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We will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a musical tribute to the Emerald Isle...but with a twist. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear two pieces of Irish music without the brogue; the sounds of old Ireland as imagined by American composers John Williams and Chris Brubeck.
Each week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We then get one of our listeners on the phone to try to guess the tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating. Play along with our Piano Puzzler, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Between 1830 and 1840, thousands of Native Americans were removed from their homes in the Southeast and forcibly relocated rural Oklahoma by the U.S. government. The long, brutal walk became known as the Trail of Tears. More than 175 years after the march, composer Michael Daugherty wanted to share the survivors' and descendants' stories.
The principal cellist, principal violist, and principal associate concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic have put together their own band. They call themselves...what else? The New York Principals. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll drop in on a recent concert in Palm Beach to hear them play Schubert.
Mozart wrote his Concerto for Two Pianos for himself and his sister to play with an orchestra. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear Jeffrey Kahane and Joanne Pearce Martin perform it alongside the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Jenny Chen's mother taught her to play piano without watching her fingers; she would cover Jenny's hands with a music score, and then ask her to play the notes. Sure enough, young Jenny grew up to be an excellent pianist -- and our new Young Artist in Residence. On this weekend's Performance Today, she'll discuss her musical upbringing and perform music by Bach.
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear music designed to intimidate us. Our current Young Artist in Residence, Jenny Chen, joins Fred in the studio with scary music by Franz Liszt.
When Jenny Chen moved from Taiwan to Philadelphia, she was ten years old; her new piano teacher was ninety. That was eleven years ago, and to this day, they're still friends. On Thursday's Performance Today, Jenny Chen tells us more about that special relationship, and she'll play music by Franz Liszt.
Jenny Chen's mother taught her to play piano without watching her fingers; she would cover Jenny's hands with a music score, and then ask her to play the notes. Sure enough, young Jenny grew up to be an excellent pianist -- and our new Young Artist in Residence. On Wednesday's Performance Today, she'll discuss her musical upbringing and perform music by Bach.
