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Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1984. He studied at Stanford University and has been a leading scholar and performer of harpsichord music for the last dozen years or so. If you find harpsichord music harsh or brittle, we have a performance that might help change your mind. Hear Mahan Esfahani play music by C.P.E. Bach on today's show.
When Felix Mendelssohn was 14 years old, he wrote music for a family party. Afterwards, the manuscript was stashed away in the Mendelssohn household and forgotten about. It wasn't played again until 1999. The lost and found Double Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn on Performance Today.
Violinist Bella Hristova and composer David Ludwig were married in 2015. In the months leading up to the wedding, Ludwig wrote a piece for Hristova—not a 2-minute bon-bon for the reception, but a full concerto for solo violin and orchestra. On today's episode, we'll hear Bella Hristova play Ludwig's concerto with JoAnn Falletta conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Harpist Jane Yoo is the next of our 2024 cohort of PT Young Artists in Residence. Jane recently joined Fred Child in our St. Paul studio—hear Jane’s music and the entire interview here!
We're pleased to introduce our next 2024 PT Young Artist in Residence: harpist Jane Yoo. Jane joins Fred Child for music and conversation at our Saint Paul studio on today's show.
Invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, the saxophone has long been seen as an outsider in classical music. But Timothy McAllister is on a mission to change that. On today’s show, Timothy McAllister performs a saxophone classic: Alexander Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto.
Cellist Seth Parker Woods is sharing music and stories of people who have long been overlooked. Seth Parker Woods on choosing projects to uplift other voices, on the next Performance Today, from APM.
Brandon Patrick George is a renowned American flutist and a member of Imani Winds, celebrated for his elegant and virtuosic performances. On today's show, we'll hear him perform two solo pieces for flute, one by Shawn Okpebholo and the other by Ruth Crawford Seeger.
Invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, the saxophone has long been seen as an outsider in classical music. But Timothy McAllister is on a mission to change that. On today’s show, Timothy McAllister performs a saxophone classic: Alexander Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto.
