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Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival 2026

Wyoming Public Media brings you Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival Wednesday nights at 8:00 beginning February 11th on Wyoming Public Radio and Classical Wyoming, streaming at wyomingpublicmedia.org.

Grand Teton Music Festival
The Grand Teton Music Festival
The Grand Teton Music Festival with Sir Donald Runnicles and Co-host Jeff Counts

Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is now in its ninth season!
The 2026 edition of the radio series is co-hosted by Sir Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts.

G26 Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival 2026 Sir Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts, Hosts

G26-01 Program 1 - Ode to Joy Caitlin Lynch, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo; Clay Hilley, tenor; Seth Carico, baritone; Grand Teton Music Festival Chorus, Barlow Bradford, director Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125, “Choral” Movements 1 and 4

G26-02 - Program 2 - Nether Worlds Sasha Cooke with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Dobrinka Tabakova - Orpheus’ Comet
Alex Turley - the ocean’s dream of itself (World Premier) Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Maurice Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

G26-03 - Program 3 - French Masterpieces Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra
Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F Major Madeline Adkins, violin; Jeffrey Dyrda, violin; Allyson Goodman, viola; Grace An, cello
Albert Roussel - Bacchus and Ariadne, Op. 43, Suite No. 2 Stéphane Denève, conductor

G26-04 - Program 4 - James Ehnes plays Brahms Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians James Ehnes and Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra
José González Granero - String Quartet No. 2 “In Times of Confinement” Ling Ling Huang, violin; Jessica Mathaes, violin; Caroline Gilbert, viola; Grace An, cello
Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 77 James Ehnes, violin and Donald Runnicles, conductor

G26-05 - Program 5 - Mozart and New Tales Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Ben Manis conductor Andrea Lam, piano with Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Meg Okura - Phantasmagoria Stephanie Key, Clarinet; David Mollenauer, cello; Mika Gregg, violin Lynne Plowman - Life Cycles (GTMF Co-Commission) GTMF Chamber Orchestra, Ben Manis conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Andrea Lam, violin and Donald Runnicles, conductor

G26-06 - Program 6 - Inspirations Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Stéphane Denève, conductor Jessie Montgomery - Strum Stéphane Denève, conductor Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez Stéphane Denève, conductor Ottorino Respighi - Fontane di Roma Stéphane Denève, conductor

G26-07 - Program 7 - Re-discovered Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich - Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano Julianne Lee, violin; Ling Ling Huang, violin; Yvonne Chen, piano Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.44 Kevin John Edusei, conductor

G26-08 - Program 8 - Hadelich Plays Beethoven Augustin Hadelich with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Kevin John Edusei, conductor Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 61 Augustin Hadelich, violin and Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor

G26-09 - Program 9 - If only film had existed… Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Danny Elfman - Piano Quartet - Movement 1 - Ein Ding Karen Whitson Kinzie, violin; Brant Bayless, viola; Seoyeon Min, cello; Yvonne Chen, piano Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74, “Pathetique" Enrique Mazzola, conductor

G26-10 - Program 10 - Time for Three and Nikolas Altstaedt Time for Three and Nikolas Altstaedt Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra Ernest Bloch - Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody Nikolas Altstaedt, cello and Enrique Mazzola, conductor Kevin Puts - Contact Time for Three - Charles Yang, Nicolas “Nick” Kendall, Ranaan Meyer Kevin John Edusei, conductor

G26-11 - Program 11 - German Masters Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Ludwig van Beethoven - The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Anton Webern - Im Sommerwind Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Majors, Op. 38, “Spring” Christian Reif, conductor

G26-12 - Program 12 - Gustav Mahler—Ahead of his Time Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 7 in E minor Movements 1, 4 and 5

G26-13 - Program 13 - Brahms Fourth Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Detlev Glanert - Weites Land Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98