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From one of Ted's recommended recordings, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in music from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. We'll hear the Madrigal and Balcony Scene. (RCA 09026-68288-2) 9:00 PEROTIN--HOUR 1; RAVEL--H

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Dance with Mandolins and Public Merrymaking from Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev. Later this hour, PT critic Ted Libbey adds this recording plus two others to the Basic Record Library. (RCA 09026-68288-2)

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Dance with Mandolins and Public Merrymaking from Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev (SAIR-gay praw-KOH-fee-eff). Later this hour, PT critic Ted Libbey adds this recording plus two others to the PT Basic Record Library. (RCA 09026-68288-2)

MTT conducts R and J: From one of Ted's recommended recordings, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in six sections from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet: Romeo; Dance of the Knights; The Meeting of Tybalt and Mercutio; The Duel; Romeo Decides to Avenge Mercutio, and finally, The Death of Tybalt. (RCA 09026-68288-2)

Composer Kurt Weill (VEYEL) gave the sax a kind of jazzy feel when he used it in his stage work "The Threepenny Opera." We'll hear alto saxophonist John Harle and the members of the London Symphony Orchestra perform the Tango-Ballade from the Suite from the opera called "Little Threepenny Music. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts. (CBS MK 44529)

From that new CD, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in the score to the Aaron Copland's ballet Billy the Kid. (RCA 09026-63511-2)

A preview of the CD we'll review later this hour: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a performance of Saturday Night Waltz from the ballet Rodeo by Aaron Copland. (RCA 09026-63511-2)

Copland the Populist: Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have just released a new CD of ballet scores by American composer Aaron Copland to coincide with the Copland centennial. Time magazine critic Terry Teachout has a review.

Tennis Anyone? French composer Claude Debussy based his ballet Jeux (ZHOO--Games) on the sport of tennis. From a February concert, conductor Michael Gielen (GEE-len) conducts the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in Berlin's Konzerthaus. (Sender Freies Berlin/European Broadcasting Union)