2021-2022 Broadcast Season
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
2022 Radio Broadcast Season
UPCOMING BROADCASTS ON WQED-FM:
FRIDAY, MAY 20 – 8PM
Jim Cunningham hosts a live broadcast of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from Heinz Hall. Matthias Pintscher conducts Ravel’s “Mother Goose” and “Alborada del gracioso.” Alexi Kenney plays the Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2. Also, Debussy’s “La Mer.” Jim will be backstage during intermission with interviews.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17 – 8PM
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra closes out their 2021-2022 concert season the weekend of June 17-19. WQED-FM will broadcast the Friday (June 17) evening concert live as Emanuel Ax returns to Heinz Hall to perform the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20. Manfred Honeck conducts the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 and the Pittsburgh Premiere of “Five Pieces” by Erwin Schuhoff. The broadcast begins at 8pm live with Jim Cunningham as host, who will also be backstage during intermission with artist interviews.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents: Lysenko (arr. Johnson) "Prayer for Ukraine"
"The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Music binds us together and we offer this "Prayer for Ukraine" as a symbol of our love and friendship. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians Marta Krechkovsky, Irene Cheng, Lorien Benet Hart and Yeokyung Kim (violins), Gretchen Van Hoesen (harp), Lorna McGhee (flute), Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida (oboe), season musician Nora Prener (oboe), guest musician Si Yu (viola), and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians Tatjana Mead Chamis (viola), John Moore (bass) and Will Chow (cello)."
Audio on Demand
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 18 - Part 1 - Aug 8, 2022
Pianist Igor Levit plays for the first time in Pittsburgh in the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21. Also, Manfred Honeck conducts Strauss’ Alpine Symphony.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 18 - Part 2 - Aug 8, 2022
Pianist Igor Levit plays for the first time in Pittsburgh in the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21. Also, Manfred Honeck conducts Strauss’ Alpine Symphony.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 17 - Part 1 - Aug 2, 2022
Markus Stenz conducts Debussy’s “The Sunken Cathedral” and the Scriabin “Poem of Ecstasy.” Plus Behzod Abduraimov plays the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 17 - Part 2 - Aug 2, 2022
Markus Stenz conducts Debussy’s “The Sunken Cathedral” and the Scriabin “Poem of Ecstasy.” Plus Behzod Abduraimov plays the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 16 - Part 1 - Jul 25, 2022
It’s the debut of conductor Pietari Inkinen as he leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Pohjola’s Daughter by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Also making her Heinz Hall debut is Beatrice Rana in the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 16 - Part 2 - Jul 25, 2022
It’s the debut of conductor Pietari Inkinen as he leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Pohjola’s Daughter by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Also making her Heinz Hall debut is Beatrice Rana in the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 15 - Part 1 - Jul 18, 2022
It’s a concert of Orchestral Blockbusters as Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts the Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture and Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances. Simone Lamsma makes her Heinz Hall debut in the Korngold Violin Concerto.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio - 2021-2022 Season - Program 15 - Part 2 - Jul 18, 2022
It’s a concert of Orchestral Blockbusters as Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts the Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture and Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances. Simone Lamsma makes her Heinz Hall debut in the Korngold Violin Concerto.
Pittsburgh Symphony Interviews
María Dueñas and Manfred Honeck
Pianist Jan Lisiecki
Actress & Singer Tamara Tunie, Composer Kathryn Bostic
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho
Conductor Vasily Petrenko
Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan
Violinist Baiba Skride
Composer Jonathan Leshnoff
Pianist Till Fellner
Pianist Beatrice Rana
Conductor Leonard Slatkin & Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
Conductor Emmanuel Krivine
Pianist Bertrand Chamayou
Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado
Pianist Behzod Abduraimov
Cellist Maximilian Hornung
Pianist Kirill Gerstein
Conductor Juanjo Mena
Violinist Ray Chen
Conductor Christoph König
Jim Cunningham and Gianandrea Noseda discuss Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto, Beethoven's Second Symphony and the Rossini William Tell Overture for the January 29 and 31 concerts with the Pittsburgh Symphony
Recorded: 01/28/2016
Jim Cunningham speaks with Guest Conductor Christoph Konig about Beethoven's Sixth Symphony and Philip Glass' Second Violin Concerto
Recorded: 01/15/2016
Violinist Tim Fain talks with Jim Cunningham about Philip Glass Concerto No 2
Recorded: 01/15/2016
Conductor Leonard Slatkin discusses the October 30 & November 1, 2015 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham.
Recorded: 11/12/2015
Pianist Conrad Tao discusses the October 30 & November 1, 2015 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham.
Recorded: 11/12/2015
Gustavo Gimeno talks with Jim Cunningham about his debut concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony
Recorded: 10/16/2015
Guitarist Pablo Villegas discusses his visit to Heinz Hall to play the Rodrigo Fantasy for a Gentelman
Recorded: 10/16/2015
