As the nation faces another presidential impeachment, a riot at the U.S. Capitol and rising cases of COVID-19, this week's Sound Perimeter focuses on music about better times. The segment includes Maurice Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess, Alfred Schnittke's Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with Grief, and Michel Camilo's From Within.

On today's Sound Perimeter with Lia Uribe, we hear Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony #5 in C minor, as well as Cinco Salsa, an arrangement of the same work, performed by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Hovedoen Social Club. This segment originally aired on Aug. 6, 2020.

In today's Sound Perimeter segment, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe shares music created by U of A staff and students. It includes Robert Mueller's Her Voice, Uribe's own Sound is the Passage and Honey Collective's Wish You Were Mine.

As we head into Christmas, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe brings us a selection of pieces from Latino musicians to get us in the holiday spirit. You'll hear Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano, Esta Navidad by Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe, Amarga Navidad by Lila Downs and Navidad en Verano by Mercedes Sosa.

In today's Sound Perimeter, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe brings us several pieces of music composed for string instruments. They include: Nocturne, the third movement of Alexander Borodin's Second String Quartet as performed by the U of A Department of Music String Quartet, Takashi Yoshimatsu's "And the Birds Are Still...", and Arvo Part's "Spiegel im Spiegel" from "Smile" as performed by Anne Akiko Meyers.

Lia Uribe explores blue in the latest "Sound Perimeter." She considers Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Jennifer Higdon's Blue Cathedral and more. This segment originally aired on July 16, 2020.

In this week's Sound Perimeter, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe introduces us to performer, citizen artist, and prodigy, Yo-Yo Ma, who began his cello career at the age of four and a half. We hear several of Ma's collaborations, including Air and Simple Gifts and Cristina Pato's arrangement of John Zorn's Khabiel.

This week's Sound Perimeter with Lia Uribe explores tango and features music from Anibal Troilo and Astor Piazzolla with "Volver," Chapeau (Valeria Martin and Daniela Mercado) with "Rhapsodia Bohemia" and "Ruta 40," and Carlos Gardel with "Por Una Cabeza." This segment originally aired on July 30, 2020.

We celebrate the changing of the seasons with University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe. In this week's Sound Perimeter, we listen to a recent performance of Pepe Rivero's Latin jazz interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons, which illustrates how musicians have had to adapt to performing during a pandemic.

In today's Sound Perimeter, University of Arkansas Music Professor Lia Uribe explores how the bicycle inspires composers. In this segment you'll hear "Eine Brise" by Mauricio Kagel, "La Bicicleta Cristal" by Angélica Negrón and "La Bicicleta" by Shakira and Carlos Vives.