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		WGBH 89.7 | Schedule All-Classical WGBH | Schedule | HD Radio Let Us Know Your Faves! In honor of the 2008 Summer Olympics, WGBH Classical is building a dream team of classical music — and we need your help! Enter our World of Classical Music Challenge and name your favorite classical works from any or all of the five regions of the world represented by the Olympic rings. Your picks will be the basis of our programming next month, and you will be eligible to receive up to $100 in FREE classical music! Classical to Go! On this week's classical podcast, Hélène Wickett performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110, recorded at WGBH in March 2008. RSS feed | iTunes | More on WGBH podcasts From WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio Pianist Hung-Kuan Chen Pianist Minsoo Sohn More live performances | Photos Mondays–Fridays, 10am on All-Classical WGBH Join Fred Child (shown) for Performance Today, one of many classical music programs available on All-Classical WGBH, which you can hear online and on HD Radio at All-Classical WGBH HD2. Also in the lineup, along with WGBH's Sunday Concert, Classical Performances, Classics in the Morning, and Classical Weekend, are Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin, NPR World of Opera, and concerts from the Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Sunday, Aug. 24, 2pm on WGBH 89.7 (2pm on All-Classical WGBH) Sunday Concert The Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2008 Tanglewood season draws to a close with its annual performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the "Choral" symphony, including the thrilling "Ode to Joy." Christoph von Dohnányi (shown) leads the BSO and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, with soprano Christiane Oelze, mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi, tenor Joseph Kaiser, and bass/baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann. Sunday, Aug. 31, 9am on WGBH 89.7 1pm on All-Classical WGBH Classical Weekend Composer Daron Hagen's musical language is marked by angularity and lyricism, yet, as a composer of many songs and operas, is always related to the human voice. The Wisconsin Brass Quintet performs Hagen's Concerto for Brass Quintet, a work written for this ensemble that explores musical variety in five contrasting movements. Sunday, Aug. 31, 3pm on WGBH 89.7 (3pm on All-Classical WGBH) Sunday Concert Paavo Järvi (shown) conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in concert performances of Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2, with soloist Christian Tetzlaff, Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, and Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, "From the New World." Tuesday, Sept. 9, 11am on WGBH 89.7 (6pm on All-Classical WGBH) Classics in the Morning Harpsichordist Mark Kroll visits WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio for a LIVE broadcast exploring French baroque music by François Couperin. Saturday, Sept. 13, 9am on WGBH 89.7 (1pm on All-Classical WGBH) Classical Weekend Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla infused his native tango — a simple yet sexually charged dance — with color, drama, and imagination, elevating it to a high art form. This evolution of the tango is told in musical terms in a performance of Piazzolla's L'histoire du tango, with flutist Julie Scolnik (shown) and guitarist Jason Vieaux, recorded by WGBH in an Andover Chamber Music Series concert in November 2006.		Playlists BSO on Record Classical Performances Classical Weekend Classics in the Morning Sunday Concert Classical Connections Stories about classical music in Massachusetts Command Performance Live classical performances from our studios on demand Classical Profiles Interviews with renowned classical artists on demand NPR Music Find great music from WGBH Radio, NPR, and other public radio stations ArkivMusic.com 10% of your CD purchase supports WGBH Classical Classical Notes Our monthly e-newsletter Classical Events Calendar WGBH Classical Club

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