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.
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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Join us on 8/9 for the First Night of the Proms, and tune in every Friday at 8pm for more concerts from the World's Greatest Music Festival
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We'll hear a piece titled Aiōn, a composition for orchestra by the Icelandic composer Anna S. Thorvaldsdóttir. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
