When Emma Resmini was a young girl, she didn't come out and tell her parents that she wanted to play the flute. Instead, she hinted at it by turning anything remotely stick-shaped into a flute... and her parents got the message. On Monday's Performance Today, Emma Resmini performs 'Undine' by Carl Reinecke, at the New York Flute Club.
Joshua Bell is a world-class violinist, and he's also a father. On Saturday's Performance Today, Joshua and his 10-year-old son Josef join us to celebrate Father's Day. We'll read together from a new children's book inspired by a key moment in the life of Joshua Bell.
We're celebrating Father's Day with a little story-time. 'The Dance of the Violin' is a new children's book, a real story taken from violinist Joshua Bell's childhood. On Friday's Performance Today, you'll literally hear the story... 'The Dance of the Violin', read by Joshua, Josef, and Shirley Bell, with Fred Child narrarating.
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, by Richard Strauss, is a musical fairy-tale... a 15-minute orchestral romp that celebrates a crass, anti-establishment prankster. Hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform the piece, as well as other concert highlights from around the world, on Thursday's Performance Today.
Hearing Manu Delago play music, you might think he is using a tabla, steel drums, a harp, bells and more--but all those sounds are actually the work of one instrument: the hang drum. Listen in as Delago brings his hang into our New York studio for a conversation with host, Ria Misra.
Franz Schubert celebrated his 21st birthday as he was writing his Symphony No. 6. On Wednesday's Performance Today, join us for a concert from Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Philharmonic in the Symphony No. 6, by the young Franz Schubert.
In 1914, things were going well for Danish composer Carl Nielsen. He was able to limit other commitments and focus his attention on writing music. At that time, events in Europe were taking a dark turn, and he poured his energy into a new piece of music. It's a fervent symphony that expresses Nielsen's belief that, despite horrific darkness, life and light can prevail. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear a concert performance of Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable", by Carl Nielsen.
It's a highly anticipated competition that happens once every four years. Two and a half weeks of musical drama and competition, and on Saturday... the medals were awarded in Fort Worth, Texas. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll meet the Gold Medal winner and hear a gold medal winning performance from the 2017 Cliburn Piano Competition.
Most of us have a few unfinished tasks in our lives: half-filled photo albums, returning that voicemail you received last month, and of course, addressing that room in the basement. On Saturday's show, hear the Berlin Philharmonic perform Franz Schubert's most famous loose end, his Symphony No. 8, known as the "Unfinished Symphony".
