Thursday, January 1, at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, January 4, at 1:00 pm
Cincinnati's famed Music Hall is the setting for this celebration of the lively music scene on the banks of the Ohio River. Listeners will be treated to a performance by one of the nation's leading youth orchestras, and be introduced to a steel band playing Mozart.
(After this week, From the Top will be heard on Sunday afternoons only)
Friday, January 2, at 3:00 pm
A rebroadcast of a popular GPB production, brought back as we head into an election year. With more twists, intrigue, and political chicanery than any work of fiction, the 1946 Georgia gubernatorial election led to three men simultaneously claiming the title of Governor of the state. Eugene Talmadge was elected, but he died before the inauguration. The Lieutenant Governor-Elect, M.E. Thompson, believed he would be the new governor until the next general election, but Gene Talmadge supports used ambiguous wording in the Georgia Constitution to install Herman Talmadge, Eugene's son, as governor. Incumbent governor, Ellis Arnall, considered Herman a "pretender" to the governorship and refused to leave office until a proper successor was chosen. And so, Georgia's Three Governors Affair was born. The situation was resolved by the State Supreme Court when it removed Herman Talmadge and named Thompson acting governor. A later investigation revealed that a mysterious number of the Telfair County write-in votes for Herman Talmadge were cast in alphabetical order, many by dead people! The Three Governors Affair has been dramatized for radio in a performance consisting of actual recordings of the protagonists balanced with re-created scenes and music from the period. For more on this special GPB Radio production, see the GPB website. (Pre-empts the Consumer Call-In edition of Georgia Gazette)
Saturday, January 3, at 1:30 pm
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini's work is one of opera's most popular comedies. Count Almaviva has fallen in love with Rosina, the beautiful ward of pompous Doctor Bartolo, who would like to marry her himself. Seville's multitalented barber Figaro devises a series of ingenious disguises to help Almaviva get to Rosina. Despite the misadventures that follow, Almaviva succeeds in courting and winning her.
Bruno Campanella, conductor; Ruth Ann Swenson (Rosina); Juan Diego Flórez (Count Almaviva): Dwayne Croft (Figaro); Alfonso Antoniozzi (Dr Bartolo); Paata Burchuladze (Don Basilio).
Saturday, January 3, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, January 4, at 1:00 pm
Cincinnati's famed Music Hall is the setting for this celebration of the lively music scene on the banks of the Ohio River. Listeners will be treated to a performance by one of the nation's leading youth orchestras, and be introduced to a steel band playing Mozart.
Monday, January 5, at 3:00 pm
Beginning January 5, Fresh Air with Terry Gross can be heard Monday through Thursday at 3:00 pm. Each day, Gross opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. The people behind the most interesting books, films, and music continue to be the principal focus of Fresh Air. "I try to show the connections between the person's work and their life that led to that work," Gross says of her cultural interviews. This Peabody Award-winning magazine is one of public radio's most popular programs, regularly attracting more than 4 million listeners a week.
(Replaces the second hour of Talk of the Nation)
Monday, January 5, at 7:00 pm
Heard weeknights at 7:00 pm beginning January 5, The Tavis Smiley Show brings you news, conversation, and ideas about everything from technology and education to politics, sports, arts, and pop culture. Time magazine selected Smiley as one of America's 50 most promising young leaders, while Newsweek profiled him as one of the "20 people changing how Americans get their news" and dubbed him one of the nation's "captains of the airwaves." Tavis Smiley adds a fresh perspective to NPR's coverage of news and public affairs.
(Replaces the 7:00 pm music strip, including Classical Guitar Alive, Harmonia, With Heart and Voice, which disappear from our schedule, From the Top which remains on Sundays at 1:00 pm, and Piano Jazz which moves to 8:00 pm on Fridays)
Monday, January 5, at 8:00 pm
Georgia Public Broadcasting is expanding Studio GPR. The expanded program, now to be known as Studio GPB, airs Monday through Thursday at 8:00 pm, with Thursday's show, our usual Georgia performance edition, now designated Studio GPB Sessions. Hosted by Terrance McKnight, the two-hour Studio GPB presents listeners with classical music of a contemporary nature, music that often blurs the boundaries between traditional musical styles. There'll also be some vocal music thrown into the mix, from operatic arias and spirituals to longer choral works, all designed to complement the contemporary chamber and orchestral pieces.
(Replaces the evening symphony broadcasts Monday through Wednesday)
Monday, January 5, at midnight
In September of 2002 the Jazz Satellite Network premiered as our weekend overnight music service. Since then host Bob Parlocha has become very popular with the late night audience. You'll now get the chance to hear Bob and the JSN from midnight to 5:00 am Monday through Friday in addition to midnight to 6:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
(Replaces Classics 24 as our weeknight music sercive)
Friday, January 9, at 8:00 pm (new time)
With the addition of The Tavis Smiley Show weeknights at 7:00 pm, Piano Jazz moves to 8:00 pm on Fridays, beginning on January 9.
Friday, January 9, at 9:00 pm (new time)
The Jazz Spot follows Piano Jazz and starts at 9:00 pm, becoming a three-hour show, beginning January 9.
Saturday, January 10, at 1:30 pm
Massenet: Werther
Massenet said of his opera, based on Goethe's semi-autobiographical 1774 novel, "Into Werther, I put all my soul and artistic conscience." Melancholy young poet Werther loves Charlotte, the daughter of a provincial magistrate. Charlotte returns his sentiments, but feels bound to a promise she made to her dying mother to marry Albert, an old family friend. Werther goes abroad after her marriage, but continues to write her passionate, imploring letters. On his return, Charlotte's husband agrees to the poet's request to borrow a pair of hunting pistols. Werther dies of a self-inflicted gunshot, but not before he finally hears Charlotte's long awaited avowal of love.
Michel Plasson, conductor; Lyubov Petrova (Sophie); Vesselina Kasarova (Charlotte); Roberto Alagna (Werther); Christopher Schaldenbrand (Albert); Paul Plishka (Le Bailli).
Saturday, January 10, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, January 10, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, January 11, at 11:00 am
Beginning January 11, you can hear more Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend, a compilation of the best parts of the previous week's shows.
(Replaces Sound and Spirit)
Sunday, January 11, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top returns to Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, recognized around the world as a leader in arts education and quality presentations. This show features musicians from across the globe, all of whom study at Interlochen.
Wednesday, January 14, at 8:00 pm
Georgia Public Broadcasting will provide live coverage of Governor Perdue's State of the State Address.
(Pre-empts first hour of Studio GPB)
Thursday, January 15, at 7:00 pm
NPR's The Tavis Smiley Show will be broadcast live in front of an audience from the Georgia Public Broadcasting studios in Atlanta on Thursday, January 15, at 9:00 am, Martin Luther King Day. GPB Radio will not be carrying the event live, but will air the show at its regularly scheduled time of 7:00 pm.
Saturday, January 17, at 1:30 pm
Lehár: The Merry Widow
At a Parisian party, Pontevedrian envoy Baron Zeta worries that his countrywoman Hanna Glawari, a rich young widow, will remarry, and if she doesn't marry a Pontevedrian, the loss of her millions will bankrupt her homeland. Zeta suggests that his embassy's attaché, Count Danilo, marry Hanna. But since Danilo and Hanna were once involved, before she became wealthy, he fears courting her now will make him look like a money-grubber. Hanna uses the suggestion that she marry another to force Danilo's hand. They admit their feelings for one another, and all ends happily.
Kirill Petrenko, conductor; Susan Graham (Hanna Glawari); Emily Pulley (Valencienne); Bo Skovhus (Danilo); Paul Groves (Camille de Rosillon); James Courtney (Baron Zeta).
Saturday, January 17, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, January 18, at 1:00 pm
From the Top returns to Lincoln Center as guests of the New York Philharmonic. Audiences will hear a truly artful performance of Poulenc's Sonata for Clarinet featuring a teen from the New York City area. The show also features a special performance of the much-loved Adagio from the Concierto de Aranjuez featuring a 17-year-old guitarist and a young chamber orchestra, and we'll meet a brilliant 13-year-old flutist from outside Chicago. Listeners will also hear an original piece written by a young composer for her best friend, and take a magical trip to the future to learn what artistic fate awaits Christopher O'Riley!
Tuesday, January 20, at 9:00 pm
National Public Radio provides special live coverage of President Bush's State of the Union address. Coverage also includes the Democratic response following the President's speech. Robert Siegel hosts.
(Pre-empts second hour of Studio GPB and beginning of Night Music)
Friday, January 23, at 9:00 pm
Before Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, before Stevie Ray Vaughn and Albert King, there was Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, a drenched-in-emotion singer and wild guitarist from the heart of the Mississippi Delta who hit New Orleans in the 1950s. This program details the arc of Jones' life, from his early years working in cotton fields, through his first gig at Dew Drop Inn, to his premature death in 1959 at age 32. Jones was an unparalleled showman, limited only by his 350-foot guitar cord. He enjoyed walking out in the crowd or playing impromptu solos in the ladies' bathroom. Famed for his impassioned singing and piercing guitar playing, Jones would give the audience their money's worth, often dyeing his hair and shoes to match his brightly colored suits. He had many great songs, including his monster smash "The Things I Used To Do," now a standard in blues repertoire. Hear interviews with blues luminaries Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler, and Earl King, and stories from Jones' childhood friends from his hometown of Hollandale, Mississippi.
Saturday, January 24, at 1:30 pm
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
American naval lieutenant Pinkerton arranges a "marriage" with a young Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio San, called Butterfly, who believes his declarations of love. Three years later, abandoned by Pinkerton and rejected by her family, Butterfly and her young son endure isolation and poverty. She clings to the hope that Pinkerton will return, but when he finally does, her disappointment is devastating. Pinkerton, remarried to an American, has come only to take his child. Rather than face the inevitable dishonor, Butterfly takes her own life.
Plácido Domingo, conductor; Veronica Villaroel (Cio-Cio San); Jane Bunnell (Suzuki); Marco Berti (Pinkerton); Bruno Caproni (Sharpless).
Saturday, January 24, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, January 25, at 1:00 pm
This week's From the Top, recorded at historic Troy (NY) Savings Bank Music Hall, features a special guest, Peter Schickele. Schickele is known as the perpetrator of P.D.Q. Bach and universally recognized as one of the most versatile artists in the world of music. Each of the young musicians featured performs a piece by Schickele, and From the Top's guest performs one of his own songs.
Sunday, January 25, at 8:00 pm
Host St. John Flynn welcomes South Georgia author Janice Daugharty back to the program to talk and take your calls about her novel, Like a Sister (Perennial, 2000). Set in South Georgia in 1956, Like a Sister is the story of 13-year-old Sister who's left to raise her three younger siblings after her run-around mother all but abandons them to work at the local café with her latest boyfriend. We'll also discuss "You're No Angel Yourself," Daugharty's story in After O'Connor: Stories from Contemporary Georgia, a new short story collection from the University of Georgia Press.
Wednesday, January 28, 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. The call-in number is 1-866-RADIO GA (866-723-4642). For more information, visit the Lifeline to Health website.
(Pre-empts third hour of Midday Music)
Friday, January 30, at 3:00 pm
This special program, hosted by Pat Duggins who covers NASA for NPR, commemorates the loss of the space shuttle Columbia on February 1 last year, telling the story of the tragedy and the people involved. Also, a look at the upcoming launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, the first shuttle mission after Columbia. The program concludes with a look at the future of NASA, and asks the question, is the space program worth the money and the risk to human life.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette)
Friday, January 30, at 9:00 pm
This special program celebrates the rich history and broad influence of African American music. It resonates with sounds and styles from the Louisiana bayou and the country churches of the South, to the jumping blues and jazz clubs of big cities nationwide. Black History in Live Performance showcases outstanding African American artists and their live performances on Mountain Stage. Hear the soulful sounds of saxophone star Joshua Redman, the sweet voice of Ruth "Miss Rhythm" Brown, blues legend Charles Brown, along with Buckwheat Zydeco, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and more.
Saturday, January 31, at 1:00 pm (Note early start)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
The leaderless Russian people acclaim Boris Godunov as their Tsar, but he ascends with a guilty conscience over his role in the assassination of the rightful heir, Prince Dimitri. Far from the capital, the young monk Grigory decides to impersonate the dead Tsarevitch and stake a claim to the throne. Devious Prince Shuisky plays upon the Tsar's fears, and Boris' mental state begins to decline, as does his support among the people. As Grigory's army approaches, Boris' worsening condition becomes obvious. After bidding farewell to his young son, Boris dies. The people welcome Grigory, believing him to be the lost Dimitri, but Russia's future remains uncertain.
Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Irina Mishura (Princess Marina); Sergej Larin (Grigory); David Kuebler (Shuisky); Sergei Lieferkus (Rangoni); James Morris (Boris Godunov); Vladimir Matorin (Pimen); Vladimir Ognovenko (Varlaam).
Saturday, January 31, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, January 31, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
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