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Maurice Ravel wrote his Mother Goose Suite as piano pieces for children. But then he realized that fairy tales aren't just for children, and he turned the music into a lush piece for full orchestra. On Thursday's Performance Today we'll hear a Ravel's Mother Goose Orchestral Suite performed by the New York Philharmonic.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler. Play along with our musical game; see if you can name the hidden tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating. And we'll drop in on a concert in Dallas, for music by Richard Wagner.
Fred Child is out leading fifty PT listeners on a musical tour of London, so we'll be joined by guest host Bill Morelock this week. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Bach's Oboe and Violin Concerto from the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.
Every year conductor Charles Dutoit goes to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This year's trip was memorable; he conducted Daphnis and Chloe by Maurice Ravel, and did it during an earthquake. We'll hear that performance and more on Monday's Performance Today.
On this weekend's Performance Today, the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo join Fred in the studio. They'll discuss the thrills and dangers of sharing a piano bench with a dynamic duet partner, and play highlights from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, from a concert celebrating conductor Gustavo Dudamel's 10th anniversary with the LA Phil.
Greg Anderson says that sharing a piano bench with a dynamic duet partner is both thrilling and dangerous. He'll elaborate further on Thursday's Performance Today, plus we'll hear more music from Anderson & Roe.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, the Anderson & Roe piano duo join Fred in the studio for conversation and a performance of a dramatic scene from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.
Pianists and best friends Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe once again dazzle with four-hand piano arrangements of music by Mozart and Stravinsky. Click to listen to their conversation and watch the video of their performance.
