Friday, June 4, 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, June 5, at 1:30 pm
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
If not for this one, steamy melodrama, Francesco Cilea might have died in complete obscurity. Adriana Lecouvreur, the story of the historical Comédie Francaise actress, is a cauldron of intrigue and jealousies, complete with murder by poisoned violets! Eve Queler conducts the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall.
Saturday, June 5, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, June 6, at 1:00 pm
This episode of From the Top comes from the Biennial Convention of the National Association of Music Educations in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The performers are: tenor Bradford Threlheld, age 18, from Fort Worth, Texas; violinist Krista Stewart (14) from Middleton, Wisconsin; trumpet player Greg Haro (18) from Apple Valley, Minnesota; the Praxis Quartet from Illinois; and pianist Milena Zhivotoskaya (17) from New York City, with flutist Samantha Enriquez (17) from New Milford, New Jersey.
Friday, June 11, at 3:00 pm, and Sunday, June 13, at 10:00 am
This special five-part series examines how past Presidents have made war, fashioned peace, and shaped the nation. The host is Dick Gordon, along with David Gergen, Professor of Public Service at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and former advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton.
This week, the man who defined the job itself, George Washington. He led the young nation through its Revolutionary War, through lost battles, rebellions, and chronic shortages of men and material. He enjoyed such public adoration that people changed the words of "God Save the King" to "God Save Great Washington." He could have been king, but instead he chose to be President. George Washington's self-restraint in the exercise of power won him the affection of a country, the admiration of the world, and defined the American Presidency. Dick Gordon and David Gergen are joined by Gordon S. Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown University.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette, which is on summer hiatus)
Saturday, June 12, at 1:30 pm
Rossini: La Donna del Lago
Set in 16th century Scotland, and based on Sir Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake. Elena, the ‘lady of the lake,’ is in love with Malcolm, but has been promised by her father to Rodrigo. Fortuitously, ‘Uberto,’ in reality King James V, is also in love with her. This is truly a case of being saved by the king’s pardon! Eve Queler conducts the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall.
Saturday, June 12, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, June 12, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, June 13, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top returns to Interlochen, recognized around the world as a leader in arts education and quality presentations. This show features musicians from across the globe who all study at the Interlochen Arts Academy. The performers include: trombonist Marc Boehm, age 17, from Atlanta, Georgia; alto saxophonist Keitara Harada (18) from Tokyo, Japan; a 16-year-old clarinet duo, Emil Hudyyev from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and Johnny Teyssier from Shoreview, Minnesota; pianist Julija Nikonovaite (19) from Vilnius, Lithuania; and an oboe quartet whose members hail from New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and South Africa.
Friday, June 18, at 3:00 pm, and Sunday, June 20 at 10:00 am
Abraham Lincoln called the United States "the last, best hope of earth." He believed his fight to preserve the Union was a protection and preservation of liberties still being defined. Every day of Lincoln's time in office was dominated by war, not against a foreign power but a war between the states, a civil war that still, of all America's wars, inflicted the most casualties.
Lincoln today is ranked as one of the nation's greatest Presidents. But throughout his time in office, he was reviled and criticized, not just by the rebels of the South but also the abolitionists of the North who thought he was too slow to end slavery. Hosts Dick Gordon and David Gergen welcome guest James McPherson, Professor of History at Princeton University, to the program.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette, which is on summer hiatus)
Saturday, June 19, at 1:30 pm
Verdi: Attila
The year is 452, and the place, Italy. The King of the Huns has conquered the city of Aquileia. The captured Odabella, feigning loyalty to the Barbarian, saves him from being poisoned by her lover Foresto so she can kill him herself in revenge for the death of her father. As Attila discovers to his detriment, revenge is a great motivator! Eve Queler conducts the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall.
Saturday, June 19, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, June 20, at 1:00 pm
Special guest Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg joins host Christopher O'Riley and his young musical guests for a great program recorded at Jordan Hall in Boston.
Friday, June 25, at 3:00 pm, and Sunday, June 27 at 10:00 am
The president's election slogan in 1916 was, "He kept us out of war." And through much of his first term, Woodrow Wilson had done just that, keeping the United States on the sidelines of the Great War as he sought to negotiate a great peace, and construct an international institution of mediation -- the League of Nations. But escalating German hostilities eventually propelled Wilson into Europe's bloody fray. It was a stunning and politically courageous about-face. Wilson spoke of "civilization itself seeming to be in the balance." After the armistice, he clung passionately to his blueprint for a League of Nations, despite fierce opposition at home and abroad.
Guest expert on this week’s program is John M. Cooper, chair of the History Department at the University of Wisconsin and author of The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette, which is on summer hiatus)
Saturday, June 26, at 1:30 pm
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers)
Longtime friends Nadir and Zurga, fishermen in Ceylon, were once both in love with an unknown priestess. When the priestess Leïla arrives to lead prayers for the safety of the fishermen, Nadir recognizes her as the woman he and Zurga once loved. Caught in flagrante by the High Priest, Leïla and Nadir are condemned to death. Zurga, discovering the priestess had once saved his life, sets fire to the village so the lovers can escape. That’s what friends are for! Eve Queler conducts the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall.
Saturday, June 26, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, June 26, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, June 27, at 1:00 pm
This recording of From the Top 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. They include: flutist Nicholas Johnson (15) from Simsbury, Connecticut; cellist Joshua Nakazawa (17) from Newton, Massachusetts; oboist Rachel Stout (18) from Collingswood, New Jersey; and horn player Catherine Turner (17) from West Chester, Ohio.
Sunday, June 27, at 8:00 pm
This month Juliette, Georgia, native Ed Williams returns to the program to talk to host St. John Flynn and take listener calls about his latest book, Rough as a Cob: More from the Juliette Journals (River City Publishing, 2003), a fun-filled, raucous collection of tales about his growing up in the rural South. You can be part of the conversation with Ed Williams on June 27 by calling toll-free during the program 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
Wednesday, June 30, 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.
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