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So much is being said about cross-dressing and drag now that we thought we’d take a look at how musicals have looked at this aspect of theatre on this week’s Dress Circle (4/16 7:00 p.m.). Men portraying women on stage were a major part of Greek and Roman theatre as well as early European theatre mainly because women weren’t allowed to appear on stage. However, once that taboo was overturned, women often portrayed men, especially in operas and British Pantomimes.

Sounds Choral this week (2/7) welcomes Vinroy D. Brown, Jr. to its panel of hosts.

Minnesota-based composers & husband & wife Jocelyn Hagen and Timothy C. Takach join the roster of Sounds Choral hosts this week with a program of works that have been important to them as they've built their careers. (2/22).

Ryan Brandau focuses on two works, one inspired bu the other and composed two centuries apart- music of Dietrich Buxtehude & Caroline Shaw.

Matthew Robertson leads his ensemble The Thirteen in performances recorded last year of the setting of the Catholic Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach.

An eclectic selection of piano music this Friday (2/27, rebroadcast Saturday 2/28)

Paul Hindemith wrote eleven operas during his lifetime, and on this week’s Sunday Opera (3/1 3:00 p.m.), we’ll be listening to the one that is probably his most personal work as it reflects his struggles against governmental powers: “Mathis der Maler” (“Matthias the Painter”).

Rossen Milanov leads the Princeton Symphony Orchestra this Friday (2/27 8:00 p.m.) in works by Andreia Pinto Correia, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Julian Grant.