Feb 27 Blog Black History in Classical Music Black Americans have continually struggled to find a voice in classical music, but a few have succeeded. Louisville Civic Orchestra celebrates Black History Month with music by composers Florence Price, Julio Racine and Michael Abels. Classical Louisville’s Alan Brandt discussed the event with Artistic Director Jason Hart Raff and trumpeter Jon Wysong. By Alan Brandt Feb 27 Blog Black History in Classical Music By Alan Brandt
Jan 16 Blog Semyon Bychkov and The Tchaikovsky Project When Semyon Bychkov began working with the Czech Philharmonic in 2013, The Tchaikovsky Project was almost immediately born. Since then, the orchestra and Bychkov have recorded Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, other major orchestral works, and the piano concertos with Kirill Gerstein. In this conversation with Daniel Gilliam, Bychkov talks about the misunderstandings of the composer and what […] By WUOL Jan 16 Blog Semyon Bychkov and The Tchaikovsky Project By WUOL
Jan 10 Giveaway Giveaway: Rachel Barton Pine & Teddy Abrams Did Joseph Joachim ghost Antonín Dvořák? Maybe, says Rachel Barton Pine. Her conversation with Daniel Gilliam includes insights into the violin concertos of Aram Khachaturian and Dvořák, featured on her new album with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Teddy Abrams. Loading… By WUOL Jan 10 Giveaway Giveaway: Rachel Barton Pine & Teddy Abrams By WUOL
Dec 09 Holiday Holiday Specials 2019 Bourbon Baroque Messiah December 21, 8pm Louisville’s period-instrument ensemble presents Georg Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah in its entirety. See the program here. A Christmas Pastorale December 22, 9am Host Alan Brandt presents an hour of holiday-themed music from the British Isles, including Gerald Finzi’s Dies natalis, Arnold Bax’s Christmas Eve, Frederick Delius’ Sleigh Ride and […] By WUOL Dec 09 Holiday Holiday Specials 2019 By WUOL
Dec 02 Blog Composer Lei Liang Wins 2020 Grawemeyer Award In Music Composition A composer who immigrated to the United States as a teenager in the aftermath of social unrest in China, has won the University of Louisville’s 2020 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams, a work for orchestra premiered in 2018. Lei Liang, 47, has lived in the United States since […] By Daniel Gilliam Dec 02 Blog Composer Lei Liang Wins 2020 Grawemeyer Award In Music Composition By Daniel Gilliam
Nov 22 WUOLive WUOLive: Clayton Stephenson Pianist Clayton Stephenson, the 2020 Gheens Young Artist, will play a concert in the Performance Studio of Louisville Public Media on December 4th at 11am. The performance is free and open to the public (no reservation required). Stephenson was previously in Louisville playing on From the Top in 2016, and will be back in Louisville […] By WUOL Nov 22 WUOLive WUOLive: Clayton Stephenson By WUOL