There is simply no one like Sir James Galway. The great flutist has played in more venues, presenting so many different kinds of music from the Berlin Philharmonic to the Chieftains to the Lord of the Rings, that his position is unparalleled. And with his beautiful wife, Lady Jeanne Galway, the Galway Flute Academy is spreading the word to a future generation of flutists throughout the world. Sir James has a flair of speech that makes this Interplay a sterling and personal Conversation In Music. Supreme enjoyment from a master musician!

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This Interplay features composer Martin Bresnick, an American treasure.  Bresnick's chamber, song, orchestral, opera, and solo music grows organically from what are often kernels of sound in ripened expression full of rich power.  This Conversation In Music elucidates his art in a down to earth talk - how an important and great artist thinks about what he has done - and the many students at Yale he has brought along.  Not to be missed!

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Michael Shapiro speaks to Francesca Zambello, internationally beloved director and producer, in a compelling talk about where music theater has been and her hopes for its future.

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Michael Shapiro talks to Adrian Partington about his remarkable work as a conductor and organist, Director of Music at the Gloucester Cathedral, conductor of the BBC National Chorus of Wales, co-leader of the Three Choirs Festival, and so much more.

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Michael Shapiro interviews the unique pianist Andreas Haefliger. Listen to his approach to the piano, wonderful heritage, and special relationship with the great masters.

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Michael Shapiro, host, converses with pianist Lara Downes about her concern with human rights, the expansion of American piano literature, and her hopes for the future.

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Michael Shapiro’s Interplay conversation with writer and film maker Jamie Bernstein, daughter of Leonard Bernstein, reveals her new projects, inspirations, and hopes for a humane world, including wonderful remembrances about her unique mother Felicia Montealegre.

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Michael Shapiro in conversation with pianist Gabriela Montero about her pianism, compositions, and improvisational skills.

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Michael Shapiro in conversation with conductor Garrett Keast about his international career, now centered in Berlin, Germany, and the travails and challenges for an American conductor.

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Michael Shapiro in conversation with author, critic, and historian Norman Lebrecht about the foundations of his writings, the background of his latest book, "Genius and Anxiety, How Jews Changed the World 1847-1947," and the role of world Jewry in today’s society.

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