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Marin Alsop, conductor of the Colorado Symphony, gives a behind-the-scenes look at a percussion concerto called UFO, by American composer Michael Daugherty. The piece was written for the soloist Evelyn Glennie, who talks with Alsop about some of the unorthodox instruments that make up a percussionist's arsenal.

Performance Today features music from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the glee clubs of Morehouse and Spelman colleges and others, as well as sections of famous speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's a King Day celebration.

The Iraqi National Orchestra performs with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. The visit is financed by the U.S. Department of State, and President George Bush is expected to attend. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

The principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Great Britain talks about the challenges of working with orchestras when there is a language barrier. Most leading conductors spend their off season working as guest conductors with orchestras all over the world.

A most unusual piece from Haydn contemporary Georg Druschetzky: A Concerto for Oboe, Eight Tympani and Orchestra. Lajos Lencses plays oboe. Wieland Junge plays tympani. Andrew Parrott conducts the Stuttgart Radio Symphony.

The St. Louis Symphony, conductor David Robertson and pianist Orli Shaham perform a concert celebrating American music. The program includes Aaron Copland's beloved Lincoln Portrait and works by John Adams.

A new study has found that warmer streams and rivers could actually contribute to climate change by releasing more carbon dioxide into the air.

NPR's Eyder Peralta plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WUNC listener Aaron Jones of Cary, North Carolina.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play this week's puzzle with Michael LeBlanc of Ontario, Canada.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Crystal VanArtsdalen and puzzle master Will Shortz.