Program 1 – WQED Airdate – September 30, 2026

ROBERTO SIERRA: Alegria

GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F major

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor

Domingo Hindoyan, conductor; Helene Grimaud, piano

 

Program 2 – WQED Airdate – October 7, 2026

JULIA WOLFE: Liberty Bell

SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No. 1

STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben

Juraj Valcuha, conductor; Pablo Ferrandez, cello

 

Program 3 – WQED Airdate – October 14, 2026

COPLAND: “Fanfare for the Common Man”

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5

Manfred Honeck, conductor; David McCarroll, violin

 

Program 4 – WQED Airdate – October 21, 2026

TOWER: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

TOWER: Made in America

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1

DVORAK: Symphony No. 6

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Olga Kern, piano

 

Program 5 – WQED Airdate – October 28, 2026

LOTTA WENNAKOSKI: Flounce

POULENC: Double Piano Concerto

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor; Lucas and Arthur Jussen, piano

 

Program 6 – WQED Airdate – November 4, 2026

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture

DVORAK: Violin Concerto

BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra

Petr Popelka, conductor; Josef Spacek, violin

 

Program 7 – WQED Airdate – November 11, 2026

WALKER: Lyric for Strings

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3

DVORAK: Cello Concerto

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Gautier Capucon, cello

 

Program 8 – WQED Airdate – November 18, 2026

ARTURS MASKATS: Tango

MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5

BARBER: Adagio for Strings

BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin

 

Program 9 – WQED Airdate – November 25, 2026

HAYDN: Symphony No. 100, “Military”

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1

CARLOS SIMON: Festive Fanfare and Overture

STRAUSS: Viennese Favorites

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Himari, violin

 

Program 10 – WQED Airdate – December 2, 2026

GLINKA: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Manfred Honeck, conductor

 

Program 11 – WQED Airdate – December 9, 2026

SAMY MOUSSA: Adgilis Deda

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8

 

Program 12 – WQED Airdate – December 16, 2026

HANDEL: Messiah

 

Program 13 – WQED Airdate – December 23, 2026

MOZART: Symphony No. 40

HAYDN: Violin Concerto No. 1

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5

Arild Remmereit, conductor; Viviane Hanger, violin

 

Program 14 – WQED Airdate – December 30, 2026

VERDI: Requiem

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Angela Meade, soprano; Marina Prudenskja, mezzo-soprano; Dmitri Pittas, tenor; Liang Li, bass; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Betsy Burleigh, conductor; Chatham Baroque

 

Program 15 – WQED Airdate – January 6, 2027

STRAVINSKY: Suite from Pulcinella

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto

PLOG: Scherzo for Trumpet

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian”

Kirill Karabits, conductor; Micah Wilkinson, trumpet

 

Program 16 – WQED Airdate – January 13, 2027

JACOB BANCKS: The Greatest Show on Earth

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano

 

Program 17 – WQED Airdate – January 20, 2027

BORIS PIGOVAT: Yizkor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Ying Fang, soprano; Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Daniel Singer, director

 

Program 18 – WQED Airdate – January 27, 2027

BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal

  1. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Daniele Rustioni, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano

 

Program 19 – WQED Feed– February 3, 2027

JIMMY LOPEZ: Peru Negro

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

Rafael Payare, conductor; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

 

Program 20 – WQED Feed– February 10, 2027

KNUSSEN: Flourish with Fireworks

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY:  Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique”

Edward Gardner, conductor; Behzod Abduraimov, piano

 

Program 21 – WQED Feed– February 17, 2027

SALINA FISHER: Rainphase

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

Gemma New, conductor; Stefan Jackiw, violin

 

Program 22 – WQED Feed– February 24, 2027

TOWER: Tambor

ADAMS: The Wound-Dresser

BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms

COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Matthias Goerne, baritone; F. Murray Abraham, narrator; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Daniel Singer, director

 

Program 23 – WQED Feed– March 3, 2027

TOWER: Tambor

CHAUSSON: Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

RAVEL: Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Nicola Benedetti, violin

 

Program 24 – WQED Feed– March 10, 2027

MICHAEL DAUGHERTY: Dancing in the Streets

BARBER: Violin Concerto

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Strum

COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Adam McKinney, Artistic Director

 

Program 25 – WQED Feed– March 17, 2027

CLYNE: Masquerade

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Kirill Gerstein, piano

 

Program 26 – WQED Feed– March 24, 2027

PROKOFIEV: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra

RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello