Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music presents the International Guitar Festival, May 16-17 at Baldwin Wallace. Jorge Amaral is one-half of the Duo Amaral and director of the festival, and he stopped by WCLV to preview the upcoming events.
Debra Nagy, director of Les Délices
This week's episode of Cleveland Ovations features highlights from two recent programs by Les Délices, Cleveland's French Baroque ensemble. Debra Nagy is the director of Les Délices, Cleveland's French Baroque ensemble, and she visited the WCLV studios to preview the show.
David Amram, composer
To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie, David Amram and the Colorado Symphony present "This Land" on Newport Classics Recordings.
David Amram spoke with Angela Mitchell from a studio in New York. This is the extended version of the interview that aired on WCLV on Friday, May 8, 2015.
David Amram at the 45th Anniversary of "Woody's Children" at Symphony Space, January 17, 2014, Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications
Album cover - Design by Deb Tobias, Artwork by Kathy Jakobsen
Patricia Racette, soprano
Soprano Patricia Racette stars as Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the Metropolitan Opera. Angela Mitchell interviewed her just prior to the Met's double bill of Pagliacci/Cavelleria Rusticana, Live in HD.
Zsolt Bognár, pianist
This week's episode of Cleveland Ovations is a LIVE broadcast from the Cleveland Institute of Music. It's a faculty recital by pianist Sergei Babayan and several student artists, plus guest artist (and former student of Mr. Babayan) Zsolt Bognár. Zsolt spoke with Angela about the program (Bach, Schumann, and Schubert) and about working with his former teacher.
Ars Futura
This week's Cleveland Ovations features Ars Futura, a Cleveland-based collective of classically trained musicians who commission and perform new music. On the program is music by all living composers, including Joan Tower, Robert Patterson, Margaret Brouwer, and Mario Davidovsky. Plus, we'll hear pieces by two of the winners of the Avant-Garde Idol Competition, Sean Ellis Hussey and Buck McDaniel. Three of the performers, Shuai Wang, Madeline Lucas Tolliver, and Luke Rinderknecht, stopped by WCLV to preview the show.
Jaime Laredo, violinist
On April 1, WCLV was live at at Severance Hall for a concert by the Cleveland Institute of Music orchestra, conducted by Jaime Laredo. Angela Mitchell caught Mr. Laredo in between rehearsals to preview the program: "Voyage" by John Corigliano, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, “Emperor," and Tchaikovsky's monumental Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique.”
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Angela Mitchell traveled to Miami with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus to perform Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. WCLV broadcast the concert live, and Ms. Mitchell interviewed the maestro during intermission.
Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Ralph Curry, cellist for Amici String Quartet
The March 25 episode of Cleveland Ovations featured a concert by the Amici String Quartet, whose members all play for The Cleveland Orchestra and whose violinist is on faculty at Cleveland State University. The program consisted of three Beethoven string quartets: opus 18, no. 2, opus 95, and opus 127. Ralph Curry, cellist for the quartet, spoke with Angela about these masterpieces.
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Maestro Fabio Luisi returned to conduct The Cleveland Orchestra last weekend in a program of Beethoven, Liszt, and Francesconi. WCLV Classical 104.9 broadcast the concert live, and Angela Mitchell interviewed the maestro during intermission.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Mr. Thibaudet performs Liszt's 2nd piano concerto this weekend with The Cleveland Orchestra. He stopped by WCLV to talk about Liszt, the importance of stage presence, and what he's wearing to the concert.
Robert Mayerovitch, pianist
The March 11 episode of Cleveland Ovations featured artists from Baldwin Wallace University. In a preview of his portion of the program, pianist Robert Mayerovitch talked me through a program of Haydn, Schumann, and Ravel. The program was called "Pianistic Masterworks from Three Centuries: Digital Phenomena before the Computer."
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
In WCLV's first-ever Skype interview, and in honor of Dr. Seuss Day, Angela Mitchell spoke with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. She lends her voice to the popular Dr. Seuss character Gertrude McFuzz on a new recording featuring the story set to music by composer Rob Kapilow, accompanied by the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra and members of the Broadway Youth Ensemble.
Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine recently released a two-disc set of all five Mozart violin concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante, with Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. She speaks about immersing herself in the genre, keeping the five concertos straight, and how Mozart was influenced by the Turks.
Nathan Felix, composer
The Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra presents the world premiere of "The Curse The Cross & The Lion": the first symphony by indie rock musician-turned-classical composer Nathan Felix. Nathan spoke to Angela Mitchell about discovering classical music, composing his symphony, and why he intends to stay in the classical realm.
Julie Andrijeski, Baroque specialist
Julie Andrijeski is the Director of Baroque Music and Dance Ensembles at Case Western Reserve University. WCLV will feature two of these groups, the CWRU Baroque Orchestra and Collegium, on this week's Cleveland Ovations. Julie spoke to Angela Mitchell about the differences between Baroque and modern violin, the theatrical gesture of Baroque dance, and the joy of discovering unknown music from the Netherlands.
Jeannette Sorrell, director of Apollo's Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, director of Apollo's Fire, previews this masterpiece in which the exoticism of the East meets the structure of the West. She also explains why a theorbo is "a cross between a lute and a giraffe."
Frank Bianchi, director of Baldwin Wallace Men's Chorus
This week's edition of Cleveland Ovations features performances from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, including the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Women's Chorus, Motet Choir, University Choir, BW Singers, and Men's Chorus. Frank Bianchi is Director of the BW Men's Chorus, and he previews their portion of the program.
Michael Volle, baritone
German baritone Michael Volle has stepped in at the last minute to sing the role of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner. The opera is broadcast on radio stations and in movie theaters all over the world on Saturday. Michael spoke with Angela Mitchell about stamina (the opera is 6 hours long), jet lag, and his favorite intermission snacks.
Merry Peckham, cellist for Cavani Quartet
The Cavani Quartet is celebrating their 30th anniversary with a series of concerts, one of which WCLV is featuring on this week's Cleveland Ovations. Merry Peckham is the cellist of the group, and she visited WCLV to discuss the quartet's long history, Schubert and Bartók, and what her singing voice sounds like.
