This broadcast series, hosted by Jim Cunningham, presents concerts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra recorded at Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts. Manfred Honeck has served as music director since the 2008-2009 season. The PSO has been heard on the air since radio began in Pittsburgh with early broadcasts on Pittsburgh's KDKA in the 1920s. Its first network broadcasts appeared on NBC in 1936.
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Richard Wagner: Tannhauser Without Words
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d’Or
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Auf der Jagd Polka
Andre Previn, conductor and piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night"