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December 2021 Vol. 70, No. 12

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The following holiday specials are sure to make your season bright!

Friday, December 17 8:00 PM – A Swingin’ Afterglow Christmas!

We’re keeping things light and snappy as we dance along to some swinging holiday tunes, sung by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and more!

Tuesday, December 21 8:00 PM – Ether Game: Christmas Visitors From Father Christmas to La Befana, Sinterklaas to the Yule Lads, explore a variety of yuletide gift-givers from around the world through the lens of classical music.

9:00 PM – Hollywood Holiday Host Lynne Warfel takes listeners on a one-hour musical retrospective of some of Hollywood’s most cherished Christmas themed movies.

Wednesday, December 22 8:00 PM – St. Olaf Christmas Festival Join us for one of the nation’s most treasured holiday celebrations, which includes sacred choral and instrumental music from many traditions.

Thursday, December 23 8:00 PM – Harmonia: Holiday Spin For the holiday season, join us as we simply spin some discs (so to speak) with a variety of seasonal music.

9:00 PM – Fiesta: Latin American Christmas Carols A selection of villancicos from Spain and Latin America is featured on this Christmas-themed program.

10:00 PM – The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice 2021 Enjoy traditional carols, chants, wassails, hymns, children’s game-songs, and folk dance-tunes.

Friday, December 24 10:00 AM – A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Experience a live, worldwide Christmas Eve broadcast of a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal Classical music.

3:00 PM – The Soul Kitchen: Holiday Special Join Brother William as he brings us some holiday grooves from James Brown, Sharon Jones, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, and more. (Repeats December 25 at 8 p.m.)

7:00 PM – Selected Shorts: Holiday Hurdles with David Sedaris Humorist and author David Sedaris invites you to reimagine holiday rituals with him.

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Holiday Highlights

8:00 PM – All Is Calm: A Quiet Afterglow Christmas Relax at the end of a stressful year with some holiday songs to soothe your soul.

9:00 PM – Night Lights: Santa-O: A Very Hip Christmas Swinging round the yule log with music from Count Basie, violinist Eddie South, pianist Joe Albany, and others.

Saturday, December 25 6:00 PM – PorchLight: Holiday Special Join host Tom Roznowski as he shares music and stories about the holidays.

7:00 PM – A Soulful Christmas A Soulful Christmas is an uplifting, relevant display of Black music in the classical, gospel, spiritual, and jazz-inspired style.

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Almond Cut-Out Cookies with Buttercream Frosting 3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

2 teaspoon baking powder

2 cups unsalted butter, softened

2 sticks unsalted butter, cold and cut into pieces

8 cups powdered sugar, sifted

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Gel food coloring of your choice

1/2 cup milk

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder. Set aside.

• Using an electric mixer on high speed, cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg and extracts and beat until just combined, being sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl.

• Slowly pour in half of the flour mixture and stir until combined. Repeat with remaining flour and stir until just combined and crumbly.

• Pour dough out onto a clean, lightly-floured surface and knead with hands until dough bits come together. Use a lightly-floured rolling pin to roll dough out evenly until it's about 1/4 inch thick. Cut cookies out using cookie cutters and transfer to the baking sheet, leaving about two inches between each cookie. Combine leftover dough and roll out to cut out more cookies. Repeat the process until you run out of dough.

• Placing one cookie sheet in the oven at a time, bake cookies on the middle oven rack until the bottom edges just start to turn golden, about 10 to 12 minutes.

Remove cookies from oven and let sit on baking sheet for two minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.

• To make frosting, combine butter, powdered sugar, milk and extracts in the large bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium until smooth. Use a couple drops of gel food coloring to tint the frosting, stirring rapidly to make it easier to spread.

Frost cookies using icing spatulas and decorative pastry tips.

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’Tis the season, and all that jazz…holiday jazz, that is…and we’ve got some new Christmas releases to highlight from the talented likes of singers Norah Jones and José James. Hear them along with a wide array of classic and modern Yuletide recordings throughout the month on our weekday afternoon jazz program, Just You & Me. On Tuesday, December 21, we’ll also pay tribute to jazz legend and longtime Indiana University jazz educator David Baker on the 90th anniversary of his birth.

Of course our Friday-evening jazz programs will ring those Christmas bells, with episodes falling on Christmas Eve this year. At 8 p.m. Afterglow brings us “All Is Calm: A Quiet Afterglow Christmas,” with artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole pointing us towards the wee hours of Christmas morn. (Afterglow will offer up a more jubilant vibe on December 17 with “A Swingin’ Afterglow Christmas!”) Night Lights follows at 9 with “Santa-O: A Very Hip Christmas,” which will end with the traditional WFIU Christmas Eve broadcast of Louis Armstrong reading “The Night Before Christmas.”

It's been a year, as they say, and Just You & Me will end the month with retrospective looks at 2021’s notable new jazz releases— modern, classic, live, and Indiana-related recordings—on Monday, December 27 through Thursday, December 30.

On New Year’s Eve, Afterglow features “Bing Crosby Duets,” highlighting the jazz-molded crooner with vocal partners such as Rosemary Clooney and the aforementioned Mr. Armstrong. Night Lights will give us a centennial-tribute profile of talk-show host, songwriter, and jazz advocate Steve Allen, who helped shape the landscape of late-night television programming.

From all of us here at WFIU, happy holidays!

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WFIU PROGRAM LISTINGS Note: Daily listings are as complete as we can make them at press time, and we strive to provide full program information whenever possible. Some programs, however, do not provide us with information about their content. We include the titles of those programs as a convenience. When we receive no program information for a given day, the day will not appear in the listings. For a complete list of WFIU’s schedule, see the program grid on pages 3 and 4.

1 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta, conductor Sandy Cameron, violin ELFMAN: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra “Eleven” STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 STRAUSS: Salome’s Dance from Salome, Op. 54 10:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Mahler Symphonies 1 and 4 MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 Reri Grist, soprano Leonard Bernstein, conductor

2 Thursday 8:00 HARMONIA Have You Listened to Ford Lately?

Around the turn of the 17th century, England was a great place to be a musician and the country was full of them! However, Thomas Ford is easily lost in that crowd, so we’ll focus on this fine composer and viol player who’s so deserving of our attention. Plus, our featured release takes us to France a hundred years later, to the court of Louis XIV, for some of the earliest music composed for the traverso, or baroque flute.

9:00 PM FIESTA! Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México Founded by conductor Enrique Bátiz in 1971, the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico has traveled worldwide and is one of the great

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supporters of Latin American music.

Hear some of the Latin American compositions recorded by the distinguished orchestra.

3 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW The Stan Kenton Singers The Stan Kenton Orchestra emerged in the 1940s as a bold and sometimes controversial voice in the swing band genre. But what kept them grounded were the cool, brainy singers in front of the stage. On this episode, we’ll hear some of those singers: Anita O’Day, June Christy, and Chris Connor.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS The Greatest Bass Player in the World: Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius transformed the sound of the bass in jazz during his relatively brief career as both a leader and a member of Weather Report. Bassist Jeremy Allen joins the program to discuss Pastorius’ significance.​

4 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Eurydice (Aucoin) Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Erin Morley (Eurydice), Joshua Hopkins (Orpheus), Jakub Józef Orliński (Orpheus’s Double), Nathan Berg (Father), Barry Banks (Hades)

5 Sunday 6:00 PM BBC WITNESS HISTORY World War Two in the Pacific To mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Witness History brings you an hour of personal stories from the time.

We meet a survivor of Pearl Harbor, speak to actor George Takei about his time in a US internment camp, and speak to the son of a Japanese soldier who spent 28 years in the jungle—among other firsthand accounts of the major battles and the aftermath of the war in the Pacific.

6 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Søndergård & Gavrylyuk SIBELIUS: Nocturne and Ballade from King Christian II Suite, Op. 27 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano SCHUMANN: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen from Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 1 Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 Jean Martinon, conductor 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS As Advent Advances Savoring music on liturgical themes that prepare the way for the festival of Christmas.

7 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Fruits of the Forest The Ether Game Brain Trust wonders if they’ll ever see a song so lovely as a tree. Join us for music about forests.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER From Paris L. BOULANGER: Trois Morceaux for Piano (Wu Han, Piano) FRANÇAIX: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Michael Brown, piano) STRAVINSKY: Petrushka for Piano, Four Hands (Lucille Chung, piano I; Alessio Bax, piano II)

8 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, conductor Orion Weiss, piano SAINT-GEORGES: Symphony No. 2

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CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 HAYDN: Symphony No. 94 “Surprise” 10:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Zweden Conducts Clyne, Copland, Walker, and Beethoven Jaap van Zweden, conductor CLYNE: Within Her Arms COPLAND: Quiet City Ryan Roberts, English horn Christopher Martin, trumpet WALKER: Antifonys for Chamber Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 Daniil Trifonov, piano

9 Thursday 8:00 HARMONIA Tribute to Jeanne Lamon Harmonia looks back on the career of Jeanne Lamon, Music Director Emerita of the baroque orchestra Tafelmusik. She passed away on June 20, 2021.

9:00 PM FIESTA! Latin American Saxophone Though it is not the most prominent instrument in classical music, the saxophone is versatile and powerful. Many Latin American composers have shown their love for this instrument, including Heitor Villa-Lobos, Paquito D’Rivera, and Roberto Sierra.

10 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Dancing in the Dark: The Songs of Schwartz and Dietz From the 1920s through the 1960s, composer Arthur Schwartz and lyricist Howard Dietz wrote Broadway musicals like The Band Wagon and Inside U.S.A. We’ll explore the songs from those shows that became standards, like “You and the Night and the Music,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “By Myself.”

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Soul Eyes: The Early Mal Waldron Songbook Interpretations of the pianist's compositions by John Coltrane and others.

11 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Tosca (Puccini) Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Sondra Radvanovsky (Tosca), Brian Jagde (Cavaradossi), Evgeny Nikitin (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan)

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13 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Salonen & Barenboim BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night, Op. 4 (1943 Revision) Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor WAGNER: Good Friday Spell from Parsifal Daniel Barenboim, conductor CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 1 John Sharp, cello; Stephen Hough, piano; Daniel Barenboim, conductor 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS International Holiday Delights Celebrating the Nativity with composers and instruments from many lands.

14 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Coffee or Tea? We put the kettle on as we play a game all about hot drinks. Cream, sugar, and a little trivia this evening with your classical music cuppa.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER American Winds NORMAN: Light Screens for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello (Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Mihai Marica, cello) BARBER: Summer Music for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn, Op. 31 (Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Romie de

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Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Trevor Nuckols, horn) COPLAND: Sextet for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano (David Shifrin, clarinet; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Amphion String Quartet)

15 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Jakub Hrůša, conductor Frank-Peter Zimmermann, violin JANÁČEK: Adagio, for orchestra BARTÓK: Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 87 MARTINŮ: Suite concertante, H. 276a NOVÁK: Slovak Suite, op. 32 10:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Rilling Conducts Handel’s Messiah HANDEL: Messiah Annette Dasch, soprano Daniel Taylor, countertenor James Taylor, tenor Shenyang, bass‐baritone Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling, director

16 Thursday 8:00 HARMONIA The Christmas Oratorio Quilt As the winter nights get colder, we’ll keep warm with an “oratorio quilt,” weaving together music for the season from France, Germany, and Italy—by composers both devout and mischievous. Our featured release showcases medieval Christmas music performed by Gothic Voices.

9:00 PM FIESTA! The Great Sounds of Roberto Sierra Puerto Rican Roberto Sierra is one of the most important living composers of contemporary classical music.

Sierra’s work draws from 20thcentury avant-garde music and 19thcentury romantic traditions alike and incorporates his European and Latino influences. Included are his Guitar Sonata and Piano Trio.

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8:00 PM AFTERGLOW A Swingin’ Afterglow Christmas!

It’s the holiday season, and we’re keeping things light and snappy as we dance along to some swinging holiday tunes, sung by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and more!

8:00 PM ETHER GAME Christmas Visitors From Father Christmas to La Befana, Sinterklaas to the Yule Lads, Ether Game explores a variety of yuletide gift-givers from around the world through the lens of classical music.

Pull your flying sleigh over and switch on the radio as we celebrate the upcoming holiday.

8:00 PM HARMONIA Holiday Spin For the holiday season, join us as we simply spin some discs (so to speak) with a variety of seasonal music, both joyous and reflective.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Jazz His Way: Frank Sinatra A tribute to the Chairman of the Board featured in small-group and big-band jazz settings throughout his storied career.

18 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA The Magic Flute (Mozart) Abridged English-language version Conductor: Jane Glover Matthew Polenzani (Tamino), Hera Hyesang Park (Pamina), Rolando Villazón (Papageno), Morris Robinson (Sarastro), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Rodell Rosel (Monostatos), Patrick Carfizzi (Speaker)

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10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Archive Treasures II HAYDN: Quartet in G Major for Strings, Op. 33, No. 5 (Emerson String Quartet) DVORAK: Quartet in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 87 (Josef Suk, violin; Walter Trampler, viola; Leslie Parnas, cello; Richard Goode, piano)

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20 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Heras-Casado & Trpčeski RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, Op. 30 Simon Trpčeski, piano; Pablo HerasCasado, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY/PLETNEV: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker Simon Trpčeski, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams) RAVEL: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and Strings Jean Martinon, conductor 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS The American Organist’s Christmas Holiday music in performances featuring performers, composers, and organ builders in the United States.

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9:00 PM HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY Host Lynne Warfel takes listeners on a one-hour musical retrospective of some of Hollywood's most cherished Christmas-themed movies.

Selections feature scores from Scrooge: The Musical, A Muppet Christmas Carol, The Polar Express, It’s a Wonderful Life, and more.

8:00 PM ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL F. Melius Christiansen started the Christmas Festival in 1911 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, as a simple service in word and song for students, faculty, friends, and family.

In the 109 years since, it has grown to include more than 500 student musicians who share their gifts with more than 12,000 audience members at the four live concerts. Join us for one of the nation’s most treasured holiday celebrations, which includes sacred choral and instrumental music from many traditions: beloved hymns, classical masterworks, folk songs from around the world, and African American spirituals.

9:00 PM FIESTA! Latin American Christmas Carols A selection of villancicos from Spain and Latin America is featured on this Christmas-themed program.

Join us for music that spans several centuries and a great diversity of influences and traditions.

10:00 PM THE CHRISTMAS REVELS In Celebration of the Winter Solstice 2021 Join us for a two-hour musical celebration of the winter holidays— Christmas, the Solstice, Chanukah, New Year’s, Jonkonnu, and Twelfth Night/Epiphany—featuring traditional carols, chants, wassails, hymns, children’s game-songs, and folk dance-tunes excerpted from live Christmas Revels stage productions presented around the country.

24 Friday 10:00 AM A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS Join us for a live, worldwide Christmas Eve broadcast of a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal Classical music.

This special will be presented by one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys and performed in an acoustically and architecturally renowned venue, the 500-year-old Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, England.

3:00 PM THE SOUL KITCHEN Holiday Special Join Brother William in The Soul Kitchen this Christmas weekend as he brings us some holiday grooves from James Brown, Sharon Jones, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, and more.

7:00 PM SELECTED SHORTS: HOLIDAY HURDLES WITH DAVID SEDARIS Humorist and author David Sedaris invites you to reimagine holiday rituals with him.

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8:00 PM AFTERGLOW All Is Calm: A Quiet Afterglow Christmas On this Christmas Eve, relax at the end of a stressful year with some holiday songs to soothe your soul, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and more.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Santa-O: A Very Hip Christmas Swinging round the yule log with music from Count Basie, violinist Eddie South, pianist Joe Albany, and others.

25 Saturday 1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Aida (Verdi) Highlights from great Met Aida archival broadcasts in celebration of the 90th anniversary of Met broadcasts and the 150th anniversary of Aida.

6:00 PM PORCHLIGHT Holiday Special Join host Tom Roznowski as he shares music and stories about the holidays.

7:00 PM A SOULFUL CHRISTMAS A Soulful Christmas is an uplifting, relevant display of Black music in the classical, gospel, spiritual, and jazzinspired style. This special celebrates the non-idiomatic Black classical music while exploring non-idiomatic choral traditions.

8:00 PM THE SOUL KITCHEN Holiday Special Join Brother William in The Soul Kitchen this Christmas weekend as he brings us some holiday grooves from James Brown, Sharon Jones, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, and more.

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27 Monday 8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Davis & Lewis TIPPETT: Little Music for String Orchestra

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Paul Lewis, piano TIPPETT: Praeludium for Brass, Bells, and Percussion BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 Paul Lewis, piano BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Seiji Ozawa, conductor 10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS An Organist’s Yearbook The annual summing up of twelve months’ happenings, celebrating success, and lamenting losses.

28 Tuesday 8:00 PM ETHER GAME Winter Sports Before we head into the new year, there’s still time for some holiday skiing, sledding, and skating! We’re checking out the music at the ice rink on this episode.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Romanticism Through the Ages ZEMLINSKY: Trio in D minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 3 (David Shifrin, clarinet; Keith Robinson, cello; Wu Qian, piano) MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 58 (Huw Watkins, piano; Paul Watkins, cello)

29 Wednesday 8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST WDR Radio Orchestra Alondra de la Parra, conductor BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town” OSCHER: Double Bass Concerto GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes, Op 33 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 “Classical”

30 Thursday 8:00 HARMONIA The Carvor Choirbook The National Library of Scotland is the home of the Carvor Choirbook, the largest surviving collection of

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Scottish sacred polyphony from the 16th century. The music is ornate and demanding, implying that the person listening to it had access to very good singers—and luckily for us, there are still singers who can pull off this music.

9:00 PM FIESTA! Martha Argerich: Argentine Piano Master Martha Argerich’s career has brought her from Argentina to around the world. Fiesta pays tribute to this piano master and her long and fruitful career, including her performances of the giants of Latin American classical music.

31 Friday 8:00 PM AFTERGLOW Bing Crosby Duets As the elder statesman of jazz, Bing Crosby sang alongside many of the great singers of the 20th century.

We’ll hear his duets with Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, and many more.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS Steve Allen A centennial salute to talk-show host and jazz advocate Steve Allen, who also played piano and wrote numerous songs such as “This Could Be the Start of Something Big.”

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This month on 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Monday, December 13 at 8pm

In celebration of what has become a beloved holiday tradition, the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square present an intimate and unprecedented look behind the curtain of their annual Christmas concert.

Tony Award-winning actor and three-time Choir guest artist Brian Stokes Mitchell takes viewers on a nostalgic journey from Christmas past to Christmas present, exploring seldom-seen areas of the Conference Center and remembering fondly some of the greatest guests and performances of the past 20 years. The program features more than 40 world-renowned guest artists and excerpts from more than 60 songs, carols, and stories celebrating the season.

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This joyous musical retrospective brings the Choir's past into focus and offers a greater view of what’s to come as these timeless songs remind us of the equally timeless message of hope that Christmas provides.

“Whatever we believe about the meaning of Christmas, its message is universal,” Stokes said. “The music, the stories, the singing, the dancing, and the sharing are all a reminder that the birth of Jesus Christ is about peace and goodwill for everyone.”

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Remember WFIU in Your Year-End Giving Plans Day after day, year after year, WFIU brings south-central Indiana together through the power of local public radio. We seek to inform you with trusted news and information, to connect you with the facts and ideas you need and value, to inspire you with culture and the arts, and to offer you the serenity and exhilaration, and the joy and comfort, that only classical and jazz music can provide.

This is our public service mission—one that has become all the more essential as the pandemic has unfolded.

2021 has been a dizzying year for everyone. Now, as both fresh possibility and new uncertainty seem to appear before us almost daily, we’re all trying to restore balance and harmony in our lives.

This world of uncertainty is why WFIU’s steadying voices—delivering factcentered reporting, insightful conversations, the reliable oasis of music, and the rewards of the unexpected—are so indispensable and stabilizing during this long rollercoaster ride we seem to be on.

Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition bookend your days with facts and clarity, enriching your perspective and understanding. And, in between, you can count on our morning classical music, and our afternoon jazz and soul with Just You & Me and The Soul Kitchen, to take you on a musical journey filled with pleasure and delights.

In 2022, you can count on WFIU to be every bit as essential. We’ll continue to deliver accurate and thorough reporting, rewarding context, diverse voices, enlightening conversations, and enriching music and culture. And, as we plan our budget and the best use of our resources for the year ahead, WFIU must also be able to count on you. You are essential to WFIU! Year after year, donations directly from members like you provide the most reliable portion of our operation budget. In short, everything you count on from WFIU counts on generous listener support.

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