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.
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Nancy Galbraith: Tormenta del Sur
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Pablo Ferrandez, cello
Katherine Balch: musica pyralis
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
Mason Bates: Mothership
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4