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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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is one part tender love song, one part crazy paranoid hallucination. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear highlights from this unusual piece from a concert in the Czech Republic.
Fred Child reflects on Performance Today’s visit to Moab Music Festival in southern Utah.
In 2015, the Syrian civil war forced violinist Shalan Alhamwy and his family into a perilous journey of exile. Alhamwy says "I cannot face a tank with my violin, but music is a way to say no to war." On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear Shalan Alhamwy's "Two Images from Aleppo," from a concert in Cologne, Germany.
