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Marimba: From the Kissenger Festival in Germany, Evelyn Glennie plays "The Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (NIK-oh-leye RIM-skee KOR-sah-koff). The pianist is Philip Smith. (Recorded by Bavarian Radio/European Broadcasting

Ibert on the Cape: We'll hear "Three Short Pieces" by French composer Jacques Ibert . He wrote them in 1930. The Sylvan Winds played them last summer in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It's part of a concert the group gave last summer during the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival. (Sounds Dynamics Associates)

Classical star: In 1994, Russian scientists named a newly discovered star after their favorite violinist--Vladimir Spivakov. From a concert last season at the Worcester Music Festival in Massachusetts, we're going to hear a performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 featuring violinist Vladimir Spivakov along with Valery Polyansky (vah-LAIR-ee pohl-YAHN-skee) and the Russian State Symphony Orchestra. (Joseph Chilorio Recordings)

A rare concert performance by pianist Martha Argerich: We'll hear her join fellow pianist Lilya Zilberstein to play music for piano four hands by Rachmaninoff, his 6 Pieces, Op. 11. They're in concert in the city of Ludwigsburg, Germany. (German Radio/European Broadcasting Union).

"The Mendelssohn": We'll hear Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, played by violinist Lisa Batiashvili (bah-tee-ahsh-VEE-lee) and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Lorin Maazel (mah-ZEL) conducts. It's a performance they gave during last summer's music festival in Ingolstadt (IN-gohl-shtatt), Germany. (Bavarian Radio via the European Broadcasting Union)

Pianist Cecile Licad (seh-seel lee-KAHD) launched her international career in 1981, when she became one of the youngest musicians ever to win the gold medal at the Leventritt competition. She's currently touring the country with a program devoted to the music of Frederic Chopin. From her concert on November 19th at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, we're going to hear her perform Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23. (Tom Stephenson Emmanuel Recordings of Boston)

Mozart Sonata: We'll hear a performance by pianist Michael Endres (MEEKH-ah-el EN-dress), a Mozart specialist. He gave a series of all-Mozart recitals near Bonn, Germany in 1999. We're going to hear one of those works, the Piano Sonata No. 8 in D major, K. 311. (West German Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Copland on Film: Aaron Copland wrote great music for ballet and for the concert stage, but he was also an accomplished film composer. In 1944, he wrote music to accompany a World War Two documentary about European refugees re-settling in rural Massachusetts. From a concert last March, we'll hear Jonathan Sheffer conduct the Eos (EE-ohss) Orchestra in a performance of Copland's score for "The Cummington Story." (Leszek Wojcik)

P. J. Mark Senior Correspondent at Inside.com Scott Kirsner Contributing Editor at "Wired" magazine It's "secret" code-name is Ginger. It's been seen by only a few people. It's a mystery invention by a well-respected, though reclusive, scientist. But what is It? No one knows for sure, but that hasn't stopped the media from massive speculation. Is it a motorized scooter, a personal transport device, a high-tech unicycle? Join Juan Williams and guests as they look at what "Ginger" may be and whether it warrants all the media hype.

Maazel in Bavaria: American conductor and violinist Lorin Maazel (mah-ZEL) is reportedly on the short list to become the new music director of the New York Philharmonic. From a concert with his current orchestra in Germany, we'll hear Maazel lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of "Don Juan" by Richard Strauss. (Bavarian Radio/EBU)