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
Martina Filjak and the TSO
Croatian-born international concert pianist Martina Filjak is in town for concerts with the Toledo Symphony which also bid farewell to the TSO's longtime Principal Conductor Stefan Sanderling. The dy…
Wed 03 May 2017
Alain Trudel and the TSO
Conductor and trombonist Alain Trudel joins us in the studio to preview his concerts with the Toledo Symphony this weekend at the Peristyle.
Thu 06 Apr 2017
An Iliad with Paul Causman
Actor Paul Causman and composer Burton Beerman preview An Iliad, a one-man show which is a modern-day retelling of Homer's classic about the waning weeks of the Trojan War. An Iliad plays April 6-9 i…
Mon 03 Apr 2017
Toledo Opera: Vanessa
We're joined for performance and conversation by Metropolitan Opera soprano Jennifer Rowley, mezzo Christine Amon, stage director Kristine McIntyre, and pianist Kevin Bylsma from Toledo Opera's upcom…
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Street Scene at BGSU
This weekend, Bowling Green State University's Opera Theatre and Department of Theatre and Film are staging Kurt Weill's opera Street Scene. Director Nicholas Wuehrmann and pianist/vocal director Kev…
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Rachele Gilmore and the TSO
Coloratura soprano Rachele Gilmore drops by the WGTE studios in advance of her appearances with the Toledo Symphony in Mahler's Symphony No. 4, to talk about her life and career, her return to Toledo…
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Yevgeny Kutik: Words Fail
In his latest album, Russian-American violinist Yevgeny Kutik essays a collection of works that exemplify the famous quote by Hans Christian Anderson: "Where words fail, music speaks." The highly-acc…
Mon 06 Mar 2017
Cypress String Quartet: Brahms Sextets
After an illustrious 20 year career, the members of the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet decided to disband for good this past June. They still had one recording in the queue, however, and…
Mon 27 Feb 2017
Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages
Leading British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor joins us to preview his latest album Homages, a collection of works by Busoni, Mendelssohn, Chopin and others which pay tribute to others.
Mon 13 Feb 2017
Solzhenitsyn on Shostakovich
This weekend, conductor Ignat Solzhenitsyn leads the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's complex and revolutionary Symphony No. 5, and solos in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. The reknowned…
Thu 26 Jan 2017
Michael Daugherty: Once Upon a Castle
The Nashville Symphony's latest recording of music by composer Michael Daugherty is up for three Grammy Awards next month. One of the works on that disc, the organ concerto "Once Upon A Castle," is c…
Fri 13 Jan 2017
Semyon Bychkov: The Tchaikovsky Project
Eminent conductor Semyon Bychkov has recently embarked on a multi-year series of performances and recordings of the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Russian-born Maestro joins us to talk about …
Mon 19 Dec 2016
Kirill Gerstein: Transcendental Études
In his latest recording, pianist Kirill Gerstein turns his attention to Franz Liszt and the Transcendental Études - considered to be among the most difficult pieces in the solo piano repertoire.
Mon 12 Dec 2016
Yolanda Kondonassis: Ginastera One Hundred
Star harpist Yolanda Kondonassis celebrates the centennial of Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera's birth with a new album, Ginastera: One Hundred. The recording features guest appearances by the vi…
Mon 05 Dec 2016
Joshua Bell: For the Love of Brahms
Superstar violinist Joshua Bell teams up with colleagues Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk for his latest album, entitled For the Love of Brahms.
Mon 28 Nov 2016
Mark Kosower and the TSO
Mark Kosower, principal cello of The Cleveland Orchestra, stops by the FM 91 studio with the Toledo Symphony's Merwin Siu to preview Mark's appearance with the TSO in one of the most passionately exp…
Fri 28 Oct 2016
Jennifer Koh: Tchaikovsky
Violin powerhouse Jennifer Koh discusses her new Tchaikovsky album; modern vs. classic works and the secret that her first violin teacher kept from her for 25 years.
Mon 12 Sep 2016
Chiara String Quartet: Bartók by Heart
Following up on their 2014 album Brahms by Heart, the Chiara String Quartet has just released Béla Bartók’s six string quartets on Azica records, played entirely from memory. Three members of the gro…
Mon 29 Aug 2016
Cypress Quartet: Swan Song
After two decades of spectacular music-making, the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet has decided to disband. They leave behind a rich discography, including their latest recording - the last…
Mon 01 Aug 2016
Rachel Barton Pine: Testament
Rachel Barton Pine’s relationship with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach runs deep. The best-selling violinist joins us to preview her latest album, Testament, which features a cornerstone of the re…
Mon 25 Jul 2016
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