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.Door 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.”Door 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.Door 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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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).…

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.Door 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.Door 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…

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…

Josh Mallard and Jamie Koller are both composers at the University of South Florida and both are part of the New-Music Consortium at USF: Josh is president of the student-led organization, and Jamie is the Public Relations representative. Earlier this year, the USF New Music Consortium was set to host their fourth bi-annual New Music Festival on th…

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The St. Petersburg Opera Company will start its 11th season performing Verdi next month. Bethany Cagle got a preview of what’s to come when Maestro Mark Sforzini and singers from the St. Petersburg Opera perform highlights of Verdi’s Il Trovatore.Door Classical WSMR

St. Petersburg Opera Company continues its Holiday Tradition with Seasonal Sparkle, and you can get a little preview on Classical WSMR. Mark Sforzini will lead the St. Pete Opera orchestra and chorus with special guests; Elizabeth Futral from the Metropolitan Opera, and baritone Galen Scott Bower. Hear these two singers perform for you live on the …

by Sergei RachmaninovIn memory of Ginger MeidelRecorded live, March 31, 2012 at the University of South Florida School of Music Concert Hall, TampaDoor Classical WSMR

by Kim André ArnesenSponsored by Larry & Betsy ClementRecorded May, 2016 at the University of South Florida School of Music Concert Hall, TampaDoor Classical WSMR

Traditional/arr. Craig CourtneyFeaturing Sharon Scott, vocalistSponsored by James B. & Jo Ann HeckRecorded live, March 31, 2012 at the University of South Florida School of Music Concert Hall, TampaDoor Classical WSMR

Former students from The Perlman Music Program return to the Sarasota area. Violinist Areta Zhulla, violist Molly Carr, and cellist Brook Speltz are playing in our local schools, but they stopped by our Sarasota Performance and Broadcast Studio first to play for you live! Join Russell Gant and his guests for some Dvorak, Beethoven, and good convers…

Violist Molly Carr and pianist Yannick Rafalimanana are back in town to perform for The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast’s concert at the Sarasota Opera House. We give you a little preview of this concert as Bethany Cagle welcomes these two fine young musicians to our Sarasota studio to play for you live! Good conversation and live music on Classical…