WSMR's Sarasota Orchestra Broadcasts 2025

Sarasota Orchestra Summer 2025 Broadcast with Elena Urioste and Jeffrey Kahane

On the next Tuesday Concert from the Sarasota Music Festival, violinist Elena Urioste performs Korngold’s sweeping Violin Concerto with the Festival Orchestra, led by Jeffrey Kahane. Then, a radiant and emotionally charged performance of Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 rounds out the program.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Robert Levin

On the next Tuesday Concert with Sarasota Orchestra: it's a program from this year's Sarasota Music Festival, featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s richly scored Nonet, Dvořák’s beloved Serenade for Strings, and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17, performed and conducted by Robert Levin.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Mary Kouyoumdjian, Nicolas Namoradze, and Stephanie Childress

On the next Tuesday Concert with Sarasota Orchestra, it’s the first in a special four-part series from the 2025 Sarasota Music Festival: featuring music by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by pianist Nicolas Namoradze, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, conducted by Stephanie Childress.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Jon Kimura Parker and Earl Lee

On the next Tuesday Concert with Sarasota Orchestra, pianist Jon Kimura Parker performs Beethoven’s bold and expressive Third Piano Concerto and conductor Earl Lee leads the orchestra in Brahms’ timeless Symphony No. 4 – all on a concert from this past April.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Peter Oundjian

On the next Tuesday Concert with Sarasota Orchestra: Peter Oundjian leads a cosmic program from this past March featuring Holst’s The Planets, and violinist Grace Park joins the orchestra for Dvořák’s Romance in F-Minor.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Giancarlo Guerrero

Giancarlo Guerrero leads a program from this past January exploring heroism and artistic defiance — including Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and a colorful violin concerto by Arturo Márquez, performed by Anne Akiko Meyers.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Natasha Paremski and Shiyeon Sung

Guest conductor Shiyeon Sung leads a program [from this past January] celebrating Ravel’s 150th birthday: featuring Boléro, his jazz-influenced Piano Concerto with Natasha Paremski, and music by Lili Boulanger.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Giancarlo Guerrero and Vadim Gluzman

The season opens with Giancarlo Guerrero’s debut as music director designate, featuring violinist Vadim Gluzman in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Dvořák’s beloved New World Symphony.

Sarasota Orchestra Summer Broadcast 2025 with Miguel Harth-Bedoya

Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads music that celebrates global influences — including Ravel’s La Valse and Jimmy López’s Fiesta! Saxophonist Steven Banks is the featured soloist in Billy Childs’ bold new concerto.