Handel and Haydn Society'sMessiah - WGBH

The Members’ Guide
December 2009
Handel and Haydn
Society’s Messiah
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More Classical, More News!
Pages 1, 24–25
Ed Sullivan: The Sixties
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Nova: What Darwin Never Knew
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Holiday Cheer
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
Join WGBH Radio host Brian O’Donovan
for highlights from 2008’s popular live
performance of A Christmas Celtic
Sojourn concert, featuring a
lively blend of Celtic, pagan,
and Christmas traditions.
Celtic Woman:
Songs from the Heart
In Enniskerry, County Wicklow,
Ireland at the historic
Powerscout House and
Gardens, the breathtaking
gardens are an ideal location for the musical vision of musical director
and composer David Downes and the vocalists who comprise Celtic Woman.
The program’s musical repertoire ranges from spirited Celtic fiddle and
bodhran pieces to lush arrangements of Irish classics.
Great Performances/Andrea Bocelli &
David Foster: My Christmas in Concert
Perennial favorite David Foster joins
superstar Andrea Bocelli for a new
Christmas concert of holiday classics.
Recorded at the Kodak Theatre in Los
Angeles, the program also features
special guests Natalie Cole, Mary J. Blige,
Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, and the Muppets, as well as a visit
with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Radio City Christmas
Spectacular
Over its storied 77-year history,
this cherished production has
become America’s #1 holiday
show. Viewers of all ages will
delight in dynamic Rockette
performances, multiplying Santas and childhood dreams coming true in
The Nutcracker.
History
The National Parks:
America’s Best Idea
Combining spectacular cinematography
and masterful
storytelling, this latest series
from filmmaker Ken Burns
shows you our national parks
as you’ve never seen them before! Filmed over the course of more than
six years in some of nature’s most spectacular locales, it is simultaneously a
biography of compelling characters and of the American landscape.
Music & Drama
A Tale of Two Cities: The Musical
Charles Dickens’s classic tale of love set against
the backdrop of the French Revolution is
transformed into a sweeping musical epic.
Recorded live at the historic Theatre Royal in
Brighton, England, and narrated by Michael York, this production includes
principals from the recent Broadway show.
Andre Rieu Live in Dresden
Recorded at the Semper Opera House
in 2008, this is not only a concert,
but also a real wedding party! The
charming bride and bridegroom,
who are part of the famous “Vienna
Debutantes,” are joined by 40 fabulous
pairs of dancers from the Elmayer
Dance School in Vienna.
Ed Sullivan: The Sixties
From 1963 to 1968, The Ed Sullivan Show
served up an unparalleled roster of timeless
artists, including The Beatles, The Doors,
The Beach Boys, Petula Clark, Frankie Valli
and The Four Seasons and the Young Rascals.
Revisit the most exciting and explosive era
of musical change with a variety of sounds that remain hugely popular
today. (Shown: Ed Sullivan and Petula Clark)
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44 As Time Goes By
10:30 44 Keeping Up
Appearances
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Tuesday 22
6pm 2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Charlie Rose
7pm 2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
7:30 2/HD María Hinojosa:
One-on-One Tony
Plana. uban actor
and director Tony
Plana has starred
in movies such
as An Officer and
a Gentleman and
JFK, and in TV series Resurrection
Boulevard and CSI. Now millions of
Americans know him as Ignacio
Suárez, Ugly Betty’s undocumented
dad. In this interview with María
Hinojosa, Plana talks about his successful
career, his role as an educator
and how he became the poster child
of immigration.
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 2/HD Nova Darwin’s Darkest
Hour. This two-hour
scripted drama
tells the
remarkable story
behind the
unveiling of the
most influential
scientific theory of all time, Charles
Darwin’s (Henry Ian Cusick) theory
of evolution by natural selection.
44 Antiques Roadshow
Big and Little
9pm 44 Waking the Dead
Wounds (Pt. 1)
Louisa May Alcott’s Email. Author
Kit Bakke discusses her new book
Miss Alcott’s Email: Yours for
Reforms of All Kinds. In her novel,
she sends an email to her
childhood role model Louisa May
Alcott and is amazed when she
receives a reply. Their correspondence
becomes a dance of ideas.
10pm 2/HD Frank Lloyd Wright’s
Buffalo More than a
biography of America’s greatest
architect, this is a story of family,
friendship, and the meaning of home
in American life.
44 MI-5 Road Trip
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Wednesday 23
6pm 2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Charlie Rose
7pm 2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
7:30 2/HD Ask This Old House
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 2/HD National Christmas
Tree Lighting 2009
44 This Old House Hour
9pm 2/HD Great Performances
La bohême See Mimi and
Rodolfo, page 16
44 Nova Darwin’s Darkest
Hour (See 12/22 at 8pm)
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Thursday 24
6pm
7pm
➤➤ forum-network.org
2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Charlie Rose
2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
Alcott’s Double Life
Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, had a reputation as a
morally upstanding New England spinster, reflecting the conventional
propriety of late 19th-century Concord, Mass.
An intellectual protégée of Emerson,
Hawthorne and Thoreau, Alcott was actually a
free thinker with democratic ideals and progressive
values about women. Most surprising
is that she led, under the pseudonym A.M.
Barnard, a literary double life, undiscovered
until the 1940s. As Barnard, Alcott penned
scandalous, sensational works with characters
running the gamut from murderers and revolutionaries
to cross-dressers and opium addicts.
American Masters
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Mon, 12/28 at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD
Evo-
Devo
On the 150th anniversary
of the publication
of Darwin’s famous
On the Origin of
Species, Nova reveals answers to riddles that Darwin couldn’t explain.
Stunning breakthroughs in a new science—nicknamed “evo-devo”—
are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature’s great mysteries:
the development of an embryo. To explore this exciting new idea,
Nova takes viewers on a journey from the Galapagos Islands to the
Arctic, from the Cambrian explosion of animal forms half a billion
years ago to the research labs of today. This absorbing detective story
confirms the brilliance of Darwin’s insights, while exposing clues to
life’s breathtaking diversity in ways he could scarcely have imagined.
Nova/What Darwin Never Knew
Tue, 12/29 at 8pm on WGBH 2/HD
7:30 2/HD Basic Black
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 2/HD L.A. Holiday
Celebration In Los
Angeles, holiday
traditions span
the globe.
Discover the real
L.A. as performers
of various backgrounds
join to express the joy of the
season. Antiques Roadshow’s Mark
Walberg hosts.
44 Globe Trekkker
Ice Trekking the Alps
➤➤ wgbh.org/nova/
evolution
Help Nova’s website evolve! Send
us your suggestions on what you’d
like to see on Nova’s new site
about evolution.
9pm 2/HD Christmas with the
Mormon Tabernacle
Choir Tony
Award-winner
Brian Stokes
Mitchell joins
the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir
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Sugar and Spice
Will girls entering adulthood in the next
decade stride confidently through newly
opened doors or are they destined to be
stunted by societal messages that tell them
females should be constantly agreeable,
impossibly thin and, above all else, sexy?
Researcher and author Rachel Simmons
examines the challenges facing young
women as they surf the waves of 21stcentury
adolescence. Simmons interviews
parents, psychologists, teachers and social workers and also talks with
four girls who tell their own personal tales of dealing with issues like
cyberbullying, body image and violence. With courage and determination,
these girls reveal their hopes and dreams for a powerful future.
A Girl’s Life
Wed, 12/30 at 8pm on WGBH 2/HD
Godmother of Punk
Shot over 11 years by acclaimed
fashion photographer Steven
Sebring, this film is a remarkable
plunge into the life, art, memories
and philosophical reflections of the
legendary rocker, poet and artist
Patti Smith. Sometimes dubbed
the “godmother of punk”—a designation
justified by clips of her early
rage-fueled performances—Smith
was much more than that when she broke through with her 1975
debut album, Horses. A poet and visual artist as well as a rocker, she
befriended and collaborated with some of the brightest lights of the
American counterculture, an often testosterone-driven scene to which
she brought a swagger and fierceness all her own.
P.O.V/Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Wed, 12/30 at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD
and Orchestra at Temple Square in a
magnificent Christmas celebration
featuring some of the season’s most
beloved songs.
44 Nature Christmas in
Yellowstone (See 12/20 at
8pm)
10pm 2/HD Christmas at Belmont
Country music artist
and Belmont
University
graduate Trisha
Yearwood
hosts this festive
musical collage.
44 Nature Arctic Bears.
Polar bears are living on
borrowed time.
They are the
descendents of
grizzlies, long-ago
evolved to live
and hunt on the
frozen ice of the Arctic, eating a
specialized diet of seal meat. Grizzlies
are masters at living off the land,
making a meal from a wide variety of
foods—meats, seeds, berries, insects,
fruit and honey.
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Friday 25
6pm 2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Charlie Rose
7pm 2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
7:30 2/HD McLaughlin Group
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 2/HD Washington Week
44 French Chef Spinach
Twins
➤➤ forum-network.org
It’s Complicated: The American
Teenager. Author Robin Bowman
shares the story of her four-year
journey to capture the essence of
today’s youth.
8:30 2/HD Now
44 French Chef Cake with
a Halo
9pm 2/HD Bill Moyers Journal
44 French Chef Hamburger
Dinner
9:30 44 French Chef Salad
Nicoise
10pm 2/HD Three Tenors
Christmas A holiday
favorite with the The Three Tenors, Jose
Carreras, Placido Domingo and the late
Luciano Pavarotti. Taped in December
1999 at the Konzerthaus in Vienna,
accompanied by the Vienna Symphony
and joined by the Gumpoldskirchner
Spatzen Children’s Choir, this program
features popular Christmas songs.
44 French Chef Lasagna
10:30 44 French Chef Waiting
for Gigot
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Saturday 26
For kids programs (6am–10:30am),
see page 3.
11am 2/HD Victory Garden
44 María Hinojosa:
One-on-One Tony Plana
(See 12/22 at 7:30pm)
11:30 2/HD Everyday Food
Supermarket Savings
44 Ask This Old House
12n 2/HD French Chef Bouillabaise
44 Member Favorites
12:30 2/HD French Chef Napoleon’s
Chicken
1pm 2/HD French Chef Spinach
Twins
1:30 2/HD French Chef Cake with a
Halo
2pm 2/HD French Chef Hamburger
Dinner
2:30 2/HD French Chef Salad
Nicoise
3pm 2/HD French Chef Lasagna
3:30 2/HD French Chef Waiting for
Gigot
4pm 2/HD French Chef How about
Lentils?
4:30 2/HD French Chef Fish in
Monk’s Clothing
5pm 2/HD French Chef Gateau in
a Cage
5:30 2/HD French Chef Cheese
and Wine Party
6pm 2/HD French Chef Curry
Dinner
6:30 2/HD French Chef Apple
Dessert
7pm 2/HD French Chef Meat Loaf
Masquerade
7:30 2/HD French Chef To Roast a
Chicken
8pm 2/HD Member Favorites
10pm
44 An Affair to Remember
(See 12/19 at 5pm)
Sunday 27
For kids programs on WGBH 2/HD
(6am–10:30am), see page 3.
6am 44 Antiques Roadshow
Big and Little
7am 44 Religion & Ethics
Newsweekly
7:30 44 To the Contrary
8am 44 Moneytrack
8:30 44 Consuelo Mack
Wealthtrack
9am 44 Washington Week
9:30 44 Greater Boston
10am 44 Inside Washington
10:30 44 Now
11am 2/HD María Hinojosa:
One-on-One Tony Plana
(See 11/24 at 7:30pm)
44 Bill Moyers Journal
11:30 2/HD Rick Steves’ Europe
Italy’s Great Hill Towns
12n 2/HD Member Favorites
44 Member Favorites
9pm 2/HD Masterpiece Classic
Cranford (Pt. 2) See
The Original Gossip Girls, page 14
44 P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream
of Life See Godmother
of Funk, this page
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10pm 2/HD Member Favorites
11pm 44 Member Favorites
Monday 28
6pm 2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Charlie Rose
7pm 2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
7:30 2/HD Member Favorites
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 44 Masterpiece Classic
Cranford (Pt. 2) See
The Original Gossip Girls, page 14
9pm 2/HD American Masters
Louisa May Alcott:
The Woman Behind Little Women See
Alcott’s Double Life, page 17
44 Member Favorites
10:30 2 Member Favorites
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Tuesday 29
6pm 2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Unassigned
7pm 2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
7:30 2/HD Member Favorites
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 2/HD Nova What Darwin Never
Knew See Evo-Devo,
page 17
44 Member Favorites
9pm 44 Waking the Dead
Wounds (Pt. 2)
10pm 2/HD Member Favorites
44 MI-5 The Book
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Wednesday 30
6pm 2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Unassigned
7pm 2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
7:30 2/HD Member Favorites
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 2/HD A Girl’s Life See Sugar
and Spice, page 18
44 Member Favorites
9pm 2/HD P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream
of Life See Godmother
of Funk, page 18
44 Nova What Darwin Never
Knew See Evo-Devo,
page 17
11pm 2/HD Charlie Rose
44 PBS NewsHour
Thursday 31
6pm 2/HD PBS NewsHour
44 Unassigned
7pm 2/HD Greater Boston
44 Nightly Business Rpt
7:30 2/HD Member Favorites
44 Keeping Up
Appearances
8pm 2/HD Live from Lincoln
Center New York
Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Celebration
See An All-American New Year, this
page
44 Globe Trekker See
Armchair Traveler,
this page
9pm 44 Globe Trekker See
Armchair Traveler,
this page
The Adirondack Park sprawls across
six million acres in upstate New
York. Bigger than Yellowstone,
Yosemite, Glacier and Grand
Canyon National Park combined, it
is by far the largest park in the
lower 48 states. It also is the only
one on the continent in which
large human populations live and
whose land is divided almost
evenly between protected wilderness
and privately owned tracts.
Watch The Adirondacks on Mon,
12/21 at 7pm on WGBH World.
10pm 2/HD Bill Cosby: The Mark
Twain Prize An A-list
cast of comedians—including
Jerry Seinfeld and
Chris Rock—
salutes Bill Cosby,
the 12th recipient
of the Mark Twain Prize for American
Humor.
44 Globe Trekker See
Armchair Traveler, this
page
11pm 44 PBS NewsHour
11:30 2/HD Bill Cosby: The Mark
Twain Prize (See 10pm)
Coming in
January
•
Life
•
Nova ’s This Emotional
Masterpiece Classic’s
Return to Cranford
An All-American
New Year
The New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s
Eve gala, with new music director Alan
Gilbert and baritone Thomas Hampson,
celebrates all-American music from
Gershwin, Copland and Broadway. This
glamorous evening features “An American in
Paris,” “Appalachian Spring Suite” and “Old American Songs,” as well as
selections from various Broadway musicals.
Live from Lincoln Center/New Year’s Eve
Thu, 12/31 at 8pm on WGBH 2
Armchair
Traveler
See the world from your sofa with
Globe Trekker! Spend a day visiting
unforgettable destinations through
stunning photography, rhythmic
indigenous music, and hobnobbing
with local folks. A series of seven
episodes will take you to explore
everything from water treks, the food of Mexico, great natural wonders
of the world, volcanoes and some of the world’s best shopping.
Globe Trekker/Trek Around the World
Thu, 12/31 from 1–5pm and 8–11pm on WGBH 44
Editor Jennifer Goebel
Contributors Nancy Blacksin, Edgar Herwick, Susan Reed, Maria Bruno Ruiz, Ben Schwartz, Jon Solins
Designers Tong-Mei Chan, Douglass Scott
Photo Research Michael Delia
Production Supervisor Lenore Lanier Gibson
Director of Operations Judy Canty
Director, Constituent Communications Cynthia Broner
Associate Director Susan Reed
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Programs, Repeats and Overnights on 2/HD, 44
Full schedules for all channels are
available at wgbh.org/schedules
History
American Experience The Kennedys Thu (12/3 & 17)
4am on 2
American Masters Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home
Sat (12/19) 6:30pm on 2 • Augustus Saint-Gaudens:
Master of American Sculpture Mon (12/21) 10pm on 2,
Tue (12/22) 2:30pm on 44, Mon (12/28) 2am on 44,
Mon (12/28) 5am on 44, Tue (12/29) 4am on 44, Thu
(12/31) 5am on 44 • Louisa May Alcott: The Woman
Behind Little Women Mon (12/28) 9pm on 2, Tue
(12/29) 1am on 2, Tue (12/29) 1am on 44, Wed (12/30)
3am on 44
American Stamps Wed (12/16) 10:30pm on 2
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency
Tue (12/8) 1am on 44, Wed (12/9) 3am on 44
Antiques Roadshow Mobile, Al (Pt. 2) Wed (12/2)
5am on 44, Fri (12/4) 3am on 44, Sat (12/5) 4am on 44,
Sun (12/6) 6am on 44 • Mobile, Al (Pt.3) Wed (12/9)
5am on 44, Sat (12/12) 4am on 44, Sun (12/13) 6am on
44 • Roadshow Remembers Mon (12/14) 8pm on 2,
Tue (12/15) 2am on 44, Tue (12/15) 8pm on 44, Wed
(12/16) 5am on 44, Sat (12/19) 4am on 44, Sun (12/20)
6am on 44 • Big & Little Mon (12/21) 8pm on 2, Tue
(12/22) 1:30pm on 44, Tue (12/22) 8pm on 44, Wed
(12/23) 1am on 2, Wed (12/23) 5am on 44, Sun (12/27)
6am on 44 • Jackpot! Wed (12/30) 5am on 44
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo Tue (12/22) 10pm on 2,
Thu (12/24) 3am on 2
Jerusalem: Center of the World Thu (12/10) 1am on
44, Fri (12/11) 3am on 44, Mon (12/14) 3am on 44,
Mon (12/14) 9pm on 2, Tue (12/15) 1:30pm on 44, Wed
(12/23) 3am on 2
Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency Fri (12/18)
8:30pm on 44
Live from Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic
New Year’s Eve Thu (12/31) 8pm on 2
Looking for Lincoln Tue (12/15) 10pm on 2, Fri
(12/18) 9:30pm on 44, Wed (12/23) 2am on 2
Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
The Rock and the River Mon (12/14) 1am on 44, Tue
(12/15) 3am on 44, Thu (12/17) 8pm on 2, Fri (12/18)
1:30pm on 44, Sat (12/19) 3pm on 44 • The Empire
and the Kingdom Mon (12/14) 2am on 44, Tue (12/15)
4am on 44, Thu (12/17) 9pm on 2, Fri (12/18) 2:30pm
on 44, Sat (12/19) 4pm on 44
Secrets of the Dead Wed (12/16) 4am on 44
Story of India Wed (12/2) 4am on 44, Fri (12/4, 11,
18) 2am on 44, Sat (12/5, 12 & 19) 3am on 44
As always, WGBH makes every effort to keep pace
with breaking news and world events. Given press
deadlines for ’GBH, The Members’ Guide, some program
information cited this month may be approximate.
For updates, go to wgbh.org/schedules.
Untold Stories Mount Rushmore: Telling America’s
Stories Fri (12/18) 10:30pm on 44 • Yosemite’s
Buffalo Soldiers Fri (12/18) 10:40pm on 44
Young Lincoln Fri (12/18) 8pm on 44
Life and Living
America’s Home Cooking Thu (12/10) 2:30am on 2
Ask This Old House Tue–Sat, 12:30am on 44, Mon–Fri
(12/14–12/24), 4:30pm on 44, Sun (12/6 & 13) 11am
on 2, Wed (12/16 & 23) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (12/19 & 26)
11:30am on 44, Sat (12/19) 11:30pm on 2
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Thu (12/3)
2:30am on 2, Thu (12/17) 2:30am on 2
Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack Sun 8:30am on 44
Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen Sat
(12/19) 3:30pm on 2
Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone! Sat 3am on 2,
Wed (12/9) 1am on 2, Sun (12/13) 12mid on 2
e 2 The Economies of Being Environmentally
Conscious Adaptive Reuse in the Netherlands Sun
(12/20) 2pm on 44
Ed Slott’s Stay Rich for Life Wed (12/2 & 16) 1am on
2, Sun (12/31 & 30) 3am on 2, Wed (12/16) 1am on 2,
Wed (12/30) 3am on 2
Equitrekking Sun (12/20) 2:30pm on 44
Everyday Food Sat 11:30am on 2
Food Trip with Todd English Sat (12/19) 2pm on 2
French Chef Fri (12/25) 1:30pm on 44, Fri (12/25)
1–5pm, 8–11pm on 44, Sat (12/26) 12n–8pm on 2
Globe Trekker Slavery Thu (12/17) 8pm on 44 •
Ice Trekking the Alps Thu (12/24) 8pm on 44 • Globe
Shopper 2 Thu (12/31) 1pm on 44 • Planet of the
Apes Thu (12/31) 2pm on 44 • Globe Trekker Food
Hour: Mexico Thu (12/31) 3pm on 44 • Volcanoes,
Ring of Fire Thu (12/31) 4pm on 44 • Great Natural
Wonders Thu (12/31) 8pm and 10pm on 44 • Best
American Water Treks Thu (12/31) 9pm on 44
Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth Sun (12/20) 5pm
on 44, Sat (12/19) 4pm on 2
Joel Harper’s Firming after 50 Thu (12/3) 5am on 2,
Mon (12/7) 5am on 2, Thu (12/17) 5am on 2
Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home Sat (12/19)
1pm on 2
Julia Child & Company Sat (12/19) 12:30pm on 2
Julia Child Memories: Bon Appetit! Sat (12/26) 1am
on 2
Lidia’s Italy Sat (12/19) 1:30pm on 2, Sun (12/20)
4:30pm on 44
Life (Part 2) Sat (12/19) 6pm on 2
Made in Spain Sun (12/20) 4pm on 44
Magnificent Mind at Any Age with Dr. Daniel
Amen Tue (12/8) 1am on 2, Tue (12/15) 2:30am on 2,
Tue (12/29) 2:30am on 2
Michael Bernard Beckwith: The Answer Is You
Fri (12/4) 4:30am on 2, Sun (12/6) 1:30am on 2, Mon
(12/14) 1:30am on 2, Fri (12/18) 4:30am on 2, Sun
(12/20) 1:30am on 2, Mon (12/28) 1:30am on 2
MoneyTrack Sun 8am on 44
New Yankee Workshop Sat (12/19) 4:30pm on 2
Place of Our Own Mon–Fri (12/14–30) 1pm on 44
Rick Steves’ Europe Sun 11:30am on 2, Wed (12/2 &
16) 2:30am on 2, Wed (12/2) 3am on 2, Wed (12/16)
3am on 2, Wed (12/2 & 16) 3:45am on 2, Tue (12/8)
2:30am on 2, Thu (12/10) 5:30am on 2
Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sat (12/19) 12n on 2
Science of Healing with Dr. Esther Sternberg Thu
(12/3) 1am on 2, Thu (12/17) 1am on 2
Simply Ming Sat (12/19) 2:30pm on 2, Sun (12/20)
5:30pm on 44
Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa Tue–Fri (12/15–18)
3:30pm on 44, Mon–Thu (12/21–25) 3:30pm on 44
Spain…On the Road Again Sun (12/20) 3pm on 44
Stay Rich Forever & Ever with Ed Slott Sun (12/6)
4:30am on 2, Mon (12/14) 4:30am on 2, Sun (12/20)
4:30am on 2, Mon (12/28) 4:30am on 2
This Old House Hour Fri (12/4, 11 & 18) 1am on 44,
Sat (12/5, 12 & 19) 5am on 44, Wed (12/16 & 23) 8pm
on 44, Sat (12/19) 5pm on 2
Music & Drama
An Affair to Remember Sat (12/19) 5pm on 44, Sun
(12/20) 7pm on 44, Sat (12/26) 10pm on 44
Austin City Limits Sun 12mid on 44
Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize Thu (12/31) 10pm
on 2, Thu (12/31) 11:30pm on 2
Brain Fitness Frontiers Fri (12/4, 11 & 18) 2:30am
on 2
Christmas in Belmont Thu (12/24) 10pm on 2, Fri
(12/25) 4am on 44
Christmas at St. Olaf Fri (12/25) 2am on 44, Fri
(12/25) 3am on 2
Christmas with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Fri
(12/4) 5am on 44, Sun (12/6) 2am on 44, Mon (12/7)
5am on 44, Thu (12/24) 9pm on 2, Fri (12/25) 2am on 2,
Fri (12/25) 3am on 44
Dickens’ Secret Lover Mon (12/21) 9pm on 2
Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics—The 60s Sat
(12/5) 1am on 2, Mon (12/7) 12mid on 2, Sat (12/12)
1am on 2, Sat (12/19) 1am on 2, Sun (12/27) 12mid on
2, Thu (12/31) 4am on 2
From Mao to the Met with Hao Jiang Tian Fri
(12/11) 1am on 2
Great Performances Barenboim on Beethoven Mon
(12/7) 1am on 44, Tue (12/8) 3am on 44 • Dance in
America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker Tue (12/22)
1am on 44, Tue (12/22) 4am on 2, Wed (12/23) 3am on
44 • Sting: A Winter’s Tale Wed (12/2) 3am on 44 •
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La bohême Wed (12/23) 9pm on 2, Thu (12/24) 1am
on 44, Thu (12/24) 4am on 2, Thu (12/24) 1:30pm on
44, Sat (12/26) 3am on 44, Mon (12/28) 3am on 44
Great Performances at the Met The Magic Flute
Thu
•
(12/3) 1am and 3am on 44, Mon (12/7) 3am on 44
Tosca Wed (12/16) 8pm on 2, Thu (12/17) 1am on
44, Thu (12/17) 1:30pm on 44, Fri (12/18) 3am on 44,
Mon (12/21) 3am on 44
In the Life Sat (12/19) 11:30pm on 44
Independent Lens HelveticaThu (12/10) 3am on 44,
Sun (12/20) 10pm on 44 • Herb and Dorothy Thu
(12/17) 4am on 44 • Between the Folds Sun (12/20)
9pm on 44, Thu (12/24) 3am on 44 • Scenes from a
Parish Thu (12/31) 3am on 44
Jazz for Young People: What is New Orleans Jazz
Wed (12/2) 1am on 44
L.A. Holiday Celebration 2009 Fri (12/11) 5am on
44, Mon (12/14) 5am on 44, Thu (12/24) 8pm on 2, Sat
(12/26) 5am on 44, Sun (12/27) 3am on 44
Leonard Cohen Live in London Mon (12/14) 12mid
on 2, Sun (12/27) 2am on 2, Mon (12/28) 12mid on 2
Luther: Night of Glory, Dawn of Peace Sun (12/20)
3am on 44, Fri (12/25) 5am on 2
Masterpiece Classic Wuthering Heights (Pt. 1) Mon
(12/14) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (12/14) 8pm on 44 •
Wuthering Heights (Pt. 2) Mon (12/14) 3pm on 44,
Mon (12/14) 9:30pm on 44 • Bleak House (Pt. 1) Sun
(12/20) 12n on 2, Mon (12/21) 1am on 2 • Bleak
House (Pt. 2) Sun (12/20) 2pm on 2, Mon (12/21) 3am
on 2 • Bleak House (Pt. 3) Sun (12/20) 3pm on 2, Mon
(12/21) 4am on 2 • Bleak House (Pt. 4) Sun (12/20)
4pm on 2, Mon (12/21) 5am on 2 • Bleak House
(Pt. 5) Sun (12/20) 5pm on 2, Tue (12/22) 1am on 2 •
Bleak House (Pt. 6) Sun (12/20) 6pm on 2, Tue (12/22)
2am on 2 • Cranford (Pt. 1) Sun (12/20) 9pm on 2,
Sun (12/20) 11pm on 2, Mon (12/21) 1am on 44, Mon
(12/21) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (12/21) 8pm on 44, Tue
(12/22) 3am on 44 • Cranford (Pt. 2) Sun (12/27) 9pm
on 2, Mon (12/28) 1am on 44, Mon (12/28) 8pm on 44,
Tue (12/29) 3am on 44
Mr. Christmas Fri (12/4) 4am on 44, Sun (12/6) 3am
on 44
Mrs. Miniver Sat (12/19) 7pm on 44, Sat (12/19)
9:15pm on 44
National Christmas Tree Lighting 2009 Wed (12/23)
8pm on 2
P.O.V. The Way We Get By Wed (12/9) 4am on 2, Tue
(12/15) 4am on 2, Sun (12/27) 3:30am on 2, Tue
(12/29) 4am on 2 • Patti Smith: Dream of Life Sun
(12/27) 9pm on 44, Wed (12/30) 9pm on 2, Thu (12/31)
1am on 44, Thu (12/31) 2am on 2
Renaissance Christmas Sun (12/13) 3am on 44, Fri
(12/25) 4am on 2
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live Mon (12/7) 3:30am
on 2
Roy Orbison & Friends/A Black and White Night
Sun (12/27) 5:30am on 2
Sinatra at Carnegie Hall Sun (12/6) 3am on 2, Mon
(12/14) 3am on 2, Sun (12/20) 3am on 2, Mon (12/28)
3am on 2
SoundStage Josh Groban, An Evening in New York
City Thu (12/17) 10pm on 44 • Faith Hill, Joy to the
World Fri (12/25) 1am on 2, Fri (12/25) 1am and 5am
on 44
Three Tenors Christmas Fri (12/25) 10pm on 2
Best of Britain
As Time Goes By Sat (12/19) 8:30pm on 2, Mon
(12/21) 10pm on 44
Keeping Up Appearances Mon–Fri 7:30pm on 44, Sat
(12/19) 8pm on 2, Mon (12/14 & 21) 10:30pm on 44
MI-5 Love and Death Sat (12/19) 10pm on 2 •
Divided They Fall Tue (12/15) 10pm on 44 • Road Trip
Tue (12/22) 10pm on 44 • The Book Tue (12/29) 10pm
on 44
Vicar of Dibley Sat 11am on 2 • Christmas Special
Sat (12/19) 9pm on 2
Waking the Dead Skin (Pt. 2) Tue (12/15) 9pm on 44
• Wounds (Pt. 1) Tue (12/22) 9pm on 44 • Wounds
(Pt. 2) Tue (12/29) 9pm on 44
News & Public Affairs
Anatomy of a Pandemic Tue (12/15) 1am on 44, Wed
(12/16) 3am on 44, Thu (12/17) 10pm on 2, Sat (12/19)
12n on 44, Sun (12/20) 11pm on 44
Basic Black Thu (12/17) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (12/19)
11pm on 2, Thu (12/24) 7:30pm on 2
BBC World News Mon–Fri 5pm on 44
Bill Moyers Journal Fri 9pm on 2, Sat 2am on 44, Sun
5am on 44, Sun 11am on 44
Charlie Rose Tue–Fri 11pm on 2, Tue–Fri 12n on 44,
Mon–Fri 6pm on 44
A Girl’s Life Wed (12/30) 8pm on 2, Thu (12/31) 1am
on 2
Greater Boston Mon–Fri 7pm on 2, Tue–Sat 12mid on
2, Sun 9:30am on 44 • Holiday Books and Movies
Special Wed (12/16) 7pm and 12mid on 2, Wed (12/23)
at 7pm and 12mid on 2 • Greater Boston Year in
Review Thu (12/24) 7pm and 12mid on 2, Wed (12/30)
at 7pm and 12mid on 2 • Beat the Press Year in
Review Fri (12/25) 7pm and 12mid on 2 • Best of Arts
and Center Stage Thu (12/31) 7pm and 12mid on 2
Inside Washington Sun 10am on 44
Justice: What’s the Right Thing To Do? Sun (12/20)
12n on 44
María Hinojosa: One-on-One Cheech Marin Tue
(12/15) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (12/19) 11am on 44, Sun
(12/20) 11am on 2 • Tony Plana Tue (12/22) 7:30pm
on 2, Sat (12/26) 11am on 44, Sun (12/27) 11am on 2
McLaughlin Group Fri 7:30pm on 2
NewsHour Mon–Fri 6pm on 2, Mon–Fri 11pm on 44
Nightly Business Report Mon–Fri 7pm on 44
Now Fri 8:30pm on 2, Sat 1:30am on 44, Sun 4:30am
on 44, Sun 10:30am on 44
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Sun 7am on 44
Rodney Yee: The Practical Power of Yoga Fri
(12/11) 4:30am on 2
Tavis Smiley Tue–Sat 12:30am on 2, Mon–Fri 12mid
on 44
To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Sun 7:30am on 44
Unstuck with Dr. James Gordon Wed (12/2) 4:30am
on 2, Thu (12/10) 1am on 2, Wed (12/16) 4:30am on 2,
Wed (12/30) 4:30am on 2
VOCES Dream Havana Sun (12/20) 1pm on 44
Washington Week Fri 8pm on 2, Sat 1am on 44, Sun
4am on 44, Sun 9am on 44
WorldFocus Mon–Fri 5:30pm on 44
Science
Crown of the Continent—Alaska’s Wrangell-St. El
Thu (12/31) 4:30am on 44
National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Scripture
of Nature (Pt. 1 of 6) Mon (12/7) 2am on 2
Nature The Dragon Chronicles Mon (12/7) 12mid on
44, Tue (12/8) 5am on 44 • Shark Mountain Mon
(12/14) 12mid on 44, Tue (12/15) 5am on 44 •
White Falcon, White Wolf Thu (12/17) 9pm on 44 •
Christmas in Yellowstone Sun (12/20) 8pm on 2, Mon
(12/21) 12mid on 44, Tue (12/22) 5am on 44, Thu
(12/24) 9pm on 44 • Arctic Bears Thu (12/24) 10pm
on 44 • Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears Mon (12/28)
12mid on 44, Tue (12/29) 5am on 44
Nova Saved by the Sun Wed (12/2) 2am on 44, Thu
(12/3) 5am on 44, Sun (12/6) 1am on 44 • Volcano
Above the Clouds Wed (12/9) 2am on 44, Thu (12/10)
5am on 44, Sun (12/13) 1am on 44 • The Bible’s
Buried Secrets Tue (12/15) 8pm on 2, Wed (12/16)
1:30pm on 44, Wed (12/16) 9pm on 44, Sat (12/19)
1pm on 44 • The Spy Factory Wed (12/16) 2am on 44,
Thu (12/17) 5am on 44, Sun (12/20) 1am on 44 •
Darwin’s Darkest Hour Tue (12/22) 8pm on 2, Wed
(12/23) 1:30pm on 44, Wed (12/23) 9pm on 44, Thu
(12/24) 1am on 2 • The Last Great Ape Wed (12/23)
2am on 44, Wed (12/23) 5am on 2, Thu (12/24) 5am on
44, Sun (12/27) 1am on 44 • What Darwin Never
Knew Tue (12/29) 8pm on 2, Wed (12/30) 1am on 2,
Wed (12/30) 1am on 44, Wed (12/30) 9pm on 44
PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
Thu (12/17) 3:30am on 44, Fri (12/18) 5:30am on 44,
Mon (12/21) 5:30am on 44, Tue (12/29) 2:30am on 44,
Wed (12/30) 4:30am on 44
Science Trek Fri (12/4) 1am on 2, Sun (12/6) 12mid on
2, Tue (12/8) 4:30am on 2, Sun (12/13) 4:30am on 2,
Tue (12/15) 1am on 2, Fri (12/18) 1am on 2, Sun
(12/20) 12mid on 2
Wild Chronicles Mon (12/14) 7:30pm on 2, Mon–Fri
(12/14–18) 4pm on 44, Mon–Thu (12/21–24) 4pm on
44, Mon (12/21) 7:30pm on 2
Wild River: The Colorado Fri (12/18) 10pm on 2
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Celebrating the Season with Brian O’Donovan
The holidays are here, and 89.7 WGBH is ready, with
an abundance of musical gifts to help you celebrate
the season. We’ve got something for everyone: A
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast live
from King’s College on Christmas Eve, Ellen Kushner’s
The Golden Dreydl and PRI’s Kwanzaa celebration,
A Season’s Griot. Then, get ready to ring in the New
Year with NPR’s Toast of the Nation, which kicks off
in Boston’s Berklee Performance Center at 8pm with
jazz saxophone and clarinet sensation Anat Cohen.
Of course, it wouldn’t be December without
WGBH’s Brian O’Donovan (host of A Celtic Sojourn)
and his popular annual
A Christmas Celtic
Sojourn concert,
featuring a lively blend
of Celtic, pagan and
Christmas traditions.
This year’s concert
will be performed in
Boston, Worcester
and Providence, giving
you multiple opportunities
to experience this memorable and intimate
celebration of all things Celtic.
Looking to 2010, we’re pleased to announce a
new series of live concerts at our studios, the Guest
Street Sessions. The new series grows out of the
success of our Celtic Sessions—popular Friday night
gatherings organized by O’Donovan that bring
together Celtic musicians and fans. Look for jazz,
classical, world music, and news and public affairs
“Sessions” in the coming months.
AudioFile’s Jen Goebel recently caught up with
O’Donovan, the creative force behind as well as
in front of so many WGBH productions, to get the
scoop on Guest Street Sessions and the 2009 A
Christmas Celtic Sojourn concert.
QWhat are the new Guest Street Sessions?
A
We started doing Celtic Sessions as an
experiment last year, where I would invite a
group of Celtic musicians into the studios for
informal performances and casual conversation
with the audience. We started with Celtic because
I have those connections, and it was the easiest
way to test the idea. It has proven to be a huge
success.
Going forward, the Guest Street Sessions are
going to explore all genres of music, as well as the
arts and spoken word, in a way that really suits
the WGBH audience—casual, inviting, informative
and entertaining. Throughout the year, we’ll feature
classical, jazz, world music, Celtic, and news
and information.
QWhen are the Guest Street Sessions?
all going to be on Friday nights, with
A
They’re
a gathering at 6pm for a light reception,
and then going into the beautiful Fraser
Performance Studio at 7pm. In the studio, we’ll
have multiple groups from the genre, or different
news reporters and anchors if it’s a news and
information session, there to talk about their work
and have a conversation.
QWhere does the term “session” come
from?
A
The term “session” describes a casual
gathering of people to share ideas—often
musical ideas. A session is really just a period of
time where people play music, but it’s not necessarily
a pure performance—that’s the difference.
QWhat do you hope people will get out
of these sessions?
A
First of all, I hope that they’ll enjoy coming to
WGBH and getting to know us a little better.
One of the most exciting things about our move to
Brighton is the new public space—the theater,
the atrium and, of course, the Fraser Performance
Studio. With these unique gathering places, we
can offer WGBH members and listeners something
they can’t get anywhere else.
QYou wear many hats here at WGBH.
Among them, you pull together what
has become an annual tradition, the
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn concerts. How is
this year’s concert coming along?
A
It’s our seventh year. Hard to believe, but it is,
and we have a very exciting lineup this year
with artists coming from as far away as Sweden
and Edinburgh, as well as two coming from
Northern Ireland.
We have an amazing dancer joining dance
director Kieran Jordan this year, Nic Gareiss. He is
steeped not only in traditional Irish music but also
in the dances of Appalachia. The kids from the
Harney Academy of Irish Dance were a big hit last
year, and they will return this year. And we added
PALS chorus, a Brookline-based chorus of children
who provide the children’s chorus segments to the
Boston Symphony Orchestra and to Tanglewood.
They’re a highly prized chorus, and they will be
joining us on stage as well. I’m very excited about
that, actually. It’s a new twist for us.
Find out more about the Guest Street Sessions at
wgbh.org/events.
Brian’s Holiday Pick
CD: Noels Celtiques: Celtic Christmas
Music from Brittany by Ensemble Choral du
Bout du Monde (Green Linnet)
Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/listen
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WGBH, Boston’s NPR ® Station
Listen online at wgbh.org/listen, on your Internet radio,
on your HD radio at 89.7 HD1 or on 96.3 in Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Independent Journalism, Celtic Music and All That Jazz
89.7 WGBH is expanding its news service to offer New England
listeners more choices and more voices.
“We’ll have a new schedule in place for 89.7 that focuses
on news and information,” says Radio General Manager John Voci,
“as our classical programming migrates to the new 99.5 All
Classical.”
The new 89.7 will be a leading source for perspective and
analysis in Boston, providing valuable journalistic context from
diverse viewpoints that helps us all better understand the issues of
the day. “We’ll draw on resources right here in our Brighton studios,”
says John, “from radio’s The World and the Web’s Forum Network
to television’s Greater Boston, Frontline, Nova and American
Experience. We’ll also build on the strong foundation of independent
journalism and local flavor we’ve established with our Cape and
Islands NPR station, WCAI.”
You’ll still find your jazz and Celtic favorites on 89.7 WGBH,
alongside A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. However,
we’re taking folk and blues (genres available elsewhere on the
radio dial) off our air to make room for a broader focus on analysis
and perspective. We’re proud of the contributions 89.7 hosts
Naomi Arenberg, Brendan Hogan and Brad Paul have made to
these genres, and we’ll certainly miss their voices on 89.7.
As this issue of ’GBH, The Members’ Guide went to press, plans
for the new 89.7 WGBH were coming together. We’ll continue to
finetune our lineup in the days ahead to bring you the very best
on 89.7. For the most up-to-date information, please visit
wgbh.org/listen.
Thanks for your support as the new 89.7 evolves—and
for your feedback! To tell us what you think, go to
membersonly@wgbh.org.
Jazz from Studio Four
Final Bars
Host Steve Schwartz offers a poignant
tribute to those in the jazz world who
passed away this year, including alto
saxophonists Charlie Mariano and Bud
Shank, vocalist Blossom Dearie, pianist,
composer and educator George Russell
and saxophonist/flutist David
“Fathead” Newman.
Fri, 12/18 at 8pm
A World of News
Each weekday morning NPR’s indispensable Morning
Edition and WGBH’s groundbreaking co-production,
The TakeAway deliver the latest news. In the afternoons,
tune in NPR favorite All Things Considered and
get the international perspective with WGBH’s awardwinning
newsmagazine, The World anchored by
Marco Werman.
A Celtic Sojourn
Christmas in Brittany
About 10 years ago, an unexpected CD arrived on the doorstep of host Brian
O’Donovan’s house: A collection of Christmas music from Brittany, the little
Celtic province in northwest France. It has since become a favorite in the
O’Donovan household at this time of year and today, he shares it with you.
Sat, 12/19 at 12noon
Jazz with Eric in the Evening
Eric Goes Eclectic
The holidays are a time for partying, and
host Eric Jackson blows the doors off with
his annual “Eclectic” Holiday Special, a
kaleidoscope of holiday music from the
jazz, R&B and pop genres.
Mon, 12/21 at 8pm
Jazz with Eric in the Evening
Ellington’s Sacred Concerts
Duke Ellington’s Three Sacred Concerts—
considered by the artist to be among his most important works—will be
played in their entirety. In addition to the legendary Ellington band, the
program also features tap dancers, choirs and vocal soloists.
Thu, 12/24 at 8pm
Toast of the Nation
WGBH kicks off NPR’s annual New
Year’s broadcast from the Berklee
Performance Center with a LIVE
performance by jazz saxophone and
clarinet sensation Anat Cohen, a
part of Boston’s First Night 2010
celebration.
Thu, 12/31 at 8pm
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All Classical
Listen online at 995allclassical.org, on your Internet radio, on your HD radio at 89.7 HD2
or on 89.5 WNCK in Nantucket
Reinvigorating Classical Radio in Boston
Boston has a new radio station this month as WGBH acquires
WCRB, preserving a full-time classical service that otherwise would
have switched to another format. We’re delighted to have 99.5
All Classical join the WGBH family!
As this issue of ’GBH, The Members’ Guide went to press, plans
for the new 99.5 All Classical were being finetuned. For the very
latest, please visit 995allclassical.org. Here’s what we can say:
• We’ll have friendly and welcoming hosts like Cathy Fuller
on 99.5 All Classical who will bring their passion to the new
service, inviting you to share their love of this music.
• We’ll continue to enrich our classical lineup with live performances
from our Fraser Performance Studio here in Brighton,
spotlighting both emerging local talent and top music
masters from around the world.
• We’ll dig into WGBH’s unparalleled archive of classical music,
performed and recorded in our studios and throughout
New England.
• For maximum reach, 99.5 also will be heard online at
995allclassical.org, on Internet radios, on mobile devices,
and on HD radios at 89.7 HD2.
• We’ll build on WGBH’s partnerships in this most classical of
cities, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New England
Conservatory to Handel and Haydn Society (whose Messiah
is featured on our cover) and Longy School of Music, to name
just a few.
“WGBH’s strength in classical music is unmatched,” says Radio
General Manager John Voci, “going back to our very first broadcast
from Boston’s Symphony Hall nearly 60 years ago. The launch of the
new 99.5 All Classical is an exciting milestone for classical music
in Boston.”
Thanks for tuning in, and for letting us know what you think
(membersonly@wgbh.org) as we continue to finetune the
new service.
BSO Live
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann
We are live from Symphony Hall where Christoph von
Dohnanyi leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with
German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in
Bartok’s Divertimento for String Orchestra, Martinu’s
Violin Concerto No. 2 and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.
Sat, 12/5 at 8pm
Classical Music with Brian McCreath
Christmas Revels Live
The holiday season in Boston means The Christmas Revels, and today is
your chance for a special first listen! David Coffin and the cast, along with
Appalachian traditional singer/
storyteller Suzannah Park,
banjo/guitar player Larry Unger
and fiddler Eden MacAdam
Somer join Brian McCreath for a
preview performance of this
year’s show—a celebration of
various American traditions.
Wed, 12/9 at 3pm
The Music That Made You Love Music
Throughout the month on 99.5 All Classical, you’ll hear music
and stories from WGBH and WCRB listeners who participated in
our “Music That Made You Love Music” contest. Thanks for
sharing your story!
Sunday Concert
Handel’s Messiah
Tune in for one of America’s most time-honored holiday traditions as music
director Harry Christophers leads the Handel and Haydn Society’s 156th
annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, recorded in concert earlier in the
month at Symphony Hall.
Sun, 12/20 at 2pm
Sunday Concert
The Best of New Year’s Day
from Vienna
Tune in for this survey of the finest performances
through the years from the Golden Hall at the
Musikverein in Vienna, conducted by the likes of
Clemens Krauss, Willy Boskovsky, Carlos Kleiber,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Seiji Ozawa.
Sun, 12/27 at 3pm
Classical Music with Cathy Fuller
A Festival of Nine Lessons
and Carols
Host Cathy Fuller presents this legendary
music and spoken-word broadcast from the
chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England.
Since 1928, this service of Biblical readings
with choral and organ selections has been
broadcast live on radio in England and beyond.
Thu, 12/24 at 10am
Schedules, program info, playlists: 995allclassical.org
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’GBH Live Series
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WGBH radio hosts for the magic of live performance, broadcast from our intimate, state-of-the-art
Fraser Performance Studio. Seating is limited, so reserve your place today by emailing
wgbhclubs@wgbh.org or calling 617-300-3505. Not a WGBH Club
member? Find out how to become one at wgbh.org/clubs or by calling
617-300-3505.
’GBH Jazz Live: Lisa Thorson
Tue, 12/1, 9pm
Called “a gifted improviser of the most musical kind,” Lisa Thorson joins
Eric Jackson in our studios for a live performance. A popular Boston-based jazz
vocalist, Thorson has toured throughout the US and Canada, and recently
released her fifth CD, Out to Sea, a duo recording with pianist Cho Yoon Seung.
’GBH Classical Live: The Christmas Revels
Wed, 12/9, 3pm
Join us for a special preview of The Christmas
Revels’ holiday season as the group celebrates
the rich and varied cultures of North
America—with inspiration taken from the
mountains of Appalachia, powerful African
American traditions, the singular beauty of
the Shaker culture, and the ancient ways of
the First American Nation. Enjoy this afternoon
of extraordinary music, song, and dance.
Classical CD of the Month
Ever wondered what CDs WGBH’s classical
music hosts would choose for their own
collections? Well, you don’t have to wonder
anymore!
Sign up for WGBH’s Classical Music CD of
the Month, and let us do the choosing. For a
gift of $500 or more, you’ll receive one CD per
month, hand-picked for you by one of our
classical music hosts or producers, for a full
year. Each selection will come with a personal
note from the person who chose it.
Sound like music to your ears? Get started
with our Classical Music CD of the Month by
making your gift online at wgbh.org or
calling 888-897-9424.
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Cape and Islands NPR Station – 90.1, 91.1 and 94.3
5am
6am
7am
Monday–Friday
BBC World Update with Dan Damon
The Takeaway with John Hockenberry
Morning Edition
with Steve Inskeep, Renée Montagne and Dan Tritle
9:30am The Point with Mindy Todd
10am The Diane Rehm Show with Diane Rehm
12noon Day to Day with Alex Chadwick
1pm Fresh Air with Terry Gross
2pm Talk of the Nation
4pm All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block,
Michele Norris and Naomi Arenberg
6pm The World with Lisa Mullins
7pm Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
7:30 The Point
8pm Fresh Air with Terry Gross
9pm The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
10pm News from the BBC
12mid News & Notes
1am Talk of the Nation
3am The Diane Rehm Show with Diane Rehm
4am News From the BBC
5am
6am
7am
8am
10am
11am
12noon
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
8pm
9pm
10pm
12mid
1am
2pm
3am
4am
Saturday
News from the BBC
Changing World
Living on Earth
Weekend Edition with Scott Simon
Car Talk with Click and Clack
Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!
This American Life with Ira Glass
Humankind with David Freudberg
To The Best Of Our Knowledge
Splendid Table
On the Media
Weekend All Things Considered
A Prairie Home Companion
with Garrison Keillor
Says You! with Richard Sher
Selected Shorts
American Routes with Nick Spitzer
Afropop Worldwide
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
Fresh Air Weekend
Splendid Table
Humankind with David Freudberg
Sunday
5am News from the BBC
6am Sound & Spirit with Ellen Kushner
7am Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett
8am Weekend Edition with Liane Hansen
10am Bob Edwards Weekend
12noon Car Talk with Click and Clack
1pm A Prairie Home Companion
3pm Selected Shorts
4pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
5pm Weekend All Things Considered
6pm This American Life with Ira Glass
7pm Arts & Ideas with Jay Allison
11pm On the Media
12mid Le Show with Harry Shearer
1am This American Life with Ira Glass
2pm Selected Shorts
3am On the Media
4am The State We’re In
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