The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival program this evening features more from the 40th Season, recorded just last summer. Hear the Piano Concerto No. 5 of Bach, and Ravel's String Quartet in F Major! The greatest musicians from around the world gather inside your radio this evening, during Kevin Pytcher's Concert Hall! Tonight at 8 on WRR 101!

Today on "Girl Power" I have something quite unique - a harp and saxophone duo. Idit Shner and Yumiko Endo Schlaffer will play some interesting 20th c. works by Jean-Louis Petit and Yusef Lateef. Join me at 11:00 to expand your musical experience with some new repertoire! NB

Today is "International Picnic Day"!!! Pick a spot, create a menu, invite your closest friends, decide on a time, and have fun! By the way, what is your "signature dish" that you always/usually bring to the picnic...or, your favorite place for a picnic....or, your favorite picnic memory.----Barry Samsula

Igor Stravinsky, born June 17, 1882. Drawing by Picasso.

Tonight's Dallas Symphony Orchestra concerto at 8. is "Carmina Burana!" Conductor Jaap van Zweden, celebrates his 5th season with the DSO. The program features performances from Nathan Olson, violin; Sarah Joy Miller, soprano; John Osborn, tenor; Liam Bonner, baritone; the Dallas Symphony Chorus: Joshua Habermann, director; and the Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas: Cynthia Nott, director. The magic begins at 8pm, right here at WRR 101!

I am pleased to announce that our noon hour Bridal Feature is brought to you by McShan Florist. Go visit mcshanflorist.com like I did to see all the beautiful wedding bouquets, centerpieces and floral arrangements they have in their gallery! Your special day deserves this kind of beauty - McShan Florist will take care of you visually while WRR Classical 101 helps you with the aural part! NB

Today's Big One at 1:00 is the Symphony #3 in E-flat by Robert Schumann, inspired by his family's move to the Rhineland city of Duesseldorf and so nicknamed the "Rhenish" Symphony. NB

Today's "Girl Power" honoree is American pianist and composer Robin Spielberg. I will be playing selections from a beautiful and very personal CD called " In the Arms of the Wind". Tune in at 11:00 a.m. and check it out! NB