Handel and Haydn Society'sMessiah - WGBH

The Members’ Guide 

December 2009 

Handel and Haydn 

Society’s Messiah 

Page 25 

More Classical, More News! 

Pages 1, 24–25 

Ed Sullivan: The Sixties 

Page 8 

Nova: What Darwin Never Knew 

Page 17

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very special holiday favorites! Below are a few of the highlights. Member 

favorites are chosen and scheduled based on viewer feedback. Check 

wgbh.org/schedules to see when your favorites are airing. 

Holiday Cheer 

A Christmas Celtic Sojourn 

Join WGBH Radio host Brian O’Donovan 

for highlights from 2008’s popular live 

performance of A Christmas Celtic 

Sojourn concert, featuring a 

lively blend of Celtic, pagan, 

and Christmas traditions. 

Celtic Woman: 

Songs from the Heart 

In Enniskerry, County Wicklow, 

Ireland at the historic 

Powerscout House and 

Gardens, the breathtaking 

gardens are an ideal location for the musical vision of musical director 

and composer David Downes and the vocalists who comprise Celtic Woman. 

The program’s musical repertoire ranges from spirited Celtic fiddle and 

bodhran pieces to lush arrangements of Irish classics. 

Great Performances/Andrea Bocelli & 

David Foster: My Christmas in Concert 

Perennial favorite David Foster joins 

superstar Andrea Bocelli for a new 

Christmas concert of holiday classics. 

Recorded at the Kodak Theatre in Los 

Angeles, the program also features 

special guests Natalie Cole, Mary J. Blige, 

Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, and the Muppets, as well as a visit 

with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. 

Radio City Christmas 

Spectacular 

Over its storied 77-year history, 

this cherished production has 

become America’s #1 holiday 

show. Viewers of all ages will 

delight in dynamic Rockette 

performances, multiplying Santas and childhood dreams coming true in 

The Nutcracker. 

History 

The National Parks: 

America’s Best Idea 

Combining spectacular cinematography 

and masterful 

storytelling, this latest series 

from filmmaker Ken Burns 

shows you our national parks 

as you’ve never seen them before! Filmed over the course of more than 

six years in some of nature’s most spectacular locales, it is simultaneously a 

biography of compelling characters and of the American landscape. 

Music & Drama 

A Tale of Two Cities: The Musical 

Charles Dickens’s classic tale of love set against 

the backdrop of the French Revolution is 

transformed into a sweeping musical epic. 

Recorded live at the historic Theatre Royal in 

Brighton, England, and narrated by Michael York, this production includes 

principals from the recent Broadway show. 

Andre Rieu Live in Dresden 

Recorded at the Semper Opera House 

in 2008, this is not only a concert, 

but also a real wedding party! The 

charming bride and bridegroom, 

who are part of the famous “Vienna 

Debutantes,” are joined by 40 fabulous 

pairs of dancers from the Elmayer 

Dance School in Vienna. 

Ed Sullivan: The Sixties 

From 1963 to 1968, The Ed Sullivan Show 

served up an unparalleled roster of timeless 

artists, including The Beatles, The Doors, 

The Beach Boys, Petula Clark, Frankie Valli 

and The Four Seasons and the Young Rascals. 

Revisit the most exciting and explosive era 

of musical change with a variety of sounds that remain hugely popular 

today. (Shown: Ed Sullivan and Petula Clark) 

Latin Music USA 

From Latin jazz and mambo to salsa, Tejano, 

Chicano rock, Latin pop and reggaeton, Latin 

Music USA tells the story of the rise of new 

American music forged from powerful Latin 

roots and reveals the influence of Latin music 

on jazz, hip-hop, rhythm & blues and rock ‘n’ 

roll—and on all of American culture. Jimmy 

Smits narrates. (Shown: Desi Arnaz) 

Paul McCartney at Red Square 

For decades, The Beatles were banned by 

the Soviet government. Yet, generations of 

Russians were captivated by John, Paul, 

George and Ringo. This program tells the story 

of May 24, 2003, when Paul McCartney 

performed before a rapturous crowd of 100,000 

in Moscow’s Red Square. 

Science 

Science Trek 

This out-of-this-world program explores the intersection 

of science fiction and science fact. Combining clips 

from Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation with 

interviews with some of the leading scientists and 

researchers from around the country, the program is 

an entertaining guide to the astonishing scientific 

advances being made in laboratories and universities 

around the country. PBS and Star Trek icon LeVar Burton hosts. 

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44 Keeping Up 

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44 SoundStage 

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44 Keeping Up 

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44 Young Lincoln On the 

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44 Lincoln: Prelude to the 

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44 María Hinojosa: 


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44 Peter and Paul and 

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44 Peter and Paul and 

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Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got 

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44 In the Life 

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Marin (See 12/15 at 7:30pm) 


On Paper 

Think origami is just 

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Bleak House (Pt. 1). An 

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House is Dickens’ 

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becomes the center of a tangle of relationships 

at all levels of society and a 

metaphor for the decay and corruption 

at the heart of Victorian England. 

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Puccini’s 1896 blockbuster La bohème, now makes its way to the big 

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Bleak House (Pt. 2) (See 

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44 Spain…On the Road 

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44 Made in Spain Islands 

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4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 



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44 Gourmet’s Adentures 

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44 Urban Nutcracker: 

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7pm 44 An Affair to Remember 

(See 12/19 at 5pm) 

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Yellowstone. Follow the 

snowy footprints 

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red foxes, spy on 

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and climb into the 

den of a grizzly bear that gives birth to 

two cubs while deep in hibernation. 


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Helvetica. The typeface 

Helvetica is ubiquitous, 

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director Gary Hustwit explores urban 

spaces and the typefaces that inhabit 

them, and speaks with historians and 

designers about the choices and aesthetics 

behind the use of fonts. 




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The Traveling Bug, page 13

Monday 21 





7:30 2/HD Wild Chronicles 

Journey of Discovery 

44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 2/HD Antiques Roadshow 

Big and Little 

44 Masterpiece Classic 



9pm 2/HD Dickens’ Secret Lover 

When 19th-century 

British novelist 

Charles Dickens 

was 45 years old 

and married with 

nine children, 

he met Nelly 

Ternan, an 18-year-old actress with 

whom he fell hopelessly in love. 

10pm 2/HD American Masters 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens. 

Among the greatest 

American 

sculptors and 

monument builders 

of the late 

nineteenth and 

early twentieth centuries was 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens. 

44 As Time Goes By 

10:30 44 Keeping Up 

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Tuesday 22 





7:30 2/HD María Hinojosa: 

One-on-One Tony 

Plana. uban actor 

and director Tony 

Plana has starred 

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as An Officer and 

a Gentleman and 

JFK, and in TV series Resurrection 

Boulevard and CSI. Now millions of 

Americans know him as Ignacio 

Suárez, Ugly Betty’s undocumented 

dad. In this interview with María 

Hinojosa, Plana talks about his successful 

career, his role as an educator 

and how he became the poster child 

of immigration. 

44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 2/HD Nova Darwin’s Darkest 

Hour. This two-hour 

scripted drama 

tells the 

remarkable story 

behind the 

unveiling of the 

most influential 

scientific theory of all time, Charles 

Darwin’s (Henry Ian Cusick) theory 

of evolution by natural selection. 

44 Antiques Roadshow 


9pm 44 Waking the Dead 

Wounds (Pt. 1) 

Louisa May Alcott’s Email. Author 

Kit Bakke discusses her new book 

Miss Alcott’s Email: Yours for 

Reforms of All Kinds. In her novel, 

she sends an email to her 

childhood role model Louisa May 

Alcott and is amazed when she 

receives a reply. Their correspondence 

becomes a dance of ideas. 

10pm 2/HD Frank Lloyd Wright’s 

Buffalo More than a 

biography of America’s greatest 

architect, this is a story of family, 

friendship, and the meaning of home 

in American life. 

44 MI-5 Road Trip 



Wednesday 23 






44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 2/HD National Christmas 

Tree Lighting 2009 

44 This Old House Hour 

9pm 2/HD Great Performances 

La bohême See Mimi and 

Rodolfo, page 16 

44 Nova Darwin’s Darkest 

Hour (See 12/22 at 8pm) 



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Alcott’s Double Life 

Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, had a reputation as a 

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An intellectual protégée of Emerson, 

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free thinker with democratic ideals and progressive 

values about women. Most surprising 

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Barnard, a literary double life, undiscovered 

until the 1940s. As Barnard, Alcott penned 

scandalous, sensational works with characters 

running the gamut from murderers and revolutionaries 

to cross-dressers and opium addicts. 

American Masters 

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women 

Mon, 12/28 at 9pm on WGBH 2/HD 

Evo- 

Devo 

On the 150th anniversary 

of the publication 

of Darwin’s famous 

On the Origin of 

Species, Nova reveals answers to riddles that Darwin couldn’t explain. 

Stunning breakthroughs in a new science—nicknamed “evo-devo”— 

are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature’s great mysteries: 

the development of an embryo. To explore this exciting new idea, 

Nova takes viewers on a journey from the Galapagos Islands to the 

Arctic, from the Cambrian explosion of animal forms half a billion 

years ago to the research labs of today. This absorbing detective story 

confirms the brilliance of Darwin’s insights, while exposing clues to 

life’s breathtaking diversity in ways he could scarcely have imagined. 

Nova/What Darwin Never Knew 

Tue, 12/29 at 8pm on WGBH 2/HD 

7:30 2/HD Basic Black 

44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 2/HD L.A. Holiday 

Celebration In Los 

Angeles, holiday 

traditions span 

the globe. 

Discover the real 

L.A. as performers 

of various backgrounds 

join to express the joy of the 

season. Antiques Roadshow’s Mark 

Walberg hosts. 

44 Globe Trekkker 

Ice Trekking the Alps 

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9pm 2/HD Christmas with the 

Mormon Tabernacle 

Choir Tony 

Award-winner 

Brian Stokes 

Mitchell joins 

the Mormon 

Tabernacle Choir 


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Sugar and Spice 

Will girls entering adulthood in the next 

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females should be constantly agreeable, 

impossibly thin and, above all else, sexy? 

Researcher and author Rachel Simmons 

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women as they surf the waves of 21stcentury 

adolescence. Simmons interviews 

parents, psychologists, teachers and social workers and also talks with 

four girls who tell their own personal tales of dealing with issues like 

cyberbullying, body image and violence. With courage and determination, 

these girls reveal their hopes and dreams for a powerful future. 

A Girl’s Life 


Godmother of Punk 

Shot over 11 years by acclaimed 

fashion photographer Steven 

Sebring, this film is a remarkable 

plunge into the life, art, memories 

and philosophical reflections of the 

legendary rocker, poet and artist 

Patti Smith. Sometimes dubbed 

the “godmother of punk”—a designation 

justified by clips of her early 

rage-fueled performances—Smith 

was much more than that when she broke through with her 1975 

debut album, Horses. A poet and visual artist as well as a rocker, she 

befriended and collaborated with some of the brightest lights of the 

American counterculture, an often testosterone-driven scene to which 

she brought a swagger and fierceness all her own. 

P.O.V/Patti Smith: Dream of Life 


and Orchestra at Temple Square in a 

magnificent Christmas celebration 

featuring some of the season’s most 

beloved songs. 

44 Nature Christmas in 

Yellowstone (See 12/20 at 

8pm) 

10pm 2/HD Christmas at Belmont 

Country music artist 

and Belmont 

University 

graduate Trisha 

Yearwood 

hosts this festive 

musical collage. 

44 Nature Arctic Bears. 

Polar bears are living on 

borrowed time. 

They are the 

descendents of 

grizzlies, long-ago 

evolved to live 

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frozen ice of the Arctic, eating a 

specialized diet of seal meat. Grizzlies 

are masters at living off the land, 

making a meal from a wide variety of 

foods—meats, seeds, berries, insects, 

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Friday 25 






44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 


44 French Chef Spinach 

Twins 

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Teenager. Author Robin Bowman 

shares the story of her four-year 

journey to capture the essence of 

today’s youth. 

8:30 2/HD Now 

44 French Chef Cake with 

a Halo 


44 French Chef Hamburger 

Dinner 

9:30 44 French Chef Salad 

Nicoise 

10pm 2/HD Three Tenors 

Christmas A holiday 

favorite with the The Three Tenors, Jose 

Carreras, Placido Domingo and the late 

Luciano Pavarotti. Taped in December 

1999 at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, 

accompanied by the Vienna Symphony 

and joined by the Gumpoldskirchner 

Spatzen Children’s Choir, this program 

features popular Christmas songs. 

44 French Chef Lasagna 

10:30 44 French Chef Waiting 

for Gigot 



Saturday 26 


see page 3. 


44 María Hinojosa: 

One-on-One Tony Plana 

(See 12/22 at 7:30pm) 


Supermarket Savings 


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12:30 2/HD French Chef Napoleon’s 

Chicken 

1pm 2/HD French Chef Spinach 

Twins 

1:30 2/HD French Chef Cake with a 

Halo 

2pm 2/HD French Chef Hamburger 

Dinner 

2:30 2/HD French Chef Salad 

Nicoise 

3pm 2/HD French Chef Lasagna 

3:30 2/HD French Chef Waiting for 

Gigot 

4pm 2/HD French Chef How about 

Lentils? 

4:30 2/HD French Chef Fish in 

Monk’s Clothing 

5pm 2/HD French Chef Gateau in 

a Cage 

5:30 2/HD French Chef Cheese 

and Wine Party 

6pm 2/HD French Chef Curry 

Dinner 

6:30 2/HD French Chef Apple 

Dessert 

7pm 2/HD French Chef Meat Loaf 

Masquerade 

7:30 2/HD French Chef To Roast a 

Chicken 


10pm 

44 An Affair to Remember 

(See 12/19 at 5pm) 

Sunday 27 






Newsweekly 




Wealthtrack 




10:30 44 Now 

11am 2/HD María Hinojosa: 

One-on-One Tony Plana 

(See 11/24 at 7:30pm) 



Italy’s Great Hill Towns 

12n 2/HD Member Favorites 





44 P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream 

of Life See Godmother 

of Funk, this page 



11pm 44 Member Favorites 

Monday 28 






44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 44 Masterpiece Classic 



9pm 2/HD American Masters 

Louisa May Alcott: 

The Woman Behind Little Women See 

Alcott’s Double Life, page 17 


10:30 2 Member Favorites 



Tuesday 29 


44 Unassigned 




44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 2/HD Nova What Darwin Never 

Knew See Evo-Devo, 

page 17 


9pm 44 Waking the Dead 

Wounds (Pt. 2) 


44 MI-5 The Book 



Wednesday 30 


44 Unassigned 




44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 2/HD A Girl’s Life See Sugar 

and Spice, page 18 


9pm 2/HD P.O.V. Patti Smith: Dream 

of Life See Godmother 

of Funk, page 18 

44 Nova What Darwin Never 

Knew See Evo-Devo, 

page 17 



Thursday 31 


44 Unassigned 




44 Keeping Up 

Appearances 

8pm 2/HD Live from Lincoln 

Center New York 

Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Celebration 

See An All-American New Year, this 

page 

44 Globe Trekker See 

Armchair Traveler, 

this page 

9pm 44 Globe Trekker See 

Armchair Traveler, 

this page 

The Adirondack Park sprawls across 

six million acres in upstate New 

York. Bigger than Yellowstone, 

Yosemite, Glacier and Grand 

Canyon National Park combined, it 

is by far the largest park in the 

lower 48 states. It also is the only 

one on the continent in which 

large human populations live and 

whose land is divided almost 

evenly between protected wilderness 

and privately owned tracts. 

Watch The Adirondacks on Mon, 

12/21 at 7pm on WGBH World. 

10pm 2/HD Bill Cosby: The Mark 

Twain Prize An A-list 

cast of comedians—including 

Jerry Seinfeld and 

Chris Rock— 

salutes Bill Cosby, 

the 12th recipient 

of the Mark Twain Prize for American 

Humor. 

44 Globe Trekker See 

Armchair Traveler, this 

page 

11pm 44 PBS NewsHour 

11:30 2/HD Bill Cosby: The Mark 

Twain Prize (See 10pm) 

Coming in 

January 

• 

Life 

• 

Nova ’s This Emotional 

Masterpiece Classic’s 

Return to Cranford 

An All-American 

New Year 

The New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s 

Eve gala, with new music director Alan 

Gilbert and baritone Thomas Hampson, 

celebrates all-American music from 

Gershwin, Copland and Broadway. This 

glamorous evening features “An American in 

Paris,” “Appalachian Spring Suite” and “Old American Songs,” as well as 

selections from various Broadway musicals. 

Live from Lincoln Center/New Year’s Eve 

Thu, 12/31 at 8pm on WGBH 2 

Armchair 

Traveler 

See the world from your sofa with 

Globe Trekker! Spend a day visiting 

unforgettable destinations through 

stunning photography, rhythmic 

indigenous music, and hobnobbing 

with local folks. A series of seven 

episodes will take you to explore 

everything from water treks, the food of Mexico, great natural wonders 

of the world, volcanoes and some of the world’s best shopping. 

Globe Trekker/Trek Around the World 

Thu, 12/31 from 1–5pm and 8–11pm on WGBH 44 

Editor Jennifer Goebel 

Contributors Nancy Blacksin, Edgar Herwick, Susan Reed, Maria Bruno Ruiz, Ben Schwartz, Jon Solins 

Designers Tong-Mei Chan, Douglass Scott 

Photo Research Michael Delia 

Production Supervisor Lenore Lanier Gibson 

Director of Operations Judy Canty 

Director, Constituent Communications Cynthia Broner 

Associate Director Susan Reed 

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Programs, Repeats and Overnights on 2/HD, 44 

Full schedules for all channels are 

available at wgbh.org/schedules 

History 

American Experience The Kennedys Thu (12/3 & 17) 

4am on 2 

American Masters Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home 

Sat (12/19) 6:30pm on 2 • Augustus Saint-Gaudens: 

Master of American Sculpture Mon (12/21) 10pm on 2, 

Tue (12/22) 2:30pm on 44, Mon (12/28) 2am on 44, 

Mon (12/28) 5am on 44, Tue (12/29) 4am on 44, Thu 

(12/31) 5am on 44 • Louisa May Alcott: The Woman 

Behind Little Women Mon (12/28) 9pm on 2, Tue 

(12/29) 1am on 2, Tue (12/29) 1am on 44, Wed (12/30) 

3am on 44 

American Stamps Wed (12/16) 10:30pm on 2 

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency 

Tue (12/8) 1am on 44, Wed (12/9) 3am on 44 

Antiques Roadshow Mobile, Al (Pt. 2) Wed (12/2) 

5am on 44, Fri (12/4) 3am on 44, Sat (12/5) 4am on 44, 

Sun (12/6) 6am on 44 • Mobile, Al (Pt.3) Wed (12/9) 

5am on 44, Sat (12/12) 4am on 44, Sun (12/13) 6am on 

44 • Roadshow Remembers Mon (12/14) 8pm on 2, 

Tue (12/15) 2am on 44, Tue (12/15) 8pm on 44, Wed 

(12/16) 5am on 44, Sat (12/19) 4am on 44, Sun (12/20) 

6am on 44 • Big & Little Mon (12/21) 8pm on 2, Tue 

(12/22) 1:30pm on 44, Tue (12/22) 8pm on 44, Wed 

(12/23) 1am on 2, Wed (12/23) 5am on 44, Sun (12/27) 

6am on 44 • Jackpot! Wed (12/30) 5am on 44 

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo Tue (12/22) 10pm on 2, 

Thu (12/24) 3am on 2 

Jerusalem: Center of the World Thu (12/10) 1am on 

44, Fri (12/11) 3am on 44, Mon (12/14) 3am on 44, 

Mon (12/14) 9pm on 2, Tue (12/15) 1:30pm on 44, Wed 

(12/23) 3am on 2 

Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency Fri (12/18) 

8:30pm on 44 

Live from Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic 

New Year’s Eve Thu (12/31) 8pm on 2 

Looking for Lincoln Tue (12/15) 10pm on 2, Fri 

(12/18) 9:30pm on 44, Wed (12/23) 2am on 2 

Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution 

The Rock and the River Mon (12/14) 1am on 44, Tue 

(12/15) 3am on 44, Thu (12/17) 8pm on 2, Fri (12/18) 

1:30pm on 44, Sat (12/19) 3pm on 44 • The Empire 

and the Kingdom Mon (12/14) 2am on 44, Tue (12/15) 

4am on 44, Thu (12/17) 9pm on 2, Fri (12/18) 2:30pm 

on 44, Sat (12/19) 4pm on 44 

Secrets of the Dead Wed (12/16) 4am on 44 

Story of India Wed (12/2) 4am on 44, Fri (12/4, 11, 

18) 2am on 44, Sat (12/5, 12 & 19) 3am on 44 

As always, WGBH makes every effort to keep pace 

with breaking news and world events. Given press 

deadlines for ’GBH, The Members’ Guide, some program 

information cited this month may be approximate. 

For updates, go to wgbh.org/schedules. 

Untold Stories Mount Rushmore: Telling America’s 

Stories Fri (12/18) 10:30pm on 44 • Yosemite’s 

Buffalo Soldiers Fri (12/18) 10:40pm on 44 

Young Lincoln Fri (12/18) 8pm on 44 

Life and Living 

America’s Home Cooking Thu (12/10) 2:30am on 2 

Ask This Old House Tue–Sat, 12:30am on 44, Mon–Fri 

(12/14–12/24), 4:30pm on 44, Sun (12/6 & 13) 11am 

on 2, Wed (12/16 & 23) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (12/19 & 26) 

11:30am on 44, Sat (12/19) 11:30pm on 2 

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Thu (12/3) 

2:30am on 2, Thu (12/17) 2:30am on 2 

Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack Sun 8:30am on 44 

Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen Sat 

(12/19) 3:30pm on 2 

Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone! Sat 3am on 2, 

Wed (12/9) 1am on 2, Sun (12/13) 12mid on 2 

e 2 The Economies of Being Environmentally 

Conscious Adaptive Reuse in the Netherlands Sun 

(12/20) 2pm on 44 

Ed Slott’s Stay Rich for Life Wed (12/2 & 16) 1am on 

2, Sun (12/31 & 30) 3am on 2, Wed (12/16) 1am on 2, 

Wed (12/30) 3am on 2 

Equitrekking Sun (12/20) 2:30pm on 44 

Everyday Food Sat 11:30am on 2 

Food Trip with Todd English Sat (12/19) 2pm on 2 

French Chef Fri (12/25) 1:30pm on 44, Fri (12/25) 

1–5pm, 8–11pm on 44, Sat (12/26) 12n–8pm on 2 

Globe Trekker Slavery Thu (12/17) 8pm on 44 • 

Ice Trekking the Alps Thu (12/24) 8pm on 44 • Globe 

Shopper 2 Thu (12/31) 1pm on 44 • Planet of the 

Apes Thu (12/31) 2pm on 44 • Globe Trekker Food 

Hour: Mexico Thu (12/31) 3pm on 44 • Volcanoes, 

Ring of Fire Thu (12/31) 4pm on 44 • Great Natural 

Wonders Thu (12/31) 8pm and 10pm on 44 • Best 

American Water Treks Thu (12/31) 9pm on 44 

Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth Sun (12/20) 5pm 

on 44, Sat (12/19) 4pm on 2 

Joel Harper’s Firming after 50 Thu (12/3) 5am on 2, 

Mon (12/7) 5am on 2, Thu (12/17) 5am on 2 

Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home Sat (12/19) 

1pm on 2 

Julia Child & Company Sat (12/19) 12:30pm on 2 

Julia Child Memories: Bon Appetit! Sat (12/26) 1am 

on 2 

Lidia’s Italy Sat (12/19) 1:30pm on 2, Sun (12/20) 

4:30pm on 44 

Life (Part 2) Sat (12/19) 6pm on 2 

Made in Spain Sun (12/20) 4pm on 44 

Magnificent Mind at Any Age with Dr. Daniel 

Amen Tue (12/8) 1am on 2, Tue (12/15) 2:30am on 2, 

Tue (12/29) 2:30am on 2 

Michael Bernard Beckwith: The Answer Is You 

Fri (12/4) 4:30am on 2, Sun (12/6) 1:30am on 2, Mon 

(12/14) 1:30am on 2, Fri (12/18) 4:30am on 2, Sun 

(12/20) 1:30am on 2, Mon (12/28) 1:30am on 2 

MoneyTrack Sun 8am on 44 

New Yankee Workshop Sat (12/19) 4:30pm on 2 

Place of Our Own Mon–Fri (12/14–30) 1pm on 44 

Rick Steves’ Europe Sun 11:30am on 2, Wed (12/2 & 

16) 2:30am on 2, Wed (12/2) 3am on 2, Wed (12/16) 

3am on 2, Wed (12/2 & 16) 3:45am on 2, Tue (12/8) 

2:30am on 2, Thu (12/10) 5:30am on 2 

Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sat (12/19) 12n on 2 

Science of Healing with Dr. Esther Sternberg Thu 

(12/3) 1am on 2, Thu (12/17) 1am on 2 

Simply Ming Sat (12/19) 2:30pm on 2, Sun (12/20) 

5:30pm on 44 

Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa Tue–Fri (12/15–18) 

3:30pm on 44, Mon–Thu (12/21–25) 3:30pm on 44 

Spain…On the Road Again Sun (12/20) 3pm on 44 

Stay Rich Forever & Ever with Ed Slott Sun (12/6) 

4:30am on 2, Mon (12/14) 4:30am on 2, Sun (12/20) 

4:30am on 2, Mon (12/28) 4:30am on 2 

This Old House Hour Fri (12/4, 11 & 18) 1am on 44, 

Sat (12/5, 12 & 19) 5am on 44, Wed (12/16 & 23) 8pm 

on 44, Sat (12/19) 5pm on 2 

Music & Drama 

An Affair to Remember Sat (12/19) 5pm on 44, Sun 

(12/20) 7pm on 44, Sat (12/26) 10pm on 44 

Austin City Limits Sun 12mid on 44 

Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize Thu (12/31) 10pm 

on 2, Thu (12/31) 11:30pm on 2 

Brain Fitness Frontiers Fri (12/4, 11 & 18) 2:30am 

on 2 

Christmas in Belmont Thu (12/24) 10pm on 2, Fri 

(12/25) 4am on 44 

Christmas at St. Olaf Fri (12/25) 2am on 44, Fri 

(12/25) 3am on 2 

Christmas with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Fri 

(12/4) 5am on 44, Sun (12/6) 2am on 44, Mon (12/7) 

5am on 44, Thu (12/24) 9pm on 2, Fri (12/25) 2am on 2, 

Fri (12/25) 3am on 44 

Dickens’ Secret Lover Mon (12/21) 9pm on 2 

Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics—The 60s Sat 

(12/5) 1am on 2, Mon (12/7) 12mid on 2, Sat (12/12) 

1am on 2, Sat (12/19) 1am on 2, Sun (12/27) 12mid on 

2, Thu (12/31) 4am on 2 

From Mao to the Met with Hao Jiang Tian Fri 

(12/11) 1am on 2 

Great Performances Barenboim on Beethoven Mon 

(12/7) 1am on 44, Tue (12/8) 3am on 44 • Dance in 

America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker Tue (12/22) 

1am on 44, Tue (12/22) 4am on 2, Wed (12/23) 3am on 

44 • Sting: A Winter’s Tale Wed (12/2) 3am on 44 • 


La bohême Wed (12/23) 9pm on 2, Thu (12/24) 1am 

on 44, Thu (12/24) 4am on 2, Thu (12/24) 1:30pm on 

44, Sat (12/26) 3am on 44, Mon (12/28) 3am on 44 

Great Performances at the Met The Magic Flute 

Thu 

• 

(12/3) 1am and 3am on 44, Mon (12/7) 3am on 44 

Tosca Wed (12/16) 8pm on 2, Thu (12/17) 1am on 

44, Thu (12/17) 1:30pm on 44, Fri (12/18) 3am on 44, 

Mon (12/21) 3am on 44 

In the Life Sat (12/19) 11:30pm on 44 

Independent Lens HelveticaThu (12/10) 3am on 44, 

Sun (12/20) 10pm on 44 • Herb and Dorothy Thu 

(12/17) 4am on 44 • Between the Folds Sun (12/20) 

9pm on 44, Thu (12/24) 3am on 44 • Scenes from a 

Parish Thu (12/31) 3am on 44 

Jazz for Young People: What is New Orleans Jazz 

Wed (12/2) 1am on 44 

L.A. Holiday Celebration 2009 Fri (12/11) 5am on 

44, Mon (12/14) 5am on 44, Thu (12/24) 8pm on 2, Sat 

(12/26) 5am on 44, Sun (12/27) 3am on 44 

Leonard Cohen Live in London Mon (12/14) 12mid 

on 2, Sun (12/27) 2am on 2, Mon (12/28) 12mid on 2 

Luther: Night of Glory, Dawn of Peace Sun (12/20) 

3am on 44, Fri (12/25) 5am on 2 

Masterpiece Classic Wuthering Heights (Pt. 1) Mon 

(12/14) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (12/14) 8pm on 44 • 

Wuthering Heights (Pt. 2) Mon (12/14) 3pm on 44, 

Mon (12/14) 9:30pm on 44 • Bleak House (Pt. 1) Sun 

(12/20) 12n on 2, Mon (12/21) 1am on 2 • Bleak 

House (Pt. 2) Sun (12/20) 2pm on 2, Mon (12/21) 3am 

on 2 • Bleak House (Pt. 3) Sun (12/20) 3pm on 2, Mon 

(12/21) 4am on 2 • Bleak House (Pt. 4) Sun (12/20) 

4pm on 2, Mon (12/21) 5am on 2 • Bleak House 

(Pt. 5) Sun (12/20) 5pm on 2, Tue (12/22) 1am on 2 • 

Bleak House (Pt. 6) Sun (12/20) 6pm on 2, Tue (12/22) 

2am on 2 • Cranford (Pt. 1) Sun (12/20) 9pm on 2, 

Sun (12/20) 11pm on 2, Mon (12/21) 1am on 44, Mon 

(12/21) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (12/21) 8pm on 44, Tue 

(12/22) 3am on 44 • Cranford (Pt. 2) Sun (12/27) 9pm 

on 2, Mon (12/28) 1am on 44, Mon (12/28) 8pm on 44, 

Tue (12/29) 3am on 44 

Mr. Christmas Fri (12/4) 4am on 44, Sun (12/6) 3am 

on 44 

Mrs. Miniver Sat (12/19) 7pm on 44, Sat (12/19) 

9:15pm on 44 

National Christmas Tree Lighting 2009 Wed (12/23) 

8pm on 2 

P.O.V. The Way We Get By Wed (12/9) 4am on 2, Tue 

(12/15) 4am on 2, Sun (12/27) 3:30am on 2, Tue 

(12/29) 4am on 2 • Patti Smith: Dream of Life Sun 

(12/27) 9pm on 44, Wed (12/30) 9pm on 2, Thu (12/31) 

1am on 44, Thu (12/31) 2am on 2 

Renaissance Christmas Sun (12/13) 3am on 44, Fri 

(12/25) 4am on 2 

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live Mon (12/7) 3:30am 

on 2 

Roy Orbison & Friends/A Black and White Night 

Sun (12/27) 5:30am on 2 

Sinatra at Carnegie Hall Sun (12/6) 3am on 2, Mon 

(12/14) 3am on 2, Sun (12/20) 3am on 2, Mon (12/28) 

3am on 2 

SoundStage Josh Groban, An Evening in New York 

City Thu (12/17) 10pm on 44 • Faith Hill, Joy to the 

World Fri (12/25) 1am on 2, Fri (12/25) 1am and 5am 

on 44 

Three Tenors Christmas Fri (12/25) 10pm on 2 

Best of Britain 

As Time Goes By Sat (12/19) 8:30pm on 2, Mon 

(12/21) 10pm on 44 

Keeping Up Appearances Mon–Fri 7:30pm on 44, Sat 

(12/19) 8pm on 2, Mon (12/14 & 21) 10:30pm on 44 

MI-5 Love and Death Sat (12/19) 10pm on 2 • 

Divided They Fall Tue (12/15) 10pm on 44 • Road Trip 

Tue (12/22) 10pm on 44 • The Book Tue (12/29) 10pm 

on 44 

Vicar of Dibley Sat 11am on 2 • Christmas Special 

Sat (12/19) 9pm on 2 

Waking the Dead Skin (Pt. 2) Tue (12/15) 9pm on 44 

• Wounds (Pt. 1) Tue (12/22) 9pm on 44 • Wounds 

(Pt. 2) Tue (12/29) 9pm on 44 

News & Public Affairs 

Anatomy of a Pandemic Tue (12/15) 1am on 44, Wed 

(12/16) 3am on 44, Thu (12/17) 10pm on 2, Sat (12/19) 

12n on 44, Sun (12/20) 11pm on 44 

Basic Black Thu (12/17) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (12/19) 

11pm on 2, Thu (12/24) 7:30pm on 2 

BBC World News Mon–Fri 5pm on 44 

Bill Moyers Journal Fri 9pm on 2, Sat 2am on 44, Sun 

5am on 44, Sun 11am on 44 

Charlie Rose Tue–Fri 11pm on 2, Tue–Fri 12n on 44, 

Mon–Fri 6pm on 44 

A Girl’s Life Wed (12/30) 8pm on 2, Thu (12/31) 1am 

on 2 

Greater Boston Mon–Fri 7pm on 2, Tue–Sat 12mid on 

2, Sun 9:30am on 44 • Holiday Books and Movies 

Special Wed (12/16) 7pm and 12mid on 2, Wed (12/23) 

at 7pm and 12mid on 2 • Greater Boston Year in 

Review Thu (12/24) 7pm and 12mid on 2, Wed (12/30) 

at 7pm and 12mid on 2 • Beat the Press Year in 

Review Fri (12/25) 7pm and 12mid on 2 • Best of Arts 

and Center Stage Thu (12/31) 7pm and 12mid on 2 

Inside Washington Sun 10am on 44 

Justice: What’s the Right Thing To Do? Sun (12/20) 

12n on 44 

María Hinojosa: One-on-One Cheech Marin Tue 

(12/15) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (12/19) 11am on 44, Sun 

(12/20) 11am on 2 • Tony Plana Tue (12/22) 7:30pm 

on 2, Sat (12/26) 11am on 44, Sun (12/27) 11am on 2 

McLaughlin Group Fri 7:30pm on 2 

NewsHour Mon–Fri 6pm on 2, Mon–Fri 11pm on 44 

Nightly Business Report Mon–Fri 7pm on 44 

Now Fri 8:30pm on 2, Sat 1:30am on 44, Sun 4:30am 

on 44, Sun 10:30am on 44 

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Sun 7am on 44 

Rodney Yee: The Practical Power of Yoga Fri 

(12/11) 4:30am on 2 

Tavis Smiley Tue–Sat 12:30am on 2, Mon–Fri 12mid 

on 44 

To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Sun 7:30am on 44 

Unstuck with Dr. James Gordon Wed (12/2) 4:30am 

on 2, Thu (12/10) 1am on 2, Wed (12/16) 4:30am on 2, 

Wed (12/30) 4:30am on 2 

VOCES Dream Havana Sun (12/20) 1pm on 44 

Washington Week Fri 8pm on 2, Sat 1am on 44, Sun 

4am on 44, Sun 9am on 44 

WorldFocus Mon–Fri 5:30pm on 44 

Science 

Crown of the Continent—Alaska’s Wrangell-St. El 

Thu (12/31) 4:30am on 44 

National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Scripture 

of Nature (Pt. 1 of 6) Mon (12/7) 2am on 2 

Nature The Dragon Chronicles Mon (12/7) 12mid on 

44, Tue (12/8) 5am on 44 • Shark Mountain Mon 

(12/14) 12mid on 44, Tue (12/15) 5am on 44 • 

White Falcon, White Wolf Thu (12/17) 9pm on 44 • 

Christmas in Yellowstone Sun (12/20) 8pm on 2, Mon 

(12/21) 12mid on 44, Tue (12/22) 5am on 44, Thu 

(12/24) 9pm on 44 • Arctic Bears Thu (12/24) 10pm 

on 44 • Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears Mon (12/28) 

12mid on 44, Tue (12/29) 5am on 44 

Nova Saved by the Sun Wed (12/2) 2am on 44, Thu 

(12/3) 5am on 44, Sun (12/6) 1am on 44 • Volcano 

Above the Clouds Wed (12/9) 2am on 44, Thu (12/10) 

5am on 44, Sun (12/13) 1am on 44 • The Bible’s 

Buried Secrets Tue (12/15) 8pm on 2, Wed (12/16) 

1:30pm on 44, Wed (12/16) 9pm on 44, Sat (12/19) 

1pm on 44 • The Spy Factory Wed (12/16) 2am on 44, 

Thu (12/17) 5am on 44, Sun (12/20) 1am on 44 • 

Darwin’s Darkest Hour Tue (12/22) 8pm on 2, Wed 

(12/23) 1:30pm on 44, Wed (12/23) 9pm on 44, Thu 

(12/24) 1am on 2 • The Last Great Ape Wed (12/23) 

2am on 44, Wed (12/23) 5am on 2, Thu (12/24) 5am on 

44, Sun (12/27) 1am on 44 • What Darwin Never 

Knew Tue (12/29) 8pm on 2, Wed (12/30) 1am on 2, 

Wed (12/30) 1am on 44, Wed (12/30) 9pm on 44 

PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea 

Thu (12/17) 3:30am on 44, Fri (12/18) 5:30am on 44, 

Mon (12/21) 5:30am on 44, Tue (12/29) 2:30am on 44, 

Wed (12/30) 4:30am on 44 

Science Trek Fri (12/4) 1am on 2, Sun (12/6) 12mid on 

2, Tue (12/8) 4:30am on 2, Sun (12/13) 4:30am on 2, 

Tue (12/15) 1am on 2, Fri (12/18) 1am on 2, Sun 

(12/20) 12mid on 2 

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Celebrating the Season with Brian O’Donovan 

The holidays are here, and 89.7 WGBH is ready, with 

an abundance of musical gifts to help you celebrate 

the season. We’ve got something for everyone: A 

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast live 

from King’s College on Christmas Eve, Ellen Kushner’s 

The Golden Dreydl and PRI’s Kwanzaa celebration, 

A Season’s Griot. Then, get ready to ring in the New 

Year with NPR’s Toast of the Nation, which kicks off 

in Boston’s Berklee Performance Center at 8pm with 

jazz saxophone and clarinet sensation Anat Cohen. 

Of course, it wouldn’t be December without 

WGBH’s Brian O’Donovan (host of A Celtic Sojourn) 

and his popular annual 

A Christmas Celtic 

Sojourn concert, 

featuring a lively blend 

of Celtic, pagan and 

Christmas traditions. 

This year’s concert 

will be performed in 

Boston, Worcester 

and Providence, giving 

you multiple opportunities 

to experience this memorable and intimate 

celebration of all things Celtic. 

Looking to 2010, we’re pleased to announce a 

new series of live concerts at our studios, the Guest 

Street Sessions. The new series grows out of the 

success of our Celtic Sessions—popular Friday night 

gatherings organized by O’Donovan that bring 

together Celtic musicians and fans. Look for jazz, 

classical, world music, and news and public affairs 

“Sessions” in the coming months. 

AudioFile’s Jen Goebel recently caught up with 

O’Donovan, the creative force behind as well as 

in front of so many WGBH productions, to get the 

scoop on Guest Street Sessions and the 2009 A 

Christmas Celtic Sojourn concert. 

QWhat are the new Guest Street Sessions? 

A 

We started doing Celtic Sessions as an 

experiment last year, where I would invite a 

group of Celtic musicians into the studios for 

informal performances and casual conversation 

with the audience. We started with Celtic because 

I have those connections, and it was the easiest 

way to test the idea. It has proven to be a huge 

success. 

Going forward, the Guest Street Sessions are 

going to explore all genres of music, as well as the 

arts and spoken word, in a way that really suits 

the WGBH audience—casual, inviting, informative 

and entertaining. Throughout the year, we’ll feature 

classical, jazz, world music, Celtic, and news 

and information. 

QWhen are the Guest Street Sessions? 

all going to be on Friday nights, with 

A 

They’re 

a gathering at 6pm for a light reception, 

and then going into the beautiful Fraser 

Performance Studio at 7pm. In the studio, we’ll 

have multiple groups from the genre, or different 

news reporters and anchors if it’s a news and 

information session, there to talk about their work 

and have a conversation. 

QWhere does the term “session” come 

from? 

A 

The term “session” describes a casual 

gathering of people to share ideas—often 

musical ideas. A session is really just a period of 

time where people play music, but it’s not necessarily 

a pure performance—that’s the difference. 

QWhat do you hope people will get out 

of these sessions? 

A 

First of all, I hope that they’ll enjoy coming to 

WGBH and getting to know us a little better. 

One of the most exciting things about our move to 

Brighton is the new public space—the theater, 

the atrium and, of course, the Fraser Performance 

Studio. With these unique gathering places, we 

can offer WGBH members and listeners something 

they can’t get anywhere else. 

QYou wear many hats here at WGBH. 

Among them, you pull together what 

has become an annual tradition, the 

A Christmas Celtic Sojourn concerts. How is 

this year’s concert coming along? 

A 

It’s our seventh year. Hard to believe, but it is, 

and we have a very exciting lineup this year 

with artists coming from as far away as Sweden 

and Edinburgh, as well as two coming from 

Northern Ireland. 

We have an amazing dancer joining dance 

director Kieran Jordan this year, Nic Gareiss. He is 

steeped not only in traditional Irish music but also 

in the dances of Appalachia. The kids from the 

Harney Academy of Irish Dance were a big hit last 

year, and they will return this year. And we added 

PALS chorus, a Brookline-based chorus of children 

who provide the children’s chorus segments to the 

Boston Symphony Orchestra and to Tanglewood. 

They’re a highly prized chorus, and they will be 

joining us on stage as well. I’m very excited about 

that, actually. It’s a new twist for us. 

Find out more about the Guest Street Sessions at 

wgbh.org/events. 

Brian’s Holiday Pick 

CD: Noels Celtiques: Celtic Christmas 

Music from Brittany by Ensemble Choral du 

Bout du Monde (Green Linnet) 

Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/listen 

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WGBH, Boston’s NPR ® Station 

Listen online at wgbh.org/listen, on your Internet radio, 

on your HD radio at 89.7 HD1 or on 96.3 in Back Bay/Beacon Hill 

Independent Journalism, Celtic Music and All That Jazz 

89.7 WGBH is expanding its news service to offer New England 

listeners more choices and more voices. 

“We’ll have a new schedule in place for 89.7 that focuses 

on news and information,” says Radio General Manager John Voci, 

“as our classical programming migrates to the new 99.5 All 

Classical.” 

The new 89.7 will be a leading source for perspective and 

analysis in Boston, providing valuable journalistic context from 

diverse viewpoints that helps us all better understand the issues of 

the day. “We’ll draw on resources right here in our Brighton studios,” 

says John, “from radio’s The World and the Web’s Forum Network 

to television’s Greater Boston, Frontline, Nova and American 

Experience. We’ll also build on the strong foundation of independent 

journalism and local flavor we’ve established with our Cape and 

Islands NPR station, WCAI.” 

You’ll still find your jazz and Celtic favorites on 89.7 WGBH, 

alongside A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. However, 

we’re taking folk and blues (genres available elsewhere on the 

radio dial) off our air to make room for a broader focus on analysis 

and perspective. We’re proud of the contributions 89.7 hosts 

Naomi Arenberg, Brendan Hogan and Brad Paul have made to 

these genres, and we’ll certainly miss their voices on 89.7. 

As this issue of ’GBH, The Members’ Guide went to press, plans 

for the new 89.7 WGBH were coming together. We’ll continue to 

finetune our lineup in the days ahead to bring you the very best 

on 89.7. For the most up-to-date information, please visit 

wgbh.org/listen. 

Thanks for your support as the new 89.7 evolves—and 

for your feedback! To tell us what you think, go to 

membersonly@wgbh.org. 

Jazz from Studio Four 

Final Bars 

Host Steve Schwartz offers a poignant 

tribute to those in the jazz world who 

passed away this year, including alto 

saxophonists Charlie Mariano and Bud 

Shank, vocalist Blossom Dearie, pianist, 

composer and educator George Russell 

and saxophonist/flutist David 

“Fathead” Newman. 

Fri, 12/18 at 8pm 

A World of News 

Each weekday morning NPR’s indispensable Morning 

Edition and WGBH’s groundbreaking co-production, 

The TakeAway deliver the latest news. In the afternoons, 

tune in NPR favorite All Things Considered and 

get the international perspective with WGBH’s awardwinning 

newsmagazine, The World anchored by 

Marco Werman. 

A Celtic Sojourn 

Christmas in Brittany 

About 10 years ago, an unexpected CD arrived on the doorstep of host Brian 

O’Donovan’s house: A collection of Christmas music from Brittany, the little 

Celtic province in northwest France. It has since become a favorite in the 

O’Donovan household at this time of year and today, he shares it with you. 

Sat, 12/19 at 12noon 

Jazz with Eric in the Evening 

Eric Goes Eclectic 

The holidays are a time for partying, and 

host Eric Jackson blows the doors off with 

his annual “Eclectic” Holiday Special, a 

kaleidoscope of holiday music from the 

jazz, R&B and pop genres. 

Mon, 12/21 at 8pm 

Jazz with Eric in the Evening 

Ellington’s Sacred Concerts 

Duke Ellington’s Three Sacred Concerts— 

considered by the artist to be among his most important works—will be 

played in their entirety. In addition to the legendary Ellington band, the 

program also features tap dancers, choirs and vocal soloists. 

Thu, 12/24 at 8pm 

Toast of the Nation 

WGBH kicks off NPR’s annual New 

Year’s broadcast from the Berklee 

Performance Center with a LIVE 

performance by jazz saxophone and 

clarinet sensation Anat Cohen, a 

part of Boston’s First Night 2010 

celebration. 

Thu, 12/31 at 8pm 

24 Schedules, program info, playlists: wgbh.org/listen

All Classical 

Listen online at 995allclassical.org, on your Internet radio, on your HD radio at 89.7 HD2 

or on 89.5 WNCK in Nantucket 

Reinvigorating Classical Radio in Boston 

Boston has a new radio station this month as WGBH acquires 

WCRB, preserving a full-time classical service that otherwise would 

have switched to another format. We’re delighted to have 99.5 

All Classical join the WGBH family! 

As this issue of ’GBH, The Members’ Guide went to press, plans 

for the new 99.5 All Classical were being finetuned. For the very 

latest, please visit 995allclassical.org. Here’s what we can say: 

• We’ll have friendly and welcoming hosts like Cathy Fuller 

on 99.5 All Classical who will bring their passion to the new 

service, inviting you to share their love of this music. 

• We’ll continue to enrich our classical lineup with live performances 

from our Fraser Performance Studio here in Brighton, 

spotlighting both emerging local talent and top music 

masters from around the world. 

• We’ll dig into WGBH’s unparalleled archive of classical music, 

performed and recorded in our studios and throughout 

New England. 

• For maximum reach, 99.5 also will be heard online at 

995allclassical.org, on Internet radios, on mobile devices, 

and on HD radios at 89.7 HD2. 

• We’ll build on WGBH’s partnerships in this most classical of 

cities, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New England 

Conservatory to Handel and Haydn Society (whose Messiah 

is featured on our cover) and Longy School of Music, to name 

just a few. 

“WGBH’s strength in classical music is unmatched,” says Radio 

General Manager John Voci, “going back to our very first broadcast 

from Boston’s Symphony Hall nearly 60 years ago. The launch of the 

new 99.5 All Classical is an exciting milestone for classical music 

in Boston.” 

Thanks for tuning in, and for letting us know what you think 

(membersonly@wgbh.org) as we continue to finetune the 

new service. 

BSO Live 

Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann 

We are live from Symphony Hall where Christoph von 

Dohnanyi leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with 

German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in 

Bartok’s Divertimento for String Orchestra, Martinu’s 

Violin Concerto No. 2 and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8. 

Sat, 12/5 at 8pm 

Classical Music with Brian McCreath 

Christmas Revels Live 

The holiday season in Boston means The Christmas Revels, and today is 

your chance for a special first listen! David Coffin and the cast, along with 

Appalachian traditional singer/ 

storyteller Suzannah Park, 

banjo/guitar player Larry Unger 

and fiddler Eden MacAdam 

Somer join Brian McCreath for a 

preview performance of this 

year’s show—a celebration of 

various American traditions. 

Wed, 12/9 at 3pm 

The Music That Made You Love Music 

Throughout the month on 99.5 All Classical, you’ll hear music 

and stories from WGBH and WCRB listeners who participated in 

our “Music That Made You Love Music” contest. Thanks for 

sharing your story! 

Sunday Concert 

Handel’s Messiah 

Tune in for one of America’s most time-honored holiday traditions as music 

director Harry Christophers leads the Handel and Haydn Society’s 156th 

annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, recorded in concert earlier in the 

month at Symphony Hall. 

Sun, 12/20 at 2pm 

Sunday Concert 

The Best of New Year’s Day 

from Vienna 

Tune in for this survey of the finest performances 

through the years from the Golden Hall at the 

Musikverein in Vienna, conducted by the likes of 

Clemens Krauss, Willy Boskovsky, Carlos Kleiber, 

Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Seiji Ozawa. 

Sun, 12/27 at 3pm 

Classical Music with Cathy Fuller 

A Festival of Nine Lessons 

and Carols 

Host Cathy Fuller presents this legendary 

music and spoken-word broadcast from the 

chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England. 

Since 1928, this service of Biblical readings 

with choral and organ selections has been 

broadcast live on radio in England and beyond. 

Thu, 12/24 at 10am 

Schedules, program info, playlists: 995allclassical.org 

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Events…Join Us! 

’GBH Live Series 

Members of the WGBH Classical, Celtic & Folk, and Jazz Clubs are invited to join the artists and 

WGBH radio hosts for the magic of live performance, broadcast from our intimate, state-of-the-art 

Fraser Performance Studio. Seating is limited, so reserve your place today by emailing 

wgbhclubs@wgbh.org or calling 617-300-3505. Not a WGBH Club 

member? Find out how to become one at wgbh.org/clubs or by calling 

617-300-3505. 

’GBH Jazz Live: Lisa Thorson 

Tue, 12/1, 9pm 

Called “a gifted improviser of the most musical kind,” Lisa Thorson joins 

Eric Jackson in our studios for a live performance. A popular Boston-based jazz 

vocalist, Thorson has toured throughout the US and Canada, and recently 

released her fifth CD, Out to Sea, a duo recording with pianist Cho Yoon Seung. 

’GBH Classical Live: The Christmas Revels 

Wed, 12/9, 3pm 

Join us for a special preview of The Christmas 

Revels’ holiday season as the group celebrates 

the rich and varied cultures of North 

America—with inspiration taken from the 

mountains of Appalachia, powerful African 

American traditions, the singular beauty of 

the Shaker culture, and the ancient ways of 

the First American Nation. Enjoy this afternoon 

of extraordinary music, song, and dance. 

Classical CD of the Month 

Ever wondered what CDs WGBH’s classical 

music hosts would choose for their own 

collections? Well, you don’t have to wonder 

anymore! 

Sign up for WGBH’s Classical Music CD of 

the Month, and let us do the choosing. For a 

gift of $500 or more, you’ll receive one CD per 

month, hand-picked for you by one of our 

classical music hosts or producers, for a full 

year. Each selection will come with a personal 

note from the person who chose it. 

Sound like music to your ears? Get started 

with our Classical Music CD of the Month by 

making your gift online at wgbh.org or 

calling 888-897-9424. 

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