American piano music this Friday (7/3, rebroadcast Saturday 7/4)

A Tempo Saturday (7/4) marks the American 250th anniversary with a discussion about the Star-Spangled Banner, of which a copy of its first published sheet music is on display at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Can you believe it’s July already? (We’ve heard that just about every month so far.) Well, it is. July always seems to come around about this time of year, and to celebrate that certainty on the Dress Circle (7/5 7:00 p.m.), we’re going to be sampling a few of the shows that opened in New York this month through overtures and opening numbers.

This broadcast Monday (6/29 at 8 pm) features the Brooklyn-based ensemble's recent concert at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.

Sounds Choral this Sunday (6/28 at 2 pm) features an interview with British conductor Suzi Digby about her ensemble's latest release.

Celebrate American. Piano Music in all of its glorious diversity, this Friday (6/26, rebroadcast Saturday 6/27)

A Tempo Saturday (4/27) features a conversation with pianist Orli Shaham about her new all-American chamber music recording.

Once again, summer came early with two heatwaves already and a third one looming in the next week. To cool things down a bit, we’re turning to the musicals for songs about “summer” on this week’s Dress Circle (6/28 7:00 p.m.), and we’ve been able to cull together fourteen pieces even though, oddly enough, there aren’t as many songs about summer as you might have thought.