Weekly Highlights March 14-20

[CBC Radio Communications]

CBC Radio One & CBC Radio Two
Program Highlights

SATURDAY, MARCH 14

THE GREAT EASTERN
11:31 a.m. (12:01 NT)
CBC RADIO ONE

Join host Paul Moth this week for a GREAT EASTERN special report
on health care in Newfoundland. The four tier health system - what's
the prognosis... Medicine for the twenty-first century, or a throwback
to medieval times? Pills for the powerful, placebos for the plebes?
Cures for the monied, anasthetics for the poor? Rest and recuperation
for the upper crust and euthanasia for the rest? Paul 'wears the wire'
and 'goes under the knife' at St. Finian's Teaching Hospital, on
Newfoundland's Cultural Magazine

Note: Also heard Saturdays at 6:31 p.m. (7:31 AT; 8:01 NT) on CBC RADIO
TWO

QUIRKS & QUARKS
12:09 p.m. (12:39 NT)
CBC RADIO ONE

What is the price we pay for perfect food? Is genetic engineering
leading us down the garden path? An examination of Canada's food
industry and who decides what ends up on our plates.

DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA
1:08 p.m. (1:38 NT)
CBC RADIO ONE

Technology, trends, encryption, e-commerce, encyclomedia? DEFINITELY NOT
THE OPERA broadcasts from the fifth annual Internet World conference in
Los Angeles for news and opinion on all the latest cybergizmos and gear,
plus the scene in LA. Plus check out the show's web site
(www.opera.cbc.ca) anytime for multimedia updates direct from DEFINITELY
NOT THE OPERA's "electronic knapsack".

SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA
1:30 p.m. (2:30 AT; 3 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

A lovesick peasant boy gets help from a quack doctor and his magic
potion, but the real elixir is Donizetti's charming score. L'ELISIR
D'AMORE, will be heard this Saturday live from the Metropolitan Opera in
New York. The cast includes Ruth Ann Swenson as Adina, Luciano
Pavarotti as Nemorino, Roberto de Candia as Belcore and Paul Plishka as
Dulcamara. Maurizio Benini conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
and Chorus. Join host Peter Allan for an enchanting afternoon of
Donizetti.

MYSTERY PROJECT 6:30 p.m. 7:30 AT; 8 NT)
CBC RADIO ONE

ALBERT'S FATHER
Episode #3 - Lady On A Train

On the train near Kingston, a beautiful woman asks Isaac to keep an eye
on her suitcase moments before she's arrested by the RCMP. Louise Pitre
stars as Denise, with Dan Lett as Corporal Talley and Marilyn Lightstone
as Albert's new producer, Jill.
Note: Can also be heard on Richardson's Roundup, Mondays at 3:30 p.m.
(4:00 NT) on CBC Radio One
RADIOSONIC SATURDAY NIGHT
7 p.m. (8 AT; 8:30 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

This week, RADIOSONIC takes an in-depth look at the world of singing
wrestlers! That's right, they're featuring music by and about wrestlers!
Hear favourite tunes by Classy Freddie Blassie, Exotic Adrian Street,
Sweet Daddy Siki, and many other WWF wrestlers. David and Leora chat
with rock & wrestling expert James Booth about this much ignored genre
of music. As well, former metal queen Lee Aaron in a performance singing
us some very beautiful and lovely jazz numbers. Plus singer/songwriter
John Hiatt recorded live in concert at the Danforth Music Hall in
Toronto.

RADIO ESCAPADE
Midnight (1 a.m. AT; 1:30 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

Originating from the CBC Vancouver studios with guest host Bill Mullan,
it's another weekend of Radio Free Babylon. This week, the program
escapes from the Terminal City and gets lost in British Columbia's Gulf
Islands for a weekend of brilliant pop music, strange grooves, stranger
ideas and (as always) superlative noise.

SUNDAY, MARCH 15

CHORAL CONCERT
8:11 a.m. (8:41 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

CHORAL CONCERT's month of Lenten Expressions continues, with a program
of sacred music from England. Works to be heard this week include the
premiere recording of John Stanford's Stabat Mater with the Leeds
Philharmonic Chorus and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Richard
Hickox, Patrick Hadley's Lenten Meditations with the Philharmonia Chorus
and Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert and the very beautiful
Requiem by Herbert Howells in a performance featuring the Cambridge
Singers conducted by John Rutter.

SYMPHONY HALL
10:05 a.m. (10:35 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

A special concert featuring two ensembles from Toronto - the Aradia
Baroque Ensemble and the Evergreen Club Gamelan.

The Aradia Baroque Ensemble will play old and new music - from Matthew
Locke's music for 'The Tempest' written in 1674 to Fratres by Arvo Part
composed in 1977. The Evergreen Club Gamelan will play arrangements of
traditional Sudanese music and also join Aradia for a performance of a
new work by Aradia's music director, Kevin Mallon.

Old meets new and East meets West in this concert.

ON STAGE
2:05 p.m. (2:35 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

From Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto
LEAHY!

As St. Patrick's Day approaches, join in the celebration with the
nine brothers and sisters of the Irish Leahy family from Lakefield,
Ontario.

Note: Also heard Sundays at 8:05 p.m. (9:35 NT) on CBC RADIO ONE

TAPESTRY
2:08 p.m. (2:38 NT; 3:08 PT; 4:08 MT)
CBC RADIO ONE

Prayer as Journey: Stories from the labyrinth .. and from life.

The program explores a medieval prayer tool found on the floors of
European cathedrals. Now the labyrinth from Chatres Cathedral has been
painted onto the floor of a downtown Anglican church in Vancouver.
Non-religious folk use the space to de-stress. The religious to pray.

Personal stories from Irma Zaleski: once a Buddhist, now turned
Catholic, on a Christian mantra called "The Jesus Prayer" and from a
young Sikh who grew up in Kamloops remembering his childhood experiences
of temple and prayer.

WRITERS & CO.
3:08 p.m.(3:38 NT; 5:08 CT/MT/PT)
CBC RADIO ONE

To wrap up the series Writing A Nation: Israel At 50, host Eleanor
Wachtel speaks with the provocative mystery writer, Batya Gur, a woman
who investigates Israel's closed societies. Also, a conversation with
the dynamic young writer and cultural critic Gadi Taub.

SAY IT WITH MUSIC
4:05 p.m. (4:35 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

They seek him here, they seek him there......and he's going to be the
subject of this week's program. The Scarlet Pimpernel is one of the
great swashbuckling romantic sagas, and it went from being a
world-famous novel, to a fondly remembered film with Leslie Howard. Now
it's a Broadway musical, full of lush, romantic melodies, thundering
emotions, and huge doses of Continental charm.

RADIOSONIC SUNDAY NIGHT
6:31 p.m. (7:31 AT; 8:01 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

This week, RADIOSONIC takes an in-depth look at a very unique
instrument, the Theremin. Largely regarded as a 1950's sci-fi sound
effect, it disappeared from view and then resurfaced in popularity on
recent records by artists such as Matthew Sweet and the Jon Spencer
Blues Explosion. The program also features a spoken word performance
from author Sheri-D Wilson recorded in Calgary. And on Craftworks, a
look at how music has influenced the work of Toronto artist Fiona
Smyth.

SUNDAY SHOWCASE
10:05 p.m.(11:05 AT; 11:35 NT)
CBC RADIO ONE

virtual.luv by Kelly Jo Burke

It's virtually spring and the thoughts of Sunday Showcase listeners are
inevitably turning to love. Saskatchewan playwright Kelly Jo Burke
initiates the season with a sexy new play that combines a sense of
mischief with a dash of cyber-sensuality. Charlotte and Doug are
Internet lovers. They met in a chat dungeon and have carried on their
hot-wired affair in any number of promising positions. Doug eventually
decides he needs a dose of the real thing, so he jets to downtown
Winnipeg, where he has arranged to meet sweet Charlotte in the flesh.
But exactly what that flesh looks like he's not sure. And the bar where
they are to rendezvous is chock-a-block with possible Charlottes. And
therein begins the trouble.

Note: Also heard Mondays at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) as part of CBC's Radio Two
In Performance.

TWO NEW HOURS
10:05 p.m. (11:05 AT; 11:35 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

Join TWO NEW HOURS for music from the International Rostrum of
Composers. You'll hear the best music of 1997 from Estonia, Poland,
Germany and Lithuania.

RADIO ESCAPADE
Midnight (1 a.m. AT;1:30 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

Radio Free Babylon continues (See Saturday's program listing).

MONDAY - FRIDAY, MARCH 16 - 20

TAKE FIVE
10:06 a.m. (10:36 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

Monday - The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, with Benjamin Schmid
(violin) and Jeremy Brown (saxophone) perform works by Milhaud and
Saint-Saens. Conducted by Hans Graf.

Tuesday - Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Akira Eguchi in a concert of
works by Beethoven (Violin Sonata No.1 in D major, op.12), Bartok
(Rhapsody No.1, Sz.86 & Rhapsody No.2, Sz.89) and Faure (Violin Sonata
in A major, op.13)

Wednesday - Violinist James Ehnes joins the Orchestre Symphonique de
Quebec under the direction of Grant Llewellyn. The performance includes
William Mathias's Celtic Dances, op.60, Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, op.46
and Dvorak's Symphony No.7 in d minor, op.70.

Thursday - The Juilliard String Quartet in a concert of works by
Mendelssohn, Copland and Schubert.

Friday - Cellist Truls Mork joins Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of Mariss Jansons. The performance includes
Stravinsky's The Firebird: Suite, Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major and
Shostakovich's Symphony No.5 in d minor, op.47.

RADIO TWO IN PERFORMANCE
7:00 p.m. (7:30 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

Monday - The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with conductor Bramwell Tovey
and pianist Andre Laplante. The performance includes works by Strauss,
Liszt and Berlioz.

Tuesday - From Pollack Hall in Montreal, Paul Stewart (piano), Theodore
Baskin (oboe), Whitney Crockett (bassoon), Denis Bluteau (flute), Lyne
Fortin (soprano), John Zirbel (French horn) and Michael Dumouchel
(clarinet) in an all-Poulenc concert.

Wednesday - From Ottawa, the Tokyo String Quartet perform works by
Schubert, Barber and Brahms. Also... beyond horsehair and hardwood: an
appreciation of The Bow.

Thursday - From the Jack Singer Hall in Calgary, the Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Mario Bernardi with
pianist Angela Hewitt. Also, Robert Everett Green looks at the Gamelan,
this history of this Balinese music and its influence on composers
today.

JAZZ BEAT
Friday at 7:00 p.m. (7:30 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

HOUR 1: Ottawa bassist Steve Watson shows off what a finely balanced
trio can do in this Jazz Beat studio session.

HOUR 2: For years, singer Etta Jones and saxophonist Houston Person have
bragged, tussled, pleaded and cooed their way through a jazzy/bluesy
friendship. Mutual admiration means great music in this Toronto
concert.

Note: Also heard on Sundays at 11:05 p.m. (12:05 AT; 12:35 NT) on CBC
RADIO ONE

MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Friday at 9:00 p.m. (9:30 NT)
CBC RADIO TWO

Pianist, conductor and arranger Tommy Banks is joined each week by a
jazz musician for an hour of solo and duet performances, plus
reminiscences and engaging chat about influences and jazz styles.

This week: Guitarist/singer John Pizzarelli

IDEAS
9:05 p.m. (9:35 NT)
CBC RADIO ONE

Monday & Tuesday - AN TINE BHEO: THE LIVING FIRE: Sean O'Riada was a
central figure in the renaissance of traditional Irish music in the
1960s. He took the old music and orchestrated it, using the best
traditional musicians of the time. Irish music had never been heard this
way before; it was a sensation, and helped create a revolution in the
way Irish people listened to their own music. O'Riada's work has
influenced all Irish popular music since, and it has been an important
element in the blossoming of Irish culture today. Philip Coulter talks
to Sean O'Riada's colleagues and looks at his achievement and his
legacy.

Wednesday - CHARTING NEW TERRITORIES: The world and the map of Canada is
changing forever with the historic division of the North West
Territories on April 1, 1999. The Inuit will rule Nunavut but in the
western Arctic, deep philosophical divisions continue to make consensus
on the critical issue of governance elusive. (Part 3 of 3)

Thursday - JUSTICE AS SANCTUARY: In conversation with David Cayley,
Dutch jurist Herman Bianchi presents a draft for a non-punitive approach
to the control of crime. (Part 3 of 3)

Friday - FUTURE SHOCKS: Religious fervour, Asian capitalism, morally
centred art -- these will be the guiding themes of the 21st century,
according to the English critic, historian and social commentator Paul
Johnson. A Donner Canadian Foundation Lecture.

BETWEEN THE COVERS
10:43 p.m. (11:13 NT)
CBC RADIO ONE

Larry's Party by Carol Shields

Larry Weller is an ordinary man and he knows it. From the impulsive
seventies all the way to the lean, mean nineties, he's tried to be what
a man should be. By the time he gets to 1997, Larry is ready for a
major mid-life crisis. Carol Shields tackles this story of a middle-aged
man facing the millenium with the wit and compassion that made The Stone
Diaries such a success.