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In studio with the Parker Quartet
Two years ago, the Parker Quartet was just out of school, just learning the ropes of their professional careers and just named PT's first Young Artists in Residence. Since then, they've earned praise for their concerts all over the world and won a Grammy Award. Recently they joined Fred Child in the studio for a little reunion of music and conversation
Performace Chat 3/19/12
Performace Chat 3/20/12
In-studio with Imogen Cooper
It's a rare treat to have British pianist Imogen Cooper in the Performance Today studio this Friday. She's world-renowned as a Franz Schubert expert, but this time Cooper joins host Fred Child to talk about one of Schubert's heros: Ludwig van Beethoven. Tune in to Friday's PT to hear Cooper play Beethoven and to spend a delightful half hour with a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
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In-studio with Susanna Phillips
As a high school student in Huntsville, Alabama, Susanna Phillips never once considered a career as an opera singer. A school guidance counselor encouraged her to just apply to a conservatory. So she did. The Juilliard-trained soprano is now appearing on major opera stages all over the world, gracing the pages of Vogue magazine and chatting in the studio with host Fred Child about her suprising, overwhleming success.
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Two years ago, the Parker Quartet was just out of school, just learning the ropes of their professional careers and just named PT's first Young Artists in Residence. Since then, they've earned praise for their concerts all over the world and won a Grammy Award. Recently they joined Fred Child in the studio for a little reunion of music and conversation
Performace Chat 3/19/12
Performace Chat 3/20/12
It's a rare treat to have British pianist Imogen Cooper in the Performance Today studio this Friday. She's world-renowned as a Franz Schubert expert, but this time Cooper joins host Fred Child to talk about one of Schubert's heros: Ludwig van Beethoven. Tune in to Friday's PT to hear Cooper play Beethoven and to spend a delightful half hour with a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
Listen now
As a high school student in Huntsville, Alabama, Susanna Phillips never once considered a career as an opera singer. A school guidance counselor encouraged her to just apply to a conservatory. So she did. The Juilliard-trained soprano is now appearing on major opera stages all over the world, gracing the pages of Vogue magazine and chatting in the studio with host Fred Child about her suprising, overwhleming success.
Listen now
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Today's Program
Daphnis and Chloe
It's an ancient, simple story of boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy loses girl when she is abducted by pirates. Boy gets girl back, thanks to the intervention of a deity who is half-man and half-goat. OK, maybe the story of Daphnis and Chloe isn't so simple after all. But boy and girl live happily ever after in Maurice Ravel's ravishing, shimmering coming-of-age love story. The French National Orchestra plays Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, from a concert in Paris.
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Piano Puzzler Party
Performance Today's Piano Puzzler turns ten this year and we're having a party! Join Fred Child and Bruce Adolphe on June 20th for a special live event, the first ever Piano Puzzler Party. Bruce and Fred will be doing a few onstage puzzlers with the audience, and a celebrity contestant will give it a try too. Toast 10 years of Piano Puzzlers on June 20th. Tickets go on sale May 22nd. Click here for more information.
Performance Today's Piano Puzzler turns ten this year and we're having a party! Join Fred Child and Bruce Adolphe on June 20th for a special live event, the first ever Piano Puzzler Party. Bruce and Fred will be doing a few onstage puzzlers with the audience, and a celebrity contestant will give it a try too. Toast 10 years of Piano Puzzlers on June 20th. Tickets go on sale May 22nd. Click here for more information.
The Piano Puzzler®
Test your ears as Bruce Adolphe takes a popular tune and transforms it into something that sounds like it was composed by one of the greats. Guess the great and the song. Then listen to a piece by the composer in question. The Piano Puzzler® with Bruce Adolphe is available for download and as a podcast.
Test your ears as Bruce Adolphe takes a popular tune and transforms it into something that sounds like it was composed by one of the greats. Guess the great and the song. Then listen to a piece by the composer in question. The Piano Puzzler® with Bruce Adolphe is available for download and as a podcast.
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Fred Child is the host of Performance Today, the most-listened-to classical music radio show in America.
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