NPR's Talk of the Nation: Fred Child
Fred spoke with host Neal Conan about the listener suggestions PT has been receiving and how the nation's artistic community responded to the events of September 11.

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Michael Steinberg on PT
First, we'd like to present the recommendations and commentary of eminent musicologist and writer Michael Steinberg (left), who appeared on PT at the end of that fateful week. The full hour, segmented into complete versions of the music Steinberg suggested along with his commentary, is on-demand below.

Listen to Bach's "Air on a G String" from the Orchestral Suite No. 2, with commentary. Helmut Rilling conducts the Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra. (Haenssler Classic 98.978)

Listen to Beethoven's String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127, with commentary. Our performance is by the Emerson String Quartet. (DG 447 075-2)

Listen to "Song for Athene" by English composer John Tavener, with commentary. Martin Neary conducts the Westminster Abbey Choir. (Sony Classical SK 66613)

Listen to The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra play "Nimrod" from the "Enigma" Variations by Edward Elgar, with commentary. (Telarc CD-80192)