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March 12 - March 18

Here are MTPR program highlights for March 12 – March 18, 2015

THURSDAY March 12, 2015

5:00-9:00 a.m.    Morning Edition from NPR, Montana Morning News, and Marketplace Morning Report

9:00 a.m.    A Writers Almanac - Historical literary calendar, commentary and poetry with host Garrison Keillor

9:05 a.m.    Morning Classics – Maurice Greene: 2 Overtures: #3 in C major and #4 in E major; Bax: “Legend” – Sonata for Cello and Piano; Handel: Harp Concerto in Bb major, Op. 4 #6, HWV 294; Paul Bowles: Preludes for piano; Michael Sahl: Tango from the Exile’s Café; Vaughn Williams: Job: A Masque for Dancing
 
11:00 a.m.    Freeforms with Zed

12:30 p.m.    BBC World Service

12:57 p.m.    Chrysti the Wordsmith

1:00 p.m.    Here and Now – NPR’s midday news program, co-hosted by award winning journalists, Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson

1:32 p.m.    National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans

1:37 p.m.    Here and Now - continues

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

5:00 p.m.    All Things Considered and Montana News  

7:00 p.m.    The Write Question – Malcolm Brooks, author of “Painted Horses”

7:30 p.m.    Musician’s Spotlight  - John Floridis hosts Carbon Leaf a Virginia flavored alt-country and celtic-folk group making their debut on Musician’s Spotlight.  Lead singer and songwriter Barry Privett of the band visits with John.

7:59 p.m.    Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory

8:00 p.m.    Live From The Divide – Dale Watson

9:00 p.m.    All Over The Map – Ethnic and traditional music of many cultures by Beth Anne Austein and Ben Weiss

10:00 p.m.    Night Flight - Eclectic selections of late-night tunes, hosted by Joan Richarde

12:00 a.m.    BBC World Service – overnight

FRIDAY March 13, 2015

5:00-9:00 a.m.    Morning Edition from NPR, Montana Morning News, and Marketplace Morning Report

9:00 a.m.    A Writers Almanac - Historical literary calendar, commentary and poetry with host Garrison Keillor

9:05 a.m.    Morning Classics – Respighi: String Quartet in D major; Tessarini: Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 1 #2; Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, #6-8; Handel: Suite in G minor, HV 432 for guitar duo; Domeniconi: Fantasia d’orient e d’occidente, Op. 50a for guitar duo; Giuliani: Guitar Concerto in A major, Op. 30

11:00 a.m.    Freeforms with Mike Steinberg
        
12:30 p.m.    BBC World Service – News and World Briefing

12:57 p.m.    Chrysti the Wordsmith

1:00 p.m.    Here and Now – NPR’s midday news program, co-hosted by award winning journalists, Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson

1:32 p.m.    National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans

1:37 p.m.    Here and Now - continues

2:06 p.m.    Performance Today

4:00 p.m.     The Pea Green Boat with Annie Garde – A show for children of all ages

5:00 p.m.    All Things Considered and Montana News  – In-depth NPR news from around the world and  Montana News and features from news director Eric Whitney and capitol bureau reporter Steve Jess. Montana news updates start at 5:04pm.

6:35 p.m.    Capitol Talk with Sally Mauk, Chuck Johnson, and Mike Dennison

7:00 p.m.    Radiolab – Diagnosis – What’s in a name? This hour examines diagnosis – our attempt to find out what’s wrong and give it a label.

7:59 p.m.    Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory

8:00 p.m.    Pazz & Jop  – A modern mix of pop music with hosts Fred Rice and Rigel Bankshot

10:00 pm    Muse’s Jukebox – Eclectic mix of rock n’ roll, folk, jazz and pop

12:00 a.m.    BBC World Service – overnight

SATURDAY March 14, 2015

5:00 a.m.    Only a Game – A weekly sports magazine hosted by NPR commentator, Bill Littlefield

6:00 a.m.    Weekend Edition Saturday – from NPR

7:00 a.m.     The Children’s Corner with Annie Garde

9:00 a.m.     Weekend Edition Saturday – from NPR

11:00 a.m.    Metropolitan Opera – Rossini – La Donna Del Lago

2:30 p.m.    Classical Music – from the MTPR music library

4:00 p.m.    A Writers Almanac with Garrison Keillor

4:05 p.m.    On the Media – NPR’s weekly analysis of the latest media issues

5:00 p.m.    All Things Considered from NPR  
    
6:00 p.m.    A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

7:59 p.m.    Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory

8:00 p.m.    Jonkunnu Express – African and Caribbean music with Joan Richarde

9:00 p.m.    City Lights – Modern pop and dance music for the eclectic with Joan Richarde

12:00 a.m.    BBC World Service – overnight

SUNDAY March 15, 2015

6:00 a.m.    Weekend Edition Sunday from NPR – Including the Sunday Puzzle

7:00 a.m.    Spoleto Chamber Music Series – Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956 and Die Forelle (“The Trout”), D 550

8:00 a.m.    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Crawford Seeger: String Quartet and Smith: Vignettes – Covered Wagon Woman

9:00 a.m.    Weekend Edition Sunday from NPR

11:00 a.m.    An Encore broadcast of Capitol Talk – with Sally Mauk, Chuck Johnson, and Mike Dennison

11:10 a.m.    Home Ground Radio with Brian Kahn

11:40 a.m.    Front Row Center – The Montana Public Radio arts interview

11:52 a.m.    The Food Guys – “Sugar Substitues”

12:00 p.m.    Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me – The “oddly informative” NPR news quiz show – with Peter Sagal

12:55 p.m.    Field Notes – “Charged Spider Webs”

1:00 p.m.    Jazz Night in America
    
2:00 p.m.    Jazz Archives and Dimensions in Jazz with Joe Korona

4:00 p.m.    A Writers Almanac

4:05 p.m.    On Being with Krista Tippett - spacious conversations about the big questions at the center of human life

5:00 p.m.    All Things Considered - In-depth NPR news from around the world

6:00 p.m.    The Hidden World of Girls part two. Hosted by Tina Fey. From the dunes of the Sahara to a slumber party in Manhattan, from the dancehalls of Jamaica to a racetrack in Ramallah, Tina Fey takes us around the world into the secret life of girls and the women they become. Sound-rich, evocative, funny, and powerful--stories of coming of age, rituals and rites of passage, secret identities.

7:00 p.m.     Alternative Radio – Reese Erlich – Cuba & the U.S.: A New Beginning

8:00 p.m.    Missoula Symphony Orchestra broadcast

10:00 p.m.    Oasis –    Electronic and acoustic new age music with Joan Richarde

12:00 a.m.    BBC World Service – overnight

Monday March 16, 2015

5:00-9:00 a.m.    Morning Edition from NPR, Montana Morning News, and Marketplace Morning Report

9:00 a.m.    A Writers Almanac - Historical literary calendar, commentary and poetry with host Garrison Keillor

9:05 a.m.    Morning Classics – Beethoven: Symphony #2 in D major, Op. 36; Bach: Violin Sonata #1, BWV 1001; Pierne: Fantaisie – Ballet, Op. 6, for piano and orchestra; Mozart: String Trio in G major, K. anh. 66 (k. 562e); Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet in Bb major, Op. 41

11:00 a.m.    Freeforms with William Marcus

12:30 p.m.    BBC World Service – Newscast and The Newsroom

12:57 p.m.    Chrysti the Wordsmith

1:00 p.m.    Here and Now – NPR’s midday news program, co-hosted by award winning journalists, Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson

1:32 p.m.    National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans

1:37 p.m.    Here and Now - continues

2:01 p.m.    NPR newscast

2:06 p.m.    Performance Today with Fred Child - Classical musical performances with interviews

4:00 p.m.    The Pea Green Boat with Annie Garde and friends – a show for children of all ages
        
5:00 p.m.    All Things Considered and Montana News  – In-depth NPR news from around the world and  Montana News and features from news director Eric Whitney and capitol bureau reporter Steve Jess. Montana news updates start at 5:04pm.

7:00 p.m.    Moth Radio Hour - True stories, told live, without notes before a live audience.

7:59 p.m.    Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory

8:00 p.m.    Music Special – Women’s History Month music special – Queen of the organ, Shirley Scott a Night Lights Classic Jazz. Although an admirer of Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott found her own sound on the Hammond B-3 and became its most renowned female practioner, recording a number of soul-jazz classics from the late 1950s onward.

9:00 p.m.    Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie

10:00 p.m.    Indigenous Expression – hosted by David Sam

11:00 p.m.    Into the Groove –R&B, soul, and funk with host Joan Richarde

12:00 a.m.    BBC World Service – overnight

Tuesday March 17, 2015

5:00-9:00 a.m.    Morning Edition from NPR, Montana Morning News, and Marketplace Morning Report

9:00 a.m.    A Writers Almanac - Historical literary calendar, commentary and poetry with host Garrison Keillor

9:05 a.m.     Morning Classics – Wienawski: Violin Concerto #1 in F# minor, Op. 14; Chopin: Piano Sonata #3 in B minor, Op. 58; Fritz Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin and Liebeslied for viola and piano; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #3 in D major, Op. 29 – “Polish”

11:00 a.m.    Freeforms with Michael Marsolek
            
12:30 p.m.    BBC World Service – Newscast and The Newsroom

12:57 p.m.    Chrysti the Wordsmith

1:00 p.m.    Here and Now – NPR’s midday news program, co-hosted by award winning journalists, Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson

1:31 p.m.    National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans

1:34 p.m.    Here and Now - continues

2:01 p.m.    NPR newscast

2:06 p.m.    The Folk Show – with John Myers  

4:00 p.m.    The Pea Green Boat with Annie Garde – a show for children of all ages

5:00 p.m.    All Things Considered and Montana News  – In-depth NPR news from around the world and  Montana News and features from news director Eric Whitney and capitol bureau reporter Steve Jess. Montana news updates start at 5:04pm.

7:00 p.m.     This American Life – with Ira Glass

7:59 p.m.    Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory

8:00 p.m.    Get To That – a folk, roots, Americana and bluegrass music show, hosted by MTPR’s John Myers

10:03 p.m.    Night Train with John Myers – a thematic show blending words and music

12:00 a.m.    BBC World Service – overnight

WEDNESDAY March 18, 2015

5:00-7:00 a.m.    Morning Edition from NPR, Montana Morning News, and Marketplace Morning Report    

9:00 a.m.    A Writers Almanac - Historical literary calendar, commentary and poetry with host Garrison Keillor

9:05  a.m.    Morning Classics – Beethoven: The Consecration of the House – Overture; Brahms: Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 120, D. 664; Bruch: Symphony #3 in E major, Op. 51

11:00 a.m.    Freeforms with Gus Chambers

12:30 p.m.    BBC World Service – Newscast and The Newsroom

12:57 p.m.    Chrysti the Wordsmith

1:00 p.m.    Here and Now – NPR’s midday news program, co-hosted by award winning journalists, Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson

1:32 p.m.    National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans

1:37 p.m.    Here and Now - continues

2:06 p.m.     Performance Today with Fred Child - Classical music performances with interviews

3:00 p.m.    Reflections West – Carson Becker, a playwright and screenwriter living in Butte reflects on the packs of wild dogs that once roamed The Mining City. New Jersey poet, Stephen Dobyns’ poem, “Pursuit,” captures the author’s uneasy awareness of how the past affects the present.

3:05 p.m.    Performance Today - continues

4:00 p.m.    The Pea Green Boat

5:00 p.m.    All Things Considered and Montana News  – In-depth NPR news from around the world and  Montana News and features from news director Eric Whitney and capitol bureau reporter Steve Jess. Montana news updates start at 5:04pm.

7:00 p.m.    TED Radio Hour – a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, and new ways to think and create

7:59 p.m.    Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory

8:01 p.m.    What I Like About Jazz – features small group jazz from 1950 to now with MTPR host John Arvish

10:00 p.m.    Blues on the Move - Blues from early roots to current hits with John Arvish, Joan Richarde, or Phil Hamilton

12:00 p.m.    BBC World Service – overnightovernight
 

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