This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR (TM) ALBUM REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 10/28 - 11/3 1996 October 30, 1996: All Things Considered -- Review by Tom Moon: "Odelay" by Beck Hansen (DGC Records DGCD-24823). October 31, 1996: Morning Edition -- Report by Marcie Sillman of KUOW (Seattle): Howard Hanson's only opera "Merry Mount" is being revived by the Seattle Symphony to mark the centennial of his birth; this is the first time it has been played in twenty years. November 2, 1996: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling interviewed the musician: "Storyteller" by Vinx (007777132062). Albums mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): November 1, 1996: Music Critic Clea Simon recommended singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco whose most recent album is "Dilate" (Righteous Babe Records RBR008-D). Albums profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: October 28, 1996: REVIEW by Music Critic Ken Tucker: "The Voice of Tony Burrows" by Tony Burrows (Varese Sarabande). November 1, 1996: REVIEW by Rock Critic Ken Tucker: "Diary of a Mad Housewife" by Amy Rigby (009992379222). This week on PT! Tuesday, October 29 Hour 1--Martin talks with American soprano Renee Fleming about her new CD of Mozart arias, her exclusive contract with London Records and how she's making a name for herself. ["Renee Fleming Sings Mozart Arias," London 452 602-2] Thursday, October 31 Hour 1--Martin talks with Esa-Pekka Salonen, the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, about his recent forays into film music; a CD of Bernard Herrmann film scores and the Los Angeles Philharmonic's "Filmharmonic" project, which will bring together Hollywood movie directors and film composers for a series of short film commissions. [Bernard Herrmann: The Film Scores..Sony ClassicalSK 62700] Hour 2--Martin and critic Ted Libbey pay another visit to the PT Basic Record Library just in time for Halloween. Ted will talk about a spooky little piece by Camille Saint-Saens called "Danse Macabre." Sunday, NOVEMBER 3 Hour 1--The Juilliard String Quartet celebrates its 50th anniversary this season and we'll rediscover some wonderful concert recordings from the Library of Congress archives. Hour 2-- Martin and critic Ted Libbey pay another visit to the PT Basic Record Library. In this segment, Ted and Martin takes us on a boatride up the Thames accompanined by George Frideric Handel's Water Music. FOR MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION, COME AND BROWSE PERFORMANCE TODAY'S WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE.... http://www.npr.org/programs/PerformanceToday/pt.html Album Lists are now available on the internet via anonymous ftp (ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). This text is Copyright (c) 1996 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Erika Grams (compiler). All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted by the copyright holder to distribute this file electronically or otherwise in full as long as attribution is made.