Producer Meghann Reflects on the 2023 Grand Canyon Music Festival
Producer Meghann Oglesby reflects on her time at the 2023 Grand Canyon Music Festival.
Performance Today®
with host Fred Child
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Thomas Sondergard
Thomas Sondergard first conducted the Minnesota Orchestra in December 2021, immediately establishing a rapport with musicians and audiences. He was appointed as the Orchestra's 11th music director in July 2022. One of the highlights of his first season was a series of concerts featuring music by LGBTQ+ composers. Learn more about Thomas Sondergard on this episode of Performance Today.
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Paul Wiancko: Cities of Air
During the pandemic, when concert halls were closed, cellist and composer Paul Wiancko was overflowing with ideas. Wiancko says he filled a new piece he was working on with feelings of love, fantasy, and the joy of being together. Join us today to hear ‘Cities of Air’ by Paul Wiancko at a concert in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers
In 2017, Composer Hannah Kendall wrote a piece inspired by a poem about women who worked in match factories in the 1800s. The piece, aptly titled The Spark Catchers, is full of kinetic energy and driving rhythms. On today's show, we'll hear The Spark Catchers by Hannah Kendall.
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The Art of Fugue
In the last decade of his life, Johann Sebastian Bach worked on a vast exploration of the fugue, but he never finished the final section of the piece. Tune in today to hear the Danish String Quartet play J.S. Bach's extraordinary and unfinished “The Art of Fugue.”
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PT Weekend: Petrushka, for solo piano
When a piece is well-written for orchestra, sometimes a piano version can feel slightly empty. Today, we’ll hear pianist Ilya Shmukler play one of those piano versions, but this one has a percussive pianistic quality that makes it lovable: Stravinsky's Petrushka for solo piano.
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Piano Puzzler
Young Artist in Residence: Najee Greenlee
Clarinetist Najee Greenlee is the next of our 2024 cohort of PT Young Artists in Residence. Najee recently joined Fred Child in our St. Paul studio—hear Najee’s music and the entire interview here!
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Young Artist in Residence: Jane Yoo
Harpist Jane Yoo is the next of our 2024 cohort of PT Young Artists in Residence. Jane recently joined Fred Child in our St. Paul studio—hear Jane’s music and the entire interview here!
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Young Artist in Residence: Avery Gagliano
Pianist Avery Gagliano is the next of our 2024 cohort of PT Young Artists in Residence. Avery recently joined Fred Child in our St. Paul studio—hear their music and the entire interview here!
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Young Artist in Residence: Sarah Ma
Sarah Ma is the first of the 2024 cohort of PT Young Artists in Residence. They are an Asian American artist from Queens, New York, who is deeply committed to cultural advocacy, inclusion, and artistic collaboration. Sarah recently joined Fred Child in our St. Paul studio—hear their music and the entire interview here!
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