Violinist Joseph Joachim believed that there were only four great violin concertos written by German composers -- and one of them was written just for him, by his friend Johannes Brahms. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear violinist James Ehnes play that Brahms Concerto in concert with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.
What do you get when you have an orchestra and two solo timpanists playing nine kettle drums? It's either madness...or it's a piece by Philip Glass. Then again, could it be both? On Monday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert in Montreal to decide.
On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll have highlights from the 2015 Grand Teton Music Festival. Among them, the festival's Music Director, Donald Runnicles, joins Fred Child for an on stage chat before teaming up with cellist Joel Noyes to play music by Robert Schumann.
All summer long we have featured great music inspired by distinctive American places. On Friday's Performance Today, our summer road trip reaches its final stop. We'll hear a new piece by Timothy Mahr called "by blue lake, listening, dreaming" -- music that describes a very special setting in Michigan's Manistee National Forest.
Great music can make a great film. Where would Frozen be without a singing snowman? What would deep space sound like without Arvo Part? And where would the Force be without John Williams' iconic compositions? On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear all this music and more, as we explore unforgettable movie music.
Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. Play along on Wednesday's Performance Today to see if you can guess the tune and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, trombonist and conductor Michael Mulcahy joins Fred Child on stage at the 2015 Grand Teton Music Festival to introduce a brassy new work by Bruce Broughton.
Recently, PT was on location at the 2015 Grand Teton Music Festival for 'A Night with Performance Today.' Listen to live music and conversation from that event, including on stage performances of a trio by Alexander Zemlinsky and music for brass ensemble by Bruce Broughton.
On Monday's Performance Today, we'll have highlights from the 2015 Grand Teton Music Festival. Among them, the festival's Music Director, Donald Runnicles, joins Fred Child for an on stage chat before teaming up with cellist Joel Noyes to play music by Robert Schumann.
