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Fred Child Fred Child is the host of America's most-listened-to classical music radio program, NPR's Performance Today. The program reaches 1.5 million listeners on 250 stations around the country. The program features classical music in concert around the nation and the world, in concert from the NPR studios, and classical music news, interviews, and issues.

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Wednesday November 26, 2003

Performance Today

PT Piano Puzzlers

November 26, 2003 • NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg joins Fred Child and Bruce Adolphe in NPR's Studio 4A for another Piano Puzzler.

PT Piano Puzzlers

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Friday November 14, 2003

Performance Today

Ross on Rattle, Part 1

November 14, 2003 • Alex Ross, who writes about musical events for the New Yorker magazine, joins Fred Child in New York to talk about the Berlin Philharmonic, the impact Simon Rattle has had on the orchestra, and the music the orchestra is performing on its current tour.

Ross on Rattle, Part 1

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Friday October 24, 2003

Culture

Disney Hall: A New Home for the L.A. Philharmonic

October 24, 2003 • The Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, is one of the most talked-about new American buildings in decades. The first of three inaugural events took place Thursday night. NPR's Fred Child attended the concert and filed this report.

Disney Hall: A New Home for the L.A. Philharmonic

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Thursday October 23, 2003

Performance Today

Toccata and Fugue

October 23, 2003 • PT host Fred Child joins us again from Los Angeles to introduce music recorded by the LA Philharmonic. We hear the famous Bach (1685-1750) Toccata and Fugue arranged from organ music to orchestra music by conductor Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977).

Toccata and Fugue

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Performance Today

Schubert Piano Trio

October 23, 2003 • Our week of California performances continues with host Fred Child joining us from Los Angeles. In this segment we hear from Camerata Pacifica, a southern California chamber music series. Roger Wilkie is playing violin, the cellist is John Walz, and the pianist is Edith Orloff. We hear the closing movement of the Piano Trio, Op. 100, by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Our concert comes from last weekend in Thousand Oaks, California.

Schubert Piano Trio

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Wednesday October 22, 2003

Performance Today

Kahane Plays Chopin, 1

October 22, 2003 • Fred Child is in Los Angeles this week, gearing up for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall, the new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. We're listening in on some other notable California performances all week. Fred hosts this segment from LA, featuring a pianist who's also a conductor. Jeffrey Kahane leads the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. When he's not doing that, he's often giving piano recitals. From one of those performances, we hear him play the Polonaise-Fantasy, Op. 61, by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849).

Kahane Plays Chopin, 1

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Tuesday September 30, 2003

All Things Considered

A Digital Companion for Concert Fans

September 30, 2003 • Orchestras are looking for ways to attract new and younger audiences to the concert hall. One solution may be "CoCo" -- the Concert Companion. It's a handheld digital device that displays program notes that are synched with the music. NPR's Fred Child reports on tests of the device at this summer's Aspen Music Festival.

A Digital Companion for Concert Fans

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