December 2016
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Holiday Season Specials
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
WFIU Holiday Programs December 2016
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Spruce up your holiday season with these soul-satisfying specials.
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Monday, December 19, 8 p.m. One of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States, the festival includes hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections featuring more than 500 student musicians in five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra. Tickets to the event, which takes place at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, are always gone months in advance. (Repeats 12/25 at 1 p.m. on WFIU2)
Welcome Christmas! with VocalEssence Tuesday, December 20, 9 p.m.
Enjoy holiday classics new and old from VocalEssence, one of the world’s premiere choral groups. This year includes a tribute to the late Dave Brubeck with a performance of his most frequently performed choral concert work, the Christmas cantata La Fiesta de la Posada. Plus, this year’s winners of the annual carol contest with the American Composers Forum. (Repeats 12/25 at 10 a.m. on WFIU2)
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Thursday, December 22, 8 p.m.
The world-renowned 360-member choir continues its century-old tradition of great artistry with touching arrangements of familiar carols and lesser-known melodies that are fast becoming the new classics. (Repeats 12/25 at 12 p.m. on WFIU2)
Christmas in Baroque Malta
Thursday, December 22, 10 p.m. The Rose Ensemble’s celestial voices team up with a Baroque band to present this glorious 17th-century music from Italy that had been preserved in a cathedral on the Island of Malta, and is now being heard for the first time in centuries. Imagine the splendor of the great Baroque churches of Venice and Rome, resounding with choral music as opulent and ornate as the buildings themselves.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
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The 30-voice King’s College Choir performs this service of spoken-word works and choral and organ music. Broadcast live from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England, the program is hosted by Pipedreams’ Michael Barone. (Repeats 12/25 at 12 p.m. on WFIU)
Candles Burning Brightly
Monday, December 26, 7 p.m. A celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, with food and traditional Sephardic, Ashkenazic, and Yiddish melodies. Featured performers include Chanticleer, Essential Voices, the New England Conservatory Jewish Music Ensemble, and the Jay Unger & Molly Mason Family Band.
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Sundays at 6 p.m. December 4 – Eric Segall Eric J. Segall is the Kathy and Lawrence Ashe Professor of Law at the Georgia State University College of Law where he teaches federal courts and constitutional law. He is the author Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges. He has written numerous law review articles on constitutional law and other legal topics, and has given many speeches inside and outside the academy on constitutional law questions and the Supreme Court. He appears regularly on Stand Up! with Pete Dominic talking about the Supreme Court and constitutional law. Steve Sanders hosts. December 11 – The Indiana Bicentennial Gala Join for a once-in-a-lifetime event as Hoosiers from around the state gather at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis to celebrate Indiana’s 200th birthday. The Bicentennial Gala will feature special guests, performances by Hoosiers, and a celebration of the heritage that makes up the 92 counties in the state. Highlights include remarks from Indiana Governor Mike Pence and First Lady Karen Pence; remarks from co-chairs of the Indiana Bicentennial Commission Becky Skillman and Lee Hamilton; and performances by singersongwriter-pianist and Anderson, Indiana native Jon McLaughlin (pictured at left).
Ho ho ho! The WFIU jazz department is busy dusting off our Santa hats, growing our beards, and generally feeling jolly, in the jazziest of ways, or course. Expect a light sprinkling of holiday jazz on Just You and Me beginning Monday, December 12, with increasing musical snowfall throughout the following two weeks. Host David Brent Johnson will have some brand new Yuletide jazz for you and a slew of perennial favorites as well, including his traditional broadcast of Louis Armstrong reading “The Night Before Christmas.” Our Friday evening jazz programs follow suit. Join host Mark Chilla on Afterglow for “A Very Crooner Christmas” on Friday, December 23, featuring music from Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin.
December 18 – John Boorman John Boorman is an English movie director, producer, and screenwriter known for the feature films he directed including Deliverance, Zardoz, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, The General, The Tailor of Panama, and Queen and Country. His first Hollywood film was the 1967 neo-noir crime thriller Point Blank. He wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical movie Hope and Glory, about a child growing up during the London blitz. He has directed a total of 22 movies and has received five Academy Award nominations. Boorman began his career in the 1950s working as a journalist and later a documentary filmmaker. David Carter hosts. December 25 – James Alexander Thom Indiana author James Alexander Thom has written seven novels of historical fiction including Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea, Panther in the Sky (winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for best historical novel), and Follow the River, the story of a young Virginia woman’s capture and escape from the Shawnee Indians, which is now in its 37th printing. Thom was a newspaper and magazine journalist and a lecturer at the IU School of Journalism before becoming a full-time author, and has been inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Yaël Ksander hosts.
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Night Lights with David Brent Johnson follows at 9 p.m. with “A Night Lights Wonderland,” highlighting seasonal music from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, and other artists from the annals of classic jazz. Afterglow offers up a set of winterweather songs the following week on December 30, while Night Lights rounds up some of 2016’s most compelling historical releases. Just You and Me will also spend the last week of the month surveying some of the new releases, reissues, live recordings, and Indiana-related titles that stood out in the past twelve months. Happy holidays from all of us at WFIU! December 2016 / Page 3
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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 4 and 5.
1 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER MOZART: Grande Sestetto Concertante for String Sextet after Sinfonia Concertante, K.364 Erin Keefe, Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Paul Neubauer, Richard O’Neill, viola; LiWei Qin, Efe Baltacigil, cello BRITTEN: Sonata in C major for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
an album that has received much critical acclaim. Elbio Barilari hosts.
2 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW The Billy Strayhorn Songbook Mark Chilla pays tribute to songwriter Billy Strayhorn, listening to the sophisticated melancholy of Duke Ellington’s righthand man in songs such as “Lush Life” and “Something to Live For” sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Ozzie Bailey, Elvis Costello, and others. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Greatest Bass Player in the World Jaco Pastorius transformed the sound of the bass in jazz during his relatively brief career as both a leader and a member of Weather Report. Bassist Jeremy Allen joins host David Brent Johnson to discuss Pastorius’ significance.
3 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA PUCCINI—Manon Lescaut Anna Netrebko is the heroine who is as alluring and irresistible as her adored city of Paris. Marcelo Álvarez is her obsessed lover in the opera that made Puccini famous, showcased in Richard Eyre’s heated 1940s film noir–inspired production. Christopher Maltman is Lescaut and Brindley Sherratt is Geronte de Ravoir. Marco Armiliato conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES 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, host Julia Meek goes global, listening to how sharing shapes the world around us.
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Wu Han and David Finckel
9:00 PM HARMONIA Strike Up the Band It’s football season, which means time for marching band. Wind bands have been tickling our ears for centuries, in war, on the athletic field, and in the concert hall. This week, Angela Mariani strikes up the band. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Sketches of Spain Revisited In 1959 Miles Davis and Gil Evans put together a famous jazz version of the popular Concierto de Aranjuez, by Joaquin Rodrigo. Composer-conductor-arranger-trumpeter Orbert Davis revisits the historical piece with Page 6 / December 2016
11:00 AM RADIOLAB Choice Logic and emotion aren’t the only forces that guide our decisions. From a steaming cup of coffee to brain surgery to the kindness of casino workers, the voices in our head don’t necessarily equal free will. 6:00 PM PROFILES U.S. Supreme Court expert Eric J. Segall. Steve Sanders hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Alan Gilbert conducts MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute SCHUBERT: Overture to The Magic Harp MAHLER: Symphony No. 6
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8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Runnicles conducts the Enigma Variations BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration ELGAR: Enigma Variations
DVOŘÁK: Violin Concerto (Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Holiday Pipes From the stage of the Sharp Concert Hall at Oklahoma University, students and faculty of the American Organ Institute share in some seasonal revelry. Michael Barone hosts.
6 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Fiber Arts The string’s the thing on this week’s edition of Ether Game. Mark (“Stringbean”) Chilla hosts. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL O Magnum Mysterium On this holiday gift list program Marjorie Herman samples various composers’ settings of this and other seasonal texts. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES In the Field: Gaudeamus part 1 Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, Gaudeamus Muziekweek in the Netherlands is a powerhouse contemporary music festival showcasing young talent from around the world. The Gaudeamus Award is granted each year to a new music pioneer, and this year nominees include Giulio Colangelo, David Bird, James O’Callaghan, Anthony Vine, and ShihWei Lo—all under the age of 30. In this first of a two-part series, Seth Boustead travels to The Hague to feature music from the young composers chosen to take part this year.
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Martin Fröst, conductor and clarinet GRIEG: Holberg Suite MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1
8 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER LIGETI: Six Bagatelles for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn (1953) Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn BARTÓK: Quartet No. 3 for Strings, BB 93 (1927) Orion Quartet (Todd Phillips, Daniel Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello DOHNÁNYI: Serenade in C major for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 10 (1902) Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Paul Watkins, cello BARTÓK: Román népi táncok (Romanian Folk Dances) for Strings, BB 76 (1915, arr 1917) Violinist Daniel Hope leading an ensemble of CMS artists 9:00 PM HARMONIA Les Filles de Sainte Colombe
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Angela Mariani talks with founding member Wendy Gillespie about the history and music of the viol ensemble Les Filles de Sainte Colombe. 10:00 PM FIESTA! South American Road Trip From Colombia to Argentina and from Chile to Brazil, Elbio Barilari presents music representing different traditions and landscapes.
9 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Benny Goodman and the Singers Mark Chilla looks at the songbirds and crooners who worked with “The King of Swing” Benny Goodman, including Helen Forrest, Dick Haymes, and Mildred Bailey. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Miles Between: Miles Davis 1961–1963 In the autumn of 1960, saxophonist John Coltrane played his final gigs with Miles Davis. Davis spent the next three years searching for a new lineup that would eventually result in the so-called Second Great Quintet. David Brent Johnson takes a look at how he got there.
10 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA SAARIAHO—L’amour de Loin Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s opera (the first written by a woman to be performed at the Met since 1903) was described by the New York Times as “transfixing . . . a lushly beautiful score.” In this new production by Robert Lepage, Eric Owens is the knight on a quest of love and Susanna Phillips is his lover on the other side of the sea. Tamara Mumford is the Pilgrim and Eric Owens is Jaufré Rudel. Conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her Met debut. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Ice Formations “The ice was here, the ice was there/The ice was all around/It cracked and growled, and roared and howled/Like noises in a swound!” That’s how Samuel Taylor Coleridge saw it, through the eyes of his immortal Ancient Mariner. This week’s show tracks the mighty power of frozen water, as it makes its way around the musical globe, from skating rinks, to polar caps, to cold frosty mornings. Julia Meek hosts.
11 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Speed We live our lives at human speed, interacting with the world on a human time scale. But this hour, we put ourselves through the paces, peek inside a microsecond, and master the fastest thing in the universe. We take a look at the longest running science experiment in history, and team up with NPR’s Planet Money to try to wrap our heads around the speed of high-frequency trading. 6:00 PM CELEBRATE INDIANA: THE BICENTENNIAL GALA
Join us for one of the most anticipated events of the year: the Bicentennial Gala. Hoosiers from around the state will gather at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis to celebrate Indiana’s 200th birthday with a look at the state’s past, present, and future. Highlights include remarks from Indiana Governor Mike Pence and First Lady Karen Pence; remarks from co-chairs of the Indiana Bicentennial Commission Becky Skillman and Lee Hamilton; and performances by Anderson, Indiana native singer-songwriterpianist Jon McLaughlin, and others. (Preempts Profiles) 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK The New York Philharmonic at 175 Conductors: Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Dmitri Mitropoulos, Arturo Toscanaini; Jaap van Zweden Complete program to be determined. Musical highlights to include: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES WITH SETH BOUSTEAD In the Field: Gaudeamus part 2 The second of Seth Boustead’s two-part series from the 70th-annual Gaudeamus Muziekweek festival of contemporary music in the Netherlands features interviews and audio from established mentor composers.
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Christian Zacharias, piano BACEWICA: Concerto for Strings
12 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Stéphane Denève conducts Berlioz WEBER: The Ruler of the Spirits Overture SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99 (James Ehnes, violin) BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo and Romeo at the Tomb of the Capulets from Romeo and Juliet (Sir Mark Elder, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS A Seasonal Celebration Whether in Michigan or New Mexico, Ely or Orleans, the music of Christmas resounds with peace and joy. Michael Barone hosts.
13 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Hungary for More Don’t be a “Pest.” Join us for this Hungarian-themed episode of Ether Game. Mark Chilla hosts. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Holiday Dreams Settings of tales for children of all ages, including “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” by Matthew Harris and “The Cantata of the Animals,” by Elliot Z. Levine. Marjorie Herman hosts.
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HAYDN: Symphony No. 82, The Bear CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2
15 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER RAVEL: Shéhérazade for Voice, Flute, and Piano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Ransom Wilson, flute; Ken Noda, piano RAVEL: Sonata for Violin and Cello Yura Lee, violin; Jacob Koranyi, cello RAVEL: La Valse for Two Pianos Anne-Marie McDermott, Juho Pohjonen, piano 9:00 PM HARMONIA A Medieval Christmas Angela Mariani explores the medieval chants, carols, and dances of Christmas from the Mediterranean to the Alps. 10:00 PM FIESTA! An Imaginary Concert 3 Imagine you’re attending a symphonic concert in which instead of hearing a piece from the usual standard concert repertoire, the orchestra starts with a colorful Latino overture, continues with a fantastic Latino concerto, and tops the evening with a full scale Latino symphony. Elbio Barilari is your host of this musical daydream.
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8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Storyville Sweethearts Mark Chilla brings you music by three singers—Lee Wiley, Barbara Lea, and Teddi King—who spent time working in Boston’s Storyville night club in the 1950s. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS December 2016 / Page 7
Bud’s Buds A birthday-week salute to veteran pianists Toshiko Akiyoshi and Barry Harris, who were influenced by bebop piano master Bud Powell.
17 Saturday 1:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA STRAUSS—Salome Richard Strauss’s revolutionary score and scandalous Oscar Wilde-inspired drama took the world by storm at its premiere and continues to wow audiences today. Catherine Naglestad makes her Met debut
Catherine Naglestad
in the tour-de-force role of Salome, part innocent and part sexual predator. Željko Lučić is her prophetic nemesis Jochanaan, John the Baptist. Gerhard Siegel is Herod, Nancy Herrera is Herodias, and Kang Wang is Narraboth. Johannes Debus conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Angels Many folkworlds believe that “While we are sleeping, angels have conversations with our souls.” This week, host Julia Meek tests that idea with a celestial assortment of divinely inspired music from every corner of the musical world.
18 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Weights and Measures How do we measure the world around us? Today we size things up: from universal standards for measuring mass, to the social cues that help us understand human behavior. But what if our rules of measurement are arbitrary? And what happens when the thing you’re trying to measure might not be there at all? 6:00 PM PROFILES Movie director, producer, and screenwriter John Boorman. David Carter hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Jaap van Zweden conducts Cynthia Phelps, viola WAGNER: Prelude to Act 1, Lohengrin Julia ADOLPHE: Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola & Orchestra) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
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19 Monday 8:00 PM ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL Hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians in five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra. (Preempts Chicago Symphony Orchestra) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS On Christmas Day Whether with carols, anthems, or improvisations, these musicians proclaim holiday cheer. Michael Barone hosts.
20 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Frostbite Grab your scarves and mittens for a frozen show of snow and ice. Mark (“Chilly”) Chilla hosts. 9:00 PM WELCOME CHRISTMAS! WITH VOCALESSENCE An hour of traditional carols and new discoveries from one of the world’s premiere choral groups. (Preempts Sounds Choral) 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES The Modern Oratorio Large-scale sacred works might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of contemporary music, but as host Seth Boustead shows, a number of important composers such as John Adams, Richard Einhorn, and John Tavener are creating expansive works inspired by their concept of a higher power.
with a Baroque band to present this unique seasonal program of glorious 17th-century music from Italy.
23 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW A Very Crooner Christmas Bing, Rosie, Frank, and Dean will help keep you warm on a yuletide eve. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS A Night Lights Wonderland Join host David Brent Johnson in a Night Lights celebration of the holidays. On hand will be jazz from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, Claude Thornhill, and others.
24 Saturday 10:00 AM (WFIU2) A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS Broadcast live from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England, this service of spoken-word works and choral and organ music is a beloved tradition. Michael Barone of Pipedreams is the host. (Repeats at 12 p.m. on Christmas Day on WFIU) 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HUMPERDINCK—Hansel and Gretel In this archive performance from 2008, Alice Coote is Hansel, Christine Schäfer is Gretel, Rosalind Plowright is Gertrude, Philip Langridge is The Witch, and Alan Held is Peter. Vladimir Jurowski conducts.
21 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST The Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Roderich Kreile conducts The Dresden Kreuzchor boys choir Ute Selbig, soprano, Annette Markert, alto, Andreas Weller, tenor, Henryk Böhm, bass BACH: Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas 1-3)
22 Thursday 8:00 PM CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR The Choir continues its century-old tradition of great artistry with touching arrangements of familiar carols, and surprises with lesserknown melodies that are fast becoming the new classics. (Preempts Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center) 9:00 PM HARMONIA In Italia: A Renaissance Christmas from Venice, Naples, Milan, and Beyond On this special holiday edition of Harmonia, we bring you 16th-century Christmas music from Italy. Join us for a special concert performance by the young voices and players of the Historical Performance Institute of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. 10:00 PM CHRISTMAS IN BAROQUE MALTA The Rose Ensemble’s celestial voices team up
L to R: Alice Coote as Hansel and Christine Schäfer as Gretel
10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of the Solstice Season “It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” This folktale is truly a festival of light with seasonal comforts and celebration from ancient to modern world traditions, including off the beaten path tidings, seasonally celestial observations, universal wishes for hope and strength, and a sleigh full of good cheer.
25 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Worth How do we assign a monetary value to something that can’t be sold? This hour on Radiolab, we explore worth. Talking to cancer patients paying for medicine needed to stay alive, and military officials
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compensating for the death of innocent civilians, we examine the value of a human life. And along the way, we look at dollar values of nature and try to price the priceless. 12:00 PM A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS Repeat of yesterday’s WFIU2 broadcast. 6:00 PM PROFILES Historial novelist James Alexander Thom. Yaël Ksander hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Alan Gilbert conducts Celena Shafer, soprano, Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano, Kurt Streit, tenor, Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone The Westminster Symphonic Choir HANDEL: Messiah
26 Monday 7:00 PM CANDLES BURNING BRIGHTLY A one-hour celebration of Chanukah with an exploration of foods and traditional activities, and plenty of music. (Preempts Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughin) 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Labadie conducts Messiah Handel: Messiah (Parts I, II, and III) TCHAIKOVSKY: Excerpts from The Nutcracker STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1911 version) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 (The Year 1905) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS An Organist’s Yearbook The annual Olde Yeare-New Year reflection, with highlights from recent recordings, concert excerpts, prize-winning performances, memorial tributes, and more. Michael Barone hosts.
27 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Year in Review Ether Game looks back on the big events in music from the year 2016. Mark Chilla hosts.
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9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL A Profile of Sir David Willcocks The distinguished conductor, organist, and educator was born on December 30, 1919, and Marjorie Herman celebrates his birthday with a sampling of recordings under his direction. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Soundward: Opposites Attract In this latest installment of our popular new series “Soundward” host Seth Boustead and Q2 Music’s Phil Kline listen to and debate new releases. With both hosts bringing wildly different musical sensibilities to the table, “Soundward” is lively, engaging, and brimming with excitement for new music.
28 Wednesday
8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Orchestra of the Swan Kenneth Woods, conductor HANS GAL: Symphony No. 2, Op. 53 SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4
29 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER WOLF: Italian Serenade for String Quartet Jupiter Quartet (Nelson Lee, Meg Frievogel, violin; Liz Frievogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
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BLOCH: Three Nocturnes for Piano, Violin and Cello Alessio Bax, piano; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 13 in C minor for Piano, Op. 48, No. 1 CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 19 in E minor for Piano, Op. 72, No. 1 Inon Barnatan, piano CHOPIN: Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano 9:00 PM HARMONIA There’s Something About Mary Join Angela Mariani as she examines five hundred years of music dedicated to the Virgin Mary, from the sacred texts of the church to the bawdy songs of the court. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Latin American Christmas Carols Elbio Barilari offers a selection of villancicos, or Christmas carols, from Spain and Latin America. He presents music that spans several centuries and a great diversity of influences and traditions.
30 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Songs of the Season: Winter Not all winter songs are about Christmas. Join Mark Chilla for some favorite wintertime songs from the Great American Songbook done by June Christy, Julie London, Jo Stafford, and others. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Best Historical Releases Of 2016 David Brent Johnson offers music from some of the year’s outstanding discoveries and reissues, including Bill Evans, Lester Young, and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra.
31 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA PUCCINI—L’Italiana in Algeri James Levine conducts this comedy of a feisty Italian girl turning the tables on her bumbling captors via Rossini’s blend of madness and fun. Mezzo-soprano Marianna Pizzolato makes her Met debut in the title role, opposite tenor René Barbera and baritone Nicola Alaimo. Bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov plays the pasha who is overcome by love and pasta. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Bells Ringing in the New Year is an ancient custom, so this week Julia Meek travels the world and lets those bells peal. As Tennyson recommended, “Ring out the old, ring in the new, ring, happy bells, across the snow.”
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marathon. The series explores Indiana’s history through the descendants of ordinary Hoosiers who lived through extraordinary times, while helping to shape the fabric of our state. Along the way, we discover the lesserknown details of our Hoosier story, and we see how the past, present, and future intersect to reveal the Indiana yet to come. The four-part series will be shown in its entirety from 2 to 5 p.m. (You can also catch individual episodes on Thursdays at 10 p.m. starting December 8.) Then at 6 p.m., join us for one of the most anticipated events of the year: Celebrate Indiana: The Bicentennial Gala.
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Hoosiers from around the state will gather at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis to celebrate Indiana’s bicentennial with a look at the state’s past, present, and future. The Bicentennial Gala features special guests, performances by Hoosiers, and a celebration of the heritage that makes up the 92 counties in the state. Highlights include remarks from Indiana Governor Mike Pence and First Lady Karen Pence; remarks from co-chairs of the Indiana Bicentennial Commission Becky Skillman and Lee Hamilton; and performances by Anderson, Indiana native singersongwriter-pianist Jon McLaughlin, and others.
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Now in Bloomington and Seymour: News and Music 48 Hours a Day! If you’re in or around Bloomington, or if you live in Seymour, then you now can use an analog FM radio to tune in to WFIU2, our channel long available only with an HD Radio or in an online stream. WFIU2 is always something else entirely. Here’s what it has to offer: Much more news from NPR and the BBC. When you want to stay in touch with the world throughout the day, we’ve got it. Hear another hour of Morning Edition at 9, and the first hour of All Things Considered, at 4. In between you’ll find The Diane Rehm Show and Here & Now from NPR. And, we give you an hour of BBC news weekdays at 1, and all night, every night, starting at 9. Much more music. For the first time in more than 30 years, we’re offering locally-hosted classical music for your early mornings. Your host is WFIU Music Director Joe Goetz. WFIU2 also gives you another chance to hear Performance Today, weekdays at 5, and to fill your weekend with choral, chamber, and orchestral music. Second (or even first!) chances to catch many of the local programs—Earth Eats, Café Indiana, Harmonia, Profiles, Afterglow, Night Lights—that we are proud to deliver to listeners like you here and around the world.
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