The flag was still there
This Sunday marks the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner. On this weekend's Performance Today, journalist and author Steve Vogel will join us to discuss the miraculous history behind our national anthem.
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The flag was still there
This Sunday marks the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner. On Friday's Performance Today, journalist and author Steve Vogel will join us to discuss the miraculous history behind our national anthem.
Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements
A month after he became a U.S. citizen, composer Igor Stravinsky wrote his Symphony in Three Movements. The New York Philharmonic premiered the piece in 1946; on Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear a much more recent performance by that same ensemble.
Strauss' Don Quixote
On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert in Hamburg to hear Don Quixote, one of Richard Strauss' great tone poems. Plus, composer Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.
Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances
Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote his Symphonic Dances in 1940; it was the last major work he finished before he died. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra give a dramatic performance of Rachmaninoff's last large work.
Jansen and Mendelssohn
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel might be only 33 years old, but he has worked with great orchestras and soloists around the world. And he says violinist Janine Jansen's interpretation of the Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn is among the best he's ever heard. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll Jansen perform that piece in concert in Los Angeles.
The Lark Ascending
On this weekend's Performance Today, we have musical highlights from around the world, including a performance of Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending by Hilary Hahn and the London Symphony Orchestra. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler.
Lieutenant Kije
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear music that Sergei Prokofiev wrote for the satirical film Lieutenant Kije, which depicts the noble life and tragic death of a soldier who never existed.
A Harvard residency
Four years ago, Parker Quartet violist Jessica Bodner was worried; she was hoping for a stable residency at a university or a conservatory. Now our former PT Young Artists are in residence at a place called Harvard. Details and more on Thursday's Performance Today.
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