We’ll begin on a high note this afternoon on The Classical Network.

Today is the 75th birthday of soprano Kiri Te Kanawa. We’ll listen to some of Dame Kiri’s great recordings as part of an all-operatic 4:00 hour. We’ll also celebrate the birthdays today of bass-baritone Norman Treigle and opera conductors Sarah Caldwell and Julius Rudel. In addition, we’ll continue our remembrance of the late Andre Previn, as he leads some orchestral selections from the operas of Benjamin Britten.

The 5:00 hour will bring recordings of conductors Kiril Kondrashin and Lorin Maazel, also born on this date.

And at 6:00, we’ll hear one of Franz Schubert’s late masterpieces, the String Quintet in C major, on the next “Music from Marlboro.”

Frankly, my dear, we give a Dame, from 4 to 6 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.