Sascha Maisky is a fine up-and-coming violinist. His dad, Mischa Maisky is among world's great cellists. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear father and son in concert together in Switzerland, playing the Brahms' Double Concerto.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of our National Park system. On this weekend's Performance Today, composer Stephen Lias joins us to discuss how he discovered a love of the outdoors, and how the National Parks have inspired 20 of his compositions. And we'll hear one such piece; Crown of the Continent, inspired by Glacier National Park.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of our National Park system. On Friday's Performance Today, composer Stephen Lias joins us to discuss how he discovered a love of the outdoors, and how the National Parks have inspired 20 of his compositions. And we'll hear one such piece; Crown of the Continent, inspired by Glacier National Park.
Composing music for and about our National Parks.
Years ago, pianist Jeremy Denk was a PT Young Artist in Residence. Since then, he's gone on to have a stellar career, including receiving a MacArthur Genius Grant and concert appearances around the world. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear Denk in concert with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra playing music by Mozart.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll take you to a concert in New York City to hear pianist Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic play Brahms' dramatic Piano Concerto No. 2. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us with this week's Piano Puzzler.
Gustav Mahler got over a bad breakup, in part, by writing his Symphony No. 1. He confided to a friend: "The music begins where the love affair ends." On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll Mahler's First from a concert by the Cincinnati Symphony.
The first time Johannes Brahms wrote his Piano Quintet, a violinist said it didn't quite work. The second time, Brahms' friend Clara Schumann said nope, still not right. But the third time was a charm. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear take three of Brahms' Piano Quintet in concert from Bergen, Norway.
On this weekend's Performance Today, we've got a PT listener favorite: Cymbeline, by composer David Bruce. We'll hear it performed by mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital and the Dover Quartet in Savannah, Georgia.
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