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Program Highlights
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Time.
Tuesday, May 13, 11am
The second of five programs presenting outstanding performances by opening
round contestants in the Cleveland
International Piano Competition.
Wednesday, May 14, 8pm
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
presents a retrospective on the work of world renowned Italian conductor
Carlo Maria Giulini.
Thursday, May 15, 11pm
Christopher O’Riley hosts a showcase of the nation’s most
outstanding young classical musicians on From
the Top, repeated Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
Friday, May 16, 2pm
An intimate glimpse at the most famous marriage in jazz history—Lil
Hardin and Louis Armstrong on Riverwalk
Jazz.
Saturday, May 17, 8pm
Montana pickers and fiddlers Fred Buckley and Doug Ezell present old and
new recordings of old-time and bluegrass music on Strings
& Things.
Sunday, May 18, noon
Oskar Eustis reads from Tom Bissell’s personal memoirs, War
Wounds, from The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy
of Vietnam on Selected Shorts.
Monday, May 19, 2pm
One of the giants of jazz piano, Oscar Peterson joins Marian McPartland
on his own Love Ballad on Piano
Jazz.
Tuesday, May 20, 8pm
Charles Dutoit conducts the New
York Philharmonic in Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of
Figaro.
Wednesday, May 21, 2pm
Highlights from 2007’s North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands,
known as the biggest in the world, on JazzSet
with DeeDee Bridgewater.
Thursday, May 22, 8pm
One of the world’s foremost commentators on religion, Karen Armstrong
in conversation on City Arts & Lectures.
Friday, May 23, 11am
Tony Morris features music and interviews with leading guitar performers
and composers on Classical Guitar
Alive!.
Saturday, May 24, 1pm
A sample of some of best songs by American lyricist Sheldon Harnick, including
Fiddler on the Roof, on Broadway
Revisited.
Sunday, May 25, 6am
Humankind investigates the health care systems of other developed nations
who cover all their citizens at lower cost than the U.S with impressive
results.
Monday, May 26, 6:30pm
Bozeman resident and author Larry Nelson recalls the courage and harsh
realities he experienced as a World War II B-29 navigator in bombing raids
on Japan on RealTime with George Cole.
--11am Pianist/composer/arranger Steven Prutsman
performs Three Piano Preludes by Debussy, and is joined by the St. Lawrence
String Quartet in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A Major at the Spoleto
Chamber Festival.
Tuesday, May 27-, 2pm
Performances from four jazz guitarists at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
overlooking Central Park on Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Wednesday, May 28, 11am
Lois Bent explores the many traditions of vocal music from many centuries
on Chorale.
Thursday, May 29, 7pm
Margot Adler presents reports, polling analyses and political debate on
America’s current legal battles on Justice Talking.
Friday, May 30, 9am
Fred Child blends recent concerts, music news, features, interviews and
in-depth commentary from the classical music world on Performance Today.
Saturday, May 31, 7pm
Celtic anthems that inspire mass choruses in pubs and sporting venues,
and new prospects, on The Thistle & Shamrock.
Sunday, June 1, noon
Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, which explores the complex relationship
between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, from the Royal Opera of Wallonie
in Liege, Belgium.
Monday, June 2, 6:30pm
Bozeman environmental scientist Dr. Cliff Montagne talks with RealTime
host George Cole about his work in Central Asia and how Mongolia is adjusting
to the global economy.
--8pm David Zinman conducts the San Francisco
Symphony with violinist Hilary Hahn in a program including Korngold’s
Violin Concerto in D Major and Copland’s Music for Movies.
Tuesday, June 3, 11am
The first of four programs from the Cleveland International Piano Competition
which showcases young musicians who have garnered special prizes.
Wednesday, June 4, 8pm
Conductor Bernard Haitink leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an all
German/Austrian program, featuring pianist Emanuel Ax.
Thursday, June 5, 8pm
Perhaps the best-known artist in American musical theater, Stephen Sondheim
converses with New York Times columnist Frank Rich on City Arts
& Lectures:
Friday, June 6, 2pm
Vocalist Rebecca Kilgore joins the Jim Cullum Jazz Band to honor chanteuse
of chamber jazz, Maxine Sullivan, on Riverwalk.
Saturday, June 7, 1pm
Songs from the soundtracks of great MGM musicals on Broadway Revisited.
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