Radio Broadcasts
Ten Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts from the current Hollywood Bowl season will be broadcast on Classical California’s SoCal Saturday Night series, the station’s weekly spotlight on local concerts, beginning Saturday, August 22, 2026, at 7pm.
This is the 19th year of the LA Phil’s summer partnership with Southern California’s listener-sponsored classical music radio station. This broadcast series allows hundreds of thousands of Classical California listeners across the region to experience Hollywood Bowl performances each week.
Hosted and produced by Classical California’s Brian Lauritzen, the programs air weekly at 7pm on Saturdays from August 22 through October 24, and are also streamed online—on demand at Classical California's website—for two weeks immediately following the broadcast.
This series is made possible through the endowed LA Phil Broadcast Program Fund, generously supported by the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund.
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Broadcasts are also streamed live at www.classicalcalifornia.org and on the Classical California app.
2026 Schedule of Broadcasts
SoCal Sunday Nights at 7PM on Classical California
Programs and artists subject to change.
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Classical California air date: August 22, 2026
Record date: July 8, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductorValerie COLEMAN Fanfare for Uncommon Times
STILL Mother and Child
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
ELLINGTON Harlem -
Classical California air date: August 29, 2026
Record date: July 16, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Roberto González-Monjas, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianoKORNGOLD Straussiana
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4Mao Fujita appears courtesy of Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment.
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Classical California KUSC air date: September 5, 2026
Record date: July 28, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Marin Alsop, conductor
Conrad Tao, pianoAnna CLYNE Masquerade
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 -
Classical California air date: September 12, 2026
Record date: July 30, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, celloKHACHATURIAN Selections from Gayane
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
MUSSORGSKY (arr. RAVEL) Pictures at an Exhibition -
Classical California air date: September 19, 2026
Record date: August 6, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Louis Langrée, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinFARRENC Overture No. 1
BIZET L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
BIZET Selections from Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2
BRAHMS Violin Concerto -
Classical California air date: September 26, 2026
Record date: August 20, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Amanda Gorman, narrator
Abraham Laboriel Sr., electric bass
Alex Acuña, percussion
Saioa Hernández, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
David Portillo, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Members of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Artistic Director
Education Through Music-Los AngelesMichael GIACCHINO/Amanda GORMAN (orch. Jeff KRYKA and LJOVA) Hymns of the Heart (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral” -
Classical California air date: October 3, 2026
Record date: August 25, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Anna Handler, conductor
Bing Wang, violin
Robert deMaine, cello
Joanne Pearce Martin, pianoGrace-Evangeline MASON ABLAZE THE MOON (US premiere)
BEETHOVEN Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 -
Classical California air date: October 10, 2026
Record date: August 27, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gemma New, conductor
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, pianoJohn ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances -
Classical California air date: October 17, 2026
Record date: September 1, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor
Bomsori, violinGIBSON beyond the beyond (US premiere)
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 -
Classical California air date: October 24, 2026
Record date: September 10, 2026Los Angeles Philharmonic
Philippe Jordan, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoSAINT-SAËNS Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
RAVEL La valse
DEBUSSY (arr. STOKOWSKI) Clair de lune
RAVEL Boléro