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January 2016 Vol. 64, No. 1
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Mayor Sue Murray reflects On a special edition of Ask the Mayor, Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray spoke with reporter Joe Hren about completing her second and final term as mayor. She told him she feels “bittersweet” after her three-decade involvement with city government, but feels “the city is in a good place.” “There have been moments filled with angst along the way,” she said. “And there have been times filled with great celebration.” Mayor Murray called her Ask the Mayor appearances over the years a “privilege” for her—and for the people of Greencastle. “It’s something that has made them proud,” she added, “because it doesn’t happen often times that we have a chance to be seen on the same stage with some of the larger community players, and that’s a very prideful thing for my folks.” Ask the Mayor airs every Wednesday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered with mayors from Mayor Sue Murray Greencastle, Terre Haute, Bloomington, and Kokomo.
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The Indiana Public Media news bureau is offering more comprehensive news coverage with the creation of a new position of managing editor for statewide news. The new statewide managing editor is Sarah Neal-Estes, who comes to us from the IU School of Journalism. She was on the faculty there for nearly a decade and launched the audio journalism program. Prior to coming to IU, Neal-Estes worked as a radio reporter, producer, and newscaster with KUAC-FM Fairbanks, Alaska, and has experience working with a news network and reporters in remote locations. In her new position, Sarah will manage a team of six statewide field journalists in the production of news content for broadcast and online distribution. She will also develop heightened editorial collaboration between ten Indiana Public Broadcasting’s partner stations for the coverage of issues in Indiana. The partner stations in Indiana are public broadcasters that are expanding their news service to statewide coverage areas, including government and politics, business and economics, energy and environmental issues, health and science, and education.
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Jazz Notes
Profiles
Sundays at 6 p.m. January 3 – Paula Kerger Paula Kerger is president and chief executive officer of the Public Broadcasting System, the nation’s largest non-commercial media organization. Under Kerger’s leadership, PBS has been growing its audiences across genres and platforms. Among her accomplishments are the pop-culture phenomenon Downton Abbey, Ken Burns’ documentary The Dust Bowl; the debut of acclaimed children’s programs; new science and arts series; the new PBS ARTS website and ARTS Festival; and online sites for parents and caregivers. James Shanahan hosts. January 10 – Steven E. Miller Steven E. Miller is director of the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard University. Previously he was Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and taught Defense and Arms Control Studies at MIT. Miller is editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal International Security, and is editor or co-editor of more than two dozen books, including Going Nuclear, Contending with Terrorism, and Nuclear Diplomacy and Crisis Management. Sumit Ganguly hosts.
The presents have been opened, the pounds have been put on, and the holidays are over—now it’s time to make those resolutions, start those new routines, and set out on the course of a new year! One habit that we think you’ll always find rewarding is tuning into WFIU’s jazz programs. In addition to the ongoing mix of great past and present jazz that Just You and Me offers you every weekday afternoon, we’ll be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 18 with a show of jazz tributes by Bobby Hutcherson, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, and other artists. And whatever you do, don’t miss William Morris’ Friday-afternoon “Soul Kitchen” editions of Just You and Me, where the music’s always simmering and the air is full of good sounds.
January 17 – Nancy Folbre Nancy Folbre is professor emerita of economics at the University of Massachusetts and the director of the Political Economy Research Institute’s Program on Gender and Care Work. Her research explores the intersections of political economy and feminist theory. Her books include Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas, For Love and Money: Care Provision in the U.S., and Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family. Gena Asher hosts. January 24 – Dan Wakefield Indianapolis native Dan Wakefield’s novels Going All the Way and Starting Over were made into feature films. His nonfiction books include the pioneering survey of Spanish Harlem Island in the City, and New York in the Fifties. Early in his career he served as sports correspondent for The Indianapolis Star. He later worked as a freelance journalist for Harpers, The New York Times Magazine, and as a staff writer for The Nation. He also created James at 15, an NBC television series. Yaël Ksander hosts. January 31 – Eric Deggans IU alumnus Eric Deggans is NPR’s first full-time TV critic. Deggans came to NPR from the Tampa Bay Times, where he wrote TV reviews, news stories, trend pieces on the media industry, and bylined op-eds. He is a contributor to The New Ethics of Journalism, and author of Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. He has lectured or taught at Columbia University, Indiana University, and many other colleges. Janae Cummings hosts.
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Here’s what’s in store for WFIU listeners on Friday evenings this January: Afterglow host Mark Chilla serves up shows about the just-departed jazz vocal great Mark Murphy, as well as the lesserknown but highly talented Beverly Kenney. Look for programs devoted to the songs of Oscar Hammerstein II and the subject of youth as well. Night Lights’ David Brent Johnson rings in the New Year with “Hipsters, Flipsters, and On-the-Scenesters,” paying tribute to various characters of the 20thcentury jazz scene, and chats with veteran jazz pianist Hod O’Brien. Programs devoted to Duke Ellington’s early blackpride music and the compositions of Benny Golson are on the calendar as well. Get your year started right with WFIU!
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stars soprano Susanna Phillips as Rosalinde, tenor Toby Spence as her philandering husband, Eisenstein, and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in the glamorous trouser role of Prince Orlofsky. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Aeolus the Wind “Always be in readiness for favorable winds”—that’s an ancient Chinese proverb, and it fills the sails of this week’s folktale with “musical air currents” harvested around the globe. Host Julia Meek chases a tempestuous weather pattern: teases, breezes, gusts, and gales across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and beyond—as they made their way into favorite folk and world music traditions.
3 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Bliss This hour we search for platonic ideals longing for completion—epic quests for holy grails in science, linguistics, and world peace. We meet the dreamers and measure just how impossible their dreams may be. And we join a 19th-century farmer as he takes the world’s first photograph of a snowflake in an attempt to capture a perpetually fleeting perfection. 6:00 PM PROFILES PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger. James Shanahan hosts.
1 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Young at Heart They say youth is wasted on the young. On this show, Mark Chilla plays songs that explore the theme of youth, sung by Carmen McRae, Margaret Whiting, and Kurt Elling. Plus, we’ll hear a bit from Frank Sinatra’s concept album on youthful reflection, September of My Years.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK A Winter Holiday Special: Includes music for the season performed by artists including Leonard Bernstein, Danny Kaye, and Skitch Henderson.
4 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Charles Dutoit conducts Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Robert Chen, violin RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales DEBUSSY: Symphonic Fragments from the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian SAINT-SAËNS: La muse et le poète (Robert Chen, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello) LALO: Cello Concerto (Yo-Yo Ma, cello) DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Cristian Macelaru, conductor)
Margaret Whiting
9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Hipsters, Flipsters, and On-the-Scenesters David Brent Johnson rings in the New Year with jazz tributes to characters both imagined and real, including Freddie Freeloader and Moose the Mooche.
2 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA STRAUSS—Die Fledermaus James Levine brings his incomparable musicianship to Johann Strauss, Jr.’s beloved operetta for the first time in his 45-year Met career. The Met’s glittering recent production Page 6 / Directions in Sound / January 2016
in New York. While not every example is that extreme, there are quite a few composers with day jobs—multitalented people that advocate for their fellow composers, write, work in radio, or have a doctorate in neuroscience. Join Seth Boustead as he listens to their works, and finds out what’s up with the elephants.
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5 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Colors: Seeing Red All this month, the Ether Game Brain Trust explores musical colors. We start off our kaleidoscopic journey with the color that most pops out at you. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL New Releases Marjorie Herman features a new release of the recently-composed music and unrecorded choral pieces by Stephen Paulus. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Modern Day Moonlighters Philip Glass is arguably the most famous plumber, mover, and cab driver ever to work
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6 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Los Angeles Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Lise de la Salle, piano RACHMANINOV: Isle of the Dead RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 3
7 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER That Final Year SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano, D. 934, Op. 159 Benjamin Beilman, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 80 The Pacifica Quartet 9:00 PM HARMONIA Shira Kammen Angela Mariani brings you another installment of My Tunes, in which she asks people who work and play in early music “What are you listening to right now?” This time she concentrates on multiinstrumentalist Shira Kammen.
8 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW The Oscar Hammerstein Songbook With his hits Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and Showboat, and even in his misses such as Very Warm for May, lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II penned some of the most memorable turns of phrase in the Great American Songbook. Mark Chilla presents his collaborations with Richard Rodgers and Jerome Kern, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and others.
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9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Portrait of Hod O’Brien David Brent Johnson interviews the veteran pianist and plays recordings he made with Chet Baker, J.R. Monterose, Roswell Rudd, and others.
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Asher Fisch conducts Michael Barenboim, violin; Robert Chen, violin; Mathieu Dufour, flute; Eugene Izotov, oboe; William Buchman, bassoon WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll SCHOENBERG: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (Michael Barenboim, violin) MAHLER: Adagio from Symphony No. 10 WAGNER: Prelude to Parsifal BACH/KOOPMAN: Concerto in C Major from BWV 1064 (Robert Chen, violin; Mathieu Dufour, flute; Eugene Izotov, oboe, William Buchman, bassoon)
9 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA DONIZETTI—Anna Bolena Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to sing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens, here as Anne Boleyn. Ildar Abdrazakov is King Henry VIII, Jamie Barton is Jane Seymour, the king’s consort, and Stephen Costello plays the queen’s love interest in Sir David McVicar’s gripping period production. Marco Armiliato conducts.
15 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Pete Rugolo and the Singers Arranger Pete Rugolo emerged from the Stan Kenton orchestra after World War II to create polished and progressive song arrangements. Host Mark Chilla features his work with singers June Christy, The Four Freshmen, Billy Eckstine, and Nat King Cole.
12 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Colors: Kind of Blue As we continue our journey across the color spectrum, this week we look at the color of sea and sky.
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9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL
Sondra Radvanovsky
10:00 PM FOLKTALES Cover Songs From a recent music lover’s blogsite, this observation: “Covers are awesome; they can allow a good song a new life.” Julia Meek agrees, and this week on Folktales, she spans the globe, tracking a variety of genres and styles that have all found new life through the finest of folkworlds.
10 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Beyond Time This hour, hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich go to the frontlines with men and women who are battling against time—or at least the common sense view of time. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity may have implications on the concept of choice. Namely, that there is none. Do we choose what movie to see tonight? No. (It’s already been chosen, some say.) Do we choose to wiggle our finger? No. (Already wiggled.) 6:00 PM PROFILES International security expert Steven Miller. Sumit Ganguly hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Semyon Bychkov conducts Kirill Gerstein, piano RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905
The Radio Hour Marjorie Herman presents this work subtitled “A Choral Opera in Three Acts” by award-winning contemporary American opera composer Jake Heggie. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES In the Field: Seoul Part I Seth Boustead goes in the field to 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 listens to live performances from the concerts to showcase the dynamic music scene.
13 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons, chief conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
14 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Classical Transition MOZART: Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521 Juho Pohjonen, Wu Han, Piano BEETHOVEN: Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 6 Pacifica String Quartet 9:00 PM HARMONIA Young Performers Festival Highlights, Part 1 Angela Marini presents highlights from Early Music America’s fifth Young Performers Festival, which last June brought together students and ensembles from colleges, universities, and conservatories throughout North America to perform a series of concerts.
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Pete Rugulo
9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s Early BlackPride Music Long before the black pride movement of the 1960s, Duke Ellington was composing music that celebrated the history, achievements, and culture of African Americans. David Brent Johnson presents music from Black, Brown and Beige, The Liberian Suite, and other Ellington works.
16 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA BIZET—Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers) Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set in the Far East returns to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years. Soprano Diana Damrau stars as Leïla, the beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Her suitors are tenor Matthew Polenzani and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, who sing the lilting duet “Au fond du temple saint,” which opera fans know and adore. Director Penny Woolcock explores the timeless themes of pure love, betrayal, and vengeance in a production that vividly creates an undersea world. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda brings his romantic flair to the lush score from the composer of Carmen. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Communication According to Chip Heath, “The first problem of communication is getting people’s attention.” If we may have yours, this episode of Folktales transmits a sampling from a world of good music for, from, and about social media—ancient to modern—with a sprinkling of wise words and sayings on the subject. It’s a direct dial to a transcontinental array of music and thoughts. Be sure to make the connection. January 2016 / Directions in Sound / Page 7
17 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB 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, 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 hiphop. 6:00 PM PROFILES Economist Nancy Folbre. Gena Asher hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK In their Footsteps: Great African American Singers and their Legacy Thomas Wilkins conducts (debut) Eric Owens co-host, curator, and bassbaritone Janai Brugger, soprano (debut) Laquita Mitchell, soprano (debut) Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano Russell Thomas, tenor Dorothy Maynor Singers of the Harlem School of the Arts JOPLIN: Treemonisha Overture JOPLIN: Selections from Treemonisha: “The Sacred Tree” “Wrong Is Never Right (A Lecture)” MAHLER: Selections from Songs of a Wayfarer: “Ging heut’ Morgens” (“I Went This Morning “Die zwei blauen Augen” (“The Two Blue Eyes”)
Pirgu, tenor; Michele Pertusi, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus) MOZART: Bassoon Concerto (David McGill, bassoon)
19 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Colors: Black and White No subtlety on this edition of Ether Game, as we continue our color palette journey— ignoring 50 shades of gray and looking at things in black and white. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Choral Music of Valentin Silvestrov Several collections by this contemporary Russian composer will be heard, including his lovely “Alleluia” (2006) and “Diptych” (1995).
Valentin Silvestrov
10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES In the Field: Seoul Part II In this second part in a two-part series from Seoul, Seth Boustead interviews funders and organizers who busily provide opportunities for living composers to flourish, and presents more of the audio recorded from the two major festivals he attended.
8:00 PM` SYMPHONYCAST Houston Symphony Andres Orozco-Estrada conducts Simone Porter, violin DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances BARBER: Violin Concerto DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 6
18 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Riccardo Muti conducts Rudolf Buchbinder, piano; Rosa Feola, soprano; Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano; Saimir Pirgu, tenor; Michele Pertusi, bass; David McGill, bassoon MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 (Rudolf Buchbinder, piano) MOZART: Requiem (Rosa Feola, soprano; Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano; Saimir Page 8 / Directions in Sound / January 2016
22 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW A Tribute to Mark Murphy Singer Mark Murphy (1932–2015) had one of the most iconic voices from the 1970s jazz scene. Mark Chilla looks back at his career, featuring some of his most beloved songs, such as “Stolen Moments” and “Red Clay.” 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Benny Golson Songbook Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson penned some of the most notable compositions of the modern jazz era, including “Whisper Not,” “Along Came Betty,” and “I Remember Clifford.” David Brent Johnson features performances of those pieces and more by Lee Morgan, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie’s big band, and the Jazztet.
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Angela Mariani presents more highlights from Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival. Plus, a recording of world premieres from violist da gamba Julianne Laake.
21 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Finnish Masters CRUSELL: Quartet in E-flat major for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 2 Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Areta Zhulla, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello SIBELIUS: Quartet in D minor for Strings, Op. 56, “Voces intimae” Escher String Quartet 9:00 PM HARMONIA Young Performers Festival Highlights, Part 2
1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA WAGNER—Tannhäuser James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading Wagnerian tenor, Johan Botha, takes on the daunting title role of the young knight caught between true love and passion. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth, adding another Wagner heroine to her Met repertoire after her acclaimed Sieglinde in the Ring a few seasons ago. On the heels of his recent triumph in Parsifal, Peter Mattei sings Wolfram, and Michelle DeYoung is the love goddess, Venus. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Shadows Author Neil Gaiman observes that “Everything that is, casts a shadow.” This week, Julia Meek takes a global tour between dark and light—from pitch-dark to penumbra, with grey areas at every turn. Does the brightest flame casts the darkest shadow? Hear for yourself.
24 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Birth Story You know the drill—all it takes is one sperm, one egg, and blammo—you got yourself a baby. Right? Well, in this episode, conception takes on a new form—it’s the sperm and the egg, plus: two wombs, four countries, and a lot of money. 6:00 PM PROFILES Indiana author Dan Wakefield. Yaël Ksander hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts
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solos that have been written for them and presents performances of the pieces recorded live in the studio.
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Louis Langree conducts Yefim Bronfman, piano BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Overture BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 2 BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
Leila Josefowicz
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8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Beverly Kenney: Born to be Blue Host Mark Chilla highlights the tragically short career of underrated singer Beverly Kenney. Her seductive, melancholic, and breathy style was aligned with the cool jazz sensibilities of the late 1950s.
26 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Colors: Hue Askew We conclude our color exploration this week, looking at all of the other colors of the rainbow. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Psalms of Benedetto Marcello The ensembles Voces 8 and Les Inventions perform adaptations of Marcello’s Estropoetico armonico, published between 1724 and 1726.
1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA PUCCINI—Turandot Nina Stemme takes on the title role of the proud princess of ancient China, whose riddles doom every suitor who seeks her hand, opposite Marco Berti as Calàf, the brave prince who sings “Nessun dorma” and wins her love. Anita Hartig and Leah Crocetto share the role of Liù, the faithful slave girl. Franco Zeffirelli’s production is conducted by Paolo Carignani.
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9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Later: Bobby Hutcherson in the mid-1970s Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson was already a Blue Note veteran when he made a string of mid-1970s hardbop albums for the label, drawing on a strong working group that included trumpeters Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Harold Land and Manny Boyd, and pianist George Cables. Although Blue Note’s glory days were already past when these records were made, they reflect the intensity of the label’s best work.
10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES WITH SETH BOUSTEAD 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
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10:00 PM FOLKTALES Relationships Are relationships an art or a science? Carl Jung maintained that “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” That’s the hypothesis Julia Meek ponders in every corner of the musical folkworld, as she explores the ins and outs of relationships—be they romantic, familial, friend or foe.
31 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Things From a piece of the Wright brother’s plane to a child’s sugar egg, today we look at things. Important things, little things, personal things. Things you can hold and things that can take hold of you. We investigate the objects around us, their power to move us, and whether it’s better to look back or move on, hold on tight or just let go. 6:00 PM PROFILES NPR music critic Eric Deggans. Janae Cummings hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Jeffrey Kahane conducts Jeffrey Kahane, piano Michelle Kim, violin Rebecca Young, viola MOZART: Piano Concerto in G major, K.453 MOZART: Piano Concerto in D minor, K.466 MOZART: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K.364
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