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WFMT Orchestra Series Summer

Saturdays at 7pm
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Courtesy NCPA Orchestra

The WFMT Orchestra Series continues this summer with a dynamic new season featuring world-class ensembles from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts and the European Broadcasting Union. From iconic masterworks to vibrant contemporary voices, these performances spotlight the global reach and cultural richness of today’s orchestral music.

Keep scrolling for the full lineup of unforgettable concerts from Beijing to Berlin!

Schedule
  • September 13
    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    James Gaffigan, Conductor
    Janine Janson, Violin

    William Grant Still

    Mother and Child

    Antonín Dvořák

    American Suite, Op. 98b

    Leonard Bernstein

    Serenade, after Plato’s ‘Symposium’

    George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

  • September 20
    BBC Philharmonic

    John Storgårds, Conductor
    Paul Lewis, Piano

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37

    Grace-Evangeline Mason

    Ablaze the Moon

    Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32

  • September 27
    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alain Altinoglu, Conductor
    Hilary Hahn, Violin

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto, Op. 61

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 8, Op. 65

  • October 4
    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, Conductor
    Christian Tetzlaff, Violin

    Béla Bartók

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    “Allemande,” from Partita No. 1, BWV 1002

    Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14