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WGLT Program Guide, December, 1983
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HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE ON THE RADIO? Well, here's your chance. We're recording a new station ID and you 're invited to be one of the voices for it. All you have to do is drop by the station between 8 am and 4 pm Somehow I'm reminded of a verse from Ecclesiastes ... "To everything weekdays before December 23 and record this message: "Our public radio there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven." station is at 89.1 FM. It's WGLT, Normal, the broadcasting service of Illinois By the time you read this, our chief engineer Mike Flood will be in State University." Our studios are in Room 310 of the Educational Media Tampa, Florida at work for a commercial radio station. Mike has been with us Center (across School Street from the Alamo II Bookstore-our satellite dish since 1980. To say he will be sorely missed is a major understatement. is on the roof). Changes have taken place at National Public Radio in Washington as well. WHAT DOES JOHN BURK'S MOTTO MEAN? " If it's on a record it must In late October, Douglas J. Bennet was announced as NPR's new be good"-a loose translation from the Latin. president and chief executive officer, taking over for the transition team headed by Ron Bornstein. l'VE HEARD THAT SOMETIMES YOU HARRASS PEOPLE GOING ON Bennet is a recognized leader in the public policy field, having served for THE AIR LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME. ANYTRUTHTOTHAT?Well. . .it's many years in top administration positions with the federal government. He sort of a media tradition but we really don't consider it harrassment. More of headed the Agency for International Development from 1979-1981 and a test by fire. You be the judge ... prior to that served as administrative assistant to Senators Abraham Ribicoff Last year during fund-raising, one of Terry's students went on the air for and Thomas Eagleton. the first time and, while she was talking, someone tied her shoelaces to the Most recently, he was president and chief executive officer of the legs of her chair. She handled it well-waited until her microphone was off Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. before she started hitting people. , With new top management, a balanced budget and improved fiscal This sort of thing happens to our professional staff occasionally, too. controls, the situation in Washington looks far brighter than it has in a long One April Fool 's Day, someone slipped into the control room while Don time. White was reading the 3:00 PM news and tied him to his chair ... tied him so So, we face the new year with many, many changes behind us and thoroughly that he couln't even move his arms by the end of the newscast. A certainly more ahead. But to all of you who have supported us so well for so true professional, Don didn't crack a smile on the air but said "If you 've heard long through so many changes . . . .we wish you the best this holiday season some extraneous noise, it's because I've been tied to my chair. I'll begin our and new year can offer. next musical selection .. .as soon as I figure out how." Good thing radio doesn't have pictures.
We invite your questions for this periodic program guide feature. Write them on the back of a $20 bill and send them to WGL T, 31 O Media Center, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761. METROPOLITAN OPERA'S BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL CENTENNIAL SEASON SYMPHONY CONCERT BEGINS DECEMBER 10 8 PM MONDAY DECEMBER 5
On Oct 22, 1883, a magnificent golden curtain rose on the first perfor WGLT will broadcast the second subscription concert of the Blooming mance of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, beginning a century of ton-Normal Symphony 8 pm. Monday, December 5. The program consists of devotion to the Opera and its audience. music by Wagner, Spohr, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky. The soloist is Bernard This year, the Met celebrates 100 years of splendor. The company that Eichen, concertmaster ofthe Bloomington-Normal Symphony and Professor was originally formed by a small group of men for their social benefit and of Music at Illinois State University. pleasure has since gained the reputation as the world's best opera company. Eichen has had an extensive career in both performance and teaching. On the occasion of this centennial season a little history. He has played concerts since the age of nine. He is a former member of the The Met has shared 44 of those years with Texaco, the longest continu NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini and has also performed under ous sponsorship in radio history. The first Texaco sponsored broadcast was the batons of Sir Thomas Beecham, George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, and Mozart's "Le Nozze d1 Figaro," on Dec. 7th, 1940. Quick expansion of the Bruno Walter. Texaco sponsored network brought the Mel's performances into thousands Eichen received his Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of of American and Canadian homes every Saturday. Music. He is also a former faculty member of New York State University, the The Mel's well-known intermission features have become an important Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnatti, and the University of part of each broadcast The features were developed by Texaco during WWII Washington. and concentrated mainly on America's involvement in the war. Such public Eichen performs two works on this program. The first is a composition figures as Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, and many Washington states by Ludwig (Louis) Spohr, ( 1784-1859), who has received credit, although it men appeared on the program is somewhat questionable, for being the first conductor to use a baton. The Add1t1onal interrrnssIon features were aired to boost listener's morale. work is the Gesangszene ("song scene"), an instrumental concerto with "The Opera Question Form," "At Home with the Metropolitan Opera Guild," operatic characteristics. and guests discussing the American way of life. Eichen also performs Tchaikovsky's S;renade mtlancholic. In 1875, The feature has now evolved into the "Texaco Opera Quiz" to entertain Tchaikovsky met the virtuoso violinist Leopold Auer who asked the com and exercise the audience's memory poser to create for him a work for violin and orchestra. Tchaikovsky obliged The intermIssIon feature Is, incidentally, recorded one level below the with the Serenade. But the elusive Auer did not play the premier perfor main auditorium in List Hall If a member of the Opera's audience can cover mance. Another violinist, Adolf Brodsky, did. the distance between his seat and the hall in 3 or 4 minutes, he can watch Also on the program is the Overture to Wagner's opera Tannhauser. the IntermIssIon feature as well. The opera deals with Wagner's favorite theme, redemption through love. For this centennial season, the Met has scheduled only the most The character Tannhauser is a minnesinger, who is a knightly poet and fabulous productions December begins with Poulencs' "Dialogues of the singer. The opera begins with Tannhauser in the court of Venus, the God Carmel1tes, .. conducted by Manuel Rosenthal, on the 10th at 12 pm. The dess of Love. He has wearied of her charms and feels that his only salvation cast includes Johanna Meier, Betsy Worden, Mignon Dunn, Florence Qui lies with the Virgin Mary. The rest of the opera deals with his struggle var. William Lewis and Jerome Hines. between sacred and profane love. The musical essence of Tannhauser is James Levine will conduct Verdi's "Ernan1" on December 17th at 1 contained in the Overture. 12·30 Featured In the cast are Leona Mitchell, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill The fourth work is Dvotik's Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Op. 95. In 1892, Milnes and Ruggero Ra1mond1. j Dvo1~k was convinced by the wife of a wealthy wholesale grocer to come to Christmas Eve Is spent with James Levine conducting Wagner's "Tris New York as part of her program to improve musical education at her tan und Isolde" at 12 pm. Hildegard Behrens, Yvonne Minton, Manfred National Conservatory of Music. Accompanying the world-famous com Jung, Richard J. Clark, Aage Haugland and Timothy Jenkins complete the poser from Prague were his wife, two of their six children, and his assistant, cast. whose father had emigrated to the Bohemian settlement of Spillville, Iowa. Finally on Decemer 31, at 1 pm, Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" Dvorak completed his symphony during a summer visit to Spillville. will I be conducted by Thomas Fulton The company features Gall Robinson, Broadcasts of the 1983-84 season of the Bloomington-Normal Sym Brenda Boozer, Rosalind Elias, Mignon Dunn, and Peter Glossop. phony on WGLT are made possible by a grant from The Daily Pantagraph. The Met schedule from January through April Is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to WGLT, 310 Media Services, ISU, Nor mal, 61761 • > ..C: -Q) ¥ Q. ·;: "O §~ .,> ·;;;" PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS u Q) -0 C: 0 n :5 u 0 I ... ~ ., g> :,: "O The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Season begins at noon Saturday, II) !o .<: I ~ ~ ·e ""-~N C: December 10 with Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites." ., 0 c( ~ .~ ~ .., I- E .,E e [ g_ .. 0. The Bloomington-Normal Symphony's second subscription concert featur 8 8 8 8 8 ing guest soloist Bernard Eichen will be broadcast at 8 pm, Monday, "' a, "' r-- a, > December 5. -~ E .,> 0. ~ .,> ~ ·c:"' -0 ~ s 0 Live From Kemp takes a vacation during December. The series resumes LL Q .c"' u ~ January 17. 0 ·;;; s 0 e g The final episode of "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" will air January E E"' 1, 1984. u £ ·c: .,> ~ "O -" 0 -0 Q) o E "' E >- :o ] :i :l: ~ c§ ::, ... The 2nd Annual Alive & Pickin' Christmas Concert will be at 7:15 pm Q) .c Q) .r:; .c (') I- a z 0.. I- .,. Sunday, December 11 in Kemp Recital Hall on the ISU Campus. Tickets are ~ ;;; ll) Rl Q) aJ available at Roper Acoustics, The Garlic Press, and at the door (if any are left). .c .E (') !!! Q) .,. u ;;; -5 w :, "i z E 0 > 0 The full schedule of Christmas Special Programs will be coming soon. ~ .r:: ., J: -0 (/) ~ :;; -g a. a, C: a, ill C: E C: .. .. C: -0 u "O -0 ><( a, Q) 2 -5 C ~ -5 ~ (/) HAPPY HO LIDA VS FROM WGLT 1l ~ a: u ::::) a ;;; 0. :, J: .. E I- ""'c: Q) C .<: ..,0 ~ z > .,; Q) > <( ., C> ., > -0 3 "O THANKS TO OUR UNDERWRITERS cc -0 <( a,"' C: -5 X! C ::, .r:: § ::, (/) I- ..,0 I- w "'Q) -5 :, ::::) § s I- E (.!) :!! [4, Dai4! z 8 a. z (.!) .. a: ~ -[ "' lJantagrap-fr 0 Eastland Mall > ~ ~2 > ::!! ., "O ., <( Live From Kemp -0 (/) ~:r ~ -0 a, Broadcasts of the Bloom C: :i: - Q) C: 100 N Linden. 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