Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…

Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…

Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…

Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…

Join Russell Gant for Classical WSMR’s final full-length broadcast from the Sarasota Opera! This week it’s Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco from a production from March of 2018.על ידי Classical WSMR

Join Russell Gant for live music from Sarasota Opera as he welcomes cast members from their production of Cimarosa’s opera “The Secret Marriage.”על ידי Classical WSMR

Join Russell Gant for Our next Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Prokofiev with guest pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and the Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky. Originally broadcast Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 8:00 PM on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.…

Join host Russell Gant for Our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts Robert Levin’s completion of the Mozart Requiem featuring the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Originally broadcast on September 27th at 8:00 PM.על ידי Classical WSMR

Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Shchedrin & Rodrigo for September 20, 2022 Listen as host Russell Gant presents Our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts the Carmen Suite by Shchedrin, and the Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo with guest guitarist Milos. That’s Tuesday night at 8:00 o…

Taylor Irelan is a flutist based in Tampa, Florida and has collaborated with award winning composers to commission, premiere, and record new works for the flute, as well as write his own works and transcriptions for flute and various ensembles. He joins Tyler Kline to discuss his debut album, out now, called “The Journey.” The album features brand …

Listen as host Russell Gant presents Our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra, as Michael Francis conducts the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky with guest pianist Conrad Tao, followed by a performance of the complete ballet, the Firebird by Stravinsky. Originally broadcast September 13 at 8:00 PM on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at w…

Join host Susan Giles Wantuck for the next Tuesday concert with The Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts "A Silence Haunts Me" by Jake Runestad. And Beethoven’s Symphony Number nine, with soloists and the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Originally broadcast September 6th at 8:00 on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.…

Listen as host Russell Gant presents our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts the Piano Concerto No. 23 by Mozart with guest pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, followed by a performance of the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler. Originally broadcast August 30th at 8:00 on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.…

On the 7/3/2022 edition of Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a pair of pieces for Independence Day inspired by the National Anthem: Jessie Montgomery’s “Banner,” and Kile Smith’s “The Dawn’s Early Light.” Plus, Tyler will be joined by pianist Ann DuHamel to discuss her project “Prayers for a Feverish Planet.” Enjoy this audio, an interview with A…

Live Performance – Pianists from the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival – June 30th, 2022 Celebrating its 10th season, the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival returned to the USF School of Music on Thursday, June 30th. The festival welcomed piano students from all over the world to work with acclaimed faculty artists. Hear some of the festival’s best studen…

Live Performance – Pianists from the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival – July 7th, 2022 Celebrating its 10th season, the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival returned to the USF School of Music on Thursday, July 7th. The festival welcomed piano students from all over the world to work with acclaimed faculty artists. Hear some of the festival’s best students…

Tuesday Concert with Sarasota Orchestra 2022 Concert Broadcasts - Prokofiev and Mendelssohn for July 5, 2022 Enjoy Russell Gant hosting Our Tuesday Concert with Sarasota Orchestra from this year’s Sarasota Music Festival featuring guest artist Francesca Anderegg playing the Violin Concerto No. 2 by Prokofiev, and Jeffrey Kahane conducting the Symph…

Enjoy this LIVE performance as host Russell Gant welcomed 2003 Sarasota Music Festival alumni, and as of this year, faculty member, violinist Francesca Anderegg. They talked about how the Festival as impacted her successful career, and she performed for us live on the radio. Originally broadcast Tuesday morning, June 21st, 2022, at 11:00 AM on WSMR…

Listen to Classical WSMR as host Russell Gant welcomed the principal cellist from the Houston Symphony; Brinton Avril Smith to our Sarasota Performance and Broadcast Studio. Brinton played Bach for solo cello, and talked about this year’s exciting Sarasota Music Festival. Originally broadcast June 16th, 2022 at 11:00 AM on Florida’s Classical Music…

Classical WSMR thanks Sarasota Orchestra for sharing this music and giving us the chance to broadcast it for everyone to enjoy. At a time when it matters most – we are working together to keep the music playing! Stay up to date with Sarasota Orchestra on their website at sarasotaorchestra.org. And listen every Tuesday for a Masterwork with Sarasota…

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Modern Notebook Interview: CAMP for September 26, 2021 On this edition of Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline is joined by the founders of the Contemporary Art Music Project, or CAMP, a new contemporary music initiative set to present concerts in the Tampa Bay region and across Central Florida. They’ve got two in-person concerts coming up in early October…

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Episode 5 is finally here! Please enjoy the English version of Mozart's Twinkle Variations. Translations of this episode will be available soon. This episode features excerpts from "Classical Music for the Classroom." Twelve Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle in C Major K26 is played by pianist Sarah Ainsworth, 2011. DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer Un…

Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…

On this edition of Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline is joined by Juhi Bansal and Julia Mermelstein, the two winning composers of the USF New-Music Consortium’s International Call for Scores. They’ll discuss their work and give a preview of the music that will be featured on the New-Music Consortium’s upcoming virtual concert (April 2021).…

Episode 4 is here!! Please enjoy the English version of the classic tale of HANSEL & GRETEL. More translations of this episode will be available soon. This episode features excerpts from HANSEL AND GRETEL (2 CD), COMPOSER: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, RELEASE DATE: 2007, CONDUCTOR: CHARLES MACKERRAS, ARTISTS: Jennifer Larmore, Rebecca Evans, Jane Hensche…

White Dust is a string quartet by composer Bradley Mikesell. The quartet uses several motifs and ideas which come from Mikesell's solos for the constituent instruments. The entire quartet expresses very exciting ideas, and uses the string medium in a unique and innovative way.על ידי Classical WSMR

This is the third movement of Sappho Fragments, an art song for Soprano by composer G. Blake Harrison-Lane. The songs are settings of text by the Greek lyric poet Sappho, who was born between 630 and 612 BCE. This suite of songs is an ongoing song cycle that uses translations of what remains of Sappho’s poetry in short songs reflecting on the nearl…

embalmed, enshrined, or cast out among is a cello solo written by composer Michael Standard, which addresses themes of mortality, personal decision-making, and drama through metaphor and performance techniques. It was originally written for Josh Thornton, and is performed here by Eduard Teregulov.על ידי Classical WSMR

Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her music’s distinctive style, characterized by expressive strength and dynamism. She’s the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2015 The American Prize in Chamber Music Composition and a 2003 Aaron Copland Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, composer grant from the National Endowment for the…

Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…

Episode 2 is finally available in Español! Please enjoy the Spanish version (with some German). More translations of this episode will be available soon. This episode features excerpts from the 2007 Deutsche Grammophon (DG) recording of W. A. MOZART Die Zauberflöte · The Magic Flute (Querschnitt · Highlights) UPC 00028947763192 with: Dorothea Rösch…

Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…

A 1-hour broadcast of our Christmas with The Master Chorale concert on December 7, 2018 has been edited to include narration by WSMR's Classical Music Director, Russell Gant, featuring a special interview with Brett Karlin, Artistic Director. The concert features Timothy Brumfield, organ, Teresa Ancaya, piano, and Stele from Lumina Youth Choirs.…

Classical WSMR's Bethany Cagle is joined by members of the ensemble Sybarite5 as they prepare for their first-ever collaboration with Sarasota’s Key Chorale. They perform together on a concert featuring the divine “Solemn Vespers” along with newly commissioned arrangements inspired by the popular band Radiohead. Learn more about that concert, and h…

Premiered in 1846, “Elijah” is based on the first and second book of Kings in the Old Testament, in which the prophet Elijah deals with drought, vengeance and idolatry before ascending to heaven on a chariot of flames. If it sounds like the makings of an opera, you’re right, but church prohibitions on performances of opera during the season of Lent…

Premiered in 1846, “Elijah” is based on the first and second book of Kings in the Old Testament, in which the prophet Elijah deals with drought, vengeance and idolatry before ascending to heaven on a chariot of flames. If it sounds like the makings of an opera, you’re right, but church prohibitions on performances of opera during the season of Lent…

Premiered in 1846, “Elijah” is based on the first and second book of Kings in the Old Testament, in which the prophet Elijah deals with drought, vengeance and idolatry before ascending to heaven on a chariot of flames. If it sounds like the makings of an opera, you’re right, but church prohibitions on performances of opera during the season of Lent…

Premiered in 1846, “Elijah” is based on the first and second book of Kings in the Old Testament, in which the prophet Elijah deals with drought, vengeance and idolatry before ascending to heaven on a chariot of flames. If it sounds like the makings of an opera, you’re right, but church prohibitions on performances of opera during the season of Lent…

Premiered in 1846, “Elijah” is based on the first and second book of Kings in the Old Testament, in which the prophet Elijah deals with drought, vengeance and idolatry before ascending to heaven on a chariot of flames. If it sounds like the makings of an opera, you’re right, but church prohibitions on performances of opera during the season of Lent…

Premiered in 1846, “Elijah” is based on the first and second book of Kings in the Old Testament, in which the prophet Elijah deals with drought, vengeance and idolatry before ascending to heaven on a chariot of flames. If it sounds like the makings of an opera, you’re right, but church prohibitions on performances of opera during the season of Lent…

Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course. Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are of…