A waltz by Glière, a fugue by Mendelssohn, and the finale of a concerto by Anton Rubinstein, plus music by Soler and Bach.

A Tempo Saturday (8/16) checks in with Radio on the Lake Theatre, which will perform several radio plays by African-American journalist Richard Durham this Fall.

A centenary tribute to the legendary pianist, this Friday (8/15, rebroadcast Saturday 8/16)

We’re staying at the Royal Opera House for this week’s Sunday Opera (8/17 3:00 p.m.) and a double bill of operas by Leonard Bernstein, his 1952 work “Trouble in Tahiti” and the sequel, “A Quiet Place,” written 31 years later in 1983. The story was initially based on the troubled relationship of Bernstein’s parents.

We’re airing equal time on this week’s Dress Circle (8/17 7:00 p.m.) as we look at duets written for two male characters from the musicals.

Leon Botstein conducts the orchestra in a program titled "Violinist as Composer" this Monday (August 11) at 8 pm.

A Tempo (8/9) spotlights a new database designed to bring more visibility to indigenous conductors, musicians, composers, writers and others in the performing arts.

Music inspired by nighttime, this Friday (8/8, rebroadcast Saturday 8/9)

It’s our third and final look at a treatment of Prevost’s tragic tale of Manon on this week’s Sunday Opera (8/10 3:00 p.m.) with the opera by Giacomo Puccini from the Teatro Regio in Turin. This production features Erika Grimaldi as Manon, Roberto Aronica as des Grieux, Alessandro Luongo as Lescaut, and Carlo Lepore as Gernote. This will be followed by the complete ballet score for "Cipollino" by Karen Khachaturian.

Thanks to John, a listener from Mercer County, we’re looking at a new theme for this week’s Dress Circle (8/10 7:00 p.m.) in a program we’ve titled “Duets for Her.” We’ve programed a baker’s dozen of duets for the ladies with some being sincere and others being sincerely snarky. (We prefer the snarky.)