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. The host of SymphonyCast is Alison Young of Minnesota Public Radio. Before becoming involved in radio, she enjoyed a successful career as a concert flutist. Young earned her bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern California and a master's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
The programs below are listed according to their initial broadcast dates on Mondays. The same programs will be repeated on the following Saturday.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Renaud Capucon, violin
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Edgar Meyer, contrabass
Claude Debussy: Iberia
Edgar Meyer: New Piece for Orchestra
Giovanni Bottesini: Concerto for Double Bass
Maurice Ravel: Bolero
First Night of the 2018 BBC Proms
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Ensemble
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region
Gustav Holst: The Planets
Anne Meredith: 59 Productions
From the 2018 BBC Proms
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Alain Altinoglu, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Gabriel Faure: Pavane (choral version)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe
From the 2018 BBC Proms
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Mark Simpson, clarinet
Magnus Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
From the 2018 BBC Proms
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overtureto Coriolan
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Norman Lewis: Spiral
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
From the 2018 BBC Proms
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Miles Davies: What Did We See?
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
From the 2018 BBC Proms
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2
