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As part of WFIU’s Black History Month programming, David Brent Johnson presents the fascinating story of Vee-Jay—an Indiana-founded, African-American record label fell victim to its own success. “The Vee-Jay Jazz Story” charts the rise and fall of the legendary label on Night Lights, Friday, February 10 at 9 p.m. In 1953, Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken, African-American owners of a record shop in Gary, Indiana, started a record label called Vee-Jay, the name taken from the initials of their first names. Throughout the 1950s, blues artists such as Jimmy Reed and John Lee Hooker and vocal groups like the Dells and the Spaniels made Vee-Jay a cornerstone of black American music. From the late 1950s to the early 1960s Vee-Jay recorded a slew of outstanding jazz hardbop sessions, broadening the label’s eventual legacy as an AfricanAmerican musical success story. In the early 1960s Vee-Jay’s sales soared on the strength of another big hit—Gene Chandler’s “Duke of Earl”—and two white acts: the vocal group The Four Seasons, and an up-and-coming British group whose potential American label counterpart, Capitol Records, had initially passed over: The Beatles. But a 1963 shakeup of label leadership, a lawsuit by The Four Seasons against Vee-Jay, and legal actions by Capitol once The Beatles took off in America, threw the label into disarray. Conflict between the label’s Chicago and L.A. offices artists leaving Vee-Jay contributed to the label’s demise in 1966. In 13 years Vee-Jay had built a legacy as one of the most successful black-owned record labels in America, and its jazz recordings live on.
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The Vee-Jay Jazz Story
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February 5: Liberian poet P. J. Wesley. Shayne Laughter hosts. February 12: New York Times Journalist Linda Greenhouse. Steve Sanders hosts. February 19: Broadcast.com co-founder and Gary, Indiana native Todd R. Wagner. Patrick O’Meara hosts. IU alumnus and global head of consumer products for DreamWorks Animation Jim Fielding. Jon Vickers hosts. February 26: Documentary filmmaker John J. Valadez. Trish Kerlé hosts.
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As part of WFIU’s Black History Month programming, we present Historically Black, a three-part series that reveals intimate and surprising aspects of history through interviews, archival sound, and music. Each episode centers on family objects that connect people personally to black history, photographs of which were donated by people across the country. The episodes are hosted by Michele Norris and narrated by Issa Rae, Keegan-Michael Key, Roxane Gay, and Another Round podcast duo Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton. (Preempts City Arts & Lectures)
As winter continues apace, the WFIU jazz department is working feverishly to get you through the sled-dog days of February. On our Friday-evening program Afterglow, host Mark Chilla has prepared a slate of musical highlights. These include a look at the Grammy nominees for best jazz vocal album and best traditional pop vocal album, a salute to jazz instrumentalists who also sing, icon Nat King Cole’s rise to stardom in the 1940s, and the sadder side of Valentine’s Day. Following Afterglow at 9 every Friday evening, Night Lights delves into the music and history of Vee Jay Records, a label that got its start in Gary, Indiana. Other programs this month profile bebop-era composer Tadd Dameron in honor of his
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The story of black women with mathematical skills who helped make complicated computations for warplane designs during World War II; the Million Man March of 1995 is remembered in a conversation between a young woman and her father, who attended it; and a profile of the African American photographer who documented black New York for much of the 20th century, emphasizing the dignity and beauty of black people at a time when the dominant culture portrayed them in degrading ways. Slave Bill of Sale, Missouri Fiddler, HBCU Founder Saturday, February 18, 8 p.m.
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Members of an extended Tennessee family talk about their great-great-grandfather, a slave owned by his white, biological father; a young musician discovers that his great-great-grandfather was Bill Driver, a celebrated fiddler in Missouri, whose playing brought blacks and whites together at country dances; and a portrait of William Hooper Councill, a former slave who served as the first president of what became Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, one of the oldest historically black universities in the country. The Question of Black Identity and Black Love Stories Saturday, February 25, 8 p.m.
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An exploration of black identity in America through the voices of four people who, at one time or another, have had to answer the question: “What are you?”; and stories of enduring love among African American couples that delves into the history of marriage among black Americans—including the time when it was illegal for slaves to wed.
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centennial, and the 1957 edition of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. On February 24, longtime jazz and blues producer and radio host Bob Porter joins the show to discuss his new book, Soul Jazz. Afterglow and Night Lights reair at 7 and 8 p.m. respectively every Sunday evening on WFIU2. Finally, tune into Just You And Me every weekday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. for the best in past and present jazz. Host David Brent Johnson offers up 21st century jazz on Mondays, classic sounds on Tuesdays, live recordings and your requests on Wednesdays, and Indiana jazz on Thursdays. William Morris takes over on Fridays for “The Soul Kitchen” edition of the show. We’ll be celebrating Black History Month all month long.
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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.
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on CD. Fiesta once again digs into its dusty collection of LPs to bring you some unforgettable recordings. Join us as we share our LP treasures. Elbio Barilari hosts.
3 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Nat King Cole in the 40s Before he became the “Unforgettable” star of both music and television, Nat King Cole was just a work-a-day jazz pianist in a trio in L.A. This week on Afterglow, Mark Chilla chronicles Nat King Cole’s rise to stardom throughout the 1940s. We’ll hear such hits as “Straighten Up and Fly Right” and “Nature Boy.” 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Class Of ’57: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers served for several decades as the so-called “hardbop academy,” helping to hone the talents of musicians such as Lee Morgan and Wynton Marsalis. This program features a lesser-known edition of the group that included saxophonists Jackie McLean and Johnny Griffin. David Brent Johnson hosts.
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1 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Louis Langrée conducts Emanuel Ax, piano BEETHOVEN: Piano concerto No. 5, Emperor SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
1:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA VERDI—Rigoletto Michael Mayer’s hit production places the action in a neon-bedecked Las Vegas in 1960. Joseph Calleja is the womanizing Duke, Olga Peretyatko is the innocent Gilda,
2 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER BEETHOVEN: Octet in E-flat major for Two Oboes, Two Clarinets, Two Bassoons, and Two Horns, Op. 103 Stephen Taylor, James Austin Smith, oboe; David Shifrin, Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Julie Landsman, Kevin Rivard, horn BRAHMS: Trio in E-flat major for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Op. 40 Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Paul Huang, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano 9:00 PM HARMONIA Into the Lion’s Den This week on Harmonia, we’re headed into the lion’s den, as we go on safari with the New York Pro Musica, the Dufay Collective, and a variety of other ensembles, all of whom have released recordings of the 13thcentury medieval liturgical drama The Play of Daniel. Our featured release explores 17th century dances from Spain and Latin America. Angela Mariani hosts. 10:00 PM FIESTA! LP Treasures 3 Some of the greatest treasures of Latin American music have been never released
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5 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Music Lab This hour of Radiolab, we visit with a bunch of musicians who have inspired our show— from loopy, layered sounds to mechanical beats that feel oddly acoustic and human. Then we hear the tale of one particular song that connects a biologist, a composer, and a horrible disease. 6:00 PM PROFILES Liberian poet P. J. Wesley. Shayne Laughter hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Alan Gilbert conducts VIVALDI: Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 (RV 580) Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Marc Ginsburg, Lisa Kim, violins BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 BERG: Violin Concerto Frank-Peter Zimmermann, violin BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in e-minor
6 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Charles Dutoit conducts Stravinsky Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4 Stravinsky: Symphony in C Stravinsky: The Firebird Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarín, Op. 19 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Three (Not So) Easy Pieces Michael Barone shows why publishing a set of three works in a single volume makes sense, as does playing them together.
7 Tuesday Olga Peretyatko
and Željko Lučić reprises his heartbreaking take on the tragic title role. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts. Sung in Italian. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Cabin Fever As American journalist Mignon McLaughlin reminds us: “Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition,” and that’s just what this folktale is here to address! If it’s the midwinter blues you’ve been suffering lately, join the snow-belt team—and get ready for a little musical motivation from all similarly afflicted folk worlds far and near. Julia Meek hosts.
8:00 PM ETHER GAME Epitaph Do us the honor of tuning in to Ether Game this week, as we explore music dedicated to others. Mark Chilla hosts. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Haydn’s Harmoniemesse The Harmoniemesse in B-flat major was Haydn’s last major work, written in 1802. It takes its name from the German word harmonie meaning “wind ensemble.” We’ll hear a complete performance by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists. Marjorie Herman hosts. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES The Accordion Once relegated solely to the status of folk instrument, the accordion is being used more and more by composers around the world in a stunning variety of different musical contexts. Seth Boustead features music for this storied instrument and talks to composers about how it inspired them.
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Houston Symphony Andres Orozco-Estrada Daniil Trifonov, piano SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
9 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Beethoven Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 6 (1800) Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, Violin; Ori Kam, viola; Kyril Zlotnikov, cello)
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1:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA BIZET—Carmen French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine performs as Bizet’s immortal heroine. Tenor Marcelo Álvarez is her hapless soldier Don José, and newcomer Maria Agresta—a sensation in her debut in La Bohème last season—is the devoted Micaëla, who fights to save him. Asher Fisch conducts. Sung in French. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Jealousy As they say in Danish folktales, if envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. That’s the medical malady we’re tracking on this week’s folktale, with music born from and all about such covetous behavior world-round. Armed with musical examples and wise words on the topic we travel the Americas, Europe, Africa, and beyond. Julia Meek hosts.
8:00 PM ETHER GAME Musical Kisses A kiss is on our lips as the Ether Game Brain Trust explores this romantic gesture for Valentine’s Day. Mark Chilla hosts. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Songs of Hope and Freedom Honoring Presidents Day we’ll hear the collection They Called Her Moses arranged by Robert De Cormier, and other poignant pieces. Marjorie Herman hosts.
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Mendelssohn Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110 Michael Brown, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer, Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Joseph Conyers, double bass
10 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Grammy Award Preview Mark Chilla looks ahead to this weekend’s 59th annual Grammy Awards, exploring the nominees for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, including artists such as Gregory Porter, Rene Marie, and Bob Dylan. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Vee-Jay Jazz Story In 1953 a Gary, Indiana couple started a label that would become one of the most significant black-owned record companies in America. We’ll hear the jazz artists such as Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, and Wayne Shorter who recorded for Vee-Jay Records. David Brent Johnson hosts. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Sonatas and Sonatinas These very traditional forms were proclaimed dead at several points during the 20th century. But in the 21st century they still enjoy good health and undeniable popularity among audiences and musicians. Join Elbio Barilari for a musical trip through three hundred years of sonatas and sonatinas.
11:00 AM RADIOLAB Man vs. Machine Are new ideas and new inventions inevitable? Are they driven by us or by a larger force of nature? In this episode, we look at the things we make—from spoons to microwaves to computers—as an extension of the same evolutionary processes that made us. And we may need to adapt to the idea that our technology could someday truly have a mind of its own. 6:00 PM PROFILES New York Times Journalist Linda Greenhouse. Steve Sanders hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Program to include selections from: IVES: Central Park in the Dark SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream MUSSORGKSY: Night on Bald Mountain ADOLPHE: Dark Sand, Shifting Light DUTILLEUX: The Shadows of Time
13 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Truth to Power (3) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C Major (Leningrad) (Jaap van Zweden, conductor) PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Yuja Wang, piano; Sakari Oramo, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS The Peeters Principle A reflection on the life and work of the famous and well-travelled Belgian organist and composer, Flor Peeters (1903-1986). Michael Barone hosts.
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10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES The Music of Math Though it’s definitely not true of all composers, many have a facility and fascination with math. Seth Boustead talks to several composers who use math in their compositions and find out how this affects the resulting music. Is it all cerebral? What is the balance between emotional expression and mathematical precision?
15 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane conducts Natasha Paremski, piano
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HANNAH LASH: Sound Investment CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21 HAYDN: Symphony No. 102
16 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Scriabin Five Preludes for Piano, Op. 16 Wu Han, piano Taneyev Quintet in G minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 30 Wu Han, piano, Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello) 10:00 PM FIESTA! Mi Amor This week, Fiesta presents classical Latin American music that takes on one of the greatest emotions: love. Join Elbio Barilari as he shows how love is expressed musically in several Latin American countries. He will February 2017 / Page 7
feature orchestral and chamber music from Cuba, Spain, and Mexico.
17 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Good Morning, Heartache: Broken Hearts in Popular Song Afterglow explores the flipside of Valentine’s Day—love lost and love never found. Mark Chilla looks at heartbreak in the Great American Songbook. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Dameronia: The Tadd Dameron Story Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Combs. David Brent Johnson hosts.
18 Saturday 1:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA BELLINI—I Puritani The art of bel canto takes center stage in Bellini’s lyrical jewel. The electrifying Diana Damrau is Elvira, gripped by madness and
by embracing the unknown, and we relive a series of decisions and convictions that turn one woman’s certainty into a deeply troubling question about just how certain is certain enough. 6:00 PM PROFILES Broadcast.com co-founder and Gary, Indiana native Todd R. Wagner. Patrick O’Meara hosts. IU alumnus and global head of consumer products for DreamWorks Animation Jim Fielding. Jon Vickers hosts.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Alan Gilbert conducts WEBERN: Passacaglia, Op. 1 DUTILLEUX: Métaboles MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
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21 Tuesday love; Javier Camarena, a sensation in his recent appearances in other bel canto works, takes on the role of her beloved and heroic Arturo; and Alexey Markov and Luca Pisaroni are the soldiers caught up in the English Civil War. Maurizio Benini conducts. Sung in Italian. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Solitiude Albert Camus observed, “In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” But when, and how does seclusion turn into reclusion? We gather musical perspectives on that query from many corners of the globe this week.
8:00 PM ETHER GAME The Crown Bow down as the Ether Game Brain Trust plays music fit for a king (or queen, or prince, or duke, or emperor). Mark Chilla hosts. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL The Little Prince French composer Laurent Petitgirard has
19 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Are You Sure? This hour, we walk the tightrope between doubt and certainty, and wonder if there’s a way to make yourself at home on that razor’s edge between definitely and not so sure. We meet a geologist whose life is rocked by a crisis of faith, talk to a gambler who’s made a name (and millions)
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22 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Nashville Symphony Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Gil Shaham, violin
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor BRUCKNER: Te Deum (Erin Wall, soprano; Okka von der Damerau, mezzo-soprano; Steve Davislim, tenor; Eric Owens, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus) RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Just Stringing Along Whether with a single partner or an ensemble of violins, violas, cellos and basses; pipe organs, large and small, prove themselves amiable companions. Michael Barone hosts.
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10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Soundward: Finding New Voices It’s a format as old as time: two guys sit down to play music and talk about it. Soundward, a continuing collaboration between Relevant Tones and Q2 Music, features lively conversation, new releases from composers around the globe and interesting new discoveries. Your host is Seth Boustead.
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earned acclaim for his powerful theatrical imagination. His suite from the ballet The Little Prince, for mixed choir, clarinet, harp, and percussion, centers on the chorus alternating instrumental sonorities to remarkable effect. Marjorie Herman hosts.
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BRAHMS: Tragic Overture TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major DVORAK: Symphony No. 7
23 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER DVOŘÁK: Sonatina in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Wu Han, piano DVOŘÁK: Sextet in A major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Op. 48 Erin Keefe, Ani Kavafian, violin; Matthew Lipman, Yura Lee, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, David Finckel, cello 10:00 PM FIESTA! Five Centuries of Latin American Music Elbio Baralari introduces us to five hundred years of Latin American orchestral music, from the Baroque period composer Domenico Zipoli to the present day Arturo Marquez. Enjoy this fiesta of sounds from Cuba, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Mexico.
24 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Put Down the Horn: Jazz’s Unlikely Singers Mark Chilla explores the jazz instrumentalists who on occasion stepped behind the microphone to sing, including Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson, and Dizzy Gillespie.
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9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Soul Jazz: Bob Porter’s New Book Longtime jazz and blues producer and radio host Bob Porter joins host David Brent Johnson to talk about his new chronicle of the mid-20th century soul-jazz movement.
25 Saturday 1:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA DVOŘÁK—Rusalka Kristine Opolais stars in the role that
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26 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB 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 not just our hearts and minds, but the basic biological blueprint that we pass on to future generations. 6:00 PM PROFILES Documentary filmmaker John J. Valadez. Trish Kerlé hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Alan Gilbert conducts Anne-Sophie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Riccardo Muti and Leif Ove Andsnes BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Leif Ove Andsnes, piano) HINDEMITH: Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Op. 50 PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite, Op. 20 MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS The Search Goes On An exploration of the many sorts of composition that you find under the generic, historic title “Ricercar.” Michael Barone hosts.
28 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME The Sonata This week, Ether Game explores the varied history of the most curious of musical forms: the sonata. Mark Chilla hosts. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL The Balkan Exchange We’ll hear music by contemporary composers Uģis Prauliņš and Maija Einfelde
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helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Director Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvořák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption. Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Katarina Dalayman, and Eric Owens complete the all-star cast, and Mark Elder conducts. Sung in Czech. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Tomorrows According to inventor Charles Kettering, “We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.” This episode of Folktales takes a musical take on the topic of what tomorrows may bring—and why. We head for musical customs and wise words around the Americas, through Europe, across Africa and into the Pacific. Julia Meek hosts.
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HAYDN: Symphony No. 88 in G-major TCHAIKOVSKY: Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet SCHUBERT: Six Orchestrated Songs: 1. Die Forelle (The Trout), D.550 2. Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), D.118 3. Im Abendrot (In Evening’s Glow), D.799 4. Gesang “An Silvia” (Song “To Sylvia”), D.891 5. Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams), D.827 6. Erlkönig (Elf King), D.328 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 Uģis Prauliņš
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exquisitely performed by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge under the direction of Stephen Layton. Marjorie Herman hosts. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES The Atlanta School Conductor Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have created a thriving community of composers who have come to be known as The Atlanta School. They include Christopher Theofanidis, Jennifer Higdon, Osvaldo Golijov, and Michael Gandolfi. This week, Seth Boustead presents their music.
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