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
July 1 | Masterworks 1 Going Places
Featuring
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Program
- DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
- TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
- DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony)
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
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
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
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
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
Nicolas Namoradze, featured pianist
August 12 | SMF Beethoven and Shostakovich
Recorded June 7, 2025 at the Sarasota Opera House
Featuring
Stephanie Childress, conductor
Nicolas Namoradze, piano
Program
- Mary KOUYOUMDJIAN Diary of an Immigrant
- SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
Sara Gobbel, 2024 SMF Fellow
August 19 | SMF Levin Plays Mozart
Recorded June 14, 2025 at the Sarasota Opera House
Featuring
Robert Levin, piano
(performed without conductor)
Program
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Nonet in F Minor
- DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings
- MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17
Elena Urioste, Violin Faculty Artist
August 26 | SMF Festival Finale
Recorded June 21, 2025 at the Sarasota Opera House
Featuring
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Elena Urioste, violin
Program
- KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
- SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
