Performance Today®

On Wednesday's Performance Today, we're celebrating the Bard's 450th birthday with Shakespeare-inspired works by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Chopin.

Claude Debussy's La Mer is a colorful, inventive picture of the sea; a portrait painted with music. On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear La Mer performed in concert in the seaside town of Stockholm, Sweden.

Rudolf Buchbinder grew up in a house with a piano, despite the fact that no one in his family played music. That piano became a source of inspiration for Buchbinder, who has grown up to have a tremendous career as a pianist. We'll hear him play Beethoven on Monday's Performance Today.

Sergey Khachatryan is a 28-year-old violinist who says he has two lives: his love for cars, and his love for music. On this weekend's Performance Today we'll focus on his musical life, and we'll hear him play Sibelius' dramatic violin concerto in concert in Sydney, Australia.

In many churches around the world tonight marks the second of three days of Tenebrae, the service of shadows. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear a piece inspired by these religious services.

Fred Child talks with Bunch about his quintet "New Moon and Morning" and its musical mirroring of a phase of the moon.

Over the centuries, a wealth of music has been written for the week before Easter. On Thursday's Performance Today we'll hear music designed specifically for Thursday of this week, including a remarkable composition by Orlando di Lasso.

Sergey Khachatryan is a 28-year-old violinist who says he has two lives: his love for cars, and his love for music. On Wednesday's Performance Today we'll focus on his musical life, and we'll hear him play Sibelius' dramatic violin concerto in concert in Sydney, Australia.

Listen to Fred Child's interview with the composer about his winning piece "Become Ocean."