Michael Cirigliano II
Things I've written about music.
Feature articles
"Wolfie Goes to Hollywood: Finding the Magic in Mozart with Nicholas McGegan and Martin Chalifour"
Classical Post, September 2022
"Behind the Score: Shostakovich, Oistrakh and the Ukraine Connection"
Minnesota Orchestra, April 2022
"John Adams through the Looking Glass"
Cleveland Orchestra, February 2022
"Artists in Exile: Paul Hindemith and Max Beckmann"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2016
"Returning a Museum Treasure to the Limelight for Bach's Goldberg Variations"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2014
"Hokusai and Debussy's Evocations of the Sea"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2014
Program essays & notes
Storms of Musical Invention: Sibelius and Àdes Take on Shakespeare's Tempest
Cleveland Orchestra, April 2023
Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3
Cleveland Orchestra, March 2023
Cleveland Orchestra, November 2022
Cleveland Orchestra, October 2022
Friedrich Gulda, Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra, July 2022
Benjamin Britten, Suite from The Prince of the Pagodas
Cleveland Orchestra, April 2022
Benjamin Britten, Suite on English Folk Tunes, "A time there was ..."
Cleveland Orchestra, March 2022
"When Poetry Sings, and Composer Becomes Poet"
Cleveland Orchestra, March 2022
Molière / Jean-Baptiste Lully, Le Bouregois Gentilhomme
Lincoln Center Festival, July 2016
Season brochures
The Oregon Symphony's 2023/24 Season: Uniting Through Music
Wrote all front matter and program copy for three classical subscription series.
The Oregon Symphony's 2022/23 Season
Wrote all front matter and program copy for three classical subscription series.
Artist interviews
Medium, October 2022
"Clarinetist Jon Manasse Prepares Bartók and Brahms for Upcoming St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Series"
Feast of Music, April 2013
Concert reviews
"Awe-Inspiring Reverence: The Arvo Pärt Project at Carnegie Hall"
Feast of Music, June 2014
"Gun-Brit Barkman and Vienna State Opera Redefine Salome"
Feast of Music, March 2014
Odds & ends
"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)
"RIP, Claudio Abbado (1933–2014)"
Feast of Music, January 2014