When you tune in to The Classical Network this afternoon at 4:00 EST, you’ll be able to enjoy a conversation with François-Xavier Poizat, pianist. Poizat will perform a recital of works by Liszt and Ravel at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. We’ll also hear selections from his new album, “PianOrchestra 2,” on the ARS Produktion label.

Then I hope you’ll stick around, as we’ll celebrate the birthdays today of composers Jean-Baptiste Lully and Ferdinand Ries (a Beethoven pupil); pianist, composer, and one time director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Anton Rubinstein; guitarist Celin Romero (of Los Romeros fame); and Spanish polymath and movie star José Iturbi.

At 6:00, it will be a special “Music from Marlboro,” as musicians from the famed chamber music retreat band together under legendary artists Leon Fleisher and Pablo Casals for performances of orchestral works by Hindemith and Beethoven.

There will be much versatility in evidence, between 4 and 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.