As related in the Gospel of Luke, a young wastrel burns through his family fortune, then returns home to the arms of his forgiving father. The son’s more responsible, elder brother is none too happy, but the father explains that since the younger son has repented and returned, as if from the dead – in essence, was lost, and is now found – there is cause for celebration.

This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” it’s an off-center Father’s Day tribute, as we listen to ballet music inspired by the Parable of the Prodigal Son.

We’ll hear a late, folk-inspired score by the Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén, staged in honor of his 85th birthday in 1957, and Sergei Prokofiev’s alternately pungent and transcendentally lyrical opus, written for the Ballets Russes in 1928. The latter was developed simultaneously with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 4 and shares much of the same thematic material.

Father knows best. I hope you’ll join me for “Son Dance,” ballet music inspired by the Prodigal Son for Father’s Day, this Sunday night at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.