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SymphonyCast®

With Steve Seel

Minnesota Orchestra

Minnesota Orchestra

Viktoria Mullova is amazing! She has the look and has she got the chops! This week, she joins the Minnesota Orchestra in a performance of the unplayable — Stravinsky's Violin Concerto.

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Music can bring people together like few other things, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra playing Beethoven's 9th is a shining example on more than one level.

From the BBC Proms

From the BBC Proms

Our final concert from this year's Proms Festival is spectacular! The countdown to July 2014 (and next year's festival) has begun.

From the BBC Proms

From the BBC Proms

There's no other way to frame it - it's epic. Mahler's Second Symphony encompasses everything that life has to offer.

More from the BBC Proms

More from the BBC Proms

There's no one like Mitsuko Uchida - LOVE HER! And we get to know her a bit more in this week's show, when she talks about Beethoven and then plays Beethoven with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

From the BBC Proms

From the BBC Proms

We continue our series from the 2013 BBC Proms with this stellar concert featuring the amazing Vienna-based, Russian/Belgian violinist Vadim Repin.

From the BBC Proms

From the BBC Proms

It's a favorite, no doubt about it. Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 3 starts off this week's concert from the BBC Proms!

More from the BBC Proms

More from the BBC Proms

Honestly, you don't see an entire concert in "C" very often, but this spectacular performance from the BBC Proms certainly begs the question "why not?"

Minnesota Orchestra

Minnesota Orchestra

In many parts of the world, people are taking their summer holiday down by the sea. If you haven't been able to head out yet this season, this concert may just bring you there.

From the BBC Proms

From the BBC Proms

Our first Proms concert of 2013 features a teenage, Canadian phenom — Jan Lisiecki, making short work of Schumann's Piano Concerto.

About SymphonyCast®

The Show

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.

Our Host

Steve Seel

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.

The Team

Daniel Nass, Producer

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 Osborne, Technical Director

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the name of the composer, performer or piece I heard on the show?

Complete playlist information is available for each show. Click on a specific episode to access a detailed playlist.

What is the theme music at the beginning of every SymphonyCast® episode?

It’s the opening trumpet fanfare from Steve Heitzeg’s Nobel Symphony.

Can I buy a recording of music I heard on your show?

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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