Blue Lake Public Radio
February 2012 Listener Guide

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1.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Too Darn Big” - This week we're ascending some of the most colossal musical mountains in existence- works like Mahler's third symphony and Schoenberg's Gurrelieder that are (usually) too big to program on Exploring Music.
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, David Robertson, conductor; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin; BENJAMIN: Duet for Piano and Orchestra; MESSIAEN: Un vitrail et des oiseaux; KEURIS: Sinfonia; STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Don Byron, clarinet

2.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Too Darn Big”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Jaap van Zweden, conductor; David McGill, bassoon; STUCKY: Rhapsodies for Orchestra; MOZART: Bassoon Concerto, K.191/186e; MAHLER: Symphony No.1, Titan; SCHOENBERG: Variations for Orchestra, Op.31
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Hank Jones, piano

3.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Too Darn Big”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Joseph Stransky, conductors; Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, soprano; Nancy Maultsby, Mary Ann McCormick, mezzo-sopranos; Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Westminster Symphonic Choir Maria Ewing, narrator; MASSENET: Scènes pittoresques from Angelus; DEBUSSY/DUCASSE: Rhapsody for Saxophone and Piano; DEBUSSY: Images; DEBUSSY: LE MARTYRE DE SAINT SÉBASTIEN; MASSENET: Pourquoi me réveiller? from Werther
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Marcus Belgrave, trumpet

4.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Legendary trumpeter and educator Clark Terry got his jazz education playing with the Basie Band and Duke Ellington's orchestra. Commanding a wide range of styles and a dazzling technique, Terry went on to become one of the most influential jazz horn players of his generation. On this 1994 session, he joins Marian McPartland for Ellington's “Come Sunday” and Terry's most famous tune, “Mumbles.”
12:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena – Marco Armiliato, conductor; with Anna Netrebko, Tamara Mumvord, Ildar Abdrazakov, Keith Miller, Stephen Costello, and Eduardo Valdes
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, with guest Heather Masse

5.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Concertos” - Whether with chamber orchestra, symphonic ensemble, or just one partner player, the idea of an ‘organ concert’ is totally engaging.
1:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture, Op.9; BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d’été, Op.7; BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy, Op.16
3:00pm SymphonyCast
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Gil Shaham, violin; MENDELSSOHN: The Fair Melusina Overture; CYNTHIA WONG: Memoriam (World Premiere); HAYDN: Symphony No.73, La Chasse; BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“The Rhythmakers: A Gathering of Jazz Titans” - A celebration of the 1930’s multiracial recording group The Rhythmakers, which included luminaries like Fats Waller, Eddie Condon and Red Allen. Jim and the Band welcome guests New Orleans trumpeter Duke Heitger and San Francisco guitarist Clint Baker.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd” - From 1955 to 1970, Donald Byrd helped create the hard-bop style with several classic groups, and was a major trumpet soloist, making dozens of albums for Prestige and Blue Note. His 60's partner Pepper Adams was a virtuoso baritone sax soloist with Mingus, Monk and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. Hear some very rare sides by the Byrd/Adams Quintet.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Portraits of Harlem” - Bandleader Duke Ellington, stride pianist James P. Johnson, and saxophonist Benny Carter all wrote musical depictions of Harlem, one of the most vibrant black communities in American history. John Howland, author of "Ellington Uptown," joins us to discuss these concert-jazz portraits of Harlem.

6.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“John Corigliano” - Bill McGlaughlin welcomes one of America’s foremost composers as co-host and programmer.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Albrecht Mayer, oboe; HINDEMITH: Kammermusik No.1, Op.24; MOZART: Andante for Oboe and Orchestra in B-flat; BACH: Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055; ANDREW NORMAN: Apart, Together (World Premiere); HAYDN: Symphony No.103, Drumroll
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Alvin Batiste, clarinet

7.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“John Corigliano”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Nicola Benedetti, violin; TOWER: Tambor; CHAUSSON: Poeme for Violin and Orchestra; RAVEL: Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra; STRAVINSKY: The Firebird (1945 version)
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Ellis Marsalis, piano

8.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“John Corigliano”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor; Nikolai Lugansky, piano; WAGENAAR: Cyrano de Bergerac Overture; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1; PROKOFIEV: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Nicholas Payton,trumpet

9.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“John Corigliano”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Michael Tislon-Thomas, Daniel Barenboim conductors; Jeremy Denk, piano; Mathieu Dufour, flute; MAHLER: Blumine; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37; BRAHMS/SCHOENBERG: Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25, MOZART: Flute Concerto No.1, K.313
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Sir Roland Hanna, piano

10.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“John Corigliano”
8:00 New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano; LINDBERG: Expo; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.2; SIBELIUS: Symphony No.2; SIBELIUS: Valse triste
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Rufus Reid, bass

11.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
For the seventh annual Piano Jazz show at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Marian McPartland hosts three amazing guests, pianist Mulgrew Miller, singer Nnenna Freelon, and rising star, singer/pianist Spencer Day. Each take their turn on stage with Marian. The result is an eclectic and energetic hour of world class jazz.
12:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
WAGNER: Götterdämmerung – Fabio Luisi, conductor; with Deborah Voigt, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Waltraud Meier, Eric Owens and Hans-Peter König
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, with guest Heather Masse

12.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Old is New” - Instruments at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and the Catholic Cathedral in La Crosse, Wisconsin demonstrate two divergent ways of approaching the ‘classical organ’.
1:00pm Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Chamber Orchestra comprised of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival musicians, David Zinman, conductor; Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Paul Groves, tenor; MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde
3:00 SymphonyCast
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Albrecht Mayer, oboe; HINDEMITH: Kammermusik No.1, Op.24; MOZART: Andante for Oboe and Orchestra in B-flat; BACH: Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055; ANDREW NORMAN: Apart, Together (World Premiere); HAYDN: Symphony No.103, Drumroll
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Love, Hollywood Style: Romance and the Silver Screen” - Listener favorites Rebecca Kilgore and Nina Ferro join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to perform love songs made famous in the silver screen’s golden age. Included are clips from classic romantic Hollywood movies like Shall We Dance and Babes on Broadway.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd” - Before his group with Adams, Byrd’s partner was Gigi Gryce, a hard-edged alto player who wrote some classic hard-bop tunes, and created a unique group sound (often using French horns, etc.) for his work with Byrd, Betty Carter, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, and Oscar Pettiford.
10:00pm Night Lights
“We Shall Overcome: Civil-Rights Jazz” - This program explores the strong relationship between jazz and civil rights in post-World War II America, with music from Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, and more.

13.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“It Was a Lover and His Lass” - Composers influenced by the elixir of love.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa Pekka Salonen, conductor; Emanual Ax, piano; Hila Plitmann, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Los Angeles Master Choral; BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No.2; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.2; HILLBORG: Sirens (World premiere, LA Phil commission)
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha in for Lazaro

14.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“It Was a Lover and His Lass”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor; Stewart Goodyear, piano; ALL MOZART: Piano Quartet in g-minor; Piano Concerto No.21 in C; Adagio in E; Rondo in C; Symphony No.29; Symphony No.39
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha in for Lazaro

15.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“It Was a Lover and His Lass”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor; Miah Person, soprano; Jacques Meertens, clarinet; SCHUBERT: Symphony No.3; SCHUBERT/REINECKE: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; MAHLER: Symphony No.4
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha in for Lazaro

16.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“It Was a Lover and His Lass”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Baird Dodge, violin; MATHESON: Violin Concerto (CSO Co-commission, World Premiere); MAHLER: Symphony No.6
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha in for Lazaro

17.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“It Was a Lover and His Lass”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Lang Lang, piano; LINDBERG: Feria; BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No.2; PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.5
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha in for Lazaro

18. Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Singer Ed Reed is relatively new to the national jazz scene, but he's been singing for more than 50 years. After a life of addiction and incarceration, Reed has emerged triumphant, ready for his moment in the spotlight. With his accompanist Gary Fisher, Reed performs “Sleeping Bee” and “Ask Me Now” before he and Marian get together on Ellington's “All Too Soon.”
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
ROSSINI: Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Maurizio Benini, conductor; with Diana Damrau, Colin Lee, Rodion Pogossov and Ferrucio Furlanetto
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, with guest Heather Masse

19.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“The Canadian International Organ Competition 2011” - Prize-winners of the premiere North American contest for young talents perform in Montreal.
1:00pm Legendary Performers: Dame Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Sutherland is recalled by two of the world’s most highly distinguished singers, Marilyn Horne and Thomas Hampson, and this special includes interviews with Dame Joan, her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge, and others.
3:00 SymphonyCast
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa Pekka Salonen, conductor; Emanual Ax, piano; Hila Plitmann, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Los Angeles Master Choral; BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No.2; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.2; HILLBORG: Sirens (World premiere, LA Phil commission)
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Porgy & Bess: An Original Jazz Transcription Part 1” - Encore Presentation: Stage legend and Grammy award-winning narrator William Warfield tells the story as The Jim Cullum Jazz Band performs their original jazz transcription of George Gershwin’s opera Porgy & Bess. Part One of this two-part series introduces the characters of Catfish Row and the Gershwin classics “Summertime” and “Bess, You is My Woman Now.”
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“George Van Eps & Bucky Pizzarelli” - Van Eps was a legend, revolutionizing jazz guitar with 7 strings and a unique chordal/lead style. You’ll be hearing some very rare sides, because he didn’t record much. But he passed his signature style on to Bucky Pizzarelli, who did great work with Benny Goodman and Zoot Sims, and to a 3rd generation with John Pizzarelli.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Paris Noir: African-American Musicians in France” - In the years following World War II, a number of African-American jazz musicians took up residence in France, inspired by the relative lack of racism, the working opportunities, and the appreciation that French audiences showed for their art. Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell, and Lucky Thompson are some of the featured artists.

20.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Violin Concerto” - A sampling of great works for solo violin and orchestra, including concerti by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Sibelius.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Shoa-Chia Lü, conductor, conductor; DEBUSSY: Images; STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps
10:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
James P. Johnson, piano

21.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Violin Concerto”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor; Jonathan Biss, piano; TAKEMITSU: Requiem; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.2; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Willie “The Lion” Smith, piano

22.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Violin Concerto”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, conductor; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; ESCHER: Musique pour l’esprit en deuil; DUTILLEUX: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, L‘Arbre des Songes; VISMAN: Ces concerts, riches de cuivre…; DEBUSSY: La Mer
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Fats Waller, piano/voice/composition

23.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Violin Concerto”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Charles Dutoit, conductor; Kirill Gerstein, piano; RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.11, Op.103, The Year 1905; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Duke Ellington, pianist/bandleader/composer

24.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“The Violin Concerto”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; ADÈS: Polaris; BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d’été; STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements; RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No.2
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Thelonious Monk, pianist/bandleader/composer

25.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
At age 16, guitarist Bobby Broom was recruited by Sonny Rollins, and he's been dazzling listeners and fellow musicians ever since with his well-honed technique and innovative style. His love of jazz flows through his fingers and resonates on his six strings, as he solos on his own tune, “Coming Home,” before joining bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and Marian for “Can't Buy Me Love” and “Donna Lee.”
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
VERDI: Ernani – Marco Armiliato, conductor; with Marcello Giordani, Angela Meade, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferrucio Furlanetto
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast from the DECC Auditorium in Duluth, MN

26.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“The Now Generation” - Youthful performers, filled with enthusiasm, carry the King of Instruments with them into the 21st Century.
1:00pm Grand Rapids American Guild of Organists
Highlights from recent performances given under the auspices of the GRAGO
3:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Shoa-Chia Lü, conductor, conductor; DEBUSSY: Images; STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Porgy & Bess: An Original Jazz Transcription Part 2” - In Part Two of this encore presentation of Porgy & Bess, William Warfield returns in his acclaimed role as narrator in which Porgy’s love for Bess is put to the test. Compositions include, “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “A Red-Headed Woman,” and “Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way.”
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Ladies of Jazz - The Vocalists” - Ever wonder what singers the great jazz vocalists listen to? In this hour, you’ll hear some great ladies whose vocal mastery was always more appreciated by musicians than public: Lee Wiley, Jeri Southern, Carol Sloane, Blossum Dearie, Sheila Jordan, Jean Carne, and more.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz” - As the black-pride movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an increasing number of jazz artists began to incorporate the message into their music. We'll hear records made by Lou Donaldson, Gil Scott-Heron, Freddie Roach, Jackie McLean, and others.

27.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“American Masters III” - Our series celebrating American composers continues with more innovative works from the 20th century.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor; Midori, violin; BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes; SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto; DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune; DEBUSSY: L’Isle joyeuse; DEBUSSY: La Mer
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Sonny Stitt, saxophones

28.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“American Masters III”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor; Jorge Federico Osorio, piano; SCHUMANN: Symphony No.3; LISZT: Piano Concerto No.2; R.STRASS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Rene Marie, voice

29.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“American Masters III”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor; Maria Riccarda Wesseling, mezzo-soprano; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.1; BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été; RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Kahil El’Zabar, percussion