The Retort

Program Highlights on Yellowstone Public Radio

November 20th, 2009 by Press Release For The Retort

In addition to regular programming, Yellowstone Public Radio presents special programs commemorating the Thanksgiving holiday and National Native American Heritage Month:

November 22-28, 2009

Sunday, November 22—6:00 a.m.: Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire of Illusion, Chris Hedges discusses our popular culture’s inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy on Humankind.

Monday, November 23—2:00 p.m.: Marian McPartland reminisces with fellow countryman George Shearing about obscure British tunes on Piano Jazz.

Tuesday, November 24—7:00 p.m.: Referring to a growing body of research indicating that conscious thought isn’t exclusively a human attribute, consciousness is explored in the second of the four-part series The Really Big Questions.

Wednesday, November 25—THANKSGIVING SPECIAL 11:00 a.m.: Lois Bent presents A Feast of Choral Music, including traditional American hymn tunes and songs of celebration.

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH SPECIAL 7:00 p.m.: An exploration of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective on We Shall Remain.

Thursday, November 26—THANKSGIVING SPECIALS 11:00 a.m.: America’s premier a cappella choir performs newly arranged favorites, quiet and simple Shaker tunes, and rousing folk songs in Harvest Home with the Dale Warland Singers.

7:00 p.m.: American As Pumpkin Pie—A History of Thanksgiving takes a look at the holiday’s true roots during the Civil War.

8:00 p.m.: A thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of Thanksgiving in music and story on Giving Thanks with John Birge.

Friday, November 27—4:55 p.m.: National Native News returns to YPR each weekday with news and information on social, economic and cultural issues produced from a Native American perspective.

Saturday, November 28—7:00 p.m.: Reflection on the power of song recorded during Fiona Ritchie’s visit with one of the great figures of American folksong, Pete Seeger, on The Thistle & Shamrock.

November 29-December 5, 2009

Sunday, November 29—7:00 p.m.: World of Opera presents Alan Held and Jennifer Wilson singing the lead roles in the Washington National Opera’s production of The Flying Dutchman, a story of redemption through love, one of Richard Wagner’s favorite themes.

Monday, November 30—--8:00 p.m.: Leonard Slatkin conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony in Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3.

Tuesday, December 1 —7:00 p.m.: Conversation with leading researchers on how the fear of death affects our daily lives in the third in a four-part series, The Really Big Questions.

Wednesday, December 2—11:00 a.m.: The Pacifica Quartet plays Ligeti’s String Quartet Metamorphoses nocturnes from the Barns at Wolf Trap, one of the Washington, D.C. area’s premier venues.

Thursday, December 3—11:00 a.m. (repeated Sunday, December 6, at 11:00 a.m.): Maestra JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic are featured on From the Top to present a guitar duo of the Maestra and a teen from Indiana.

Friday, December 4—2:00 p.m.: In a live concert at Pearl Stable, the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests play personal favorites and tunes never before performed on Riverwalk.

Saturday, December 5—1:00 p.m.: An overview of the season’s new records, books and videos with Art Hilgart on Broadway Revisited.

How to Find Yellowstone Public Radio

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Or at these frequencies IN THE FOLLOWING MONTANA communities: Big Timber 90.5, Big Sky 95.9, Billings 91.7, Bozeman 102.1 & 95.5 Chester and the Sweetgrass Hills area 100.1, Colstrip 88.5, Columbus 88.5, Conrad 91.9, Cut Bank 88.9, Forsyth 91.1, Glasgow 91.9, Glendive 88.5, Hardin 91.7, Havre 91.7, Helena 96.7, Lewistown 88.5, Livingston 88.5, Miles City 90.7, Paradise and Shields River Valleys 91.1, Red Lodge 89.1, Shelby 90.3, and Terry 91.9.

AND IN THE FOLLOWING WYOMING communities: Buffalo 91.9, Cody 88.5, Greybull and the Big Horn Basin 91.1, Lovell 91.1, Powell 88.5, Sheridan 88.1, Story 89.9, Worland 88.5, Yellowstone Park 103.9.