Symphonycast

SymphonyCast is a two-hour weekly 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.

Broadcast Schedule

Sunday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

This week on Symphonycast

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Chris Thile — Mandolin

You've never heard anything like this. A mandolin concert from arguably the best mandolin player: Chris Thile.

Program:
BERNSTEIN: Suite for Small orchestra from Trouble in Tahiti
THILE: Mandolin Concerto "Ad Astra per Alas Porci"
WELCH/RAWLINGS: My Dear Someone (encore)
NEEDHAM: When We Forget (Project 440 world premiere)
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring Suite
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin (DG 449186) Pavane, Ravel, Satie and Faure, etc

May 19, 2013 On Classical WSMR 89.1

Contact Info

rgant@wusf.org

Hosted By

Brian Newhouse, Host

Peabody Award-winner Brian Newhouse was the producer and host for the Minnesota Orchestra broadcasts from 1986-91. In 1992 he moved to Germany and served as a journalist with Radio Deutsche Welle in Cologne, covering topics...

Produced By

American Public Media,

American Public Media, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, is the largest owner and operator of public radio stations and a premier producer and distributor of public radio programming in the nation. It is also the largest...