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.
Robert Spano, conductor
Craig Knox, tuba
Claude Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Jennifer Higdon: Tuba Concerto
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Mark Elder, conductor
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Renee Fleming, soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances, No. 1 “Ring Shout”
Aram Khachaturian: Love Scene and "Dance of the Pirates" from Spartacus
Francesco Cilea: “io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur
Ruggero Leoncavallo: "Musette svaria sulla bocca viva" from La Boheme
Giacomo Puccini: "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
Frank Triano: amazon
Richard Strauss: Morgen
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Nancy Galbraith: Tormenta del Sur
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major