COMING UP ON PERFORMANCE TODAY JULY 9 - 13, 2001 KORVA COLEMAN IS HOST Monday, JULY 9 Hour 1 -- And the winner is...: Regular weekday host Fred Child is on the line from Wyoming to help Korva announce the winner of the PT Midsummer Music Contest. The winner of the contest and a guest will spend a week at next year's Grand Teton Music Festival. We'll also hear Darius Milhaud's "Creation of the World" from this summer's Festival. Hour 2 -- Beethoven and Bronfman...in Baltimore: This hour we'll hear a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 played by Yefim Bronfman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Yuri Temirkanov conducts. Tuesday, JULY 10 Hour 1 -- Remembering Mitchell Stern: Violinist and instructor Mitchell Stern passed away a few months ago, but the remembrance of Stern hasn't faded from the hearts and minds of those whom he taught. Commentator and former Stern student Adam Baer shares his memory of his teacher, Michael Stern. Hour 2 -- LIVE in Aspen: PT weekday host Fred Child joins us live on location at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. Fred introduces highlights from Monday night's gala 65th birthday concert for festival music director David Zinman. Wednesday, JULY 11 Hour 1 -- Guilty pleasures: Do you ever tune into the radio and hear a song that you claim you can't stand, but find yourself humming along? This is the music you hate to love, and commentator and Time magazine critic Terry Teachout tells us all about it. Don't worry--humming along to the music is permitted. Hour 2 -- Musical offerings: We'll hear a sampling of music performed in concert. Thursday, JULY 12 Hour 1 -- St. Lawrence reaches out: Members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet are busy performing around the country, but they've managed to take time out to work with amateur musicians. Reporter Joel Rose gives us the scoop. Hour 2 -- Basic Mendelssohn: PT Basic Record Library Curator Ted Libbey escorts Korva into the Overture wing of the library. Ted will recommend three great recordings of the overtures by Felix Mendelssohn, including the seasonal favorite, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Friday, JULY 13 Hour 1 -- Joseph Smith on Salieri and Mozart: Piano Today columnist and piano gumshoe Joseph Smith investigates the odd musical relationship between rivals W. A. Mozart and Antonio Salieri. Smith will also perform music from Mozart's set of variations on a theme from Salieri's opera "La fiera de Venecia." Hour 2 -- A selection of recent concert performances from the United States and abroad. CHECK OUT THE NEW PERFORMANCE TODAY WEBSITE!!: Listen to an interview with composer Gian Carlo Menotti .... Check out our extensive coverage of the Van Cliburn Competition.... Come to term with Miles Hoffman and auditions....Order your copy of "Peter and the Wolf: A Special Report." You 'll find it all at http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/. NOTE: SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR EXACT BROADCAST TIMES, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC RADIO STATION, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, OR CALL PERFORMANCE TODAY AT (202) 513-2370.