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
Martina Russomanno, soprano; Evgenia Asanova, mezzo-soprano; Seungwoo Simon Yang, tenor; Vladyslav Buialski, bass-baritone
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Anton Bruckner: Locus Iste
Samy Moussa: Adgilis Deda
Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner: Adagio from String Quintet in F Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Manfred Honeck, conductor
William Caballero, horn
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe
Jessie Montgomery: Coincident Dances
Michael Daugherty: Songs of the Open Road
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor