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On Veterans Day, retired Army bugler Sgt. Major Woodrow English joins us to discuss the history and meaning of "Taps." Plus a full show dedicated to the remembrance of the Great War, including music by Ravel, Butterworth, and Suk.
On Monday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles to hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic play a piece that Felix Mendelssohn called his "celebration of a religious revolution."
On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear the warm sound of ensemble Arcangelo as they perform music by Handel on period instruments at Carnegie Hall.
For his Carnegie Hall debut, PT Young Artist Steven Lin asked a friend to compose something new - but he had one special request. Find out what it was, and hear Lin play music by a friend on Friday's Performance Today.
Our current PT Young Artist in Residence is OK with music competitions - up to a point. On Thursday's Performance Today, Steven Lin will tell us why he believes competitions should never be taken too seriously.
This fall, the PT team spent a week at the Curtis Institute of Music. Come see photos from PT's special musical event at Curtis, which included performances by Curtis students, faculty, and alumni.
Pianist Steven Lin is our latest Young Artist in Residence. While talking with Fred, Steven revealed that while he was a student at Juilliard, he didn't practice all that much. But why? We'll find out on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Listen to in-studio interview with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by pianist Steven Lin.
On Tuesday's Performance Today we have a stellar performance by a musical dream team: Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, and Denes Varjon play Schumann's Piano Trio No. 1 in concert in Poland.
