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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 Tuesday's Performance Today.
Philip Glass is 81 years old, and has been an active composer for nearly 60 years. For Glass, the years mean nothing; the thrill of creating music -- and then hearing it performed -- never gets old. On Monday's Performance Today, hear the world premiere performance of the "Annunciation" Piano Quintet by Philip Glass, performed by pianist Paul Barnes and the Chiara Quartet.
Composer George Walker celebrated his 96th birthday this week. He's busy as ever, hard at work on a new symphony. On this weekend's Performance Today, George Walker tells us about his life, his music, the secret to his vitality... and his tomatoes.
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll meet Xiaoxuan Li, winner of the 2018 Cleveland Piano Competition for Young Artists, followed by a movement from his Cleveland performance of Chopin's Concerto No. 2.
Conductor Roderick Cox is a trailblazer.
Tesfa Wondemagegnehu has been sharing the transformative art of vocal music for more than a decade.
On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra play the world premiere of "Abound" by composer Emily Cooley.
Titus Underwood is the acting principal oboe of the Nashville Symphony.
The final symphony by Jean Sibelius unfolds in a single riveting movement; it's an unbroken, weightless flow of music. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear the Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius, from a concert in Houston, Texas.
