Programs & Hosts

The Concert Hall

Hosted by
John Pitman

The Concert Hall

Saturdays at 7:00 PM PT

Saturdays at 7:00 PM PT, All Classical Radio has your exclusive front row seat to The Concert Hall, from the comfort of your own home. Host John Pitman shares curated programs featuring the world’s finest orchestras and ensembles, drawing from decades of experience and thousands of world-class recordings. When you’re ready for an encore, you can listen to episodes of The Concert Hall on demand for two weeks following each broadcast. 

Listen on Demand

11/1/2025
11/1: All Saints’ Day (and other Holidays and observances)

Brahms: A German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem), Op. 45
Christiane Karg, soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Daniel Harding, conductor

ALSO: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, "Turkish", with soloist Hilary Hahn;
George Butterworth's English Idyll No.2, and others.
10/25/2025
Concert Hall debuts from 2025 Releases:

Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25 (Orch. Arnold Schoenberg)
(Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor)

Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Fleet Street Suite [Arr. for Violin & Piano by Eric Stern]
Opus Two: William Terwilliger, violin and Andrew Cooperstock, piano

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14
(Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Mäkelä, conductor)
graphic for the concert hall program

Your Host
John Pitman

The Concert Hall is an opportunity for me to share my love of classical music, and my knowledge of All Classical’s incredible music library of over 25,000 recordings. Each week, I select the very best performances captured “live in concert” from the great concert halls of the United States, Europe, and around the world to bring you there via the radio. I hope you’ll join me.  

John Pitman
Photo by Christine Dong
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