Friday, October 1, at 3:00 pm
This month, GPB Radio presents its second special live call-in program focusing on jobs in Georgia. Hosted by Mike Savage, the program features Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, who’ll take calls and answer questions about Georgia's economy and the current state of the job market, as well as providing important information on unemployment insurance and job availability. Find out about the best employment resources, free education programs, the latest tips for job hunting, and much more. The toll-free number to call is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
Saturday, October 2, at 1:30 pm
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Puccini’s third opera tells the story of the original material girl, Manon, whose quest for the good life ends in tragedy. Placido Domingo conducts the Washington National Opera.
Veronica Villaroel (Manon Lescaut); Franco Farina (des Grieux); Roberto Servile (Lescaut); William Parcher (Geronte de Revoir); Corey Evan Rotz (Edmondo)
Saturday, October 2, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, October 3, at 1:00 pm
From the Top comes from the Great Southwest this week, as Albuquerque, New Mexico, plays host to the program. Highlights include the first ever From the Top math challenge, an 18-year-old New Mexico native trumpet player/rock climber, and the world premiere of a piano trio by a 17-year-old composer from Georgia.
Tuesday, October 5, at 9:00 pm
National Public Radio provides live coverage of the 2004 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates, followed by analysis. Linda Wertheimer host this NPR News Special. The Vice-Presidential Debate is held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
(Pre-empts second hour of Studio GPB and first hour of Night Music)
Friday, October 8, at 9:00 pm
National Public Radio provides live coverage of the 2004 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates, followed by analysis. Linda Wertheimer host this NPR News Special. The second Presidential Debate is held at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
(Pre-empts first two hours of The Jazz Spot)
Saturday, October 9, at 1:30 pm
Verdi: La Traviata
It's been said that the role of Violetta really takes three sopranos, not just one. Hei-Kyung Hong takes on the task in Verdi's story of a flirtatious courtesan who seems to have more sense and sensibility than those around her. Giovanni Reggioli conducts the Washington National Opera.
Hei-Kyung Hong (Violetta); John Matz (Alfredo); Jorge Lagunes (Germont); William Parcher (Douphol); Keri Alkema (Flora); James Shaffran (d'Obigny)
Saturday, October 9, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, October 9, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, October 10, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top welcomes the extraordinary soprano Dawn Upshaw, who performs with several of this week's young musicians. 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!
Wednesday, October 13, at 9:00 pm
National Public Radio provides live coverage of the 2004 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates, followed by analysis. Linda Wertheimer host this NPR News Special. The final Presidential Debate is held at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
(Pre-empts second hour of Studio GPB and first hour of Night Music)
Saturday, October 16, at 1:30 pm
Puccini: Tosca
Famously dubbed a "shabby little shocker," Puccini's intense portrayal of a love triangle amid wartime still has the power to thrill with its kaleidoscope of emotions and violence. Maria Guleghina plays the opera diva Tosca, whose heart-wrenching aria "Vissi d'Arte" is among the best Puccini ever wrote. Antonello Allemandi conducts this Houston Grand Opera production.
Maria Guleghina (Tosca); Alfredo Portilla (Caravadossi); Franz Grundheber (Scarpia); Nikolay Didenko (Angelotti); Richard Sutliff (Sacristan); Jonathan Green (Spoletta)
Saturday, October 16, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, October 17, at 1:00 pm
From the Top's special highlights episode gathers some of our favorite guest artist moments from the past couple of seasons. Audiences will be transported to the Kennedy Center where star violinist Midori joined three young performers to play Haydn's Gypsy Rondo from the Piano Trio in G Major. Edgar Meyer, the man who has single-handedly redefined the double-bass for classical music, performs one of his own compositions with a young pianist. And listeners will hear a mini master class conducted by one of the legends of classical music, the late great Isaac Stern, who appeared on the show in the spring of 2001.
Sunday, October 17, at 7:00 pm
The Atlanta Press Club hosts debates between Georgia's candidates for political office. At 7:00 pm, there is a debate between the candidates for the 3rd Congressional District, Calder Clay and Jim Marshall. At 7:30 pm, the debate is between candidates for the 12th Congressional District, Max Burns and John Barrow. Simulcast with GPB television.
(Pre-empts The Infinite Mind)
Saturday, October 23, at 1:30 pm
Handel: Giulio Cesare
Counter-tenor David Daniels plays Caesar, the Roman statesman and warrior who is conflicted in both love and in battle. Handel's portrayal of Cleopatra is considered one of his most finely drawn and moving creations. Patrick Summers conducts this Houston Grand Opera performance.
David Daniels (Julius Caesar); Laura Claycomb (Cleopatra); Brian Asawa (Ptolemy); Phyllis Pancella (Cornelia); Patricia Risley (Sextus); Joshua Winograde (Achillus); Matthew White (Nirenus); Nikolay Didenko (Curius)
Saturday, October 23, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, October 24, at 1:00 pm
Broadcasting from Comstock Concert Hall at the University of Louisville, From the Top is in bluegrass country this week, introducing audiences to some wonderful ensembles in this music-rich area. Listeners will enjoy Beethoven's second symphony, performed by the Youth Performing Arts School Philharmonia from Louisville, conducted by Lyndon Lawless and comprised of 35 talented young performers aged 15 to 18. We'll also hear three young soloists from Kentucky and Ohio playing the piano, cello, and violin, and the Northern Hills Bassoon Ensemble, made up of six young artists aged 13 to 17.
Sunday, October 24, at 7:00 pm
The Atlanta Press Club hosts debates between Georgia's candidates for political office. At 7:00 pm, there is a debate between the candidates for the 4th Congressional District, Catherine Davis and Cynthia McKinney. At 7:30 pm, the debate is between candidates for the 11th Congressional District, Phil Gingrey and Rick Crawford. Simulcast with GPB television.
(Pre-empts The Infinite Mind)
Wednesday, October 27, at 1:00 pm
Our monthly program call-in program features health and fitness news and 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 1-800-360-1799. For more information, and to listen to past shows, visit the Lifeline to Health website.
(Pre-empts third hour of Midday Music)
Thursday, October 28, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, October 31, at 10:00 pm
Why sling mud this campaign season? Sling some notes instead, with All the Presidents' Songs, a one-hour special hosted by our own Dick Wallace. You'll hear more than 200 years' worth of presidential campaign songs, from the simple ("Follow Washington") to the sublime ("Wilson, That's All") to the snappy ("Get on a Raft With Taft").
In 1997, folk patriarch Oscar Brand updated his 1952 landmark recording "Election Songs of the United States" with the release of Presidential Campaign Songs, 1789-1996 (Smithsonian/Folkways). Our special program features these and other presidential campaign songs.
From Democrats to Republicans, Whigs to Independents, winners to losers, All the Presidents' Songs is a program that supporters of Bush, Kerry, and Nader can agree on.
All the Presidents' Songs is produced right here at WSVH in Savannah by Russell Wells. Dick Wallace can be heard twice monthly on WSVH and WWIO-FM, where he hosts the folk program Music Americana.
(Pre-empts first hour of Studio GPB)
Friday, October 29, at 3:00 pm
From the birth of the nation, the South has been the crucible of American politics. That is as true today as it was in 1861 or at the Constitutional Convention. This program takes us on a journey through the region to discover what has changed in Southerners' identity.
More often than not, winning the presidency hinges on carrying the South, something the Republicans have done consistently for more than three decades. During that time, the only Democrats to get into the White House have been Southerners, and the election of 2000 swung on a disputed tally of votes in a state that was part of the Old Confederacy.
The national political debate is defined by Southern concerns, particularly on social issues. Southern conservative criticisms of an over-powerful federal government resonate north of the Mason-Dixon line as never before. Southern-based messianic Christianity flourishes throughout the country while the old-fashioned Protestantism of New England has lost influence. The arguments about America's past and what it means for America's future are shaped in the South as well.
In A Southern State of Mind: Inside Out, correspondent Michael Goldfarb travels through Florida and Georgia and on to Mississippi, as we hear voices of the old South and new South, both black and white, along with music, from rural campgrounds to Baptist churches.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette)
Saturday, October 30, at 1:30 pm
Borodin: Prince Igor
Borodin was a scientist by day and composer by night. He wrote only one opera, Prince Igor, and although he left it incomplete, it's considered a Russian masterpiece. Borodin based his opera on the 12th century tale of Prince Igor, who leads his army against a band of nomadic invaders, gets himself captured, and finally reunites with his wife. Alexander Anissimov conducts the Houston Grand Opera.
Sergei Leiferkus (Igor Sviatoslavich); Zvetelina Vassileva (Yaroslavna); Vsevolod Grivnov (Vladimir Igorevich); Vladimir Ognovenko (Prince Galitsky); Vladimir Vaneev (Khan Konchak); Mzia Nioradze (Konchakovna)
Saturday, October 30, at 8:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Saturday, October 30, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, October 31, at 10:00 am
The Atlanta History Center, in partnership with Emory University's Center for Public Scholarship, presents a forum that examines current voter trends in American
presidential elections. CNN's Carol Costello moderates a panel of experts from the political arena that includes Merle Black, Professor of Political Government at Emory University, Alan Abramowitz, Professor of Political Science at Emory University, and Thomas Patterson, Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard University.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette repeat)
Sunday, October 31, at 1:00 pm
Texas beckons and From the Top comes a-calling, as the show broadcasts from Dallas this week. The show will feature young musicians from around the country, including the Texas Boys Choir and the 2004 Junior Division Gold Medal Winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Sunday, October 31, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, November 7, at 10:00 am
Marietta author Brandon Massey joins host St. John Flynn this month to talk and take calls about his new horror novel, Dark Corner (Kensington, 2004). Set in Mississippi, Dark Corner is the story of Mason’s Corner, a town besieged by evil. When a newcomer moves into the old mansion on the hill, the town begins to change; people disappear and dogs attack. Something wicked has risen in Mason’s Corner! Join our discussion of Dark Corner by calling toll-free during the program 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
Sunday, October 31, at 9:00 pm
The Atlanta Press Club hosts a debate between the Georgia candidates for United States Senate, Denise Majette, Johnny Isakson, and Allen Buckley.
(Pre-empts This American Life)
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