Pittsburgh Symphony violinist Jennifer Orchard and violist Tatjana Mead Chamis of the Clarion Quartet discuss the debut cd made by the group with Korngold, Zehavi/Pigovat,Schulhoff and Ullmann.

Itzhak Perlman talks about the Pittsburgh Symphony Tree of Life concert for Unity and Peace at Heinz Hall on November 27, 2018, one month after the deaths at the Synagogue in Pittsburgh. He talks with Jim Cunningham about the music he recorded for the film Schindler’s list, working with John Williams, the Pittsburgh Symphony, his PBS American Masters special, and finding peace in out time.

Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck visits the QED Morning Show to tell Jim Cunningham about his concerts November 23 and 25 with Johann Strauss favorites and Cynthia Koledo de Almeida playing the Mozart Oboe Concerto along with George Li playing the Rachmaninoff Paganini Variations. Maestro Honeck discusses how the concerts he conducted with the New York Philharmonic went last week and the plan for the Concert of Peace and Unity on Tuesday November 27 honoring the Tree of Life Synagogue victims.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra guest conductor John Storgards is interviews by WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham at the Friends of the Symphony event at Heinz Hall on November 1st, 2018.  Maestro Sorgaards talks about this weekend's program; his extensive catalog of recordings; and whether he enjoys a nice sauna.

Cellist Maximilian Hornung returns to the Pittsburgh Symphony to play Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 on October 26th and 28th, 2018.  He shares his thoughts about the music and remembers his home town of Augsburg, Germany. He lives in Munich now so there is a discussion of Oktoberfest and beer.

Pablo Heras-Casado makes his Pittsburgh Symphony debut with an all Russian program bringing together the Rimsky-Korsakoff Capriccio Espagnol, Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 with Maximilian Hornung, and the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams." He speaks about some of recent recordings and suggests what you should do when you visit his home town of Granada while praising Pittsburgh with it’s magnificent orchestra, Fallingwater, and the Andy Warhol Museum.

Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Piccolo Rhian Kenny violinist Lorien Benet Hart and cellist Michael DeBruyn starting the Day of Music at WQED-FM at 8:30 playing the Haydn Trio No 1 in C from the London Trios. The Musicians Third Annual Day of Music began before dawn at 89.3FM