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Conductor Kurt Sanderling (KOORT ZAHN-der-ling) lived through WWI in Poland, was chased out of Germany by Hitler, and lived through WWII in Russia. And...he's still conducting. From a concert earlier this season in Berlin, 88 year-old Kurt Sanderling leads the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin in performance of the "Tragic" Overture, by Johannes Brahms. (German Radio via the European Broadcasting Union)

A touch of Spain in Massachusetts: The National Orchestra of Spain is currently touring the U.S. Two weeks ago the group was in Worcester (WER-ster) Massachusetts to perform an all-Spanish concert. We'll hear conductor Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos (RAH-fay-el FR(U)-bek deh BOOR-gohss) lead the orchestra in the the two Suites from the ballet called "The Three-Cornered Hat" by Manuel de Falla (mahn-WELL deh FYE-yah). (Joseph Chilorio)

The "Last Rose" of Mendelssohn: P-T piano sleuth Joseph Smith tells how an Irish folk song came to inspire Felix Mendelssohn while the composer was a teenager in Germany. And we'll hear Smith demonstrate the result, when he plays Mendelssohn's Fantasy on "The Last Rose of Summer." (Brioso BR 126)

The National Orchestra of Spain is in the middle of a U.S. tour right now. >From their concert nine days ago in Worcester, Massachusetts, we'll hear "La Boda de Luis Alonso," (la BOH-dah deh LOO-eess ah-LOHN-soh) by Geronimo Gimenez ((h)ay-ROH-nee-moh (h)ee-MAY-neth). Raphael Fruehbeck de Burgos (RAH-fay-el FR(U)-bek deh BOOR-gohss) conducts. (Joseph Chilorio)

Some novel Schumann. From a performance last summer at the Ingolstadt (IN-gohl-shtaht) Festival in Germany, we're going to hear Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov (GREE-gor-ee SOH-kuh-loff) perform the Novelettes in D major, E major and F-sharp minor by Robert Schumann. (Bavarian Radio/EBU)

Kennedy Meditates: We'll hear the "Meditation" from the opera "Thais," (tye-EESE) by French composer Jules Massenet (zhool mah-suh-NAY). It's played by the violinist who these days goes simply by the name of "Kennedy." He's doing without his old first name, "Nigel." We'll hear a sensuous performance of the "Meditation" that Kennedy gave last April at Emory University in Atlanta. Pieter (PEE-ter) Daniel conducts the Bamberg Symphony Chamber Orchestra. (ACA Digital Recording/Horton Systems Company)

Gypsy Fiddle: The young British violinist Daniel Hope performs gypsy inspired music by Maurice Ravel. From a concert last month in Germany, we'll hear the virtuosic show-piece called "Tzigane" (zig-AHN). Hope performs with the Saarbrucken (zar-BROOK-en) Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. (Saarland Radio/EBU)

Vladimir Spivakov (SPEE-vah-kawf) conducts the Swiss-Italian Orchestra in the Overture to "Der Freischutz" (dair FRY-shoots) by Carl Maria von Weber (fohn VAY-ber). Recorded last fall at the Ascona Festival in Switzerland. (Swiss Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Romance From France: Flutist Ransom Wilson plays a set of Romantic French transcriptions in concert at the O-K Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He joins conductor JoAnn Falletta and members of the Solisti (soh-LEE-stee) New York Orchestra for "Souvenir of a Dance," by Charles Gounod (SHARL goo-NOH), the "Berceuse" (bair-S(OO)Z) by Gabriel Faure (foh-RAY). Also, Maurice Ravel's "Piece in the Form of a Habanera" (hah-bahn-YAIR-rah), and the "Meditation" by Jules Massenet (zhool mah-sen-NAY). (KWGS, Tulsa, OK)

Snapshot of France: French composer Jules Massenet (ZHOOL mahss-eh-nay) called his Fourth Orchestral Suite "Picturesque Scenes." From it we'll hear "Angelus" (AHN-jeh-loos) performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jean Yves Ossonce (ZHAHN EEV oh-SAW(n)SS). (NAXOS 8.553125)