Here are MTPR program highlights for May 29, 2014 – June 4, 2014
THURSDAY- May 29, 2014
9:05 a.m. – Morning Classics - Saint-Saens: Piano Trio #1 in F major, Op. 18; Van Bree: Grand Quatuor #3 in D minor; Schumann: Piano Sonata #2 in G minor, Op. 22; Nielsen: The Mist is Rising – for lute and harp; Sibelius: Symphony #5 in Eb major, Op. 82
1:00 p.m “What’s Your Story?” – Research confirms that our minds depend on story as the main roadmap for comprehending. The final program from the month-long series, “The Really Big Questions”
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 – James Lee Burke, author of “Light of the World,” a Dave Rocicheaux novel
FRIDAY – May 30, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Morning Classics with Linda Talbott – Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 1; Reger: A Romantic Suite, Op. 125; Martinu: Cinq Piéces Bréves (Piano Trio #1); Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in Bb minor
SATURDAY- May 31, 2014
11:00 a.m. Lyric Opera of Chicago – Parsifal in German composed by Richard Wagner
4:00 p.m. Radiolab -- “Black Box” – This episode confronts the stubborn gaps in our understanding
SUNDAY- June 1, 2014
8:00 a.m. Santa Fe Chamber Music – Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit (Thus the Night); Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe
11:10 a.m. Front Row Center – The MTPR weekly arts interview
11:20 a.m. The Food Guys - “Pâte à choux”
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 – “Packrats”
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. LA Philharmonic – Lionel Bringuier conducts music of Brahms, Berg, and Beethoven
MONDAY- June 2, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Schubert: Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958; Cavallini: Clarinet Duo #3 in Bb major; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66; Pleyel: Symphony in G major
1:00 p.m. Alternative Radio - Naomi Prins – The Wall Street White House Axis
7:30 p.m. You Must Remember This with Allen Secher
TUESDAY – June 3, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics with Susan Israel – Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2, for piano; Beethoven: Piano Trio #7 in Bb major “Archduke”; Schickhardt: Concerto II in D minor for 4 recorders and continuo; Telemann: Concerto in A minor for 2 recorders and strings; Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60
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
7:30 p.m. This American Life
8:30 p.m. Reflections West – Linds Sanders reflects on the strange presence of life, even in its absence. She pairs her thoughts with a poem by Eduardo Chirinos.
WEDNESDAY- June 4, 2014
9:00 a.m. Morning Classics - Galuppi: 3 Keyboard Sonatas, in D minor, C major and C minor; Vivaldi: String Sonata Op. 2 #3, RV 14; Sinfonia, RV 169 – “Al Santo Sepolcro”; Ries: Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 115; Müller: Clarinet Quartet #1 in Bb major; Le Chateau de Madrid, Op. 79; Clementi: Symphony #1 in C major
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