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Classical WSMR, 89.1 and 103.9, based in west central Florida, features the finest performances of classical music, 24 hours a day, with special features and live performances by internationally acclaimed musicians. The station is also available online at www.wsmr.org and on HD radio on WUSF 89.72.

Classical WSMR


    • May 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 161 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Classical WSMR - Florida's Classical Music Station

    WSMR Live Performance With Violinist Max Tann and Pianist Jung-A Bang - May 15, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 31:15


    WSMR Live Performance With Violinist Max Tann and Pianist Jung-A Bang - May 15, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance With Pianist Idith Korman - May 6, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 30:08


    Original Broadcast: May 6, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance with La Musica

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 30:54


    Original Broadcast- April 20, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance with Opera Tampa - April 2, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 27:42


    Original Broadcast: April 2, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Opera - March 20, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 19:32


    Original Broadcast: March 20, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Opera - Marriage Of Figaro

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 27:35


    Original Broadcast: March 18, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Opera - The Barber of Seville

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 27:37


    Original Broadcast: March 11, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance - Ernie Kretzmer Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 29:33


    Original Broadcast: February 19, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance With Key Chorale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 31:45


    Original Broadcast: February 5, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance With Opera Tampa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 27:56


    Original Broadcast: January 22, 2025

    WSMR Live Performance With EnsembleNewSRQ

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 29:30


    Original Broadcast: November 22, 2024

    WSMR Live In-Studio Performance With Pianist Clare Longendyke

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 28:54


    Original Broadcast - October 22, 2024

    WSMR Live In-Studio Performances

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 29:57


    Original Broadcast; July 10, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 30:43


    Original Broadcast: July 5, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With Pianist And Music Director of the Sarasota Music Festival Jeffrey Kahane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 30:05


    WSMR Live Performance with Pianist Pedja Muzijevic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 28:33


    Original Broadcast: June 11, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With Cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 26:18


    Original Broadcast: June 5, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With La Musica

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 32:32


    Original Broadcast: April 8, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With Violinist George Maxman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 27:33


    Original Broadcast: March 19, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 28:31


    Original Broadcast: March 7, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 26:18


    Original Broadcast: March 5, 2024

    WSMR Live Performance With Key Chorale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 29:31


    Join Russell Gant for a preview as he welcomes pianist Jeffrey Biegel and Iranian composer Farhad Poupel along with Key Chorale's director Joseph Caulkins.

    WSMR Live Performance With Opera Tampa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 21:00


    Join WSMR for Midday Mozart Live with singers from Opera Tampa performing highlights of Mozart's Don Giovanni from the Tampa studio.

    WSMR Live Performance With Ben & Winnie Argentine Tango Duo

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 29:11


    Original Broadcast - September 20, 2023

    WSMR Live Performance With Max Tann

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 33:26


    Original Broadcast - September 6, 2023

    WSMR Live Performance With Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival - 7/13/2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 34:10


    Check out another live performance on Classical WSMR with young artists from the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival. This is a chance to learn about how the festival plays an important part in the artistic development of these young pianists and to hear them perform.

    WSMR Live Performance With Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 32:45


    Original Broadcast - July 7, 2023

    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Music Festival - Pianist Robert Levin and Cellist Gabriel Cabezas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 29:46


    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Music Festival - Attacca Quartet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 31:07


    Original Broadcast: June 13, 2023

    WSMR Live Performance With Sarasota Music Festival - Violinist Melissa White

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 17:54


    WSMR Live Performance With Violinist Max Tan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 29:19


    Original Broadcast: May 16, 2023

    WSMR Live Performance: April 13, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 32:52


    Max Tan, Sam Boutris, and Chelsea Wang will perform a concert at the Sarasota Art Museum featuring works by Mozart, Brahms, Bruch, and other gems of the chamber music repertoire revolving around the viola and clarinet. Elements of the instruments' singing, breathing, and speaking characteristics will be compared as the artists discuss their interplay—and exchangeability—in classical music.

    WSMR Live Performance With La Música: April 6, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 29:23


    Pianist Wu Han, violinist Chad Hoopes, violist Matthew Lipman, and violinist Kristin Lee performed music from the upcoming La Música Chamber Music Festival.

    WSMR Live Performance With Opera Tampa: Sweeney Todd March 20, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 29:02


    Opera Tampa brought in singers from their upcoming production of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd.

    Live Performance With Violinist Stefan Jackiw

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 29:31


    Original Broadcast: February 23, 2023

    Live Performance With The Renaissance Quartet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 30:22


    Original Broadcast: February 20, 2023

    WSMR Live Performance With Eunmi Ko

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 32:22


    USF piano professor Eunmi Ko joined Bethany Cagle to talk about a project she's working on and performed a few selections live on the radio!

    Saturday Broadcast from Sarasota Opera: Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 127:37


    Join Russell Gant for Classical WSMR's final full-length broadcast from the Sarasota Opera! This week it's Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco from a production from March of 2018.

    Saturday Broadcast from Sarasota Opera: Charles Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 155:18


    Join Russell Gant for Classical WSMR's next full-length broadcast from the Sarasota Opera! This week it's Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet from a production from March of 2020. Funding for this program was provided through the Florida Department Of State Division Of Arts & Culture.

    Saturday Broadcast from Sarasota Opera: Pergolesi's "La Serva Padrona," and Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 127:07


    Join Russell Gant for Classical WSMR's next full-length broadcast from the Sarasota Opera! This one is a double bill with a performance of Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona, and Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

    Saturday Broadcast from Sarasota Opera: Gioachino Rossini's "La Scala di Seta"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 102:38


    Join Russell Gant for Classical WSMR's next full-length broadcast from the Sarasota Opera! This week it's a performance of Rossini's La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder) . Listen to WSMR's full-length broadcast at wsmr.org for a limited time.

    WSMR Live Performance with Sarasota Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 30:45


    Join Russell Gant for live music from Sarasota Opera as he welcomes cast members from their production of Cimarosa's opera “The Secret Marriage.”

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev for October 4, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 90:48


    Join Russell Gant for Our next Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Prokofiev with guest pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and the Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky. Originally broadcast Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 8:00 PM on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Mozart Requiem for September 27, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 94:50


    Join host Russell Gant for Our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra.  Michael Francis conducts Robert Levin's completion of the Mozart Requiem featuring the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Originally broadcast on September 27th at 8:00 PM.

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Shchedrin & Rodrigo for September 20, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 74:30


    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Shchedrin & Rodrigo for September 20, 2022 Listen as host Russell Gant presents Our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts the Carmen Suite by Shchedrin, and the Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo with guest guitarist Milos. That's Tuesday night at 8:00 on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.

    Modern Notebook interview with Taylor Irelan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 35:43


    Taylor Irelan is a flutist based in Tampa, Florida and has collaborated with award winning composers to commission, premiere, and record new works for the flute, as well as write his own works and transcriptions for flute and various ensembles. He joins Tyler Kline to discuss his debut album, out now, called “The Journey.” The album features brand new works by LGBTQIA+ composers. You can listen and get your copy on his website, taylorirelan.com.

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky for September 13, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 97:43


    Listen as host Russell Gant presents Our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra, as Michael Francis conducts the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky with guest pianist Conrad Tao, followed by a performance of the complete ballet, the Firebird by Stravinsky. Originally broadcast September 13 at 8:00 PM on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Beethoven and Jake Runestad for September 6, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 83:07


    Join host Susan Giles Wantuck for the next Tuesday concert with The Florida Orchestra. Michael Francis conducts "A Silence Haunts Me" by Jake Runestad.  And Beethoven's Symphony Number nine, with soloists and the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Originally broadcast September 6th at 8:00 on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Mozart and Mahler for August 30, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 104:45


    Listen as host Russell Gant presents our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra.  Michael Francis conducts the Piano Concerto No. 23 by Mozart with guest pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, followed by a performance of the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler. Originally broadcast August 30th at 8:00 on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff for August 23, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 92:40


    Listen as host Russell Gant presents our Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra with Michael Francis conducting the Violin Concerto in D by Tchaikovsky featuring guest violinist Stefan Jackiw, and Rachmaninoff's final work, the Symphonic Dances. Originally broadcast August 23rd at 8:00 on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.

    Our Tuesday Concert with The Florida Orchestra Concert Broadcast - Vivaldi & Beethoven for August 16, 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 85:10


    Listen as host Russell Gant presents our first Tuesday Concert with the Florida Orchestra of the 2022 season, as Michael Francis conducts the complete Four Seasons by Vivaldi, along with Beethoven's mighty Symphony No. 5.  Originally broadcast Tuesday, August 16th at 8:00 PM on Classical WSMR 89.1 & 103.9, online at wsmr.org.

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