Carl Maria von Weber wrote an entire movement of his Clarinet Quintet in ONE day...but then his creativity dried up. It took von Weber four years to finish the rest of it. Find out what finally gave him the kick in the pants to finish, on Monday's Performance Today.
If you're ready to step into a different world, follow us through medieval gates into a storybook world created by composer Anton Bruckner. On this weekend's Performance Today, Marek Janowski conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4.
At the age of 70, Leos Janacek wrote a wind sextet recalling his youth as a choirboy at St. Thomas Abbey in the Czech city of Brno....the same abbey where Gregor Mendel famously experimented with the hereditary traits of pea plants. On Friday's Performance Today, we hear Janacek's musical recollection, Mladi (Youth), from a concert in Round Top, Texas.
Is it a tree? Is it a silk cloth? Is it a whip? It's music inspired by a famous parable about perspective. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll take you to a concert in Portland, Oregon, to hear "Aspects of an Elephant" by American composer Kenji Bunch.
In 1948, American composer William Grant Still was inspired by some poems about the natural beauty of the American South. On Wednesday's Performance Today, take a break with us and hear Houston's River Oaks Chamber Orchestra play "Wood Notes," William Grant Still's work of quiet musical contemplation.
Jeremy Cohen, of Quartet San Francisco, says that one of their most popular pieces is a Michael Jackson medley. On Tuesday's Performance Today, Quartet San Francisco performs the medley at a concert in Edgartown, Massachusetts - on Martha's Vineyard.
If you're ready to step into a different world, follow us through medieval gates into a storybook world created by composer Anton Bruckner. On Monday's Performance Today, Marek Janowski conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in concert peformance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4.
At 37 years old, composer Angelica Negron is well into adulthood. But her memories of childhood are a vital part of her grown-up creations. She's fascinated by childhood not for its simplicity, but for the complexity. On the weekend edition of Performance Today, we'll hear one of Negron's latest compositions that's tinged with nostalgia both sweet and a little tart.
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has a pipe organ with a distinctive look. It has the friendly nickname...the "French Fries." We'll hear those french fries in action, in a world premiere of a new concerto by Nico Muhly. On this edition of Performance Today, Organist James McVinnie and the L.A. Philharmonic present Register, for Organ and Orchestra.
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