Performance Today®

Every Christmas, the Romero family always finds a way to be together... and that means a big guitar jam session. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear a Christmas suite played by two generations of Romero family guitarists.

In 2013, Richard Danielpour composed a clarinet concerto inspired by the words and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear soloist Anthony McGill and the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra perform Richard Danielpour's "From the Mountaintop."

On Monday's Performance Today, we celebrate Venezuelan Christmas traditions. Pianist Gabriela Montero and flutist Marco Granados share Venezuelan carols, dances, and their own Christmas memories.

Gustav Mahler spent the summer of 1905 in a lake-side cottage, in the Corinthian mountains in southern Austria. That's were composed his Symphony No. 7. On Saturday's Performance Today, the New York Philharmonic plays Mahler's Seventh Symphony, with Alan Gilbert Conducting.

Rick Robinson had a story in mind when he wrote 'Gitcha Groove On': a classical musician goes out for a night on the town, looking for music that moves him. On Friday's Performance Today, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra takes us on Robinson's musical journey through the after hours.

The ANCIA Saxophone Quartet is dedicated to the creation and performance of new works for saxophone quartet. On Thursday's Performance Today, the quartet performs Three Jazz Settings by composer Ramon Ricker.

Gustav Mahler spent the summer of 1905 in a lake-side cottage, in the Corinthian mountains in southern Austria. That's were composed his Symphony No. 7. On Wednesday's Performance Today, the New York Philharmonic plays Mahler's Seventh Symphony, with Alan Gilbert Conducting.

Tippet Rise is an art center located on a working ranch in the rolling hills of south central Montana. It's a peaceful and inspiring destination. On Tuesday's Performance Today, take a seat at Tippet Rise's Olivier Music Barn and hear pianist Yevgeny Sudbin play a sonata by Alexander Scriabin.

Italian composer Ottorino Respighi was a fan of Renaissance paintings and music. In 1927, he set three paintings by Sandro Botticelli to music. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Respighi's Botticelli Tryptich, from a concert in Bellingham, Washington.