Encore

Encore Did you miss a recent live broadcast? Or do you just want to hear it again? Relive recent WQED-FM live broadcasts on the Encore podcast page. Stream full length broadcasts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and others.

Stand with Ukraine - May 24, 2023

The “Stand with Ukraine” concert.   Recorded at the Campbell Memorial Chapel on the Chatham University campus on April 21, 2022, members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and other local musicians performed music in support of Ukraine.   Jim Cunningham hosts.  

Barry Coutinho - November 2022 Shoulder to Shoulder Concert - May 17, 2023

Dr. Barry Coutinho plays a concert of Gershwin and Mendelssohn with members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to benefit the “Shoulder to Shoulder Pittsburgh/San Jose” project.  Recorded on November 3, 2022 at the Herberman Conference Center at the UPMC Cancer Pavilion. 

Dr. Barry Coutinho - Shoulder to Shoulder Pittsburgh - Performance in Pittsburgh - Jan 14, 2022 - Feb 24, 2022

Doctor by Day, Pianist by night, each year Dr. Barry Coutinho performs a benefit concert for Shoulder to Shoulder Pittsburgh – an organization that sends physicians to Hondorus to run a clinic for impoverished communities.  On this Performance in Pittsburgh program, you’ll hear the November 2021 concert featuring Dr. Coutinho and colleagues from the Pittsburgh Symphony playing Schubert’s beloved Trout Quintet and with violinist Laura Motchalov, the Spring Sonata by Beethoven.

Performance in Pittsburgh - AGO Pittsburgh Chapter 100th Anniversary - Mar 29, 2021

A celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the American Guild of Organists, Pittsburgh chapter, featuring archived performances by Paul Koch, E. Power Biggs, Donald Fellows, Paul Jacobs, Donald Wilkins and more.  Jim Cunningham is joined by Kenneth Danchik. 

Performance in Pittsburgh - Tina Faigen and "The Mother of Fishes" - Nov 10, 2020

Enjoy a September 2020 piano recital by Tina Faigen, as well as the US Premiere of Roger Dannenberg's opera "The Mother of Fishes," recorded in February 2020.

Performance in Pittsburgh - Randolph Kelly Farewell Recital - Oct 19, 2020

Relive Randolph Kelly's October 2019 Farewell Recital from Rodef Shalom.   The former Principal Violist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra was joined by pianist John Novacek in works by Glinka, Schubert and Hindemith. 

Dr. Barry Coutinho - Shoulder to Shoulder Pittsburgh - Performance in Pittsburgh - Oct 15, 2020

Doctor by Day, Pianist by night, each year Dr. Barry Coutinho performs a benefit concert for Shoulder to Shoulder Pittsburgh – an organization that sends physicians to Hondorus to run a clinic for impoverished communities.  On this Performance in Pittsburgh program, you’ll hear the November 2018 concert featuring Dr. Coutinho and PSO member Laura Motchalov playing music of Beethoven and Ravel.

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