Preview! – 2021-2022

Summer Programming

Every Sunday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., we present Preview!, a program featuring new classical recording releases and local arts news. From symphonies to vocal music, from ballet to chamber music, our talented Music Director William Woltz selects new interpretations of familiar music as well as newer music. A regular feature of Preview! is an interview at approximately 7:00 p.m. eastern. We speak with performing musicians and composers from around the world. If you miss the interview on a Sunday evening, you will find our interviews archived below. David Jeffrey Smith and Steve Thebes host the program.

This quarter, our guests will include pianist Rachel Podger, conductor Richard Egarr, and the Cavatina Duo.

June 6: Cavatina Duo

What’s On Preview!

Sunday, June 6, 2021

From his CD on the Decca Classics label, the brilliant young British pianist, Benjamin Grosvenor plays Three Sonnets of Petrarch from Years of Pilgrimage: The Second Year — Italy. Describing these monumental piano pieces, Liszt himself explains his rationale for composing them: ” I have tried to portray in music a few of my strongest sensations and most lively impressions.”

“The playing from the Oslo Philharmonic is flawless.” Leighton Jones in The Classic Review

The tale of the Arabian Nights continues to fascinate hundreds of years after it was written. Russian composer Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov creates an exotic soundscape with the music for Scheherazade, a great favorite of our listeners. Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko performs The Young Prince and the Young Princess from Scheherazade, Op. 35. This is from a CD on the Lawo label which also includes Capriccio Espagnol and the Russian Easter Festival Overture.

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Previous Preview Program Notes

May 30, 2021
May 23, 2021
May 16, 2021
May 9, 2021
May 2, 2021
April 25, 2021
April 18, 2021
April 11, 2021
April 4, 2021
March 21, 2021
March 14, 2021
March 7, 2021
February 28, 2021
February 21, 2021

These interviews originally aired on Preview at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. We are very grateful to these artists and organizations for their insights into their recordings and concerts. Their art enriches our lives.

2020 Preview Interviews