COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY:  MARCH 6--MARCH 15, 1999

Saturday, MARCH 6

Hour 1-- Milestones of the Millennium--The Influence of Jazz on
Classical Music:  We continue to countdown to the year 2001 with the
seventh installment of PT's "Milestones of the Millennium." To find out
how jazz has influenced classical music, host Martin Goldsmith talks with
David Baker, one of Americans leading jazz scholars who's the chairman
of the Jazz Studies Department at Indiana University.  Baker is also a
composer and the conductor of the Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra.  And
we'll hear examples of jazz-infused classical music, including the ballet
"The Creation of the World" by Darius Milhaud, "Music for the Theatre" by
Aaron Copland, the Concerto in F by George Gershwin, the Ebony Concerto
by Igor Stravinsky and "Prelude, Fugue and Riffs" by Leonard Bernstein.

Hour 2-- Authentic films with not-so-authentic music:  Filmmakers of
period movies like "Elizabeth" often pay attention to the smallest details
in order to create a historically-accurate visual setting.  But their
audio choices aren't always as authentic:  In the case of "Elizabeth," the
soundtrack includes selections by Mozart, Holst and Elgar.  PT commentator
Thomas Kelly wonders why the zeal for authenticity in motion pictures
hasn't extended to the music.

Sunday, MARCH 7

Hour 1-How Foreigners play Mozart:  We'll hear three exciting concert
performances of music by Wolfgang Amadeus.  The Berlin Philharmonic plays
the Marriage of Figaro Overture, Vladimir Spivakov solos with the Russian
State Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Violin Concerto No.  5 and the touring
Padua Chamber Orchestra plays the Symphony No.  21.

Hour 2-- Basic Prokofiev:  PT critic Ted Libbey joins Martin for their
weekly visit to the PT Basic Record Library.  Today Ted recommends three
outstanding recordings of another important composition of this
century--Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.1.

COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY
MARCH 8--MARCH 15, 1999

Monday, MARCH 8

Hour 1-- Yo-Yo Ma and the art of Baroque:  Last month, cellist Yo-Yo Ma
joined conductor Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra for an
all-Baroque concert at Lincoln Center called "Simply Baroque." They also
released a C-D that's close to the top of the Billboard charts.  Martin
talks with Ma about what it's like to play on a gut-stringed Stradivarius
without an end pin and he'll explain why his thigh muscles have been
getting a work-out.

Hour 2-- Farewell Justice Blackmun:  On Monday, the body of former Supreme
Court Justice Harry Blackmun will lie in state at the Supreme Court.
Blackmun was the founder of a Supreme Court concert series, and we'll hear
a performance from last year's event along with an essay Blackmun wrote for
Performance Today about his musical heroes.

Tuesday, MARCH 9

Hour 1-- Are two superstars better than one? Critic Katrine Ames
reviews "Cecilia & Bryn," a new CD that pairs two stars of the operatic
world--mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and bass-baritone Bryn Terfel--in
performances of arias by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti.  (London/Decca
458 928-2)

Hour 2-- Coming to Terms with Physical Mannerisms:  In response to a
listener's question, PT commentator Miles Hoffman joins Martin to consider
whether musicians should make an effort to control their gestures during
performances.

Wednesday, MARCH 10

Hour 1-- Milestones of the Millennium--Russian Music and Revolution,
1890-1917:  We continue our countdown to the year 2001 with the eleventh
installment of PT's "Milestones of the Millennium" series.  Today Martin
and guest commentator Harlow Robinson discuss artistic life in Russia
around the turn of the century, a volatile period that produced some of
the most important musicians of the 20th century, including Igor Stravinsky
and Sergei Prokofiev.

Hour 2-- The World Premiere of "Voice of the Wood":  To mark the 20th
anniversary of WDAV-FM, a classical music station in Davidson, North
Carolina, composer Russell Peck created a piece called "Voice of the Wood"
for Cello Quartet and Orchestra.  We'll hear Peter McCoppin conduct the
Charlotte Symphony in the world premiere performance of "Voice of the
Wood," from a concert last weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Thursday, MARCH 11

Hour 1-- Music around the country: In this hour, we'll feature music from
recent concert performances at various locales around the US.

Hour 2-- Basic Revueltas and Chavez:  PT critic Ted Libbey joins Martin
for a visit to the 20th century wing of PT Basic Record Library.  Today
Ted recommends recordings of music by two Mexican composers who were born
at the turn of the century--Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chavez.

Friday, MARCH 12

Hour 1-- Songs from the Cloisters:  Martin talks with Deborah Roberts of
the English ensemble Musica Secreta about their new recording of music by
Bolognese composer and nun Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662).  (Linn CKD
071)

Hour 2-The Russians play Rachmaninoff: From a February 1999 performance
in West Palm Beach, Florida, conductor Valery Polvansky and the Russian
State Symphony perform the Symphony No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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