Here are MTPR program highlights for May 1, 2014 – May 7, 2014
THURSDAY- May 1, 2014
9:05 a.m. – Gates: Flute Sonata, Rio Bound for clarinet and piano; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue for Piano solo, Three Preludes; Antheil: A jazz Symphony; Milhaud: Le Printemps, Op. 18, Cinema – Fantaisie d’apres Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 586; Bax: Spring Fire Symphony
1:00 p.m “What Is This Thing Called Love?” – episode one of “The Really Big Questions,” a May series of five, hour-long programs brings together scientists, philosophers and regular folks for a scintillating exploration of human nature. Hosted by writer, broadcaster and composer Dean Olsher, takes listeners to a place where science and the humanities meet.
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 – David G. Gordon, author of 'The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook'
FRIDAY – May 2, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Morning Classics with Linda Talbott – Brahms: Variations on a theme by Schumann, Op. 23; Grieg: Violin Sonata #3 in C minor, Op. 45; Mendelssohn: Symphony #2 “Lobgesang”
SATURDAY- May 3, 2014
11:00 a.m. Metropolitan Opera – Bellini’s “I Puratani”
4:00 p.m. Radiolab -- “Placebo” – Could the best medicine be no medicine at all? This program examines the chemical consequences of belief
SUNDAY- May 4, 2014
8:00 a.m. Santa Fe Chamber Music – Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80; Ernst von Dohnányi: Serenade, Op. 10
11:10 a.m. Front Row Center – The MTPR weekly arts interview– The String Orchestra of the Rockies
11:20 a.m. The Food Guys - “The French Cook: Soufflés”
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 – “Montana Driftwood”
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. The San Francisco Symphony— Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts music of Ives, Salonen, and Sibelius
MONDAY- May 5, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Reger: Clarinet Sonata in Ab major, Op. 49 #1; Anderson: Kummi Dance for flute and piano; Mozart: Serenade in Eb major, K 375; Janacek: String Quartet #2 “Intimate Pages”; Spohr: Clarinet Concerto #1 in C minor, Op. 26
1:00 p.m. Alternative Radio - Martin Espada – Rmembering Well and Raising Hell
7:30 p.m. You Must Remember This – With Allen Secher
TUESDAY – May 6, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics with Susan Israel – Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique, Op. 26, Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42; Mozart: Piano Concerto #13 in C major, K 415, for piano and string quartet; Richter: Sonata #6 in G minor for flute, harpsichord, and cello; Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 132
11:00 am Freeforms with Michael Marsolek
1:00 p.m. Home Ground Radio with Brian Kahn
1:30 p.m. Musician’s Spotlight with John Floridis – Le Vent Du Nord, a driving force in progressive folk they capture the energy and mirth of a Saturday night kitchen party, infusing old Québec with a breath of fresh, cosmopolitan air
7:30 p.m. This American Life
8:30 p.m. 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- May 7, 2014
9:00 a.m. Morning Classics - Chopin: Piano Concerto #2 in F minor, Op. 21 for piano and string quartet; Bach: Cantata 79 “Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild” BWV 79; Brahms: String Quintet #2 in G major, Op. 111; Beethoven: Symphony #1 in C major, Op. 21
1:00 p.m. MTPR Special – Leon Panetta: The Entire Conversation - The former head of the CIA, Leon Panetta, spoke recently at the U of M in Missoula. As part of the annual Jones/Tamm law school lecture, Panetta was questioned by Washington, D.C. trial attorney Robert Bennett about domestic and foreign policy; MTPR broadcasts that conversation in its entirety
8:30 p.m. What I Like About Jazz - Features small group jazz from 1950 to now