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October 2 - October 8

Here are MTPR program highlights for Oct 2 – Oct 8, 2014

THURSDAY- Oct 2, 2014

9:05 a.m.        Morning Classics -  Franck: Piano Trio in Eb major, Op. 22; Roussel: Impromtu, Op. 21 for harp; Grandjany: Rhapsodie, Op. 10 for harp; Saint-Saens: Fantasie, Op. 95 for harp; Martin: Concerto for seven wind instruments, timpani, percussion, and string orchestra; Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata in C minor, Op. 65 #2 – arranged for brass; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

1:06 p.m       An Intelligence Squared debate on the motion: “Should we embrace the Common Core” In K-12 education, there is nothing more controversial than the Common Core State Standards, in English and math. Has the federal government overreached and saddled our schools with standards that have been flawed from the start

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 – Bryce Andrews, author of “Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West”

8:00 p.m.    Carnegie Hall Live: Opening Night Gala -- Featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker and Annie-Sophie Mutter   

FRIDAY – Oct 3, 2014

9:05 a.m.      Morning Classics – Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85, for piano; Enescu: Violin Sonata in A minor, “Torso”; Spohr: Potpourri #4 in B major, Op. 24; Fibich: Toman and the Wood Nymph, Op. 49, also The Tempest, Op. 46

SATURDAY- Oct 4, 2014

11:00 a.m.      San Francisco Opera – La Traviata (in Italian) by Giuseppe Verdi

4:00 p.m.      Radiolab  – “Space” – In the 1960s, space exploration was an American obsession. This  program charts the path from romance to increasing cynicism.   The hosts talk with  Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan and also astrophysicist, Neil de Grasse Tyson

SUNDAY- Oct 5, 2014

8:00 a.m.      Center Stage from Wolf Trap – Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Andre Previn, Dave Brubeck, and Johannes Brahms

11:10 a.m.      Front Row Center – The MTPR weekly arts interview – Christopher Hahn from the UM piano program talks about the upcoming Piannissimo event.

11:20 a.m.      The Food Guys - “Turnovers”  

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 – “Starling Obfuscation”

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 – Schubert, Mahler, and Wagner

MONDAY- Oct 6, 2014

9:05 a.m.      Morning Classics – Verroust: 3 Solos de Concert for Oboe and Piano; Koechlin: Quatre Petites Pieces, Op. 32 for horn, piano, and violin; Benda: Concerto in E minor for flute, strings and basso continuo    

1:00 p.m.    Alternative Radio -  Bruce Schneier – The Internet, Privacy, and Power

7:30 p.m.    Monday Music Special – You Must Remember This with Allen Secher – “Let’s Get Away From It All” – a musical travel log starting in Kalamzoo, including New York New York-It’s a Wonderful Town, and meeting in St. Louis.

TUESDAY – Oct 7, 2014

9:05 a.m.      Morning Classics – Widerkehr: Duo Sonata in C major for oboe and piano; Kuhlau: Andante and Polacca for Natural Horn and Fortepiano; Brahms: Serenade #2 in A major, Op. 16; Dvorak: Serenade #2 in D minor, Op. 44; Spohr: Clarinet Concerto #4 in C minor

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 – Birds of Chicago – Founders, Alison Russell and JT Nero  play blues, country, gospel and folk.., poetry you can dance to and poetry you can play really loud

8:30 p.m.      Reflections West – – Doug Midgett reflects on the visible legacies left in the agricultural ghost towns of Eastern Montana.  He pairs his thoughts with a poem by a homesteading writer Gwendolyn Haste.

WEDNESDAY- Oct 8, 2014

9:05  a.m.      Morning Classics – Raff: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 179; Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata #2 in D major, Op. 58; Hummel: Piano Trio in G major, Op. 65; Bruch: Symphony #2 in F minor, Op. 36

1:00 p.m.      Moyers and Company

1:25 p.m.       Tellin’ Ellen – Suicide, Depression and Mental Illness - Ellen King-Rodgers talks with Pam Faerber, founder of bigbearstampede.org, a resource-packed website dedicated to raising awareness about depression, mental illness and suicide. Learn to recognize the signs, and how to take action
    
8:30 p.m.      What I Like About Jazz - Features small group jazz from 1950 to now
 

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