Mitsuko Uchida loves playing Mozart concertos without a conductor; being conductor-less means that the orchestra players have to listen more carefully, and the resulting collaboration is much closer. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear Uchida collaborating with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer. Then, one of our listeners calls in and tries to guess two things: the tune, and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. Play along with our weekly musical game, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, we're off to sunny Los Angeles to hear Brahms' sunny Symphony No. 2. Plus, we'll jet over to England to hear the London Philharmonic play Beethoven's Overture to Fidelio.
Earlier this month, Yo-Yo Ma and his cello were the only ones onstage at the massive Royal Albert Hall in London. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear his passionate performance of the Cello Suite No. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Plus, a sonata by Bach's great-uncle, Heinrich Bach.
On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll head to Arizona to hear highlights from the last of the 2015 summer music festivals -- the Grand Canyon Music Festival. This unique festival not only showcases great music in a beautiful place; it also works with young Native American composers.
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll head to Arizona to hear highlights from the last of the 2015 summer music festivals -- the Grand Canyon Music Festival. This unique festival not only showcases great music in a beautiful place; it also works with young Native American composers.
Performance Today visited the Grand Canyon Music Festival, where high school students from nearby reservations learn to speak their minds through the voice a string quartet.
The Grand Pianola Music by American composer John Adams is big, bold, and unapologetic. Adams says it's "a kind of Whitman-esque yawp -- an exhilaration of good humor." On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear it played by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear three American treasures, including the original jazz band version of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; and, of course, this week's Piano Puzzler with Bruce Adolphe.
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