This concert broadcast Monday (12/15) at the special time of 7 pm kicks off our holiday programming. (Exploring Music will be pre-empted to bring you this special broadcast. You can hear the first episode of this week’s Exploring Music series Tuesday at 7 pm).

Celebrating Beethoven’s birthday this Friday (12/12, rebroadcast Saturday 12/13)

A Tempo Saturday (12/13 at 7 pm) features an interview with conductor Anthony Parnther, who will lead the New Jersey Symphony's performances of The Messiah and the Philadelphia Orchestra's All-Hollywood New Year's concert.

A survey of the French composer's choral output on Sounds Choral this Sunday (12/14 at 2 pm).

Works by Schubert, Scriabin and Joplin, as well as by lesser known composers Emil von Sauer and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.

Host Rob Kapilow examines what makes this work for clarinet great this Monday (12/8 at 8 pm)

This episode Sunday (12/7 at 2 pm) features selections from various unusual or rarely heard masses.