In collaboration with Discover Classical, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (DPAA) is proud to broadcast DPAA programs on Discover Classical! Every weekend, Discover Classical will broadcast a previously recorded concert programming from Dayton Ballet, Dayton Opera, or the Dayton Philharmonic for the southwest Ohio region to tune in and enjoy from the comfort of their homes.
DPAA programming will air Saturday mornings at 10:00 am and Sunday evenings at 8:00 pm on Discover Classical 88.1FM WDPR Dayton/ 89.9FM WDPG Greenville/ 89.1FM WUSO Springfield, and online at discoverclassical.org. The 2022/2023 concert line-up is as follows:
March 11, 2023 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 DPYO Winter Concert, December 4, 2022
Holland: The Party Starter
Walton: Crown Imperial
Perrine: Only Light
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
March 12, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2003-2004 Classical #6, February
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Patrick Reynolds)
Dvorak: Symphony #8
Schelle: Wright Flight (Andy Russo)
Beethoven: Consecration of the House
March 19, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2016-2017 Season Opening Spectacular
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Gounod: Two Excerpts from Faust
Massanet: Two Excerpts from Werther
Massanet: Meditation from Thaïs (Hung, Dayton Ballet)
Saint-Saëns: Samson & Delilah Finale
Bizet: L’Arlesienne Carilllon & Fararndole (Dayton Ballet)
Offenbach: Excerpts from The Tales of Hoffmann
Schönberg-Boubil: Excerpts from Les Misérable
DeLisle-Berlioz: La Marseillaise
March 25, 2023 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 New Year’s Eve Concert, December 31, 2022
Saint-Saëns: Marche Militaire Française
Boulogne: Violin Concerto, Op. 4, #2, First movement
Charpentier: Louise “Depuis le jour”
Puccini: La Rondine “Parigi! E la citta dei desidieri”
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Galop
Puccini: La Bohème “O soave fanciulla”
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Porter: Can-Can I Love Paris
Loewe-Bennett: Gigi Medley
Monnot, Delecluse, and Senlis: Comme Moi
Louiguy and Piaf: La Vie en Rose
Lloyd Webber: Phantom of the Opera Think of Me
LLoyd Webber: Phantom of the Opera Music of the Night
Brel-NG: If We Only Have Love
J. Strauss, II: Blue Danube Waltzes
March 26, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2005-2006 Chamber Orchestra #1
Stravinsky: Suites for Small Orchestra
Boccherini: Cello Concerto (Andra Padrichelli)
Dvorak: Silent Woods (Andra Padrichelli)
Milhaud: La creation du monde
Dayton Philharmonic April 2023 Preview
April 1, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 SuperPops #3, January 20, 2023
April 8, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Special Event, December 14, 2022
Handel: Messiah
April 22, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Young People’s Concert, February 2, 2023
May 13, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Masterworks #4, February 24, 2023
Bacewicz: Overture
Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 17 (Janina Fialkowska)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 “Polish”
June 3, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 DPYO Concert, March 12, 2023
June 10, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Masterworks #5, March 10, 2023
Boulanger: For a Soldier’s Funeral (Dayton Philharmonic Chorus)
Schelle: Resilience (Sheridan Currie & Jonathan Lee)
Williams: Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3) (William Henry Caldwell)
June 17, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 DPYS/DPJS Spring Concert, March 26, 2023
July 1, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 DPYO Spring Concert, May 21, 2023
July 15, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Opera #4, April 14, 2023
Wagner: Das Rheingold
August 5, 2023 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Masterworks #6, May 19, 2023
Mozart: Missa brevis in C Major, K. 219, “Organ Solo Mass” (Dayton Philharmonic Chorus)
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Sterling Elliott)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Past Shows
June 3, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Daugherty: Route 66 (from Classical Connections, March 25, 2011)
Daugherty: Bay of Pigs with Manuel Barrueco, Classical Guitar
Daugherty: Gee’s Bend with D.J. Sparr, Electric Guitar
Daugherty: TROYJAM with Michael Kenwood Lippert, Narrator
July 10, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2012-2013 Classical Connections #3, February 8, 2013
Jessica Hung & Kirstin Greenlaw, Violins
Sheridan Currie, Viola
Andra Padrichelli, Cello
Joshua Nemith, Piano
Debussy: String Quartet
Debussy: Piano Preludes
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Debussy: Violin Sonata
July 17, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2016-2017 Classical Connections #3, March 26, 2017
Debussy: Clair de Lune (Joshua Nemith, Piano)
Debussy: Cloches à travers les feuilles (Joshua Nemith, Piano)
Debussy: Images for Orchestra
July 24, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2011-2012 Classical Connections #3, March 2, 2012
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
July 31, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2014-2015 Classical Connections #3, January 11, 2015
Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
August 7, 2022 at 8:00pm
Dayton Ballet 2022-2023 Season Preview
with Kathleen Clawson & Karen Russo Burke
August 14, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Dayton Opera 2022-2023 Season Preview
with Kathleen Clawson
August 21, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Dayton Philharmonic 2022-2023 Season Preview Part 1
with Neal Gittleman
August 28, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Dayton Philharmonic 2022-2023 Season Preview Part 2
with Neal Gittleman
September 4, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2021-2022 Masterworks #1, October 1 & 2, 2021
Austin Jaquith: Heldenleben 2020
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Philippe Quint)
Beethoven: Symphony #3
Interview with Philippe Quint
September 11, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2021-2022 Masterworks #2, November 12 & 13, 2021
Jennifer Jolley: Blue Glacier Decoy
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto #1 (Mark Kosower)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6, “Pathétique”
Interview with Mark Kosower
September 18, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2021-2022 Masterworks #3, January 7 & 8, 2022
Griffes: The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Reena Esmail: Clarinet Concerto
Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
September 25, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2020-2021 SuperPops Stream, March 20, 2021
Williams: 1941 March
Mercer, arr. Williams: Hooray for Hollywood
Williams: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, A Bridge to the Past
Williams: Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Main Title
Williams: Saving Private Ryan, Hymn to the Fallen
Williams: Music from Star Wars
Main Title
The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda’s Theme
A New Hope: Throne Room & End Title
A New Hope: Cantina Band
October 2, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2020-2021 Opera #2, February 27, 2021
Don Giovanni, Essential Opera
Interview with Gary Briggle
October 9, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2021-2022 Masterworks #4, March 18 & 19, 2022
Stanford: Irish Rhapsody #1
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony #7
October 15, 2022 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Masterworks #1, September 16, 2022
Winteregg & Leone: Expressions (Grace Kahl, Sierra Leone, & Dayton Philharmonic Chorus)
Rouse: Flute Concerto (Brandon Patrick George)
Respighi: Pines of Rome
October 16, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2021-2022 Masterworks #5, April 1 & 2, 2022
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3 (Aleksandra Kasman)
Shostakovich: Symphony #9
October 23, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2017-2018 Masterworks #4/Ballet #3, March 2018
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet (Dayton Ballet)
Interview with Karen Russo Burke and Austin Jaquith
October 30, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2014-2015 Family Concert #1, October 12, 2014
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, IV
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Paul Helfrich, narrator)
Arr. Chase: The Muppets Medley
Preview of November Performances at DPAA
November 6, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2021-2022 Masterworks #6, May 13 & 14, 2022
Sung: Oceana
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony #9
Interview with Stella Sung
November 13, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2003-2004 Classical #3, November 2003
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
November 19, 2022 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Masterworks #2, October 21, 2022
Debussy: Nocturnes (Clouds & Festivals)
Esmail: Meri Sakhi ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice) (Saili Oak and Sarah Tucker)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
November 20, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2006-2007 Classical #8
Colgrass: A Letter from Mozart
Mozart: Piano Concerto #25 (Emmanuel Ax)
Brahms: Piano Concerto #2 (Emmanuel Ax)
November 27, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2020-2021 Masterworks #3, January 23, 2021
Price: Violin Concerto #2 (Jessica Hung)
Beethoven: Symphony #8
Interview with Jessica Hung and Preview of December Performances at DPAA
December 3, 2022 at 10:00 am
2022-2023 Family Concert #1, October 23, 2022
Williams: Jurassic Park
Haydn: Symphony No. 82 “The Bear”, 4th movement
Anderson: The Waltzing Cat
Anderson: Home Stretch
Saint-Saëns (arr. White): The Carnival of the Animals
Traditional (arr. NG): Old MacDonald
Arr. NG: Orchestra Shark
December 4, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2018-2019 Masterworks #4, March 2019
Haydn & Brahms: “Neal’s Extraordinary Haydn & Brahms Playlist”
Brahms: Violin Concerto (Chad Hoopes)
December 11, 2022 at 8:00 pm
2016-2017 Masterworks #7, June 2017
Mozart: Oboe Concerto (Eileen Whalen)
Mozart-Sussmayr: Requiem
December 17, 2022 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 SuperPops/Opera #2, December 2, 2022
Beckel: Christmas Fanfare
Coleridge-Taylor: Christmas Overture
Arr. Wendel: Coventry Carol
Ross: T’was the night before Christmas (Alaina Saliba)
Arr. Wendel: Still, Still, Still (Kettering Children’s Choir)
Amundson: Rejoice
Choplin: Unto Us a Child is Born
Whitacre: Glow (Community Chorus)
Leontovych (arr. McKay and Ames): Carol of the Bells (Community Chorus)
Arr. Wendel: A Merry Christmas Sing-along (Community Chorus)
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (Dayton Opera)
December 18, 2022 at 8 p.m.
2013-2014 Masterworks #4, February 2014
Wuorinen: Machault mon Chou
Ravel: Concerto in G (Pascal Rogé)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3
December 25, 2022 at 8 p.m.
2020-2021 New Year’s Eve Stream
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Puccini: Tosca, Vissi d’arte (Kara Shay Thompson)
Puccini: Turandot, Nessun dorma (John Pickle)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3, III
Beethoven: Romance #1 (Jessica Hung)
Giordano: Andrea Chenier, Vicino a te (Kara Shay Thompson & John Pickle)
J. Strauss, II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
J. Strauss, I: Radetzky March
Trad.: Auld Lang Syne
December 31, 2022 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 Ballet #2, December 9, 2022
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
January programs are offered in memory of U.S. composer Tomas Svoboda (1939-2022)
January 1, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2007-2008 Classical #1
Svoboda: Overture of the Season
Bernstein: Symphony #2 (Norman Krieger)
Higdon: Blue Cathedral
Hanson: Symphony #2
January 7, 2023 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 Ballet #1, October 28, 2022
Jaquith: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
January 8, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2001-2002 Classical #5
Svoboda: Oriental Echoes
Dvorak: Violin Concerto (Rachel Barton)
Janacek: Sinfonietta #38
January 15, 2023 at 8 p.m.
1999-2000 Coffee Casual #1
Dvorak: Notturno
Svoboda: Piano Concerto #1 (Tomas Svoboda)
Mozart: Symphony #38
Dayton Philharmonic SuperPops #3 Preview
January 21, 2023 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 Young People’s Concert, November 10, 2022
January 22, 2023 at 8 p.m.
1998-1999 Classical #6
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance op. 46, #4
Svodoba: Piano Concerto #2 (Norman Krieger)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #2
January 29, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2003-2004 Classical #5.1
Smetana: Vysherad
Husa: Music for Prague 1968 (PR)
Svoboda: Chaconne for Strings
Dayton Philharmonic February 2023 Preview
February 5, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2004-2005 Classical #3 (Larry Rachleff, guest conductor)
Berlioz: Le Corsair Overture
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (David Shifrin)
Prokofiev: Music from Romeo & Juliet
February 11, 2023 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 DPYS Fall Concert, November 20, 2022
February 12, 2023 at 8 p.m.
May 1998 Gala
Dvorak: Symphony #6
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (Yo-Yo Ma)
February 19, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2001-2002 Classical #1
Bach: Air from Suite No. 3
Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
Torke: Bright Blue Music
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Jon Kimura Parker)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Interview with Patrick Reynolds
February 25, 2023 at 10 a.m.
2022-2023 Masterworks #3, November 18, 2022
Antoine Clark, conductor
Verdi: La Forza del destino Overture
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Vadim Gluzman)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
February 26, 2023 at 8 p.m.
1997-1998 Coffee Casual #3
Strauss: Wind Serenade
Reich: Clapping Music
Reich: City Life
Dvorak: Serenade op. 44
Dayton Philharmonic March 2023 Preview
March 5, 2023 at 8 p.m.
2013-2014 Classical #2, November 2013
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Daugherty: Bay of Pigs (Manuel Baruecco)
Mendelssohn: Symphony #2, “Song of Praise”
