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Even though September is a quiet month for Broadway musical openings, we've turned to twelve shows covering 123 years of Broadway history from 1898 to 2021 for some wonderful songs.

August is Happiness Happens month, and nothing makes us happier than a musical, so on this week’s Dress Circle (8/25 7:00 p.m.), we’re looking to fourteen songs about happiness from a variety of musicals.

It's back to school time, so we've turned to musicals from Broadway, London's West End, television, and film for a selection of songs to illuminate several aspects of the happy event.

Shakespeare seems to get credit for a great many things, but this time, he deserves it even if the quote is a bit “off.” We’re “Gilding the Lily” on this week’s Dress Circle (8/15 7:00 p.m.), well, we’ve amassed songs about beauty and its secrets, dressing to impress or excess, and a few make-up tips from a variety of musicals.

Burt Bacharach has been called “The King of Easy Listening” having amassed 73 Top 40 hits in the U.S. and 52 in the United Kingdom. His songs also appeared in eight productions on Broadway as well as in 772 film and television soundtracks, and on this week’s Dress Circle (9/22 7:00 p.m.) we’re going to look some of them.

Operatic works in Piano Transcriptions this Friday (8/23, rebroadcast Saturday 8/24)

Host David Osenberg welcomes Music Director Rossen Milanov and Executive Director Marc Uys as guests this Monday (8/19).

We’re off to Liege for this week’s Sunday Opera (9/1 3:00 p.m.) and the Opera Royal de Wallonie production of Antonin Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” This opera about the second most famous water nymph will be followed by more music of Dvorak including his "almost lost" Symphony No, 2.

A Tempo this week (9/7) features a conversation with composer Ellen Reid, whose new album brings together the themes and sounds of works she wrote to accompany visitors as they wandered through various parks.