If you listen to Performance today regularly, or are simply a lover of chamber music, you'll likely have heard of Alice Tully Hall, home of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. Who was Alice Tully? Her story is a life of character, performance, and philanthropy. Find out more about Alice Tully's life and legacy, and hear a performance from her namesake, Alice Tully Hall, on Saturday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Zoltan Kodaly: Epigrams
Budapest Clarinet Quintet
Clarinet Evergreens
Naxos 553427
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo, RV 443
Andreas Bohlen, recorder; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Ben Carroll from Virginia Beach, VA
Zoltan Kodaly: Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
Ani Kavafian, violin; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY
Hour 2
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony, Film Suite for Orchestra: Movements 3a & 3b
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
A Copland Profile
Delos 3221
Mike Marshall and Chris Thile: The Carpathian Mountain Breakdown
Chris Thile, mandolin; Mike Marshall, mandolin
Savannah Music Festival, Charles H. Morris Center, Savannah, GA
Richard Danielpour: Toward the Splendid City
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TX
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for Ensemble
Erin Keefe, Ying Fu, Danbi Um, Marc Rovetti, Richard O'Neill, Kirsten Johnson, Mihai Marica, Hai-Ye Ni, Joseph Conyers, Tara Helen O'Connor, Alexander Fiterstein, Marc Goldberg, Michael Brown
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Residency, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
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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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