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
Jeanine DeBique, soprano; Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Reena Esmail: RE-Member
Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Adolphus Hailstork: Lachrymosa
Gabriel Faure: Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Denis Matsuev, piano
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92