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.
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4
Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72
Rodion Shchedrin; Old Russian Circus Music
Robert Schumann: Manfred Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"