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A flute lesson from Emma Resmini

A flute lesson from Emma Resmini

16-year-old Emma Resmini is PT's newest Young Artist in Residence. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear her play a Bach partita, and she'll give us all a lesson in advanced flute techniques.

Meet Emma Resmini

Meet Emma Resmini

When she was a young girl, Emma Resmini 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. Many years have passed since her flute-less days; on Wednesday's Performance Today, Resmini will join Fred in the studio as our newest PT Young Artist in Residence.

Young Artist in Residence: Emma Resmini
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Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos were one of the most creative job applications ever. He wrote half a dozen innovative concertos hoping to get hired by a German prince; as a job application, they were a failure. But as music, they are immortal. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 from a concert at the Grand Teton Music Festival.

Haydn's long-lost Cello Concerto

Haydn's long-lost Cello Concerto

You know how you sometimes put something down and then can't remember where you left it? It happens to us all -- even composers. In the 1760s, Joseph Haydn lost a cello concerto. And that concerto was missing until the 1960s, a two full centuries later! On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear a performance of Haydn's long-lost Cello Concerto from a concert in Houston.

Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variation

Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variation

On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear Joshua Roman play Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations - a theme with a set of elegant and virtuosic variations for cello and orchestra. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.

A lesser-known Bach

A lesser-known Bach

Over the span of two centuries, the Bach family produced more than 50 musicians and composers. On Friday's Performance Today, we have music by Bach -- but not the guy who immediately comes to mind when you hear that name. We'll travel to Denmark to hear an overture by Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach's lesser-known second cousin.

Schumann's Symphony No. 2

Schumann's Symphony No. 2

Robert Schumann wrote in his diary, "Drums and trumpets have been blaring in my head. I have no idea what will come of it..." On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear what came of it: Schumann's Symphony No. 2 is on the way from a concert in England.

Joshua Roman plays Tchaikovsky

Joshua Roman plays Tchaikovsky

On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Joshua Roman play Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations - a theme with a set of elegant and virtuosic variations for cello and orchestra. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.

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