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10/02/2024

This fall, Dali String Quartet, Chamber Music America’s 2024 Ensemble of the Year, brings the flavor of Latin America to central Ohio for a landmark concert and an array of community events.

For 20 years, The Dalí Quartet has placed music by Latin American composers in the spotlight. This October, the quartet brings the flavor of Latin America to central Ohio for a landmark concert and an array of community events.

09/29/2024

There's a concert 4 pm today at Our Lady of Victory on Roxbury Rd. in Marble Cliff. The Early Interval AND Fior Angelico choir. English music court and chapel (and b***y house...they won't say that but I will) Two superb locally based ensembles. Great program in a beautiful intimate church and lots of free parking. Come!

09/23/2024

Peter Stafford Wilson is Music Director of the Springfield (OH) Symphony.
In an interview this morning, Peter talks about life in Springfield today, and invites all to the SSO concert this weekend, with Tchaikovsky's Symphony number 5, The Saint-Saen's Cello Concerto, and 'Frankenstein' by Lowell Liebermann.
There's a link below to a recent performance by the SSO and Peter Wilson, music by Aaron Copland. Learn more about this lovely city and a fine orchestra. Go to springfieldsym dot org.

09/23/2024

Yesterday Orlando Alonso gave a magnificent performance of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier, book 1 at St. Mary's in German Village. The audience was enraptured. Orlando got the 'silence', as the audience hung on every note. I still have the sounds in my head this morning. Lucky me. It was wonderful. Bravo and thank you.

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09/22/2024

Orlando Alonso gave a magnificent performance of Bach Festival: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book I) today at St. Mary Church in German Village. Glorious. It was a privilege to be there. Thank you Orlando and Orlay Alonso .

09/12/2024

Remi Wörtmeyer has big dreams for Columbus. As he begins his first season as artistic director of BalletMet, he says the power of collaboration will help make those dreams come true.

Remi Wörtmeyer has big dreams for BalletMet and for Columbus. In his first on-camera interview as BalletMet's artistic director, Wörtmeyer talks about his vision for Columbus' premiere dance company.

09/11/2024

For 9/11. God rest all their souls. Never forget.

Vocal ensemble Chanticleer performs Franz Biebl's 'Ave Maria' in its holiday program, 'A Chanticleer Christmas' (recorded live Dec. 7, 2018).

09/11/2024

If you want nothing but beautiful music. If you need a break from the noise, if you need some peace and beauty, go here:

Classical music and classical music news from Classical 101 and WOSU.

09/06/2024

Next week Matt Sharrock steps out in the premiere of their first solo program, Time-Lapse, Tues., Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Green Room of Columbus’ Garden Theater.

Boston-based percussionist Matt Sharrock performs Time-Lapse, a concert of new music for solo vibraphone and electronics that explore in sound what it means for one person to speak – literally or figuratively – in a world that may or may not be listening.

09/04/2024

I'm sorry to learn of the passing Michael Murray. Organist, teacher, librarian a long time member of the WOSU family. Sadly for me before my time. When I was a record salesman in graduate school I sold stacks of his recordings. I only met him once. He was a gracious man, very humble. And what an artist! My condolences to his family and friends.

Organ Recital by Michael MurraySaturday, February 8, 2014, 7:30 P.M.Johann Sebastian Bach (1685--1750) Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532 "I Call...

08/30/2024

Last night's concert by the VIVO Music Festival was superb. Magnificent performances. I'll not soon forget hearing Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, particularly the heart stopping cello/piano duet in mvt. 5. Bravo! Concerts continue through this weekend. Go!

08/28/2024

Opera often appears to ratify the reigning ideology, but the art form is most exciting and viable when it is a subversive act.

If opera at its best aspires to a different world, then we need to cultivate an anti-elite approach to how it is created and performed.

08/28/2024

For more than a quarter century, Todd Goings, founder and president of Carousels and Carvings, has been keeping the joy of American carousels alive, one ride at a time.

For more than a quarter century, carousel builder Todd Goings has been keeping the joy of American carousels alive, one ride at a time. The National Endowment for the Arts has named Goings a 2024 National Heritage Fellow, the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts.

08/27/2024

Join me, Christopher Purdy, for a visit with composer Ricky Ian Gordon.

His new memoir "Seeing Through: A Chronicle of S*x, Drugs, and Opera" is riveting.

Enjoy Ricky's music via his website www.rickyiangordon dot com.

PS Okay the video is a little wonky at first. Thanks for the rescue, Dalton Jones!

08/26/2024

Lancaster Chorale becomes ProArte Vocal Ensemble. Here's to a new name, new season, and continued excellence.

08/24/2024

Friends, if you want beauty and passion and elegance and you've had enough of politics, this week's VIVO Music Festival Music Festival is for you! See you there! Here some previews this week on Classical 101!

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VIVO Music Festival is an annual chamber music festival based in Columbus, Ohio. We present concerts and events in partnership with local institutions and businesses, including museums, breweries, assisted living centers, veteran affairs hospitals, and other community spaces.

08/24/2024

Join the VVIO Festival, this week! Extraordinary music played by extraordinary artists! See you there!

VIVO Music Festival is an annual chamber music festival based in Columbus, Ohio. We present concerts and events in partnership with local institutions and businesses, including museums, breweries, assisted living centers, veteran affairs hospitals, and other community spaces.

08/23/2024

VIVO Music Festival returns to Columbus for its tenth season of world-class chamber music performances! Concerts ramp up Aug. 29 with a performance featuring Messiaen’s stunning Quartet for the End of Time, along with works by Ravel and former OSU Dean Donald Harris. Also on the schedule: the Ohio premiere of a work by contemporary composer Marcos Balter, two Beer & Beethoven gatherings – and more. Check out the schedule at the link.

VIVO Music Festival is an annual chamber music festival based in Columbus, Ohio. We present concerts and events in partnership with local institutions and businesses, including museums, breweries, assisted living centers, veteran affairs hospitals, and other community spaces.

08/14/2024

Watch this space for an interview "coming soon" with composer Ricky Ian Gordon. Meanwhile, dive into his new memoir about a life in the arts: Seeing Through, S*x, Drugs, and Opera. You'll find Ricky hard to forget-and wait until you hear his music!

08/13/2024

Excellent NEW recordings of Mendelssohn's Symphonies from conductor Paavo Jarvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich are featured this month on Classical 101's Symphony Showcase, Sundays at 6pm and Thursday's at 7pm.

08/12/2024

The artful playing of guitar master Andrés Segovia, the infectious dance rhythms of Enrique Granados, and the folk-infused romance of Isaac Albéniz are all products of the Spanish School of music. It's a storied tradition that is as vibrant as ever on the Iberian Peninsula.

This week on Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin, you'll be immersed in the music of the Spanish school with selections from Pablo de Sarasate, Andrés Segovia, Antonio Soler, and many others, weeknights at 6 PM on Classical 101.

Borrowing our title from the storied Spanish Riding School in Vienna, home of the Lipizzaner horses, this program explores the wealth of musical output from Iberian composers. Following a lineage from the 18th century on to those creating new music today, we consider the Spanish School as a living t...

08/05/2024

Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles, and Noah Lyles made history this week with fantastic athletic performances in Paris. In 1830, Hector Berlioz made musical history with the premiere of his Fantastic Symphony (Symphonie Fantastique) in the same city.

You'll hear music from 19th century Paris by Berlioz, Chopin, Bizet, Liszt, Wagner, Fauré, and many more this week on Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin, weeknights at 6 PM on Classical 101.

Music in Paris during the middle of the 19th century was dominated by one supreme composer and a stellar supporting cast whose works remain in heavy rotation to this day. Join us to explore the Parisian scene from roughly 1813 to 1870, the period between the fall of Napoleon I and the start of the F...

08/02/2024

Oberlin-educated guitarist Christopher Mallett talks about Ohio composer Justin Holland and his album Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements.

Oberlin-educated guitarist Christopher Mallett talks about Ohio composer Justin Holland and his album Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements

07/29/2024

What were you doing at 21 years old?

Pianist Yuja Wang was signing a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. She had already attended Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. So, what else was she going to do?

On Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin this week, you'll hear Wang's recent Vienna recital album alongside four other fabulous albums featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, the Wiener Philharmoniker, and others. Tune in on weeknights at 6 PM on Classical 101!

Find out more at https://www.wfmt.com/2024/07/29/five-fabulous-new-albums

Pre-order Yuja Wang's new album 'The Vienna Recital' here: https://dgt.link/Wang-ViennaRecitalDiscover full concert performances and operas on STAGE+, the ne...