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A venue with a view

A venue with a view

Join us for a concert highlight from from the base of the Teton Range in Wyoming. On today's show, conductor Donald Runnicles leads the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

Valerie Coleman: Requiem Milonga

Valerie Coleman: Requiem Milonga

A few weeks ago, the Lakes Area Music Festival in Minnesota did an online concert with a theme of remembering those we've lost due to the pandemic. On today's show, join us for a highlight from that concert: Requiem Milonga by Valerie Coleman.

Of Our New Day Begun

Of Our New Day Begun

In 2015, nine people were killed at a church in Charleston, SC. On today's show, the Dallas Winds plays a piece written to honor the lives of those who died: Of Our New Day Begun, by Omar Thomas.

It Perched for Vespers Nine

It Perched for Vespers Nine

Composer Joel Puckett's grandfather-in-law always had the right line of poetry for any situation...including his poignant final words. On this episode of Performance Today, hear music inspired by the final words of a loved one: It Perched for Vespers Nine, by Joel Puckett.

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John Harbison looks back

John Harbison looks back

In the 1940s, Composer John Harbison grew up in a musical family in New Jersey. The Harbisons would gather around the piano and sing together. John Harbison had those memories in mind when he wrote a set of pieces called "Songs America Loves to Sing." On today's show, we'll hear it from a concert in Athens, Georgia.

Osvaldo Golijov: Azul

Osvaldo Golijov: Azul

Of all the 21st century compositions we've played on PT, there is one that has gotten the most rapturous response. On today's show, hear music inspired by both the beauty of the night sky and by the pain of violence and war: Azul by Osvaldo Golijov.

Playing the unplayable

Playing the unplayable

When Maurice Ravel wrote Gaspard de la Nuit, he was trying to make it the most difficult piano music ever written... perhaps even unplayable. On today's show, Benjamin Grosvenor plays the unplayable in a concert presented by Capital Region Classical in Schenectady, NY.

Hilary Hahn

Hilary Hahn

Violinist Hilary Hahn usually appears as a soloist, but she loves chamber music and occasionally teams up with other all-stars for some musical fun. On today's show, we'll go to a concert at the Skaneateles Festival for a rare chamber performance by Hilary Hahn and friends.

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