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A Tempo checks out Make Music Day, a world-wide celebration of music held annually to coincide with the Summer Solstice.

Rare piano recordings this Friday (6/20, rebroadcast Saturday 6/21)

Umberto Giordano wrote 18 operas in all, but only two of them are produced with any regularity: “Fedora” and “Andrea Chenier.” On this week’s Sunday Opera (6/22 3:00 p.m.), we’ll be looking at two of his other operas that, although not unknown, aren’t produced nearly as often, and this came about after a conversation with one of our long-time listeners in Bethlehem, PA. Those operas are “La cena delle beffe” (“The Jester’s Supper”) and “Madame Sans-Gene. (“Madame Carefree”).

The Atlanta-based ensemble shares performances and recordings of works by women composers this Monday (6/9) at 8 pm, with an encore broadcast Saturday (6/14) at 2 pm.

This broadcast concert Monday (6/16 at 8 pm) presents the closing orchestral concert from the 2024 Strings Music Festival, held annually in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Piano music and period instruments this Friday (6/27, rebroadcast Saturday 6/28)

It might be difficult for you to get to Milan right now, but this week’s Sunday Opera (6-29 3:00 p.m.) is going to be going there for the beginning of a series of operas from La Scala. We’re beginning with Giuseppe Verdi’s “La forza del destino” (“The Force of Destiny”) in a production starring Anna Netrebko, Ludovic Tezier, and Brian Jagde.

A Tempo this Saturday (6/28 at 7 pm) explores The Library for the Performing Arts, part of the New York Public Library system, which is marking its 60th anniversary this year.