Signing off, for now Performance Today - Today's Fred... PT fans and friends, Writing a blog has been a blast, thanks for all your thoughtful comments and responses to Fredlines. We're trying an experiment -- we're moving these online discussions of classical music news and ideas (and entertaining trivia!)... Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Music and Silence Performance Today - Today's Fred... Robert Fripp: "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." Aldous Huxley: "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Marcel Marceau: "Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and... Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Respighi's Inspiration Performance Today - Today's Fred... Ottorino Respighi composed his "Three Botticelli Pictures" with these paintings by Sandro Botticelli in mind. (Click on images to enlarge.) Spring: Adoration of the Magi: Birth of Venus:... Ottorino Respighi ; Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Served in the green room: tuna Performance Today - Today's Fred... Nora lives in Cherry Hills, New Jersey. One of her human companions (Betsy Alexander) is a pianist and composer. According to Nora's online autobiography, she's been playing piano for several years now: I jumped up on the bench of... Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Aspen Music Festival: I don't want to go home Performance Today - Today's Fred... Suzanne Schaffer is the features producer for Performance Today and coordinates the in-studio performances with musicians. She went to the Aspen Music Festival in July on behalf of PT and is stepping into Fred's blogging shoes this week to share... Aspen Music Festival and School ; Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

I'll take fried chicken with my concerto, ... Performance Today - Today's Fred... Suzanne Schaffer is the features producer for Performance Today and coordinates the in-studio performances with musicians. She went to the Aspen Music Festival in July on behalf of PT and is stepping into Fred's blogging shoes this week to share... Aspen Music Festival and School ; Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Multi-talented Musicians at Aspen Performance Today - Today's Fred... Suzanne Schaffer is the features producer for Performance Today and coordinates the in-studio performances with musicians. She went to the Aspen Music Festival in July on behalf of PT and is stepping into Fred's blogging shoes this week to share... Aspen Music Festival and School ; Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Music and life lessons at the Aspen Music ... Performance Today - Today's Fred... Suzanne Schaffer is the features producer for Performance Today and coordinates the in-studio performances with musicians. She went to the Aspen Music Festival in July on behalf of PT and is stepping into Fred's blogging shoes this week to share... Aspen Music Festival and School ; Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Performance Today goes to the Aspen Music ... Performance Today - Today's Fred... This is Suzanne, features producer for Performance Today. I went to the Aspen Music Festival in July on behalf of PT and I'm stepping into Fred's blogging shoes this week to share with you some of my experiences there. I... Aspen Music Festival and School ; Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Roberto Plano's toy Piano Performance Today - Today's Fred... Roberto Plano is a fine young Italian pianist, and a sweet soul. He cherishes living in a small town in Italy, rather than in a big musical capital like Vienna or New York. He's impeccably polite, soft-spoken, articulate, charmingly... Roberto Plano ; Performance Today ; 3 years ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story