Tuesday, November 2, at 8:00 pm
Georgia Public Broadcasting will air National Public Radio's all-night election coverage. Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer, in Washington, D.C., will host from 8:00 pm until 1:00 am, when Frank Stasio and Jennifer Ludden will take over as hosts. GPB will also provide Georgia election coverage between 8:00 pm and midnight. Our reporters will be filing updates from candidates’ campaign headquarters, and Mike Savage will anchor from the GPB studios.
(Pre-empts Studio GPB, Night Music, and Classical 24)
Friday, November 5, 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, November 6, at 1:30 pm
Janacek: Jenufa
Within the confines of a small rural village, Janacek spins a claustrophobic tale of murder and true love, with two powerful female characters in the lead: the innocent, warm-hearted Jenufa, and her guilt-ridden bulldozer of a stepmother, Kostelnicka. Janacek ingeniously matches passionate music to the speech patterns of the Czech language. Dennis Russell Davies conducts the Houston Grand Opera.
Patricia Racette (Jenufa); Catherine Malfitano (Kostelnicka); Stefan Margita (Laca); Raymond Very (Steva); Judith Christin (Grandmother Buryjovka)
Saturday, November 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, November 7, 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 of 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!
Saturday, November 13, at 1:30 pm
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Part Masonic fairytale, filled with mysterious imagery, part love story, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte contains some of his most profound, most difficult, and most lovely music. A prince and a princess, plus a light-hearted birdcatcher, must pass a series of trials and tests before they can reach their true loves. Be on the lookout for the high F in the Queen of the Night's famous aria, an extravaganza of coloratura technique. Claus Peter Flor conducts the Houston Grand Opera.
Cast: to be announced
Saturday, November 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, November 13, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, November 14, at 1:00 pm
From the Top comes from its home venue, Jordan Hall in Boston, this week. The program includes: the Juilliard Pre-College Piano Trio performing music of Piazzolla; 13-year-old pianist Sho Yano from Chicago playing two Fantasiestücke by Robert Schumann; 16-year-old soprano Rachel Parker from Monroe, Georgia, singing a Victor Herbert song; music of Bartok from violinist Ben Thatcher of Massachusetts; and tuba player Jens Mikel Peterson, aged 16 from Washington, performing a movement of the Horn Concerto No. 3, by Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Theophilus Sigismundus Mozart.
Saturday, November 20, at 1:30 pm
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Gioacchino Rossini once said, "Eating, loving, singing, and digesting are the four acts of a comic opera called life that bursts like the bubbles in a bottle of champagne." You can find a similar sentiment in his opera The Barber of Seville. It's something of a screwball comedy with a cast of characters ranging from the scheming Figaro to the lovely Rosina. Patrick Summers conducts this Houston Grand Opera production.
Earle Patriarco (Figaro); Joyce DiDonato (Rosina); Richard Croft (Almaviva); John Del Carlo (Dr. Bartolo); Vladimir Ognovenko (Basilio)
Saturday, November 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, November 21, at 1:00 pm
From the Top is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this week, featuring talented teens aged 16 to 18. You'll hear the beautiful "Sicilienne" from Faure's Pelléas et Mélisande played for you by a young flutist from Jonesboro, and the Paganini Cantabile in D performed by a violinist from Knoxville. Also, a message from the president of the University of Kentucky makes a dream come true for a young guitarist on today's show.
Thursday, November 25, at 11:00 am
As Thanksgiving brings family and food together to share common blessings, this program brings classical music and stories together in a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday. Like a good Thanksgiving feast, Giving Thanks combines traditional fare with unexpected delights. A special treat is a rare recording of actor Charles Laughton. His spellbinding story connects his personal discovery of Chartres Cathedral with an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums and the 104th Psalm. It is a moving and powerful tale, giving thanks for the discovery that art connects us all to a greater creative spirit, offering a beautiful focus for the program and the day. Poets Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and Naomi Shihab Nye read from their works, between music selections from the works of J.S. Bach, Sibelius, Bernstein, Vaughan Williams, and Rick Sowash, among others.
(Pre-empts first two hours of Midday Music)
Friday, November 26, at 3:00 pm, and Sunday, November 28, at 10:00 am
The Carter Center's Americas Program has monitored the unraveling of several democracies in the region due to economic uncertainty and social unrest. In some cases, violence and civil society coups have ensued. Why is this happening? What can be done to shore up these shaky democracies and stabilize relations with our neighbors south of the border? This edition of Conversations at the Carter Center, "Latin America in Crisis," presents a discussion that covers recent volatility in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Haiti. Conversations at the Carter Center is an occasional series designed to increase public awareness of issues of national and global importance. Each of the four programs in the series features distinguished experts, special guests, and Carter Center staff, in conversation and answering audience questions.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette)
Saturday, November 27, at 1:30 pm
Puccini: Turandot
The opera that gave us the aria "Nessun Dorma" is filled with ancient ritual, sweeping music, and a very juicy role for a dramatic soprano. Turandot will marry the man who can answer three riddles. Many have literally died trying. A tenor called Calaf is finally successful. Patrick Summers conducts this Houston Grand Opera performance.
Jennifer Wilson (Turandot); Vladimir Galouzine (Calaf); Ana Maria Martinez (Liu); Oren Gradus (Timur)
Saturday, November 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, November 27, at 9:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Sunday, November 28, at 1:00 pm
The beautiful Moody Concert Hall at the University of Alabama is the site for this week's From the Top.
Sunday, November 28, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, December 5, at 10:00 am
This month, host St. John Flynn is joined by Athens author Jennifer Patrick, who talks and takes calls about her new novel, The Night She Died (Soho, 2003). When newcomer Lara Walton buys an old house in Winston, Georgia, she hires 17-year-old Sterling O’Connor to help her fix it up. Rumors soon start that both have more than just repairs on their minds, and when Lara is shot to death in her bedroom, Sterling is the prime suspect. The toll-free to call to take part in the program is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
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