PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY BROADCASTS ON WCLV

Saturday 1:00 PM 10/03/09
SMITH: The Star Spangled Banner
ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1, “Titan”
Joshua Bell, violin
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Saturday 1:00 PM 10/10/09
ADAMS: The Chairman Dances
THEOFANIDIS: Violin Concerto (world premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Sarah Chang, violin
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 10/17/09
ADAMS: Slonimsky’s Earbox
BERMEL: The Good Life (Pittsburgh 250 Celebration world premiere)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
Hila Plitmann, soprano; Kevin Deas, baritone; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Betsy Burleigh, director
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 10/24/09
BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy
BERLIOZ: King Lear Overture
STRAUSS: MacBeth
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Marek Janowski, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 10/31/09
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22
STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony
Jonathan Biss, piano
Marek Janowski, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 11/7/09
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4
SATIE/DEBUSSY: Gymnopédie No. 2
DEBUSSY: Nuages and Fetes from Nocturnes
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
GRANDJANY: Aria in Classic Style
DEBUSSY: Clair de lune
Pamela Frank, violin
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 11/14/09
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 11/21/09
SCHMIDT/NOTRE DAME: Intermezzo and Carnival Music, Mvmt. 1
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21
STRAUSS, JR.: Gypsy Bauern Overture
STRAUSS, JR.: Die Libelle, Polka Mazurka
STRAUSS, JR.: Furioso Polka
STRAUSS: Austrian Village Swallows Polka
STRAUSS, JR.: Auf der jagd (Hunting) Polka
STRAUSS, JR.: Im Krapfenwaldi
STRAUSS, JR.: Bauern Polka
STRAUSS, JR.: Thunder and Lightning Polka
STRAUSS, JR.: On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
STRAUSS, JR.: Radetzky March
Lars Vogt, piano
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 11/28/09
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
HIGDON: Concerto 4-3 (co-commission)
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
Time for Three, string trio
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Saturday, 1:00 PM 12/5//09
BARBER: Symphony No. 1
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
TRADITIONAL/WILLIAMS: Air and Simple Gifts
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
Andrés Cárdenes, conductor/violin; Gabriela Montero, piano
David Premo, cello
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
Series ends. Metropolitan Opera broadcasts begin next week.