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
Third Coast Percussion: Fields
Percussionist/composer David Skidmore, co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning, Chicago-based percussion quartet Third Coast Percussion, discusses their genre-defying collaboration with record produce…
Tue 31 Dec 2019
Derek Bermel: Migrations
Haley Taylor talks with Grammy nominated composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel about his new album Migrations. The album includes his Migration Series for Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra (2006); the song…
Tue 17 Dec 2019
Angèle Dubeau: Pulsations
Listeners are well acquainted with the violinist Angèle Dubeau and her ensemble La Pieta through their many recordings. The latest entry in her discography is called Pulsations – a collection of shor…
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Margaret Batjer: Violin Concertos Old and New
Violinist/concertmaster Margaret Batjer celebrates 20 years with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra by releasing a new album of violin works, including a piece she helped premiere: the violin concerto…
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Neave Trio: Her Voice
The Boston-based Neave Trio (violinist Anna Williams; cellist Mikhail Veselov; pianist Eri Nakamura) have released a wonderful new album of music by three female composers (Amy Beach; Louise Farrenc;…
Thu 14 Nov 2019
New York Polyphony: Lamentationes
The Grammy-nominated early music vocal quartet New York Polyphony has released an album of remarkable sacred works from the Spanish renaissance. Entitled Lamentatione (Lamentations), the recording sh…
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Donnacha Dennehy: The Hunger
Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy takes us on a deep dive into his docu-oratorio The Hunger, inspired by Ireland's Great Famine (1845-52). At once devastating and hauntingly beautiful, The Hunger draws…
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Jeffrey Biegel: A Pianist's Journey
Star pianist Jeffrey Biegel is in town to channel the spirit of the late, great Liberace with the Toledo Symphony this weekend! Listen to his extended interview from Afternoon Classics with Brad Cres…
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Sharon Isbin: Souvenirs of Spain and Italy
Grammy-winning guitarist (and Musical America's 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year) Sharon Isbin joins us to preview her new album Souvenirs of Spain and Italy. A collaboration with the Pacifica Quarte…
Thu 17 Oct 2019
John Lunn: Downton Abbey
John Lunn has scored a number of British TV dramas, none of them more famous than the BBC/PBS hit Downton Abbey. Now, as the film version is released in theaters, the Emmy Award-winning composer join…
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Becky and David Starobin: The Thirteenth Child
Becky and David Starobin, librettists for The Thirteenth Child, join us for the backstory on the latest opera from Danish composer Poul Ruders (pictured). Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm,…
Thu 19 Sep 2019
Camerata Chicago: The Four Seasons
Drostan Hall, music director of Camerata Chicago, joins us to talk about the ensemble's latest release: an"educational" version of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Featuring the wonderful young violin…
Fri 30 Aug 2019
Augustin Hadelich: Brahms and Ligeti
Augustin Hadelich has released a masterful new album which pairs the concertos of two unlikely bedfellows: Johannes Brahms and György Ligeti. The powerhouse violinist joins us to talk about the proje…
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Partch Ensemble: Sonata Dementia
John Schneider, radio personality and music director of the Los Angeles-based Partch Ensemble introduces us to the wild and wooly world of American maverick composer Harry Partch (1901-1974). The ens…
Fri 16 Aug 2019
Anna Shelest: Donna Voce
The latest album from Anna Shelest is an inspired compendium of solo piano selections by female composers spanning the 19th through the 21st centuries. Donna Voce (Woman's Voice) includes spirited wo…
Fri 02 Aug 2019
Anthony and Demarre McGill: Winged Creatures
Anthony McGill (principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic) and his brother Demarre McGill (principal flute of the Seattle Symphony) have released a new joint album entitled Winged Creatures on …
Tue 18 Jun 2019
Jason Vieaux: Leshnoff Concerto
Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux joins us to preview his new (world premiere!) recording of American composer Jonathan Leshnoff’s Guitar Concerto. Leshnoff calls the work, “an ex…
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Yolanda Kondonassis: American Rapture
Harpist extraordinaire Yolanda Kondonassis and Rochester Philharmonic Music Director Ward Stare join us to preview their new album, American Rapture from Azica Records. Included on the disc are the S…
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Katarzyna Musial: My Spanish Heart
Polish-born, Canadian based pianist Katarzyna Musial joins us to talk about her latest album, My Spanish Heart. Including works by Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albéniz, and Enrique Granados, the disc takes…
Wed 12 Jun 2019
Roman Rabinovich: The Haydn Project
Pianist Roman Rabinovich has been garnering praise all over the globe for his Haydn Project, in which he plans to perform and record all 62 of Joseph Haydn's rarely heard (but nonetheless brilliant) …
Tue 11 Jun 2019
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