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Grand Teton Music Festival

Hosts Sir Donald Runnicles and Jeff Counts

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Programs are 59 minutes and include a 30 second music bed at the end. Stations have the option to fade out at 58:30 and insert local announcements or underwriting at the station break or end of show.

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 and comes to you free of carriage fees. This year’s edition includes appearances by:

Madeline Adkins - Nikolas Altstaedt - Grace An - Brant Bayless - Seth Carico - Yvonne Chen - Sasha Cooke - Stéphane Denève - Jeffrey Dyrda - Kevin John Edusei - James Ehnes - Caroline Gilbert - Allyson Goodman - Mika Gregg - Augustin Hadelich - Clay Hilley - Ling Ling Huang - Stephanie Key - Karen Whitson Kinzie - Andrea Lam - Julianne Lee - Caitlin Lynch - Ben Manis - Jessica Mathaes - Enrique Mazzola - Seoyeon Min - David Mollenauer - Christian Reif - Renée Tatum - Time for Three

This 2026 series presents previews of three new commercial recording projects for Reference Recordings with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles. The first of these is in Episode 4 with the Brahms Violin Concerto played by the renowned violinist, James Ehnes. In Episode 12, radio listeners will get a preview of the new recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with GTMF’s legendary brass players—Tom Hooten, trumpet and Gail Williams, horn. And finally, in Episode 13 listeners will get a sneak peak of the new recording of Brahms Symphony No 4, along with Detlev Glanert’s companion piece for the Fourth Symphony, Weites Land. These performances will be released by Reference Recordings in stereo and surround sound on SACD, and in Dolby Atmos for digital download, showcasing the acoustics of Walk Festival Hall.

There are many other incredible performances offered in this year’s edition of the radio series! Andrea Lam gives us a sparkling performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major. Augustin Hadelich joins Donald Runnicles and the Festival Orchestra to deliver a sublime performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. The dazzling string trio Time for Three plays a new concerto written for them by Kevin Puts, called Contact. Guitarist JIJI joins the Festival for Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Cellist Nikolas Altstaedt presents an electrifying performance of Bloch’s Schelomo. And, Sasha Cooke joins Donald Runnicles for the world premiere of an incredible new song cycle by Alex Turley—the ocean’s dream of itself. The audience could not get enough of this magnificent new work.
The Grand Teton Music Festival is one of the world’s finest summer music festivals. Our radio series gives you the opportunity to offer these outstanding performances to your radio audience free of charge. The series includes insightful commentary by GTMF Music Director Donald Runnicles and co-host, General Manager Jeff Counts. Jeff is an accomplished writer who has also hosts a film review show seen and heard throughout the West.

Maestro Runnicles’ career spans many continents, both in the opera house and on the symphonic stage. In addition to being Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival, he serves as General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonie, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He is a regular guest conductor of orchestras all over the world. Prior to his post in Berlin, he served as Music Director of the San Francisco Opera for 16 years.