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In the early 1900s, Bela Bartok traveled the dusty back-roads of eastern Europe with a heavy Edison recording machine. He recorded thousands of folk songs that, in turn, inspired his own work. On this episode of Performance Today, hear Bartok's Romanian Dances from a concert in Interlochen, Michigan.

When people talk about why they enjoy classical music, one thing that often comes up is the idea that at least SOME classical music is relaxing. In some cases, there is science to back that up. On this episode of Performance Today, kick back, rest your head and enjoy a Camerata Pacifica performance of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

On this episode of Performance Today, meet cellist Julia Yang, our current PT Young Artist in Residence. Hear Ms. 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.

Cellist Julia Yang is Performance Today's current Young Artist in Residence. Julia recently joined Fred Child for conversation and music at our studio in Saint Paul. You can hear it all here!

In the early 1900s, Bela Bartok traveled the dusty back-roads of eastern Europe with a heavy Edison recording machine. He recorded thousands of folk songs that, in turn, inspired his own work. On this episode of Performance Today, hear Bartok's Romanian Dances from a concert in Interlochen, Michigan.

Every winter, promising young Black and Latinx string players head to Detroit, Michigan for the annual Sphinx Competition. On this episode of Performance Today, we'll hear from the 2017 Sphinx Finals Concert where violinist Annelle Gregory's gave a stunning performance of Sibelius's Violin Concerto.

Joaquin Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez is perhaps the most popular guitar concerto of all time. Even if you don't think you know it, there's a good chance you've at least heard the gorgeous, tender slow movement. In today's show, we take you to a concert in Colorado to hear guitarist Chaconne Klaverenga play Rodrigo's concerto with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra.

In his "Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra," George Gershwin wanted to show that his signature sound, infused with jazz, could fit the world of classical music. On this episode of Performance Today, hear Conrad Tao play Gershwin's Piano Concerto, from a concert with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

A few years ago, composer Osvaldo Golijov was in Israel and witnessed the effects of a wave of violence. A few weeks later, he found himself viewing images of our blue planet at a planetarium show in New York City. On this episode of Performance Today, hear music inspired by contrasting perspectives: Tenebrae, by Osvaldo Golijov.