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2014 has been a great year for classical music. To celebrate the last day of the year, we'll hear your picks for the top musical moments of 2014, including a Piano Puzzler; the Pulitzer Prize-winning piece, Become Ocean; a knockout performance of Rhapsody in Blue; and an onstage marriage proposal.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, Emily Reese of Top Score Podcast joins Fred in the studio to discuss the classical roots of modern video game music.
Sergei Taneyev's Symphony No. 4 is a great piece of Romantic Russian music, and it's not played nearly often enough. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra play it in concert in Rotterdam.
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin believes that composer Joseph Haydn was every bit as talented as Mozart. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear Hamelin make his case with an elegant performance of Haydn's Sonata No. 53.
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin believes that composer Joseph Haydn was every bit as talented as Mozart. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Hamelin make his case with an elegant performance of Haydn's Sonata No. 53.
On Christmas Day, join us for a musical journey across the country. We'll go coast-to-coast, sampling musical highlights from concert halls, churches, and everything in between - including a movie theater.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear a special set of Hallelujahs. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Christmas music from near and far. Plus, a quicksilver performance of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 from a concert in Seattle.
What do you get when you combine twelve opera highlights with eleven popular holiday tunes and ten brass players from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra? "Santa and Isolde," of course! On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear a performance of Bruce Adolphe's new holiday classic.
