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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on President Clinton's third and final visit as president to Ireland. He met in Dublin with the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic, Bertie Ahern. Ahern praised Clinton for his role in brokering the 1998 Good Friday peace accord for Northern Ireland. Before leaving for Belfast, President Clinton urged the parties there to overcome their differences and push the peace process forward. Catholics and Protestants in the British province are deadlocked over the issues of paramilitary disarmament and police reform. The disputes are threatening to scuttle the power-sharing government they established under the Good Friday accord.

Flutist Mikael Helasvuo (MEE-kah-el HEL-ahss-voo-oh) and the Lahti Chamber Music Society Quartet perform the Divertimento for Flute and String Quartet by early 19th-century Finnish composer Bernhard Crusell. Recorded in July at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland. (Finnish Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Romanian romp: From a concert on July 14th at the Kissinger (KISS-ing-er) Summer Festival in Germany, we'll hear conductor Lawrence Foster and the French National Orchestra in a performance of the Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 by Georges Enesco (zhorzh en-NESS-koh). (Bavarian Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

"Classical" Prokofiev: From a concert on July 29th at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming, we're going to hear conductor Ling Tung (TOONG) and the Teton Festival Orchestra in a performance of the Symphony No. 1 in D major, the "Classical" Symphony, by Sergei Prokofiev (SAIR-gay proh-KOH-fee-eff). (Richard Mintel Recordings)

A Jolly Good March: From concert in July at the Kissinger (KISS-ing-er) Summer festival in Germany, we're going to hear Lawrence Foster and the French National Orchestra perform the Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 by Edward Elgar. (Bavarian Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Bach at The Elms: Australian pianist Daniel Martyn Lewis plays Bach's English Suite No. 4. The performance we'll hear was recorded in a mansion called The Elms during Lewis's first North American concert this July, at the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island. (Benchmark Recordings)

Poulenc (poo-LANK) on the Champs-Elysees: Pianist Alexandre Tharaud (ah-lek-sah(n)d(reh) tah-ROH) is the soloist in a performance of the Piano Concerto by Francis Poulenc (frah(n)-seess poo-LANK). Georges Pretre (zhorzh PRET(reh)) leads the French National Orchestra, recorded in July of last year at the Theatre of the Champs-Elysees (shah(n)-zay-lee-ZAY) in Paris. (French Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Bellwether Brahms: From a July concert at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, we're going to hear violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Simon Mulligan in a performance of the Violin Sonata in A major by Johannes Brahms. We'll also hear Bell's encore: the Romance by Clara Schumann. (Aspen Music Festival Audio Recording Institute)

We're beginning this hour of French music with two piano works by Camille Saint-Saens (kah-mee(yeh) sa(n)-SAH(N)Z). From a concert on July 14th at the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, pianist Mirian Conti performs the composer's Gavotte in C minor, Op. 23 and Mazurka No. 1 in G minor, Op. 21. (Benchmark Recordings)

Czech Variations: From a July concert a medieval town set on the banks of the Moldau River, young Czech pianist Karel Kosarek (KA-rel KOH-sah-rek) plays Beethoven's 32 Variations in c minor, for piano. (Czech Radio/EBU)