Renee Fleming sings songs and arias with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear soprano Renee Fleming sings songs and arias by Leoncavallo, Ponce, Gomez, and Refice (reh-FEE-chay). Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts.   Also on the program Ravel’s “Alborado del gracioso” and Saint-Saens’ “Bacchanale from ‘Samson and Delilah’”. 

Wednesday January 16: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 18-19_03)

Manfred Honeck, conductor

Ravel: Alborado del gracioso       

Ponce: Estrellita (Renee Fleming, soprano)

Carlos Castellano Gomez: La Morena de mi Copla (Renee Fleming, soprano)

Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1    

Leoncavallo: Mattinata (Renee Fleming, soprano)

Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from “Samson and Delilah”

Licinio Refice: Ombra di Nube (featured in the 2018 film “Bel Canto”) (Renee Fleming, soprano)

Trad. (Irish): Tis the Last Rome of Summer (Renee Fleming, soprano)

[PSO fill: Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Hilary Hahn, violin; Lorin Maazel, conductor AND

Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 (excerpt); Lorin Maazel, conductor]