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Enjoy two symphonies that span 180 years – one by contemporary American composer Libby Larsen and then an intimate look at a familiar symphony by Beethoven.

Shakespeare’s character of Falstaff appeared in “Henry IV” parts one and two, but came into his own in “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Ralph Vaughan Williams made Falstaff the center of his second opera “Sir John in Love” — originally titled “The Fat Knight.” We’ll hear a remarkable orchestral suite of music from the opera in its debut recording.

Franz Schubert had a habit of becoming associated with terrible plays, but his glorious melodies eclipsed it all and lives on. We have his “heavenly music” for the play “Rosamunde – Princess of Cyprus” in a recording that elevates it to the highest artistic level.

Enjoy variations were all composed in the 20th century on From the Archives! These works are as diverse as the nations from which they come — Norway, Czech Republic, and Argentina — showing off the orchestra in remarkable and diverse ways.

The musical form known as “serenade” goes back to the troubadours of old. Later composers used the term to describe multi-movement works for small ensemble or large orchestra. This week we have two gorgeous serenades: one for full orchestra by Max Reger and the other for strings by Sir Edward Elgar.

Composer Max Reger wrote that Bach’s music is “powerful and inexhaustible medicine.” This week we have JS Bach suites for orchestra, solo cello, and solo piano. They are masterfully performed and are indeed a tonic for our hectic lives.

When you smell fresh-mowed grass, you’re actually smelling botanical terror. Two MU professors fill us in on the intriguing ways plants…

The White House has made it a point to urge girls to get involved in math, science and engineering.In 2013, President Obama said, "We’ve got half the…

Seeing a planarian for the first time, you might not even know what you’re looking at. Brown, black, or white in color, these flatworms are about the size…

Finding a fossil in Kansas City can be as easy as going to the park or checking around your basement."Both Kansas and Missouri have great fossil…