Blue Lake Public Radio
November 2011 Listener Guide

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1.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Demons, Spooks and Other Things That Go Bump In The Night” - Darkness descends on Exploring Music as we investigate composers' fascination with ghosts, goblins, Mephistopheles and other phantasmagoria.
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano; SMITH: The Star Spangled Banner; GANDOLFI: Selections from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation; RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Franz Jackson, clarinet/saxophones

2.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Demons, Spooks and Other Things That Go Bump In The Night”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Thomas Adès, conductor; VERMEULEN: Prologue from The Flying Dutchman; ADÈS: Violin Concerto, Concentric Paths; ADÈS: Polaris; ADÈS: Tevot
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bunny Berigan, trumpet

3.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Demons, Spooks and Other Things That Go Bump In The Night”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Semyon Bychkov, Harry Bicket, conductors; Jennifer Gunn, piccolo; Larry Combs, clarinet; VIVALDI: Piccolo Concerto in C; MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.8, Op.65
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Kurt Elling, voice

4.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Demons, Spooks and Other Things That Go Bump In The Night”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor; Philip Myers, horn; ALL R.STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony; Horn Concerto No.1; Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Lou Donaldson, alto saxophone

5.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Virtuoso pianist and master composer Joanne Brackeen has been called “the Picasso of jazz piano.” In her hands, the history of jazz is created and recreated as she floats seamlessly between traditional and free styles. Like Marian, Brackeen has been a trailblazer for women in jazz. The two friends get together on McPartland's “Ambiance” and Coltrane's “Giant Steps.”
1:00pm Houston Grand Opera
JAKE HEGGIE: Dead Man Walking – Patrick Summers, conductor; with Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Measha Brueggergosman, Frederica von Stade and John Packard
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast performance from the CFSB Center at Murray State University in Murray, KY, Celebrating Bill Monroe and His Music, with musicians who performed with Monroe at various times throughout his career.

6.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Variations” - With a good theme, organist-composers can provide an exceptional ‘tour’ of the tonal resources of any instrument.
1:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Joshua Roman, cello; HAYDN: Cello Concerto No.1 in C, H.VIIb:1; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.3, Op.55, Eroica
3:00pm SymphonyCast
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor; Viktoria Mullova, violin; BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem; STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.8
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Swinging at the Pearl: Catherine Russell, Dick Hyman & The Jim Cullum Jazz Band” - San Antonio’s historic Pearl Stable, once 19th century lodging for Pearl Brewery’s draft horses, is now a landmark venue and a perfect spot for a late-night jam session. Vocalist Catherine Russell and pianist Dick Hyman join in the fun and take the stage with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Art Taylor - Charli Persip” - Without achieving individual fame, these "hard-bop" drummers swung everyone from John Coltrane to Dizzy Gillespie on hundreds of classic recordings on Prestige, Blue Note, etc.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Off the A-Train: Paul Gonsalves” - Tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves is best known for the epic solo he took with Duke Ellington's orchestra during a 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival. This program highlights Gonsalves' recordings away from the Ellington band, with trumpeter Clark Terry and others.

7.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part I” - Music from the Gilded Age to the Great War.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conductor; WEBERN: Sechs Stücke für Orchester, Op.6; MAHLER: Symphony No.7
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Marty Grotsz, guitar

8.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part I”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano; R.STRAUSS: Don Juan; BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No.3; MOZART: Symphony No.39
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Russell Malone, guitar

9.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part I”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor; TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Paul Bley, piano

10.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part I”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Nicholas McGegan, Ludovic Morlot, conductors; Eugene Izotov, oboe; Stewart Goodyear, piano; VIVALDI: Concerto alla rustica; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D; VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in F; MARTINŮ: Toccata e due canzoni; MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C, K.314; HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in a-minor
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Houston Person, tenor saxophone

11.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part I”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor; Sergei Leiferkus, baritone; Men of the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director; SCHUBERT: Symphony in b-minor, Unfinished; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.13, Babi Yar
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Mose Allison, piano/voice/composition

12.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Pianist John Lewis was the musical director behind the highly original Modern Jazz Quartet, with Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke. On this 1989 appearance, Lewis demonstrates his unmistakably light touch on his tunes “Django” and “Afternoon in Paris,” and joins Marian for a duet of “Delauney's Dilemma.”
1:00pm Houston Grand Opera
DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor – Antonio Fogliani, conductor; with Albina Shagimuratova, Scott Hendricks, Dimitri Pittas, Beau Gibson and Oren Gradus
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
tba

13.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Stephen Tharp - Organist of the Year” - Performances by and conversation with the outstanding American recitalist, whose international career continues to blossom.
1:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; MOZART: Symphony No.36, K.425, Linz; BRUCKNER: Symphony No.6 in A
3:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conductor; WEBERN: Sechs Stücke für Orchester, Op.6; MAHLER: Symphony No.7
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Gennett Records: The Little Studio That Could” - Old rugs hung from the ceilings of the little ragtag studio and the walls were stuffed with straw to dampen the sound from the trains passing by. Some of the most important jazz recordings in American musical history were recorded in the back of the Starr piano factory. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and guests perform the music of Jelly Roll Morton, Bix and His Gang and more from Starr-Gennett Records.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Buddy DeFranco - Tommy Gumina” - Buddy DeFranco was the best of the few modern jazz clarinetists. Gumina, his frequent partner was another rare virtuoso, a modern jazz accordionist! They had a tough time because of the unpopularity of their instruments, but their Quartet and work as sidemen were amazing.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Artie Shaw 1949-1954” - A tribute to the clarinetist featuring his bop-influenced 1949 big band and his early-1950s small-group recordings.

14.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part II” - More music from the Gilded Age to the Great War.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Emily Beynon, flute; SIBELIUS: Tapiola, Op.112; NIELSEN: Flute Concerto, Op.119; DVOŘÁK: Symphony No.7, Op.70
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Ellis Marsalis, piano

15.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part II”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Olga Kern, percussion; TOWER: For the Uncommon Woman; TOWER: Made in America; RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No.1; DVOŘÁK: Symphony No.6
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Art Hodes, piano

16.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part II”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin; BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.11, Op.103
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Kevin Eubanks, guitar

17.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part II”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Mark Elder, conductor; Janine Jansen, violin; ALL DVOŘÁK: Symphony No.3, Op.10; Violin Concerto in a-minor, Op.53; Symphony No.7, Op.70
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Don Cherry, trumpet

18.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Proud Tower, Part II”
8:00 New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Camerata Singers, Abraham Kaplan, director; Columbus Boychoir, Donald Bryant, director; ALL BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms (World premiere performance); Kaddish, Symphony No.3; Suites Nos.1 and 2 from the Dybbuk
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Shelia Jordan, voice

19.Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
In his short life Albert Dailey was an underrated yet hotly sought after pianist. His career included work with Woody Herman, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Art Blakey, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, and Freddie Hubbard. On this 1983 program, he performs his “Dailey Double” and duets with Marian on “Just One of Those Things.”
1:00pm Houston Grand Opera
BRITTEN: Peter Grimes – Patrick Summers, conductor; with Anthony Dean Griffey, Katie Van Kooten, Robert Pomakov, Christopher Purves and Catherine Wyn-Rogers
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast performance from the Skoglund Center Auditorium at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, with The St. Olaf Choir and the St. Olaf Orchestra

20.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Solid Gold(bergs)” - A collaborative offering of Bach’s famous and thought-provoking set of variations, and other works in ‘G’.
1:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Laura Claycomb, soprano; Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano;San Francisco Symphony Chorus; MAHLER: Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Resurrection
3:00 SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Emily Beynon, flute; SIBELIUS: Tapiola, Op.112; NIELSEN: Flute Concerto, Op.119; DVOŘÁK: Symphony No.7, Op.70
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Ride, Red, Ride’: New Orleans Trumpeter Henry ‘Red’ Allen Jr.” - New Orleans trumpeter Henry ‘Red’ Allen Jr. made a name for himself on the 1930s’ New York jazz scene as a hot trumpet soloist, singer, and entertainer. He later went on to hold a long residency as bandleader at Manhattan’s famed Metropole Café in Times Square. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and special guests tell the story and perform tunes from Allen’s long career.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Dorothy Donegan - Jutta Hip” - Two female piano players who deserved more recognition: Dorothy was a virtuoso and colorful personality from the 30's to the 90's, German-born Jutta survived Hitler in the 40's to become a cool bop player in America in the 50's.
10:00pm Night Lights
“Where Is Don Cherry?” - A tribute to the late trumpeter on the 75th anniversary of his birth, featuring his recordings both with Ornette Coleman and as a leader.

21.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Schubertiade, Part I” - What a scene in Vienna: business owners, intellectuals and scholars offering a home for a concert, a meal, a place to sleep or a room with a piano - all to support the friend they loved and admired, Franz Schubert. It was a Bohemian life, rich with music and conversation. This week, we’ll dip into those legendary house concerts for an enchanting week of music.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Renaud Capucon, violin; Gautier Capucon, cello; ALL BRAHMS: Double Concerto; Symphony No.4
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha hosts

22.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Schubertiade, Part I”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor; Sarah Chang, violin; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; WEBER: Overture to Oberon; TOWER: Sequoia; RAVEL: Suite No.2 from Daphnis et Chloe
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha hosts

23.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Schubertiade, Part I”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Michael Schønwandt, conductor; Monique Krüs, mezzo-soprano; VISMAN :Serenade; TON DE LEEUW: Three Shakespeare songs; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.1, Winter Dreams
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha hosts

24.Thursday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Schubertiade, Part I”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Riccardo Muti, conductor; SINIGAGLIA: Overture to Le baruffe chiozzotte; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.4, Op.90, Italian; MARTUCCI: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.66; BUSONI: Berceuse élégiaque; BOSSI: Intermezzi from Goldoniani
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha hosts

25.Friday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Schubertiade, Part I”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductors; New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director; HOLST: The Planets, Op.32; RESPIGHI: Roman Tryptych: Feste romane; The Pines of Rome; The Fountains of Rome
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Bob Parlocha hosts

26. Saturday
10:00am Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Pianist Herbie Hancock is an innovator whose ideas continue to push boundaries and transcend musical genres. His work has earned him 14 Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Collaboration for the 2011 album Imagine. Hancock solos on his own tune, "Dolphin Dance, and joins Marian for a duet take on “That Old Black Magic.”
1:00pm Houston Grand Opera
PUCCINI: Tosca – Patrick Summers, conductor; with Patricia Racette, Alexey Dolgov, Raymond Aceto, Robert Gleadow and Shon Sims
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor with a live broadcast performance from the Town Hall in New York, with Dick and Judy Hyman with Uri Sharlin, and Heather Masse

27.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Pipedreams Live! in Dallas” - Performances by soloists from Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, in concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center.
1:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Vasily Petrenko, conductor; Simon Trpčeski, piano; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in a-minor, Op.16; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.8 in c-minor, Op.65
3:00pm SymphonyCast
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Renaud Capucon, violin; Gautier Capucon, cello; ALL BRAHMS: Double Concerto; Symphony No.4
6:00pm Riverwalk Jazz
“Sage Hen Strut with Frim Fram Sauce & Other Jazz Delicacies” - Whether celebrating gustatory pleasures or racy double entendre, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and friends serve up a banquet of jazz tunes for the season of feasts.
9:00pm JAZZ On The Side
“Tubby Hayes - Dizzy Reece” - These two modern players, Tubby on tenor and Dizzy on trumpet, made some great records in the US during the hard bop era, but worked much more in England & Europe. Their rare recordings also feature Vic Feldman, Clark Terry, Donald Byrd, Hank Jones, and more.
10:00pm Night Lights
“1961: New Jazz Frontier” - Night Lights takes another five-decade leap back to the year in jazz, featuring music from John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy's controversial quintet, George Russell's progressive-jazz small group, and more.

28.Monday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Carl Nielsen” - A weeklong look at the life and music of Carl Nielsen, who rose from humble beginnings to become Denmark's greatest composer.
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor; Yevgeny Sudbin, piano; KERNIS: Air; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.1; SIBELIUS: Symphony No.2
10:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
Butch Thompson, piano

29.Tuesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Carl Nielsen”
8:00pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki , conductor; Leila Josefowicz, violin; STRAVINSKY: Scherzo Fantastique; SIBELIUS: Symphony No.7; SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No.1; SIBELIUS: Finlandia
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Billy Hart, drums

30.Wednesday
12:06pm Exploring Music
“Carl Nielsen”
8:00pm Live! at the Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot, conductor; MESSIAEN: Les offrandes oubliées; DUTILLEUX: Tout un monde lointain; FRANCK: Symphony in d-minor
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Paul Desmond, alto saxophone