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Performance Today®

PT Turns 25

In January of 1987, a new arts show hit the public radio airwaves for the first time. It was called Performance Today. A number of talented hosts and staffers have worked on the show in the intervening years. But the thing that has stayed during that time has been the immediacy of the show. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma calls it the "I was there" feeling you get from Performance Today. Join us and help us celebrate 25 years of Performance Today.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Richard Strauss: Excerpts from Couperin Dance Suite
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 (Classical)
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, James Conlon, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Aaron Hassell from Columbia, South Carolina

Richard Strauss: Serenade in G Major for Piano Quartet, TrV 114, AV 168
The Mozart Piano Quartet
Calvary Community Church, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Hour 2

Francis Poulenc: First movement from Sonate for Flute and Piano
Emmanuel Pahud, flute, Eric Le Sage, piano

Joseph Haydn: First movement from String Quartet No. 25 in C, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob.III:32
The Parker Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

PT Young Artist in Residence: Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano

Fernando Obradors: El Vito and Al Amor
Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano, Milos Repicky, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Liu Shufang: Mei gui san Yuan (The Rose's Three Wishes)
Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano, Milos Repicky, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Alban Berg: Selections from Seven Early Songs
Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano, Milos Repicky, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano, FP 164 (arranged for orchestra)
Emmanuel Pahud, flute, the German Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sondergaard, conductor
Die Glocke, Bremen, Germany

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About Performance Today®

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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.

Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.

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