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Italian composer Ottorino Respighi was a fan of Renaissance paintings and music. In 1927, he set three paintings by Sandro Botticelli to music. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Respighi's Botticelli Tryptich, from a concert in Bellingham, Washington.
On this weekend's Performance Today, join us for conversation and music with guitarist Thomas Viloteau, PT Young Artist in Residence. Among his numerous honors and accomplishments, Viloteau is a winner of the Guitar Foundation of America and the Francisco Tarrega competitions.
On Friday's Performance Today, join us for conversation and music with guitarist Thomas Viloteau, PT Young Artist in Residence. Among his numerous honors and accomplishments, Viloteau is a winner of the Guitar Foundation of America and the Francisco Tarrega competitions.
Join host Fred Child for in-studio interviews with guitarist Thomas Viloteau, as well as exclusive musical performances.
In the mid 1970s, composer Arvo Part became obsessed with the peal of bells, and even began to imitate bells in his own music. Music with a spartan beauty: Fratres, by Arvo Part, on Thursday's Performance Today.
In 1824, Gioachino Rossini wrote an unusual string duet. It was played once, and then disappeared for nearly 150 years. The manuscript re-emerged in 1968 and is now back in circulation. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear Rossini's Duet for Cello and Double Bass, from a concert in Atlanta.
Amy Beach, nee Cheney, debuted with the Boston Symphony at the age of 17. She married two years later, and her husband forbade her from having a career on stage, so... Amy Beach became a great composer. A story of perseverance and the power of music, on Tuesday's Performance Today.
In 1930, Maurice Ravel wrote a special concerto for Paul Wittgenstein, a pianist who had lost his right arm in the First World War. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear a performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, from a concert in Round Top, Texas.
Barbara Haws has been the New York Philharmonic's Archivist/Historian since 1984. On this weekend's Performance Today, Haws shares stories and memories of the great American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
