WSVH/WWIO FEATURED PROGRAMS FOR MARCH, 2003



Metropolitan Opera

Saturday, March 1, at 1:30 pm

Puccini: Turandot


The Green Island

Saturday, March 1, at 8:00 pm

Green Island can now be heard every week on Saturday nights state-wide on the GPR network. Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.


Fortas Kennedy Center Chamber Music Concerts

Thursday, March 6, at 7:00 pm

Kim: Monologues for Violin, Cello and Piano
Elgar: Piano Quintet in a, Op. 84
(International Sejong Soloists; Nash Ensemble)


Georgia Money Matters with Jonathan Pond

Thursday, March 6, at 8:00 pm

GPR and GPTV are teaming up with financial wizard Jonathan Pond to bring you this special program designed specifically for our Georgia audience. Throughout February, we gathered questions from our listeners about our state economy, investments, and financial management for Jonathan to answer. This is a GPTV simulcast.
(Pre-empts Studio GPR)


Georgia Gazette Consumer Call-In

Friday, March 7, at 3:00 pm

The number to call is 866-RADIO-GA.


Metropolitan Opera

Saturday, March 8, at 1:30 pm

Puccini: La Bohème


The Green Island

Saturday, March 8, at 8:00 pm

Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.


Music Americana

Saturday, March 8, at 9:00 pm

Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.


Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Thursday, March 13, at 7:00 pm

Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
Stravinsky: Petrushka
(Anne Manson, conductor)
(Replaces Fortas Chamber Music Series, which ended its run)


Metropolitan Opera

Saturday, March 15, at 12:00 pm*

Verdi: La Traviata
* Note early start time


The Green Island

Saturday, March 15, at 8:00 pm

Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.


Castles of Gold: Songs and Stories of Irish Emigration

Monday, March 17, at 7:00 pm

Georgia Public Radio celebrates St. Patrick's Day with an hour of songs and stories that explore the joys and sorrows of Irish emigration. Pulitzer Prize-wining writer Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes, and Roma Downey, star of the tv series Touched by an Angel, share stories written by Katerie Morin, whose family emigrated from Ireland in the early 1900s.


Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Thursday, March 20, at 7:00 pm

Pre-empted for NPR Special Coverage of Iraq.


Metropolitan Opera

Saturday, March 22, at 1:30 pm

Verdi: Otello


The Green Island

Saturday, March 22, at 8:00 pm

Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.


Lifeline to Health

Wednesday, March 26, at 1:00 pm

Lifeline to Health can be heard the fourth Wednesday of each month and features interactive call-in segments, health and fitness news, and feature stories on timely health issues particularly as they relate to ethnic minorities and medically under-served populations in Georgia. Hosted by Carol Snype Crawford, Executive Director of Georgia's Office of Minority Health, Lifeline to Health encourages listeners to reduce health risks and become active in improving and maintaining their health. For more information, visit the Lifeline to Health website.


Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Thursday, March 27, at 7:00 pm

Mozart: Flute Quartet
Piazzolla: Primavera Porteña
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543
(Cliff Colnot, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductors; Christine Saari, flute; Yun Zhang, violin; Guang-Yu Su, viola; Hilary Clark, cello; Benjamin Bolhman, violin; Amali Premawardhana, cello; Ada Jeon, piano)


Metropolitan Opera

Saturday, March 29, at 1:30 pm

Gounod: Faust


The Green Island

Saturday, March 29, at 8:00 pm

Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.


Music Americana

Saturday, March 29, at 9:00 pm

Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.


Cover to Cover

Sunday, March 30, at 8:00 pm

Host St. John Flynn welcomes Heard County native Dot Moore, who'll talk and take listener calls about her book Oracle of the Ages: Reflections on the Curious Life of Fortune Teller Mayhayley Lancaster. The toll-free number to call is 866-RADIO-GA.



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