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.
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Victor de Sabata: La notti di Platon
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Lorna McGhee, flute
Hamish MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Concerto for Flute “Dances with the Winds”
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony