A Prairie Home Companion for February 16, 2008 from American Public Media

February 16, 2008
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll visit the Indiana University Auditorium in beautiful Bloomington (a.k.a. Tree City) for a rapid radio immersion into the many young talents in and around the distinguished Jacobs School of Music. With special guests, the Indiana University Violin Virtuosi, a unique collection of fifteen gifted violinists between the ages of 11 and 18, performing as soloists and a violin ensemble, and directed by Professor Mimi Zweig. We'll also have baritone Aleksey Bogdanov, violinist Esther Kim, Pianist Ignasi Cambra, and a colorful student pit orchestra ready to bravely play, while gummi bears and soda pop are spilled steadily onto their heads, from the seats high above. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with old soft shoe Andy Stein, and The News From Lake Wobegon. Join us this week for an all-new broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion!

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In segments
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Segment 1

00:00 Logo

00:13 "Tishomingo Blues"

03:11 GK opens, talks about Valentine's Day, Presidents Day

03:55 Travelogue script

07:16 "The Hard Way" - Pat Donohue, Shoe Band, Jacobs strings

11:15 "Coffee Jingle" - GK/ Shoes/ Jacobs strings

12:36 GK intros Violin Virtuosi

13:29 "Praeludium and Allegro" (Kreisler)- Violin Virtuosi

17:47 GK intros Ren and Zoe Martin-Doike

18:58 "Toccatina Ala Turk" (Arad)- Ren and Zoe Martin-Doike

22:17 Trombone script

28:23 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

31:13 GK intros Ignasi Cambra

33:59 "Fantasie Impromptu" and "Revolutionary Etude" (Chopin)- Ignasi Cambra

42:49 Guy Noir script

55:36 GK intros Esther Kim

56:20 "Zapateado" (Sarasate)- Esther Kim

1:00:22 Extreme Haydn script

1:05:02 Intermission- "I Found a New Baby"

Segment 3

1:08:25 Greetings into Sonnets

1:16:32 GK talks about Bloomington, Indiana University

1:20:33 "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

1:22:04 GK intros Aleksey Bogdanov

1:23:15 "Credo in un Dio Crudel" (Verdi)- Aleksey Bogdanov

1:27:50 "None But the Lonely Heart" (Tchaikovsky)- Aleksey Bogdanov

1:31:12 "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin/ Heyward)- Esther Kim

Segment 4

01:34:39 The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)

Segment 5

1:49:50 "Hungarian Dance" (Brahms)- Violin Virtuosi

1:53:30 Credits, "The Next Time I'm in Town"

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Quickly dashing off the "B section" lyrics for Tishomingo Blues, Garrison asks the audience, "What rhymes with Hoosier?"		Pat performs a beautifully orchestrated tune he calls, "The Hard Way."


Sisters Ren and Zoe Martin-Doike with "Toccatina Ala Turk" — a composition by Indiana University professor Atar Arad.		Ignasi Cambra dazzles the crowd with Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu."


Members of the Jacobs School of Music Chamber Strings.		Garrison introduces baritone Aleksey Bogdanov.