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Handel fit for a King: From a concert last month in Ann Arbor, Michigan, The King's Violins perform the Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4, by George Frideric Handel. Bernard Labadie conducts. (Bob Skon/Michigan Radio)

Listening to music is not always love at first hearing. Commentator Linda Kobler comes to grips with how she used to hate Chopin, but now she likes him, and how her husband was reviled by music by John Adams. That is, until he heard it 6 times.

Piano Discovery: From a concert on February 6th at Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach, Florida, we're going to hear a performance of the "Wanderer" Fantasy by Franz Schubert. The performance features pianist Pietro (PYAY-troh) de Maria, one of many pianists who participated at this year's Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery. (Simon Soong Recording)

King's Bonus: As a bonus, we'll hear more from the concert the King's Violins played last month at the University of Michigan. It's the Chaconne (shah-KOHN) in G minor by Henry Purcell (PER-sell). (Recorded by Bob Skon and Michigan Radio) 6:00.

Handel's Birds: We'll hear a concert performance from the Canadian group called Les Violons du Roy (lay vee-oh-loh(n) doo RWAH), or The King's Violins. It's the Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 9, by Handel. They played it March 22nd at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. The second movement features some musical bird calls. (Recorded by Bob Skon and Michigan Radio).

Authentic Handel: From a concert at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York, we're going to hear Bernard Labadie (lah-bah-DEE) and the King's Violins perform the Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 5, by George Frideric Handel. (Dorian Recordings)

NPR's Kate Seelye in Amman reports Arab leaders opened summit talks in the Jordanian capital today. The Palestinian issue tops the agenda, but there are fears that continued tensions between Iraq and Kuwait could mar efforts to present a united Arab stand at the summit.

Schumann in Switzerland: The Piano Concerto in A-minor tops the bill at a concert in Lausanne (loh-ZAHN) Switzerland. We'll hear pianist Christian Zacharias (zah-kah-REE-ahs) do double duty. He conducts the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard. The concert was recorded last fall. (Swiss Radio/EBU)

Emersons in Portland: We'll hear the Emerson String Quartet, fresh off their triumph at last month's Grammy awards. We'll hear music from a concert they gave March 6th at Lincoln Hall Auditorium at Portland State University, in Oregon. We'll hear them play one of Haydn's last string quartets--his Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1. (Recorded by Roderick Evenson)

>From one of Ted Libbey's top Bruckner picks, we'll hear the final movement of the Symphony No. 4, called the "Romantic." Conductor Eugen Jochum (OY-gen YOH-kum) leads the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. (DG 427 200-2)