Public radio

By The Standard Staff - 01/11/2008

Public radio

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91.9 FM Hamilton

91.7 FM Dillon

SATURDAY, Jan. 12

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

9 a.m. — Weekend Edition Saturday n from NPR

11 a.m. — HomeGround Radio. Towns in the Great Plains are struggling, and the people look to local government for answers. Miles City Mayor Joe Whalen discusses his approach.

11:30 p.m. — The Metropolitan Opera. Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth

Conductor: James Levine; Text in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

6 p.m. — The Plant Detective. Elderberry.”

6:07 p.m. — Prairie Home Companion. A compilation from the archives.

8 p.m. — Thistle & Shamrock on William Jackson. Multi-instrumentalist and composer William Jackson reflects upon his large-scale work Duan Albanach and introduces us to his collaborations with Irish harper Grαinne Hambly.

SUNDAY, Jan. 13

7 a.m. — Harmonia. “Great Musicians Series: Ellen Hargis”

Notable recordings by American soprano Ellen Hargis and a new release of French baroque music by the Australian ensemble Battistin.

8 a.m. — Saint Paul Sunday. “Fretwork and Emma Kirkby, soprano.” Kirkby, joins forces with the acclaimed viol consort Fretwork for several of songs of Elizabethan composer William Byrd, along with others by Purcell, Gibbons and Dowland.

9 a.m. — Weekend Edition.

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

11:10 a.m. — The Food Guys on pate.

11:17 a.m. — Living on Earth.

11:38 a.m. — Front Row Center. Interview with Dr. Firman H. Brown founder of the Montana Repertory Theater and Greg Johnson Executive director.

11:45 a.m. — The Write Question. Chrysti Smith of Belgrade talks about the origins of her radio program, “Chrysti The Wordsmith.”

12 p.m. — Car Talk.

1 p.m. — Bookworm. George Saunders, “The Braindead Megaphone.” A mini-course in short-story writing, Saunders-style. Given this writer’s shoot-from-the-hip stance, the instruction is funny as well as practical.

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

4 p.m. — Jazz At Lincoln Center - “Congo Square.” Impassioned cries and percussion from New Orleans’s Congo Square inspire this epic work featuring Odadaa! — a nine-piece Ghanaian drumming and chanting troupe.

5 p.m. — All Things Considered.

6 p.m. — On The Media.

7 p.m. — Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra. Theofandis: Rainbow Body; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1; Mahler: Symphony No. 1. Peter Oundjian, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano.

9 p.m. — Oasis with Joan Richarde.

Monday, Jan. 14

8:05 a.m. — Morning Classics. Brahms: Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40; Schubert: Grande Marche Heroique, D. 885, for Two Pianos; Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 20, No. 4; D’Indy: Sarabande & Menuet, Op. 64 for Sextet; Maslanka: Wind Quintet No. 1.

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

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall. Zed reads, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” by Barbara Kingsolver.

1:05 p.m. — Alternative Radio n “Martin Luther King, Jr. - Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence.”

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. Tonight’s encore edition features Abigail Washburn with Sparrow Quartet, Bearfoot, Jim Lauderdale, Todd Burge, The Klezmatics and Doug and Shelly Harper.

9:30 p.m. — New Dimensions Radio.

TUESDAY, Jan. 15

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics. Dvorak: The Noon Witch, Op. 108; Goetz: Symphony in F, Op. 9; Herold/Lanchberry: La Fille Mal Gardee. Excerpts; Walton: “Popular Song” from “Facade.”

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

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstal. Zed reads, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” by Barbara Kingsolver.

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

3:30 p.m. — Musician’s Spotlight. Brian Kopper hosts Jerry Douglas. Acknowledged as America’s foremost master of the dobro, the twelve-time Grammy winner has released numerous solo recordings as well as recorded with diverse artists

4 p.m. — The Pea Green Boat.

5:30 p.m. — Montana Evening Edition.

7:30 p.m. — This American Life.

8:30 p.m. — Selected Shorts. “Dissed Fish,” by Calvin Trillin, read by the author; “Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses,” by Luis Alberto Urrea, read by Robert Sean Leonard.

9:30 p.m. — Making Contact.

10 p.m. — In Other Words.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics. In A Medieval Garden; Amorous D’Alogues of the Renaissance; Wm Byrd: Selections for Lute; G. Gabrieli: Choral Music — A Capella; A. Gabrieli: Credo for Brass Ensemble; H. Schutz: Jubilate Deo for Brass.

10:15 a.m. — Morning Freeforms.

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall. Zed reads, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” by Barbara Kingsolver.

4 p.m. — The Pea Green Boat.5:30 p.m. — Montana Evening Edition.

7:30 p.m. — Afropop Worldwide.

THURSDAY, Jan. 17

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics. W. Jergar: Salzburg Court & Baroque Music; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in F, KV 459; Birtwistle: Endless Parade for Trumpet, Vibraphone & Strings; Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 in G-Minor.

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

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstal. Zed reads, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” by Barbara Kingsolver.

1 p.m. — Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland.

2:06 p.m. — Jazz Sessions.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, Jan. 18

8:10 a.m. — Morning Classics

Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C-Minor, Op. 1; Paganini: Sonata Concertata for Violin and Guitar; Paganini: Moto Perpetuo; Reger: Twelve Waltz Caprices, Op. 9 for Two Pianos; Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione & Piano in A-Minor; Haydn: String Quartet in D-Minor, Op. 103

10:15 a. m. Morning Freeforms

12:30 p.m. — Listeners’ Bookstall - Zed reads, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” by Barbara Kingsolver

1 p.m. — Friday Special n The lecture, “Keeping America Great,” by David M. Walker, Controller General of the United States

3:55 p.m. — The Garden Plot

SATURDAY, January 19, 2008

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

9 a.m. — Weekend Edition Saturday n from NPR

11 a.m. — HomeGround Radio n Why do people still use Libraries in this day and age of digital information? Donna Worth of Whitehall Community Library and Alice Meistner of the Bozeman Public Library discuss two different Montana Libraries

11:30 p.m. — The Metropolitan Opera n Giacomo Puccini: La Bohθme - Archive Production

Conductor: James Levine; featuring the late Luciano Pavarotti

6 p.m. — The Plant Detective - “Fenugreek I”

6:07 p.m. — Prairie Home Companion - A live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion from the Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN

8 p.m. — Thistle & Shamrock - “At the Edge”

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