With his various writing partners, Richard Rodgers composed over 40 musicals, and many of those shows contained ballets – some more than one, and on this week’s Dress Circle (5/10 7:00 p.m.) we’re going to look at two ballets from musicals Rodgers wrote with Lorenz Hart as well as a ballet he wrote to be performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera House.

The Philadelphia-based Baroque Ensemble presents a performance entitled Stolen: Handel, Keiser and the Case of the Pilfered Suitcase on this broadcast Monday (5/4 at 8 pm).

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.

Honoring the memories of Michael Tilson-Thomas, Ruth Slenczynska, Michael Harrison and Andrew Thomas, this Friday (5/1, rebroadcast Saturday 5/2)

A Tempo Saturday (5/2 at 7 pm) features a conversation with Mackenzie Melemed about his "Keys Across America" tour.

Sounds Choral this Sunday (5/3 at 2 pm) spotlights two American works from the 1960s.

We’re going for Baroque again on this week’s Sunday Opera (5/3 3:00 p.m.) with a forgotten opera that is finally getting some much deserved recognition: Leonard Vinci’s “Artaserse,” an opera that premiered in Rome in 1730.

Each month has an animal associated with it, and May is associated with the squirrel. Who knew? Well, this week’s Dress Circle (5/3 7:00 p.m.) is definitely not squirrelly in any stretch of the imagination as we look at overtures and opening numbers from 11 of the musicals that opened this month.

Works for violin and piano this Friday (4/24, rebroadcast Saturday 4/25)

A Tempo (4/25) features a conversation about the American Repertory Ballet's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S.