Jaap van Zweden leads the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Brahms' 'A German Requiem' with soloists Ying Fang, soprano, and Matthias Goerne, baritone.

This broadcast offers a sample of the CSO's latest recording, "Contemporary American Composers." It features Philip Glass' joyous Eleventh Symphony, plus works by Jessie Montgomery and Max Raimi.

Elisabeth Leonskaja is the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Ludovic Morlot. The broadcast also includes Mozart's Thamos, King of Egypt, and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2.

Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "American Masters" - We explore 20th-century American composers from Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, and Arnold Schoenberg, to Augustus Hailstork, Joan Tower, Fats Domino and George Walker.