Classical Tulsa
Friday 12pm
Each week on KWTU Classical 88.7-1 with Jason Heilman, Classical Tulsa spotlights upcoming performances from the local symphony orchestras, ballet, opera company, and numerous chamber music groups with musical highlights and comments from the performers themselves. The Classical Tulsa Podcast, which spotlights upcoming local concert performances through extended interviews with the music-makers themselves and Jason's new podcast, Masterworks in 10 Minutes or Less, which introduces classic pieces in a convenient, bite-sized format.
Latest Episodes
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It was his final chamber work, and his final bid for musical immortality – and Franz Schubert made it count. Classical Tulsa host Jason Heilman introduces…
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On this Classical Tulsa Podcast, host Jason Heilman speaks via Zoom with pianist Barron Ryan. No stranger to Tulsa audiences, Barron has been performing…
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When Antonín Dvo?ák came to America in the 1890s, he found a nation searching for its own musical language. He thought that Black spirituals and Native…
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On this Classical Tulsa Podcast, Jason Heilman speaks (via Zoom) with pianist Lara Downes. One of America's most versatile and compelling recording…
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Some are new, some are annual favorites, and some are timeless classic stories...all intended to bring you a little holiday comfort and joy. Tune in to…
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Beethoven dedicated his grandest piano trio to a generous benefactor – his student, the Habsburg Archduke Rudolph – but the challenging piece nearly ended…
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Death was clearly on the composer's mind – and, sadly, it wouldn’t be too far away: Classical Tulsa host Jason Heilman introduces Franz Schubert’s Death…
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Napoleon's 1809 siege of Vienna left Beethoven completely unable to compose. What finally coaxed him back to productivity wasn't a turbulent exploration…
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Charming and genteel may not be the first words to come to mind when you think of Beethoven, but they should be in this case: Classical Tulsa host Jason…
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Whenever Ludwig van Beethoven composed pieces in pairs, the two works typically took on opposite characters. Possibly inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth,…