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A Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival performance of the"Ars Nova Suite," -- a collection of Italian caccia, ballata, madrigale, and canzone from the 14th and 15th centuries. Compoer Noel Stevens put them together for a modern woodwind quintet, played here by Tara Helen O'connor, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Lori Lovato, clarinet; Lynette Diers Cohen, bassoon, and Julie Landsman, French Horn. (Alpine Recordings)

SUSAN STAMBERG IS HOST HOUR 1 From Bach to Bach: Good composers sometimes steal from themselves. Violinists Isabelle Faust, Muriel Cantoreggi (kan-tor-REH-jee) and Christoph Poppen collaborate on the "Allegro" (ah-LEH-groh) movement from J.S. Bach's Concerto for Three Violins. Bach arranged the music from his own Concerto for Three Harpsichords. The soloists are joined by members of the Stuttgart Bach-Collegium. Liszt-O-Mania: Franz Liszt was well known for his flashy, knuckle-busting piano pieces. From this Summer's Newport Music Festival, pianists Frederic Chiu (CHOO), Carlo Grante (GRAHN-tay), Piers Lane and Hamish Milne pair off for just such a piece--Liszt's "Grand Gallop Chromatique" (kroh-mah-TEEK) arranged for eight hands on two pianos. Haydn on the shore: From the seaside music festival called SummerFest La Jolla (lah HOY-yah), just north of San Diego, pianist Wu Han, violinist William Preucil, and cellist David Finckel perform the Piano Trio No. 18 in A-major by Franz Joseph Haydn. The concert was recorded on August 6th. Raff from Roundtop: Music by the forgotten composer Joachim Raff (yoh-AH-keem RAHF) got the spotlight in a June concert at the Roundtop Music Festival in Roundtop Texas. The Dorian Quintet joins five other wind players in a performance of the Sinfonietta (sin-fohn-YEH-tah) for Two Wind Quintets by Joachim Raff. HOUR 2 Vanhal (VAHN-hahl) for Four: Oboist Sarah Francis teams up with three friends from the Tagore (tah-GORE) String Trio for a performance of the second movement from the Oboe Quartet by Johann Baptist (bahp-TEEST) Vanhal. From an August 9th concert at the 2000 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, a performance of the Wind Quintet in B-flat, Op. 56, No. 1 by Franz Danzi. The performers are Santa Fe veterans Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Lynette Diers Cohen, bassoon, and Julie Landsman, French Horn. More from Santa Fe: The energetic Minuetto from the Sextet in D major, Op. 110, by Mendelssohn, recorded in concert July 30th by this year's crop of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival musicians. Basic Brahms: Critic Ted Libbey drops by to recommend recordings of the Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms for the PT Basic Record Library. The Brahms First has a special connection with host Susan Stamberg. From one of Ted's recommended recordings, we'll hear the final movement of the Brahms First Symphony in a performance by the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Istvan Kertesz (EESHT-vahn KAIR-tez).

SUSAN STAMBERG IS HOST IN WASHINGTON, WITH LISA SIMEONE IN SANTA FE HOUR 1 Dvorak in Santa Fe: We'll hear a performance preserved on C-D by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. From a 1996 concert at St. Francis Auditorium in Santa Fe, festival musicians perform the opening movement of Dvorak's Wind Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44. Poulenc in Santa Fe: Our Santa Fe correspondent Lisa Simeone joins Susan Stamberg to introduce a festival performance. From a concert on August 6th, we'll hear the Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano by Francis Poulenc (frah(n)-seess poo-LANK). Santa Fe musicians include Allen Vogel, oboe; Lynette Diers (DEERZ) Cohen, bassoon, and Marc Neikrug (NEYE-kroog), piano. Opening Night La Jolla (lah HOY-yah): From the opening concert of the ongoing SummerFest La Jolla, in California, flutist Wincenc (WIN-sents) teams up with violinist Chee Yun, violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama (NOH-koo-TOO-lah en-gwen-YAH-mah), and cellist David Finckel for a performance of the Flute Quartet in D major by Mozart. Young Artists in Santa Fe: Santa Fe correspondent Lisa Simeone joins Susan to introduce several of the Santa Fe Distinguished Young Artists who gave a concert together yesterday. We'll hear them perform the finales from the "Dumky" (DOOM-kee) Trio by Antonin Dvorak and the String Quintet, K. 516 by Mozart. They are: violinists Viviane Hagner, Yoon Kwon, and Jessica Linnebach; violists Kirsten Johnson and Jethro Marks; cellist Alisa Weilerstein (WEYE-ler-steyen), and pianist Alon Goldstein (ah-LOHN GOHLD-steyen). HOUR 2 Mozart in Santa Fe: The artistic director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, pianist Marc Neikrug has had a long affiliation with violinist Pinchas Zukerman. From a recording they made together, we'll hear them play the Rondo from Mozart's Violin Sonata in C, K 296. A Trio of cellists in Santa Fe: Live from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Lisa Simeone joins Susan Stamberg to introduce a festival performance of David Popper's Requiem for Three Cellos, featuring Artistic Director Marc Neikrug, piano, with cellists Ralph Kirshbaum, Timothy Eddy and Ronald Thomas. They played it at St. Francis Auditorium in Santa Fe on August 12th. The artistic director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Marc Neikrug joins Lisa to discuss the piece by Popper we just heard. Haydn in Santa Fe: From a concert they gave on July 24th at St. Francis Auditorium during this summer's Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, violinist Jaime (JAY-mee) Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson and flutist Carol Wincenc play the London Trio No. 1 in C by Franz Joseph Haydn. Pinchas Zukerman in Santa Fe: Lisa Simeone joins Susan Stamberg with two movers and shakers of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: pianist and Artistic Director Marc Neikrug and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. Beethoven's "Spring" Sonata: From a concert they gave at the end of July, we'll hear Pinchas Zukerman and Marc Neikrug play Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 5.

The Well-Tempered Quartet: The American String Quartet plays an arrangement by its violist, Daniel Avshalomov (ahv-shah-LOH-mahv), of the Preludes and Fugues in B-flat minor and G minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One, by J.S. Bach. Recorded July 24th at the Aspen Music Festival.

SUSAN STAMBERG IS HOST HOUR 1 The Stuttgart (SHTOOT-gart) Radio Symphony Orchestra performs the MInuet from Maurice Ravel's suite "Le Tombeau de Couperin" (leh toh(n)-boh deh koo-peh-RA(N)). The orchestra is led by eccentric Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache (SAIR-joo CHEH-lih-beh-DAH-kay). Debussy in the deep south: From a concert last fall in Atlanta, guest conductor Alan Gilbert leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in one of Claude Debussy's most influential works--the Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun." Ravel with Pluck: Debussy Trio Harpist Marcia Dickstein (DICK-steyen) shares the spotlight with flutist Angela Wiegand (WEE-gand) and violist David Walther in a performance of Maurice Ravel's Sonatine (soh-nah-TEEN). Ravel wrote it for solo piano, but it was later arranged for a trio by Carlos Salzedo (sahl-SAY-doh). The trio also performs an encore called "Three Friends" by composer and UCLA music professor Ian Krouse. The concert was recorded last fall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in California. A royal harpist: She may be only 20 years old, but Welsh harpist Catrin Finch has an important new job to add to her resume. She's been appointed harpist to the Prince of Wales. She tells Susan how her life has changed since she got the new part-time job. Royal Harpist Catrin Finch plays "Legende" (lay-ZHEND) by French harpist and composer Henriette Renie (ah(n)-ree-et ren-YAY). HOUR 2 Mozart and the Bassoon: Benjamin Kamins (KAY-mins) plays the finale from Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-flat. Christoph Eschenbach (KREE-stawf ESH-en-bahkh) conducts members of the Houston Symphony. Mozart said the last movement of his Symphony No. 17 "must be fast, and make a truly great racket, the more noise the better. And it must be short, the shorter the better, so the audience doesn't grow cold waiting for the applause." This July performance from the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina succeeds on all counts. Kate Tamarkin (tah-MAR-kin) leads the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra. Coming to Terms with reeds: They may be small but they're vital to the sound of instruments from the clarinet to the oboe to the saxophone. In this edition of Coming to Terms, PT commentator Miles Hoffman joins Susan to explain how reeds work and why they're so labor-intensive. Mozart for Winds: From a concert they gave on July 14th at the Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon, musicians at the Chamber Music Northwest festival perform Mozart's Serenade for Winds in C minor, K. 388.

SUSAN STAMBERG IS HOST Hour 1 Inventions of Bach: From a brand-new CD, pianist Evegeni Koroliov (ev-GAY-nee koh-ROHL-yawf) plays two of J.S. Bach's Two-Part Inventions, in C-minor and E-flat major. They're part of a series of keyboard pieces Bach wrote for his son Wilhelm Friedemann (VILL-helm FREE-deh-mahn) to practice. Grainger on the Shore: From MusicFest La Jolla (la HOY-yah), just north of San Diego, we'll hear Percy Grainger's folk song setting called "Molly on the Shore" performed by flutist Carol Wincenc (WIN-sents), violinist William Preucil (PROO-sil), violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama (noh-koo-TOO-lah EN-gwen-YAH-mah), and cellist Carter Brey (BRAY). The ensemble Piffaro (PIF-fah-roh) performs a selection of French Renaissance music. We'll hear "Donna Quando" (DOH-nah KWON-doh), "Ben venga Maggio" (ben VAIN-gah MAH-joh), and "Tentalora" (ten-tah-LOH-rah) by Jakob Arcadelt (YAH-kohb AR-kah-delt), and three anonymous works: "La Rocha el fuso" (lah ROH-chah del FOO-soh), "Il desparato" (eel des-pah-RAH-toh), and "La Lavandara" (lah lah-vahn-DAH-rah). Recorded in concert on July 8th at the Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy. "Lark Ascending": In the novel "An Equal Music" by Vikram Seth (VEE-krahm SAIT), the central character falls head over heels in love with the violin after he hears the sublime "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph (RAIF) Vaughan Williams. We'll hear it performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields, with Neville Marriner conducting. The violin soloist is Iona Brown. "An Equal Music": Susan talks with author Vikram Seth about his book "An Equal Music" (Vintage), which was recently released in paperback. It's a story of lost love and the inner workings of a string quartet. Vikram Seth reads selections from the novel and he'll explain what it was like to write about music from non-musician's point of view. From the companion CD to "An Equal Music," we'll hear music that's featured prominently in the book: the Minuet from Beethoven's rarely-heard String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104. The performers are violinists Maya Iwabuchi and Philipp Honore, violist Rachel Roberts and Clive Howard and cellist Sally Pendlebury. Hour 2 Seasonal Tchaikovsky: Tchaikovsky's piano cycle called "The Seasons" turns into a piano trio in the hands of the Bekova (beh-KOH-vah) Sisters--pianist Eleonora, violinist Elvira, and cellist Alfia. We'll hear them perform their own arrangement of "August" from a two-CD set released last summer. The Baltimore Symphony tackles a Russian masterpiece: the Symphony No. 6, the "Pathetique," by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Music Director Yuri Temirkanov (YOO-ree tem-meer-KAH-nawf) conducts, from a June concert at Joseph Meyerhoff Hall in Baltimore. A Termirkanov encore: Yuri Temirkanov is principal guest conductor of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. In March he brought that ensemble to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, where they played this encore: "Tango Jalousie" (zhah-loh-ZEE) by 20th-century Danish composer Jacob Gade (YAH-kohb GAH-deh).

KATE REMINGTON IS HOST HOUR 1 We'll begin the hour with a performance of Contrapunctus Eleven from the "Art of the Fugue" by Johann Sebastian Bach, in an arrangement for String Quartet. The performance features violinists Paolo Borciani (POW-loh bor-CHAN-nee) and Elisa Pegreffi (ay-LEE-sah pay-GREF-fee), violist Tommaso Poggi (toh-MAH-soh POH-jee) and cellist Luca Simoncini (LOO-kah see-moh-CHEE-nee). This year marks the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death, and musicians from around the world are commemorating the event with concerts. From a recital on July 16th at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, California, pianist Gustavo Romero performs the Partita No. 4 in D major by Bach. The Grand Teton Music Festival is now in the midst of its summer season. From a concert on July 29th, we're going to hear Ling Tung and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra in a performance of the Symphony No. 1 "Classical" by Sergei Prokofiev. HOUR 2 From one of the CDs that PT critic Ted Libbey will recommend later this hour, the Florestan Trio performs the third movement of the Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120, by Gabriel Faure (foh-RAY). Guitarist Sharon Isbin (IZ-ben) performs three works by Spanish composers: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" (ray-KWAIR-dohss day lah ahl-HAHM-brah) by Francisco Tarrega (tah-RAY-gah); the Spanish Dance No. 2 by Enrique Granados (en-REE-kay grah-NAH-dohss) in an arrangement for two guitars, with guitarist Lily Afshar (AF-shar); and "Zapateado" (zah-pah-tay-AH-doh) by Regino Sainz de la Maza (ray-JEE-noh seyenz day lah MAH-zah). Recorded in recital on August 1st at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. Violinist Tedi Papavrami (pah-pah-VRAH-mee) and pianist Alain Jacquon (ah-lay(n) zhah-KWOH(N)) perform the "Carmen" Fantasy by Pablo de Sarasate (sah-rah-sah-TAY). Recorded in concert on July 12th at the Newport Festival in Rhode Island. Basic Faure: Critic Ted Libbey joins Kate to talk about, and recommend, recordings of chamber music by French composer Gabriel Faure. From one of Ted's suggested recordings, the ensemble Domus (DOH-mooss) performs the final movement from the Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor by Gabriel Faure.

KATE REMINGTON IS HOST HOUR 1 Marlboro Memories: From a recording made at the Marlboro Festival in 1968, we'll hear the Minuet from Mozart's Wind Serenade No. 12, "Night Music." Alexander Schneider conducts an octet consisting of John Mack and Joseph Turner, oboes; Larry Combs and Harold Wright, clarinets; Richard Solis and Myron Bloom, English horns, and William Winstead and Joyce Kelley, bassoons. Over the years, Italy's Spoleto Festival has proven to be quite fruitful. It inspired the spin-off festival held every year in Charleston, South Carolina, the Spoleto Festival USA. The original concert series in Europe continues to attract some of the world's finest musicians to its stage. From a concert on July 14th, we're going to hear violinist Corey Cerovsek (seh-ROHV-sek) and pianist Jeremy Denk perform four miniatures for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler: "La Gitana" (lah jee-TAH-nah), "Tambourin Chinois" (tah(n)-boo-ra(n) sheen-WAH), "Caprice Viennois" (vee-en-WAH), and Rondino. Judith Kampfner of member station WNYC reports on the renowned Marlboro Music School and Festival, which is just about to wrap up its 50th season. Since it began, Marlboro's principal aim has decidedly not been to provide entertainment for music lovers who summer in and around Marlboro, Vermont, but as founder Rudolf Serkin put it, "just to make music." From mid-July's opening weekend of the 50th Marlboro Music Festival, we'll hear veteran violist Samuel Rhodes along with three younger professionals--violinists Nathan Cole and Michi Wiancko, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan--performing the String Quartet in D, Op. 20, No. 4, by Franz Joseph Haydn. From one of the CDs that PT critic Ted Libbey will recommend later this hour, the Florestan Trio performs the third movement of the Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120, by Gabriel Faure (foh-RAY). Sharks and Jets and valves and bells: We'll hear a suite from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" performed by a brass quintet last week at the Eastern Music Festival, on the campus of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. We'll also throw in a quick preview of this weekend's Drum Corps International Summer Music Games, featuring thousands of young people in drum and bugle corps competition at the University of Maryland in College Park. Paul Dukas (doo-KAH) casts a spell in the mountains: We'll hear "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" from a performance at the Grand Teton Music Festival. Eiji Oue (AY-jee OH-way) conducts the Festival Orchestra. Basic Faure: Critic Ted Libbey joins Kate to talk about, and recommend, recordings of chamber music by French composer Gabriel Faure. From one of Ted's suggested recordings, the ensemble Domus (DOH-mooss) performs the final movement from the Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor by Gabriel Faure.

KATE REMINGTON IS HOST HOUR 1 A Beethoven opener: Pianist Robert Taub plays the second movement of the Piano Sonata No. 10 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Milestones of the Millennium--Ludwig van Beethoven. His life had all the makings a tragedy, and he himself said that he was bad at everythingexcept music. In today's Milestones of the Millennium, we'll focus on the life and music of Beethoven, starting at the very beginning: John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra in the first movement of the composer's Symphony No. 1. Milestones of the Millennium--Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven in perspective: Author and commentator Jan Swafford offers his thoughts on the life and music of Beethoven. Swafford asks the question "How could a life so chaotic and torn contain an art so magnificent and whole?" Milestones of the Millennium--Ludwig van Beethoven. Music from Beethoven's so-called middle-period: pianist Maurizio Pollini (moh-REETS-yoh poh-LEE-nee) performs the opening movement from the Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, the "Waldstein" (VAHLT-shteyen). Milestones of the Millennium--Ludwig van Beethoven. Late Beethoven: The Emerson String Quartet performs the final three movements of Beethoven's seven-movement String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, completed in 1826, the year before his death. A Die-Hard Fan: Composer Claude Debussy was so excited by Edouard Lalo's (ay-doo-ahr lah-LOH's) ballet "Namouna" (nah-MOO-nah) that he had to be ejected from the theater at its premiere. We'll hear David Robertson conduct the Monte Carlo Philharmonic in the Balcony Scene and Dance of the Slaves from that ballet. Chopin in Newport, Rhode Island: We'll hear a performance of Frederic Chopin's Etudes, Op 25, Nos. 8-12, by pianist Augustin Anievas (aw-goo-STEEN ahn-YAY-vahss). Recorded in concert last month at the lavish Marble House in Newport. Marble House was built by members of the Vanderbilt family as a "cottage" to escape the summer heat of New York. We'll travel to the Spoleto Festival in Italy for a performance by the Eroica Trio of the Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 7, by Edouard Lalo. The group began its performance in the 19th-century theater on Spoleto's Piazza Duomo just after the church bells chimed noon on July 12th. Waltzing in Berlin: From a concert at Berlin's famous Waldbuhne (VAHLT-boo-neh) amphitheater, conductor Kent Nagano (nah-GAH-noh) leads the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of "La Valse" (lah VAHLSS--"The Waltz") by Maurice Ravel (moh-reess rah-VEL).

Brahms in the wilderness: From a concert on July 22nd at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming, we're going to hear conductor Ling Tung and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra perform the Symphony No. 2 in D major by Johannes Brahms. (Richard Mintel Recordings)