Blue Lake Public Radio
May 2012 Listener Guide

1.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Viola” – We’ll celebrate some of the exquisite music written for the violin’s darker cousin, including music by Hindemith and Walton.
8:00pm Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Johannes Moser, cello; ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; CHAPELA: Magnetar (World Premiere); Prokofiev: Symphony No.5
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Ira Sullivan, saxophones/woodwinds

2.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Viola”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano; GUBAIDULINA: Concerto for Orchestra; STRAVINSKY: Capriccio; VARÈSE: Amériques
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet

3.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Viola”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Pierre Boulez, conductor; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Michelle DeYoung, soprano; Stuart Skelton, tenor; Daniel Barenboim, piano; SCHOENBERG: Piano Concerto, Op.42; MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde; MOZART: Piano Concerto No.23
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
John Lewis, piano

4.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Viola”
8:00 New York Philharmonic
Christoph von Dohanányi, conductor; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin; SCHNITTKE: (K)ein Sommernachtstraum; DVOŘÁK: Violin Concerto; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.6, Pathétique
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone

5.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Pianist Ellis Larkins was best known for his recorded work as accompanist to Ella Fitzgerald. He also worked with a list of other artists including Herb Jeffries, Anita Ellis and Mildred Bailey, and was a celebrated solo and trio performer on the New York Club scene. In this 1979 session, Larkins performs “Perfidia” and “Blues in the Night,” and duets with Marian on “Don't Get Around Much Anymore.”
12:30pm The Metropolitan Opera
JANÁĆEK: The Makropolous Case – Jiri Bělohlávek, conductor; with Karita Mattila, Richard Leech, Johan Reuter and Tom Fox
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast from the State Theatre in Minneapolis, with guests Pop Wagner, Tony Glover, Charlie Maguire, Andra Suchy, Howard Levy and Dean Magraw

6.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Virgil Fox: The Centenary” - A tribute to the memory of one of the most popular, and controversial, organists of all time, who believed in the cause of beauty above history, and above the limitations of any instrument.
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor; Kirill Gerstein, piano; RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No.2; SIBELIUS: Symphony No.2
3:00 SymphonyCast
The Cleveland Orchestra, Nicola Luisotti, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano; VERDI: Triumphal March and Ballet Music from Aida; DE FALLA: Jota from Seven Popular Spanish Songs; PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.5
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“In the Footsteps of Giants: Trumpet Dynamo Bria Skonberg” - The Jim Cullum Jazz Band is joined by trumpet ace Bria Skonberg, a brilliant young musician from Canada, dedicated to revitalizing American classic jazz, who has taken New York by storm. Citing Louis Armstrong as a key influence, Skonberg radiates exuberance in her dynamic performances.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Basses Loaded” - From Chubby Jackson's innovative work with Woody Herman, to Milt Hinton's 70 years with everybody, bass players have primarily stayed in the background. Listen to Joe Benjamin's work with Sarah Vaughan, and rare albums led by Hinton, Jackson, Red Mitchell, Leroy Vinegar, and Doug Watkins and appreciate the many facets of these great musicians.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Look What I Got: Betty Carter” - One of the most expressive and original singers to come out of the post-World War II era, Betty Carter thrilled audiences with her daring vocal improvisations and her no-nonsense jazz attitude. This program features early Carter recordings such as “Social Call” and “Two Cigarettes in the Dark” along with “Open the Door” (used in the film American Beauty), music from the critically-acclaimed concert date The Audience With Betty Carter, and more.

7.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Mighty Handful” - The music of five composers from St. Petersburg who sought to create a uniquely Russian musical tradition. We'll hear compositions by Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Borodin, Balakirev, and Mussorgsky.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
The Cleveland Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.6, Pastoral; GRIEG: Piano Concerto; RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Michael Formanek, bass

8.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Mighty Handful”
8:00pm Los Angeles Philharmonic
James Conlon, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano; BRITTEN: Sinfonia de Requiem; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.3; DVOŘÁK: Symphony No.7
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Keith Jarrett, piano

9.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Mighty Handful”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Netherland Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe, conductor; Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cello; RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin; HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.6, Pastoral
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet

10.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Mighty Handful”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Ludovic Morlot, conductor; Robert Chen, violin; Jonathan Biss, piano; MARTINŮ: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca; DEBUSSY: La Mer; TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto, Op.35; MOZART: Piano Concerto No.21, K.467
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Mary Lou Williams, piano

11.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Mighty Handful”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.3; MAHLER: Symphony No.1
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Shirley Horn, voice/piano

12. Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Pianist/singer Daryl Sherman brings her sophisticated swing and witty charm to this celebration of songwriter and lyricist Johnny Mercer. Sherman performs “Too Marvelous for Words” and “Jeepers Creepers,” and Marian joins in on one of her favorite Mercer ballads, the beautiful “Skylark”
1:00pm The Lyric Opera of Chicago
(new season) OFFENBACH: The Tales of Hoffman – Emmanuel Villaume, conductor; with Matthew Polenzani, James Morris, Anna Christy, Erin Wall and Alyson Cambridge
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast from The Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, with musical guest Joe Ely

13.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Longwood Revisited” - Following a meticulous multi-year restoration, the 10,010 pipes of the 1930 Aeolian organ in the ballroom of the conservatory of the former Pierre du Pont estate in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania sound more magnificent than ever.
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
Tito Muñoz, conductor; CORIGLIANO: Elegy for Orchestra; BEASER: Folk Songs; ADAM SCHOENBERG: Finding Rothko; DE FALLA: Suite No.1 from The Three Cornered Hat; PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.1, Classical
3:00 SymphonyCast
The Cleveland Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.6, Pastoral; GRIEG: Piano Concerto; RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Sidney Bechet: Jazz Immortal” - A passionate and consummate artist, Sidney Bechet was a master of both clarinet and soprano sax on the early New Orleans jazz scene. Actor Vernel Bagneris offers first person accounts of Bechet’s life and featured soloists, clarinetist Evan Christopher and soprano saxist Bob Wilber (who studied with Bechet), join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Russ Freeman's California Sessions” - One of the most unsung musicians in jazz, pianist Freeman was a pioneer of West Coast jazz with Charlie Parker in the 40's, Chet Baker and Shelly Manne in the 50's, Art Pepper in the 70's and so many more. His unique style was copied by many pianists.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Individualism: Gil Evans in the 1960s” - Recordings made by the arranger with Kenny Burrell, Astrud Gilberto, Miles Davis, and as a leader.

14.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Nobody Ever Builds a Statue to a Critic” - An exploration of composers’ critiques, evaluations, and responses to their contemporaries.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, conductor; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; VERDI: Force of Destiny; TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto, Op.35; BORODIN: Symphony No.2
10:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
Zutty Singelton, drums

15.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Nobody Ever Builds a Statue to a Critic”
8:00pm Los Angeles Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos; RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole (for two solo pianos); DUBUGNON: Concerto for Two Pianos and Double Orchestra (World Premiere); RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Sidney Bechet, clarinet/soprano saxophone

16.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Nobody Ever Builds a Statue to a Critic”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor; Till Ferner, piano; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37; BRUCKNER: Symphony No.7
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone

17.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Nobody Ever Builds a Statue to a Critic”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Alain Altinoglu, conductor; Lang Lang, piano; CHABRIER: España; BIZET: Symphony in C; SCHMITT: La tragédie de Salomé; CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Betty Joplin, singer

18.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Nobody Ever Builds a Statue to a Critic”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Garrick Ohlsson, piano; MOZART: Piano Concerto No.9, Jeunehomme; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.5
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Jackie McLean, alto saxophone

19.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Pianist Christopher Ziemba is an amazing young pianist and composer currently enrolled in the post-graduate program in Jazz Studies at Julliard. He took the stage at age 7, playing with his hometown orchestra; last year he won the 2011 Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition. On his Piano Jazz debut from 2009, Ziemba performs “Dream Dancing” and “The Nearness of You.”
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor – Massimo Zanetti, conductor; with Susanna Phillips, Giuseppe Filianoti, Brian Mulligan, Christian Van Horn and René Barbera
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
program TBA

20.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Double Duty” - A visit with Ken Double, President of the American Theatre Organ Society, for a sampler of the popular-organ art.
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
David Lockington, conductor; Jessica Lee, violin; THEOFANIDIS: Rainbow Body; CHEN/HE The Butterfly Lovers; COPLAND: Symphony No.3
3:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, conductor; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; VERDI: Force of Destiny; TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto, Op.35; BORODIN: Symphony No.2
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Django’s Gypsy Swing with the Hot Club of San Francisco” - The Jim Cullum Jazz Band is joined by special guest, guitarist Paul Mehling and his Hot Club of San Francisco as they explore the infectious jazz of Django Reinhardt, the Romany guitar legend and icon of the jazz scene in 1930s’ Paris.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Violinsanity - Smith, Venuti, Grapelli, etc.” - The list of great jazz violin players is small but distinguished. Stuff Smith and Joe Venuti set the style in the 1920's, Ray Nance and Stephane Grappelli took it to another level in the 30's and 40's, and Jean Luc Ponty and Michael Dudziak took it electronic in the 70's.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Mary Osborne: Queen of the Jazz Guitar” - A musical profile of a trailblazer for women instrumentalists in jazz. This program features Osborne's 1940s recordings with Mary Lou Williams and others, two small-group dates from 1959 and 1981, and a 1977 meeting with pianist Marian McPartland.

21.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“George Gershwin” - A true American original! Join us for a week-long look at the life and soulful music of George Gershwin, including his Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.83; WAGNER: Vorspiel und Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; R.STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Op.59
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Fats Waller, piano/voice/bandleader/composer

22.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“George Gershwin”
8:00pm Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Peter Sellars, director; Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director; SHOSTAKOVICH: Orango (World Premiere); SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.4
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone

23.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“George Gershwin”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, conductor; Isabelle van Keulen, violin; VILLA-LOBOS: Rudepoêma (world première); MILHAUD: Le boeuf sur le toit; STRAVINSKY : Le Sacre du Printemps (version 1947)
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Joshua Redman, tenor/soprano saxophone

24.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“George Gershwin”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; BRAHMS: Violin Concerto, Op.77; BRAHMS: Symphony No.2, Op.73; HAYDN: Symphony No.89
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone

25.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“George Gershwin”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Lisa Batiashvili, violin; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire Overture; MARC NEIKRUG: Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, New York Philharmonic commission); MOZART: Violin Concerto No.5; DEBUSSY: La Mer
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Organissimo, band

26.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Italian import Daniela Schaechter is a brilliant young pianist and singer taking the jazz scene by storm. But her resume disguises her youth, with a long list of awards and performances with jazz luminaries. One thing is for sure -- she'll be around for years to come. Schaechter performs her own tune, “Dark Blue,” and Marian joins in for “It CouldHappen to You.”
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov – Sir Andrew Davis, conductor; with Ferruccio Furlanetto, Štefan Margita, Andrea Silvestrelli and Raymond Aceto
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, with guests Heather Masse, Sara Watkins, Michael B. Nelson, Kenni Holmen and Steve Strand

27.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“At the Walt Disney Concert Hall” - Solo music from France and concertos by James Hopkins and Leo Sowerby from the American Guild of Organists’ 2004 national convention, featuring the eye- and ear-catching Glatter-Götz/Rosales pipe organ.
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
David Lockington, conductor; GR Symphony Chorus, Pearl Shangkuan, director; GR Symphony Youth Chorus, Sean Ivory, director; Calvin College Alumni Choir, Pearl Shangkuan, director; Jennifer Check, soprano; Janice Chandler Eteme, soprano; Lisa Walhout, soprano; Susan Platts, alto; Mary Creswell, alto; Robert Künzli, tenor; Stephen West, bass-baritone; Grant Youngblood, baritone; MAHLER: Symphony No.8, Symphony of a Thousand
3:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.83; WAGNER: Vorspiel und Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; R.STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Op.59
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Fat Man Swings: Dick Hyman Plays Fats Waller” - Beneath the zany and comedic personality his fans loved, stride pianist Fats Waller was a prolific composer and inventive stylist. This special encore presentation of the first Riverwalk Jazz national broadcast in 1989 features The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and piano master Dick Hyman.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“The Return of the V-Disk - Vol. 1” We honor Memorial Day with the famous V-Discs that brought welcome music from home to Americans fighting WWII in Europe and the Pacific. Forgotten for 60 years, they are historic documents of the great big bands, singers, and soloists of the 40's: Nat King Cole, Glenn Miller, Django Reinhardt, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Art Tatum, Jack Teagarden, and more.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Turn Out the Stars III: More Jazz Elegies” - Night Lights continues its Memorial Day series of broadcasts featuring jazz elegies to departed musicians-this time from Freddie Hubbard, Weather Report, Gil Evans, and more.

28.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Haydn Symphonies” - This week, Bill explores the symphonic wonders of Papa Haydn, the father of the modern symphony. We’ll hear Haydn’s earliest offerings in the form and follow his path as he expands his ideas and his ensembles into the grand gestures of his 104th.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
LA Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit, conductor; STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments; DEBUSSY: La mer; PROKOFIEV: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Arno Marsh, tenor saxophone

29.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Haydn Symphonies”
8:00pm Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Miah Persson, soprano; ALL MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer; Symphony No.4
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Lynne Arriale, piano

30.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Haydn Symphonies”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Juraj Valcuha, Sol Gabetta, cello; WEBER: Euryanthe Overture; BARBER: Cello Concerto, Op.22; RACHMANINOV: Symphony No.3, Op.44
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Benny Goodman, clarinet

31.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Haydn Symphonies”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Trevor Pinnock, Harry Bicket, conductors; Paul Gomziakov, cello; FAURÉ: Masques et Bergamasques; HAYDN: Overture to L’Isola Disabitata; HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C; MOZART: Symphony No.40, K.550; RAMEAU: Suite from Les Boreades
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Red Holloway, tenor saxophone