Monday April 28, 2003

Simon Rattles Beethoven

April 28, 2003 • Sir Simon Rattle joins Fred Child to talk about Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, as our Beethoven symphony series continues.

Friday April 18, 2003

Performance Today

Simon Wraps Up Beethoven

April 18, 2003 • Today concludes our series of all nine Beethoven Symphonies on Performance Today. Simon Rattle joins Fred Child one last time for reflections on Beethoven and the Vienna Philharmonic.

Simon Wraps Up Beethoven

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Thursday April 17, 2003

Performance Today

Simon Rattles Beethoven

April 17, 2003 • Sir Rattle is back to talk with Fred Child about Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Then we hear movements 3, 4 and 5 of the Symphony No. 9, with Rattle conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.

Simon Rattles Beethoven

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Wednesday April 16, 2003

Performance Today

Simon Rattles Beethoven

April 16, 2003 • Conductor Sir Simon Rattle joins us once again to introduce the next Beethoven symphony in our series. Today he talks with Fred Child about the Symphony No. 8.

Simon Rattles Beethoven

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Tuesday April 15, 2003

Performance Today

Simon Rattles Beethoven

April 15, 2003 • Our Beethoven Symphony series continues today with the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Simon Rattle. Simon again joins Fred Child to introduce the seventh symphony.

Simon Rattles Beethoven

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Monday April 14, 2003

Performance Today

Simon Rattles Beethoven

April 14, 2003 • Sir Simon Rattle joins Fred Child to talk about Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, as our Beethoven symphony series continues.

Simon Rattles Beethoven

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Tuesday April 8, 2003

Performance Today

Pulitzer for Adams

April 8, 2003 • Composer John Adams was announced yesterday as the 2003 winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for his piece "On the Transmigration of Souls." The music was Adams' response to the events of September 11, 2001. It was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, and premiered by the orchestra, along with conductor Lorin Maazel, the New York Choral Artists, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in September, 2002. Fred Child talked with John Adams before the premiere of "On the Transmigration of Souls." We listen to some of that conversation, as well as some of the music from that first performance.

Pulitzer for Adams

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Monday April 7, 2003

Performance Today

Simon Rattles Beethoven

April 7, 2003 • One of the world's most important orchestras has just come out with a series of recordings of all nine symphonies by Beethoven. The orchestra is the Vienna Philharmonic, and the conductor is Simon Rattle. Today begins a journey through all nine symhonies on Performance Today. We'll hear one each day this week and next, with the ninth symphony spread over two days. And conductor Simon Rattle joins Fred Child to talk about each symphony. Today we hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 1.

Simon Rattles Beethoven

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Saturday March 29, 2003

Music

War Music

March 29, 2003 • Last week, we looked at some music inspired or affected by war. This week, Fred Child of NPR's Performance Today brings us a few more examples: "L'Homme Arme," "Laqad fatanatni farandjiyya," "La Guerre," "Fanfare for the Common Man," "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima," and an impromptu work played by Vedran Smilovic.

War Music

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Monday March 24, 2003

Performance Today

Happy Birthday, Byron

March 24, 2003 • In the big picture of pianists in the twentieth century, Byron Janis is a monumental figure. Today is his birthday — he's 75 — and we've got a few historic performances that trace his career. We also spent some time with Byron Janis recently in his New York apartment. Fred Child talked with him about one highlight of his last 60 years of piano playing, which came when he discovered the autograph manuscripts of two Chopin waltzes. We hear a little of his 1999 recording of one of them, the Waltz Brilliante, Op. 18.

Happy Birthday, Byron

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Friday March 21, 2003

Performance Today

Oscars, Part 2

March 21, 2003 • Royal Brown continues his conversations this week with Fred Child about the five Academy Award nominees for Best Original Score. 10:00

Oscars, Part 2

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Thursday March 20, 2003

Performance Today

The Envelope Please

March 20, 2003 • The Oscars are right around the corner. Each year Fred Child talks with PT's film music expert Royal Brown. In this first of a two-part interview Fred and Royal discuss Eliot Goldenthal's score for the movie "Frida," Thomas Newman's score for "Road to Perdition" and the film music from "Catch me If You Can" by John Williams.

The Envelope Please

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Thursday February 20, 2003

Performance Today

Hough plays Brahms

February 20, 2003 • A couple of weeks ago, Performance Today caught up with pianist Stephen Hough, in California. He was in town to play at Sherwood Auditorium, home of La Jolla (HOY-ah) Chamber Music Society concerts. Fred Child talked with Hough on stage before Hough played two Ballades by Brahms, Op. 10, Nos. 1 and 4.

Hough plays Brahms

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Wednesday February 12, 2003

Performance Today

Fred and Abe

February 12, 2003 • Performance Today host Fred Child narrates Aaron Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait," with the U.S. Marine Band, conducted by Colonel Timothy Foley. The performance took place last year at the University of Maryland.

Fred and Abe

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Friday February 7, 2003

Performance Today

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February 7, 2003 • Fred Child is host

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