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.
Juraj Valcuha, conductor
Alexi Kenney, violin
Nico Muhly: Bright Idea
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 18
Franz Liszt: Dante Symphony
Petr Popelka, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
Bohuslav Martinu: Thunderbolt P-47
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition