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I recently had the privilege of introducing one of the world-music scene’s great talents, Angelique Kidjo, to an intimate gathering of some 150 WGBH members and friends. They had come together in our Calderwood Studio for a live performance and taping of the first in what we hope will be a series of WGBH-produced concerts for PBS, Live from Guest Street. This month, we’re thrilled to premiere Angelique Kidjo and Friends: Spirit Rising (see page 10) in HD on WGBH 2. “I think of Angelique as a hidden gem,” says WGBH executive producer Laurie Donnelly, the driving force behind the program. “She’s a Grammy Award-winning artist, but she’s not yet a household name. Angelique has collaborated with some of the most talented performers out there today—people with whom she’s formed real relationships, like Josh Groban, Branford Marsalis, Ezra Koenig and Dianne Reeves, all of whom appear in this concert. These are people she really likes to make music with, and that makes for truly powerful television.” The concert also gave Angelique the opportunity to meet, and work with, some of the powerful talent here in Boston and beyond, including The Borromeo String Quartet (New England Conservatory’s Quartet-in-Residence), the horn faculty from Berklee College of Music, The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College and Broadway’s Fela! dancers. “There’s that old saying, ‘Hey, kids, let’s put on a show’,” says Laurie, “and we did. We utilized every nook and cranny of our studios. Artists were practicing in our Yawkey Theater and Fraser Performance Studio…using the mix room in WGBH Radio. We filled every available rehearsal space, and then some for several days leading up to the concert.” This is exactly what we hoped for when we first envisioned our new studios as a living space for great live performances produced in and for Boston, and shared with the nation and world. “A lot of time, WGBH producers are on the road, shooting in other locales,” Laurie says. “This gave us an opportunity to bring the grandness of what we do outside of WGBH, home to WGBH—and to the members who make all our work possible.” I hope you enjoy the concert. We made it for you.
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44 MI-5 Clean Skin 10pm 2 American Experience Dinosaur Wars. In the summer of 1868, paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh boarded a Union Pacific train for a sightseeing excursion through the heart of the newly opened American West. While most passengers simply saw magnificent landscapes, Marsh soon realized he was traveling through the greatest dinosaur burial ground of all time. Ruthless, jealous and insanely competitive, Marsh would wrestle over the discovery with the other leading paleontologist of his generation: Edward Drinker Cope. Over time, the two rivals would uncover the remains of dozens of prehistoric animals, including 130 species of dinosaur, collect thousands
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In celebration of conductor James Levine’s 40th anniversary at the Metropolitan Opera, this film provides a revealing portrait of one of classical music’s giants, exploring how he transformed the Met’s orchestra into one of the great ensembles, elicited legendary performances from leading singers, and nurtured new generations of artists. Capturing the essence of Levine’s unparalleled musicianship and his singular teaching and performance style, this documentary also looks back at creative milestones since his Met debut in 1971 at the age of 28. The film includes intimate scenes between the maestro and longtime collaborator Placido Domingo as they rehearse Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra; intense rehearsals with the Met Orchestra as they prepare for their first performance of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony at Carnegie Hall; and Levine’s poignant coaching sessions with aspiring young singers preparing to launch their careers.
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of specimens, provide ample evidence to prove Charles Darwin’s hotly disputed theory of evolution and put American science on the world stage. (d) 44 Globe Trekker Globe Trekker Special: World War II In Europe 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour
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Tune in June 4 to 19 for a wide range of programs, including some very special member favorites! Below are just a few of the highlights. Check wgbh.org/schedules to see when your favorites are airing. OUT in America OUT in America is an uplifting collection of inspiring personal narratives told through the lens of some of the country’s most prominent Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) figures and pioneers, as well as many ordinary, yet extraordinary, citizens from LGBT communities. The program weaves together diverse stories from urban and rural America, from the heartland to New England, from San Francisco to Harlem. Moving and often humorous, the film offers viewers a glimpse of awakenings, first crushes, unlikely soul mates, intimacy and liberation. While separated by circumstance and upbringing, the film’s subjects are all united in their shared experiences of self-discovery, coming out, pride and love, as well as a triumph over adversity and a true sense of belonging. Wed, 6/8 at 8pm on WGBH 2 Angelique Kidjo and Friends: Spirit Rising Live from Guest Street Time magazine has called her “Africa’s premier diva.” She’s also a woman who embodies the spirit of Africa and is trying to make a difference for her country, Benin. In this hour-long special, taped here at WGBH, Angelique Kidjo pays tribute to her homeland and the richness and beauty of African culture as she knew it growing up. With the help of an intimate group of guest artists including longtime friends Josh Groban, Dianne Reeves, Branford Marsalis and Ezra Koenig—along with local talents such as one of her favorite gospel choirs—Kidjo communicates loud and clear how African music, then and now, has retained a universal spirit and appeal. “It’s music that can talk to people over time and space,” says Kidjo, and this concert special includes the sound and spirit of African percussion, guitar and bass in many of the song selections. Wed, 6/15 at 9pm on WGBH 2 A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square What does it mean to be a gay senior citizen trying to survive on limited resources in America? This film chronicles the development and construction of Triangle Square Hollywood in Hollywood, California—the country’s first affordable housing facility for LGBT seniors. Wed, 6/26 at 9pm on WGBH 44
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Tuesday 7 6pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Member Favorites 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Little Europe: San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City, Liechtenstein, and Andorra 44 Member Favorites 8pm 2 Member Favorites 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour
Wednesday 8 6pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 Member Favorites 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Great Swiss Cities: Luzern, Bern, Zurich and Lausanne 44 Member Favorites 8pm 2 OUT in America See Member Favorites, this page
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The Little Grey Cells David Suchet (Henry VIII, The Way We Live Now) stars as suave Belgian super sleuth Hercule Poirot in these new mysteries based on the novels by Agatha Christie. Whether he’s on holiday abroad, taking a countryside break or simply going about his business near his central London home, Poirot finds himself exercising his “little grey cells” by helping police investigate crimes and murders, whether they want it or not.
Masterpiece Mystery!/Poirot Sun, 6/12, 6/19 and 6/26 at 9pm on WGBH 2 12pm 44 Member Favorites 1:30 44 High School Quiz Show 2:30 44 Member Favorites 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery! Poirot: The Third Girl. Poirot finds he cannot ignore the pleas of a young heiress when she approaches him with the bizarre claim that she may be a murderer. Soon the heiress’ childhood nanny is found dead, leading Poirot to team up with crime novelist Ariadne Oliver in order to solve
one of the most baffling cases of his career. Zoe Wanamaker (Harry Potter) guest stars. (d) See The Little Grey Cells, this page 10:30 2 Member Favorites
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2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Athens and Side Trips 44 Member Favorites 8pm 2 Member Favorites 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour 7pm
Body and Mind
Boxing is complicated and full of contradictions. It can be bloody, hurtful and cruel. Yet, boxing requires dedication, discipline, focus, grueling work ethic, sacrifice, conditioning and ferocious demands on the body and mind. Verité documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s studies of the many aspects of American life and the human experience have been portrayed in more than 35 films with his trademark fly-on-the-wall style. Wiseman’s Boxing Gym uses the boxing gym as an example of the American “melting pot,” where people of many races and ethnic backgrounds meet, talk and train—and in some cases dream together of success, riches and prominence. Boxing Gym Thu, 6/16 at 9pm on WGBH 2
Wednesday 15 PBS NewsHour Member Favorites 7pm Greater Boston Nightly Business Report 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Greece’s Peloponnese 44 Member Favorites 8pm 2 Member Favorites 9pm 2 Angelique Kidjo and Friends: Spirit Rising Live from Guest Street See Member Favorites, page 10 44 MI-5 The Seventh Division 10:30 2 Member Favorites 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour 6pm
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America’s top gumshoes are back for a ninth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. Wesley Cowan, independent appraiser and auctioneer; Gwendolyn Wright, historian and professor of architecture, Columbia University; Tukufu Zuberi, professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; Elyse Luray, independent appraiser and expert in art history; and Dr. Eduardo Pagán, professor of history and American studies at Arizona State University, leave no stone unturned as they travel around the country to explore the stories behind local folklore, prominent figures and family legends.
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2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Copenhagen 44 Member Favorites 8pm 2 Member Favorites 9pm 2 Boxing Gym See Body and Mind, this page 10pm 44 Independent Lens Two Spirits. Fred Martinez was one of the youngest hatecrime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. This film explores the life and death of a boy, who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender. 10:30 2 Member Favorites 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour 7pm
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44 Antiques Roadshow Wichita, KS (Pt. 1) 44 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly 44 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 44 Moneytrack 44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 44 Washington Week
9:30 44 Greater Boston 10am 44 Inside Washington 10:30 44 McLaughlin Group 11am 2 Travelscope 44 Need to Know 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe 12pm 2 Member Favorites 44 Member Favorites 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery! Poirot: Three Act Tragedy. Poirot visits his friend Sir Charles Cartwright (Martin Shaw, Cranford), who hosts a cocktail party at his home where a local reverend chokes to death. Murder seems impossible, but when a second guest dies under similar circumstances, the Belgian sleuth investigates further. Art Malik (Upstairs Downstairs) and Kate Ashfield (Collision) co-star. 10:30 2 Member Favorites
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A Circle of Friends and Artists
This portrait of the self-taught California artist Emile Norman explores the history of an artist who, at 89, still is working with a passion for life, art, nature and freedom. It was these traits that sustained and inspired him through seven decades of a changing art scene and turbulent times for a gay man in America. The film chronicles Norman’s independent spirit: from his early days on a ranch in the San Gabriel Valley to his success in New York City in the 1940s and ’50s, and why he left the New York art community to find freedom in Big Sur. Norman and Brooks Clement, his partner of 30 years, built a house on the California Coast and created a haven for a circle of friends and artists—a circle that still is growing today. Emile Norman: By His Own Design Tue, 6/21 at 10pm on WGBH 2
Mahler’s Musical Universe
Can one melody express both triumph and tragedy? Come with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony on an intimate tour of the conflicted musical universe of one of music’s most visionary composers, Gustav Mahler. Beautifully shot on location in the Czech Republic, Austria and New York, along with concert footage shot in San Francisco, Keeping Score: Mahler reveals his extraordinary life and music. Viewers will enjoy an unprecedented journey through his symphonies and the influences that shaped them. Keeping Score/Mahler: Origins Thu, 6/23 at 9pm on WGBH 2 Keeping Score/Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in Concert Thu, 6/23 at 10pm on WGBH 2 Keeping Score/Mahler: Legacy Thu, 6/30 at 9pm on WGBH 2 Keeping Score/A Mahler Journey Thu, 6/30 at 10pm on WGBH 2
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A Real Treat
When Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, award-winning filmmakers of The War Room, Startup.com and Don’t Look Back, turn their sights on the competition for the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Awards, the country’s Nobel Prize for pastry, you’re in for a treat. In Kings of Pastry, 16 chefs, including Jacquy Pfeiffer, co-founder of Chicago’s French Pastry School, whip up the most gorgeous, delectable, gravity-defying concoctions and edge-of-your-seat drama as they deliver their spun-sugar desserts to the display table. The inevitable disasters and successes prove both poignant and hilarious. P.O.V./Kings of Pastry Thu, 6/23 at 9pm on WGBH 44
Thrilling Grilling
A new season of Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen begins in June, offering more thrilling grilling based on the world’s oldest and most primal cooking method: grilling over live fire. This season, Raichlen takes viewers on a global journey to learn outstanding grilling tips and recipes from around the world. This season covers everything from basic charcoal hibachis to stainless steel super-grills, plus essential sauces, rubs and accessories.
44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Wichita, KS (Pt. 2) 44 Outnumbered 8:30 44 The Worst Week of My Life 9pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Wichita, KS (Pt. 3) 44 Masterpiece Mystery! Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (See 6/19 at 9pm) 10pm 2 American Experience Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided. From award-winning filmmaker David Grubin, this miniseries weaves together the troubled lives of a dirt-farmer’s son and a wealthy Southern slave-owner’s daughter. Together, Abraham and Mary Lincoln ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation’s history, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln’s legacy as the Great Emancipator reshaped the nation while his tragic death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.
10:30 44 A Simple Act is the story of Patty and Rick Parker and an act of kindness that becomes bigger than those involved. When Rick has to undergo emergency heart surgery 17-year-old Rudy Favard, captain of the Malden Catholic football team, steps in to save the family. 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour
Tuesday 21 6pm 2 PBS NewsHour 44 History Detectives 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Istanbul 44 Keeping Up Appearances 8pm 2 History Detectives Mysterious airplane engine parts lead Dr. Eduardo Pagán to a forbidden Hawaiian island where he finds a heroic story often overshadowed by the raid on Pearl Harbor. See Digging History, page 12 44 Antiques Roadshow Wichita, KS (Pt. 2) 9pm 2 Frontline 44 Hustle
Dazzling Strings
In this premiere episode of The Artist Toolbox, listen to the gypsy strings of the dazzling David Garrett. Garrett’s violin effortlessly conquers the classical work of composers such as Bach and Chopin, as well as the more contemporary sounds of Metallica and Led Zeppelin. Sit in on a private rehearsal with the young German virtuoso violinist, known in Britain as “the David Beckham of classical music.” The Artist Toolbox/David Garrett Sun, 6/26 at 7pm on WGBH 2
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Wednesday 22 2 PBS NewsHour 44 History Detectives 7pm 2 Greater Boston 44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Iran: Tehran and Side Trips 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Michelangelo Revealed. More than five centuries ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the darling of the Catholic Church. Throughout his masterful career, the Papacy commissioned him to create many of its most important pieces, including the frescos of the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica of St. Peter. He spent his life glorifying the Church through his art. But five centuries later, new finds are revealing a darker side to the master artisan. (d) 44 This Old House Hour 9pm 2 Nova Space Shuttle Disaster. On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas just 16 minutes before it was due to land. All seven astronauts aboard perished and the 6pm
implications for the future of the space shuttle program were enormous. Through interviews with astronauts and their families, as well as with members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Space Shuttle Disaster gives viewers a new look at the Columbia tragedy—and at NASA itself. (d) 44 MI-5 Smoke and Mirrors 10pm 2 Nova ScienceNow Can We Make It to Mars? A trip to Mars and back could take two to three years. Can humans survive the journey, fraught with deadly meteoroids, bone and muscle wasting, and perilous levels of radiation? (d) 44 Globe Trekker Globe Trekker Special: Best American Hikes 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour
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2 Keeping Score Mahler: Origins. Music director Michael Tilson Thomas journeys to rural Bohemia to rediscover the inspirations of Mahler’s music, tracing Mahler’s life through the premiere of his first symphony in 1888. It shocked the contemporary audience, but as Tilson Thomas reveals, this groundbreaking symphony contains elements of everything else that Mahler composed. See Mahler’s Musical Universe, page 13 44 P.O.V. Kings of Pastry See A Real Treat, page 14 10pm 2 Keeping Score Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In Concert. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Titan. See Mahler’s Musical Universe, page 13 10:30 44 Ask This Old House 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 11:30 44 PBS NewsHour 9pm
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2 Washington Week 44 Nature Victoria Falls. Cutting across the Zambezi River, bridging the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world. In the dry season, this awesome force of nature divides two natural worlds— the tranquil meandering river above the cascade, and the raging abyss of the gorge below. 8:30 2 McLaughlin Group 9pm 2 MI-5 Smoke and Mirrors 44 Nova Space Shuttle Disaster (d) (See 6/22 at 9pm) 10pm 2 Need to Know 44 Nova ScienceNow Can We Make It to Mars? (d) (See 6/22 at 10pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 44 PBS NewsHour 8pm
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1pm 2 Vine Talk (d) 1:30 2 Vine Talk (d) 44 Keeping Score Mahler: Origins (See 6/23 at 9pm) 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English 2:30 2 Simply Ming 44 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 In Concert (See 6/23 at 10pm) 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:30 2 Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen 44 Gorky Park A Moscow detective’s murder investigation leads him to run-ins with the KGB and an American tycoon. 4pm 2 Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen See Thrilling Grilling, page 14 4:30 2 Rough Cut 5pm 2 This Old House Hour 5:40 44 The Entertainer British song-and-dance man Archie (Laurence Olivier) knows he’s a failure, and so does his alcoholic wife (Brenda de Banzie).
6pm 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Faye Wattleton. Esquire magazine named her one of the 25 most influential people in America, and Ebony called her one of the 100 most fascinating black women of the 20th century. Faye Wattleton was president of Planned Parenthood from 1978 to 1992. She was the youngest person, the first woman, and the first African American to hold this position. In this conversation with María Hinojosa, she talks about the polarities of politics and emotions around women’s reproductive health. 6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery! Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (See 6/19 at 9pm) 7:30 44 Exodus An Israeli nationalist (Paul Newman), a US nurse (Eva Marie Saint) and 611 Jewish refugees break a 1947 British blockade. 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 The Old Guys 9pm 2 Lark Rise to Candleford
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My Perestroika is an intimate look at the last generation of Soviet children. Five classmates experienced the hopes of Gorbachev’s reforms and the confusion of the USSR’s dissolution and are now searching for their places in today’s Moscow. With candor and humor, the punk rocker, single mother, entrepreneur and married teachers paint a picture of the challenges, dreams and disappointments of those raised behind the Iron Curtain. Through first-person testimony, verité footage and vintage home movies, this beautifully crafted documentary reveals a Russia rarely seen on film. (An official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.) P.O.V./My Perestroika Thu, 6/30 at 9pm on WGBH 44 5:30
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44 The Entertainer (See 6/25 at 5:40pm) 7:30 2 Ebert Presents at the Movies 8pm 2 Nature The Beauty of Ugly. In the animal world, as in our own, looks aren’t everything. In fact, some of the most aesthetically challenged creatures—from warthogs and proboscis monkeys to bull elephant seals—also are the most fascinating. (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery! Poirot: The Clocks. Poirot is asked to assist in a murder investigation to determine if a young woman is responsible for the crime. But mounting complications in the case lead the detective to suspect an international political cover-up. 44 A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square See Member Favorites, page 10 10pm 44 Independent Lens Ask Not. This program is an exploration of the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The film exposes the tangled political
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Radio Spotlight 99.5 All Classical Director Ben Roe: Finely Tuned
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He’s only been on the job for a few months, but 99.5 All Classical’s new managing director Ben Roe has hit the ground running, introducing a number of new programming initiatives. An accomplished Grammy- and Peabody Award-winning producer and NPR’s former Director of Music, Roe has put his classical radio savvy to work by rejuvenating 99.5 All Classical’s weekend lineup, adding more than 16 hours of new local programs. He recently took time out of his busy schedule to talk with WGBH’s Lori Gwyr about his love of radio, his plans for 99.5 All Classical and his initial impressions of WGBH.
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Just how far back does your public radio experience go? I actually grew up listening to WGBH. I’m a “public radio native”—one of the first generation who grew up listening to public radio. It’s absolutely true that the first pledge I ever made to public broadcasting was to WGBH and I was about six years old.
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What are your goals for 99.5 All Classical? I want to provide a classical music service that is fun, appealing and very much reflective of New England—one you’ll want to come back to over and over again. Combining the best of the proud traditions of WGBH and WCRB is a priority. 99.5 All Classical is an important resource for the casual listener and for the professional community. We have to be a prominent voice, both a spotlight and a mirror for our region’s classical music riches. I want to be able to say, “Check out this incredible thing that A Far Cry Orchestra is doing,” and at the same time, be able to reflect on what’s happening in Rockport. At our best, 99.5 is a crossroads of music, ideas and culture.
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What do you like about radio?
I love the sense of imagination and discovery that radio brings. It’s that wonderful feeling people get when they’re listening to our station and they hear a Beethoven symphony for the first time. Radio is far more intimate than television: we can connect with people in a way that is very hard to achieve through any other medium. It is ubiquitous. It’s portable. Certainly, radio is morphing and branching and I embrace the technology that is enhancing it, but I know that the habit of tuning in to the radio is not going to go away any time soon.
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What’s in store for weekends?
We’re adding 16-plus hours of local program ming to our schedule. [See page 27 for new lineup.] Host Ray Brown is returning, and our producer Alan McLellan has a new show. You’ll also hear more of some familiar voices: Cathy Fuller and Laura Carlo. Bringing more of our weekday hosts to the weekend lineup is really important. Weekends are a great opportunity for people to discover, sample and enjoy classical music.
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What makes a great radio host?
I think the most important thing is their “companionship.” They are trusted voices and guides who can introduce you to a lot of music and ideas. People love our hosts for their incredible, encyclopedic knowledge of music, and how they share it. Our hosts connect with our listeners through both their expertise and their easygoing manner. And they’re not afraid to poke fun at themselves. We’re in the business of playing great music all the time, and we also want it to be a welcoming experience. I think our hosts capture that well.
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Tell us about the New England Summer Festivals program. We’ll be showcasing some of our past great recordings and interviews from places like Rockport, Newport, Monadnock Music in New Hampshire and the Boston Early Music Festival, and also sending our hosts out on the road. It’ll be kind of our own Antiques Roadshow around New England: unearthing musical treasures that truly are priceless and sharing them with our listeners.
How is the audience for classical music changing and growing? We had an open house at WDAV in Charlotte, NC, where I was general manager, and I met all these young mothers of toddlers and schoolaged children who put on classical music at night to calm their kids down. We did a program called The Night Music, and they would put their kids to bed with the radio set to our station. I thought, “Now that’s an interesting new demographic.” There’s also a growing audience of Latinos. 99.5 All Classical is adding a bilingual Spanish/English program called Concierto on Friday nights. This is the age of Gustavo Dudamel (the popular Venezuelan-born conductor). We’re seeing an explosion of interest in classical music in the Latino community.
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How is technology changing the way radio connects with listeners? It used to be that WGBH would do a live show from Symphony Hall, broadcast it once and then it was over. But now, with the Web, it’s fantastic that we can have programs available on demand or on mobile DTV or smartphone apps. People sometimes come to wgbh.org just to listen to our Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcasts from Symphony Hall and Tanglewood— they’re making it a destination, and we actually can see a bump in our Web traffic because of those. Things like podcasts and blogs are really helping to enhance our classical music service. I’m really excited about all the different things that we can do now.
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You’ve been here since March. What’s it like to be part of the WGBH family? There are very few times when I don’t wake up in the morning just fired up with enthusiasm. WGBH has phenomenal classical music resources, including extensive archives and the Fraser Performance Studio, one of the best radio performance and recording spaces I’ve seen. For me, there’s nothing more exciting than introducing our listeners to new works and great performers. That’s one of WGBH’s real strengths. I am thrilled to be here as we build 99.5 into the very best public classical-music service available on-air and online, 24/7.
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WGBH, Boston’s NPR® Station for News and Culture In America, Home and Abroad Are One and the Same by Scott Simon, NPR Weekend Edition Saturday Host Only about 30 percent of all US citizens have passports. Sixty percent of Canadians and 75 percent of Britons do. The US Office of Travel and Tourism says that US citizens made 61.5 million trips outside the country in 2009. Bruce Bommarito, chief operating officer of the US Travel Association, says that’s low for a country where so many people have the means to travel, and concludes, “Americans are comfortable in their own environment.” Now, a study like this is often the occasion for commentators to scold Americans for not getting out in the world, and demanding Holiday Inns and McDonalds when we do. I don’t want to do that. There are solid, innocent reasons why Americans may be inclined to stay home. America, after all, is a continent, as much as a country. It takes longer for someone in Des Moines to get to New York or Los Angeles than it does for someone in Paris to get to London or Berlin. And, America’s vastness contains enormous diversity: from glaciers to deserts, skyscrapers to canyons, and from Afghan people to ethnic Zulus. Americans can ski snowy peaks and salute Saguaro cacti in stark deserts without ever needing a passport. American cities like New York and Chicago have restaurants that serve food from every region of Mexico, China, Greece and India, which you don’t see in Mexico, China, Greece or India. Americans may not go overseas as much as we might like. But people from overseas make new lives here all the time. Not every American family may make it to the Eiffel Tower. But millions of Americans may have neighbors from Korea, Cambodia, Russia, Cuba, Italy, Lebanon, Poland and Ethiopia. Everyday life can be cultural exposure here. And, there’s always something else to see. I’ve been to all 50 states. But I’ve never been to the top of the Empire State Building, the Pacific Coast Highway, Mardi Gras or Disney World. But of course it would be good for more Americans to get passports and see the world. Seeing new places opens our eyes, hearts and minds. To arrive some place as a stranger both humbles and revives us, and helps us to see that the other side of the world is the other side of a place that all people share. As astronaut Mark Kelly told the National Prayer Breakfast in February, he has been able to see our planet as he goes around the world—and around and around—from space, and now sees our earth, “as God created it, in the context of God’s vast universe, with the heavens as its ceiling.” Even going around the earth just a little could give us some of that view. NPR’s Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon brings a well-traveled perspective to his role as host of Weekend Edition Saturday, from 8am to 10am on 89.7 WGBH.
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Jazz on WGBH with Steve Schwartz
The Late, Late Show
Host Steve Schwartz features two late greats: vocalist Dakota Staton, whose 1957 album of the same name became her biggest hit, although she continued to record until her passing in 2007, and trumpeter Ted Curson, who made his reputation working with Charles Mingus. Fri, 6/3 at 8pm A Celtic Sojourn
Properous
The seminal group Planxty actually originated as “Prosperous.” Christy Moore, Donal Lunny, Liam Óg O’Flynn and Andy Irvine had gotten together in the early 1970s in the village of Prosperous in County Kildare. Their first album, entitled Prosperous, was released in 1970 and had a big impact on the folk world. Host Brian O’Donovan explores this album today. Sat, 6/4 at 3pm Arts & Ideas: L.A. Theater Works
Awake and Sing!
In the Bronx in 1933, a Jewish family struggles to make ends meet. Their daughter is trapped in a loveless marriage of convenience. The family’s bitter war veteran lodger tries to pry the daughter away from her hapless husband, while the family patriarch rails against the evils of capitalism. Mark Ruffalo, Ben Gazzara and Jane Kaczmarek star in Clifford Odets’ masterpiece. Sun, 6/5 at 8pm Sunday Spotlight with Eric Jackson
Chick Corea
Chick Corea was born this day in Chelsea, MA in 1941. Chick goes back and forth between his electronic keyboards and the acoustic piano. Tonight, host Eric Jackson focuses on his acoustic piano work. Sun, 6/5 at 10pm Arts & Ideas: State of the RE: Union
Las Vegas: Bright Lights, Big City, Small Town
These days, two versions of Las Vegas occupy the public imagination. One is of Sin City, home to The Strip, glitter and entertainment. The other is as a dramatic victim of the recent economic recession, a city where whole neighborhoods have been foreclosed upon, where the jobless rate shot up to double digits, and where massive casino and hotel constructions were suspended, leaving hulking ghosts to remind residents of the boom times. In this episode, explore stories of people making Las Vegas home between these two sides of the city, those working to cultivate community in a place that has a reputation for being impersonal. Hosted by Al Letson. Sun, 6/12 at 9pm
A “Man on the Moon” Project for Alzheimer’s
Andrew Sussman’s View of The World
by Sean Corcoran, Senior Reporter at WCAI, WGBH’s Cape and Islands NPR Station
As the new executive producer for The World, how do you see the WGBH/BBC World Service/ PRI collaboration today? As we all know, much in our medium is changing. Even so, I don’t see the unique focus of The World changing, just the means of distribution. This newsroom’s passion for covering world news remains strong.
Sometimes the best stories start with a simple phone call. I knew that Alzheimer’s disease is a scourge, a memory-stealing, brain-clogging affliction with no long-term therapies. But then Jeffrey Morby called me last fall to talk about the disease that promises to bankrupt the country’s healthcare system. By 2050 Alzheimer’s will be a trillion dollar annual problem. That I didn’t know. Morby is a retired banker and his wife Jacqui is an accomplished venture capitalist. From his home on Martha’s Vineyard, Morby said he wanted to use his good fortune “to help humankind.” He said, and I later confirmed, that the federal government annually spends billions of dollars on research into some diseases but less than $500 million on Alzheimer’s. Patients can’t advocate for themselves, and caregivers are exhausted. The nation needs a “Man on the Moon” project to stop Alzheimer’s, he said, so the Morbys and a handchosen group of venture capitalist are getting into the business of trying to cure a disease. And they aren’t interested in making a dime. Morby’s phone call led to last November’s WCAI radio series, “Venture Philanthropy: An Investor’s Approach to Curing Alzheimer’s (online at wgbh.org/wcai/alz.cfm).” It is the story of a small group of high-achieving, motivated families who are using their valuable skills and fortunes to battle Alzheimer’s. They call their group The Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, and the families and their advisers coordinate a “dream team” of medical researchers that move quickly, reacting to and building upon scientific advancements in a focused way. During the week of June 20, I will follow up on the original story with a new five-part series on Alzheimer’s disease that will air during Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
What’s on 89.7 WGBH BBC World Update The Takeaway Morning Edition/Marketplace Morning The Takeaway The Diane Rehm Show The Emily Rooney Show The Callie Crossley Show Fresh Air The World All Things Considered The World PBS NewsHour Jazz on WGBH with Eric Jackson/ Jazz on WGBH with Steve Schwartz (Fri) Jazz with Bob Parlocha
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What big ideas can listeners of The World expect in the future?
When the show began, we had newspapers from around the world sent to the newsroom and had reporters express-mailing cassette tapes from the field. Today we are much more connected. Perhaps what is most exciting is that The World can now connect with our listeners and have a conversation with people around the globe. Not just informing and entertaining our listeners, but also continuing a rich dialogue.
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What’s the transition been like moving from Producer to Executive Producer? I’ve never worked in a better newsroom with a better group of journalists. I am lucky that that hasn’t changed. It’s both exhilarating and terrifying to go from a daily deadline to really trying to implement an overarching mission for the show and set a direction for the future.
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What’s the biggest perk of having the “corner office”?
There’s plenty of room for people to sit down and talk. I am rarely alone and I’ve gotten countless suggestions on how to improve the décor.
Listen to The World weekdays at 3pm and 6pm or online at theworld.org.
Listen online at wgbh.org/listen, on your Internet radio, or on your HD radio at 89.7 HD1
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Greater Boston Living on Earth Weekend Edition Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me Fresh Air Weekend This American Life Studio 360 Q A Celtic Sojourn A Prairie Home Companion Says You! Selected Shorts JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater Jazz with Bob Parlocha
Sunday 6am 7am 8am 10am 12pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 10pm 12am
The Changing World Being Weekend Edition Bob Edwards Weekend A Prairie Home Companion Says You! On the Media Marketplace Money All Things Considered Humankind Jazz Decades Arts & Ideas Eric’s Artist Spotlight Jazz with Bob Parlocha
News programs on 89.7 WGBH are made possible by your contributions to the Independent Journalism Fund.
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All Classical
99.5 All Classical is now also broadcast on 96.3 Back Bay/Beacon Hill
New Weekend Programs!
Classical Music with Ray Brown
New programs, old friends and more live, local programming are the hallmark of a new weekend schedule that launches this month on 99.5 All Classical. Highlights include the return to the airwaves by Ray Brown, a new Sunday-morning Baroque program from Laura Carlo, Sunday nights devoted to the vocal arts with Cathy Fuller and NPR’s Lisa Simeone, and the debut of New England Summer Festivals. And, our weekday lineup continues to bring you spectacular classical music throughout the week, as only our 99.5 All Classical hosts can.
In Performance: The Boston Early Music Festival
Mon, 6/13–Fri, 6/17 During the Boston Early Music Festival, In Performance offers exclusive concert recordings from previous years of the festival, including the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra’s 2007 performance of L’Orchestre de Plaisirs, featuring music from operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau, harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and the Italian ensemble Zefiro performing Vivaldi. Join us for a live Opening Night concert from the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall featuring Les Voix Baroques, directed by Stephen Stubbs in Canticum Canticorum—The Song of Songs beginning at 7pm with the concert at 8pm.
Concierto
Fridays at 10pm 99.5 All Classical sets a new tone for the weekend with the introduction of Concierto, the nation’s first bilingual (Spanish and English) classical music program. Hosted by Frank Dominguez, the program focuses particularly on Latin American and Spanish composers and musicians. Listeners can expect to hear works from composers like Enrique Granados and Fernando Sor, as well as performances from such greats as Plácido Domingo, Manuel Barrueco, and Gustavo Dudamel.
Classical Music with James David Jacobs
Saturday, 7am–12noon From the gentle sounds of the time-honored birdcalls to the strains of Bach, Beethoven, Bernstein and beyond, host James David Jacobs offers a unique Saturday-morning blend of music that both feeds the soul and stirs the brain. At 9am, James welcomes to our Saturday lineup Classics for Kids. Every week, classical music’s great composers come to life as host Naomi Lewin tells their stories in an engaging and entertaining way—placing the music on the center stage for all ages to enjoy.
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Saturdays, 12noon–4pm We’re thrilled to welcome back to 99.5 All Classical one of Boston’s most beloved on-air personalities. Whether you’re catching up on errands or relaxing around the house, Ray Brown’s friendly manner and his unique mix of music makes him the ideal Saturday companion.
Baroque in Boston with Laura Carlo Sundays, 7am–11am Laura Carlo will be waking up Boston for one more day now, with a new show that explores and celebrates the richness and diversity of Boston’s early music scene. Baroque in Boston will be centered on just that, with enough room on either side of the genre to accommodate Renaissance bransles or the sturdy New England melodies of William Billings. She’ll offer plenty of music by Bach and his contemporaries in between. Spend your Sunday mornings with Laura Carlo and Baroque in Boston—a new New England tradition!
Classical Music with Alan McLellan
Sundays, 12noon–2pm 99.5’s ace behind-the-scenes producer, the mastermind behind countless Live from Fraser and In Performance programs, now slips in behind the mic for a Sunday-afternoon program of symphonic favorites and other masterworks of the repertoire. Welcome to the airwaves, Alan!
Arias & Barcarolles with Cathy Fuller
Sundays at 6pm Leonard Bernstein was so taken by President Eisenhower’s remark that “I like music with a theme, not all them Arias and Barcarolles,” after a White House concert in 1960 that 30 years later, he produced a song-cycle called Arias and Barcarolles, with a theme Bernstein described as “The Politics of Love.” Similarly inspired, host Cathy Fuller lends her voice to the weekend with a program devoted to an exploration of song—and the art of the vocal recital. Perhaps with a Barcarolle or two!
Pipedreams
Sundays at 11pm Hosted by Michael Barone, Pipedreams is a two-hour program dedicated to organ music performance. Each week the show is themed around a performer, composer, organ, organ maker or venue. Listen closely, as many Boston-area organs and organists are regularly featured on the show!
NPR World of Opera
Sundays at 6pm Opera lovers rejoice! World of Opera with host Lisa Simeone brings listeners compelling performances from top American and international opera companies. Each week, listeners are treated to a full-length opera captured from some of the most storied companies around the world, including the Vienna State Opera, Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass, New York City Opera, Paris National Opera and more. 6/5: Verdi’s Aida 6/12: Rossini’s Otello 6/19: Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride 6/26: Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera
Boston Pops Orchestra
Every Saturday at 7pm, 99.5 All Classical host Ron Della Chiesa returns to his perch at Symphony Hall to bring listeners across New England (and around the world at 995allclassical.org) all of the memorable music and entertainment from the Pops under dynamic Conductor Keith Lockhart. The 2011 Pops broadcast season on 99.5 is brimming with a rich variety of American popular music and favorite light classics. 6/4: Four Americans Keith Lockhart opens the program with four American composers: George Whitefield Chadwick, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Aaron Copland. Then Boston Pops cellist Mihail Jojatu plays Friedrich Gulda’s Concerto, with the live broadcast closing out with Ray Charles protegé Ellis Hall.
What’s on 99.5 All Classical Monday–Friday 5am 9am 1pm 4pm 8pm
Classical Music with Laura Carlo Classical Music with Cathy Fuller Mondays 10am New and Notable Classical Music with Brian McCreath 1–2pm In Performance (daily spotlight on WGBH live recordings) Late Day Classics Thursdays 7–8pm Live from Fraser Classical Music Fridays 10pm Concierto
6/11: Classic Pops This annual tribute to Arthur Fiedler features all of your favorite Pops music rolled into one memorable evening. Whether it’s Broadway, jazz, Tin Pan Alley, light classical or patriotic music, you’ll find something to love in this classic Pops program, including Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, Leroy Anderson’s “The Typewriter,” and a moon-themed sing-along with songs like “Blue Moon” and “Moondance.” 6/18: Hooray for Hollywood John Williams, the 19th conductor of the Pops, takes listeners back to the silver screen with favorites from Far and Away, The Witches of Eastwick, Dracula and The Empire Strikes Back. A tribute to George Lucas and Steven Spielberg closes the performance. 6/25: The American Songbook In a concert that features Pops bass trombonist Douglas Yeo, the Pops take listeners through a myriad of iconic songs that include the main title from Star Wars, Bohemian Rhapsody and The Pink Panther. Love the ’70s? Conductor Keith Lockhart also leads a sing-along featuring favorites from the decade. The Swingle Singers close the performance with the music of The Beatles, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell and more.
Listen online at 995allclassical.org, on 96.3 Back Bay/Beacon Hill, on your Internet radio, on your HD radio at 89.7 HD2 or on 89.5 WNCK Nantucket
Saturday 6am 7am 12pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 10pm
In Performance with Cathy Fuller Classical Music with James David Jacobs 9–9:15am Classics For Kids Classical Music with Ray Brown From the Top New England Summer Festivals Boston Pops Orchestra Performance Today Weekend
99.5 All Classical is made possible by your contributions to the Classical Founders Fund.
Sunday 6am 7am 11am 12pm 2pm 3pm 5pm 6pm 6:30 10pm 11pm
The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath Baroque in Boston with Laura Carlo Live from Fraser Classical Music with Alan McLellan BSO on Record Sunday Concert The Bach Hour with Brian McCreath Arias & Barcarolles with Cathy Fuller World of Opera Spoleto Chamber Music Pipedreams
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Radio Online and On the Go
Radio Events
The World Podcasts
Jazz in Performance: Al Vega
The World, WGBH’s weekday radio news magazine, has a variety of daily and weekly podcasts available for free download. Browse this sampling below, and explore more online at theworld.org/podcasts. Geo Quiz This podcast tests your knowledge of world geography, and introduces you to fascinating people and places around the globe. The World in Words The World’s Patrick Cox decodes diplospeak and lays bare nationalist rants. And as English extends its global reach, Cox tracks the blowback from the planet’s more than 6,000 other languages. World Books A spotlight on international literary news, trends and authors. Created by The World’s Bill Marx, the World Books podcast features interviews with authors, critics, publishers and translators from around the globe. Global Hit Created by The World’s Marco Werman, the Global Hit is a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends, and features interviews with musicians, critics and deejays around the globe. How We Got Here Each week, The World’s Jeb Sharp picks a topic in the news and hits rewind, delving into the past for a bit more context.
Thu, 6/7 at 9pm, WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio Pianist Al Vega, a Worcester native, has been part of the Boston jazz scene for more than a half-century. As house pianist at The Hi Hat in Boston’s South End in the 1950s, he played with jazz greats including Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and Lester Young. He is, indeed, a living legend! Members of the WGBH Jazz Club, Leadership Circle and Ralph Lowell Society are invited to hear him perform live. RSVP at wgbh.org/alvega or call 617-300-3505. Editor Jennifer Goebel Contributors Lori Gwyr, Sean Corcoran, Steven Davy, Karen Hartley, Chika Offurum, Susan Reed, Ben Roe, María Bruno Ruiz, John Voci, Designer Tong-Mei Chan Photo Research Michael Delia Associate Creative Director Alison Kennedy Director, Constituent Communications Cynthia Broner Associate Director Susan Reed Director of Operations Dianne Horgan
Explore!, June 2011: Volume 21, Number 6, (ISSN 2152-7458) (USPS 0008-188). Copyright 2011. WGBH Educational Foundation. One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135. All rights reserved. Explore! is published monthly by the WGBH Educational Foundation. Subscription is by membership contribution of $50 or more to WGBH. Preferred periodicals postage paid at Boston, MA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Explore!, WGBH, One Guest St, Boston, MA 02135. Printed in Canada. 110383
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