Thursdays at Three Episodes

October 24, 2024: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Trinity Music with an exclusive preview of their upcoming Halloween event: PipeScreams. Enjoy a family-friendly celebration of spooky, silly, and creepy-crawly music for the Halloween season. Join us Thursday at 3:00 PM PT at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR or from anywhere in the world via the live……

October 17, 2024: Host Christa Wessel welcomes New Wave Opera with an exclusive preview of their upcoming Halloween event: Night of the Living Opera. Enjoy creepy contemporary operas in English that are the perfect way to get in the mood for Spooky Season, including works by Del’Shawn Taylor and Joanie Brittingham; Portland composer Kimberly Osberg;……

October 10, 2024: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Oregon Symphony musicians violinist Emily Cole and clarinetist James Shields, All Classical Radio’s just announced 2024/2025 Artists in Residence. Emily and James will kick off their residency on this special program, which will include performances of music composed by James himself, and conversation more about what it means……

October 3, 2024: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Portland Opera proudly previewing the next installment of the Our Oregon Project, Shizue: An American Story. This opera illuminates the remarkable life of Shizue Iwatsuki. Born to a wealthy Japanese family and trained in the arts of poetry and ikebana, she marries Kamegoro and emigrates to his orchard in……

September 26, 2024: Guest host Warren Black welcomes local operatic power couple Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano, and Zachary Lenox, baritone, accompanied by Emma Mildred Cowell, piano. They will share a preview of their upcoming romantic recital “Lovers & Lieder” featuring Lieder (German art songs) by two of music history’s greatest married couples: Robert and Clara……

September 19, 2024: Host Christa Wessel welcomes internationally recognized soloist, chamber musician, and professor Tomás Cotik for a special in-studio conversation. Tomás will also share recordings from his illustrious career and discography. ABOUT Tomás Cotik’s discography includes complete opuses by Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Schubert, and his own arrangements of music by his countryman, Astor Piazzolla….…

August 29, 2024: Host Christa Wessel is digging into the archives to share some of the memorable and incredible performances that have occurred on T@T over the last ten years. In this final episode of the retrospective summer series, Christa shares unforgettable appearances by local Portland musicians! Enjoy performances by acclaimed flutist Adam Eccleston; celebrated……

August 22, 2024: Host Christa Wessel is celebrating Ten Years of Thursdays @ Three with some of her favorite past performances. In this episode, she shares highlights from pianist Boris Giltburg; Resonance Ensemble & Sweet Honey in the Rock; violinist Philippe Quint; soprano Angela Meade; Collectif9; and pianist Tamara Stefanovich.

August 15, 2024: Host Christa Wessel is honoring T@T’s ten years on the air with some of her favorite past performances. In this episode, she shares memorable appearances by Canadian classical quartet Quartetto Gelato; Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker; GRAMMY® award-winning soprano Angel Blue; GRAMMY® award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey; flutist Tara Helen O’Connor; and acclaimed……

August 8, 2024: Host Christa Wessel is digging into the archives to share some of the memorable and incredible performances that have occurred on T@T over the last ten years. In this episode, she shares unforgettable appearances by cellist and founder of Portland’s Classical Up Close Nancy Ives; American lutenist and composer Ronn McFarlane; principal flute of……