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Thank you for being part of the FORTE VIRTUOSO BRAVURA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on itsFIREWORKS 120th Anniversary. Wherever you look in Pittsburgh, you’ll find your orchestra — comforting at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, engaging the next generations in music, and thrilling thousands each year at home and around the globe. It’s all because of strong community support that the Pittsburgh Symphony has gained international renown over these past 120 years. You can play your part. Continue this legacy now by making a tax-deductible contribution to the 2015-2016 Annual Fund today with your BNY Mellon Grand Classics subscription renewal. Plus, thanks to a generous matching grant from the PSO Board and 100% of the musicians, all new and increased gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar until May 3, 2016, so make your gift today! PREMIERE
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SYMPHONIC PASSPORTS Programs next year feature musical reflections of Rome, Prague, Paris, New York, St. Petersburg, and Los Angeles – and a two week festival of music of Viennese Masters. Great music, with plenty of surprises!
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IN RESIDENCE SIR JAMES MacMILLAN 25 years ago, Sir James MacMillan burst upon the music scene with his colorful, inspiring scores. Commissions from Dame Evelyn Glennie and Mstislav Rostropovich swiftly followed. He stands among the greatest composers of our day, and this season celebrates his remarkable work, including the U.S. premiere of his eagerly-anticipated Fourth Symphony.
PREMIERE FRIDAY
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PINCHAS ZUKERMAN! VIDEO & MUSIC
MacMILLAN: Britannia BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Leonard Slatkin, conductor Simone Porter, violin
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AMERICAN CLASSICS
PORGY & BESS
SUNDAY
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Oct. 7
FORTE
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Oct. 7
Oct. 9
Oct. 9
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture MacMILLAN: Symphony No. 4 (U.S. PREMIERE) DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 “New World” with the film Cosmos – An HD Odyssey
Oct. 14
Oct. 16
BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal BARBER: Adagio for Strings BARBER: Violin Concerto WILLIAMS: Sound the Bells SLATKIN: Kinah GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Nov. 4
Nov. 6
SATURDAY * FREE
Oct. 7
[FRIDAY]
Nov. 4
VIRTUOSO FRIDAY
Oct. 7
BRAVURA
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Oct. 9
FIREWORKS
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Oct. 7
Oct. 9
Oct. 15
Nov. 6
Nov. 4
FRIDAY * FREE
SUNDAY * FREE
Oct. 7
Oct. 9
Oct. 14
Oct. 16
Nov. 6
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(ARRANGED FOR THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY BY ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT)
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe
BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture MOZART: Oboe Concerto RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome ROTA: Symphony No.3
Nov. 11
Nov. 13
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
Manfred Honeck, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G The Thanksgiving tradition continues with popular favorites.
Nov. 25
Nov. 27
Nov. 25
Nov. 27
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HAYDN’S “CREATION”
Manfred Honeck, conductor The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
HAYDN: The Creation A theatrical realization directed by Samuel Helfrich
Dec. 2
Dec. 4
Dec. 2
Dec. 4
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BEETHOVEN’S SEVENTH
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5
Jan. 13
Jan. 15
Jan. 13
Jan. 15
Jan. 13
Jan. 15
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MIDORI!
Manfred Honeck, conductor Midori, violin
MOZART: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
Feb. 3
Feb 5
Feb. 3
Feb 5
Feb. 3
Feb 5
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SLEEPING BEAUTY
Manfred Honeck, conductor Edward Stephan, percussion
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 “Classical” MacMILLAN: Veni, Veni Emmanuel (Percussion Concerto) TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Feb. 10
Feb. 12
Feb. 10
Feb. 12
Feb. 10
Feb. 12
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RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Omer Meir Wellber, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Feb. 24
Feb. 26
Feb. 24
Feb. 26
Feb. 24
Feb. 26
Juraj Valčuha, conductor Francesco Piemontesi, piano
SMETANA: The Moldau DVOŘÁK: Piano Concerto MOZART: Symphony No. 38 “Prague” DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture
March 10
March 12
March 10
March 12
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka OFFENBACH: Selections from La Gaîté Parisienne RAVEL: Boléro
March 17
March 19
March 17
March 19
Long Yu, conductor Randolph E. Kelly, viola
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (ORCHESTRATION BY RAVEL) PAGANINI: Sonata per la Grand Viola PUCCINI: Excerpts from Turandot
March 31
April 2
March 31
April 2
April 7
April 9
June 2
June 4
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FOUNTAINS OF ROME
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HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD
Nov. 26
Feb 25
Dec. 2
Nov. 25
Dec. 4
MOZART IN PRAGUE
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BOLERO!
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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
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DOHNÁNYI CONDUCTS BRAHMS
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
April 7
April 9
VIENNESE CELEBRATION
Manfred Honeck, conductor Till Fellner, piano
A festival of great moments from HAYDN, MOZART and SCHUBERT – plus Piano Concertos of BEETHOVEN
April 21
April 23
April 21
April 23
VIENNESE CELEBRATION
Manfred Honeck, conductor Rudolf Buchbinder, piano [FRIDAY ONLY]
70th Birthday Celebration of Rudolf Buchbinder Piano Concertos of HAYDN, MOZART and BEETHOVEN [FRIDAY ONLY] BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 [SUNDAY ONLY]
April 28
April 30
April 28
April 30
April 28
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote
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ROMANTIC BRAHMS
David Zinman, conductor Maximilian Hornung, cello Randolph E. Kelly, viola
* FREE
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May 19
May 21
May 19
May 21
May 19
May 21
MAHLER’S RESURRECTION
Manfred Honeck, conductor Christina Landshamer, soprano Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
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June 4
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TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO
Vasily Petrenko, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8
June 9
June 11
SEASON FINALE!
Manfred Honeck, conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
June 23
June 25
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BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS BUCHBINDER BIRTHDAY CONCERT
HONECK CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS
Artists, dates, and programs are subject to change.
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Nov. 13
Nov. 27
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March 12
March 19
April 22
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April 23
April 30
May 19
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June 3
June 11
June 9
June 11
June 24
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June 25
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