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Gabriel Kahane is a composer of music who thinks an awful lot like a writer of literature. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll explore his song cycle, The Fiction Issue, and Kahane will join us to discuss his inspiration for these musical short stories.
Ani Kavafian had the opportunity to play one of Arno Babajanian's trios with the composer himself, and she came away with some secrets. On Thursday's Performance Today, Kavafian will join Fred to share a few of those secrets as well as music by Babajanian.
Violinist Ani Kavafian loves Aram Khachaturian's Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano. On Wednesday's Performance Today she'll introduce it, and play it with a couple of friends at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
It's an enduring musical question: is it okay to dance to Johann Sebastian Bach? American violinist Rachel Barton Pine says yes. On Tuesday's Performance Today, she'll join Fred in the studio to explain her rationale, and to play dance music by Bach.
A popular feature of CMS Two performances is the Late Night Rose sessions - a series of shows above Lincoln Center in the intimate Rose Studio. PT was honored to host the most recent Late Night Rose event back in March. Come listen to an excerpt from that concert, plus interviews with the several performers including Ani Kavafian, Michael Brown and Gloria Chien.
When the young wind quintet called WindSync plays a concert, they memorize their music and play without music stands. Why do they do this? We'll find out on Monday's Performance Today, when WindSync joins us in the studio for music and conversation.
Three members of the Danish String Quartet first met as teens in a summer music camp. They grew up, went to music conservatory, and acquired a Norwegian cellist. On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear them perform a lively medley of traditional Danish folk music in the PT studio. Plus, Bruce Adolphe joins us for this week's Piano Puzzler.
When Chad Lawson began creating his modern interpretations of Frederic Chopin's music, he considered how some might respond to his rather audacious project. But he didn't let that stop him! On Friday's Performance Today, Chad Lawson joins us with his gentle versions of piano works by Chopin.
Fred Child has been out for the last week, and he wanted to take a moment to update listeners on the reason for his absence; an important new development in his life.
