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
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Franz Liszt: Dante Symphony
Petr Popelka, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
Bohuslav Martinu: Thunderbolt P-47
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Arild Remmereit, conductor
George Vosburgh, trumpet
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Major
Edvard Grieg: Suite from Peer Gynt, Op. 46