Posts Tagged ‘Shriver Hall Concert Series’
Celebrating Shriver Concert Series’ 60 years
Continuing to mark the 60th anniversary of the Shriver Hall Concert Series with our decade-by-decade overview, I invited Executive Director Catherine Cochran to talk about the decade from the oughts to the teens of this century.
Isidore String Quartet with pianist Jeremy Denk for Shriver Concerts
The New York City-based Isidore String Quartet, which, was formed in 2019 at Juilliard, will be joined by pianist Jeremy Denk for a program of works by Haydn, Billy Childs, and Schumann for the Shriver Hall Concert Series. I spoke to the group’s violist Devin Moore by phone from New York.
Bach maestra Angela Hewitt returns to Shriver Concerts
Angela Hewitt‘s performances of Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters, and she returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series with two of his works, along with pieces by Rameau and Scarlatti on Sunday, February 22.
As Shriver Concerts celebrates 60 years, looking back on the millenium decade
Having joined WBJC in February 1998, my personal experience with the Shriver Hall Concert Series began that year. I caught up on the decade from the mid 90s to the mid-aughts with Exceutive Director, Catherine Cochran.
Emanuel Ax returns to Shriver Hall
Grammy Award-winning pianist, Emanuel Ax, returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series with a recital of fantasies by Beethoven, Corigliano, and Schumann. It was a great pleasure to speak with him.
Shriver Concerts’ 60th anniversary—mid 80s to mid 90s
Against the backdrop of the end of the Vietnam War; the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel; the election of Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair; and the emergence of personal computing, the Shriver Hall Concert Series continued to go from strength to strength. I looked back on another decade with Executive […]
The “all-star trio” at Shriver Concerts
The “all-star trio,” consisting of Tessa Lark, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; and renowned double bass player and composer Edgar Meyer, will perform a program at Shriver Hall on November 16 that blends bluegrass roots with classical virtuosity, along with a newly commissioned trio by Edgar Meyer. I gathered the players together on their phones. […]
Shriver Concerts’ 60th anniversary: the 1970s
To celebrate their 60th Anniversary Season, Executive Director Catherine Cochran and I are getting together once a month to talk about each decade. Here’s the episode about the 1970s.
Shriver Hall presents Sphinx Virtuosi’s Baltimore debut
Sphinx Virtuosi is the flagship performing ensemble of the Sphinx Organization. I spoke with violist and Director of Ensemble Advancement, Bill Neri about their Shriver Hall program featuring composers from the Americas.
Gil and Orli Shaham open Shriver Concerts’ 60th season
Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Orli Shaham join forces for a rare sibling duo-recital to open the 60th anniversary season of the Shriver Hall Concert Series on Sunday. They perform works by Clara and Robert Schumann and their friends Johannes Brahms and Amanda Maier. It was a great pleasure to speak with Gil by […]
