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On overcast days, the mountains of Vermont lose their color, becoming grey silhouettes. And some of the roads are so dark you need headlights, even during the day. On today's show, JoAnn Falletta leads the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a live performance of Dark Mountains by Robert Paterson.

With the right kind of radio you can sometimes hear the sound of nearby lightning. Some of those sounds are called whistler waves. On this episode of Performance Today, hear a new concerto by Caroline Mallonee, inspired by lightning...and whistler waves.

The Symphony No. 7 by Gustav Mahler opens with a gorgeous solo for the unusual tenor horn. The Oregon Symphony has a fine horn section, but they called in Demondrae Thurman to get that particular sound. On today's show, Thurman steps in with the Oregon Symphony for the opening movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 7, conducted by Carlos Kalmar.

Composer Joel Puckett had a dear grandfather-in-law, who always had the right line of poetry for any situation. Including his own poignant final words just before his death. 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.

This week we've been revisiting our latest group of PT Young Artists in Residence. On today's show, we take you back to when Ifetayo Ali-Landing joined us for music and conversation at the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Harpist Mallory McHenry is one of our 2018 PT Young Artists in Residence. On today's show, Mallory joins Fred Child for music and conversation at the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Cellist Julia Yang is one of our PT Young Artists in Residence from this past season. On today's show, join us in the the PT studio to hear Julia Yang and pianist Lee Dionne play music by Schumann, J.S. Bach, and Prokofiev, with a very special world premiere of "Horse of the Wind" by Dai Wei.

When Addison Maye-Saxon was in the 7th grade and choosing what to play, he didn't like cello or trumpet, so his teacher picked his instrument (and his future) for him. On this episode of Performance Today, hear music and conversation with trombonist Addison Maye-Saxon.

When Rodolfo Leone learns a new piece, his approach is to commit the music to memory... before he even plays it on the piano. On today's show, join us for music and conversation with pianist Rodolfo Leone, one of the inspiring Young Artists in Residence that we've featured on Performance Today in this past year.