The National Symphony Orchestra brings together the dynamic energy of conducting prodigy Tarmo Peltotoski and star pianist Yuja Wang in a program of Wagner, Bartók, and Sibelius.
Kevin John Edusei conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in an American adventure that takes us from JFK’s Last Speech to Jazz-age Harlem to an oil tanker truck that blasts into space.
The National Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the spooky season with a Halloween Spooktacular. Little monsters, fairies and princesses of all kinds (and their friends and families) will enjoy this NSO October tradition.
Maestro Gianandrea Noseda takes us on an epic musical tour of Rome with the National Symphony Orchestra with a program of Respighi’s Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, and Roman Festivals.
Nicole Lacroix gives us a preview of the National Symphony Orchestra's Season Opening Gala Concert. Join us for the special broadcast of this concert on September 27 at 11AM, only on WETA Classical.
The Kennedy Center celebrates the start of a new season with three opening programs this week: the broadcast of the NSO Season Opening Gala Concert on WETA Classical, Opera in the Outfield with the WNO, and the celebration of Rachmaninoff 150 with Maestro Noseda and the NSO.
Joshua Bell returns to Washington DC to perform Bruch's First Violin Concerto and leads the National Symphony Orchestra on Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, "Italian".
Nicole Lacroix speaks with composer Karen LeFrak and guitarist Sharon Isbin about the world premiere of Bailamos on the National Symphony Orchestra's Labor Day Concert.
July’s NSO Showcase on WETA Classical features two tragic love stories from Italy…Nino Rota’s suite from the ballet based on the Fellini film, La Strada (the Road), and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. In between, Hilary Hahn joins the NSO for Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
Travel to Bohemia, Chicago, Norway to North Africa and Vienna with the NSO and Maestro Noseda on NSO Showcase! Nicole Lacroix guides us through the musical tour, enjoying works by Dvorak, Beethoven, Florence Price, and more.
