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
Nicolas Namoradze, featured pianist

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

Sara Gobbel, SMF 2024 violin 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

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
Alejandro Mesa, 2024 Flute Fellow

Alejandro Meza, 2024 flute fellow

September 2 | SMF Rising Star Highlights

Recorded June 8, 15, and 20 2025 at Holley Hall, Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

Featuring

SMF 2025 Fellows:
Ellie Eunbi Baek, flute
Nadira Novruzov, flute
Yuhsi Chang, oboe
Stephen Coffey, clarinet
Frank Tao, clarinet
Yurii Padkovskyi, clarinet
Sophie Choy, horn
Vera Romero, horn
Benjamin Richard, bassoon
Noah Arcenas , violin
Yida An, violin
Andrej Balaž, violin
Vincent Cart-Sanders, violin
Ophir Dahari, violin
Jameson Darcy, violin
Noemi Gilbert, violin
Thomas Gougeon, violin
Anda Jiang, violin
Jeanne Marquez, violin

Alexandra Gonzales Siu, violin
Yi-Wen Yeh, violin
Bram Fisher, viola
Mack Jones, viola
Yeji Lee, cello
Torron Pfeffer, viola
Syara Robert, viola
Angela Rubin, viola
Owne Xayboury, viola
Adrian Hsieh, cello
David Kim, cello
Jonathan Kim, cello
Yeji Lee, cello
Mia Wimbiscus, cello
WeiYun Chang, piano
Ningxin Zhan, piano
Kelvin Tang, piano
Vicky Yang , piano

Program

  • DVORÁK Piano Quintet in A Major
  • MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major
  • BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor
  • DEBUSSY String Quartet in G Minor
  • David MASLANKA Quintet No. 4 for Winds
  • John HARBISON November 19, 1828

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