During the months of November and December, tune in weekly to WOSU Classical 101 FM’s ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Broadcast with Boyce Lancaster, Sunday afternoons at 1:00 PM, to hear selected concerts from our 2023-24 season. Mark your calendars to relive the joyful and exciting concert moments on your radio!
Broadcast Schedule:
November 3, 2024 – The broadcast season opens with Opening Night of ProMusica’s 45th season! Beethoven’s exuberant Symphony No. 2 is paired with American composer Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers — a work that gestures to Beethoven’s legacy. Recognized as an emerging artist of impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication, violinist Simone Porter performs Bruch’s richly poetic Violin Concerto No. 1, a personal favorite of David’s.
November 17, 2024 – World-renowned and acclaimed pianist Garrick Ohlsson performs, with ProMusica, Beethoven’s deeply personal and beautifully intimate Piano Concerto No. 4. The program opens with the lively A Short Piece for Small Orchestra by American composer Julia Perry and closes with Schubert’s charming, inventive Symphony No. 2.
November 24, 2024 – Sixteen-year-old rising star violinist Fiona Khuong-Huu plays her ProMusica debut with a duo of dazzling works, Saint-Saëns’ highly virtuosic showpiece Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and Ravel’s rhapsodic and colorful Tzigane. Prokofiev’s effervescent first symphony “Classical” and Haydn’s dramatic last symphony “London” bookend the program in a delightful pairing of classical-era scoring and spirit.
December 1, 2024 – Creative Partner and violinist Vadim Gluzman’s Neighborhood Series program blends baroque brilliance and romantic serenity. Bach’s vibrant Double Concerto for Oboe and Violin is paired with his dynamic Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov’s Silent Music offers musical introspection, and the program concludes with Mendelssohn’s magnificent Sinfonia No. 10, which he completed at age 14.
December 15, 2024 – The broadcast season closes with artistic leaders David and Vadim reuniting for a grand finale! Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov’s moving Hymne — 2001 opens the program. Vadim performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, one of the most celebrated works of the violin repertoire, on the ‘ex-Leopold Auer’ Stradivari, for which the concerto was composed. David conducts Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 to end the season with cheerful triumph and majestic glory.