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Journey around the world with WFMT on an exploration of some of the greatest ensembles on the planet. Episodes highlight the unique programming and superlative playing of top-tier orchestras like the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and more.
Pablo Ferrández and Manfred Honeck
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra | September 7, 2026
When it became apparent that Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s recovery would be taking longer than anticipated this summer, Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández stepped in to help fill in the gap. Enjoy the internationally renowned cellist’s performance with Manfred Honeck and the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra from the 2026 Ludwigsburg Festival.
Klassik am Odeonsplatz
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra | August 31, 2026
The Munich Philharmonic’s Klassik am Odeonsplatz series takes the world-renowned orchestra from the concert hall to the Odeonsplatz’s airy open space, where they perform a selection of audience favorites under the stars. María Dueñas stepped in for Janine Jansen, who had to cancel her appearance due to health reasons, for a performance of Bruch’s passionate Violin Concerto. Wagner’s Overture for ...
Strauss’s Don Quixote
Czech Philharmonic | August 24, 2026
The second concert in the series from Bad Kissingen features Dalia Stasevska leading the Czech Philharmonic in Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8. Featured soloists include violist Eva Krestová and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott.
Schumann & Mozart
Budapest Festival Orchestra | August 17, 2026
Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491, featuring soloist Elisabeth Leonskaja. Also on the program: Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 and Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony no. 3.
Igor Levit and Mozart
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra | August 10, 2026
Igor Levit is the piano soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467. Paired with this classical concerto is a Mozart overture and a Haydn symphony. Renaud Capuçon conducts.
All Beethoven
Danish National Symphony Orchestra | August 3, 2026
Antonello Manacorda leads an all-Beethoven program including the Fifth Symphony, the Coriolan Overture, and the Piano Concerto No. 3 featuring superstar pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
Schumann & Stravinsky
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | July 27, 2026
Sir Simon Rattle leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by two titans of classical music history.
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
WDR Symphony Orchestra | July 20, 2026
Dima Slobodeniouk leads the WDR Symphony Orchestra in a varied program that includes works by Jean Sibelius and Dmitri Shostakovich. Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Shostakovich’s first violin concerto, written in 1947.
Ravel’s Piano Concerto
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | July 13, 2026
Piano superstar Lang Lang joins the Berlin Philharmonic for Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. Paavo Järvi conducts.
Season Finale: 125 Years of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Symphony Orchestra | April 6, 2026
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra celebrated their 125th anniversary in the same room that hosted their first concert: the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein. Conductor Petr Popelka leads the ensemble in a variety of memorable works, including a piece played at their first concert, and the orchestra’s most commonly performed work. Anna Vinnitskaya is the guest pianist; Hanna-Elisabeth Müller is ...
Poulenc’s Harpsichord Concerto
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra | March 30, 2026
In the 1920’s, Francis Poulenc collaborated with keyboard player and renowned harpsichordist Wanda Landowska to produce his only harpsichord concerto. The work, titled Concert Champêtre, features an orchestral part scored for cymbals and xylophone in addition to the standard orchestral instruments. Maxim Emelyanychev tackles the concerto alongside the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also on the program: three suites by composers ...
A Double Dose of Mozart and Ravel
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | March 23, 2026
The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields finds similarities between works of two masterful composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maurice Ravel. The program opens with Ravel’s staple Le Tombeau de Couperin, and ends with Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 nicknamed “Paris.” Ravel’s only piano concerto follows Mozart’s lively Piano Concerto No. 22. Featured on this concert was Julius Asal – the inaugural Academy ...
Kirill Gerstein and Elim Chan
Danish National Symphony Orchestra | March 16, 2026
Pianist Kirill Gerstein is renowened for his versatilty. From Baroque suites to Romantic concerts, jazz and even cabaret, the acclaimed Russian-American pianist doesn’t allow himself to be defined by any genre. Gerstein joined the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen last fall to perform the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op.15. Also on the program was the ...
Britten, Barber, and Vaughan Williams
Munich Radio Orchestra | March 9, 2026
Nicholas Carter and the Munich Radio Orchestra lead us through a collection of beautiful, early 20th century music, including guest soprano Verity Wingate in two works by Samuel Barber: Cleopatra’s final aria (Death of Cleopatra) from Anthony and Cleopatra, plus Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Rounding out the program are as well as Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes, plus the ...
Janine Jansen in Brahms’s Violin Concerto
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | March 2, 2026
Violinist/violist Janine Jansen has been playing music ever since she could read. The Dutch performer’s solo began at age 15 with a performance alongside the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and she hasn’t looked back since. Tonight, she appears alongside the Berlin Philharmonic to play one of the most romantic, emotional concertos in violin repertoire: Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77. ...
Joshua Bella Tackles Saint-Saëns
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra | February 23, 2026
With a career spanning nearly 40 years, violinist Joshua Bell needs no introduction. The American violinist, conductor, and Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Field, has become one of the most well-known classical musicians of his generation, performing worldwide for a variety of audiences. He joined Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in 2025 for ...
Muti Conducts Bruckner’s Final Mass
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | February 16, 2026
CSO Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti has a special connection with the Vienna Philharmonic. For the last 30 odd years, he has returned to conduct the orchestra at the Salzburg Festival during the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, expanding the program to include three performances. In 2025, Muti conducted the Schubert’s 4th Symphony (nicknamed the “tragic” symphony) ...
Rudolf Buchbinder Performs Gershwin
Orchestre National de France | February 9, 2026
Internationally-acclaimed conductor Cristian Măcelaru wears many hats: the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ World Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Music Director Designate of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Conductor of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music… and Music Director of the Orchestre National de France. It is as the latter that he ...
María Dueñas in Bruch’s Violin Concerto
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra | February 2, 2026
At just 23 years old, Spanish violinist María Dueñas is already making a splash in the world of classical violin. Her Gramophone Award-winning recording of the Paganini Caprices won her Gramophone’s Artist of the Year title in 2025; she will also be touring with Zubin Mehta in 2026 celebration of the maestro’s 90th birthday. In this program with the NDR ...
Alisa Weilerstein and Shostakovich
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra | January 26, 2026
Since being awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2011, Alisa Weilerstein’s career has taken her all over the globe. The cellist has become a staple soloist with various orchestras – including frequent appearances with her husband, conductor Rafael Payare. During the 2025 George Enescu International Festival in Bucharest, Weilerstein appeared alongside the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra to perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s challenging second ...
Two Giant Symphonies
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | January 19, 2026
Clocking in at over an hour long, Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor is among the longest in the genre. It was the last symphony he wrote in 1896, on left incomplete at the time of his death. This titan is paired with Mieczysław Weinberg’s second symphony – an expression of grief and sorrow following the composer’s personal ...
Ryan Speedo Green at the Waldbühne
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | January 12, 2026
The season premiere of the 2026 European Broadcasting Union brings a special concert from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. On June 28th, 2025, Gustavo Dudamel led the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in a summer-themed concert at the Waldbühne. Special guest Ryan Speedo Green was the soloist in Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs; other program selections included a mix of composers across North and ...
Hilary Hahn and Beethoven
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra | September 29, 2025
Season Finale: Soloist Hilary Hahn joins conductor Alain Altinoglu and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra to perform one of her staple pieces: Beethoven’s violin concerto. Paired with the concerto is the eight symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, a work which the composer described as “an attempt to reflect the terrible tragedy of war.” Some have also called it a requiem to ...
Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
BBC Philharmonic | September 22, 2025
The BBC Philharmonic welcomes pianist Paul Lewis to perform Beethoven’s third piano concerto, under the baton of conductor John Storgårds. The program also includes Gustav Holst’s The Planets Suite, and a new work commissioned by BBC Radio 3: Grace-Evangeline Mason’s Ablaze the Moon.
Plato’s Symposium, and An American in Paris
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | September 15, 2025
Conductor James Gaffigan takes the podium to lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in works by William Grant Still, Antonín Dvořák, and George Gershwin. Later, Bernstein’s Serenade, after Plato’s ‘Symposium’ features violinist Janine Janson for the opening violin solo.
Sol Gabetta Plays Shostakovich 1
Dresden Staatskapelle | September 8, 2025
Cellist Sol Gabetta plays Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with conductor Tugan Sokhiev, who also leads Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony.
Elim Chan conducts Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra | September 1, 2025
Rising star conductor Elim Chan leads the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Nelson Goerner in a program of Russian repertoire.
Smyth and Bruckner
German Symphony Orchestra Berlin | August 25, 2025
Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado welcomes violinist Renaud Capuçon and horn player Stefan Dohr for music by Dame Ethel Smyth and Anton Bruckner.
Andsnes Plays ‘Emperor Concerto’
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | August 18, 2025
Conductor Sakari Oramo welcomes Leif Ove Andsnes for Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, before leading works by Bacewicz and Debussy.
Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra | August 11, 2025
Jaap van Zweden conducts music by Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Prokofiev, Ervin T. Rouse, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Violinist Augustin Hadelich appears as soloist.
Ravel, Saint-Säens, Yellow River
China's NCPA | August 4, 2025
Masterworks of Italy and France are paired with a moving Chinese piano concerto featuring soloist Haochen Zhang in this program from Beijing. The program’s finale is the beautiful Symphony No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns, titled the “Organ Symphony”.
Bruckner & Chen
China's NCPA | July 28, 2025
One of the most monumental and complex works for the orchestra; Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 is an intense piece full of internal conflict and struggle. Conductor Lü Jia and the NCPA Orchestra bring this work to life in Beijing along with celebrated Chinese composer Chen Peixun’s Symphonic Poem “Wave of Emotion”.
Schubert, Zhao, Chen
China's NCPA | July 21, 2025
We’ll sample some fascinating music from China in our next concert from the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. Including a concerto for pipa, music for voice and orchestra, and Chen Peixun’s sublime and cinematic Symphony No. 1. Led by the NCPA’s music director Lü Jia.
Beethoven, Dvořák, Rodrigo, and Zhou
China's NCPA | July 14, 2025
Beethoven’s idyllic sounds of the countryside, Joaquín Rodrigo’s Spanish gardens, Zhou Tian’s Song Lyrics and the folk tunes of Dvořák’s Bohemia come to life in China’s capital city as we visit the National Centre for the Arts in Beijing for a new series of concert performances. Our concert features the Centre’s resident orchestra China NCPA Orchestra with guitar soloist Rafael ...
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Yefim Bronfman
San Francisco Symphony | July 7, 2025
Season Finale: Composed over four turbulent years, Robert Schumann’s only piano concerto, here performed by Yefim Bronfman, features a lustrous intermezzo, blazing bravura passages, and encoded tributes to the composer’s wife, muse, and finest interpreter. Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, the “Romantic,” was his first major composition to earn real applause. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Sheku Kanneh-Mason
San Francisco Symphony | June 30, 2025
Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his Orchestral Series debut with Dmitri Shostakovich’s subtly sinister Cello Concerto No. 1. Sofia Gubaidulina’s poignant Fairytale Poem portrays a small piece of chalk in the hand of a child who draws “castles, gardens with pavilions and the sea with the sun on the pavement.” Also on this concert conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen: Tchaikovsky’s Dante-inspired tone poem ...
Ravel’s Mother Goose & Schoenberg’s Erwartung
San Francisco Symphony | June 23, 2025
Ravel’s enchanting Mother Goose characters come to vivid life in a performance conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Schoenberg described his monodrama Erwartung as a nightmare, a moment of psychological trauma enacted in slow motion. As The Woman, soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams leaps and plunges between emotional extremes: hopeful and terrified, enraged and miserable.
Inspirations: Film/Classical
San Francisco Symphony | June 16, 2025
Drama abounds in Shostakovich’s score for The Great Citizen, a fictionalized biopic about a Bolshevik hero. In his Third Symphony, Prokofiev recycles music from his yet-to-be-staged supernatural opera, The Fiery Angel. Walton’s searing and sumptuous Viola Concerto polarized early listeners but ended up launching his career. Gustavo Gimeno conducts with Principal Viola Jonathan Vinocour as soloist.
Salonen: All Sibelius
San Francisco Orchestra | June 9, 2025
A Sibelius deep dive conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen: Finlandia is an anthem for a nascent nation still fighting for its very identity after a century of Russian rule. The Violin Concerto, here performed by Lisa Batiashvili, was a vehicle for Sibelius to channel all his virtuoso ambitions. The First Symphony would be Sibelius’ international breakthrough. With deft touches of Tchaikovsky ...
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Julia Fischer
San Francisco Sympnony | June 2, 2025
Joining Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, violinist Julia Fischer makes her long-awaited return to the San Francisco Symphony in Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Nicholas Phan, and baritone Luca Pisaroni—all regular collaborators with the San Francisco Symphony—sing in Stravinsky’s cheeky neoclassical ballet Pulcinella, which the composer called “the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible.”
MTT Conducts Mahler 5
San Francisco Symphony | May 26, 2025
Featuring many of his most rapturous melodies, the Fifth Symphony finds Mahler at his most joyous and life-affirming. It’s the ideal vehicle for Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas, whose decades-long devotion to the Austrian visionary yielded the acclaimed Mahler recording project on SFS Media.
Dudamel Conducts Brahms 2
San Francisco Symphony | May 19, 2025
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s program opens with Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari, which refers to a magical blue deer, sacred to the Huichol people of Mexico. In the one-movement concerto Odisea, commissioned by Dudamel for Jorge Glem, Venezuelan composer Gonzalo Grau highlights his country’s national instrument, the versatile, four-stringed cuatro. On the surface Johannes Brahms’ Second Symphony seems like a sunny summer idyll, ...
California Festival: From the Edge
San Francisco Symphony | May 12, 2025
Composer Gabriella Smith conjures the spaces and sounds of California in the organ concerto Breathing Forests, performed here by James McVinnie. Igor Stravinsky depicts a festive, folk-inflected Slavic wedding in his ballet Les Noces, augmented by Steven Stucky’s orchestration. Stravinsky’s Octet for Winds and Brass, a uniquely scored neoclassical work, was inspired by a late-night dream. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.
California Festival: To the Edge
San Francisco Symphony | May 5, 2025
In kínēma, Esa-Pekka Salonen’s lyrical imagination takes flight via five cinematic scenes for solo clarinet and chamber orchestra, performed here by Principal Clarinet Carey Bell. Emerging Black Composers Project winner Jens Ibsen grew up in the Bay Area, where he soaked up samba, soul, R&B, and progressive metal along with the music of Ghana and the African diaspora—all influences you ...
Beethoven 9
San Francisco Symphony | April 28, 2025
Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas is joined by soprano Angel Blue, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, tenor Ben Bliss, and bass Dashon Burton with the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus to perform Beethoven’s dramatic Symphony No. 9, which celebrates the bonds of humanity and the glory of the creator in its triumphant “Ode to Joy.”
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Emanuel Ax
San Francisco Symphony | April 21, 2025
In Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Brahms travels in time, using ancient musical forms to explore possible futures. In Beethoven’s Second Symphony, anarchic glee subverts Classical elegance. Between the two big Bs, precisely in the present, Esa-Pekka Salonen debuts his longtime friend Anders Hillborg’s witty and colorful new Piano Concerto, performed with genial sophistication by soloist Emanuel Ax.
Interplay: Pekka Kuusisto
San Francisco Symphony | April 14, 2025
Season Premiere: Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, soloist Pekka Kuusisto, and composer/developer Jesper Nordin’s cutting-edge electronics come together in Nordin’s radical reinvention of the violin concerto, Convergence. In Naïve and Sentimental Music, dedicated to Salonen, John Adams celebrates a similar creative impulse: spontaneity, the spirit of free play.
Sibelius’s Second Symphony
Cleveland Orchestra | April 7, 2025
Season Finale: With its rich, sweeping melodies and dynamic brass chorales, Sibelius’s Second Symphony vividly evokes the beauty of his native Finland. Icy Nordic landscapes are also heard in Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus, a haunting “concerto for birds and orchestra” that weaves recordings of birdsong into the orchestral tapestry. Julia Perry’s setting of the 13th-century Stabat Mater hymn adds a powerful ...
The Miraculous Mandarin
Cleveland Orchestra | March 31, 2025
Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin tells of a girl forced to lure a wealthy mandarin to his tragic fate. Its theme of the tragic, dark passions between men and women is equally as gripping and powerful – and controversial – as when it first premiered. It’s paired with a striking arrangement for string orchestra of Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3, by ...
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
Cleveland Orchestra | March 24, 2025
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony paints an uplifting picture of the afterlife, a child’s vision of heaven as a place filled with earthly delights and tuneful melodies. Here it is paired with Ces belles années… (These Good Years), a new work by esteemed French-American composer Betsy Jolas, which reveals hidden allusions to the classic “Happy Birthday” tune within its sparkling and wondrous ...
Hannigan Conducts Strauss
Cleveland Orchestra | March 17, 2025
Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Her much-anticipated Severance conducting debut features a fascinating juxtaposition of works by Haydn, Ligeti – marking the centenary of the composer’s birth – and Vivier. The program concludes with Richard Strauss’s exploration of the most universal of questions: what lies ...
Mahler’s Song of the Night
Cleveland Orchestra | March 10, 2025
Simon Keenlyside is one of the world’s most sought-after and charismatic singers, noted for his versatility and highly charged performances on stage. He joins music director Franz Welser-Möst for an evening of Mahler, featuring the moody, enigmatic Seventh Symphony, sometimes called Song of the Night.
Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony
Cleveland Orchestra | March 3, 2025
Plus the world premiere of a percussion concerto commissioned for Christoph Sietzen, “a refreshingly natural musician notable for his technical mastery and powerful stage presence.”
Trifonov Plays Brahms
Cleveland Orchestra | February 24, 2025
Trifonov's not-to-be-missed performance of Brahms’s well-loved concerto is paired with a late symphony by Prokofiev, filled with powerful atmospheric writing and dark, thrilling melodic lines.
Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
Cleveland Orchestra | February 17, 2025
In 1937 at the height of the Stalinist purges, Shostakovich was in disgrace – an outcast who feared for his life. (He slept in the stairwell outside his apartment so that his family might be spared if he were arrested.) In these darkest moments, he somehow found the courage to write his Fifth Symphony, publishing it with the ironic subtitle ...
Weilerstein Plays Barber
Cleveland Orchestra | February 10, 2025
Cleveland-born cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins music director Franz Welser-Möst to perform Barber’s “lyric and romantic” Cello Concerto, a piece praised for its “Brahms-like grandeur.” Written while Barber was serving in the U.S. military during World War II, the concerto is bookended by the world premiere of Allison Loggins-Hull’s Can You See? and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 4 (revised 1947 version), a ...
Marsalis and the New World
Cleveland Orchestra | February 3, 2025
Dvořák traveled to America in the 1890s, and this wild, new country thrilled him. He admired the beauty of African American spirituals and was fascinated by Native American traditions. When describing his “New World” symphony, he said, “I tried to write only in the spirit of those national American melodies,” but his Ninth is clearly an expression of both the ...
Dreams We’ve Dreamed; Songs We’ve Sung; Hopes We’ve Held
Cleveland Orchestra | January 27, 2025
Works by Scott Joplin, Julia Perry, William Grant Still, Bernard Herrmann, Raven Chacon, and Edgard Varèse.
Welser-Möst Conducts Schubert
Cleveland Orchestra | January 20, 2025
Music by Alban Berg and Franz Schubert conducted by Cleveland's music director.
Series Premiere: Mahler’s Resurrection
Cleveland Orchestra | January 13, 2025
The venerable American orchestra makes its debut as part of the WFMT Orchestra Series.
Strauss Meets Barber in Frankfurt
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra | January 6, 2025
Two shining examples of Richard Strauss’s storytelling genius anchor this program, and the inspiring Italian-German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich brings the evocative Violin Concerto by Samuel Barber.
Gilbert and Ax Play Mozart and Mahler
NDR Radio Philharmonic | December 30, 2024
First, Ax takes the stage for Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 25, followed by the epic Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler.
A Legendary Love Story at the Royal Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | December 23, 2024
Love is in the air in this all-orchestral program from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Elim Chan.
In Switzerland with Mäkelä and Andsnes
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | December 16, 2024
Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg, and Robert Schumann.
Tchaikovsky in Berlin: Stravinsky, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky
Berlin Radio Symphony | December 9, 2024
Maria Dueñas shines in Béla Bartók’s darkly beautiful Violin Concerto No. 2 with conductor Elim Chan. The Berlin Radio Symphony rounds out the program with works by Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Kissin Plays Rachmaninoff
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | December 2, 2024
Polish conductor Krzysztof Urbański also leads the orchestra in the gripping Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich.
Eastern European Flavor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | November 25, 2024
Sir Simon Rattle’s artistic leadership is on full display in a program of Eastern European music.
Muti Conducts
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | November 18, 2024
Haydn’s glorious Te Deum opens the program, with Richard Strauss’s Aus Italien concluding. The program’s centerpiece, Franz Schubert’s Second Mass, features vocalists Siobhan Stagg, Julian Prégardien, and Vito Priante.
Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales | November 11, 2024
Also featured is Grace Williams’s Elegy for Strings, and Carl Nielsen’s Violin Concerto with violinist Liya Petrova.
The German Symphony Orchestra and Dvořák’s Fifth
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin | November 4, 2024
Ruth Reinhardt conducts, and pianist Daniil Trifonov plays Mason Bates's expansive piano concerto.
Spanish Flair
BBC Philharmonic | October 28, 2024
Music by three French composers captivated by the music of Spain: Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Maurice Ravel. Plus music by Spanish composers Manuel de Falla and Pablo de Sarasate.
Manze Leads the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | October 21, 2024
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason brings Mieczysław Weinberg’s Cello Concerto to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Waldbühne II: Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin Philharmonic | October 14, 2024
The Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko take the Waldbühne stage in a program pairing Maurice Ravel with music by Modest Mussorgsky and Sergei Prokofiev and featuring pianist Yuja Wang.
Waldbühne I: Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna Philharmonic | October 7, 2024
Situated in a wooded area just outside Berlin, the Waldbühne is one of Europe’s largest and most popular open-air concert venues.
Season Finale: Dudamel Leads Mozart and Strauss
Los Angeles Philharmonic | September 30, 2024
Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil lead Strauss’ Don Quixote, an epic tone poem that pits the infamous “Man of La Mancha” against a flurry of windmills and wizards, featuring the LA Phil’s Principal Cello Robert deMaine and Principal Viola Teng Li as soloists. Maria João Pires‘s performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4.
Bartók and Mozart
Los Angeles Philharmonic | September 23, 2024
Effortlessly sailing through its melodic yet meticulous runs, Inon Barnatan demonstrates why No. 25 ranks among Mozart’s top piano concertos.
Schubert and Beethoven
Los Angeles Philharmonic | September 16, 2024
Schubert’s epic Sixth Symphony is a rollercoaster of somberness, charm, serenity, and humor, with the wind section shining brightest here.
Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony
Los Angeles Philharmonic | September 9, 2024
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Music Director Louis Langrée teams up again with acclaimed composer Jonathan Bailey Holland for a world premiere symphony.
Michael Tilson Thomas Leads Tchaikovsky
Los Angeles Philharmonic | September 2, 2024
The four tableaus of Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka are vividly brought to life by Michael Tilson Thomas, who actually met the composer in Los Angeles during his youth.
John Adams’ City Noir
Los Angeles Philharmonic | August 26, 2024
Timo Andres is a favorite young composer of John Adams, who conducts the world premiere of his concerto Made of Tunes written for pianist Aaron Diehl.
Bernstein and Wooten
Los Angeles Philharmonic | August 19, 2024
A multiple Grammy-winning legend in the worlds of funk and avant-garde jazz, Victor Wooten is a regular in music critics’ lists of the best bass guitar players in history.
Mälkki Conducts Brahms
Los Angeles Philharmonic | August 12, 2024
With pianist Daniil Trifonov, "without question the most astounding pianist of our age."
Ravel and Adès
Los Angeles Philharmonic | August 5, 2024
Thomas Adès and pianist Kirill Gerstein’s longstanding collaboration has been called “an auspicious meeting of giants.”
Brahms & Bruckner with Dudamel (with Anne-Sophie Mutter & Pablo Ferrández)
Los Angeles Philharmonic | July 29, 2024
A journey through Bruckner's compelling extremes.
Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony
Los Angeles Philharmonic | July 22, 2024
Plus works by Copland and Stravinsky, all led by ascendant conductor Gemma New.
Beethoven Symphonies with Zubin Mehta
Los Angeles Philharmonic | July 15, 2024
Be transported to the Viennese countryside as Zubin Mehta and the LA Phil instill vivid and picturesque life into Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony.
Season Premiere: Gershwin and Rachmaninoff
LA Phil | July 8, 2024
Conducted by Elim Chan and featuring pianist Igor Levit.
Beethoven’s Emperor and Eroica
San Francisco Symphony | July 1, 2024
Season Finale: Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven’s expansive Symphony No. 3, Eroica, while pianist Igor Levit plays the composer’s Emperor Concerto.
Philippe Jordan Conducts Britten’s War Requiem
San Francisco Symphony | June 24, 2024
Conductor Philippe Jordan and the San Francisco Symphony join forces in Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, a tremendous work embodying the composer’s deep pacifist beliefs.
Măcelaru Conducts Marsalis, Tarkiainen, and Shostakovich
San Francisco Symphony | June 17, 2024
Conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads the San Francisco Symphony in Dmitri Shostakovich’s madcap First Symphony and Wynton Marsalis’ celebration of Black history and folklore, Blues Symphony. San Francisco Symphony English horn player Russ de Luna stars in Outi Tarkiainen’s Milky Ways.
Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler 6
San Francisco Symphony | June 10, 2024
Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s monumental Sixth Symphony.
Yuja Wang Performs Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto
San Francisco Symphony | June 3, 2024
Spellbinding pianist Yuja Wang returns to the San Francisco Symphony to take on Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts this program, which also includes Gabriella Smith’s Tumblebird Contrails and Salonen’s mysterious tone poem Nyx.
Hanick Performs a World Premiere by Samuel Adams
San Francisco Symphony | May 27, 2024
Opening this program led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Conor Hanick premieres a San Francisco Symphony commission by Samuel Adams. Then, Anton Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony, full of imaginative twists and turns.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Performs Bartók
San Francisco Symphony | May 20, 2024
Pierre-Laurent Aimard joins Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony for Bela Bartók’s zany Second Piano Concerto, in a program also featuring Sergei Prokofiev’s vibrant Romeo and Juliet and Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin.
Elim Chan Conducts Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and a World Premiere by Ogonek
San Francisco Symphony | May 13, 2024
Elim Chan's San Francisco Symphony debut.
Bartók, Herrmann, and Gruber
San Francisco Symphony | May 6, 2024
An ominous, atmospheric lineup of music conducted by music director Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Chamayou Performs Liszt’s Totentanz
San Francisco Symphony | April 29, 2024
Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony journey through Hector Berlioz’s phantasmic Symphonie fantastique, Franz Liszt’s devilish Totentanz with pianist Bertrand Chamayou, and Modest Mussorgsky’s supernatural Night on Bald Mountain.
Yuja Wang Performs the World Premiere of Lindberg’s Third Piano Concerto
SF Symphony | April 22, 2024
Plus Nielsen’s sun-drenched Helios Overture and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Stravinsky, Sibelius, and Kidane
SF Symphony | April 15, 2024
Igor Stravinsky’s explosive ballet score, The Firebird, along with Jean Sibelius’s cosmic Luonnotar with soprano Golda Schultz, and the United States premiere of Daniel Kidane’s SF Symphony commission, Sun Poem.
Mahler 2 and a World Premiere by Trevor Weston
SF Symphony | April 8, 2024
Season Premiere: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the SF Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s glorious Symphony No. 2 with vocalists Golda Schultz and Michelle DeYoung and the world premiere of Push by Trevor Weston.
Shades of E Minor: Cuong, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky
California Symphony | March 25, 2024
Rounding out California Symphony’s suite of concerts with works by Viet Cuong, Edward Elgar, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Dancing Around the Piano: Beethoven, Bernstein, Debussy, and Frank
California Symphony | March 18, 2024
This concert brings a rousing set of works from Bernstein, Debussy, and Gabriela Lena Frank all focused on the theme of dance.
Intersections: Kodály, Clyne, Skoryk, and Tchaikovsky
California Symphony | March 11, 2024
Kodály’s Dances of Galánta begins the concert, contrasted with Anna Clyne’s DANCE for Cello and Orchestra, featuring cellist Inbal Segev as soloist.
Fresh Inspirations: Cuong, Berlioz, Walton, and Ravel
California Symphony | March 4, 2024
Viet Cuong premieres his work Stargazer featuring Sarah Cahill at the piano.
Debussy, Berlioz, Chen, and Saint-Saëns
China's NCPA | February 29, 2024
Chen Qigang’s Reflet d’un temps disparu is stunningly performed by French cellist Gautier Capuçon; the rest of the program features music by French composers.
Bruckner’s Seventh & Guo’s Riyue Mountain
China's NCPA | February 22, 2024
Guo Wenjing’s Passacaglia for Orchestra is a work inspired by prehistoric rock paintings in ancient caves on Riyue Mountain.
Zhao & Mahler in Beijing
China's NCPA | February 15, 2024
Violinist Ning Feng performs Zhao Jiping’s beautiful violin concerto with the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra in a performance led by Lü Jia.
Celebrating the Chinese New Year
China's NCPA | February 8, 2024
Pipa virtuoso Li Jia’s performs the concerto Little Sisters of the Grassland.
Yuja Wang and the Oslo Philharmonic perform Ravel Piano Concertos
Oslo Philharmonic | February 1, 2024
Pianist Yuja Wang joins the Oslo Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor Klaus Mäkelä for a program of 20th-century masterpieces by Ravel and Shostakovich.
Alban Gerhardt, Marin Alsop, and the German Symphony Orchestra
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin | January 25, 2024
Marin Alsop leads the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, in a performance of Montgomery, Dean, and Dvořák.
Paul Lewis and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | January 18, 2024
20th-century standouts by Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin, and Rachmaninoff.
The Hallé performs Sibelius, Stravinsky, and Ravel
The Hallé | January 11, 2024
With Sibelius’s music woven through the Hallé’s DNA, expect a stunning performance of The Oceanides, an impressionistic masterpiece that evokes the sea and nymphs of Greek mythology.
Dresden Staatskapelle presents works by Weber, Wagner, and R. Strauss
Dresden Staatskapelle | January 4, 2024
Christian Thielemann leads the Dresden Staatskapelle in an exceptional performance of audience favorites.
Mahler & Britten
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 28, 2023
We conclude the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra broadcast season in triumphant fashion, with an excerpt from Britten's Peter Grimes and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.
Brahms, Strauss, Mozart
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 21, 2023
Seminal orchestral works by Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart make up this performance led by music director laureate Edo de Waart.
Aaron Diehl Trio
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 14, 2023
Music director Ken-David Masur welcomes the Aaron Diehl Trio for Mary-Lou Williams's Zodiac Suite before conducting the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Milwuakee Symphony Women's Chorus in Holst's seminal The Planets.
Yaniv Dinur & Joyce Yang
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 7, 2023
Pianist Joyce Yang performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 under the baton of conductor Yaniv Dinur, who also leads works by Dvořák and Lutosławski.
Don Juan & Beethoven Piano
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 30, 2023
Roderick Cox conducts the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and pianist Inon Barnatan in music by Richard Strauss, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Jean Sibelius.
Stephen Hough Plays Rachmaninoff
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 23, 2023
Star pianist Stephen Hough takes the stage to perform Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto.
Water Festival: Smetana, Hailstork, Takemitsu, Debussy
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 16, 2023
Music director Ken-David Masur leads water-inspired music by Smetana, Hailstork, Takemitsu, Debussy, and David Ludwig.
Water Festival: Rameau, Vivaldi, Handel
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 9, 2023
Nicholas McGegan conducts a program inspired by water and Milwaukee’s relationship with it.
Fresh Air & Beethoven’s Eroica
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 2, 2023
Tension, energy, and triumph abound in Beethoven’s history-changing Eroica Symphony. In contrast, Sebastian Currier’s delicate and mesmerizing Aether evokes “the air the gods breathe.”
Ravel & Chopin
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 26, 2023
Pianist Orli Shaham and conductor David Robertson, who are married, take the stage to perform music by Maurice Ravel, Frédéric Chopin, and Olivier Messiaen.
Every Tree Speaks: Habbi, Brahms, & Schumann
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 19, 2023
In an ode to the wonder of our natural world, this program ponders fate, resolve, and reverence.
James Ehnes Plays Prokofiev
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 12, 2023
Violinist James Ehnes takes center stage in a performance of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto. Music by Jessie Montgomery, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky rounds out the performance.
Season Premiere: Marsalis, Strauss, Gershwin
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 5, 2023
The series premiere conducted by Ken-David Masur.
Season Finale: Dudamel Conducts Mozart
LA Phil | September 28, 2023
Mitsuko Uchida, one of the world's great Mozart pianists, joins Dudamel for a sublime program.
Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Smith
LA Phil | September 21, 2023
Experience the exhilaration of Beethoven’s dance Symphony, his Seventh, and a new cello concerto by Gabriella Smith.
Beethoven & Strauss
LA Phil | September 14, 2023
Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto, and Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen concludes with the waltz-filled Der Rosenkavalier Suite.
Dvořák and Bruckner
LA Phil | September 7, 2023
LA Phil's Principal Concertmaster performs the great Dvořák concerto, and the Music Director of the Vienna State Opera leads Anton Bruckner’s epic 7th Symphony.
Elim Chan & Leila Josefowicz
LA Phil | August 31, 2023
Josefowicz takes on Thomas Adès’ “Concentric Paths” Violin Concerto. The high-powered Elim Chan leads music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Clarice Assad.
Tianyi Lu & Sunwook Kim
LA Philharmonic | August 24, 2023
Sunwook Kim is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto. Conductor Tianyi Lu rounds out the program with works by Anna Clyne and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Payare & Röschmann
LA Philharmonic | August 17, 2023
Guest conductor Rafael Payare leads music by William Grant Still and Johannes Brahms before welcoming German soprano Dorothea Röschmann to perform Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder.
Dalia Stasevka & Randall Goosby
LA Philharmonic | August 10, 2023
Two fast-rising stars, conductor Dalia Stasevska and violinist Randall Goosby, team up for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. We also hear works by Jean Sibelius and contemporary Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi.
Mehta Conducts Crumb & Berlioz
LA Philharmonic | August 3, 2023
LA Phil conductor emeritus Zubin Mehta conducts the orchestra, soprano Sophia Burgos, and boy soprano Sebastian Dolinar in music by George Crumb and Hector Berlioz.
Lamsma Plays Bruch
LA Philharmonic | July 27, 2023
Simone Lamsma joins the LA Phil and guest conductor Otto Tausk to play Bruch’s landmark first violin concerto. We also hear a world premiere LA Phil commission by Helen Grim and a Brahms staple.
Roderick Cox Conducts Ravel, Dawson, Prokofiev
LA Philharmonic | July 20, 2023
Roderick Cox welcomes guest artist violinist Karen Gomyo to perform Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1.
Gimeno & Perianes
LA Philharmonic | July 13, 2023
Gustavo Gimeno, the music director designate of Teatro Real leads the LA Phil and guest pianist Javier Perianes in music by Francisco Coll García, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Dudamel Conducts Adams, Mozart, and Orbón
LA Philharmonic | July 6, 2023
Season Premiere: Music director Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program showcasing the orchestra’s principal flutist, Denis Bouriakov, and principal harpist Emmanuel Ceysson.
Aimard Plays Bartók
San Francisco Symphony | June 29, 2023
Season Finale: Music by Boccherini, Bartók, Montgomery, and Respighi conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Ólafsson plays Adams
San Francisco Symphony | June 22, 2023
Vikingur Ólafsson plays John Adams' Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? under the baton of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Nathalie Stutzmann
San Francisco Symphony | June 15, 2023
The Atlanta Symphony’s new music director Nathalie Stutzmann conducts music by Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
Dudamel Conducts Mozart & Mahler
San Francisco Symphony | June 8, 2023
Los Angeles Philharmonic’s charismatic music director Gustavo Dudamel visits Northern California to lead the SF Symphony in music by Mozart and Mahler.
Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky
San Francisco Symphony | June 1, 2023
Music director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the SF Symphony and violinist Leila Josefowicz in music by Stravinsky and Ogonek.
Wang Plays Liszt
San Francisco Symphony | May 25, 2023
Superstar pianist Yuja Wang performs Franz Liszt’s First Piano Concerto under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Clyne’s ‘Sound and Fury’ & Beethoven 9
San Francisco Symphony | May 18, 2023
Daniel Stewart conducts the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus plus soloists Michelle Bradley, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mario Chang, and Rod Gilfry.
Morlot Conducts Ravel and Higgins
San Francisco Symphony | May 11, 2023
Ludovic Morlot conducts Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and the world premiere of a concerto written by and starring Timothy Higgins, the orchestra’s principal trombonist.
Demarre McGill
San Francisco Symphony | May 4, 2023
Chicago-born flutist Demarre McGill joins music director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the SF Symphony to perform Notturno by the orchestra’s former music director, Michael Tilson Thomas.
Salonen & Bronfman
San Francisco Symphony | April 27, 2023
Esa-Pekka Salonen leads works by Richard Strauss, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Anders Hillborg in a recital featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman.
Pekka Kuusisto
SF Symphony | April 20, 2023
Music director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the SF Symphony and guest artist Pekka Kuusisto, violin in music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Bryce Dessner, and Franz Schubert.
Jeremy Denk & Claire Chase
SF Symphony | April 13, 2023
Music director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the SF Symphony and guest artists Jeremy Denk, piano, and Claire Chase, flute in music by Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, and Kaija Saariaho.
Music by Kendall, Chin, Beethoven
SF Symphony | April 6, 2023
Season Premiere: Music director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony in works by Hannah Kendall, Unsuk Chin, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Petr Popelka & Leif Ove Andsnes
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | March 30, 2023
Petr Popelka welcomes acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes to perform Mozart‘s 20th Piano Concerto, also conducting works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and György Kurtág.
John Storgårds & Christian Tetzlaff
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra | March 23, 2023
John Storgårds welcomes violinist Christian Tetzlaff for the program's marquee work: Sibelius' Violin Concerto.
Marie Jacquot & Gautier Capuçon
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | March 16, 2023
Marie Jacquot leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss, and contemporary Scottish composer David Horne.
Hobart Earle & Tamara Stefanovich
Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra | March 9, 2023
Earle, a People's Artist of Ukraine recipient, conducts the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Ukrainian composers.
Marin Alsop & Benjamin Grosvenor
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra | March 2, 2023
In the orchestra's first-ever appearance at the BBC Proms, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra principal conductor Marin Alsop leads the ensemble and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor in a varied concert.
Dima Slobodeniouk & Baiba Skride
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra | February 23, 2023
Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and violinist Baiba Skride in music by Scandinavian composers: Carl Nielsen of Denmark and Jean Sibelius of Finland.
Marta Gardolińska & Vadym Kholodenko
Danish National Symphony Orchestra | February 16, 2023
Ascendant artist Marta Gardolińska conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and pianist Vadym Kholodenko in music by Lili Boulanger, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Antonín Dvořák.
Alain Altinoglu & Renaud Capuçon
Frankfurt Radio Symphony | February 9, 2023
Welcoming fellow Frenchman — Renaud Capuçon, violin — Frankfurt Radio Symphony music conductor Alain Altinoglu conducts an all-French program.
Ariane Matiakh & Pekka Kuusisto
Frankfurt Radio Symphony | February 2, 2023
French conductor Ariane Matiakh leads a mixed-rep program of music by contemporary voices, lesser-known 19th and 20th century composers, traditional music, and symphonic giants.
Thomas Dausgaard & Jörg Widmann
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | January 26, 2023
Music by Carl Nielsen and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Stephen Hough & Alpesh Chauhan
BBC Symphony Orchestra | January 19, 2023
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker principal guest conductor Alpesh Chauhan leads music by Richard Baker, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Anton Bruckner.
Nicole Cabell & Sir Simon Rattle
London Symphony Orchestra | January 12, 2023
Renowned soprano Nicole Cabell joins Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra to perform music by George Walker. We also hear selections by Antonín Dvořák, Xavier Montsalvatge, and Robert Schumann.
Julia Fischer & Vladimir Jurowski
London Philharmonic Orchestra | January 5, 2023
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra and superstar violinist Julia Fischer in music by Edward Elgar, Valentin Silvestrov, and George Enescu.
Aizuri Quartet & Beethoven 9
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 29, 2022
Season Finale: Ken-David Masur conducts a varied program that begins with John Adams‘ Absolute Jest for String Quartet and Orchestra and culminates in Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Ninth Symphony.
Awadagin Pratt
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 22, 2022
Pianist Awadagin Pratt joins Ken-David Masur and the MSO to perform Jessie Montgomery‘s Rounds. Masur also conducts works by Richard Strauss, Felix Mendelssohn, and Robert Schumann.
Alessio Bax
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 15, 2022
Guest conductor Ruth Reinhardt leads music by Lotta Wennäkoski and Antonín Dvořák before welcoming pianist Alessio Bax to play Johannes Brahms‘ Second Piano Concerto.
John Brancy & Kelley O’Connor
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 8, 2022
Baritone John Brancy and mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor perform Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem under the baton of Ken-David Masur. The MSO music director also conducts music by Tōru Takemitsu, Joseph Canteloube, Jacques Ibert, Misato Mochizuki, and Maurice Duruflé.
Thomas Wilkins
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | December 1, 2022
Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads music by unsung 20th-century composers Roy Harris , Erwin Schulhoff, Howard Hanson. Plus, Ken-David Masur leads a work by William Bolcom and Yaniv Dinur conducts a piece by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
Jorge Federico Osorio
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 24, 2022
Friend of WFMT Jorge Federico Osorio, piano, joins the MSO and music director Ken-David Masur to play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s Piano Concerto No. 23 in a program that also features Anton Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony.
Edo de Waart Returns
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 17, 2022
MSO music director laureate Edo de Waart leads music by Delius, Elgar, and Beethoven.
Aaron Diehl Plays Price and Gershwin
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 10, 2022
Pianist Aaron Diehl takes the stage to play Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement and George Gershwin’s Second Rhapsody. Music by Charles Ives and Samuel Barber rounds out this all-American program. Ken-David Masur conducts.
Augustin Hadelich
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | November 3, 2022
Famed violinist Augustin Hadelich joins the MSO and conductor Ken-David Masur to play Benjamin Britten‘s First Violin Concerto.
Karen Gomyo
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 27, 2022
Violinist Karen Gomyo joins guest conductor William Eddins to perform Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1.
Olga Kern
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 20, 2022
Pianist Olga Kern joins the MSO and guest conductor Andreas Delfs to play Edvard Grieg‘s famed Piano Concerto. Then, the orchestra plays moody and mythical works by Richard Wagner, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Sarah Kirkland Snider.
Chee-Yun
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 13, 2022
Violinist Chee-Yun joins Ken-David Masur and the MSO to perform Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole. Works by Emmanuel Chabrier, Maurice Ravel, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Manuel de Falla round out the program.
Aaron Diehl Plays Gershwin and Ellington
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 6, 2022
Season Premiere: Pianist Aaron Diehl joins Ken-David Masur and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra to perform music of George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. We also hear music by Eric Nathan, James B. Wilson, and Igor Stravinsky.
Mozart Violin Concertos & Yellow River Piano Concerto
China NCPA Orchestra | September 14, 2026
Welcome to the first of a multi-part series of recordings from the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, one of China’s foremost destinations for classical music. Today, we enjoy a performance featuring violinist Ning Feng performing three of Mozart’s violin concertos. Later, under the baton of Li Biao, pianist George Li takes on the Yellow River Piano Concerto.
Yao Chen and Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony
China NCPA Orchestra | September 21, 2026
LÜ Jia leads the China NCPA Orchestra in one of Anton Bruckner’s most famous symphonies. Paring with the giant piece is a work written for orchestra and bass-baritone by Yao Chen, featuring soloist Shenyang.
Music of Mahler and Qigang Chen
China NCPA Orchestra | September 28, 2026
Our journey through the musical world of the National Centre for the Performing Arts continues with two works with distinguished musical landscapes. Conductor Shao-Chia Lü leads the China NCPA Orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s third symphony, featuring guest soprano Zhu Huiling. Conductor Myung-Whun Chung performs Qigang Chen’s Wu Xing (The Five Elements) Suite.
