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Voice of the Arts
Organist Anna Lapwood
Anna Lapwood MBE is an organist, conductor and broadcaster, and SONY Classical exclusive recording artist. She also holds the position of Director of Music at Pembroke College (Cambridge), Associate Artist of the Royal Albert Hall (London) and Artist in Association with the BBC Singers.
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Voice of the Arts
Soulful Sounds: Reverend Deryck Tines
Jim Cunningham spoke with gospel choir director from First Unitarian Church and Administrative Pastor to Bishop Thelma Mitchell, Reverend Deryck Tines
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Gumbands: A Podcast with Rick Sebak
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Gumbands: A Podcast with Rick Sebak
GUMBANDS is a podcast about Pittsburgh, its people, its history, its neighborhoods, its small businesses, its food, its charms, its stories, and many of its surprises.
@ the Symphony
Conductors, soloists and composers involved in making great Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances talk about their music.
Voice of the Arts
Insights and anecdotes from musicians, dancers, artists, actors and directors, as well as audience response.
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio
A complete two hour concert hosted by Jim Cunningham. Listen for interviews and features, historic recordings and the latest weekly concerts from Heinz Hall.
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Did you miss a recent live broadcast? Or do you just want to hear it again? Relive recent WQED-FM live broadcasts on the Encore podcast page. Stream full length broadcasts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and others.
Artists in the World
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Jim Cunningham reports from the PSO's domestic and international tours.
Latest Podcast Episodes
May 6, 2024
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio – 2022-2023 Season – Program 5 – Part 2
Gil Shaham returns to Heinz Hall to play the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Dima Slobodeniouk makes his Heinz Hall debut to conduct Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5.
May 6, 2024
Pittsburgh Symphony Radio – 2023-2024 Season – Program 5 – Part 1
Gil Shaham returns to Heinz Hall to play the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Dima Slobodeniouk makes his Heinz Hall debut to conduct Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5.
May 6, 2024
Dr. Rachel Berger – Tuesday Musical Club Wind Power
Dr. Rachel Berger sat down with WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham live to talk about her wind quintet, Desperate Measures, performing in Tuesday Musical Club’s free Wind Power concert at Rodef Shalom’s Levy Hall on Tuesday, May 14th at 1pm. Rachel talks about the program that includes Gershwin, Kaspar Kummer, and new works by Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda and Peter Schickele. Rachel also highlights her 15 years of performing with Tuesday Musical Club and how her background in medicine connects with her musical interests. Rachel and Jim play two selections of the program from the Quintet’s rehearsal, “Autumn Woods” by Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda, and an excerpt of the third movement from Endre Szervankszky’s “Blaserquintett”(Quintet for Winds) piece. Visit https://www.tuesdaymusicalclub.org/events/public/article/-wind-power-tmc-winds-in-concert-/5217/c15/ to learn more about the concert.
May 6, 2024
Nancy McNulty McGeever, Deana Muro, and Nancy Zionts – Front Porch Theatricals
Director Nancy McNulty McGeever, Music Director, Deana Muro, and Producer Nancy Zionts, spoke with WQED-FM about Front Porch Theatrical’s upcoming summer shows. “A…My Name is Still Alice” will run at the New Hazlett Theater from May 17th to 26th, and “Bandstand” will run August 16th to the 25th. Nancy McNulty highlights her role as the Director of “A…My Name is Still Alice” that is a 90’s musical sequel. Deana Muro talks about her challenging role as Music Director for of the Pittsburgh premiere of “Bandstand” with two bands! Nancy Zionts spoke about how Front Porch Theatricals picks out the two musicals they do each year, and what is so special about this year’s lineup. All three women highlight the importance of female representation in theatre and how they all started with Front Porch Theatricals. Visit https://www.frontporchpgh.com/ to learn more and find tickets for their upcoming summer season.
May 3, 2024
Reverend Dr. Shelia Johnson-Hunt – City Wide Revival
Reverend Dr. Shelia Johnson-Hunt sat down with WQED-FM’s Anna Singer to talk about the City Wide Revival on May 7th and 8th at Petra International Ministries. This event includes multiple styles of African American music, dance, preaching, and much more. This free event will also feature Bishop Lisa Weah and Elder Justin Hunt from Baltimore, MD. Dr. Hunt talked about her three compositions that will be featured in this program, including her Billboard Single Hit, “Freedom”, her musical family, and her background. This event and interview are part of WQED’s Gospel programming that highlights local concerts in the Western Pennsylvania area. Visit the Baptist Minister’s Conference of Pittsburgh and Vicinity’s Facebook Page to learn more.
May 3, 2024
Renee Fleming – “Music and Mind”
Opera superstar Renee Fleming will be on the air for the Saturday Metropolitan Opera broadcasts with the Hours by Kevin Puts on May 18 at 1pm but less two days before her return in the role at the Met, she spoke with Jim Cunningham about her new book “Music and Mind” published by Viking on April 9th, 2024. She has donated a copy of the book with a cd of the Hours and tickets to The Hours at the Met to the silent auction and Franck Conrad Birthday Party at the Train Station in Wilkinsburg just a few blocks from where broadcasting began on Penn Avenue in Wilkinsburg on May 4th from 1 till 4pm.
With multiple contributions from experts in the field of music and wellness and over 540 pages, she spoke of her long exploration of the growing field. Renee Fleming also talked about her visit to Chautauqua on July 27th, 2024 and her work in putting together a week at Chautauqua on the Transformative Power of Music which includes a Monday morning lecture she will give in the Amphitheater. Renee Fleming speaks about her work with broadcasting on PBS, her family ties in Western Pennsylvania dating back to her birthplace in Indiana, PA and other family in Coraopolis, her husband from Pittsburgh and her brother-in-law, Harry Jessell, who was the Editor of Broadcasting Magazine and now serves on the board of the Museum of Broadcasting in Pittsburgh.
