Here are MTPR program highlights for November 6 - November 12, 2014
THURSDAY- Nov 6, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics - Bach: Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995; Poulenc: Les Animaux Modeles Suite for piano; Rebel: Les Caracteres de la danse; Devienne: Les Visitandines, Opera – comique – arranged for bassoon, violin, cello, and viola; Ravel: Mother Goose
1:00 p.m An Intelligence Squared Debate - Does The Mass Collection of Phone Records Violate the Fourth Amendment? What does the U.S Constitution say? Is collection of phone records a “search” or “seizure?" If so, is it “unreasonable?" Does it require a particularized warrant and probable cause?
2:06 p.m. Jazz Sessions - A variety of jazz tunes and styles with Terry Conrad
4:00 p.m. The Pea Green Boat with Annie Garde – a show for children of all ages
7:30 p.m. The Write Question – Adrianne Jawort, Luella Brien, Leland Brien, and Sterling HolyWhiteMountain talk about a new collection, 'Off the Path: An Anthology of 21st Century Montana American Indian Writers, Vol. 1'
FRIDAY – Nov 7, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Turina: Circulo, Op. 91; Haydn: Keyboard Trio in Eb minor – “Jacob’s Dream”; Salieri: Three Lieder; Scarlatti: Tommasini – Les Femmes de bonnehumeur; Regondi: Premier Air Varie, Op. 21, also Deuxieme Air Varie, Op. 22 both for guitar; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole for violin and orchestra
SATURDAY- Nov 8, 2014
11:00 a.m. Caramoor Opera – Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
4:00 p.m. Radiolab – – Radiolab – “Galapagos” – Is it inevitable that even our most sacred natural landscapes will one day be swallowed up by humans? This hour: the strange story of a small group of islands going through some very big changes and just how far we’re willing to go to stop their transformation.
SUNDAY- Nov 9, 2014
8:00 a.m. Center Stage from Wolf Trap – Music of Giovanni Babrieli, Aaron Copland, Enrique Crespo, Michael Nyman, Samuel Barber, Alan Ferber, Jeremy Dibb, and Bob Mintzer
11:10 a.m. Front Row Center – The MTPR weekly arts interview – Michael Marsolek talks with Joe Martinez of the MCT production of Jekyll and Hyde the musical.
11:20 a.m. The Food Guys - “Umami”
11:30 a.m. Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me - The “oddly informative” NPR news quiz show – with Peter Sagal
12:25 p.m. Field Notes – “Martens & Fishers”
4:00 p.m. TED Radio Hour - A journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, and new ways to think and create
7:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Jaap van Zweden conducts music of Shostakovich and Prokofiev; Alisa Weilerstein, cello
MONDAY- Nov 10, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Brahms: Horn Trio in Eb major, Op. 40; Cherubini: Concert Overture, Sonata #2 in F for Horn and Strings; Mozart: String Quartet #16 in Eb major, K. 428; Haydn: Symphony #31 in D major – “Hornsignal”
1:00 p.m. Alternative Radio - Noam Chomsky – ISIS, the Kurds, and Turkey
7:30 p.m. A Salute in Song for Veterans’ Day - Songs from Steppenwolf; the Navy Band's Country Current; the BBC Orchestra & Royal Air Force Band; Jefferson Airplane; the Glenn Miller Orchestra; Bette Midler; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Toby Keith; plus music from Phantom of the Opera, The King & I, and Hair; and a unique song about The Gulf War from a seldom heard talent
TUESDAY – Nov 11, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Sowash: Eroica – Piano Trio #5; Adolphe: Night Journey; Beach: Pastorale; Higdon: Autumn Music; Copland: Duo for Flute & Piano; Nielsen: Symphony #4, Op. 29 – “The Inextinguishable”
11:00 am Freeforms with Michael Marsolek
1:00 p.m. Home Ground Radio with Brian Kahn
1:30 p.m. Transforming the Trauma: Soldiers’ Stories. Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and the world
8:30 pm. Reflections West – Damon Falke reflects on how the all of nature extends an invitation for us to observe it every day. He pairs his thoughts with a poem about his father teaching him the art of close observation.
WEDNESDAY- Nov 12, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics Richter: Sonata #3 in A major for flute, harpsichord, and cello; Mozart: Piano Concerto #17 in G major, K. 453; Beethoven: String Quartet #1 in F major, Op. 18 #1; CPE Bach: 2 Symphonies, WQ 182, #1 in G and #2 in Bb
1:00 p.m. Moyers and Company
1:25 p.m. Living on Earth
8:30 p.m. What I Like About Jazz - Features small group jazz from 1950 to now