Performance Today®

On this weekend's Performance Today, the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo join Fred in the studio. They'll discuss the thrills and dangers of sharing a piano bench with a dynamic duet partner, and play highlights from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, from a concert celebrating conductor Gustavo Dudamel's 10th anniversary with the LA Phil.

Greg Anderson says that sharing a piano bench with a dynamic duet partner is both thrilling and dangerous. He'll elaborate further on Thursday's Performance Today, plus we'll hear more music from Anderson & Roe.

On Wednesday's Performance Today, the Anderson & Roe piano duo join Fred in the studio for conversation and a performance of a dramatic scene from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.

Pianists and best friends Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe once again dazzle with four-hand piano arrangements of music by Mozart and Stravinsky. Click to listen to their conversation and watch the video of their performance.

According to pianist Murray Perahia, Robert Schumann was a great musician who tried to capture the moment in music. On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear Perahia capture a moment himself, as he plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall.

Silicon Valley is, of course, a center for technological creativity. But it is also a center musical creativity. On Monday's Performance Today we'll spend some time at one of the great American music festivals: Music@Menlo in Palo Alto, California.

How does he do it? On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear multi-talented musician Jeffrey Kahane exercise physical control at the piano while simultaneously listening to and conducting the New York Philharmonic.

On Friday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert down under for the world-premiere of a new piece by American composer John Adams.