Dallas Symphony, WRR Announce 2014/15 Schedule of Concert Broadcasts

Dallas, TX (October 27, 2014) - The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and radio station WRR Classical 101 (101.1 FM) announce DSO concert broadcasts for the 2014/15 season. Beginning Monday, October 27, 2104, the DSO and WRR will partner to produce and air broadcasts of DSO concerts recorded live at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.

Each of the 18 concerts from the 2014-2015 Texas Instruments Classical Series are scheduled to be broadcast, including performances conducted by DSO Music Director Jaap van Zweden featuring world-renowned guest soloists such as Emanuel Ax, Alisa Weilerstein, Gil Shaham, Conrad Tao, Yefim Bronfman, and DSO Concertmaster Alexander Kerr and Principal Horn David Cooper. In addition, two DSO Pops series performances will air, including The Golden Age of Jazz led by the DSO's Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik.

Concerts will be broadcast by WRR and streamed online at www.wrr101.com at 8:00 p.m. on the first and third Monday of every month beginning October 27, 2014 through Monday, August 17, 2015.

The broadcasts will include short interviews with conductors and guest soloists who give background about the music. Victor Marshall will produce the concert broadcasts. The sound engineers for the broadcast recordings are George Gilliam and Roy Cherryhomes.

"The DSO/WRR broadcast partnership continues a tradition of over 50 years, bringing the thrilling performances from the Meyerson to the DFW Metroplex," said Jonathan Martin, President and CEO of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. "Streaming at www.WRR101.com adds a global facet to the broadcasts and shares our music-making with the widest possible audience."

About the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of Music Director Jaap van Zweden, presents the finest in orchestral music at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, regarded as one of the world's premier concert halls. As the largest performing arts organization in the Southwest, the DSO is committed to inspiring the broadest possible audience with distinctive classical programs, family programming and innovative multi-media presentations. In fulfilling its commitment to the community, the DSO's involvement with the City of Dallas and the surrounding region includes an award-winning multi-faceted educational program, community projects, popular parks concerts and children's programming. The DSO has a tradition dating back to 1900, and it is a cornerstone of the unique, 68-acre Arts District in downtown Dallas that is home to multiple performing arts venues, museums and parks; the largest district of its kind in the nation.

About WRR 101.1 FM Classical Radio

WRR 101.1 FM is a division of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. The station is an integral component of the city's commitment to providing access to arts opportunities to all its citizens.  Licensed on August 5, 1921, WRR is Texas' first commercial radio station and the second oldest in the United States. WRR FM has maintained its classical format since 1948. Broadcasting 24 hours a day from historic Fair Park in Dallas, WRR's 100,000-watt signal can be received throughout North Texas. The station streams its terrestrial broadcast signal on the Internet at www.wrr101.com and via the Classical 101 WRR Radio mobile app.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra,
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2014/15 Schedule of Concert Broadcasts

2014/15 DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WRR BROADCAST SCHEDULE

All broadcasts are Mondays at 8 PM on WRR Classical 101 or online at www.wrr101.com

 October 27, 2014

Mahler 9
Recorded Sept. 19-21, 2014

Jaap van Zweden conducts

BACH/STOKOWSKI Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
MAHLER Symphony No. 9

November 3, 2014
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Recorded Sept. 25-28, 2014

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Augustin Hadelich, violin

BACH-WEBERN Ricercar from The Musical Offering
HAYDN Symphony No. 98
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto

 November 17, 2014

Emanuel Ax
Recorded Oct. 2-5, 2014

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Emanuel Ax, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8

 December 15, 2014

Scheherazade
Recorded Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2013

Hans Graf conducts
Stephen Hough, piano

STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

 January 5, 2015

Bluebeard's Castle
Recorded Nov. 6 & 8, 2014

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone

MOZART Symphony No. 25
BARTÓK Bluebeard's Castle

 January 19, 2015

Mata Memorial Concert
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Recorded Jan. 8-11, 2015

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Conrad Tao, piano
Mason Bates, electronica

 CHAVEZ Sinfonia India

RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
MASON BATES Liquid Interface (Dallas Premiere)
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

 February 2, 2015

Alisa Weilerstein Performs Elgar
Recorded Nov. 14-16, 2014

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Hugh Russell, baritone
Dallas Symphony Chorus: Joshua Habermann, director

 ELGAR Cello Concerto

FAURÉ Pavane
FAURÉ Requiem

 February 16, 2015

The Golden Age of Jazz
Recorded Nov. 21-23, 2014

Jeff Tyzik conducts
Jeff Clayton, saxophone
Byron Stripling, trumpet
Wycliffe Gordon, trombone

 Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik and guests celebrate the music and musicians who define America's great art form.

 March 2, 2015

Beethoven's First
Recorded Jan. 22-25, 2015

Nicholas McGegan conducts
David Cooper, horn
Nicholas Phan, tenor

 BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1

 March 16, 2015

Serkin Performs Mozart
Recorded Jan. 29-Feb. 1, 2015

James Gaffigan conducts
Peter Serkin, piano

 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 3

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol

 April 6, 2015

Bronfman Performs Brahms
Recorded Feb. 12-15, 2015

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Yefim Bronfman, piano

 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

 April 20, 2015

Winter Dreams
Recorded Feb. 26-28, 2015

Lawrence Foster conducts
Alexander Kerr, violin

 ENESCO Rumanian Rhapsody No. 2

BARBER Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams"

 May 4, 2015

Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet
Recorded March 12-15, 2015

Case Scaglione conducts
Lucille Chung, piano

 TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet

CHASE DOBSON Piano Concerto No. 1 (DSO Debut)
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

 May 18, 2015

Gil Shaham Performs Bach
Recorded March 20-22, 2015

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Gil Shaham, violin

 BACH Violin Concerto No. 1

BACH Violin Concerto No. 2
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

 June 1, 2015

Symphonie fantastique
Recorded March 26-29, 2015

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Daniil Trifonov, piano

 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

 June 15, 2015

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Recorded April 9-10, 12, 2015

Joshua Weilerstein conducts
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

 ROUSE Iscariot (Dallas premiere)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

 July 6, 2015

Mozart Requiem
Recorded April 16-19, 2015

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Trio Jean Paul
Joelle Harvey, soprano
Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Evan Boyer, bass
Dallas Symphony Chorus: Joshua Habermann, director

RIHM Triple Concerto (US Premiere)

MOZART Requiem

July 20, 2015

Bernstein 3
Recorded May 14 & 16, 2015

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Kelley Nassief, soprano
Ronald Guttman, narrator
Dallas Symphony Chorus: Joshua Habermann, director
Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas: Cynthia Nott, director

BERNSTEIN Serenade

BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, "Kaddish"

August 3, 2015

Mahler 3
Recorded May 21-23

Jaap van Zweden conducts
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Women of the Dallas Symphony Chorus: Joshua Habermann, director
Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas: Cynthia Nott, director

MAHLER Symphony No. 3

August 17, 2015

On Broadway with Sylvia McNair
Recorded May 29-31, 2015

Jeff Tyzik conducts
Sylvia McNair, vocals

Sylvia McNair's hauntingly beautiful vocals bring out the best and greatest of Broadway. "I could get used to this kind of ecstasy," raved Rex Reed for New York Observer.

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