The WFMT Orchestra Series

Series produced by The WFMT Radio Network

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The WFMT Orchestra Series is a year-round series that combines exceptional orchestras from across the country and around the world. Each quarter, listeners will hear fantastic concerts, including the LA Phil (Summer), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Fall), San Francisco Symphony (Spring), and a scintillating variety in the Winter Quarter, including orchestras from Europe, the UK, California, and China. Each episode is intended to be broadcast the week it releases, but some exceptions can be made for stations that wish to air an orchestra later in the year. Contact us for details.

The WFMT Orchestra Series is a year-round series that combines exceptional orchestras from across the country and around the world. Each quarter, listeners will hear fantastic concerts, including the LA Phil (Summer), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Fall), San Francisco Symphony (Spring), and a scintillating variety in the Winter Quarter, including orchestras from Europe, the UK, California, and China in 2024. Listings for upcoming broadcasts can be found on our website at https://radionetwork.wfmt.com/programs/wfmt-orchestra-series/ . Each episode is intended to be broadcast the week it releases, but some exceptions can be made for stations that wish to air an orchestra later in the year. Contact us for details.

If you have any questions or require more information, please contact:
Maggie Jensen, Network Coordinator at mjensen@wfmt.com

For technical questions and support:
Rebecca Nystedt, Production and Syndication Manager at rnystedt@wfmt.com Hide full description

The WFMT Orchestra Series is a year-round series that combines exceptional orchestras from across the country and around the world. Each quarter, listeners will hear fantastic concerts, including the LA Phil (Summer), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Fall), San Francisco Symphony (Spring), and a scintillating variety in the Winter Quarter, including orchestras from Europe, the UK, California, and China in 2024. Listings for upcoming broadcasts can be found on our website at https://radionetwork.wfmt.com/programs/wfmt-orchestra-series/ .Each episode is intended to be broadcast the week it releases, but some exceptions can be made for stations that wish to air an orchestra later in the year. Contact us for details.

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44 Pieces

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Nicknamed “the saucy maid” by its composer, Anton Bruckner’s First Symphony is bursting with exuberance and grand musical architecture inspired by ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Former Dudamel Fellow Gemma New and the LA Phil capture the complexities and sophistication of Mozart’s “Prague” symphony, a triumphant work compos...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Be transported to the Viennese countryside as Zubin Mehta and the LA Phil instill vivid and picturesque life into Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony. Havin...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Coincident Dances was inspired by a walk Jessie Montgomery took through the streets of New York, hearing everything from Ghanaian dance music and L...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven’s expansive Symphony No. 3, Eroica, while pianist Igor Levit plays t...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Conductor Philippe Jordan and the San Francisco Symphony join forces in Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, a tremendous work embodying the composer’s ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads the San Francisco Symphony in Dmitri Shostakovich’s madcap First Symphony and Wynton Marsalis’ celebration of Bla...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s monumental Sixth Symphony.

  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Spellbinding pianist Yuja Wang returns to the San Francisco Symphony to take on Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. Music Director Esa-Pekka Salon...

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:29
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Opening this program led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Conor Hanick premieres a San Francisco Symphony commission by Samuel Adams. T...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard joins Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony for Bela Bartók’s zany Second Piano Concerto, in a prog...

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Elim Chan conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a debut performance featuring Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s sunny Second Symphony, Sergei Prokofiev’s...

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Béla Bartók’s ominous The Miraculous Mandarin, Bernard Herrmann’s Suite fro...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony journey through Hector Berlioz’s phantasmic Symphonie fantastique, Franz Liszt’s de...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Hear Carl Nielsen’s sun-drenched Helios Overture, the world premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Third Piano Concerto with Yuja Wang, and Béla Bartók’s Co...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Igor Stravinsky’s explosive ballet score, The Firebird, along with Jean Sib...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s glorious Symphony No. 2 with vocalists Golda Schultz and Mi...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Rounding out California Symphony’s suite of concerts, we return to Viet Cuong’s compositions with his emotional and intricate work Next Week’s Tree...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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This concert brings a rousing set of works from Bernstein, Debussy, and Gabriela Lena Frank all focused on the theme of dance. And nestled in betwe...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30