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Host Rob Kapilow examines what makes this work for clarinet great this Monday (12/8 at 8 pm)

Sounds Choral Sunday (11/23 at 2 pm) features choral settings of Psalm 133.

This episode Sunday (12/7 at 2 pm) features selections from various unusual or rarely heard masses.

What happens when a “hometown” commissions an opera about their best known resident? A bit of historical fiction, quite a bit actually, will result, and the output is on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/4 3:00 p.m.) in Alberto Franchetti’s homage to Christopher Columbus to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Columbus’ voyage and the unification of Italy.

Aubrey Oliverson returns to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in this concert broadcast Friday (1/2 at 8 pm).

Keyboard Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti this Friday (12/26, rebroadcast Saturday 12/27)

One of the most “edited” operas is featured on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/11 3:00 p.m.) in a recording featuring a dream cast featured in a 1966 recording performing the five-act version that’s missing only the ballet – or is it? It’s a tale of lost love, jealousy, and the Spanish Inquisition with Giuseppe Verdi’s 1867 opera “Don Carlo.”

For many, this time of year features a whirlwind of parties. We really don’t have first-hand knowledge of that, so we had to turn to the musicals on this week’s Dress Circle (12/28 7:00 p.m.) for some help with what parties might entail.

Happy New Year! (We hope.) We're still showcasing musicals that opened each month on the Dress Circle (1/4 7:00 p.m.), but instead of framing the program with the "oldest" and "newest" openings, we decided, instead, to pick a random sample of musicals we haven't showcased in a while to present their overtures and opening numbers or prologues to give a bigger picture of entire piece.

This concert broadcast Monday (12/15) at the special time of 7 pm kicks off our holiday programming. (Exploring Music will be pre-empted to bring you this special broadcast. You can hear the first episode of this week’s Exploring Music series Tuesday at 7 pm).