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Exactly a century ago, Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil was sung for the first time. In celebration, the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale are releasing a brand new recording on the day of the anniversary. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear conductor Charles Bruffy talk about this ethereal, heartfelt music and how it resonates in our time.

One of the most popular choral works ever written premiered 100 years ago in Moscow. To commemorate this historic event, the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale have released a new recording of the All-Night Vigil. Music Director Charles Bruffy and Russian choral music expert Vladimir Morosan talk with Fred Child about the importance of this music.

Claude Debussy's La Mer is an incredibly colorful and inventive picture of the sea; a portrait painted with music. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in the land-locked city of Dallas, Texas.

Until 2010, cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser had only played classical music. But not anymore! These days they're known as 2CELLOS, and they're a YouTube and worldwide sensation. On this weekend's Performance Today, 2CELLOS will join Fred in the studio to discuss their classical training, their current tour, and more.

Until 2010, cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser had only played classical music. But not anymore! These days they're known as 2CELLOS, and they're a YouTube and worldwide sensation. On Friday's Performance Today, 2CELLOS will join Fred in the studio to discuss their classical training, their current tour, and more.

Listen to Fred Child's interview with the musicians who have taken their cellos out of the concert hall and into the rock arena.

When Queen Mary the Second died in 1694, Henry Purcell wrote music for the funeral. And in 1992, American composer Steven Stucky gave it a 20th century spin. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall playing this 20th century take on a 17th century classic.

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.

On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear the story of One Thousand and One Nights as told in music by Rimsky-Korsakov. Plus, we'll her a beautiful piece for six pianos by American composer Paul Kerekes.