Who?
On Monday's Performance Today, Camerata Pacifica plays a witty trio by 20th century English composer Madeleine Dring. Never heard of her? Join us to explore great music by composers whose work deserves to be heard more often.
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Music for improvisation
Matthias Maute loves music from the early 1700s - partly because composers generally didn't write everything out. As he puts it, "you get only the melodies, and everything else must be invented." On this weekend's Performance Today, Maute and the rest of the ensemble REBEL join Fred in the studio for baroque music with a certain amount of improvisation.
Highlights from Paris and New York
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear highlights from recent concerts in Paris and New York. From New York, the ethereal Vocalise by Rachmaninoff; and from Paris, a rollicking performance of Dvorak's Violin Concerto.
Bargemusic
It's a concert hall inside an old barge, floating on the East River in Brooklyn. From your concert seat, you can see the Manhattan skyline and feel the movement of the river. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll go to Bargemusic to hear music by Bach.
Music for improvisation
Matthias Maute loves music from the early 1700s - partly because composers generally didn't write everything out. As he puts it, "you get only the melodies, and everything else must be invented." On Wednesday's Performance Today, Maute and the rest of the ensemble REBEL join Fred in the studio for baroque music with a certain amount of improvisation.
In studio with REBEL
Early music ensemble REBEL joins Fred in the studio to perform early music and to discuss how they find room for improvisation in written scores.
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In remembrance of the Great War
On Veterans Day, retired Army bugler Sgt. Major Woodrow English joins us to discuss the history and meaning of "Taps." Plus a full show dedicated to the remembrance of the Great War, including music by Ravel, Butterworth, and Suk.
The Reformation Symphony
On Monday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles to hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic play a piece that Felix Mendelssohn called his "celebration of a religious revolution."
Ensemble Arcangelo
On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear the warm sound of ensemble Arcangelo as they perform music by Handel on period instruments at Carnegie Hall.
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