A Love Duet: Tenor Stephen Costello and Soprano Ailyn Perez
First they were students at AVA. During their studies, they were companions. Eventually they performed together on stage. Then came love, and later, the altar. All because of opera. And we can say,...
View ArticlePost-modern Homages
Composers praise composers on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 15th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Randall Woolf re-forms, with a string quartet, the phrasings of another century in Franz...
View ArticleAuditioning for Curtis: Tessa's Story
Tessa Seymour is in her final year at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she was selected out of hundreds to fill the only spot for a cellist the year she applied. In addition to an unparalleled...
View ArticleBP Suggests: Keep On Keepin' On, A Film about Swing and Bebop Trumpeter Clark...
Was it fate or a divine hand that brought together a young drummer from Australia, an even younger visually impaired pianist, and a legendary jazz artist?
View ArticleListening to Chanteuse Anna Bergman: An Exercise in Sophistication
Every so often, we like to check in with artists who've appeared on Crossover in the past to find out what they're up to. This week's returning guest is Anna Bergman, cabaret singer, concert artist,...
View ArticleTextures on Now Is the Time
Different quartets evoke different textures on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 22nd at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Geology dominates Paul Lansky's Textures. It's for two pianists and two...
View ArticleAll In The Family at Curtis
For pianist and composer Andrew Hsu, music and family go hand in hand. From an early age, his father made sure that Andrew and his two siblings were each instilled with a love of good music. Classical...
View ArticleAlan Gilbert Conducts Janacek's Glagolitic Mass with The Philadelphians: Nov....
In the late 19th century, prominent composers began to emerge from countries that had not been center stage in international musical life. Among these leading figures were Jean Sibelius in Finland, and...
View ArticleStar Soprano Diana Damrau Scratches An Itch
Soprano Diana Damrau usually sticks with her forte of mainstream opera. Indeed, she's made her name in such demanding roles as Mozart's Queen of the Night, Strauss' Zerbinetta, Donizetti's Lucia di...
View ArticleGiving Thanks
We're thankful on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 29th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Film composer Victor Young (Shane, Around the World in Eighty Days) was a benefactor of the music department...
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