Lisa Simeone hosts another musically pleasing program from one of America’s most important summer music festivals. There’s a little wit and some well-spoken intros from the stage for performances of Haydn (a spirited and poignant performance of the Op 77, No. 2 String Quartet) and Schumann’s Piano Quartet (where you will travel to another world at the end of the 3rd movement).

Performers include the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and other notables such as cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Stephen Prutsman.

Other programs from this series are available here.

Does the title peak your interest?

Meet the group Bluegrass 45 from Japan. Why do they play bluegrass, and how do they play it so well? They are “compelled” by the music.

The bluegrass is all well done, but you'll hear a trace of something Far East – and public radio bluegrass Master Philip Nusbaum knows how to tell the story.

For your bluegrass show, your Americana programming, or as an insert or interstitial. It’s also a good fit for your local magazine program if it has an arts segment, or as a tie in to stories you might be producing on your market’s international community.

The title says it all: just think of all the forward promotion opportunities...

Asks and thoughtfully addresses the age old question – what can we learn from a composer’s performance of their own music? Does the composer have the key to the definitive performance?

Not necessarily, according to Sara Fishko in this edition of WNYC’s Fishko Files. Her well thought out answer-opinions (opinion-answers) leave plenty of room for your listeners to consider the question and answer it for themselves.

Even better, this piece will inspire additional questions and a lot more discussion about the music they hear on disc and in concert performances.