Viridian Strings presents string quartets by Joseph Haydn and Maurice Ravel, plus two world premiere performances of music by Ben Webster and by Cherie Van Maanen and Tom Childs.

Professional sitar player Will Marsh and the Integration Ensemble will bring global music sounds at the Alluvion and Oliver Art Center this weekend.

Marsh joined us in Studio A along with members of the Integration Ensemble, including cellist Crispin Campbell and tabla player Josh Mellinger.

Superstar pianist Lang Lang first heard "Rhapsody in Blue" on the radio as a child and refined his performances with help from jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. He'll perform it with Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra this weekend.

He visited IPR to share his experience with teaching young musicians, from his classroom initiatives around the world to Interlochen students to his own son. What does a young classical musician need to succeed in the 21st century?

Conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads WYSO in a weekend of performances at Interlochen. Classical IPR broadcasts both concerts live on Saturday and Sunday evening.

Interlochen's Advanced High School String Quartets recorded Beethoven's String Quartet op. 18, no. 6 in IPR's Studio A.

Movement 1: Allegro con brio

Halyn Kim, violin, Porter Ranch, CA

Alex Gemeinhardt, violin, New York, NY

Kasinda Willingham, viola, Hamilton, OH

Natalie Helm, cello (faculty coach)

Movement 2: Adagio ma non troppo

Hannah Schweiger, violin, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Jiles Defosse, violin, Annapolis, MD

Ashton Carter, viola, Memphis, TN

Noah Scharback, cello, Eden Prairie, MN

Lenny Schranze, faculty coach

Movement 3: Scherzo: Allegro - Trio

Karis Shin, violin, Incheon, South Korea

Kieran Niska, violin, Mason, OH

Lake Weeks, viola, Powell, OH

Albert Lee, cello, Harrington Park, NJ

Tim Shiu, faculty coach

Movement 4: La Malinconia: Adagio – Allegretto quasi Allegro - adagio - Allegretto - Un poco adagio - Prestissimo

Julia Lee, violin, Ellicott City, MD

Evie Chow, violin, Edina, MN

Preston Elliot, viola, Kansas City, MO

Jisoo Park, cello, Troy, MI

Mark Rudoff, faculty coach

They're stagehands, instrument services assistants, library interns and stage managers at Interlochen Arts Camp - they're also brass players who created a new ensemble this summer.

Musicians:

Timothy Hosler, trumpet, classical music stagehand

Lillian Patriquin, trumpet, classical music stagehand

Madeline DeJoy, horn, ensemble library intern

Elijah Dugal, trombone, instrument services assistant

Aidan Carney, tuba, classical music stage manager

Tyler Castellanos, trumpet, classical music stage manager (Böhme only)

Music in this episode:

Victor Ewald, Brass Quintet no. 1, I. Moderato

Oskar Böhme, “Trumpet” Sextet, I. Adagio ma non tanto, Allegro molto

Louis Langrée conducts WYSO at Interlochen in its fifth concert of the 2025 season. Hear Classical IPR's live broadcast this Sunday, July 27, at 7:30 PM ET.

Chart a course to The Little Fleet this Wednesday for a Classical Happy Hour with Matthew Cochran, Laura Osgood Brown and Keith Brown.

They'll present a program sea shanties and storytelling at The Little Fleet with music from the high seas to the Great Lakes.

Music performed in Studio A

"The Maid on the Shore"

"The Flying Dutchman"

"The Mermaid"

The quartet members visited Studio A to give a preview of a few more upcoming recitals in northern Michigan this summer, including one on Interlochen's campus and another at the Music House Museum.

The members of the Kodak Quartet are Edgar Donati (violin), Martin Noh (violin), Daniel Spink (viola) and Blake Kitayama (cello).

Music performed in Studio A

Johannes Brahms, String Quartet no. 2 in A minor: I. Allegro non troppo

Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in D major, op. 20 no. 4: IV. Presto scherzando

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra returns to Interlochen for two concerts led by music director Jader Bignamini.