Every year conductor Charles Dutoit goes to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This year's trip was memorable; he conducted Daphnis and Chloe by Maurice Ravel, and did it during an earthquake. We'll hear that performance and more on Monday's Performance Today.
On this weekend's Performance Today, the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo join Fred in the studio. They'll discuss the thrills and dangers of sharing a piano bench with a dynamic duet partner, and play highlights from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, from a concert celebrating conductor Gustavo Dudamel's 10th anniversary with the LA Phil.
Greg Anderson says that sharing a piano bench with a dynamic duet partner is both thrilling and dangerous. He'll elaborate further on Thursday's Performance Today, plus we'll hear more music from Anderson & Roe.
On Wednesday's Performance Today, the Anderson & Roe piano duo join Fred in the studio for conversation and a performance of a dramatic scene from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.
Pianists and best friends Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe once again dazzle with four-hand piano arrangements of music by Mozart and Stravinsky. Click to listen to their conversation and watch the video of their performance.
According to pianist Murray Perahia, Robert Schumann was a great musician who tried to capture the moment in music. On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear Perahia capture a moment himself, as he plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall.
Silicon Valley is, of course, a center for technological creativity. But it is also a center musical creativity. On Monday's Performance Today we'll spend some time at one of the great American music festivals: Music@Menlo in Palo Alto, California.
How does he do it? On this weekend's Performance Today, we'll hear multi-talented musician Jeffrey Kahane exercise physical control at the piano while simultaneously listening to and conducting the New York Philharmonic.
