Chamber music from CMS Two
On this weekend's Today, we'll hear sparkling music from CMS Two, an elite program for young players run by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.
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with host Valerie Kahler
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A triple trombone concerto
The trombone players in the Buffalo Philharmonic asked composer Eric Ewazen if he would write something especially for them. Ewazen loved the idea and came up with his Triple Concerto for Three Trombones and Orchestra. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll go to Buffalo to hear it in concert.
Music from CMS Two
On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll meet two extraordinary young string players: violinist Chad Hoopes and violist Matthew Lipman. Both performers are part of CMS Two; the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's special program for talented musicians. We'll visit with Hoopes and Lipman in New York City, where we'll hear them play music by Mozart at a CMS Two concert.
A quietly dramatic piano concerto
On Wednesday's Performance Today, pianist Mitsuko Uchida plays a quietly dramatic piano concerto by Mozart in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Happy Birthday, Sibelius!
Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. On Tuesday's Performance Today, join us for Sibelius celebration! We'll mark the occasion by hearing from recent Sibelius concert from all around the world.
Elgar's Cello Concerto
During World War I, Edward Elgar composed almost nothing. About this he said, "I cannot do any real work with this awful shadow hanging over us." But in the summer of 1918, he began writing a Cello Concerto. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear that piece from a concert in Bergen, Norway.
From tambourine to violin
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 this weekend's Performance Today, talented violinist Alexi Kenney will join Fred in the studio as our newest Young Artist in Residence.
The star treatment
We sent our Young Artist in Residence, violinist Alexi Kenney, to play for 75 kids ages 5 to 8. Kenney said it was great; the kids' reactions to music were so pure, and he got the star treatment - the kids all lined up for autographs at the end of his performance. We'll hear more from Kenney on Friday's Performance Today, when he joins Fred in the studio for day three of his PT residency.
Juicy violin stuff
Recently, American violinist Joshua Bell called Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto "real juicy violin stuff." On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll take a musical trip to Cincinnati to hear Bell play that very concerto in concert with the Cincinnati Symphony.