Yellowstone Public Radio

This week on Yellowstone Public Radio, Feb. 14-20:

Sunday — 7 p.m.: In a double bill from Geneva, Switzerland, the Suisse Romande Orchestra and Grand Theater Chorus perform Ravel’s only two operas,“ L’Heure espagnole” and “L’Enfant et les sortileges” on “World of Opera.”

Monday — 2 p.m.: Pianist and bandleader Jon Batiste, now leader of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band, in conversation and performance on “Piano Jazz” 

Tuesday — 7 p.m.: A new conversation with David Kaczynski, who turned in his brother Ted, the Unabomber, sharing his views on the healing of conflict.

Wednesday — 8 p.m.: Tenor Nicholas Phan and horn player David Cooper solo with the Dallas Symphony in Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.

Thursday — 9 p.m.: The idea of “white privilege” in racial inequality and racial justice on “Philosophy Talk.”

Friday — 3 p.m.: Two minutes of timely information on composers of the past and present, weekdays on “Composers Datebook.”

Saturday — 7 p.m.: Celtic songs from sea shanties of Brittany to songs of the Canadian fur traders on “The Thistle & Shamrock.”  

Yellowstone Public Radio is heard on the web at http://www.ypradio.org And at these frequencies: Chester and the Sweet Grass Hills area 100.1, Havre 91.7.

YPR is a network of 9 transmitters and 26 translators, licensed to Montana State University Billings and located throughout north-central, central and eastern Montana, and northern Wyoming. YPR is a public service of MSU Billings, in partnership with Friends of Public Radio, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. YPR receives support from its listeners, MSU Billings and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.