In New York, this season is all about extremes of temperature, and that's what we're exploring this week: music that has something to do with the steamy, lethargic, A/C-shivery weirdness that is the physical state of the body in summer. We'll hear music that's constantly toggling between serious heat (the subway platform) and air-conditioned briskness (the subway-self).

This week on The New Canon, we chat with Jennifer Choi, the newest member of the string quartet Ethel, along with fellow Ethel violinist and composer Cornelius Dufallo.

Cued Up dives head first into the fearless, mystical sound world of composer-vocalist Meredith Monk. Recorded live in The Greene Space, Monk and Vocal Ensemble and the Todd Reynolds Quartet perform her original pieces.

This week Hammered! takes its cue from the Juilliard School's 2011 FOCUS! Festival, a weeklong exploration of post-war Polish modernism. With a little more compression and a lot more globe-trotting, we present five mini-focus festivals of piano music by composers from five different countries, beginning Monday in France and ending the week in Greece.

My friends, it’s been so long! I’ve missed you all! I’ve been mostly in London and Reykjavik since we last talked, the former city to see Nico Muhly’s opera Two Boys (so good) and the latter to record viola things and schvitz. Along the way I played some great little shows, and one of the highlights of my trip was a recital with organist Jamie McVinnie and Nico Muhly at Westminster Abbey.

John Adams, the composer of Nixon in China and Doctor Atomic, is having a banner summer. Soprano Jessica Rivera and flutist Eric Lamb enter The New Canon to discuss his powerful and potent allure.

Recorded at (Le) Poisson Rouge on June 12, this show features Brooklyn Rider opening for singer/songwriter Christina Courtin in a performance that celebrates an artistic friendship that began over a decade ago at Juilliard.

In recognition of New York becoming the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, we present a celebration of gay and lesbian composers. On tap are works by Corey Dargel, Meredith Monk and Eve Beglarian, among others.

The New Canon takes a break from live chats this week but celebrates Independence Day with a trio of new-music firecrackers.

For this Independence Day, Cued Up brings you live works by some tried and true American icons. All recorded in New York City, works by Charles Ives, John Cage, Meredith Monk and Earle Brown take front and center.

This week, violist, composer and bandleader Ljova talks with us about a massive performance of In C with the Rite of Summer Festival.

Olivia Giovetti fills in for Nadia Sirota this week, celebrating America's multiculti makeup with a host of non-American composers.

This week on Hammered!, “The Raw and the Cooked.” How do materials get made into art? How do scales, chords and tremolos turn into compelling music? What happens when delicious ingredients are baked, stirred or julienned?

This week, composer Lisa Bielawa and conductor Eric Jacobsen join us for a chat about the upcoming world premiere of Bielawa's Tempelhof Etude.