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TODAY'S PLAYLIST: Jul 23, 2008 (Click for full day)

5:05pm BERLIOZ: Waverley Overture, Op 2
5:15pm HAYDN: Symphony No 78 in c
5:32pm AVISON: Concerti Grossi(12) (after D Scarlatti): No 3 in d

Mostly Cloudy with Haze and 78 degrees F at New York City, Central Park, NY

Today on 96.3 FM WQXR

Today, we celebrate the birthdays of mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianists Leon Fleisher and Maria Joao Pires! Hear Graham in selections throughout the day including Debussy's Poemes de Baudelaire in the 8:00 PM hour; Fleisher’s performance of Grieg's Concerto for Piano in A minor in the 10:00 AM hour; and Pires performing Mozart's Concerto for Piano No. 21 in the 8:00 PM hour.

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Arts and Leisure Preview: Lost in the New Beijing: The Old Neighborhood
Review: 360degrees Dance Company at South Street Seaport
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Arts, Briefly: Perlman Withdraws from Concerts
Arts, Briefly: Los Angeles Times Folds Book Section

Don't Miss These Highlights:

The Morning Show with Jeff Spurgeon: Hummel's Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major performed by Arturo Sandoval and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luis Haza; and Gluck's "O del mio dolce ardor" from Paride ed Elena sung by Susan Graham, with Harry Bicket conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, in the 9:00 AM hour
The Office Hour with Annie Bergen: Leon Fleisher performs Grieg's Concerto for Piano in A minor with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell in the 10:00 AM hour.
Music with Elliott Forrest: A recent recording, Mozart's Concerto for Violin No. 3, K. 216, performed by Giuliano Carmignola with Orchestra Mozart conducted by Claudio Abbado; and "Etre adore" by Reynaldo Hahn after Mozart, sung by Susan Graham with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yves Abel in the 3:00 PM hour
Symphony Hall with Midge Woolsey: Mozart's Concerto for Piano No. 21, K. 467, performed by Maria Joao Pires with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abbado; and Debussy's Poemes de Baudelaire for Voice and Piano (Adams orchestration) performed by Susan Graham with the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Yan Pascal in the 8:00 PM hour

Coming Up on WQXR

Saturday: Saturday Afternoon at the Opera presents Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, in a performance conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini, at 1:00 PM.

A WQXR.com Exclusive: Garrick Ohlsson's Beethoven Sonatas

A WQXR.com Exclusive: Garrick Ohlsson's Beethoven Sonatas - One of our most eminent pianists, 2008 Grammy Award winner Garrick Ohlsson has recently been performing and recording the Beethoven piano sonata cycle, and WQXR asked him to share his insights into the music in a project created exclusively for WQXR.com.

WQXR: Proud Partner of the City of New York
New York's classical station is the city's broadcast information source for culture. To learn more about our relationship with the City of New York click here.

People in the Arts: Maureen Cassidy-Geiger
The Frick Collection is exhibiting a selection of early Meissen porcelain from the collection of Henry Arnhold. WQXR’s Annie Bergen talks with curator Maureen Cassidy-Geiger about the rare works on display through June 29.

WQXR's Internet Audio Stream Now Available on iTunes Radio!
WQXR's internet audio stream is now available on iTunes Radio. The stream is accessible through the Radio option in the iTunes Player, as one of the choices in the "Classical" category. Click here for more details.

WQXR's New York Times reports
Did you miss the name of that restaurant in Frank Bruni's morning review on WQXR? Click here for the Restaurant, Theater Reviews and Health Times from New York Times correspondents.

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Spotlight on the 2007-2008 Classical Countdown!
WQXR thanks all of the listeners who voted in this year's Classical Countdown. You picked them, so we played them for you. We hope that you enjoyed listening and have a great year! Please click here to view the results! The 2007-2008 Classical Countdown sponsors are: Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Philharmonic and The Strand Bookstore.

Today's Question

Susan Graham, whose birthday is today, sang in the 2005 world premiere production of an opera based on which of the following Theodore Dreiser novels?
Sister Carrie
An American Tragedy
Twelve Men
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