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Chapter A Day

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
CHAPTER - A - DAY


Books in 1999 on Chapter a Day:

  • A Week of Short Stories read by Karl Schmidt:
    • 12/27 "The Absolution of Hedda Borski" from Polonaise by Anthony Bukoski
      (Southern Methodist Univ Pr; ISBN: 0870744348)
    • 12/28 "4 Calling Birds, 4 French Hens" from Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
      (Picador USA; ISBN: 0312241224)
      Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto (excerpt), St. Louis SO -- Leonard Slatkin; John Browning, piano (RCA Red Seal 60732-2-RC)
    • 12/29 - 12/31 Christmas at Thompson Hall by Anthony Trollope
      (currently out of print)
  • 12/13 - 12/24 This Year It Will Be Different: A Christmas Treasury by Maeve Binchy read by Jim Fleming
    (Delacorte Press; ISBN: 0385315031)
    "Circle of Joy" by Lisa Lynne, from "Celtic Christmas III: A Windham Hill Sampler" (01934-11233-2)
  • 11/22 - 12/10 Sand Mansions by Norman Gilliland read by Karl Schmidt
    (An unpublished work in progress, this title will be available on cassette through The Radio Store)
    (Jean Sibelius: Nightride and Sunrise, Op 55; Scottish National Orchestra - Alexander Gibson (CHANDOS CHAN 8395/6))
  • 11/08 - 11/19 The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten read byJim Fleming
    (Vintage; ISBN: 0375702024)
    (Robert Schumann: 5 Pieces in Folkstyle; Heinrich Schiff, cello; Gerhard Oppitz, piano (Philips 422 414-2))
  • 10/25 - 11/05 Don't Think Twice by Wayne Johnson read by Jim Fleming
    (Harmony Books; ISBN: 0-609-60460-0)
    (Bill Miller: Loon, Mountain and Moon: Native American Songs - (Rosebud Records RR 103))
  • 10/18 - 10/22 A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold read by Jim Fleming
    (Oxford; ISBN: 0-19-505928-X)
    (Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem; Stephanie Jutt, flute; Randall Hodgkinson, piano (GM Recordings GM 2026 CD))
  • 09/27 - 10/15 North to the Night: A Year in the Arctic Ice by Alvah Simon read by Karl Schmidt
    (McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0070580529)
    (Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony Nr 7 "Sinfonia Antartica" - excerpts)
  • 08/30 - 09/24 Rocket Boys (AKA October Sky) by Homer Hickam, Jr. read by Jim Fleming
    (Delacorte Pr; ISBN: 038533320X)
    (Chris Newman: "Down the Wind", and "The Arctic Goose" from the album "Fretwork" (Old Bridge Music OBMCD 11)
    For more information visit the "Old Bridge Music" web site at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/obm/)
  • 08/09 - 08/27 A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler read by Karl Schmidt
    (Fawcett Books; ISBN: 0449003981)
    Astor Piazzolla: "Tanti Anni Prima" from the film "Enrico IV"; Gidon Kremer, violin; Oleg Maisenberg, piano (TELDEC 0630-17222) (this disc is called "Gidon Kremer: Le Cinema")
  • 06/14 - 08/06 A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe read by Jim Fleming
    (Farrar Straus & Giroux; ISBN: 0374270325)
    Ford Daloney: Georgia Grind; Glenn Jenks, piano (Bonnie Banks BB 106 CD); and Traditional: Marching Through Georgia; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (London 417 329-2)
  • 05/24 - 06/11 A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle read by Jim Fleming
    (Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679731148)
    Excerpts from "Les Indes Galantes" by Rameau (MHS 4002)
  • 04/19 - 05/21 Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder read by Jim Fleming
    (Grove/Atlantic; ISBN: 0871134640)
    "Titanic" Movie soundtrack - "Southampton" & "Rose" (Sony SK 63213)
  • 03/15 - 04/16 Roxanna Slade by Reynolds Price read by Karl Schmidt
    (Scribner ISBN: 0684832925)
    David Diamond: Violin Sonata #2 (Crystal CD 746)
  • 02/15 - 03/12 Larry's Party by Carol Shields read by Jim Fleming
    (Viking ISBN 0-670-87392-6)
    Walter Leigh: Concertino; Colin Tilney, harpsichord & CBC Vancouver Orchestra -- Mario Bernard, conductor (CBC SMCD 5168)
  • 02/01 - 02/12/99 Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle read by Jim Fleming
    (Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679736042)
    Jean Phillipe Rameau: The Apotheosis of the Dance "Dardanus" (Musical Heritage Society MHS 4002)
  • 01/25 - 01/29Notes From Little Lakes by Mel Ellis read by Jim Fleming
    (The Cabin Bookshelf ISBN 0-9653381-2-6)
    Daniel Hecht: Willow (Windham Hill WHS C-1013)
  • 01/07 - 01/22/99 The Land, Always the Land by Mel Ellis read by Jim Fleming
    (Cabin Bookshelf; ISBN: 0-9653381-0-X)
    Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio - Claude Bolling and Jean-Pierre Rampal (Milan 35735)