WFIU: Directions in Sound

These four documentaries explore the effects of global change on local cultures worldwide. Hosted by journalist Maria Hinojosa, these stories bring you into the homes and communities of people facing critical decisions about their changing ways of life.

For millennia, we depended largely on the circumstances of our birth. Today we're exposed to nearly endless cultural options, and identity is increasingly a matter of choice. The stories this hour look at people and cultures at moments of decision about the path to the future. Featured are a Roma couple in Hungary; the Maasai people of Kenya; Hawaiian drug addicts; the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan; and a grassroots movement in Sri Lanka built on the dream of an alternate road to happiness.

More than half the languages spoken around the world today will be gone before the century is over. What does that mean for the people who speak them? What does that mean for the rest of us? This hour explores the connections between language and identity at a time of dizzying linguistic and cultural change. Stories look at efforts to revive Ladino and Welsh; at contemporary musicians performing in Provençal and Maori; and at an attempt to translate the Bible into an indigenous language in Mexico.

As human beings become more mobile, the concept of home is changing dramatically. Suddenly we can be connected without being rooted. But real places remain important, both for individuals and for groups. The stories this hour look at the complex connections between identity and place-between who we are and where we live. Features come from a boomtown in Ireland, an island off the coast of Chile, and Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Lebanon.

Since the 18th century, people have been predicting that the end was near for organized religion. But religion seems to be getting stronger-and the forces that were once thought to spell its doom may be fueling its revival. Featured this hour are a French family that is reconsidering its Jewish identity; intellectual pagans and Orthodox rockers in Greece; Evangelicals and Buddhists in Korea; and veterans of both sides of an ambitious Mormon missionary program for the Navajo.

WFIU takes you to the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna for the most popular classical music concert in the world: the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day concert, this year conducted by Mariss Jansons. Korva Coleman hosts.
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's January 1st concert is routinely seen by more than one billion television viewers in 46 countries, but actually getting inside the magnificent Musikverein is no small feat. The orchestra accepts ticket requests on one day only: the first business day after January 1 of the previous year, and only by mail or telegram. The lucky few will see a world-famous conductor (rotated yearly) take the Philharmonic through some of the world's most beloved music. As a WFIU listener, however, you will be able to hear the concert in the comfort in your home or car.
It has long been a Philharmonic tradition at the New Year to present a program consisting of the lively and at the same time nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the Johann Strauss family and its contemporaries. Originating during a dark period of Austria's history, these concerts were initially conceived for a local audience as a reminder of better times and a source of hope for the future. Today people throughout the world are similarly encouraged by the light-hearted yet subtly profound character of this music, and draw joy and optimism for the New Year ahead.
The Philharmonic strives to provide musically definitive interpretations of the masterworks of this genre, and, as musical ambassadors of Austria, to send people all over the world a New Year's greeting in the spirit of friendship and peace.

What do popular magazines reveal about the culture of the people who read them? Britain's Hello indulges the nation's obsession with the royal family, soap stars, and American celebrities. Editors of Nigeria's Ovation magazine don't think twice about featuring a "Jet Set Pastor" displaying his mansion or a convicted criminal throwing a lavish birthday party for his wife.
In this special from The Changing World, Zina Saro-Wiwa puts the upwardly mobile scene under the microscope by reading between the lines of glossy society magazines from around the world, including Hello, Hola, and Oh La!
The program follows an edition as it is being made, revealing how the parade of marriages, parties and "at homes" are put together for the print run. Saro-Wiwa delves into the glitz and glamour with interviews with editors, contributors, and readers who explore their ideas and expectations. She talks with them about class, extremes of wealth and poverty, global image, and about how the developing world is seen and sees itself.

How do Eastern European folk melodies inspire composers to write classical masterpieces? Angel Gil-Ordoñez and Joseph Horowitz of the Post-Classical Ensemble are your guides as they explore this musical transformation, presenting a concert of genuine folk music that has been absorbed into classical works.
Before European composers were exposed to such influences as Indian ragas and Balinese gamelan, they turned to the nearby East-Hungary, Romania and Slovakia-for exotic tone colors. To illustrate this link between classical and folk forms, this program places pieces by Bartók, Liszt, Schubert and Brahms next to the sort of traditional melodies that inspired them.
The Gázsa Hungarian Folk Music Band of Budapest recreates electrifying Hungarian gypsy dances and earthy peasant songs as heard in Vienna and rural Transylvania a century ago. Celebrated pianist Alexander Shtarkman makes a rare American appearance. The concert, recorded at Georgetown University's Gaston Hall, includes Hungarian dances and rhapsodies, and Romanian dances by Brahms, Liszt, and Bartok, plus Bartok's harrowing Divertimento for String Orchestra.
The goal of the Post-Classical Ensemble is to break with the tradition idea of a classical music orchestra, with its implied notion of a high-culture remote from popular art. The Washington, D.C.-based orchestra regularly incorporates folksong, dance, film, poetry and commentary in order to serve existing audiences hungry for deeper engagement, and to cultivate adventurous new listeners.
The Gázsa Hungarian Folk Music Band of Budapest comprises Hungarian musicians who have spent years studying and learning authentic village music from famous masters of folk music in remote rural areas.

The Hula Lesson
Sunday, January 29, 9 p.m.

Hula is more than girls dancing with coconut bras and grass skirts with strains of Don Ho in the background. In fact, hula is a complete expression of a traditional culture, using dancing and singing for teaching social lessons and for recounting history. Studying hula means studying art, dance, literature and music; philosophy, science and politics.
"The Hula Lesson" visits teacher Roselle Bailey in Hawaii as she works with her ethnically diverse students in interpreting the songs and dances that they are learning for a hula performance in Washington, D.C.
We listen as they work through the various levels of meaning of the text during their practice sessions. Throughout, we hear Bailey and her students express their thoughts about what it means to perpetuate a traditional culture in a multi-cultural world. They also talk frankly about their lives and their feelings about how they try to carry out the basic lessons of humanity that they have learned by studying hula.

In January, WFIU celebrates the recent appointment of violinist Alexander Kerr to the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music by featuring several of Mr. Kerr's recent recordings.
At the age of 35, Kerr will become the youngest member of IU's string faculty, and has already amassed a considerable orchestral and solo career. In joining the ranks at IU, Kerr leaves his present post as concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, a position he has held for nearly ten years. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras throughout Europe and the United States while, as a chamber musician, collaborating with such notable names as IU alums Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer. Most recently he mounted a chamber music tour of Europe with violinist Sarah Chang and members of the Berlin Philharmonic.
This month on WFIU we'll celebrate Alexander Kerr the soloist, the concertmaster, and the chamber musician. On Wednesday, January 4th at 7:07 p.m. Kerr joins the Ebony Band and director Werner Herbers for Kurt Weill's Concerto for Violin and Wind Instruments.
Saturday, January 14th at 12:09 p.m., we'll broadcast the Piano Quintet, Op.81 of Antonín Dvo?ák in a performance by violinists Sarah Chang and Alexander Kerr, violist Wolfram Christ, cellist Georg Faust, and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. The following week we feature Kerr as violin soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Chailly in two excerpts from film music by Dmitri Shostakovich.
On Thursday, January 19th at 7:07 p.m. we'll hear excerpts from The Counterplan, and then the following Sunday, January 22nd at 11:25, tune in to hear Kerr perform a romance from The Gadfly. And finally, on Monday, January 31st at 7:07 p.m. Kerr is joined by pianist Sepp Grotenhuis in a performance of the Violin Sonata in f-sharp minor, Op. 20 by Dutch composer Julius Röntgen.

Cantabile, a new series of vocal music programs produced in the studios of WFIU, begins on Tuesday, January 3rd. The five-part series will be heard on 10:12 p.m. following local news and Stardate.
According to host and producer Robert Samels, Cantabile will take a fresh approach to the human voice, weaving a mix of lieder, choral singing, and opera selections to draw connections across the centuries. Programs will focus on specific composers, singers and traditions, and will include interviews and commentary by local figures in the arts. Special segments at the end of each episode will go behind the curtain to examine rarely-seen aspects of singing and performing.
Cantabile's host Robert Samels is a bass-baritone who has appeared in many IU opera productions, and most recently starred as Marco in the collegiate premiere of William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge. Equally at home in the oratorio repertoire, he has been heard as a featured soloist in Haydn's The Creation and Berlioz' The Damnation of Faust. Currently in the doctoral program at Indiana University, he is a student of Costanza Cuccaro. He is also an associate instructor of Music Theory at IU, and teaches ear training and sight singing to over 200 students a year.
Samuels is also a composer, having written over 35 compositions for a variety of media, including a full-length oratorio, incidental music for a play, and three orchestral works performed by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony.
Join us in January for this exciting new blend of all things vocal!

WFIU is the media sponsor for the following events. Find more information on this and other activities on the calendar page of our Web site: www.wfiu.indiana.edu.

Espen Jenson and Friends
Saturday, January 28, 8:00 p.m.
John Waldron Arts Center
Corner of Walnut and 4th Streets
Bloomington
812-334-3100

In a welcome return performance, classical guitarist Espen Jensen and a few of his guitarist friends will provide an evening of engaging American, Spanish and Latin American musical compositions. Produced by the Bloomington Classical Guitar Society. Tickets available in advance or at the door prior to the performance.

"A Day On, Not a Day Off" is the City of Bloomington's Martin Luther King volunteer initiative. The City invites volunteers to get involved by helping local nonprofit organizations that have created service projects. Volunteers and organizations who participate in "A Day On, Not a Day Off" will be honored at the King Holiday Celebration at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre. Information on how to get involved is available on the City of Bloomington's Web site: www.bloomington.in.gov, or by calling 812-349-3471.

The New Year's here, and we've made our resolution in the WFIU jazz department-not just to continue to provide you with jazz programming every weekday afternoon and on Friday and Saturday nights, but to make that jazz programming better than ever before. We're also continuing to build and improve our program Web sites for Just You and Me (www.justyouandme.indiana.edu), Night Lights (www.nightlights.indiana.edu) and The Big Bands (www.thebigbands.indiana.edu) where you can listen to archived programs, view playlists, find links to Indiana jazz artists and various jazz online resources, and check out jazz event calendars for southern and central Indiana.
As we usher in 2006, Just You and Me and Afterglow host Joe Bourne will be marking notable birthdays and anniversaries throughout the month, including trumpeter Wild Bill Davison (100), trumpeter Roy Eldridge (95), pianist Jay McShann (90), trombonist and arranger Melba Liston (80), pianist Horace Parlan (75) and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson (65). Another January jazz baby and a composer of many jazz standards, Benny Golson, will be a guest on Marion McPartland's Piano Jazz, broadcast on WFIU every Friday evening at 8.
Other guests of Marion's this month include singer-pianist Nellie Lutcher, vocalist Dena Derose, and Johnny Costa (yes, of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood fame). Piano Jazz is followed on Fridays by The Big Bands at 9, with programs in January devoted to the 1940s orchestra of Freddie Slack (featuring many vocals by Ella Mae Morse and songwriter Johnny Mercer), 1960s movie themes (including "The Apartment," "Days of Wine and Roses," and more), and the neglected late-1940s work of the Tommy Dorsey big band, with many arrangements by a young Bill Finegan.
If you're looking for some music to stay warm with on a late Saturday evening, try our "Java Jive: Coffee Songs" edition of Night Lights on January 6, including odes to the black brew from Jeri Southern, Sonny Criss, Carmen McRae, and many others. On January 14, Night Lights offers a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. in a program titled "Dear Martin," featuring music from artists such as Oliver Nelson, Nina Simone, and Duke Ellington. Other Night Lights programs this month focus on pianist Ran Blake and the 1970s recordings of progressive hardbop trumpeter Charles Tolliver.
Ring out the old, ring in the new-just stay tuned to WFIU!

Barrière: Sonatas for Cello and Bass Continuo (Alpha 015)
Bruno Cocset, violoncello, basse du violon, ténor de violoncello; Les Basses Reunies
" Book II, Sonata No. 6: Saturday, January 7th at 12:09 p.m.
" Book III, Sonata No. 2: Sunday, January 8th at 11:25 a.m.
" Book IV, Sonata No. 4: Thursday, January 12th at 7:07 p.m.
" Book II, Sonata No. 3: Wednesday, January 18th at 10:12 p.m.
" Book I, Sonata No. 1: Monday, January 23rd at 7:07 p.m.
" Book III, Sonata No. 4: Tuesday, January 31st at 11:13 p.m.
Cellist Bruno Cocset turns in virtuosic performances on an array of period instruments in this 2000 Alpha Records release of six sonatas by one of the greatest cellists of the French High Baroque.

Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 15, and 27 (Warner Classics: 2564 62259-2)
Pierre Laurent Aimard, p. and dir./Chamber Orchestra of Europe
" Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, K.238 on Thursday, January 5th at 7:07 p.m.
" Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595 on Wednesday, January 18th at 10:12 p.m.
" Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat, K.450 on Saturday, January 21st at 12:09 p.m.
Mozart associated the key of B-flat major with "happiness of the most uncomplicated kind." Pianist Pierre Laurent Aimard and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe find irrepressible joy in these works written at the height of Mozart's career.

Nielsen: Orchestral Works (MSR Classics: MS1150)
Members of the Jutland Opera Chorus; Lance Friedel/Aarhus Sym. Orch.
" Rhapsodic Overture - An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands, FS 123:
Monday, January 2nd at 7:07 p.m.
" Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49, FS 87 on Saturday. January 14th at 12:09 p.m.
" Suite from the incidental music to "Aladdin," FS 89
Wednesday, January 25th at 10:12 p.m.
From MSR classics comes a notable new disc of some lesser known orchestral works by the Danish late romantic Carl Nielsen. The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra does its countryman proud with finely polished performances under American conductor Lance Friedel.

Górecki: Symphony No.3, Canticum graduum (Naïve Classics: V5019)
Ingrid Perruche, s.; Alain Altinoglu/Sinfonia Varsovia
" Canticum graduum, Op. 27 on Sunday, January 1st at 11:08 p.m.
" Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Saturday, January 28 at 12:09 p.m.
Sinfonia Varsovia presents their rendition of Gorecki's emotional tribute to victims of the Holocaust, the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs." Soprano Ingrid Perruche performs the heart-rending vocal solos. Be sure to join us for this new recording of what is likely to be remembered as one of the hallmark works of the late 20th century.

We interrupt the January program guide for this late breaking good news bulletin!
WFIU presents a live broadcast of a special New Year's Eve edition of A Prairie Home Companion live from the Fitzgerald Theater on December 31st from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. It will be a hopeful, resolute, and musical New Year's Eve party with guests jazz pianist Butch Thompson, trumpetist Duke Heitger, Chicago harmonica player Howard Levy, Prudence Johnson, Jearlyn Steele, the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and former United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

January 1 - Alan Kostelecky
In this centennial year of Albert Einstein's publication of his paper on the special theory of relativity, Sarah Stevens speaks with theoretical physicist Alan Kostelecky. He is one of the major contributors to the continuing refinement of Einstein's ideas and to our understanding of the physical universe. Trained at Yale, he is currently professor in the Physics dept at IU. His work is at the frontier of unification theory-the attempt to combine all the known particles and forces into a single consistent unified description of nature. Experiments based on his theories have produced some of the most sensitive tests of relativity to date.

January 8 - Matt Haimovitz
Musical maverick Matt Haimovitz is a classically trained cellist who is known for bringing classical music to the people. The 35-year-old musician plays in bars, coffeehouses, and in punk rock clubs (such as New York's notorious CBGBs) throughout the country. He is perhaps best known for his cello arrangement of Jimi Hendrix's electric guitar take on "The Star-Spangled Banner." His goal is to use music to bring people together, giving listeners a fresh appreciation of old music, while championing the work of contemporary composers. George Walker interviewed Haimovitz prior to his appearance in Bloomington at Second Story.

January 15 - Larry David
Known for his off-kilter sensibility, Larry David was the co-creator of the sitcom "Seinfeld." Prior to that, the Brooklyn native had spent years as a stand-up comedian known for walking off the stage if he didn't like the audience. He has been a staff writer for "Saturday Night Live" and an actor and writer for "Fridays," and has appeared in several movies. He writes and stars in "Curb Your Enthusiasm," a verité-style comedy series in which the actors improvise their dialogue. From City Arts & Lectures.

January 22 - Third House
This hour-long question-and-answer session with legislators from the Indiana General Assembly provides insight into current legislative activities. The featured legislators represent most of the WFIU listening area and answer questions from local residents. Produced in the studios of WTIU, Third House is simulcast live on that station. If you have any questions that you would like to submit, send them in advance to wtiu@indiana.edu or call 855-2102 or 800-553-7893.

January 29 - Josh Kornbluth
In his autobiographical monologues, including "Ben Franklin: Unplugged," and "Haiku Tunnel," (now a feature film), Josh Kornbluth explores the eccentric characters of his life. With sharp, honest, and surprisingly heartfelt comedic turns, he paints unforgettable portraits of an unconventional world. Raised in New York City by communist parents, Kornbluth drew on his personal and family history for his off-Broadway hit "Red Diaper Baby." In this City Arts & Lectures program, Kornbluth performs excerpts from his monologue "The Mathematics of Change" in which he describes his turn as a Princeton math major and his ill-fated attempt to fulfill his father's prophecy to be "the greatest mathematician who has ever lived."

December is a favorite time of the year around the WFIU jazz department. We're always grateful for all the support we've received throughout the November fund drive, and, in addition to our usual musical fare, we look forward to offering you holiday music both old and new.
December also brings us the anniversary of jazz director Joe Bourne's arrival at WFIU. This month Joe begins his twenty-second year as the host of our weekday jazz program Just You and Me. You can also hear Joe Friday nights at 10:10 on Afterglow. Be sure to tune in for Joe's traditional playing of Louis Armstrong's "The Night Before Christmas" on the Friday, December 23rd edition of Afterglow. Along with other holiday favorites, Joe will be featuring a new release from Diana Krall, Christmas Songs, on which the star singer and pianist is backed by the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra. That ensemble includes drummer Jeff Hamilton and bassist Bob Hurst, who both studied with David Baker at Indiana University once upon a time.
Speaking of David Baker, you can hear a new CD of David's compositions performed by Indiana's own Buselli Wallarab Orchestra on the Friday, December 2nd edition of The Big Bands. Other Big Bands programs in December will feature the film appearance music of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, a near-Christmas Eve special ("Soon It Will Be Christmas Day"), and "Santa's Big-Band Bag," a December 9th program featuring CD gift recommendations for the swing lover on your holiday shopping list. All of these shows can be heard at any time after the Monday following broadcast on www.thebigbands.indiana.edu.
Another staple of our Friday-night jazz lineup is Marion McPartland's Piano Jazz. This month Marion's guests include trumpeter Jon Faddis, pianist Andrew Hill, saxophonist Jerry Dodgion, singer-songwriter Susan Werner, and pianist Ruth Laredo. Scientists are currently exploring better ways of staying warm on a December Friday night than staying indoors and listening to Piano Jazz on WFIU, but they have yet to yield positive results.
Weekend jazz listeners can also catch a special Yuletide edition of Marion's Piano Jazz on Sunday, December 18th at 9 p.m., with special guests that include singer Karrin Allyson, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, and Nashville, Indiana resident Lynne Arriale on piano. Our late Saturday evening program Night Lights will offer its own observation of the holidays with the Christmas Eve broadcast "The Night Before Christmas" and the December 31st "Slim's Jam: New Year's Eve Party," featuring live music from Slim Gaillard and Harry the Hipster Gibson, as well as recordings from June Christy and spoken word performances by Ken Nordine. Earlier December broadcasts will focus on three artists who are emerging, in one way or another, from obscurity: "Another Holiday," about the 1950s recordings of West Coast jazz singer Johnny Holiday; "Now Found," about the return of legendary bassist Henry Grimes, who vanished from the jazz world for more than thirty years (this program includes an interview I did with Grimes when he recently visited WFIU), and "Not Afraid to Live," about Frank Hewitt, a pianist with roots in the bop era who died at the age of 66 in 2002 just before the release of his first CD. These programs can also be heard on our website at www.nightlights.indiana.edu.
Many thanks again for the support you showed for jazz and public radio during our recent fund-drive. Through the years we hope you'll be together here with us on WFIU . . . happy holidays.

In December WFIU is thrilled to feature four noteworthy new releases.
On Thursday, December 1st at 7:06 p.m., join us for Johannes Brahms' Second Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 100 in a performance by violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Nicholas Angelich from a new release of the complete violin sonatas of Johannes Brahms on the Virgin Classics label. Also from that disc on Thursday, December 15th also at 7:06 p.m. tune in for Brahms' First Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78 and on Wednesday, December 28th at 10:12 p.m. we'll conclude with the Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108.
Next, we have a new group of spirited performances of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos from the Naïve Classics label played by the period instrument ensemble Concerto Italiano and led from the harpsichord by their music director Rinaldo Alessandri. We begin with the Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 on Saturday, December 3rd at 12:09 p.m. and will also hear the Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 on Wednesday, December 14th at 10:12 p.m., the Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 the following week on Wednesday, December 21st, also at 10:12 p.m., and the Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 on Wednesday, December 18th at 7:06 p.m.
Also, this month we have a new release on EMI Classics of the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Simon Rattle in a performance of Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà . . . [Illuminations of the Beyond . . .] by French 20th century master Olivier Messiaen. We'll hear that work on Wednesday, December 7th during late night classical music at 10:12 p.m.
And finally, we have a real treat, a new audiophile quality recording of the rarely heard first two symphonies of Camille Saint-Saëns in a new release from Pentatone Classics. The Radio Symphony Orchestra of Frankfurt performs under the direction of Eliahu Inbal in these recently remastered performances dating back to 1975. We'll hear the First Symphony in E-flat, Op. 2 on Wednesday, December 14th at 10:12 p.m. and then the following week, on Wednesday, December 21st at 7:06 p.m. join us for the Second Symphony in A minor, Op. 55.

December 4 - Jill Taylor
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroscientist and neuroanatomist specializing in the postmortem examination of the cerebral cortex of the human brain. She spent seven years performing brain research at Harvard Medical School in the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry and then, at the age of 37, she had a rare form of stroke that forced her to relearn basic motor and mental skills. She has a sibling diagnosed with schizophrenia and served for three years on the National Board of Directors of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. She writes and performs her own songs promoting knowledge about the brain and brain donation, bringing uplifting messages about the brain to families, patients, and professionals. She spoke with Sarah Stevens. (repeat)

December 11 - Alasdair Hutton
Alasdair Hutton worked as a radio journalist for radio in Australia, as a print journalist for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, and then as an announcer for the BBC in his native Scotland. He was a volunteer paratrooper for 32 years with the British Army, and later swapped his parachute for a longbow as a Member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, which accompanies the Queen on her public ceremonial duties in Scotland. He left broadcasting to go into politics and was a member of the European Parliament for ten years. He is now narrator of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and Convenor of the Scottish Borders Council. Patrick O'Meara is the host. (repeat)

December 18 - Michael Steinberg
Michael Steinberg is a musicologist, teacher, chamber music coach, narrator, and was music critic of The Boston Globe for twelve years. He is the program annotator of the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic and is considered the premier writer of program notes for symphony orchestra concerts. His books-"The Symphony," "The Concerto" and "Choral Masterworks"-have been praised for their delightful blend of biography, musical analysis and humor. Peter Jacobi is the host. (repeat)

December 25 - Tom Wolfe
As an astute novelist, hilarious and often satirical social historian, and a razor-sharp cultural critic, Tom Wolfe has been a chronicler of American culture for over thirty-five years. His decade-defining books include "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Right Stuff." His first novel, "The Bonfire of the Vanities," captured the materialism and social isolation of Wall Street and the increasingly complex racial politics of urban American life in the 1980s. In his latest novel, "I Am Charlotte Simmons," Wolfe again peers into America's underbelly, this time uncovering the excesses of modern college life. He spoke with Michael Lewis for City Arts and Lectures. (repeat)

"Golfing with God"
by Roland Merullo
Beginning Monday, January 2
Number of episodes: 18

In a previous life, Herman "Hank" Fins-Winston had been a golf pro-an excellent teacher of the game who never quite made it on the circuit. He now resides in a condominium on the 13th fairway of one of heaven's golf courses. God and his closest companions play the game often. Jesus never bothers to keep score, Buddha never takes a practice swing, and Moses doesn't consider it cheating when he parts the courses' water hazards, yet they all take the sport very seriously. In heaven, even God replaces His divots.
Hank's afterlife takes an unexpected turn when he is summoned to help a player whose game is in a slump. To his dismay, his new pupil is God himself. Or herself., depending on the day. As they play the most heavenly courses in paradise and back on earth, Hank realizes that it's he who's learning the lessons-about the fear of failure, second chances, the connectedness of all living things, and about our ability to improve ourselves-one stroke at a time.

Broadcasts from the IU School of Music

FAURÉ-Piano Trio in d, Op.120; Emile Naoumoff, p.; Federico Agostini, vln.; Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, vlc.
Airs: 1/2 at 7 p.m., 1/3 at 10 a.m., 1/6 at 3 p.m.

MUFFAT-FLORILEGIUM PRIMUM: Suite No. 2; Stanley Ritchie/IU Baroque Orch.
Airs: 1/9 at 7 p.m., 1/10 at 10 a.m., 1/13 at 3 p.m.

BEETHOVEN-Leonore Overture No.3, Op.72a; Paul Biss/IU Phil. Orch.
Airs: 1/16 at 7 p.m., 1/17 at 10 a.m., 1/20 at 3 p.m.

MENDELSSOHN-Rondo Capriccioso in E, Op.14; Edward Auer, p.
Airs: 1/23 at 7 p.m., 1/24 at 10 a.m., 1/27 at 3 p.m.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude and Fugue in e-flat, Op.87, No.14; Edward Auer, p.
Airs: 1/30 at 7 p.m., 1/31 at 10 a.m., 2/3 at 3 p.m.

Thank you to all the contributors, donors, and volunteers who helped make the 2005 Fund Drive a success.

Food Donors
We extend our appreciation to the following local businesses, all of which provided food for our staff and volunteers during the Fund Drive:

Arby's, South Walnut
Aver's Pizza
Buffalouie's
Bloomington Bagel Company
Bloomington Sandwich Company
Chili's
Chipotle
Crescent Donut Shops
Grazie!
Hardee's, West 3rd Street
Heavenly Ham
Kroger
The Laughing Planet
Mother Bear's Pizza
Olive Garden
Penn Station
Pizza Hut on Winslow Road
Pizza Hut, Franklin Road
Roly Poly
Starbuck's on South Indiana
Subway, Kinser Pike
The Trojan Horse

Placemat Participants
Thanks to the following restaurants who featured the WFIU placemat during Fund Drive.

Bloomington
Bobby's Pub
Bobby's Too
Cloverleaf Restaurant
Ladyman's Restaurant
Pammy's Diner
Runcible Spoon
Village Deli
Waffle House
Yogi's Bar and Grille

Volunteers
We extend our sincerest thank you to the following organizations and individuals who answered the pledge phones during Fund Drive:

Bloomington Early Music Festival
Bloomington Rotary Club
Bloomington Worldwide Friendship
Calamity Jane - the IU Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team
Carla's Wellness Center
Columbus Area Arts Council
Ether Game Staff
Master Gardeners of Monroe County
Walking Women of Brown County
WFIU's Community Advisory Board (Pam Davidson, Charlotte Zietlow, Mike McGregor, Becky Cape)

Alex Cartwright
Alex Gul
Alexander & Virginia Buchwald
Anne Fraker
Anne Hereford
Pat & Bob Bayer
Barb Randall
Bernard Waldier
Betty Greenwell
Bill Kroll
Bob Brookshire
Bob & Ginny Stockton
Carl Horne
Carla Carson
Carol Campbell
Charles Sprague
Deborah Wilkin
Diane Miller
Dick Bishop
Dorothy Soudakoff
Emilie Murray
Eve Corrigan
Felicia Fellmuth
Fran Weinberg
Frank & Brenda Zody
Gena Asher
Gerald Marker
Ginger Tieman
Jean Person
Jeanie Cox
Janet Rowland
Jennifer Bimbrey
Jenny Noble-Kuchera
Joyce Jordan-Peek
Julia BeBeau
Kelli Weinhaus
Kevin Rudin
Kris Floyd
Laura Ginger
Libby DeVoe
Louise Hillery
Lynn Schwartzberg
Mady England
Marc Castiglione
Margaret Dalle-Ave
Marianne Woodruff
Marie Shakespeare
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