May 14, 2017: The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright
What the girl on the crane and the boy who dug a big hole have in common, and why they matter: Michael's essay. Richard Ford on the joy and pain of writing about your own parents Busy mothers are urged to practice "self-care," but Emilia Symington Fedy advises "radical inconvenience" instead Europe's first all non-white orchestra is changing the face of classical music. David Gutnick's documentary is called, "Every Shade on That Stage." Your reaction to the architectural practice known as "façadism" It sounds like a fairytale! But forester Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees, believes trees really do talk to each other. Music for Mother's Day by the Kevin Dean Quintet, Antonin Dvorak, Anna Netrebko, Gordon Quinton, Ellis Larkin and Ruby Braff, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Chantal deVilliers and Taurey Butler
On this week's program:
Why we need young risk-takers; Richard Ford on writing about his own parents; Mothers and "Radical Inconvenience"; Europe's first all non-white orchestra; Peter Wohlleben and The Hidden Life of Trees