With Steve Seel
French violinist Renaud Capuçon shines in Strauss’ Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra on this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ bookended by Debussy’s ‘Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun’ and Chausson’s Symphony in B-flat. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
Acclaimed sibling piano duo, Arthur and Lucas Jussen, shares the stage with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, performing Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Two Pianos. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ violinist Veronika Eberle performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Simon Rattle. Also, hear a new work from Johannes Wiedenhofer and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations.’ Listen now with host Steve Seel!
It’s a celebration of Béla Bartók on the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ as Alan Gilbert leads the NDR Elphilharmonie in three works by the Hungarian composer — ‘Divertimento,’ ‘Concerto for Orchestra’ and the Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring soloist Igor Levit. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ with host Steve Seel, pianist and composer Gabriela Montero makes her Minnesota Orchestra debut, performing her Piano Concerto No. 1 (‘Latin’), in a program inspired by Spanish and Latin America musical traditions. Listen now!
This episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ with host Steve Seel, features conductor Daniel Barenboim and pianist Martha Argerich with the Berlin Philharmonic. Argerich takes the spotlight for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and the concert closes with Brahams’ Symphony No. 3. Listen now!
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.
SymphonyCast®, with host Steve Seel, is a two-hour weekly radio program featuring a full-length concert by a major orchestra. Material is drawn from Europe’s premier symphony orchestras, along with U.S. orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Nashville Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Steve Seel possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense. In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.
Daniel Nass is the producer of SymphonyCast®. He is responsible for creating the sound of the show, including choosing music programming and conducting artist interviews. In his nonproducer life, he is an avid runner and an award-winning composer.
Michael "Ozzie" Osborne is the Technical Director for SymphonyCast®. He masters the live and recorded music recordings that are programmed for each SymphonyCast® show. He also enjoys photography, listening to music and bicycling.
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