The WFMT Orchestra Series

San Francisco Symphony | May 25, 2023

Superstar pianist Yuja Wang performs Franz Liszt’s First Piano Concerto under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | October 27, 2022

Violinist Karen Gomyo joins guest conductor William Eddins to perform Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1.

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.