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Last night of the Proms

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ it’s an end-of-season party like no other: the Last Night of the Proms! The BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers are joined by and trumpeter Alison Balsom and British soprano Louise Alder. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Chineke! Orchestra

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Klaus Mäkela and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra are joined by celebrated violinist Janine Jansen for Prokofiev’s effervescent Violin Concerto No. 1. Mozart’s ‘Paris Symphony’ and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra bookend the evening. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Philharmonia Orchestra

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Bruce Liu makes his Proms debut with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2. He joins the Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who also perform works by Gabriela Ortiz and Mussorgsky. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ acclaimed pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, before Shostakovich’s deeply poignant memorial to Jewish suffering, the Symphony No. 13. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Hallé

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ The Hallé’s new principal conductor Kahchun Wong directs his Manchester-based forces for Mahler’s ‘Resurrection Symphony,’ featuring soprano Mari Eriksmoen and mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra join soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn’s vivacious, melody-filled Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky’s The Song of the Nightingale and Strauss’s tone-poem Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Augustin Hadelich, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

STRAVINSKY: Song of the Nightingale
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
DAVIS: Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
MARTINU: Symphony No. 2; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor; Onyx 4061

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra give the world premiere of Mark Simpson’s ZEBRA between performances of two iconic 19th-century tone-poems: Richard Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Sean Shibe, electric guitar
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor

STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration
SIMPSON: ZEBRA (or, 2-3-74: The Divine Invasion of Philip K. Dick)
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique

First night of the Proms

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, the 2025 First Night of the Proms sees Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Sibelius’ Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Errollyn Wallen. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Caspar Singh, tenor
Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
London Youth Choirs (members of)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

BLISS: Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood
MENDELSSOHN: Overture The Hebrides
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
WALLEN: The Elements
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sancta Civitas
BACH: Violin Concerto No. 2; Lisa Batiashvili, violin; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; DG 4792479

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Douglas Boyd leads the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 and a new work by Australian composer Brett Dean. And as the centerpiece, the orchestra’s principal oboe, Cassie Pilgrim, takes the stage for the magnificent Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Cassie Pilgrim, oboe
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Douglas Boyd, conductor

DEAN: Short Stories — Five Interludes for String Orchestra
STRAUSS: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra
MOZART: Symphony No. 39
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral); Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor; SPCO Live Recording

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Alan Gilbert leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a concert featuring two works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius — first, his tone poem, Night Ride and Sunrise, and closing the concert, the Symphony No. 5. And at the heart of the performance, the European premiere of a new work written for internationally acclaimed cellist, Alisa Weilerstein. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

SIBELIUS: Night Ride and Sunrise
LARCHER: returning into darkness
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5
RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor; BR Klassik 900154

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is joined by international sensation Augustin Hadelich, who shines in Samuel Barber’s pensive and songful Violin Concerto. Also on the program, Valerie Coleman’s exploration of freedom and unity, Umoja, and the Symphony No. 3 by pioneering composer Florence Price. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Augustin Hadelich, violin
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor

COLEMAN: Umoja: Anthem of Unity
BARBER: Violin Concerto
PRICE: Symphony No. 3
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor; EMI 49766

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra performs a program featuring composer, conductor and creative thinker, John Adams. The concert features two popular Adams works — Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Harmonielehre — as well as his arrangement of Debussy’s Le Livre de Baudelaire, featuring soprano Christiane Karg. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Christiane Karg, soprano
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
John Adams, conductor

ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
DEBUSSY (orch. Adams): Le Livre de Baudelaire
ADAMS: Harmonielehre
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor; DG 4776404

NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Stanislav Kochanovsky leads the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in a thoroughly Russian program, featuring Leonidas Kavakos and the gripping Violin Concerto No. 2 by Shostakovich, as well as Tchaikovsky’s passionate masterpiece, the Symphony No. 6. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Leonidas Kavakos, violin
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH: October
SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3; NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Gunter Wand, conductor; RCA 60755

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra present a concert featuring Gustav Mahler’s expressive farewell — his Symphony No. 9. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
BEEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor; DG 471490

Oregon Symphony

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Grammy-nominated composer and percussionist Andy Akiho performs his concerto for steel pan and orchestra, Beneath Lighted Coffers, backed by the Oregon Symphony. Also on the program, Schubert’s exuberant Symphony No. 9. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Oregon Symphony
David Danzmayr, conductor
Andy Akiho, steel pans

AKIHO: Beneath Lighted Coffers
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2; Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor; Delos 3071

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Simon Rattle leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a Mozart triple-feature: Symphonies 39, 40 and 41. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

MOZART: Symphony No. 39
MOZART: Symphony No. 40
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
WEBER: Symphony No. 2; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor; Orfeo 91841

Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, legendary pianist Martha Argerich joins Renaud Capuçon and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program, Weber’s Overture to Oberon and the warm Serenade No. 2 of Johannes Brahms. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Martha Argerich, piano
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Renaud Capuçon, violin/conductor

WEBER: Overture to Oberon
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2
MOZART: Serenade No. 9 Posthorn; Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor; Virgin 91122

Lakes Area Music Festival

Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, 150 musicians join forces, under the direction of Christian Reif, for Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9, in a performance from the 2024 Lakes Area Music Festival. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
The Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota
Brainerd Area High School A Cappella Choir
Kearstin Piper Brown, soprano
Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Davóne Tines, bass
LAMF Orchestra
Christian Reif, conductor

BELLIDO: Rise
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 (Lakes Area Music Festival Musicians; Christian Reif, conductor)

WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne

Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, one of the rising stars of the international classical music world, takes center stage for Shostakovich’s dazzling Cello Concerto No. 1. Also on the concert, the German premiere of Karim Al-Zand’s Al Hakawati and Rimsky-Korsakov’s gripping Scheherazade. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Miriam Khalli, soprano
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Cristian Mǎcelaru, conductor

AL-ZAND: Al Hakawati
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 (WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor; Profil PH18032)

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov performs alongside the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and conductor Alan Gilbert in Ravel’s Piano Concerto. Two more French works fill out the program: Debussy’s La Mer and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Daniil Trifonov, piano
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

RAVEL: Piano Concerto
DEBUSSY: La Mer
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral); NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Gunther Wand, conductor; RCA 61930

Minnesota Orchestra

Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, violinist Johan Dalene, backed by the Minnesota Orchestra, shines in Carl Nielsen’s only violin concerto. Also on the concert, Lyric Pieces by Norway’s Ørjan Matre, the Suite from Bergakungen by Sweden’s Hugo Alfvén and selections from Edvard Grieg’s beloved Peer Gynt. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Johan Dalene, violin
Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor

MATRE: Lyric Pieces
NIELSEN: Violin Concerto
ALFVÉN: Suite from Bergakungen
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7 (Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor; Bis 2006)

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, soprano Johanna Wallroth and baritone Karl-Magnus Fredriksson join Dalia Stasevska and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a powerful performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Cinq Reflets de L’Amour de Loin. Bookending this concert are two works by Jean Sibelius — his incidental music for Pelléas and Mélisande, and his introspective Symphony No. 2. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor

SIBELIUS: Pelléas et Mélisande
SAARIAHO: Cinq Reflets de L’Amour de Loin
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
SIBELIUS: Finalandia (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Sony 46668)

San Francisco Symphony

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 6. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 (San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; London/Decca 430515)

Sinfonietta Lausanne

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Anaïs Gaudemard shines in Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, backed by Sinfonietta Lausanne and its conductor, Joseph Bastian. Bookending the concerto are two 20th-century giants — George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Anaïs Gaudemard, harp
Sinfonietta Lausanne
Joseph Bastian, conductor

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture
GINASTERA: Harp Concerto
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring; San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; RCA 63720

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, we’re in Paris once again, for the second installment of a two-part celebration of Rachmaninoff. Pianist Mikhail Pletnev is the soloist with Dima Slobodeniouk and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra for piano concertos number three and four of the great Russian master. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3 (Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Naxos 573051)

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, it’s a double feature of Rachmaninoff piano concertos! Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in the Piano Concertos No. 1 and No. 2, featuring soloist Mikhail Pletnev. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances; Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor; DG 4839839

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Tomáš Brauner leads the Prague Symphony Orchestra, joined by the Prague Philharmonic Choir, and soloists Olga Jelínková and Bella Adamova, in Gustav Mahler’s incredible musical journey from death to life — his Resurrection Symphony. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Olga Jelínková, soprano
Bella Adamova, mezzo-soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek, chorus director
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Tomáš Brauner, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection
TCHAIKOVSKY: Orchestral Suite No. 1; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor; Supraphon 110969

Dresden Staatskapelle

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Spanish violinist María Dueñas takes the spotlight in Eduardo Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, backed by the Dresden Staatskapelle. Closing this concert, Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the ensemble in Dvořák’s dramatic and somber Symphony No. 7. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

María Dueñas, violin
Dresden Staatskapelle
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

LALO: Symphonie Espagnole
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 (Linz); Dresden Staatskapelle; Colin Davis, conductor; Philips 422398

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, superstar Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner for a performance of Brahms’ majestic Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program, the world premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen’s Mother Tongue, and Bartók’s vivid music from The Miraculous Mandarin. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
COHEN: Mother Tongue
BARTÓK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
HAYDN: Symphony No. 94 (Surprise); London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor; London/Decca 411897