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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Segment 1
00:00Logo
00:13"Tishomingo Blues"
03:11GK opens, talks about Valentine's Day, Presidents Day
03:55Travelogue script
07:16"The Hard Way" - Pat Donohue, Shoe Band, Jacobs strings
11:15"Coffee Jingle" - GK/ Shoes/ Jacobs strings
12:36GK intros Violin Virtuosi
13:29"Praeludium and Allegro" (Kreisler)- Violin Virtuosi
17:47GK intros Ren and Zoe Martin-Doike
18:58"Toccatina Ala Turk" (Arad)- Ren and Zoe Martin-Doike
22:17Trombone script
28:23Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 2
31:13GK intros Ignasi Cambra
33:59"Fantasie Impromptu" and "Revolutionary Etude" (Chopin)- Ignasi Cambra
42:49Guy Noir script
55:36GK intros Esther Kim
56:20"Zapateado" (Sarasate)- Esther Kim
1:00:22Extreme Haydn script
1:05:02Intermission- "I Found a New Baby"
Segment 3
1:08:25Greetings into Sonnets
1:16:32GK talks about Bloomington, Indiana University
1:20:33"Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
1:22:04GK 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
01:34:39The News from Lake Wobegon (Download MP3)
Segment 5
1:49:50"Hungarian Dance" (Brahms)- Violin Virtuosi
1:53:30Credits, "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.
Guest Information
  • Aleksey Bogdanov
  • Ignasi Cambra
  • Peter Johnson
  • Esther Kim
  • Andy Stein
  • Indiana University Violin Virtuosi
  • Indiana University String Players
  • Guest Books and Recordings
  • Circling Around — The Violin Virtuosi

  • Scripts
  • Trombones
  • Travelogue
  • Guy Noir
  • Extreme Haydn
  • Lyrics
  • Coffee Jingle

  • Online Greetings
  • This week's greetings
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  • Music Information
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