Simone Porter is only 20 years old, but she's already a veteran performer. When asked if she gets nervous onstage, Porter answers with a resounding no. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear more from nerves-of-steel Simone Porter.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, we've got highlights from winter and Christmas concerts around the world, including Theo Bonheur's "A Winter Ride" from a holiday concert in Munich, Germany.
Composer Justin Hurwitz talks about creating the themes that give the film La La Land an emotional, musical soul.
In his diary, Jean Sibelius wrote: "This morning, I saw 16 swans. Lord God, what beauty! They circled...like a gleaming, silver ribbon." That sight inspired a moment in his Symphony No. 5, which we'll hear on Tuesday's Performance Today.
In celebration Carl Philip Emanuel Bach's 300th birthday, conductor Nicholas McGegan hoped to inspire a groundswell of enthusiasm for the man's music. Something he called "Carl-o-philip-emanuel-bach-o-mania." On Monday's Performance Today, we'll do our part with a Keyboard Concerto by CPE Bach.
It's a busy season for music! On this weekend's Performance Today, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler. Plus, we'll have wintry musical highlights for the Christmas season, including this special 5 piano arrangement of the Skater's Waltz.
Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica, and Mozart wrote music for this unusual instrument. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert in Meiringen, Switzerland, to hear Mozart's music for the glass harmonica.
Conductor Simon Rattle has known The Nutcracker since he was a kid, and with each passing year he becomes more fascinated with the music. On Thursday's Performance Today, Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in The Nutcracker "B-sides;" the sometimes overlooked, but still heart-tugging and toe-tapping dances from the rest of Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet.
It's a busy musical season! On Wednesday's Performance Today, Bruce Adolphe joins us with this week's Piano Puzzler. Plus, we'll have winter concert highlights from around the country, including a virtuosic performance of Strauss' Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks.
