We're living at a special moment in the history of classical music - there has never been a time with so many supremely talented young players. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll continue our celebration of the great year we've had with PT Young Artists.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, double bass virtuoso TianYang Liu joins us as our Young Artist in Residence. He'll talk with Fred about why he chose the double bass, and we'll hear him perform a formidable arrangement of Pablo de Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen.
The Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saens is one of the great virtuoso showpieces for violin. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll go to a concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to hear Barnabas Kelemen perform this violin showstopper with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.
On Monday's Performance Today, we'll explore classical highlights from cinema soundtracks. Joshua Bell talks about a concerto based on the soundtrack for the film The Red Violin, and we'll hear a Mozart symphony with just the right atmosphere for the film Amadeus. Plus, a little something special from The Simpsons Movie.
In 2011, composer Clarice Assad wove together a dozen tunes by Bach. The violas and cellos play the melodies, so it's called the "Suite for Lower Strings, based on themes of Bach." On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear this 21st century music - inspired by 18th century music - from a concert in San Francisco.
In 2011, composer Clarice Assad wove together a dozen tunes by Bach. The violas and cellos play the melodies, so it's called the "Suite for Lower Strings, based on themes of Bach." On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear this 21st century music - inspired by 18th century music - from a concert in San Francisco.
Pianist Helene Grimaud says that in the second half of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2, it feels as though you get a private audience with the composer. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear part four of our musical journey with Helene Grimaud and Brahms.
It's day three of our guided tour through Brahms' piano concertos with pianist Helene Grimaud. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Grimaud's performance of the first half of Brahms' autobiographical Piano Concerto No. 2.
Pianist Helene Grimaud takes us inside the music of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Johannes Brahms. She says the music was influenced by Brahms' teacher, Robert Schumann, but dedicated to Brahms' "impossible love," Clara Schumann. Grimaud and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and bring this tragic love triangle back to life in a concert in Munich, Germany.
