WDAV's Biscuits and Bach host, Rachel Stewart, talks with musicians, artists, chefs, foodies and others about everybody's favorite topic – food. Podcast are presented by WDAV Classical Public Radio and powered by OrthoCarolina.
Latest episodes
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Clive Driskill-Smith on Bach
Internationally acclaimed organist Clive Driskill-Smith chats about the importance of Bach to organists.
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Guy Fishman on Local Classical Music Organizations (and Breakfast)
Guy Fishman, principal cellist of both the Handel & Haydn Society and the Bach Akademie Charlotte Orchestra, talks about the excitement of helping build one of the Charlotte region…
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Robert Quinney on the Choir of New College Oxford
Robert Quinney, Director of the Choir of New College Oxford, talks about leading one of the most respected choral ensembles in the world. The choir has been in existence since 1379…
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Scott Allen Jarrett on Claudio Monteverdi
Scott Allen Jarrett, artistic director of Bach Akademie Charlotte, gives background on Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi whose music is featured in Bach Akademie's Venetian Vespe…
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Mark O’Connor on His Classical Journey
Composer Mark O'Connor talks about his journey through classical music as someone who began his career in folk and country music. You'll also find out about his favorite healthy br…
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Dr. Jeremy Mims on Inspirar
Dr. Jeremy Mims, artistic director of the choir Inspirar, has studied manuscripts from the Renaissance and Baroque eras found in Puebla, Mexico. He joins us to talk about his resea…
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Kenney Potter on Bach‘s Mass in B Minor
Charlotte Master Chorale artistic director Kenney Potter joins us to talk about Bach‘s Mass in B Minor. The Chorale launches its new season with performances of the great masterwor…
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Emily Epley on Mush, Music and Mutts Festival
Emily Epley, Travel and Tourism Director for Cleveland County, talks about the Mush, Music and Mutts Festival in Shelby, NC. The festival celebrates livermush, a food peculiar to N…
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Gerard Schwarz on the Eastern Music Festival
Gerard Schwarz, music director of the Eastern Music Festival (EMF) in Greensboro, talks about the educational experiences of EMF students. He'll also tell us why his parents called…
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Tony Pasour on "Carolina ’Cue" Exhibit
Tony Pasour, Head of Interpretation at Gastonia's Schiele Museum of Natural History, talks about their new "Carolina 'Cue" exhibit. He'll explain the characteristics of barbecue fo…
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Scott Allen Jarrett on Bachfest
Bach Akademie Charlotte's artistic director Scott Allen Jarrett talks about some special instrumentation that will be used in performances of Bach's "St. John Passion" which will b…
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Scott Allen Jarrett on Bach's Easter Oratorio
Scott Allen Jarrett, artistic director of Bach Akademie Charlotte, talks about that organization's return to live performances and Bach's Easter Oratorio.
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Robert F. Moss on "The Lost Southern Chefs"
Food writer and scholar Robert Moss talks about his new book The Lost Southern Chefs: A History of Commercial Dining in the Nineteenth-Century South which explores the hidden histo…
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Dr. Marcus Pyle on the Violin Sonata in D
Davidson College music professor Dr. Marcus Pyle walks us through one of his favorite Handel works, the Violin Sonata in D, Op. 1, No. 13, HWV 371. Marcus Pyle
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JoAnn Falletta and Karen Ni Bhroin on Breakfast from Around the World
Conductors JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic) and Karen Ni Bhroin (Winston-Salem Symphony) talk about their favorite breakfast foods from around the world. Pictured: JoAnn Falle…
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Barbara McKay on "Coming Home"
Barbara McKay talks about her new book Coming Home: Recipes & Reflections from a Life in the Spotlight . For many years, Barbara was the popular host of WBTV's daily television sho…
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Marcus Pyle on Julius Caesar
Marcus Pyle, Franco Professor of the Humanities and Assistant Professor of Music at Davidson College, walks us through an aria from Handel's opera, "Julius Caesar", and explains wh…
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Keenan Harmon on Telemann’s Trumpet Concerto
We explore Telemann's Trumpet Concerto in D Major with Charlotte trumpeter Keenan Harmon. He'll explain why he loves the work and feels it's one of the best in the Baroque repertoi…
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Adrian Miller on Barbeque
Food writer, James Beard Award winner, attorney, and certified barbecue judge Adrian Miller talks about his new book Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecu…
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James Meena on Easter Traditions
Opera Carolina artistic director James Meena joins us to talk about some of the Easter traditions found in the Orthodox Church. As the son of an Orthodox pastor, he is well versed…