The celebrated tenor visits with Studs to talk about his appreciation for Puccini and Verdi.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Harry Partch - the composer, music theorist, and University of Illinois professor - shares his thoughts about composing, blending artforms, and inventing new musical instruments.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

A wide-ranging conversation with the Russian composer, pianist, and music professor - about his time in Chicago and his upcoming departure for New York.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Grace Bumbry, one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, shares some stories from her career, gives some examples of her vocal style, and offers appreciation for her mentor, Lotte Lehmann. Includes a clip from a 1960 Studs' interview with Lehmann.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Choral director Noah Greenberg previews a performance of The Play of Herod at The University of Chicago's Rockefeller Chapel.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The Austrian-American conductor and longtime director of the Winnetka School of Music shares with Studs some of the musical discoveries he made while on a recent trip to China as educator and arts advocate.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Studs Terkel has a conversation with Easley Blackwood, and Ralph Shapey, composers and Paul Fromm philanthropist and patron of the music arts. They discuss contemporary music, composing music, composers and the passion of creating music.

A master at playing the sitar, Ravi Shankar, also composed the music for the soundtrack of "Gandi". According to Shankar, there are 72 scales in Indian music and when he plays music, 90% of it is improvisation. Younger people became interested in playing the instrument after Shankar announced he was teaching George Harrison of the Beatles how to play the sitar. There is an excerpt of an interview with Shankar from 22 years ago, to the date of this program.

Interviewing composer Dominick Argento.

Interviewing pianist Paul Badura-Skoda.