Every day this week, we'll have highlights from one of the greatest music festivals on the planet: the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen, Colorado. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll begin Gil Shaham's emotional performance of J.S. Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Jonathan Russell): Scheherazade
Imani Winds
Beaches Fine Arts, St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Rachel Grimes: The Clearing
Rachel Grimes, piano; Scott Moore, violin; Christian Frederickson, viola; Jacob Duncan, tenor saxophone
Classical 90.5, Performance Studio of Louisville Public Media, Louisville, KY
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical"
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, IL
Hour 2
Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Gil Shaham, violin; Aspen Chamber Symphony; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Francois Couperin (arr. Richard Stone): Concert dans le gout thetrale
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, directors
Philadelphia, PA
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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