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We're going to hear some French music "of a certain age" this week, we'll skip to another age and place for an hour of J.S. Bach, and then some music by American Paul Creston, and soon-to-become-American Kurt Weill.

This week we will feature a special three-hour presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Good Friday oratorio, The Passion according to Saint Matthew.

We'll kick off Hollywood's big night with a selection of classical works that various directors have used to enhance their cinematic efforts. Platoon, 2001, Kramer vs. Kramer, Elvira Madigan -- you know the themes to 'em all.

We've now had more than a half century to assess Leonard Bernstein's Mass, and with Lenny in the public eye these days thanks to Hollywood, we'll take the opportunity to re-hear it this Sunday.

This week we'll look at some music from the last days of the Stuarts, when Henry Purcell and his contemporaries ruled the roost.

We'll hear the Missing Symphony this Sunday as we continue our cycle of the Shostakovich's symphonies in the context of their times.

In 1937, Stalin was none too happy with Dmitri Shostakovich. Indeed, Shostakovich's next symphony might be a matter of life and death. We're up to 1937 in our cycle of his symphonies in the context of their times, and this week we'll hear the symphony that may have saved his life.

We have a pair of Sixth Symphonies in store this Sunday, and they couldn't be more different.

This Sunday we continue our progress through the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich and look at some music from places we don't generally associate with Western classical music as we sample the works of composers from South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

We begin a series this Sunday of the fifteen symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich in the context of the times in which they were written. Our story begins with the Symphony #1, a student piece from his conservatory days and this week's featured work.