World Youth Symphony Orchestra
WYSO, Week Four - an interview with Cristian Macelaru
By Kate Botello • Jul 21, 2017
Cristian Macelaru conducts the 4th concert of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra's 2017 Season.
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Week Four of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen features guest conductor Cristian Macelaru, Music Director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.
This week's concert features Dvorak's Carnival Overture and Brahms Symphony No. 2. Macelaru - a former member of the WYSO himself - had some fascinating things to say about Brahms, Dvorak, and their musical ideas of happiness.
Listen below to hear more, and to find out why Macelaru wants to make t-shirts that say, "Keep Dvorak Weird!"
Join us for the concert live on Classical IPR, Sunday night at 8pm.
Cristian Macelaru, Music Director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, is the guest conductor of WYSO, Week Four. Here, he discusses his time at Interlochen, Brahms and Dvorak.
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Carlos Kalmar - WYSO 2017, Week Three
By Nancy Deneen • Jul 13, 2017
This week's performance by the World Youth Symphony Orchestra features "Phenomenon" by Narong Prangcharoen, Mozart's Third Violin Concerto with soloist Simone Porter, and "Capriccio Italien" by Tchaikovsky. Carlos Kalmar is the guest conductor for this concert which will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. on Classical IPR. Maestro Kalmar stopped by the studio at Interlochen Public Radio to chat about this week's repertoire.
JoAnn Falletta - WYSO 2017, Week Two
By Kate Botello • Jul 6, 2017
JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, returns to Interlochen Arts Camp to conduct the second week of the 2017 World Youth Symphony Orchestra season.
On the repertoire this week: Zhou Long's Tsingtao Overture, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
IPR's Kate Botello talked with JoAnn about Interlochen, the concert repertoire, and sharing in the excitement of discovery with the young musicians of the WYSO.
Classical IPR's Kate Botello talks with conductor JoAnn Falletta about Interlochen Arts Camp, Long's TSINGTAO OVERTURE, and Rimsky-Korsakov's SCHEHERAZADE.
World Youth Symphony Orchestra Broadcast - Week 2, JoAnn Falletta
On July 9, 2017, guest conductor JoAnn Falletta led the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen in the second week of their 2017 season.
On the program: the United States premiere of Zhou Long's Tsingtao Overture, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
Hear the archived live broadcast in full, below.
JoAnn Falletta conducts the second week of the 2017 World Youth Symphony Orchestra season. On the program: Zhou Long's, "Tsingtao Overture," and Rimsky-Korsakov's, "Scheherazade."
World Youth Symphony Orchestra - Live Broadcast at 8:00 p.m.
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Join us for the World Youth Symphony Orchestra Live Concert Broadcast tonight at 8:00 p.m. Carlos Kalmar conducts. Violinist Simone Porter performs the Third Violin Concerto of Mozart. Also featured are works by Thai composer Narong Prangcharoen and Tchaikovsky. Listen at 8:00 on Classical IPR!
Karina Canellakis Conducts the WYSO Season Opener
By Nancy Deneen • Jun 29, 2017
Karina Canellakis has conducted many of the world's top orchestras. She has taken her place on the podium for performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. This week she conducts the season opening concert of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen. The program will be broadcast live on Classical IPR at 8 p.m. on Sunday. It includes music by John Adams, Felix Mendelssohn, and Maurice Ravel.