May 2016
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Conductor Dominick DiOrio
Kevin Kline on Profiles Vocal Ensemble NOTUS: IU Contemporary Sunday, 21 a Tuesday,December May 10, 9 p.m.
Vol. 64, No. 5 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 John Bailey—Station Operations Director Will Murphy—Program Director Peter Balonon-Rosen—StateImpact Indiana Multimedia Journalist 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 David Brent Johnson—Jazz Director
Tuesday, May 10, 9 p.m. The NOTUS Contemporay Vocal Ensemble is made up of 26 of the finest singers from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Noted for adventurous and innovative programming, programming, NOTUS is dedicated to performing the works of living composers. In this program, we hear highlights from two of the group’s performances during the 2015-2016 academic year, featuring world premieres by IU faculty and student composers, and Arvo Pärt’s magnificent Te Deum. NOTUS conductor Dominick DiOrio and WFIU music director Joe Goetz host.
A Change in Management
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John Bailey, WFIU’s program director for the past three years, stepped into his new role as station operations director on April 1, trading positions with Will Murphy, who had been at the helm since 2012. In a note to staff, Will wrote, “We’re implementing John Bailey the change at my request, and I feel the switch will be good for John, for me, and for the station. I couldn’t be happier that someone for whom I have so much respect will be moving into the position.” Will’s new responsibilities include overseeing spokenword programming such as Arts Desk coverage and Profiles, a shift that brings him closer to his WFIU roots as news director from 1999 to 2007. Like Will, John is in his third decade in public radio, and has assumed roles ranging from classical host to director of membership and marketing.
Adam Schwartz
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NOTUS Live Concert
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Weekend Staples Will Stay This spring, about 450 listeners took WFIU's online survey to tell us what the future of public radio staples such as A Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk should be. Garrison Keillor is retiring soon, and more than half the respondents said we should give Keillor’s successor, Chris Thile, a chance. We’re planning to air the 13 new shows he’ll host in the year to come, along with 26 archival Keillor programs. We’ll also use the summer rerun season to let you sample new public radio shows and give us your opinions. You also asked that we continue Car Talk on Saturday mornings at 10. For this coming year we will do just that. Thank you for speaking up and helping us to serve you better!
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Profiles
Sundays at 6 p.m. May 1 – Civility in American Politics Indiana’s presidential primary is only two days away, so it’s fitting that we bring you this special program that looks at the role of civility in U.S. politics. The broadcast features a panel discussion recorded in March at the University of Southern Indiana with former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and former Congressman Lee Hamilton. USI President Linda Bennett moderated the discussion. Pres. Linda Bennett
May 8 – Mother’s Day Special Today is Mother’s Day, a time to honor that special woman in your life, and we’ll mark the occasion with this audio tribute to mothers everywhere. May 15 – Cary Fowler
Cary Fowler
Agriculturalist Cary Fowler is the former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, which works to preserve crops to ensure diversity for worldwide food security. During his tenure, the Trust worked with gene banks in 71 countries to rescue 83,393 unique crop varieties from extinction. Fowler was influential in the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle, which houses samples of more than 783,000 distinct crop varieties. Trish Kerlé hosts.
by David Brent Johnson, WFIU Jazz Director We hope that you’re enjoying the expanded two-hour Just You and Me that now airs every weekday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. on WFIU. On Mondays host David Brent Johnson surveys new and recent releases from the world of jazz, while Tuesdays are devoted to classic jazz from artists such as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans. Wednesdays you can call in or email a jazz request and also listen to in-concert performances of past and present artists. Thursday shows put the spotlight on the modern Indiana jazz scene as well as its rich history, and on Fridays Brother William Morris takes over for the always-simmering Soul Kitchen edition of the program.
May 22 – Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore is a staff writer at The New Yorker and professor of American history at Harvard University who writes about history, law, literature, and politics. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times and many other publications, examining such topics as child welfare, disruption, torture, polls, and the archiving of the Internet. Her books include The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death, The Story of America, and her most recent, The Secret History of Wonder Woman. David Brent Johnson hosts. May 29 – Tony Buba/Joseph Bernard
Tony Buba
Joseph Bernard
Tony Buba has been producing documentary films since 1972. Many of his films concern issues in his hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. These include Voices from a Steeltown, a series of vignettes of signs of life in the dying mill town, and his first feature-length documentary, Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy, an “exploded documentary.” His 1994 fictional feature film, No Pets, explored the psychological realities of postindustrial working-class life. Josh Brewer hosts. Joseph Bernard is a painter, filmmaker, and mixed-media artist. A former student of experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, Bernard’s films are kaleidoscopic abstractions of light and texture. His collage paintings utilize acrylic paint and inks on wood panels, layered with found objects such as hair, seaweed, feathers, onion skin, and crushed cans. Bernard has taught fine arts at Detroit’s College for Creative Studies. Yaël Ksander hosts.
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Patti Page
On Afterglow this month, host Mark Chilla explores record label EmArcy’s mid-1950s “In the Land of Hi-Fi” series with albums by singers Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, and Patti Page; highlights three vocalists who reinvented themselves in the dawn of the LP era; and delves into the artistic partnership of Frank Sinatra and songwriter Jimmy van Heusen. Afterglow airs each Friday at 8 p.m., and shows are archived for online listening afterward at indianapublicmedia.org/afterglow. Night Lights follows at 9, with shows this month focusing on trombonist Melba Liston, jazz eulogies for departed musicians, and the final years of trumpeter Miles Davis’ career. After Night Lights stick around for the laidback late-night jazz of The Best of Bob Parlocha, which airs Friday from ten p.m. till 2 a.m., and then again Saturday evening beginning at midnight. May 2016 / Directions in Sound / Page 3
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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 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Falling There are so many ways to fall—in love, asleep, even flat on your face. This hour, Radiolab dives into stories of great falls. We jump into a black hole, take a trip over Niagara Falls, upend some myths about falling cats, and plunge into our favorite songs about falling. 6:00 PM PROFILES Television personality and producer Marc Summers. John Bailey hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Lorin Maazel conducts Jennifer Koh, Violin TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy LUTOSŁAWSKI: Chain 2: Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
2 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Van Zweden conducts Shostakovich 5 BRITTEN: Violin Concerto (Simone Lamsma, violin) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Christopher Martin, trumpet; Kirill Petrenko, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Revisiting Marcel Dupré With vintage recordings digitally reissued, Michael Barone reflects on one of the great 20th century masters of the pipe organ.
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3 Tuesday 7:00 PM ELECTION COVERAGE It’s primary day in Indiana. WFIU News will be with you throughout the evening with results and analysis.
Ella Fitzgerald, with a special spotlight on June Christy’s debut album Something Cool. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Jazz Women of the 1980s The music of Geri Allen, Emily Remler, Cassandra Wilson, Carla Bley, and others.
4 Wednesday 8:00 PM QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME In observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, WFIU presents Olivier Messiaen’s legendary work composed under the direst of circumstances. Captured by the Germans and condemned to a prisoner of war camp, Messiaen composed his 20th century masterpiece with the help of other imprisoned musicians and with the protection of a sympathetic guard. On March 30 of this year, Jacobs School musicians James Campbell, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Futaba Niekawa, and Hyeok Kwon performed the work at Auer Hall. 9:00 PM MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE A portrait of the music and lives of composers Viktor Ullmann and Gideon Klein, who were imprisoned in Terezin, the “model ghetto” created by the Germans in World War II. Many of Europe’s greatest artists, musicians, and writers were held in the camp, and were expected to continue to create and perform there during the war. More than 70 years later, some of Ullmann and Klein’s music has been rediscovered in attics, under beds, and hidden in libraries around the world. Megan Williams produced this documentary for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
5 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Program TBA 9:00 PM HARMONIA Spotlight on New York Pro Musica Antiqua, Part 1 Harmonia shines a spotlight on the New York Pro Musica Antiqua, the ensemble that first popularized early music in America. We’ll take a look at its history and hear from some of its members. 10:00 PM FIESTA! LP Treasures: Louisville Orchestra Recordings This week Elbio Barilari digs through old LPs and finds rare and adventurous recordings made by the Louisville Orchestra of Blas Galindo, Joaquin Rodrigo, and Roberto Garcia Morillo.
6 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW June Christy and Something Cool In the mid-1950s, several jazz vocalists tried to reinvent themselves in the new era of the long-playing record. Mark Chilla looks at three such artists, including Mel Tormé and
Cassandra Wilson
7 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA MOZART—Die Entführung aus dem Serail Met Music Director James Levine returns to a work he has long cherished, Mozart’s delightful comic gem of wily captives in a harem. Coloratura soprano sensation Albina Shagimuratova stars in the bravura role of Konstanze. Rising tenor Paul Appleby is her lover, Belmonte; soprano Kathleen Kim is her shrewd maid, Blondchen; and bass HansPeter König delivers comic gravitas as the overseer of the harem. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Motherhood “There’s a story behind everything, but behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.” (Mitch Albom) And that’s the story we tell on this week’s special Mother’s Day edition, with a global tour of musical traditions, and wise words in honor of motherhood. Our path weaves across the Americas, through Europe, and into Asia, Africa, Australia and India.
8 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Blame We’ve all felt it, that irresistible urge to point the finger. But new technologies are complicating age-old moral conundrums about accountability. This hour, we ask what blame does for us. Why do we need it, when isn’t it enough, and what happens when we try to push past it with forgiveness and mercy? 6:00 PM PROFILES Special Mother’s Day Edition. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Pierre Boulez conducts
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Jessye Norman, soprano (Berg) Yvonne Minton, soprano (Mahler) BERG: Der Wein (concert aria) from SMK 45838 MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 from NYP Special Editions
9 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Evgeny Kissin Returns, Sir Andrew Davis Conducts BACH, orch. Davis: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (Sir Andrew Davis, conductor) STRAVINSKY: Divertimento, Suite from The Fairy’s Kiss (Sir Andrew Davis, conductor) TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kissin, piano; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor) GRANADOS: Danza Española No. 5 (encore) BRAHMS: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 (encore) RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé (Charles Dutoit, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Reger Remembered In commemoration of the centenary of the death of Bach’s greatest admirer, Johann Baptist Joseph Maximillian Reger (1873-1916).
10 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Medicinally Speaking Learn how music can sometimes be the best medicine. 9:00 PM NOTUS: IU CONTEMPORARY VOCAL ENSEMBLE Highlights from two of the group’s performances during the 2015-2016 academic year, featuring world premieres by IU faculty and student composers, and Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum. NOTUS conductor Dominick DiOrio and WFIU music director Joe Goetz host. (Preempts Sounds Choral and Relevant Tones.)
CATALANI: La Wally. (Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Cleva, American Opera Society) Intaglio INCD 7642
12 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Baroque Telemann Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Two Oboes, Strings, and Continuo, TWV 53:D2 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 9:00 PM HARMONIA Spotlight on New York Pro Musica Antiqua, Part 2 Join host Angela Mariani for some fun with bawdy songs, rounds and catches. Then Wendy Gillespie brings us part two of a New York Pro Musica Antiqua retrospective. Plus, a collection of dances and Gaelic laments in our featured release. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Leonardo Balada: Composer Leonardo Balada is, for many, the most important living Spanish composer. Elbio Barilari dedicates a whole program to his work and thinking.
11 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor DVOŘÁK: Legend No. 6, Op. 59 PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19 BERLIOZ: Symphony fantastique, Op. 14 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Verismo Opera at its Best
15 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Emergence What happens when there is no leader? Starlings, bees, and ants manage just fine. In fact, they form staggeringly complicated societies—all without a Toscanini to conduct them into harmony. This hour, we ask how this happens. We gaze down at the bottom-up logic of cities, Google, and even our very own brains with a mathematician, an economist, neurologists, ant experts, and a fireflyologist. 6:00 PM PROFILES Agriculturalist Cary Fowler. Trish Kerlé hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Yuja Wang, piano Valérie Hartmann-Claverie, ondes martenot MESSIAEN: Turangalîla-Symphonie
13 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW EmArcy’s “In the Land of Hi Fi” In 1956, EmArcy records—the jazz subsidiary of Mercury Records—embraced the latest trend in home audio by releasing a series of long-playing records from some of their best jazz artists, all titled “In the Land of Hi-Fi.” Mark Chilla features those albums by Sarah Vaughan, Patti Page, and Dinah Washington. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Melba Liston: First Lady of Trombone Melba Liston was a pioneering female jazz artist both as a trombonist and as a composer/arranger. David Brent Johnson traces her career from Gerald Wilson’s 1940s big-band through her collaborations with pianist Randy Weston from the 1960s on.
14 Saturday Arvo Pärt
for on this stellar edition of Folktales. Armed with wise words and fine musical offerings, host Julia Meek spans the globe for accolades old and new. According to H. Jackson Brown, “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”
1:00 PM THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Enjoy Mozart’s masterpiece of mistaken identities, morals, and manners, directed by Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s brilliant Barbara Gaines. European stars Adam Plachetka performs the title role and Christiane Karg is Suzanna. Luca Pisaroni is the incorrigibly rapacious Count Almaviva and Amanda Majeski is the Countess. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Superlatives How much of your life is spent going for the gold? Let’s face it—we all love to be #1 at times, and it’s those heights we’re reaching
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Valérie Hartmann-Claverie
16 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Runnicles conducts Mahler 5 MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto (Robert Chen, violin) MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture (Fritz Reiner, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Organ Plus Whether combined with saxophone, brass ensemble, chamber orchestra or symphonic ensemble, the King of Instruments proves itself an able and amiable companion.
17 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Stormy Weather Spring is the season of unsettled weather, and this week on Ether Game we serve up stormy selections. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Best of Sounds Choral A program selected by Marjorie Herman from the Sounds Choral archives.
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10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES The Young Generation Seth Boustead talks to professors at leading music schools around the country to identify the hottest young talents and guess emerging trends that are inspiring the next generation of composers.
18 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Edo de Waart conducts DVOŘÁK: Serenade for String Orchestra SCHOENBERG: Chamber Symphony No. 1 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Music of Niels Gade – Program 1 All music by Niels Gade Symphony No. 1. (N. Jarvi, Stockholm Sym) BIS CD-339 Violin Concerto. (Kontra; P. Jarvi; Malmo Sym) BIS CD 672 Echoes of Ossian Ov (Kitaenko, Danish Radio) Chandos 9075 Five Songs for Choir, Op. 15. (Parkman, Danish Radio Choir) Chandos 9075 Symphony No. 8 (N. Jarvi, Stockholm Sym) BIS CD-339
19 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Songs of Loss CHAUSSON: Chanson Perpetuelle Claron McFadden, soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano; The Pacifica Quartet SCHUBERT: Quartet in D minor for Strings, D. 810, Op. Posth. “Death and the Maiden” Belcea Quartet
Claron McFadden
9:00 PM HARMONIA Spotlight on New York Pro Musica Antiqua, Part 3 Wendy Gillespie brings us the third and final part of our tribute to the ensemble that started the early music movement in the U.S. We’ll hear about the final years of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua and listen to music from one of the earliest fully staged baroque operas to be mounted in America. Plus, we’ll explore some music set to words by famous poets and hear from a recent recording by Capella de Minstrers. 10:00 PM FIESTA! New Music from the Past Musical memory is a strange thing. What is remembered and what is not often times is decided by the particular taste of one era or just by chance. Hidden treasures from the past are being discovered every day. Page 8 / Directions in Sound / May 2016
20 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Jimmy Van Heusen and Frank Sinatra In the late 1930s before he was a star, Frank Sinatra befriended songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen in New York City. Over the next several decades, the career of the singer and the songwriter became linked. We’ll hear Sinatra performing many of Van Heusen’s most well-known tunes, such as “My Kind of Town,” “September of My Years,” and “Come Fly with Me.”
Cynthia Phelps, viola Carter Brey, cello R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
23 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Pinchas Zukerman Plays and Conducts MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute TELEMANN: Viola Concerto (Pinchas Zukerman, viola) TARTINI: Pastorale (orch. Respighi) (Pinchas Zukerman, viola) BACH: Concerto for Two Violins (Pinchas Zukerman and Stephanie Jeong, violins) MOZART: Symphony No. 39 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 (David Fray, piano; Jaap van Zweden, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS New from New Mexico Premiere performances and first recordings feature music and musicians in Albuquerque.
Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Van Heusen in the 1950s
9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Turn Out the Stars V.5 More jazz eulogies for departed jazz musicians, for the Memorial Day weekend.
21 Saturday 1:00 PM THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Jimmy LÓPEZ—Bel Canto This riveting story, inspired by a real-life event and based on Ann Patchett's bestselling novel, becomes a powerful opera. The international cast is led by Danielle de Niese. Sir Andrew Davis teams up with Kevin Newbury for this world premiere, with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Secret Gardens According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, “The Amen of nature is always a flower.” This week’s program is particularly joyful, as we travel the globe in search of Mother Nature’s finest. Armed with wise words, and beautifully blooming music, we’ll be making out-of-the-way stops across the Americas, Europe, China, Africa, and the South Pacific.
22 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB Elements Scientists took about 300 years to lay out the Periodic Table into neat rows and columns; in one hour, we’re going to mess it all up. We’ll enlist journalists, poets, musicians, and a physicist to help us tell stories of matter that matters. You’ll never look at the Periodic Table the same way again.
24 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME This Week in Music History What do Satie, Strauss, Saint-Saëns, and Rossini have in common? Each of them had a piece premiere during the fourth week of May. Join us as the Ether Game Brain Trust explores one week in music history. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Best of Sounds Choral A program selected by Marjorie Herman from the Sounds Choral archives. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES In Memoriam From Stravinsky’s famous In Memoriam Dylan Thomas to Hindemith’s Trauermusik, composers have long written their most personal and moving music as a tribute to a friend or figure they admired. Seth Boustead remembers several great personalities with musical tributes by modern day composers.
25 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane conducts Natasha Paremski, piano HANNAH LASH: Sound Investment CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21 HAYDN: Symphony No. 102
6:00 PM PROFILES New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore. David Brent Johnson hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Bernard Haitink conducts
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work of its acclaimed alumnus, Mr. Burt Bacharach. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Last Miles Music from trumpeter Miles Davis’ final years, including his albums Amandla and Tutu, and collaborations with Shirley Horn and Quincy Jones.
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9:00 PM HARMONIA I Bite My Thumb at Thee! We’re going against the grain this week on Harmonia, as we feature the most radical musical diversions from the norm, courtesy of some of the most bold, daring, or slightly insane minds of early music. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Exiles and Émigrés Displacement due to political causes has been sadly common throughout history. By force or by choice composers (and other artists) have abandoned their homeland to become exiles or migrants in a different country. Elbio Barilari examines the cases of Manuel de Falla’s exile in Argentina, Paul Bowles’ lifelong affair with Spain and Latin America, and Conlon Nancarrow becoming an American-Mexican composer.
27 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Burt Bacharach and the Brill Building The Brill Building was once a mecca for songwriters producing the most sophisticated new sounds in pop music. Mark Chilla highlights those songwriters, including the
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Dohnányi conducts Tchaikovsky and Beethoven (with Paul Lewis) LUTOSŁAWSKI: Musique funebre BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Paul Lewis, piano) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia (Tugan Sokhiev, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Manifold Blessings Whether with a Tudor-era recreation or contemporary commentaries on a grand tradition, communities rejoice with diversely designed and recently installed pipe organs. Michael Barone hosts.
26 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Boccherini & Brahms BOCCHERINI: Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, G. 324, “La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid” The Miro Quartet, together with cellist David Finckel BRAHMS: Quintet in B minor for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 115 David Shifrin, clarinet; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello
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28 Saturday 1:00 PM THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO ROSSINI—Cinderella The beloved tale of Cinderella meets operatic delight in this bubbling Rossini hit. Superstar mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is the leading lady, bel canto master Lawrence Brownlee is Prince Ramiro, and acclaimed Lyric favorite Alessandro Corbelli is the pompous stepfather. Sir Andrew Davis conducts. 10:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Patriotism and Remembrance As American founding father and second U.S. President John Adams noted: “Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” To mark Memorial Day, we travel the world for tributes and musical reflections of those who gave their lives for their country, and wise words on the importance of such patriotic acts. Beginning in our own United States, we’ll be touring Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and beyond, with a special tribute to Decoration Day in Civil War times.
31 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME What’s in a Name? Why is the Oxford Symphony called “Oxford” when it actually premiered in Paris? Find out this week as Ether Game goes geographical. 9:00 PM SOUNDS CHORAL Best of Sounds Choral A program selected by Marjorie Herman from the Sounds Choral archives. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES Pianist Jenny Lin Stunningly versatile pianist Jenny Lin has recorded with jazz musicians, rockers, contemporary composers, and everyone in between. Equally comfortable playing Shostakovich on the same concert as giving a world premiere, Lin is a vital talent that is taking concert halls by storm. Seth Boustead hosts.
29 Sunday 11:00 AM RADIOLAB After Life What happens at the moment when we slip from life to the other side? Is it a moment? If it is, when exactly does it happen? And what happens afterward? This hour, a show of questions that don’t have easy answers. So, in a slight departure from our regular format, we bring you eleven meditations on how, when, and even if we die.
Liz Linder
10:00 PM COLLECTORS’ CORNER WITH HENRY FOGEL Music of Niels Gade – Program 2 All music by Niels Gade Symphony No. 2. (N. Jarvi, Stockholm Sym) BIS CD 338 String Quartet No. 1. (Copenhagen Str Qt) Fona vie plader PWS 102 Morgenkor; Oluf’s Ballad; Aprilsvise; Barn Jesus Child; Polsk Faedrelandssang. (Aksel Schiotz) Danacord DACOCD 456 In the Highlands. (Hogwood, Danish radio) Chandos 9862 Symphony No. 7. (N. Jarvi, Stockholm Sym) BIS CD-355
Jenny Lin
6:00 PM PROFILES Documentary filmmaker Tony Buba. Josh Brewer hosts. Visual artist Joseph Bernard. Yaël Ksander hosts. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK Bernand Haitink conducts HAYDN: Symphony No. 96, Miracle BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7
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Janis: Little Girl Blue – American Masters Tuesday, May 3, 8 p.m. One of the most revered and influential rock ’n’ roll singers of all time, Janis Joplin thrilled audiences and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1970 at age 27. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg examines Joplin’s story in depth, presenting an intimate portrait of a complicated and driven artist. Janis: Little Girl Blue features neverbefore-seen archival performance footage and new interviews with musicians who were inspired by Janis: Alecia Moore (a.k.a. Pink), Juliette Lewis, Melissa Etheridge, and the film’s narrator, Chan Marshall, best known as indie rock star
Philanthropy Made Easy Your largest single financial asset may be the tax-deductible contributions to retirement plans you make during your working years. But while retirement plans such as TIAA-CREF, traditional IRAs, or 401(k) plans are excellent vehicles to accruing wealth, they are not effective at transferring it to heirs. If you pass on before you deplete your retirement plan savings, the taxation on them can be surprisingly high.
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Janis Joplin
Cat Power. In tribute, she performs “A Woman Left Lonely” from Joplin’s final studio album Pearl. Original interviews—with Joplin’s siblings Laura and Michael; friends, lovers, and fellow musicians including Big Brother and the Holding Company
Those retirement dollars will be subject to taxation by the IRS, which could substantially reduce the remainder of your account resulting in a gift that is not as generous as you may have intended for your beneficiaries! Charitable giving offers an alternative to having your retirement assets eaten up by taxes. Consider designating your retirement plan balance to worthwhile causes, such as a nonprofit you value, and redirecting assets with less tax liability to your family and friends. Making a gift through your retirement plan is simple and does not require a lawyer. All you need do is contact the retirement plan administrator and request a beneficiary form.
bandmates; Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe and the Fish), Kris Kristofferson, Dick Cavett, and Clive Davis—give a complete sense of a woman haunted by lifelong insecurity and a need for acceptance despite her on-stage bravado and uninhibited, sexualized persona. The film explores Joplin’s childhood, struggles with addiction, active role in the musical and cultural revolution of the 1960s, surprising rise to stardom, and untimely demise. Her own words tell much of her story through a series of letters she wrote to her parents, many of them made public for the first time. Other previously-unseen material that Berg discovered during the seven years she spent making the film includes new audio and video of Joplin in the studio as well as rare footage from Joplin’s emotional return to her hometown, Port Arthur, Texas, for her tenth high school reunion.
There are a multitude of options. You could choose five different charities and designate 20% of your remaining retirement savings to each organization, escaping all taxes. Or you can have your spouse named as primary beneficiary with WFIU as the secondary beneficiary, or, you could designate 90% to your spouse and 10% of the remainder to WFIU. Of course, consulting with your family or a lawyer is always wise, but the process is simple enough that no legal assistance is required. For more information, visit indianapublicmedia.org/support, or call or e-mail to Nancy Krueger at 812-8552935 or nkrueger@indiana.edu.
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