This week: an all-American program for Independence Day.

This week marks the 183rd birthday anniversary of the great violinist/composer Joseph Joachim. We celebrate with Cedille's Grammy-nominated recording of Joachim's colossal Violin Concerto "In the Hungarian Style " plus the cadenza Joachim wrote for the Brahms Violin Concerto, of which Joachim gave the premiere in 1879.

For the week in which summer officially begins, we present music associated with the season.

For the week of Fathers’ Day, we present music by Franz Joseph “Papa” Haydn.

This week's show features the music of Robert Schumann, 1810-1856.

This week's show features our new release for May:

Mozart & Brahms Clarinet Quintets, with Anthony McGill and the Pacifica Quartet

This week's show continues our survey of clarinetists who've recorded for Chicago's classical label.

This week's show celebrates Chicago Symphony Orchestra Assistant Principal Clarinet player John Bruce Yeh with selections from all 6 of his Cedille albums.

This week's show celebrates the artistry of clarinetist Larry Combs, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinet 1978–2008 and a founding member of The Chicago Chamber Musicians.

This week's show features our new release for April, "Two x Four," with violinists Jennifer Koh and her mentor, Jaime Laredo, along with a look back at the digital playlist we launched in February: "The Virtuoso Paperno"