Performance Today Features

Not your father's plastic recorder. Listen to the interview and the mellifluous sounds of four wooden recorders playing in harmony.

With its potent mix of fury and fear, punctuated with hammering chords and explosive bass drum bangs, the Requiem Mass is one of Verdi's most striking choral works.

Stanford Thompson is the Executive Director of "Play On Philly!," a music education program in Philadelphia. He's also the chair of the National Alliance of El Sistema-inspired Programs. He spoke with Fred Child about music education.

Is it jazz or is it classical music? Listen to the interview and watch a video of his performance

Pianists Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung each have successful solo careers, but when they can, this married couple perform together. They played solos and duets in the PT studio and talked about being each other's best and fiercest critic.

Listen to Barnatan's exclusive performance and conversation with PT host Fred Child at Steinway Hall in New York.

Listen to this live performance by Brooklyn Rider from the Minnesota State Fair.

Listen to conductor and pianist Robert Spano perform one of his own compositions at the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Listen to 19 year-old Nathan Chan play music by Rachmaninoff and Kreisler at the Aspen Music Festival and School.

American cellist Wendy Warner and Russian pianist Irina Nuzova are a study in contrasts, but they share one important interest: Russian music for cello and piano.