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Before each speaker visits Heinz Hall as part of the Pittsburgh Speakers Series, they do a brief telephone interview with WQED FM's Jim Cunningham.
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Ruzich Recaps Brokaw
April 27, 2012 | listen
Dr. Connie Ruzich of Robert Morris University summarizes remarks and Q&A after Tom Brokaw closes the Pittsburgh Speakers Series for 2011-2012 at Heinz Hall.
Tom Brokaw
April 5, 2012 | listen
Ruzich recaps Chernow
October 13, 2011 | listen
Jim Cunningham reports daily at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm from the PSO's domestic and international tours.
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See a slideshow of the PSO's Spring 2007 West Coast Tour with Jim Cunningham.
At Avery Fisher Hall
February 27, 2012 | listen
The PSO returns to Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, where guest violinist Hilary Hahn explains the "guinea pig" effect in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto #1. Jim Cunningham gathers comments from NY Philharmonic President Zarin Mehta, PSO Composer of the Year Steven Stucky, violinist Christopher Wu, PSO VP of Artistic Planning Bob Moir, and Music Director Manfred Honeck.
Tilles Center. Long Island University
February 26, 2012 | listen
Conductors, soloists and composers involved in making great Pittsburgh Symphony performances talk about their music.
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Gianandrea Noseda - Paris Festival
April 23, 2012 | listen
Gianandrea Noseda discusses the opening program of the PSO's three-week Paris Festival which includes Respighi's La Boutique Fantasque, Debussy's Iberia, and de Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat. Noseda talks about his recording projects and is reluctant to praise French films out of deference to Italian cinema.
Gianandrea Noseda, Week 1
April 20, 2012 | listen
Insights and anecdotes from musicians, dancers, artists, actors and directors, as well as audience response.
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Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival
May 16, 2012 | listen
The 2012 Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival (May 20 - June 3) features a song cycle by Osvaldo Golijov with soprano Lara Bruckman, clarinetist David Krakauer, and a MIDI accordion; as well as Kosher Gospel with Joshua Nelson, and jazz with the Ortner-Roberts Duo plus special guests. Director Aron Zelkowicz previews the Festival.
Matisse's 1001 Nights
April 19, 2012 | listen
Hear performances recorded locally in concert or in our studios.
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W. F. Bach: Sonata #2 for 2 Flutes
April 27, 2012 | listen
Carnegie Mellon flutists Catherine Gregory and Jessie Nucho preview their featured performance of the Sonata #2 for 2 Flutes by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, J. S. Bach's oldest son. Carnegie Mellon Baroque director Stephen Schultz says this is to the flute repertoire as Beethoven's late quartets are to that genre. Carnegie Mellon Baroque's free concert is Sunday, Apr. 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm. For details, see the QED Cultural Calendar.
Jason Mooney plays Bach
April 16, 2012 | listen
Miscellaneous interviews and features (some only available online) and treasures from the Classical QED 89.3 archives.
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Anoushka Shankar
April 13, 2012 | listen
Sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar is the daughter of Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar and is the paternal half-sister of Norah Jones. She's an acclaimed world music and classical music star who has performed at the Grammys, at Carnegie Hall, and with artists such as Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Joshua Bell, Mstislav Rostropovich, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Herbie Hancock. She has played her father's music with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the London Philharmonic. Anoushka talks with QED's Jim Cunningham about her music, her father, and family friend George Harrison of The Beatles.
Aaron Copland Roundtable (1990)
March 23, 2012 | listen
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