On Monday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert in Warsaw to hear Leonard Slatkin conduct a vibrant performance of the Double Concerto by Johannes Brahms. Also featured: an exhilarating piece called Gumboots by David Bruce, from a concert in Charleston, South Carolina.
On this weekend's Performance Today, cellist Raphael Bell plays music by Bohuslav Martinu... music that Bell didn't like when he was younger. Tune in to find out more about Bohuslav Martinu, and why Raphael Bell now loves his music.
When Edgar Meyer was growing up, there was sort of a family tradition... his father and two uncles played the double bass. Now, Edgar Meyer is THE great double bass virtuoso of our time. On Friday's Performance Today, hear him play a Bottesini double bass concerto with the Nashville Symphony.
Jean Sibelius wrote his second symphony in 1902, when Finland was struggling for its independence from Russia. The symphony came to be known as Finland's 'Symphony of Independence'. Sibelius never call it that... he simply called it Symphony No. 2. Osmo Vanska conducts Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, in concert, on Thursday's Performance Today.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, cellist Raphael Bell plays music by Bohuslav Martinu... music that Bell didn't like when he was younger. Tune in to find out more about Bohuslav Martinu, and why Raphael Bell now loves his music.
Composer Felix Mendelssohn once said that he wished he could make his Symphony No. 5 go away. He almost got his wish... the manuscript disappeared for several decades. today, it's seen as a masterpiece. The Symphony No. 5 by Mendelssohn, in concert on Tuesday's Performance Today.
Four years ago, the Minnesota Orchestra was on the brink of extinction. Now, the orchestra and conductor Osmo Vanska are back... and they're more powerful and evocative than ever. We'll take you to a concert in Minneapolis on Monday's Performance Today.
On this weekend's Performance Today, we have music inspired by other planes of existence. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for our weekly musical game - the Piano Puzzler.
On Friday's Performance Today, pianist Mitsuko Uchida plays a quietly dramatic piano concerto by Mozart in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra.
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