March 2016
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Adam Schwartz
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Kevin Kline on Profiles Mark Chilla Sunday, Host ofDecember Ether Game21 anda Afterglow
March 2016 Vol. 64, No. 3
Directions in Sound (USPS314900) is published each month by the Indiana University Radio and Television Services, 1229 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 telephone: 812-855-6114 or e-mail: wfiu@indiana.edu web site: wfiu.org Periodical postage paid at Bloomington, IN POSTMASTER Send address changes to: WFIU Membership Department Radio & TV Center Indiana University 1229 East 7th Street Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 WFIU is licensed to the Trustees of Indiana University, and operated by Indiana University Radio and Television Services. Perry Metz—Executive Director, Radio and Television Services Will Murphy—Station Operations Director John Bailey—Program Director Eoban Binder—Director of Digital Media Barbara Brosher—Senior News Editor Mark Chilla—Production Director, Afterglow and Ether Game Host Annie Corrigan—Multimedia Producer/Announcer Becca Costello—Digital News Journalist Don Glass—Volunteer Producer/ A Moment of Science® Joe Goetz—Music Director George Hopstetter—Director of Engineering and Operations
Mark Chilla is WFIU’s new production director
David Brent Johnson—Jazz Director Nancy Krueger—Gifts and Grants Officer Yaël Ksander—Producer/Announcer Angela Mariani—Host/Producer, Harmonia Sandra McGow—Corporate Development Representative Claire Mclnerny—StateImpact Indiana Multimedia Journalist Sarah Neal-Estes— Statewide News Manager Mia Partlow—Corporate Development Representative Michael Paskash—Radio Audio Director Adam Schwartz—Editor, Directions in Sound Brandon Smith—IPBS Statehouse Reporter Donna Stroup—Chief Financial Officer George Walker—Producer/On-Air Broadcast Director Sara Wittmeyer—WFIU/WTIU News Bureau Chief Marianne Woodruff—Corporate Development Manager Casey Zakin—Broadcast Audio Specialist Eva Zogorski—Membership Director
What are you responsibilities as WFIU’s new production director? To oversee much of the day-to-day production at WFIU while making sure that our producers and reporters meet audio quality standards so WFIU sounds as great as possible. In the past, recordings for broadcast had to be done by an audio engineer to ensure that everything sounded ideal. But with new technology, our producers and reporters can record and edit their own news or arts feature on their computers. This allows them to work independently. However, not all of us have the skills of an audio engineer, so I will set a baseline standard for audio production. And I’ll continue as host-producer of Ether Game and Afterglow. What’s your musical background?
• Harmonia Production Assistant: Janelle Davis • Jazz Host: William Morris • Multimedia Journalists: Sophia Saliby, James Varvek, Harrison Wagner, Lindsey Wright • Production Assistant: Elizabeth Clark • News Journalist/Producers: Steve Burns, James Gray • Online Content Coordinator: Betsy Shepherd • Production Editors: Josh Brewer, DeShawn Tyree • Program Services Manager: LuAnn Johnson • Met Opera Announcer: Christopher Burrus • Volunteer Producer/Hosts: Moya Andrews, Romayne Rubinas Dorsey, Wendy Gillespie, Trish Kerlé, Murray McGibbon, Patrick O’Meara, Shana Ritter, Bob Zaltsberg • Web Assistant: Liz Leslie
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I studied and taught music theory in graduate school at IU’s Jacobs School and I’ve dabbled in performing all kinds of music—opera, jazz, folk, etc. And for several years I’ve been a member of the Bloomington chamber choir Voces Novae. What do you do in your spare time? I play my guitar, ukulele, or the piano at every opportunity, and once a month I dig through the crates at Landlocked Music looking for new material for Afterglow!
75 Years of Service This past month, three members of the WFIU Community Advisory Board—the entity that connects WFIU with the communities it serves— stepped down after more than 25 years of service. Peter Jacobi, Janis Starcs, and David Bowden L to R: David Bowden, Janis Starcs, and Peter Jacobi had served on the board since its founding in the late 1980s. All three have been fierce advocates for classical music. Former WFIU Station Manager Christina Kuzmych described them as “invaluable members of the CAB.” “Each in his own special way brought a deep understanding of music and the arts that reflected the unique cultural fabric of south-central Indiana. Their contributions are woven into the sound that we all know as WFIU.” The trio was honored at the most recent meeting of the CAB in January for their combined 75 years of service.
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Jazz Notes
Profiles
Sundays at 6 p.m. March 6 – Sue Carter and Justin Garcia Sue Carter is director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at IU. Previously, she was a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and has had appointments in departments of psychology, zoology, and biology. Justin Garcia is an assistant research scientist at the Kinsey Institute. His research concentrates on intersections of biology and gender; evolutionary and biocultural models of human behavior; romantic and sexual relationships; and hook-up culture in emerging adulthood. Janae Cummings hosts both interviews. March 13 – Fred de Sam Lazaro Fred de Sam Lazaro is special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, which he’s served since 1985. He is director of the Under-Told Stories Project at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, a program that combines international journalism and teaching. He is a regular contributor and substitute anchor for PBS’ Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. He has reported from more than 60 countries, from Haiti to sub-Saharan Africa to south Asia. Sumit Ganguly hosts. March 20 – Jonathan Banks Jonathan Banks attended Indiana University as an undergraduate and has since made a 40-year career acting in film and television. His first film roles were in Airplane!, 48 Hrs., and Beverly Hills Cop, and his many other movies include Armed and Dangerous, Gremlins, and Identity Thief. Banks received critical acclaim for his work on the TV series Wiseguy and Breaking Bad. Recent roles include Professor Hickey on NBC’s Community. Betsy Shepherd hosts. (repeat) March 27 – Indiana’s Changing Culture: Celebrating 200 Years On this special edition of Profiles WFIU premieres the first in a four-part celebration of the Indiana Bicentennial. In the course of the year we’ll examine various facets of the Hoosier experience including labor, literature, and land. This program’s segments include a conversation with Cornell Professor Jefferson Cowie about the migration of capital and the labor movement, especially as it played out in Bloomington’s RCA plant.
This month on Just You and Me two new archival releases featuring saxophonist Stan Getz occupy center stage. He's captured in performance at San Francisco’s Keystone Korner in 1976 with Joao Gilberto, the man who helped propel Getz to bossa nova superstardom in the 1960s, and with pianist Joanne Brackeen. Also listen for the music of vocalist Kurt Elling, who’s coming to Bloomington in early April. For Women’s History Month, our Friday evening show Night Lights takes a look at “Jazz Women of the 1980s,” unheralded composer Sara Cassey, and Ella Fitzgerald’s prolific year of 1957. On Afterglow, host Mark Chilla spotlights singer Dinah Shore in honor of her centennial and explores the “Great French Songbook,” featuring French popular song, French versions of jazz standards, and songs about Paris.
Meeting the Lawmakers WFIU FM and WTIU TV joined with public broadcasters from around the state in meeting with Indiana lawmakers at the Statehouse early in the legislative session. The event is an annual gathering that gives station management the opportunity to explain to elected officials the many contributions of public broadcasting. Public broadcasting reaches an estimated 500,000 Hoosiers each month, and contributes roughly $42 million to the state economy every year.
Jefferson Cowie
Early Music Month on WFIU Early Music America has proclaimed March 2016 as Early Music Month. We’ll celebrate by airing recordings made by faculty at the Historical Performance Institute at the Jacobs School of Music. Tune in each weekday morning following the 11:00 a.m. BBC Newscast during Classical Music with George Walker. March 1–4: Thomas Binkley March 7–11: Stanley Ritchie, Elizabeth Wright
March 14–18: Nigel North March 21–25: Wendy Gillespie
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March 28–31: Richard Seraphinoff, Barbara Kallaur
Clifford the Big Red Dog stops by to visit with (L to R) WFIU’s Will Murphy, State Representative Peggy Mayfield (R-60), and WTIU’s Brent Molnar.
Seventeen stations, from Merrillville to Evansville, participated in the event, and dozens of lawmakers and their staffs stopped by to visit.
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Key to abbreviations.
a., alto; b., bass; bar., baritone; bssn., bassoon; cl., clarinet; cond., conductor; cont., continuo; ct., countertenor; db., double bass; ch., chamber; E.hn., English horn; ens., ensemble; fl., flute; gt., guitar; hn., horn; hp., harp; hpsd., harpsichord; intro., introduction; instr., instrument; kbd., keyboard; lt., lute; ms., mezzo-soprano; ob., oboe; orch., orchestra; org., organ; Phil., Philharmonic; p., piano; perc., percussion; qt., quartet; rec., recorder; sax., saxophone; s., soprano; str., string; sym., symphony; t., tenor; tb., trombone; timp., timpani; tpt., trumpet; trans., transcribed; var., variations; vla., viola; vlc., vdg., viola da gamba; violoncello; vln., violin. Upper case letters indicate major keys; lower case letters indicate minor keys.
Note: Daily listings are as complete as we can make them at press time, and we strive to provide full program information whenever possible. Some programs, however, do not provide us with information about their content. We include the titles of those programs as a convenience. When we receive no program information for a given day, the day will not appear in the listings. For a complete list of WFIU’s schedule, see the program grid on pages 8 and 9.
1 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Name that (Other) Tune Ether Game explores the phenomenon of music based on other music. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Transient Glory III Marjorie Herman unveils the latest installment from the Young People’s Chorus of NYC with new works written for this extraordinary ensemble.
Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra (Arrau, Szell, Concertgebouw) West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6037 Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F (Boeykens, Conlon, Rotterdam Phil) Apex 8573 89246 2
3 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse Sentimentale for Cello and Piano, Op. 51, No. 6 Julie Albers, cello; Alessio Bax, piano RACHMANINOV: Trio élégiaque in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 9 Alessio Bax, piano, Elmar Oliveira, violin; Paul Watkins, cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA Tom Zajac Retrospective The early music world lost one of its brightest stars when Tom Zajac, multiinstrumentalist and long-time member of the Renaissance band Piffaro, died last year at age 58. We’ll spend this hour celebrating his life, his work, and his brilliance. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Dear Maestro . . . Tributes from one composer to another have been a favorite practice since the Renaissance. Elbio Barilari showcases delightful works dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel de Falla and Claude Debussy, among others.
4 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Dinah Shore Centennial Mark Chilla pays tribute to the best-selling female vocalist of the 1940s, Dinah Shore, in honor of her centennial this week.
10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Sonic Festival: Wild Up L.A. based ensemble Wild Up is making their mark on the national contemporary music scene. Seth Boustead caught up with them at the recent Sonic Festival in New York City and plays music from that concert as well as other Wild Up recordings.
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1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA PUCCINI—Manon Lescaut Soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Roberto Alagna join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Alagna is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France. “Desperate passion” is the phrase Puccini himself used to describe the opera that confirmed his position as the preeminent Italian opera composer of his day. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Afterlife According to Thomas Campbell in his poem “Hallowed Ground”: “To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.” This compassionate thought is what we’re following, with music for, from, and about life’s hardest journey. Hope you can join us for this bittersweet folktale.
6 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB So-Called Life In this hour, Radiolab digs into the differences between species and individuals, and asks the question: “What is natural?” To find the answer, we journey back to the first billion years of life on Earth, takes a look at how today’s engineers’ tinker with living things, and meets a woman who could have been two people. 6:00 PM PROFILES Sue Carter and Justin Garcia of the Kinsey Institute. Janae Cummings hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Leopold Stokowski, and Leonard Bernstein conduct IVES: Three Places in New England (recorded 1994) PAINE: Symphony No. 1 in c-minor, Op. 23 (recorded 1989) THOMSON: The Mother of Us All: Suite (recorded 1950) SCHUMAN: Symphony No. 8 (recorded 1962)
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Donald Runnicles conducts Garrick Ohlsson, piano SIBELIUS: Finlandia SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1, Op. 10 RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Karl Maria von Weber – An Underappreciated Genius All music composed by Karl Maria von Weber Andante and Hungarian Rondo (Perkins; Boyd; Manchester Camerata) Hyperion CDA 67288 Symphony No. 1 in C. (Norrington, London Classical Players) EMI D108784
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Dinah Shore
9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Ella ’57 David Brent Johnson looks at one of singer Ella Fitzgerald’s busiest and most memorable years.
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Sir Mark Elder conducts Lawrence Power, viola BERLIOZ: The Corsair Overture BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo and Juliet BERLIOZ: Romeo at the Tomb of the Capulets from Romeo and Juliet BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy (Lawrence Power, viola) BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’eté (Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Pierre Boulez, conductor)
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9:00 PM HARMONIA Monica’s Monikers We’re investigating the moniker “Monica” this week on Harmonia. We’ll trace a tune dubbed “Monica” that was popular throughout Europe for two centuries. We’ll also shine a spotlight on violinist Monica Huggett and hear music for the glass armonica. Plus, a featured release from Monica Groop and the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. 10:00 PM FIESTA! The Best of the 2015 Latino Music Festival 2 The Latino Music Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this year with a spectacular program presented all across Chicago. Elbio Barilari features a selection of these concerts.
Lawrence Power
10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS More March Marches and Corteges Michael Barone gets the month off to a right and proper start by putting his left foot forward.
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11 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Tributes to the Lady Mark Chilla showcases the work of singer Billie Holiday by playing tributes to her from other artists over the years. He presents recordings of some of her most famous songs, sung by Carmen McRae, Abbey Lincoln, Tony Bennett, and others.
Abbey Lincoln in the 1950s
10 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER RAVEL: Sonata for Violin and Cello Yura Lee, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello Vierne Quintet for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 42 Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Danish String Quartet
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Gábor Bretz, bass Richard Easton, narrator LIGETI: Concert Românesc (Romanian Concerto) HAYDN: Symphony No. 7, Le Midi BARTÓK: Bluebeard’s Castle
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Edo de Waart conducts Augustin Hadelich, violin STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lüstige Streiche MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 (Turkish) (Augustin Hadelich, violin) ADAMS: Harmonielehre J.C. BACH: Sinfonia in G Minor (Nicholas McGegan, conductor)
10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Just Intonation Today Seth Boustead leaves the world of equal-temperament behind and explores various contemporary pieces written for instruments in just intonation.
10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Anita Cerquetti – a career too brief
11:00 AM RADIOLAB Galapagos This hour of Radiolab, the strange story of a small group of islands that raise a big question: Is it inevitable that even our most sacred natural landscapes will eventually get swallowed up by humans? And just how far are we willing to go to stop that from happening?
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9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL In Praise of Female Conductors Marjorie Herman samples work of Linda Mack of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Elizabeth C. Patterson of Gloriae Dei Cantores, Anne Matlack of the Harmonium Choral Society, and others.
8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel conducts Lang Lang, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 NIELSEN: Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable”
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6:00 PM PROFILES Broadcast journalist Fred de Sam Lazaro. Sumit Ganguly hosts.
8:00 PM ETHER GAME Musical Women In honor of International Women’s Day, Ether Game looks at music by and about women.
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that thought—through folkworlds old and new, scattered world-round, in search of musical styles and words of wisdom for, from, and about the Irish.
9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Jazz Women of the 1980s David Brent Johnson plays music of Geri Allen, Emily Remler, Cassandra Wilson, Carla Bley, and others.
12 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA DONIZETTI—Don Pasquale Donizetti’s lighthearted farce stars celebrated debutante soprano Eleonora Buratto, tenor Javier Camarena, a new king of the high Cs, and baritone Ambrogio Maestri, the recent and unforgettable Met Falstaff—an ideal team for this comic romp. Otto Schenk’s 2006 production provides a colorful backdrop. Maurizio Benini conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Irish Backroads According to author Pat Higgins, “In Ireland, music is an act of love.” This episode follows
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10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Johann and Max Michael Barone presents a contrapuntal convergence honoring the births of Johann Sebastian Bach (3/21/1685) and Max Reger (3/19/1873).
15 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Forty-five This week marks the 45th anniversary of Ether Game, WFIU’s game of musical fun and frustration, so tonight, we explore the wonder of the number 45. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Choral Music of Paul Moravec Known as one of the great American musical voices of our time, Moravec has won the Pulitzer Prize as well as other prestigious awards. Marjorie Herman presents his Aphorisms and other works. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Aaron Jay Kernis Aaron Jay Kernis, Yale faculty member and the winner of Northwestern University’s Nemmers Prize, visits WFMT and speaks with Seth Boustead about his compositions.
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16 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Roberto Abbado, conductor Emanuele Arciuli, piano BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 CAMPOGRANDE: Urban Gardens BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL All music composed by Jorge Grundman A Walk Across Adolescence (Trio Arbos) Non-Profit Music NPM 1012 Four Sad Seasons over Madrid (Ara Malikian, cond; Non-Profit Music Chamber Orchestra) Non-Profit Music NPM 437005 650039 Sonata for Violin and Piano: “What Inspires Poetry” (Vicente Cueva; Daniel del Pino) Non-profit Music NPM 1404 String Quartet, “Surviving a Son’s Suicide” (Brodsky Qt) Non-Profit Music NPM 1201 God’s Sketches (Cordon; Fernandez; Brodsky) non-Profit Music NPM 1201 Sonata for Violin and Piano “The Child Who Never Wanted to Grow Up” (Cueva, del Pino)
17 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER DVOŘÁK: Quartet No. 12 in F major for Strings, Op. 96, “The American” Jupiter String Quartet DOHNÁNYI: Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 26 Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; the Orion String Quartet 9:00 PM HARMONIA Music for Holy Week The liturgy of the Christian Holy Week has inspired centuries of music from diverse composers and is rich with musical depictions and meditations reflecting on the death and suffering of Christ. This week on Harmonia, music for Palm Sunday and the Paschal Triduum services leading up to Easter. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Voices of Mexico The Chicago Panamerican Ensemble has built a solid reputation over the years. The group, led by pianist Beatriz Helguera and cellist Andrew Snow has a new double CD featuring the music of fourteen Mexican composers. Elbio Barilari speaks with the members of this exciting ensemble.
18 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW The Great French Songbook Mark Chilla explores the world of “French” popular song in the jazz era, looking at French versions of jazz standards, and songs about Paris. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Sara Cassey Songbook Much admired by jazz artists such as Barry Harris and Pepper Adams, jazz composer Sara Page 8 / Directions in Sound / March 2016
Cassey died in 1966 at age 37. David Brent Johnson presents recordings of her music made by Hank Jones, Johnny Griffin, and others.
19 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA DONIZETTI—L’Elisir d’Amore Everyone in the village loves the spry Adina and the slow-but-likeable Nemorino—but when will they admit their love for each other? Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and tenor Vittorio Grigolo bring their magnetism to the two lead roles, with the renowned Alessandro Corbelli as the loveable con man who sells the “magic elixir” of love. Enrique Mazzola conducts Bartlett Sher’s vibrant production. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Relationships Are relationships art or 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 theory we’re pondering in every corner of the musical folkworld, as we explore their ins and outs—be they romantic, familial, friend or foe. It’s all about the bonding—and we’re hoping you’ll make the connection.
20 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Pop Music This hour of Radiolab: pop music’s pull. Some songs have the nefarious power to stick mercilessly in our heads, and some songs have the transcendent allure to overcome cultural differences. We ask how songwriters create these songs seemingly out of the ether, listen in on the music a deaf man hears, and examine the timeless appeal of the Elvis of Afghanistan. 6:00 PM PROFILES Actor Jonathan Banks. Betsy Shepherd hosts. (repeat) 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Charles Munch; Leonard Bernstein; Kurt Masur conductors Walter Hendl, piano Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord Christine Stavrache, harp Sergei Leiferkus, baritone Men of the New York Choral Artists; Joseph Flummerfelt, director BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 (recorded 1948) BEN-HAIM: Sweet Psalmist of Israel (recorded 1959) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar” (recorded 1993)
21 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Nicholas Kraemer conducts from the harpsichord BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (Eugene Izotov, oboe; Daniel Gingrich, horn; James Smelser, horn; Robert Chen, violin)
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 (Weijing Wang, viola; Catherine Brubraker, viola) BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. Jennifer Gunn 5 (Jennifer Gunn, flute; Robert Chen, violin; Mark Shuldiner, harpsichord) BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Jennifer Gunn, flute; Eugene Izotov, oboe; Christopher Martin, trumpet; Robert Chen, violin) BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (Jennifer Gunn, flute; Louise Dixon, flute; Robert Chen, violin) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Music for Easter Michael Barone offers up a collection of choral works and organ solos in celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection.
22 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Spring is Here! For the first week of spring, Ether Game looks at some fair weather music. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL A Touch of Spring Marjorie Herman plays music inspired by new beginnings, including Dominick Argento’s Walden Pond, and madrigals from various countries and periods. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Super Marimba The super marimba, developed by percussionist and composer Payton MacDonald, uses digital processing to create a multiplicity of layers that give the effect of a marimba Payton MacDonald ensemble, some of whose players sound like they must be superhuman. Seth Boustead hosts.
23 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST From the Beethoven Easter Festival, Warsaw National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice Leonard Slatkin conducts Sayaka Shoji, violin; Danjulo Ishizaka, cello; Camilla Tilling, soprano BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 BRAHMS: Double Concerto, Op. 102 MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL The Art of Oleg Kagan, violinist – Program 1 BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G. (Richter) Olympia OCD 579 TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Con in D. (Kachidze; Moscow Phil) Live Classics LCL105 SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet #15. (Kagan, Zhislin, Bashmet, Gutman) Live Classics
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24 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER HAYDN: Quartet in C major for Strings, Hob. III: 57, Op. 54, No. 2 Danish String Quartet BEETHOVEN: Trio in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 1, No. 1 Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Watkins, cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA An Unexpected Easter This week, lesser-known works written for the Christian celebration of Easter. We’ll hear music from the 15th to 18th centuries including an oratorio from a young Handel in Rome, chamber music by François Couperin, and a polychoral motet by Italian priest and composer Giovanni Giorgi. 10:00 PM FIESTA! More New New Music In the 20th century many Western composers cut themselves off from audiences and sheltered themselves in academic cocoons of “avant-garde,” “experimental,” or “new” music. Around the 1980s, some composers began to defy this dry orthodoxy of “contemporary” music, opening the door to music that is not afraid of beauty. Elbio Barilari calls this “new-new” music.
25 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Songs of the Season: Spring Mark Chilla continues an Afterglow tradition, marking the beginning of spring and the arrival of fairer weather. He offers several odes to March and April, along with a look at spring weather—be it rainy, sunny, or clear, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Murphy, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald others. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Jazz Monk Thomas Merton was one of the most influential spiritual writers of the 20th century, and he was also a passionate jazz fan. David Brent Johnson talks with jazz musician and Merton friend Dick Sisto, and plays excerpts from experimental jazz meditations and reflections that Merton recorded in his hermitage, as well as some of the jazz that Merton enjoyed and referred to in his writings. Also, a visit with Jason Bivins, author of Spirits Rejoice!, a book about jazz and American religion.
26 Saturday
Richard Eyre’s stylish production is set in 1930s Seville and features both new and familiar stars. Bass Mikhail Petrenko sings his first Met Figaro. Soprano Amanda Majeski, who made her acclaimed Met debut last season, returns to the role of the Countess. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard reprises her celebrated Cherubino, Luca Pisaroni is the Count, and rising star soprano Anita Hartig sings Susanna in Mozart’s immortal comedy of manners and morals. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Grace Ah, grace. It’s a state we’d all like to be in, and a trait we can’t ever get enough of. This week we translate that sentiment to music. According to Shakespeare, “Virtue and genuine graces, in themselves, speak what no words can utter.” With this in mind, we’ll let the music do the talking, as we glide through the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Near East, and the sunny South Pacific.
27 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Wild Things This hour, we try to uncover what conservation really means in the 21st century. First, a professional hunter who pays $350,000 to hunt an endangered animal, while trying to save the whole species. Then, a lady with a bird in her backyard upends our whole sense of what we may have to give up to keep a wild creature wild. 6:00 PM PROFILES Indiana's Changing Culture: Celebrating 200 Years 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Bernard Labadie conducts Miah Persson, soprano; Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Frédéric Antoun, tenor; Andrew Foster-Williams, bass; Philip Smith, trumpet New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt, director J.S. BACH: Cantata No. 51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! HANDEL: “Let the Bright Seraphim” from Samson MOZART: Requiem
28 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Mitsuko Uchida conducts from the piano Dorothea Röschmann, soprano MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 6 (Mitsuko Uchida, piano) SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und Leben (Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; Uchida, piano) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 26 (Coronation) (Uchida, piano) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS The Phillips Factor Michael Barone visits with British well-rounded organist Margaret Phillips, hearing selections from her impressive Bach cycle and other examples from her extensive discography.
1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA MOZART—Le Nozze di Figaro
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29 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Simply Shakespeare To play Ether Game, or not to play Ether Game? That is the question. The answer, of course, is to play, especially as we look at music based on the works of the Bard of Avon. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Seraphic Fire A profile of Seraphic Fire, regarded as one of the finest vocal ensembles in the United States. Entering its second decade, it performs repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant to newly commissioned works. Marjorie Herman samples their discography. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES eighth blackbird at the MCA Three-time Grammy-winning ensemble eighth blackbird performs music from their recent collaboration with the Sleeping Giant collective in a concert recorded live at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Seth Boustead hosts.
30 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Houston Symphony Orchestra Christian Eschenbach conducts MAHLER: Symphony No. 8 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Program TBA
31 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER NORMAN: Light Screens for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; Mihai Marica, cello BARBER: Summer Music for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn, Op. 31 Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Romie de GuiseMihai Marica Langlois, clarinet; Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Trevor Nuckols, horn COPLAND: Sextet for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano David Shifrin, clarinet; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Amphion String Quartet Mingzhe Wang
KREISLER: Caprice Viennois; Soncopation. (Vladimir Skanavi) Live Classics LCL 192 RAVEL: Berceuse. (Skanavi, piano) Live Classics LCL 192
9:00 PM HARMONIA Artemisia Angela Mariani speaks with guitarist-lutenist Richard Savino about his ensemble El Mundo’s recent program of music and art from the time of Caravaggio and Gentileschi. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Latino Composers in the U.S. There is a rich history of Latino composers in the United States. Elbio Barilari presents the most well-known and the most talented young Latino composers working in this country. March 2016 / Directions in Sound / Page 9
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Tecumseh’s Confederacy. Indiana is named for the Native inhabitants of the area—the Miami, Potawatomie, Wea, Delaware, Piankeshaw, and Shawnee. We meet Tecumseh, who built one of the largest Indian resistance movements.
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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Terre Haute, she traveled from France to build a convent in the wilderness. Lyles Station. The first African American settlement in Indiana, it’s still the only one in existence. New Harmony, Indiana. The experimental utopian community whose members sought faith, friendship, and peace.
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