Gabriela Montero
Piano

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Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton
Harp

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Leif Ove Andsnes
Piano

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James Gorton
Co-Principal Oboist

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Nicholas Angelich
Piano

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Joshua Bell
Violin

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Xian Zhang
Conductor

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Dame Evelyn Glennie
Percussion

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Gretchen Van Hoesen
Principal Harp

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Marietta Simpson
Mezzo-soprano

Biography

          

Chen Reiss
Soprano

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Emanuel Ax
Piano

Biography

          

Craig Knox
Principal Tuba

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Heidi Grant Murphy
Soloist

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Yo-Yo Ma
Cello

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Leonard Slatkin
Principal Guest Conductor

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Nikolaj Znaider
Violin

Biography

          

André Previn
Conductor

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Rudolph Buchbinder
Piano

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Christoph König
conductor

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Juraj Valcuha
Conductor

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Thomas Hampson
Baritone

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Yan Pascal Tortelier
Conductor

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Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida
Principal Oboe

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Manfred Honeck
Music Director

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Stephen Hough
Piano

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Eroica Trio


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George Vosburgh
Principal Trumpet

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Lars Vogt
Piano

Biography

          

Sir James Galway
Flute

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Xiang Yu
Violin

Biography

          

Lise de la Salle
Piano

Biography

          

Anne Martindale Williams
Principal Cellist

Biography

          

Gianandrea Noseda
Conductor

Biography

          

Robert Page
Conductor

Biography

          

Noah Bendix-Balgley
Violin

Biography

          

William Cabellero
Principal Horn

Biography

          

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2012-2013 RADIO BROADCAST SEASON

WQED Airdate: 09/30/2012

SMITH: The Star Spangled Banner  
STUCKY: Dreamwaltzes
GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Rudolph Buchbinder, piano

WQED Airdate: 10/07/2012 | listen

BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Consecration of the House
BEETHOVEN: Concert in C Major for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, "Triple Concerto"
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Eroica Trio,

WQED Airdate: 10/14/2012 | listen

STUCKY: Radical Light
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4
Xian Zhang, conductor
Xiang Yu, violin

WQED Airdate: 10/21/2012

HAYDN: Symphony No. 67
HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, "Mysterious Mountain"
MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 2
BIZET: Carmen Fantasy
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Sir James Galway, flute

WQED Airdate: 10/28/2012

MCTEE: Double Play
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
FRANCAIX: The Flower Clock
BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida , oboe

WQED Airdate: 11/04/2012

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 in C "Linz" 
STRAUSS: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
RAVEL: Rhapsodie espagnole
Mariss Jansons, conductor

WQED Airdate: 11/11/2012

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, "Classical"
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
Christoph König, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano

WQED Airdate: 11/18/2012 | listen

RAVEL: Suite from Mother Goose
STUCKY: Spirit Voices
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
Juraj Valcuha, conductor
Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussion

WQED Airdate: 11/25/2012 | listen

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
NICOLAI: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
STRAUSS, JR.: Csardas from Ritter Pasman
STRAUSS, JR.: Artist's Life Waltzes
DE SARASATE: Gypsy Airs for Violin and Orchestra
KREISLER: Love's Joy for Violin and Orchestra
STRAUSS: Cheerful Fortitude Polka
STRAUSS: On Holiday Polka
STRAUSS, JR.: Light of Heart Polka
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

WQED Airdate: 12/02/2012 | listen

DVORAK: Biblical Songs
BRAHMS: A German Requiem
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Chen Reiss, soprano
Betsy Burleigh, Director: Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Thomas Hampson, baritone

WQED Airdate: 12/09/2012

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 16
RESPIGHI: The Fountains of Rome
RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Lars Vogt, piano

WQED Airdate: 12/16/2012

Handel: Messiah
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor; 
Jeffrey Gall, countertenor; 
John Mark Ainsley, tenor; 
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
John Relyea, bass

WQED Airdate: 12/23/2012

RACHMANINOFF's "The Bells"
BRITTEN: "Ceremony of Carols"
POULENC: "Gloria"
Robert Page, conductor

WQED Airdate: 12/30/2012

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C Major "Jupiter"
STRAUSS: "Dance of the Seven Veils" from Salome
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished"
BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Mariss Jansons, conductor

WQED Airdate: 01/06/2013 | listen

STUCKY: Silent Spring
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique"
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

WQED Airdate: 01/13/2013 | listen

WAGNER: "Prelude und Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Nikolaj Znaider, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

WQED Airdate: 01/20/2013

HAYDN: Symphony No. 102
PREVIN: Triple Concerto
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
André Previn, conductor
George Vosburgh, trumpet
William Cabellero, horn
Craig Knox, tuba

WQED Airdate: 01/27/2013

GOULD: Spirituals for Orchestra
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

WQED Airdate: 02/03/2013

DVORAK: Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

WQED Airdate: 02/10/2013

STUCKY: Son et lumiere
SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Egyptian"
PROKOFIEV: Suite from Cinderella
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

WQED Airdate: 02/17/2013 | listen

BERLIOZ: Excepts from Romeo and Juliet
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Nicholas Angelich, piano

WQED Airdate: 02/24/2013

CASELLA: Symphony No. 2
DEBUSSY: Iberia
DE FALLA: Three-Cornered Hat Suites Nos. 1 and 2
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

WQED Airdate: 03/03/2013 | listen

DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
BOULANGER: Psalm 130
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
RAVEL: Bolero
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Betsy Burleigh, Director: Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Lise de la Salle, piano

WQED Airdate: 03/10/2013

STRAVINSKY: Petrouchka
HONEGGER: Cello Concerto
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Anne Martindale Williams, cello

WQED Airdate: 03/17/2013 | listen

STRAUSS: Don Juan
STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

WQED Airdate: 03/24/2013

OOSSENS: Concert Piece for Oboe/English Horn, Two Harps and Orchestra
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic"
Manfred Honeck, conductor
James Gorton, oboe
Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp
Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, harp

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