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Coming Up on Red River Radio Check out these upcoming concert on the  Regional Symphony Broadcast The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Saturday's at noon Host Jim Cunningham and the PSO will captivate you with works from the standard repertoire as well as by new composers in world premiere performances.  Join us on Red River Radio each Saturday at noon for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. This Week's Program:  Program # 15: Franz Josef Haydn's Oboe Concerto; Walter Braunfel's Te Deum, Part III; Carl Orff's Carmina burana; Manfred Honeck, conductor; Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe; Mojca Erdmann, soprano; Christopher Pfund, tenor; Hugh Russell, baritone; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Betsy Burleigh, director   Saturday's at 2:00pm Music Mountain Saturday's at 2:00pm Program # 4: St. Petersburg String Quartet plus Peter Kolkay, Bassoon Mozart: String Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 458 'Hunt' (1784) Platt: Bassoon Quintet (1997) Brahms: String Quartet in C Minor, Opus 51 # 1 (1873 An Historic Encore _____________________________________________________________ American Folk Hymns Airs Monday, September 6th at 2pm Celebrate Labor Day in word and song with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in this program dedicated to the enduring American Spirit. Featuring performances of some Great Mack Wilberg arrangements including “Saints Bound for Heaven,” “How Bright is the Day,” “Down to the River to Pray,” and “His Voice As the Sound.” Songs of the Land Airs Monday, September 6th at 2:30pm More songs for Labor Day with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing “Bound for the Promised Land,” “Deep River,” “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” and Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land.” Louisiana Public Square: Crisis in the Gulf Airs Monday, September 6th at 8:00pm      On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing eleven workers and setting into motion one of the nation’s worst environmental accidents. By May, Louisiana had a “crude awakening” as heavy oil began washing into its marshland. Three months and 4.9 million barrels later, the well has been capped but the amount of oil that remains in the Gulf equals nearly five times the amount spilled by the Exxon Valdez, posing unknown risks to the environment and fisheries. State business groups and political leaders say that the federal ban on deepwater drilling imposed in response to the spill is crippling the oil and gas industry and costing thousands of jobs. And while BP has paid out nearly $300 million, more than 100,000 people are still waiting to hear about their claims.        Louisiana Public Square travels to Buras – the “Gateway to the Gulf” - to explore the impact of the oil spill on the landscape and livelihood of its people. Join residents, government officials, environmental authorities and wildlife and fisheries experts as they discuss the response and the ramifications to our state of the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.  - For the most up-to-date oil spill information click here.  - For information on how to file an oil spill related claim,     visit http://www.gulfcoastclaimsfacility.com Jazz: The 59 Sound Airs Monday, September 6th at 9:00pm This program explores some of the enduring jazz recordings of 1959, a year that generated some of the most adventurous changes in the Jazz World. Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck along with numerous other began exploring their own distinctive voices, taking the language of jazz into new realms. Miles goes modal, Bruback takes 6, and Mingus shows us Ah um. Progression: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar Airs Thursday, September 9th at 8:00pm Hosted by the legendary Les Paul, you'll hear music and commentary by John Scofield, George Benson, Jim Hall and award-winning journalist Bill Milkowski. Classic, influential tracks by Django Reinhart, Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin and many more are also featured. For more information click here Special Programming

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