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Flutist Sir James Galway is 73 years old now, and some think he's playing better than ever. He's sold more than 30 million albums. He has a big beautiful home looking out across a lake in Switzerland. Galway could easily relax. But what's he doing right now? Galway just finished leading an intensive two week long flute festival and now he's busy rehearsing for a big concert tour. On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear from the flutist who likes to stay busy. Sir James Galway and friends play a set of three tunes from Ireland in concert in Athens, Georgia.

One morning, Antonin Dvorak was walking in the woods, and noticed a beautiful song coming from a bird he described as red with black wings. He was so inspired by that simple bird song, he wrote a string quartet with that little melody. But what bird was it? On Monday's Performance Today, we'll do some ornithological sleuthing to figure out what bird that was and we'll hear the Jupiter Quartet in concert at the Skaneateles Festival in New York.

Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg talks with us about everything from the Aspen Festival to A-Rod. Plus, 19 year-old cellist Nathan Chan makes his PT debut. Highlights from our week in Residence at the Aspen Music Festival, on this weekend's Performance Today.

The faculty at the Aspen Music Festival are some of the best in the business. Listen to their performance at Harris Hall.

Listen to the young pianist's performance and interview on stage at the Aspen Music Festival.

When pianist Adria Ye was 11 years old, she and her family moved from her home just outside Portland, Oregon to New York City. She became a student at the Juilliard School, one of the great music conservatories in the world. On Friday's Performance Today, Adria Ye will make her PT debut on stage in Aspen with a Tarantelle by Franz Liszt.

Listen to conductor and pianist Robert Spano perform one of his own compositions at the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Listen to 19 year-old Nathan Chan play music by Rachmaninoff and Kreisler at the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Guitarist Sharon Isbin is a regular at the Aspen Music Festival and School, as are the local black bears. Sharon Isbin talks about a close encounter with what appeared to be a musically curious bear. Plus, 19 year-old cellist Nathan Chan makes his PT debut, on Thursday's Performance Today.