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Vol. 66, No. 12 Directions in Sound (USPS314900) is published each month by Indiana University Radio and Television Services, 1229 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 telephone: 812-855-6114 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—General Manager John Bailey—Station Operations Director Will Murphy—Program Director Laura Baich—Marketing Director Emmy Beltré—Senior Graphic Designer Eoban Binder—Director of Digital Media Barbara Brosher—Senior News Editor Steve Burns—News Chief Videographer Aaron Cain—Morning Edition Host Mark Chilla—Production Director, Afterglow and Ether Game Host Becca Costello—Digital News Journalist Alex Eady—Multimedia Journalist Don Glass—Producer A Moment of Science® Joe Goetz—Music Director George Hopstetter—Director of Engineering and Operations Becky Jessmer—Corporate Development Associate David Brent Johnson—Jazz Director
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The following music specials are sure to make your season bright! See the listings on pages 6-9 for more holiday programs.
December 2
Candles Burning Brightly, 7 p.m. Mindy Ratner hosts this celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Candles Burning Brightly explores the meaning and traditions of Chanukah, including holiday foods and Sephardic and Ashkenazi music.
December 20
La Nochebuena: Christmas with the Rose Ensemble, 8 p.m. The Rose Ensemble explores the great variety of music that filled the royal court of Ferdinand and Isabella and flooded the chapels and streets of Renaissance Spain. All is Bright: Contemplative Music for Christmas, 10 p.m. Lynne Warfel hosts an hour of gorgeous, contemplative choral music that tells the traditional Christmas story with songs about angels, the star and the manger scene.
December 24
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 10 a.m. Audiences will share in a live, world-wide Christmas Eve broadcast of a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal music, presented by one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys and performed in the Chapel of King’s College. St. Olaf Christmas Festival, 8 p.m. One of the nation’s most cherished holiday celebrations, this festival features more than 500 student musicians in five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra. Winter Holidays Around the World with Bill McGlaughlin, 10 p.m. Enjoy winter in Paris with music from Debussy, travel to Polynesia for a traditional hymn, “Anau Oia Ea,” and then end with an excerpt from Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” from the original television production. Christmastime in New York: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 11 p.m. The Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine performs at the Medieval Sculpture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a program that spans hundreds of years and describes the story of the nativity.
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Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir, 8 p.m. The world-renowned Tabernacle Choir continues its tradition of great artistry this holiday season, with touching arrangements of familiar carols, and lesser-known melodies that are fast becoming the new classics. Julie Amacher hosts this annual favorite. A Chanticleer Christmas, 9 p.m. Celebrate the season with song! Brian Newhouse hosts this one-hour program of a cappella holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by Chanticleer, the superb 12-man choral ensemble known as “an orchestra of voices.” Welcome Christmas! with VocalEssence, 10 p.m. John Birge hosts an hour of traditional carols and new discoveries, including the world premiere of two carols from the annual Christmas Carol Contest.
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Saturdays at 5 p.m. on WFIU2 | Sundays at 6 p.m. on WFIU December 1/2 – Nate Powell Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist who lives in Bloomington. He began selfpublishing at age 14, and is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes brandnew Ozark existential horror tale Come Again, and civil rights icon John Lewis’ legendary graphic memoir March trilogy. He spoke with Payton Knobeloch. December 8/9 – Noah Bendix-Balgley Noah Bendix-Balgley is the Berlin Philharmonic first concertmaster and an Indiana University alumnus. He began playing violin at age 4. At age 9, he played for Lord Yehudi Menuhin in Switzerland. In addition to his solo and symphony careers, he has played with world-renowned klezmer groups such as Brave Old World and has taught klezmer violin at workshops in Europe and in the United States. He spoke with Aaron Cain. December 15/16 – Dawn Biehler Dr. Dawn Biehler is Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her work focuses on social inequalities in urban environmental health, political ecology, urban animals, and urban environmental history. She is author of the book Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats. She spoke with Aaron Cain. December 22/23 – Boots Riley Boots Riley is a provocative and prolific poet, rapper, songwriter, producer, screenwriter, director, community organizer, and public speaker. His directorial film debut, Sorry to Bother You, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and took audiences and critics by storm when it opened in theatres a few months later. He spoke with Janae Cummings in an onstage interview hosted by IU Cinema. December 29/30 – State of Play On this episode, host Aaron Cain takes the subject of games relatively seriously by having conversations with people who can speak with some authority on the “state of play,” including IU professors Marco Arnaudo and Mike Sellers—who each specialize in different kinds of games and how they are designed—and Alex and Kate Burch, who operate an escape room in Bloomington.
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Jazz Notes Ho ho ho! Yes, the holidays are here, and WFIU’s jazz department will be bringing you lots of Christmas goodies. On Monday, December 24, Just You And Me will close with the traditional broadcast of Louis Armstrong reading The Night Before Christmas, recorded not long before the jazz great’s death in 1971. For the holiday itself the following day, tune in for lots of classic Christmas jazz. Other Just You And Me highlights this month: on Monday, December 3, David Brent Johnson will feature new jazz from Germany from artists such as trumpeter Matthias Lindermayr and Jazzrausch Big Band (a techno big band!),
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and on Monday, December 31, we’ll end 2018 with a look back at some of the year’s most compelling new releases. Our Friday-evening jazz-specialty programs will observe the holidays as well on December 21, as Afterglow celebrates a “Modern Jazz Christmas” with music from singers such as Kurt Elling and Diana Krall at 8 p.m., followed by a Night Lights holiday special at 9 p.m. featuring recordings by Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, and more. These two Christmas-themed shows will be preceded at 7 p.m. by The Uncle Dan and Sophie Jam, co-hosted by renowned Indiana author Dan Wakefield and saxophonist Sophie Faught. This month’s show takes a look at the life of Indianapolis native and longtime New Yorker correspondent Janet Flanner, with Faught’s group proving a jazz soundtrack for the recounting of Flanner’s many years in 20th-century Paris. The Uncle Dan And Sophie Jam will also re-air on Just You And Me the following Thursday, December 27, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Happy holidays from all of us here at WFIU—we’ll be back with much more jazz for you in 2019!
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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; fr, from; 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 4 and 5.
1 Saturday 1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA Boito – Mefistofele The spectacular Robert Carsen production returns to the Met for the first time since 2000, with bassbaritone Christian Van Horn as the diabolical title character, tenor Michael Fabiano as Faust, and soprano Angela Meade as Margherita. Mefistofele is the celebrated and only completed opera by Arrigo Boito. 8:00 PM PORCHLIGHT Time “Time, time, time. See what’s become of me.” —Paul Simon
2 Sunday 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Star Shine “Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.” That’s how Longfellow so lovingly described those heavenly bodies, and this week’s show finds us tracking them around the musical globe. You’re sure to want to catch our Folktale of Star Shine. 6:00 PM PROFILES Author Nathan Powell speaks with Payton Knobeloch. 7:00 PM CANDLES BURNING BRIGHTLY Mindy Ratner hosts this celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Candles Burning Brightly Page 6 / December 2018
explores the meaning and traditions of Chanukah, including holiday foods and Sephardic and Ashkenazi music. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK LINDBERG: EXPO (Alan Gilbert, conductor) BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D (Frank Peter Zimmerman, violin; Alan Gilbert, conductor) BERLIOZ: Sinfonie fantastique, Op. 14
KURTAG: Homage a Robert Schumann SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 2
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8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Matthias Pintsher and Jean-Yves Thibaudet Debussy (orch. Ravel): Sarabande and Danse Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (In One Movement) (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano) Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director) Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront (James Gaffigan, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS A Way with Bach In anticipation of the upcoming Pipedreams Tour in Germany, we sample various interpretive approaches of Bach’s music played on instruments in Bach Country.
8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Modern Masters II Penderecki: Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello Arnaud Sussman, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello Shostakovich: Quintet in G minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 57 Gilbert Kalish, piano, (Schumann Quartet) Erik Schumann, Ken Schumann, violin; Liisa Randalu, viola; Mark Schumann, cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA Morning Has Broken As the year winds down, it’s time to wake up! We’re celebrating mornings this week on Harmonia, with bright— and early—music from across the centuries. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Latin American Classics Host Elbio Barilari shares some of the most known compositions as well as some that he thinks will become classics! Join us for this look into the past and the future of Latino classical music.
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8:00 PM ETHER GAME Cheaper by the Dozen As we enter the 12th month of the year, Ether Game looks at the number 12 in classical music. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES WITH SETH BOUSTEAD Nels Cline Rolling Stone declared Nels Cline as one of the 20 “new guitar god” and one of the top 100 guitarists of all time. He may be best known as the guitarist of rock band Wilco, but he’s also a talented composer. Seth Boustead and Cline discuss his compositional style, making the bridge to classical, and the danger of classifying music.
8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Miss D on Mercury Explore the hard-edged blues, the sultry jazz, and luscious pop of the versatile singer Dinah Washington. We’ll briefly chronicle her long career on the Mercury Record label. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS It’s Jazz, Charlie Brown: The Vince Guaraldi Story A look at the early jazz career and subsequent Peanuts success of pianist Vince Guaraldi, including interviews with jazz critic Doug Ramsey, Guaraldi’s son David, and Guaraldi sideman Eddie Duran.
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5 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Jeremy Denk, director and piano Maiya Papach, viola Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet Hyobi Sim, viola SCHUMANN: Marchenbilder MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23
8 Saturday 1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA Puccini – Il Trittico Jack O’Brien’s epic production of Puccini’s triple bill features first-class casting: tenor Marcelo Álvarez and soprano Amber Wagner are the illicit lovers of Il Tabarro; soprano Kristine Opolais sings the shattering title role of Suor Angelica; and the ageless Plácido
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Domingo takes an unusual comedic turn in the baritone title role of Gianni Schicchi. 8:00 PM PORCHLIGHT Language “In Paris, they simply opened their eyes when we spoke to them in French. We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.” —Mark Twain
9 Sunday 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Blessings According to philosopher Eric Hoffer, “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings” But fear not! We’re doing the math for you as it travels the world of music and wise words for “the assignment!” 6:00 PM PROFILES Noah Bendix-Balgley, Berlin Philharmonic first concertmaster and IU alumnus, speaks with Aaron Cain. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 (Zubin Mehta, conductor) MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 (Reri Grist, soprano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor)
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Houston Symphony Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA Verdi – La Traviata Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 18thcentury setting that changes with the seasons. 8:00 PM PORCHLIGHT Run “Be running up that hill with no problems.” —Kate Bush
13 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Echos of Eastern Europe Dvorák: Selections from Ohlas písní (Echo of Songs) for String Quartet (arr. from Cypresses, BB. 11), B. 152 Daniel Hope, Erin Keefe, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello Enescu: Octet in C major for Strings, Op. 7 Bella Hristova, Susie Park, Jessica Lee, Kristin Lee, Violin; Mark Holloway, Yura Lee, Viola; Nicholas Canellakis, Timothy Eddy, Cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA A Medieval Christmas Explore the medieval chants, carols, and dances of Christmas, from the Mediterranean to the Alps. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Fiesta Goes to the Movies During the golden age of Hollywood, countries like Mexico, Brazil and Argentina also developed their own healthy movie industries.
8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Neeme Järvi and Robert Chen Pärt: Fratres Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Robert Chen, violin) Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral” Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS The Nativity of the Lord
8:00 PM ETHER GAME Hibernation Settle down for a long winter’s nap as we explore music all about staying in from the cold. 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES WITH SETH BOUSTEAD Still Goldberg after All These Years Bach’s Goldberg Variations is thought to be one of the most important examples of the compositional technique that repeats material in an altered form. Over the years, composers have used this style to create modern versions.
1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Toyland According to Plato, “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” This Folktale, it’s an hour of musical whimsy (for kids of all ages) we offer, with music for, from and about toys—“playing our way” across the America’s, through Europe, and into Asia and Africa. 6:00 PM PROFILES Author Dr. Dawn Biehler speaks with Aaron Cain. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK HANDEL: Messiah Annette Dasch, soprano Daniel Taylor, countertenor James Taylor, tenor Shenyang, bass‐baritone Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling, conductor and director
17 Monday Joe Williams
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14 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Joe Williams Centennial Joe Williams was the big-voiced baritone who sang with Count Basie’s band throughout the 1950s. We’ll celebrate his centennial this week by exploring his life and career. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS McCoy Tyner: The Blue Note Years After leaving John Coltrane’s group at the end of 1965, pianist McCoy Tyner made an ambitious run of albums for the Blue Note label in the late 1960s. We’ll hear selections from them in honor of Tyner’s 80th birthday.
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8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Emmanuel Krivine, Isabelle Faust, and Paul Jacobs Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Schumann: Violin Concerto in D Minor, WoO 23 (Isabelle Faust, violin) Guillemain: amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18 Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, “Organ” (Paul Jacobs, organ) Bach: Fugue in D Major, BWV 532 Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser (Daniel Barenboim, conductor) 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS Christmas All Around A multi-national celebration of the Nativity Festival with music old and new.
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8:00 PM ETHER GAME A Festival of Carols Hark, how the bells! The Ether Game Brain Trust gears up for a Christmas with a show about a little fa la la la la! 10:00 PM RELEVANT TONES WITH SETH BOUSTEAD Douglas Cuomo’s Arjuna’s Dilemma Based on the Bhagavad Gita, a Sanskrit text that delves into the discussion between the divine Krishna and earthbound Arjuna, Douglas Cuomo’s Arjuna’s Dilemma draws from both Indian and western musical traditions to create a compelling musical drama.
7:00 PM THE UNCLE DAN AND SOPHIE JAM Janet Flanner 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW A Modern Jazz Christmas Celebrate the season by sampling some jazz Christmas recordings from the past decade or so, including music by Kurt Elling, Diana Krall, and many more. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS A Night Lights Wonderland Classic holiday jazz from Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, and others.
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8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta, conductor Fabio Bidini, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty Suite TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA Puccini – La Fanciulla del West Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, with the heralded return of tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw she loves. Baritone Željko Lučić is the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts. 8:00 PM PORCHLIGHT Handwritten “Letters were letters then and we made great prizes of them and read them and studied them like books.” —Elizabeth Gaskell
20 Thursday 8:00 PM LA NOCHEBUENA: CHRISTMAS WITH THE ROSE ENSEMBLE This year, the Twin Cities early music ensemble presents a program that is both rhythmic and regal; Spanish song and dance to celebrate Christmas Eve, La Nochebena. 9:00 PM HARMONIA In Italia: A Renaissance Christmas from Venice, Naples, Milan, and Beyond On this special holiday edition of Harmonia, we bring you 16th century Christmas music from Italy. Join us for a special concert performance by the young voices and players of the Historical Performance Institute of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. 10:00 PM ALL IS BRIGHT: CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS Lynne Warfel hosts an hour of gorgeous, contemplative choral music that tells the traditional Christmas story with songs about angels, the star and the manger scene. Featured artists include Cantus, Chanticleer, Cambridge Singers, Bryn Terfel, Emma Kirkby, Jessye Norman, and a variety of choirs.
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23 Sunday 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Father Christmas Be it St. Nicholas, Pere Noel, Grandfather Frost or Viejo Pascuero, Santa Claus is definitely coming to town, this Folktale. With a little bit of seasonal magic, we’re hoping you can find room for him in your heart. 6:00 PM PROFILES Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley speaks with Janae Cummings. 8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK NYP Jukebox—Winter Holiday STRAUSS, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus from An Evening with Danny Kaye (Danny Kaye/Zubin Mehta, conductors) MOZART: German Dance in C, K. 605, “Sleigh Ride” (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) BERNARD: Winter Wonderland SUESSDORF: Moonlight in Vermont ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride (Skitch Henderson, piano and conductor) GRIEG/SEIDL: No. 4, March of the
Dwarfs from Lyric Suite (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) VIVALDI: Winter from The Four Seasons (Frank Huang, violin/leader) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves (Sir Andrew Davis, conductor) POULENC: Gloria in G (Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Judith Blegen, soprano; Westminster Choir) PROKOFIEV: Lt. Kijue Suite, Op. 60: Troika PROKOFIEV: 3 Selections from Winter Bonfire-Children’s Suite, Op. 122: No. 2 Winter Holiday; No. 4 Around the Bonfire; No. 8 Home Again (Skitch Henderson, piano/conductor) TCHAIKOVKSY: Selections from The Nutcracker (Alan Gilbert conductor) MAHLER: Movement 1 from Symphony No. 4 (Lorin Maazel, conductor) OFFENBACH: Ballet of the Snowflakes from Le Voyage dans la lune (Bramwell Tovey, conductor) HUMPERDINCK: Children’s Prayer from Hansel und Gretel (Andre Kostelanetz, conductor)
24 Monday 10:00 AM A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS An annual and beloved Christmas tradition, “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” is an extraordinary and memorable live service of word and music from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, England. 8:00 PM ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL The festival includes hymns, carols, choral works, as well as orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians in five choirs, and the St. Olaf Orchestra. 10:00 PM WINTER HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD WITH BILL MCGLAUGHLIN Bill’s spirited selection starts in the 12th century with “Nova Stella,” medieval Italian Christmas music from Saint Francis of Assisi’s staging of the nativity; jazz pianist Dave Brubeck’s classical composition “La Fiesta de la Posada,” evoking a Mexican Christmas celebration; and Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on Christmas Carols.” 11:00 PM CHRISTMASTIME IN NEW YORK: THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE The Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine performs at the Medieval Sculpture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a program that spans hundreds of years and describes the story of the nativity.
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25 Tuesday 8:00 PM CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR Julie Amacher hosts this annual favorite. Audiences will enjoy a warm, nostalgic holiday celebration featuring a choir of 360 voices, a 150-piece orchestra at Temple Square, the 32-member Bells on Temple Square, along with other artists and special guests. A 600-person cast will share a stunningly beautiful mix of carols in various unique arrangements. 9:00 PM A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS Celebrate the season with song! Brian Newhouse hosts this one-hour program of a cappella holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by Chanticleer, the superb 12-man choral ensemble known as “an orchestra of voices.” 10:00 PM WELCOME CHRISTMAS! WITH VOCALESSENCE New for 2018, “Welcome Christmas!” is a perennial Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world’s premier choral groups. John Birge hosts an hour of traditional carols and new discoveries, including the world premiere of two carols from the annual Christmas Carol Contest.
26 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Oregon Symphony Carlos Kalmar, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture ADES: Violin Concerto “Concentric Paths” ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
27 Thursday 8:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Russian Glory Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major for Strings Danbi Um, Sean Lee, Violin; Paul Neubauer, Viola; David Finckel, Cello Arensky: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35 Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin; Pierre Lapointe, Viola; Brook Speltz, David Finckel, Cello 9:00 PM HARMONIA Cześć from Kraków On this week’s program we journey to Kraków to bathe in the rich music of the Polish Golden Age. Our featured
release is The Art of the Harpsichord: From Cabezón to Mozart. Harpsichordist Byron Schenkman takes us to the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota. 10:00 PM FIESTA! Latin American Christmas Carols 2018 A selection of villancicos or Christmas carols from Spain and Latin America will be featured on this Christmasthemed program from Fiesta. Join us for music that spans several centuries and a great diversity of influences and traditions.
28 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Dinah Shore, The Dreamer This week, we’re highlighting the wartime sweetheart Dinah Shore, focusing on some of her best recordings from the 1940s to the 1960s. 9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Best Historical Jazz Releases 2018 A look at some of the year’s most compelling recordings, including music from Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, and others.
8:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK HAYDN: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2 Leonard Bernstein, conductor Judith Raskin, soprano Alexander Young, tenor John Reardon, baritone Camerata Singers
31 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY Juraj Valčuha and Christian Tetzlaff Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat Major (The Queen) Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 J. Strauss, Jr: Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 (EsaPekka Salonen, conductor)
29 Saturday 1:00 PM METROPOLITAN OPERA Mozart – The Magic Flute Now a holiday tradition, Julie Taymor’s beloved production of Mozart’s enchanting fairy tale returns in its abridged, English-language version for families. 8:00 PM PORCHLIGHT Handmade “These handmade presents that children often bring home from school: They have so much value.” —Mister Rogers
30 Sunday 1:00 PM FOLKTALES Folktale of Karma As American author, J. Earl explains, “Karma manifests Newton’s Third Law of Motion in the arena of Ethics.” That would be the one about there being an equal and opposite reaction for every action—and it’s the very calculated cause and effect we’ve chosen to track around the musical globe, this edition. 6:00 PM PROFILES Aaron Cain hosts a conversation on the “state of play” with IU professors Marco Arnaudo and Mike Sellers and Alex and Kate Burch, who operate an escape room in Bloomington.
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This month on WTIU television Call the Midwife Holiday Special Tuesday, December 25 at 9pm Miriam Margoyles stars as Sister Mildred, who arrives unexpectedly at Nonnatus House, her hands full with four Chinese orphans. Having fled China, the child refugees were found abandoned in Hong Kong and are
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In last month’s guide we thanked the volunteers who so generously gave their time during Fall Fund Drive. But the guide went to press before we were able to thank all the volunteers. Below, we correct this oversight and again proclaim, “Thank you, Volunteers. We couldn’t have done it without you!”
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