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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PAUL PATTERSON, HEAD OF COMPOSITION AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN LONDON, ABOUT A WORK BY HUNGARIAN COMPOSER GYORGY (Gzeorgze) LIGETI (LIH-gih-tee), PERFORMED LAST WEEK AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS FESTIVAL IN LONDON SO DIFFICULT TO PLAY...IT HAD TO BE PERFORMED BY A COMPUTER.

CHADWICK/TALK RADIO: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH PUBLISHER AND EDITOR MICHAEL HARRISON OF "TALKERS MAGAZINE." MR. HARRISON SAYS THAT TALK RADIO WAS AWARE OF THE RESENTMENTS TOWARDS GOVERNMENT THAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE BOMBING IN OKLAHOMA CITY WELL BEFORE MAINSTREAM PRESS.

FROM LONDON, NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON BRITISH AUTHOR MARTIN AMIS' NEW NOVEL CALLED "THE INFORMATION," WHICH LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND BUSINESS OF FICTION.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 7:00 This week's on-air player listens to WNYC, New York and WSFP, Fort Meyers, l

We play an excerpt from a program which was broadcast on VE-Day, 1945. 'On a Note of Triumph' was written and produced by Norman Corwin, one of the most famous radio producers of his day.

On this mother's day, we share this story by writer Bev Donofrio. She recalls a mother's day holiday in the 1970's, when she and some women friends went out for a picnic and baseball game with their kids. The moral: it's tough to be a mom...but it has it's good sides too.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS, WHICH HAVE JUST BEGUN.

The French vote today for a new President. Liane Hansen eached NPR's Andy Bowers by phone at a sidewalk cafe in Paris, and they talk bout the outlook for the election between Conservative Jacques Chirac (zhahk hih-RAHK) and Socialist Lionel Jospin (lee-oh-NEL johs-PAHN), the mood of the rench voters, and what he's having for lunch.

Daniel speaks with students here in Washington, and with former New Jersey governor Tom Kean (kane) about rising tuition costs at America's universities. Kean, who's now president of Drew University says that state and federal budget cutbacks have pushed up tuition and forced students to take on more and more debt in the form of student loans.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & SHAY STEVENS