Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Seasonal, 8 to 10pm on WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXI-FM/HD 91.5-1, WITH-FM/HD 90.1-2 and online at classical915.org
Enjoy a lively, exciting performance of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra each week from the comfort of your living room. Host Jim Cunningham and acclaimed Music Director Manfred Honeck bring you the symphonic works of Brahms, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and more with help from world-class soloists. The show is produced by Classical WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh?.
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Unsuk Chin wrote her subito con forza “suddenly, with power” in 2020 as a miniature tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven. Many celebrations were planned that year for the composer but due to the pandemic, plans were scuttled.
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Seven students from Blackhawk High School were chosen to sing in the Hamlisch-Page Student Choir at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for their performance of “The Music of John Williams."
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Celebrated violin virtuoso Joshua Bell joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for their Symphony of Bridges gala.
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In Fifteen: Symphonic Fantasy on the Art of Andy Warhol, composer Michael Daugherty transposes Warhol’s art into his own musical "pictures at an exhibition,” performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony in the city where Warhol was raised.
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Opera fuoco Stage Director Catherine Vrignaud-Cohen said this about staging Candide: "The infamous philosophical tale of Candide is an epic legend, a voyage across the world. A world where humans are propelled from place to place by their thoughts and intentions. The natural catastrophes, the shipwrecks at sea, the excess of injustice and intolerance, fanaticism … these could all be newspaper headlines of our time."
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The story of the Nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha has inspired many artists and composers alike. Learn more about the artist renditions here at https://arthive.com/publications/894~Don_Quixote_with_best_paintings_and_illustrations_from_Dor_and_Daumier_to_Dali_and_Picasso
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Two of the most important and influential French composers of the early 20th century, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, often categorized together as "Impressionist" composers, actually had very unique and distinct characteristics. Tune in to listen for the similarities and differences.