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<h1>WSVH/WWIO FEATURED PROGRAMS FOR DECEMBER, 2005</h1>
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<h2>Georgia Gazette Consumer Call-In</h2>
<p><em>Friday, December 2, at 3:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Host Mike Savage is joined by Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Public Service Commission Chairman Robert Baker, and a representative from the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, to answer listeners' consumer questions. The number to call is 1-866-RADIO-GA (1-866-723-4642).</p>
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<h2>Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz</h2>
<p><em>Friday, December 2, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Guest Jon Faddis<br>
Jon Faddis is one of today's premier trumpeters, and also known for teaching, composing, conducting, and recording. While playing, Faddis consistently demonstrates an unparalleled range and dazzling technique. His style evokes the voices of Armstrong, Davis, Eldridge, and his close friend and mentor "Dizzy" Gillespie, yet still remains all his own. Faddis remains true to his vision, which combines creativity and innovation with skilled discipline. He demonstrates his love for Diz on "Fiesta Mojo" and switches to the flugelhorn for a Faddis original, "Bass Squeezin'!"</p>
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<h2>NPR World of Opera</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 3, at 1:30 pm</em></p>
<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff<br>
Adapting Shakespeare for the opera house has been an impossible task for countless composers, but it didn't faze Verdi. He wrote three hit Shakespeare operas: <em>Macbeth</em>, <em>Otello</em>, and this week's opera, <em>Falstaff</em>, which ranks among the most brilliant of all Verdi's masterpieces. Shakespeare's outwardly comic play tells volumes about the human condition. Verdi took the deceptively profound tale and made it even richer and more rewarding. Patrick Summers conducts this production by the Houston Grand Opera.<br>
Bryn Terfel (Falstaff); Patricia Racette (Alice Ford); Angela Niederloh (Meg Page); Judith Christin (Mistress Quickly); Christine Brandes (Nannetta); Jesus Garcia (Fenton); Nicholas Phan (Bardolph); Joshua Winograde (Pistol); James Westman (Ford); Patrick Mauel (Robin); Chris Pirnie (Host of the Garter Inn)</p>
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<h2>Music Americana</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 3, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the <a href="maarchive.htm">Music Americana archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>The Green Island</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 3, at 9:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the <a href="giarchive.htm">Green Island archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>From the Top</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 4, at 1:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Two wonderful trios, including the Junior Division Gold Medal winners of the 2005 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and <em>From the Top</em>'s new Roving Reporter are part of this exciting program recorded at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. We'll hear the Tuzforro Trio from Illinois performing music of Brahms; violinist Caeli Smith, age 13, from Philadelphia, performing "It Ain't Necessarily So" by George Gershwin; soprano Sarah Shafer, 16, from Pennsylvania, singing "Fair Robin I Love" by Kirke Mechem; cellist Oliver Aldort, 11, from Washington state, playing Saint-Sa&euml;ns; and the Alisier Trio from Massachusetts playing music of Charles Ives.</p>
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<h2>Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz</h2>
<p><em>Friday, December 9, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Guest Susan Werner<br>
Susan Werner is a talented pianist and singer/songwriter who has embraced the challenge of writing original tunes in simple song forms reminiscent of the Great American Songbook. With a background in folk, country, and opera, Werner is well-versed in the workings of a good song. She joins McPartland for "The Very Thought Of You" and performs the title track from her latest CD, <em>I Can't Be New</em>.</p>
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<h2>NPR World of Opera</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 10, at 1:30 pm</em></p>
<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore<br>
When it comes to <em>Il Trovatore</em>, opera lovers have long debated the glories of Verdi's music versus the issues many have with its less-than-subtle libretto and less-than-coherent plot. Azucena's lifelong quest for revenge leads to the gruesome death of her own adopted son -- a death she might just have been planning all along. The Houston Grand Opera is conducted by Patrick Summers.<br>
Sondra Radvanovsky (Leonora); Marcello Giordani (Manrico); Irina Mishura (Azucena); Bruno Caproni (Count di Luna); Daniel Borowski (Ferrando); Marjorie Owens (Ines); Arturo Chac&oacute;n-Cruz (Ruiz)</p>
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<h2>Music Americana</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 10, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the <a href="maarchive.htm">Music Americana archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>The Green Island</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 10, at 9:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the <a href="giarchive.htm">Green Island archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>From the Top</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 11, at 1:00 pm</em></p>
<p><em>From the Top</em> joins with the Walnut Hill School, the preeminent arts high school in the country, to create a program featuring some of the best music students at the school. We'll hear the Walnut Hill Orchestra, a string quartet, double bassist Blake Hinson, violinist Emily Smith, and a quartet of young singers performing a scene from Mozart's <em>Magic Flute</em>.</p>
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<h2>Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz</h2>
<p><em>Friday, December 16, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Guest Andrew Hill<br>
Pianist Andrew Hill has been playing jazz since age 13. He was encouraged by Earl Hines while growing up in Chicago and played with jazz legends including Miles Davis and Charlie Parker as they toured through town. Hill is perhaps best remembered for his classic Blue Note recordings in the '60s, which extended the possibilities of bop and hard bop through complex tunes. Hill demonstrates his mastery of melody, rhythm, and technique on "Nickodemus" before joining McPartland for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square."</p>
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<h2><font color="red">Metropolitan Opera - <em>New season!</em></font></h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 17, at 1:30 pm</em></p>
<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto<br>
The Metropolitan Opera returns for a new season of live radio broadcasts, beginning its 75th anniversary celebration. The series will continue through May 6, including 20 live Saturday matinee performances and a special program honoring the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. The season begins with a performance of Verdi's tragedy of a bitter jester, a libertine duke, and a curse, based on Victor Hugo's play <em>Le Roi s'amuse</em>. Asher Fisch is the conductor.<br>
Anna Netrebko (Gilda); Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Maddalena); Rolando Villazon (Duke of Mantua); Carlo Guelfi (Rigoletto); Eric Halfvarson (Sparafucile)</p>
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<h2>Music Americana</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 17, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the <a href="maarchive.htm">Music Americana archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>The Green Island</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 17, at 9:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the <a href="giarchive.htm">Green Island archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>From the Top</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 18, at 1:00 pm</em></p>
<p><em>From the Top</em> heads down south, this time to the Alys Stephens Center at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The highlights include a special behind-the-scenes look as host Christopher O'Riley coaches a chamber music session with two young performers. Also, 15-year-old alto saxophonist Walter Nichols, from Texas; cellist Molly Goforth, 17, from Birmingham; 10-year-old pianist Kevin Li, from Pennsylvania; and bassoonist Megan Schlie, 17, from Charlotte.</p>
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<h2>The Augusta Opera at St. Paul's Holiday Concert</h2>
<p><em>Thursday, December 22, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, December 25, at 10:00 pm</em></p>
<p>From member station WACG in Augusta, <em>The Augusta Opera at St. Paul's</em> returns to GPB this month. Now in its 22nd season in the spectacular acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, this moving and powerful concert of Christmas music has become an established Augusta holiday tradition. Maestro Mark Flint conducts the Augusta Opera Chorus and Orchestra, and the Augusta Children's Chorale.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Studio GPB)</em></p>
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<h2>Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz</h2>
<p><em>Friday, December 23, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Christmas Memories With Marian McPartland<br>
Marian McPartland rings in the Christmas season with this special hour of music and memories. Marian shares stories and impressions from her youth, recalling the traditional English holiday melodies of "Good King Wenceslas" and "What Child Is This," while past <em>Piano Jazz</em> guests offer up new, original, and lesser-known Christmas tunes including "I Want A Smile for Christmas." Music and the written word come together as Marian reads some of her favorite Christmas tales, painting classic Christmas scenes with impressionistic improvised musical accompaniment.</p>
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<h2>A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 24, at 10:00 am</em></p>
<p>The sound of one, pure, solitary child's voice rings out each Christmas Eve in the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England. It heralds the beginning of <em>A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols</em>, the continuation of almost a century of heartfelt tradition. The service begins as it has since 1918, with a boy soprano singing the opening line to "Once in Royal David's City." It has grown into a symbol that signals the time, after all of the hustle and bustle of preparing for the holiday, to settle down to the true meaning of Christmas and to focus on family traditions. Each year, selected speakers from the King's College community read the lessons. These are woven among great anthems that originate in the storied English choral tradition. The choir also performs a newly-commissioned work each year, bringing the service into the present as well as continuing the tradition of the past. Michael Barone hosts this live Christmas Eve broadcast.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Car Talk and first half-hour of What'Ya Know)</em></p>
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<h2>A Car Talk Christmas Carol</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 24, at 11:30 am</em></p>
<p>From WBUR/Boston and National Public Radio, <em>A Car Talk Christmas Carol</em> stars Tom and Ray Magliozzi and a stellar cast of public radio personalities in a parody of the classic story, scripted by the beloved children's author and <em>Weekend Edition</em> commentator Daniel Pinkwater, who also narrates. The cast includes: Tom and Ray Magliozzi as The Scroogiozzi Brothers; Robert Siegel as Bob "Robert Siegel" Cratchit; Ira Glass as Tiny Ira; Susan Stamberg as The Spirit of Public Radio Past; Scott Simon as The Spirit of Public Radio Present; Andrei Codrescu as The Spirit of Public Radio Future; and Carl Kasell as Crusty the Mechanic; with appearances by Bailey White, Fred Child, Daniel Schorr, Terry Gross, and <em>A Prairie Home Companion</em>'s Tim Russell.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts second half-hour of Whad'Ya Know)</em></p>
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<h2>Second Chance Christmas: A Symphonic Story</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 24, at 12:00 noon</em></p>
<p>Narrated by Stuart Culpepper, this special program tells the wonderful tale of a youth orchestra and chorus on its way to perform a holiday concert at Carnegie Hall. While en route, the troupe is stranded by a terrible storm in the tiny, impoverished mining town of Second Chance, West Virginia. With no hotel to house them, the musicians are forced to stay in a cold, ramshackle music hall. Worse yet, they are prohibited from singing or playing music due to a decades-old prohibition on holiday festivities, enacted after a tragic Christmas Eve mining accident. When the rebellious musicians choose to defy the law, the local children find the strength to stand up to the town elders and rescue the community's long-lost holiday spirit. <em>Second Chance Christmas</em> features the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Chorus, and a full cast of performers. Together, they bring classic holiday music and original storytelling to life for an engaging hour, tailor-made for family listening.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts second hour of Whad'Ya Know)</em></p>
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<h2>Metropolitan Opera</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 24, at 1:30 pm</em></p>
<p>Tobias Picker: An American Tragedy<br>
The world premiere broadcast of a new opera based on the 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser, with music by Tobias Picker and libretto by Gene Scheer. James Conlon conducts this live performance.<br>
Patricia Racette (Roberta Alden); Susan Graham (Sondra Finchley); Jennifer Larmore (Elizabeth Griffiths); Dolora Zajick (Elvira Griffiths); Kim Begley (Samuel Griffiths); William Burden (Gilbert Griffiths); Nathan Gunn (Clyde Griffiths); Richard Bernstein (Orville Mason)</p>
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<h2>Music Americana</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 24, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the <a href="maarchive.htm">Music Americana archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>The Green Island</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 24, at 9:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the <a href="giarchive.htm">Green Island archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>Christmas from the World Caf&eacute;</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 24, at 11:00 pm</em></p>
<p>NPR and WXPN team up for a very special "roots Christmas" stage show featuring new takes on holiday classics, as well as new contributions to the holiday tradition. David Dye hosts this program of roots, blues, Americana, and other contemporary music artists providing some old-fashioned Christmas cheer -- recorded onstage at the World Caf&eacute; Live in Philadelphia. Guest artists include Raul Midon, Jonatha Brooke, and the Old Crow Medicine Show.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Beale Street Caravan)</em></p>
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<h2>St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2005</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 25, at 6:00 am</em></p>
<p>In the 93 years since its founding, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival has become one of the nation's most cherished holiday celebrations. Tickets to the event, which takes place on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, are always gone months in advance. The festival is a service in song, including hymns, carols, choral works and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Weekend Performance Today)</em></p>
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<h2>Christmas with the Morehouse and Spelman Glee Clubs</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 25, at 11:00 am</em></p>
<p>In one of the great holiday traditions in America, the choirs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation, get together to present a spine-tingling concert program. It's a joyous celebration of the schools' tradition of singing excellence, with their trademark mixture of spirituals, carols, and sacred texts. Korva Coleman hosts.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Fresh Air Weekend)</em></p>
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<h2>Handel's Messiah from Disney Hall</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 25, at 12:00 noon</em></p>
<p>NPR and CBC/Radio Canada join forces for an encore broadcast of Handel's masterpiece, featuring an American orchestra with a Canadian conductor and choir. Qu&eacute;bec City conductor Bernard Labadie leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the singers of his hometown La Chapelle de Qu&eacute;bec, and four world-class soloists for an all-star performance of this holiday classic, from the stunning acoustics of the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The soloists are: Karina Gauvin, soprano; Andreas Scholl, countertenor; John Tessier, tenor; and Nathan Berg, bass-baritone. Hosted by Lisa Simeone and Mario Paquet.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts St. Paul Sunday, From the Top, and first hour of A Prairie Home Companion repeat)</em></p>
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<h2>Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 25, at 3:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Enjoy <em>A Christmas Carol</em> as never before. English master storyteller and actor Ashley Ramsden takes center stage, portraying all 23 characters in the Dickens classic, each with vivid and distinctive clarity. The program embraces the original masterpiece, transporting listeners back to Victorian England and conjuring up the sinister back alleys, cobblestone streets, and ghostly apparitions that are the story's hallmarks. Sounds from around the world, including recordings made in remote European villages, recreate in convincing detail Dickens' pre-automotive/electric world. Music written by composers of Dickens' era, and original music commissioned for this broadcast inspired by traditional folk lyrics and ancient Christmas poems, enhance the depth, authenticity, and richness of the production.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts second hour of A Prairie Home Companion repeat and Calling All Pets)</em></p>
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<h2>University Concerts Holiday Special</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 25, at 6:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Highlights from holiday concerts at the University of Georgia's Hugh Hodgson School of Music.  Produced by WUGA in Athens.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Latino USA and Agenda Hispana)</em></p>
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<h2>Cover to Cover</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 25, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>An encore presentation of the December 1999 edition of <em>Cover to Cover</em>, which featured the late James Kilgo talking about his memoir <em>The Hand-Carved Cr&egrave;che and Other Christmas Stories</em> (Hill Street Press, 1999). The most poignant part of the Christmas season is the sharing of stories and traditions between the generations. In this book, Kilgo gives us his touching memoir of four Christmas promises kept. The consummate Southern storyteller, he spins together stories from his childhood in Darlington, South Carolina, reflecting on family traditions, the innocence of childhood and its loss, the unspoken love and support within a family, and above all the meaning of the nativity in Bethlehem.</p>
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<h2>The Augusta Opera at St. Paul's Holiday Concert</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, December 25, at 10:00 pm</em></p>
<p>From member station WACG in Augusta, <em>The Augusta Opera at St. Paul's</em> returns to GPB this month. Now in its 22nd season in the spectacular acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, this moving and powerful concert of Christmas music has become an established Augusta holiday tradition. Maestro Mark Flint conducts the Augusta Opera Chorus and Orchestra, and the Augusta Children's Chorale.<br>
<em>(Repeat broadcast, pre-empts Studio GPB)</em></p>
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<h2>Chanukah in Story and Song</h2>
<p><em>Monday, December 26, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Narrated by Leonard Nimoy and sung by the acclaimed vocal sextet The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, this unique holiday program presents 25 eclectic selections, from the Ladino songs of the Spanish Jews and Yiddish melodies of Eastern Europe to modern Israeli tunes and the ensemble's original version of "I Have a Little Dreydl." The ensemble performs <em>a cappella</em> as well as with instrumental accompaniment. The narration, written by Rabbi Gerald Skolnik, sheds new light on the holiday's customs and rituals.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts first hour of Studio GPB)</em></p>
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<h2>The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer Nutcracker</h2>
<p><em>Monday, December 26, at 9:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Ellen Kushner and the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra present a fresh retelling of an old story. Sara is a little girl with a problem: she hates the annual family Chanukah party! A mysterious party guest gives her a golden dreydl, a traditional Chanukah toy. This dreydl, however, is under a powerful spell, and it catapults Sara into a magical world of demons and fools, sorcerers and sages. Kushner, the show's writer and narrator, says, "We wanted to create a holiday story rich in Jewish themes and values, drawing on Jewish folklore and ethics. <em>The Golden Dreydl</em> is like 'Tchaikovsky meets Harry Potter,' and they go to a Jewish wedding! Shirim's music is a brilliant re-arrangement of the holiday classic. At first you laugh, but then, we hope, you get sucked in to a whole new way of hearing the familiar music." Shirim has specially arranged Tchaikovsky's music to fit <em>The Golden Dreydl</em>'s narration. Shirim leader Glenn Dickson explains, "[Tchaikovsky's <em>Nutcracker</em>] shares Russian roots with klezmer music; it is dance music like klezmer music is.... The results [of playing Tchaikovsky with a klezmer band] surprised us. This was not just a novelty but a piece of music that made sense and had its own integrity and charm."<br>
<em>(Pre-empts second hour of Studio GPB)</em></p>
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<h2>A Season's Griot 2005</h2>
<p><em>Tuesday, December 27, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>There are few things more satisfying than a good story, and Madafo Lloyd Wilson has great stories to share. The charismatic host returns with <em>A Season's Griot 2005</em>, an annual program of African and African American folklore and song. This year's special guest is Charlotte Blake Alston, internationally renowned storyteller. Together, they weave tales of adventure, laughter, love, heroism, and more. Each story is rooted in the lands of West Africa, surviving because they were shared and treasured by slave and statesman, young and old, poor and prosperous. Join Wilson and Alston for an engaging hour of story and song in celebration of Kwanzaa.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts first hour of Studio GPB)</em></p>
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<h2>The Capitol Steps: Politics Takes a Holiday!</h2>
<p><em>Wednesday, December 28, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, January 1 at 10:00 am</em></p>
<p>Do the holidays have you feeling lower than President Bush's poll ratings?  Need a laugh?  Former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff Scooter Libby has leaked advance word that the Capitol Steps' New Year's special is "funnier than the look on that guy's face when he found out I told everyone his wife was in the CIA." The Capitol Steps promise to overexpose 2005 in their annual year-in-review, with new songs and recent classics. Featuring such loveable characters as Karl Rove, Howard Dean, the Supreme Court Justices (and nominees!), Prince Charles and Camilla, Tom "I'm So Indicted!" Delay and more!<br>
<em>(Pre-empts first hour of Studio GPB)</em></p>
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<h2>Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz</h2>
<p><em>Friday, December 30, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Guest Ruth Laredo<br>
Ruth Laredo is known as America's First Lady of the Piano. One of today's premier classical pianists, Laredo, along with McPartland and Dick Hyman, have produced the wildly popular Three-Piano Crossover Concerts, exploring the boundaries between classical music and jazz. Laredo and McPartland continue their genre-blending excursions, juxtaposing Chopin with Jobim, and Scriabin with "Stella By Starlight."</p>
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<h2>Metropolitan Opera</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 31, at <font color="red">1:00 pm - early start time</font></em></p>
<p>Alban Berg: Wozzeck<br>
First performed in 1925, this groundbreaking opera was adapted by the composer from Georg B&uuml;chner's 1837 play <em>Woyzeck</em>, based on a true story of a poor man's descent into madness. James Levine is the conductor.<br>
Katarina Dalayman (Marie); Clifton Forbis (The Drum Major); Graham Clark (The Captain); Alan Held (Wozzeck); Walter Fink (Doctor)</p>
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<h2>Music Americana</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 31, at 8:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the <a href="maarchive.htm">Music Americana archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>The Green Island</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 31, at 9:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the <a href="giarchive.htm">Green Island archive</a> page.</p>
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<h2>New Year's Eve Live with Garrison Keillor</h2>
<p><em>Saturday, December 31, at 11:00 pm</em></p>
<p>Bring in the New Year with Garrison Keillor, star of <em>A Prairie Home Companion</em>, who hosts this three-hour live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band performs, along with guests Andy Stein, Jearlyn Steele, Duke Heitger, Howard Levy, Butch Thompson, Prudence Johnson, and poet Billy Collins.<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Beale Street Caravan and two hours of Jazz Satellite Network)</em></p>
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<h2>NPR's Toast of the Nation 2006</h2>
<p><em>Sunday, January 1, at 2:00 am</em></p>
<p>Beginning at 2:00 am, a New Year's Eve celebration from Oregon Public Broadcasting, with Pink Martini at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. At 3:30 am, a performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston by New Orleans piano legend Henry Butler, "a visionistical down-home cat and a hellified piano plunker to boot," according to Dr. John (who ought to know). And we finish bringing in the New Year at 4:30 am, with highlights from the James Moody 80th Birthday Celebration at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, featuring the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Antonio Hart, Frank Wess, Slide Hampton, Paquito D'Rivera, Randy Brecker, Mulgrew Miller, Marty Ashby, John Lee, Dennis Mackrel, and Roberta Gambarini. Happy New Year!<br>
<em>(Pre-empts Jazz Satellite Network)</em></p>
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