PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2016-2017 RADIO BROADCAST SEASON NATIONAL FEED Program 1 National Feed October 6, 2016 Moonlight Masquerade Gala Concert Manfred Honeck, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin Program 2 National Feed October 13, 2016 MOZART: Sinfonia concertante STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird RAUTAVAARA: Cantus Arcticus Manfred Honeck, conductor; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Randolph Kelly, viola Program 3 National Feed October 20, 2016 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 ORFF: O Fortuna from Carmina Burana BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms VERDI: La Forza del Destino Overture BOITO: No. 4 Final Psalmody from the Prologue to Mefistofele; Manfred Honeck, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano; All-University Choir Program 4 National Feed October 27, 2016 MACMILLAN: Britannia BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 ELGAR: Enigma Variations Manfred Honeck, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, violin Program 5 National Feed November 3, 2016 BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture DVORAK: Symphony No. 9, New World MACMILLAN: Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck, conductor
Program 6 National Feed November 10, 2016 BACH: Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 42 BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 2 VIVALDI: Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor TELEMANN: Grillen Symphony BACH: Concerto in C minor for Oboe, Violin, and String Orchestra VIVALDI/ARR. SORRELL: La Follia Concerto for 2 Violins Jeanette Sorrell, conductor/harpsichord; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Jennifer Ross, violin; Lorna McGhee, flute; Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe; Anne Martindale Williams, cello; David Premo, cello; Jeffrey Turner, bass; John Moore; bass Program 7 National Feed November 17, 2016 RACHMANINOFF/ARR: CARPENTER: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Cameron Carpenter, organ Program 8 National Feed November 24, 2016 BARBER: Overture to School of Scandal BARBER: Adagio for Strings BARBER Violin Concerto WILLIAMS: Sound the Bells SLATKIN: Kinah GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Simone Porter, violin Program 9 National Feed December 1, 2016 BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture MOZART: Oboe Concerto MORRICONE: Gabriel s Oboe from The Mission RESPHIGI: Fountains of Rome ROTA: Symphony No. 3 Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe Program 10 National Feed December 8, 2016 SCHUMANN: Konzertstück in F for Four Horns and Orchestra BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 BATES: The Rise of Exotic Computing Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Horn Section
Program 11 National Feed December 15, 2016 HAYDN: Symphony No. 93 LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano Program 12 National Feed December 22, 2016 HAYDN: Creation Manfred Honeck, conductor; Sam Helfrich, director; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Program 13 National Feed December 29, 2016 Popular polkas and waltzes Manfred Honeck, conductor Program 14 National Feed January 5, 2017 STRAUSS: Opening theme from Also Sprach Zarathustra BERLIOZ: Dream of the Witches Sabbath from Symphonie fantastique TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas da deux from The Nutcracker BEETHOVEN: 4 th Movement from Symphony No. 7 MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 PROKOFIEV: Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet GERSHWIN (ARR. CARPENTER): Fascinating Rhythm SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Alec Baldwin, narrator; Cameron Carpenter, organ Program 15 National Feed January 12, 2017 DVORAK/ARR. HONECK/ILLE: Rusalka Suite BRITTEN: Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathetique Manfred Honeck, conductor; Rainer Honeck, violin Program 16 National Feed January 19, 2017 BATES: Alternative Energy HEGGIE: The Work at Hand: Symphonic Songs for Cello & Mezzo-Soprano BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra Michael Francis, conductor; Anne Martindale Williams, cello; Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Program 17 National Feed January 26, 2017 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Program 18 National Feed February 2, 2017 PROKOFIEV: Suite from Lieutenant Kije COPLAND: El Salón México STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Program 19 National Feed February 9, 2017 MOZART: Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra BENDIX-BALGLEY: Fidl-Fantazye: A Klezmer Concerto Concerto MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin Program 20 National Feed February 16, 2017 DEBUSSY: Iberia, No. 2 from Images LUDWIG: Pictures from the Floating World, for Bassoon and Orchestra GINASTERA: Panambí: Suite from the Ballet GINASTERA: Four Dances from Estancia FALLA: Interlude and Dance from the opera La Vida Breve Junajo Mena, conductor; Nancy Goeres, bassoon Program 21 National Feed February 23, 2017 MOZART: Symphony No. 35, Haffner MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Midori, violin Program 22 National Feed March 2, 2017 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, Classical TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from Sleeping Beauty MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni Emmanuel Manfred Honeck, conductor; Colin Currie, percussion
Program 23 National Feed March 9, 2017 BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Simona Saturova, soprano; Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Liang Li, bass; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Betsy Burleigh, director Program 24 National Feed March 16, 2017 IVES: The Unanswered Question WEILL: Symphony No. 2 GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Omer Meir Wellber, conductor; Jon Kimura Parker, piano Program 25 National Feed March 23, 2017 LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 FLETCHER: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra Manfred Honeck, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe Program 26 National Feed March 30, 2017 SMETENA: The Moldau DVORAK: Piano Concerto MOZART: Symphony No. 38, Prague DVORAK: Carnival Overture Juraj Valcuha, conductor; Franceso Piemontesi, piano