Beautiful Music on NPR

[HeyHomie]

What is the name of that beautiful piano sonata at the beginning and end of Performance Today on NPR?

Also, anyone know the name of the song that plays at the beginning of Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac?

Thanks.

[SmackFu]

Who wrote the show’s theme music?
The credit goes to Jim Pugh, a New York composer who wrote the piece exclusively for NPR’s Performance Today.

From the Frequently Asked Questions page.

For the 2nd question, that show’s produced by MPR, so asking them via e-mail would probably work.