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
Andrew Crust and the LSO
Lima Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andrew Crust joins us for a chat about the LSO's new season and their October 19th season opener. Explore the Lima Symphony Season: https://www.limasymphony.co…
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Organist Gail Archer
Organist Gail Archer discusses her research on equity in the workplace for women organists and introduces us to the variety of programs scheduled for her fall 2024 performance season.
Mon 07 Oct 2024
Karen Slack: Beyond the Years
Soprano Karen Slack and pianist Michelle Cann have collaborated with ONEcomposer to present the album Beyond the Years, featuring 19 unpublished art songs by Florence Price. Learn more in this Classi…
Mon 07 Oct 2024
Gil Rose: BMOP and Beyond
Conductor Gil Rose founded the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) over 100 albums ago; he joins us for a conversation about the orchestra and their two recent albums, John Alden Carpenter: Comple…
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Mary Elizabeth Bowden: Storyteller
Trumpet virtuoso Mary Elizabeth Bowden furthers her mission to build the contemporary trumpet repertoire with an album of story-telling concertos, and she gives voices to some of those stories in thi…
Thu 12 Sep 2024
❤ Your Neighbor
With the polarizing political season in full swing, it's important to remember that despite our differences, we're still neighbors and should treat each other as such. Enter Neighbor2Neighbor, a 2024…
Fri 06 Sep 2024
Robert Kyr: Earth Vigil
Composer Robert Kyr provides an immersive experience of nature through several environmentally themed oratorios and choral dramas, including A Time for Life and Earth Vigil. He speaks with Mary Clair…
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Glenn Miller: The Octavist
Octavist Glenn Miller speaks to Mary Claire Murphy on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, as arranged for men’s choir and recorded in Jerusalem by the PaTRAM Institute Male Choir.
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Scott Wollschleger: Between Breath
Composer Scott Wollschleger talks about his new album from New Focus Recordings called Between Breath. The album contains four works for different duo and solo combinations that are presented here as…
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Norman Krieger Plays Gershwin
Celebrate the centennial of the “Rhapsody in Blue” with the album Norman Krieger Plays Gershwin. Norman joins Mary Claire Murphy on Classical Conversations for more details on the Rhapsody, Gershwin’…
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Chad Lawson: Where We Are
In this Classical Conversation with Mary Claire Murphy, pianist/composer Chad Lawson speaks on his meditative approach to music composition and invites us into his album of piano solo music, “Where W…
Wed 22 May 2024
Elizabeth Chang: Sonatas and Myths
Violinist Elizabeth Chang speaks to Mary Claire Murphy about her unique album Sonatas and Myths, featuring seminal works by early 20th century composers Bela Bartok, Karol Szymanowski, and Ernst von …
Tue 14 May 2024
Sophia Jani: Poet of the Violin
In her poetic Six Pieces for Solo Violin, composer Sophia Jani unfolds a series of targeted techniques to celebrate the solo violin and its place as a sweetheart of music history and modern times. In…
Wed 08 May 2024
Project Earth: The Blue Chapter
Through their album, Project Earth: The Blue Chapter, the Iris Trio takes a multi-disciplinary approach to celebrate the environment and the beauty of biodiversity. Anna Petrova, pianist of the Iris …
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Ragtime Roundtable
We're joined by two members of the cast and two of the creatives behind Toledo Opera's production of Ragtime. Soprano Raquel Suarez Groen (Mother) and baritone Derrick Davis (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.) s…
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Organist Paul Jacobs Returns to Toledo
Grammy Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs is helping the King of Instruments retake its rightful place in classical music. The acclaimed musician joins Mary Claire Murphy and Brad Cresswell for a con…
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Dr. Chaerin Kim: Rendezvous
Dr. Chaerin Kim joins us to talk about her substantial career as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, conductor and professor, and gives advice for young musicians hoping to find success in the many co…
Fri 29 Mar 2024
Jessica Meyer: I Long and Seek After
In her sophomore album, "I Long and Seek After," violist and composer Jessica Meyer contemplates the question, "Am I doing all that I am supposed to be doing?" Themes of love, heartbreak, and self-d…
Fri 22 Mar 2024
BTT: The Great Pancake Escape
Ballet Theater of Toledo's Artistic Director Nigel Burgoine and composer David Jex talk about their collaboration "The Great Pancake Escape" - which features BTT dancers, magician Andrew Martin and n…
Thu 21 Mar 2024
ADJ•ective New Music: The Orchestra's Guide to the Galaxy
Composers Jamie Leigh Sampson and Andrew Martin Smith stop by the studio to talk about their composer collective ADJ•ective New Music and their project with the Toledo Symphony celebrating the full s…
Tue 19 Mar 2024
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