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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, pianist Beatrice Rana dazzles in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, while Shostakovich’s satirical Antiformalist Rayok offers wit and energy. Closing the program, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Weinberg’s profoundly moving Symphony No. 21, Kaddish. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Beatrice Rana, piano
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH: Antiformalist Rayok
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
WEINBERG: Symphony No. 21 ‘Kaddish’
NIELSEN: Aladdin Suite (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond. – Sony 44934)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Chilean-born conductor Paolo Bortolameolli leads the Minnesota Orchestra in Prokofiev’s intense Symphony No. 3, and the orchestra’s own Susie Park shines in Gabriel Ortiz’s fiery Violin Concerto. The concert is kicked off by Miguel Farías’ evocative Retratos Australes. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Susie Park, violin
Minnesota Orchestra
Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor

FARÍAS: Retratos Australes
ORTIZ: Altar de Cuerda
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8; Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor; Bis 1516

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins the NDR Elphilharmonie Orchestra for Britten’s haunting Cello Symphony, and in the second half of the program, the luminous Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Alisa Weilerstein, cello
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

BRITTEN: Cello Symphony
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter); Gunther Wand, conductor; NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; RCA 60714

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Louis Langree leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in his final appearance as music director on a magical evening in 2024. Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 2, Paul Dukas’ rollicking Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and Ravel’s radiant Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 make it a very special occasion. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Latonia Moore, soprano
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée, conductor

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 2
DAVIS: Broken in Parts
DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, cond. – Telarc 80585)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Concert Choir, and Fabio Luisi celebrate the orchestra’s 100th anniversary with Mahler’s enormous and powerful Symphony No. 8. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Camilla Nylund, soprano
Valentina Farcas, soprano
Liv Redpath, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano
Jasmin Jorias, mezzo-soprano
David Butt Phillip, tenor
Christoph Pohl, baritone
David Steffens, bass
Copenhagen Boys’ Choir
BBC Singers
Danish National Concert Choir
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 8
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5; Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Luisi, conductor; DG 4863484

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, cellist Senja Rummukainen, backed by conductor Andrew Manze and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, shines in Edward Elgar’s anguished Cello Concerto. The concert kicks off with a radiant opener by Finnish composer Ida Moberg and concludes with the Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Senja Rummukainen, cello
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

MOBERG: Sunrise
ELGAR: Cello Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor; RCA 60575

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, internationally renowned violinist Isabelle Faust, backed by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, shines in Mendelssohn’s lyrical Violin Concerto, plus two works by Schumann, and Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Isabelle Faust, violin
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

SCHUMANN: Overture to The Bride of Messina
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN: Fantasie
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 Scottish; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor; London/Decca 414665

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, renowned British conductor Simon Rattle takes the podium for Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, before Stravinsky’s Firebird sets the orchestra ablaze in the story of the powerful and evil Koschei the Deathless. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor; BR Klassik 900154

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, conductor Petr Popelka leads the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in a festive concert from the Musikverein, celebrating 125 years of the ensemble. The program features works by Wagner, Ravel and Berg, culminating in Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor

WAGNER: A Faust Overture
RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
BERG: Seven Early Songs
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8; Vienna Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor; EMI 57445

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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; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor; EMI 49766

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, conductor Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present an all-Shostakovich concert, featuring his Symphony No. 5 and Violin Concerto No. 1, with soloist Jiří Vodička. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Jiří Vodička, violin
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
SMETANA: Ma Vlast; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Pentatone 7203

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Thomas Sondergard leads a program of Matre, Nielsen and Alfvén, all anchored by selections from Edvard Grieg’s beloved Peer Gynt in a concert from the Minnesota Orchestra’s 2025 Nordic Soundscapes Festival. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Johan Dalene, violin
Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Sondergard, conductor

MATRE: Lyric Pieces for Orchestra
NIELSEN: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
ALFVÉN: Mountain King Suite
GRIEG: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8; Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor; Bis 1516

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang joins conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra for Robert Schumann’s enigmatic Violin Concerto. Bartók’s Divertimento and Schumann’s Spring Symphony bookend the program. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Vilde Frang, violin
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

BARTÓK: Divertimento
SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 (Spring)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor; DG 4776404

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast: from ocean mists to towering summits, Ludovic Morlot leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the lushly evocative Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius, plus legendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja takes center stage for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor

MOZART: Thamos, King of Egypt
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
WALLACE: Pelleas and Melisande Suite; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor; Hyperion 66987

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Alan Gilbert leads the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in a powerful statement of Czech patriotism: Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. Also on the concert, Anna Clyne’s powerful Restless Ocean, and clarinetist Martin Fröst shines in the powerfully playful Peacock Tales concerto. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Martin Fröst, clarinet
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

CLYNE: Restless Oceans
HILLBORG: Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 7
BUSONI: Tanzwalzer; NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Werner Andreas Albert, conductor; CPO 999161
MAYER: Symphony No. 1; NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Leo McFall, conductor; CPO 555293

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Tugan Sokhiev leads L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Lili Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps (Of a Spring Morning), and two major Russian works round out the bill: Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, plus violinist Sergey Khachatryan dazzles with the Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

BOULANGER: D’un Matin de Printemps
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
CHABRIER: Pastoral Suite; Orchestra de la Suisse Romande; Ernest Ansermet, conductor; London/Decca 433720

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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

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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

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, two star soloists join the Philharmonia to celebrate the opening of their 80th season: Vikingur Olafsson with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Olivier Latry with the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony. Kicking off the festivities will be Si el oxígeno fuera verde, by Gabriela Ortiz. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Vikingur Olafsson, piano
Olivier Latry, organ
Philharmonia
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

ORTIZ: Si el oxígeno fuera verde
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, cellist Senja Rummukainen, backed by conductor Andrew Manze and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, shines in Edward Elgar’s anguished Cello Concerto. The concert kicks off with a radiant opener by Finnish composer Ida Moberg, and concludes with Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Senja Rummukainen, cello
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

MOBERG: Sunrise
ELGAR: Cello Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor; RCA 60575

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Alina Ibragimova joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the magical Violin Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Prokofiev, paired with Carl Nielsen’s shattering Symphony No. 5. The concert opens with a vision of cosmic beauty from Kaija Saariaho. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Alina Ibragimova, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor

SAARIAHO: Orion
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony); London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor; EMI 47213

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Daniel Harding leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in two pieces about love and death: Dvořák’s symphonic poem The Wild Dove and Stravinsky’s Petrushka. Also on the program is German composer Jörg Widmann’s Horn Concerto, featuring soloist Stefan Dohr. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Stefan Dohr, horn
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor

DVORAK: The Wild Dove
WIDMANN: Horn Concerto
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka
SIBELIUS: Finlandia; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Sony 46668

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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

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, it’s a double header of Beethoven with conductor David Danzmayr and the Oregon Symphony, with the lyrical Violin Concerto and the energetic Symphony No. 7. Speaking of energy, Jimmy Lopez Bellido’s Fiesta! kicks off the concert with elements of pop, techno and Latin music. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
Oregon Symphony
David Danzmayr, conductor

LOPEZ BELLIDO: Fiesta!
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
STRAUSS: Don Juan Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor; Delos 3070

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, one of today’s leading pianists, Yulianna Avdeeva, takes the spotlight in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, backed by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. The program is bookended by Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and the classically-oriented Symphony No. 9 by Shostakovich. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Markus Poschner, conductor

BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 3 (Polish); Vienna Philharmonic; Loren Maazel, conductor; London/Decca 430787

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, the Lakes Area Music Festival offers a concert rich with magical characters and riveting storytelling. At the heart of the program, a journey from the heights of unrequited love to the depths of a fiery inferno — Symphonie Fantastique, by Hector Berlioz. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra
Christian Reif, conductor

LYSENKO: Overture to Taras Bulba
CZINER: North Long Lake, MN
BONIS: Femmes de Légende, II. Salomé
DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2; Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra; Christian Reif, conductor

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, conductor Cristian Mǎcelaru and the Orchestre National de France celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel with three of his works: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and Daphnis et Chloé. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Radio France Chorus
Orchestre National de France
Cristian Mǎcelaru, conductor

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrates 100 years, as Fabio Luisi leads a program of Mahler, Sørensen and Rachmaninov–featuring his Piano Concerto No. 2, with renowned pianist Khatia Buniatishvili. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

SØRENSEN: Evening Land
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D (Titan)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Chilean-born conductor Paolo Bortolameolli leads the Minnesota Orchestra in Prokofiev’s intense Symphony No. 3, and the orchestra’s own Susie Park shines in Gabriel Ortiz’s fiery Violin Concerto. The concert is kicked off by Miguel Farías’ evocative Retratos Australes. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Susie Park, violin
Minnesota Orchestra
Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor

FARÍAS: Retratos Australes
ORTIZ: Altar de Cuerda
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8; Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor; Bis 1516

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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)