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Ostensibly, the piano is the featured instrument in Richard Strauss' Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra -- but the timpani often steal the show. It's a wild, audacious, entertaining piece by the young Strauss, and on Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in Hamburg, Germany.
Violinist Hannah White was 14 years old when she took home the gold medal in the Junior Division of the 2015 Sphinx Competition. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear her prize-winning performance of a Mozart Violin Concerto from Orchestra Hall in Detroit.
The aria "Ah! mes amis" from the opera Daughter of the Regiment is notoriously difficult to sing; there are nine high Cs in the final minute. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear our current Young Artist in Residence, American tenor Jack Swanson, hit every single one of them.
The aria "Ah! mes amis" from the opera Daughter of the Regiment is notoriously difficult to sing; there are nine high Cs in the final minute. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear our current Young Artist in Residence, American tenor Jack Swanson, hit every single one of them.
Creating heartfelt emotion in abstract music is no small task. According to tenor Jack Swanson, it requires finding an internal place of relaxation capable of tapping into the same emotions the music evokes. On Thursday's Performance Today, Swanson joins Fred in the studio for music and conversation as our latest Young Artist in Residence.
When Jack Swanson was in high school, he heard Luciano Pavarotti sing and he was blown away. Then and there, Swanson decided that he too would be a singer. And a singer he is! On Wednesday's Performance Today, tenor Jack Swanson will join Fred in the studio as our new Young Artist in Residence.
Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by tenor Jack Swanson and pianist Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell.
On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear from a composer who has one of the all-time greatest names to say on the radio: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. We'll hear the Jupiter Quartet play Herr Dittersdorf's String Quartet No. 5 in concert in New York City. Plus, we'll hear Orli Shaham play the last solo piano music written by Brahms.
Composer Antonin Dvorak said it took very little effort to write his Piano Quartet No. 2. "It came easily," he said, "the melodies just surged upon me." On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear violinist Daniel Hope and friends play those surging melodies in concert at the Savannah Music Festival.
