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Czech composer Antonin Dvorak is best known for his Symphony from the New World, written during his tenure as director of the new National Conservatory in New York. He was a composer of some distinction with a considerable portfolio to his credit before he was tapped for the conservatory job.

The classical music world has been celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven this year. We’ll observe it this Sunday night on Mozart’s Attic with an all-Beethoven program, culminating in a performance of the ninth symphony by the Berlin Philharmonic directed by Herbert von Karajan.

It’s a holiday season tradition on Mozart’s Attic to air a complete performance of Handel’s Messiah, and this year we’ll hear George Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on Sunday, Dec. 6, immediately following All Things Considered.

It was 1783 and Mozart was living in Vienna. He planned a visit with his new wife, back home to Salzburg, where it must have seemed that everyone was mad at him.

Benjamin Britten wrote his War Requiem for the consecration of new cathedral in Coventry, England, to stand next to the ruins of the 14th-century church that had been destroyed in a World War II bombing raid. We’ll hear a performance of Britten’s anti-war paean, timely once again, on this Sunday’s program.

We’ll check in with the Traveling Mozarts as we continue with the cycle of Wolfgang’s symphonies. He’s eleven years old now, and set to premiere his newest symphony with himself and his sister playing in a tavern in the present-day Czech Republic. How did that happen?

Mozart’s Fourth: it’s this week’s installment in our cycle of all 41 Mozart symphonies — to be continued.

We’ve been following the progress of young Master Mozart — now going on twelve years old — as he embarks upon the rather busy year of 1768, in which he composes a three-act comic opera at the request of the Emperor: not bad at any age.

Contemporary English composer John Rutter is celebrated for the pageantry of his anthems, and his music received some prominent use during the recent jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II.. We’ll look at his 1985 Requiem as our featured work this Sunday.

The piece will be available as a premium, during On The FlipSide tonight 7-10pm. For a minimum $200 donation for the WFIT Fund Drive, Java John will personally sign the back of this original piece of art for you. And let you keep it!