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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Every year listeners inquire about out musical journey to the BBC Proms. You'll hear programs from the Proms throughout August and September.
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A musicians’ strike scuttled Missy Mazzoli's CSO debut of a new arrangement of her double bass concerto “Dark with Excessive Bright” (2018), but we can hear it this month on SymphonyCast.
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The restoration of the clock on Elizabeth Tower, commonly refered to as Big Ben (which is actually the bell inside the tower), has been completed, just in time for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration. We'll hear the ninth of Haydn’s twelve monumental “London symphonies,” Symphony No. 101, The Clock with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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KBS Symphony Orchestra (KBSSO) was established in 1956 under the Korean Broadcasting System, the leading public broadcaster in Korea at the time. Now we hear them on SymphonyCast.
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ROCO is an innovative professional ensemble that challenges preconceptions, creating extraordinary experiences and fostering new relationships with audiences through the language of music. We'll hear them Apr 15th at 8pm.
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Marin Alsop conducts the German Symphony Orchestra and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Elgar's Cello Concerto. Also on the program, Bacharach and Ravel.
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Born in November 1986, Elim Chan is a Hong Kong conductor. Elim has been the chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (2019-2020), and has been the permanent guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (2018-2019). We hear her conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Feb 4th @ 8p.
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Composer Tyshawn Sorey's Autoschediasms is a duet for conductor and orchestra that uses the conductor’s vocabulary to generate live composition through cuing specific ensemble members (or a group of musicians) to produce a given sound or perform specific actions. We'll hear it on SymphonyCast, Jan 7th at 8pm.
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Described by the Washington Post as "brilliant", violinist Sandy Cameron is "one of the most strikingly unique artists of her generation." Since her debut at the age of 12 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Ms. Cameron has performed extensively as a soloist throughout the world. We'll hear her with the Buffalo Philharmonic on Fri 12/3 at 8pm.