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We’re turning to a 21st century American opera by Joseph Summer on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/18 3:00 p.m.) in his treatment of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” The 2006 work stays very close to the original play (unlike the Ambroise Thomas), and the straightforward treatment of the text by Summer, fits neatly into his three-act structure.

Music by Brahms, Debussy, Mozart and more.

Celebrating Beethoven’s birthday this Friday (12/12, rebroadcast Saturday 12/13)

Recordings by Percy Grainger, Magda Tagliaferro and Grete Scherzer this Friday (12/19, rebroadcast Saturday 12/20)

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

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.

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

A tribute to the late Gary Graffman this Friday (1/9, rebroadcast Saturday 1/10)