October 2004 Articles
New Music Programs
Three exciting new programs join our schedule this quarter!
The New York Philharmonic
Wednesdays on 8 p.m.
After an absence of over a decade, regularly-scheduled New York
Philharmonic broadcasts return to WFIU. This new series of weekly
two-hour programs represent virtually the Orchestra's entire 2004-05
season, and will include interviews with Philharmonic musicians,
guest artists and conductors.
The New York Philharmonic has a long tradition of radio broadcasts
that goes back more than 80 years. American conductor Lorin Maazel
became music
director with the 2002-03 season, 60 years after making his debut
with the orchestra at the age of 12.
A second-generation American born in 1930 in Paris, Mr. Maazel was
raised and educated in the United States. He has conducted throughout
Europe, Australia, North and South America, Japan, the former Soviet
Union, and at most international festivals and opera houses, and
has appeared with all the major symphony orchestras. His numerous
recordings include complete symphonic cycles of Beethoven, Brahms,
Mahler, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky, as well as extensive
operatic repertoire. He was the first American to appear at Bayreuth
(in 1960), and was inducted into the American Classic Music Hall
of Fame in 2002.
Hosting this new series is Peabody Award winning producer Kerry
Frumkin.
Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
Mondays at 8 p.m.
The Deutsche Welle Festival season is in full swing, and these
broadcasts are your ticket to the hottest new performances from
the 2004 season in Germany. Host Rick Fulker invites you to exciting
venues and star-studded events, including the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Rheingau Music Festival.
Bach's complete sonatas for violin and piano are performed by Frank-Peter
Zimmermann and Enrico Pace. From the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival,
you'll hear the lively gala finale. And, as in past years, they'll
be several star-studded concerts from the International Beethoven
Festival in Bonn.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Music From Chautauqua moves out for this new series of one-hour
programs from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Hosted
by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's
Music and Education Advisor, Bruce Adolphe, these concerts are recorded
live.
The many distinguished Artist Members of The Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center featured in the series include violinists Ani
and Ida Kavafian, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Ransom Wilson,
cellist Fred Sherry, bass player Edgar Meyer, and the Orion String
Quartet. It also features clarinetist David Shifrin, CMS Artistic
Director from 1992 to 2004.
Among the guest artists who will be featured in this series are
pianist Peter Serkin, cellist Ronald Thomas, soprano Lucy Shelton
and the New Millennium Ensemble. Bassist and IU graduate Edgar Meyer
also makes an appearance.
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American Routes: Fifty Years of
Newport Jazz & Folk
Sunday, October 3, 8 p.m.
From country bluesman Skip James to Bob Dylan, from Ray Charles
to the Duke Ellington band-the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals have
long embodied a wide range of American music presented to a new
generation of listeners. This year, the Jazz Festival celebrates
its 50th anniversary, and American Routes is there.
Celebrate epic moments from the Festivals-from Duke Ellington's
1956 comeback to Bob Dylan's 1965 electric revolution. Hear performances
by Ray Charles, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, and trumpet legend
Clark Terry, who played Newport with Duke Ellington.
Festival founder George Wein is on hand to discuss his memories,
such as the founding of the Folk Festival in 1959 and the riot of
1971. Wein directed the Newport Folk Festival that featured bluesman
Mississippi Fred McDowell and songster John Hurt, country singer
Johnny Cash, the gospel of the Chambers Brothers, and the influential
Cajun band the Balfa Brothers. Folksinger and activist Joan Baez
recalls her times at Boston's Club 47 to Newport and New York's
Greenwich Village.
Enjoy music from all of the above as well as Thelonious Monk, Janis
Joplin, Doc Watson, Son House, John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis and
Nina Simone. This is one festival you won't want to miss!
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Creators at Carnegie: Gidon Kremer
and the Kremerata Musica
Sunday, October 10, 8 p.m.
"The trouble with Mr. Kremer's playing is that it is so good
that he can make any piece he interprets seem at least a minor masterpiece."
So wrote The New York Times about world-renowned Latvian violinist
Gidon Kremer.
In the thirty-year course of his distinguished career, Gidon Kremer
has established a worldwide reputation as one of the most original
and compelling artists of his generation, praised for his high degree
of individualism, his rejection of the well-trodden paths of interpretation,
and his search for new possibilities. He has appeared on virtually
every major concert stage with the most celebrated orchestras of
Europe and America and has collaborated with today's foremost conductors
and instrumentalists.
With more than one hundred recordings on several prestigious record
labels to his credit, Kremer's repertoire is unusually extensive.
It encompasses all the standard classical and romantic violin works,
as well as music by 20th century masters such as Henze, Berg, and
Stockhausen. Kremer has also championed the works of living Russian
and Eastern European composers and has performed many important
new compositions, several of them dedicated to him. He has become
associated with such diverse composers as John Adams, Sofia Gubaidulina,
Luigi Nono, Arvo Pärt, Astor Piazzolla, Aribert Reimann, Alfred
Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, Peteris Vasks, and bringing their
music to audiences in a way that respects tradition yet remains
contemporary.
In 1981 Kremer launched his monument to chamber music: the annual
Lockenhaus Festival in Austria. Since 1992 Lockenhaus Festival musicians
have been performing all over the world under the Kremerata Musica
logo.
Several years later Kremer founded the Kremerata Baltica, a chamber
orchestra to foster outstanding young musicians from the three Baltic
States. Subsequently he also took over leadership of the Musiksommer
Gstaad (Switzerland), in succession to Lord Yehudi Menuhin.
In this Creators at Carnegie broadcast from Zankel Hall, the Kremerata
Musica quartet and guest artists play works by Dmitri Shostakovich,
Valentin Silvestrov, Alfred Schnittke, John Cage, Alexander Raskatov,
Astor Piazzolla, Leonid Desyatnikov, Arvo Pärt, Vato Kakhidze
and Glenn Miller. The musicians of Kremerata Musica for this performance
are soprano Julija Korpacheva, cellist Wendy Warner and pianist
Andrius Zlabys. IU School of Music faculty member Mimi Zweig adds
her violin artistry to the Piano Quintet: Intermezzo by Shostakovich.
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Creators at Carnegie: Audra McDonald
Sunday, October 17, 8 p.m.
Technical perfection, pure tone, crystal clear diction-McDonald
is earning accolades as the most electrifying performer to hit Broadway
in recent years. Equally talented as a singer and a dramatic actress,
McDonald is being compared with Barbara Streisand and Judy Garland.
Whichever comparison people choose, there can be little doubt that
McDonald is a once-in-a-generation performer.
Audra McDonald was classically trained at The Julliard School in
New York City. By the time she was 28, she had made Broadway history,
winning Tony Awards for Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime. McDonald
earned her fourth Tony nomination in six years for Marie Christine,
a musical re-telling of the Medea myth, created for her by Michael
John LaChiusa.
In her solo Carnegie Hall concert debut, McDonald performed an evening
of songs scored for big bands, including several tunes from her
CD "Happy Songs." McDonald's other solo recordings are
"Way Back to Paradise" and "How Glory Goes. She co-starred
in the NBC series "Mister Sterling" and appeared on stage
in Henry IV.
In this Creators at Carnegie concert, McDonald performs in a world
premiere of a work commissioned by Carnegie Hall, "The Seven
Deadly Sins." She also performs the songs Unexpressed, Stars
and the Moon, I Must Have That Man, The Light in the Piazza, I Won't
Mind, Come Down from the Tree, Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg's Ain't
It de Truth, and Heaven from "Only Heaven," a musical
based on the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Join us for an evening with the megawatt talent that caused critic
Terry Teachout to proclaim, "There is no smarter or more expressive
theater singer to be heard anywhere."
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A World of Possibilities
This series of one-hour documentaries goes behind the headlines
to uncover the deeper meanings of events. It offers in-depth analysis,
informed commentary and an exploration of new approaches to our
most challenging problems. The aim is to open minds and inspire
new possibilities.
The series host is Mark Sommer-author, independent journalist and
internationally syndicated columnist. His articles have appeared
on the editorial pages of The Christian Science Monitor, the Chicago
Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle and Newsday.
Part I: The Promise and Perils of Electronic Voting
Sunday, October 24, 8 p.m.
Four years after the Florida 2000 debacle, electronic voting is
being hailed as a remedy for hanging chads and other confusion,
but skeptics say it's prone to mistakes
and mischief. Does electronic technology provide more accuracy or
does it multiply errors and manipulation?
Part II: Vote Count 2004: How Can We Assure Free and Fair Elections?
Sunday, October 31, 8 p.m.
In dictatorships and democracies alike, elections are sometimes
rigged or stolen with the victor governing under a cloud of suspicion.
With memories of Florida 2000 and inspired by international election
monitoring, U.S. groups are gearing up to monitor the November voting
process. Join us for a look at a vulnerable system and a search
for solutions to avoid a repeat of four years ago.
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America Abroad: Saudi Arabia-America's
Ally in the War on Terrorism?
Sunday, October 24, 9 p.m.
The long-standing friendship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia
calls to mind the old adage, "With friends like that, who needs
enemies?" Since 9/11, this relationship has come under intense
criticism. What role has Saudi Arabia played in the rise of Islamic
terrorism? What role is it now playing in the war against terrorism?
And how have U.S.-Saudi ties helped or hurt America's national security?
This program explores this relationship-perhaps the most important
and least understood relationship in America's Middle East policy-making.
Garrick Utley narrates an archival audio tour of the often ambivalent
U.S.-Saudi relationship, from the earliest discovery of oil to the
current war on terrorism. His look back is followed by Ron Nessen's
examination of the first Persian Gulf War and Saudi Arabia's decision
to permit U.S. military bases on Saudi soil. This decision helped
protect Saudi Arabia from Iraq and contain Saddam Hussein, but it
also energized Islamic extremists, intensifying anti-American sentiment
in the decade that followed. This segment includes reflections from
senior Bush administration officials and representatives from the
Saudi government.
Steve Roberts then moderates a videoconference with college students
in both nations, covering U.S.-Saudi relations, terrorism, and the
role of religion in Saudi society. The program ends with Margaret
Warner and an illuminating discussion about the teachings and export
of Saudi Wahhabism, and the challenges this fundamentalist doctrine
poses for the Saudi royal family and its relations with the West.
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Gray Matters: Mapping the Brain
Sunday, October 31, 9 p.m.
Brain imaging is helping scientists map the complex circuitry of
the brain-pathways leading to people's brightest potential and deepest
despair, to their darkest additions and highest ideals.
In Mapping the Brain, host Garrick Utley delves into the work of
imaging researchers who study images for clues about how the brain
functions and what to do when it malfunctions. Their experiments
offer hope for patients with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, treatment-resistant
depression, alcoholism and seizure disorders, to name a few.
The program also explores other potential findings that imaging
may uncover, including discoveries into where schizophrenia begins
and what causes it, diagnosing language problems such as dyslexia
earlier and more accurately, and the use of imaging to place deep-brain
stimulation devices for Parkinson's patients.
Join veteran journalist Garrick Utley as he delves into the work
of pioneering scientists who are mapping one of the final frontiers-the
human brain.
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Compact Discoveries with Fred Flaxman
Sundays in October at 4 p.m.
October 3: Schubert's Tuneful Chamber Music
Schubert was one of the greatest melody writers of all time. If
you don't believe that, just tune in for this hour of proof. It
includes the Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A Minor. As an additional
bonus, you'll find out what kind of instrument an arpeggione is,
and why this piece is played on a cello instead.
October 10: Wagner Without Words
This program is aimed particularly at people who enjoy classical
music, but who don't care for opera and can't stand, in particular,
the long, heavy, highly Germanic operas of Richard Wagner. The overtures,
preludes and incidental music to those operas contain many of the
best melodies from those works without any of the words. The program
will include the Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde,
the Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin and some music Wagner wrote
that wasn't for any of his operas.
October 17: Neglected Saint-Saëns
The most famous piece written by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns
was his musical joke the Carnival of the Animals. Yet except for
the section called The Swan, he withdrew the piece after just a
few performances and wouldn't allow it to be published until after
his death, not wanting this auditory burlesque to interfere with
his reputation as a serious composer. Unfortunately, some of the
composer's most beautiful works are still rarely heard in comparison
to the Carnival. But they will be featured in this hour, including
the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, the Piano Concerto No. 2 in G
Minor, and the symphonic poem Phaeton.
October 24: Variations on Very Familiar Tunes
This program showcases familiar tunes you've heard many times before-but
never like this! Rediscover the joys of beautiful melodies with:
Happy Birthday Variations by Peter Heidrich, Variations on Auld
Lang Syne by Franz Waxman, Variations on A Nursery Song (Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star) by Ernst von Dohnanyi. Then there's McMozart's
Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Musik by Teddy Bor, which has to be
heard to be believed!
October 31: Music for Halloween
Be afraid, be very afraid as host Fred Flaxman does his best this
Halloween to give you the musical heebie-jeebies. Music includes
Fossils from Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macabre by Saint-
Saëns; A Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky; The Sorcerer's
Apprentice by Dukas, a snippet of The Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninov
and The Legend Lives from "Sleepy Hollow."
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A Moment of Indiana History
A new two-minute feature begins this month on WFIU. A Moment of
Indiana History brings you remarkable facts about your own state
that you've probably never heard.
AMIH is a production of the Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations
(IPBS), with WFIU and WBAA in West Lafayette serving as the producing
stations. We'll have more information for you in next month's DIS.
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October Community
Events
Visit the WFIU Web site for links to these and other activities:
wfiu.indiana.edu
American Red Cross Book Fair
October 1-4
Monroe County Fairgrounds Commercial Building East at
5454 W. Airport Road
The 22nd annual Red Cross Book Fair will offer over 75,000 books
and other items and is the perfect opportunity to buy or browse
used books in good condition at low prices. The event will be open
Friday from 2-8 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday from
Noon to 3 p.m. and 3:30 to 5 p.m.; and Monday from Noon to 5 p.m.Visit
www.monroe-redcross.org/bookfair for more information and ticket
prices.
Walk for the Animals
October 3, 1-4 p.m.
Third Street Park in Bloomington
The Walk for the Animals is a tradition in Monroe County. Each
year animal lovers and supporters band together to collect donations
for the Monroe County Humane Association and the animals in need
in our community. This year is the ninth consecutive year the MCHA
has held the Walk. The Walk is a day of fun for animals and animal
lovers alike, consisting of games, activities, educational demos
and more. At 3 p.m. participants will gather for the parade of the
animals through downtown Bloomington. This year Mayor Mark Kruzan's
former shelter dog Stormy will be the Grand Marshal of the parade.
Rachmaninov By Kasparov
October 9, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus North High School, Erne Auditorium
The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic invites you to sit back and relax
while the soothing melodies of everyone's favorite piano concerto,
Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto #2" is performed by Andrey
Kasparov. Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" is
another crowd pleaser. For more information, go to www.thecip.org.
WFIU Listeners' Reception
October 15, 6:30-8 p.m.
Indiana University Art Museum atrium
You're invited to meet WFIU staff and your fellow public radio
fans at our annual Listeners' Reception. The event will take place
from 6:30-8 p.m. Put faces to the voices you hear on air and join
us for conversation and terrific refreshments.
Waves: A Theatrical adaptation of the Novel by Virginia Woolf
Oct. 15-17, 21-23 at 8 p.m.
Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
John Waldron Arts Center
Part of the Bloomington Area Arts Council performance series, this
event is co-produced with Baraka Productions and directed by Meg
Anderson. A unique interpretation of "Waves," Virginia
Woolf's hilarious and heartbreaking novel of six characters struggling
to find their own identities, will be presented at the. Baraka,
a movement theater ensemble featuring Carrie Owen, presents a poetic
journey through life's challenges.
Kid Kazooey & the Ballroom Roustabouts All Hallows Eve Eve
Ruckus
October 30, 6 p.m.
John Waldron Arts Center
A circus wrapped up in a band, Kid Kazooey & the Ballroom Roustabouts
encourage and inspire reading, active imagination, and merrymaking
in children of all ages through story, song and dance. Learn interesting
facts about bats, pumpkins, spiders, shadows and tricksters.
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Fourth Street Festival
George Walker of WFIU and John Winninger of WTIU talk to visitors
at the recent Fourth Street Festival of the Arts. George helped
them find an NPR station in the national directory while John used
a WFIU fan to stay cool. As temperatures rose to the upper 80s the
fans became quite popular.
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A
Moment of Retirement-with Don Glass
Co-workers and friends of Don Glass gathered on September 7th at
WFIU for a retirement party for the producer of A Moment of Science,
congratulating him for nearly four decades of service to the station.
As Don's electronic talking fish made hilariously rude comments,
staff members shared memories of working with Don. Station manager
Christina Kuzmych recalled when she first came to work at WFIU when
Don was station manager.
"I was told, 'Be cool and calm around Don Glass.'" I thought
I knew what that meant. But at the end of my first fund drive with
Don, we didn't know how to get All Things Considered on the air.
So Don just put his thumbs in his vest and said to me, 'Well, ma'am,
do we have something exciting to tell the folks?' He picked up a
mug and talked about the faces on it. That's when I learned what
laid back really meant!"
Christina presented Don with certificates for a WFIU Day of Dedication
(for September 19, the day Don started at WFIU in 1966) and a certificate
for a tree to be planted on campus in his honor.
On-Air Broadcast Director George Walker came to WFIU in 1967 when
Don had recently been named music director, after having started
as an announcer and then chief announcer.
"Don was a graduate voice student in the School of Music and
as such was recruited for the operas. At this time the arboretum
site was occupied by the decaying tenth street stadium and the SOM
put on a summer opera outdoors there. Don was in the cast of Aida.
I'm sure that despite the sweaty rehearsals, Don was still torn
between music and radio. Perhaps a turning point for Don was when
the stage director Hans Busch, in total frustration with the chorus
plaintively shouted, 'Couldn't you be more Egyptian?'"
George recalled that Don produced many interviews and programs,
including a weekly show featuring students from the IU School of
Music titled On Stage in Recital Hall. "The station set tip
a direct line to Recital Hall and Don and an engineer would grab
some microphones and a small console to trek over to the ball for
the show. Some great music came from that show, but there were occasional
problems. Practice space in the School is always at a premium and
on more than one occasion, we here in the studio were waiting to
hear from Don right up to pretty close to airtime."
George went on to discuss Don's life outside of WFIU.
"Don was as an active station manager, but it wasn't enough
to keep him busy enough. He became involved with Masters Swimming
and his success there led to his being mentored by IU's world famous
men's swimming coach Doc Councilman, and to his becoming IU's Women's
Swimming Coach."
One of the perks of Don's coaching job, George said, was tickets
for other IU sporting events. "Don got to sit behind the IU
bench at the basketball games with a good seat for the intellectual
musings of Bob Knight."
George recalled being with Don during WFIU's first fund drive.
"Don was on hand for that first fund drive and I'm afraid that
I do have to tell you that he violated IU's dry campus rules (the
statute of limitations has run out hasn't it?) with a small bottle
of champagne to celebrate the amazing total of $17,000. Since then
fund drives have become a regular part of our year and we've raised
our goals substantially. Looking back, Don has been a key player
in the many drives, but I can gripe that that was the only time
we had champagne."
Through the years, Don has produced a wide variety of programs:
A series on the voyages of Christopher Columbus; Ask the Mayor (from
its inception); Puzzle Time with philosopher Raymond Smullyan-a
series of daily puzzles related to Monroe County history; Arts Minutes;
and the all-night coverage of Doc Counsilman's English Channel swim.
Don started producing A Moment of Science when Professor Paul Singh
in the IU Physics Department called him in 1997 asking about starting
a program on general science directed toward the general public.
Don began as radio producer and eventually became full producer.
Don will continue to produce AMOS until a new producer/co-host is
found. Don isn't sure how his association with WFIU will change,
but he will be around to consult when questions arise.
Don was asked why he decided to retire now. "To quote the old
saw, it was time. I am the appropriate age, and a colleague said
to me last year, 'You don't know how long you will live.' That made
an impact. I thought the time had come for me to be able to live
my personal life other than on the weekends. I have been at WFIU
for a long time, so it's time for someone to come in with fresh
ideas and energy."
Although most WFIU listeners think of Don exclusively as a man of
science, he has many other interests. He's also a volunteer firefighter
in his township, and plays bluegrass on the mandolin. Retirement
will allow Don to spend more time indulging his love of the outdoors.
"I have started volunteering at the Nature Center at Brown
County State Park where I am beginning to direct hikes and give
interpretive presentations on various nature subjects. I have been
interested in nature and the environment for a long time, and this
gives me the opportunity to learn much more about it and share it
with others. The principle is the same as AMOS, but it's focused
on nature, and I interact directly with the public as oppose to
the more abstract relation that radio provides."
As the party was wrapping up, Don quipped how he hated to say goodbye:
"I feel the real fun will happen after I leave." That
prompted Yaël Ksander to remark, "We promise not to have
fun when you're gone, Don." All agreed that Don had brought
a great deal of fun to WFIU during his nearly forty years of providing
music, science and great broadcasting.
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Musical Highlights for October
by Robert Lumpkin, Music Director
Artist of the Month
WFIU's Artist of the Month for October is violinist Federico Agostini.
Internationally active as soloist, chamber musician, teacher and
adjudicator, Federico Agostini has given numerous master classes
in Japan, Sweden, and Italy. The Maestro led I Musici for six years
and is a regular guest at Sarasota's La Musica International Chamber
Music Festival and many others. Recordings can be found on Philips
and Claves labels.
WFIU presents Federico Agostini as soloist and leader of I Musici
on Thursday, October 7, at 7:07 p.m. They'll be playing the Concerto,
Op. 8, No. 3 "Autumn" from The Four Seasons by Antonio
Vivaldi. On Wednesday the 13th at 10:12 p.m., the violinist joins
the D'Amici String Quartet in a performance of Ravel's String Quartet
in F. More Baroque music follows on Thursday, October 21 at 7:07
p.m. Federico Agostini joins I Musici again in J. S. Bach's Violin
Concerto in E, BWV 1042. And join us for music of Franz Schubert
on Wednesday the 27th at 7:07 p.m. At that time, our Artist of the
Month plays the Rondo in A, D. 438 with I Soloisti Italiani.
New Releases
Our featured new releases for October include orchestral works from
the Late Romantic Era, music for piano-four hands from the 18th
century, and a beloved song cycle from the 19th century. Richard
Strauss' tone poem, Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 has recently
been issued on the Hänssler Classic label. We'll hear that
recording with John Fiore conducting the Düssledorf Symphony
on Wednesday, October 6, at 10:12 p.m. On Thursday the 14th, join
us for a re-issue from Bridge of an historic recording of music
for piano-four hands by Mozart. Pianists Nadia Reisenberg and Artur
Balsam perform the Sonata in C, K. 521. Gustav Mahler's electrifying
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat "Symphony of a Thousand" comes
your way on Wednesday, October 20, at 10:12 p.m. Ricardo Chailly
leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra along with the several choirs
and soloists on a recent release from the Radio Netherlands label.
Franz Schubert's poignant song cycle, Dichterliebe, airs Monday
the 25th at 7:07 p.m. This new Hänssler Classic recording features
baritone Ulf Bästlein and pianist Stefan Laux.
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Profiles
October 3rd - Helen Gibbons
Helen Gibbons is a retired IU business education professor and
a sponsor of organizations such as WonderLab, Habitat for Humanity
and Girls, Inc. In 2004 she was honored with the Lifetime Contribution
Award from the City of Bloomington. She has been called "one
of Monroe County's most valuable resources" and "a model
for what women can do to improve our community." Gibbons was
hired to teach business at the university in the 1950s-but only
through the School of Education because it was unheard of that a
woman would join the School of Business. She spoke about her experiences
with Shana Ritter.
October 10th - Douglas Wissing
Bloomington resident Douglas Wissing has written for many publications
including The New York Times, the Washington Post, and National
Geographic Traveler. Wissing's lifelong fascination with Tibet led
him to write "Pioneer in Tibet: The Life and Perils of Dr.
Albert Shelton" about the unusual connection between Tibet
and Albert Shelton's home state of Indiana. Researching the book,
Wissing traveled the length of the Himalayas from northern Yunnan
across Tibet, Nepal and India to the range's terminus on the Afghani-Pakistan
border. He spoke with Shana Ritter.
October 17th - T.C. Boyle
Entertaining and irreverent, T. Coraghessan Boyle is the author
of sixteen books of fiction, including "After the Plague,"
"Drop City" and "The Inner Circle," and his
novel "The Road To Wellville" was made into a film starring
Anthony Hopkins. His stories have appeared in most of the major
American magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's and Esquire,
and he has been the recipient of a number of literary awards. This
program is part of The Writers Studio, a series recorded in 2003
and 2004 at Theatre Three in Dallas, Texas before a live audience,
who were able to ask questions during the event. The hosts are reporter
Gary Reeves and professor Randy Gordon.
October 24th - Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston is an internationally-acclaimed writer
of fiction and nonfiction and was one of the first Asian-Americans
to make it to the top of the literary world in America. Her first
book, "The Woman Warrior," was a groundbreaking work that
weaved together elements of fiction, biography, history, and myth,
and is now a staple in college-level literature classes. Her other
books include "China Men", "Tripmaster Monkey"
and "The Fifth Book Of Peace." Kingston's writing is often
cited for its melodiousness and poetry. She spoke with Gary Reeves
and Randy Gordon of The Writers Studio series.
October 31st - John McCluskey
John McCluskey, Jr. teaches fiction writing and contemporary
African-American literature at Indiana University. He is the author
of two novels: "Look What They Done to My Song" and "Mr.
America's Last Season Blues." His short stories have appeared
in a number of journals and collections, including Callaloo, Ploughshares,
and "Best American Short Stories." He is the editor of
"The City of Refuge: Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher"
and co-editor with Charles Johnson of "Black Men Speaking."
WFIU's David Johnson is the host.
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Broadcasts from the IU School of
Music
CHOPIN-Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op. 60; Edward Auer, p.
Airs: 10/1 at 3 p.m.
FRANCAIX-Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quartet; Kim Walker,
bssn.; New Century Plus
Airs: 10/4 at 7 p.m., 10/5 at 10 a.m., 10/8 at 3 p.m.
PURCELL-Four Pieces for Lute; Nigel North, theorbo
Airs: 10/11 at 7 p.m., 10/12 at 10 a.m., 10/15 at 3 p.m.
SHEPHERD-Twilight; Kim Walker, bssn.; New Century Plus
Airs: 10/17 at 11 p.m.
BOCCHERINI-Sonata in C for 2 Cellos; Janos Starker, vlc.; Emilio
Colón, vlc.
Airs: 10/18 at 7 p.m., 10/19 at 10 a.m., 10/22 at 3 p.m.
MOZART-Quartet in F, K. 370; Kim Walker, bssn.; New Century Plus
Airs: 10/25 at 7 p.m., 10/26 at 10 a.m., 10/29 at 3 p.m.
BRAHMS-Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8; Shigeo Neriki, p.; Federico
Agostini, vln.; Janos Starker, vlc.
Airs: 10/27 at 10 p.m.
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The Real Don Glass
By Yaël Ksander
In the years I worked on A Moment of Science, I've often been asked,
"What's he like anyway-that mysterious co-host of yours? Just
who is Don Glass, anyway, Yaël?"
Since ours is a science show, I've decided to approach the subject
scientifically. The species Glassum Donaldis Benjaminis is a rare
sort, most easily identified by its sleek physique and unvarying
markings: blue jeans, suede Clark wallabees, plaid shirt, and in
the cold season, black or brown leather vest.
His dietary habits, ensuring aforementioned streamlined physique,
which do not vary seasonally, have been observed to include the
following: grits, no salt or butter, carrot sticks, and a single
Tootsie Roll prior to a diurnal iron-pumping session. He brunches
weekly at the Hob-Nob restaurant in Nashville with his mate. Speaking
of whom, Don has been married to Mita for more than 40 years now-clearly
a species who mates for life.
Our subject is capable of pursuing many things at the same time.
Most notable being his capacity for saving lives as an EMT and the
fires he puts out as a volunteer firefighter. And his superhero
status doesn't stop there. Don has forgotten more about competitive
swimming and cycling than most of us will ever learn.
But lest you conclude this guy's nothing but brawn, let me set the
record straight. Having pursued his musical inclinations through
the master's stage at the illustrious IU School of Music, Glassum
Donaldis continues to play banjo and mandolin in his free time,
having spent, of his own admission, three hours just yesterday "picking
and grinning."
A Moment of Silence, then, for the end of an era. Thank you, Don,
and congratulations!
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