Performance Today®

with host Valerie Kahler

American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.

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A musical feast

A musical feast

On Wednesday's Performance Today, join us for a multi-chorus musical feast. The Emerson Quartet plays music by Dvorak and Bach from a concert in the city of Prague. We'll also hear violinist Hilary Hahn playing music by Robert Schumann. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.

Fairy tale music from a fairy tale setting

Fairy tale music from a fairy tale setting

There is a special magic in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Be part of the audience at the Grand Teton Music Festival for a set of musical fairy tales by Robert Schumann.

The 2016 Grand Teton Music Festival

The 2016 Grand Teton Music Festival

For the past few years, the Grand Teton Music Festival has invited Performance Today to host a night of music. Listen for highlights from our night at the festival, and while you're here, take in some of the breathtaking sights this magical place has to offer.

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From Beethoven to Brubeck

From Beethoven to Brubeck

Join us for our usual wide range of musical highlights. Experience a glorious Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, from the Grand Teton Music Festival. Then, time travel forward for the world premiere of a Guitar Concerto by Chris Brubeck, son of Dave Brubeck.

A moving performance

A moving performance

The audience was not sure how to react when an earthquake, magnitude 5.1, struck during a concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor Charles Dutoit made sure the music never stopped.

Born and raised in Leipzig

Born and raised in Leipzig

Richard Wagner was born and raised in Leipzig. In a concert this summer, a hometown orchestra plays music by a hometown favorite. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra performs the Overture from Wagner's opera, Tannhauser.

Music is Music: The Greatest Hoax

Music is Music: The Greatest Hoax

Music and climate science might sound like strange bedfellows, but Taylor Jordan blends the two together in his project in The Greatest Hoax.

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Leonard Slatkin and the art of conducting

Leonard Slatkin and the art of conducting

According to conductor Leonard Slatkin, leading an orchestra is a bit like being the coach of a football team. On Thursday's Performance Today, Coach Slatkin will tell us more about the curious art of conducting.

An earth moving performance

An earth moving performance

The audience was not sure how to react when an earthquake, magnitude 5.1, struck during a concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor Charles Dutoit made sure the music never stopped.

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