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Imani Winds

Imani Winds

Imani Winds has been revolutionizing how the music world thinks about woodwind quintets. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear them perform music by Paquito D'Rivera for an audience in Chicago.

Robert Mirabal: PT Originals

While attending the 2018 Music From Angel Fire Music Festival, Robert Mirabal welcomed PT to his hometown Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Mirabal gave a deeply personal performance and talked about tradition, legacy and family on the sacred grounds where peyote ceremonies are held.

Robert Mirabal Sings: PT Originals

While attending the 2018 Music From Angel Fire Music Festival, the remarkable Robert Mirabal welcomed PT to his hometown Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Here, he gives an impromptu performance and talks about the importance of language and culture.

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Can you imagine your birthday being declared a national holiday? On December 8th, 1915, the day that composer Jean Sibelius turned 50, the citizens of Finland took the day off. There was good reason to celebrate! On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear conductor JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic present Sibelius's Symphony No. 5.

Cellist Gabriel Cabezas

Cellist Gabriel Cabezas

Hispanic Heritage Month is getting underway and we're celebrating the musical side here at PT. On Monday's Performance Today, cellist Gabriel Cabezas joins us to talk about visibility, music, and his personal hero.

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is one part tender love song, one part crazy paranoid hallucination. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear highlights from this unusual piece from a concert in the Czech Republic.

Mitsuko Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida

At a recent concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic., pianist Mitsuko Uchida walked onstage to a cheering audience. She sat down at the piano... made a funny face... and walked quickly offstage. The story, and the music Mitsuko Uchida played upon returning to the stage, on the next Performance Today.

Wang Jie: Symphony No. 1

Wang Jie: Symphony No. 1

"If you find yourself elated by my music," composer Wang Jie says, "the credit goes to the muses. If you hate it," she continues, "well, it's only 15 minutes long." On the next Performance Today, a composer who calls herself "part cartoon character, part virtuoso." We'll hear her Symphony No. 1.

Moab Music Festival - Ranch Concert

Thank you, Moab Music Festival! This festival is well worth the hop skip and a jump to Utah. Watch this quick recap of a concert held at a small ranch in Castle Valley, just outside Moab.

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