WDR Symphony Orchestra

On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ clarinetist Anthony McGill makes his debut with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in two classical concertos — one by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the other by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Listen now with host Steve Seel.

This week on ‘SymphonyCast,’ Grammy-nominated composer and percussionist Andy Akiho performs his steel pan concerto, Beneath Lighted Coffers, with the Oregon Symphony. Also on the program, Schubert’s Symphony No. 9. Listen now with host Steve Seel.

This week on ‘SymphonyCast,’ we’re celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bedrich Smetana with a full performance of his suite of six symphonic poems, Má Vlast (‘My Country’), played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra led by Nicholas Harnoncourt.

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ acclaimed American soloist Randall Goosby takes the spotlight in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, bookended by Julia Perry’s ‘Homunculus C.F.’ and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 3. Listen now with host Steve Seel.

On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ with host Steve Seel, we head to the Lakes Area Music Festival in Brainerd, Minnesota. Conductor Christian Rife leads a summer-night-themed concert, featuring music by Hector Berlioz with soprano Julia Bullock, as well as Brahms’ Symphony No. 2.

On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ with host Steve Seel, the San Francisco Symphony is led by music director laureate Michael Tilson Thomas in Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, (‘Titan’). The program opens as pianist Yuja Wang plays Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ with host Steve Seel, A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra showcases musical voices that make up the tapestry of America, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jessie Montgomery and Dine/Navajo composer Juantio Becenti.

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ the German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin is led by Marin Alsop in a program featuring Antonin Dvorak’s ‘New World Symphony,’ Jessie Montgomery’s ‘Strum’ and Brett Dean’s Cello Concerto with soloist Alban Gerhardt. Listen now!

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ with host Steve Seel, Christian Macelaru leads the WDR Symphony Orchestra in an energetic program featuring Dvorak’s ‘Carnival Overture,’ Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Bartok’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with soloist Isabelle Faust. Listen now!

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ with host Steve Seel, Joshua Bell joins the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra to perform Bruch’s ever-popular Violin Concerto No. 1 and to lead the SPCO in Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 and Bizet’s Symphony No. 1. Listen now!