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On Thursday's Performance Today, we have part two of our chat with our Young Artist in Residence, violinist Robyn Bollinger. Bollinger will play Tchaikovsky's Melodie for Violin and Piano, a piece that she calls a "heartbreaker."
Our newest Young Artist in Residence has been going to rehearsals since before she was born. On Wednesday's Performance Today, violinist Robyn Bollinger joins Fred in the studio to talk about her musical history and to perform Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 22.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll celebrate great American composer Duke Ellington's birthday with a concert performance of his Suite from "The River."
The Butterfly Lovers is often considered the Chinese equivalent of Romeo and Juliet. It's the story of two star-crossed lovers who, after their tragic deaths, are reincarnated and reunited as butterflies. On Monday's Performance Today we'll hear a musical interpretation of this tale, The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, performed by Gil Shaham and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Claude Debussy's La Mer is a colorful, inventive picture of the sea; a portrait painted with music. On this weekend's Performance Today we'll hear La Mer performed in concert in the seaside town of Stockholm, Sweden.
For fans of classical music it doesn't get much better. On Friday's Performance Today we'll hear the Berlin Philharmonic in concert at their home venue, the Philharmonie, playing Beethoven's Symphony No. 6.
On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear music that Sergei Prokofiev wrote for the satirical film "Lieutenant Kije," which depicts the noble life and tragic death of a soldier who was never born in the first place.
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.
