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The most recent Tchaikovsky Competition was open to brass players for the first time. Tchaikovsky didn't write music for solo brass, so the jury chose the Horn Concerto by Reinhold Gliere to be the horn's shining moment. Hear Yun Zeng's a gold medal performance of Gliere's Horn Concerto on this edition of Performance Today.
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.
Tune in for a mix of classical favorites AND classical discoveries. On this episode of Performance Today, hear an engaging new piece called Bound, by Natalie Dietterich, plus music by Ravel, Shostakovich, and Jean Marie Leclair.
There's a curious psychological phenomenon: when something is forbidden or out of reach, we want it, we crave it all the more. Coming up, music inspired by a famous story of desire and temptation. On this episode of Performance Today, hear a new piece of music called Low Hanging Fruit, by Michael Gilbertson.
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.
