Thursdays at Three Episodes

September 28, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Cappella Romana and the Post-Haste Reed Duo with pianist Chuck Dillard. Capella Romana will perform works by Ukrainian composer Galina Grigorjeva and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The Post-Haste Reed Duo will share music by Francis Poulenc, Cindy Hsu, and more. ABOUT Cappella Romana is a professional vocal ensemble……

September 7, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Big Horn Brass and pianist Philip Mandel. Big Horn Brass will present works by local composers and arrangers, ahead of their concert at the Reser. One such work is by composer Nicole Buetti, commissioned around the theme of conservation, specifically, elephant conservation. ABOUT Big Horn Brass was founded in 1983……

August 31, 2023: Host Christa Wessel shares a special encore broadcast featuring pianist Amir Avsker, plus vocalist Dr. Harry Baechtel and pianist Chuck Dillard. Amir performs works by Chopin, Mozart, and more. Dr. Baechtel and Chuck will share music by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel. This episode originally aired July 20, 2023. ABOUT 16-year-old pianist Amir Avsker is All Classical’s 2023 Young Artist……

August 24, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Duo Mundi – George & Guli and the Siletz Bay Music Festival to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Duo Mundi is made up of pianists George Lopez & Gulimina Mahamuti. They will present selections from their program “Immigration and Opportunity: Music from Elsewhere,” inspired by music of other cultures including works……

August 17, 2023: Host Christa Wessel shares a special encore broadcast of a recent T@T featuring pianist María García, All Classical Portland’s Artist in Residence María performs a program exclusively by women composers, including music by Marianna D’Auenbrugg, Clara Schumann, Monsita Ferrer, Mana Zucca, Lucija Garuta, Cacilda Borges Barbosa, and Clarice Assad. This episode originally aired March……

August 10, 2023: Host Christa Wessel shares a special encore of a recent T@T episode featuring GRAMMY award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey and the Anderson-Sasaki Duo. Zuill Bailey shared a preview of his May 2023 concerts with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, including a performance of Shostakovich’s virtuosic Cello Concerto No. 1. The Anderson-Sasaki Duo (violinist Becky Anderson and pianist Mika……

August 3, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival and the William Byrd Festival to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Megumi Stohs Lewis and Sasha Callahan, violins; Charles Noble and Bradley Ottesen, violas; and Leo Eguchi, cello will represent the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival in performances of works by Antonín Dvořák and Kareem……

July 27, 2023: Guest host Warren Black welcomes Broadway Rose Theatre Company and the Oregon Renaissance Band to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. Broadway Rose will share a preview of their upcoming production of Cinderella, starring Jennifer Davies as Ella, Leah Yorkston as Marie, her Fairy Godmother, and featuring pianist Colin Shepard. The Oregon Renaissance Band will perform music……

July 13, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes pianist Hunter Noack and Chamber Music Northwest to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. ABOUT Pianist Hunter Noack was All Classical Portland’s inaugural Artist in Residence in 2019. In June 2022, Heinz records released his debut album, “In a Landscape,” which in its first week went to the top of Billboard’s classical……

July 6, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Chamber Music Northwest and the Aquilon Music Festival to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio. CMNW will preview their upcoming umama womama concert, featuring flutist Valerie Coleman, violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and harpist Han Lash. The Aquilon Music Festival will share highlights from their upcoming events, including Mozart’s Don Giovanni and more. ABOUT Three……