Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Mar. 14 2024

Magnificat X 2

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Magnificat X 2

    Baltimore Choral Arts, lead by their Music Director Anthony Blake Clark, presents settings of the Magnificat by both J.S. Bach and John Rutter on Sunday, March 17th at 3 pm at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Click on the link below for more information and the interview I did with Anthony Blake Clark […]

Mar. 13 2024

Bruckner From the Archives to celebrate the composer’s bicentenary

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Bruckner From the Archives to celebrate the composer’s bicentenary

    SOMM Recordings is announcing Bruckner from the Archives, a major new, six-double-CD-volume series celebrating the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth in 1824. I spoke with audio restoration engineer, Lani Spahr.          

Mar. 11 2024

BOOK CLUB shenanigans on stage at Everyman

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on BOOK CLUB shenanigans on stage at Everyman

Director Laura Kepley leads a collection of Everyman Theatre company members and local actors on a rollicking ride filled with comic chaos,  diverting disruption, literary laughs, and assorted merriment–all accompanied by some thoughtful reflections on art, friendship, and identity. It’s The Book Club Play by DC-based playwright Karen Zacarias, on stage at Everyman from March […]

Mar. 03 2024

Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida with Winterreise at Shriver

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida with Winterreise at Shriver

      British tenor Mark Padmore partners with Japanese-British pianist Mitsuko Uchida for Franz Schubert’s monumental song cycle, Winterreise on the Shrive Hall Concert Series. It was my pleasure to speak with Mark about the performance.              

Feb. 27 2024

Music at Evergreen closes out season with Viano Quartet

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Music at Evergreen closes out season with Viano Quartet

    This Sunday at 2 pm, the Viano Quartet will give a performance in the Bakst Theatre at Evergreen Museum & Library, followed by a meet-and-greet reception with the artists. I spoke with the series’ Artistic Advisor, Genya Hopkins.     

Feb. 26 2024

CLASSICAL MUSIC 4 PEOPLE W/ SHORT ATTENTION SPANS

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on CLASSICAL MUSIC 4 PEOPLE W/ SHORT ATTENTION SPANS

Jed Gaylin, Music Director of the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra spoke with me about the next HSO event presenting an evening of orchestral classics. This hour-long concert will feature a curated variety of short but iconic works with commentary from WYPR’s Tom Hall  and me! You can find the interview and more information by clicking on […]

Feb. 25 2024

The 48th annual Bach marathon at St. David’s

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on The 48th annual Bach marathon at St. David’s

    This year’s annual Bach Marathon at St. David’s church in Roland Park will include Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion. I spoke with the Director of Music Ministries, Douglas Buchanan.      

Feb. 20 2024

Set sail with Happenstance Theater in ADRIFT at Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Set sail with Happenstance Theater in ADRIFT at Theatre Project

Perhaps you find yourself sometimes (and maybe more so lately) wondering, Where am I, Who am I, What’s going on, Where is this all going? Maybe you feel a little adrift, or unsure how you’re supposed to stay afloat on the rickety raft that’s carrying you across uncharted waters. Welcome to the Ship of Fools, […]

Feb. 11 2024

Peabody Chamber Opera transforms Theatre Project with SVABDA

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Peabody Chamber Opera transforms Theatre Project with SVABDA

What do you get when you join six sopranos and mezzos, take away the orchestra, add folk dances and wedding customs, and put the whole thing in Serbian? Some of us might end up with nothing short of aa cacaphonous mess; but in the capable hands of composer Ana Sokolović , conductor Djordje Nesic, stage […]

Feb. 06 2024

Jane Eyre comes to Annapolis

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Jane Eyre comes to Annapolis

Classical Theatre of Maryland is back with another stage adaptation of a beloved literary classic, this time the world premiere of an original staging of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. The production runs from February 8th through 25th, adapted by the creative duo of Laura Rocklyn and Sally Boyett (also the CTM Producing Artistic Director) and […]

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