Thursdays at Three Episodes

June 26, 2025: Guest host Brandi Parisi welcomes Chamber Music Northwest; and pianist DUO Stephanie & Sarr to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. CMNW shares an exclusive preview of their 2025 Summer Festival, including performances by their Young Artists Institute. Then, pianists Stephanie & Sarr perform highlights from the 11th edition of their…

June 5, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Pacific Youth Choir’s Chamber Choir; and Light Opera of Portland to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. Pacific Youth Choir performs music by Eric Barnum, Bob Dylan arranged by Adam Podd, and more. Then, LOoP shares an exclusive preview of their production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic…

May 29, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Chamber Music Northwest; and the Washington State School for the Blind’s Choir to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. CMNW shares an exclusive preview of their sold out performances inspired by autobiographical accounts of the incarceration of Japanese American citizens in World War II. Lost Freedom: A…

May 22, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes the Portland State University Chamber Choir; and Wagner & Kong Cello and Piano Duo to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. PSU Chamber Choir celebrates 15 years of conductor Ethan Sperry as the Director of Choral Activities at Portland State University with music by Eric Whitacre, Samuel…

May 15, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes violinist Philippe Quint (presented by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra); and violist Arnaud Ghillebaert to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. Multi-Grammy Award nominee violinist Philippe Quint share music by Beethoven, Mozart, and more. Then, violist Arnaud Ghillebaert presents a program of underrepresented repertoire for viola and piano,…

May 8, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Julian Perkins, harpsichord; and Cary Lewis, piano, and Martin Chalifour, violin, to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. Portland Baroque Orchestra’s Artistic Director Julian Perkins performs works for solo harpsichord. Then, pianist Cary Lewis and violinist Martin Chalifour present music by Fritz Kreisler, and more. Join us…

May 1, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Oregon Repertory Singers; and MarimbaLab to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. Oregon Repertory Singers share works by acclaimed Latvian composer, Ēriks Ešenvalds, whose music creates the indelible feeling of floating in the heavens surrounded by music. Then, MarimbaLab shows us what six marimbas can do! This…

April 24, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes 45th Parallel Universe; and Portland Youth Philharmonic to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. 45th Parallel Universe’s flutists Zach Galatis and Alicia Paulsen perform melodic and transcending sounds by composer Yuko Uebayashi, with pianist María García. Then, PYP’s String Quintet presents music by Shostakovich, with piano soloist…

April 17, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes pianist Angela Hewitt and Classical Up Close to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. Angela Hewitt—one of the world’s most revered pianists—returns with Portland Piano International to perform music by Handel, Bach, Haydn, and more. Then, our friends from Classical Up Close will preview their brand-new 2025…

April 10, 2025: Guest host Brandi Parisi welcomes the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and PSU Opera to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra previews Spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge’s Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, with harpist Cristina Montes Mateo, and more. Then, PSU Opera shares a Puccini combo, Suor Angelica and Gianni…