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An eclectic music mix this Friday (11/21, rebroadcast Saturday 11/22)

The final episode in seven programs devoted to the complete Chopin Mazurkas, this Friday (11/7 at 3 pm, rebroadcast Saturday 11/8 at 6 pm).

A Tempo (11/1) visits a new exhibit at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts that traces the personalities, productions and progress of Black theater, and how that helped shape American musical theater.

Concertos by W.A. Mozart and John Foulds this Friday (11/28, rebroadcast Saturday 11/29)

A Tempo (11/8) covers a recent conference on the connection between the arts and wellness.

The year is speeding by, and it’s unbelievable that we’re already facing Thanksgiving, but face it we must. To get you ready, this week’s Dress Circle (11/23 7:00 p.m.) is all about “thanks.” Well, songs that say “thank” in some way.

Germanic paganism mixed with some Early Middle Age Christianity and a splash of Greek tragedy is the recipe for this week’s Sunday Opera (11/30 3:00 p.m.) and the Bayreuth Festival’s production of Richard Wagner’s “Lohengrin.”

Music by a mix of well-known and lesser-heard composers, including Karol Szymanowski, César Franck and Joseph Martin Kraus.

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.