Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category
A visit with Ann Schein
Ann Schein will be playing Chopin with the Peabody Orchestra on Friday evening, and I had a chance to talk to her about the concert and the Concerto.
‘Tis the Choral Arts season
The Christmas season gets underway with two concerts from the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. Here is their Music Director, Anthony Blake Clark.
The New Yorker cartoons at The Mitchell Gallery
The witty cartoons of Mary Petty (1899-1976) appeared in The New Yorker for 39 years. The Mitchell Gallery at St. Johns in Annapolis is honoring her with an exhibition. Here is the gallery’s art educator, Lucinda Edinberg.
A Musical Message of Peace
The holiday season is almost upon us, so of course that means choral concerts, especially Handel’s Messiah. Recently, I spoke with Columbia Pro Cantare’s Executive Director, Elladean Brigham, about the group’s upcoming performance of the famous work as well as their Chamber Chorus seasonal offering, A Christmas Noel.
Interview: Kirke Mechem
Kirke Mechem is in town this week to see the staged premiere of his new opera Pride and Prejudice, of course based on the Jane Austen classic. I had a talk with him about how he thinks as a composer.
Washington Concert Opera’s Hamlet
I had the great pleasure of speaking with Antony Walker, music director of the Washington Concert Opera, about their upcoming performance of Thomas’ Hamlet. https://concertopera.org/events/h19
BSO musicians play chamber music across the ages
Chamber Music by Candlelight Join members of the BSO for their next chamber music concert at 2nd Presbyterian Church on St. Paul’s Street on Sunday, November 17 at 7:30pm, followed by a free reception! Here is violinist, Ivan Stefanović, from the Clipper Mill String Quartet.
Pride and Prejudice at Peabody
I recenly had the opportunity to talk to Sam Mungo about the Peabody’s production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
A young German conductor makes her BSO debut
The young German conductor, Ruth Reinhardt, a protegé of Marin Alsop, is leading the Baltimore Symphony this weekend.
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company celebrates five years downtown
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company on South Calvert Street is building bridges in more ways than one. Here is their Managing Director, Lesley Malin.
