From the John Clark Performance Studio

Composer Leonard Mark Lewis and tenor Brian Arreola join host Joe Brant for a preview of " Wake-Lucia: A Joycean Operatic Rite ." The performance includes original music by Lewis and dance based on the life of James Joyce and his daughter Lucia. Event Details : Winthrop University: Wake-Lucia: A Joycean operatic rite Brian Arreola, tenor Leonard Mark Lewis, composer

Oboist Joe Robinson '62 and mezzo-soprano Rebecca "Becky" Robinson visit the John Clark Performance Studio to chat about an upcoming Love Songs in the Afternoon recital at Davidson College Presbyterian Church (DCPC) as part of the Davidson College Reunion Weekend. The father and daughter pair will perform highlights from the concert with accompaniment by Wade Dingman. Davidson Reunion Weekend Events Schedule >

Members of the Bechtler Ensemble stop by the WDAV studios to preview the Charlotte Composers Forum. The forum consists of composers from Queens University, Winthrop University, UNCC and Central Piedmont Community College. In celebration of the Bechtler's latest exhibition, Celebrating Jean Tinguely and Santana, five composers have written original music to complement the work. Event Details : Music and Museum: Bechtler Ensemble

For years, fiddler and composer Mark O’Connor has been melding folk, jazz, and classical music into a style that is distinctly his own and distinctly American. He’s one of the most successful artists who works across genres and has won three Grammy Awards for his work in both the country and classical realms. He frequently collaborates with artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, and Matt Haimovitz. Recently, O’Connor and his wife Maggie, who studied violin at the Peabody Conservatory, have made Charlotte their home.  They visit WDAV for some conversation and superb duo fiddle performances.

Pianist Anna Federova joins WDAV for a performance and conversation about her upcoming Music and Museum performance at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. She performs selections from Mozart Fantasie and Chopin Fantasie. Related Music and Museum: Fantasies with Anna Fedorova

Pianist Arlene Shrut, soprano and UNC Charlotte faculty member Alissa Deeter, and baritone Dennis Jesse visit WDAV to talk about the world premiere of a new work by composer Jocelyn Hagen as part of the program "Requiem of Solace." "Requiem of Solace" also features the performance of A German Requiem with four-hand accompaniment, which is the first product of Shrut’s Sustainable Symphony Project . Requiem of Solace at UNC Charlotte --> Program Flower of the Field from Songs of Fields and Prairies Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano Call of the Open  from Songs of Fields and Prairies Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano In My Soul  solo from "Facets" Dennis Jesse, baritone Arlene Shrut, piano Everything  soprano solo from "Facets" Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano

Opera Carolina begins 2017 with Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. Two of the performers, baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. and soprano Elizabeth Caballero, join host Joe Brant in the WDAV John Clark Performance Studio to talk about the show. Reginald Smith, Jr. Elizabeth Caballero

Pianist Svetlana Smolina joins WDAV for a live performance and conversation during our Christmas in Davidson Open House. She performs selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Chopin's Prelude No. 13 and Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy.

Gregory Knight, 2016 Van Cliburn Competition finalist, visits the John Clark Performance Studio to play Van Cliburn’s own piano. Mark Love of Steinway Piano Gallery Charlotte and Greensboro joins to talk about this amazing instrument. Listen to the interview and bonus track of Claude Debussy's L’isle joyeuse below. 

Matt Haimovitz joins us in the midst of his Bach Listening Room Tour. On this tour, Haimovitz brings Bach’s cello suites to small, intimate settings throughout the southeast, performing Bach’s Six Suites not in concert halls, but in coffeehouses and music clubs. To conclude the tour, he'll perform all six suites in a single day in Bethesda, Maryland.