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The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass and The Brass Ark.  Join hosts Noah and John as they interview Jim Nova, 2nd trombonist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra About Jim Nova James Nova joined the Grammy award-winning Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2009 as second/utility trombone. In 2012, Nova made his solo debut with the PSO, performing Henri Tomasi's Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra. Prior to that, he was a member of the Utah Symphony Orchestra where he served eight seasons as assistant principal/second trombone.  Since 2012, James Nova has found a new passion in multitrack recording, also known as "overdubbing." Overdubbing is a process by which a musician records all the parts of a piece of music one by one and layers the recordings on top of each other to create a full ensemble. Nova has released dozens of stunning and virtuosic tracks of his own challenging arrangements of exciting repertoire for trombone choir. The arrangements employ many different trombones: contra bass, bass, tenor, small tenor, alto, and even soprano trombones! James Nova has had a lifelong love of John Williams' film scores and in December of 2017, he released a new overdub album for trombone choir, A Fall from Light to Dark. Through the chosen moments of John Williams' masterful scores, this album musically chronicles the rise and descent of Anakin Skywalker as he transforms into Darth Vader. Truly a one-man show, this album's transcriptions, playing, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering were all done by Nova himself. James Nova has always been passionate about music education. When not on stage at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony, he can be found at the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University where he is adjunct trombone faculty, as well as the brass coach of the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras. Given their widespread popularity, Nova's recordings are playing an impactful role in inspiring the next generation of musicians and budding recording artists and he is frequently invited to teach outside the region. Since 2012, he has completed more than 85 visits to prominent festivals (such as the International Trombone Festival, American Trombone Workshop, and the Korea Trombone Festival, among others) and reputable educational institutions (such as the Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School of Music, and New England Conservatory, among others) as the featured artist and educator in concerts, masterclasses, and clinics. James Nova studied with Glenn Dodson at the Curtis Institute of Music followed by study with Norman Bolter at the New England Conservatory of Music. While in Boston, Nova played regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra, including recordings and television broadcasts as both principal and second trombone.  James Nova is an S.E. Shires Artist and performs on his signature line of Greg Black Mouthpieces. For more info, visit jimnova.com or hear his recordings at soundcloud.com/jimnova

REFERENCE RECORDINGS® proudly presents Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, in a significant new interpretation from conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. It is coupled with Erwin Schulhoff's Five Pieces, newly arranged for large orchestra by Manfred Honeck and Tomáš Ille. This album was recorded live in 2022 in the beautiful and historic Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound.Track ListingPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySymphony No. 5 I. Andante – Allegro con anima (14:09) II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (13:22) III. Allegro moderato (5:38) IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace (12:11) Erwin SchulhoffFive Pieces for String Quartet (arr. Honeck/Ille) I. Alla Valse Viennese: Allegro (2:01) II. Alla Serenata: Allegro con moto (3:57) III. Alla Czeca: Molto allegro (1:38) IV. Alla Tango Milonga: Andante (4:43) V. Alla Tarantella: Prestissimo con fuoco (2:45) @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.

This week, we are joined by some serious talent.  FRZY, Pittsburgh's very own Emmy Award winning rapper, Guiness World Record Holder for Longest Freestyle Rap, Derby Car Driver, and soon to be headliner in a join performance with The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra joins us to talk all about The Blackening, Director Tim Story's (of Fantastic 4 fame) new horror comedy that is now out on Blu-Ray and streaming.   The Glorious Succession of Frzy with the Pittsburgh Symphony November 8th at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh PA! GET YOUR TICKETS! - https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/91101/frzy-with-the-pso Experience a historic musical collaboration as nationally-recognized Pittsburgh rapper Frzy and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra share the spotlight on the Heinz Hall stage. Don't miss this one-night-only special concert featuring the orchestration of "Success," Frzy's highly-anticipated album. Joined by his band and DJ along with PSO Associate Conductor Moon Doh and the full Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh's very own Frzy will present a love letter to the city that transcends the audience to a place where they are the ink, the orchestra is the pen and the stage is the paper. This event serves as a celebration of Pittsburgh and its artists, featuring orchestral arrangements by renowned Pittsburgh composer Christian Kriegeskotte.  DISCORD!!!  Take the conversation further!  Come check out our Discord channel where we you can interact face to face (digitally) with us.  Like our opinion or hate it, now you can tell us directly!  https://discord.gg/QWPUCGCuVC SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Do you love the show and want to show your appreciation?  Consider a one time or monthly tip in our virtual tip jar.  Our show will ALWAYS be free, but unfortunately creating the podcast is not free.  Your support will go directly to our production costs.   https://glow.fm/thecinemapsychosshow/ JDUBS VIDEO NASTIES AND NEWSLETTER Our co-host, John Wooliscroft, has a brand new film channel on youtube. Check it out and Subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/@JDUBSVIDEONASTIES Sign up for the PSYCHOS NATION, our monthly newsletter - http://eepurl.com/dhGswf FEEDBACK AND CONTACT US Gotta a movie or question you want to throw our way?  Or did we trash one of your favorite films and you want to know where to send a dead horse.  Either way, drop us a line!  We welcome your questions and dead horses.   NEW !!!  Leave us voicemail! - https://cinemapsychosshow.com/contact-us/ Email cinemapsychosshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/PsychosShow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/psychosshow/ Discord -https://discord.gg/QWPUCGCuVC Tiktok-https://www.tiktok.com/@cinemapsychosshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/psychosshow/ Website - https://cinemapsychosshow.com/ Brian Cottington - https://twitter.com/BrianCottington John Wooliscroft - https://twitter.com/TheUnRealJWools Theme Music: TITLE: “Red Alert” AUTHOR: Jack Waldenmaier PUBLISHER: Music Bakery Publishing (BMI) WARNING: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE MUSIC CONTAINED IN THIS PRODUCTION IS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. All copyrights, licensing, duplication and distribution rights are held exclusively by Music Bakery Publishing (BMI). 214-636-5887 musicbakery.com    

With more than 46 years of live entertainment expertise, Ed Traversari has been a part of the entertainment scene in Western PA and beyond. He has worked for Pittsburgh concert promoters company DiCesare Engler Productions as a production manager, talent booker, director of marketing and general manager of the Chevrolet Amphitheatre at Station Square. DiCesare Engler produced concerts at the Stanley Theatre (which they later sold to the Cultural District to become The Benedum Center), the Syria Mosque, AJ Palumbo Center, Mellon Arena, Heinz Field, PNC Park and Chevrolet Amphitheatre at Station Square, among others.  In addition to teaching, Traversari consults for a number of clients including Heinz Hall, Seven Springs Resort, The Pittsburgh Irish Festival, PBS Television Concert Series and Carnegie Science Center. He also helped produce The Joe Grushecky/Bruce Springsteen shows at Soldiers and Sailors Hall and The Bob Marley Celebration at The Benedum Center. 00:00  Welcome to Episode 36 00:25  Updates with Dennis, Angelo and Patrick 03:00  Introducing Ed Traversari 04:40  From Drummer to exploring the business of entertainment 07:00  The Guess Who and the Student Activities Committee 11:00   Bookings, Agents, and first concerts 14:00   Wanted:  Runner @ DiCesare Engler 18:50   Air America, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane and a Rolls Royce 22:00  Stanley Theater, Syria Mosque, IC Light Amphitheater, Star Lake Amphitheater 27:50  What should students be doing today to gain entry into the industry? 28:45  Marketing, Accounting, Booking, General Manager to College Professor 39:55  The synergy between passion, perseverance and pursuit of a Career 44:00  The Irony of SlipKnot 46:00  Agents, Settlers, Managers, and Promoters 49:20  Settling a Show 52:30  Show Plaques and a unique Trophy for Bon Jovi 58:00  In terms of your career, is following your passion and taking calculated risks still applicable today? 01:01:00  Nazareth, Stanley Theater and feet dangling from a Chandelier 01:04:30  Rapid Fire Questions for Ed                  #1  Favorite Artists to Work With?                  #2  One Artist you could bring back for a Day                  #3  Favorite Vocalist 01:21:00  Frankie Valli still singing at 89 years of age! 01:22:30  Reflection and Final Thoughts from Ed Traversari 01:25:30  Check out Good Karma on Facebook to see Ed and his band Perform !! 01:27:25  Final Thoughts from Angelo, Dennis and Patrick 01:31:30  Photos with Artists over the years! 01:31:40  Closing Credits  

On May 20, the Pittsburgh Symphony is going to do classical…differently. Come to Heinz Hall for PSO Disrupt - a new series that creates a more welcoming environment for people that are curious about orchestral music, but don't know where to start.  Listen PSO Associate Conductor Jacob Joyce tell you all about Disrupt and how these shorter concerts will be social experiences with themed cocktails, pre-concert activities, and a host guiding you through the music on stage. This performance, Riot, will uncover what really happened on the night Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring premiered that led to some commotion. Learn more through this augmented reality experience with a PSO musician! Get access to a special BOGO offer by clicking here, or by using the code PTCBOGO at checkout.

Mark Madden isn't on the Mike Tomlin for Coach of the Year bandwagon, The Ol' 29er praises the Penguins resilience in a much needed comeback win, Mr. Wednesday Jeff Konkle and Randy break down the responsible Heinz Hall attire, and more.

How do you design a concert for people who are sensitive to light and sound? For years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been a leader in making performances more inclusive and accessible for people with sensory sensitivities — including through its sensory-friendly Holiday Pops concerts. Suzanne Perrino, the Senior Vice President of Learning and Community Engagement at the PSO, joins us to talk about creating a safe space for everyone to experience art. You can still buy tickets for this year's sensory-friendly Holiday Pops concert, which takes place at Heinz Hall this Saturday, December 17th at 2:30 p.m. Our newsletter is fresh daily at 6 a.m. Sign up here. We're also on Twitter @citycastpgh & Instagram @CityCastPgh! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conductor David Robertson explains why you shouldn't be too sad about Tchaikovsky's last days, his final symphony and applauding before the last movement. Has he ever heard a better French Horn virtuoso than Pittsburgh Principal William Caballero? No, and Robertson started his musical life as a horn player. Oliver Knussen adds considerable virtuosity and  color to the  program too. What's it like to train the next generation of conductors at Juilliard and exactly how do you do it? Find out in this conversation with Jim Cunningham recorded in the conductor's dressing room at Heinz Hall after rehearsal on Thursday November 10, 2022.

Yefim Bronfman has the detail on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 which he plays with the Pittsburgh Symphony October 28, 29 and 30 at Heinz Hall. In the upstairs rehearsal room he tells Jim Cunningham how he made up his mind on selecting the new Steinway which debuts this weekend with Manfred Honeck; New York after the pandemic; Halloween decorations; and his premiere in Cleveland.  Plus, a look ahead at the rest of his winter season in this "At the Symphony" conversation.

Stāsta arhitekts Jānis Dripe Tā liekas un tā arī ir – ko vēl var piebilst par Marisu Ivaru Georgu Jansonu, "Klasikas" īpaši vērtētu un Gundas Vaivodes bieži uzrunātu? Ir Nīderlandē viņam veltīta tulpju šķirne, ir slavenā norvēģu gleznotāja Hokana Gulvanga portretu sērija un mūzikas pasaules mūžīga mīlestība. Un tomēr ir kādas viņa īpašās attiecības ar arhitektūru. Par to jau padomāju, stāstot par norvēģu kultūras būvēm un izcilo Oslo operas namu. Tieši laiks Oslo un kopā ar Oslo filharmonijas orķestri Marisa Jansona radošajā karjerā ir visilgākais – 21 gads. Pēc puslegālas emigrācijas no PSRS 1979. gadā līdz 2000. gadam. Divos gadu desmitos Maestro ar Oslo orķestri bija sasniedzis izcilu kvalitāti un īpašu sapratni. Viņš 20 gados neatlaida nevienu mūziķi un jokoja, ka visi kopā aiziešot pensijā. Bija radīti pasaulē atzīti ieraksti un nospēlēti neaizmirstami koncerti. Turpinājumam, un tāda bija gan orķestra mūziķu, gan diriģenta vēlme, bija vajadzīgs kāds īpašs stimuls. Lai arī Jansons ieradās Oslo tikai divus gadus pēc pilsētas koncertzāles atklāšanas 1977. gadā, Maestro pēdējos gadus izaugsmes iespējas saskatīja tieši jaunas koncertzāles būvniecībā. Sarkanbrūnā koka panelējumā tērptā zāle 1600 vietām nebija apveltīta ar izcilu akustiku – jaunas zāles būvniecība vai esošās pārbūve bija Maestro sarunas temats ar Oslo pilsētas vadību. Bez rezultāta. Darbs ar Pitsburgas orķestri līdz 2004. gadam ASV bija izcils piedāvājums. Orķestra mājvieta, vēsturiskā Heinz Hall ar 2661 vietu un teicamu akustiku! Un tomēr tā nebija vecā pasaule.  Jansons atgriezās Eiropā 21. gs. sākumā nebijušā statusā – kā Amsterdamas karaliskā Concertgebouw un Bavārijas radio simfoniskā orķestra galvenais diriģents. Divi izcili orķestri un viens galvenais diriģents! Bet orķestru koncertzāles bija ar atšķirīgu kvalitāti. Ja Amsterdamas zāle ir starp pasaules skanīgākajām, tad to nevar teikt par Bavārijas radio simfoniskā orķestra mājvietu. Un Minhenē ir veseli četri orķestri! Jansons intervijā Florianam Zinnekeram saka, ka labās koncertzāles izglīto orķestri, bet tādu ir maz, zālēm jābūt ar savu siltumu, skaņas skaistumu un vibrāciju, nemaz nerunājot par obligātiem tehniskiem parametriem. Orķestra vizuālais kontakts ar skatītājiem arī ir īpaša kvalitāte. Minhenes Herkulesa zālē ir daudz problēmu. Un tad Bavārijas ministru prezidenta teiktais neilgi pēc Jansona ierašanās Minhenē, šķiet, 2004. gadā: "Ar latviešu Maestro Marisu Jansonu man bija pēdējo gadu dārgākā saruna – viņš paģēr, ka Minhenē jābūvē jauna koncertzāle!" Tad seko Marisa Jansona iniciētas izpētes un analīzes, neveiksmīgs konkurss, Jeila universitātes studentu speciāli Bavārijas Radio orķestra mājvietai veltīti darbi slavenā Frenka Gerija vadībā, bet jaunas koncertzāles nav.  Nīderlandes Karalienes vizītes Latvijā centrālais notikums bija Amsterdamas Concertgebouw orķestra ierašanās ar Jansonu pie diriģenta pults. Bet Operā. Centienos tikt pie savas Nacionālās koncertzāles mēs sakām, ka dosim tai Marisa Jansona vārdu. Bet tad jau jābūt samērībai ar Jansona diriģenta ģēniju, tad jābūt šim īpašajam arhitektūras žestam un kvalitātēm. Vai pusnojauktu un pārbūvētu Politiskās izglītības namu sauksim par Marisa Jansona koncertzāli? Var jau cerēt uz necerētu veiksmi šajā procesā, bet droša pamata tādai cerībai nav. Maestro aizgāja, sevi piepildījis mūzikā, bet savu koncertzāli nesagaidījis ne Oslo, ne Minhenē, ne Rīgā.

Nikki Porter, Head of Staff and Minister of Music at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, leads the Unity Choir in "Lift Every Voice and Sing" - Saturday October 22 at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony. She tells her story to Jim Cunningham and suggests the spirit will move you downtown on Saturday evening.   Kellen Gray conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the fourth Lift Every Voice concert!  After more than two years, back together in Heinz Hall to experience music's power to bring us forward. Kendra Ross and Garfield Lemonius host this one-night-only celebration of dynamic contemporary artists, including the world premiere of As I Please, a multimedia work by composer Kathryn Bostic, filmmaker Njaimeh Njie, and writer Jessica Lanay, commissioned by the PSO. Josh Jones, alumnus of the Paul J. Ross Fellowship program, makes his PSO solo debut performing Vivaldi's Concerto for Piccolo on marimba, Jasiri X makes his solo debut performing the Academy and Grammy Award-winning "Glory" from the movie Selma, Jessie Montgomery's Strum for String Orchestra musically animates the mural "Playing the Cosmic Strings" by local artists Mikael Owunna and Marques Redd.  

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor Moon Doh presents the orchestra's Free Radical Days concert at Heinz Hall on Tuesday October 11th, 7:30pm.   While on the European Tour, Jim Cunningham asked Maestro Doh about the pieces on the Radical Days concert.      

WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke with violinist Hilary Hahn about her new CD on Deutsche Grammophon tiled "Eclipse."  The CD features music of Dvorak, Ginastera and Sarasate with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.   Hilary talks about the CD and recalls her many trips to Heinz Hall to play with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.   Her new CD is out today (October 7, 20220) and can be purchased here:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X99XPGH/?tag=umgklassik-21&ascsubtag=0028948623839_B09X99XPGH_hilary+hahn_hilary+hahn+-+eclipe_www.universal-music.de  

Pittsburgh Symphony Pops presents "The Sounds of New Orleans" September 30th through October 2nd at Heinz Hall.  Principal Conductor Byron Stripling stopped by the QED Morning Show to tell Jim Cunningham all about the concerts this weekend.  

"Everyone's a Critic" goes the saying.  But for Jeremy Reynolds - it's the truth!  Jeremy is the Classical Music Critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.   He joined WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham in the lobby of the hotel after the Dresden concert for this tour report.  It was going to be a long night of writing, so he had ordered a pizza for delivery.  Jeremy talks about tonight's concert, some of the other stories he's covered while on the tour and much more.  Which European concert hall sounds a lot like Heinz Hall?  Find out in this tour report!    

WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham chats with cellist Jan Vogler.   He's performed with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall  in the past, and he's thrilled to have them at the Dresden Music Festival.  Jan talks about his role as intendant of the Dresden Music Festival, his recent recordings, and growing up in East Berlin.      

Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck visited the WQED studios for a live conversation on the QED Morning show on August 10th. It was the first in-person interview during the last two years of the pandemic outside of live broadcasts at Heinz Hall. Maestro Honeck ran down the special features of the upcoming 75th Anniversary European Tour of the Orchestra and the special guests Anne Sophie Mutter, Helene Grimaud and Gautier Capucon. He says he has sailed through the pandemic but regrets that so many have suffered and that audiences for music are slowly rebounding. Maestro Honeck mentioned his summer vacation with his family in the Tirol and Tuscany, ran down the special repertoire on the tour including Ligeti's "Lontano" and his transcriptions of music by Erwin Schulhoff. Manfred Honeck thanked the tour report sponsors Thiel College, Botkin Family Wealth Management and Elliot Dinkin of Cowden Associates and promised to provide dressing room commentary whenever possible.

Emanuel Ax sat down with Jim Cunningham on Saturday afternoon after the live broadcast of opening night Friday June 17 to talk about Mozart's 20th concerto, Chopin for an encore, his long association with the Pittsburgh Symphony, friendship with Andre Previn, the war in Ukraine and it's effect on Lviv where Emanuel Ax was born, his recent Beethoven Trios cd Beethoven for Three with Yo Yo Ma and Leonidas Kavakos, and the answer to the question are there too many good musicians today-- recorded upstairs at Heinz Hall in the rehearsal room on the fourth floor with help from Adam Kilburn engineer and videographer.

Beatrice Rana returns to Heinz Hall with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto conducted by Manfred Honeck June 10, 11 and 12 after a rave review from the New York Times for her New York performance. She talks with Jim Cunningham about Tchaikovsky and what makes it always new, and discusses her recording with Antonia Pappano and the Santa Cecilia orchestra, her chamber music festival in Puglia Italy, studying at the Nino Rota Conservatory, Fellini movies, driving on Italian highways, her new Chopin cd and visiting the Three Rivers Arts Festival.

"Brand New Way" is the Spring concert at Heinz Hall of the Three Rivers Young People's Orchestra conducted by Brian Worsdale and Pierce Cook who leads the Symphonette. The free concert May 28 5pm at Heinz Hall brings Pittsburgh Symphony violinist Irene Cheng to play the Sibelius Suite and the orchestra will present the Pines of the Appian Way from Pines of Rome by Respighi. Paul Evans has the percussion ensemble, Rebecca May is featured, Rebecca Mack is the Concerto Competition winner with Richard Strauss, Dr Zuly Inirio from Unisound and the Black Teaching Artist in Residence program sings Lift Every Voice, Hannah Ishizaki returns to conduct a new favorite she has written-- Miniatures. Jim Cunningham speaks with Executive Director Lindsey Nova and Pierce Cook who also teaches at Mount Lebanon High School and is giving Beethoven talks for the Beethoven String Quartets in the Carnegie Library project of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

As Assistant  Conductor, Ryan Keeling prepared the Mendelssohn Choir for the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with Manfred Honeck in their most recent performances bringing to a grand conclusion the Pittsburgh Symphony Beethoven in Your Neighborhood project of presenting all nine Beethoven Symphonies in various venues in a single week. The sold out concert at Heinz Hall and the repeat performance at St Vincent's Basilica in Latrobe followed in the path of the Grammy nominated Reference recording. Ryan tells Jim Cunningham about keeping the Honeck ideas in place and the special nature of his Viennese style Beethoven. Ryan Keeling also discussed upcoming Mendelssohn concerts and the work he does in Mount Lebanon at church and  with his Voces Solis ensemble. The Beethoven Ninth will be broadcast June 2 at 7pm on WQED-FM.   

Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Pittsburgh Symphony debut May 6th, 7th, and 8th 2022 with Dvorak's New World Symphony and the Brahms Violin Concerto played by Daniel Lozakovich, along with a Heinz Hall first of Missy Mazzoli. Maestra Stutzmann makes her Met debut in two Mozart operas in 2021 and her debut at Bayreuth as well as the new Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony. Then there's the Kristiansand Orchestra in Norway and the recording career as a contralto. What's next? Hear all about it in the interview with Jim Cunningham complete with an assessment of women in the composing and conducting world and a little light shopping in Market Square.

Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Heinz Hall to play the Benjamin Britten Piano Concerto No. 1 in its first time out in Pittsburgh. He talks about the concerto, playing it at the BBC Proms in 2019, the Britten record Sviatoslav Richter made with the composer conducting, Richter's eccentricities, the new Mozart recording he's just released, and his switch to the Sony label after 35 CDs for EMI. He discusses the music of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, which he will play on Saturday night in a special benefit concert at Heinz Hall.  Leif shares with Jim Cunningham his feelings about the conflict in Ukraine and he discusses his recent all Grieg songs recording with Lise Davidsen including a meditation on Spring at the end as especially evocative of the Nordic soul.  

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs two world premieres, plus music of Smetana, Schumann and Stravinsky this weekend at Heinz Hall.  WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke to composer Reza Vali about his brand new piece ""The Girl from Shiraz" from Persian Folk Songs, which features as soloist, Kian Soltani.  Kian also joins the conversation to talk about the Reza Vali piece, as well as playing the Schumann Cello Concerto.  

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs two world premieres, plus music of Smetana, Schumann and Stravinsky this weekend at Heinz Hall.  WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke to composer Michael Daugherty about his brand new piece "Fifteen: Symphonic Fantasy on the Art of Andy Warhol."   He also talks about other pieces he's working on, winning multiple Grammy's, and more.  

Manfred Honeck returns to Heinz Hall to conduct Stravinsky's Suite from "The Firebird," along with two world premieres, and music by Schumann and Smetana.   He chats with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham about this program, what he's been up to since he was last in Pittsburgh, and more.       

Jacob Joyce, Pittsburgh Symphony Assistant Conductor, makes his Heinz Hall subscription concert debut this Saturday and Sunday January 22 and 23 conducting concertos by Corelli and Geminiani, plus Stravinsky sharing the program with his colleague Moon Doh who conducts Bartok. Jacob explains why he loves baroque music and tells us about his work with the Indianapolis Symphony plus his story so far. He also talks about his work with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony as their new conductor.    

The story of a veteran Pittsburgh Symphony violinist who joined in 1968 under William Steinberg. Richard DiAdamo is admired by his colleagues for his artistry and, more recently since retiring, an heroic struggle with cancer which metastasized to multiple areas and further caused strokes and blindness. He started the violin at age 8 in Philadelphia studying with Armand DiCamillo of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Richard traces his path to the Eastman School of Music, his participation in the Howard Hanson American Music Festivals, study with Joseph Knitzer and Carroll Glenn followed by work at the Taos School of Music in New Mexico. He joined the Syracuse Symphony conducted by Karl Kritz who had emigrated to the US in 1937 first serving as assistant in the early years of the Pittsburgh Symphony.  Richard played alongside violinist Louis Krasner who commissioned the Alban Berg Concerto.  He founded the Amati String Trio. He won the Pittsburgh Concert Society Audition in 1981. The following year he gave the world premiere of Thomas Janson's  Harlequin for Richard DiAdamo which won praise from critics Robert Croan in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Tim Page who described it as “committed and praiseworthy” in the New York Times following the first New York performance at Symphony Space with David Stock conducting. Richard DiAdamo remembers his work as a coach of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and Three Rivers Young People's Orchestra as well as teaching and founding the strings program at Washington and Jefferson College. He told Andrew Duckenbrod writing for the Post Gazette in 2006 "I am retiring from the symphony but not the violin...I plan on getting up every day and doing my practice. I am looking forward to practicing some solo pieces that I really haven't had the time for."  Marvin Hamlisch called him onstage to speak about his retirement plans which included polishing classic cars—a Packard, a Mercedes and Carman Ghia. Among the highlights of his thousands of concerts across four decades were the visit to Rome to play Mahler at the Vatican, the opening of Heinz Hall with Mahler's Second Symphony and tour concerts with William Steinberg in Japan and Andre Previn at the Musikverein in Vienna. Manfred Honeck is a fan, checking in regularly. Richard made a rosary for Maestro Honeck which he treasures. Richard DiAdamo does not let his health problems get him down. He continues to inspire his colleagues with an indomitable spirit loving life with his wife Catherine DiAdamo who joins in the conversation with Jim Cunningham.   

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Guest Conductor Lorenzo Viotti makes his Heinz Hall debut to conduct music of Verdi, Rachmaninoff, Strauss and Ravel.  He spoke with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham about the concert, knowing former PSO Music Director Mariss Jansons and more.  

Benjamin Grosvenor returns to Heinz Hall to play the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2.  Always a crowd favorite, Benjamin talks about the piece's appeal, handling the Covid pandemic and more in this conversation with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham.  

Violinist James Ehnes returns to Heinz Hall to perform the Barber Violin Concerto this weekend with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  He spoke with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham about the piece, his recent recordings, and his love of the Winnipeg Jets hockey team.       

Manfred Honeck returns to Heinz Hall for the Thanksgiving weekend concert of Strauss waltzes and polkas in the spirit of the Vienna New Year's Day concerts seen around the world and on WQED-TV from the ORF and PBS. This year at Heinz Hall, Maria Duenas makes her debut with the Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1. Maria is 18 years old. She tells her story and describes the special qualities of the instrument she plays.  Manfred Honeck remembers his concerts playing the New Year's Day program in Vienna and suggests the spirit of the program with encores expected. The interview with Jim Cunningham took place in the upstairs rehearsal room in order to record video which can be found on Vimeo.

Pianist Behzod Abduraimov returns to Heinz Hall to make his debut with Juraj Valcuha in the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2. They've recorded together in Italy for Decca but never given a live concert until Pittsburgh. Is playing with a mask fun? No. Especially during this concerto, which requires heavy lifting but he's managing. Behzod talks all about Prokofiev and his recent recordings of Rachmaninov's own piano in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he toured the villa Rachmaninov.   

Resonance Works Conductor Maria Sensi Sellner joins former Pittsburgh Symphony Principal double bass and soloist Jeffrey Turner in their return to in-person performances at the Greer Cabaret Theater downtown Pittsburgh November 13th and 14th with some of the hottest and brightest lights on the scene today - Missy Mazzoli with Jeff in the spotlight, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jessie Montgomery and Chen Yi.  Maria has the deep dive into the composers world and Jeff describes his work at Indiana University, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at the Townsend School of Music, and his recent recordings including Mozart concertos for Nonesuch with Jeremy Denk. Also, why he has returned to his colleagues at Heinz Hall this season and when we might hear him again.  This conversation with Jim Cunningham took place in the Green Room at Heinz Hall.

Daniel Meyer conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops Troupe Vertigo concert this weekend at Heinz Hall with Bizet's Carmen, Ravel's Bolero, music by Gimenez, Marquez and an overall Latin Spanish flavor. The acrobatics and the orchestra come together in a way that Maestro Meyer suggest is not to be missed. Daniel also runs down upcoming events on his calendar and why you should drive to the Warner Theater in Erie to hear his orchestra there.

Kirill Karabits, born in Ukraine, makes his Heinz Hall debut October 29th and 31st with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Principal Trumpet Micah Wilkinson playing the Haydn Trumpet Concerto and the Anthony Plog Scherzo; plus the Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite and the Tchaikovsky Little Russian Symphony with its Ukrainian folk tunes. He has recorded more than a dozen CDs with standard and rare repertoire including a never before recorded Liszt opera. Now he feels he must spend more time in his homeland, Ukraine. Only a week ago he wasn't certain if the Covid travel regulations would allow him to make the trip to Pittsburgh, but he is loving it now as you can hear in the conversation with Jim Cunningham recorded in the Conductor's dressing room on October 28th right after rehearsal.

Pianist Jan Lisiecki returns to Pittsburgh to perform the Grieg Piano Concerto on Friday October 22nd, 8pm and Sunday October 24th, 2:30pm at Heinz Hall.  He talks about the concerto, working with Guest Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, and more in this conversation with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham.    

Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Osmo Vanska returns to Heinz Hall as a guest with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Flute Lorna McGhee in Kaija Saariaho's new Flute Concerto "Wing of a Dream" with bird song, extended technique, poetry, exclamations, smiles, guttural sounds and general delight. Jim Cunningham joins the duo masked in the Guest Conductor's Dressing Room sitting as far apart as possible discussing how the concerto was a hit in its out of town try out in Minnesota. In Pittsburgh, it will appear with Beethoven's Egmont Overture and the Scottish Symphony by Mendelssohn. Soloist and conductor talk about the premiere in detail and Maestro Vanska accepts congratulations for presiding over the designation as Orchestra of the Year in Minnesota as voted by the readers of England's Grammophon magazine. He suggests that unlike Mick Jagger budgeting an extra day to visit the Phipps Conservatory, he is all about the music when he's in Pittsburgh. His last season includes a Sibelius party on New Year's Eve and after 19 years, he goes out on a high note but promises to return. The Minnesota performance can be seen on Youtube. Pittsburgh will hear the concert October 8th and 10th at Heinz Hall.

Pianist Helene Grimaud returns to Pittsburgh for the Ravel Piano Concerto in G with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony. She's just arrived from Los Angeles where she played Schumann with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a new conductor Marta Gardolinska. She tells us about her new cd from Deutsche Grammophon, The Messenger; how she survived the pandemic and about the 20th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 at the World Trade Center the same day she played Beethoven at the Proms in London. Plus, she still runs with the wolves and is active in conservation efforts. In order to be socially distanced in Rehearsal Room 2 upstairs at Heinz Hall, Helene Grimaud held the microphone on a long cord while Jim Cunningham shouted.    

Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck returned this week for the first full Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts in 18 months to open the Heinz Hall 50th anniversary season with Anne-Sophie Mutter at the Gala on September 16th.  Ms. Mutter will be playing a concerto by the Chevalier de Saint George and music by John Williams. She discusses her solo spots and the incredible success of her live Vienna Philharmonic cds with John Williams conducting. She works with John Williams a few days after Pittsburgh in Los Angles at a concert which will play tribute to cellist Lynn Harrell. She remembers her colleague along with Maestro Honeck's thoughts. Other topics include pandemic reflections; the Mutter Virtuosi with which she will go on tour; upcoming recording plans which include a disc with Manfred Honeck conducting in Prague; why now is the time to belatedly look into African-American composers and other composers who have been long out of the spotlight; the importance of radio to classical music; and much more in this half hour with Jim Cunningham.  Recorded at the Fairmont Hotel in the floor 2 restaurant. 

Pianist and Composer Deanna Witkowski, who appeared just before the pandemic with the Pittsburgh Symphony at Heinz Hall, has just published "Mary Lou Williams: Music For the Soul," a new biography of the jazz legend who still has family in the city, spent a large portion of her life in Pittsburgh and is buried in Calvary Cemetary. There's a book launch and a signing at Con Alma downtown on September 16th with many other book and concert events in the near future now that Deanna has moved to Pittsbugh after 23 years in New York. Check her website for an updated itinerary. Deanna Witkowski's meticulous research on the Williams Pittsburgh years and the spiritual side of Mary Lou is explored in depth from the writer who joined the Catholic Church as an adult. Deanna lets Mary Lou do the ministering to your soul with her new CD recorded on the MCG Jazz label. Deanna's spiritual journey began in Brazil. She recognizes the problems faced by the church, its believers and she is ready to rumble on church controversy while lifting you at the keyboard. Deanna spoke with Jim Cunningham.

Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Will Chow talks about his recording of Zoltan Kodaly's Cello Sonata made Center Stage at Heinz Hall. Will picks a favorite recording of the Kodaly among many. In this discussion with Jim Cunningham he recalls his work with the Pittsburgh Symphony since joining in 2016, an appearance on From the Top with Chrisopher O'Riley, heading out with Curits on Tour during his workk at the Curtis Institute, recording Two by Four for the Cedille label with Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh and looks forward to working with fellow Curtis scholar conductor Earl Lee in the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations at Hartwood Acres this summer.

Maestro Osmo Vanska talks about his new recording of the Mahler Symphony No. 10 and his plans to record all the Mahler Symphonies even though he wil step down as Music Director in 2022. He enjoys guest conducting, still has an orchestra in Korea and will return to Heinz Hall the season after next. About the Mahler 10, he points to the special viola writing, the tuba, Alma Mahler's wild and crazy time, the private messages Mahler wrote on his manuscript and much more. Osmo Vanska says he spent much of the pandemic practicing the clarinet, doing push ups and enjoying time with loved ones. He's had a home in Minnesota over the past two decades where he loves the cold weather and he describes the generous funding classical radio receives from the Finnish government.

Pittsburgh Symphony bass Peter Guild and violinist Kristina Yoder play the Meditation from Massenet's Thais and a Beethoven Duo for Center Stage at Heinz Hall. They discuss their musical journey from Kansas City and Carver Oregon to Pittsburgh and give tips on parenting, surviving the pandemic and growing carnivorous plants in this conversation with Jim Cunningham"

Violinist Joshua Bell is back in town to record a new Front Row program to stream from the Pittsburgh Symphony website. He plays Vivaldi's Four Seasons complete and a new arrangement of a Chopin Nocturne with cellos and harp both playing and conducting for the first time at Heinz Hall including music by Astor Piazzola in the program.Tthe conversation, recorded onstage at Heinz Hall with masks, touches on his golf outing to Fox Chapel Country Club with violinist Chris Wu, his forthcoming Mendelssohn Trios CD taped at the Capitol Tower in Los Angeles, recent TV programs he has appeared in, as well as pandemic streaming video. 

Ron Samuels recorded music by Bela Kovacs at the center of the Heinz Hall stage to be presented as part of the Symphony on the Air series at 8:30 Monday Through Friday on the Classical QED Morning Show with support from the Spanos Group of Raymond James and the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He spoke with Jim Cunningham about Hungarian clarinet tradition and Kovacs compositions. Ron Samuels was appointed second clarinetist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra by former Music Director Mariss Jansons at the start of the 2001–02 season. He joined the faculty of Duquesne University that same year. Previously, he was a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and he served as principal clarinetist of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, guest principal clarinetist with both the Minnesota Orchestra and San Diego Symphony, and guest second clarinetist with the Cleveland Orchestra. A native of San Francisco, Ron Samuels has enjoyed a richly varied career as a symphonic musician, chamber music and concerto soloist, and as a collegiate professor and master class clinician. He graduated from the University of Southern California where he studied with Mitchell Lurie and where he has frequently returned as a guest lecturer. Lurie had served under Fritz Reiner as clarinet in Pittsburgh and Chicago before his death in 2008.

Center Stage features Pittsburgh Symphony musicians recorded at Heinz Hall, and heard on the radio Wednesday's at 8:30am - part of our Symphony On Air feature heard Monday through Friday underwritten by the Spanos Group of Raymond James and the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony. You can listen to the Pittsburgh Symphony every morning at 8:30. James Rodgers, Principal Contrabassoon, recorded Bach and Schulhoff along with conversation with Jim Cunningham.     

Pittsburth Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck reveals the details of his interpretation of Beethoven's Ninth newly released on the Reference label - available February 12.  He speaks from his office at Heinz Hall where he has just arrived to conduct some online performances. The details will be announced in just a few days.

Veteran audio engineer and Senior Technician at WQED Al Lawyer recently turned 85 so the station dedicated its fall fundraiser to him.  Al started with WQED in 1966 having previously worked for an AM station in West Virginia and working with audio in the military.  He soldered every wire in the months that led to radio sign on in January of 1973. The station moved twice within the building so the wires all had to be done again. Al went on countless remotes including The Three Rivers Piano Competition while working as the sound engineer for at least a season of Mr Roger Neighborhood. In this conversation with Jim Cunningham he discusses how much he admired the work of colleagues Jay Conley, Tom Ammons and Dave Tepe plus managers Jack Sommers and  Ceci Sommers. Al felt his TV colleagues were hesitant about working for the classical radio station with no pictures and disliked early automation equipment which sometimes had a mind of its own.  Al recalls working at Heinz Hall to record the Pittsburgh Symphony, climbing the catwalk high above the stage as in Phantom of the Opera  and listening to several orchestra broadcasts from other cities with principal players of the Pittsburgh to determine the best microphone placement. Cleveland was the model!  Al recorded a pledge pitch too which guarantees immortality.  

The Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops Byron Stripling talks with Jim Cunningham about his inspiration from Louis Armstrong's Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, working at Heinz Hall, the Jazz Arts Group in Columbus Ohio, his favorite thing about summer, his name Lloyd Byron Stripling and recording his Crucial Conversations as a response to protests and unrest in the Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic.

Chantal Braziel is a Soprano Opera Singer. She has performed with The Pittsburgh Opera, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in the Lift Every Voice concert at Heinz Hall and made her Metropolitan Opera Debut in the ensemble of the Season 2019/2020 production of Porgy and Bess.

Principal percussionist Andrew Reamer from his home in the North Hills talks about his drum manufacturing company, his motorcycle riding, practicing, eagerness to return to Heinz Hall, his contributions to the Bright Spots of Extraordinary measures and the Feuerfest Polka by Strauss which has become a regular feature of the thanksgiving concert in the style of the Vienna New Year’s Day program with Manfred Honeck  and the Nimrod from Enigman Variations by Sir Edward Elgar, one of his favorites plus a suggestion for a great burger place. Live conversation Wednesday morning May 3, 2020 with Jim Cunningham from the QED Morning Show.

Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Tuba, Craig Knox, talks with Jim Cunningham from his home in Mount Lebanon about the stay at home quarantine, delivery of dinner, teaching online, when we’ll have music at Heinz Hall again and Craig chooses the very solemn slow second music of the Bruckner Symphony No 7 as music to provide comfort during these troubled times. Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony had planned to record the Bruckner 7 this Spring until concerts were canceled.

Robert Lauver, Pittsburgh Symphony Horn, talks about his jazzy Strauss Til Eulenspiegel posted on the Pittsburgh Symphony Extraordinary Measures website. His teacher who played on the Beatle's Sergeant Pepper album and worked with famous horn virtuoso Dennis Brain. Robert explains how he worked with horn star Barry Tuckwell, talks about the technology involved in online music making, and remembers Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who had four horn soloists in the Konzertstuck by Robert Shcumann at Heinz Hall and Robert salutes teachers with a personal favorite by Korngold.

Alina Ibragimova makes her Heinz Hall debut Friday and Sunday playing the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 with Jakob Hrusa and the Pittsburgh Symphony. In this conversation with Jim Cunningham, she gives a roadmap for the music, describing Shostakovich haunted nature, tells us her story from growing up in Russia not too far from Moscow, the Russian school of string playing, David Oistrakh, talks about her appearances on the BBC for the Promenade concerts, and as a young artist.  Plus, she talks about her more than 18 cds for the Hyperion label including music by Roslavets and Lekeu. What she is reading these days too!

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presented "Lift Every Voice" this past weekend at Heinz Hall.  WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham had a chance to interview Host and Vocalist Tamara Tunie and composer Kathryn Bostic about the concert.      

Baiba Skride makes her Heinz Hall debut this weekend to perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Juraj Valchua conducting.  Learn more about Baiba in this interview with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham.  

Ray Chen returns to Heinz Hall to perform the Sibelius Violin Concerto this weekend.  He sat down with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham to talk about the piece and the importance of classical music.  

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Vice President of Artistic Planning, Mary Persin, stopped by the QED Morning Show to talk about the newly announced 2020-2021 season - the Orchestra's 125th.  She also talks about her Music 101 presentation taking place at Heinz Hall on Wednesday February 12th at 12:30pm.    

Amanda and Steve are sharing some exciting new updates between BOLD Sports happenings and Amanda's various ventures. While they're chatting, they're drinking some East End Gratitude. This week our dynamic duo is all about burgers. Grab a bite at BRGR, Mindful Brewing, or Impossible Burger. While you're at, Amanda and Steve are also recommending BRGR and Mindful Brewing for drink recommendations this week. If you're looking for someting to do this weekend, check out Rent at Heinz Hall, the River Hounds' home opener, Free Days at the Carnegie Art Museum, BBQ and Brews at Grist House, or American Spirits at Heinz History Center. Since this is the last weekend for fish fries, be sure to stop by your favorite hook-up for a last serving of fish, fries, and slaw. Of course, this is also Easter Weekend, so be sure to check out whatever community events may be scheduled in your neighborhood! As they do, Amanda and Steve are wrapping this week's episode with their He Said / She Said segment. This week they're talking about 10 sex mistakes people make in their 30s. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Amanda and Steve are sharing some exciting new updates between BOLD Sports happenings and Amanda's various ventures. While they're chatting, they're drinking some East End Gratitude. This week our dynamic duo is all about burgers. Grab a bite at BRGR, Mindful Brewing, or Impossible Burger. While you're at, Amanda and Steve are also recommending BRGR and Mindful Brewing for drink recommendations this week. If you're looking for someting to do this weekend, check out Rent at Heinz Hall, the River Hounds' home opener, Free Days at the Carnegie Art Museum, BBQ and Brews at Grist House, or American Spirits at Heinz History Center. Since this is the last weekend for fish fries, be sure to stop by your favorite hook-up for a last serving of fish, fries, and slaw. Of course, this is also Easter Weekend, so be sure to check out whatever community events may be scheduled in your neighborhood! As they do, Amanda and Steve are wrapping this week's episode with their He Said / She Said segment. This week they're talking about 10 sex mistakes people make in their 30s. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Amanda and Steve are drinking some Ed and Days Belgian Double while enjoying a Pittsburgh Indian Summer. Want to know where you should be this weekend? It looks like Or The Whale is your hot spot for food and drinks. Speaking of drinks, also make sure to swing by Evangeline. Otherwise, Pittsburgh has lots to offer this weekend with Mash Bill at Wigle Barrel House, Pumpking Fest at Southern Tier Brewing, Chrome Moses at the R-Bar in Dormont with Smokey and the Snake Oil Boys, Wholey's 105-Year Anniversary, Fire and Flannels at Trax Farms, Hilltopolis, and the last weekend of Oktoberfest. If you're looking for something to do a little further down the road, John Waters Christmas: Holier and Dirtier is coming to the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall in December, and Bob Dylan will be at Heinz Hall in early November. As usual, they wrap up the show with their He Said/She Said segment! This week they're talking about songs for getting it on. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Amanda and Steve are drinking some Ed and Days Belgian Double while enjoying a Pittsburgh Indian Summer. Want to know where you should be this weekend? It looks like Or The Whale is your hot spot for food and drinks. Speaking of drinks, also make sure to swing by Evangeline. Otherwise, Pittsburgh has lots to offer this weekend with Mash Bill at Wigle Barrel House, Pumpking Fest at Southern Tier Brewing, Chrome Moses at the R-Bar in Dormont with Smokey and the Snake Oil Boys, Wholey's 105-Year Anniversary, Fire and Flannels at Trax Farms, Hilltopolis, and the last weekend of Oktoberfest. If you're looking for something to do a little further down the road, John Waters Christmas: Holier and Dirtier is coming to the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall in December, and Bob Dylan will be at Heinz Hall in early November. As usual, they wrap up the show with their He Said/She Said segment! This week they're talking about songs for getting it on. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Anyone who has heard Manfred Honeck conduct his own Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Heinz Hall or in their exemplary recordings on the Exton and Reference Recordings labels will know what a treasure he is for the world of music. This week he will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with Inon Barnatan and Mahler's First Symphony. He has made something of a speciality of this composer, a fellow Austrian. His recorded cycle with Pittsburgh now includes Symphonies No. 1, 3, and 5. Maestro Honeck also has special insight into the work of Anton Bruckner, another fellow Austrian. He has so far recorded Bruckner's Fourth Symphony and looks forward to recording the Ninth. In this interview you will learn something about the care and intelligence he puts into preparing his performances and his particular feeling for these great composers. The post Manfred Honeck talks to Michael Miller about Mahler, Bruckner, and Conducting appeared first on New York Arts.

Bill Maher, who has been hosting “ Real Time with Bill Maher " for 13 years on HBO, joins us by phone. Maher started his career as a standup comedian and still performs at least fifty dates a year. He’ll be in Pittsburgh on Friday, July 8 at Heinz Hall. We'll ask him about politics, religion and all of the things people aren't supposed to discuss.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Jeff Hobson ‘The Trickster' from THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™  is a season special part of the 2015-2016 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Broadway Across America.   The tour will be in Pittsburgh, April 19-24, 2016, at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15222. PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™  HEINZ HALL | APRIL 19th-24th, 2016  TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Pittsburgh, PA— On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world's best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ will visit Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh on April 19 through April 24, 2016 during a 25 city U.S. tour. The New York Times raved the show is, “A High-Tech Magic Extravaganza.” THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ is a season special part of the 2015-2016 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Broadway Across America. THE ILLUSIONISTS is produced by Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, MagicSpace Entertainment, Road Show Entertainment LLC, and The Production Office. Conceived by Simon Painter, the show's creative team also includes executive producer Tim Lawson, director Neil Dorward and creative director Jim Millan.    

Well here we are folks EPISODE 100!!!!! I couldn't think of a better guy to bring in the momentous episode than Big Poppa Joe Bartnick. Joe is one of the best comics around and is one of my best buds so I hope you really enjoy this as much as I did having him in The Earl Castle!! Follow him on Twitter @JoeBartnick Joe Bartnick was born in Pittsburgh where he learned his love of eating, drinking and sports. He started doing stand up comedy in San Francisco in the late 90’s. Joe progressed from playing coffee shops , bars and Laundromats to being a regular a the World Famous Punchine. From there Joe has performed all over North America in such prestigious places as the Warfield, the Wiltern, Heinz Hall and the Chicago Theater. Joe did a closing set on AXS Tv’s Live from Gotham. Joe has written the best selling eBook You Might Be a Douchebag and on several television shows including the ESPY’s and the NFL on Fox. His hockey column can be seen on PunchDrunk.com and 2minute minor.com Joe can be heard talking hockey on the Sideshow Network’s Puck Off all year round and on WDVE during the season. He talks everything else on All Thing’s Comedy’s Insensitivity Training.

PPL Co-Host Darlene Kruth | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS TECHNOGRANNY? Nak Won Garden, Center Avenue| Mama Lena's Mc Kees Rocks| Powerful Authority Positioning thru No BS Marketing| POSITIVELY PITTSBURGH SPONSORED EVENTS: Author Zone Awards Dinner and Full Day Author's Conference| NAWBO Networking, Meet the Board at Savoy| CULTURAL CLUES: Into The Woods, Conservatory Theatre Company| Beautiful â?? The Carole King Musical | The Wizard of Oz| The Piano Lesson| Balanchine's Western Symphony at Pittsburgh Ballet| The Elephant Wrestler| KIDZ KORNER: Fiddlesticks Family Concerts: SING| Tram Arts Trust in Alice in Wonderland| WOMEN AND GIRLS ADVANCEMENT : Pearl Club's Empowerment Workshop| Pgh Post Gazette food columnist Gretchen McKay at Hair Peace Meeting| Hair Peace Lantern Launch| POSITIVELY PITTSBURGH LIVE! BURGH BIZ SATURDAY SHOWCASE: Returns with Real Estate Related Businesses| PITTSBURGH HISTORICAL STUFF: Tanks for the Memories| Tipsy History: WWII| NON-PROFIT EVENTS SPONSORED BY BLACKTIE PITTSBURGH: An Evening with Dora E. McQuaid, Poet. Activist. Speaker. Teacher| NEIGHBORHOOD HI-LIGHTS Sponsored by DARLENE KRUTH NORTHWOOD REALTHY UPPER ST CLAIR: Harvest Bounty Shenango Valley Mall| Hot Metal Musicals Incubator â?? Reading of Kitty,Carnegie| Market Square Farmers Market| POSITIVE PITTSBURGHERS: Calling All Elves! - Holiday Help Wanted| ROVING PITTSBURGHER REPORT SPONSORED BY PITTSBURGH TRADE ALLIANCE: Nak Won Garden| Mama Lena's Mc Kees Rocks| Powerful Authority Positioning| PITTSBURGH LOCAL SPORTS: Point Park University Womenâ??s Soccer | STEELTOWN HERO: Farewell to E-Magnify| HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Nightmare Before Christmas| Igludesman & Joo, Scary Concert with PSO at Heinz Hall and WVU| Disney in Concert at PSO, Nightmare Before Christmas Sold Out|

Ruth Beatty is a pastry chef in Pittsburgh who has employed her craft in a variety of ways, from catering, to working at Heinz Hall. She spoke with Genevieve about her various experiences, both good and bad, in the industry. Ruth also shares her perspective on the history of food in Pittsburgh, moving from local bakeries to mass production and processing and the resurgence of local bakeries and restaurants.  You can find Ruth every Wednesday at Allegheny Wine Mixer's Fondue Night from 5 pm to midnight. Also, if you're interested in experiencing Ruth's expertise, whether for pastries, a cake, or a cookie table, you can email her at rueyb01@gmail.com

(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED))) Call or text with your comments!!! New number -> (805) 270-5785 In this episode of the Mouse Lounge, we trip the Christmas lights fantastic and over a few toys in the process. Each week, in From the Vault we sample a clip from a classic Disney film, short, television or radio program, or Disneyland Record. This week from a dusty box of LPs we drop the needle on some classic vinyl. From Disneyland Records catalog ST3913, enjoy Walt Disneys Babes in Toyland! From the Walt Disney Archives: A young Walt Disney performs as Mickey and himself in 1934s Heinz Hall of Fame Christmas Stocking. Each week we present a high definition ride-through from a Disney Park East or a Disney Park West. This week, not so much a ride-through, but a musical trip through the holiday season, with the Disneyland Band in their annual Christmas Concert. I am told the band will improve its selection of singers from the audience in the coming year. We close this week’s show with four of my favorite holiday tunes. They may not be Disney, but they’re special to me and hope they will be to you too. Enjoy! Gary Chambers (805) 270-5785 The Mouse Lounge http://www.mouselounge.com Subscribe to our write a review about the Mouse Lounge Podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=180696323 The Mouse Lounge is a fan-based podcast and is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries. Non factual statements made by the Mouse Lounge hosts, Gary Chambers and his guests are their current opinions only and are subject to change without notice. All copyrighted material used with permission or under the Fair Use Doctrine in Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act. Although the information in this program is believed to be reliable, Mr. Chambers, and Mouselounge.com do not make any representations or warranties as to its accuracy or completeness, nor do they assess, verify or guarantee the suitability of information.

Jonathan Brader, the Vice President of Operations for the Pittsburgh Speakers Series, speaks with Jim Cunningham about the upcoming season at Heinz Hall presented with the support of the University of Pittsburgh. Appearing  this year will be Loretta Lynch, John Brennan, Scott Kelly, Maria Ressa, Erik Larson and the single most requested speaker Tom Friedman with the final event Anthony Ray Hinton. Jonathan remembers great moments from the two decades of visits at Heinz Hall by prominent speakers and explains why you should subscribe. Jonathan also fills us in on the plans for the renovation of St Louis Symphony home Powell Hall in Saint Louis his hometown and his work in the box office there before joining the speakers series.