Avi Avital was the first mandolin soloist nominated for a classical Grammy. More than 100 contemporary compositions have been written for him, but Avital is also known for his renditions of Baroque pieces. On today's show, Avi Avital plays a concerto by Vivaldi at a recent concert in Oslo, Norway.
We're proud to introduce you to our next 2022 PT Young Artist in Residence: Violinist Anais Feller. Anais recently joined us via Zoom from the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Hear the conversation and music right here!
Meet Performance Today’s next PT Young Artist, 16-year-old violinist Anais Feller. Host Fred Child and Anais spoke over Zoom, with musical selections recorded for PT at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Listen now.
Each year, Performance Today serves schools across the Twin Cities with its Young Artist in Residence Program. Today's virtual PT in the Classroom Music Lesson features PT Young Artist in Residence Tyler Martin. Watch now.
Composer Matt Jackfert has a particular interest in Appalachian music. On today's show, hear a piece by Jackfert inspired by three scenes from West Virginia, featuring an instrument that isn't typically associated with Appalachian music: the euphonium.
It's a concerto for three saxophones, but NOT for three saxophone players. The concerto is a showcase for one musician trading off alto, tenor, and soprano saxes. On today's show, Jess Gillam gives a riveting performance of the Concerto for Three Saxophones by Barbara Thompson, backed by the NDR Philharmonic Orchestra.
When Charles Gounod was a young composer, he walked away from music and entered a monastery | but he fell in love with the ancient sacred music he heard there, and that inspired him to go back to composing. Hear music by Charles Gounod, his Petite Symphonie, on this edition of Performance Today.
Tim Bradley recently arranged a piece by Clara Schumann for his group, the Copper Street Brass. Join us today to hear the Copper Street Brass play Bradley's arrangement of Soirees Musicales from a concert in St Paul, Minnesota.
In 2017, Composer Hannah Kendall wrote a piece inspired by a poem about women who worked in match factories in the 1800s. The piece, aptly titled The Spark Catchers, is full of kinetic energy and driving rhythms. On today's show, we'll hear The Spark Catchers played by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at a recent concert in Sweden.
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