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Host John Pitman speaks with pianist Marc-André Hamelin about his 92nd (!) album, 'Found Objects / Sound Objects.'
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All Classical Radio host John Pitman recently spoke with Portland violinist and Portland State University Professor of Violin, Tomás Cotik, about his unique approach to performing some of the most challenging works for solo violin around: the Caprices of Nicolo Paganini.
Learn more on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-cotiks-paganini-capriccio/
John Pitman's latest conversation is with harpist Emily Levin, and a new group named Ember. They specialize in works for harp, violin and cello. Ember's new album (on Azica, to be released in September 2025) is titled "Birds of Paradise," which echoes one of the pieces on their album.
Learn more on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-ember-birds-of-paradise/
John Pitman Reviews: Benjamin Appl's 'For Dieter' by All Classical Radio
All Classical Radio’s Director of Programming John Pitman's latest interview is a timely one, in conjunction with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Memorial Day.
Composer, pianist and vocalist Huang Ruo's latest recording 'An American Soldier' is a powerful and moving opera based on the true story of a young Chinese American Army named Pvt. Danny Chen, who was found dead at his base in Afghanistan in 2011, and the ensuing courts-martial of Chen’s fellow soldiers.
In this interview, John Pitman speaks with Huang. Ruo and his longtime creative partner, the librettist David Hwang ("M. Butterfly", "Yellow Face", and the Broadway production of "Tarzan" among others). Learn more on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-ruo-american-soldier/
Renowned for his interpretations of the music of Russian composer and mystic, Alexander Scriabin, celebrated pianist Yevgeny Sudbin is host John Pitman’s latest guest for this Arts Blog interview.
Keep reading on the All Classical Radio Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-sudbins-flamme/
Imagine if we could hear, decades after a composer has passed, a note-for-note set of instructions of what how they intended their music to be heard? It’s rarer than you might think.
Recently, All Classical Radio's program director John Pitman had a conversation with the grandson of the Austrian born composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Leslie or “Les” Korngold – and John Mauceri, a conductor who has devoted his career to elevating the importance of music by Korngold.
Keep reading on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-les-korngold/
All Classical Radio's John Pitman speaks with American pianist Simone Dinnerstein about her latest album, 'The Eye is the First Circle,' featuring iconic American composer Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata.
Keep reading on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-dinnerstein-eye/
In this interview with All Classical Program Director John Pitman, Roman shares his encounters with this serious, long-term illness, how it changed his approach to music and performing, and how it strengthened his connections with friends and fellow musicians, and the people who come to hear him play.
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All Classical Radio’s Director of Music and Programming John Pitman recently spoke with John-Henry Crawford. Since the Louisiana-based cellist's 2021 debut, Dialogo, Crawford has always had "dialogues" with the composers whose music he performs, and his album featuring Dvořák's Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, is no exception.
Keep reading on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-jhc/
All Classical Radio's Director of Music and Programming John Pitman recently spoke with violinist Augustin Hadelich about American Road Trip, and more. Hear their conversation below on the Arts Blog:
For this edition of John Pitman’s Reviews, John has invited All Classical host and producer Lisa Lipton to sit down with Larry Schoenberg, son of composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Lisa, along with microtonal composer Ritchie Green, and 45th Parallel Universe musicians Ron Blessinger and James Shields, asked Larry what it was like having one of the 20th century's greatest, and most controversial composers as a dad.
Listen and learn more on the All Classical Radio Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-reviews-schoenberg/
All Classical Radio's Program Director John Pitman recently caught up with Hollywood actor and classical musician John Malkovich. Hear their hilarious chat about Malkovich's The Music Critic, a new recording from a recent Oregon Symphony concert in June 2024.
Keep reading on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-review-malkovich/
In May 2024, pianist Christopher O'Riley was in Portland for a concert with his good friend, cellist Matt Haimovitz. All Classical Radio’s Program Director, John Pitman, invited Christopher for an interview in the Roger O. Doyle Performance Studio, the day before their concert.
Keep reading on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-review-christopher-oriley/
Special thanks to All Classical’s Audio Engineer Daniel Hornbeck for editing this interview.
For this edition of John Pitman's Reviews, John has invited All Classical Radio host Warren Black to speak with the Danish String Quartet about their recent world premiere and get a preview of their upcoming new album, 'Keel Road.' The album features arrangements of folk music and more.
Learn more on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-review-wood-works/
All Classical Radio’s Program Director John Pitman shares his recent conversation with two members of the Neave Trio. They speak about their latest recording titled "A Room of Her Own."
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Miloš, the superstar guitarist who has recorded the standard guitar repertoire, explored the Beatles, as well as the experience of isolation, returns with a carefully-curated collection of music of the 18th century.
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For this edition of John Pitman's Reviews, John has invited All Classical Radio's host of our syndicated film music program, The Score, to review a beautiful new recording reimagining original film scores. "Night After Night" celebrates one of the richest collaborations between a contemporary film director and a composer – an all-new recording of music for M. Night Shyamalan’s most acclaimed films by the Emmy®- and Grammy®-winning composer and nine-time Oscar® nominee James Newton Howard.
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All Classical Radio's Program Director John Pitman shares his first-ever interview with Thibaut Garcia, discussing the guitarist's latest release, El Bohemio (Erato/Warner Classics).
Keep reading on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-review-garcia-el-bohemio/
All Classical Radio's program director, John Pitman, chats with American violinist Randall Goosby about his second album with Decca Classics. The dynamic young soloist brings freshness to a concerto he first encountered as a teenager: Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, and shimmering performances of Florence Price's two Violin Concertos, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. There's also a wonderful arrangement of Price's piece, Adoration, arranged especially for the Philadelphia's string section.
Learn more on the All Classical Arts Blog: https://www.allclassical.org/pitman-review-goosby-concertos/
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