With Steve Seel
On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Sakari Orama leads the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius’ ‘Rakastava’ and the Symphony in F-sharp Minor by Dora Pejačević. Also on the program, Inmo Yang performs Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Austrian cellist Kian Soltani shines in Elgar’s Cello Concerto, backed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. The centerpiece of this concert is the ‘AIŌN Symphony’ by ISO’s composer-in-residence, Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes the spotlight for Weinberg’s Cello Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The program is bookended by works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Edward Elgar. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Ryan Wigglesworth leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in two works inspired by the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. Also, pianist Stephen Hough performs Rachmaninoff’s ‘Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.’ Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields celebrates the 100th birthday of its founder Neville Mariner. This concert features music by Handel, Mozart and Vaughan Williams, plus the premiere of a work by Errollyn Wallen. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Karina Canellakis leads the NDR Elphilharmonie in Beethoven’s dance-filled and joyful Symphony No. 7 and Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, followed by the Cello Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich, featuring soloist Kian Soltani. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
One of the great violinists of our time, Augustin Hadelich, joins LACO in Mendelssohn’s transportive Violin Concerto. The concert is capped by Mozart’s eternal ‘Jupiter Symphony.’
A Far Cry’s 2023 season-opening concert, “Reimagined,” explores how we develop music and ideas as a way to process change and to adapt and grow.
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!
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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