Performance Today is a radio show, hosted by Fred Child, and is the most listened-to daily classical music radio program in the United States, with 1.2 million listeners on 237 stations. Performance Today builds its two-hour daily broadcast (some stations broadcast only one hour) on recent live concert performances from around the world.
In addition to live concert performance excerpts, Performance Today also includes classical music information,...
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Performance Today is a radio show, hosted by Fred Child, and is the most listened-to daily classical music radio program in the United States, with 1.2 million listeners on 237 stations. Performance Today builds its two-hour daily broadcast (some stations broadcast only one hour) on recent live concert performances from around the world.
In addition to live concert performance excerpts, Performance Today also includes classical music information, news, and interviews. The show also airs in-studio recitals, and the weekly "Piano Puzzler," featuring composer Bruce Adolphe. Performance Today also periodically presents a segment called What Makes It Great? with composer and conductor Robert Kapilow.
Performance Today was created by National Public Radio (NPR), and went on the air in 1987. For most of its first two years, under hosts Kathryn Loomans and Liane Hansen, it combined classical music with numerous and wide-ranging arts features. In 1989, the focus shifted exclusively to...
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