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PROGRAM September 25-27 program...............................................................11 September 25-27 program notes.....................................................14 Manfred Honeck biography..............................................................20 Augustin Hadelich biography...........................................................22 October 9 & 11 program...................................................................25 October 9 & 11 program notes.........................................................28 Gustavo Gimeno biography..............................................................34 Pablo Villegas biography..................................................................36 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra biography......................................38 EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL Individuals........................................................................................40 Foundations & Public Agencies.........................................................47 Corporations .....................................................................................48 Legacy of Excellence..........................................................................50 Commitment to Excellence Special Named Gifts.............................52
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances are brought to the community in part by generous support from the Allegheny Regional Asset District and corporations, foundations and individuals throughout our community. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra receives additional funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
INDIVIDUALS & HEINZ HALL INFORMATION Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians........................................2 Board of Trustees ................................................................................3 Chairman’s Council & Jack Heinz Society...........................................5 New Leadership Board........................................................................5 Pittsburgh Symphony Association......................................................5 Administrative Staff.............................................................................7 Heinz Hall Information.....................................................................56 Cover photo credit: Felix Broede
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Manfred Honeck, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Pre-concert
Concert Prelude with Assistant Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong
Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 for Unaccompanied Violin in D minor, BWV 1004 Arranged for String Orchestra by Hideo Saito
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 for Unaccompanied Violin in D minor, BWV 1004 Arranged for String Orchestra by HIDEO SAITO (1720) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 21 March 1685 in Eisenach, Germany died 28 July 1750 in Leipzig PREMIERE OF WORK
Unknown THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION
strings DURATION
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Though it is known that Johann Sebastian Bach composed his three Sonatas and three Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin before 1720, the date on the manuscript, there is not a letter, preface, contemporary account or shred of any other documentary evidence extant to shed light on the genesis and purpose of these pieces. They were written when Bach was director of music at the court of Anhalt-Cöthen, north of Leipzig, and represent the pinnacle of achievement in the unaccompanied string repertory. The greatest single movement among these works, and one of the most sublime pieces Bach ever created, is the majestic Chaconne that closes the Partita No. 2 in D minor, an ancient variations form in which a short, repeated chord pattern is decorated with changing figurations and elaborations. Bach subjected his eight-measure theme to 64 continuous variations, beginning and ending in D minor but modulating in the center section to the luminous key of D major. The noted Bach scholar Philipp Spitta wrote of the Chaconne, “From the grave majesty of the beginning to the 32nd notes which rush up and down like the very demons; from the tremulous arpeggios that hang almost motionless, like veiling clouds above a dark ravine … to the devotional beauty of the D major section, where the evening sun sets in a peaceful valley: the spirit of the master urges the instrument to incredible utterances. This Chaconne is a triumph of spirit over matter such as even Bach never repeated in a more brilliant manner.” The grand vision of the Chaconne has inspired numerous arrangements for other musical forces, including Mendelssohn’s addition of a piano accompaniment to the violin original for an 1840 performance with Ferdinand David (his concertmaster at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, for whom Mendelssohn wrote his Violin Concerto), Ferruccio Busoni’s reworking for piano solo, Brahms’ version for piano left hand, Joachim Raff’s transcription for full orchestra, and Hideo Saito’s version for string orchestra. Hideo Saito, one of Japan’s most influential musicians, was born in Tokyo in 1902 into the family of a professor of English–language studies who was the first to compile a comprehensive English–Japanese dictionary. Father Saito insisted that all nine of his children learn Western instruments, so Hideo started on mandolin but switched to cello at age sixteen. After studying in Germany from 1922 to 1927, Saito returned home and was appointed principal cellist of the New Symphony Orchestra and also appeared as a soloist. Following two more years of intensive study in Berlin with Emanuel Feuermann, Saito resumed his position with the NSO and became interested in conducting when Joseph Rosenstock was named the ensemble’s director in 1936 and took him on as a protégé. Saito left the NSO in 1941 to devote himself to conducting and teaching, leading several professional orchestras and cofounding the Toho Gakuen School of Music after the Second World War, a pioneering institution in Japanese music education that counts conductors Seiji Ozawa and Eiji Oue, violist Nobuko Imai and the founding members of the Tokyo String Quartet among its graduates. Hideo Saito taught cello and conducting at the school and served as its President from 1958 to 1960; he died in 1974 while preparing the Toho Gakuen Orchestra for a major international tour.
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 93 (1811-1812)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 16 December 1770 in Bonn died 26 March 1827 in Vienna. PREMIERE OF WORK
Vienna, 27 February 1814 Redoutensaal Ludwig van Beethoven, conductor PSO PREMIERE
6 November 1896 Carnegie Music Hall Frederic Archer, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
woodwinds, horns and trumpets in pairs, timpani and strings DURATION
26 minutes
In early October 1812, the Linzer Musikzeitung carried the following announcement: “We have had the long-wished-for pleasure of having in our metropolis for several days the Orpheus and greatest musical poet of our time....” This “Orpheus” was Beethoven, and he had descended on Linz as the last stop in a summer spent taking the waters at Karlsbad, Franzensbrunn and Töplitz in an attempt to relieve various physical ailments. His interest in Linz, however, extended beyond the mineral baths into the private life of his younger brother, Johann. It seems that Johann had acquired a housekeeper, one Therese Obermeyer, and that her duties extended to, as the composer’s biographer Thayer put it, “something more.” Perhaps as much from jealousy as from moral indignation, the bachelor Beethoven did not approve of either the situation or this particular female (he later dubbed her “Queen of the Night”), and he took it upon himself, Thayer continued, “to meddle in the private concerns of his brother, which he had no more right to do than any stranger.” He stirred up a terrific row over this matter, and, after taking his concern to the local authorities, actually was awarded a decision to have Therese thrown out of town. Johann had had about enough by this time, and the upshot of all of Ludwig’s intrusions was that his younger brother married the housekeeper after all. Beethoven had been installed in an attractive room in Johann’s house overlooking the Danube and the surrounding countryside upon his arrival, and he worked on the Eighth Symphony throughout all this unnecessary domestic kerfuffle. Not the slightest hint of the turmoil crept into the music, however. It is the most humorous and “unbuttoned,” in the composer’s own description, of all his symphonies. At that time in his life (he was 42), Beethoven was immensely fond of a certain rough fun and practical jokes, and Sir George Grove believed that “the Eighth Symphony, perhaps more than any other of the nine, is a portrait of the author in his daily life, in his habit as he lived; the more it is studied and heard, the more will he be found there in his most natural and characteristic personality.” Certainly this work presents a different view of Beethoven than do its immediate neighbors, and it is this very contrast that helps to bring the man and his creations more fully into focus. The compact sonata form of the opening movement begins without preamble. The opening theme (F major), dance-like if a bit heavyfooted, appears immediately in vigorous triple meter. The second theme, built on short sequentially rising figures, enters in the surprising tonality of D major, but quickly rights itself into the expected key of C major. The closing group consists of a strong two-beat figure alternating with a swaying, legato line for the woodwinds. The
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development is concerned with a quick, octave-skip motive and a rather stormy treatment of the main theme. This central section ends with one of the longest passages of sustained fortissimo in the entire Classical literature to herald the recapitulation with a great wave of sound. The long coda comes close to being a second development section in its mood and thematic manipulation. The second movement is a sonatina — a sonata form without a development section — based on a ticking theme in the woodwinds (actually an imitation of the metronome recently invented by Beethoven’s friend Johann Nepomuk Mälzel) and an impeccable music-box melody presented by the violins. The third movement abandons the scherzo of Beethoven’s other symphonies and returns to the archaic dance form of the minuet; its central trio features horns and clarinets over an arpeggiated accompaniment in the cellos. The length of the finale almost equals that of the preceding three movements combined, and it carries significant importance in the work’s total structure because of the diminutive size of the internal movements. In mood, it is joyous, almost boisterous; in form, it is sonata-allegro, with enough repetitions of the main theme thrown in to bring it close to a rondo. The extensive coda occupies more time than the development, and maintains the Symphony’s bustling energy and high spirits to the end.
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Opus 77 (1878)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 7 May 1833 in Hamburg died 3 April 1897 in Vienna. PREMIERE OF WORK
Leipzig, New Year’s Day 1879 Gewandhaus Gewandhaus Orchestra Johannes Brahms, conductor Joseph Joachim, soloist PSO PREMIERE
9 December 1904 Carnegie Music Hall Emil Paur, conductor Luigi von Kunits, soloist INSTRUMENTATION
“The healthy and ruddy colors of his skin indicated a love of nature and a habit of being in the open air in all kinds of weather; his thick straight hair of brownish color came nearly down to his shoulders. His clothes and boots were not of exactly the latest pattern, nor did they fit particularly well, but his linen was spotless.... [There was a] kindliness in his eyes ... with now and then a roguish twinkle in them which corresponded to a quality in his nature which would perhaps be best described as good-natured sarcasm.” So wrote Sir George Henschel, the singer and conductor who became the first music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, of his friend Johannes Brahms at the time of the composition of his Violin Concerto, when Brahms, at 45, was coming into the full efflorescence of his talent and fame. The 20-year gestation of the First Symphony had finally ended in 1876, and the Second Symphony came easily only a year later. He was occupied with many songs and important chamber works during the mid-1870s, and the two greatest of his concertos, the B-flat for piano and the D major for violin, were both conceived in 1878. Both works were ignited by the delicious experience of his first trip to Italy in April of that year, though the Piano Concerto was soon laid aside when the Violin Concerto became his main focus during the following summer. After the Italian trip, he returned to the idyllic Austrian village of Pörtschach (site of the composition of the Second Symphony the previous year), where he composed the Violin Concerto for his old friend and musical ally, Joseph Joachim.
woodwinds in pairs, four horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings DURATION
44 minutes
The first movement is constructed along the lines of the Classical concerto form, with an extended orchestral introduction presenting much of the movement’s main thematic material before the entry of the soloist. The last theme, a dramatic strain in stern dotted rhythms, ushers in the soloist, who plays an extended passage as transition to the second exposition of the themes. This initial solo entry is unsettled and anxious in mood and serves to heighten the serene majesty of the main theme when it is sung by the violin upon its reappearance. A melody not heard in the orchestral introduction, limpid and almost a waltz, is given out by the soloist to serve as the second theme. The vigorous dotted-rhythm figure returns to close the exposition, with the development continuing the agitated aura of this closing theme. The recapitulation begins on a heroic wave of sound spread throughout the entire orchestra. After the return of the themes, the bridge to the coda is made by the soloist’s cadenza. With another traversal of the main theme and a series of dignified cadential figures, this grand movement comes to an end. The rapturous second movement is based on a theme that the composer Max Bruch said was derived from a Bohemian folk song.
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The melody, intoned by the oboe, is initially presented in the colorful sonorities of wind choir without strings. After the violin’s entry, the soloist is seldom confined to the exact notes of the theme, but rather weaves a rich embroidery around their melodic shape. The central section of the movement is cast in darker hues, and employs the full range of the violin in its sweet arpeggios. The opening melody returns in the plangent tones of the oboe accompanied by the widely spaced chords of the violinist. The finale is an invigorating dance whose Gypsy character pays tribute to the two Hungarian-born violinists who played such important roles in Brahms’ life: Eduard Reményi, who discovered the talented Brahms playing piano in the bars of Hamburg and first presented him to the European musical community; and Joseph Joachim. The movement is cast in rondo form, with a scintillating tune in double stops as the recurring theme. This movement, the only one in this Concerto given to overtly virtuosic display, forms a memorable capstone to one of the greatest concerted pieces of the 19th century. As John Horton wrote, “That Brahms should have ventured upon a Violin Concerto in D with the sound of Beethoven’s, as interpreted by Joachim, in his ears was in itself an act of faith and courage; that he should have produced one of such originality, sturdily independent of its mighty predecessor yet worthy to stand beside it, is one of the triumphs of Brahms’ genius.”
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MANFRED HONECK Manfred Honeck has served as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since the 2008-2009 season. Together with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Honeck’s widely celebrated performances and distinctive interpretations continue to receive international recognition. To great acclaim, Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra regularly perform in major music capitals and festivals, among them the BBC Proms, Musikfest Berlin, Lucerne Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Grafenegg Festival, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra also have built a close relationship with the Musikverein in Vienna. Following a weeklong residency in 2012, they will return once again for three performances in the course of an extensive tour of Europe in spring 2016. Honeck’s successful work with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been extensively documented on recordings with the Reference and Exton labels. The first SACD released by Reference Records of Strauss tone poems, drew rave reviews. The second recording, of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and the Symphonic Suite from Janáček’s opera Jenůfa, conceptualized by Honeck himself, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 was released in February 2015 to critical acclaim and additional recordings are completed for future release. Several recordings, among them Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, which won a 2012 International Classical Music Award, are also available on the Japanese label Exton. As a guest conductor, Honeck has worked with the world’s leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome. In the 20
United States, Honeck has conducted the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is also a regular guest at the Verbier Festival. In 2013, Honeck gave his successful debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, resulting in a CD recording of Dvořák together with Anne-Sophie Mutter for Deutsche Grammophon which received an Echo Klassik award in 2014. The 20152016 season sees him return to Bamberg, Stuttgart, Rome, Stockholm and New York, as well as the Munich Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, among others. Born in Austria, Honeck received his musical training at the Academy of Music in Vienna. Many years of experience as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and at the helm of the Vienna Jeunesse Orchestra have given his conducting a distinctive stamp. Honeck began his career as assistant to Claudio Abbado in Vienna. Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, where he was bestowed the prestigious European Conductor’s Award in 1993. Honeck was one of three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig and in Oslo, he assumed the post of music director at the Norwegian National Opera and was engaged as principal guest conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2000 to 2006, he was music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm and, from 2008 to 2011, principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he resumed for another three years at the beginning of the 20132014 season. From 2007 to 2011, Honeck was music director of the Staatsoper Stuttgart where he conducted premieres including Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Mozart’s Idomeneo, Verdi’s Aida, Richard Strauss’s Rosenkavalier, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and Wagner’s Lohengrin and Parsifal, as well as
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numerous symphonic concerts. His operatic guest appearances include Semperoper Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Royal Opera of Copenhagen, the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and the Salzburg Festival.
Honeck has received honorary doctorates from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and, most recently, from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Moreover, he has been artistic director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” in Germany for more than 20 years. BIOGRAPHY 2015-2016 SEASON
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AUGUSTIN HADELICH Continuing to astonish audiences with his phenomenal technique, poetic sensitivity and gorgeous tone, Augustin Hadelich has established himself as one of the great violinists of his generation. His remarkable consistency throughout the repertoire, from Paganini to Adès, is seldom encountered in a single artist. Highlights of the 2015-2016 season include debuts with the Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, and the Finnish Radio Orchestra, as well as return performances with the London Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the symphonies of Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Louisville, Milwaukee, New Jersey, Oregon, Seattle, Utah and Vancouver. Other projects include a return to the Wigmore Hall in London, a recording with the London Philharmonic, a residency with the Bournemouth Symphony and numerous recital appearances in Germany. With this season’s addition of the Chicago and Pittsburgh symphonies, Hadelich will have appeared with every major orchestra and chamber orchestra in the United States, several on numerous occasions. Festival appearances include his 2015 debuts at Ravinia and the Grand Teton Music Festival, as well as return engagements at
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Aspen and Bravo! Vail Valley. He has also performed at Blossom, Britt, Chautauqua (where he made his American debut in 2001), Eastern Music Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, Marlboro and Tanglewood. Among Hadelich’s recent and upcoming worldwide appearances are the Badische Staatskapelle/Karlsruhe, BBC Philharmonic/ Manchester, BBC Symphony/London, Danish National Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, German Radio Philharmonic/Saarbrücken, Helsinki Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysia Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchestra/Salzburg, Netherlands Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, NHK Symphony/Tokyo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Dublin, São Paulo Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra and a highly acclaimed tour of China with the San Diego Symphony. Hadelich plays on the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the Stradivari Society of Chicago. These performances mark Hadelich’s Pittsburgh Symphony debut.
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JONATHAN RICHARD GUY (“JONNY”) GREENWOOD
Suite from There Will Be Blood (2007; suite arranged in 2012)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 5 November 1971 in Oxford, England. FILM RELEASED
September 2007 PREMIERE OF SUITE
Amsterdam, 6 June 2012 Muziekgebouw Amsterdam Sinfonietta; André de Ridder, conductor THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION
strings and Ondes Martenon (or oboe) DURATION
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The multi-talented Jonny Greenwood first gained recognition as the lead guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter for the English rock group Radiohead, but he has also established a parallel reputation in recent years for his concert works and film scores. Born in Oxford in 1971, Greenwood entered Oxford Brookes University in 1991 to study music and psychology but left within a month when Radiohead signed a recording contract with EMI; he was the only member of the group without a university degree but the only one classically trained on any instrument (viola). One thing Greenwood took with him from his brief college experience was exposure to the music of the avant-garde Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, which has been a powerful influence on both his perception of contemporary classical music and his own creative style, which also incorporates elements of jazz, rock, reggae, hip-hop and electronica. As Radiohead became one of the most successful bands of its generation — three Grammy Awards, an Ivor Novello Award, and Q Awards from the British pop music magazine Q in 2001, 2002 and 2003 as “Best Act in the World Today” — Greenwood expanded his own creative activities by writing software for the computers used in Radiohead’s performances and recordings, performing on viola, harmonica, glockenspiel, banjo, drums and Ondes Martenon (the electronic “Martenon waves” instrument developed by Maurice Martenon in the 1920s, whose eerie tones have featured prominently in numerous sci-fi and horror movies and in Olivier Messiaen’s massive Turangalîla-Symphonie, which Greenwood has long claimed to be his favorite classical composition), and composing independently for concert and film; he was Composerin-Residence with the BBC Concert Orchestra from 2004 to 2013. His concert works include Smear for two Ondes Martenon and chamber ensemble (2004), Piano for Children for piano and orchestra (2004), Popcorn Superhet Receiver for string orchestra (2005), Doghouse for string trio and orchestra (2010), 48 Responses to Polymorphia for 48 solo strings (2011), and Water for string orchestra, two flutes, upright piano, chamber organ and two tanpura (a long-necked, plucked string instrument that plays an unvarying accompaniment in Indian music) (2014). Greenwood wrote his first original film score in 2003 for the BAFTA Award-winning documentary Bodysong, and he has since composed the soundtracks for There Will Be Blood (2007), Norwegian Wood (2010), We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011), The Master (2014) and Inherent Vice (2014); he also wrote the song Magic Works for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Greenwood has received dozens of nominations for his film work and won multiple awards for There Will Be Blood and The Master; Popcorn Superhet Receiver won the Radio 3 Listeners’ Award at the 2006 BBC British Composer Awards. (A “superhet[erodyne] receiver” mixes various frequencies with a fixed frequency.)
There Will Be Blood, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s screen adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel Oil!, about California’s oil barons in the early 20th century, was one of the most acclaimed films of 2007 — eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director; an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Daniel-Day Lewis as Best Actor; dozens of American and international recognitions; and selection by Rolling Stone magazine in 2009 as “Best Film of the Decade.” Rolling Stone cited Jonny Greenwood’s brooding, atmospheric soundtrack as a major factor in the film’s success, “redefining what is possible in film scores.” Though his score was not eligible for an Oscar because it included sections of Popcorn Superhet Receiver, it received the Evening Standard British Film Award as well as awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics, Berlin International Film Festival and International Cinephile Society. In 2007, Greenwood premiered a “live film” version of There Must Be Blood, in which the London Contemporary Orchestra performed during a screening of the complete movie whose soundtrack had been filtered out, and in 2014 he extracted a six-movement concert suite from the score that both distills some of the film’s essential emotional qualities and underlines pivotal moments of the drama: Open Spaces; Future Markets; HW/Hope Of New Fields; Henry Plainview; Proven Lands; and Oil.
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JOAQUÍN RODRIGO
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (“Fantasia for a Gentleman”) for Guitar and Orchestra (1954) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 22 November 1901 in Sagunto, Valencia, Spain died 6 July 1999 in Madrid. PREMIERE OF WORK
San Francisco, 5 March 1958 War Memorial Opera House San Francisco Symphony Enrique Jordá, conductor Andrés Segovia, soloist PSO PREMIERE
17 January 1975 Heinz Hall Donald Johanos, conductor Christopher Parkening, soloist INSTRUMENTATION
two flutes, oboe, bassoon, trumpet and strings DURATION
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Though the lovely Fantasia para un Gentilhombre, composed for Andrés Segovia in 1954, has lived in the shadow of the more famous Concierto de Aranjuez, both reveal the craftsmanship and stylistic personality of Rodrigo’s best music. Of this style, Tomás Marco wrote, “Rodrigo’s aim has been to create a Spanish ambience, full of color and agreeable tunes, where folklore is a picturesque element and references to art music of the past consist of distilled 17th and 18th-century mannerisms.” The works on which the Fantasia is based were taken from the late-17th-century music of Gaspar Sanz, a noted guitarist who worked for both Philip IV of Spain and his son John of Austria. Sanz’s music reflected both the noble and the sprightly dance forms of the day, and Rodrigo retained the flavor of the courtly pastimes while adding timbral and harmonic touches that make the Fantasia a distinctly modern work. “My ideal,” Rodrigo said, “was that if Sanz could hear this work, he would say, ‘While it isn’t exactly me, I can recognize myself.’” The Fantasia is divided into four movements. The first movement comprises two separate sections — a continuous variations on a simple, stately melodic pattern (Villano) and a Ricercar, an imitative instrumental type that was the most important precursor of the fugue. The following movement also uses two of Sanz’s pieces. The first (Españoleta) is a doleful melody that acquires much elaborate embroidery from the soloist as it progresses. The second is a rhythmically buoyant Fanfare of the Neapolitan Cavalry, a reminder that Naples was governed by Spain in Sanz’s time. The Españoleta returns to conclude the movement. The third movement, Hatchet Dance, is almost martial in tone with an appropriate role taken by the trumpet. The Finale (Canario), based on a native folk dance, is the most overtly Spanish music in the Fantasia. The mixture of twobeat and three-beat measures so characteristic of Andalusian music provides an irresistible energy and momentum that vivify the closing pages of this enchanting work.
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Jeu de cartes (“A Card Game”), Ballet in Three Deals (1936)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 17 June 1882 in Oranienbaum, near St. Petersburg died 6 April 1971 in New York City PREMIERE OF WORK
New York City, 27 April 1937 Metropolitan Opera House American Ballet Igor Stravinsky, conductor PSO PREMIERE
26 January 1940 Syria Mosque Igor Stravinsky, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
woodwinds in pairs, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings DURATION
22 minutes
Games appealed strongly to Stravinsky. He derived so much pleasure from Chinese checkers after settling in Hollywood in 1939, for example, that he gave Alexandre Tansman, his close friend and eventual biographer, a set of game implements so that he could be sure of having a match whenever he visited him. Stravinsky also enjoyed card games throughout his life as a relaxation from composing, and developed a true passion for poker in the years after World War I. He envisioned a ballet based on the characters and strategies of a card game as early as the mid-1920s, an inspiration he traced to his childhood holidays at German spas. “My first impression of a German casino,” he wrote in Themes and Episodes in 1967, “is still a vivid memory. I remember now, too, and remembered when I composed the music [of Jeu de cartes], the ‘trombone’ voice with which the master of ceremonies at one of those spas would announce a new game. ‘Ein neues Spiel, ein neues Glück’ [“a new game, a new lucky chance”], he would say, and the rhythm of the theme with which each of the three ‘Deals’ of my ballet begins is an echo or imitation of the tempo, timbre, and indeed the whole character of that invitation.” Stravinsky approached Jean Cocteau (with whom he had collaborated on the libretto for Oedipus Rex in 1927) to devise a scenario for the ballet, but the author declined, so Stravinsky created his own story with the assistance of one M. Malaieff, a friend of his older son, Theodore. He included the following summary of Jeu de cartes, his “Ballet in Three Deals” (set, not surprisingly, in “Baden-Baden of the Romantic Age”), as an introduction to the published score: “The characters in this ballet are the chief cards in a game of Poker, disputed between several players on the green cloth of a card-room. At each deal, the situation is complicated by the endless guiles of the perfidious Joker, who believes himself invincible because of his ability to become any desired card. “During the first deal, one of the players is beaten, but the other two remain with even ‘straights,’ although one of them holds the Joker. “In the second deal, the hand that holds the Joker is victorious, thanks to four Aces who easily beat four Queens. “Now comes the third deal. The action becomes more and more acute. This time it is a struggle between three ‘flushes.’ Although at first victorious over one adversary, the Joker, strutting at the head of a sequence of Spades, is beaten by a ‘Royal Flush’ in Hearts. This puts an end to his malice and knavery.”
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A bold, swaggering motive in march-like rhythms, stated immediately at the outset, marks the beginning of each of the three “deals” comprising the ballet. The first “deal” is arranged in a three-part form: a lyrical, wide-ranging melody for solo flute serves as the basis for the outer sections, which are separated by the vigorous and caustic Dance of the Joker. The second “deal” is largely occupied with a set of solo variations for the four Queens (Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades) and a variation pas de quatre for the dames en ensemble. The last and deciding “deal,” with its mounting contention for victory, is a showcase of blazing orchestral color and rhythmic vitality capped by one final proclamation of the croupier’s flamboyant motive.
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Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé (1909-1912)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 3 March 1875 in Ciboure, France died 28 December 1937 in Paris PREMIERE OF WORK
Paris, 8 June 1912 Théâtre du Chatelet Ballet Russe Pierre Monteux, conductor PSO PREMIERE
18 November 1937 Syria Mosque Carlos Chavez, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, two flutes, alto flute, two oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, two harps and strings DURATION
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The Ballet Russe descended on Paris in 1909 with an impact still reverberating through the worlds of art, music and dance. Its brilliant impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, went shopping among the artistic riches of the French capital and he soon had gathered together the most glittering array of creative talent ever assembled under a single banner: Falla, Picasso, Nijinsky, Fokine, Bakst, Monteux, Stravinsky, Massine, Debussy, Matisse, Prokofiev, Pavlova, Poulenc, Milhaud. Early in 1910 Diaghilev approached Maurice Ravel with a scenario by Fokine for a ballet based on a pastoral romance derived from the writings of the 5th-century Greek sophist Longus. In his 1928 autobiographical sketch, Ravel wrote, “I was commissioned by the director of the Russian Ballet to write Daphnis et Chloé, a choreographic symphony in three movements. My aim in writing it was to compose a vast musical fresco, and to be not so much careful about archaic details as loyal to my visionary Greece, which is fairly closely related to the Greece imagined and depicted by French painters at the end of the 18th century. The work is constructed like a symphony, with a very strict system of tonality, formed out of a small number of themes whose development assures homogeneity to the work.” Ravel’s refined view of Daphnis through the eyes of Watteau was at variance with the primitive one held by others on the production staff, especially Léon Bakst, who was doing the stage designs. There were many squabbles and delays in mounting the production, and, as a ballet, Daphnis had a lukewarm reception at its premiere at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris on June 8, 1912. Ravel’s score, however, was greeted with enthusiasm, perhaps because the orchestra was the only facet of the production that was completely prepared. The music immediately entered the repertory of the world’s orchestras and has remained one of the most popular of 20th-century scores, though the ballet is rarely seen. Daphnis et Chloé opens in a meadow bordering a sacred wood on the island of Lesbos. Greek youths and maidens enter with wreaths and flowers to place at the altar of the Nymphs as the shepherd Daphnis descends from the hills. His lover, Chloé, crosses the meadow to meet
him. The girls are attracted to the handsome Daphnis and dance seductively around him, inciting Chloé’s jealousy. Chloé, in her turn, becomes the object of the men’s advances, particularly a crude one from the clownish goatherd Dorcon. Daphnis’ jealousy is now aroused and he challenges Dorcon to a dancing contest, the prize to be a kiss from Chloé. Dorcon performs a grotesque dance and he is jeered by the onlookers. Daphnis easily wins Chloé’s kiss with his graceful performance. The crowd leads Chloé away, leaving Daphnis alone to lapse into languid ecstasy. Daphnis’ attention is suddenly drawn to the clanging of arms and shouts of alarm from the woods. Pirates have invaded and set upon the Greeks. Daphnis rushes off to protect Chloé, but she returns and is captured. In Scene Two, set on a jagged seacoast, the brigands enter their hideaway laden with booty. Chloé, hands bound, is led in. She pleads for her release. When the chief refuses, the sky grows dark and the god Pan, arm extended threateningly, appears upon the nearby mountains. The frightened pirates flee, leaving Chloé alone. Scene Three is again set amid the hills and meadows of the ballet’s first scene. It is sunrise. Herdsmen arrive and tell Daphnis that Chloé has been rescued. She appears and throws herself into Daphnis’ arms. The old shepherd Lammon explains to them that Pan has saved Chloé in remembrance of his love for the nymph Syrinx. In gratitude, Daphnis and Chloé re-enact the ancient tale, in which Syrinx is transformed into a reed by her sisters to save her from the lustful pursuit of Pan, who then made a flute from that selfsame reed — the pipes of Pan — upon which to play away his longing. Daphnis and Chloé embrace tenderly and join in the general joyous dance that ends the ballet. From the complete ballet, Ravel extracted two Suites comprising some two-thirds of the work’s length. The Second Suite parallels the action of the ballet’s final Scene: Daybreak, Pantomime of the adventure of Pan and Syrinx, and the concluding General Dance.
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GUSTAVO GIMENO From the 2015-2016 season, Gustavo Gimeno takes up his post as music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. He begins his partnership with a focus on the first symphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner, Schumann and Shostakovich and with singers from the Wiener Singverein he will conduct Verdi’s Requiem. At the contemporary end of the spectrum he is conducting works of Rihm, Berg and Berio. His soloists in his first season include Isabelle Faust, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Leonidas Kavakos, Anja Harteros and Stefan Dohr. After a sensational debut with Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2014 and return concerts in Amsterdam, he will tour with the orchestra to Taiwan and Japan. He also returns to the Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Verdi Orchestra, Milan. He will make debuts on the podiums of the Orchestra National de France, Orchestra National de Capitol du Toulouse, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle and the Philharmonia Zurich.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In Spring 2015, Gimeno made his debut at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia conducting Bellini’s Norma in a new Davide Livermore production. In February 2014, on the occasion of his sensational Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra debut Gimeno conducted the European debut of Magnus Lindberg’s second Piano Concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Yefim Bronfman, (its dedicatee). Gimeno has worked closely with many composers including Theo Loevendie, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, George Benjamin and the young Spanish composer Francisco Coll.
Gimeno’s international conducting career began in 2012 as assistant to Mariss Jansons with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He spent several insightful years assisting the late Claudio Abbado with the Orchestra Mozart, Bologna, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In 2013, he also assisted Bernard Haitink with the Orchestra Mozart. Working closely with such mentors has had a profound Alongside his U.S. debut with the Pittsburgh impact on the formative years of his Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland conducting career. Gimeno was born in Orchestra’s Blossom Festival, Gimeno will Valencia, Spain, and lives with his family also make his debut with Chicago Symphony in Amsterdam. Between 2001 and 2013 Orchestra at the 2016 Ravinia Festival. In he was principal percussionist of the Royal Japan, he will also be on the podiums of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra These performances mark Gimeno’s Pittsburgh and Osaka Philharmonic. Symphony debut.” Recent highlights included debuts in 20142015 season with the Leipzig Gewandhaus,
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PABLO VILLEGAS The soul of the Spanish guitar runs in Pablo Villegas’s blood. Born and raised in La Rioja, Spain—the country with unique and deep ties to his chosen instrument—Villegas is distinguished by performances as charismatic as they are intimate. With his singing tone and consummate technique, his interpretations conjure the passion, playfulness and drama of his homeland’s rich musical heritage, routinely drawing comparisons with such legendary exponents of his instrument as Andrés Segovia. Indeed, at just 15 he won the Andrés Segovia Award, launching a succession of international wins that include Gold Medal at the inaugural Christopher Parkening International Guitar Competition. The first guitarist to win El Ojo Crítico, Spain’s top classical music honor, Villegas also became the youngest of his generation to appear with the New York Philharmonic, in an auspicious debut under the late Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos at Avery Fisher Hall. He has since performed for both the Dalai Lama and the Spanish royal family, and it was he who gave the world premiere of Rounds, the first composition for guitar by five-time Academy Award-winner John Williams. A born communicator, the guitarist explains: “Music is a social tool, and opening people’s hearts, and helping them connect to the inner life of the emotions, is my mission.” Villegas enjoys an increased American presence this season, making debuts with no fewer than seven U.S. orchestras. For his first appearances with ensembles including the Pittsburgh, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Oregon Symphonies, he plays Rodrigo’s soul-stirring Concierto de Aranjuez, a signature work that also serves as the vehicle for his collaboration with Spain’s National Radio & Television Orchestra (RTVE), and the centerpiece of his forthcoming recording with the National Orchestra of Spain. In recital, he appears at Carnegie Hall, the New York City Classical Guitar Society, the Guitar Foundation of America Convention, Puerto Rico’s Festival Casals and Italy’s Merano Festival, as well as in duet with violinist Augustin Hadelich at Indiana’s Linton Music Series and Germany’s Rheingau Music Festival. Known for sound so rich and full that it does not need amplification, Villegas’s concerto 36
collaborations regularly inspire immediate reengagements. Since making his international breakthrough after his triumphs at the 2005 Tárrega Competition and 2006 Parkening Competition, he has appeared with orchestras in more than 30 countries, including the New York, Los Angeles and Israel Philharmonics, and the Boston, San Francisco, Houston and Toronto Symphonies. He made a series of important debuts under the baton of the late Frühbeck de Burgos, and has enjoyed fruitful collaborations with conductors including George Crumb, Giancarlo Guerrero, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Carlos Kalmar, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Helmut Lachenmann, Juanjo Mena and Alondra de la Parra. Last season, Villegas’s concerto highlights included warmly praised appearances with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, National Orchestra of Lyon, Copenhagen Philharmonic, and the Bilbao, Royal Seville and Puerto Rico Symphonies. An avid recitalist, he also toured France and Japan, besides undertaking an eightconcert European tour with the Philharmonia of the Nations Orchestra. For his debuts at Washington’s Kennedy Center and the Aspen Music Festival, he premiered “Tango, Song and Dance,” an innovative and well-received multimedia program, with Augustin Hadelich and pianist Joyce Yang. Dedicated to expanding the guitar’s repertory and audience, Villegas is an ardent champion of new music. Besides John Williams, whose Rounds he premiered at the 2012 Parkening Competition in Malibu, he has worked closely with contemporary composers including Sérgio Assad, of whose Concerto of Rio de Janeiro, written for and dedicated to Villegas, he gave the world and European premieres at the Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Cordoba Guitar Festival. He has also given first performances of works by Maria Dolores, and looks forward to premiering a new concerto by Lorenzo Palomo in the 2016-2017 season. An active recording artist, Villegas has two new releases pending. On his forthcoming solo album, Americano, he explores the multiple guitar traditions of the New World, from tango to bluegrass by way of John
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Williams. And, as the first in more than 20 years to record Concierto de Aranjuez with the National Orchestra of Spain, he plays that and two other Rodrigo concertos on their upcoming recording. Previous releases include Histoire du Tango, a collection of violin-guitar works with Augustin Hadelich for the AVIE label, and Manuel Ponce’s Concierto del sur, a platinum title that he recorded with Alondra de la Parra for Sony Classical. Besides inspiring rapturous reviews on both sides of the Atlantic, Villegas has been featured on Spain’s national television and radio, and in such leading Spanish outlets as El Mundo. His U.S. coverage includes interviews on Fox 5, WQXR, and other local stations, and a cover story in Classical Guitar magazine. In 2007 Villegas founded the Music Without Borders Legacy (MWBL), a non-profit organization that seeks to bridge cultural, social, and political boundaries through classical music. Since its inception, the foundation has reached
more than 15,000 at-risk children and youth around the world, through music programs in the United States, Mexico and Spain, and is now supported by La Caixa Bank. Villegas also serves as cultural ambassador to La Rioja’s Vivanco Foundation and its Museum of Wine Culture, considered the most prestigious wine museum in the world. Born in 1977 in La Rioja in Northern Spain, Villegas was inspired to take guitar lessons after seeing Segovia on television. He gave his first public performance at just seven years old, and went on to graduate at the top of his class at the Royal Conservatoire in Madrid. After several years in Germany, in 2001 he relocated to New York City, where he studied for his master’s and doctorate with David Starobin at the Manhattan School of Music, and where he lives to this day. Villegas last soloed with the Pittsburgh Symphony in October 2014. BIOGRAPHY 2015-2016 SEASON
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THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For 120 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been an essential part of Pittsburgh’s cultural landscape. The Pittsburgh Symphony, known for its artistic excellence, is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens. This tradition was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Symphony was the first American orchestra to perform at the Vatican in January 2004 for the late Pope John Paul II, as part of the Pontiff’s Silver Jubilee celebration.
The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony has broadcast coastto-coast, receiving increased national attention in 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International. The PRI series is produced by Classical With a long and distinguished history of WQED-FM 89.3 in Pittsburgh and is made touring both domestically and overseas possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh since 1900, the Pittsburgh Symphony Symphony Orchestra. continues to be critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras with more 2015-2016 marks the Pittsburgh Symphony than 36 international tours, including 20 Orchestra’s 120th anniversary. European tours, eight trips to the Far East, and two to South America. The Pittsburgh
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TIM FAIN
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EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts are pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made generous gifts of $500 or more to the Annual Fund during the past year. Those who have made a new gift or increased their previous gift are listed in italics. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, if you are not listed correctly, please call 412.392.4880. Thank you! MAESTRO’S CIRCLE
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Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Mr. & Mrs. James H. Dr. Robert J. & Susan J. Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Bregenser Gluckman Middleton Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia Landy Lawrence R. Breletic & Kenneth* & Lillian Nessa Green Mines Donald C. Wobb Goldsmith Manny H. & Ileane Smith Aaron & Donielle Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Bridges Laurie Graham Morgenstern Marisa & Walter C. Smith Jill & Chuck Brodbeck Rick & Stephanie Green Constance T. Morrison Mr. Frederick Steinberg Ernest Grindle Dr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. Lowell & Jan Steinbrenner Roger & Lea Brown Motoyama Mr. & Mrs. David A. Brownlee William & Victoria Guy Jeff & Linda Stengel Harry & Kathleen Nagel Edward & Rebecca Stephan Howard & Marilyn Bruschi Dr. Alberto M. Guzman Maureen S. O’Brien Timothy & Linda Burke Mrs. Ellen Hagerty Theodore & Elizabeth Stern Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. Gene & Sue Burns Rev. Diana D. Harbison Fred & Maryann Steward O’Donnell Dr. Bernadette G. Callery* & Paul T. Harper Dick & Thea Stover Dr. Joseph M. Newcomer Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Paul M. Palevsky, MD & Margaret Tarpey & Bruce Sharon R. Roseman, MD Susan & Bill Cercone Freeman Bob & Georgia Hernandez Seth & Pamela Pearlman Janet E. Chadwick Richard & Sandra Teodori Douglas & Antionette Hill Connie & Mike Phillips Kenneth & Celia Christman Kelvin Hill & Cheryl Chotiner Douglas E. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. E. Kears Pollock Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas Sarah Clendenning & Un Dr. Joseph & Marie Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Kim Hinchcliffe Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Sandy Pysh & Rich Mrs. Arthur L. Coburn III Thompson II Dr. & Mrs. William Hoffman Somplatsky Judge Maurice Cohill Jr. John & Nancy Traina Micki Huff Charles & Patricia Ransom Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner Sen. Herbert B. & Linda Joan M. Hurrell Stephen G. Robinson Conner C. Robert Walker Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Sheila Corrall & Ray Lester Jim Walker & Jonnie Viakley Rosenblum Barbara Johnstone Ms. Eileen Cox Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Jackie & Ley Jones Randall L. Crawford Wasilak Rich & Linda Ruffalo Mr. & Mrs. Jayant Kapadia David* & Marian Crossman Dr. Konrad & Mrs. Konrad Dr. James R. Sahovey David & Fran Kaplan M. Weis Marion S. Damick Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Salama Rolf & Florence M. Kayser Carolyn & Richard Bruce & Rita Decker Tamiko Sampson William & Lucille Kenworthy Westerhoff Dan & Dee Delaney Thomas & Perri Schelat Gloria Kleiman Drs. Barry & Iris Wu Angela & Mike DeVanney Joseph Schewe Jr. James & Jane Knox Miriam L. Young Frank D. & Mary K. Devono Esther Schreiber Lewis & Alice Kuller Harvey* & Florence Zeve Mr. & Mrs. James R. Drake Jolie Schroeder George & Alexandra Kusic Dorothea K. Zikos Michelle Ann Duralia Robert J. & Sharon E. Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Lang Kevin & Sarah Eddy Sclabassi Father Ronald P. Lengwin ENCORE CLUB Linda & Robert Ellison Sean Shannon Claire & Larry Levine $1,500 - $2,499 Marlene & Louis Epstein Preston & Annette Shimer Harriet, Barbara, Marc, Scott Anonymous (6) Kelly G. Estes & Hank Snell and Kim Lewis in memory Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Mrs. E. L. Abernathy Donald & Judith Feigert Rebecca L. Carlin of Elliott (Bud) Lewis Mary Beth Adams John H. Feist, M.D. Dr. Michael Lewis & Dr. Katia Marilyn G. Shure Ronald Anderson Sycara Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Constance Silipigni Mr. & Mrs. Colin Bailey Elsa Limbach Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Paul & Linda Silver Mr. Francis A. Balog & Dr. Ken & Hope Linge Albert L. Filoni Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Paula Bonino Roslyn M. Litman Dr. Edward L. Foley Mr. Frank Simpkins Barbara C. & Ralph J. Bean Jr. In Memory of Norval W. Lyle Dennis & Susan Slevin J. Tomlinson Fort Fred & Sue* Bennitt Francis & Debbie Lynch Normandie Fulson Bill & Patty Snodgrass Jeanne B. & Richard F. Daphne & John Lynn Mrs. J. William Futrell Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Berdik Neil & Ruth MacKay Dr. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen Marcie Solomon & Nathan Dr. Lawson Bernstein Roche Goldblatt George & Jane Mallory Dr. Michael & Barbara Gamma Investment The Honorable* & Mrs. John & Cathy Mary Bianco Corporation William L. Standish Donna & Stephen Maxwell Mr. Michael E. Bielski Keith & Susan Garver Lewis M. Steele & Ann Mary C. McCormick Paul E. Block Labounsky Steele Beth & Phil Gasiewicz Jean H. McCullough Philip & Bernice Bollman Mark Steele Alice V. Gelormino Dr. & Mrs. James B. McGee Dr. Carole B. Boyd Barbara & Lou Steiner Mr. & Mrs. David C. Genter Declan McGovern Gary & Connie Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Brandenberger Alan & Marilyn McIvor Gillis Mr. Douglas Stirling Jean S. McLaughlin 42
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Ruth Bachman in Memory Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Brand Jared L. & Maureen B. of James Bachman Cohon Mr. & Mrs. William H. Sidney Baker Brandeis Alan & Lynne Colker Donna L. Balewick MD Sue & Mark Breedlove In Loving Memory of Johnathan Heath College Bob & Martha Ball Gerda & Abe Bretton Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Mr. & Mrs. Barry Balliet Mary & Russell Brignano Connell Leonard Family Diane Banks Mary L. Briscoe The David Conover Family Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Daniel & Lise Brodkey Lin & Anne Cook Wendy & David Barensfeld Anna Brophy R. Bruce Cooper Joe & Sandra Barnes Suzanne Broughton & Richard Margerum Dr. & Mrs. Cleon L. Cornes Richard C. Barney Mr. & Mrs.* Earle O. Brown Jr. Patricia J. Cover Robert & Loretta Barone Mr. & Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee Barton & Teri Cowan Robert Bastress & Barbara Brown Fleischauer Hanley B. Cox Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Susan & George Craig Martin & Bridgett Bates Bartholomew Robert & Janet Baum Susan O. Cramer Nancy & John* Brownell John & Betsy Baun Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Crozier Lois R. Brozenick* Barbara N. Baur John D. & Laurie B. Dr. & Mrs. John A. Culbertson Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Burkholder Sehgal Fund in Memory of Kent & Merle Culley Dr. Stuart S. Burstein Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal Mr. S. A. Cunningham Nicholas Butera & Grace Dr. Diana Beattie Cynthia Custer Wagner Dr. Dorothy J. Becker Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Daboo Michael F. Butler Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Daffner Christopher & Nancy Michael Beer Caldwell SYMPHONY CLUB Mr. Enrico & Mrs. Federica Barbara Nickel Beisel Dallavecchia $500 - $1,499 James & Judith Callomon Vange & Nick Beldecos Mrs. Heidi Daley Anonymous (29) John & Kelly Camp Joan & Jim Darby Janese Abbott & David Clark Judith Bell Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Eleanor H. Berge Norina H. Daubner Barbara & Otto Abraham Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Dr. & Mrs. K. C. Davides Ron & Nancy Bergey Deborah L. Acklin Mead Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Constance P. Davis Dr. & Mrs. Siamak Adibi Dr. Albert A. Caretto Helen & Don Berman Joan Clark Davis Dr. Lawrence Adler & Judy Brody Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. Richard & Jeanne* Carter Morningside Dental Rebecca J. Caserio M.D. James Farber Jacob Allebach Jim* & Peggy Degnan Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K. Charles & Donna Cashdollar Charles S. Degrosky* Erin & Kevin Allen Bernstein Fund James P. Cassaro Joyce & John Allen Mrs. Cynthia Del Bianco Ms. Robin Joan Bernstein Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Cassoff Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Joe & Chris Aloe Don Berry* Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Dell’Omo Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Marilyn & Guy Berry Johnson Mr. Flavio & Tatjana M. Lynn & David DeLorenzo Henry & Charlotte Beukema Chamis Craig & Dawn Andersson Dr. Richard S. DeLuca Stu & Lori Chandler Drs. Barbara & Al Biglan Anne B. Angerman David & Diane Denis Deborah & David Chapman Edward U. DePersis The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Angleberger Peggy & Joe Charny Rob & Hongwei Bittner Patrick C. Derrico Stanley W. Angrist Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung Franklin & Bonnie Dr. & Mrs. Frederick R. Dr. Nicole Ansani-Jankowski Blackstone Ms. Jensina A. Chutz DeRubertis Michael & Carol Bleier Joan Apt Ralph & Phyllis Cioffi Diane Dewalt Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Block Edward Cipriano Yoshio Arai Mr. & Mrs. Victor DiCarlo Warren J. Archer & Madeline Clifford Bob & Joan Miles William R. Clarkson & Dr. Mrs. Tika Dickos C. Archer Andrea Velletri Steve & Jeanne Boehmer Alfred & Eileen Diorio James & Susanne Armour Robert & Elizabeth Clemens Peter Ditsch Marianne Bokan-Blair Mr.* & Mrs. David J. William & Elizabeth Betsy Bossong Docimo Family Armstrong Clendenning Barbara H. Bott & Robert Holland & Susan Donaldson Dr. Donald & Joann Atkinson Jennings Brian Clista Lisa Donnermeyer Mr. & Dr. Avetta Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Michel & Christine Douglas Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson William & Elizabeth Bowers Christine & Howard Cohen Doris Dowling Dr. Richard & Sally B. Cohen Myles & Joan Bradley EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL 2015-2016 SEASON
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Anthony V. Dralle Dristas, Thomas & Teresa Mr. David Duffee & Ms. Rebecca Catelinet Mary A. Duggan* David & Lisa Durbin Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic John & Elizabeth Eckenrod Mr. & Mrs. David H. Ehrenwerth Christopher* & Gretchen Elkus Mr. Jack W. & Mrs. Mary Jo Elliott Mrs. Doris B. Ely Eugene & Katrin Engles Jr. Arnold & Eva Engler Mindy & Richard Epstein Francis E. Fairman III Dan & Nancy Fales Tibey & Julian Falk Mr. Carmine Fantini Joan Feldman Dana H. Ferry Janet Fesq Dr. Joseph Fine Dr. A.M. & Jeanne Blend Finton Nancy A. Fitch Paul & Joanna Fitting Charles & Anna Fitz Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Fitzgerald Warren & Joan Fitzpatrick Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. Mark F. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. James Flanigan Jan Fleisher Iris R. Flinn Michael J. Flinn & Eileen Flinn Suzanne Flood Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Fonseca Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fortwangler Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich Jr. Christina Friday Eleanor Friedman Friends of the PSO Reanette & Steve Frobouck John & Elaine Frombach Dr. & Mrs. James L. Frost Mrs. Fran Frye Dr. & Mrs. Freddie H. Fu Mr. Gabriel C. Fusco Michael & Nina Gaffney 44
Dr. & Mrs. Marc E. Garfinkel Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kahlson Heidenreich Hans & Gudrun Garkisch Alice & Richard Kalla In Memory of John G. Joan & Stuart Gaul Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Heidish Pete Geissler Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Ms. Martha S. Helmreich in Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Honor of my mother, Anne Michael & Dolores Kara J. Schaff Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Jim Keller & Mary Ellen Hoy Eric & Lizz Helmsen Barbara & Fred Gilman Flo & Bob Kenny Paul & Colleen Hennigan Mr. David Givens & Mr. Rhian Kenny Stephen Mellett Marianne & Marshall Hess Jayne & Niles Kenyon Mike & Cordy Glenn Mr. Ralf E. Hess The Kessler Family Virgil Gligor & Alicia Avery Professor Benjamin E. Hicks Mrs. Greta Keverline Daniel & Marcia Glosser Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Ellen Kiam & William B. Troy Fund Mr. & Mrs. David Hilty Norman L. Kimes Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Jean A. Hinrichsen Mr. Milton B. Kimura Walter L. Goldburg Pete & Rebecca Hoch Mr. & Mrs*. James Kirsch Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Mr. Richard Hodos Rich & Jan Kleiser Russellyn Carruth Stuart L. & Ann K. Knoop Thomas W. Golightly* & Rev. Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Richard Dum Dr. Carolyn J Jones Peggy C. Knott Karen & Thomas Hoffman Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Ms. Marilyn Koch Richard E. Gordon & June F. Greg & Amy Hogue Bob & Susie Kopf Swanson Clare & Jim Hoke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Kopf III Ms. Rita J. Gould Philo & Erika Holcomb Drs. Fotios & Linda The Graf Family Katherine Holter Koumpouras Dr. Lora D. Graves & Dr. Bryan Mr. William B. Holtzman Mr. & Mrs. John Krolikowski D. Dye Dr. & Mrs. Elmer Holzinger Phyllis Jo Kubey David & Nancy Green Ms. Madeleine Hombosky Mr. Nicholas Kyriazi Lori Greene & Chris Decker Tom & Mary Hooten Betty Lamb Charlotte T. Greenwald Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hooton Mr. & Mrs. Scott Lammie Dr. & Mrs. M. Joseph Thomas O. Hornstein* Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Landay Grennan Charitable Fund of The Ronald & Lida Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Pittsburgh Foundation Earl & Marilyn Latterman Margaret L. Groninger Joseph W. Hostetler Robert Lauver & Marina D.T. Gruelle Specialty Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Nielsen Logistics Mark Huggins & Bonnie Kathy & Hank Lawrence Ormond & Jay Guenard Siefers Marvin & Gerry Lebby Ms. E. A. Gundelfinger Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Drs. Grace & Joon Lee Andrew Gurcak & Elaine Lees Jean & Richard Humphreys Ms. Janet Lee & Mr. Matthew Kristine Haig & John Robert W. & M. Elise Hyland Rosengart Sonnenday Anthony C. Infanti Joe Leja John & Judith Hall Ironmaster, LLC Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Robert & Rose Marie Izzo L. Shay MD Robin & Scot Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Mr. David W. Lendt Wilfred & Susan Hansen Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Robert W. Lenker Jeanie & Ben Hardesty Lynne & Blair Jacobson Dr. Herbert & Barbara Levit Susan & David Hardesty Paul & Barbara Jacoby Mrs. William E. Lewellen III Mr. & Mrs. James H. Hardie Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Anne Lewis Mary O. Harrison Jamison Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip K. Mr. Robert Hartman Stacey L. Jarrell Liebscher Ms. Christine A. Hartung Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Jew Jr. Robert & Janet Liljestrand James & Ann Harty Dawn M. Johnson Dr. Claudio A. Lima & Mrs. Kenia Ashby Cal & Donna Hastings Janis & Jonas Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Greg Haughey Joanne K. Johnson Walter F. Limbach Dr. Bobbie Lee Hawranko Tom & Wendy Jones in DMD Honor of Chris Wu Jim & Sandi Linaberger Barbara A. Hays John & Maureen Joyce W. F. Lindgren Cathy & John Heggestad Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Kadlic Tom & Gail Litwiler
Jackie & Larry Lobl Kent & Martha McElhattan Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Ann & Mal Powell Margery J. Loevner Barbara McKenna & Family Ellen & Ade Neidermeyer Richard O. Price Don & Hanne Lorch Alexis & Andrew McKinley Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Sarah A. Prichard Mrs. Howard M. Love Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rev. Robert & Suzanne Bob & Mary Jo Purvis Newpher Eddie Lowy & Ricardo Cortés Mehaffey Mrs. Jean Purvis Mr. Anthony G. Lucas & Mr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Patricia K. Nichols Andrew & Liberty Pyros Andrew Leo Suzanne Mellon Renee K. Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan Jr. Annette Lutz Peter & Memi Melotti Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Fran Quinlan Mr. David A. Lynch & Ms. Mark & Amy Mendicino Karen Kelley Noble Janet K. Quint Dorothy A. Davis Barbara Sachnoff Hide & Julia Miller John & Gail Rackley Edward J. Lynch Mendlowitz Nobumori Ms. Barbara Rackoff In Memory of James Lyne In Memory of William C. Dr. Sean Nolan The Rackoff Family, ASKO Menges William & Helen Lyons Mark & Nikki Nordenberg Philanthropic Fund of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Mrs. Guinevere R. Mabunay Charles A. Norton the Jewish Federation of Merriman Greater Pittsburgh Pat & Don MacDonald James & Lindsey Nova Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Betty Radvak-Shovlin Mr. & Mrs. William L. Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Fund of The Pittsburgh MacDonald Susan M. Rakfal, MD Foundation Lee* & John Oehrle Mr. & Mrs. Sean Mahoney James D. & Carol L. Mrs. William Metcalf III Dr. Everett F. Oesterling & Randolph John K. Maitland Mrs. Joyce Oesterling Mr. & Mrs. Roger Meyer Barbara M. Rankin Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Malnati Bridget & Scott Michael Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver Mr. Leonard E. Rausch Mrs. Doris Malter & Mr. Mr. & Mrs. James O’Neill Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Jeffrey Malter Paul & Dorothy Reiber Michaels John Orndorff Jr. Carl & Alexis Mancuso Frances Reichl Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Orr Middleton Drs. Ellen Mandel & Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack Marnie Repasky Lawrence Weber Anne M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Ralph K. Reubi John A. Osuch Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Ms. Laurie Miller John C.* & Mary A. Reynolds Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Mangold Jr. Robert & Miriam Miller Mr. & Mrs.* James H. Rich Russell G. & Karen Overfield Mr. & Mrs. Donald Marinelli Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller David R. Owsley Mr. & Mrs. James Roberts Bud & Barbara Mars Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Sam & Diana Robinson Dr. & Mrs. A. H. Panahandeh Mr. & Mrs. Rodger Marticke Miller Jr. Bette & Howard M. Rom Dr. Armand J. Panson Dr. & Mrs. George J. Jack Millstein Janice G. Rosenberg Maruschock Pamela & Ronald Pape Frank C. & Judy L. Mindicino Paul & Shereen Rosenberg Thomas & Elizabeth Massella Sang C. Park Jeffrey Mishler Dr. Pinchas Rosenberg Helen F. Mathieson Pauline R. Parker Signe Mitchell Shoshana & Jerry Rosenberg Dr. William Matlack & Leslie John & Joan Pasteris Ann & Mark Mizer Crawford Matlack Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Carol & Richard Patterson Ruth M. Montgomery Rosener III Karen Matthews Mr. & Mrs. James Patton Mrs. Louisa S. Rosenthal Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Amy & Ira* M. Morgan Camilla Brent Pearce Bill & Jane Morgan Carol & Scott Rotruck Ken & Dr. Carol Maurer Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Dr. Harvey M. Morris Dr. Joel S. Rozen Sidney McBride Daniel M. Pennell Harvey & Lynn Rubin Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall Dr. & Mrs.* William S. Dale & Michele Perelman Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Mr.* & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter Irina & Daniel Peris Mr. & Mrs. W.M. Morrissey Ruffin III Patrick & Michelle McCarthy Bill & Stella Perrine Eric Von Morton Dr. Richard & Heidi Russman McCarthy Rail Insurance Ms. Gail Pesyna Brenda & Frank Moses Shirley & Murray Rust Managers, Inc. Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Mrs. John M. Sadler Ms. Ann Marie DeGeorge & Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mr. Richard Mueller Judy Petty McChesney Mr. & Mrs. Dan D. Sandman Michael & Cynthia Mullins Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Pfendler Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ferd Sauereisen Mr. Richard E. McClain Hilde Munck & Eckard Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Mr. Samuel A. McClung* Sally & Keith Saylor Munck Bob & Ellen Piper Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Lawrence P. & Sharron A. Richard & Martha Munsch Ed & Mary Ellen Pisula Schaefer Paula & Bob McCracken Mary & Jim Murdy Eric Schaffer & Michelle Drs. Mary & Raymond Mr. Bernard J. McCrory Arthur J. Murphy Jr. Gray-Schaffer Pontzer Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Mr. George Mycoff Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab Albert & Kathleen Schartner Nancy McDonald James & Marlee Myers Paul & Cathy Schaughency David & Marilyn Posner Mary McDonough Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Christopher & Jennifer Mr. Mark Potter Keith McDuffie Naragon Scheib Shirley Pow EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL 2015-2016 SEASON
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Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. & Mrs. Melvin M. Schiff Joe & Nancy Schmitt Mrs. Shirley Schneirov Christian Schörnich Mrs. Carol Schuler Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Larry Schultz Mary Ann Scialabba, PhD Louise & Franco Sciannameo Mr. & Ms. Samuel D. Scott Mr.* & Mrs. Jobst W. Seehausen George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Mr. & Mrs. John M. Seifarth Michael Sexauer Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg George & Carol Shannon Mrs. Sue Shapera Mr. Daniel H. Shapira Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd Jr. Dr. Karen Shulman & Mr. Jay I. Shulman Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour* Sikov Lee & Myrna Silverman Mr. & Mrs. Lee Silverman Marjorie K. Silverman Mr. & Mrs.* William J. Simpson Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Carol Slomski, MD Bobbie & Keith Smith Don & Beth Smith Kathleen Opat Smith Margaret C. Smith Nancy N. Smith Rep. Sam & Donna Smith Mr.* & Mrs. Christian M. Snavely Mrs. Barney Snyder J. Soffietti David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Herbert H. & Barbara South
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Drs. Horton C.* & Jannene M. Southworth Mr. James Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Speyer III Henry Spinelli Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. St. Clair Janet H. Staab Mr. & Mrs.* Jack Stabile Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stalder Gary & Charlene Stanich Ms. Carrie M. Stanny Dr. James Staples Shirley* & Sidney Stark Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer Jim & Barbara Steffy Charles & Rachel Stegeman Mrs. Edith Stein MaryJean & John Stephen Jerry Stephens Jayne & Tom Sterling James M. Stevenson Dr. Mervin S. & Marcia M. Stewart Steve Stockton Mr. Ray C. Stoner In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger C. Dean Streator Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. St. Clair Mr. Su & Ms. Van Dusen Judy & Joe Sufrin Peter Sullivan Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra Drs. Gary & Heidi Swanson Joel & Maria Swanson Robert Swendsen & Roberta Klatzky Stu & Liz Symonds in Memory of Roger Sherman Tom & Karen Tabor Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Dr. Jocelyn Tan & Dr. Alaa Shalaby Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Tannenbaum Carol L. Tasillo Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Dorothea Thompson
Mayor John A. Thompson Mary Lloyd & George* Thompson Jill Thomson Mrs. Sonya Thorbecke Jim & Gail Titus Becky & Herb Torbin Father James Torquato Melissa Trax & Adam Kupec Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Trees In Memory of Audrey Treloar & Florence & Norman Golomb Lex & Peggy Tsaggaris Jeffrey Turner & Tonya Stefko Eric & Barbara Udren Mary & Gerald Unger Diane & Dennis Unkovic Judy Vaglia Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Dr. Filomena F. Varvaro Mary Vasilakis Dr. & Mrs. James E. Vaux R. Veatch Cate & Jerry Vockley Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Drs. Joan Vondra & Thomas Chang John & Linda Vuono Jan Wagner Judy Wagner & Mike LaRue Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner Kevin & Jennifer Walker John & Irene Wall Waller Family Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Marvin & Dot* Wedeen Phillips Wedemeyer & Jeanne Hanchett Drs. John & Carla Weidman Michael & Cynthia Weisfield Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Jim & Jinny Welker
Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Wellinger Jane Wentling Bernard & Sheila Werner Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg Rebecca M. Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White Robert Wickesberg & Susan Noffke Mr. Norm Wien Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Dr. Bruce L. Wilder Ken & Trudie Wilkins Robert & Carole Williams Robert E. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Mary Jo Winokur Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Dr. & Mrs. D. Scott Wood Michael J. Woodring Mr. Christopher Wu & Mrs. Annette Wu Dr. & Mrs. John A. Yauch Mark & Judy Yogman Marlene & John Yokim Alice L. Young Hugh D*. & Alice C. Young Maureen Young Mr. Joe Yzurdiaga Frank A. Zabrosky Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Dr. Audrey Zelkovic Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek Michael & Naomi Zigmond David & Patricia Zimba Current as of August 31, 2015 *deceased
FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES Allegheny County Economic Development Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation The Benter Foundation The Sherle and Michael Berger Charitable Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Paul and Dina Block Foundation Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation Jack Buncher Foundation Anne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and Educational Trust Compton Family Foundation The Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable Fund Jean Hartley Davis and Nancy Lane Davis Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Dietrich Charitable Trust Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Fine Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Dorothy M. Froelich Charitable Trust Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Grable Foundation Grune Family Foundation Hansen Foundation The Heinz Endowments Elsie H. Hillman Foundation The Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund May Emma Hoyt Foundation Milton G. Hulme Charitable Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Eugene F. and Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Howard G. and Frances Y. Jones Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Lawrence County Martha Mack Lewis Foundation Edward D. and Opal C. Loughney Foundation Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation McKinney Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Phyllis and Victor Mizel Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Montague Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Parker Foundation W. I. Patterson Charitable Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pittsburgh Symphony Association Norman C. Ray Trust RMK Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation Salvitti Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Tippins Foundation The Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Current as of September 4, 2015
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A.C. Dellovade, Inc. American Eagle Outfitters Bayer Healthcare R&I CORPORATE The Brown Hurray Plantz COUNCIL CIRCLE Group, Merrill Lynch $1,000 - $2,499 Management DIAMOND CIRCLE 4moms c3controls $40,000 - $74,999 AlphaGraphics in the Lincoln Learning Solutions, The Common Plea Catering Cultural District Inc. Inc. Coury Financial Group ELG Haniel Metals Corp. MSA CWA Asset Management Farmers & Merchants Bank Group LLC of Western PA PLATINUM CIRCLE Dickie, McCamey & Levin Furniture Chilcote, P.C. $20,000 - $39,999 Mascaro Construction ESB Bank Allegheny Technologies Company Incorporated (ATI) Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Gordon Terminal Service Oliver Wyman Co. Delta Air Lines, Inc. Peoples Natural Gas Jendoco Construction Federal Home Loan Bank of Corporation Pirates Charities Pittsburgh Kerr Engineered Sales P.J. Dick, Trumbull & Lindy First National Bank of Company Paving Pennsylvania Lawrence County Tourist PwC Giant Eagle Promotion Agency The Kraft Heinz Company Schreiber Industrial LB Foster Company Development Co. Macy’s MacLachlan, Cornelius & Uber Technologies, Inc. Triangle Tech Group Filoni, Inc. Trib Total Media McKamish, Inc. BRONZE CIRCLE Nocito Enterprises, Inc. $2,500 - $4,999 GOLD CIRCLE Rothman Gordon PC Angelo, Gordon & Co. $10,000 - $19,999 Sarris Candies, Inc. BB&T Citigroup Six Penn Kitchen Bender Consulting Clearview Federal Credit Services, Inc. Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Union Berner International Corp. Stringert, Inc. Dollar Bank Foundation big Burrito Restaurant Trebuchet Consulting LLC Ernst & Young LLP Group TriState Capital Bank Fairmont Pittsburgh & Buchanan Ingersoll & United Safety Services, Inc. Habitat Restaurant Rooney PC Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh Federated Investors, Inc. Cipriani & Werner PC FedEx Ground Dominion Resources PARTNER LEVEL Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. Eat’n Park Restaurants Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Elite Coach Transportation $500 - $999 Anonymous (1) Inc. Huntington Bank Allegheny Valley Bank PPG Industries Foundation Koppers Armada The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Company Charitable Trust Lighthouse Electric Austrian American Cultural Company, Inc. Society, Inc. Reed Smith LLP Morton’s The Steakhouse The Buncher Company United States Steel Mozart Management Corporation BYS Yoga Students UPMC & UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Corning Clark Precision Machined Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Components Company
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Consolidated Communications CrawfordEllenbogen LLC General Wire Spring Co. Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Hamill Mfg. Co. Hertz Gateway Center, LP Jennmar Corporation John B. Conomos, Inc. K & I Sheet Metal, Inc. Lucas Systems, Inc. Marketing Support Network Master Remodelers Metso Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Attorneys at Law Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Modany-Falcone, Inc. PGT Trucking Pzena Investment Management, LLC Rebecca L. Pounds DDS LLC Saint Vincent Archabbey & College We would like to thank all corporations who contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Heinz Hall. Please see our website at pittsburghsymphony.org for a complete listing. Current as of September 8, 2015
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$2 ADMISSION* BENEFITS THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA *CHILDREN & STUDENTS FREE
TO ORDER LUNCH OR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: PSAMUSIC101@GMAIL.COM / 412.361.3346 / PSA75.ORG
Desserts and beverages provided by the PSA. Enjoy a $9 brown-bag lunch from The Common Plea, or bring your own. Pre-ordered lunches available 11:15AM onwards. To reserve parking, call 412.566.4190 or visit EVERYDates GIFT and IS INSTRUMENTAL 2015-2016 SEASON downtownpittsburgh.com at least 24 hours in advance. times are subject to change.
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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE
In addition to income from the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on a robust endowment to assure its long-term financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment to provide for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s future. The Steinberg Society honors donors who have advised the Pittsburgh Symphony in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestra in their will. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a gift to the endowment of $10,000.00 or more to commemorate a particular person or event. Endowed naming opportunities for guest artists, musicians’ chairs, concert series, educational programs or designated spaces allow donors to specify a name or tribute for 10 years, 20 years or in perpetuity. For additional information, please call 412.392.4880. STEINBERG SOCIETY James A. Gorton Donn & Peggy* Neal Steinberg Society Estate of Anna R. Greenberg Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Anonymous (20) Estate of Lorraine M. Gross Rhonda & Dennis Norman Siamak & Joan Adibi Maureen Guroff Thaddeus A. Osial Jr. M.D. Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Elizabeth Anne Hardie Estate of Irene G. Otte Angleberger Charles & Angela Hardwick Judy Petty The Joan & Jerome* Apt Carolyn Heil Estate of Dorothy R. Rairigh Families Eric & Lizz Helmsen Barbara M. Rankin Francis A. Balog Ms. Judith Hess Richard E. Rauh Robert & Loretta Barone Estate of Mr. John H. Hill Cheryl & James Redmond Scott J. Bell Estate of Mr. & Mrs. William Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz C. Hurtt Rinehart Benno & Constance Bernt Philo & Erika Holcomb Donald & Sylvia Robinson Michael Bielski Mr. & Mrs. Blair Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan Esther G. Jacovitz Roderick Thomas G. Black Charlotta Klein Ross Patricia Prattis Jennings Barbara M. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn* Harvey & Lynn Rubin Lois R. Brozenick* Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Leo & Marge Kane Tom & Jackie Cain Virginia Schatz Lois S. Kaufman Estate of Cynthia Calhoun Stephen & Kimberly Keen Nancy Schepis Judy & Michael Cheteyan Mr. Arthur J. Kerr Jr. Ron & Debra Schneider Educational/Charitable Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Ms. Bernadette Kersting Foundation Dr. Charles H. Shultz Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Mr. & Mrs. David W. Kessler Michael Shefler Christopher Stanley & Margaret Leonard Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. Marcia Landy Churchill Frances F. Levin Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Doris L. Litman Simmons S. Cohen Penny Locke Dr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Stept Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Estate of Edward D. Estate of Dr. Raymond & In Memory of Stuart Loughney Karla Stept William Discount Lauren & Hampton Mallory Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Miss Jean Donnelly Memory of Mrs. Lori Alexander Moore Mary A. Duggan* Martin* Tom & Jamee Todd Frank R. Dziama Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Steven G. & Beverlynn George E. Meanor Gerald and Mary Unger Elliott Mary Ellen Miller Eva & Walter J. Vogel Emil & Ruth Feldman* Ms. Jean L. Misner* Mr. & Mrs. George L. Joan Feldman & William Catherine Missenda* Vosburgh Adams Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Estate of John & Betty Mrs. Loti Gaffney Weiland Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Keith & Susan Garver Perry* & BeeJee Morrison In memory of Isaac Serrins Ken* & Lillian Goldsmith Mildred S. Myers & William from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss Mr.* & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon Brian Weller C. Frederick 50
Seldon Whitaker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Charles L. & Katherine A. Wiley James & Susanne Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Patricia L. Wurster Estate of Rufus J. Wysor Naomi Yoran Miriam L. Young Estate of Ruth Yount SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM The Sid Kaplan Memorial Hallway given by David Kaplan in appreciation of generous gifts commemorating family and friends In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from his loving family In Honor of Mariss & Irina Jansons and friendship from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Kessler Honoring my dear friend, Marvin Hamlisch, from Mina Kulber In Loving Memory of Martin Smith, PSO Horn, 1980-2005, from his siblings Todd Smith, Judy Dupont, & Susan Noble
ENDOWED CHAIRS Principal Horn Chair, given by an Anonymous Donor First Violin Chair, given by Allen H. Berkman in memory of his beloved wife, Selma Wiener Berkman
Michael & Carol Bleier Viola Vira I. Heinz Donald I. & Janet Moritz and Barbara Weldon Chair given in memory of Music Director Chair Equitable Resources, Inc. Principal Timpani Chair our parents, Tina & Charles Associate Principal Cello Bleier and Ruth & Shelley Chair Principal Pops Conductor Hilda M. Willis Foundation Stein Chair Endowed by Henry & Flute Chair Elsie* Hillman The Perry & BeeJee Jane & Rae Burton Morrison String Thomas H. & Frances Cello Chair Instrument Loan Fund Tom & Dona Hotopp Witmer Principal Bass Chair Assistant Principal Horn Cynthia S. Calhoun The Morrison Family Chair Principal Viola Chair Associate Principal Second Milton G. Hulme Jr. Violin Chair Guest Conductor Chair Current as of September 4, 2015 Virginia Campbell given by Mine Safety *deceased Principal Harp Chair Appliances Company Jackman Pfouts Principal Flute Chair, given in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Dorothy Chutz Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Arthur Jackman by Barbara First Violin Chair Jones III Jackman Pfouts Guest Keyboard Chair Johannes & Mona L. Pittsburgh Symphony Coetzee Memorial Virginia Kaufman Association Principal English Horn Resident Conductor Chair, Principal Cello Chair Chair Lawrence Loh Reed Smith Chair honoring Tom Todd Horn Chair
George & Eileen Dorman Assistant Principal Cello Chair
Stephen & Kimberly Keen Bass Chair
Albert H. Eckert Associate Principal Percussion Chair
G. Christian Lantzsch & Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Duquesne Light Company Rinehart Principal Second Violin Oboe Chair Chair
Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Associate Concertmaster Chair
Mr. & Mrs. William Genge and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Lee Principal Bassoon Chair
Jean & Sigo Falk Principal Librarian Chair
Nancy & Jeffery Leininger First Violin Chair
Endowed Principal Piccolo Chair, given to honor Frank Edward D. Loughney and Loti Gaffney Co-Principal Trumpet
Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation Guest Conductor Chair Martha Brooks Robinson Principal Trumpet Chair Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Silberman Principal Clarinet Chair
Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Tillotson Jr. William & Sarah Galbraith Fiddlesticks Family Concert Viola Chair Second Violin Chair Series Endowed by Gerald & Audrey McGinnis Honoring The Center for Tom & Jamee Todd The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Young Musicians Principal Trombone Chair First Violin Chair Ira & Nanette Gordon The Gracky Fund for Education & Community Engagement Susan S. Greer Memorial Trumpet Chair, given by Peter Greer William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education
Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Viola Chair
United States Steel Corporation Assistant Principal Bass Chair
Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr. Principal Oboe Chair, given Rachel Mellon Walton by Rachel Mellon Walton Concertmaster Chair, given by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mellon Scaife Messiah Concerts Endowed by the Howard and Nell E. Miller Chair Jacqueline Wechsler Horn Chair given in memory of Irving (Buddy) Wechsler EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL 2015-2016 SEASON
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COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon .................................................................... Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt..........................................................................................................................Stage Right Door Rae & Jane Burton.......................................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Basil & Jayne Adair Cox.................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Randi & *L. Van V. Dauler Jr. ...................................................................................Mozart Room Elevator & Garden Bench William S. Dietrich II*....................................................................................... Endowment for PSO Educational Programs Dollar Bank Foundation................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue.........................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Roy & Susan Dorrance ..........................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Foundation............................................................... Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By -Side Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot.........................................................................................................Grand Piano, Paris Festival Goldman Sachs Gives ................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ......................................................................................... Music and Wellness Program Elsie* & Henry Hillman.................................................The Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International Performances Ms. Seima Horvitz*........................................................................................................................................ Garden Bench David & Melissa Iwinski................................................................................................................................Stage Left Door Robert & Louise Kahn*......................................................................................................................... Schooltime Concerts Lillian Edwards Foundation.................................................................................................................Heartstrings Program Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell .................................................................................................President and CEO’s Office Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.........................................................................................................Grand Tier Door - Right Center PNC.............................................................................................................. PNC Walkway at Heinz Hall and PNC Tiny Tots Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart ...................................................................................................................... Grand Piano Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer......................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III ...................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Alece & David Schreiber................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Harvey* & Florence Zeve ............................................................................................................................. Garden Bench *deceased
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FRIENDS OF THE PSO EVENT SCHEDULE
COCKTAIL RECEPTIONS Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres at 5 PM; Speaker at 6 PM These receptions feature guest artists and musical personalities from the season and are free-of-charge to Friends members. All receptions will take place in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms of Heinz Hall from 5 to 7 p.m. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
Guest Conductor Gustavo Gimeno THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Contrabassoon James Rodgers THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016
Violinist Tim Fain
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
Guest Conductor Osmo Vänskä THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016
Percussionist Martin Grubinger
PRE-CONCERT DINNERS & BRUNCHES The Friends of the PSO farewell pre-concert dinners will be held the weekend of June 17 & 18, 2016. Brunch will be announced at a later date. When an event is scheduled, members receive an announcement in the mail to return for a reservation.
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ON SALE NOW! “This orchestra and conductor are up there with the very best in the world. This particular performance, this amazing performance, is very special indeed.” Russell Licthter, Stereotimes Purchase your copy of Bruckner No. 4 at pittsburghsymphony.org. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY RECORDINGS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT FROM BNY MELLON.
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HEINZ HALL INFORMATION
GROUPS can receive discounted BOX OFFICE HOURS are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. tickets, priority seats, personalized service and free reception space. to 8 p.m; Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Weekend hours vary based on For more information, call performance times. Tickets may be 412.392.4819 or visit our website at purchased by calling 412.392.4900 pittsburghsymphony.org/groups for and are also available at the Theater information. Square Box Office. LATECOMER’S GALLERY is located behind the Main Floor CHILDREN are encouraged to enjoy the performance until you to attend our youth concerts and can be seated. Latecomers will be Fiddlesticks Family Concerts. seated at suitable intervals during Children age six and over, are welcome at all performances with a the program, at the discretion of the conductor. The gallery is also purchased ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and lobby video monitors are available for parents with always options for restless children. restless children. COAT CHECK is available in the LOCKERS are located on the Grand Lobby or in the Dorothy Porter Lower and Gallery levels. Simmons Family Regency Room on LOST AND FOUND items the lower level. can be retrieved by calling CONCIERGE SERVICE is available in the Entrance Lobby to assist with your questions and to help with dining, hotel, entertainment and transportation concerns. [Penny Vennare, Event Supervisor; Ron Ogrodowski, Barbara Smorul, Concierges.]
DRESS CODE for all concerts is at your personal discretion and ranges from dress and business attire to casual wear. ELEVATOR is located next to the Grand Staircase. EMERGENCY CALLS can be referred to the concierge desk at 412.392.2880. FIRE EXITS are to be used ONLY in case of an emergency. If the fire alarm is activated, follow the direction of Heinz Hall ushers and staff to safely evacuate the theater.
412.392.4844 on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. MOBILE DEVICES should be turned off and put away upon entering the theater. THE MOZART ROOM is available for a grand dining experience catered by The Common Plea, just seconds away from your seats. For reservations: 412.392.4879 or pittsburghsymphony.org/ mozartroom.
PHOTOGRAPHY, video, or audio recording of the performance is strictly prohibited at all times. PRE-PAID PARKING is available to all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penn garage across from Heinz Hall. Ask about prepaid parking when you order your tickets. REFRESHMENT BARS are located in the Garden and Overlook rooms and in the Grand Tier Lounge. Intermission beverages may be ordered prior to performances. Water cups are available in the restrooms. RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier, Gallery levels, and off the Garden and Overlook rooms; a wheelchair-accessible restroom is on the Main Floor. SMOKING is not permitted in Heinz Hall. The garden is accessible during performances for this purpose. SUPPORTING THE PSO AND HEINZ HALL is critical to the financial future of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Ticket sales only cover a portion of our operating costs. To make a tax-deductible gift, please contact our Development department at 412.392.4880 or visit us online at pittsburghsymphony.org
THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES:
• Level entrance and route to main floor of auditorium • Accessible seat locations with companion seats* • Portable assistive listening devices: Please see ushers for assistance. • Braille programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics and PNC Pops performances. • Large print programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics, PNC Pops, and Fiddlesticks Family Series performances. *Please contact the box office for the location of these seats.
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