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A Tempo (12/3) features a conversation about the discovery of a document that might represent some of the oldest known pre-cursors of Western music notation, and also includes a preview of this year's Make Music Winter program scheduled for the Winter Solstice.

A Tempo Saturday (12/13 at 7 pm) features an interview with conductor Anthony Parnther, who will lead the New Jersey Symphony's performances of The Messiah and the Philadelphia Orchestra's All-Hollywood New Year's concert.

Works by Schubert, Scriabin and Joplin, as well as by lesser known composers Emil von Sauer and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.

We have a Christmas favorite on this week’s Sunday Opera (12/21 3:00 p.m.) as we turn to Englebert Humperdinck’s 1892 Marchenoper or “fairytale opera,” “Hansel and Gretel” in an English Translation by Tom Hammond. It features Heidi Grant Murphy and Suzanne Mentzer in the title roles.

Music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, John Ireland, Percy Grainger and more.

In its series on holiday season traditions, A Tempo (12/20) features a conversation about the Metropolitan Opera's family-friendly production of Mozart's The Magic Flute.

The holidays seem to induce memories, and some of them seem to be rather interesting. This is the case with this week’s Dress Circle (12/21 7:00 p.m.) and our playlist of songs from musicals and films that make up some of our holiday memories. Several of these may not be what you might expect.

In the past, we’ve looked at various types of songs found in musicals such as the “I want” songs where a character lets the audience know his or her reasons for doing things. In this week’s Dress Circle (7/14 7:00 p.m.), we’re going to be looking at ‘story songs” which are, oddly enough, songs that tell stories. Sometimes, those stories are life-histories, but many times, they act as allegories.

We’re turning to our third and final (for now) program of Literary Based Musicals on this week’s Dress Circle (11/30 7:00 p.m.), and we’re once again looking at four very different works from Broadway, television, and London's West End.

Beginning in November, I thought about looking for a new opera to play as we approached the New Year. However, by the beginning of December, I’d already heard from several people who asked me to repeat Johann Strauss' “Die Fledermaus” because it’s become a part of their family tradition. Who am I to go against tradition? So, on this week’s Sunday Opera (12/28 3:00 p.m.), the all-star “bat” returns!