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UT Concert Chorale

UT Concert Chorale

Brad Pierson, director of the University of Toledo Concert Chorale, joins us for a preview of their season, including an in-studio performance from members of the ensemble.

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Andrew von Oeyen
Andrew von Oeyen: Bach and Beethoven
An American Mosaic
Richard Danielpour: An American Mosaic
John-Henry Crawford
John-Henry Crawford: DIALOGO
Michael Shapiro
Michael Shapiro: Peace Variations
Alyson Cambridge
Toledo Opera Gala: Alyson Cambridge
Robert Honstein
Robert Honstein: Middle Ground
New York Polyphony (Jacob Blickenstaff)
New York Polyphony: And the Sun Darkened
Catalyst Quartet
Catalyst Quartet: Uncovered
Simone Dinnerstein
Simone Dinnerstein: An American Mosaic
Daniil Trifonov (Deutsche Grammophon)
Daniil Trifonov: Silver Age
Hilary Hahn (OJ Slaughter)
Hilary Hahn: Paris
The Mural at the Valentine (credit: Stephanie Elton/Toledo Opera)
Toledo Opera: Music Behind the Mural and Where's Al?
Andrew Crust
Andrew Crust and the LSO
Rosary Cathedral
Virtual Live from FM 91: Toledo Symphony String Quartet at Rosary Cathedral
Jeni Slotchiver
Jeni Slotchiver: American Heritage
Kathryn Lewek and Zach Borichevsky
Kathryn Lewek and Zach Borichevsky: Duets and Drinks
Carolyn Surrick & Ronn McFarlane
Carolyn Surrick and Ronn McFarlane: Fermi's Paradox
Cellist Matt Haimovitz
Matt Haimovitz: Mon Ami Mon Amour
Andrew Crust
Andrew Crust and the Lima Symphony Orchestra
The Sylvan Trio
Live from FM 91: Sylvan Trio
Ellen West Album Cover
Ricky Ian Gordon: Ellen West
Michael Shapiro
Michael Shapiro: Frankenstein
Stephen Powell by Sue Reno
Stephen Powell: American Composers At Play
Anna Clyne
Anna Clyne: Mythologies
Osvaldo Golijov and The Silk Road Ensemble
Osvaldo Golijov: Falling Out of Time
Elyse Kakacek
Elyse Anne Kakacek: Biblical Songs
Evan Ziporyn
Live from FM 91: Evan Ziporyn and Christine Southworth
Sarah Kirkland Snider by Anja Shutz
Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered
Augusta Read Thomas
Grossman Ensemble: Fountain of Time
Willis Patterson in Recital
Celebrating Willis Patterson (Part One)
Willis Patterson in Recital
Celebrating Willis Patterson (Part Two)
Simone Dinnerstein
Simone Dinnerstein: A Character of Quiet
Osmo Vanska
Classical Conversations: Osmo Vänskä
Christopher Cerrone
Classical Conversations: Liminal Highway
Cellist Anita Graef
Live from FM 91: Anita Graef
Caprice album cover
Kim Portnoy: Caprice
James Blachly
Ethel Smyth's Prison
Augustin Hadelich by Paul Glickman
Augustin Hadelich: Bohemian Tales
William Berger
William Berger: Opera and Film
Lorelei Ensemble by Allana Taranto, Ars Magna Studio
Lorelei Ensemble: Love Fail
Caroline Shaw by Bonica Ayala
PBO & Caroline Shaw
Sharon Isbin by J. Henry Fair
Sharon Isbin: Affinity and Strings for Peace
Inbal Segev
Inbal Segev: Anna and Edward
Jacob Cooper
Jacob Cooper: Terrain
Michael Shapiro
Michael Shapiro: Archangel
UT Chamber Singers
Whateverandeveramen: Songs of Fatherhood
UT Chamber Singers
UT Chamber Singers: Color Madrigals
Shai Wosner
Shai Wosner: Schubert in the Age of Covid-19
Wet Ink Ensemble
Sam Pluta: Lines on Black
Violinist Niv Ashkenazi
Niv Ashkenazi: Violins of Hope
William Berger
William Berger: The Epic of Opera
Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen: Sacred Spaces
Donald Nally
The Crossing: Anonymous Man and Carthage
Lara St. John
Lara St. John: Key of A
yMusic Ensemble
yMusic Ensemble: Ecstatic Science
Ola Gjeilo
Ola Gjeilo: Night
Nadia Shpachenko
Nadia Shpachenko: The Poetry of Places
Miró Quartet
Miró Quartet: Beethoven Cycle
String Orchestra of Brooklyn
String Orchestra of Brooklyn: Afterimage
Paul Merkelo
Paul Merkelo: The Enlightened Trumpet
Carr-Petrova Duo
Carr-Petrova Duo: Novel Voices
Black Oak Ensemble
Black Oak Ensemble: Silenced Voices
Rachel Barton Pine
Rachel Barton Pine: Dvorak and Khachaturian Violin Concertos
Third Coast Percussion
Third Coast Percussion: Fields
Derek Bermel
Derek Bermel: Migrations
Angele Dubeau and La Pieta
Angèle Dubeau: Pulsations
Margaret Batjer
Margaret Batjer: Violin Concertos Old and New
Neave Trio
Neave Trio: Her Voice
Juliana Soltis by Teresa Tam Studio
Live from FM 91: Juliana Soltis
New York Polyphony
New York Polyphony: Lamentationes
Donnacha Dennehy
Donnacha Dennehy: The Hunger
Jeffrey Biegel by Jerry LoFaro
Jeffrey Biegel: A Pianist's Journey
Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet
Sharon Isbin: Souvenirs of Spain and Italy
Downton Abbey the Movie
John Lunn: Downton Abbey
Composer Poul Ruders
Becky and David Starobin: The Thirteenth Child
Drostan Hall
Camerata Chicago: The Four Seasons
Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich: Brahms and Ligeti
Harry Partch Ensemble
Partch Ensemble: Sonata Dementia
Anna Shelest
Anna Shelest: Donna Voce
Anthony McGill
Anthony and Demarre McGill: Winged Creatures
Jason Vieaux
Jason Vieaux: Leshnoff Concerto
Yolanda Kondonassis
Yolanda Kondonassis: American Rapture
Katarzyna Musial
Katarzyna Musial: My Spanish Heart
Roman-Rabinovich
Roman Rabinovich: The Haydn Project
Gernot Wolfgang
Gernot Wolfgang: Vienna and the West
Craig Swanson
Craig Swanson: The French Suite Kit
Lara Downes by Shervin Lainez
Lara Downes: Holes in the Sky
Nigel Burgoine
NIgel Burgoine: The White Crow
Ilan Eshkeri
Ilan Eshkeri: The White Crow
Avi and Omer Avital
Avi and Omer: Avital Meets Avital
2019 Conrad Winners
Live from FM 91: 2019 Conrad Art Song Winners
Matthew Lipman
Matthew Lipman: Ascent
Dennis Russell Davies
Dennis Russell Davies at 75
Kirill Gerstein
Kirill Gerstein: Busoni Piano Concerto
Philippe Quint
Philippe Quint and Marta Aznavoorian: Chaplin's Smile
Sarah Cahill
Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female
Hee-Young Lim
Hee-Young Lim: French Cello Concertos
Reiko Fueting
Reiko Füting: Distant Song
Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone Returns
Joyce DiDonato
Joyce DiDonato: Songplay
Rachel Barton Pine
Rachel Barton Pine: Blues Dialogues
Morten Lauridsen
Morten Lauridsen: Light Eternal
Neave Trio
Neave Trio: Celebrating Piazzolla
Amit Peled
Amit Peled: Bach Cello Suites
Benjamin Appl
Benjamin Appl: Bach
Fischer Duo
Fischer Duo: Brahms
Cortango
Cally Banham: Cor Christmas
DePue Brothers
Live from FM 91: DePue Brothers Christmas
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho
Seong-Jin Cho: Mozart
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Anthony Roth Costanzo: ARC Glass/Handel
Kirill Gerstein
Kirill Gerstein: The Gershwin Moment
Alain Trudel
Live from FM 91: Alain Trudel
Ellis Hall
Ellis Hall and the TSO
Hilary Hahn (Decca Classics)
Hilary Hahn: Bach Again
Genre-defying artist and composer Harold Budd. Photo by Terrence Budd
Harold Budd at TMA and BGSU
Pianist Llyr Williams
Llŷr Williams: Beethoven Unbound
Tesla Quartet
Tesla Quartet: Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky
News: Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA)
Duo Noire
Duo Noire: Night Triptych
The Crossing
The Crossing: Zealot Canticles
Nieve Trio
Neave Trio: French Moments
Inbal Segev
Inbal Segev and Juho Pohjonen: Chopin, Schumann, Grieg
Violinist Ray Chen
Ray Chen: The Golden Age
Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG in Song
Amit Peled
Amit Peled: To Brahms, With Love
Joyce DiDonato (photo by Simon Pauly)
Hope and Dreams: The Lullaby Project
Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell: Scottish Fantasy
Simone Dinnerstein by Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Simone Dinnerstein: Circles (Bach + Glass)
Kazem Abdullah
Kazem Abdullah: Daphnis & Chloe
Robert Prester
Robert Prester: Rapsodya
Norman Krieger
Norman Krieger: Brahms
Ariel Quartet
Ariel Quartet: Bartok & Brahms
Miro Quartet
Miró Quartet: Beethoven
As One
As One at KCH
UT Opera Ensemble
UT Opera Ensemble: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Timothy Cloeter
Masterworks Chorale: From Darkness Into Light
Samuel Adler (WGTE)
Samuel Adler: One Lives But Once (Part One)
Samuel Adler (WGTE)
Samuel Adler: One Lives But Once (Part Two)
Lara Downes (Photo: Shervin Lainez)
Lara Downes: For Lenny
Hudson Shad (YouTube)
Hudson Shad & The Seven Deadly Sins
Rachel Barton Pine
Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch
Christina Farrell
Opera is a Story
Liza Stepanova
Liza Stepanova: Tones and Colors
Ola Gjeilo
Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs
Toledo Opera's Production of Rigoletto
Toledo Opera: Rigoletto Roundtable
Teddy Abrams
Teddy Abrams: All In
Amit Peled
Amit Peled and the Peabody Cello Gang
UT Concert Chorale
UT Concert Chorale
Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly: SongSLAM at KCH
Anne Akiko Meyers
Anne Akiko Meyers: Fantasia
Rachel Barton Pine by Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Rachel Barton Pine and the TSO
Christopher O'Riley & Matt Haimovitz
O'Riley & Haimovitz: TROIKA
Audra McDonald © Autumn de Wilde
Audra McDonald and the TSO
Plaque outside the newly dedicated William W. Engelke Radio Control Room
A Tribute to Bill Engelke
Sharon Isbin & Isabel Leonard (Bridge Records)
Sharon Isbin and Isabel Leonard: Alma Española
Juliana Soltis by Teresa Tam
Juliana Soltis: Entrez, le Diable!
Merwin Siu and Scott Boberg
Lou Harrison Marathon at the TMA
Requiem for my Mother
Stephen Edwards: Requiem for my Mother
Jack Gallagher by Matt Dilyard
Jack Gallagher at 70
Jose Federico Osorio by Todd Rosenberg
Jose Federico Osorio: Final Thoughts
Rachel Barton Pine by Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Rachel Barton Pine: Bel Canto Paganini
Alain Trudel © Sophie Poliquin
The Toledo Symphony Has A New Music Director
The Fraternity
The Fraternity - Requiem
Timothy Cloeter
Masterworks Chorale: What a Wonderful World
Simone Dinnerstein
Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana
Martina Filjak by Romano Grozich
Martina Filjak and the TSO
Alain Trudel © Sophie Poliquin
Alain Trudel and the TSO
Paul Causman
An Iliad with Paul Causman
Vanessa Selfie
Toledo Opera: Vanessa
Kevin Bylsma and Nicholas Wuehrmann
Street Scene at BGSU
Rachele Gilmore by Karli Cadel
Rachele Gilmore and the TSO
Yevgeny Kutik by Corey Hayes
Yevgeny Kutik: Words Fail
Jennifer Kloetzel by Gregory Goode
Cypress String Quartet: Brahms Sextets
Benjamin Grosvenor by Decca/Sophie Wright
Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages
Ignat Solzhenitsyn by CAMI
Solzhenitsyn on Shostakovich
Michael Daugherty by Brad Cresswell
Michael Daugherty: Once Upon a Castle
Semyon Bychkov by Thomas Kost
Semyon Bychkov: The Tchaikovsky Project
Kirill Gerstein Photo: Marco Borggreve
Kirill Gerstein: Transcendental Études
Yolanda Kondonassis by Mark Battrell
Yolanda Kondonassis: Ginastera One Hundred
Joshua Bell by Bill Phelps
Joshua Bell: For the Love of Brahms
Cellist Mark Kosower photo by Lim Jong Jin
Mark Kosower and the TSO
Violinist Jennifer Koh
Jennifer Koh: Tchaikovsky
Chiara Quartet by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Chiara String Quartet: Bartók by Heart
Cypress Quartet by Basil Childers
Cypress Quartet: Swan Song
Rachel Barton Pine
Rachel Barton Pine: Testament
Matt Haimovitz by Stephanie Mackinnon
J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena
Claire Jones
Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings
Cremona Quartet by Elisa Caldana
Quartetto di Cremona: Beethoven, Vol. V
China Forbes by Autumn de Wilde
China Forbes & Pink Martini
Anthony de Mare
Anthony de Mare: Liaisons
Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero: Ex Patria
Avi Avital
Avi Avital: Between Worlds
Max Richter
Max Richter: Sleep
Jonas Kaufmann
Jonas Kaufman's Winter Journey