Here are MTPR program highlights for November 13 - November 21, 2014
THURSDAY- Nov 13, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics - Brahms: Piano Sonata #3 in F minor, Op. 5; Michiru Oshima: Memories; Max Richter: Mercy; Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17; Mendelssohn: Sinfonia #9 in C major
1:00 p.m An Intelligence Squared Debate - Does Income Inequality Impair the American Dream of Upward Mobility? As the rungs of the economic ladder move further and further apart, conventional wisdom says that it will become much more difficult to climb them
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 – Tim O’Brien, author of “The Things They Carried” and eight other books
FRIDAY – Nov 14, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Schumann: Violin Sonata #2 in D minor, Op. 121; Tubin: Symphony #5 in B minor; Gade: Fantasistykker, Op. 43, for clarinet and piano; Strauss: Festmarsch in D major; Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
SATURDAY- Nov 15, 2014
11:00 a.m. Opera - Glimmerglass: Picker’s “An American Tragedy”
4:00 p.m. Radiolab – – Radiolab – “Speed” – Going through the paces, peeking inside a microsecond, and mastering the fastest thing in the universe.
SUNDAY- Nov 16, 2014
8:00 a.m. Center Stage from Wolf Trap – Music of J.B. Singelee, Jean Abell, Edward Smaldone, Alexander Weprik; Pat Metheny
11:10 a.m. Special MTPR conversation – MTPR senior staff William Marcus, Linda Talbott, Michael Marsolek and Eric Whitney discuss the program changes that begin Monday 11/17
11:20 a.m. The Food Guys - “Onions”
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 – “Winter Insect Survival”
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 – Riccardo Mutti conducts music of Brahms
MONDAY- Nov 17, 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”
12:57 p.m. Chrysti the Wordsmith – Now at a new time after the BBC Monday through Friday.
1:00 p.m. Here and Now – NEW on MTPR – NPR’s midday news program, co-hosted by award winning journalists, Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson
1:29 p.m. National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans such as health care, cultural preservation, education and more
1:34 p.m. Here and Now – continues
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 – New on MTPR – True stories, told live, without notes before a live audience. The Moth is an acclaimed, not for profit organization dedicated to art and craft of storytelling
7:59 p.m. Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory – Stardate is now on 7 days a week at 8pm.
8:01 p.m. Music Special – At a New Time – Bob Dylan and The Band – Complete Basement Tapes. You’ll hear about these recordings from The Band member Garth Hudson, songwriter and author Sid Griffin, Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin, author Greil Marcus, writer Anthony DeCurtis and producer Steve Berkowitz, plus many highlights from the full release of The Basement Tapes.
9:00 p.m. Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie – At a New Time.
10:00 p.m. Indigenous Expressions hosted by David Sam – This program is weekly starting today.
11:00 p.m. In the Groove – New on MTPR – features R&B, soul, and funk, hosted by Joan Richarde
TUESDAY – Nov 18, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Arensky: Suite #3, Op. 33, for 2 pianos; Miaskovsky: Cello Sonata in A minor, O. 81; Bach: Ricercar á 6 (from the musical offering); Rachmaninov: Piano Trio #1 in G minor, Op. Posth; Stravinsky: Petrouchka
11:00 am Freeforms with William Marcus
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
1:29 p.m. National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans such as health care, cultural preservation, education and more
1:34 p.m. Here and Now - continues
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.
7:59 p.m. Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory
8:01 p.m. Get To That – A new folk, roots, Americana and bluegrass music show, hosted by MTPR’s John Myers
WEDNESDAY- Nov 19, 2014
9:05 a.m. Haydn: 3 Divertimenti in C major, G major and A major; Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 #2; Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1, also Variations in Eb major “Ghost Variations”; Rontgen: Symphony #5 “Schnitter Tod”
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
1:29 p.m. National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans such as health care, cultural preservation, education and more
1:34 p.m. Here and Now – continues
3:00 p.m. Reflections West – Kay Juda-Nelson reflects on finding her place in nature. She pairs her thoughts with a passage by the Navajo artist Tony Abeyta.
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.
7:59 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 – now two-hours.
10:00 p.m. Blues on the Move - Blues from early roots to current hits with John Arvish, Joan Richarde, or Phil Hamilton
THURSDAY – Nov 20, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Villa-Lobos: Second Sonata, Op. 66, for cello and piano; Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor; Domenico Zipoli: Beatus Vir; Anonymous: Ascendit Deus in Jubilatione; Alfredo Napoleao: Piano Concerto #2 in Eb minor, Op. 31Morning Classics – Villa-Lobos: Second Sonata, Op. 66, for cello and piano; Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor; Domenico Zipoli: Beatus Vir; Anonymous: Ascendit Deus in Jubilatione; Alfredo Napoleao: Piano Concerto #2 in Eb minor, Op. 31
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
1:29 p.m. National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans such as health care, cultural preservation, education and more
1:34 p.m. Here and Now – continues
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. The Write Question – At a New Time – Tim O’Brien, author of “The Things They Carried” and eight other books
7:30 p.m. Musician’s Spotlight – New Day and Time – John Floridis interviews Sam Bush the award winning American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.
7:59 p.m. Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory
9:00 p.m. All Over The Map – New Day and Time – Ethnic and traditional music of many cultures (formally Dancing With Tradition) by Beth Anne Austein and Ben Weiss
FRIDAY November 21, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Boismortier: Sonata in D major, Op. 50 #3, for Double Bass, Bassoon, and Harpsichord; Rossini: String Sonata #2 in A major; Telemann: Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Violin, and Strings, also Concerto in E minor for 2 Traversos, Bassoon, and Strings; Bach: Cello Suite #6 in D major, BWV 1012; Boccherini: Symphony #5 in Bb major, Op. 12
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
1:29 p.m. National Native News - A five-minute newscast focusing on issues that impact Native Americans such as health care, cultural preservation, education and more
1:34 p.m. Here and Now – continues
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. Radiolab – New Day and Time – “Emergence” – What happens when there is no leader?
7:59 p.m. Stardate – a production of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory