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Last week, Fred Child met oboist Elizabeth Koch Tiscione at the Grand Teton Music Festival. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll have music and conversation with Koch Tiscione, including a fantastic performance of Mozart's Oboe Quartet and discussion about the challenges of playing music in Wyoming's dry mountain air.
Recently, PT was on location at the Grand Teton Music Festival. Come listen to music and conversation from PT's live onstage event, plus see photos and video from Fred's outdoor adventures on Grand Teton.
Fred Child takes a detour at the Grand Teton Music Festival on Performance Today.
Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe rewrites a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone to try to guess the tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating. Play along on Wednesday's Performance Today, and see if you can guess the hidden tune and the composer.
Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" is a sort of musical version of Instagram. But instead of taking pictures, Elgar composed musical portraits of his friends and acquaintances. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Elgar's collection of personalized musical vignettes from a concert in Toronto.
Daniel Barenboim is both a pianist and a conductor; one of the most versatile, agile, and expressive musical minds of our time. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll explore the many sides of Daniel Barenboim.
In classical music, and probably in the world, there's no one else like her. Truly a woman of the world, Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida was educated in Austria and is now a British citizen. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear her interpretation of quintessentially Austrian music by Mozart.
On Friday's Performance Today, pianist Simone Dinnerstein discusses the perfection and poetry of Bach. Plus, we'll hear her perform Bach's French Suite No. 5 in concert in Berlin.
In classical music, and probably in the world, there's no one else like her. Truly a woman of the world, Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida was educated in Austria and is now a British citizen. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear her interpretation of quintessentially Austrian music by Mozart.
