Mozart's Haffner Serenade
On this weekend's Performance Today, the Vienna Philharmonic dazzles with a performance of Mozart's Haffner Serenade. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.
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Performance Today - July 25, 2014
American conductor and violinist Lorin Maazel died recently at the age of 84. On Friday's Performance Today we'll hear a highlight from the Maestro's long career; Maazel leading the New York Philharmonic in Igor Stravinsky's Song of the Nightingale.
Violinist Robyn Bollinger
Violinist Robyn Bollinger is one of the current crop of PT Young Artists in Residence. She also has the distinction of having attended rehearsals since before she was born. On Thursday's Performance Today, she joins Fred in the studio to talk about her musical history and to perform music by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Paganini.
Mozart's Haffner Serenade
On Wednesday's Performance Today, the Vienna Philharmonic dazzles with a performance of Mozart's Haffner Serenade. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.
Kodaly's banned variations
In 1939, Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly wrote a set of shimmering variations on a song about escaping from tyranny; the piece was promptly banned by the Hungarian authorities. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in Buffalo, New York.
Young musicians from coast to coast
During the summer, there are great young musicians honing their skills at camps and schools from coast to coast. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll stop in at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California to hear talented young players working with conductor Leonard Slatkin, and playing music by Tchaikovsky.
Violinist Simone Porter
Each summer, we meet remarkably talented young musicians at the Aspen Music Festival and School. What becomes of them? Violinist Simone Porter was 14 when we met her three years ago. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll catch up with Simone to hear about how she's beginning to play all around the world.
PT in Residence at the Aspen Music Festival: Day 5
Come listen to more music and conversation from 'An Evening with Performance Today,' featuring pianist Steven Osborne and a student piano quartet. Plus, check out videos of student buskers, and photos from the breathtaking Maroon Bells.
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Fred Child on music and nature
Fred Child discusses dichotomies in music and nature at Crater Lake just outside of Aspen, Colorado.