The LSO Rising Stars program will be featured on WPR Music Sunday at 2 PM! Hear performances from this year’s talented finalists and their live concert performances with the LSO. Streaming is available on the radio, WPR.org, and the Wisconsin Public Radio app.

Guest Artists: Alex Chambers-Ozasky, cello and Jonathan Borja, flute – J.S. Bach – Suite No. 2 in B minor for solo flute, continuo and string orchestra with Jonathan Borja C.P.E. Bach – Cello Concerto in A Major with Alex Chambers-Ozasky — INTERMISSION — Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite

Guest Artist: Mariam Adam, clarinet – Copland:  Proclamation for Orchestra (orchestrated by Phillip Ramey) Russell Platt:  Clarinet Concerto with soloist Mariam Adam — INTERMISSION — Mahler:  Symphony No. 1, “Titan” (original five-movement version)

Performance to include spoken commentary and storytelling about the fascinating lives and journeys of these trailblazing artists. – Nora Holt: Negro Dance Op. 25, No. 1 [2’] Betty Jackson King: Four Seasonal Sketches [10’] Florence Price: Fantasie nègre No. 2 [8’] Florence Price: Fantasie nègre No. 1 [9’] -INTERMISSION- Irene Britton Smith: Variations on a […]

Guest artist: Michelle Cann, piano – Armed Forces Salute Samuel Barber:  Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber:  Symphony No. 1, in One Movement, Op. 9 — INTERMISSION — Gershwin:  Piano Concerto in F Major, Michelle Cann

Guest Artists: 2026 Symphony Chorus – “A Christmas Festival” by Leroy Anderson “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by Leroy Robertson “Stille Nacht” by Chip Davis “Hanukkah Festival Overture” by Lucas Richman ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’, a Santa Claus Symphony for Narrator and Orchestra,  arrangement by William Henry Fry and Clement Clarke Moore “Sleigh Ride” […]

Paul Hindemith:  “Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber” Second Place Concerto “Rising Stars” winner First Place Concerto “Rising Stars” winner — INTERMISSION — Stravinsky:  “The Firebird Suite (1919 version)”

Hosted by Dustin and Dominique Luecke – Gershwin, arr. Chase: Fascinatin’ Rhythm Vernon Duke, arr. Sayre: April in Paris Ellington, arr. Ployhar: Caravan Ellington, arr. Custer: Ellington! Various, arr. Deane Kincaide: Big Band Fantasy — INTERMISSION — Porter, arr. Warrington: On Stage with Cole Porter Gershwin, arr. Schoen: Clap Yo’ Hands Rodgers, arr. Bennett: Music […]

Guest Artist: James Thompson – The 2027 Conductor Wannabe Winners Walton:  Violin Concerto with James Thompson INTERMISSION Sibelius:  Symphony No. 2