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A celebration of Martha Argerich this Friday (6/5, rebroadcast Saturday 6/6)

A Tempo Saturday (5/23 at 7 pm) features a conversation with playwright Jack Canfora, whose play The Vienna Lessons debuts next month.

To continue with our Memorial Day celebration, we’ve turned to a variety of musicals about American servicemen and women and their experiences for this week’s Dress Circle (5/31 7:00 p.m.).

Jakob Beer is the featured composer on this week’s Sunday Opera (6/7 3:00 p.m.) and his forgotten 1824 work entitled “Il crociato in Egitto” (“The Crusader in Egypt”). Of course, the composer is Giacomo Meyerbeer who penned some 16 operas, and “Egitto” is his twelfth opera, the last of what is labeled his “Italian operas.”

Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani joins the symphony in a world premiere on this broadcast Friday (5/1 at 8 pm), which also includes music from Stravinsky's Pulcinella and a concerto for two oboes.

More music of Johann Strauss Jr.

The music of Johann Strauss Jr.