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RenĂŠe Fleming and Nathan Gunn in The Merry Widow The Metropolitan Opera Saturday, January 17, 1 p.m.
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Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates all Paris in Franz Lehár’s enchanting operetta, in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and Kelli O’Hara choreographer Susan Stroman. As Hanna, the widowed Parisian millionairess, Fleming adds a new character to her wide-ranging Met Opera repertory of 22 roles. Sir Andrew Davis conducts a cast that includes Nathan Gunn as Hanna’s lover, Danilo; Alek Shrader as the young nobleman, Camille de Rosillon; Thomas Allen as the scheming Baron Zeta; and soprano Kelli O’Hara, star of the Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County, in her Met debut as the Baron’s coquettish wife, Valencienne. Susan Stroman, whose many credits include the Tony Award-winning musicals Crazy for You, Contact, and The Producers, makes her Met debut with this lavish production of The Merry Widow. Stroman and designer Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island) have created an Art Nouveau setting that climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes at Maxim’s. The operetta will be performed in English, in a translation by Jeremy Sams. Lehár’s best-known work has been an international audience favorite since its 1905 premiere in Vienna and features a great deal of well-known music, including “Vilja,” “You’ll Find Me at Maxim’s,” and “The Merry Widow Waltz.” Tune in Saturday, January 17 at 1 p.m.
Jazz Notes Hey there 2014, it’s all over between us. We can still be friends, but it’s time to move on. Still, we’re not afraid to look back—all the way to 1962 on WFIU’s Friday-evening show Night Lights, airing January 30. That same evening on Afterglow, we’ll celebrate the centennial of trumpeter Bobby Hackett. Other Afterglow episodes this month feature portraits of Cassandra Wilson, the songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart, and 1980s torch songs. Finally, you’ll be hearing a new voice on Just You and Me every Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 5 p.m., starting January 9: William Morris will be taking over Joe Bourne’s getting-you-ready-for-the-weekend duties. Tune in next month for more about William and another change that’s coming to the WFIU jazz programming lineup. Happy New Year from all of us here at WFIU!
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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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1 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Baroque Collection BIBER: Battalia for Strings and Continuo (1673) TELEMANN: Concerto in A minor for Recorder, Two Violins, and Continuo, TWV 43:a3 MUFFAT: Passacaglia in G major for String Quintet (1682) HANDEL: “Süsse Stille, sanfter, Quelle” from Nine Arias for Soprano and Continuo, HWV 205 (1724-27) HANDEL: “Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften” from Nine Arias for Soprano and Continuo, HWV 208 (1724-27) VIVALDI: Sonata in D minor for Two Violins and Continuo, RV 63 “La Follia” (1705) 9:00 PM HARMONIA English Songs of Sinners and Saints We explore the concept of sin this week on Harmonia. We’ll hear some bawdy songs and tragic ballads, as well as more uplifting, devotional songs and hymns. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Brazilian Guitar From choro to bossa nova and everything in between, including the amazing guitar music composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazil has developed one of the strongest traditions related to this instrument.
2 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW American Icons Afterglow rings in the New Year with music from some of America’s most legendary jazz and popular-song performers, including Louis Page 6 / Directions in Sound / January 2015
Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald. 9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT With host Dick Bishop 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Herbie Nichols’ Third World Herbie Nichols died in obscurity in 1963, but over the past two decades his luminous compositions have made him a celebrated figure in modern jazz. Nichols biographer Mark Miller joins us for a survey of the pianist’s life and music.
5 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Dohnányi Conducts Tchaikovsky and Beethoven (with Paul Lewis) LUTOSŁAWSKI: Musique funèbre BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Paul Lewis, piano) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) (Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor) BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia (Tugan Sokhiev, conductor)
3 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HUMPERDINCK—Hansel and Gretel Richard Jones’s witty production of Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, in which two children face off against a wicked witch. In a lush setting of giant chefs, suit-clad trees, and an industrial kitchen where the Witch gets what’s coming to her, Aleksandra Kurzak as Gretel and Christine Rice as Hansel will lead a delightful feast. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Color Schemes According to Emerson, “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” That makes for a rainbow of reflection this week as we track many-hued musical traditions around the multi-colored globe.
4 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Choice Logic and emotion aren’t the only forces that guide our decisions. This hour of Radiolab, we turn up the volume on the voices in our heads, and try to make sense of the babble. Forget free will; some important decisions could come down to a steaming cup of coffee. 12:00 PM PROFILES WFIU jazz host Joe Bourne 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK WINTER HOLIDAY PROGRAM MOZART: German Dance in C, K. 605, “Sleigh Ride” Leonard Bernstein, conductor From SMK 64076 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams” Leonard Bernstein, conductor From SMK 47631 ARR: HENDERSON: Selections From Winter Holiday, 1961-62 Skitch Henderson, pianist and conductor Columbia MS 6381 and Sony Promotional SSK 6381 PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 Leonard Bernstein, narrator/conductor From SMK 60175 STRAUSS, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus Danny Kaye, conductor From Bel Canto Paramount 12704 (From An Evening with Danny Kaye)
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10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS A Polish Pilgrimage The annual Pipedreams Tour for 2015 ventures into Poland—a little-known territory, at least for us organ lovers in the United States. We’ll visit all of the instruments featured in this program, plus many others.
6 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Cardinal Directions: North All this month, the Ether Game Brain Trust will explore the four cardinal directions. Tonight, our compasses point north. Onward and upward! 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Herbert Howells’ Stabat Mater The sudden death of Howells’s 9-year-old son led to several direct musical responses, the Stabat Mater among them. We’ll hear this heartfelt work in a new recording featuring the Bach Choir and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Modern Day Moonlighters Philip Glass is arguably the most famous plumber, mover, and cab driver ever to work in New York. While not every example is that extreme, there are quite a few composers with day jobs—multi-talented people who advocate for their fellow composers, write, work in radio, or have a doctorate in neuroscience. Tune in to listen to their works, and to find out what’s up with the elephants.
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an organization for which Hogwood was conductor laureate.
8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS Shostakovich in Gohrisch Gidon Kremer and friends play music of Shostakovich and Sofia Gubaidulina in the Concert Tent in Gohrisch, Germany.
10:00 PM FIESTA! Music and Time Time is a key element of music. Music develops itself in time. We talk about keeping time and beating time. Let’s see how composers from different periods and countries dealt with the nature of time.
9 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Afterglow Plays Rodgers and Hart V. 1. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart teamed up to write some of the 20th century’s most memorable songs. We’ll hear them performed by Anita O’Day, Tony Bennett, and others. 9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Snowfall 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS To Dig or Not to Dig: Jazz and Hip with Phil Ford Musicologist Phil Ford joins us to talk about his book Dig, with music from Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and others.
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10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Kodály Conducts Kodály KODÁLY: Peacock Variations (Philadelphia Orchestra) Philadelphia Orch. POA 100 KODÁLY: Summer Evening (Budapest Philharmonic) Hungaroton HCD 32677-78 KODÁLY: Budavári Te Deum (Soloists, Budapest Chorus, Hungarian State Orchestra) Hungaroton HCD 32677-78 KODÁLY: Concerto for Orchestra (Budapest Philharmonic) Hungaroton HCD 32677-78 KODÁLY: Psalmus Hungaricus (Endre Rösler; Budapest Chorus; Hungarian State Orchestra) Hungaroton HCD 32677-78
10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Simplicity According to Confucius, “Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” This week we’re determined to go back to the basics as we seek “Serenity Now” one musical tradition at a time.
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8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER BRAHMS: Quartet No. 2 in A major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 26 Gilbert Kalish, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Yura Lee, Viola; Keith Robinson, Cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA Remembering Christopher Hogwood We’re devoting this program to the life and accomplishments of early music luminary Christopher Hogwood. We’ll look back on his days with David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London; we’ll hear from Hogwood as a solo harpsichordist; and we’ll sample from the more than 200 recordings he made with the Academy of Ancient Music. Plus, we have a featured release from Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society,
1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA VERDI—Aida Grand opera at its grandest: the splendors of ancient Egypt return to the stage of the Met. Verdi’s mythic love triangle features Tamara Wilson in the title role, with Violeta Urmana as Amneris, and Marcello Giordani singing Radamès. Marco Armiliato conducts.
11:00 AM RADIOLAB Numbers Numbers are all around us, but are they really there? We explore how numbers confuse us, connect us, and even reveal secrets about us. And for those of us who are bad at math, here’s a Radiolab that ponders if we could live in a world without numbers. 12:00 PM PROFILES Journalist and author Sonia Nazario 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Alan Gilbert conducts Soloists: Emmanuel Ax, piano; Jennifer Zetlan, soprano; Jennifer Johnson, mezzosoprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director MOZART: Piano Concerto no. 22 MOZART: Mass in C Minor, “Great”
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12 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Muti Conducts Beethoven 5 PROKOFIEV: The Meeting of the Volga and the Don SHOSTAKOVICH: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Ildar Abdrazakov, bass) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 PROKOFIEV: Three Scenes from Romeo and Juliet (CSO Brass from CSO Resound) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Minnesota Memories Archive performances by resident and visiting musicians recorded in the North Star State.
13 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Cardinal Directions: South Our journey through the four cardinal directions continues this week as our compass turns towards the deep south. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL New Releases Host Marjorie Herman plays selections from a collection by the amazing female ensemble LaCappella, anthems by English Baroque composer John Ward, and Shakespeare songs by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi.
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10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES In the Field: Seoul Part I Host Seth Boustead visits this hotbed of contemporary classical music, Seoul, South Korea, to attend two major festivals of emerging and established composers. In part I he chats with the composers and feature live performances from the concerts to showcase the dynamic music scene there.
14 Wednesday 8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS Baltic Sea Voyage Kristjan Järvi conducts Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic Jan Lisiecki, piano MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16 SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite January 2015 / Directions in Sound / Page 7
GEDIMINAS GELGOTAS: Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean IMANTS KALNI Ņ Š: Rock Symphony: First Movement 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL A Vanished Bel Canto Style of Singing Recordings by Fernando De Lucia, Mattia Battistini, Giuseppe Anselmi, Alessandro Bonci, Luisa Tetrazzini, Maria Barrientos, Léon Campagnola, and other singers from a bygone era.
15 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER GOLIJOV: Yiddishbuk: Inscriptions for String Quartet St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall, Barry Shiffman, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello) GOLIJOV: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for Clarinet and String Quartet 9:00 PM HARMONIA Elegies What’s the right way to commemorate loss? For many composers grappling with the death of a colleague or patron, the best memorial proved to be music. Medieval-, Renaissance-, and Baroque-era composers penned lavish, sometimes tormented, elegies for departed mentors, partners, and friends. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Three Brazilian Composers who are not Villa Lobos CLAUDIO SANTORO: Sonata No. 4, Fantasia (Evan Mitchell, piano) LAMC 2009 FRANCISCO MIGNONE: First Essay for String Quartet (Cuarteto Latinoamericano) Sono Luminus 92147 CAMARGO GUARNIERI: Sinfonia No. 5 (Osesp, John Neschling, conductor) Osesp 2000 FERNÁNDEZ: Batuque (Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor) Dorian 90254
Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates all Paris in Lehár’s enchanting operetta. Nathan Gunn co-stars as Danilo and Kelli O’Hara is Valencienne. Sir Andrew Davis conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Snowfall As they say in many a folk world, winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. It’s quite a (snow) flurry of activity on this edition, with a seasonal slide through winter worlds for musical traditions old and new.
18 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Translation This hour of Radiolab, we wonder how it is that the right words can have the wrong meanings, and why the best translations lead us to an understanding that’s deeper than language. We present eight stories that play out in the middle space between one reality and another—where poetry, insult comedy, 911 calls, and even our own bodies work to close the gap. 12:00 PM PROFILES Diplomat and author David M. Malone 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Kurt Masur conducts Sololists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Stuart Neil, tenor; Rene Pape, bass; NY Choral Artists, American Boychoir DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT Remembering Ivie Anderson 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Portraits in Black Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.
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20 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Cardinal Directions: East We continue our cardinal direction journey this week with a journey across an eastern landscape. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Honoring Dr. King Host Marjorie Herman celebrates the life of this American icon with choral music by African-American composers including William Grant Still. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES In the Field: Seoul Part II The second part in our two-part series from Seoul features interviews with funders and organizers who are busily providing opportunities for living composers to flourish. Seth Boustead plays more of the audio recorded at the two major festivals he attended.
21 Wednesday 8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS Borodin Quartet in Bonn NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, op. 86 GERMAN GALYNIN: String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, op. 135 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Major, op. 142 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL The Art of Pianist Frederic Lamond Lamond was one of the last of Liszt’s pupils. Program details to be announced.
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16 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Cassandra Wilson: The Pop Side One of the jazz-pop scene’s most renowned vocalists singing the songs of Neil Young, The Monkees, and other artists of the poprock era. We’ll also hear from Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, and Dexter Gordon as well.
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19 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Muti Conducts Tchaikovsky and Debussy BERLIOZ: Waverley Overture DEBUSSY: La mer TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Stephen’s Points The unflappable American virtuoso Stephen Tharp talks about his career and introduces
8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Russian II PROKOFIEV: Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano, Op. 94a Daniel Hope, violin; Wu Han, piano RACHMANINOFF: Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two Pianos, Op. 17 Wu Han, piano; Juho Pohjonen, piano 9:00 PM HARMONIA Flights of Fancy We take to the skies as we explore music by, for, and about birds. Well, maybe not music by birds, but a wealth of music exists inspired by these poets of the sky. In addition, we explore the evolution of the instrumental fantasia, from Byrd to Bach. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Music, Places, Memories Despite claims that musical work and their titles must be purified of extra-musical associations (viewed by purists as “romantic deviations”), composers of all eras have
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23 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW 1980s Torch Songs Music from Everything But The Girl, Elvis Costello, Simply Red, Spandau Ballet, and more. 9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT With host Dick Bishop 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Jazz à la Sauter The music of arranger Eddie Sauter, performed by Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Red Norvo and others.
24 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA PUCCINI—La Bohème Franco Zeffirelli’s classic take on Puccini’s most popular opera, the immortal tale of tragic young love, is set among the rooftops of bohemian Paris. The role of the fragile Mimì is sung by Kristine Opolais, with Jean-François Borras as the love-sick poet Rodolfo. Riccardo Frizza conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Secrets In the words of André Malraux, “Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.” It’s that hidden pathway we surreptitiously follow on this hush-hush edition of Folktales.
25 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Guts Hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich dive into the messy mystery in our middles, and try to decode what the rumblings deep in our bellies reveal about us. We stick our hand in a cow stomach, get a window into our core, and listen in on the surprising backand-forth between our gut and our brain. We talk to a man who kind of went out of his mind when a medical procedure left him temporarily gutless.
10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Longwood Laureates Youthful finalists in the First Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition demonstrate the versatility of the Conservatory’s 1930 Aeolian pipe organ.
27 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Cardinal Directions: West The Ether Game Brain Trust’s exploration of the four cardinal directions concludes this week with a little help from the immortal words of Horace Greeley: “Go West, young man!” 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Going Solo There is perhaps no more intimate connection in music than when a composer writes a solo piece specifically for a gifted performer, crafting the piece for the player’s specific strengths and musical tastes. Seth Boustead talks with several performers about solos that have been written for them and feature performances of the pieces recorded live in our Levin Studio.
28 Wednesday 8:00 PM DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS New World with the Munich Philharmonic Semyon Bychkov conducts DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 (New World) R. STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major
26 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY CSO Resound Retrospective CLYNE: Night Ferry
8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER LIGETI: Various Piano Études (Pierre Laurent-Aimard, piano) LIGETI: Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano (Hommage à Brahms) Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn; Mark Steinberg, violin; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano LIGETI: Hamburg Concerto for Horn and Strings William Purvis horn solo; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor 9:00 PM HARMONIA Tainted Love Love is patient; love is kind—except when it’s anything but! Some sweet nothings have sour endings, and sometimes that box of chocolates proves to be a bitter pill. Love’s gone bad this week on Harmonia, as we explore music by, and for, the brokenhearted: Toil and trouble in cupid’s domain, plus a “sweet” featured release called Doulce Memoire. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Modern Harpsichord To most ears, the harpsichord sounds like an instrument exclusively related to music from the Baroque period. But Spanish and Latin American composers from the 20th century have written many pieces dedicated to the venerable instrument.
30 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Bobby Hackett at 100 A centennial tribute to the trumpeter, including his recordings with singers such as Lee Wiley. 9:00 PM STANDARDS BY STARLIGHT With host Dick Bishop 10:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Year in Jazz, 1962: Cool in Crisis Another Night Lights time capsule, with music from artists such as Art Blakey and Duke Ellington.
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12:00 PM PROFILES NPR senior producer Franklyn Cater and former New York City chief urban designer Alexandros Washburn 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Jeffrey Kahane conducts Soloists: Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Sheryl Staples, violin; Liang Wang, oboe BACH: Concerto for Violin and Oboe MOZART: Symphony No. 33 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
29 Thursday
BATES: Alternative Energy PROKOFIEV: Suite from Romeo and Juliet HONEGGER: Pacific 231 (live concert recording, not available on CSO Resound)
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10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic Live Performances – Program 1 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor – Haas Edition (1944) BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 (1944) MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (1944)
1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA OFFENBACH—The Tales of Hoffman Vittorio Grigolo plays the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title. The roles of the three heroines are played by an impressive lineup of singing actresses, including Hibla Gerzmava and Christine Rice. Thomas Hampson sings the Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts Offenbach’s sparkling score. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Peace Signs In the ever-timely words of Martin Luther King, Jr., “Peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” What sign do we have that it works? Find out this week on Folktales.
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MASTERPIECE: Downton Abbey, Season 5 Sundays at 9 to 10 p.m., January 4 to March 1 This international hit drama returns for a fifth season of interlaced stories centered on an English country estate— an entertaining formula that has made Downton Abbey the highest-rated drama in PBS history. Season 5 finds the Crawley family and the staff struggling with responsibilities and choices as they adjust to life in the Roaring Twenties. The beloved ensemble cast includes Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Joanne Froggatt and others. The series is written by its creator Julian Fellowes. Courtesy of ©Nick Briggs/Carnival Films 2014 for MASTERPIECE
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The ensemble is joined this season by guest stars Harriet Walter (Atonement), reprising her role as Lady Shackleton, and Peter Egan (Death at a Funeral), who returns as Lord Flintshire, with new characters played by Richard E. Grant (Girls), Anna Chancellor (The Hour), and Rade Sherbedgia (24). In Episode 1 (January 4), a working-class prime minister is elected and old attitudes start to change. Robert is snubbed by the village. Baxter tells all, and Edith plays with fire. Episode 2 (January 11) finds Rose hitting on a strategy to get a radio in the house. Sarah tutors Daisy, an art historian arrives, and Anna makes a difficult purchase. In Episode 3 (January 18), Mary and Lord Gillingham put their love to the test as Bates faces a trial. Cora makes a new friend while Violet is reunited with an old one. Episode 4 (January 25) finds Lord Merton delivering a bombshell to Isobel, and Mary doing likewise to Tony. Police suspicions deepen in an unexplained death. Robert and Sarah lock horns.
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Gray Mountain by John Grisham Begins around January 15 for 26 episodes The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits and she gets downsized and escorted out of the building. A week later she is working as an unpaid intern in a legal aid clinic deep in small town Appalachia. For the first time in her career she is confronted with real clients with real problems. And she stumbles across secrets that should have remained buried deep in the mountains forever. Violence is always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns deadly.
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