Houston Symphony
Daniil Trifonov has been called "the pianist for the rest of our lives" - and this performance is one to remember!
With Steve Seel
Daniil Trifonov has been called "the pianist for the rest of our lives" - and this performance is one to remember!
Legendary pianist Emanuel Ax and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra celebrate 40 years of collaboration with a stellar performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.
Fasten your safety belts for this world premiere performance of Psalmos, a thrilling new piece by French organist and composer Thierry Escaich.
Kirill Gerstein's playing is spontaneous and big, which is exactly what's required for Scriabin's one and only piano concerto.
They're the only full-time chamber orchestra in the USA and this concert with pianist Jeremy Denk is a show stopper!
Matthew Halls calls himself a traveling baton - a conductor who makes his living playing around all over the world, and this week he's in the City of Angels for a quick how-do-you-do with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
From the home of Williams Shakespeare, the Orchestra of the Swan brings warmth and radiance to Schumann's fourth symphony.
A holiday tradition - Bach's Christmas Oratorio from the 800-year-old choir school in Dresden!
A final concert that is the culmination of a beautiful multi-year relationship between Zacharias and the SPCO.
Clarinetist extraordinaire Martin Frost joins forces with the SPCO for Mozart and a little klezmer...because why not?
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.
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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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