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.
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
Nancy Galbraith: Euphonic Blues
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Richard Wagner: Selections from Der Ring des Nibelungen
Mark Elder, conductor
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe
Jean Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto in A minor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141