Thursday, May 4, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, May 7, at 10:00 pm
Smetana: The Moldau
Sibelius: Violin Concerto: first movement
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto No. 2: first movement
Ravel: Bolero
(Jere Flint, conductor; Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra; Lee Sheehan, violin; Brian Sung, cello)
Friday, May 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).
Friday, May 5, at 8:00 pm
Guest Curtis Stigers
Singer and saxophonist Curtis Stigers is one of the most distinctive voices in music, and one of his generation's finest interpreters of American songs. Stigers began his career with a soulful debut album that promised international pop stardom. But his real love has always been jazz, and his more recent endeavors have proved where his passion lies. He joins McPartland for "But Not for Me," "My Foolish Heart," and other standards.
Saturday, May 6, at 12:30 pm - early start time!
George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda
Handel's opera, based on Pierre Corneille’s play Pertharite, Roi des Lombards, premiered in 1725. Duke Grimoaldo has usurped the crown of the kingdom of Lombardy. The rightful king, Bertarido, pretends to be dead until he can reclaim his throne. Grimoaldo wants to marry Rodelinda, the grieving "widow" of the king, in order to secure power. She scorns his suit, which also angers Eduige, the ambitious sister of Bertarido, who had hoped to marry the usurper and become queen herself. The plot is complicated by Grimoaldo's henchmen: Unulfo, who pretends to work for the Duke while secretly helping Bertarido and Rodelinda; and Garibaldo, who is doublecrossing everyone in his own interest. In the end, love conquers as the faithful Rodelinda is reunited with her husband, and the remorseful Grimoaldo relinquishes his pretensions to the throne and marries Eduige. Patrick Summers is the conductor.
Renée Fleming (Rodelinda); Stephanie Blythe (Eduige); Andreas Scholl (Bertarido); Christophe Dumaux (Unulfo); Kobie van Rensburg (Grimoaldo); John Relyea (Garibaldo)
Saturday, May 6, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, May 6, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, May 7, at 1:00 pm
From the Top celebrates the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a special show from the historic Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. This week features works by a composer who is same age Mozart was when he began to write music, and a performance of a piece written by one of Mozart's students.
Sunday, May 7, at 4:00 pm
Guest David Massengill
Thursday, May 11, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, May 14, at 10:00 pm
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Michael Hersch: Ashes of Memory
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
(Michael Christie, conductor; Christopher Rex, cello)
Friday, May 12, at 8:00 pm
Guest Whitney Balliett
Jazz critic and drummer Whitney Balliett has been a dedicated observer of jazz and its musicians for the last half-century. Jazz critic for The New Yorker since the late '50s, Balliett has been a prolific writer of concert and recording reviews, artist portraits, and critical essays on jazz. He and McPartland reminisce about Ellington and perform "Squeeze Me."
Saturday, May 13, at 1:30 pm
Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
This score by Rossini is often described as a dramma giocoso or a scenic cantata. However you choose to define it, it's right at home in the theater, and contains some of the composer's most brilliant vocal writing. The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera Chorus are conducted by Maurizio Benini.
Inva Mula (Corinna); Sara Mingardo (La marchesa Melibea); Patrizia Ciofi (La Contessa di Folleville); June Anderson (Madama Cortese); Raúl Giménez (Il Cavalier Belfiore); Rockwell Blake (Il Conte di Lienskof); Marco Vinco (Lord Sydney); Ruggiero Raimondi (Don Profundo)
(Replaces the Metropolitan Opera, which concluded its broadcast season)
Saturday, May 13, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, May 13, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, May 14, at 1:00 pm
From the Top comes to you this week from Florida State University as part of the "Seven Days of Opening Nights" festival. Our young performers include: trombonist Ross Holcombe, age 17, from Tallahassee, Florida; pianist Sejoon Park, 15, from Falls Church, Virginia; guitarist Ariadne Smith, 17, from San Jose, California; tenor Jake Armstrong, 18, from Tallahassee; and violinist Miran Kim, 16, from Paramus, New Jersey.
Sunday, May 14, at 4:00 pm
Guest Louise Taylor
Thursday, May 18, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, May 21, at 10:00 pm
Messiaen: Trois Petites Liturgies
Mozart: Mass in c-minor (Great)
(Donald Runnicles, conductor; Jane Archibald, soprano; Katherine Rohrer, mezzo-soprano; William Burden, tenor; John Relyea, bass; Atlanta Symphony Chorus)
Friday, May 19, at 8:00 pm
Guest Mimi Fox
Guitarist Mimi Fox is a rising star invigorating the jazz guitar tradition. With an amazing set of chops and a crystal pure tone, Fox cooks whether playing bebop or ballads. Her compositional abilities are evident as she plays her tune, "Perpetually Hip." With McPartland and Gary Mazzaroppi on bass, Fox tears up the fretboard on "What Is This Thing Called Love."
Saturday, May 20, at 1:30 pm
Franz Schubert: Alfonso and Estrella
Schubert's dozens of great songs establish him as one of the greatest of all composers for the human voice. Alfonso and Estrella demonstrates that element of the composer's genius extended into the opera house as well - a place where we don't hear Schubert nearly often enough.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Berlin Philharmonic and Berlin Radio Chorus.
Dorothea Röschmann (Estrella); Kurt Streit (Alfonso); Christian Gerhaher (Froila); Jochen Schmeckenbecherj (Mauregato); Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Adolfo); Isabelle Vosskühler (Young Girl); René Vosskühler (Young Boy)
Saturday, May 20, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, May 20, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, May 21, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top goes into the archives to revisit some great performers and great performances. We'll hear cellist Victoria Bass, currently 23 years old, playing Boccherini; trumpet player Sean Hennessey, currently 23, performing music of Bruch; pianist Greg Anderson, currently 24, with music of Ravel; and percussionist Lin Ong, currently 22, with Mayuzumi's Concertino for Xylophone, performed on marimba.
Sunday, May 21, at 4:00 pm
Guest Ray Bonneville
Thursday, May 25, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, May 28, at 10:00 pm
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
(Donald Runnicles, conductor; Christine Brewer, soprano)
Friday, May 26, at 8:00 pm
Guest John Harmon
John Harmon is an enthralling jazz pianist, a tireless educator, and a widely commissioned composer. A diverse musician, Harmon explored the realms of fusion with the nonet "Matrix," but he's also created classical chamber works. In his playing and compositions, Harmon draws on his love of the outdoors and Native American traditions, which you'll hear as he performs his compositions, "Taos Pueblo" and "Billy Sunday."
Saturday, May 27, at 1:30 pm
Joseph Haydn: Orlando Paladino
This week features a Glimmerglass production of Haydn's most popular opera in his lifetime, and arguably his best. Crazy for love, Orlando goes in search of Medoro and Queen Angelica. Meanwhile, King Rodomonte is trying to kill him, and Alcina the sorceress targets him with hexes. Guido Johannes Rumstedt conducts the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Lisa Saffer (Angelica); Paul Austin Kelly (Orlando); Danielle Martin-Floyd (Eurilla); Nicholas Phan (Licone); Troy Cook (Rodomonte); John Tessier (Pasquale); James Valenti (Medoro); Brenda Patterson (Alcina); Craig Phillips (Caronte)
Saturday, May 27, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, May 27, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, May 28, at 1:00 pm
From the Top ventures to the charming Village at Winona in Indiana for a show featuring a fun-loving saxophone/double bass duo. We'll hear from violinist Gabriel Lefkowitz, age 17; marimba player Lydia Martin, 18; pianist Zhengzhe Liu, 15; soprano Lydia Dahling, 17; and tenor saxophonist Ross Mintzer with double bass player Michael Thurber, both 18.
Sunday, May 28, at 4:00 pm
Guest Susan Werner
Sunday, May 28, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, June 4, at 10:00 am
Joining St. John Flynn for this month's program is Augusta State University Writer-in-Residence Louise Shivers. She'll be talking and taking listener calls about her famous novel Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (John F. Blair, 2003), first published to critical acclaim in 1983 and recently reprinted in a 20th Anniversary edition. Roxy Walston is a young mother and wife living in a small tobacco-farming community in eastern North Carolina in 1937. Her husband, Aaron, preoccupied with his tobacco, leaves Roxy restless and alone. When a handsome stranger comes to town, Roxy begins an affair that leads to murder. The toll-free number to call to take part in the program is 1-866-RADIO-GA (1-866-723-4642).
Monday, May 29, at 8:00 pm
A mother visualizes her son's death at the exact moment it happens. A juvenile delinquent amazes her family by turning into a model soldier. This Memorial Day special presents these and other gripping stories of American veterans and their families. Families of War weaves a tapestry of conflict from World War I to the war in Iraq. It includes commentary from journalists who illuminate how wars continue after the shooting stops. Georgia author Karen Spears Zacharias tells of her quest to find the facts surrounding her father's death in Vietnam. Red Cross volunteer Marlene Lee describes helping families and children deal with the loss of loved ones. Former Senator and Vietnam veteran Max Cleland hosts Families of War, revealing a deep personal understanding of issues and passionate concerns for veterans and their families.
(Pre-empts Studio GPB)
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