Michael Cirigliano II
Things I've written about music.
Feature articles
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"Wolfie Goes to Hollywood: Finding the Magic in Mozart with Nicholas McGegan and Martin Chalifour"
Classical Post, September 2022
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"Behind the Score: Shostakovich, Oistrakh and the Ukraine Connection"
Minnesota Orchestra, April 2022
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"When Poetry Sings, and Composer Becomes Poet"
Cleveland Orchestra, March 2022
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"John Adams through the Looking Glass"
Cleveland Orchestra, February 2022
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"Returning a Museum Treasure to the Limelight for Bach's Goldberg Variations"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2014
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"Hokusai and Debussy's Evocations of the Sea"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2014
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Program notes
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Gustav Mahler, Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Cleveland Orchestra, January 2024
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Ernst Krenek, Kleine Symphonie (Little Symphony)
Cleveland Orchestra, January 2024
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Cleveland Orchestra, November 2023
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Storms of Musical Invention: Sibelius and Àdes Take on Shakespeare's Tempest
Cleveland Orchestra, April 2023
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Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3
Cleveland Orchestra, March 2023
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Cleveland Orchestra, November 2022
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Cleveland Orchestra, October 2022
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Friedrich Gulda, Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra, July 2022
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Benjamin Britten, Suite from The Prince of the Pagodas
Cleveland Orchestra, April 2022
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Benjamin Britten, Suite on English Folk Tunes, "A time there was ..."
Cleveland Orchestra, March 2022
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Molière / Jean-Baptiste Lully, Le Bouregois Gentilhomme
Lincoln Center Festival, July 2016
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Season brochures
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The Oregon Symphony's 2023/24 Season: Uniting Through Music
Wrote all front matter and program copy for three classical subscription series.
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Artist interviews
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Medium, October 2022
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"Clarinetist Jon Manasse Prepares Bartók and Brahms for Upcoming St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Series"
Feast of Music, April 2013
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Odds & ends
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"5 WorksThat Continue to Fuel My Love for the Clarinet"
Self-published on Medium, October 2021 (inspired by the New York Times' "5 Minutes" series)
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"RIP, Claudio Abbado (1933–2014)"
Feast of Music, January 2014
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