Performance Today

Today, we'll enter the world of dreams with highlights from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet, 'Cinderella.' Conductor Elim Chan leads the Basel Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonieorchester Basel) in a suite she arranged herself, capturing the poetic romance at the heart of this timeless story.

📷 Eduardus Lee - Photographer

Elim Chan conducts the Basel Symphony Orchestra Today, we'll enter the world of dreams with highlights from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet, Cinderella. Conductor Elim Chan leads the Basel Symphony Orchestra in a suite she arranged herself, capturing the poetic romance at the heart of this timeless story.

In the 1990s, composer Starr Parodi had a frightening encounter with a South Pacific riptide. She drew an inspirational parallel from that experience to a much more recent tragedy: the 2025 Pacific Palisades fire that destroyed her home and studio. Through both events, she discovered that resilience often comes from letting go rather than fighting the flow. On today's show, Delyana Lazarova conducts the ensemble ROCO in Parodi's meditation on surrender, 'Riptide.'

📷 Gina Conte

Starr Parodi goes with the flow In the 1990s, composer Starr Parodi had a frightening encounter with a South Pacific riptide. She drew an inspirational parallel from that experience to a much more recent tragedy: the 2025 Pacific Palisades fire that destroyed her home and studio. Through both events, she discovered that resilience...

American composer Adolphus Hailstork has a series of pieces called his "cathedral series," which emphasize the sense of centeredness and calm found within sacred spaces. Join us for a moment of stillness with Hailstork's meditative work, 'Sanctum: Rhapsody for Viola & Piano,' from a concert presented by Spivey Hall at Clayton State University, just south of Atlanta in Morrow, Georgia.

📷 Oscar Costero

Hailstork's ode to sacred places American composer Adolphus Hailstork has a series of pieces called his "cathedral series," which emphasize the sense of centeredness and calm found within sacred spaces. Join us for a moment of stillness with Hailstork's meditative work, Sanctum: Rhapsody for Viola & Piano, from a concert presented....