COMING UP ON NPR's WEEKEND PT    MARCH 27 AND MARCH 28 1999

Saturday, MARCH 27

Hour 1-- Milestones of the Millennium- Franz Joseph Haydn:  We continue
our countdown to 2001 with the ninth installment of PT's "Milestones of
the Millennium." Today guest commentator Jan Swafford talks about Haydn,
a "gentle revolutionary" who transformed the symphony and string quartet
from minor genres into the most important forms of Western instrumental
music.

Hour 1-- A One Note Wonder:  Playing the triangle is not a laughing matter,
especially to the percussionist who's on triangle duty.  PT Music Producer
and former triangle-player extraordinaire Mark Mobley talks about the ups
and downs of playing the triangle and why, despite the opinions of many, he
considers it "one of the best jobs in the world."

Sunday, MARCH 28

Hour 1-- Haydn's "London" Symphony:  In appreciation of the warm welcome he
received during his visits to the British capital during the 1790s, Franz
Joseph Haydn composed twelve symphonies for London audiences.  We'll hear
a January 1999 performance of one of them, the Symphony No.  104, which is
also known as the "London" Symphony.  Heinz Holliger conducts the Lausanne
Chamber Orchestra.

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.

COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY   MARCH 29--APRIL 5, 1999

MARTIN GOLDSMITH IS AWAY; LISA SIMEONE  IS GUEST HOST

Monday, MARCH 29

Hour 1-- The Ice Cream Quartet returns to Studio 4A:  Lisa welcomes
Canadian-based Quartetto Gelato back to NPR's Studio 4A.  We'll meet the
newest member of the group, accordion player Joseph Macerollo, and they'll
perform some of their new repertoire for us, including the "Prelude and
Dance" by Paul Creston and "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

SPECIAL NOTE--PT and Quartetto Gelato on-line cybercast:  Immediately
following the on-air broadcast listeners can hear the entire hour-long
performance by the Quartetto Gelato on-line on Performance Today's web
site at http://www.npr.org/programs/pt,

Hour 2-- American Orchestras:  The Baltimore Symphony.  David Zinman
conducts the Batimoreans and guest pianist Radu Lupu in a stirring
performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.  3.

Tuesday, MARCH 30

Hour 1-- Amy Beach, George Chadwick and the American Indianist movement:
In early March, the New England Conservatory of Music hosted a festival
called "Reclaiming the Past:  Musical Boston a Century Ago." We'll hear
music from the festival, which examined works by American composers who
were searching for their distinctive American voices.

Hour 2-- Coming to Terms with Passion...but not the romantic kind.  In
response to a listener's question, PT commentator Miles Hoffman joins Lisa
to survey some of the musical Passions that relate the story of the death
and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Wednesday, MARCH 31

Hour 1-- Milestones of the Millennium-Handel's "Messiah":  We continue our
countdown to the year 2001 with the twelfth installment of PT's "Milestones
of the Millennium" series.  Today, Harvard University Professor and early
music specialist Thomas Kelly takes us back in time to Dublin, Ireland for
the 1742 premiere of George Frederic Handel's oratorio "Messiah."

Hour 2-- In concert around the country: In this hour, we'll present a
sampling of performances from recent US concert performances.

Thursday, APRIL 1

Hour 1--NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on a new
business venture that's caused a controversy at Carnegie Hall.

Hour 2-- Basic Hovhaness:  PT critic Ted Libbey joins Lisa for a visit to
the 20th-century wing of PT's Basic Record Library.  Today Ted recommends
three outstanding recordings of American composer Alan Hovhaness' Symphony
No.  2, also known as "Mysterious Mountain."

Friday, APRIL 2

Hour 1-- Robert Shaw conducts Dvorak:  On this Good Friday, the late Robert
Shaw conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of
Antonin Dvorak's "Stabat Mater." The soloists are soprano Christine Goerke,
mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson, tenor Stanford Olsen and bass-baritone
Nathan Berg.  We'll also hear comments Robert Shaw made about the Stabat
Mater before he died.

Hour 2-- In this hour, we'll feature a recent orchestral or chamber music
performance.

Monday, APRIL 5

Hour 1-- Play ball!:  On the day after the opening of the major league
baseball season, we'll take a look at the connection between music and
sports.

Hour 2-- American Orchestras: In this hour, we'll feature an outstanding
concert performance by a US orchestra.

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