Saturday, September 1, at 1:30 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Truly successful operas based on Shakespeare are astonishingly rare - maybe a half-dozen. Verdi alone, however, accounts for three of them. His Macbeth may not be heard quite so often as Otello and Falstaff, but it still ranks among his finest. This production by the Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus is conducted by Renato Palumbo.
Lado Antaneli (Macbeth); Paoletta Marrocu (Lady Macbeth); John Matz (Macduff); Yijngxi Zhang (Malcolm); Vitalij Kowaljow (Banquo)
Saturday, September 1, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 1, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 2, at 12:00 noon
Guests The Contrasts Quartet
Aram Khachaturian: Trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat Major, Opus 11, for clarinet, cello, and piano
Ned Rorem: Episodes 1 and 8 from Nine Episodes for Four Players
Sunday, September 2, at 1:00 pm
From the Top is at home at Jordan Hall in Boston this week. An outstanding quartet from Walnut Hill School plays a work by Erwin Schuloff and performs a new work by 18-year-old composer Stephen Feigenbaum. We'll also hear flutist Daquise Montgomery, age 17, from Greenville, South Carolina; violinist Anna Lee, 11, from Bayside, New York; and pianist Kerensa Gimre, 15, from Banks, Oregon.
Friday, September 7, 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, September 7, at 8:00 pm
Guest Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes is one of the legendary pioneers of jazz drumming. He gave groove to Bird, Miles, Monk, and Coltrane, and his rhythm pushed many more great names to fame. He and McPartland reminisce about Sarah Vaughan, the Boston jazz scene, and sitting in together on 52nd Street. The ubiquitous Christian McBride joins them on bass for "So What" and an extended version of McPartland's signature theme "Kaleidoscope."
Saturday, September 8, at 1:30 pm
Nicholas Maw: Sophie's Choice (American Premiere)
Maw's opera is based on William Styron's searing - and emotionally humbling - novel. It's a wrenching, yet beautiful, story of the Holocaust, the price the title character pays in its aftermath, and the people who both help her to bear, but also exploit, the painful legacy of her unthinkable experiences. Marin Alsop is the conductor of the Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Angelika Kirchschlager (Sophie); Rod Gilfry (Nathan Landau); Gordon Gietz (Stingo); Corey Evan Rotz (Rudolph Franz Hoss); Clayton Brainerd (Zbigniew Bieganski); Erin Elizabeth Smith (Wanda); Trevor Scheunemann (Larry Landau)
Saturday, September 8, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 8, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 9, at 12:00 noon
Guests The Dale Warland Singers
Howard Hanson: A Prayer of the Middle Ages
Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
Herbert Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
John Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light
Vytautus Miskinis: O Sacrum Convivium
Nikolai Golovanov: Otche Nash (Our Father)
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Carol Barnett: McKay (from An American Thanksgiving)
Traditional American (arr. Emma Lou Diemer): She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
Sunday, September 9, at 1:00 pm
This week's program comes from New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston and features a lineup of outstanding young musicians. We'll hear violinist Charles Yang, age 18, from Austin, Texas; marimba player Molly Yeh, 18, from Glenview, Illinois; cellist Nico Olarte-Hays, 17, from Plainsboro, New Jersey; pianist Gen Tomuro from Tokyo, Japan; and the Elusium String Quartet. Also, 15-year-old Roving Reporter Emily Mayer delves into a featured cellist's colossal sleep issues in the first of a series of reports called "Inside the Teenage Brain."
Monday-Thursday, September 10-13, at 8:00 pm
This week, Studio GPB features four nights of music recorded in Savannah during the Georgia Music Educators Association's annual conference. Each year, music educators, professional ensembles, and students from throughout the state convene in Savannah for concerts, seminars, and workshops. These broadcasts highlight performances by many of the participants, including the All-State Bands, Choruses, and Orchestras.
Friday, September 14, at 8:00 pm
Guest Ellen Seeling
The Montclair Women's Big Band keeps the jazz ensemble tradition alive and swinging in the San Francisco Bay area. Trumpeter and veteran bandleader Ellen Seeling brings along her tenor sax player and assistant director, Jean Fineberg, and the group's New York drummer, Allison Miller, to Piano Jazz, joining McPartland and bassist Gary Mazzaroppi for quintet versions of "Georgia" and "St. Thomas."
Saturday, September 15, at 1:30 pm
Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butterfly
A much-loved masterpiece, Puccini's Madame Butterfly combines an exotic setting with true verissimo passions in a tale that warns how the meeting of divergent cultures can lead to both rich rewards and tragic misunderstandings. Placido Domingo conducts the Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Xiu Wei Sun (Cio-Cio-San); Arturo Chacon-Cruz (Pinkerton); Elizabeth Batton (Suzuki); Luca Salsi (Sharpless); Anthony Laciura (Goro); Oben Urena (Prince Yamadori); Robert Cantrell (Commissioner); Elizabeth Roberts (Kate Pinkerton); James Shaffran (Registrar)
Saturday, September 15, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 15, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 16, at 12:00 noon
Guests Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
J.S. Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: movement III - Siciliana
Johann Georg Pisendel: Sonata in a minor: movement I - [Largo]
Johann Paul von Westhoff: Suite No. 2 in A Major: movement IV - Gigue
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in G Major Op. 30, No. 3: movement I - Allegro assai
Augusta Read Thomas: Rush
Maurice Ravel: Sonata No. 1 in G Major
Alexander Mackenzie: Pibroch Suite
Dance: Allegro vivace-Lento-Presto
Sunday, September 16, at 1:00 pm
This week's From the Top was recorded at the Woodruff Center in Atlanta, and features the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra playing two very different pieces. We'll also hear performances by 15-year-old cellist Gabriel Cabezas, from Wilmette, Illinois; violinist Stefani Collins, 17, from Summerfield, North Carolina; pianist Yuquing Meng, 16, from Madison, New Jersey; and tenor Jamie Danner, 16, from New York City.
Friday, September 21, at 3:00 pm
@ Work is a new GPB-produced call-in show focusing on workplace issues. Each month host Valerie Edwards and Human Resources expert Emory Mulling will answer listener questions and offer strategies for dealing with the problems and challenges that can arise when we're "at work." @ Work airs the third Friday of the month, beginning September 21, and we're looking for your feedback. Please e-mail your comments on the program to us at ask@gpb.org.
Friday, September 21, at 8:00 pm
Guests The Ashby Brothers Quartet
Brothers Marty and Jay Ashby have long been infected by the sounds of jazz. A guitarist by training, Marty is the executive producer for The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, a reliable bastion of jazz in Pittsburgh. Brother Jay is a trombonist who's played with the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band, Jimmy Heath, and Randy Brecker. He also pitches in at the MCG as co-producer and director of studio operations. The Brothers Ashby join McPartland with their quartet for "Five Spot After Dark" and "Squeeze Me."
Saturday, September 22, at 1:30 pm
Bela Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle
Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Samuel Ramey stars in both pieces of an engaging double bill, presenting two very different approaches to the mysteries of death. In Bluebeard's Castle, a slow terror unfolds as a woman (Denyce Graves) gradually realizes that the new man in her life will soon threaten her very existence. In Gianni Schicchi, the virtuoso Puccini employs an ensemble of characters to unfold the story of the wily title character, who exploits everyone else's greed toward his own ends. The Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Giovanni Reggioli.
Samuel Ramey (Duke Bluebeard); Denyce Graves (Judith)
Samuel Ramey (Gianni Schicchi); Amanda Squitieri (Lauretta); Elizabeth Bishop (Zita); Antonio Gandia (Rinuccio); Robert Baker (Gherardo); Christina Martos (Nella); Tony Teleky (Gherardino); Stefano de Peppo (Betto di Signa); Valeriano Lanchas (Simone); Trevor Scheunemann (Marco); Leslie Mutchler (La Ciesca); Obed Urena (Spinelloccio); James Shaffran (Ser Armantio de Nicolao); David Morris (Pinello); Matthew Osifchin (Guccio)
Saturday, September 22, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 22, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 23, at 12:00 noon
Guests The Beaux Arts Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 97 (Archduke): movement I - Allegro Moderato
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 67: movement IV - Allegretto-Adagio
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in d minor No. 1, Op. 49: movement II - Andante con moto tranquillo
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio in e minor, Op. 90 (Dumky): movement IV - Andante moderato
Sunday, September 23, at 1:00 pm
This week's program comes from the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, and features 16-year-old violinist Zenas Hsu playing the opening movement of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata and the Colburn School Honors Quartet playing the final movement of Ravel's String Quartet. Plus performances by clarinetist Gabriel Campos, age 17, from Costa Rica; pianist Rieko Tsuchida, 12, from Mill Valley, California; cellist Julian Schwarz, 16, from Seattle, Washington; and pianist Daniel Walden, 18, from Berkeley, California.
Friday, September 28, at 8:00 pm
Guest Loren Schoenberg
Saxophonist and music historian Loren Schoenberg is one of the preeminent authorities on jazz today. He's a prolific writer, a tireless educator and seasoned archivist, and he currently serves as the executive director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem. Bassist Gary Mazzaroppi joins Schoenberg and McPartland for "Prelude to A Kiss" and "Sposin."
Saturday, September 29, at 1:30 pm
Gaetano Donizetti: The Daughter of the Regiment
Donizetti's "light comedy" is an opera that lives up to both parts of that description equally. The story may not be particularly challenging, but there are plenty of laughs and it's all conveyed through one of the composer's liveliest and most entertaining scores. Riccardo Frizza conducts the Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Ji Young Lee (Marie); José Bros (Tonio); Victoria Livengood (La Marchise); Simone Alberghini (Sulpice Pingot); Obed Urena (Hortensius); Matthew J. Minor (Corporal); Madeleine Gray (La Duchesse)
Saturday, September 29, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, September 29, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, September 30, at 12:00 noon
Guests Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Gil Kalish, piano
Franz Schubert: Im Frühling
Gustav Mahler: Two songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Claude-Achille Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis
Bela Bartók: from Hungarian Folksong Settings: Op. 64, No. 1; Op. 92, No. 8; Op. 64, No. 7
John Harbison: Two songs from Mirabai Songs
William Bolcom: Two songs from Cabaret Songs, Volume I
Sunday, September 30, at 1:00 pm
A rollicking arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "America" with six hands on one piano is the highlight of this edition of From the Top, recorded on Florida's Treasure Coast at the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce. Other young performers featured on the show include 13-year-old cellist Anna Litvinenko, from Miami; guitarist Emmanuel Gray, Jr, 18, from Monument Valley, Utah; pianist Taylor Tyson, 12, from Jupiter, Florida: and violist Matthew Lipman, 15, from University Park, Illinois.
Sunday, September 30, at 8:00 pm and Sunday, October 7, at 10:00 am
This month's program features Atlanta author Man Martin, who joins St. John Flynn in the studio to talk and take listener calls about his debut novel, Days of the Endless Corvette (Carroll & Graf, 2007). Meet the folks of Humble County, Georgia. There's Jimmy Wiggins, who believes cars are evolving into fish; Daisy, whose outlaw diner caters to three dry counties; Ruby Mulvaney, falling apart piece by piece; Mr. Thigpen, a foot-washing Baptist out to save your soul, like it or not; and Earl Mulvaney, a high school dropout and mechanical genius. When the girl next door breaks Earl's heart, everybody rallies to help him. He finds purpose in a fabulous quest: by saving the leftover parts from maintaining Jimmy Wiggins' classic '53 Corvette, he'll build a whole new car and leave the original behind. And just maybe, he'll drive away with the girl. The toll-free number to call during the program is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
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