurdy. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Chôros No. 11, Part 2 Listen to the second half of this monument of music along with other inspiring pieces by Brazilian master Heitor Villa-Lobos. Elbio Barilari hosts.
11 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW The Girl from Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto In 1964, Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto went from unknown to superstar nearly overnight, with her crossover hit “The Girl from Ipanema.” We’ll hear her songs and some more bossa nova tunes sung by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and others. Mark Chilla hosts.
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9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Greatest Bass Player in the World: Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius transformed the sound of the bass in jazz during his relatively brief career as both a leader and a member of Weather Report. Bassist Jeremy Allen joins David Brent Johnson to discuss Pastorius’ significance.
12 Saturday 1:00 PM LA OPERA ROSSINI—The Barber of Seville Dashing Count Almaviva has lost his heart to the spunky Rosina, whose doddering guardian is determined to marry her himself. It’s Figaro to the rescue, as the resourceful barber conjures up strategies to unite the young lovers. A topnotch cast sails through the score’s bel canto glories, thrilling the audience as characters that are just as vivid today as when they first took the stage. Rossini’s musical wit glints through every scene of this delicious comedy, one of the most playful and popular in the operatic repertoire. Performed in Italian. James Conlon conducts.
13 Sunday 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Ballads According to Maya Angelou, “There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.” We feel the same way, and we have an hour of musical offerings we must get out of our system, from all around the story telling world. Julia Meek hosts. 6:00 PM PROFILES Comedian Joe Wong. Will Murphy hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Manfred Honeck conducts Liang Wang, oboe BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasan
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8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Riccardo Muti and Mitsuko Uchida ROSSINI: Overture to La scala di seta BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (Mitsuko Uchida, piano) S. ADAMS: many words of love SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 CATALANI: Contemplazione 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Toccata, Again! Whether fiery demonstrations of tactile agility or thoughtful meditations on cosmic principals, this genre provides a touchstone for the organist’s art. Michael Barone hosts. WILLIAM WOLSTENHOLME: Toccata in B-flat BASIL HARWOOD: Toccata, Op. 49 AURELIO BONELLI: Toccata Athalanta JOHN LAMBERT: Echo Toccata GUY BOVET: Toccata (1963) HERMANN SCHROEDER: Toccata in c, Op. 5 FRANCIS JACKSON: Toccata in b JOSEPH JONGEN: Toccata in D-flat, Op. 104 ROBERT PRIZEMAN: Toccata (Song of Praise) GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Toccata No. 9 (Book 2) BONAVENTURA SOMMA: Toccata J. S. BACH: Toccata in c, BWV 911 CHRISTOPHER MAXIM: Toccata Nuptiale ACHILLE PHILIP: Toccata & Fugue in a
15 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Spread Your Wings It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Ether Game! We take flight this week with a show that will set you aloft. Mark Chilla hosts. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Activist Music We live in a charged political environment and though music is often seen as an escape, many composers have chosen to use their work to make a statement. From Ted Hearne’s piece The Source, based on the story of Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army private who infamously leaked classified military documents to WikiLeaks, to David T. Little’s operas about modern warfare and Bright Sheng’s music about the Cultural Revolution, Seth Boustead features several composers who are speaking out.
16 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST From the 2017 BBC Proms BBC Philharmonic Mark Wigglesworth conducts Stephen Hough, piano BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 DAVID SAWER: The Greatest Happiness Principle HAYDN: Symphony No. 99 August 2017 / Page 7
17 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Britten and Dvořák (on the death of children) BRITTEN: Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac for Countertenor, Tenor, and Piano, Op. 51 Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Anthony Griffey, tenor; Gloria Chien, piano DVOŘÁK: Trio in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 26 Gloria Chien, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Nicolas Altstaedt, cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA A Conversation with Mark Cudek Angela Mariani speaks with veteran early music performer Mark Cudek about his career and his work as the artistic director of the Indianapolis Early Music Festival. In addition, we hear music from the 2017 festival. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Superstring Theory Elbio Barilari showcases music for string quartet and string instruments in different combinations. He will highlight some of Latin America’s most important and influential composers. Enjoy the vitality and beauty of rarely heard Latin American and Spanish string music.
18 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Full Moon and Empty Arms: The Classical American Songbook Many great pop songs from the Great American Songbooks have their origin in tunes by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, or Ravel. Mark Chilla looks at classical melodies turned into standards, including songs like “Full Moon and Empty Arms,” “Lover, Come Back to Me,” and “Baubles, Bangles, and Beads.” 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Martial Solal: The Early Years David Brent Johnson presents 1950s and early ’60s recordings by the French pianist.
19 Saturday 1:00 PM LA OPERA MOZART—The Marriage of Figaro The wily barber and part-time matchmaker Figaro (Roberto Tagliavini) has finally fallen in love, but, like everything else in his life, it’s complicated. On the eve of Figaro’s marriage to Susanna (Pretty Yende), the wandering eye of Count Almaviva (Ryan McKinny) has landed on the lovely brideto-be. From the breathless opening notes of the overture to the touching final curtain, Mozart’s comic masterpiece under the baton of James Conlon brilliantly bucks the conventions of his time to deliver an ageless message of love and forgiveness. Performed in Italian. Page 8 / August 2017
Roberto Tagliavini as Figaro and Pretty Yende as Susanna
20 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Bliss We live our lives at human speed, experiencing and interacting with the world on a human time scale. But this hour, we put ourselves through the paces, peek inside a microsecond, and master the fastest thing in the universe. We take a look at the longest running science experiment in history, and team up with NPR’s Planet Money to try to wrap our heads around the speed of high frequency trading. 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Summertime In French folkworlds, it’s agreed that “A summer’s sun is worth the having.” Whether or not you agree, that’s the season of the day, and the spirit Julia Meek celebrates this week in the finest of musical traditions. 6:00 PM PROFILES Australian historian and academic Lyndal Roper. Mark Roseman hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Jaap van Zweden conducts Cheryl Staples, violin Cynthia Phelps, viola MOZART: Sinfonia concertante, K.364/320d SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes of Carl Maria von Weber BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis, Op. 123
21 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Jaap van Zweden conducts Beethoven/ Goerne sings Strauss Schubert/Strauss: Various Songs BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 BACH: Concerto for Two Violins (Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh, violins) ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture (Vasily Petrenko, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Summer Music Michael Barone offers you melodies and evocations from around the world in this season of universal pleasure.
MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture MICHEL LeGRAND: Summer Me, Winter Me GEORGE GERSHWIN: Summertime, fr Porgy and Bess NILS LINDBERG: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? MAURI VIITALA: Canon, Partita and Fugue on Sen Suven Suloisuutta/The Sweetness of the Summer LEROY ANDERSON: Summer Skies PAUL WEBSTER: The green leaves of summer SONNY BURKE: Midnight Sun STEPHEN SONDHEIM: Send in the clowns, fr A Little Night Music DUDLEY BUCK: Variations on The Last Rose of Summer VICTOR HERBERT: Indian Summer PETER MATHEWS: Last Song of Summer (1986) SVEN-INGVART MIKKELSEN: Summer Fantasy MENDELSSOHN: Bridal March, fr A Midsummer Night’s Dream
22 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME This Week in Music History Every week in music history is interesting, but what about this week in August? Ether Game explores the week that was. Mark Chilla hosts. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Late Night at National Sawdust Seth Boustead teams up again with Open G Records and Access Contemporary Music to present the third in his quarterly live broadcast at Brooklyn’s hottest new venue National Sawdust.
23 Wednesday
8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST From the 2017 BBC Proms Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Järvi, conductor Vilde Frang, violin Lawrence Power, viola ERKKI-SVEN TUUR: Flamma MOZART: Sinfonia concertante BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
24 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER ZEMLINSKY: Quartet No. 3 for Strings, Op. 19 (1924) Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello) BERG: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913) Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano SCHOENBERG: Kammersymphonie, arranged for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello,
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and Piano, Op. 9 (arr. Webern) (1906, arr. 1922-23) Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Kristin Lee, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Gilbert Kalish, piano 9:00 PM HARMONIA Music of Mondonville Although well known in his day, the music of French baroque composer Jean-Joseph de Mondonville has mostly been forgotten. Join Angela Mariani as she explores the music of a man who enjoyed fame, fortune, and the patronage of one of Louis XV’s most important mistresses, Madame de Pompadour.
25 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Round Midnight: Songs for the Evening This week, a little night music. Mark Chilla explores songs for the nighttime, including “In the Still of the Night,” “Midnight Sun,” and “You and the Night and the Music,” sung by jazz’s great singers. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Big Band Bird: Charlie Parker with the Big Bands Saxophonist Charlie Parker is renowned for his small-group recordings, but he also was captured a number of times in largeensemble settings. This program features him with Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Machito, on dates under his own name, and more. David Brent Johnson hosts. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Music from Cuba As one of the jewels of the Spanish empire, the island of Cuba developed strong cultural traditions. Havana and other towns boasted a rich music life centered on the cathedrals, churches, and convents. From the 18thcentury Esteban Salas, to living composers such as Leo Brouwer, Paquito D’Rivera, and Tania León, Cuba has been one of the powerhouses of music in the Americas. Elbio Barilari hosts.
26 Saturday 1:00 PM LA OPERA CORIGLIANO—The Ghosts of Versailles Extravagantly scaled, gloriously tuneful, supremely touching, and yet uproariously entertaining, this grand opera buffa turns history on its head as love attempts to alter the course of destiny. Marie Antoinette: Patricia Racette, Beaumarchais: Christopher Maltman, Louis XVI: Kristinn Sigmundsson, Figaro: Lucas Meachem, Rosina (Countess Almaviva): Guanqun Yu, Susanna: Lucy Schaufer. Performed in English. James Conlon conducts.
27 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Wild Things
What does conservation really means in the 21st century? This hour we follow two different stories of people making decisions that seem controversial on the outside, but claim to be for the greater good. 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Happiness This week we put on a happy face, grabbing a supply of wise words, and tracking a wide and wonderful world of felicitous music around the globe, just to make you smile. Our stops include the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and beyond. Julia Meek hosts. 6:00 PM PROFILES IU diving coach Hobie Billingsley. Peter Andersen hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Jaap van Zweden conducts Hilary Hahn, violin WAGENAAR: Cyrano de Bergerac Overture KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
28 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Esa-Pekka Salonen and Leila Josefowicz DEBUSSY: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun ADAMS: Scheherazade.2 STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome (Manfred Honeck, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Concert Pieces Michael Barone offers a special segment of the repertoire dedicated to the display of a performer’s skill and an instrument’s resources. ALFRED HOLLINS: Concert Overture in C CHARLES HARRISS: Concert Satz (1903) FLOR PEETERS: Concert Piece, Op. 52a OSKAR LINDBERG: Konsertfantasie (1914) FELIX BOROWSKI: Allegro de Concert (1915) JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH: Concert Piece N. 3 in F for Organ and Strings PAUL CHRISTIAAN van WESTERING: Suite de Concert (Introduction, Menuet, Meditation, Rondeau) JOSEPH BONNET: Etude de Concert, Op. 7, no. 2 LEMARE: Concert Fantasia on Hanover, Op. 4
driving, rock-inspired rhythms to create a fascinating musical style all his own. Seth Boustead hosts.
30 Wednesday
8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST From the 2017 BBC Proms National Youth Choir of Great Britain Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits conducts David Butt Philip, tenor James Rutherford, baritone BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 STRAUSS: Die Frau ohne Schatten PROKOFIEV: Seven, They Are Seven WALTON: Belshazzar’s Feast
31 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Debussy & Faure Debussy: Jeux for Two Pianos (arr. JeanEfflam Bavouzet) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Anne-Marie McDermott, piano FAURÉ: Quartet No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15 Juho Pohjonen, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Jakob Koranyi, cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA All Who Wander This week we put on our traveling shoes and hit the road to explore the music of All Who Wander. Angela Mariani hosts. 10:00 PM FIESTA! The Invention of Morel: A New Opera by Stewart Copeland and Jonathan Moore Elbio Barilari sits down with composer Stewart Copeland (co-founder and drummer of The Police) and librettist/director Jonathan Moore about the world premiere at the Chicago Opera Theater of their new opera The Invention of Morel, based on the book by Argentine author Aldolfo Bioy Casares. Barilari speaks to his guests about the influence of Latin American music and themes on their opera. He also plays some of their favorite Latin American classical music.
29 Tuesday
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This month on WTIU television James Whitcomb Riley: Hoosier Poet Thursday, August 10 at 8pm Sunday, August 13 at 9pm James Whitcomb Riley was one of America’s most popular poets, and more than a century after his death he remains one of Indiana’s most famous literary figures. James Whitcomb Riley: Hoosier Poet explores Riley’s legacy and the personal and professional challenges and successes he experienced as he became a beloved literary icon. The documentary examines Riley’s early life in Greenfield, Indiana, revealing how it influenced his writing. Some of his most famous poems,
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including “The Barefoot Boy,” “The Old Swimmin’ Hole,” and “Little Orphant Annie,” were inspired by people or events from his childhood. Riley had difficulty in school and attended it sporadically until he graduated from the eighth grade at the age of 20. The film speculates that his lack of education
may have helped him be a more successful poet. Well-known for writing his poems in dialect, Riley’s accessible language combined with nostalgic qualities contributed to his popularity. The program also details Riley’s struggle for acceptance in the literary community, which continues today. Faced with rejection and scandal in his career, including writing a fake Edgar Allen Poe poem and his battles with alcoholism, he eventually found success in established literary outlets and lecture tours across the country. Despite modern criticisms of Riley’s poetry as sentimental and simplistic, the documentary shows how he continues to be celebrated today. The annual Riley Festival in his hometown of Greenfield, two Indiana museums dedicated to his life and work, and the Indianapolis children’s hospital named for him are tributes to his enduring legacy.
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Insight from a long journey Longtime WFIU and WTIU members Patrick and Glenda Murray had carefully planned their vacation through the American Southwest. Winding their way through New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, they covered the vast terrain without incident. But they didn’t plan on one thing: not always being able to find their favorite public radio and TV programs. In an e-mail to IU Radio-TV Services Executive Director Perry Metz, the Murrays wrote: “We recently returned from a 4,500 mile trek through the southwestern part of the country. We visited lots of national parks and national monuments and saw some awesome country, saw old friends and family, stayed in big cities and small. And we always tried to find the local PBS station to catch up on our favorite programs and especially the news.” What could possibly go wrong? “Well,” wrote the Murrays, “that wasn’t always so easy.” They arrived home after their journey “with a far better appreciation of the high quality programming that we get right here in our own home town and our home town stations WTIU and WFIU.”
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“There is not a better station in any of those states,” they added. “None that can compare to the high quality production, and the staff of our local programming.” “Sometimes,” the Murrays concluded, “you need to leave home to appreciate what you have. Keep up the great work.” When Perry shared the e-mail with WFIU and WTIU staff, he commented, “The sentiment is one I’ve heard before and it’s a tribute to the work done by Radio-TV employees every day.” “It’s always nice when someone notices.”