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 It takes about a million dollars in listener contributions to keep Classical music on the radio in southwestern Pennsylvania. From January 1st until the end of March, we must raise $364,000 in support of Classical music - through the mail, on air, or online. Make your contribution today by clicking here or call 888-621-6900 now. Thanks!
Friday, March 19 at 7pm
Pittsburgh Opera Preview
Hosted by Stephen Baum
A look ahead at the next production by Pittsburgh Opera, Bizet's Carmen, opening at the Benedum Center the following day.
Friday, March 19 at 7:30pm
Performance in Pittsburgh
Hosted by Stephen Baum
The Biava Quartet performs works by Pittsburgh composers David Stock and Albert Glinsky.
Saturday, March 20 at 1pm
Metropolitan Opera
Hosted by Margaret Juntwait
Leos Janacek: From the House of the Dead (Met premiere, from the fall of 2009). Janacek's final opera was first performed in Brno in 1930, two years after the composer's death. Based on a novel by Dostoyevsky, it features an almost entirely male cast. Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his Met conducting debut.
Sunday, March 21 at 8pm
Pittsburgh Symphony
Hosted by Jim Cunningham
Manfred Honeck conducts the orchestra in Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Mozart's Symphony #38, the Prague. Plus, Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Beethoven's poignant and stirring Violin Concerto.
 Monday-Friday, March 15-19 at 10pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
In the 1920s, concert halls rocked with everything from jazz to airplane propellers, radio became a multimillion dollar industry, and art and literature flowed like bathtub gin. This week, we'll sample The Roaring 20s in New York, Paris and Berlin. more info
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Presented by Pittsburgh Symphony
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Guests: PSO Principal Piccolo Rhian Kenny, and QED 893's Jim Cunningham. More Info
Presented by Pittsburgh Symphony
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Explore major themes from Pittsburgh Symphony concerts through books ranging from historical novels to biography and popular science. Read the book, and join QED 89.3's Jim Cunningham & PSO contrabass Jeffrey Turner in a lively discussion of this book of Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks. More Info
Presented by Pittsburgh Speakers Series
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 8:00 pm
This political analyst, commentator, author and NY Times columnist brings audiences face-to-face with the spirit of our times, and does it with humor, insight and passion. He is a keen observer of our American way of life, and a savvy analyst of present day politics and foreign affairs. He appears regularly on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and NPR's All Things Considered. More Info
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