KNAU update for Sept. 6 — Chicago Sumphony, Frog Fossils, and More

Fall Pledge Drive Lite begins September 16^th with a goal of $185,000 before October 4th. We are so grateful for YOU and your support, this support allows us to continue the “silent” model of fundraising while remaining YOUR premier source of balanced news, beautiful music, and entertainment.

Do you want to be part of the fun? September 27th from 6:45 to 9:00am is still available for any community members or groups who would like to come answer phone calls, have breakfast and help fundraise for YOUR public radio station. To volunteer for this opportunity please send us an email or give us a call at 928-523-5628.

After what seems to be an overlong absence, broadcast concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to Symphony Night, heard Monday evenings at seven.

Beginning September 9^th and continuing weekly until January, one of the great orchestras in the world will be as close as the nearest radio tuned to Classical KNAU.

Riccardo Muti, now in his 9^th year as CSO Music Director, isn’t a podium-hog and welcomes a number of guest conductors thru the broadcast season, including Marin Alsop, Edo de Waart, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Michael Tilson Thomas. The venerable Bernard Haitink conducts the opening night program with An Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss, Anton Webern’s Im Sommerwind, and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 with soloist Till Fellner.

A world-class orchestra attracts outstanding soloists as well as conductors and this fall the list of visiting luminaries includes violinist Hillary Hahn, pianist Daniil Trifonov, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.

So settle in with some deep-dish pizza and maybe an Ernie (Mr. Cub) Banks bobble-head for Symphony Night,  Monday evenings at seven on Classical KNAU and online at KNAU.org, where you’ll also find complete program listings.

This week’s Poetry Friday reader is 13-year-old Aeka Joshi of Flagstaff. She came into the recording booth with a poem she’d written about adolescence. But, it was a different poem she shared at the end of her session that really hit hard. Learn more at KNAU.org.

The Triassic period was a time of giants on Earth: lumbering reptiles with armored plates, and fifteen-foot-long crocodiles. The fossils of these extinct beasts are preserved in the rainbow-colored rocks of the Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona. But the same rocks hold the secrets of tiny creatures too. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Arizona has banned organized contests where hunters try to kill the most coyotes or other wildlife predators for prizes such as cash or hunting equipment. The Governor’s Regulatory Review Council voted 6-0 Wednesday to approve a rule initiated by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. Learn more at KNAU.org.

The 2018 federal Farm Bill included several provisions to lessen the effects of persistent drought in the West, but they still haven’t gone into effect. Now, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is urging the Secretary of Agriculture to put them into practice. Learn more at KNAU.org.