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12:00am Bob Christiansen
1:00am Ward Jacobson
7:00am Lynn Warfel
11:00am Jim Sweenie Live from our Oakland studios, with weekend classics and news from NPR
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera, hosted by Margaret Juntwait Leos Janacek: From the House of the Dead (Met premiere, from the fall of 2009). Janacek’s final opera was first performed in Brno in 1930, two years after the composer’s death. Based on a novel by Dostoyevsky, it features an almost entirely male cast. Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his Met conducting debut.
5:00pm From the Top, hosted by Christopher O'Riley This week’s show, from the big island of Hawaii, presents a slack-key guitarist who loves the surf and music culture of his island home, and an oboe, bassoon, and piano trio that brings the music of Poulenc to life.
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion, hosted by Garrison Keillor The only live music and variety show aired nationwide today, A Prairie Home Companion is now in its 35th year of production. Every Saturday evening, A Prairie Home Companion features comedy sketches, music, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon."
8:00pm Saturday Night Requests with Jim Sweenie Make your request for an upcoming show -- by phone at 1-800-806-8930, or in an email to requests@wqed.org
10:00pm Bob Christiansen
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