After finding a new corporate sponsor, the program returned in the fall of 1982 with a final, abbreviated season. Though referred to as "specials", the episodes aired in the usual timeslot on a monthly cadence, with a format and runtime similar to earlier seasons.

Season 3 Episode 3 - Itzhak Perlman

Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony, then talks with conductor Andre Previn. Air Date : 17th-Apr-1979

Season 3 Episode 1 - Mistress of Jazz / Jazz Great Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald discusses her career, from Chick Webb to the big bands to the song books of Gershwin and Cole Porter and beyond. and sings some old favorites with her combo. Air Date : 3rd-Apr-1979  Read More

Season 3 Episode 2 - Movie Music

Composer John Williams premieres his new "Superman Suite", Miklos Rozsa conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony in his "Ben Hur Suite", and Previn conducts film scores from Psycho, The Seahawk, and Now Voyager. Previn, Williams, and Rozsa talk about the relationship between composers and movie producers in the old - and new - days of Hollywood. Air Date : 10th-Apr-1979  Read More

Season 3 Episode 3 - Itzhak Perlman

Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony, then talks with conductor Andre Previn. Air Date : 17th-Apr-1979  Read More

Season 3 Episode 4 - Nathaniel Rosen

Cellist Nathaniel Rosen, the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competition since Van Cliburn, is featured soloist in Richard Strauss' "Don Quixote". Rosen also performs a movement from the Prokofiev Cello Sonata, accompanied by Previn on piano, and talks about his experience in Moscow. Air Date : 24th-Apr-1979  Read More

Season 3 Episode 5 - Yehudi Menuhin

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin performs chamber music with Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Ann Martindale Williams and Previn. Air Date : 8th-May-1979  Read More

Season 3 Episode 6 - Carmina Burana

Pittsburgh Symphony and Penn State University Choir perform the concert favorite, Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" - a lively piece set to medieval poems. Air Date : 15th-May-1979  Read More

Season 3 Episode 7 - Benjamin Britten

This tribute to English composer Benjamin Britten features concert tenor Robert Tear and French hornist Barry Tuckwell soloing in "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings", and also includes the ballet suite "Prince of the Pagoda". Previn, Tear, and Tuckwell reminisce about the composer. Air Date : 22nd-May-1979  Read More