The birthdays are thick on the ground today, like so many autumn leaves.

I hope you’ll join me as I celebrate the artistry of composers Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Eugen Suchon, pianist Glenn Gould, conductor Sir Colin Davis, and flutist Eugenia Zukerman, among others.

I’ll also highlight a few more works by women composers in this month in which we observe the Clara Schumann bicentennial. Tune in today to hear music by Amy Beach, Vítězslava Kaprálová, and Lera Auerbach.

Then it’s more Shostakovich on “Music from Marlboro.” We’ll take in one of his string quartets, alongside a piano trio by Anton Arensky, at 6 p.m.

Grab a rake and let’s get busy. I’ll be dispensing the hard cider from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.