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Pianist Vladimir Feltsman defected from the Soviet Union in 1987, and has been a U.S. citizen since 1995. But, forget the politics... Feltsman is a talented and deeply thoughtful pianist; he maintains a schedule of concerts around the world. On Wednesday's Performance Today, Vladimir Feltsman plays music by Brahms, from a concert at the Grand Tetons Music Festival.
Douglas Lora and Joao Luiz met when they were teenagers, and have been playing guitar together for almost 20 years as the Brasil Guitar Duo. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear them perform an arrangement of "A Fala Da Paixao" (Passion Talk) by Egberto Gismonti, from a concert in New York City.
Danish composer Carl Nielsen wrote his Symphony No. 5 in the early 1920s. It's a musical illustration of the eternal battle between darkness and light. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear Nielsen's Fifth Symphony from a recent concert in Ireland.
Two women, six men... together, they're VOCES8, a British vocal ensemble that performs a wide range of genres. On this episode of Performance Today, VOCES8 joins us in our studio to sing early classical, classic jazz, and everything in-between.
Two women, six men... together, they're VOCES8, a British vocal ensemble that performs a wide range of genres. On Friday's Performance Today, VOCES8 joins us to sing early classical, classic jazz, and everything in-between.
Composer Maurice Greene and George Frederic Handel had a relatively pleasant relationship... until Greene got a job that Handel had wanted. On Thursday's Performance Today, music by Maurice Greene, frenemy of George Frederic Handel.
Bassoonist Garrett McQueen is the host of "Afternoon Concert" on 91.9 FM WUOT in Knoxville, and has performed in orchestras and ensembles across the country. On Wednesday's Performance Today, Garrett McQueen guest-hosts PT with concert highlights from his stomping grounds, the American Southeast.
Johannes Brahms told Anton Bruckner that he just didn't understand his symphonies... and Bruckner replied: "I have the exact same problem with yours." On Tuesday'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.
In 1829, composer Felix Mendelssohn went on a walking tour of Scotland. He sent a musical sketch in a letter back to his family, and those notes turned out to be the beginnings of his "Scottish Symphony." Join us for Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, on Monday's Performance Today.
