Friday, September 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, September 3, at 1:30 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Any story that gets started with a burning baby has to be sensational, and Verdi's classic is that and more. Denyce Graves appears in the stirring role of Azucena, whose lifelong quest for revenge leads to the gruesome death of her own, adopted son -- a death she might just have been planning all along. Heinz Fricke conducts this Washington National Opera production.
Krassimira Stoyanova (Leonora); Denyce Graves (Azucena); Mikhail Davidoff (Manrico); Wolfgang Brendel (Count di Luna); Mikhail Kazakov (Ferrando)
Saturday, September 3, at 8:00 pm - New time!
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show, now heard each week, statewide. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 3, at 9:00 pm - New time!
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 4, at 1:00 pm
This edition of From the Top comes from the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. The members of the Hollywood Brass Quintet, all aged 16 and 17, perform songs by Leonard Bernstein. 13-year-old violinist Jourdan Urbach, from New York, performs music of Jean Sibelius. Soprano Melanie Sierra, 10, from Delray Beach, Florida, sings "They Say It's Wonderful" by Irving Berlin. Pianist Philip Kwoka, 13, from Wellington, Florida, plays "Cracovienne Fantastique" by Paderewski. And alto saxophonist Ashleigh Bell, 15, from Stafford, Virginia, performs music of Paule Maurice.
Thursday, September 8, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, September 11, at 10:00 pm
Otis Redding is generally considered the most influential male soul singer of the 1960s. His hit songs like "Love Man," "Try A Little Tenderness," and "Dock of the Bay" (credited with more than 8 million performances) continue to garner international airplay thirty-eight years after his tragic death. Otis Redding was born on September 9, 1941, in Dawson, Georgia, and his family moved to Macon when he was five. Last September conductor Adrian Gnam, the Macon Symphony Orchestra, Dexter and Otis Redding III, and pianist Chuck Leavell, gave a concert in celebration of Otis Redding’s enduring musical legacy. Tune in to hear excerpts from An Evening of Respect, recorded at the Grand Opera House in Macon.
(Pre-empts first hour of Studio GPB)
Friday, September 9, at 3:00 pm, and Sunday, September 11, at 10:00 am
GPB Radio presents its third special live call-in program focusing on jobs in Georgia. Hosted by Mike Savage, the program features Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond and other Department of Labor officials 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 issues such as unemployment insurance and job availability. Find out about the best employment resources, free education programs, the latest tips for job-hunting, and much more. Call in toll-free during the program on September 9, at 1-866-RADIO-GA (1-866-723-4642).
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette Forum)
Saturday, September 10, at 1:30 pm
Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
Continuing World of Opera's annual residency in the nation's capital, a stellar ensemble cast leads a stirring production of Britten's moody swashbuckler. A seafaring struggle between good and evil, this opera reminds us that in that battle, victory is seldom clear-cut. Richard Hickox conducts the Washington National Opera.
Dwayne Croft (Billy Budd); Samuel Ramey (John Claggart); Robin Leggate (Captain Vere); John Hancock (Mr. Redburn); Peter Volpe (Mr. Flint); Conal Coad (Dansker); Steven Cole (Squeak); John Marcus Bindel (Bosun); Michael Chioldi (First Mate); Bryan Jackson (Second Mate); Bruce Baumer (Ratcliffe); Jon Kolbet (Red Whiskers); Keith Phares (Donald); John McVeigh (Novice); Peter Joshua Burroughs (Maintop)
Saturday, September 10, at 8:00 pm - New time!
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 10, at 9:00 pm - New time!
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 11, at 1:00 pm
This edition of From the Top will be an "All-Philadelphia" show coming from the Perleman Theatre in Philadelphia's new Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. We feature young musicians studying at the Settlement Music School and Temple Music Preparatory Division. They include: harpist Madeline Blood, age 13; cellist Nicholas Bodnar, 15; violinist Robyn Bollinger, 13; the Weinstein Woodwind Quintet; the Settlement Music School Chamber Orchestra; and the Temple Music Prep Violin Nonet.
Saturday, September 17, at 1:30 pm
Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier
Rising tenor Salvatore Licitra headlines Giordano's revolutionary potboiler. Love and politics vie for the hero's soul, in an opera that proves both those passions can be dangerous to one's health. The Washington National Opera is conducted by Eugene Kohn.
Salvatore Licitra (Andrea Chenier); Paoletta Marrocu (Maddalena); Jorge Lagunes (Carlo Gerard); Keri Alkema (La Contessa); Elizabeth Bishop (Bersi/Madelon); John Marcus Bindel (Mathieu); James Shaffran (Roucher); Peter Joshua Burroughs (The Abbé)
Saturday, September 17, at 8:00 pm - New time!
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 17, at 9:00 pm - New time!
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 18, at 1:00 pm
From the Top is in bluegrass country again, introducing audiences to some wonderful ensembles in this music-rich area. Broadcasting from Comstock Concert Hall at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, we present performances by two winners of the WUOL Young Classical Artist Competition, as well as the Louisville Youth Orchestra, and the Pacific Boychoir Academy Trio.
Monday, September 19, through Thursday, September 22, at 8:00 pm
Each year hundreds of music students, music instructors, and clinicians head to Savannah for the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference and All State Chorus, Band, and Orchestra concerts. This year’s conference attracted nearly 1,500 attendees. Tune in to Studio GPB this week to hear some of Georgia’s best young musicians from the 2005 GMEA Conference and the All State events.
Friday, September 23, at 3:00 pm, and Sunday, September 25, at 10:00 am
GPB is pleased to bring you another series of Conversations at the Carter Center. The programs in this occasional series are designed to increase public awareness of issues of national and global importance. Each program features distinguished experts, special guests, and Carter Center staff, in conversation and answering audience questions. In the first of the series, The Carters Speak Out, President and Mrs. Carter offer a briefing on Carter Center projects around the world, initiatives in disease eradication, conflict resolution, democracy-building, and mental health promotion.
(Pre-empts Georgia Gazette Forum)
Saturday, September 24, at 1:30 pm
Federico Moreno Torroba: Luisa Fernanda
Madrid-born superstar Placido Domingo brings Washington opera-goers a taste of the Spanish musical delicacy, zarzuela. Love and revolution mix when the republican title character must choose between Vidal, a gallant, older man who is deeply devoted to her and comes to share her convictions, and her true love, a fiery captain of the Royal guard. Miguel Roa is the conductor of this production by the Washington National Opera.
Placido Domingo (Vidal Hernando); Maria José Montiel (Luisa Fernanda); Elena de la Merced (Duchess Carolina); Israel Lozano (Javier); Suzanna Guzmán (Mariana); Sebina Puertolas Azara (Rosita); Federico Gallar (Don Luis Nogales); Peter Joshua Burroughs (Anibal); Valeriano Lanchas (Don Florito Fernandez)
Saturday, September 24, at 8:00 pm - New time!
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 24, at 9:00 pm - New time!
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 25, at 1:00 pm
This edition of From the Top is presented by Young Audiences, Inc., America's leading producer of live educational programs in the arts, and features special guest artist Joshua Bell as well as extraordinary young musicians from around the country. They include flutist Emi Ferguson, age 18, from Massachusetts; soprano Lauren Libaw, 17, from California; and the AYM Piano Trio from Chicago's Midwest Young Artists.
Sunday, September 25, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, October 9, at 10:00 am
This month host St. John Flynn is joined by Perry, Georgia, author Jackie Cooper who talks and takes listener calls about his latest collection of thoughts on life, Halfway Home: The Journey Continues (Mercer University Press, 2004). Every life is a journey, and in Halfway Home Cooper takes a look at his own journey, having reached what he considered its halfway point; he had turned fifty, his kids were teenagers, and he had been married for over twenty years. The stories he tells - happy, sad, important, silly - remind us of times in our own lives, times we may have forgotten and can now relive. The toll-free number to call to take part in the program is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
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