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02/09/2024

Bernard Lonergan

Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984) Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian, professor at Gregorian University in Rome and Harvard who developed a theological method that guides a process of conversion in various dimensions of our lives: intellectual, moral, affective and religious.

02/09/2024

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18/04/2022

La Traviata Roundtable Discussion

We spend time with the stars of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, which is being presented by Toledo Opera on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 at the Valentine Theatre. International opera star and Toledo favorite Kathryn Lewek takes on the role of Violetta for the very first time, joined by her real-life husband, acclaimed tenor Zach Borichevsky as Alfredo. Rounding out the cast is dramatic baritone Malcolm MacKenzie, who plays Alfredo's father, Giorgio Germont. We're also joined by the esteemed maestro Joseph Colaneri, Music Director of the Glimmerglass Festival in upstate New York, and frequent conductor at the Metropolitan Opera. Pictured L-R in the WGTE studios: Brad Cresswell; Joseph Colaneri; Zach Borichevsky; Kathryn Lewek; Malcom MacKenzie.

18/04/2022

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03/06/2019

Sleep Apps

You know what keeps me awake at night? Sleep apps. Mine takes note of every grunt, every wheeze and every deep breath all night long.

03/06/2019

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22/11/2022

Maintaining Hope

Fr Bacik discusses maintaining hope and keeping positive in troubling times.

22/11/2022

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22/09/2021

Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Carte Blanche

The venerated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins us to talk about his most personal album to date, called Carte Blanche, a collection of encores – each of which have a connection to the people and events that have shaped him as an artist. Released in celebration of Thibaudet's 60th birthday and longtime association with Decca Records, Carte Blanche features beautiful and stunning transcriptions of piano favorites which cross genres, cultures, and centuries, all of them never-before recorded by Thibaudet.

22/09/2021

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28/10/2016

Mark Kosower and the TSO

Mark Kosower, principal cello of The Cleveland Orchestra, stops by the FM 91 studio with the Toledo Symphony's Merwin Siu to preview Mark's appearance with the TSO in one of the most passionately expressive works in the cello/orchestra repertoire, Ernest Bloch's Hebraic Rhapsody, Schelomo.

28/10/2016

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11/07/2023

Sports and Ethics

Fr Bacik sits down with Brad to discuss one of Fr Bacik's favorite subjects: Sports

11/07/2023

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04/09/2020

Classical Conversations: Osmo Vänskä

Conductor and Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä joins Brad Cresswell for a conversation about his career and his new recording of Gustav Mahler’s formidable Symphony No. 7. Watch the video chat here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFTM0rH2DKQ

04/09/2020

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27/12/2023

Kellen Gray: African American Voices II

American born, Scotland based conductor Kellen Gray chats about the second album in his African American Voices series from Linn Records. Re-teaming with the Scottish National Orchestra, Kellen leads the first commercial recordings of landmark works by Margaret Bonds, Ulysses Kay, and Coleridge Taylor Perkinson.

27/12/2023

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19/04/2023

Cinderella

We highlight the Toledo Ballet's production of Sergei Prokofiev's Cinderella with guest appearances from the show's choreographer Eric Otto and the conductor of the program Jonathan McPhee. Think you know your Cinderella? Find out in our Fairy-Tale Quiz of the Day!

19/04/2023

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