Wrcj In-studio Guests

Jader conducts the DSO this weekend in a program of Johannes Brahms, Carlos Simon and Beethoven. He stopped by our studios to speak with Peter about the concert, Friday's live 90.9 broadcast...and the upcoming performances at Orchestra Hall and the William Davidson Neighborhood Series.

They have been called 'The Rock Stars of Renaissance Polyphony" by the New York Times, and the Tallis Scholars, with their founder Peter Phillips, come to Detroit on Saturday night for a concert at St. Anne Church in Detroit. Dave Wagner had the opportunity to talk with Peter Phillips about their 50th anniversary tour and their stop here in Detroit.

Nathalie Doucet is Head of Music at Detroit Opera. For the past weeks, she's been working with artists preparing for the company's upcoming run of Osvaldo Golijov's electrifying work Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears. 90.9's Peter Whorf speaks with Doucet about the many components of this Spanish language opera...

A brief featurette about composer & bandleader Maria Schneider's work with soprano Dawn Upshaw and the Australian Chamber Orchestra based on the poems of Ted Kooser.

In 2022, Jessie Montgomery was named the Mead Composer in Residence for the Chicago Symphony, receiving commissions to write 3 new orchestral works, and curate the orchestra’s MusicNOW programs.

George Walker, the first black recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, worked tirelessly throughout his life, composing every day well into his 90’s.

This weekend the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms, Coleridge-Taylor and Rachmaninoff. 90.9's Peter Whorf spoke with Music Director Jader Bignamini about the genius of Brahms composition as well as Rachmaninoff and what he was going through when he composed his second piano concerto.

"Swing Set" host Linda Yohn speaks with legendary jazz violinist Regina Carter who is the recipient of 2023 NEA Jazz Masters Honors award. They speak about the significance of three Detroiters being honored this year.

90.9's Cecelia Sharpe spoke with Na'Zir McFadden who is guest conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's "Classical Roots" concert March 3, 2023. In this interview, Na'Zir goes into more detail about the pieces that will be performed.

Cecelia Sharpe caught up with Detroit Native BLKBOK to talk about his upcoming concert, the value of arts education, the importance of Classical music, and what he hopes people will take away from his performance.

DSO Music Director Laureate Leonard Slatkin and his friend Garrick Ohlsson are back in town this weekend to performs Johannes Brahms’s mighty Piano Concerto No. 1. The DSO also plays music by Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartok. 90.9’s Peter Whorf asked the Maestro about the concerto’s place in Brahms’s symphonic timeline…

The International Symphony Orchestra meets up with the Windsor-based band The Tea Party this Friday night at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Windsor. Then they’re back in Sarnia on Saturday to encore the show. Following the Tea Party gig, the ISO is in-concert for a “Night At The Movies” experience. 90.9's Peter Whorf joins ISO conductor Douglas Bianchi and Executive Director Anthony Wing to talk about the upcoming dates…and the multi-talented Wing’s Tea Party connection through his personal “metal memories”…

Dave Wagner talks with cellist Roman Borys of the Gryphon Trio who are in town to perform at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial with vocalist Patricia O'Callaghan.

Cellist Edgar Moreau joins the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this weekend, playing Sergei Prokofiev’s virtuosic Sinfonia Concertante. 90.9’s Cecelia Sharpe catches up with Moreau between DSO rehearsals to talk about the notoriously difficult work…

Violinist Hilary Hahn’s newest release is entitled Eclipse. The recording features Antonin Dvorak’s Violin Concerto – which Hahn played with the DSO in her last Orchestra Hall appearance. She also played some Dvorak with the popular TwoSet violin duo during her Australian tour this past summer. Hilary Hahn speaks with 90.9’s Peter Whorf about TwoSet and her most recent studio project…

Jonathon Heyward leads the DSO this weekend in works by Tania Leon, Felix Mendelssohn and Antonin Dvorak. Leon was awarded lifetime achievement recognition this past week by the Kennedy Center Honors. Her new piece, Pasajes premieres with the DSO on Friday. 90.9’s Peter Whorf begins the conversation by recalling a Chicago concert from this past July…

In this excerpt from "Live With C#" Cecelia talks men's health with Dr. Roy Elrod, Physician and Chief of Staff at Detroit Medical Center and Detroit Receiving Hospital.

DSO Music Director Jader Bignamini leads the orchestra and soloist Daniil Trifanov this weekend in music of William Grant Still, Florence Price and Johannes Brahms. The concert is also a live broadcast on 90.9FM and the Michigan Classical Network on Friday at 10:40am with hosts Dave Wagner and Cecelia Sharpe. 90.9’s Peter Whorf speaks with Bignamini as they begin their conversation with stories of William Grant Still…

Detroit Opera's Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke speaks with Dave Wagner about the innovative upcoming season including this weekends The Valkyries.

Maestro Robert Franz begins his 8th season as Music Director of the Windsor Symphony as they begin their 75th concert season Saturday September 17th. Dave and the Maestro talk about the history of the orchestra and the upcoming concert season.