NPR: Performance Today

'Performance Today' Has Moved

Effective January 16, 2007, Performance Today is no longer produced by NPR, but archives dating back to 1995 remain available here. The long-running classical-music program, hosted by Fred Child (left), lives on at American Public Media. For current information on Performance Today, please visit its new Web site at performancetoday.org.

From the Archive

Past Shows: Jan. 2, 1995 to Jan. 12, 2007

January 12, 2007 · View more than 12 years worth of Performance Today synopses, along with with a vast assortment of concert performances, interviews, analysis, commentary and more.

'Performance Today' at 20: A Look Back

January 5, 2007 · Twenty years of programs, two hours a day, every day. That's around 45-thousand performances, recorded in places as remote as alpine ski villages in South Korea, to the great cathedrals of music in Paris, to chamber music festivals in the hills of New Mexico, to NPR's own Studio 4-A. It's impossible to squeeze 20 years into two hours, so here are some sweet memories, thrilling performances, and even a few flukes.

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