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Lutenist Paul O'Dette (oh-DET) breaks out his baroque guitar for a set of dance tunes by adventurous Spanish composer Santiago de Murcia (sahn-tee-YAH-goh day moor-SEE-ah). From a February recital at the University of Georgia, in Athens, O'Dette performs a Passacaglia (pah-sah-KAHL-yah), a Fandango, and a Gigue (ZHEEG). (ACA Digital Recording/Horton Systems)

The Boston Brass plays the Entry of the Guests from the opera Tannhauser by Richard Wagner. The performers are Richard Waddell and Jeff Conner, trumpets; J.D. Shaw, french horn; Ed Clough, trombone; and Andrew D. King, tuba. (Summit Records DCD 272)

The short-tempered P.D.Q: Pianist Christopher O'Riley plays two preludes and fugues fromThe Short-Tempered Clavier by P.D.Q. Bach--a.k.a. composer Peter Schickele (SHIK-kel-lee). Later this hour, Schickele shares his newest P.D.Q. Bach discovery with us. (Telarc CD-80930)

Milestones of the Millennium: Bach's St. Matthew Passion. St. Matthew Passion, Part One: J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion has been called the most imposing musical monument ever devoted to one of the gospels. Guiding us on a journey through the Passion are: tenor Ian Bostridge; conductors Ton Koopman (Tahn KOHP-mahn), Kenneth Slowik (SLOH-wik) and Joshua Rifkin; Bach scholars Christophe Wolff and Michael Marissen (mair-ISS-en), and soprano Ann Monoyios (MOH-noh-yohs). In Part One of the Passion we'll hear the opening chorus (Come Ye Daughters), the soprano aria from the last supper section (I Will Give My Heart) and the well-known chorale tune O Sacred Head Sore Wounded. We'll also hear the aria Behold My Savior is Now Taken and the final chorus of Part One Oh Man Lament Thy Heavy Sin.

The Kronos Quartet performs O Virtus Sapientie (oh VEER-tooss sah-pee-AIN-tee-ay) by Hildegard von Bingen, a Roman Catholic nun who lived in the 11th century. (Nonesuch 79457-2)

The Purcell (PER-sell) Quartet and theorbo (thee-OR-boh) players Nigel North and Paul O'Dette perform the Fantasy from the Royall Consort Suite No. 1 by 17th-century English composer William Lawes. Later this hour, poet Dick Davis tells us about his love for a woman and her theorbo. (Chandos CHAN 0584/5)

The Baroque Guitar: Paul O'Dette continues his visit with Lisa in NPR's Studio 4A for music composed for the ancestor of our modern day guitar-- the Baroque guitar. We'll hear music by one of the greatest composers for the instrument, Santiago de Murcia (san-tee-AH-goh day MOOR-see-ah). He was guitar master to the Queen of Spain, but travelled to Mexico to find the origins of particular dance tunes. O'Dette plays "Canarios" (kah-NAH-ree-ohss) and "Cumbees" (KOOM-bayss), two West African pieces discovered in Mexico, and a "Fandango" all by Santiago de Murcia.

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