Public radio

By The Standard Staff - 12/08/2007

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SATURDAY, Dec. 8

7 a.m. — The Children’s Corner with Annie Garde.

9:05 a.m. — Happy Joyous Hanukkah features a concert by the award-winning band, The Klezmatics.

11 a.m. — Home Ground Radio. Human Animal Bond degree program at Carroll College is the first program of its kind in the nation. Dr. Anne Perkins tells how she initiated this exciting program.

11:30 p.m. — The Metropolitan Opera. hristoph Williblad von Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride. Conductor: Louis Langree; Text in French by Nicolas-Francois Guilliard, based on the play by Guymond de la Touche after Euripides’ drama.

6:07 p.m. — Prairie Home Companion live from the Town Hall, N.Y., with guests are Ann Hampton Callaway, Geoff Muldaur and Howard Levy.

8 p.m. —Thistle & Shamrock. “Flute and Whistle.’’ Today’s show features instruments that come closest to representing the expression of the human voice.

9:05 p.m. — Happy Joyous Hanukkah.

10:05 p.m. — Chanukah: A Time for Schtick. An hour of high-jinks and fun, including some great jokes for the holiday season.

SUNDAY, Dec. 9

7 a.m. — Harmonia. “La Rota at the 2007 Bloomington Early Music Festival.’’ Harmony plays selections from a memorable La Rota concert and Bloomington Early Music Festival highlight.

8 a.m. — St. Paul Sunday. “Guarneri String Quartet Performs Mozart, Ravel, Dvorαk.’’ The quartet returns to St. Paul Sunday with music that reveals the heart and soul of this revered ensemble as movingly today as they did when it first performed them.

9 a.m. — Weekend Edition Sunday.

11 a.m. — Encore feature from Montana Public Radio News.

11:10 a.m. — The Food Guys n “Greg’s Cookbook.”

11:17 a.m. — Living on Earth.

11:38 a.m. — Front Row Center.

11:45 a.m. — The Write Question with poet Bonnie Buckley Maldonado.

Noon — Car Talk.

1 p.m. — Bookworm. Ron Padgett on “Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard.’’ Joe is a plainspoken book about a man whose work is lush, funny, crowded, dazzling, disarming, and beautiful at a time when beauty was a suspect quality.

3:30 p.m. — Jazz Archives with Joe Korona.

4 p.m. — Jazz At Lincoln Center “Red Hot Holiday Stomp.’’ If St. Nicholas played trumpet in New Orleans, it might sound like this. Favorites include “Let It Snow’’ and “The Sheik of Araby’’ and “Good King Wenceslas’’ with a Cajun flavor.

5 p.m. — All Things Considered.

6 p.m. — On The Media. A National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.

7 p.m. — Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim. Thomas Quasthoff is the bass-baritone in Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder. At the same time Mahler was writing the songs, he was also working on his Fifth Symphony.

9 p.m. — Oasis with Joan Richarde.

MONDAY, Dec. 10

8:05 a.m. — Morning Classics. Haydn: Symphony No. 78 in C-Minor; Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-Flat, K. 365; Gorecki: Symphony No. 3; Scriabin: Romance for Horn and Strings.

10:15 a. m. — Morning Freeforms with William Marcus.

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall. Germaine reads, “Tough People,’’ by Chris Offutt.

3:58 p.m. — The Plant Detective.

4 p.m. — The Pea Green Boat.

5:30 p.m. — Montana Evening Edition.

7:30 p.m. — Mountain Stage.

9:30 p.m. — New Dimensions Radio. “The Emergence of Integral Consciousness,” with Allan Combs.

TUESDAY, Dec. 11

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics. Schmidt: Piano Quintet in G-Major; Devienne: Oboe Sonata in D-Minor, Op. 71, No. 2; Liszt: Grosses Konzertsolo; Bartok: String Quartet No. 6.

10:15 a.m. — Morning Freeforms with Michael Marsolek.

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall. ermaine reads, “The Epiphany Branch,’’ by Mary Gordon.

1 p.m. — The Folk Show with John Myers.

3:30 p.m. — Musician’s Spotlight.

4 p.m. — The Pea Green Boa.

5:30 p.m. — Montana Evening Edition.

7:30 p.m. — This American Life.

8:30 p.m. — Selected Shorts. Mary Gordon, “Storytelling,’’ read by Lindsay Crouse From: The Stories of Mary Gordon; V.S. Pritchett, “Just a Little More,’’ read by Rene Auberjonois From: Essential Stories.

9:30 p.m. — Making Contact.

10 p.m. — In Other Words. Janet Scott interviews Judy Smith of homeWORD about states’ efforts to rein in predatory lending.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics. Debussy: Nocturnes; Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxophone; Debussy: Rhapsody for Clarinet; Debussy: La Plus Que Lente; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra; Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat.

10:15 a.m. — Morning Freeforms with Susan Israel.

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall.

4 p.m. — The Pea Green Boat.

5:30 p.m. — Montana Evening Edition.

7:30 p.m. — Afropop Worldwide.

THURSDAY, Dec. 13

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics. Chopin: Ballade in G-Minor, Op. 23; Chopin: Ballade in F, Op. 38; Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.1 in D, Op. 12, No.1; Sowash: Impressionist Suite No.1; Chopin: Ballade in A-Flat, Op. 47; Chopin: Ballade in F-Minor; Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 99, D. 898.

10:15 a.m. — Thursday Morning Freeforms with Gus Chambers.

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall.

1 p.m. — Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland. “Christmas Special.’’ Guests from seasons past, present, and future share their favorite memories and unique musical performances of Christmas classics and original holiday tunes.

2:06 p.m. — Jazz Sessions with Terry Conrad.

4 p.m. — The Pea Green Boat.

5:30 p.m. — Montana Evening Edition.

7:35 p.m. — From the Top.

8:30 p.m. — Performance Today.

FRIDAY, Dec. 14

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics. Bizet: Carmen Without Words; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra; Wagner: Tannhauser — Overture and Bacchanale; Wagner: Die Meistersinger — Prelude to Act I

10:15 a.m. — Morning Freeforms with John Floridis.

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall.

1 p.m. — Friday Special.