WXXI April 2019 Program Guide

PUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER APRIL 2019

MONDAY, APRIL 29 THROUGH WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 ON WXXI-TV

Spring is one of nature’s greatest performances – a time of rebirth, renewed energy, and dramatic transformations. For three consecutive nights Nature: American Spring LIVE presents the change from winter to spring in real time from iconic locations across America. From the Rockies to the Everglades, from inner-city parks to remote wilderness preserves, the series includes a mix of live and pre-taped footage highlighting some of the most pivotal events in nature’s calendar. “Nature throws a party every year, and it’s called spring. It is the most active time in the natural world for plants and animals, from birth and rebirth to migrations to pollination,” said Nature executive producer Fred Kaufman, who joined WXXI at the Little Theatre last month along with filmmaker Ann Johnson Prum to share their Nature is a production of THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS favorite Nature clips, behind the scene stories, LLC for WNET and PBS. American Spring LIVE is a and details about this American Spring LIVE. production of Berman Productions, Inc. and THIRTEEN “In addition to witnessing incredible wonders, PRODUCTIONS LLC for WNET. Major support for Nature: the goal of this series is to inspire people to go American Spring LIVE was provided by the National Science Foundation and Anne Ray Foundation. outside and get involved with science. Everyone Local support provided by can play a part in our natural world.”

SATURDAYS BEGINNING APRIL 6 AT 7 P.M. ON CLASSICAL 91.5 HOST DIANE JONES >> DETAILS ON PAGE 16 2 EXECUTIVE STAFF DEAR FRIEND, APRIL 2019 Norm Silverstein, President VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4 Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager WXXI is a public non-commercial We recently had the pleasure of hosting in Jeanne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio broadcasting station owned Rochester PBS Nature executive producer and operated by WXXI Public David Lott, Vice President, Technology and Operations Broadcasting Council, a not-for- Elissa Orlando, Senior Vice President of TV and News Fred Kaufman and Emmy award-winning proﬁt corporation chartered by filmmaker Ann Johnson Prum for a visit in BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS the Board of Regents of New York anticipation of their three-part series Nature: State. “Program Listings” (USPS Cynthia Reddeck-LiDestri, M.D., Chair America Spring LIVE, which premieres at Norm Silverstein 0742-390) is published monthly Robert A. Healy, Vice Chair at 280 State Street, Rochester, NY the end of this month. They joined Evan David A. Still, Treasurer 14614 to promote the programs Dawson on Connections, attended a reception at The Strong Museum and activities of the public Mark Cleary, Secretary broadcasting stations. of Play, and hosted a special screening and discussion at the Little Periodical mailing postage Theatre. Grants from the National Science Foundation and Ann Ray paid at Rochester, N.Y. Member & Audience Services...... 585.258.0200 Foundation, as well as local support from our friends at Cobblestone WXXI Main Number...... 585.325.7500 Capital Advisors, made these March events possible and will continue POSTMASTER: Service Interruptions...... 585.258.0331 this month with a Family Fishing event at Powder Mills Park on April 13, Send changes of address to Audience Response Line...... 585.258.0360 WXXI Program Listings, Copies of Local Programs...... 585.258.0369 WXXI Kids’ Nature Fest at Seneca Park on April 27, and a digital Nature Membership Department, Challenge. To learn more about these events and other activities and P.O. Box 30021, Rochester, NY Reachout Radio...... 585.258.0333 14603-3021. Educational Resources...... 585.258.0278 how you can take part, please visit WXXI.org/citizenscience. Volunteer Services...... 585.258.0249 I recently returned from my annual trip to Washington, DC for the Public * Please note that all programs are Corporate Sponsorships...... 585.258.0282 subject to change. For up-to-date Media Summit. Along with WXXI Board Chair Dr. Cynthia Reddeck- Newsroom ...... 585.258.0340 program listings, special highlights and LiDestriI and WXXI Trustee Betsy Wilson, we joined our colleagues local news, just log onto WXXI.org. WXXI On-line...... www.wxxi.org from PBS stations across the country to advocate on behalf of public media. Our goal was to remind policymakers about the important work public media does in our communities and to remind Congress that PBS is rated #1 in public trust among nationally known institutions. Federal funding for public media is only a small piece of the final federal budget, less than 0.01%, but without it, WXXI and PBS stations across the country would not be able to provide viewers like you the same high quality programs and services that we do today. We had a very favorable reception from our local Representatives from both sides of the aisle, but we still need your help (especially since the President’s budget is expected to again try to zero-out our federal funding). You can participate in this effort by sharing why public media is important to you. Please visit Protect My Public Media’s website at: protectmypublicmedia.org and submit your own testimonial. Your support – through advocacy and membership – enables us to educate, inspire, and engage our community through in-depth news reporting, meaningful educational services, and quality programming. That includes local productions that spotlight people and places in our region. That’s why I’m so proud to share the news that Opioids from Inside, a documentary that WXXI served as co-producer on, has been nominated for four New York Emmy Awards and Turn the Page, Election Day, and Brewed in New York, of which WXXI served as the presenting station, have received a total of nine nominations. Altogether, WXXI and our local partners received 13 New York Emmy nominations. That’s something to be excited about! As we’ve said many times, thanks for your support, which makes it all possible.

Happy Spring!

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LILLIAN JOHNSON WINS THE GENEVA ON THE LAKE GETAWAY! In February during our winter radio drive we hosted a drawing for a two-night stay at Geneva on the Lake. Long-time member Lillian Johnson won that special getaway, and sent us this kind 4 note of thanks. Congratulations Lillian! TVHIGHLIGHTS 5 COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES COURTESY CREDIT: AMERICAN MASTERS: JOSEPH PULITZER 9 P.M. APRIL 12 AT FRIDAY, ON WXXI-TV Discover the man behind A journalist who the award. became a media mogul with an outspoken, cantankerous editorial voice and two best- selling newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer championed what sacred as the he regarded in a press of the free role democracy. masterpiece comes to television in a six-part Les Misérables masterpiece comes to television in a six-part Victor Hugo’s Davies. It stars Andrew screenwriter drama adaptation by multi award-winning (Selma) and David Oyelowo The Hour) as Jean Valjean, (The Affair, Dominic West joined in this epic event They are as Javert in this landmark drama adaptation. of Fantine. Love, Rosie), in the role Apply, drama by Lily Collins (Rules Don’t novel is testimony Victor Hugo’s to us today, With a striking intensity and relevance and how far they must go to survive. The underclass to the struggles of France’s will vividly and faithfully bring book six-part television adaptation of the renowned the spectacular and authentic imageryto life the vibrant and engaging characters, lifework. was Hugo’s yet accessible story that and, above all, the incredible STREIT’S

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mornings DT 21.1 / CABLE 11 & 1221 6am Cyberchase WEEKDAYS SATURDAY SUNDAY 6:30 Cyberchase 6:00a Peg + Cat Mister Rogers Neighborhood Mister Rogers Neighborhood 7 World Girl 7:30 Arthur 6:30a Arthur Splash and Bubbles Splash and Bubble 8 Martha Speaks 7:00a Ready Jet Go! Sesame Street Sesame Street 8:30 Peg + Cat 9 Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot... 7:30a Wild Kratts Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Splash and Bubbles 8:00a Nature Cat Pinkalicious & Peterrific Pinkalicious & Peterrific 10 Sesame Street 10:30 Super Why! 8:30a Curious George Curious George Curious Geroge 11 Clifford the Big Red Dog 9:00a Let’s Go Luna! Let’s Go Luna! Let’s Go Luna! 11:30 Caillou 12pm Sid the Science Kid 9:30a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood A Wider World Nature Cat 12:30 WordWorld 10:00a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood This Old House Ready Jet Go! 1 Peep and the Big Wide World 1:30 Splash and Bubbles 10:30a Pinkalicious & Peterrific Ask This Old House Wild Kratts 2 Sesame Street 11:00a Sesame Street Home Diagnosis/Woodsmith Shop (4/27) Need to Know 2:30 Daniel Tiger 3 Daniel Tiger 11:30a Splash and Bubbles Ciao Italia Gzero World 3:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Noon Dinosaur Train Lidia’s Kitchen To the Contrary 4 Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot... 12:30p Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That Food Over 50/My Greek Table (4/13) Second Opinion 4:30 Dinosaur Train 5 Let’s Go Luna! 5:30 Ready Jet Go! afternoons

late night DT 21.1 / CABLE 11 & 1221 6pm Nature Cat 6:30 Nature Cat WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS 7 Wild Kratts 11:00pm 7:30 Wild Kratts Amanpour and Company (On 4/2, 4/3, 4/9, 4/10, 4/12,4/15-17 8 Odd Squad 4/23, 4/24, 4/26, 4/29, 4/30) 8:30 Odd Squad 9 Arthur 11:30pm 9:30 Arthur Amanpour and Company 10 Sesame Street (On 4/1, 4/4, 4/8, 4/11, 4/18, Saturday, April 6 Saturday, April 20 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 4/22, 4/25) 11p 800 Words 11p 800 Words 12a Austin City Limits 11 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 12a Austin City Limits MIDNIGHT Miguel/Alessia Cara Kacey Musgrave/Lukas Nelson 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Amanpour and Company 12am Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot… (On 4/5, 4/19) Sunday, April 7 Sunday, April 21 12:30 Dinosaur Train 11p Maigret Maigret in Montmarte 11p POV Bill Nye: Science Guy 1 Let’s Go Luna! BBC World News 12:30a POV Shorts Earthrise 12:30a PBS Previews: Chasing the Moon 1:30 Ready Jet Go! (On 4/2, 4/3, 4/9, 4/10, 4/12, 4/15-17, 4/23, 4/24, 4/26, 4/29, 4/30) Saturday, April 13 2 Nature Cat 11p 8000 Words Saturday, April 27 2:30 Nature Cat 12a Austin City Limits 11p 800 Words 12:30am 3 Wild Kratts Brandy Carlile 12a Austin City Limits BBC World News Father John Misty/The Black 3:30 Wild Kratts (On 4/1, 4/4, 4/5, 4/8, 4/11, Sunday, April 14 Angels 4 Odd Squad 4/18, 4/22, 4/25) 11p Independent Lens 4:30 Odd Squad My Nazi Legacy… Sunday, April 28 5 Arthur Second Opinion 12:30a A Call to Remember 11p Boss: The Black Experience (On 4/2, 4/3, 4/9, 4/10, 4/12, 4/15, in Business 5:30 Arthur 4/16, 4/17, 4/23,4/24, 4/26, 4/29, 4/30) evenings PLEASE NOTE: THE PREMIERE DATES OF NEW SERIES OR NEW SEASONS WILL BE MARKED IN BOLD. MONDAY April 1 EVENING 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm Sesame Street | Super Why! | Pinkalicious | Let’s Go Luna! | Nature Cat | Wild Kratts | Wild Kratts | Odd Squad | Finding Your Roots BBC World News | Nightly Business | PBS NewsHour | Antiques Roadshow Hotel del Coronado | Nicholas & Alexandra: The Letters | Independent Lens Tre Maison Dasan

TUESDAY April 2 EVENING 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm BBC World News | Nightly Business | PBS NewsHour | Finding Your Roots Eye/the Beholder | The Central Park Five

Amazing Grace | Independent Lens Welcome to Leith | America ReFramed Charlie vs Goliath | Penny: Champ... | PBS NewsHour

Story/Public Square | *Second Opinion | POV The War to be Her | Independent Lens Super Girl | America ReFramed Charlie vs Goliath create/ MARATHON: France excursion – Rick Steves and Rudy Maxa take us around Paris while Jacques Pepin, Martha Stewart, and Pete Evans of Moveable Feast serve up delectable French treats.

SATURDAY April 6 EVENING 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm PBS NewsHour | Samantha Brown | Lawrence Welk April Showers | Father Brown Great Train Robbery Pt. 1/10| ...Being Served | Dreamland | Modus Pt. 3 of 8

Focus On Europe | Firing Line | Battleground Everglades Pts. 1 & 2 | Richard Linklater: American Masters | Shakespeare... | America ReFramed Charlie vs Goliath create/ MARATHON: France excursion – Rick Steves and Rudy Maxa take us around Paris while Jacques Pepin, Martha Stewart, and Pete Evans of Moveable Feast serve up delectable French treats.

TUESDAY April 9 EVENING 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm BBC World News | Nightly Business | PBS NewsHour | Finding Your Roots All in The Family | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

The Crowd & The Cloud | NOVA Mystery of Easter Island | Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet | The Crowd & The Cloud | PBS NewsHour

create/ MARATHON: Breakfast of Champions – Ellie Krieger, Kevin Belton, and George Hirsch know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and it doesn’t have to be boring! 9 SUNDAY April 14 AFTERNOON 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm Dick VanDyke: A Celebration | Nat King Cole’s Greatest Hits | This Old House | Ask/Old House | Home Diagnosis | Firing Line

SATURDAY April 20 AFTERNOON 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm Milk Street | Mexican Table | Great British Baking Show Easter... | Rick Steves European Easter | From the Wings: Live Art Story (MovetoInclude.org)

SATURDAY April 20 EVENING 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm PBS NewsHour | Samantha Brown | Lawrence Welk Easter | Father Brown The Whistle in the Dark | ...Being Served | Dreamland | Modus Pt. 5 of 8

create/ MARATHON: Darley’s Earth Day – Darley Newman is out and about enjoying nature taking in the beauty of Martinique’s rainforests, hiking through Hong Kong, and traveling down Route 66 to a prairie.

WEDNESDAY April 24 AFTERNOON

SUNDAY April 28 AFTERNOON *Second Opinion Special Edition: Ebola 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm The Keto Diet with Dr. Josh Axe | Sinatra in Concert at Royal Festival Hall | This Old House | Weekends w/Yankee | Home Diagnosis | Firing Line

create/ MARATHON: Fine Furniture – Woodworkers Tom McLaughlin, Scott Phillips, and Eric Gorges take you through the easy steps to transform a piece of wood into a practical and useful piece of furniture for your home.

The history of business and entrepreneurship lies at the heart of the American story, THE BLACK but often absent from that narrative are the experiences of African Americans. EXPERIENCE From the country’s earliest days, African Americans have embodied the qualities of IN BUSINESS innovation, risk-taking and determination to forge a path toward a better life. Boss: : The Black Experience in Business, by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker BOSS TUESDAY, APRIL 23 AT 8PM & SUNDAY, APRIL 28 AT 11PM ON WXXI-TV, Stanley Nelson, traces the lives of African American entrepreneurs over 150 years, PLUS SATURDAY, APRIL 27 AT 2PM ON WORLD 12 from those bound by bondage to moguls at the top of million-dollar empires. TUESDAY April 23 EVENING 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm BBC World News | Nightly Business | PBS NewsHour | Boss: The Black Experience in Business | Frontline The Abortion Divide

WEDNESDAY April 24 EVENING *Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World The Plane 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm BBC World News | Nightly Business | PBS NewsHour | Nature Sex, Lies, and Butterflies | NOVA Saving the Dead Sea | *Breakthrough: The Ideas That...

Focus On Europe | Firing Line | State of the Art | In Their Own Words Jim Henson | Mike Nichols: American Masters | America ReFramed There are Jews Here create/ MARATHON: Fine Furniture – Woodworkers Tom McLaughlin, Scott Phillips, and Eric Gorges take you through the easy steps to transform a piece of wood into a practical and useful piece of furniture for your home.

EVENINGHospice care is rarely associated with singing and laughter, but at Strathcarron it’s different. At this SEVEN SONGS remarkable Scottish hospice center, patients face pain, uncertainty and the possibility of life’s end with song and humor. Four years in the making, this film includes a hit parade of tunes belted out FOR A LONG LIFE by patients and caregivers alike between reflections on life, love and mortality. Sinatra and R.E.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 30 AT 9 P.M. ON WXXI-WORLD have never been sung with more heart. 13 AM1370 PROGRAMMING HD 91.5 HD2 Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday

5:00 Legislative Gazette/ Capital Connection With Good Reason

6:00 The Treatment Morning Edition Inside Europe 6:30 Steve Inskeep, Rachel Martin, The Business David Greene, and Noel King and local host Beth Adams 7:00 Only a Game Krista Tippett On Being Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WXXY-FM 90.3 and WXXI-FM HD-2 8:00 Weekend Edition Weekend Edition with Scott Simon with Lulu Garcia-Navarro 9:00 and local host April Franklin and local host April Franklin

10:00 1A Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Hidden Brain with Joshua Johnson 11:00 (855) 236-1212 [email protected] Hidden Brain Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!

NOON This American Life Connections with Evan Dawson 1-844-295-TALK (8255) Live from Here 1:00 [email protected] Travel with Rick Steves

Chris Kimball’s 2:00 Here & Now (M-Th) Radio Lab SATURDAYS AT 11 A.M. AND SUNDAYS AT 10 A.M. Science Friday (F) Milk Street Radio Host Shankar Vedantam uses 3:00 TED Radio The Splendid Table science and storytelling to reveal the 4:00 All Things Considered The Political Junkie Living on Earth unconscious patterns that drive human Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly, behavior, shape our choices, and Ailsa Chang, and Ari Shapiro All Things Considered All Things Considered 5:00 direct our relationships. Shankar is also and local host Alex Crichton with Michel Martin with Michel Martin Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WXXY-FM 90.3, NPR’s social science correspondent, 6:00 and WXXI-FM HD-2 who focuses his reporting on human Latino USA This American Life behavior and the social sciences, and 6:30 Marketplace how research in those fields can get listeners to think about the news in Fresh Air On the Media Snap Judgment 7:00 unusual and interesting ways.

8:00 Various Programs Technation On the Media

9:00 AM 1370 Special Big Picture Science Connections with Evan Dawson Repeat of today’s show at 12pm

10:00 The Pulse Reveal

11:00 The Capitol Press Room Weekend Radio Le Show

MID. to 5ah BBC World Service BBC World Service BBC World Service PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

BRAINS ON! PRESENTS: INTELLIGENCE SQUARED U.S.: JUST EAT IT: SMASH BOOM BEST UNRESOLVED: THE TECHONOMIC WHY FOOD WASTE MATTERS SUNDAY, APRIL 7 AT 9 P.M. ON AM 1370 COLD WAR WITH CHINA SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 9 P.M. ON AM 1370 Some of the most popular episodes of Brains SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 9 P.M. ON AM 1370 Agriculture accounts for two-thirds of the nation’s fresh water use and half its land use. Despite this On!, the science podcast for kids and families, President Xi Jinping has made it clear: When it are the “versus” shows, which have become their massive investment, America wastes 40 percent comes to big data, advanced weaponry, and of its food.This new special explores the resources own series – “Smash Boom Best.” Presented other innovations in tech and AI, China has plans in a game show format perfect for young used to grow food – and what we can do to to surpass the United States as the world’s next ensure they’re not squandered – with engaging audiences, teams of journalists and comedians superpower. But between the trade war with the U.S., will share arguments and strategies for which is stories and helpful tips for grocery shopping, using the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, and an array of leftovers and organizing the refrigerator. best: Books vs. Movies, Lava vs. Quicksand. It’s domestic challenges, are China’s goals outpacing its a funny, fast-paced hour of engaging radio for capacity? Or is China building strategic partnerships the whole family. that will push the country toward global dominance? The debaters are Ian Bremmer, Michèle Flournoy, 14 Yasheng Huang, Parag Khanna, and Susan Thornton. WRUR is a partnership of the AM1370 PROGRAMMING WRUR-FM 88.5 PROGRAMMING University of Rochester and WXXI Public Broadcasting Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday

Midnight Beale Street Caravan The Latin Alternative 1:00 am The Difference

2:00 am Undercurrents Undercurrents 3:00 am World Café with Gregg McVicar with Gregg McVicar 4:00 am with Talia Schlanger

5:00 am Acoustic Café 6:00 am Morning Edition with Rob Reinhart with Steve Inskeep, David Green & Rachel Martin Folk Alley with Elena See 7:00 am and local host Beth Adams The Jewish Sound

8:00 am A Variety of Folk World of Gospel with Ray Baumler 9:00 am with Wayne Norwood Open Tunings 10:00 am with Scott Regan Best of Open Tunings Road to Joy 11:00 am with Scott Regan

Noon La Dolce Vita Global Village with Chris Heim Connections with Evan Dawson 1:00 pm with John Sebaste eTown

2:00 pm Afropop Worldwide World Café Mountain Stage with Talia Schlanger with Larry Groce 3:00 pm Sound Opinions

4:00 pm All Things Considered Whole Lotta Shakin’ with Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Mary Louise Kelly American Routes with Mike Murray 5:00 pm with local host Alex Crichton

6:00 pm In The Fold (M) Road to Joy (T) Mystery Train (W) Acoustic Café Live from Here 7:00 pm Rock Rewind (Th) Rejuvenation (F) with Rob Reinhart

8:00 pm Fur Peace Ranch The Difference

9:00 pm DJ Specialty Shows (M-Th) The Grateful Dead Hour Sundilla Radio Hour Blacks and Blues 10:00 pm with Doug Curry (Fridays) Stuck in the Psychedelic Era Passport Approved 11:00 pm with the Hermit

WRUR-FM 88.5 Spotlight

NPR’s TINY DESK CONTEST IS BACK ACCEPTING ENTRIES UNTIL APRIL 14 The Tiny Desk Contest was inspired by NPR Music’s desire to help fans find music they love and support artists throughout their careers. NPR Music received more than 6,000 submissions for its Tiny Desk Contest last year. Here’s what you need to do: > Film a video of you or your band performing an original song at a desk (any desk will do). > Upload your video to YouTube. > Submit your YouTube video via our entry form. > Share and celebrate with your friends — you just entered the #TinyDeskContest The Contest winner will come to NPR headquarters to play their very own Tiny Desk concert, and then come on tour with NPR Music. Entries accepted through April 14 at 11:59PM EST. To learn more, visit: NPR.org/tinydeskcontest. 15 Monthly program listings and highlights: classical915.org HD 91.5-1 CLASSICAL 91.5 PROGRAMMING Monday-Friday Saturday Sunday

6:00a Classical Music TUESDAY, APRIL 2 AT 1 P.M. ON Classical Music with John Andres CLASSICAL 91.5 7:00 Classical Music Julia Figueras welcomes Russian flutist with Brenda Tremblay 8:00 Irina Stachinskaya who is coming to Performance Today With Heart and Voice Rochester to perform in concert for the with Fred Child with Peter DuBois 9:00 Rochester Flute Association. She’ll also be taking time out to join her good friend, 10:00 The Score with Edmund Stone Performance Today pianist Irina Lupines, for an appearance with Fred Child on Backstage Pass. Stachinskaya, born 11:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm w/ Michael Lasser Sunday Baroque into a family of distinguished musicians, Classical Music with Suzanne Bona NOON has been a guest soloist at the with Marianne Carberry International Festival and Masterclass of 1:00p Classical Music with Julia Figueras Sir James Galway on multiple occasions and in 2010 became the first winner of 2:00 Classical Music with Joshua Bassette the “Rising star” Series prize awarded by 3:00 The Metropolitan Opera Sir James Galway himself. New York Philharmonic 4:00 Classical Music with Mona Seghatoleslami 5:00 From the Top

6:00 The Score HolidayClassical Specials Guitar Alive!

7:00 With Heart and Voice Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin Fascinatin’ Rhythm withWith Peter Heart DuBois & Voice

8:00 Syndicated Orchestral Series Feminine Fusion SATURDAYS, BEGINNING APRIL 6 AT 8 P.M. (see facing page >) Pipedreams 9:00 The Spanish Hour, 9-10pm ON CLASSICAL 91.5 Echoes Throughout history women have created, 10:00 C24 Monday -Wednesday, 10pm -12am Hearts of Space performed, composed, and inspired Fiesta! Thursday, 10-11pm classical music. This weekly one-hour radio 11:00 Echoes Friday, 10 pm -12 am Music of the 21st Century with Chris Hickey series, hosted by composer/announcer Classical Music MID+ Classical Music Classical Music Diane Jones of WCNY-FM in Syracuse, NY, showcases these remarkable women.

SATURDAY music series Monthly program highlights at classical915.org 1:00PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA 4/6 4/13 (12p) 4/20 4/27 (12p) PUCCINI: TOSCA WAGNER: SIEGFRIED MOZART: WAGNER: Met favorite Sondra Orphaned at birth, Siegfried LA CLEMENZA DI TITO GOTTERDAMMERUNG Radvanovsky and rising star learns his true identity and Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato Wagner’s epic cycle concludes Jennifer Rowley share the title fulfills his destiny to become sings Sesto at the Met for the with acts of betrayal, murder, role of the volatile diva at the Brünnhilde’s savior and lover. first time, and tenor Matthew vengeance, and, finally, the heart of Puccini’s operatic Tenors Stefan Vinke and Andreas Polenzani adds yet another destruction of the world. thriller. Joseph Calleja brings Schager sing the heroic title role to his extensive Mozartean Christine Goerke plays his stylish tenor to the role of character. Christine Goerke sings repertoire as Tito. Mozart’s opera Brünnhilde, whose heroic self- Cavaradossi, and Wolfgang Koch Brünnhilde, and Michael Volle of vengeance and forgiveness, sacrifice paves the way for and Claudio Sgura share the sings the role of the enigmatic set during the Roman Empire, humankind’s redemption and role of the nefarious police chief Wanderer. Philippe Jordan also stars Elza van den Heever rebirth. Andreas Schager and Scarpia. Carlo Rizzi conducts conducts. as Vitellia, with Ying Fang, Emily Stefan Vinke share the role of Sir David McVicar’s resplendent D’Angelo, and Christian Van the hero Siegfried, and Eric production. Horn completing the principal Owens is Hagen. Philippe Jordan cast. Lothar Koenigs conducts. conducts.

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WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE WARD STARE LEILA JOSEFOWICZ JANE GLOVER ANDRES OROZCO-ESTRADA OF RIDER UNIVERSITY monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA APM SYMPHONY CAST LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA 4/4 Mozart: Overture to La 4/5 Revueltas: Sensemayá 4/1 Castillo: Incident for 4/2 Haydn: Symphony No. 69, 4/3 Sibelius: Violin Concerto clemenza di Tito, Exsultate, Koussevitzky: Double Bass Violin and Piano Beethoven: Laudon Sibelius: Symphony Shostakovich: Symphony jubilate, Piano Concerto No. Concerto Piazzolla: Tangazo Septet for Winds and Strings No. 3 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Hilary Hahn, v; 27, Laudamus te from Mass, Bernstein: Symphonic 4/8 Thomas Adès: Arcadiana No. 5 (Michael Tilson Thomas, Manfred Honeck, cond) cond) Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, Dances from West Side Story Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 Symphony No. 35, Haffner, (Andrés Orozco-Estrada, 4/9 Tilson Thomas: Agnegram 4/15 Gershwin: An American in CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Symphony No. 39 (Manfred cond) Chopin: Piano Concerto No. Paris for Two Pianos Dvořák: Honeck and Pinchas 2 Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 4/10 Mahler: Symphony No. 4/12 Beethoven: Mass Quintet, The American (Yuja Wang, p; Michael Tilson 2 (Joélle Harvey, s; Sasha Zukerman, cond) Messiaen: Couleurs de la Thomas, cond) Cooke, ms; Cleveland 4/11 Mahler: Symphony Cite Celeste Beethoven: ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC 4/16 Orchestra Chorus; Franz No. 3 (Andres Orozco- Fantasia (westminster choir ORCHESTRA John Adams: Scheherazade 2 Prokofiev: Welser-Möst, cond) Estrada, cond) college of rider university , 4/22 Smith: Damrosch 4/18 Joe Miller, cond) Selections from Romeo and 4/17 Handel: Messiah Beethoven: Star-Spangled Banner Juliet (Leila Josefowicz, v; 4/19 (Lauren Snouffer, s; Tamara Overture to King Stephen Mahler: Symphony Berlioz: Roman Carnival Michael Tilson Thomas, cond) Mumford, ms; Paul Appleby, Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 (Carlos Kalmar, cond) Overture Prokofiev: Piano 4/23 Gnesin: The Jewish t; Henry Waddington, bs- No. 3 Salonen: Foreign 4/26 Debussy: Iberia Concerto No. 2 Orchestra at the Ball of bar; Cleveland Orchestra Bodies Shostakovich: Cello Edgar Meyer: New Piece Dvorák: Symphony No. 9, Nothingtown Shostakovich: Chamber Chorus; Jane Concerto No. 1 Janáček: for Orchestra Bottesini: From the New World (Ward Cello Concerto No. 1 Glover, cond) Sinfonietta (Yo-Yo Ma, c; Concerto for Double Bass Stare, cond) Tchaikovsky: Symphony Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond) Ravel: Bolero (Giancarlo No. 6, Pathétique (Gautier 4/24 4/29 Barber: Symphony Kabelac: Mystery of 4/25 Beethoven: Piano Guerrero, cond) Capuçon, c; Michael Tilson No. 1 Jennifer Time Stravinsky: Capriccio Concerto No. 2 Bruckner: Thomas, cond) Higdon: Harp Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony Symphony No. 6 Kodály: 4/30 Patrick Harlin: Rapture Cage: The Seasons R. No. 5 (Emanuel Ax, p; Jakub Dances of Galánta (Bernard Holloway: Europa and the Bull Copland: Four Dance Hrůša, cond) Haitink, cond) Episodes from Rodeo Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Jeffrey Anderson, tb; Michael Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra (Ward Stare, cond) Tilson Thomas, cond) SUNDAY music series 3:00PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC O SACRED BANQUET: 4/7 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Berlioz: The Death of MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER Cleopatra Berg: Lulu‐Suite Liszt: Mephisto Waltz SUNDAY, APRIL 14 AT 2PM ON CLASSICAL 91.5 Sara Schneider, host of (Angelina Réaux,s; Jenny Tourel, ms; Zubin Mehta, Early Music Now presents music for Holy Week Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur, cond) from England, Italy, Spain and Germany, 4/14 including Palm Sunday by Orlando Kodály: Háry János: Suite Rouse: Trombone Concerto Gibbons, Hosanna to the Son of David, Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Wagner: Tannhäuser: and selections from Bach’s Easter Overture and Venusberg Music (Joseph Alessi, tn; Kurt Oratorio. We’ll hear from Stile Antico Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Leonard Bernstein and Zubin and the Gabrieli Consort and Players.

Mehta, cond) BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSION 4/21 Mendelssohn: Elijah (Twyla Robinson, s; Alice Coote, ms; SUNDAY, APRIL 21 AT 1PM ON CLASSICAL 91.5 Allan Clayton, t; Gerald Finley, bs‐bar; Jennifer Johnson, Recorded in Rochester in 2014 by ms; Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy s; New York Choral the NY Bach Festival at Reformation Lutheran Church, Rochester area Artists; Joseph Flummerfelt, dir; Alan Gilbert, cond) musicians perform under the direction 4/28 of David Chin, who also accompanies Stravinsky: Rite of Spring Debussy: La Mer Beethoven: on harpsichord. Soloists include Pablo Symphony No. 7 (Jaap van Zweden, cond) Bustos as The Evangelist, Joshua Ooms as Jesus, and Joel Balzun as Pilate. 17 18 WXXI&LITTLE CORIOLANUS STRATFORD FESTIVAL democracy. There’s onevisual explores theage-oldtensions breathtaking production that surprise afteranotherinthis that stilltearattheheartof SUNDAY, APRIL7AT 12P.M. $20 GENERALADMISSION See RobertLepage’s fast-paced show. LA FORZADELDESTINO LA introduces ustothe sinistermotif signifyingFate -isoneofhis most memorable. La forzadeldestino isoneofVerdi’s mostambitiousscores. Itsoverture -which Antonio Pappano. Jonas KaufmannandChristopher Maltman,inVerdi’s epicopera,conducted by Christof Loydirects astar-studded castofsingers,includingAnnaNetrebko, SUNDAY, APRIL28AT 12P.M. ROYAL OPERAHOUSE challenge, enlighten,andentertain. films. OTFFincludesmoviesthatinspire, surprise, understanding andappreciation ofdocumentary art ofnon-fictionfilmmakingandstimulatespublic arrives thismonth!Itcelebratesandpromotes the Year three oftheOneTake FilmFestival(OTFF) Passes/lineup availableatotff.org and TUESDAY, APRIL30AT 6P.M. TICKETS:$20GENERAL ADMISSION WXXI’S INDIE LENS POP-UP SERIES PRESENTS CHARM CITY MONDAY, APRIL 8 AT 6:30 P.M. THE LITTLE THEATRE, FREE

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... THE FLYING PLATES: LOVE SONGS FOR GROWN-UPS SUNDAY, MAY 5 FROM 2-4PM GLAZER MUSIC PERFORMANCE CENTER NAZARETH COLLEGE, 4245 EAST AVENUE Fascinatin’ Rhythm’s Michael Lasser hosts an afternoon of love songs, stories and commentary with special guests soprano Cindy Miller and baritone and pianist Alan Jones. You’ll hum along to standards you SOON know, rediscover long forgotten songs, and learn what the lyrics and melodies tell us about America and ourselves. A reception with light refreshments will follow the performance. For more details and ticket information, visit WXXI.org/events.

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PICTURED (L-R): Alan Jones, Cindy Miller, Michael Lasser COMING