SUNDAY, MARCH 31ST |  |
12:00am
Bob Christiansen
1:00am
Scott Blankenship
6:00am
Harmonia, with Angela Mariani
This morning’s show shines a spotlight on the New York Pro Musica Antiqua, the ensemble that first popularized early music in America. We'll take a look at its history and hear from some of its members.
7:00am
Sunday Baroque, with Suzanne Bona
Easter is a celebration of renewal and peace, and many musicians have honored that theme in their compositions. Easter selections from George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah and Heinrich Biber’s contemplative sonatas on the biblical mysteries are just some of the glorious music this morning to refresh and renew your spirit.
11:00am
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, or All-Night Vigil
Written and premiered in 1915, it’s considered one of the composer’s finest works, and was one of his own favorite compositions. This performance is by The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, directed by Robert Page.
1:00pm
Lynn Warfel
6:00pm
Sunday at the Symphony -- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chinese pianist Jingge Yan plays two sets of Bagatelles by Ludwig van Beethoven. Then, Essa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, choruses and soloists in Beethoven’s Symphony #9.
8:00pm
Pittsburgh Symphony, with Jim Cunningham
This week, we return to the beginning of the 2011/12 season, which Manfred Honeck opened with Steven Stucky’s Dreamwaltzes. Then, Rudolf Buchbinder is featured in George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. And, the concert concludes with Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
10:00pm
Valerie Kahler
