Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Overcoming long odds after a serious accident, violinist Augustin Hadelich's ability is all the more remarkable.
With Steve Seel
Overcoming long odds after a serious accident, violinist Augustin Hadelich's ability is all the more remarkable.
Baiba Skride was there when the Singing Revolution took place in Latvia, and that national identity translates beautifully to her violin.
For a piano concerto, it's nuts. There are thousands of notes going by really fast with flourishes at every turn, and Simon Trpceski makes it look easy.
When Mahler's 1st Symphony was written, nobody understood it. With a subtitle of "from hell to paradise" it's an entire world of sound that's just as mysterious today as it was then.
There are legends in the world of music and Emanuel Ax is one of them -- especially when he plays Chopin.
Meet Berlin's *other* orchestra. They're one of 12 radio symphonies in Germany - and they have some of the best musicians in the world!
Performed by masters, this concert is an interesting comparison of final thoughts from both Mozart and Bruckner.
Oozing charisma, the well-appointed Gautier Capucon is an ideal soloist for Haydn's beloved Cello Concerto.
From the home of William Shakespeare, the Orchestra of the Swan brings warmth and radiance to Schumann's fourth symphony.
Martin Frost makes his debut with the SPCO with this exhilarating performance. No really, it was spectacular.
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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