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Namesake music: From a concert last June at the European Musicale 2000 Festival in Landshut (LAHNDS-hoot), Germany, we'll hear the members of the Debussy Quartet perform the String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, by Claude Debussy. (Bavarian Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Bernstein Contest: Another call to enter PT's Bernstein Legacy Contest: To mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Leonard Bernstein on October 14th, our contest asks listeners to describe in 40 words or fewer how Bernstein influenced their appreciation of music. Send postcards to Bernstein Legacy, Performance Today, NPR, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001. To enter by e-mail, complete the form on the Performance Today Website, www.npr.org/programs/pt. All entries must include name, address and daytime phone number. The grand prize is "Bernstein Live," a new collection of 10 CDs from the New York Philharmonic. First, second and third prizes will be selections from Sony Classical's "Bernstein Century" series of CDs. Winners will be selected in a drawing to be held on PT on October 13th. Full contest description and rules are posted on the Performance Today Website.

Another call to enter PT's Bernstein Legacy Contest: To mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Leonard Bernstein on October 14th, our contest asks listeners to describe in 40 words or fewer how Bernstein influenced their appreciation of music. Send postcards to Bernstein Legacy, Performance Today, NPR, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001. To enter by e-mail, complete the form on the Performance Today Web Site, www.npr.org/programs/pt. All entries must include name, address and daytime phone number. The grand prize is "Bernstein Live," a new collection of 10 CDs from the New York Philharmonic. First, second and third prizes will be selections from Sony Classical's "Bernstein Century" series of CDs. Winners will be selected in a drawing to be held on PT on October 13th. Full contest description and rules are posted on the Performance Today Website.

Martin Goldsmith joins Bonnie this hour for a musical journey through his new book "The Inextinguishable Symphony: A Story of Music and True Love in Nazi Germany." (Norton) Martin's parents met while they were in an orchestra, performing the "Pathetique" Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky. We'll hear the slow movement, with Yuri Temirkanov conducting the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. (RCA 09026-61377-2)

And another call to enter PT's new Bernstein Legacy contest. To mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Leonard Bernstein on October 14th, our Bernstein Legacy Contest asks listeners to describe in 40 words or fewer how Bernstein influenced their appreciation of music. Send postcards to Bernstein Legacy, Performance Today, NPR, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001. To enter by e-mail, complete the form on the Performance Today Web Site, www.npr.org/programs/pt. All entries must include name, address and daytime phone number. The grand prize is "Bernstein Live," a new collection of 10 CDs from the New York Philharmonic. First, second and third prizes will be selections from Sony Classical's "Bernstein Century" series of CDs. Winners will be selected in a drawing to be held on PT on October 13th. Full contest description and rules are posted on the Performance Today Website.

Leonard Bernstein the composer: We'll hear "A Simple Song" from "Mass." Alan Titus is the vocalist. (Sony Classical SM2K 63089)

And another call to enter PT's new Bernstein Legacy contest. To mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Leonard Bernstein on October 14th, our Bernstein Legacy Contest asks listeners to describe in 40 words or fewer how Bernstein influenced their appreciation of music. Send postcards to Bernstein Legacy, Performance Today, NPR, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001. To enter by e-mail, complete the form on the Performance Today Web Site, www.npr.org/programs/pt. All entries must include name, address and daytime phone number. The grand prize is "Bernstein Live," a new collection of 10 CDs from the New York Philharmonic. First, second and third prizes will be selections from Sony Classical's "Bernstein Century" series of CDs. Winners will be selected in a drawing to be held on PT on October 13th. Full contest description and rules are posted on the Performance Today Website.

And another call to enter PT's new Bernstein Legacy contest. To mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Leonard Bernstein on October 14th, our Bernstein Legacy Contest asks listeners to describe in 40 words or fewer how Bernstein influenced their appreciation of music. Send postcards to Bernstein Legacy, Performance Today, NPR, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001. To enter by e-mail, complete the form on the Performance Today Web Site, www.npr.org/programs/pt. All entries must include name, address and daytime phone number. The grand prize is "Bernstein Live," a new collection of 10 CDs from the New York Philharmonic. First, second and third prizes will be selections from Sony Classical's "Bernstein Century" series of CDs. Winners will be selected in a drawing to be held on PT on October 13th. Full contest description and rules are posted on the Performance Today Website.

Amateur Scarlatti: Christopher Basso (BAH-soh) was fixing cappuccinos for a living when he won this summer's Van Cliburn Competition for Amateur Pianists. We hear him take a break from his day job to play Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in E major, originally written for the harpsichord. Recorded in concert at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival In Massachusetts. (Tom Stephenson Recordings)

The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra performs Franz Doppler's Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy and "Greetings to Hungary" by Wilhelm Popp. Recorded in June at the European Musicale in Munich, Germany. (Bavarian Radio/EBU)