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The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has announced two additions to its Next Stage Digital Concert series.

Franz Schmidt’s “Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln” (“The Book with Seven Seals”) and the DSO’s new Symphony Stream are now available on the DSO’s YouTube channel. The upload comes in time to honor the year of Schmidt’s 150th birthday. Grammy-winning Louise W. & Edmund J. Kahn Music Director Fabio Luisi led the performances of the work at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on March 1–3 of this year.

Symphony Stream is a continuous playlist of recent concerts recorded as part of the Next Stage Digital Concert Series. The curated playlist features live performances of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” (which was nominated for a Lone Star Emmy), Mahler’s “Symphony” No. 5, Liszt’s “A Faust Symphony,” and Brahms’s four symphonies.

Denise McGovern, the DSO’s Vice President of Communications and Media said in an official press release “We have built a robust catalog of videos since the launch of the DSO’s Next Stage Digital Concert Series. Symphony Stream is a unique way to view some of our favorite concerts and to bring back the fun of tuning in to a broadcast and catching something new or unexpected.”

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Next Stage Digital Concert Series began in Sept. 2020 as a response to the COVID pandemic. Since its launch, the DSO has released over 90 concert videos and fourteen programs for broadcast, which have aired on PBS, Bloomberg Media, Ovation TV and locally on WFAA. Select DSO concerts are also available on medici.tv, where they are reaching a wide international audience. Programs have been recognized with a Daytime Emmy nomination, three Lone Star Emmy nominations and one Lone Star Emmy win. On-demand viewing of select Next Stage Digital Concert Series programs, along with artist interviews and behind-the-scenes videos, may be viewed on the DSO’s YouTube channel.