A Tempo chats with Ian Koebner, who was recently named Inaugural Chair and Endowed Professor of Arts in Health at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, about the connections between the arts and wellness.

This episode (11/16) features selections from the choir's latest release, issued in commemoration of the choir's 50th anniversary.

BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THIS WEEK’S SUNDAY OPERA, THE DRESS CIRCLE WILL BEGIN ONE HOUR LATER THAN USUAL AT 8:00 P.M. (ET). As promised, we’re back with more Literary Based Musicals on this week’s Dress Circle (11/16 8:00 p.m.), Once again, we’ve focused on four novels as source material realized in fourteen songs from six different recordings.

The orchestra performs Mahler's Symphony No. 3

Explore the music and text of this unfinished work by Mozart this Sunday (11/10 at 2 pm).

The Lehigh Valley orchestra recreates its first concert from 1951 on this broadcast Friday (11/7 at 8 pm), led by Music Director Diane Wittry.

The final episode in seven programs devoted to the complete Chopin Mazurkas, this Friday (11/7 at 3 pm, rebroadcast Saturday 11/8 at 6 pm).

We’re starting a series on this week’s Dress Circle (11/9 7:00 p.m.). (We hope.) with four musicals that were based on literary originals. Three novels and a play are the basis for this week’s playlist that begins with songs from “The Color Purple" and includes songs from a variety of sources for "Little Women," "Mary Poppins," and "Peter Pan."

This concert broadcast Monday (11/3) also includes Elgar's Enigma Variations.