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WSHU presents a preview of our local symphony concerts. Listen in as our music hosts Kate Remington and Lauren Rico talk to the conductors of our local orchestras.
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The Grammy-award winning Yale Cellos are celebrated the world over, as is their founder, cellist Aldo Parisot. The Cellos will be performing in the Morse Recital Hall on the Yale campus at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Apr. 11. Kate Remington had a lively conversation with Aldo Parisot about his long career, as well as the Cellos.

Throughout his long career, Bridgeport Symphony Orchestramusic director, Gustav Meier had the priviledge to know some of America's greatest composers, including Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and John Corigliano. Their music is featured in the concert on Mar. 17, 8 p.m., at the Klein in Bridgeport. Kate Remington talked with Meier and executive director, Ben Loeb, about what makes American music unique.

The still-young American Baroque Orchestra, founded by Mark Bailey, is presenting masterworks by Giovanni Pergolesi, and his contemporaries on Saturday, Mar. 3, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fairfield. Kate Remington talked with director Mark Bailey about the concert, which includes a performance of the stunning "Stabat Mater" of Pergolesi.

Jonathan Yates is the new, enthusiastic conductor of the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra. On Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Norwalk Concert Hall, he'll be presenting a jazz-inspired program with the orchestra that includes a set of songs by Gershwin, as well as the original jazz-band version of the Rhapsody in Blue. Kate Remington talked with Yates about the concert as well as his plans for the orchestra.

The Essex Winter Series features five diverse concerts, beginning Sunday, Jan. 8, with a recital by acclaimed mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade. Other programs include "Russian Postcards" with pianist John Kimura Parker in February. Kate Remington spoke with the EWS music director, Mihae Lee about the series, and the performances, Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m. at Valley Regional High School in Deep River, CT.

For many, the holiday season isn't complete without a performance of Handel's "Messiah." This season, the Bridgeport Symhony Orchestra is presenting practically all of "Messiah," with the Mendelssohn Choir and outstanding soloists. Kate Remington talked with Ben Loeb, Executive Director of the Bridgeport Symphony, who will be conducting the performances Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Quick Center at Fairfield University, and Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17 and 18, at the Klein in Bridgeport.

In a rare reversal of fortune, Long Island-based pianist Jeffrey Biegel had his hearing restored during childhood. Once he could hear, he was drawn to his family's piano, which launched his career as a performer and teacher. Biegel will be performing a holiday concert Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, Long Island, at 2:30 p.m. Lauren Rico spends a little time with Biegel.

Eckart Preu and the Stamford Symphony explore the diverse sounds of contemporary music in a pair of concerts this Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at the Palace Theatre in Stamford. Kate Remington talked with Preu about the program, which also includes Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony.

Irwin Shaw's play, "Quiet City," should have been a great success, but in fact, it never even opened. Aaron Copland later adapted the music he wrote for the play into a concert work. Saxophone virtuoso and composer Christopher Brellochs was curious about the original score and restored the missing material. The complete music for "Quiet City" will be performed by Brellochs in a benefit for Copland House on Sunday, Nov. 13, in Mount Kisco, NY, at the Merestead Estate. Kate Remington talked with Brellochs about restoring the score and performing it for the first time.

Brahms struggled for years to write a symphony that was a worthy successor to those of Beethoven, before he was finally satisfied with his First Symphony. It's on the program presented Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday, Nov. 13, by the Stamford Symphony. Kate Remington talked with conductor Eckart Preu about the concert, which also includes Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Philippe Quint.