Scholar Paul Harris found a note about a lost wind quintet by composer Malcolm Arnold, and was saddened at the thought of not being able to hear it. But then, the lost manuscript was found! The story and the music... Malcolm Arnold's Wind Quintet on this weekend's Performance Today.
The trombone players in the Buffalo Philharmonic asked composer Eric Ewazen if he would write something especially for them. Ewazen loved the idea and came up with his Triple Concerto for Three Trombones and Orchestra. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll go to Buffalo to hear it in concert.
On Thursday's Performance Today, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, joins us for a musical and culinary Thanksgiving. She and Fred talk about the powerful memories that come from great food and music, and share things the things for which they feel especially grateful.
Scholar Paul Harris found a note about a lost wind quintet by composer Malcolm Arnold, and was saddened at the thought of not being able to hear it. But then, the lost manuscript was found! The story and the music... Malcolm Arnold's Wind Quintet on Wednesday's Performance Today.
This Thanksgiving, Splendid Table host Lynne Rossetto Kasper joins Fred in the studio to discuss kitchen misadventures, misspent youth, evocative musical memories and more in a special hour of PT.
The ANCIA Saxophone Quartet is dedicated to the creation and performance of new works for saxophone quartet. On Tuesday's Performance Today, tune in to hear ANCIA perform from "Quatuor de Saxophone" by French composer Ida Gotkovsky.
On Monday's Performance Today, we'll take you to the north shore of Lake Tahoe, with music from the 2017 Classical Tahoe Festival. Tune in to hear the world premiere performance of Emporium, composed and performed by Aldo Lopez-Gavilan.
Hear music written for an unusual duo of instruments... flute and bassoon. On this weekend's Performance Today, Tara Helen O'Connor and Peter Kolkay perform Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, from a concert in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Johannes Brahms said he just didn't understand symphonies by Anton Bruckner... to which Bruckner replied, "I have the exact same problem with yours." On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear the New York Philharmonic play music by the often misunderstood Bruckner - the gorgeous slow movement from his Symphony No. 8.
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