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SymphonyCast is a two-hour weekly radio program featuring a full-length concert by a national or international symphony orchestra. Concerts are drawn from Europe's leading ensembles, along with U.S. orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Cleveland Orchestra.
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As of April 10, 2023, Steve Seel will become the new broadcast host for APM's weekly SymphonyCast broadcasts. Steve possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at public radio stations around the country. Steve came to Minnesota Public Radio in 1999 to be a part of its nationally-syndicated classical music programming. Steve is an avid reader of political and social commentary as well, and he emcees The Current's popular Policy and a Pint community series, featuring discussions with noted scholars, politicians, community leaders, authors and big thinkers on important issues of the day. Steve is also 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.
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We'll hear a piece titled Aiōn, a composition for orchestra by the Icelandic composer Anna S. Thorvaldsdóttir.
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In January 2017 the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (formerly NDR Symphony Orchestra) moved into the stunning new Elbphilharmonie concert hall, finally gaining a permanent musical home after seventy years without a base.
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The Netherlands’ most popular piano brothers, Lucas and Arthur Jussen started playing at a very young age and are now flying all over the world to perform live.
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Described as “mold-breaking” and “vital” by The New York Times, Andy Akiho is an eclectic composer and performer whose interests run from steel pan to traditional classical music.
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The Boston-based orchestra, A Far Cry is “self-conducted,” meaning that the playerstake turns leading the group and make collective decisions on interpretation and repertoire. Founded in 2007, the group has already made a name for itself, having received two Grammy nominations.
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Manfred is a "Symphony in Four Scenes" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based upon the 1817 poem of the same name by Lord Byron. Read the poem.
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Mendelssohn’s picturesque Scottish Symphony, inspired by the composer's first and only trip to Scotland, is recounted in a series of letters back home about the opening movement of this piece.
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Of composing, cellist Andrea Casarrubios says, “I love the feeling of an empty score, a blank book. I love imagining all the possibilities while discovering a new work."
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Conductor, composer and clarinetist Jörg Widmann is considered one of the most versatile and intriguing artists of his generation.
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