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Beethoven in the homeland: From a concert at this summer's Kissinger (KISS-ing-er) Music Festival in Germany, conductor Hugh Wolff leads the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Overture to Ludwig van Beethoven's solitary opera, "Fidelio." (Bavarian Radio/EBU)

Handel on the Water: From a concert recorded this June at the summer festival in Kissinger, Germany, Burkhard Glaetzner (BOORK-hart GLETZ-ner) leads the Leipzig Collegium in a performance of George Frideric Handel's Water Music Suite in D major. (Bavarian Radio/EBU)

Germany Rhapsody: From a concert at this summer's Kissinger Summer Festival in Germany, we're going to hear pianist Rolf Plagge along with Lawrence Foster and the French National Orchestra in a performance of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." We'll also hear Plagge perform "Pasquinade" by Louis Moreau Gottschalk. (Bavarian Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

Pianist Andras Schiff (AHN-drahsh SHIFF) has devoted much of his career to playing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He's recorded much of Bach's keyboard works. And last May at the Schwetzingen (SHVET-sing-gen) Festival in Germany, he gave an all-Bach piano recital. From that concert, we're going to hear a performance of the Partita No. 5 in G major by Johann Sebastian Bach. (Southwest German Radio/EBU)

Offenbach over the border: The French National Orchestra and conductor Lawrence Foster take a trip to the Kissinger (KISS-ing-er) Summer festival in Germany. From a July 14th concert we'll hear a few numbers from the ballet "Gaite Parisienne" (geh-tay pah-reez-YEN). The music is by Jacques Offenbach (OHF-en-bahkh), arranged by Manuel Rosenthal. (Bavarian Radio/EBU)

Castle concert: From a spring concert at the Augustusburg castle in Germany, the ensemble called New Dusseldorf Court Music performs rarely-heard music by 18th-century French composer Joseph Touchemoulin (zhoh-seff toosh-moo-LA(N)). We'll hear his Sinfonia in B-major. (West German Radio/EBU)

Boldly Bach: Pianist Andras Schiff devoted an entire recital to Johann Sebastian Bach's music at the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany on May 10th. >From that recital, we're going to hear him play the Partita No. 2 in C minor by Bach. (Southwest German Radio/EBU)

The Academy of Ancient Music performs instrumental excerpts from the opera "Psyche" by Matthew Locke. We'll also hear their rendition of "In nomine" (EEN NOH-mee-nay) by Henry Purcell. Recorded in concert on May 17th at the Schwetzingen (SHVET-sing-en) Festival in Germany. (Southwest German Radio/European Broadcasting Union)

KATE REMINGTON IS HOST HOUR 1 Byron Schenkman performs the Air and Variations from the Harpsichord Suite in B-flat major by George Frideric Handel. From the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, a sextet of musicians performs the Divertimento in F major for 2 Oboes, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons, K. 213 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Recorded in concert earlier this month at the Vilar Center of the Arts in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Franz Joseph Haydn was something of a celebrity when he visited London in the 1790's. For his return visit he composed what have become some of his best-known symphonies, and six new string quartets. We'll hear the first of these, the String Quartet Op. 74, No. 1, from a performance the Shanghai String Quartet gave at the Rockport Music Festival in Massachusetts last month. From this year's Strings in the Mountains Festival, the Strings Chamber Orchestra and soloists perform the Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Johann Sebastian Bach. recorded in concert one month ago in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. HOUR 2 Guitarist Angel Romero performs two Spanish guitar miniatures--Garrotin (gar-roh-TEEN) and Soleares (soh-lay-AH-rays)--by Joaquin Turina (hwah-KEEN too-REE-nah). With the discovery of gold in the New World In the 16th Century, Spain suddenly found itself one of the wealthiest countries in the Old World. We'll hear a selection of music from this exciting age presented by the Renaissance Wind Band Piffaro (PIF-fer-roh)at the Spoleto Festival in Italy last month. Cellist Ronald Leonard performs the Suite No. 3 in C major for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recorded in concert on August 4th at the Musicorda Festival in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Meet Dr. Beat: Metronomes have just taken a giant leap forward, thanks to a brand new one on the market. It's called Dr. Beat, and we asked violist and PT commentator Toby Appel to put it to the test. He'll tell us about some of its more interesting features (like a woman's voice), what it can--and can't--do, and why he thinks musicians may like it. Dr. Beat says "One. Two. Three. Four." So does the chorus in one of the most celebrated 20th century operas, "Einstein on the Beach" by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson. We'll hear the final short scene of the opera, called Knee Play 5. The Philip Glass Ensemble, violinist Paul Zukovsky, a women's chorus and actors Lucinda Childs and Sheryl Sutton are joined by Samuel M. Johnson, who declaims a love story.

Johann Christian Bach was one of the most cosmopolitan of J.S.Bach children. Unlike the elder Bach, who never ventured outside of Germany, Johann Christian spent time in Italy and eventually made London his headquarters. From a concert on May 1st at the Schwetzingen (SHVET-sing-gen) Festival in Germany, we're going to hear Nicholas MeGegan (mik-GEE-gan) and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Sinfonie Concertante (SIN-foh-nee kohn-chair-TAHN-tay) for Flute, Oboe, Violin and Cello by J.C. Bach. The performance features flutist Gaby Pas-van Riet (ree-YAY), oboist Anne Marckardt, violinist Ya'akov (YAH-kov) Rubinstein and cellist Rudolf Gleisser (GLEYE-ser). (Southwest German Radio/EBU)