Radio Broadcasts
LA Phil on Classical California KUSC and WFMT Radio Network
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Classical California KUSC continue their annual radio broadcast partnership, reaching listeners across Southern California. This broadcast series, recorded during the LA Phil’s 2023/24 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, pairs the orchestra with an impressive roster of guest artists and conductors, showcasing an eclectic repertoire that includes world premieres from composers Timo Andres, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Andreia Pinto Correia. Through the organizations’ ongoing partnership with WFMT and the WFMT Radio Network, the 2024 broadcast series will also be syndicated nationwide.
The first concert in the 2024 broadcast series will air locally on KUSC’s SoCal Sunday Night program, the station’s weekly local concert spotlight, on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at 7:00pm. It will feature Elim Chan leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of works by Jessie Montgomery, George Gershwin, and Sergie Rachmaninoff.
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2024 Schedule of Broadcasts
SoCal Sunday Nights at 7pm on Classical California KUSC
Programs and artists subject to change
KUSC AIR DATE: April 7, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2024
RECORD DATES: October 14-15, 2023
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Elim Chan, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Jessie MONTGOMERY Coincident Dances
GERSHWIN Concerto in F
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
KUSC AIR DATE: April 14, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: July 9, 2024
RECORD DATES: December 16-17, 2023
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
KUSC AIR DATE: April 21, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: July 16, 2024
RECORD DATES: January 6-7, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gemma New, conductor
Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
STRAVINSKY Danses concertantes
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 38, “Prague”
KUSC AIR DATE: April 28, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: July 23, 2024
RECORD DATES: January 27-28, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Pablo Ferrández, cello
BRAHMS Double Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 1
Pablo Ferrández appears courtesy of Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment.
KUSC AIR DATE: May 5, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: July 30, 2024
RECORD DATES: February 9-10, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Adès, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Thomas ADÈS Five Spells from The Tempest
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Thomas ADÈS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
RAVEL La valse
KUSC AIR DATE: May 12, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: August 6, 2024
RECORD DATES: February 24-25, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
Enno POPPE Fett (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
KUSC AIR DATE: May 19, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: August 13, 2024
RECORD DATES: March 16-17, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Victor Wooten, bass
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Victor WOOTEN La Lección Tres
KUSC AIR DATE: May 26, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: August 20, 2024
RECORD DATES: March 23-24, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
John Adams, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
Thomas Hooten, trumpet
Carolyn Hove, English horn
COPLAND Quiet City
Timo ANDRES Made of Tunes (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)
John ADAMS City Noir (LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)
KUSC AIR DATE: June 2, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: August 27, 2024
RECORD DATES: March 28 & 30, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
KUSC AIR DATE: June 9, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: September 3, 2024
RECORD DATES: April 12-13, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Louis Langrée, conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Jonathan Bailey HOLLAND Assemble (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
RAVEL Tzigane
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
KUSC AIR DATE: June 16, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: September 10, 2024
RECORD DATES: April 18 & 21, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos
Nico MUHLY In Certain Circles, Concerto for Two Pianos
Bryce DESSNER Double Piano Concerto
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet
KUSC AIR DATE: June 23, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: September 17, 2024
RECORD DATES: April 26-27, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
KUSC AIR DATE: June 30, 2024
WFMT RELEASE DATE: September 24, 2024
RECORD DATES: May 4-5, 2024
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Maria João Pires, piano
Robert deMaine, cello
Teng Li, viola
Andreia PINTO CORREIA Cortejo (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Esa-Pekka Salonen Commissions Fund)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
R. STRAUSS Don Quixote