Friday, August 3, at 3:00 pm
On the first Friday of the month at 3:00 pm, Georgia Public Broadcasting Radio offers the Consumer Call-in program, a live, one hour call-in where experts take calls and answer questions about consumer issues. The program, hosted by Rickey Bevington, includes experts such as Georgia's Secretary of State, Public Service Commissioner, and representatives from the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs. The program covers a wide variety of consumer topics from how to protect your identity to dealing with unfair business practices. You can e-mail your questions and comments to consumer@gpb.org. The number to call is 1-866-RADIO-GA (1-866-723-4642).
Friday, August 3, at 8:00 pm
Guest Eddie Palmieri
With a career that has spanned more then 50 years, pianist Eddie Palmieri has earned numerous nicknames, including the "Madman of Latin Jazz." This nine-time Grammy winner has thrilled audiences all over the world with his infectious amalgam of Latin, African, and Caribbean jazz elements. Palmieri brings along bassist Hugo Duran and percussionists Jose Claussell, Richie Flores, and Mark Quinones for a rambunctious Piano Jazz.
Saturday, August 4, at 1:30 pm
Gioacchino Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Glimmerglass Opera's jewel-like theater is the perfect venue for the crystalline textures and intimately-detailed vocals of Rossini's comic masterpiece. In short, you can hear why many consider it a nearly perfect operatic comedy. David Angus conducts the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Aaron St. Clair (Figaro); Katharine Goeldner (Rosina); John Tessier (Figaro); Eduardo Chama (Bartolo); Daniel Sumegi (Basilio); Judith Christin (Berta)
Saturday, August 4, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 4, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 5 at 12:00 noon
Guests The Seattle Chamber Players & Friends
Onute Narbutaite: Winter Serenade
Helena Tulve: Island
Erkki-Sven Tuur: Architectonics VII
Ester Magi: A Tre
Peteris Vasks: Plainscapes
Sunday, August 5, at 1:00 pm
From the Top returns to Northern Michigan and the campus of one of the premier arts schools in the U.S., the Interlochen Arts Academy. We'll hear performances by mezzo-soprano Laura Mixter, age 18, from Naples, Florida; trombonist Brian Cole, 17, from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania; harpist Xiao Du, 18, from Oklahoma City; the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Hazelwood; and a 12-piece ensemble, The Destroyers.
Thursday, August 9, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, August 12, at 10:00 pm
A special presentation of the little-known oratorio King David: A Symphonic Psalm After a Drama by René Morax by Arthur Honegger, recorded at the Center for Worship and Music at Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, featuring the Piedmont Chorale, Orchestra, and soloists, under the direction of Wallace Hinson, head of the music department at Piedmont College. In 1921, young Swiss composer Arthur Honegger received a commission from the Swiss playwright René Morax to write incidental music for a stage work recounting the principal events in the life of the Biblical King David. Though he had only a short time before the play's scheduled premiere, Honegger was able to complete his score, which won him acclaim and put him on the map as an up-and-coming figure on the European musical scene. Le Roi David proved so popular that in later years Honegger re-conceived the work using a larger orchestra and choir and replacing dialogue with a non-singing narrator. This oratorio version combines Western musical tradition with rhythms, melodies, and harmonies of striking originality to recreate the atmosphere of an ancient Middle East ruled by a Hebrew warrior king. The soloists in this performance include soprano Barbara Steinhaus-Jordan, alto Donna Bunn James, and tenor Bradley Howard. The narrator is GPB's St. John Flynn.
(Pre-empts Studio GPB; Atlanta Symphony has concluded its season)
Friday, August 10, at 8:00 pm
Guest Frank Morgan
Saxophonist Frank Morgan is a living link to the bebop era. A protégé of Charlie Parker, Morgan's budding life as a musician took a dark turn that led to drugs, prison, and, ultimately, redemption through music. On this moving Piano Jazz, Morgan talks about the ups and downs of his life and performs "Sophisticated Lady" and "Billie's Bounce."
Saturday, August 11, at 1:30 pm
Stephen Hartke: The Greater Good
Based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, Hartke's new opera is a darkly-vivid story of privilege, pretense, and prejudice. This program presents its world premiere production with a top-notch ensemble cast. Stewart Robertson conducts the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Caroline Worra (Boule de Suif); Christopher Burchett (M. Carre-Lamadon); Andrew Wentzel (Le Comte de Breville); John David DeHaan (M. Louiseau); Christine Abraham (Mme. Carre-Lamadon); Elaine Alvarez (La Comtesse de Breville); Seth Keeton (Cornudet); Jill Gardner (Mme. Loiseau); Matthew York (Coachman); Jeanine Thames (Old Nun); Katherine Calcamuggio (Young Nun); Christian Reinert (Prussian Officer); Dorothy Byrne (Mme. Follenvie); Liam Moran (M. Follenvie)
Saturday, August 11, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 11, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 12, at 12:00 noon
Guests Matt Haimovitz, cello; Jean Marchand, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C major: Sarabande, Gigue
Osvaldo Golijov: Omaramor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in d minor, Op. 40
Sunday, August 12, at 1:00 pm
This week's program comes from the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, during the annual Music Teachers National Association convention. Highlights include a teenage pianist from Texas performing Liszt, a young flutist from Kentucky performing the music of Georges Hue, and a 15-year-old cellist from California performing two movements of Ligeti's Sonata for Solo Cello. Also, a major grudge match pitting students against teachers in From the Top's most down-and-dirty-ever round of the show's Musical Jeopardy!
Friday, August 17, at 8:00 pm
Guests Jack Sheldon Trio
The multi-talented Jack Sheldon plays a hot bop trumpet and sings in a style that is unique and unforgettable. Jack's long, successful career in music has carried over into the world of television and motion pictures. With the rest of his trio, bassist Bruce Lett and drummer Dave Tull, Sheldon and McPartland make it a party with "Just Friends" and "Days of Wine and Roses."
Saturday, August 18, at 1:30 pm
Gioacchino Rossini: La Fanciulla del West
Italian verismo meets the American Wild West in this sizzler from Puccini. Minnie is a golden-hearted woman who serves a Deadwood-style mining camp as every man's sister, teacher, mother, and sweetheart - until a mysterious stranger comes to town, and she falls in love with the wrong guy. Stewart Robertson is the conductor of the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Emily Pulley (Minnie); Roger Honeywell (Dick Johnson); Earle Patriarco (Jack Rance); Jake Gardner (Ashby); Bruce Reed (Nick); Bryon Grohman (Joe); Craid Phillips (Jake Wallace); Michael Todd Simpson (Happy); Jonathan Carle (Sid); Jeremy Galyon (Larkens); Daniel Paget (Trin); Meredith Arwady (Wowkle)
Saturday, August 18, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 18, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 19, at 12:00 noon
Guests Paul Coletti, viola; Lydia Artymiw, piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Viola Sonata in c minor: movements I and IV
Robert Schumann: Marchenbilder, Opus 113 (Scenes of a Fairyland)
Johannes Brahms: Viola Sonata No. 2 in Eb, Opus 120
Sunday, August 19, at 1:00 pm
Béla Fleck, the man who's redefined the banjo, is the special guest on this week's show, recorded at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He joins young musicians to perform Bach, and his own arrangement for string quartet and banjo of a beautiful Irish folk song. Also, a young violinist fresh from an appearance on Martha Stewart's television show gives Fleck some much-needed redecorating tips. We'll also hear a performance by the Festivus Quartet from the New England Conservatory Prep Division.
Friday, August 24, at 8:00 pm
Guests Jim Cullum & Band in a Tribute to Jimmy McPartland
Famed bandleader Jim Cullum joins McPartland with his Riverwalk Band for a special tribute to the music of Jimmy McPartland, whose centennial is celebrated this year. In this program from 2001, recorded before a live audience in San Antonio, Texas, McPartland shares stories about her late husband while Cullum and his band recreate the jazz of Chicago in the 1920s and '30s.
Saturday, August 25, at 1:30 pm
Jules Massenet: Werther
This one might be considered Massenet's "other opera." His Manon is certainly more famous, but Werther is surely worthy of more attention than it gets. Based on an influential early novel by Goethe, the opera is the story of a man whose lost love proves more vital to him than life itself. We hear the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of Marco Armiliato.
Neil Shicoff (Werther); Vesselina Kasarova (Charlotte); Morton Frank Larsen (Albert); Bori Keszei (Sophie); Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli); Benedikt Kobel (Schmidt); Clemens Unterreiner (Johann)
Saturday, August 25, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 25, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 26, at 12:00 noon
Guests Borromeo String Quartet
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 64, No. 6: movement IV
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet in a minor, Op. 51, No. 2: Andante Moderato
Leos Janacek String: Quartet No. 2 (Intimate Letters)
Sunday, August 26, at 1:00 pm
This week, From the Top comes from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. We'll hear performances by two participants in the 2006 Parkening International Guitar Competition, Timothy Callobre, age 13, from Pasadena, California, and Carlo Carrieri, 18, originally from Pisa, Italy; French horn player Eliodoro Valleallo, 16, from Santa Cruz, California; and the ensemble J3, clarinetist Jieun Kim, 17, violinist Jin Suk Yu, 17, and pianist Julie Lee, 16.
Sunday, August 26, at 8:00 pm and Sunday, September 9, at 10:00 am
This month's program features University of Georgia English professor James Everett Kibler, who joins St. John Flynn in the studio to talk and take listener calls about his latest novel, Memory's Keep (Pelican Publishing, 2006), the second in his Clay Bank County series. Set in the mid-1970s in rural South Carolina, Memory's Keep is the story of Mister Pink Suber, a 94-year-old black man who still tends the farm his family has worked on as servants since the 1800s. His children moved away after his wife died three years earlier, but he goes on tending his land and livestock alone while mentoring his young neighbor, 27-year-old Trig Tinsley, in the ways of farming and of life. The toll-free number to call during the program is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
Friday, August 31, at 8:00 pm
Guests Charlie Watts and Tim Ries
Drummer Charlie Watts has been the heartbeat of The Rolling Stones for more than 40 years, though his true passion has always been jazz and the blues. Saxophonist Tim Ries is currently playing with the Stones, but as a true jazz journeyman, he's worked with Maria Schneider, Maynard Ferguson, and Phil Woods. On break from the Rolling Stones world tour, Watts and Ries join McPartland to play Reis' arrangement of the Stones' classic "Honky Tonk Woman" and the Monk classic "Straight No Chaser."
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