Here are MTPR program highlights for July 4-July 10, 2013.
FRIDAY – July 5, 2013
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics with Linda Talbott
Handel: 2 Oboe Sonatas - in G major and D minor; Bax: Piano Quintet in G minor; Purcell: 2 Trio Sonatas - #6 in C major and #7 in E minor; Vaughn Williams: Phantasy Quintet; Walton: The Wise Virgins
11:00 a.m. Freeforms
SATURDAY- July 6, 2013
11:00 a.m. Lyric Opera of Chicago
Opera: A Streetcar Named Desire; Composer: Andre Previn
4:00 p.m. Radiolab - “Oops”
What happens when your meticulous plan hops your carefully laid tracks. In this episode, one psychologist’s zeal to safeguard national security may have created a terrorist, while one community’s efforts to protect an endangered bird had deadly consequences. And against all odds, a toxic lake spawns new life.
6:00 p.m. The Plant Detective – “Catnip”
6:02 p.m. A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
SUNDAY- July 7, 2013
8:00 a.m. Santa Fe Chamber – Soloists Lynn Harrell, Benny Kim, and Jeremy Denk – Music of Vivaldi and Schubert
11:10 a.m. Front Row Center – Beth Anne Austein speaks with George Everett of Main Street Uptown Butte about the Montana Folk Festival
11:20 a.m. The Food Guys – “Taste”
11:30 a.m. Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me
The “oddly informative” NPR news quiz show – with Peter Sagal and Carl Kassell
12:25 p.m. Field Notes – " Fish Personalities "
A program of the Montana Natural History Center
4:00 p.m. TED Radio Hour -
7:00 p.m. L.A. Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conducts music of Ravel, Stucky and Stravinsky
MONDAY- July 8, 2013
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics with William Marcus
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor, KV 310; Gustav Mahler: Symphony #6
11:00 a.m. Freeforms with William Marcus
1:00 p.m. Alternative Radio –
7:30 p.m. MTPR’s John Myers hosts a Montana Folk Festival preview show
TUESDAY - July 9, 2013
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics with Susan Israel
Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI/52; Sibelius: Symphony #4 in A minor, Op. 63; Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 #3; Grieg: Violin Concerto #1 in F major, Op. 8
11:00 a.m. Freeforms with Michael Marsolek
1:00 p.m. Home Ground Radio with Brian Kahn
1:30 p.m. Musician’s Spotlight – Nikki Hill – With a mix of vintage soul, blues, and R&B, singer Nikki Hill reminds us all why we love Rock and Roll. Originally from Durham, North Carolina, Nikki brings her deep Southern roots front and center leading a smoking hot, funky guitar driven band that is building a name for itself across the US and Europe
7:30 p.m. This American Life –
8:30 p.m. Reflections West
Montana educator Stephen Sylvester reflects on bear hunting in the West. He uses a passage from Meriwether Lewis’ journal—an account of ferocious grizzly bears
9:00 p.m. Selected Shorts
WEDNESDAY- July 10, 2013
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics
Glinka: Variations on a theme of Mozart for harp; Glinka: Serenade on themes of Donizetti; Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades; Rossini: Semiramide Overture; Donizetti: Selections for piano; Reinecke: Harp Concerto in E minor, Op. 182
11:00 a.m. Freeforms with Gus Chambers
1:00 p.m. Moyers and Company –
7:30 p.m. On Being with Krista Tippitt -
8:25 p.m. Mountain West Voices with host, Clay Scott
A program featuring the extraordinary stories of ordinary people throughout the Rocky Mountain West