WUSF Public Media | 1-800-741-9090 | www.wusf.org | January 26, 2012 | View Online Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite Lauded by The Toronto Star as "a great pianist," Markus Groh returns to perform Bartok's vivacious and highly rhythmic musical roller coaster ride...Piano Concerto No. 2...in a morning with Bartok's Divertimento and the sweeping balletic themes of Tchaikovsky's famed Swan Lake Suite. The performance is followed by an optional luncheon discussion about the program led by Bethany Cagle. The Florida Orchestra concert begins at 10:00 AM on Friday, January 27 at the Mahaffey Theater. Click Here for tickets and information. Photo Courtesy: Susesch Bayat   Your Financial Support Pays For The Programming You Enjoy. Become a Member Today! 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That's the goal of a wildlife expedition that's calling attention to the need to connect the state's disjointed wild areas into a contiguous wildlife corridor... read more... Florida Republicans: The Majority Lives Along I-4 Corridor People tend to look at Florida from the outside and see it as a red state... read more... Florida is a state that has somehow become synonymous with health care. This week, HealthyState.org takes a look into how residents cope with only one doctor, what Florida is doing to fill the doctor shortage, and how Florida may be missing an economic opportunity... more... Weekend Edition Saturday morning, host Scott Simon speaks with playwright Theresa Rebeck, creator and executive producer of the new NBC musical drama series Smash. Sunday morning host Rachel Martin presents another installment from the StoryCorps National Teacher Initiative. more... LISTEN: Saturday and Sunday at 8:00 AM on WUSF 89.7. This American Life Alabama's new immigration law aims to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they will "self-deport." And in a way it's working. more... LISTEN: Saturday, January 28 at 12:00 PM on WUSF 89.7. Sound Opinions Longtime Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry joins Sound Opinions this Saturday and looks back at four decades on the cutting edge. more... LISTEN: Saturday, January 28 at 2:00 PM on WUSF 89.7. Saturday Night Jazz "Great Composers: Kern and Jobim" On this week's Saturday Night Jazz, Bob Seymour brings you a lot of Kern classics as well as the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. more... LISTEN: Saturday, January 28 at 10:00 PM on WUSF 89.7. Photo Courtesy: USF University Communications and Marketing Secrets of the Dead "Lost in the Amazon" This program is a modern day quest to find the truth behind one of exploration's greatest mysteries: what happened to famed adventurer Col. Percy Fawcett? more WUSF TV Programs... WATCH: Friday, January 27 at 10:00 PM on WUSF TV. NOVA "3D Spies of WWII" During WWII, a team of brilliant minds poured over millions of photos that revealed hidden Nazi rocket bases. more WUSF TV Programs... WATCH: Sunday, January 29 at 8:00 PM on WUSF TV. Where to Watch Broadcast 16.1 - WUSF TV (HD) 16.2 - WUSF Kids 16.3 - Create TV 16.4 - WUSF Knowledge WUSF on Verizon FiOS 516 - WUSF TV (HD) 470 - WUSF TV 473 - WUSF Kids 472 - Create TV 471 - WUSF Knowledge WUSF on Bright House 1016 - WUSF TV (HD) 616 - WUSF TV 617 - WUSF Kids 618 - Create TV 619 - WUSF Knowledge WUSF on Comcast Digital 441 - WUSF TV (HD) 204 - WUSF TV 205 - WUSF Kids 206 - Create TV 207 - WUSF Knowledge Full Program Schedule NATURE "Fortress of the Bears" Isolated and protected by their environment, some 1,700 Alaskan brown bears are part of a unique circle of life that has played out in the Tongass National Forest for centuries. more WUSF TV Programs... WATCH: Thursday, February 2 at 8:00 PM on WUSF TV. 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WATCH: Thursday, February 2 at 10:00 PM on WUSF TV.  schedule All Classical Music - 24/7 Simulcast on WUSF 89.7² (HD Radio) and in Tampa on 103.9 FM  Listen Online Metropolitan Opera Listen this Saturday afternoon for a live broadcast of Puccini's Tosca, starring Patricia Racette as the fiery title character, Marcelo Álvarez as her lover, the idealistic Cavaradossi, and James Morris as the villain Scarpia. more... LISTEN: Saturday, January 28 at 1:00 PM on WSMR 89.1, 103.9 FM and online. Pittsburgh Symphony This week's broadcast features Pinchas Zukerman conducting an all-Mozart program, featuring the Symphonies No. 29 and No. 39, and Stewart Goodyear will be the soloist in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 21. Photo Credits: absentmindedprof's Flickr Album LISTEN: Saturday, January 28 at 5:00 PM on WSMR 89.1, 103.9 FM and online. This week you'll go in for the Strauss, but don't underestimate the Mozart. You're going to hear a little known Sinfonia for violin and viola that is fantastic! more... LISTEN: Sunday, January 29 at 6:00 PM on WSMR 89.1, 103.9 FM and online. Your First Choice French composer Claude Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was a turning point in classical music history and it's a part of Your First Choice this Monday. LISTEN: Monday, January 30 at 4:00 PM on WSMR 89.1, 103.9 FM and online. Evening Masterwork Don't miss Duruflé's amazing work that is based on Gregorian chants for requiem mass this Monday on Evening Masterwork. LISTEN: Monday, January 30 at 7:00 PM on WSMR 89.1, 103.9 FM and online. This Week on Florida Matters: "Florida's GOP Presidential Preference Primary" Florida broke party rules to be the fourth state to weigh in on who will take on President Obama in November. Who's up, who's down, and how would candidates policies affect Floridians? 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