Friday, November 2, 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, November 2, at 8:00 pm
Guest Robert Glasper
Pianist and composer Robert Glasper is a young and powerful voice on the jazz scene. With technique to burn and a deep melodic intellect, he seamlessly blends elements from hip-hop, alternative rock, and jazz to create his own unique and dynamic style. He kicks off the show with his original tune "Rise and Shine," and jams with McPartland on Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance."
Saturday, November 3, at 1:30 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mozart's brilliant combination of stark human tragedy and realistic comedy features music of limitless genius, and a drama that lives up to the score. Patrick Summers conducts the Houston Grand Opera.
Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni); Oren Gradus (Leporello); Ana Maria Martinez (Donna Elvira); Alexandra Deshorties (Donna Anna); Garrett Sorenson (Don Ottavio); Fiona Murphy (Zerlina); Ryan McKinny (Masetto); Raymond Aceto (Commendatore)
Saturday, November 3, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, November 3, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, November 4, at 12:00 noon
Guests Celin Romero and Pepe Romero, guitars
Isaac Albéniz: Granada from Suite Española, Op. 47
Enrique Granados: Intermezzo, from Goyescas
Manuel de Falla: Homenaje por Le Tombeau de Debussy
Isaac Albéniz: Rumores de la Caleta
Federico Moreno Torroba: Madroños
Federico Moreno Torroba: Burgalesca
Heitor Villa Lobos: Prelude No. 3
Enrique Granados: Danzas Españolas, Op. 37: Oriental, Villanesca, Andaluza
Sunday, November 4, at 1:00 pm
This week's program comes from the Rocky Mountains and one of America's best summer music venues, the Aspen Music Festival. Our young performers include: violinist Ryan Meehan, age 17, from Winnetka, Illinois; pianist Dasha Bukhartseva, 14, from Odessa, Ukraine; oboe player Xuanbo Dong, 17, from Beijing, China; double bassist Nicholas Schwartz, 18, from Brookline, Massachusetts; and the Trillium Trio, ages 14 to 17.
Friday, November 9, at 8:00 pm
Guest Anat Fort
Israeli-born pianist, composer, and arranger Anat Fort is classically trained but is also well studied in jazz improvisation. A prolific composer, her musical words come together in elegant and often intense original tunes. She performs several originals, including "Just Now" and "Something about Camels," before joining McPartland on "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise."
Saturday, November 10, at 1:30 pm
Charles Gounod: Faust
This lush drama by Gounod is surely the most popular musical representation of the immortal story of Faust, a man who confronts both the devil incarnate and the hellish consequences of his own weakness. The Houston Grand Opera is directed by Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
William Burden (Faust); Samuel Ramey (Mephistopheles); Tamari Iveri (Marguerite); Liam Bonner (Wagner); Earle Patriarco (Valentin); Marie Lenormand (Siebel); Catherine Cook (Marthe)
Saturday, November 10, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, November 10, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, November 11, at 12:00 noon
Guests OPUS ONE
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493: movement I
George Tsontakis: Piano Quartet No. 3: movement I
Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Quartet: movement I
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in g minor, Op. 25: movements III & IV
Sunday, November 11, at 1:00 pm
From the Top returns to northern Michigan and the campus of one of America's premier arts schools, 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 (Shelly) Du, 18, from Oklahoma City; the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Hazelwood; and "The Destroyers," a 12-piece ensemble coached by Academy Band Director Byron Hanson.
Friday, November 16, at 8:00 pm
Guest Michael Kocour
Pianist and educator Michael Kocour spent years on the Chicago jazz scene, leading his own trio and playing high profile gigs with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and the Chicago Symphony. Now he's arrived at Arizona State University, where he serves as the director of jazz studies. Kocour talks about the transition from gigging to teaching and joins McPartland on "Ask Me Now" and "I Should Care."
Saturday, November 17, at 1:30 pm
Gioacchino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini's sparkling (and hilarious) take on the beloved tale of Cinderella, complete with wicked stepsisters, a gluttonous stepfather, a magical carriage, and a shrewdly innocent heroine who ultimately wins the day. Edoardo Muller conducts this production by the Houston Grand Opera.
Joyce DiDonato (Cenerentola); Lawrence Brownlee (Don Ramiro); Patrick Carfizzi (Don Magnifico); Tamara Wilson (Clorinda); Catherine Cook (Tisbe); Nikolai Didenko (Alidoro); Earle Patriarco (Dandini)
Saturday, November 17, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, November 17, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, November 18, at 12:00 noon
Guests Trio Mediaeval
Oleh Harkavyy (b. 1968): Kyrie
Leonel Power (d. 1445): Gloria from Missa “Alma redemptoris mater”
Anonymous (England, 14th cent.): Alma Mater/Ante Thorum
Anonymous (England, 14th cent.): Benedicta es celorum regina
Anonymous (England, 14th cent.): De spineto Nata Rosa
Gavin Bryars (b. 1943): Ave regina gloriosa
Anonymous (England, 14th cent.): Dou way Robyn/Sancta Mater
Andrew Smith (b. 1970): Ave Maria
Traditional, Norwegian (arr. Tone Krohn): Till, till Tove
Traditional, Norwegian (arr. Tone Krohn): Den elskte Jerusalem (Beloved Jerusalem)
Traditional, Norwegian (arr. Linn A. Fuglseth): Nu solen gar ned (The Sun is Setting)
Sunday, November 18, at 1:00 pm
The Ravinia Music Festival in suburban Chicago plays host to this week's From the Top. We'll hear performances by: cellist Mindy Park, age 17, from Palatine, Illinois; marimba player Jingchen Sun, 17, from Forest Hills, New York; 11-year-old violinist Simone Porter from Seattle, Washington; pianist Daniel Walden, 18, from Berkeley, California; and the Vesta Trio from Madison, Wisconsin (violinist Krista Stewart, 17; cellist Jimmy Kang, 18; and pianist Christina Naughton, 19).
Thursday, November 22, at 11:00 am
It's two hours of Thanksgiving morning triage for cooks across the nation. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of American Public Media's The Splendid Table, and her guest chef, Mario Batali, will be taking your calls in a live, two-hour broadcast when you need it most, on the biggest cooking day of the year. The lines open for your calls at 11:00 am.
(Pre-empts first two hours of Midday Music).
Thursday, November 22, at 1:00 pm and 8:00 pm
As Thanksgiving brings family together to share common blessings and a bountiful meal, host John Birge brings music and stories together in a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday.
(Pre-empts third hour of Midday Music; two-hour evening version pre-empts Studio GPB)
Friday, November 23, at 8:00 pm
Guest Stefano Bollani
Italian pianist Stefano Bollani stretches the limits of imagination with improvisations that can range from quirky to transcendent. Virtuoso technique and a keen harmonic sense bolster Bollani's improvisations, which are influenced as much by Charlie Parker and Oscar Peterson as Prokofiev and Zappa. He performs an original, "Buzzilare," and the Scott Joplin classic, "Maple Leaf Rag."
Saturday, November 24, at 1:30 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: Aïda
One of the world's most popular operas, Verdi's drama takes a familiar plot element, the thorny love triangle, and reinvents it using strikingly complex characters who confront their anxieties and passions amidst the mystery and spectacle of ancient Egypt. The Houston Grand Opera is conducted by Carlo Rizzi.
Zvetelina Vassileva (Aïda); Marco Berti (Radames); Dolora Zajick (Amneris); Gordon Hawkins (Amonasro); Tigran Martirossian (Ramfis); Bradley Garvin (King of Egypt); Tamara Wilson (Priestess); Beau Gibson (Messenger)
Saturday, November 24, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, November 24, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, November 25, at 12:00 noon
Guests Divertimento
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3: movement III
Bohuslav Martinu: Trio à Cordes (String Trio No. 2): movements I & II
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1
Sunday, November 25, at 1:00 pm
Violin virtuoso Mark O'Connor is this week's special guest on a show recorded at the Lila Cockeral Theatre in San Antonio at the Texas Music Educators' Conference. All our featured performers are from Texas, including baritone Thomas Shivone, age 16, from Fort Worth; flutist Amber Packard, 17, from Vidor; and clarinetist Elias Rodriguez, 16, from Duncanville. Violinist Mark O'Connor also performs three of his own works along with these young musicians and violinist Julia Li, 17, violist Rainey Weber, 18, and cellist Branson Yeast, 17, all from Houston.
Sunday, November 25, at 8:00 pm and Sunday, December 9, at 10:00 am
On this month's show, St. John Flynn welcomes Southern author Cassandra King to the studio to talk and take listener calls about her latest novel, Queen of Broken Hearts (Hyperion, 2007). Divorce therapist Clare Ballenger has a thriving practice in the quaint town of Fairhope, Alabama. However, despite the help she is able to give her clients, Clare cannot claim the same success with those closest to her: her daughter Haley, whose husband abandons her; her best friend Dory, whose marriage is perennially on the rocks; and even herself. She cannot move on from the death of her own husband and is not prepared for love when it once again comes knocking. Alabama native Cassandra King is the author of The Sunday Wife and The Same Sweet Girls. She lives in South Carolina with her husband Pat Conroy. The toll-free number to call during the program is 1-866-RADIO GA (1-866-723-4642).
Friday, November 30, at 8:00 pm
Guest Dena DeRose
Dena DeRose began her jazz career at the keyboard. When arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome made playing impossible, DeRose discovered a talent for singing. After a full recovery, she's back at the piano with an added asset - an amazing voice that critics and fans celebrate. DeRose performs her own tune "Home" and McPartland joins in for "I Fall In Love Too Easily."
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