LA Phil on Classical KUSC
Radio Broadcasts
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Classical KUSC continue their annual radio broadcast partnership, reaching listeners across Southern and Central California. The 2021-22 broadcast series features audio recordings from both seasons of Sound/Stage – the LA Phil’s online collection of concerts and conversations – as well as hand-picked selections of previously broadcast performances. The orchestra is paired with an impressive roster of guest artists and conductors, showcasing an eclectic repertoire that includes world premieres from composers John Adams, Thomas Adès, Esteban Benzecry, Andrew Norman, Steve Reich, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Unsuk Chin.
The first concert in the 2021-22 broadcast series will air locally on KUSC’s SoCal Sunday Night program, the station’s weekly local concert spotlight, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at 7pm, and features Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic and soprano Nadine Sierra in a program of Mozart and Brahms.
2021/22 Schedule of Broadcasts
SoCal Sundays at 7pm on Classical KUSC
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KUSC air date: June 13, 2021
WFMT release date: June 22, 2021
Record dates: November 7-8, 2020 (Mozart); May 11-12, 2019 (Mozart); January 26 & 28, 2018 (Brahms)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Nadine Sierra, soprano
MOZART Exsultate, jubilate
MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
KUSC air date: June 20, 2021
WFMT release date: June 29, 2021
Record dates: August 2 & 6, 2020 (Montgomery, Beethoven); October 4-5, 2019 (Gershwin); March 9-10, 2019 (Adams)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano*
Yuja Wang, piano**
Jessie MONTGOMERY Banner
GERSHWIN Concerto in F*
John ADAMS Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (world premiere, LA Phil commission)**
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
KUSC air date: June 27, 2021
WFMT release date: July 6, 2021
Record dates: October 12-13, 2019 (Chávez, Copland); November 7, 2020 (Adams)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano*
Joanne Pearce Martin, piano**
Vicki Ray, piano**
Elissa Johnston, soprano**
Holly Sedillos, soprano**
Kristen Toedtman, mezzo-soprano**
CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”
Esteban BENZECRY Piano Concerto, “Universos infinitos” (world premiere, LA Phil commission)*
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
COPLAND Rodeo
John ADAMS Grand Pianola Music**
KUSC air date: July 4, 2021
WFMT release date: July 13, 2021
Record dates: November 7-8, 2020 (Copland, Saint-Saëns); May 19-20, 2018 (Schumann)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
David Fung, piano
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite (chamber version)
SAINT-SAËNS The Carnival of the Animals
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
KUSC air date: July 11, 2021
WFMT release date: July 20, 2021
Record dates: October 4-7, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
Robert deMaine, cello
Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Esa-Pekka SALONEN LA Variations
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
Andrew NORMAN Sustain (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
KUSC air date: July 18, 2021
WFMT release date: July 27, 2021
Record dates: October 4-5, 2019 (Barber); August 2 & 6, 2020 (Lieberson, Mahler); March 9-10, 2019 (Mahler)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano*
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano**
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915*
LIEBERSON “Amor mío, si muero y tú no mueres” from Neruda Songs**
MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
KUSC AIR DATE: July 25, 2021
WFMT RELEASE DATE: August 3, 2021
Record dates: August 6, 2020 (Adès); May 11-12, 2019 (Adès); November 30 & December 1, 2019 (Rachmaninoff)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Thomas ADÈS Dawn
Thomas ADÈS Inferno (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
KUSC air date: August 1, 2021
WFMT release date: August 10, 2021
Record dates: April 14-15, 2018 (Salonen); April 12-13, 2019 (Stravinsky)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor*
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor**
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Pollux (world premiere, LA Phil commission)*
STRAVINSKY Funeral Song**
STRAVINSKY Agon**
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring**
KUSC air date: August 8, 2021
WFMT release date: August 17, 2021
Record dates: February 8-9, 2020
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Carolin Widmann, violin
HINDEMITH Rag Time (on a theme of J.S. Bach)
WEILL Violin Concerto
BACH (arr. Schoenberg) Two Chorale Preludes
“Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele,” BWV 654
“Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist,” BWV 667
HINDEMITH Symphony: Mathis der Maler
KUSC air date: August 15, 2021
WFMT release date: August 24, 2021
Record dates: December 15-16, 2018
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
KUSC air date: August 22, 2021
WFMT release date: August 31, 2021
Record dates: December 7-8, 2019 (Knussen); November 3-4, 2018 (Reich, Mahler)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
KNUSSEN Flourish with Fireworks
KNUSSEN Violin Concerto
Steve REICH Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
KUSC air date: August 29, 2021
WFMT release date: September 7, 2021
Record dates: February 6-7, 2019 (Saint-Saëns); April 6-7, 2019 (Debussy, Chin, Tchaikovsky)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Elim Chan, conductor*
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor**
Ray Chen, violin+
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin++
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso*/+
RAVEL Boléro*
DEBUSSY La mer**
Unsuk CHIN SPIRA - A Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission)**
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto**/++
KUSC air date: September 5, 2021
WFMT release date: September 14, 2021
Record dates: December 1-2, 2018 (Tilson Thomas, Tchaikovsky symphony); December 14-15, 2019 (Tchaikovsky concerto)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Mikaela Bennett, soprano*
Measha Brueggergosman, mezzo-soprano*
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano*
Daniil Trifonov, piano**
Michael TILSON THOMAS Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind*
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1**
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”