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
Stephen Powell: American Composers At Play
Baritone Stephen Powell is a revered veteran of the world's opera stages, but in his debut solo album American Composers At Play, he brings his powerful voice to the intimate medium of art song – per…
Fri 23 Oct 2020
Osvaldo Golijov: Falling Out of Time
Composer Osvaldo Golijov joins us for a conversation about his compelling song cycle Falling Out of Time, based on the novel of the same name by David Grossman. Written for (and recorded by) The Silk…
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Anna Clyne: Mythologies
Born in London and now residing mainly in the US, Grammy-nominated composer Anna Clyne has been championed by many prominent conductors and orchestras around the world. The most recent album to featu…
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Elyse Anne Kakacek: Biblical Songs
The young American soprano Elyse Anne Kakacek joins us to discuss her new album Formless: The Biblical Songs of Antonin Dvořák. Inspirational in both interpretation and content, Formless offers a pea…
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered
Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider joins us to talk about her new release, Mass for the Endangered. With an evocative libretto by poet Nathaniel Bellows, Mass for the Endangered is a new take on the trad…
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Grossman Ensemble: Fountain of Time
We're joined by composer Augusta Read Thomas, featured guest for this year's New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University and a longtime force behind the scenes of contemporary music. Along w…
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Celebrating Willis Patterson (Part Two)
This is part two of a two-part podcast. For part one, visit this link: https://www.wgte.org/radio/podcasts/classical-conversations/celebrating-willis-patterson-part-one We hold a listening party in …
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Celebrating Willis Patterson (Part One)
This is part one of a two-part podcast. For part two, visit this link: https://www.wgte.org/radio/podcasts/classical-conversations/celebrating-willis-patterson-part-two We hold a listening party in …
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Simone Dinnerstein: A Character of Quiet
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein first came to prominence in 2007, when she self-produced a landmark recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Now she joins us to talk about her latest album A Character of …
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Classical Conversations: Liminal Highway
Composer Christopher Cerrone and flutist Tim Munro join Brad Cresswell for a chat about their new album Liminal Highway, inspired by the poetry of the Canadian indie rock musician John K. Samson.
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Classical Conversations: Osmo Vänskä
Conductor and Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä joins Brad Cresswell for a conversation about his career and his new recording of Gustav Mahler’s formidable Symphony No. 7. Watch…
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Live from FM 91: Anita Graef
The young dynamic cellist Anita Graef joins us virtually from her home in Chicago for conversation about her career and music by J.S. Bach and Giuseppe dall'Abaco. Described as "a world class musici…
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Kim Portnoy: Caprice
The St. Louis-based composer, arranger, jazz pianist and educator Kim Portnoy joins us by phone to chat about his versatile new album Caprice. The recording features performances from some of the cit…
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Ethel Smyth's Prison
Haley Taylor welcomes conductor James Blachly (pictured) to preview his new album of British composer Dame Ethel Smyth’s 1930 masterwork, The Prison. In this world premiere recording, Blachly leads h…
Fri 07 Aug 2020
Augustin Hadelich: Bohemian Tales
Musical America’s 2018 "Instrumentalist of the Year," Augustin Hadelich is easily one of the premier violinists of our time. In this conversation with WGTE's Brad Cresswell, Hadelich previews his new…
Fri 31 Jul 2020
William Berger: Opera and Film
Celebrated author, commentator, and Metropolitan Opera radio producer William Berger returns to talk about his follow up seminar to The Epic of Opera, entitled Opera and Film. In this new two week, e…
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Lorelei Ensemble: Love Fail
In this special video interview, composer David Lang and conductor Beth Willer join WGTE's Brad Cresswell via Zoom to talk about the Lorelei Ensemble's recent recording of David's Love Fail. Inspired…
Fri 24 Jul 2020
PBO & Caroline Shaw
In 2013 Caroline Shaw became the youngest person ever to win the Pulitzer Prize in music, which established her as one of America's foremost living composers. Now she has a new album release which re…
Thu 16 Jul 2020
Sharon Isbin: Affinity and Strings for Peace
World-renowned guitarist Sharon Isbin takes us on a personal tour of her two latest albums: Affinity and Strings for Peace. Affinity is loaded with works written for Isbin, including the title track …
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Inbal Segev: Anna and Edward
The wonderful and always engaging cellist Inbal Segev joins us to talk about her latest album, which pairs one of the most famous concertos in the cello repertoire (Edward Elgar) with a new work (Dan…
Fri 10 Jul 2020
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