New York Philharmonic celebrates 175 years with a concert, the "4th" that may be with you is Beethoven's "4th Piano Concerto"... Cleveland hosts the Cooper International Violin Competition and way more on this week's "Evening Concert"

We've set aside this evening for Hanukkah programs...not at the start of the season...you might miss these for your celebrations, and not too late in the season...

Start the week with "A Season's Griot 2016" and "Afro-Blue Christmas" and end it with a New Year and a new-to-us program "This is Cabaret: Anne Hampton Callaway and Friends"

Holiday Specials: Hanukah Lights 2015 and Chanukah in Story and Song

In this holiday special, Hannukah Lights 2013, NPR's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read memoirs and stories from acclaimed authors' experienes during the Jewish festival of lights. The stories are written expressly for the show.