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Mozart wrote hundreds of pieces that are delightful and charming, but several dozen of his works are so expressive, so riveting, that they're masterpieces. On Friday's Performance Today we'll hear one such masterpiece: Mozart's Symphony No. 39.
CPE Bach's music is characterized by sheer exuberance, wild creativity, and emotional depth. There are sudden stops for contemplation, followed by a quick returns to the happy roller coaster ride. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear an example of CPE Bach's unique sound from a concert in Oslo, Norway.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, we have a full hour of concert highlights from Carnegie Hall in New York. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for our weekly musical game - the Piano Puzzler.
The Pittsburgh Symphony flew their 95 musicians and all their gear to Berlin. And moments after they got off the plane, they jumped onstage to play the opening concert of a major festival. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear the Pittsburgh Symphony give a stirring performance from that very concert.
On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear the story of two young lovers, Daphnis and Chloe, told in music by Maurice Ravel and played in concert in Hamburg, Germany. Plus, a software engineer who is an amateur pianist (in the best sense of the word) plays a concerto by Rachmaninoff in concert in Hickory, North Carolina.
On this weekend's Performance Today, pianist Emanuel Ax joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a dramatic performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2. Plus, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler.
Composer Anton Brucker was a devout Catholic, but conductor Franz Welser-Most says that we shouldn't make too much of this fact. A Bruckner symphony is not, after all, "a misunderstood church service." On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Welser-Most and the Vienna Philharmonic play Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 at Carnegie Hall.
On Thursday's Performance Today, master pianist Maurizio Pollini joins the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein in Vienna for a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12.
How does pianist Emanuel Ax feel at a big concert? We'll find out on Wednesday's Performance Today, plus we'll hear Emanuel Ax play Beethoven in concert in Los Angeles.
