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KSO Radio brings past Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performances straight to you on Classical WMUK 89.9 FM and 102.1 HD-2.
Hosted by Classical WMUK’s Jack Perlstein and KSO Music Director Julian Kuerti.
Recordings of the Kalamazoo Symphony are provided as part of the Thoms Digital Archive and Library. This radio series is brought to you by the generous support of the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation.
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Schumann & Brahms
Friday, July 24 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, July 26 | 5 p.m.
Kenedea Lee | Eunoia (World Premiere)
Underwritten by the Christopher and Margo Light New Music Fund
Robert Schumann | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 with Avery Gagliano, Piano
Robert Schumann | Noveletten in D major, Op. 21, No. 2 with Avery Gagliano, Piano
Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | Avery Gagliano, Piano | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 11/15/2025
Miller Auditorium
The Music of John Williams
Friday, July 31| 6 p.m. & Sunday, August 2 | 5 p.m.
Suite from Star Wars | I. Main Title
Suite from Jaws | I. The Shark Theme
“Flying Theme” from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Theme from Jurassic Park
“Flight to Neverland” from Hook
Three Pieces from Schindler’s List | I. Theme from Schindler’s List | With Jun-Ching Lin, Violin
“The Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark
“Superman March” from Superman
Children’s Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |I. Hedwig’s Theme | IX. Harry’s Wondrous World
The March from 1941
Suite from The Force Awakens | II. Rey’s Theme | III. Scherzo for X-Wings
Suite from Star Wars | IV. Yoda’s Theme | V. Throne Room & End Title | III. The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | Jun-Ching Lin, Violin | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 10/19/2024
Miller Auditorium
Emanuel Ax Plays Beethoven
Friday, August 7 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, August 9 | 5 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 with Emanuel Ax, Piano
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 with Emanuel Ax, Piano
Terence Blanchard | Orchestral Suite from Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Maurice Ravel | La valse
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | Emanuel Ax, Piano | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 09/27/2025
Miller Auditorium
Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe
Friday, August 14 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, August 16 | 5 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Ballet Music from Idomeneo, K. 367 | I. Chaconne – | II. Pas seul
Richard Strauss | Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks
Maurice Ravel | Daphnis et Chloé with Kalamazoo Choral Arts
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | Kalamazoo Choral Arts, Chris Ludwa, Director | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 04/01/2022
Miller Auditorium
Mahler’s Third Symphony
Friday, August 21 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, August 23 | 5 p.m.
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 3 in D minor
ERSTE ABTEILUNG (FIRST SECTION)
I. Kräftig; Entschieden
ZWEITE ABTEILUNG (SECOND SECTION)
II. Tempo di menuetto: Sehr mässig
III. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
IV. Sehr langsam; Misterioso
V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | Deborah Nansteel, Mezzo-soprano | Sopranos & Altos, Western Michigan University Grand Chorus, Amanda Quist, Director | Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus, Taylor Gudbrandson, Artistic Director | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 02/21/2026
Miller Auditorium
Mozart’s Requiem & Jupiter Symphony
Friday, August 28 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, August 30 | 5 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn | Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 “Jupiter”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Requiem, K. 626
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | WMU Grand Chorus, Kimberly Dunn Adams, Chorusmaster, Jacob Berglin, Co-Chorusmaster | Jessica Faselt, Soprano | Amanda Crider, Mezzo-soprano |Nathan Granner, Tenor | Donovan Singletary, Bass-Baritone | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Mendelssohn/Mozart’s Jupiter performed 06/02/2025
Mozart Requiem performed 02/24/2024
Miller Auditorium
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony
Friday, September 4 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, September 6 | 5 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
Ruth Gipps | Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 20 with Gabriel Renteria-Elyea, Oboe
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Credits: Eije Oue, Conductor | Gabriel Renteria-Elyea, Oboe | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 10/18/2025
Miller Auditorium
Nielsen’s Flute Concerto
Friday, September 11 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, September 13 | 5 p.m.
Antonín Dvořák | My Homeland, Op. 62, B. 125a
Carl Nielsen | Flute Concerto with Yukie Ota, Flute
I. Allegro moderato
II. Allegretto
Enrique Soro | Sinfonia Romantica in A major
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor, Dvořák & Soro | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer, Dvořák & Soro |Performed March 4, 2022, Dvořák & Soro |Performed in Miller Auditorium
Raymond Harvey, Conductor, Nielsen | Yukie Ota, Flute | Gordon van Gent, Recording Engineer, Nielsen | Performed February 19, 2016, Nielsen | Performed in Miller Auditorium
Celebrating the Stulberg String Competition
Friday, September 18 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, September 20 | 5 p.m.
Lucas Richman | Concerto No. 2 for Violin: Legacy (World Premiere) with Lauren Yoon, Violin
Alexander Glazunov | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 with Jinan Laurentia Woo, Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 with Benjamin Beilman, Violin
Credits: Julian Kuerti, conductor | Lauren Yoon, Violin, Julius & Esther Stulberg Memorial Prize
| Jinan Laurentia Woo, Violin, 2025 Stulberg International String Competition Gold Medalist |
Benjamin Beilman, Violin | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 03/28/2026
Miller Auditorium
Puccini’s Tosca
Friday, September 25 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, September 27 | 5 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini | Tosca
Act I
Act II
Act III
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | Mo Zhou, Stage Director | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer | Characters in Order of Vocal Appearance: Cesare Angelotti, Wilbur Pauley | Sacristan, Stephen West |Mario Cavaradossi, Yongzhao Yu | Floria Tosca, Rochelle Bard | Baron Scarpia, Aleksey Bogdanov | Spoletta, Mark Yinghui He | Sciarrone, Tyler Middleton | Shepherd, Siya Gupta | Jailer, Carl Ratner | Floria Tosca Cover, Goitsemang Lehobye | Baron Scarpia Cover, Ryan Henry | Christopher Ludwa, Symphony Opera Chorusmaster | Taylor Gudbrandson, Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus Artistic Director | Camilla Tassi, Projection Designer | Marie Yokoyama, Lighting Designer | Sarah Oliver, Costume Designer | Melanie Steele, Wigmaster & Makeup Artist | Savannah Draper, Opera Stage Manager | Wilson Palomo, Rehearsal Pianist | Forrest Wakeman, Rehearsal Pianist
Performed 4/19/2024
Miller Auditorium
Sounds of the Middle East
Friday, October 2 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, October 4 | 5 p.m.
Syrian Folk Song | Hal-Āsmar al-Laun (Oh, This Tawny Beauty)
Syrian Folk Song | ʿal-ʿAyn Mulaytayn (Under My Parents Watchful Eye)
Traditional Muwashshah | Sala Fīna al-Leḥẓ Hindiyyā (The Glance Struck Us Like an Indian
Blade)
Göksel Bagtagir | Özlem (Longing)
Syrian Folk Song | Hal-Āsmar al-Laun (Oh, This Tawny Beauty)
Syrian/Lebanese Folk Song | al-Bint al-Shalabiyya (The Girl from Shalabiyya)
Sayyid Darwish | al-Ḥelwa Dī (That Beautiful One)
Remo Giazotti & Tomaso Albinoni | Ḣabībī (Beloved)
St. Efrem the Syrian | Min ʿalmū (From the world, I gathered nothing)
Syriac Lord’s Prayer | Ābūn Dbashmāyo (Our Father, Who Art in Heaven)
Palestinian Folk Song | Yamma Mweil al-Hawa (Oh Song of Longing)
Moḥammed al-Qasabji | Imtā Ḥa-tʿarif, Imtā (When Will You Know, When?)
Zakī Nāṣīf | Ya ʿĀshiqat al-Ward (Oh Lover of Roses)
Mansour Rahbani | Gharibayn wa Layl (Two Strangers and the Night)
Ziad Boutros | ʿĀlā Shū (Why?)
Traditional | Dulāb Hijāz
Iraqi Folk Song | Fauq al-Nakhle (Above the Palm Trees)
Assi & Mansour Rahbani | Nassam ʿalayna al Hawā (The Breeze Blew Upon Us)
Leonardo Dugan & Peter Dugan | Piano Concerto “The Brothers Concerto” (World Premiere) with Peter Dugan, Piano
Credits: Liliane Kheirbek, Vocalist | Bahar Ensemble | Bayati Ensemble, Ahmed Tofiq & Beau Bothwell, Co-Directors | Orchestra Rouh, Ahmed Tofiq, Director | Bryan Heaney, Recording Engineer | Performed on 01/29/2026 | Dalton Theater, Kalamazoo College
Andrew Kohler, Conductor (Dugan) | Peter Dugan, Piano (Dugan) | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer (Dugan) | Performed 02/07/2026 (Dugan) | Miller Auditorium (Dugan)
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony
Friday, October 9 | 6 p.m. & Sunday, October 11 | 5 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony in D major, K. 320
James Lee III | Concerto for Clarinet (World Premiere) and Orchestra with Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
Credits: Julian Kuerti, Conductor | Anthony McGill, Clarinet | Martin Klemm, Recording Engineer
Performed 11/02/2024
Miller Auditorium
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