Here are MTPR program highlights for Sept 11- 17, 2014
THURSDAY- Sept 11, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics - Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue, S. 463, also Funerailles, both for piano; Tavener: Funeral Canticle; Brade: Two Pieces; William Byrd: Alleluia, Alleluia; Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F; Rachmaninov: Symphony #3 in A minor, Op. 44
1:00 p.m The New Face of College - The third of a four week education series from American Radioworks. College students today are more likely to be older, part-time, working, and low-income than they were three decades ago. Many are the first in their families to go to college. How are universities adapting?
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 – Joe Nickell, author of ‘Tainted Revelations: the Art of Bill Ohrmann’
FRIDAY – Sept 12, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Herzogenberg: Violin Sonata #2, op. 54; Spohr: String Quartet #10 in A, Op. 30; Malipiero: Three Old Dances, for piano; Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat, Op. 73
SATURDAY- Sept 13, 2014
11:00 a.m. San Francisco Opera – Benjamin Britten: Peter Gimes
4:00 p.m. Radiolab – “Detective Stories” – Forensics, archeology, geology and genetics are devoted to figuring out what really happened. This episode digs up past leads and some very unexpected finds.
SUNDAY- Sept 14, 2014
8:00 a.m. Center Stage from Wolf Trap – music of Bertali, Buxtehude, Joyce, and Mozart
11:10 a.m. Front Row Center – The MTPR weekly arts interview – Fern Glass Boyd of the String Orchestra of the Rockies
11:20 a.m. The Food Guys - “Honeybee Colony Collapse”
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 – “Mint Evolution”
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 – Shostakovich, Rouse, and Tchaikovsky
MONDAY- Sept 15, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Glinka: Gran Sestetto Originale in Eb major; Levitzki: Valse Amour, Op. 2, for piano; Prokofiev: Cello Sonata, Op. 119; Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
1:00 p.m. Alternative Radio - Mohamad Elmasry – Egypt: From Pharaoh to Pharaoh
7:30 p.m. David Sam hosts another episode of Indigenous Expressions featuring music of Anjani, Fat Freddy's Drop, Sudden Rush with others
TUESDAY – Sept 16, 2014
9:05 a.m. Morning Classics – Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major, D. 574; Richter: String Quartet in G major, Op. 5 #5; W. F. Bach: Sonata in D major for 2 flutes and continuo, also Duet in G major for 2 violas; Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4 in G major, Op. 58
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 – John Floridis hosts Trevor Rogers - Clumsy Lovers songwriter and highlights his most recent solo recording “Are You Happy Now?” Rogers talks about how he balances musician, father and husband and how living in Missoula impacted his songwriting
8:30 p.m. Reflections West – – Robert Stubblefield reflects on the power of the written word to create the immediacy of storytelling. He pairs his thoughts with a passage from a James Welch novel Fools Crow.
WEDNESDAY- Sept 17, 2014
9:00 a.m. Morning Classics – Nisle: Quintet in C major, Op. 26, for flute, horn, and strings; Pleyel: Symphonie Concertante in F major; Steinmetz: Suite from an Imaginary Opera for Engish horn and piano
1:00 p.m. Moyers and Company
1:25 p.m. Living on Earth Extra – the public radio environmental news magazine
8:30 p.m. What I Like About Jazz - Features small group jazz from 1950 to now