Friday, April 2, at 3:00 pm
Host Mike Savage is joined by Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Public Service Commission Chairman Robert Baker, and a representative from 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, April 3, at 12:30 pm (Note early start time)
Wagner: Die Walküre
Part two of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, based on the medieval German epic the Nibelungenlied. Wotan's mortal son Siegmund falls in love with Sieglinde, the wife of Hunding, before they realize they are in fact brother and sister. Fricka forces Wotan to send his favorite daughter, the Valkyrie Brünnhilde, to punish the adulterous pair, but Brünnhilde helps them instead. Wotan allows Hunding to kill Siegmund, and for her disobedience, sentences Brünnhilde to lie in enchanted sleep in a ring of fire, until she can be rescued by a hero.
James Levine, conductor; Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde); Deborah Voigt (Sieglinde); Yvonne Naef (Fricka); Plácido Domingo (Siegmund); James Morris (Wotan); Sergei Koptchak (Hunding).
Saturday, April 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, April 4, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top is in America's heartland, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Audiences will meet a piano trio playing café music, a marimba player from western New York, and a very young pianist from Iowa.
Monday, April 5, at 8:00 pm
Passover is a holiday that celebrates and retells the Exodus of the ancient Israelites from slavery to freedom. Hosted by actor Arye Gross, Passover: A Time for Freedom explores the journey taken to freedom by Jewish writers and artists. Featured in the program are notable authors who share their personal stories and read from their works. Included are Gina Nahai, Andre Acimen, Henryk Grynberg, and Louise Steinman along with dancer and performer Margalit Oved.
(Pre-empts first hour of Studio GPB)
Friday, April 9, at 11:00 am
To mark this Good Friday, we offer J.S. Bach's Saint Matthew Passion performed by Apollo's Fire, Cleveland's baroque orchestra. This performance, sung in English, is directed by Jeannette Sorrell and features Ian Honeyman as the Evangelist and Jeffrey Strauss as Jesus. Based on the Passion story as told in the gospel of Matthew, Bach's masterwork was probably first performed on Good Friday 1727.
(Pre-empts Midday Music)
Saturday, April 10, at 1:30 pm
Verdi: Nabucco
In ancient Babylon, King Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar) invades Jerusalem and transports the enslaved Hebrew people back to Babylon. When the arrogant Nabucco declares himself God as well, a bolt of lightning renders him insane. The warrior Abigaille seizes the throne and condemns all the Hebrews to death. Humbled and repentant, Nabucco prays for forgiveness and is granted both his reason and the support of his followers. Abigaille is overthrown, the Hebrews are spared, and Nabucco acknowledges the supremacy of Jehovah.
Carlo Rizzi, conductor; Andrea Gruber (Abigaille); Marina Domashenko (Fenena); Gwyn Hughes Jones (Ismaele); Leo Nucci (Nabucco); Samuel Ramey (Zaccaria).
Saturday, April 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, April 10, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, April 11, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top broadcasts from the Brevard Music Center, located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 22-year-old violin virtuoso Sarah Chang, recognized the world over as one of classical music's most captivating and gifted artists, joins young musicians aged 15 to 18. You'll meet a trumpet player from Hawaii, a harpist from France, and a clarinetist who is known to friends as "the Jimi Hendrix of the Clarinet."
Sunday, April 11, at 2:00 pm
Martin Goldsmith hosts this special program featuring the Choral Arts Society of Washington,
D.C. Featured works include Francis Poulenc's Gloria, Antonin Dvorak's Stabat Mater and the Easter portions of Handel's Messiah.
(Pre-empts Prairie Home Companion repeat)
Saturday, April 17, at 12:00 pm (Note early start time)
Wagner: Siegfried
Part three of The Ring of the Nibelung. Sieglinde has died giving birth to Siegfried, her son by Siegmund. Alberich's brother Mime has raised Siegfried, hoping to use him to reclaim the ring of power. Siegfried does win the ring by slaying the dragon Fafner. The Woodbird informs Siegfried of Mime's treachery, and tells him of a beautiful maiden asleep on the hilltop. Siegfried, the long-anticipated hero, makes his way past the fire and claims Brünnhilde as his bride.
James Levine, conductor; Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde); Joyce Guyer (Woodbird); Elena Zaremba (Erda); Jon Fredric West (Siegfried); Gerhard Siegel (Mime); James Morris (Wanderer); Richard Paul Fink (Alberich); Matti Salminen (Fafner).
Saturday, April 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, April 18, at 1:00 pm
From the Top is back at home in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall this week. The program includes a 13-year-old violinist from New York, a 17-year-old flutist from Kentucky, and a 17-year-old bassoonist from Texas.
Saturday, April 24, at 12:00 pm (Note early start time)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
The Twilight of the Gods, the final part of The Ring of the Nibelung. The world's destiny is changing. In search of adventure, Siegfried leaves Brünnhilde and sets off down the Rhine, but soon falls into danger. Alberich's son Hagen drugs him so that he forgets Brünnhilde, falls in love with Gutrune, and gives Brünnhilde to Gunther. The outraged Brünnhilde enables Hagen to kill Siegfried. When Hagen tries to take the ring from the body, Brünnhilde understands the tragedy. She swears to return the ring to the Rhinemaidens, orders a funeral pyre, and immolates herself with Siegfried in the flames. The Rhinemaidens reclaim the ring, now freed of Alberich's curse, and the world collapses in a cataclysm of renewal, this time to be ruled by love.
James Levine, conductor; Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde); Margaret Jane Wray (Gutrune); Yvonne Naef (Waltraute); Jon Fredric West (Siegfried); Alan Held (Gunther); Richard Paul Fink (Alberich); Matti Salminen (Hagen).
Saturday, April 24, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, April 24, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, April 25, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top comes to you from the famous Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, where the city's great orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, accompanies teenagers in music by Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky. The symphony will also perform a moving remembrance for the tragedy of 9/11, written by an extraordinary 11-year-old composer. Additionally, you'll meet a talented young harpist who grew up as part of the symphony's family, as well as a young violinist who thinks she'll survive at conservatory next year eating nothing but toast!
Sunday, April 25, at 8:00 pm
Host St. John Flynn welcomes Atlanta novelist Milam McGraw Propst to talk and take your calls about her recently-published novel, Ociee on Her Own (Mercer University Press, 2003). When Ociee Nash's mother died in the closing years of the 19th century, the nine-year-old was sent to live with her aunt in Asheville, North Carolina. Now, as the new century dawns, the spirited Ociee returns to her father's residence in Mississippi and to a new life. A sequel to Propst's A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street, Ociee on Her Own is a story of growing up, of home, and of love. Our toll-free number is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
Friday, April 30, at 9:00 pm
An encore presentation of this GPB production. April is both National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month. Giant Steps celebrates both with an hour-long look at the ways in which jazz and contemporary poetry influence one another. Recorded in the GPB Performance Studio, the program features the award-winning poetry of former UGA poet Kevin Young, and the songs of jazz vocalist Lizz Wright, a native of Hahira, Georgia, who performs with the ensemble "In the Spirit."
(Pre-empts first hour of The Jazz Spot)
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