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This week, host Frank Byrne features more "Surprise Symphonies" with youthful works by Samuel Barber and Sir Arnold Bax. One symphony established the composer’s reputation – the other was almost never premiered.

In the third and final installment of shows profiling Hungarian/American conductor Antal Doráti, we’ll explore his mastery as an interpreter of music through Haydn’s last symphony and Tchaikovsky’s affectionate homage to Mozart.

Hungarian/American conductor Antal Dorátiwas a superb musician and a dedicated orchestral trainer who left every orchestra better than he found it. In this week's show we have music from two of his countrymen, Zoltan Kodaly and Franz Liszt, in masterful interpretations by Doráti.

In the second of three shows profiling Hungarian/American conductor Antal Doráti, we’ll hear music from the ballet and a symphony that has rightly been called “the apotheosis of the dance.”

Grieg wrote more than just his famous piano concerto and music for Peer Gynt. Hear his only string quartet and a baroque-inspired piano work that had a second life on this week's From the Archives.

Hear the only recording of the complete score to “The Lady and the Fool," an incredible ballet created by Sir Charles Mackerras from opera scores by Giuseppe Verdi. Mackerras, a master on the podium, also conducts this recording.

Enjoy a program of great overtures by Offenbach, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Suppé and Mendelssohn (not Felix!). We’ll hear exceptional performances, some of which were recorded in the world’s best concert halls.

This week on From the Archives, hear chamber music by Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Antonin Dvorak brought to life by Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma, and more.

Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink died October 21, 2021 at 92 years old. With a fabulous career spanning over 60 years, he won the praise of audiences, critics, and his musician colleagues. This week on From the Archives, hear music he loved by Ravel, Brahms, Mozart and Mahler.

Shakespeare continues to inspire composers in the third installment of our series about the Bard. Enjoy music by John Knowles Paine, Shostakovich, Debussy and the rarely-heard original version of the most famous Shakespeare music by Tchaikovsky.