Saturdays, Jul. 2–30 at 12 p.m. on 90.5 FM & STREAMING | Listen to a variety of music from regional orchestras and professional classical musicians from around the state of Michigan.
Jul. 2
Lansing Symphony performs Bernstein’s On the Town and Gathering Together by Briggs; Peter Ferry, vibraphone, plays Parkland by Mellits; Jackson Symphony performs Ballade by Coleridge-Taylor.
Jul. 9
Flint Symphony performs Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Rodrigo’s Fantasia for a Courtier with guitarist Sharon Isbin; Ken Larson, trumpet and pianist Kevin Rhodes play Morning, Noon and Night in Pasadena by Deutsch.
Jul. 16
Lansing Symphony and pianist Michael Brown play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Dukas’ The Sourcerer’s Apprentice; harpist Sylvia Norris plays Grandjany: Rhapsody for Harp.
Jul. 23
Traverse Symphony strings play Pachelbel’s Canon; violinist Clara Saitkoulov and Jackson Symphony perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto; Flint Symphony performs The Swan of Tuonela by Sibelius.
Jul. 30
Lansing Symphony performs Strum by Jessie Montgomery and Schumann’s 4th Symphony; Flint Symphony plays Copland’s Billy the Kid.
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