WRCJ In-Studio Guests

The Well-Tempered Wireless welcomes two Frenchmen who will be performing with the DSO this weekend, Conductor Fabien Gabel and pianist Bertrand Chamayou. They're playing concerts featuring Strauss' Don Juan and his Burlesque for piano and orchestra, as well as Brahms' Symphony.

Fresh from a triumphant and historic Asia tour, DSO bass trombonist Randy Hawes joins us for a DSO Asia Tour wrap-up.

As the DSO Asia Tour is packing for China we talk with Trey Lee, the phenomenal cellist who will be next week's featured soloist.

Legendary saxophonist Branford Marsalis returns to WRCJ to talk with Chris Felcyn about his concerts this weekend with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Here we speak with the soloists for Friday the 27th's two DSO performances, Associate Concertmaster Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy and Assistant Concertmaster Hai-Xin Wu.

Pianist Alon Goldstein joins Chris in the studio. Alon is in town to play the music of Mozart with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra July 14, 2017.

The British pianist joins us from London to talk about his history and his most recent cd "Homages".

Guitarist Jason Vieaux and accordionist Julien Labro join Chris Felcyn from Cleveland to talk about their latest collaboration Infusion.

Chris talks with the six-man ensemble who will be performing in Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins with our previous guest Storm Large and the DSO at Orchestra Hall December 2nd and 3rd.

Singer, songwriter, actor and author Storm Large returns to visit Chris Felcyn to talk about her upcoming performances. Wednesday, she performs her cabaret show in The Cube, and this weekend, she'll reprise her triumphant 2013 Carnegie Hall performance of Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins with the DSO in Orchestra Hall.

Chris speaks with pianist Kirill Gerstein who will join the DSO this weekend for a performance of the less common 1879 version of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1.

Today we are visited by Michelle Merrill, assistant conductor of the Detroit Symphony and her husband Steve, principal percussion for the Jacksonville FL Symphony. Together they'll discuss the joys and challenges of pursuing successful careers as professional musicians in a long-distance marriage.

Nan Washburn, music director of the Michigan Philharmonic, visits the station ahead of their season opening concert coming up on October 8th.

The much anticipated history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra was just released by Wayne State University Press and Chris will be joined by author Laurie Lanzen Harris and Paul Ganson to talk about "The Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Grace, Grit, and Glory".

Chris is joined by the music director of the Ann Arbor Symphony, who will give us a lowdown of their season opening concert Saturday September 10th in Hill Auditorium. (He also gives us a couple of tongue-in-cheek tips on how to survive game day in Ann Arbor).

Chris Felcyn speaks with violinist Jennifer Koh for a preview of her new album, the complete works for violin and orchestra by Tchaikovsky, which releases on September 9th.

The violinist, violist and conductor explains to Chris his introduction to playing an instrument and his journey as a musician, including leaving his home country of Israel at the age of 13 and a half. Coming out soon is a 22 cd set featuring Zuckerman spanning 1974 to 1996.

Cellist and Artistic Director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Paul Watkins talks with Chris Felcyn about the Great Lakes Chamber Festival (opening 6/11) that brings a contingent of the world's finest chamber musicians to metro Detroit for two weeks of performances in downtown and suburban venues.

Cellist and Artistic Director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Paul Watkins talks with Chris Felcyn about the Great Lakes Chamber Festival (opening 6/11) that brings a contingent of the world's finest chamber musicians to metro Detroit for two weeks of performances in downtown and suburban venues.

DSO Principal Cellist Wei Yu and his wife, pianist Keun-A Lee, join Chris Felcyn in this segment of The Well-Tempered Wireless. They will perform on Saturday, 6/4, at The Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism as part of the Vivace Music Series.

On this, his fourth visit to Detroit, violinist Paul Huang will be performing three concerts around the area featuring the "Scottish Fantasy" by Max Bruch. Learn a bit more about him in this interview from the Well-Tempered Wireless.

After an 18 year absence, the British violinist will perform with the DSO May 6th and 7th. He describes his musical history but first he and Chris discuss the less than spectacular records of their favorite sports teams.

Chris is joined by DSO Conductor Michelle Merrill and the DSO's new principal bassist Kevin Brown. The DSO will have three performances this weekend of Beethoven's Pastoral as well as a Concerto for double bass featuring Mr. Brown.

Violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon, cellist Roman Borys and pianist James Parker of the Gryphon Trio join us for an interview from Washington. They've been together for 23 years(!) and their next performance is this Sunday at Oakland University.

Chris and percussionist Joshua Jones take a tour of the DSO's "percussion closet" and we also learn about Joshua's long journey to become part of the symphony.