Music is visibly at the heart of the Ukrainian people, as can easily be seen during the ongoing Russian invasion of the country. Piano duo Anna and Dmitri Shelest have taken to hear the encouragement to use their talents for their fellow Ukrainian people and re-released their 2018 album Ukrainian Rhapsody. Hear from Anna and Dmitri […]
Classically Speaking Looks Back At Ben Folds’s Piano Concerto
As we prepare to once again venture backstage in the world of classical music, we’re re-releasing some Classically Speaking interviews you may have missed. So, enjoy this look back at what happens when a rock star joins the orchestra with musician Ben Folds.
Classically Speaking Looks Back at Nashville Ballet’s Lucy Negro Redux
As Nashville Ballet brings back its production Lucy Negro Redux this month, we’re returning to our preview of the music along with Rhiannon Giddens. The episode, from March of 2019, includes exclusive performances from Giddens, Francesco Turrisi, and the author of Lucy Negro, Redux, Nashville’s own Caroline Randall Williams. Listen to the full episode above, or […]
Two Perennial Holiday Favorites Return To Nashville Classical Radio
‘Tis the season for singing. So Nashville Classical Radio is delighted to bring two of your Christmas favorites back to the airwaves.
Live in Studio C: Familiar Favorites With Matthew Kennedy
The Live in Studio C online archive only started in fairly recent history. But, the station archives go back through the duration of the show. Which is how, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, we were able to go back and remember a performance at the piano from former director […]
Classically Speaking: Titus Underwood And The Oboe In The Easy Bake Oven
For Nashville Symphony Principal Oboist Titus Underwood, the pandemic has been a fairly prolific time. And while he looks forward to a return to the Schermerhorn stage, he also has a lot of goals for the future of orchestral music.
Classically Speaking: The 51 Percent
Nashville’s chamber orchestra Intersection has commissioned new works from 25 female-identifying as well as nonbinary and gender nonconforming composers for a project titled “Listen.”
Classically Speaking: Maurice Ravel’s Wonderful World Of Childhood Tantrums
There’s nothing more wild yet utterly predictable than a child’s tantrum. But in Maurice Ravel’s opera L’enfant et les sortilèges, the consequences take the child completely by surprise.
6 Questions With Student Composer Fellow Sylvia Rapp
Our 2020/2021 Student Composer Fellowship is well underway. To get to know them better, we asked each of the participants these six questions.
6 Questions With Student Composer Fellow Benjamin Dondanville
Our 2020/2021 Student Composer Fellowship is well underway. To get to know them better, we asked each of the participants these six questions.
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