Tuesday, March 2, at 10:00 pm
On the evening of "Super Tuesday," Georgia Public Broadcasting Radio will provide election coverage for the state, beginning with updates during Studio GPB at 8:00 pm. At 10:00 pm, we'll join NPR's special election coverage until midnight.
(Pre-empts Night Music)
Friday, March 5, at 3:00 pm
Host Mike Savage is joined by Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Public Service Commission Chairman Robert Baker, and John Smith, head of the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, to answer listeners' consumer questions. The number to call is 1-866-RADIO-GA (1-866-723-4642).
Saturday, March 6, at 1:30 pm
Puccini: La Traviata
Dying courtesan Violetta Valéry finds true love with young Alfredo Germont, until Alfredo's father begs her to give him up, for the sake of his family. Unknowing, Alfredo is furious when Violetta renounces him, but learns the truth just in time for them to declare their love once more, just as she dies in his embrace.
Valery Gergiev, conductor; Renée Fleming (Violetta Valéry); Ramón Vargas (Alfredo Germont); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Giorgio Germont).
Saturday, March 6, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, March 7, at 1:00 pm
From the Top heads to Atlanta, Georgia, to record in the beautiful Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory University. The show features the 80-member Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and a quartet of sibling pairs from the Atlanta area.
Saturday, March 13, at 1:30 pm
Mozart: Don Giovanni
The libertine and blasphemer Don Giovanni, whose main purpose in life is the seduction of women, gets his just reward in what many consider Mozart’s greatest opera.
James Levine, conductor; Anja Harteros (Donna Anna); Christine Goerke (Donna Elvira); Hei-Kyung Hong (Zerlina); Gregory Turay (Don Ottavio); Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni); René Pape (Leporello); Ildar Abdrazakov (Masetto); Phillip Ens (The Commendatore).
Saturday, March 13, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, March 13, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, March 14, at 1:00 pm
From the Top welcomes the extraordinary soprano Dawn Upshaw, who performs with several of this week's young performers. Among them, you'll meet a 14-year-old flutist who plays a fantastic fantasy based on the melodies of the opera Carmen, and a 14-year-old violinist who plays a piece by Wieniawski that's meant to keep spiders away!
Monday to Friday, March 15-19, at 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm
This year's Savannah Music Festival is March 21 through April 4, and for the third year
running, Georgia Public Broadcasting will be sending a crew to record some of the many top-notch performances scheduled at venues throughout Savannah's historic district. These recordings will air on GPB Radio later in the year.
To give you a taste of this year's festival, we're re-broadcasting our Savannah Music Festival
series from the last two years. Tune in the week of March 15 at 8:00 pm for a series of
programs featuring the 2003 festival. And at 9:00 pm, you'll hear the 2002 Savannah
Music Festival series.
Monday, March 15, at 8:00 pm
The Morgan State University Choir performs at First African Baptist Church, from 2003.
(Pre-empts hour one of Studio GPB)
Monday, March 15, at 9:00 pm
Quartetto Gelato concert, from 2002.
(Pre-empts hour two of Studio GPB)
Tuesday, March 16, at 8:00 pm
Pianist Roberto Plano in recital at the Telfair Museum of Art, from 2003.
(Pre-empts hour one of Studio GPB)
Tuesday, March 16, at 9:00 pm
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Clancy Newman, the Imani Winds, and Quartetto Gelato perform
original compositions by the performers, from 2002.
(Pre-empts hour two of Studio GPB)
Wednesday, March 17, at 8:00 pm
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach drawn from several of the festival's concerts including cellist
Jiri Barta and pianist Tien Yi-Chiang, from 2003.
(Pre-empts hour one of Studio GPB)
Wednesday, March 17, at 9:00 pm
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet concert includes music from West Africa and works of Copland, Bizet, and Pachelbel, from 2002.
(Pre-empts hour two of Studio GPB)
Thursday, March 18, at 8:00 pm
Performances from the American Traditions Competition, from 2003.
(Pre-empts hour one of Studio GPB)
Thursday, March 18, at 9:00 pm
Winners from various international music competitions, including cellist Clancy Newman,
the Imani Winds, and Trio Johannes, from 2002.
(Pre-empts hour two of Studio GPB)
Friday, March 19, at 3:00 pm
For Women's History Month, we present this special documentary that illuminates the turbulent
1960s in America and affirms the moral conviction of four courageous women who chose to live
out their ideals by defying the color line and joining what many now call the Southern Freeedom
Movement.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette)
Friday, March 19, at 8:00 pm
Cyrus Chestnut Trio and trombonist Wycliff Gordon, from 2003.
(Pre-empts Piano Jazz)
Friday, March 19, at 9:00 pm
Pedro Martinez, winner of the 2001 Thelonius Monk competition, solo and with the Matt King
Trio, from 2002.
(Pre-empts hour one of The Jazz Spot)
Saturday, March 20, at 2:00 pm (Note late start time)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
The prologue to Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner’s great operatic tetralogy. The three Rhinemaidens guard a lump of magic gold. Anyone who renounces love and fashions a ring from it will become master of the world.
James Levine, conductor; Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Freia); Yvonne Naef (Fricka); Elena Zaremba (Erda); Philip Langridge (Loge); James Morris (Wotan); Richard Paul Fink (Alberich); Evenij Nikitin (Fasolt); Sergei Koptchak (Fafner).
Saturday, March 20, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, March 21, at 1:00 pm
From the Top heads to the Valley of the Sun with a show recorded at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts outside Phoenix, Arizona.
Wednesday, March 24, 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, March 26, at 3:00 pm and Sunday, March 28, at 10:00 am
"The Arts and Self-Expression in Mental Health" is fourth in the 2003-2004 series of Conversations at The Carter Center. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter hosts a program of music, readings, fine art, and discussion on the benefits of the arts in recovery from mental illnesses. Participants with mental illnesses perform and display their works, and a panel of experts in the field will discuss the healing power of artistic expression.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette)
Saturday, March 27, at 2:00 pm (Note late start time)
Strauss: Salome
Based on the play by Oscar Wilde, this is the story of Salome, stepdaughter of King Herod, and the infatuation she develops for the imprisoned Jokanaan (John the Baptist). The erotic nature of the music caused it to be condemned as obscene and many early performances were banned!
Valery Gergiev, conductor; Karita Mattila (Salome); Larissa Diadkova (Herodias); Siegfried Jerusalem (Herod); Matthew Polenzani (Narraboth); Albert Dohmen (Jokanaan).
Saturday, March 27, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, March 27, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, March 28, at 1:00 pm
This week, special guest and master cellist, Janos Starker, joins From the Top from the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington. We meet an exuberant crew of eleven violinists who call themselves the "Violin Virtuosi;" we'll play a round of our game "Maestro Makeover" with a brilliant 13-year-old pianist; and Janos Starker will perform a gorgeous cello duet with his only teenage student.
Sunday, March 28, at 8:00 pm
Host St. John Flynn welcomes Stone Mountain author Brian Egeston to talk and take your calls about his recent novel, Catfish Quesadillas (Carter-Krall Publishers, 2003). When three small businesses compete for a million-dollar grant, the owners find themselves in the midst of conspiracies, allegations and sabotage. Set in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Catfish Quesadillas offers a cold, hard look at customer service in America. Our toll-free number is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
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