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Remembering Tom Magliozzi

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WFIU lost a member of its family when Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR’s Car Talk, died on November 3rd from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. “Turns out he wasn’t kidding,” joked his brother Ray. “He really couldn’t remember last week’s puzzler.”

Ray issued a tribute on the Car Talk website that read in part: “We can be happy that he lived the life he wanted to live; goofing off a lot and talking to you guys every week.”

Car Talk’s longtime producer Doug Berman wrote in a press release that “Tom and his brother changed public broadcasting forever.”

“Before Car Talk, NPR was formal, cautious, even stiff. By being entirely themselves, Tom and Ray singlehandedly changed that, showing that real people are far more interesting than canned radio announcers.”

Ray (l) and Tom Magliozzi

Tom Magliozzi was born in an East Cambridge, Massachusetts neighborhood filled with other Italian immigrant families. Tom was the first in his family to attend college, earning a degree in chemical engineering at MIT. He worked at research and consulting jobs until, in his late 20s, he was driving to work and had a near miss with another car, prompting a revelation that he was wasting his life. Upon arriving at work, he walked into his boss’s office and quit on the spot.

After a period as a Harvard Square bum, house painter, inventor, doctoral student, and auto mechanic, Car Talk became his focus, and Tom spent the rest of his working life doing what he was born to do. “Making friends, philosophizing, solving people’s problems, and laughing his butt off,” says Ray. In his tribute, Ray invited listeners to leave thoughts in a guest book on the program’s website, cartalk.com. “In lieu of flowers, or rotten fish,” Ray wrote, “we ask that folks make a donation to their favorite public radio station in his memory, or to the Alzheimer's Association.”

Car Talk, which has been in reruns since 2012, will continue to air on public radio. We want to hear your thoughts about whether to keep carrying the series on WFIU or to replace it with a new program in our Saturday morning lineup. Let us know at listener@indiana.edu.

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Our heartfelt thanks go to the many volunteers who gave their time and energy to take our pledge calls, as well as to the restaurants and businesses that provided refreshments throughout our fund drive.

And to our challenge partners and all who responded so generously, we can’t thank you enough for doing your part!

We also extend our deep appreciation to our existing and new Sustaining Members. Your loyal support provides a strong base for the WFIU’s programming fund month after month.

Thank you for keeping WFIU strong!

Did you miss your chance to give during the drive? You can give online, securely and easily at WFIU.org.

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Positives and Negatives

by Will Murphy, WFIU Station Operations Director We’d like to thank the hundreds of loyal WFIU listeners who responded so generously during our Sustainer Days online campaign and our annual fund drive last month.

The drive provided both some positives and some negatives. On the plus side, we made it a priority to gain new sustaining memberships, and more than 500 supporters (35% of those who contributed this drive) became sustaining members.

Sustaining memberships—which simply means contributing an ongoing monthly amount—help the station operate more efficiently by allowing us to focus more resources on listeners’ favorite shows and less on raising necessary funds.

And it saves members the difficulty of remembering when their membership is up for renewal. They simply continue the membership until they decide to cancel it or change the amount.

The bad news from drive is that we missed our overall financial goal of $365,000—by about $60,000. That’s a significant shortfall, and we’ll be looking for ways to make up the difference in the spring.

If you didn’t make your pledge of support last month, we hope you’ll take a moment now to visit our website (wfiu. org) and renew your membership. Or call our membership department during business hours at (812) 855-6114.

Thank you again for supporting public radio in south-central Indiana!

Adam Schwartz

Thank You for Your Support

Volunteers Ellen Rodkey and Peter Iversen taking pledges at this year’s fund drive

Volunteer Carl Horne taking pledges

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Featured Contemporary Composer

Ola Gjeilo

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WFIU’s featured contemporary composer for December is Ola Gjeilo.

Ola Gjeilo (Yay' lo) was born in 1978 and was playing piano and composing when he was five years old growing up in Skui, Norway.

He continued to play piano as a teenager and took composition lessons with Wolfgang Plagge. As an undergraduate, Gjeilo studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, transferred to the Julliard School, and studied at the Royal College of Music in London, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in composition. He continued his education at Juilliard where he received his master’s degree in 2006 in composition. Gjeilo currently resides in New York where he is a full-time freelance composer.

Gjeilo’s concert works are performed throughout the world. His debut recording as a pianist-composer, the lyrical crossover album Stone Rose, was followed by its sequel, Piano Improvisations.

In 2012, the Phoenix Chorale recorded a CD consisting entirely of his

compositions, Northern Lights: Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo. The CD was named Best Classical Vocal Album of the Year by iTunes, was the top-selling album that year for Chandos Records in the U.S., and earned Gjeilo praise as a rising star in the classical music world. All three albums are available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and elsewhere.

In May, 2014, Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass was performed by The Manhattan Chorale and Symphonic Chorus at Carnegie Hall, orchestrated for strings and choir. This was also the world premiere of his work Dreamweaver, written for choir, piano, and string orchestra. The text is set from a popular medieval ballad from Norway, “Draumkyedet,” similar to Dante’s Divine Comedy. The light-hearted translation was written in an English text by the poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, one of Gjeilo’s regular collaborators.

In 2015, Gjeilo will perform in concert with composer and pianist Morten Lauridsen with the Bay-Atlantic Symphony (chamber choir and orchestra).

Gjeilo was awarded the 2016 Brock Commission for a choral work to be performed at all seven of the 2016 ACDA Division conferences in the United States.

Gjeilo has recently been commissioned to write a piece for the a cappella octet group Voces8. The piece, scored for voices, string quartet, and pianist, will premiere in 2016. Gjeilo’s choral works are published

by Walton Music, wind band works by Boosey & Hawkes, and piano pieces by Edition Peters.

The choral repertoire of Ola Gjeilo is a perfect addition to WFIU’s music programming as we head into the holiday season. During Classical Music with George Walker on weekday mornings, we’ll hear excerpts from his recordings, including the aforementioned Northern Lights, Sunrise Mass, and Eventide.

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Folktales

Saturdays at 10 p.m.

December 6 Folktale of Angels Many folkworlds believe that “While we are sleeping, angels have conversations with our souls.” This week on Folktales, we test that idea while we’re awake, with a celestial assortment of divinely inspired music from around the globe.

December 13 Folktale of Sharing Self-help author Shannon L. Alder believes that “Compassion is not something you have; it is something you share.” With that in mind, we go global this week, for a listen to how sharing shapes the world around us.

December 20 Folktale of Seasons Greetings This week we celebrate the longest, coldest night of the year, with a world of festive music for the occasion. Here’s a timeless tip from Hamilton Wright Mabie: “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”

December 27 Folktale of Bells Ringing in the New Year is an ancient custom, and this week on Folktales, we travel the world and let them peal. As Tennyson recommended: “Ring out the old, ring in the new, ring, happy bells, across the snow.” Wishing you the best of new beginnings, with this Folktale of Bells.

On Veterans Day, WFIU broadcast Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem performed by the IU Oratorio Chorus, IU Philharmonic Orchestra, and IU Children’s Choir, led by Michael Palmer.

Recorded at the Musical Arts Center at the IU Jacobs School of Music, the concert commemorated the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. The program included reflections on the war from IU President Michael McRobbie and several European ambassadors, as well as music from other Great War-era composers.

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Profiles

Sundays at noon December 7 – Lee A. Feinstein Lee Feinstein is founding dean of the School of Global and International Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. A noted scholar-practitioner, he has served two secretaries of state and a secretary of defense, worked at the nation’s top research institutes, including the Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institution, and has taught law and political science at the University of Georgia, the George Washington University, and the City University of New York. He was President Obama’s first U.S. Ambassador to Poland, national security director to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign, and senior foreign policy advisor to President Obama during the general election. Patrick O’Meara hosts.

December 14 – Lane DeGregory Journalist Lane DeGregory writes for the Tampa Bay Times – St. Petersburg Times. Among her human interest stories, she has written about a mailman who mows strangers’ lawns, a mother who gave up custody of her adopted son, and the man who carries the “THE” flag in a rodeo. She has won more than a dozen national awards, including the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for “The Girl in the Window,” about a neglected girl found in a roach-infested room, unable to talk or feed herself. Her pieces have appeared in several editions of The Best Newspaper Writing, and she has taught at universities and conferences across the country. Gena Asher hosts. (repeat) December 21 – Kevin Kline

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Kevin Kline, a 1970 graduate of Indiana University, has achieved distinction as a stage and screen actor. He began his career on stage in 1972, and won a Best Featured Actor in a Musical Tony Award for the 1978 production of On the Twentieth Century, and Best Actor in a Musical Tony for the 1981 revival of The Pirates of Penzance. He made his film debut opposite Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice. For his role in the comedy A Fish Called Wanda, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Over three decades with The Public Theater, Kline played numerous Shakespearean characters, including Hamlet, Richard III, and King Lear. His other films include The Big Chill, Dave, and De-Lovely. Jon Vickers hosts.

December 28 – Arts Special On this edition of Profiles, we look back at an eventful year in the arts. Join members of the WFIU Arts Desk as we retrace our footsteps across Indiana from art galleries to concert halls and many creative points along the way.

During this hour, you’ll step inside the creative processes of a choreographer, a comedian, and an arranger. You’ll learn how art connects people to one another and promotes healing. And we’ll have updates about several artistic endeavors that originated decades—or centuries—ago: a legendary punk rock band, a series of photographic portraits, and our own national anthem. Throughout the hour we’ll stop to reflect on our subjects and share how these stories came together. Join us to ring in the New Year on this special edition of Profiles. Yaël Ksander hosts.

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Radiolab Sundays at 11 a.m.

December 7 Where Am I? How does your brain keep track of your body? This hour, Radiolab tells stories of the mind-body link gone terribly wrong.

We’ll puzzle through the mysteries of missing limbs and hear about a novel treatment involving optical illusions. Plus, the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch, and we hear from pilots who suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets.

December 14 Inheritance Once a child is born, his genetic fate is pretty much sealed. Or is it? This hour, we put nature and nurture on a collision course and discover how outside forces can find a way inside us, shaping the biological blueprint we pass on to future generations. We tell the story of Barbara Harris, who founded Project Prevention, a controversial organization that pays women with drug addiction to get IUDs, or get sterilized.

Jazz Notes

The Radio Reader with Dick Estell

When it comes to radio, there’s no place like WFIU for the holidays. The jazz department will serve up seasonal fare on our Friday-evening programs Afterglow, Standards by Starlight, and Night Lights on December 19, and throughout the month you can hear more holiday music on our weekday afternoon program Just You and Me. Speaking of which . . .

This month will be the final bow for longtime WFIU Just You and Me host Joe Bourne, who came to the station in December 1984. Joe stepped down from his daily duties in 2011 but has continued to host the Friday edition of the show for the past three years, presenting a wide variety of music ranging from blues and folk to classic rock ’n’ roll. He’ll celebrate his 30th anniversary on-air on Friday, December 19, and return for a farewell show on Friday, December 26, the day after Christmas. Somehow that seems appropriate, given that Joe has been a musical Santa Claus for WFIU listeners for many years, offering them musical gifts with a delivery that reflects his warm and generous spirit.

December 21 Jurisdiction What do a duck hunt and a jealous spouse have in common? Just a profound effect on international relations and an existential struggle at the heart of how the U.S. is governed. This hour of Radiolab, we ask who gets to set the rules for the rest of us—from how the intentions of long-dead founding fathers still push and pull us today, to the front lines of a raging musical battle over the soul of hip-hop.

December 28 Lost and Found Radiolab steers its way through a series of stories about getting lost, and asks how our brains, and our hearts, help us find our way back home. We hear stories of confused wandering in humans, learn about the internal navigation system of pigeons, and end up running into a terrifying, and unexpected, fork in the road in a love story.

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Joe Bourne

So, what’s in store for the Friday Just You and Me after Joe leaves? We’ll present smart, rock-era songwriting, generally encompassing 1965 to the present—the post-Tin Pan Alley age of popular music.

You’ll hear artists ranging from R.E.M., Stevie Wonder, and Joni Mitchell to Randy Newman, Marvin Gaye, and Beck. David Brent Johnson and guest hosts will helm the program. Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year, from all of us at WFIU!

In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides Begins approx. December 15 New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a whiteknuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. In the late 19th century, the public was obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores.

James Gordon Bennett, the eccentric and stupendously wealthy owner of The New York Herald, funded an official U.S. naval expedition to reach the Pole, choosing a young officer named George Washington De Long as its captain. De Long led a team of 32 men deep into uncharted Arctic waters, carrying the aspirations of a young country burning to become a world power. In July 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of “Arctic Fever.”

The ship sailed into uncharted seas, and two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette sank to the bottom, leaving the men marooned a thousand miles north of Siberia with only the barest supplies.

Thus began their long march across the endless ice—a frozen hell in the most lonesome corner of the world. Facing everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and frosty labyrinths, the expedition battled madness and starvation as they desperately strove for survival.

With twists and turns worthy of a thriller, In the Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most unforgiving territory on Earth.

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From WFIU to NPR Community Events

by Colleen Leahy, former WFIU Arts Desk intern I’ve been at NPR for a month now, and I love it. For starters, NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., is hip. Sort of like Google—minus the beanbag chairs and resemblance to the inside of a spaceship.

My boss has a classic NPR name: Acacia Squires.

I am surrounded by incredibly intelligent people who are exceptional at what they do, and they’re friendly. As the intern for Here & Now, my duties revolve around connecting NPR to Boston and helping produce the show.

I write summaries for NPR-produced pieces, I edit promos for All Things Considered, I attend editorial meetings, and much more. I just pitched and produced my first Here & Now interview, about the political and cultural discourse surrounding the authenticity of ISIS’s brand of Islam.

IU Opera and Ballet Theater The Nutcracker Musical Arts Center December 4 to 7 Premiering in 1892, The Nutcracker has since become the most popular and most performed ballet in the world—charming generation after generation with its fabulous music and wonderful story.

When young Clara receives a toy soldier nutcracker from her mysterious godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, she falls asleep with it in her arms, and the magic begins to happen. Bring the kids and travel with Clara through her dreamscape—one filled with Sugar Plum Fairies, Snow Queens, Mice Kings, and more.

Chimes of Christmas IU Auditorium Saturday, December 6, 2 p.m and 7:30 p.m.

Start the season with Bloomington’s most anticipated holiday musical event. Since the 1950s, audiences have delighted in this uplifting holiday spectacular. Led by acclaimed vocal jazz conductor Steve Zegree, Chimes of Christmas has a new look, innovative repertoire, and oodles of energy. Both children and adults will enjoy the enthusiastically performed holiday carols, the upbeat new style, and the surprise appearance of a jovial Santa.

See all of your favorite characters from the program—including Hermey the Elf, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, Clarice, Yukon Cornelius, the Misfit Toys, and, of course, Rudolph—as they come to life on stage. It’s an adventure that teaches us that what makes you different can be what makes you special.

Wiggle, Wriggle, Jump and Twirl!

Saturday, December 13, 5 to 8:30 p.m.

WonderLab Museum 308 West Fourth Street Bloomington 812-337-1337 ext. 25 Come out for a dance-themed concert of musical arrangements performed by the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra.

A brief pre-concert takes place at 5:30 p.m., followed by the main floor concert beginning at 6:00 p.m. Seating is limited for the main concert. Tickets for reserved seats will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis from 5:00 p.m. Floor seating also will be available. Hands-on music activities will be offered throughout the evening.

Straight No Chaser Thursday, December 18, 8 p.m.

IU Auditorium

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical IU Auditorium Thursday, December 11, 7:30 p.m.

Colleen Leahy

I never would have made it to NPR without the nurturing environment of WFIU. The same atmosphere of excellence, passion, and kindness that I have found at WFIU is present at NPR, and it is something I have come to expect from my ideal workplace.

Working at WFIU taught me (among many other things) the immeasurable value of having coworkers who are full of good ideas and are excited about what they do, how not drawing a strict line between your job and your life outside your job helps generate ideas, that it’s necessary to be tenacious in learning new audio editing software, and the basics of radio journalism (pitch-writing, interviewing,

Since first airing on TV in 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has become a beloved Christmas classic—capturing the hearts and wonder of generations of fans.

Now, 50 years later, the beloved classic soars off the screen and onto the stage.

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This ten-member male a cappella group, formed at Indiana University, comes home for the holidays. Tight vocals and loose humor have catapulted these musical masterminds from local legends to international superstars—leaving in their wake a slew of chart-topping albums.

Expect clever harmonies, tongue-in-cheek charm, and “we-don’t-take-ourselvesas-seriously-as-we-do-our-music” antics.

This year’s concert features festive holiday favorites, surprising pop arrangements, and vocals that will knock your socks off.

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Classical Music with George Walker

10:58 a.m. : A Moment of Science

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The Radio Reader In the Kingdom of Ice begins approx. December 15 Noon Edition

Fresh Air 1 P.M. 2

2:01 & 3:01 p.m. : BBC News

Performance Today

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Just You and Me with David Brent Johnson

4:58 p.m. : A Moment of Science

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Marketplace Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Fresh Air

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ether Game

Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts

Sounds Choral

Chamber Music Society from Lincoln Center

Afterglow

Harmonia

Standards

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Fiesta!

Night Lights

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Relevant Tones 11

Pipedreams

Collectors’ Corner

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Through the Night with Peter Van de Graaff

Jazz with Bob Parlocha

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Local and State News Weekdays at 6:06 a.m., 7:06 a.m., 8:06 a.m., 12:04 p.m., 5:04 p.m., 5:33 p.m.

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Indiana Business News Weekdays at 8:59 a.m. (immediately following Marketplace)

This American Life

NPR News Weekdays at 12:01 p.m.

Saturdays at 11:01 a.m., 12:01 p.m.

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Don’t Tell Me!

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Profiles

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: 12/6: The Barber of Seville 12/13: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 12/20: The Marriage of Figaro 12/27: La Traviata

With Heart and Voice The Score Travel with Rick Steves

Sound Medicine

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A Moment of Science Weekdays at 10:58 a.m. and 4:56 p.m.

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Community Minute Weekdays at 8:50 a.m., 11:59 a.m., 3:27 p.m.

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Composers Datebook Mondays through Wednesdays at 3:25 p.m.

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Focus on Flowers Thursdays and Fridays at 3:25 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays at 6:57 a.m.

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Moment of Indiana History Mondays at 11:24 a.m.

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Exploring Music The Folk Sampler The Thistle and Shamrock

The New York Philharmonic This Week

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Speak Your Mind Weekdays at 9:02 a.m. and 11:24 a.m. (as available)

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Star Date Weekdays at 11:26 a.m.

Folktales Beale Street Caravan Jazz with Bob Parlocha

Classical Music

Michael Paskash

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TED Radio Hour

All Things Considered

April Erisman

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LuAnn Johnson

Drew Daudelin

The Poets Weave Sundays at 2:01 p.m.

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Alex Dierckman

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a., alto; b., bass; bar., baritone; bssn., bassoon; cl., clarinet; cond., conductor; cont., continuo; ct., countertenor; db., double bass; ch., chamber; E.hn., English horn; ens., ensemble; fl., flute; gt., guitar; hn., horn; hp., harp; hpsd., harpsichord; intro., introduction; instr., instrument; kbd., keyboard; lt., lute; ms., mezzo-soprano; ob., oboe; orch., orchestra; org., organ; Phil., Philharmonic; p., piano; perc., percussion; qt., quartet; rec., recorder; sax., saxophone; s., soprano; str., string; sym., symphony; t., tenor; tb., trombone; timp., timpani; tpt., trumpet; trans., transcribed; var., variations; vla., viola; vlc., vdg., viola da gamba; violoncello; vln., violin. Upper case letters indicate major keys; lower case letters indicate minor keys.

Note: Daily listings are as complete as we can make them at press time, and we strive to provide full program information whenever possible. 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.

1 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler 9 STRAVINSKY: Elegy for JFK (Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano) MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 MAHLER: Blumine GABRIELI: Canzonae (from CSO Brass Live) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Sunshine from San Diego We anticipate the upcoming 100th birthday of America’s most popular outdoor pipe organ at the Spreckels Pavilion in Balboa Park.

2 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Name and Rank Atennnn-hut! Tonight, the Ether Game Brain Trust takes a look at military ranks. Pushups optional.

9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Giving Thanks A collection of choral pieces of the season, by Billings, Hawley, Paulus, Mendelssohn, and more.

10:00 PM IU NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE WFIU Music Director Joe Goetz hosts a program of recent concert highlights from the Jacobs School of Music’s New Music Ensemble. The program will include music and words from John Luther Adams, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music, and recently named Musical America’s 2015 Composer of the Year.

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3 Wednesday 8:00 PM IU SYMPHONIC SHOWCASE

opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck and the lesser-known Niccolò Jommelli were also born that year? This week on Harmonia, we hear music from the Council and from each of these birthday boys.

5 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW What’s New New and recent releases, including an anthology of singer Rosemary Clooney’s previously-unreleased 1950s radio recordings.

9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Remembering Bunny Berigan 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Bud’s Buds On their 85th birthdays, we pay tribute to pianists Barry Harris and Toshiko Akiyoshi, both of whom have been influenced by bebop piano master Bud Powell.

David Effron

A program that profiles professor and conductor David Effron, featuring highlights from recent concerts. Selections will include the IU Philharmonic with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley (concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) playing the Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian, as well as music by Weber, Dvořák, and Sibelius.

WFIU Music Director Joe Goetz hosts.

6 Saturday 1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA ROSSINI—The Barber of Seville The Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast season gets underway with Bartlett Sher’s effervescent production of Rossini’s most popular opera.

Isabel Leonard is the beautiful and feisty Rosina, who won’t be kept under lock and key. Lawrence Brownlee is her conspiring flame, Almaviva, and Christopher Maltman is the omnipotent barber, Figaro.

Michele Mariotti conducts.

10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL The First Recording of Authentic Orchestration of the Ragtime Opera JOPLIN: Treemonisha (Johnson; Sandy; Pleasant; Ward; Packer; Benjamin, cond.; Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers) New World 80720-2

4 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Strings & Winds ROSSINI: Duetto in D major for Cello and Bass Efe Baltacigil, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass WEBERN: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet Daedalus Quartet (Kyu-Young Kim, Min-Young Kim, violins; Jessica Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello) POULENC: Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon Stephen Taylor, oboe; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Inon Barnatan, piano HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 24, No. 2 Ransom Wilson, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; David Shifrin, clarinet; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; William Purvis, horn 9:00 PM HARMONIA 2014 Birthday Boys The year 2014 is the 600th anniversary of the Council of Constance. It also marks 300 years since the birth of Bach’s son, Carl Philipp. But did you know that the famous

Isabel Leonard in The Barber of Seville

7 Sunday 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK A Dancer’s Dream STRAVINSKY: The Fairy’s Kiss STRAVINSKY: Petrushka Alan Gilbert, conductor

8 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Bernard Labadie and Marc André Hamelin play Haydn and Beethoven RIGEL: Symphony in C Minor

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HAYDN: Piano Concerto in D major (MarcAndré Hamelin, piano) KRAUS: Symphony in E Minor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C major BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 (Osmo Vänskä, conductor)

with a confidence and relish that masked the music’s ferocious technical challenges beneath a mastery of its tempestuous surges and swings of mood; and without a whiff of exaggeration.”

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Approaching Christmas In anticipation of the yuletide season, a collection of music on Advent themes.

8:00 PM ETHER GAME All the World’s a Stage This week, Ether Game explores the incidental (and not-so incidental) music that’s graced the stage.

9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Los Angeles Master Chorale This venerable institution just celebrated its 50th anniversary. We’ll hear recordings conducted by Paul Salamunovich, Grant Gershon, and Gustavo Dudamel.

KFR/Frank Mohn

9 Tuesday Daniil Trifonov

10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Frank Shipway Conducts STRAUSS: Alpine Symphony (Sao Paulo Symphony) BIS-1950 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (Royal Philharmonic) Royal Phil RPM 29220

13 Saturday 12:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA WAGNER—Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg James Levine returns to Wagner with a signature run of this epic comedy, back at the Met for the first time in eight years. Michael Volle is Hans Sachs, Johan Botha reprises his indomitable Walther, and the elegant Annette Dasch is Eva.

14 Sunday 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOISTS: Julianna Di Giacomo, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Russell Thomas, tenor; Shenyang, bass; Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus, Kent Tritle, director.

TURNAGE: Frieze BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9

10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES

11 Thursday

Nico Muhly

Composer Spotlight: Nico Muhly He’s worked with, and written and arranged for, performers as diverse as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Beyoncé, the American Ballet Theater, and Björk, just to name a few. Seth Boustead sits down to talk to this wide-ranging and highly successful composer about life on the cutting edge of 21st-century music.

10 Wednesday 8:00 PM CARNEGIE HALL LIVE: PIANIST DANIIL TRIFONOV A sensation before he was 20, Daniil Trifonov has proven that he is more than just a young phenomenon. This program includes works by Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt, about which the Financial Times (London) wrote, “It was in the Liszt that he came into his own—a titanic performance, projected

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 have playing over 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—new and old.

12 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Johnny Mathis: Open Fire, Two Guitars The singer in a musically spare 1959 setting.

9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Sinatra’s 99th 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Rookie of the Year: Curtis Fuller ’57 In 1957 Curtis Fuller arrived in New York City at the age of 22 and proceeded to record with Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, and John Coltrane, as well as making six records as a leader. We look at the breakout year of one of jazz’s greatest trombonists.

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Matthew Murphy

8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER All Mozart MOZART: Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521 Juho Pohjonen, piano; Wu Han, piano MOZART: Divertimento in D major for Oboe, Two Horns, and Strings, K. 251 Stephen Taylor, oboe; Julie Landsman, horn; Michelle Baker, horn; Nelson Lee, violin; Meg Freivogel, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass

Kelley O’Connor

15 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Charles Dutoit and Mathieu Dufour DUKAS: La Péri, Fanfare and poème dansé CONNESSON: Pour sortir au jour (Mathieu Dufour, flute [CSO commission]) Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 (Organ) (Paul Jacobs, organ) WILLIAMS: Violin Concerto (Gil Shaham, violin; John Williams, conductor) POULENC: Gloria (Bernard Haitink, conductor) from CSO Resound recording 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS From Heaven Above We borrow from an international collective of music old and new in celebration of the Christmas holiday.

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8:00 PM ETHER GAME Colors We’ll have an entire spectrum of colorful tunes on tonight’s show. Don’t forget to sharpen your crayons.

9:00 PM HANUKKAH SPECIAL: CANDLES BURNING BRIGHTLY Join hosts Mindy Ratner and Bill Morelock for a one-hour celebration of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. There’s plenty of music from Jewish communities around the world, plus an exploration of holiday traditions, and a special story reading by the incomparable Theodore Bikel.

10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Payton MacDonald: Super Marimba Percussionist Payton MacDonald calls Super Marimba the nexus point of all of his artistic activities. Featuring influences from jazz and classical to Hindustani and improvisational music, this is the marimba as you’ve never heard it before. Seth Boustead hosts.

9:00 PM HARMONIA Remembering Frans Brüggen In August 2014 the early music world lost a true pioneer with the death of recorder player Frans Brüggen. This week on Harmonia, we look back at some of his many accomplishments. Plus, music by JeanPhilippe Rameau, and Tempesta di Mare plays music of Francesco Mancini on our featured recording.

19 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW A Vintage Christmas Mid-20th-century Christmas classics.

Resurrection, one of the finest collegiate chapels in the United States. This concert features the internationally acclaimed Valparaiso University Chorale, the Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Concert Band as well as the Women’s Choir and Men’s Choir performing traditional hymns and carols along with other seasonal favorites.

9:00 PM AND GLORY SHONE AROUND: AN EARLY-AMERICAN CHRISTMAS WITH THE ROSE ENSEMBLE The Rose Ensemble, renowned for its expansive repertoire of music from around the world and across the centuries, presents a unique Christmas special. The program draws from 19th-century songbooks, featuring carols of the New England colonies, Appalachian folk tunes, Southern shape-note singing, Shaker spiritual songs, and the close harmonies that gave birth to bluegrass.

9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT With host Dick Bishop 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Jade Bass: Scott LaFaro The life, music, and legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, who died in a car crash in 1961 at the age of 25. Bassist and Indiana University faculty member Jeremy Allen joins the program, which features LaFaro’s recordings with pianist Bill Evans and others.

20 Saturday

Payton MacDonald

17 Wednesday 8:00 PM LAFAYETTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA This special program comes from our friends at WBAA, public radio from Purdue.

Nick Palmer, conductor; Chaconne Klaverenga, guitar DEBUSSY: Nuages & Fêtes from Nocturnes RENÉ SCHIFFER: Guitar Concerto in A Minor (World Premiere) BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Grigory Ginzburg Plays Russian Music RUBINSTEIN: Piano concerto No. 4 in D Minor (Ginzburg; Shereshevsky, State Academy Orchestra) Melodiya MEL CD 10 02067 RUBINSTEIN: Étude No. 2 in F Major (Ginzburg) Melodiya MEL CD 10 020567 BALAKIREV: Islamey (Ginzburg) Appian APR 5667 PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 3 (Ginzburg) Vox Aeterna VA CD 00106 TCHAIKOVSKY: Grand Sonata in G Major (Ginzburg) Philips 456 802-2 Page 12 / Directions in Sound / December 2014

1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA MOZART—The Marriage of Figaro Richard Eyre’s season-opening new production of Mozart’s eternal masterpiece is set in an 18th-century manor house in Seville during the 1930s. Erwin Schrott in the title role leads a stellar cast that also includes Mariusz Kwiecien as the Count and Danielle de Niese as Susanna, along with Met debutantes Rachel Willis-Sørensen as the Countess and Serena Malfi as Cherubino.

Edo de Waart conducts.

21 Sunday 8:00 PM ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS SPECIAL A service in song and word that has become one of the nation’s most cherished holiday celebrations. Tickets to the event, which takes place at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, are always gone months in advance. The festival includes hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra.

22 Monday 8:00 PM VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION The Valparaiso University Christmas concert A Carol Festival is a musical celebration that has been delighting audiences for nearly 90 years. It is presented in the spectacular Valparaiso University Chapel of the

The Rose Ensemble

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Holiday Highlights Some engaging confections, several of them invented in the moment, add to our enjoyment of this special time of year.

23 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Winter Wonderland Bundle up for snow and ice on tonight’s blustery Ether Game.

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 RELEVANT TONES Journey into the Sacred: Modern Oratorios Large-scale sacred works might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of contemporary music, but a number of important composers are creating expansive works inspired by their concept of a higher power, as host Seth Boustead demonstrates.

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10:00 AM A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS Hosted by Michael Barone, this is a live music and spoken-word broadcast from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England. The 30-voice King’s College Choir performs the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service of Biblical readings and music.

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9:00 PM WELCOME CHRISTMAS! WITH VOCALESSENCE It’s an hour of joyful holiday music featuring one of the world’s premier choral groups, led by Philip Brunelle. This year, a tribute to the late Dave Brubeck with his classical Christmas cantata La Fiesta de la Posada.

Plus, this year’s winners of the annual carol contest with the American Composers Forum.

8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOIST: Liang Wang, oboe R. STRAUSS: Don Juan Christopher ROUSE: Oboe Concerto R. STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra

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

29 Monday

Ann Marsden

8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY William Walton’s First Symphony PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 (Kirill Gerstein, piano) WALTON: Symphony No. 1 POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor (Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos) WILLIAMS: Excerpt from Lincoln soundtrack (John Williams, conductor)

Sian Richards

Philip Brunelle

Layla Claire

10:00 PM MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE BRASS & CHORAL HOLIDAY CONCERT The WFMT Radio Network and Music of the Baroque offer their annual presentation of their Brass and Choral Holiday Concert.

Hosted by WFMT host Candice Agree, tune in to the great works of composers including Giovanni Gabrieli, Johann Sebastian Bach, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Scheidt, and John Tavener.

25 Thursday 9:00 PM HARMONIA A Baroque Christmas in the New World In celebration of the holiday season, we team up with Public Radio International to bring you a special edition of Harmonia, featuring music from 17th- and 18th-century Mexico, Peru and Bolivia. The music we’ll play include a cantata and three freestanding works by colonial Mexican composer Manuel de Sumaya—most of which come from the only surviving manuscript in fullscore in Sumaya’s own hand. Listen as the musicians of the Historical Performance Institute at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University under the direction of Dana Marsh bring these sparkling works to life once again.

10:00 PM A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS A Chanticleer Christmas is a one-hour celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the San Francisco-based men’s choir. The program spans the globe and the centuries—from England in the 1300s to new arrangements of classic and contemporary carols to Chanticleer’s popular Gospel medley of Christmas tunes.

26 Friday

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS The Organist’s Yearbook The traditional summing-up of some of the year’s activity in the world of the King of Instruments.

30 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME A Little Night Music Nocturnes abound in this dark and mysterious episode of Ether Game. Bring a flashlight!

9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Happy Birthday, Harry We’ll celebrate the birthday of the extraordinary British conductor Harry Christophers with music by Palestrina, Monteverdi, and Benjamin Britten.

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Swing Low, Sweet Spirituals Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and other popular-song performers sing spirituals.

9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Celebrating Steve Allen 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Have Yourself a Very Quiet Christmas Night Lights celebrates the holidays in the mellowest of moods, with music from Joe Pass, Dave Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and others.

27 Saturday 1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA VERDI—La Traviata Verdi’s consumptive courtesan returns in Willy Decker’s timeless setting, with rising soprano Marina Rebeka in the title heroine. Stephen Costello is Alfredo and Ludovic Tézier is Germont. Marco Armiliato conducts.

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Stu Rosner

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Harry Christophers

10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES WITH SETH BOUSTEAD Composers among Us: Laura Schwendinger Our popular series profiling emerging composers continues with Laura Schwendinger, an artist whose strongly personal style of music is filled with kinetic energy and slow-burning intensity.

31 Wednesday 8:00 PM DEUTCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS Program TBA 10:00 PM A VIENNESE NEW YEAR’S EVE WFIU Music Director Joe Goetz counts down to midnight with waltzes, polkas, and marches from the great recorded legacy of the Vienna Philiharmonic.

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What Shall I Give?

This month on WTIU television.

Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American Masters Tuesday, December 2, 8 p.m.

Friday, December 26, 9 p.m.

Sunday, December 28, 1:30 p.m.

Bing Crosby (1903-1977) was the most popular and influential singer of the first half of the 20th century. For more than three decades, through radio, film, television, and records, he reigned supreme. This new documentary explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a man far more complex than his public persona.

American Masters was granted unprecedented access to the entertainer’s personal and professional archives, including never-before-seen home movies, Dictabelt recordings, photos, and more. Narrated by Stanley Tucci, the film features new interviews with all surviving members of Crosby’s immediate family—wife Kathryn, daughter Mary, and sons Harry and Nathaniel.

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The giving season is upon us, and we’re being asked to support many worthy organizations. This is a good time to review, reflect, and plan.

Careful planning between now and December 31 can increase your tax refund, or reduce the taxes you might otherwise owe next April.

Cash: Charitable gifts are most often made in the form of cash and checks. If you itemize, cash gifts can eliminate or reduce tax up to 50% of your adjusted gross income.

Securities: With gifts of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, one must consider what the securities originally cost in relation to their current worth today.

When securities have increased in value, it is best to transfer them to a charity rather than sell them.

When owned for more than a year, securities can be used to fund a gift that is deductible at full fair market value, not just original cost— enabling you to bypass capital gains tax that would otherwise be due if you sold the stocks or bonds.

If you own securities that have decreased in value, consider selling these and making a gift of the proceeds. This creates a loss that you may be able to deduct from other taxable income.

When making a gift of securities, check with your financial services provider to ensure that it is transferred properly and in a timely manner.

For additional information about making a gift of cash or securities to WFIU, please contact Nancy Krueger, Gifts and Grants Officer, nkrueger@indiana.edu or 812-855-2935.

Bing Crosby

The film reveals Crosby’s struggles with his first wife, Dixie Lee, and their sons Gary, Dennis, Phillip, and Lindsay. Mary addresses accusations of abuse first published in Gary’s 1983 memoir, which tarnished their father’s legacy. Gary speaks candidly about both his and his mother’s alcoholism as well as his difficulties with his father in a never-before-seen 1987 interview.

Other new interviews include singers Tony Bennett and Michael Feinstein, record producer Ken Barnes, biographer Gary Giddins, and writers Buz Kohan and Larry Grossman, who tell the story behind Crosby’s Christmas special duet with David Bowie.

Thirty-seven years after his death, Crosby remains the most recorded performer in history with nearly 400 hit singles, an achievement not even Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, or the Beatles have come close to matching. As one of Hollywood’s most popular actors, he won the Oscar for 1944’s Going My Way and co-starred in the “Road” films with Bob Hope.

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