An eclectic mix of piano works, this Friday (5/8, rebroadcast Saturday 5/9)

Sounds Choral this Sunday (5/10 at 2 pm) pays tribute to mothers and grandmothers.

We’re turning to two of Richard Strauss’ lesser-known one-act operas on this week’s Sunday Opera (5/10 3:00 p.m.): “Daphne” and “Feuersnot” (“The Need for Fire” or “Lack of Fire”).

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.