This summer, Nashville Public Radio will be broadcasting the Nashville Symphony's 2009/10 SunTrust Classical Series in its entirety, including such series highlights as "A Musical Space Odyssey," featuring Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra; "Tango and Ravel's Boléro," featuring works by Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla; and a complete performance of Bach's monumental Mass in B minor. Beginning this Sunday, June 6, the NSO's SunTrust Classical concerts will be broadcast weekly on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. on WPLN (90.3-FM). The weekly broadcasts, fourteen in all, will continue through September 5, 2010.
"We're so grateful once again to have this platform for sharing our music with the Nashville community, and I want to thank our friends at WPLN for making this happen," said Nashville Symphony President & CEO Alan D. Valentine. "Our 2009/10 SunTrust Classical Series was filled with amazing performances, and this is a great opportunity for fans to hear the concerts they missed or to revisit the concerts they attended but can't wait to hear again."
The NSO's weekly broadcasts on WPLN (90.3-FM) have been scheduled as follows:
June 6 - Russia's Greatest Hits
June 13 - Mozart & Shostakovich
June 20 - Classical Guitar, German Genius
June 27 - A Musical Space Odyssey
July 4 - Tango & Ravel's Boléro
July 11 - Rachmaninoff & Stravinsky
July 18 - 'The' Organ Symphony
July 25 - Penderecki Comes to Nashville
August 1 - Sir Neville Marriner
August 8 - Bach's Masterpiece
August 15 - Brahms & Big Sur
August 22 - Thibaudet Returns
August 29 - Chopin & Mahler
September 5 - Bluebeard's Castle
For more information about the Nashville Symphony, call 615.687.6500 or visit NashvilleSymphony.org. For more information about WPLN and the Nashville Symphony broadcasts, visit WPLN.org.
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