A New Album from the Virginia Symphony and Gil Shaham
Wayla speaks with Virginia Symphony Music Director Eric Jacobsen and violinist Gil Shaham about their new album with the VSO, featuring musi...
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20 of 364 episodesJoAnn Falletta Celebrates Adolphus Hailstork
Raymond Jones speaks with conductor JoAnn Falletta as the Virginia Symphony and Virginia Arts Festival prepare to celebrate composer Adolphu...
Celebrating Adolphus Hailstork
Raymond Jones speaks with local composer Dr. Adolphus Hailstork as the Virginia Symphony and Virginia Arts Festival prepare to celebrate his...
Interview with Joshua Bell
Jana Lee Ross speaks with violinist Joshua Bell about his upcoming Virginia Arts Festival concerts with the Academy of St Martin in the Fiel...
Interview with Barnaby Smith of VOCES8
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Barnaby Smith, co-founder and Artistic Director of the vocal ensemble VOCES8, about their holiday performances pre...
A Night at the Symphony with Laufey: Interview with conductor Ross Jamie Collins
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Finnish-British conductor Ross Jamie Collins, who will conduct singer-songwriter Laufey’s upcoming concerts with t...
Interview with Rob Fisher
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Rob Fisher, Goode Family Artistic Advisor for Musical Theater and American Songbook with the Virginia Arts Festiva...
Interview with Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark, and Joshua Roman
Raymond Jones speaks with a trio of innovative string players ahead of their Virginia Arts Festival performance. Legendary bassist Edgar Mey...
Interview with Samantha Ege
Raymond Jones speaks with musicologist and pianist Dr. Samantha Ege about her new album Maestra, which features the first commercial recordi...
Vienna Boys' Choir
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Dr. Tina Breckwoldt, historian and dramaturge for the famed Vienna Boys' Choir, as we anticipate their upcoming ho...
The Art of Musical Storytelling: Chris Thile and Eric Jacobsen
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Virginia Symphony Music Director Eric Jacobsen and mandolinist/composer Chris Thile about musical storytelling, an...
Ellington 125 at the Virginia Arts Festival
Raymond Jones speaks with Todd Stoll, who directs the Attucks Jazz Orchestra in Virginia Arts Festival's celebration of the 125th anniversar...
Interview with Jorge Parodi of Opera in Williamsburg
Raymond Jones speaks with Music Director Jorge Parodi about Opera in Williamsburg's upcoming production of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman.
Interview with pianist Lara Downes
Raymond Jones speaks with pianist Lara Downes about her upcoming performances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, which will feature a new...
The Neighboring Village: a new work for the Virginia Chorale
Composer Gregory Spears speaks with Raymond Jones about his new work The Neighboring Village (inspired by a Kafka story), which was commissi...
Olga Kern on the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Festival
Raymond Jones talks with pianist Olga Kern about her upcoming performances of the complete cycle of Rachmaninoff concertos with the Virginia...
Eric Jacobsen on the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Festival
Dwight Davis talks with Virginia Symphony Orchestra Music Director Eric Jacobsen about the upcoming Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Festival wit...
Interview with Julia Bullock
Wayla talks with classical singer Julia Bullock about her upcoming Virginia Arts Festival performance of Jessie Montgomery's Five Freedom So...
Interview with Elizabeth Blackney
Rebecca Weinstein spoke with Elizabeth Blackney, Executive Director of the Cook Foundation, about the 2023 Gloucester Arts Festival.
The Emerson Quartet and Beethoven
Dwight Davis talks with violists Lawrence Dutton