The tone poem of the late romantic era painted pictures and portrayed stories with a rich orchestral style that became the model for film music. In Part 2, Professor Carol explains features of John Williams' famous film scores and how we hear music differently when it accompanies drama. Works Discussed: John Williams, E.T., Schindler's List, Jaws, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Harry Potter

The tone poem of the late romantic era painted pictures and portrayed stories with a rich orchestral style that became the model for film music. In Part 1, Professor Carol explains Gustav Holst's The Planets and some of the techniques that lead to the style of John Williams. Works Discussed: Gustav Holst, The Planets; John Williams, Olympic Theme and Fanfare

What's this program about? The final segment of Glenn Mitchell's interview of Carol on KERA Radio turns to the Library of Congress's American Memory Project, Bill Monroe, John Fogerty, Harry Partch, and Scott Joplin.

What's this program about? Glenn Mitchell's interview of Carol on KERA Radio continues in Part 2 with a discussion of the Sacred Harp (shape-note singing), Stephen Foster, American film music, Louis Armstrong, Broadway, and Ernest Tubb.

What's this program about? Carol pays tribute to the late Glenn Mitchell with a reprise of her appearance in September 2000 on his radio program, reproduced here as a three-part podcast courtesy of KERA Radio. Carol and Glenn begin their discussion of America's highly varied musical heritage with reference to William Billings, Jimmie Rodgers, Charles Ives, and Frank Zappa.

What's this program about?Professor Carol continues her interview of John Corigliano and Jerry Junkin. Corigliano talks about his approach to composition and how he, and other top composers, are turning to wind bands for an exciting new sound. Works Discussed: Corigliano, Circus Maximus

What's this program about?Professor Carol interviews two friends and collaborators, composer John Corigliano and Maestro Jerry Junkin. Circus Maximus, Corigliano's explosive third symphony, vividly portrays ancient Rome's fascination with perpetual entertainment and our own culture's similar obsession. Works Discussed: Corigliano, Circus Maximus

In post-revolutionary France, the piano had replaced the harpsichord and the driving force behind the arts was moving from the court to the salons of Paris high society. Two composers, Liszt and Chopin, capitalized on these changes in very different ways and between them defined the future of piano music.

Professor Carol interviews Groucho, the singing parrot who stole the show at the Dallas Wind Symphony's 2006 season opener. Groucho talks about his life on stage and reprises his performance at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Works Discussed: Foster, Camp Town Races; Cohan, Yankee Doodle Dandy; Alouette

Percy Grainger's life story reveals a most unusual personality who left an enduring legacy as a virtuoso pianist, an inventor of instruments, a collector of English folk songs, and a composer of music for wind band.

Works Discussed: Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy, The Immovable Do, Molly on the Shore.