OpenAir Brevard
Sunday, June 27 at 3 PM (Live Broadcast)
WDAV's Jennifer Foster and Ben Roe host an all-American program with works by Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber, as well as Aaron Copland's stirring Third Symphony, and George Gershwin's great Piano Concerto in F, featuring pianist Norman Krieger. The Brevard Music Center Orchestra is led by Artistic Administrator Keith Lockhart, who also conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Sunday, July 4 at 3 PM
JoAnn Falletta conducts the Brevard Music Center Orchestra in Rachmaninoff's grand and sweeping Symphony No. 2. Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 4 and George Enescu's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 round-out the program. WDAV's Mike McKay and Ben Roe host.
Sunday, July 11 at 3 PM
Pianist Joseph Kalichstein joins Keith Lockhart and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra for Robert Schumann's virtuosic Piano Concerto in A minor. Also on the program: Mozart's Overture to Don Giovanni and Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss. WDAV's Joe Brant and Ben Roe host.
Sunday, July 18 at 3 PM
Conductor André Cárdenas leads the Brevard Music Center Orchestra in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring Irish piano soloist Barry Douglas. Rossini's Overture to L'italiana in Algeri and "Rhenish" Symphony No. 3 by Robert Schumann complete the program. WDAV's Frank Dominguez and WCQS' Dick Kowal host.
Sunday, July 25 at 3 PM
Keith Lockhart and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra perform Beethoven's mighty "Eroica" Symphony No. 3. Also on the program: Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto featuring soloist Steve Cohen and Wagner's Overture to Tannhäuser. WDAV's Mike McKay and Ben Roe host.
Sunday, August 1 at 3 PM
It's a rare U.S. appearance for one of Europe's busiest conductors, Matthias Bamert. He leads the Brevard Music Center Orchestra in Mozart's stormy Piano Concerto No. 24 in D minor, K. 466 featuring piano soloist Jean-Louis Steuerman. Also on the program: Rossini's Overture to La Gazza Ladra and the Symphony No. 5 by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. WDAV's Jennifer Foster and Ben Roe host.
Sunday, August 8 at 3 PM (Live Broadcast)
Violinist Gil Shaham brings Brevard's season to a close with Brahms' Violin Concerto. Brevard Music Center's former Artistic Director David Effron conducts this program, which also includes Brahms' Symphony No. 3. WDAV's Joe Brant and Ben Roe host.
Please visit WDAV and WCQS for detailed program information.
