Sundays
s Shuann Chai (10:06 pm, 9/20)
5 am Classical Music
6 pm From the Top
Scott Blankenship and Lynn Warfel select classical music for your Sunday morning, with NPR news headlines at 7:01 am and Garrison Keillor’s daily almanac at 8:01 am.
Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, at this new time. You’ll also hear NPR news headlines at 9:01 am and 12:01 pm.
NPR’s young musician showcase. Listings are for yesterday’s 11 am broadcast and today’s repeat. 9/6 From Northfield Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, trumpeter Daniel Taubenheim, 17, from the Chicago area. 9/13 Violinist, composer and arts advocate William Harvey, who appeared on one of From the Top’s first episodes. 9/20 Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops join the fun. 9/27 A dynamic, McDonald’s-loving percussion ensemble from the Chicago area.
1 pm The Thistle and Shamrock
7 pm Classical Music
Fiona Ritchie hosts this program from Scotland, featuring traditional and contemporary music from Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere. 9/6 New Writing. 9/13 Common Currency. Musical traditions connected across miles and oceans. 9/20 Tale O’ the Bank. Traditional and contemporary song celebrating rivers. 9/27 Viking Invasion. Nordic music.
10:06 pm Harmonia
9 am Sunday Baroque
2 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends with skits, music, comedy and the news from Lake Wobegon! [Also Saturdays at 5 pm]
4 pm Radio Deluxe Jazz singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli, his vocalist wife Jessica Molaskey and occasional guests (and family members) host a two-hour weekly music party from their “deluxe living room.” Smart and funny chat and a whole lot of classics from the American Popular Songbook! [Also Fridays at 10 pm]
Valerie Kahler is your Sunday evening host; NPR news headlines air at 7:01 and 10:01.
Angela Mariani presents an hour of Baroque and early music, including the latest releases. 9/6 Medieval Instruments. 9/13 A Purcell Celebration, Part 2. 9/20 Highlights from the 2009 Bloomington Early Music Festival, Part 1. Hesperus, Shuann Chai, L’AURA, and Chatham Baroque. 9/27 Highlights from the 2009 Bloomington Early Music Festival, Part 2. Nigel North, Sacabuche, and Fenix de los Ingenios.
11:06 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance, seamlessly woven by Mona Golabek.
Midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship eases you into the new week. PATTERNS • SEPTEMBER 2009