With Steve Seel
In her debut with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, conductor Marzena Diakun leads the group in a quartet of pieces that explore a wide range of emotions and technical expertise. And, cellist Gautier Capucon plays two cello favorites.
Conductor Osmo Vanska leads the Minnesota Orchestra in a program that explores laments and revelries. And, Jean-Yves Thibauet plays one of his favorite concertos by Maurice Ravel.
Pomp and Circumstance: We're in London for the epic conclusion of the 2021 BBC Proms!
We’re at the BBC Proms in London where pianist Benjamin Grosvenor tackles Beethoven’s revolutionary Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Halle Orchestra!
We’re at the BBC Proms for works by Bray, Walton, and Foulds, plus Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No. 5.
We’re at the BBC Proms for the much-anticipated Proms debut of Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson, with concertos by JS Bach and Mozart.
We're at the BBC Proms for a concert featuring American conductor Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales – which includes Antonin Dvorak’s “American” Symphony No. 9.
We're at the BBC Proms for a concert featuring works by Gipps and Ades, as well as Brahms' Symphony No. 3.
We're at the BBC Proms for a concert featuring works by Purcell, Ogonek, Saint-Saëns, and Brahms.
We're at the opening concert at the largest classical music festival in the world: the 2021 BBC Proms!
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.
Complete playlist information is available for each show. Click on a specific episode to access a detailed playlist.
It’s the opening trumpet fanfare from Steve Heitzeg’s Nobel Symphony.
It’s possible, but not likely. Many of the performances that you hear on SymphonyCast® are not available for purchase because they were played at a live concert. In some cases, the musicians have recorded that same music for a commercial CD. If so, album title and recording label information will be available in the episode playlist.
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