April 2, 2015: Tenebrae
In many churches around the world, tonight marks one of the days of Tenebrae; the service of shadows. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear a piece inspired by these religious services.
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April 1, 2015: Child prodigies
On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll go to Symphony Hall in Boston to hear James Levine conduct the Boston Symphony in Mozart's Symphony No. 23. And speaking of child prodigies, we'll also meet our newest PT Young Artist in Residence; Coco Wieprecht joins us in the studio as our first ever Young Artist born in the 21st century.
Youngest Artist in Residence: Coco Wieprecht
This week on PT, tubist Coco Wieprecht joins Fred in the studio as our first-ever Young Artist in Residence born in the 21st Century. Wieprecht will discuss her budding musical career, and we'll hear her play a solo piece by Philadelphia-born composer, Vincent Persichetti.
March 31, 2015: Schubert's many musical sides
On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear two very different pieces by Franz Schubert. First, his inventive and intimate Arpeggione Sonata, in concert in Seattle. Then, conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Schubert's Symphony No. 6.
March 30, 2015: Highlights large and small
On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear concert highlights large and small; from the Los Angeles Philharmonic playing massive music by Anton Bruckner, to Andreas Borregaard playing keyboard music by Jean Philippe Rameau -- on his accordion.
March 28, 2015: Marimba challenges
As they stood with her five-hundred-pound, 8-foot-long marimba, Fred Child asked PT Young Artist Jisu Jung if she ever wished that she played the flute. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear her answer, plus more of her in studio conversation with Fred.
March 27, 2015: Marimba challenges
As they stood with her five-hundred-pound, 8-foot-long marimba, Fred Child asked PT Young Artist Jisu Jung if she ever wished that she played the flute. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear her answer, plus more of her in studio conversation with Fred.
March 26, 2015: Seeing the bigger world
In 2012, marimba soloist Jisu Jung didn't speak a word of English. And at that time, she already had a rich musical life in Korea. So why did she decide to move to Baltimore to study at the Peabody Institute? As Jung puts it, she "just wanted to see the bigger world." On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear lots more from our new PT Young Artist, Jisu Jung.
March 25, 2015: Jisu Jung
Jisu Jung began playing piano, flute, violin, and marimba when she was just three years old. But when she turned five, her mom told her that she had to choose one -- so she did. On Wednesday's Performance Today, Jisu Jung joins Fred in the studio as the first marimba soloist to be featured as a PT Young Artist in Residence.