WSMR Summer Broadcasts | 24/25 Season
WSMR Summer Broadcasts | 24/25 Season

Starting July 1, 2025, relive the highlights of our 2024 – 2025 season!

Tune in Tuesday nights at 8 pm on Classical WSMR (89.1 & 103.9 FM) or stream online here. Learn more at wusf.org/classical.

Schedule

Sarasota Orchestra Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero with featured violinist Vadim Gluzman
Sarasota Orchestra Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero with featured violinist Vadim Gluzman

July 1 | Masterworks 1 Going Places

Recorded November 7 - 11, 2024 at the Sarasota Opera House

Featuring

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin

Program

  • DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
  • TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
  • DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony)
Shiyeon Sung, guest conductor
Shiyeon Sung, guest conductor

July 8 | Masterworks 3 Ravel’s Boléro

Recorded January 12, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Featuring

Shiyeon Sung, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano

Program

  • BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
  • DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6
  • RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major
  • RAVEL Boléro
Anne Akiko Meyers, featured violinist

Anne Akiko Meyers, featured violinist

July 15 | Masterworks 4 Heroic Spirit

Recorded February 1 & 2, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Featuring

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Program

  • BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
  • ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Fandango
  • SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Steven Banks, featured saxophonist

Steven Banks, featured saxophonist

July 22 | Masterworks 5 Melting Pot of Music

Recorded February 23, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Featuring

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophone

Program

  • JIMMY LÓPEZ Fiesta! Overture
  • BILLY CHILDS Saxophone Concerto
  • R. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
  • RAVEL La Valse
Grace Park, featured violinist

Grace Park, featured violinist

July 29 | Masterworks 6 The Planets

Recorded March 9, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Featuring

Peter Oundjian, conductor
Grace Park, violin

Program

  • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture to The Wasps
  • DVOŘÁK Romance in F Minor
  • HOLST The Planets
Jon Kimura Parker, featured pianist

Jon Kimura Parker, featured pianist

August 5 | Masterworks 7 Grand Treasures

Recorded April 6, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Featuring

Earl Lee, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano

Program

  • PETER BOYER Horizons (Sarasota Orchestra co-commission)
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
  • BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

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