Classical Conversations
Browse our audio archive of conversations with local and international classical musicians. WGTE's Brad Cresswell and Mary Claire Murphy speak with some of today's greatest artists about their latest recordings and performances. Watch the Classical Conversations Video Interviews. Classical Conversations® is a registered trademark of Classical Conversations Multi Media, Inc. and is licensed by WGTE.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Episodes
- 269
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Teddy Abrams: All In
Conductor, pianist, clarinetist, composer, and Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra Teddy Abrams tells us all about his album All In from the Louisville Orchestra, which features his music as w…
Mon 18 Dec 2017
Amit Peled and the Peabody Cello Gang
Grammy-nominated cellist, conductor, and pedagogue Amit Peled joins us to talk about his first recording with the Peabody Peled Cello Gang, composed of students from his studio at the Peabody Institu…
Mon 11 Dec 2017
UT Concert Chorale
Brad Pierson, director of the University of Toledo Concert Chorale, joins us for a preview of their season, including an in-studio performance from members of the ensemble.
Thu 30 Nov 2017
Kathy Kelly: SongSLAM at KCH
Opera conductor, coach and University of Michigan faculty member Kathy Kelly joins us for a tribute to the late Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and to preview the upcoming SongSLAM event at Ker…
Wed 22 Nov 2017
Rachel Barton Pine and the TSO
In advance of her Toledo Symphony debut this weekend, star violinist Rachel Barton Pine tells us about her magnificent Guarnieri violin, the "ex-Bazzini, ex-Soldat" which was personally selected by J…
Wed 15 Nov 2017
Anne Akiko Meyers: Fantasia
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers previews her 35th album, entitled Fantasia – the centerpiece of which is a work she commissioned from the revered Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, which turned out …
Wed 15 Nov 2017
O'Riley & Haimovitz: TROIKA
Pianist (and From The Top host) Christopher O'Riley joins forces with cellist Matt Haimovitz for their latest collaboration: TROIKA – a portrait of artistic rebellion in the face of political suppres…
Wed 08 Nov 2017
Audra McDonald and the TSO
In advance of her appearance with the Toledo Symphony Nov. 4, star of stage and screen Audra McDonald joins WGTE's Brad Cresswell to talk about her career path, what makes a voice great, and – wait f…
Tue 31 Oct 2017
A Tribute to Bill Engelke
We offer a tribute to longtime WGTE FM 91 radio personality and Music Director Bill Engelke, who passed away in September. Joining FM 91's Brad Cresswell are Bill's guardian and former wife Mary Natv…
Mon 16 Oct 2017
Sharon Isbin and Isabel Leonard: Alma Española
GRAMMY Award-winning guitar star Sharon Isbin joins us to talk about her new album, a collaboration with GRAMMY Award-winning opera star Isabel Leonard called Alma Española, which is the first of its…
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Juliana Soltis: Entrez, le Diable!
In 1736, composer Salvatore Lanzetti created a bit of a scandal when he brought the heretofore lowly and unsophisticated cello to the Concert Spirituel, France's most exclusive concert series. Other …
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Lou Harrison Marathon at the TMA
The Toledo Symphony's Merwin Siu and the Toledo Museum of Art's Scott Boberg (both pictured) join us to talk about the fascinating music of American composer Lou Harrison, who is the focus of a marat…
Wed 09 Aug 2017
Stephen Edwards: Requiem for my Mother
Hollywood composer and Ann Arbor native Stephen Edwards has more than 60 film scores to his credit, but his most personal project to date is a Requiem mass, dedicated to his late mother Rosalie Edwar…
Wed 02 Aug 2017
Jack Gallagher at 70
Composer Jack Gallagher celebrates his 70th birthday this summer, and we celebrate some of his recent recordings in this conversation recorded a few days before his birthday on June 27, 2017.
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Jose Federico Osorio: Final Thoughts
Pianist Jose Federico Osorio joins us to sample his latest album Final Thoughts, which documents the last piano works of Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms.
Mon 03 Jul 2017
Rachel Barton Pine: Bel Canto Paganini
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine has a new album out which explores both the virtuosity and the lyricism of the legendary violinist/composer, Nicolò Paganini. In Bel Canto Paganini, Rachel takes on the d…
Tue 13 Jun 2017
The Toledo Symphony Has A New Music Director
It was announced today that after a two-year search, the Toledo Symphony has found a new Music Director: Alain Trudel. Alain (don't call him "Maestro"!) will be Music Director Designate until June 20…
Fri 09 Jun 2017
The Fraternity - Requiem
Two members of The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Fr. Zachary Akers and Fr. Garrick Huang, join us to preview their new album "Requiem," available from Demontfort Music & Sony Classical.
Mon 05 Jun 2017
Masterworks Chorale: What a Wonderful World
Timothy Cloeter, artistic director and conductor of Toledo's own Masterworks Chorale joins Brad Cresswell for a conversation about their upcoming Collage Concert, "What a Wonderful World," happening …
Fri 02 Jun 2017
Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana
Piano powerhouse Simone Dinnerstein chats about her latest album, which brings two Mozart piano concertos to Cuba and the wonderful Havana Lyceum Orchestra.
Mon 08 May 2017
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