Performance Today®

"Imagine music of such magnitude that it mirrors the entire world." Those words were written by composer Gustav Mahler. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll sample music fired by that same ambition: Mahler's epic Symphony No. 3.

What happens when a young composer writes a masterpiece? On Thursday's Performance Today, the Dover Quartet joins Fred in the studio to explore this question and to perform Barber's unforgettable Adagio for Strings.

On Wednesday's Performance Today, composer Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's musical game - our Piano Puzzler. Plus, recent concert highlights from around the world, including a stunning performance of Claude Debussy's colorful soundscape, Iberia, from a concert in Amsterdam.

Here at PT we like to feature both the current superstars of classical music and the next generation of classical stars. On Tuesday we'll revisit our conversations with and performances by two recent PT Young Artists in Residence; clarinet virtuoso Sang Yoon Kim and the Dover String Quartet.

Pianist Martha Argerich has a devoted following; fans who will literally follow her from one concert to another. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll take you to a concert in Switzerland to hear her perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.

Ivan Fischer believes that a conductor should never behave like a dictator; music-making should be a joyous activity. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra give a joyous performance of music by Dvorak.

Seven years ago, conductor Marin Alsop became Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony. It's going very well; her contract has been extended through the year 2021. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Marin Alsop lead the Baltimore Symphony in a concert performance of Dvorak's Symphony No. 7.

The 2014 Ojai Music Festival took place Thursday, June 12 through Sunday, June 15. This year, the California-based festival offered live and archival HD video streaming of all concert performances.

Ivan Fischer believes that a conductor should never behave like a dictator; music-making should be a joyous activity. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra give a joyous performance of music by Dvorak.