Performance Today®

When pianist Stephen Hough played recently in Santa Barbara, he was called back on stage for three encores. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear all three -- back to back to back.

With winter coming to a close and spring beginning to loom (or bloom) on the horizon, there's often a big clean-up that has to take place. So on this weekend's Performance Today, we'll help out with a special piece by Malcolm Arnold: his Grand Grand Overture for Vacuum Cleaners, Floor Polisher, and Concert Band.

On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear concert performances of forward-looking music from the 18th through the 21st centuries, including a quintet by Luigi Boccherini and Nicola Campogrande's brand new piece, Urban Gardens.

A month after he became a U.S. citizen, composer Igor Stravinsky wrote his Symphony in Three Movements. The New York Philharmonic premiered the piece in 1946; on Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear a much more recent performance by that same ensemble.

With winter coming to a close and spring beginning to loom (or bloom) on the horizon, there's often a big clean-up that has to take place. So on Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll help out with a special piece by Malcolm Arnold: his Grand Grand Overture for Vacuum Cleaners, Floor Polisher, and Concert Band.

Exactly a century ago, Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil was sung for the first time. In celebration, the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale are releasing a brand new recording on the day of the anniversary. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear conductor Charles Bruffy talk about this ethereal, heartfelt music and how it resonates in our time.

One of the most popular choral works ever written premiered 100 years ago in Moscow. To commemorate this historic event, the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale have released a new recording of the All-Night Vigil. Music Director Charles Bruffy and Russian choral music expert Vladimir Morosan talk with Fred Child about the importance of this music.

Claude Debussy's La Mer is an incredibly colorful and inventive picture of the sea; a portrait painted with music. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll hear it from a concert in the land-locked city of Dallas, Texas.

Until 2010, cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser had only played classical music. But not anymore! These days they're known as 2CELLOS, and they're a YouTube and worldwide sensation. On this weekend's Performance Today, 2CELLOS will join Fred in the studio to discuss their classical training, their current tour, and more.