December 2013
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The Met’s Rigoletto set in 1960s Las Vegas Saturday, December 7, 1 p.m.
Matthew Polenzani as The Duke in Rigoletto
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According to a piece in the Bloomington HeraldTelephone on October 18, 1981, the first WFIU fund drive (in 1976) garnered an impressive $1,472. Station membership at the time totaled roughly 80 listeners. We’ve come a way Will Murphy since then. This year, our membership base is more than 50 times larger, and our fund drive goal was $365,000. As this issue of Directions in Sound is going to press, it looks like the final tally for the 2013 drive will fall about $5,000 short of the target. Probably some procrastinating pledgers will bump us closer to the hoped-for amount, but as Maxwell Smart used to say, it looks like we “missed it by that much.” Nonetheless, there were bright sides to the drive. For example, we pulled in quite a few “sustaining” donors, which means memberships without a designated expiration date. That type of membership saves listeners the trouble of having to renew each year, and it saves us the cost and paperwork of sending out renewal notices. Another bright note was that the average pledge to public radio was up—a positive sign at a time of economic uncertainty. Many listeners demonstrated that WFIU continues to offer programming that is worth their investment. And the final day of our drive was one of the most successful in the station’s history. But both new and renewing pledges were down. This could be because the number of minutes spent asking for money this drive was down substantially (listeners to the drive may find this hard to believe, but it’s true!). The decline could be linked to turbulent decisions this summer regarding programming. It could be because the phones went out one evening. Or it could be just part of a larger cycle nationally; many public radio stations reported difficulty making their goals this fall. The reality is that fund drives are as much art as science, and that guessing the reason for the decline in renewals and new memberships is just that—guessing. The facts going forward are that we will have to find another way to make up that revenue source, or find ways to trim costs with as little impact on programming as possible. To those who took the time to contribute to the WFIU fund drive this year—financially or otherwise— thank you! If it somehow slipped your mind, I hope you’ll consider a pledge of support today.
Adam Schwartz
December 2013 Vol. 61, No. 12
The Art and Science of Fund Drive
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Steve Houghton
WFIU’s Artist of the Month is Steve Houghton, professor of percussion and jazz at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. An internationally renowned jazz drummer, percussionist, clinician, author, and educator, Houghton initially received acclaim at age 20 as the drummer with Woody Herman’s Young Thundering Herd.
Featured Contemporary Composer WFIU’s featured contemporary composer for the month of December is Ezra Laderman. Dean of the Yale School of Music from 1989-1995, Laderman currently serves the school as a Professor of Composition. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ezra Laderman began composing at age seven, giving the first performance of his Piano Concerto in 1939 with his high school orchestra. During his collegiate studies he worked with composers Stefan Wolpe, Miriam Gideon, and with Otto Lueningand Douglas S. Moore at Columbia University, where Laderman received his master’s degree in 1952. Committed to teaching, Laderman has held positions at Sarah Lawrence College and the State University of New York at Binghamton before joining the composition faculty at Yale University in 1988. He has held residencies at the Bennington Composers Conference, the American Academy in Rome,
Since then he has shared stage and studio with such luminaries as Gary Burton, Clay Jenkins, Shelly Berg, Dave Samuels, Toots Thielemans, Christian McBride, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Freddie Hubbard, Lyle Mays, Bob Sheppard, Billy Childs, Bobby Hutcherson, Pat LaBarbara, Arturo Sandoval, Joe Henderson, Karrin Allyson, Dianne Reeves, Rosemary Clooney and Maureen McGovern. As a classical percussionist, Houghton has performed with the Boston and Philadelphia Pops orchestras, as well as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He frequently appears as a soloist with numerous orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the world. As band leader or performer, Houghton has more than 100 recordings to his credit. His latest releases include Freespace by the AHA! Quintet, featuring the music of Steve Allee; The Manne We Love: Gershwin Revisited, a collection of John Williams’ charts for big band and quintet; All Things Are New, featuring Shelly Berg; The Steve Houghton Quintet Live at the Senator, featuring Pat LaBarbera; Windsong featuring jazz and classical percussion; Remembrances featuring Dave Samuels, and a CD in and at the Rockefeller Foundation at Bellagio. Among his numerous awards, Laderman has received three Guggenheim Fellowships and the Prix de Rome. A sought-after composer, Laderman has received commissions from the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the National, Louisville, and Chicago Symphonies, and numerous other regional and national orchestras. He has written for such internationally renowned artists as Jean-Pierre Rampal, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Sherrill Milnes, Judith Raskin, the Beaux Arts Trio, and the Vermeer, Concord, Juilliard, and Tokyo String Quartets, among others. Many of Laderman’s works carry programmatic elements stemming from highly personal experiences and deeply felt convictions. An infantryman in World War II, Laderman composed his Leipzig Symphony in 1945 after entering combat during the Battle of the Bulge. His second symphony was written as a musical portrait of Martin Luther King, while his third symphony, Jerusalem, was commissioned to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Israel, and depicts various stages in the history of the Jewish people.
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the Signature series. Recently, he has performed the music from My Fair Lady in live concert, arranged and conducted by John Williams for the late Shelly Manne. Houghton’s publications total more than thirty educational books, videos, and DVDs including: Drumset 101, Kid’s Drumset Course, Essential Styles books 1 & 2, The Ultimate Drumset Chart Reading Anthology, Play and Teach Percussion, and The Drumset Soloist; and his latest project, Rhythm Section Workshop for Jazz Directors, a book-DVD series that addresses the entire rhythm section. In addition to his academic duties, he presents yearly clinics and master classes to students around the world; most recently China, New Zealand, Australia, and Taiwan. He is president of the Percussive Arts Society. WFIU will feature performances by Steve Houghton in our jazz music programming throughout the month of December.
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Artist of the Month
Ezra Laderman
Laderman’s operas form a large part of his output, and are written on a variety of biblical, historical, and fantastic subjects. In 1993, he turned his attention to American pop culture with the commission and première of Marilyn by the New York City Opera. Based on the life of actress Marilyn Monroe, the opera incorporates jazz and pop styles from the 1960s into Laderman’s own musical aesthetic. Having studied with a stylistically diverse group of composers, Laderman’s compositions reflect a fusion between tonally based materials and nontonal and aleatoric elements. In addition to his operatic and symphonic works, Laderman’s musical output also includes chamber music, concertos, string quartets, solo instrumental pieces, and vocal works. His compositions can be heard on the New World and Albany labels. WFIU will feature music of Ezra Laderman in our classical music programming throughout the month of December. December 2013 / Directions in Sound / Page 3
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 through our website, wfiu.org, under the “podcasts” link. December 2–8 Mauro Giuliani, vol. 2 (BRIDGE 9418) David Starobin, guitar
David Starobin returns to the music of the Italian composer-guitarist Mauro Giuliani with a disc featuring his solo and chamber music. Among the rarities are Two Rondos, op. 68, for piano and guitar; Variations, op. 24a; and Variations on a March by Cherubini, perhaps the finest solo of the composer’s late period.
Kakabadse. The Arabian Rhapsody Suite for string quartet is characterized by vibrant rhythms and melodies of the Middle East while Russian Tableaux, also for string quartet, is a bittersweet tribute to the landscape, history, and culture of Russia. Set to texts by the 19th-century poet Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt tells the story of the pitiful existence of a poor seamstress. The Mermaid is based on the composer’s own fairy tale. December 23–29 Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent (Harmonia Mundi) Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Graham Ross, director The familiar hymn Veni Emmanuel is emblematic of the Advent season. Framing this program, the hymn paraphrases the ‘O’ Antiphons (plainchant settings traditionally sung on the days leading up to Christmas) complemented here by later works echoing their rich imagery and symbolism. Works include selections by Renaissance masters William Byrd, John Sheppard, and Michael Praetorius.
December 9–15 J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Nonesuch 535452-2) Jeremy Denk, piano
Surrounded by Angels (Sono Luminus DSL-92173) Ensemble Galilei
Jacobs School of Music alumnus and former faculty member Jeremy Denk has had a good year. In September he was awarded a MacArthur “Genius Grant,” and in November Musical America named him its Instrumentalist of the Year. WFIU is delighted to feature Denk’s latest release, a recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Ensemble Galilei bridges the worlds of Celtic music and early music with instrumentalists at the top of their respective fields performing on early instruments. This collection of familiar Christmas melodies and foot-stomping dance tunes is filled with extraordinary arrangements, from the opening unison of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence to the last note of Silent Night.
December 16–22 Kakabadse: The Phantom Listeners – The Mermaid (Naxos 8.572524) Various artists This release contains music theater, vocal, choral, and chamber works by British composer Lydia Page 4 / Directions in Sound / December 2013
Jazz Notes
Wendy Robinson
Featured Classical Recordings
Dave Stryker
“Ho ho ho!” you say? You probably don’t, especially since Santa’s legal team moved to have the phrase trademarked. Nevertheless the holidays are upon us, and we’ll honor the spirit of the season this month on our weekday afternoon jazz show Just You and Me with dashes of music old and new, from pianist Vince Guaraldi to violinist Joshua Bell, whose latest CD Musical Gifts From Joshua Bell and Friends counts a number of jazz musicians among its supporting cast. Our Friday-evening lineup also pays tribute to the holidays this month with “A Vintage Christmas,” airing on Afterglow on Friday, December 20 at 8 p.m. Dick Bishop’s Standards By Starlight follows at 9 p.m. with seasonal favorites, and Night Lights checks in an hour later with “A Cool Christmas.” The holidays are a time to feel blessed, and we’ll express our gratitude for the wealth of musical talent that resides in the WFIU community. Along those lines, two Indiana University Jacobs School of Music jazz faculty members will be stopping by Just You and Me this month. Thursday, December 5, guitarist Dave Stryker will drop in to talk about his notable career on record, which includes dates with saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, organist Jack McDuff, and singer Kevin Mahogany. And on Thursday, December 12, WFIU Artist of the Month Steve Houghton (see article on page 3) will be our guest, and we’ll be featuring his music throughout the month as well. Happy jazzy holidays, from all of us here at WFIU!
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Profiles
Sundays at 7 p.m. December 1 – Sammy L. Davis Sammy Lee Davis is a retired United States Army soldier whose tradition of military service goes back to his grandfather who served in the Spanish-American War. In 1967, Davis was serving as a private first class with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam when his unit fell under heavy mortar attack. Ignoring warnings to take cover, he was wounded and helped rescue three wounded American soldiers. He was subsequently promoted to sergeant and received the Medal of Honor the following year. Malcolm Webb hosts. December 8 – Susan Gubar Susan Gubar is an author and distinguished professor emeritus of English and Women’s Studies at IU. She co-wrote the standard feminist text, The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the NineteenthCentury Literary Imagination and The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women. In 2009 she retired from IU at age 65, due to complications from advanced ovarian cancer. The story of her medical treatment led her to write Memoir of a Debulked Woman. Patrick O’Meara hosts. (repeat) December 15 – Caroline Shaw Caroline Shaw is a composer whose works have been performed by Roomful of Teeth, So Percussion, ACME, the Brentano Quartet, the Knights, and others. At 30, she became the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition Partita for 8 Voices, an a cappella work
that uses speech, whispers, sighs, murmurs, wordless melodies, and novel vocal effects. She performs as violinist with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble and as vocalist with Roomful of Teeth. David Wood hosts.
Radiolab
December 22 – Chad Rabinovitz
Music has the power to move us, but it can also keep us alive, turn a man into a legend, and maybe even knock down walls. In this hour we explore the power of music, gather up a band of biblical horn-blowers, and help an 18th-century composer push classical musicians to their physical and psychological limit.
Chad Rabinovitz is the producing artistic director at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. He has directed more than 75 productions across the country. His BPP directing credits include Cadillac, Bomb|Shell, Miles Away, Kissing Frogs, and The Boy in the Bathroom. Under his tenure the BPP has undergone a renovation, tripled its subscribership, expanded its education program, and sold more tickets in a single season than in any before in the theater’s 32-year history. Shana Ritter hosts. (repeat) December 29 – Łukasz Kaminski and Ryszard Schnepf Łukasz Kamiński is a Polish historian, specializing in the history of Poland after 1945. He is the President of the Institute of National Remembrance. He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism. Ryszard Schnepf is Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United States. He joined the Foreign Service in 1991, beginning a mission as Ambassador of Poland in Uruguay and Paraguay. Subsequently he served as the undersecretary of state of Poland as part of the Foreign Ministry. Owen Johnson hosts.
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Sundays at 11 a.m. December 1 The Power of Music
December 8 Yellow Fluff The quest for scientific knowledge is one of the most noble pursuits of humankind. It's also one of the most tedious, egodriven, and dangerous. This hour, stories of love and loss in the name of science— from the wonders of the Periodic Table of the Elements, to a skin-crawling appreciation of the botfly. December 15 The Bad Show This episode wrestles with the dark side of human nature. We reconsider what Stanley Milgram's famous experiment on obedience revealed about human nature, meet a chemist who scrambles our notions of good and evil, and talk to a man who chased one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, then got a chance to ask him, “Why?” December 22
The Good Show If natural selection boils down to survival of the fittest, why might one creature stick its neck out for another? Is altruism an aberration or just an elaborate guise for self-interest? Do we really live in a selfish, dog-eat-dog world, or has evolution carved out a hidden code that rewards genuine cooperation? December 29 Bliss This hour: stories of striving for happiness, perfection, and ideals. From one man's quest to save the world by inventing a new language, to an explorer who hits the bliss jackpot when he uncovers a pack of Cheez Doodles on an expedition to the South Pole. December 2013 / Directions in Sound / Page 5
The Radio Reader with Dick Estell
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Benefits of the Month: Community Theatre of Terre Haute (#393) 1431 South 25th Street, Terre Haute ctth.org 812-232-7172 Valid for two-for-one admission for tickets purchased to Babes in Toyland. Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site (#169) 1230 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis pbhh.org 317-631-1888 The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks Begins Monday, December 9 Ira Levinson is in trouble. At 91 years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until an image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who died nine years ago. She forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together—how they met, the precious paintings they collected, the dark days of World War II. Ira knows that Ruth can’t possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her memories, reliving the joys and sorrows that defined their marriage. A few miles away, at a local bullriding event, a Wake Forest College senior’s life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of success and survival loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future that Luke has the power to rewrite—if the secret he’s keeping doesn’t destroy it first. Ira and Ruth, Sophia and Luke: two couples who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy. In the tradition of his beloved first novel, The Notebook, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the remarkable story of two couples whose lives intersect in profound and surprising ways. Page 6 / Directions in Sound / December 2013
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Community Events
takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. on the 14th, and from 10 to 5 p.m. on the 15th.
IU Opera and Ballet Theater The Nutcracker Beginning Thursday, December 5 Musical Arts Center
Quarryland Men’s Chorus Winter Concert Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15 First United Church, Bloomington
The quintessential holiday perennial will be at the MAC for one weekend: Thursday the 5th at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th at 8 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2.
This year’s Quarryland winter concert, “Peace, Hope, Joy,” presents traditional and contemporary songs of both secular and sacred texts that capture the essence of the winter holidays. Performances Saturday evening at 7:30 and Sunday at 3.
Art Alliance Brown County Village Art Walk Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15 Downtown Nashville Eleven art galleries come together to present an Art Walk whose theme ties in with the Brown County Playhouse’s staging of It’s a Wonderful Life. Hear 1940s music and see artists dressed in period clothing and vintage cars about town. The Art Walk
Kokomo Symphonic Society Youth Programs Winter Concert Sunday, December 15, 2 p.m. Grace United Methodist Church, Kokomo The Kokomo Youth Symphony Orchestra and intermediate strings present their annual early-winter program of classical selections and holiday tunes.
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WFIU’s 2013 fund drive ended with more than $360,000 raised from individual contributors by phone, by mail, and online in support of public radio for southern and central Indiana. We couldn’t have done it without you. Many thanks go out to our corporate challengers, who contributed an additional $9,815 to WFIU; and to our individual challengers, food donors, phone volunteers, and thousands of listener contributors for your help and support. Take a bow if you’ve made your pledge to WFIU—because our success comes from people like you who value WFIU and realize how important your contribution is to the continuing success of the station. Did you miss your chance to give during the drive? You can give online, securely and easily at WFIU.org. Food Donors: Aver’s Pizza Bloomingfoods Bloomington Bagel Company Bloomington Rotary Club Cresent Donut Darn Good Soup Dats Euro Deli Farm Bloomington IU Art Museum-Angles Café Kroger Laughing Planet Lennie’s Mother Bear’s Pizza Olive Garden One World Catering and Events Penn Station East Coast Subs Pizza X Short Stop BBQ Train Subway Rachael’s Café Roly Poly Trojan Horse Uptown Café Volunteers: Jim Ackerman Sharon Ammen Gena Asher Susan Bartlett Tom Baugh Ted Benckart Bloomington Rotary Club Del Brinkman Lynn and Derek Burleson
Tim and Sarah Burke Carol Campbell Becky Cape Sandy Churchill Bert Clemons Ellen Coe Margaret Dalle-Ave Elizabeth DeVoe Katherine Dilcher Susan Dixon Jack Doskow Mary Ducette Cindy Duffy Mia Partlow Dennis Duvali Amy Dyken and Bert Gilbert Sarah Endris Dave Everton Felicia Fellmeth Kris Floyd Anne Fraker Nancy Frost Leslie Green Vera Grubb Alex Gul Libby Gwynn H&R Block Mary Beth Haas Henk Haitjema Mary Beth Hannah-Hansen Don Heintzman Jodi Hoagland Carl Horne IU Telecom Students Peter Iversen Joselyn Leimbach Amber Kerezman Jay Kincaid Jillian Kinzie Nancy Krueger Amelia Lahn Patrick Medland Virginia Metzger Marcia Meyer Bob Oxley Quarryland Men’s Chorus Barb Randall Pam and Ken Roberts SCCAP-Circle Initiative Charlotte Schleicher Tom Shelton Ellen Simmons Ellen Snyder Janis Starcs Ed Staubach Ginny and Bob Stockton Wabash Valley Affiliates of Susan B. Komen Bernard Waldhier Bill Walters Fran Weinberg WFIU Community Advisory Board
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WFIU Member Wins iPad Mini Congratulations to Nancy Taylor of Columbus, winner of the iPad mini in WFIU’s Cyberdays 2013 campaign! Cyberdays is WFIU’s online fundraising effort that begins a few days before our on-air fund drive. It jump-starts the on-air campaign, helping to keep it as short as possible. We’re happy to announce that our recent Cyberdays in Nancy Taylor October was highly successful. And everyone who pledged during Cyberdays this year was automatically entered in the drawing. Our congratulations to Ms. Taylor and to all who pledged during Cyberdays. And remember—when you support public radio, we all win!
StateImpact Wins Murrow Award The Radio Television Digital News Association has honored StateImpact’s radio documentary, “Progress Report: Education in Indiana,” with a 2013 National Edward R. Murrow Award. The hour-long special includes discussion of standardized tests, teacher evaluations, merit pay, and school choice. The award was given at a ceremony in October in New York City. StateImpact is a local-national collaboration among WFIU, Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations, and NPR. Our reporters, stationed in the WFIU newsroom, rove the state to document how education policy made in the Statehouse affects ordinary people within and outside the classroom. You can listen to the winning report, and view a companion reference guide, by going to indianapublicmedia.org and typing “Progress Report” in the search box.
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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.
VERDI—Ballet Music from Macbeth BRAHMS—Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 FRANCK—Symphony in D Minor
BARTÓK —Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz.110 STRAVINSKY —The Rite of Spring, adapted for Two Pianos and Percussion by Martin Grubinger
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8:00 PM ETHER GAME Crime Doesn’t Pay Crime pays only in musical fun and frustration on this unlawful edition of Ether Game.
8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER All Fauré FAURÉ—Songs: Le Papillon, Mai, Rêve d’amour, L’aurore, Dans les ruines d’une abbaye, L’absent; Paul Groves, tenor; Pedja Muzijevic, piano FAURÉ—Piano Quartet No. 2; Elmar Oliveira, piano; Richard O’Neill, viola; Andres Diaz, cello; Andre-Michel Schub, piano
9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Britten’s War Requiem, Part I We cap off the centennial celebration of Benjamin Britten with a two-part presentation of a new recording of his colossal oratorio.
9:00 PM HARMONIA Music for the Holidays See December 1st listing.
10:00 PM HORIZONS IN MUSIC ICONS: Joan Tower
10:00 PM FIESTA! Music from Catalonia This hour highlights three 20th-century composers from Catalonia: Xavier Montsalvatge, Federico Mompou, and Leonardo Balada.
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.
6 Friday Joan Tower
1 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB The Power of Music 12:00 PM HARMONIA Music for the Holidays We’ve handpicked new and old recordings to brighten up your holiday festivities. Join us for medieval Christmas carols and seasonal works by Biber, Schutz, and others. 1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE Advent 1 The themes of anticipation of the coming of the Messiah permeate the time of preparation known as Advent. Choral and organ music of longing and expectation will be featured as we begin the Advent journey.
Through conversation and her music, we feature the career of the multi-award-winning composer Joan Tower.
9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Host Dick Bishop presents “Saloon Songs” on tonight’s installment. 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS To Dig or Not to Dig: Jazz and Hip with Phil Ford Musicologist Phil Ford joins the program to talk about his new book Dig, which explores the role of hip in mid-20th century American culture.
4 Wednesday 8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS BEETHOVENFEST IN BONN 2 SOLOISTS: Martin Grubinger & Friends SAY—Variations for Two Pianos and Percussion, Op. 32
11:00 PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER Prohibition and the Jazz Age Prohibition was intended to stifle vice. Instead, it nourished crime and the clubs that became a hot bed for jazz. Ken Burns joins Wendell Pierce to bring us the sound of the speakeasies in the work of Beiderbecke, Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and James P. Johnson. Songs include “Snake Dance,” “New Orleans Bump,” and “Variety Stomp.” Guests Doug Wamble and Vince Giordano join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Leila Josefowicz, violin RAVEL—Mother Goose Suite SALONEN—Violin Concerto (New York Concert Premiere) SIBELIUS—Symphony No 5
7 Saturday Michael Herdlein
2 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Riccardo Muti Conducts Brahms 2 J. STRAUSS JR— Overture to Indigo and the 40 Thieves Martin Grubinger
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8:00 PM AFTERGLOW It’s Magic: The Sammy Cahn Centennial Celebrating the lyricist’s contributions to the Great American Songbook such as “Three Coins in the Fountain,” “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” and “I’ll Walk Alone.”
1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA VERDI—Rigoletto A hit of the 2012–13 season, Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings the title role of Verdi’s tragic masterpiece in a production set in Las Vegas. Matthew Polenzani is the womanizing Duke, and Sonya Yoncheva is Gilda. 8:00 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER House Concert In a small setting
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9:00 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK Harpers Hear some of today’s most innovative and inspirational Celtic music in recordings of its most ancient instrument. William Jackson, Wendy Stewart, Maire Brennan, Grainne Hambly, Savourna Stevenson, and Alan Stivell feature in an hour dedicated to small harps.
10 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Deaf, Dumb, or Blind On tonight’s edition of Ether Game we see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil—except of course, for the devilish Super Stumper.
Another entry in our ongoing look at Prestige Record’s mood-jazz-for-thinking-jazzlovers series, featuring music from Lucky Thompson, Clark Terry, and others.
11:00 PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Britten’s War Requiem, Part II The second part of Britten’s masterpiece in this new recording conducted by Paul McCreesh
10:00 PM HORIZONS IN MUSIC 30-Somethings A sampling of the music of composers born between 1974 and 1983
11 Wednesday 8 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Yellow Fluff 12:00 PM HARMONIA Christmas Carols, Chant and Legend We’re celebrating Christmas on Harmonia with music from a variety of traditions. We’ll explore the original tunes of two well-known carols, hear music based on legends of Saint Nicholas, and sample Byzantine chant sung during the Christmas season. Plus, baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire offers a gift of Celtic holiday music in our featured release. 1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE Advent 2 John the Baptist’s cry in the wilderness, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord” rings out as we hear music of preparation and anticipation.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK CONDUCTOR: Bernard Labadie SOLOISTS: Miah Persson, soprano; Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Frédéric Antoun, tenor; Andrew Foster-Williams, bass; Philip Smith, trumpet; New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director BACH—Cantata No. 51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! HANDEL—Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson MOZART—Requiem
9 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Riccardo Muti Conducts the Rhenish BEETHOVEN—Consecration of the House Overture MOZART—Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (Maurizio Pollini, piano) MENDELSSOHN—Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage SCHUMANN—Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97, Rhenish HAYDN—Symphony No. 39 in G Minor
12 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Mozart/Strauss MOZART—Trio in B-Flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, K. 502; Soyeon Kate Lee, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Timothy Eddy, cello STRAUSS—Sonata in E-Flat Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 18; Ida Kavafian, violin; Gloria Chien, piano
Leny Andrade
Brazilian Nights: Leny Andrade with Paquito D’Rivera New York Times writer Stephen Holden calls singer Leny Andrade “both the Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald of bossa nova.” Andrade is accompanied by reedman Paquito D’Rivera through bossa nova, sambas and choros including “Manhã de Carnival,” “Batida Diferente,” and “Céu e Mar.”
14 Saturday 1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA VERDI—Falstaff An undisputed master of Verdi’s final comic masterpiece, James Levine conducts Robert Carsen’s acclaimed production, the first new Met Falstaff since 1964. Ambrogio Maestri sings the role of the blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous ensemble cast.
9:00 PM HARMONIA Christmas Carols, Chant and Legend See December 8th listing.
10:00 PM FIESTA! La Voz de la Naturaleza – Voice of Nature Nature has always been a source of inspiration for classical composers. The music of Latin America and Spain presents a generous catalogue of works depicting a diversity of landscapes and the unchained forces of nature.
13 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Songs of the Season: Winter Seasonal music from Rosemary Clooney, the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, and others. 9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT With host Dick Bishop 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Moodsville 2
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Savourna Stevenson
8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS BACHFEST LEIPZIG 1 SOLOIST: Ulrich Böhme, organ BACH —Fantasy in G Major, BWV 572 Georg Christoph Biller/Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig St. Thomas’ Boy Choir SOLOISTS: St. Thomas’ Choir soloist, soprano; Matthias Rexroth, countertenor; Martin Petzold, tenor; Markus Flaig, bass HANDEL/MOZART—The Messiah, German Version, Orchestrated by Mozart BACH —Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Ambrogio Maestri in the title role of Falstaff
8:00 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER Merry Christmas pt. I Cheers and new friends
9:00 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK Solstice Travel into the traditions of midwinter through some spellbinding music of the season.
15 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB The Bad Show
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12:00 PM HARMONIA Shall We Dance? Can you dance a Polonaise? Would you do the Fandango? Bust a move to a medieval estampie? Music and dance have long been like-minded partners. Join us at the intersection of movement and sound, as we dance the hour away. 1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE Advent 3 We focus on Mary, Mother of Jesus, the visitation of the Angel, and Mary’s response. And Peter DuBois shares great choral and organ music from across the centuries.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOISTS: Liang Wang, oboe; Glenn Dicterow, violin STRAUSS—Also sprach Zarathustra ROUSE—Oboe Concerto (New York Premiere) STRAUSS—Don Juan
16 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Riccardo Muti Conducts Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet MOZART—Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 HINDEMITH—Violin Concerto (Robert Chen, violin) PROKOFIEV—Suite from Romeo and Juliet TCHAIKOVSKY—1812 Overture
17 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME With a Twist Develop your sixth sense on this M. Night Shyamalan-inspired edition of Ether Game. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Bach in Japan Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki has released an album of four Bach cantatas from Leipzig. We’ll hear two of them.
10:00 PM HORIZONS IN MUSIC The Big Chill Contemporary classical composers reflect on the winter months
in concert at St. Paul’s Church in Harvard Square. Presented by the Boston Early Music Festival and hosted by Cathy Fuller. 9:00 PM HARMONIA Santa’s Playlist When Santa and his reindeer make the rounds this Christmas, what tunes do you suppose the big guy will play on his sleigh stereo system? We’re taking our best guess on this edition of Harmonia. Tune in for a playlist of holiday samplings from an array of early music recordings both old and new.
10:00 PM FIESTA! Eduardo Fernández: The Interpreter and the Composer One of the most praised interpreters of the classical guitar and a gifted composer, Eduardo Fernández joins us for exclusive interview and a presentation of his recent recordings.
20 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW A Vintage Christmas Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and others help us celebrate holidays in 1940s and 50s style. 9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Host Dick Bishop presents “Holiday Spirits” on tonight’s installment. 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Cool Christmas Night Lights gets hep to the holidays with music from Shirley Horn, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, and others.
11:00 PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER Big Band Holidays No one throws a holiday party like Jazz at Lincoln Center. Wynton Marsalis leads an all-star lineup through a Yuletide romp. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is joined by vocalists René Marie and Gregory Porter for a New Orleans style holiday treatment of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “We Three Kings.”
21 Saturday 1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA
18 Wednesday 8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS BACHFEST LEIPZIG 2 Georg Christoph Biller/Freiburg Baroque Orchestra St. Thomas’ Boy Choir SOLOISTS: Reglint Bühler, soprano; Susanne Krumbiegel, mezzo-soprano; Susanne Langner, alto; Martin Lattke, tenor; Markus Flaig, bass BACH —Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
19 Thursday 8:00 PM LOVE IS BETTER THAN WINE For their 25th-anniversary tour of the U.S., the globally-revered vocal ensemble The Tallis Scholars presents a holiday program Page 12 / Directions in Sound / December 2013
ensemble, which includes soprano Kathleen Kim as Tytania and countertenor Iestyn Davies as Oberon. (Archived performance from autumn 2013)
8:00 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER Merry Christmas pt. II Cheers and old friends
9:00 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK A Festive Celtic Celebration Join Fiona Ritchie to celebrate the season by exploring festive songs, carols, and dances from traditions old and new.
22 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB The Good Show 12:00 PM HARMONIA Santa’s Playlist See December 19th listing.
1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE A Christmas Celebration We’ll ring in the Festival of Christmas with spectacular choral and organ music from around the country and around the world.
8:00 PM A JOURNEY THROUGH THE NUTCRACKER We go behind the scenes for Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker, uncovering the secrets of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece with conductor Jonathan McPhee, cast members, and the audience at the Boston Opera House. The story and the music unfold as never before in this gripping narrative.
10:00 PM TRADITIONAL LESSONS AND CAROLS FROM DALLAS The Dallas Christmas Lessons and Carols has emerged as one of the most distinctive holiday events in Texas. Taking its British forebear as a starting point, it has made the rhythm of the familiar service its own in both song and text. Artistic director Scott Dettra is widely regarded as one of the finest concert organists of his generation.
23 Monday 8:00 PM ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL CONCERT One of the nation’s most cherished holiday celebrations, the festival includes hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians.
24 Tuesday Benjamin Britten
BRITTEN—A Midsummer’s Night Dream Britten’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s romance returns to the Met for the first time in ten years, in celebration of the composer’s centennial. James Conlon conducts the gifted
7:00 PM GLAD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY This holiday special hosted by Bill McGlaughlin takes us from medieval England and Germany to baroque London and Leipzig with the music of Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach. From the glorious cathedral chant, “Veni Emmanuel,” to Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, this program offers some of the most splendid Christmas music ever to come from northern Europe. Two renowned musical institutions band together in this early music tour de force: the Choir of
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Christ Church Cathedral Indianapolis, and the Early Music Institute of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, directed by Paul Elliott.
8:00 PM ETHER GAME Season’s Greetings The Ether Game Brain Trust stuffs your stockings with sounds of the season and absolutely no coal.
9:00 PM A BENJAMIN BRITTEN HOLIDAY CELEBRATION The centerpiece of this celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of British composer Benjamin Britten is his choral piece A Ceremony of Carols. We’ll also hear carols arranged by Sir David Willcocks.
10:00 PM HORIZONS IN MUSIC On Christmas Night Arrangements of traditional carols and newly written music for the Christmas season
25 Wednesday 8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS Broadcast details to be announced
8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Swing Low, Sweet Spirituals Popular song interpretations of spirituals from Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mathis, and others. 9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Host Dick Bishop presents “A Lombardo New Year Moment” on tonight’s installment. 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS From Spirituals to Swing A 75th-anniversary look at the historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert and its 1939 followup, featuring performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others. 11:00 PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER Music of the Tenor Masters Tenor saxophonists have been at the forefront of jazz for most of its history. Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, and John Coltrane have immortalized the instrument. On our stage, three generations of tenor masters—Benny Golson, Bennie Maupin, and Joe Lovano— pay tribute to this tradition with Coltrane’s “Peace On Earth,” Joe Henderson’s “Recorda-me,” and originals including Lovano’s “Big Ben.”
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29 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Bliss 12:00 PM HARMONIA Musical Tour of Vienna We’re off on a musical tour of Vienna, one of the western world’s foremost musical centers. We’ll follow in the footsteps of Haydn and Beethoven, enjoying performances of their works on period instruments. We’ll also explore instrumental sonatas by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and a groundbreaking opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck or the Holidays. (repeats January 2nd) 1:00 PM WITH HEART AND VOICE Christmastide Joyous music of the season continues this week as Peter DuBois shares choral and organ favorites, both old and new.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK CONDUCTOR: Gary Thor Wedow SOLOISTS: Layla Claire, soprano; Tim Mead, countertenor; Kenneth Tarver, tenor; Alastair Miles, bass; New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director HANDEL—Messiah
30 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Susanna Mälkki Conducts La mer SIBELIUS—Suite No. 1 from The Tempest STRAVINSKY—Violin Concerto in D Major (Leila Josefowicz, violin) ADÈS—. . . but all shall be well DEBUSSY—La mer DVOŘÁK—The Water Goblin (Sir Mark Elder, conductor) WILLIAMS—Excerpt from the film score Lincoln
1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA PUCCINI—Tosca Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role of Tosca leading tenor Marcello Giordani. George Gagnidze is the villainous Scarpia.
26 Thursday
8:00 PM THE FOLK SAMPLER Review of 2013 pt. I Great music of the past year
8:00 PM A SEASON’S GRIOT Hosted for nearly 20 years by storyteller Madafo Lloyd Wilson, this annual special captures the tales, traditions, and music of African American and African peoples. This year’s program celebrates family with guests Elisha Minter, Beverly Burnette, and other members of the Season’s Griot family.
9:00 PM THE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK Hogmanay New Releases Look forward to the New Year with a batch of new releases from across the oceans and the miles.
9:00 PM HARMONIA Shall We Dance? See December 15th listing.
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10:00 PM FIESTA! Feliz Navidad Come celebrate a tropical Christmas with popular holiday songs from Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Picnic with us under the trees lit by dangling lights and listen to a Latin American Christmas.
31 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Starting Anew Not getting enough fun and frustration in your musical diet? Resolve to listen to more Ether Game in the New Year. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Welcome Light Our annual celebration of the sun with choral pieces by many composers for reflection and inspiration
10:00 PM HORIZONS IN MUSIC Best of 2013 The best new recordings of contemporary classical of the year.
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The Xia family decorates for Christmas
Xmas without China Thursday, December 12 at 10pm Chinese immigrant Tom Xia challenges his American neighbors the Joneses to survive the Christmas season without any Chinese products, hoping they will appreciate his birthplace. But when Tim Jones challenges Xia about his pride in communist China, he becomes torn between his competing loyalties to China and his adopted country.
Craft in America: Holiday Friday, December 20 at 9pm Nordic folk woodcarver Harley Refsal brings to life the rich history of winter solstice. Clay artist Susan Garson creates fanciful Chanukah menorahs. George Vanderbilt’s opulent turn-of-the-century Christmas is recreated at the Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina; and daring chefs make lavish gingerbread houses for the competition at Grove Park Inn.
Mr. Stink Sunday, December 22 at 8pm Chloe has an unusual friend hiding in her garden shed— the smelly tramp Mr. Stink (Hugh Bonneville), and his stinky dog, Duchess. Chloe also has to cope with an overbearing mother, her put-upon father who has a secret of his own, her “perfect” younger sister, and the nasty schoolgirls who make her life miserable.
Call the Midwife Holiday Special Sunday, December 29 at 8pm An unexploded World War II bomb is found under a warehouse close to Nonnatus House, and the nuns and local families become homeless. Dr. Turner races to immunize children against polio, but then the illness strikes closer to home. Chummy persuades a royal visitor to the East End to open the new Community Center and scrambles to get everything in place for Christmas.
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