Poster Alexi Kenney
Alexi Kenney performs in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio in St. Paul, Minn.
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Performance Today®

Violinist Alexi Kenney

When Alexi Kenney was a boy, his aspirations were modest; he wanted to play the tambourine or the triangle. His mother got him thinking in a different direction, however. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll meet talented violinist Alexi Kenney, our newest Young Artist in Residence.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Nicolai Kapustin: Concert Etude Op. 40, No. 6 (Pastorale)
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
The Frederic Chopin Society Janet Wallace Fine Arts Concert Hall, Macalester College St. Paul, MN
MPR Recording 00228

Franz Liszt: En Reve
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Liszt, Ravel
London/Decca 4783206

Franz Liszt: Grand Duo Concertant sur la Romance de "Le marin" for Violin and Piano, S. 128
Benjamin Beilman, violin; Gloria Chien, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Betty Secree from Kensington, MD

Damian Montano: Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Wind Ensemble
Sarah Frisof, flute; Naoko Nakamura, harp; Dallas Winds; Jerry Junkin, conductor
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX

Hour 2

Zoltan Kodaly: Epigrams
Budapest Clarinet Quintet
Clarinet Evergreens
Naxos 553427

Robert Bocca: Dialogo, for percussion
Simone Rubino: percussion, drums, vibraphone, marimbaphone
Schwetzingen Festival, Jagdsaal, Schwetzingen, Germany

Georges Enescu: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 3, Op. 25: 1. Moderato malinconico; 3. Allegro con brio
Alexi Kenney, violin; Renana Gutman, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN

Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA

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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.

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