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
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Hannah Eisendle: Heliosis
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
Iman Habibi: Jeder Baum spricht (Every Tree Speaks)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastoral
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophone
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D 200
Henri Tomas: Concerto for Alto Saxophone
Giacomo Puccini: Anniversary Celebration Highlights
Johann Strauss: Viennese Favorites
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
James Galway, flute
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 67 in F Major
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314
Georges Bizet: Carmen Fantasy