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Hear comments by those who make the arts so vibrant in Hampton Roads - conductors, musicians, singers, actors, teachers, visual artists. Learn about performances and get insight into the creative process from the artists themselves.
Andre Michele Schub - MP3 Download
Pianist Andre Michel Schub has been Music Director of the chamber music concerts of the Virginia Arts Festival since the beginning of the Festival. He spoke to WHRO-FM's Dwight Davis about the chamber series.
Ellen Taafe Zwillich - MP3 Download
Award-winning composer Ellen Taafe Zwillich has written a new work for a new combination of instruments, a piece co-commissioned by the Virginia Arts Festival. She Spoke to WHRO-FM's Dwight Davis about her Piano Septet
Joseph Kalichstein - MP3 Download
The venerable Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio is featured in two chamber concerts in this year's Virginia Arts Festival.Dwight Davis spoke with pianist Joseph Kalichstein about the works on the concerts as well as the early days of the trio.
Kikuei Ikeda - MP3 Download
One of the finest string quartets in the world, the Tokyo Quartet, performed in this year's Virginia Arts Festival. Dwight Davis spoke with second violinist Kikuei Ikeda about the group's program.
Simon Morrison - MP3 Download
This year's Virginia Arts Festival includes a new production of a favorite balletic masterpiece, Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet',Danced by the Mark Morris Dance Group. This original version, as conceived by Prokofiev and dramatist Sergei Radlov,had a happy ending to Shakespeare's tale. The new version is based on exclusive archival research conducted in Moscow. Associate Professor of Music at Princeton University, Simon Morrison. Dwight Davis spoke to him about the music.
The Virginia Chorale
The Best of the Virginia Chorale. Director Scott Williamson talked to WHRO-FM’s Dwight Davis about this concert of American music.
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The Virginia Choral Society
The spring offering of the Virginia Chorale Society features “Music of the English Cathedral Tradition”, choral works by Elgar,Parry and others. Choral Society Director James Powers spoke with Dwight Davis about this concert.
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OPERA PREVIEW
The final production of Virginia Opera’s all-Italian season is that frothy favorite “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini. Virginia Opera’s Community Outreach Musical Director, Dr. Glenn Winters, presents a whimsical insight into this opera and offers some reasons why it appeals to everyone from opera lovers to the man in the street.
One of the most significant battles to be fought on American soil happened here in Hampton Roads just fifty years ago. When Norfolk citizens struggled to reopen public schools that had been shut in defiance to racial integration, Virginia’s infamous policy of Massive Resistance made national headlines. To the eyes of many today, our community is still recovering from that fight. VSC Artistic Director Chris Hanna will weave excerpts from original media coverage, court documents, and recorded personal accounts with imagined scenes and characters he creates to examine the legacy Massive Resistance provides our region today. His play, "A Line in the Sand", opens February 27th at the historic Wells Theater in Norfolk. Chris spoke to Dwight Davis about the play.
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Concert Conversations
On February 21 and 22, the Virginia Chorale will present “A Romantic Celebration”, a program of choral music of Verdi, Puccini, Rheinberger, Brahms and others. Scott Williamson, the new conductor of the Chorale, spoke to WHRO-FM’s Dwight Davis about the concert.
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Virginia Symphony Concert Previews
WHRO and the Virginia Symphony have worked closely together over the years, bringing Hampton Roads the best in classical music, both on the radio and in the area’s concert halls. Now, WHRO and the Symphony are joining forces to take advantage of technology to enhance your appreciation of great music. We are offering comments by the conductor of the Virginia Symphony, JoAnn Falletta, and others, which will provide insights into the music and artists on upcoming Virginia Symphony concerts. These previews are available to everyone at the click of a mouse.
JoAnn Falletta Plays Vivaldi
The Virginia Symphony conductor trades her baton for her guitar to perform Vivaldi, alone and with VSO violist Beverly Baker. Program: Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess; Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto; Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola and Guitar; R.Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite. Wednesday, April 16th at 8:00 PM at St. Bede Catholic Church; Thursday, April 17th at 10:30 AM at the Ferguson Center; Friday, April 18th at 8:oo PM at the Suffolk Center. For ticket information, 892-6366 or
www.virginiasymphony.org
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Benedetti plays Mendelssohn
The young British violinist Nicola Benedetti performs the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Virginia Symphony conducted by JoAnn Falletta. Also on the program, the monumental Symphony No. 9 by Anton Bruckner. Saturday, April 5th at 8:00 PM at Chrysler Hall; Saturday, April 6th at 2:30 at the Ferguson Center. For ticket information, 892-6366 or
www.virginiasymphony.org
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James Galway returns!
JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony welcome Sir James Galway back for a musical re-telling of the story of the Pied Piper. Friday, March 7th at 8:00 PM at the Ferguson Center; Saturday, March 8th at 8:00 PM at Chrysler Hall; Sunday, March 9th at 2:30 PM at the Sandler Center. Program: Rossini: Cinderella Overture; Kodaly: Hary Janos Overture; Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy. For ticket information, 892-6366 or
www.virginiasymphony.org
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“Shakespeare in Love”
A romantic evening of music, dance and the spoken word, inspired by the Bard, under the direction of Assistant Conductor Matt Kraemer. Saturday, February 9th, 8:00 PM, Chrysler Hall, Norfolk.
Reception at 7:00 PM. For ticket information, 892-6366 or www.virginiasymphony.org
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