Radio Broadcasts
LA Phil on Classical KUSC and WFMT Radio Network
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Classical KUSC continue their annual radio broadcast partnership, reaching listeners across Southern and Central California. Thirteen concerts, recorded during the LA Phil’s 2018/19 centennial season, feature the orchestra with an impressive roster of guest artists and conductors, and an eclectic repertoire including seven world premieres. Through the organizations’ ongoing partnership with WFMT Radio Network (Chicago), the 2019 broadcast series will also be syndicated nationwide.
The first concert in the 2019 broadcast series will air locally on KUSC’s SoCal Sunday Night program, the station’s weekly local concert spotlight, on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at 7PM, and feature Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel leading the LA Phil in Esa-Pekka Salonen’s LA Variations, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, and the world premiere of Sustain by Andrew Norman.
For information about KUSC's summer broadcasts of Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts from the Hollywood Bowl, visit the Hollywood Bowl Radio Broadcasts page.
2020 SCHEDULE OF BROADCASTS (programs and artists subject to change):
SoCal Sundays at 7pm on Classical KUSC
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KUSC Air Date: April 7, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: June 25, 2019
Record Dates: October 5-7, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
Robert deMaine, cello
Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Esa-Pekka SALONEN LA Variations
BEETHOVEN Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
Andrew NORMAN Sustain (world premiere, LA Phil co-commission)
KUSC Air Date: April 14, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: July 2, 2019
Record Dates: November 3 & 4, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Steve REICH Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil co-commission)
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
KUSC Air Date: April 21, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: July 9, 2019
Record Dates: November 16 & 18, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Roderick Cox, conductor
Cameron Carpenter, organ
Christopher CERRONE The Insects Became Magnetic (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
POULENC Organ Concerto
BACH Fugue in G minor (encore)
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
KUSC Air Date: April 28, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: July 16, 2019
Record Dates: December 1 & 2, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, mezzo-soprano
Michael TILSON THOMAS Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
KUSC Air Date: May 5, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: July 23, 2019
Record Dates: December 13 & 14, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
CHOPIN Étude Op. 10, No. 3 (encore)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
KUSC Air Date: May 12, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: July 30, 2019
Record Dates: December 15 & 16, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
SCARLATTI Sonata in C minor, K. 11 (encore)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
KUSC Air Date: May 19, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: August 6, 2019
Record Dates: February 2 & 3, 2019
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Simone Young, conductor
Michael Slattery, tenor
Andrew Bain, horn
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
KUSC Air Date: May 26, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: August 13, 2019
Record Dates: February 6 & 7, 2019
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Elim Chan, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
Xinchang DiaoQiang Opera Troupe
Wang Ying, singer
Zhang Tingfang, singer
HUANZH Spring Festival Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
RAVEL Tzigane
DU YUN Thirst, for Orchestra, featuring two Diaoqiang Opera singers
AN-LUN HUANG Saibei Dance
LIU TIESHAN Dance of the Yao Tribe
RAVEL Boléro
KUSC Air Date: June 2, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: August 20, 2019
Record Dates: March 9 & 10, 2019
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
John ADAMS Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
PROKOFIEV Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 (encore)
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
KUSC Air Date: June 9, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: August 27, 2019
Record Dates: March 30 & 31, 2019
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano
GERSHWIN Cuban Overture
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
KUSC Air Date: June 16, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: September 3, 2019
Record Dates: April 6 & 7, 2019
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Unsuk CHIN SPIRA – A Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
DEBUSSY La mer
KUSC Air Date: June 23, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: September 10, 2019
Record Dates: April 12 & 13, 2019
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
STRAVINSKY Funeral Song
STRAVINSKY Agon
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
KUSC Air Date: June 30, 2019 at 7pm
WFMT Release Date: September 17, 2019
Record Dates: May 11 & 12, 2019
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Michael Barenboim, violin
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1, K. 207
MOZART Symphony No. 41, K. 551, "Jupiter"
Thomas ADÈS Inferno (world premiere, LA Phil commission)