Performance Today on 88.7-1

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Fred Child

"Classical music is a living, breathing art form with meaning and resonance for our lives today — something always changing and evolving and astounding and, at its best, revolutionary," says Performance Today host Fred Child. This award-winning radio program features the finest live contemporary performances from around the nation and makes the concert hall experience immediate and accessible for well over one million Americans. For detailed program listings and past programs, visit here.

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Playlist

September 20, 2012

6:01 PM
Summer in the High Grassland
Artist : The Silk Road Ensemble
Album : Silk Road Journeys: Beyond The Horizon
Composer : Zhao Jiping
Label : Sony 93962
6:24 PM
Empress of the Pagodas
Artist : Katia & Marielle Labeque, piano
Album : Ravel
Composer : Maurice Ravel
Label : KML 1111
7:01 PM
Symphony No. 99 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I.99 - IV. Finale (Vivace)
Artist : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Album : Haydn Symphonies Nos. 99 & 102
Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn
Label : Philips 432139
7:20 PM
Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra - III. Allegro
Artist : Yo-Yo Ma, Cello; English Chamber Orchestra; Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
Album : NPR Milestones of the Millenium
Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn
Label : Sony 61700
7:52 PM
Russian Dance
Artist : Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Peter Breiner, cond.
Album : Tchaikovsky: The Seasons
Composer : Tchaikovsky
Label : Naxos 553510