January 25, 26 & 27, 20 13 February 15 & 17, 2013
The Arts Open Our Minds. Every performance reminds us that you are one of our community’s most valued natural resources.
PROGRAM January 25, 26 & 27 program.............................................................. 11 January 25, 26 & 27 program notes.................................................. 12 Michael Francis biography.................................................................. 18 Christian Tetzlaff biography................................................................ 20 February 15 & 17 program.................................................................. 25 February 15 & 17 program notes...................................................... 26 Manfred Honeck biography................................................................ 30 Denis Matsuev biography................................................................... 32
EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL Individuals.............................................................................................. 34 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 PSO 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. Radio station WQED-FM 89.3 and WQEJ-FM 89.7 is the official voice of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Tune in Sundays at 8 p.m. for “Pittsburgh Symphony Radio” concert broadcasts hosted by Jim Cunningham. TO ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRAM
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Foundations & Public Agencies.......................................................... 39 Corporations ......................................................................................... 40 Legacy of Excellence............................................................................. 42 Commitment to Excellence Campaign............................................. 44
INDIVIDUALS & HEINZ HALL INFORMATION Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians........................................2 Board of Trustees & Chairman’s Council...........................................4-5 Jack Heinz Society....................................................................................6 New Leadership Board............................................................................6 Pittsburgh Symphony Association........................................................6 Friends of the PSO....................................................................................6
Contact: Elaine Nucci at 412.471.6087, or email: nucci@culturaldistrict.org
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Michael Francis, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin Pre-concert
Concert Prelude with Assistant Conductor Fawzi Haimor and Michael Francis
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
I. II. III. IV.
Antonín Dvořák
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Molto allegro Andante Menuetto: Allegretto Allegro assai
Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 53 I. Allegro ma non troppo — II. Adagio ma non troppo III. Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo Mr. Tetzlaff
Intermission Bedrich Smetana Leos Janacek
“Šárka,” No. 3 from Má Vlast Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra
I. The Death of Andri II. The Death of Ostap III. The Prophecy and the Death of Taras Bulba OFFICIAL AIRLINE OFFICIAL AIRLINE
This weekend’s performances by Erina Laraby-Goldwasser, viola, are made possible in part through the generous Annual Fund support of Nancy and Jeff Leininger. This weekend’s performances by Principal Cello Anne Martindale Williams are made possible, in part, through the generous Annual Fund support of Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot.
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WOLFGANG AMADÉ MOZART
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (1788) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 27 January 1756 in Salzburg; died 5 December 1791 in Vienna PREMIERE OF WORK
unknown PSO PREMIERE
5 March 1896; Carnegie Music Hall Frederic Archer, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings DURATION
22 minutes PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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At no time was the separation between Mozart’s personal life and his transcendent music more apparent than in the summer of 1788, when, at the age of 32, he had only three years to live. His wife was ill and his own health was beginning to fail; his six-month-old daughter died on July 29th; Don Giovanni was given a disappointing reception at its Viennese premiere on May 7th; he had small prospect of participating in any important concerts; and he was so impoverished and indebted that he would not answer a knock on the door for fear of finding a creditor there. Yet, amid all these difficulties, he produced, in less than two months, the three crowning jewels of his orchestral output, the Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 and 41. The G minor alone of the last three symphonies may reflect the composer’s distressed emotional state at the time. It is among those great works of Mozart that look forward to the passionately charged music of the 19th century while epitomizing the structural elegance of the waning Classical era. The Symphony’s pervading mood of tragic restlessness is established immediately at the outset by a simple, arpeggiated figure in the violas above which the violins play the agitated main theme. This melody is repeated with added woodwind chords to lead through a stormy transition to the second theme. After a moment of silence, a contrasting, lyrical melody is shared by strings and winds. The respite from the movement’s driving energy provided by the dulcet second theme is brief, however, and tension soon mounts again. The wondrous development section gives prominence to the fragmented main theme. The recapitulation returns the earlier themes in heightened settings. The Andante, in sonata form, uses rich chromatic harmonies and melodic half-steps to create a mood of brooding intensity and portentous asceticism. Because of its somber minor-key harmonies, powerful irregular phrasing and dense texture, the Minuet was judged by Arturo Toscanini to be one of the most darkly tragic pieces ever written. The character of the Minuet is emphasized by its contrast with the central trio, the only untroubled portion of the entire work. The finale opens with a rocket theme that revives the insistent rhythmic energy of the first movement. The gentler second theme, with a full share of piquant chromatic inflections, slows the hurtling motion only briefly. The development section exhibits a contrapuntal ingenuity that few late-18th-century composers could match in technique and none surpass in musicianship. The recapitulation maintains the Symphony’s tragic mood to the close.
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
(1879; revised 1880 and 1882) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 8 September 1841 in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia; died 1 May 1904 in Prague PREMIERE OF WORK
Prague, 14 October 1883; Czech National Theater Orchestra; Mořic Anger, conductor; František Ondříček, soloist PSO PREMIERE
30 December 1943; Syria Mosque; Vladimir Bakaleinikoff, conductor; Ruth Posselt, violin INSTRUMENTATION
Dvořák composed his Violin Concerto during the first flowering of his representative Czech style. His biographer Otakar Šourek wrote, “The national character of Dvořák’s music became strongly marked when he began to make his appeal outside his own country, and felt impelled to emphasize his national origins and characteristics. This was about the beginning of 1878.” In this Concerto, Dvořák was influenced by several facets of the Czech personality — the blending of sadness and determination in the first movement, the tenderness of the second, and the boisterous peasant joy of the finale. The main theme group of the Concerto’s first movement comprises a bold, almost tragic, opening statement, a lamenting phrase with a prominent triplet rhythm presented by the soloist and (after a repetition of the first two motives) a lyrical woodwind strain above a simple string accompaniment. These three motives are treated at some length before the smoothly flowing second theme is introduced as a duet for oboe and solo violin. The development section is a challenging exercise in broken chords for the soloist. The recapitulation is greatly truncated, and brings back only the lamenting theme from the exposition. A delicate woodwind chorale leads without pause to the second movement, a song of sweet nostalgia sung by the soloist. The bucolic mood is twice interrupted by stern proclamations from the orchestra. The finale is a scintillating rondo whose main theme is reminiscent of the fiery Czech dance, the furiant.
PROGRAM NOTES \ 2012-2013 SEASON
Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 53
woodwinds in pairs, four horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings DURATION
31 minutes PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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BEDŘICH SMETANA
“Šárka” from Má Vlast (“My Country”) (1875) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 2 March 1824 in Leitomischl, Bohemia; died 12 May 1884 in Prague PREMIERE OF WORK
Prague, 10 December 1876; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Adolf Čech, conductor PSO PREMIERE
21 October 1976; Heinz Hall; Rafael Kubelik, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings DURATION
11 minutes
PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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It is one of the great ironies in 19th century music that Smetana conceived the first melody for Má Vlast (“My Country”), the splendid cycle of six tone poems inspired by the land and lore of his native Bohemia, at the same time he lost his hearing. Had he not been able to look to the example of the deaf Beethoven, he might well have abandoned this work, but he pressed on and completed Vyšehrad by November 1874 and immediately began The Moldau, which was finished in less than three weeks, on December 8th. Šárka dates from 1875; From Bohemia’s Woods and Meadows was composed between June 3rd and October 18th of the same year; Tábor was finished in 1878 and Blaník in 1879. The first complete performance of Má Vlast, on November 2, 1882 in Prague (the cycle is dedicated to the city of Prague), was the occasion for a patriotic rally, and, like Sibelius’ great national hymn Finlandia, this music has since become an emblem of its country’s national pride. Má Vlast is the traditional music played every year on May 12th, the anniversary of Smetana’s death, to open the Prague Spring Festival. Of the third movement of Má Vlast, the composer noted, “This poem depicts the story of Šárka. It begins with the enraged Šárka [one of the girls at the court of the Přemysl, the founding family of Bohemia, who rebelled at being ruled by men after the death of Queen Libuše] swearing vengeance on the whole male race for the infidelity of her lover. From afar is heard the arrival of armed men led by Ctirad, who has come to punish Šárka and her rebellious maidens. In the distance, Ctirad hears the feigned cries of a girl (Šárka) bound to a tree. On seeing her, he is overcome by her beauty and so inflamed with love that he frees her. By means of a previously prepared potion, she intoxicates Ctirad and his men, who fall asleep. As she sounds her horn (a pre-arranged signal), the rebel maidens, hidden in nearby rocks, rush to commit the bloody deed. The horror of general slaughter and the passion and fury of Šárka’s fulfilled revenge form the end of the composition.” Šárka, the most graphically detailed movement of Má Vlast, is divided into five continuous, almost cinematic, sequences. The first section (marked “with fire” in the score) portrays the fury of the avowed manhater. Next comes a swaggering march to accompany the entry of Ctirad and his knights. A solo clarinet intones the duplicitous cry of Šárka, to which Ctirad (solo cello) gives an impassioned response as he loosens her bonds. An episode of warmly lyrical music suggests Ctirad’s wooing of the cunning maid before a soft, trilled string chord introduces the scherzo-like fourth section, which depicts the drunken revels of the warriors. Šárka’s philter has its effect, and the festive music dies away as the men fall asleep (the low C’s on the bassoon suggest their snoring). Šárka sounds her horn and exhorts her followers (another clarinet solo) to undertake the slaughter that fills the last chapter of this dramatic tone poem.
LEOŠ JANÁČEK (1915-1918) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy, Moravia, Czechoslovakia; died 12 August 1928 in Ostrava PREMIERE OF WORK
Brno, 9 October 1921; Brno National Theater Orchestra; František Neumann, conductor PSO PREMIERE
26 January 1973, Heinz Hall; William Steinberg, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, E-flat and two B-flat clarinets, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, organ and strings DURATION
23 minutes PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
By 1914, the Habsburg dynasty had ruled central Europe for over six centuries. Rudolf I of Switzerland, the first of the Habsburgs, confiscated Austria and much surrounding territory in 1276, made them hereditary family possessions in 1282, and, largely through shrewd marriages with far-flung royal families, the Habsburgs thereafter gained control over a vast empire that at one time stretched from the Low Countries to the Philippines and from Spain to Hungary. By the mid-19th century, following the geo-political upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars, the Habsburg dominions had shrunk to the present territories of Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, a considerable reduction from earlier times but still a huge expanse of land encompassing a great diversity of national characteristics. The eastern countries continued to be dissatisfied with their domination by the Viennese monarchy, however, and the central fact of the history of Hungary and the Czech lands during the 19th century was their striving toward independence from the Habsburgs. The Dual Monarchy of 1867 allowed the eastern lands a degree of autonomy, but ultimate political and fiscal authority still rested with Emperor Franz Joseph and his court in Vienna. It was not until 1918, following the ravages of World War I, that the centuries-long Habsburg rule over central Europe finally came to an end. Leoš Janáček was among those many Czechs at the turn of the twentieth century who longed for freedom for their native land from the Habsburgs. The son of a village schoolmaster, Janáček became a chorister in Brno at age eleven before going to Prague, Vienna and Leipzig for advanced musical training. He did much to further the musical life of his country, founding the Brno Philharmonic Society in 1881 and later serving as professor at the Prague Conservatory. In addition, Janáček not only gave much time to collecting folk music, which he considered an indispensable component of his country’s national character, but he also developed a specifically Czech vocal style based on the sounds, rhythms and inflections of the local spoken dialects, comparable to that achieved by Mussorgsky in Russia. (The opera Jenůfa — his first international success, at age 50, in 1904 — solidified his unique style, and was followed by a remarkable series of stage works that contain some of the most powerful music drama ever conceived: Katya Kabanova, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Makropoulos Affair and From the House of the Dead.) Just as he wanted a music free from Germanic domination, so Janáček wanted his country politically free from the Habsburgs. He believed that this end could best be accomplished by an alliance of all the Slavic peoples led by Russia since, as he wrote in a letter to his friend Richard Vesely, “In the whole world there are to be found neither fires nor tortures strong enough to destroy the vitality of the Russian nation.” Soon after war broke out in 1914, Janáček, then sixty years old, expressed his sympathy for
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the Russians who were fighting the Germans and their Austrian allies by creating a threemovement symphonic poem. He based his work on episodes from Nikolai Gogol’s 1839 novel about the heroic Taras Bulba, who led the Zaporozhye Cossacks, the warlike people of the lower Don River valley who were frequently utilized by Russian rulers in the late Middle Ages for their prowess as fighters, in a victorious battle against the Poles in 1628. Janáček began the piece in 1915, but, as was usual for him, work went slowly and the score was not completed until Good Friday, March 29, 1918. It was to be another three years before it was performed; František Neumann conducted the Brno National Theater Orchestra in the premiere of Taras Bulba on October 9, 1921. The three movements of Taras Bulba, which depict Taras killing his own son for betraying his people (The Death of Andri), the martyrdom of his second son (The Death of Ostap), and his own execution and vision of ultimate victory and the coming of a great Czar to rule all the Russians (The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba), are dramatic in form, and follow closely the narrative of Gogol’s story.
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/// MICHAEL FRANCIS Recently appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor to Sweden’s Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis follows in the footsteps of Herbert Blomstedt and Franz Welser-Möst, each of whom were Chief Conductor with the orchestra in the early stages of their careers. His successful 2010 “step-in” debut with the San Francisco Symphony has led to his conducting that orchestra’s New Year’s Concerts in 2011 and 2012 and to conduct nine classical concerts in each the 2011 and 2012 summer seasons. Most recent and upcoming debuts include those with the Boston, Washington, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Bournemouth, Toronto, Milwaukee, New World, Ottawa and Quebec Symphonies, as well as the Dresden, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Japan Philharmonics, while making return visits to Stuttgart, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Oregon, Seattle and BBC Wales. Other acclaimed debut concerts included the New York Philharmonic, Houston, Seattle, and Oregon Symphonies as well as with Mariinsky Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and Münchner Symphoniker. His musical collaboration with AnneSophie Mutter began in January 2009 when he made ‘step-in’ performances for André Previn in four German cities conducting Mozart and Gubaidulina concerti plus major works of Hindemith. He has also appeared with Ms. Mutter in the 2010 world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Lichtes Spiel with the
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New York Philharmonic, and on a 2012 European tour conducting Sebastian Currier’s Violin Concerto Time Machine with the RSO Stuttgart. In May 2012, they collaborated again on a tour of seven European cities with an orchestra of musicians from the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics. Michael Francis returned to Asia with Ms. Mutter in November 2012 for concerts in Taiwan and Hong Kong having earlier conducted a series of concerts for her in 2010 with the National Taipei Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. While on this tour, Mr. Francis again “steppedin” to conduct the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra to great triumph. Michael Francis came to prominence as a conductor in January 2007 when he was asked, with twelve hours notice, to replace an indisposed Valery Gergiev for the rehearsals and performance of Gubaidulina’s Märchen-Poem and Pro et Contra with the London Symphony Orchestra during the BBC Gubaidulina festival at the Barbican Centre. Only one month later, Michael was asked, this time with only two hours notice, to replace the composer/conductor John Adams in a performance of his own works with the LSO at the Philharmonie Luxembourg; the program was Slonimsky’s Earbox, The Dharma at Big Sur (an electric violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz) and Naïve and Sentimental Music. These performances mark Michael Francis’ debut with the PSO.
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/// CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF An artist known for his musical integrity, technical assurance and intelligent, compelling interpretations, Christian Tetzlaff is internationally recognized as one of the most important violinists of his generation. From the outset of his career, Tetzlaff has performed and recorded a broad spectrum of the repertoire, ranging from Bach’s unaccompanied sonatas and partitas to 19th century masterworks by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms; and from 20th century concertos by Bartok, Berg and Shostakovich to world premieres of contemporary works. Also a dedicated chamber musician, he frequently collaborates with distinguished artists including Leif Ove Andsnes, Lars Vogt and Alexander Lonquich and is the founder of the Tetzlaff Quartet, which he formed in 1994 with violinist Elisabeth Kufferath, violist Hanna Weinmeister and his sister, cellist Tanja Tetzlaff. Born in Hamburg in 1966, music occupied a central place in his family and his three siblings are all professional musicians. Tetzlaff began playing the violin and piano at age six, but pursued a regular academic education while continuing his musical studies. He did not begin intensive study of the violin until making his concert debut playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto at the age of 14 and attributes the establishment of his musical outlook to his teacher at the conservatory in Lübeck, Uwe-Martin Haiberg, who placed equal stress on interpretation and technique. Tetzlaff came to the United States during the 1985-86 academic year to work with Walter Levine at the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music and also spent two summers at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. Tetzlaff has been in demand as a soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, establishing close artistic partnerships that are renewed season after season. Tetzlaff has performed with the orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Toronto, among many others in North America, as well as with the major European ensembles including the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Vienna Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Highlights of Mr. Tetzlaff’s 2012-2013 18
season in North America include appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh, New World and Montreal symphonies, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and a three concert chamber music project at the 92nd St. Y in New York. European highlights include return visits to the Berlin and London Philharmonics, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and the London Symphony. Christian Tetzlaff was a 2010-2011 Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist, an initiative in which musicians are invited to curate a personal concert series in Carnegie and Zankel Halls through collaborations with other musicians and ensembles. Mr. Tetzlaff’s Perspectives included an appearance with the Boston Symphony during which he played concertos by Mozart, Bartok and the New York premiere of a new concerto by Harrison Birtwistle; a play/conduct performance with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; a performance with the Ensemble ACJW led by Sir Simon Rattle; a concert with the Tetzlaff Quartet; and a duo-recital with violinist Antje Weithaas. He also led a Professional Training Workshop for young violinists and pianists, culminating in a young artist concert. Tetzlaff’s highly regarded recordings reflect the breadth of his musical interests and include solo works, chamber music and concertos ranging from Haydn to Bartok. His recent recordings include Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Russian National Orchestra and Kent Nagano for PentaTone Classics; Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra and David Zinman for Arte Nova; the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin for the Musical Heritage and Haenssler labels; Berg’s Chamber Concerto for piano, violin with 13 wind instruments with Mitsuko Uchida and the Ensemble Intercontemporain led by Pierre Boulez for Decca; and Schumann’s Three Piano Trios with Leif Ove Andsnes and Tanja Tetzlaff for EMI/Virgin. Mr. Tetzlaff’s latest recordings include Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Vienna Philharmonic led by Mr. Boulez for Deutsche Grammophon; the Schumann and Mendelssohn Violin Concertos with Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and Paavo Järvi for Edel Classics; and Schönberg’s String Quartet No. 1 and Sibelius’s Quartet op. 56 with the Tetzlaff Quartet on the AVI label.
BIOGRAPHY \ 2012-2013 SEASON photo credit: Alexandra Vosding
Christian Tetzlaff makes his home near Frankfurt with his wife, a clarinetist with the Frankfurt Opera, and their three children. He currently performs on a violin modeled after a Guarneri del Gesu made by the German violin maker, Peter Greiner. In honor of his
artistic achievements, Musical America named Tetzlaff “Instrumentalist of the Year” in 2005. For further information please visit www. christian-tetzlaff.com These performances mark Christian Tetzlaff’s debut with the PSO. 19
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PROGRAM \ 2012-2013 SEASON
Manfred Honeck, conductor Denis Matsuev, piano Pre-concert
Concert Prelude with Senior VP of Artistic Planning Robert Moir and Music Director Manfred Honeck
Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on Bald Mountain
(ORCH. NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV)
Serge Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18 I. Moderato II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegro scherzando Mr. Matsuev
Intermission Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92 I. Poco sostenuto — Vivace II. Allegretto III. Presto IV. Allegro con brio
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
A Night on Bald Mountain (1867; arranged in 1886 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 21 March 1839 in Karevo, Pskov District, Russia; died 28 March 1881 in St. Petersburg PREMIERE OF WORK
St. Petersburg, 15 October 1886; Russian Symphony Orchestra; Nikolai RimskyKorsakov, conductor PSO PREMIERE
10 April 1932, Syria Mosque; Bernadino Molinari, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings DURATION
12 minutes
PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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In the 1860s, Russian music was just beginning to find its distinctive voice. A number of composers — Balakirev, Cui, Borodin, RimskyKorsakov and Mussorgsky — explored native musical and folkloric sources as the basis of a national art, and became loosely confederated into a group known as “The Mighty Handful” in Russia and “The Five” in the West. Since their works took their inspiration largely from indigenous legends and folk music, Mussorgsky considered himself lucky to receive a commission in 1861 (when he was just 21) for a dramatic musical composition based on a specifically Russian subject. On January 7th, he wrote to his mentor, Balakirev, “I have received an extremely interesting commission [for music for a drama titled The Witch by his friend Baron Georgy Fyodorovitch Mengden], which I must prepare for next summer. It is this: a whole act to take place on Bald Mountain … a Witches’ Sabbath, separate episodes of sorcerers, a solemn march for all this nastiness, a finale — the glorification of the Sabbath into which is introduced the commander of the whole festival on the Bald Mountain. The libretto is very good. I already have some material for it; it may turn out to be a very good thing.” The mountain to which Mussorgsky referred, well known in Russian legend, is Mount Triglav, near Kiev, reputed to be the site of the annual witches’ sabbath that occurs on St. John’s Night, June 23-24, the eve of the feast of St. John the Baptist. The sinister god Chernobog, the devil himself in disguise, presides over the demonic revelries. The dramatic version of the music came to nothing, but Mussorgsky did complete a symphonic piece titled St. John’s Night on Bald Mountain in a creative frenzy in 1867. He tinkered with the music for a while and even mined some of its themes for inclusion in two later works: as a chorus for an aborted operatic project titled Mlada, a composite work to which Cui, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov also contributed some material; and as a choral introduction to the opera The Fair at Sorochinsk. However, A Night on Bald Mountain, Mussorgsky’s only extended orchestral work, never came to performance during his lifetime — the original orchestral version of 1867 was not published until 1968, and first recorded only in 1981. What is now commonly known as A Night on Bald Mountain is as much the work of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov as of Mussorgsky. Rimsky was a self-appointed editor for many compositions by his Russian compatriots that he felt could use some polishing before being launched into the world. He thoroughly revised works by Borodin and Dargomyzsky, and prepared almost all of Mussorgsky’s compositions for publication and performance. In the case of A Night on Bald Mountain, he not only smoothed out the harmonies and augmented the orchestration, but also strengthened the work’s formal structure. Rimsky prefaced his score with the following synopsis of the action
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portrayed by the music: “Subterranean sounds of supernatural voices ... Appearance of the spirits of darkness, followed by that of Satan himself ... Glorification of Satan and celebration of the Black Mass ... The Sabbath Revels ... At the height of the orgies the bell of the village church, sounding in the distance, disperses the spirits of darkness ... Daybreak.” The mood of the music is dark, unearthly and more than a little weird. At the beginning, swirling strings and shrieks from the woodwinds, like great gusts of wind, seem to rise out of the ground itself. The trombones blare forth a savage summons for the demons to assemble; their arrival is portrayed by the clucking and chattering of the woodwinds. A loud brass fanfare marks the appearance of Satan, and the witches join old Beelzebub in a wild and ghoulish dance. The revels go on all night, and only when dawn breaks do the unearthly participants depart and the music return to the plodding world of mere mortals. A distant church bell sounds, and the bizarre ceremony is over. All of this demonic revelry, incidentally, was cast by Rimsky-Korsakov into sober old sonata form — the exposition and recapitulation begin with the whirling string figures and the shrieks from the woodwinds.
SERGE RACHMANINOFF
Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18 (1900-1901) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 1 April 1873 in Oneg, Russia; died 28 March 1943 in Beverly Hills, California PREMIERE OF WORK
Moscow, 14 October 1901; Moscow Philharmonic Society Orchestra; Alexander Siloti, conductor; Serge Rachmaninoff, soloist PSO PREMIERE
18 March 1934, Syria Mosque; Antonio Modarelli, conductor; Walter Gieseking, piano INSTRUMENTATION
woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings DURATION
32 minutes
When he was old and as mellow as he would ever get, Rachmaninoff wrote these words about his early years: “Although I had to fight for recognition, as most younger men must, although I have experienced all the troubles and sorrow which precede success, and although I know how important it is for an artist to be spared such troubles, I realize, when I look back on my early life, that it was enjoyable, in spite of all its vexations and bitterness.” The greatest “bitterness” of Rachmaninoff’s career was the total failure of the Symphony No. 1 at its premiere in 1897, a traumatic disappointment that thrust him into such a mental depression that he suffered a complete nervous collapse. An aunt of Rachmaninoff, Varvara Satina, had recently been successfully treated for an emotional disturbance by a certain Dr. Nicholas Dahl, a Moscow physician who was familiar with the latest psychiatric discoveries in France and Vienna, and it was arranged that Rachmaninoff should visit him. Years later, in his memoirs, the composer recalled the malady and the treatment: “[Following the performance of the First Symphony] something within me snapped. A paralyzing apathy possessed me. I did nothing at all and found no pleasure in anything. Half my days were spent on a couch sighing over my ruined life. My only occupation consisted in giving a few piano lessons to keep myself alive.” For more than a year, Rachmaninoff’s condition persisted. He began his daily visits to Dr. Dahl in January 1900. “My relatives had informed Dr. Dahl that he must by all means cure me of my apathetic condition and bring about such results that I would again be able to compose. Dahl had inquired what kind of composition was desired of me, and he was 25
informed ‘a concerto for pianoforte.’ In consequence, I heard repeated, day after day, the same hypnotic formula, as I lay half somnolent in an armchair in Dr. Dahl’s consulting room: ‘You will start to compose a concerto — You will work with the greatest of ease — The composition will be of excellent quality.’ Always it was the same, without interruption.... Although it may seem impossible to believe,” Rachmaninoff continued, “this treatment really helped me. I started to compose again at the beginning of the summer.” In gratitude, he dedicated the new Concerto to Dr. Dahl. The C minor Concerto begins with eight bell-tone chords from the solo piano that herald the surging main theme, announced by the strings. A climax is achieved before a sudden drop in intensity makes way for the arching second theme, initiated by the soloist. The development, concerned largely with the first theme, is propelled by a martial rhythm that continues with undiminished energy into the recapitulation. The second theme returns in the horn before the martial mood is re-established to close the movement. The Adagio is a long-limbed nocturne with a running commentary of sweeping figurations from the piano. The finale resumes the marching rhythmic motion of the first movement with its introduction and bold main theme. Standing in bold relief to this vigorous music is the lyrical second theme, one of the best-loved melodies in the entire orchestral literature, a grand inspiration in the ripest Romantic tradition. These two themes, the martial and the romantic, alternate for the remainder of the movement. The coda rises through a finely crafted line of mounting tension to bring this work to an electrifying close.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92 (1811-1812) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 16 December 1770 in Bonn; died 26 March 1827 in Vienna PREMIERE OF WORK
Vienna, 8 December 1813; Ludwig van Beethoven, conductor PSO PREMIERE
6 January 1898; Carnegie Music Hall; Frederic Archer, conductor
In the autumn of 1813, Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, the inventor of the metronome, approached Beethoven with the proposal that the two organize a concert to benefit the soldiers wounded at the recent Battle of Hanau — with, perhaps, two or three repetitions of the concert to benefit themselves. Beethoven was eager to have the as-yet-unheard A major Symphony of the preceding year performed, and he thought the financial reward worth the trouble, so he agreed. The concert consisted of this “Entirely New Symphony” by Beethoven, marches by Dussek and Pleyel performed on a “Mechanical Trumpeter” fabricated by Mälzel, and an orchestral arrangement of Wellington’s Victory, a piece Beethoven had concocted the previous summer for yet another of Mälzel’s musical machines, the “Panharmonicon.” The evening was such a success that Beethoven’s first biographer, Anton Schindler, reported, “All persons, however they had previously dissented from his music, now agreed to award him his laurels.” The Seventh Symphony is a magnificent creation in which Beethoven displayed several technical innovations that were to have a profound influence on the music of the 19th century: he expanded the scope of symphonic structure through the use of more distant tonal areas; he
trumpets in pairs, timpani and strings DURATION
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brought an unprecedented richness and range to the orchestral palette; and he gave a new awareness of rhythm as the vitalizing force in music. It is particularly the last of these characteristics that most immediately affects the listener, and to which commentators have consistently turned to explain the vibrant power of the work. Perhaps the most famous such observation about the Seventh Symphony is that of Richard Wagner, who called the work “the apotheosis of the Dance in its highest aspect ... the loftiest deed of bodily motion incorporated in an ideal world of tone.” Couching his observation in less highfalutin language, John N. Burk believed that its rhythm gave this work a feeling of immense grandeur incommensurate with its relatively short forty-minute length. “Beethoven,” Burk explained, “seems to have built up this impression by willfully driving a single rhythmic figure through each movement, until the music attains (particularly in the body of the first movement and in the Finale) a swift propulsion, an effect of cumulative growth which is akin to extraordinary size.” A slow introduction, almost a movement in itself, opens the Symphony. This initial section employs two themes: the first, majestic and unadorned, is passed down through the winds while being punctuated by long, rising scales in the strings; the second is a graceful melody for oboe. The transition to the main part of the first movement is accomplished by the superbly controlled reiteration of a single pitch. This device not only connects the introduction with the exposition but also establishes the dactylic rhythm that dominates the movement. The Allegretto scored such a success at its premiere that it was immediately encored, a phenomenon virtually unprecedented for a slow movement. Indeed, this music was so popular that it was used to replace the brief slow movement of the Eighth Symphony at several performances during Beethoven’s lifetime. In form, the movement is a series of variations on the heartbeat rhythm of its opening measures. In spirit, however, it is more closely allied to the austere chaconne of the Baroque era than to the light, figural variations of Classicism. The third movement, a study in contrasts of sonority and dynamics, is built on the formal model of the scherzo, but expanded to include a repetition of the horn-dominated Trio (Scherzo–Trio–Scherzo–Trio– Scherzo). In the sonata-form finale, Beethoven not only produced music of virtually unmatched rhythmic energy (“a triumph of Bacchic fury,” in the words of Sir Donald Tovey), but did it in such a manner as to exceed the climaxes of the earlier movements and make it the goal toward which they had all been aimed. So intoxicating is this music that some of Beethoven’s contemporaries were sure he had composed it in a drunken frenzy. An encounter with the Seventh Symphony is a heady experience. Klaus G. Roy, the distinguished musicologist and program annotator for the Cleveland Orchestra, wrote, “Many a listener has come away from a hearing of this Symphony in a state of being punch-drunk. Yet it is an intoxication without a hangover, a dope-like exhilaration without decadence.” To which the composer’s own words may be added. “I am Bacchus incarnate,” boasted Beethoven, “appointed to give humanity wine to drown its sorrow.... He who divines the secret of my music is delivered from the misery that haunts the world.”
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/// MANFRED HONECK Manfred Honeck was born in Austria and studied music at the Academy of Music in Vienna. An accomplished violinist and violist, he spent more than ten years as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. It is this experience that has heavily influenced his conducting and has helped give it a distinctive stamp. Honeck was appointed the ninth Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in January 2007, and began his tenure at the start of the 2008-2009 season. After a first extension in 2009, his contract was extended for the second time in February 2012, now through the 2019-2020 season. Following their successful European Tour in 2010 and the European Festival Tour 2011 with appearances at the major music festivals, such as BBC Proms, Lucerne, Grafenegg, Rheingau, SchleswigHolstein or Musikfest Berlin, Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returned to Europe in October-November 2012. This year’s tour took them to Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Luxembourg and Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart in Germany. During a week-long residency at the Musikverein in Vienna, the orchestra performed four concerts. Honeck’s successful work in Pittsburgh is captured on CD by the Japanese label Exton. So far, Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben have been released to critical acclaim. Their recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 has won a 2012 International Classical Music Award (ICMA). 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 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. He commenced his career as conductor of Vienna’s Jeunesse Orchestra, which he co-founded, and as assistant to Claudio Ab28
bado at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Vienna. Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, where he was bestowed the prestigious European Conductor’s Award in 1993. In 1996, Honeck began a three-year stint as one of three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig and in 1997, he served as Music Director at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo for a year. A highly successful tour of Europe with the Oslo Philharmonic marked the beginning of a close collaboration with this orchestra which consequently appointed him Principal Guest Conductor, a post he held for several years. From 2000 to 2006, he was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Stockholm and served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 to 2011, a position he will resume from 2013 to 2016. As a guest conductor, Honeck has worked with major orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic and in the U.S. with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is also a regular guest at the Verbier Festival. Guest engagements of the 2012-2013 season include concerts at his earlier places of activity in Stockholm and Prague, as well as appearances with other prestigious orchestras including Bamberg Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra and his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2010, Honeck was awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Apart from his numerous tasks as conductor, he has been Artistic Director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” in Germany for more than 15 years.
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/// DENIS MATSUEV Denis Matsuev has become a fast-rising star on the international concert stage since his triumphant victory at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998, and he is quickly establishing himself as one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation. Laureate of the prestigious Shostakovich Prize in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts, Matsuev has appeared in hundreds of recitals at the most prestigious concert halls throughout the world. Matsuev is collaborating with the world’s best known orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony, National Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, WDR of Cologne, Frankfurt Radio and BBC Symphony, Philharmonia orchestra of London, Verbier and Budapest Festival Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala and Zurich Opera House Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, NHK Symphony, Rotterdam and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Israel and Helsinki Philharmonic and the European Chamber Orchestra; he is continually reengaged with the legendary Russian orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Russian National Orchestra. Matsuev appears regularly with the most prominent conductors on the stage today, including Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Mariss Jansons, Yuri Temirkanov, Kurt Masur, Paavo Jarvi, Leonard Slatkin, MyungWhun Chung, Antonio Pappano, Semyon Bychkov, Ivan Fischer and Adam Fisher, Gianandrea Noseda, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, James Conlon, Vladimir Spivakov, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Fedoseyev and others. Matsuev is a frequent guest of world famous musical festivals such as Ravinia Festival and Hollywood Bowl in the United States, BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival in Great Britain, Schleswig-Holstein, 30
Rheingau, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Germany, Chopin Festival in Poland, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Mito Festival in Italy, Les Choregies d’Orange and Festival de la Rogue d’Antheron in France, Verbier and Montreux Festivals in Switzerland, Enescu Festival in Romania, Budapest Spring Festival in Hungary, Athens and Epidaurus Festival in Greece and Stars of the White Nights Festival in Russia. Highlights of upcoming seasons include appearances with Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta in Russia; followed by tour in Israel under Yuri Temirkanov; Royal Philharmonic with Charles Dutoit; tours with London Symphony and Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev in the US, Europe and Japan; the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Krzysztof Urbanski; Philadelphia under Gianandrea Noseda; a US tour with the Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck;and to Canada for appearing with Montreal Symphony under Mikhail Pletnev; in Europe with Oslo Philharmonic and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Swiss Romande and Luzern Symphony Orchestra; tour with Concertgebouw under Mariss Jansons; and Israel Philharmonic with Kurt Masur. Matsuev also will appear with recitals at most prestigious concert halls of Europe, including Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Konzerthaus in Vienna, and Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire among others. Return to world famous musical festivals such as: Ravinia Festival and Hollywood Bowl in the United States; Schleswig-Holstein; Festspielhaus BadenBaden; Rheingau in Germany; and Verbier Festival in Switzerland. In 2007, Sony BMG released a disc featuring Matsuev entitled Unknown Rachmaninoff, which has received strong positive reviews praising his execution and creativity. Matsuev’s recital at Carnegie Hall in November 2007 was recorded and released in 2009 as an album entitled Denis Matsuev – Concert at Carnegie Hall. The New York Times praised his performance, writing, “…his
poetic instincts held fast in tender moments, with trills as thrillingly precise as one might ever hope to hear.” In 2009, the new Mariinsky Label released Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3, which Denis Matsuev recorded with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia. ClassicsToday. com (US) wrote, “Denis Matsuev is an amazing pianist. He shapes the Third Concerto’s fistfuls of notes with consummate mastery…” In 2011, the anniversary year of Franz List RCA Red Seal released Matsuev List, an album recorded together with the Russian National Orchestra and Mikhail Pletnev. The Independent rated this album as “Album of the week” and concluded: “This impressive double-CD of Liszt’s concertos, plus his Orpheus and Heroide, is an all-Russian effort. Matsuev’s pianism has heroic force and finely calibrated control…” In early 2012, Matsuev, Valery Gergiev and Mariinsky Label featured their new project of Shostakovich Concertos No. 1, No. 2 and Shchedrin Fifth Concerto which granted the Five Star rating of BBC Music Magazine: “Denis Matsuev may be betterknown internationally as a Rachmaninoff expert, but these new accounts of the two Shaostakovich Concertos must be among the best currently available.” Norman Lebrecht continued: “Neither is a virtuoso vehicle and, the composer apart, there is no pianist who has stamped these works decisively as his or her own. Denis Matsuev, a Siberian who
made his name in Rachmaninov is perhaps the first to come close.” Over the past five years, Matsuev has collaborated with the Sergei Rachmaninoff Foundation and its president Alexander Rachmaninoff, the grandson of the composer. Matsuev was chosen by the Foundation to perform and record unknown pieces of Rachmaninoff on the composer’s own piano at the Rachmaninoff house “Villa Senar” in Lucerne. This unique program has been in high demand around the world. In 2013, the anniversary year of great composer, the Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation will percent series of concerts in some of the most prestigious concert halls throughout Russia and Europe. Matsuev is Artistic Director of three important international festivals: Annecy Music Festival in Annecy, France; “Stars on Baikal” in Irkutsk, Siberia; and “Crescendo,” a series of events held in many different international cities, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Tel Aviv, Kaliningrad, Paris and New York City. These remarkable festivals present a new generation of young musicians by featuring gifted soloists from around the world performing with the best Russian orchestras. The “Crescendo” festival has had incredible resonance in Russia and abroad. Additionally, Matsuev is the president of the charitable Russian foundation “New Names” that supports children music education in regions of his native Russia. Denis Matsuev last performed with the PSO in February 2011. 31
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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made generous gifts of $500 or more to the Annual Fund in 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 we have not listed you correctly, please call 412.392.4842. Thank you! MAESTRO’S CIRCLE
Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Ron & Dorothy Chutz Anonymous James K. & Sara C. Donnell Mr. & Mrs. Juergen Mross Musicians of the Pittsburgh Douglas B. McAdams David & Carol McCormish Symphony Orchestra Bob & Joan Peirce Dick & Ginny Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher Joanne B. Rogers
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Anonymous Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman Dan & Kay Barker Philip & Melinda Beard Noah Bendix-Balgley Michael & Sherle Berger Ted & Kathie Bobby Ms. Spencer Boyd GUARANTOR’S BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE CIRCLE Dr. Alan & Marsha Bramowitz $10,000 - $14,999 $50,000 - $99,999 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Brent Anonymous Anonymous Suzy & Jim Broadhurst Michele & Pat Atkins Mr. William F. Benter Larry & Tracy Brockway Benno & Connie Bernt Roy & Susan Dorrance Barbara & David Burstin Jane & Rae R. Burton Audrey & Jerry McGinnis Dr. & Mrs. Sidney N. Busis Dr. Rebecca J. Caserio Perry* & BeeJee Morrison James & Margaret Byrne Mr. & Mrs. E. V. Clarke Arthur & Barbara Weldon Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan Rich & Scheryl Harshman James C. Chaplin Robert W. & Elizabeth C. FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Kampmeinert Joseph* & Virginia Cicero $25,000 - $49,999 Nancy & Jeff Leininger Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Anonymous Devin & Shannon Ruby A. Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. James R. Agras McGranahan Jerry & Mimi Davis Bill & Loulie Canady Janet & Donald Moritz Alison H. & Patrick D. Deem Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Philip J. & Sherry S. Dieringer Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Pauline Santelli Dr. James H. & Mary E. Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon The David S. & Karen A. Duggan Marcia M. Gumberg Shapira Foundation Mr. William J. Fetter Drue Heinz John P. & Elizabeth L. Surma Mr. & Mrs. Milton Fine Elsie & Henry Hillman Jill & Craig Tillotson Terri H. Fitzpatrick Audrey R. Hughes Ellen & Jim Walton Mrs. Lee C. Gordon Rick & Laurie Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer Marjorie Burns Haller Steve & Brenda Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Schlotterbeck DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Christiane & Manfred Tom & Jamee Todd $7,500 - $9,999 Honeck Jon & Carol Walton Allen Baum & Elizabeth Mrs. Milton G. Hulme Helge & Erika Wehmeier Witzke-Baum Elizabeth S. Hurtt James & Susanne Wilkinson Betty Diskin in memory of Barbara Jeremiah Arthur, William & Robert Mr. & Mrs. Craig Jordan CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Diskin Mr. & Mrs. R. Drew Kistler Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher $20,000 - $24,999 Donahue D. H. Lee, Jr. Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Martin Earle Mr. Sheldon Marstine Jean & Sigo Falk Caryl & Irving Halpern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot McConomy John H. Hill Tom & Dona Hotopp Joseph & Dorothy Jackovic Robert & Dana McCutcheon Deborah Rice Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brooks McGuinn Robinson $15,000 - $19,999 Marilyn & Allan Meltzer Alece & David Schreiber Nadine E. Bognar Sam Michaels James & Janet Slater Kathryn & Michael Bryson $100,000+
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Robert D. Mierley Family Foundation II Sally Minard & Walter Limbach Morby Family Charitable Foundation Betty & Granger Morgan Gerald Lee Morosco & Paul Ford, Jr. Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Elliott S. Oshry Shelley, Dana, & Arthur Palmer Steve & Tami Pederson Dr. & Mrs. William R. Poller in honor of our four grandsons Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Svetlana S. Price Ms. Mary Alice Price Dr. Tor Richter in memory of Elizabeth W. Richter Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer Millie & Gary Ryan Mrs. Virginia W. Schatz Nancy Schepis Michael Shefler Robert & Janet Squires Marcia & Dick Swanson Mrs. Carol H. Tillotson Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Richard LeBeau Rachel & Franny Wymard Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Berkovitz AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous (10) Barbara & Marcus Aaron, II Dr. & Mrs. John C. Barber Dr. & Mrs. David Beaudreau Michael & Carol Bleier Marian & Bruce Block Don & Judy Borneman Dana & Margaret Bovbjerg Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Brand Hugh & Jean Brannan Gary & Judy Bruce
Mary Ellen Miller Barbara & Eugene Myers Dr. & Mrs. Michael L. Nieland Fritz Okie H. Ward & Shirley Olander Dr. Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. & Linda Shooer Osial Robert & Lillian Panagulias Drs. James Parrish & Chris Siewers Eric & Sharon Perelman Mr. & Mrs. William C. Pohlmann Doctors Mary & Raymond Pontzer Richard E. Rauh James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Riordan Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Rooney Abby & Reid Ruttenberg Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Salama Donald D. Saxton, Jr. in memory of Barbara Morey Saxton Karen Scansaroli Leonard & Joan Scheinholtz Kay L. Shirk Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia Landy Lowell & Jan Steinbrenner Drs. Michael & Beverly Steinfeld Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Theodore & Elizabeth Stern Margaret Tarpey & Bruce Freeman Dr. Sharon Taylor & Dr. Philip Rabinowitz Richard & Sandra Teodori Judith & Steve Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Thompson, II John & Nancy Traina Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner Jim Walker & Jonnie Viakley Dr. Konrad & Mrs. Konrad M. Weis Carolyn & Richard Westerhoff Seldon & Susan* Whitaker Dr.* & Mrs. George R. White Mary Jo Winokur Drs. Barry Wu & Iris Tsung in honor of Louise Wu Naomi Yoran Harvey & Florence Zeve Dorothea K. Zikos
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Mr. & Mrs.* George K. Hanna Rev. Diana D. Harbison Anonymous (5) Lauren Harder & Jason Kass Andrew & Michelle Aloe Mrs. Jane Callomon Arkus Mr. & Mrs. C. T. Hiteshew Natalie & Bill Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. David J. Clare & Jim Hoke Armstrong Alysia & Robert Hoyt Ms. Elizabeth Bakoss Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Balog Dr. & Mrs. John W. Hoyt Micki Huff Dr. Barbara Barnes & Mr. Richard Ley Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Mrs. Barbara C. & Mr. Ralph Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. J. Bean, Jr. Jamison, Jr. Fred & Sue Bennitt Mrs. Alice Jane Jenkins Jeanne & Richard F. Berdik Barbara Johnstone Dr. Michael & Barbara Jackie & Ley Jones Bianco Mr. & Mrs. Jayant Kapadia Mr. Michael E. Bielski Gerri Kay Philip & Bernice Bollman Judge William Kenworthy Betsy Bossong & Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Dr. Carole B. Boyd Gloria Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. James H. James & Jane Knox Bregenser Alice & Lewis Kuller Lawrence R. Breletic & George & Alexandra Kusic Donald C. Wobb Father Ronald P. Lengwin Jill & Chuck Brodbeck Sally Levin Myron David Broff Claire & Larry Levine Roger & Lea Brown Howard & Marilyn Bruschi Dr. Michael Lewis & Dr. Katia Sycara David L. Buchta & Harmon Roslyn M. Litman K. Ziegler Dr. Bernadette G. Callery* & George & Jane Mallory Dr. Joseph M. Newcomer Dr. Richard Martin in memory of Mrs. Lori Susan S. Cercone Martin Ms. Jensina A. Chutz Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Patricia Cover Jean H. McCullough Rose & Vincent A. Crisanti Alan & Marilyn McIvor Marion S. Damick Sherman & Sue McLaughlin Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Dell Susan Lee Meadowcroft Michelle Ann Duralia William J. Mehaffey John & Gertrude Echement Jim & Susan Morris in Linda & Robert Ellison Honor of Kay Stolarevsky Ms. Kelly G. Estes & Mr. Abby L. Morrison Hank Snell Lesa B. Morrison, Ph. D Henry & Ann Fenner Dr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Fisher Motoyama Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Fisher Constance Nelson Chauncey & Magdaline Maurice & Nancy Nernberg Frazier Charles & Lois* Norton Keith & Susan Garver Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. O’Donnell Gebhardt Dr. Karl R. Olsen & Dr. Martha Alice V. Gelormino E. Hildebrandt Mr. & Mrs. David C. Genter Ellen Ormond Kenneth & Lillian Warren & Rena Ostlund Goldsmith Mr. & Mrs. James Parker Dr. & Mrs. Sanford A. Dr. Paul M. Palevsky & Dr. Gordon Sharon R. Roseman Rick & Stephanie Green Seth & Pamela Pearlman Dr. Alberto M. Guzman $1,500 - $2,499
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Charles* & Patricia Burke Gene & Sue Burns Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Cahouet Gail & Rob Canizares Roger* & Judy Clough Charles C. Cohen & Michele M. McKenney Bill & Cynthia Cooley Cyert Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Davidson, Jr. Ms. Jamini Davies Ada & Stanford* Davis Jim* & Peggy Degnan Barry & June Dietrich James N. Dill, Jr. Mr. Frank R. Dziama Marlene & Louis Epstein Donna & Bob Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Hans Fleischner Kim Tillotson Fleming J. Tomlinson Fort Janet M. Frissora Dina & Jerry Fulmer Gary & Joanne Garvin Mrs. Merle Gilliand Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. & Susan Gluckman Nancy Goeres & Michael Rusinek George & Jane Greer William & Victoria Guy Mr. & Mrs.* Charles H. Harff Carolyn Heil Dr. & Mrs. Allen Hogge Dorothy A. Howat Hyman Family Foundation Leo & Marge Kane Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Sydelle Kessler Charles F. & Kathleen R. Kovac Cliff & Simi Kress Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lane Judith & Lester* Lave Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Lenkey Arthur S. Levine, M.D. & Linda S. Melada Barry Lhormer & Janet Markel Doris L. Litman Tom & Gail Litwiler Mr.* & Mrs. Howard M. Love Ted & Mary Lou Magee James C. & Jennifer Martin Dave & Kathy Maskalick Victoria & Alicia McGinnis George & Bonnie Meanor
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Dale & Michele Perelman Connie & Mike Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Edward V. Randall, Jr. Cheryl & James Redmond Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Dr. Joel S. Rozen Rich & Linda Ruffalo Judy & Stanley Ruskin Dr. James R. Sahovey Juerg X. Saladin Thomas & Perri Schelat Joseph Schewe, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. K. George Schoeppner Esther Schreiber Jolie Schroeder Dr. Nicholas Schulz & Dr. Brigitte Schmidt Dr. Allan & Mrs. Brina D. Segal Preston & Annette Shimer Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shoop, Jr. Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Rebecca L. Carlin Paul & Linda Silver Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Dr. & Mrs. Dennis P. Slevin Manny H. & Ileane Smith Marisa & Walter C. Smith Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Sandy & Mr. Edgar Snyder Hon. & Mrs. William L. Standish Lewis M. Steele & Ann Labounsky Steele Barbara & Lou Steiner Jeff & Linda Stengel Fred & Maryann Steward Dick & Thea Stover C. Dean Streator Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Stroebel Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Ticknor Drs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria Woshner Bob & Denise Ventura Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Wasilak Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White Elizabeth & Frank L. Wiegand, III Sarah C. Williams & Joseph Wilson, III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer 34
Ellie & Joe Wymard Miriam L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Isaias Zelkowicz Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow SYMPHONY CLUB $500 - $1,499
Anonymous (28) Mrs. Ernest Abernathy Frederic & Deborah Acevedo Mary Beth Adams Dr. & Mrs. Siamak Adibi Judy Brody & Lawrence Adler R. Ward Allebach & Lisa D. Steagall Dr. Madalon Amenta Donald & Kathleen Anderson Mrs. Doris Anderson Craig & Dawn Andersson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Angerman The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger Joan Frank Apt Yoshio Arai Warren J. Archer & Madeline C. Archer Janice Argabright & Nicholas Brown James & Susanne Armour Mrs. Alicia Avery Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Ruth Bachman in Memory of James Bachman Mrs. Donna L. Balewick Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Ball Lorraine E. Balun Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Richard C. Barney Robert & Loretta Barone Robert Bastress & Barbara Fleischauer Martin & Bridgett Bates Dr. & Mrs. R.C. Bauer Robert W. & Janet W. Baum John & Betsy Baun Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Fund in Memory of Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Nick & Dotty Beckwith Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Vange & Nick Beldecos Judith Bell Edgar & Betty Belle Bendix-Balgley Fund of the Tides Foundation Rudy & Barbara Benedetti
Eleanor H. Berge Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. James Farber Ms. Robin Joan Bernstein & Mr. H. Seigle Don Berry Dr. & Mrs. Albert W. Biglan Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Gerald & Carolyn Eberly Blaney Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Blansett, Jr. Joseph A. & Shirley H. Bonner Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen Bozzone Family Foundation Robert N. Brand Gary & Connie Brandenberger David Braun Gerda & Abe Bretton Mary & Russell Brignano Mary L. Briscoe Mr. Randy & Mrs. Deborah Broker Mr. Stephen Bronder Suzanne Broughton & Richard Margerum Alan M. Brown Mr. & Mrs.* Earle O. Brown, Jr. Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Bartholomew Nancy & John Brownell Mr. & Mrs. David A. Brownlee Lois R. Brozenick John T. Buckley & Emily J. Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Burchfield William Burchinal Timothy & Linda Burke Dr. & Mrs. John A. Burkholder Mr. & Mrs. James Burnham Rev. Glen H. & Carol Burrows Dr. Stuart S. Burstein Michael F. Butler James & Judith Callomon Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Mead Dr. & Mrs. Albert Caretto, Jr. Richard & Jeanne Carter Charles & Donna Cashdollar James P. Cassaro Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Dr. Thomas S. Chang Peggy & Joe Charny
Craig D. Choate Kenneth & Celia Christman Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung Mr. & Mrs. William Clarkson William & Elizabeth Clendenning Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Christine & Howard Cohen Mr.* & Mrs. Eugene Cohen Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon In Loving Memory of Johnathan Heath College Alan & Lynne Colker Dale Colyer Linda Cook Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Alan Cope Barton & Teri Cowan Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer David & Marian Crossman John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Zelda Curtiss Cynthia Custer Mrs. John C. Cutler* Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Daffner Mr. & Mrs. Walter Damian Joan & Jim Darby Mr. & Mrs. William J. Darr Norina H. Daubner Joan Clark Davis Joan & David Dawson Alfred R. de Jaager Bruce & Rita Decker Charles S. Degrosky Captain Ronald M. Del Duca, USN (ret.) Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Lynn & David DeLorenzo Ms. Alice Demmler Mr. & Mrs.* Edward DePersis Valerie DiCarlo Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. DiCarlo Mrs. Tika Dickos Elaine A. Dively Jerome A. Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Todd Donovan Mr. & Mrs. James R. Drake Anthony V. Dralle Mary Jo Dressel Robert & Lora Lee Duncan Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic Mary Jane Edwards Eugene & Katrin Engels Roger & Beverly Engle Arnold & Eva Engler
Richard E. Gordon & June F. Swanson Mr. James Gorton & Mrs. Gretchen Van Hoesen The Graf Family Laurie Graham Dr. Lora D. Graves & Dr. Bryan D. Dye Charlotte T. Greenwald Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Mr. Matteo Gruelle Ira & Anita Gumberg Ms. E. A. Gundelfinger Jerome P. & Claire* B. Hahn Kristine Haig & John Sonnenday Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Susan & David Hardesty Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Mrs. Mary O. Harrison Cathy & John Heggestad Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Heidenreich Ms. Emily Heidish Eric & Lizz Helmsen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Hepler Thelma & Andrew Herlich Bob & Georgia Hernandez Marianne & Marshall Hess Douglas & Antionette Hill Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Dr. Joseph & Marie Hinchcliffe Mr. Carlyle Hoch Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Richard Dum Philo & Erika Holcomb Katherine Holter Dr. & Mrs. Elmer J. Holzinger Ms. Madeleine Hombosky Thomas O. Hornstein Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Hope H. Horst Beth Hovanec Anne K. Hoye Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Jean & Richard Humphreys Joan M. Hurrell Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hyland, Jr. George L. Illig, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Lynne & Blair Jacobson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Willcox Jenkins
Dawn M. Johnson Tom & Cathie Johnson Tom & Wendy Jones in Honor of Chris Wu Greg & Ellen Jordan Richard & Barbara Kahlson Alice & Richard Kalla Daniel & Carole Kamin Julie & Jeffrey* Kant Mr. & Mrs. David N. Kaplan Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Martin & Donna Keane Flo & Bob Kenny Rhian Kenny Ruth Ann & Eugene Klein Peggy C. Knott Ms. Marilyn Koch Madeline Kramer in Memory of Fred Kramer Mr. & Mrs. A. Frederick Kroen Mr. & Mrs. John Krolikowski Robert A. & Alice Kushner Mr. Nicholas Kyriazi Betty Lamb Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Lang Ronald & Lida Larsen Earl & Marilyn Latterman A. Lorraine Laux Marvin & Gerry Lebby Drs. Grace and Joon Lee Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul L. Shay MD Mr. David W. Lendt Robert W. Lenker Dr. Herbert & Barbara Levit Mrs. William E. Lewellen, III Phillip & Leslie Liebscher Robert & Janet Liljestrand Elsa Limbach Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Mr. & Mrs. James T. Linaberger Ken & Hope Linge Lawrence & Jacqueline Lobl Margery J. Loevner Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Sybil S. Lowy* Francis & Debbie Lynch Daphne & John Lynn William & Helen Lyons Mrs. Guinevere R. Mabunay Pat & Don MacDonald William & Nora MacDonald Neil & Ruth MacKay Hank & June Mader Mrs. George J. Magovern, Jr.
John K. Maitland Mr. & Mrs. Robert Malnati Carl & Alexis Mancuso Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Mr. & Mrs. Bernard S. Mars Helen F. Mathieson Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Ms. Sidney F. McBride Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. McChesney David & Carol McClenahan Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Mary C. McCormick Margaret S. McCoy Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Mary A. McDonough Keith McDuffie Kent & Martha McElhattan Mary & R. Lee McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. McGarry Margaret J. McGowan Carol Jean McKenzie Jean & John McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. William P. Meehan Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Barbara Sachnoff Mendlowitz In Memory of William C. Menges Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Merriman Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Meyer Bridget & Scott Michael Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Michaels Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Middleton Robert & Miriam Miller Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Miller Nessa Green Mines Catherine Missenda Paul & Connie Mockenhaupt Chuck & Karen Moellenberg Amy & Ira* M. Morgan Mr. Gary Morrell Connie & Bruce* Morrison Dr. & Mrs*. William S. Morrison
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Richard Epstein & Mindy Frazer Tibey & Julian Falk Donald & Judith Feigert Dr. & Mrs.* John H. Feist Joan P. Feldman & Hilary Feldman Madelyn & John Fernstrom Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Janet Fesq Marvin C. Fields Albert L. Filoni Dr. Joseph Fine Nancy A. Fitch Paul & Joanna Fitting Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. James Flanigan Jan Fleisher Suzanne Flood Edward L. Foley, M.D. Mr. William R. Forsythe Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich, Jr. Friends of the PSO John & Elaine Frombach Dr. Janet Fromkin & Dr. Ronald Stiller F. Thomas Fruehstorfer Dr. & Mrs. Freddie H. Fu Lorie Fuller Normandie Fulson Bruce & Ann Gabler Louise Gaffney-Gross Dr. & Mrs. R. Kent Galey Gamma Investment Corporation Keith & Christine Garbutt Mr. & Mrs. Phil Gasiewicz Joan & Stuart Gaul Pete Geissler Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Gerber Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Josie & Geoff Gibson Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Gillis Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett Mike & Cordy Glenn Daniel & Marcia Glosser Fund Mr. & Mrs. H. M. Goern Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Walter L. Goldburg Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Russellyn Carruth Mr. Thomas W. Golightly & Rev. Carolyn J. Jones Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good
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Frank & Brenda Moses Carol J. Mueller Theodor & Inge Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Munsch David & Joan Murdoch Mary & Jim Murdy Mr. & Mrs.* Albert C. Muse James & Marlee Myers Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Naragon Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Mrs. Suzanne Newpher Patricia K. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Susan Noffke & Robert Wickesberg Mark & Nikki Nordenberg Heidi Novak Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Maureen S. O’Brien Dr. & Mrs. Kook Sang Oh Paul & Nancy O’Neill Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Orr Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack John A. Osuch Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Doug & Suzanne Owen Pamela & Ronald Pape Mr. & Mrs. William A. Partain Dr. Anthony William Pasculle John & Joan Pasteris Camilla B. Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Daniel M. Pennell Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Ms. Dorothy Philipp Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Edward & Mary Ellen Pisula Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Shirley Pow Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Prus Mercedes & John Pryce Mrs. Jean Purvis Robert & Mary Jo Purvis Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr. Fran Quinlan Dr.* & Mrs. Donald H. Quint Ms. Barbara Rackoff Betty Radvak-Shovlin James D. & Carol L. Randolph Barbara M. Rankin Dave & Joan Reale Mr. Joseph J. Regna, Jr. 36
Paul & Dorothy Reiber Eric & Frances Reichl Ms. Diana Reid Mr. & Mrs. John Renton Mavis & Norman Robertson Edgar R. & Betty A. Robinson Mr. William M. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Rohr Mr. & Mrs. C. Arthur Rolander Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Rom Janice G. Rosenberg Dr. Pinchas Rosenberg Shoshana & Jerry Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener, III Mrs. Louisa Rosenthal Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rubenstein Mr. R. Douglas Rumbarger Mr. Robert Rupp Shirley & Murray Rust Mrs. John M. Sadler Tamiko Sampson Dr. & Mrs. Isamu Sando Dr. Carlos R. Santiago Mr. & Mrs. Ferd Sauereisen Sally & Keith Saylor Albert & Kathleen Schartner Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. Melvin & Catherine Schiff Mr. & Mrs. George Schneider Shirley Schneirov Marvin & Fran Schreiber Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, II. Urban Schuster Mary Ann Scialabba Robert J & Sharon E Sclabassi George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Anne Selinger & Nyles Charon Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg Mrs. Sue Shapera Judith D. Shepherd Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Herbert J. Shure Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour Sikov Marjorie K. Silverman Mr. Frank Simpkins Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler
Lois & Bill Singleton Ms. Ann Slonaker Kathleen Opat Smith Margaret C. Smith Wallace & Patricia Smith Bill & Patty Snodgrass Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Drs. Horton C. & Jannene M. Southworth R. Palmer Spierling* Henry Spinelli Janet H. Staab Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stalder Patricia D. Staley Gary & Charlene Stanich Dr. James G. Staples Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer Bronna & Harold Steiman Edward & Rebecca Stephan Jerry Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Bernard P. Stoehr & Family Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger Mr. Peter Su Peter Sullivan Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra Jan & Leslie Swensen Stuart & Liz Symonds Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Szejko Carol L. Tasillo Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Mr. Paul Teplitz Mr. & Mrs. George H. Thompson, Sr. Bob & Bette Thomson Gail & Jim Titus Denny & Colleen Travis Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Trees Rosalyn & Albert Treger Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Mr. Albert Trezza Paul A. Trimmer Jeff & Melissa Tsai Eric & Barbara Udren Diane & Dennis Unkovic Ms. Phyllis Vail
Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Mr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Vest Cate & Jerry Vockley John & Linda Vuono Bill & Sue Wagner Judy Wagner & Mike LaRue Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner C. Robert Walker John & Irene Wall Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Marvin & Dot Wedeen Drs. John & Carla Weidman Elaine Weil William C. Weil Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Jim & Jinny Welker Frank & Heide Wenzel Mrs. Louis A. Werbaneth Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg James Whitehead Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Dr. Bruce L. Wilder Robert & Carole Williams Ruth Williams in honor of Anne M. Williams and her parents Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Rufus J. Wysor Mark & Judy Yogman Ms. Susan Yohe Marlene & John Yokim Alice L. Young Hugh D. & Alice C. Young Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Young Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra would like to thank the generous individuals whose gifts we cannot recognize due to space constraints. Please read their names on our website at pittsburghsymphony.org. Current as of Jan. 7, 2013 *deceased
Anonymous (1) Allegheny County Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust The Association for Recorded Sound Collections Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Meyer & Merle Berger Family Foundation, Inc. Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust The Louis & Sandra Berkman Foundation H. M. Bitner Charitable Trust Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Paul and Dina Block Foundation Bruce Family Foundation Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation The 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 Kathryn J. Dinardo Fund Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Lillian Edwards 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. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation 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 Roy F. Johns, Jr. Family Foundation Howard G. and Frances Y. Jones Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
William V. and Catherine A. McKinney Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Phyllis and Victor Mizel Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Charles M. Morris Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Vernon C. Neal & Alvina B. Neal Fund New Music USA The Norbell Foundation A.J. & Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust Parker Foundation The Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson Charitable Foundation W. I. Patterson Charitable Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Pittsburgh Foundation Pittsburgh Symphony Association The Platt Family Foundation Norman C. Ray Trust The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation Salvitti Family Foundation The H. Glenn Sample Jr. MD Memorial Trust Scaife Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation The Frank L. and Ruth R. Schwarz Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Symphony East Symphony North Tippins Foundation Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Wallace Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Robert and Mary Weisbrod Foundation Hilda M. Willis Foundation Phillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation
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CORPORATIONS (Includes corporate annual fund contributions and sponsorships) PARTNER LEVEL $500 - $999 Allegheny Valley Bank Bombardier Bridges & Company, Inc. Cantor & Pounds Dental SILVER CIRCLE Associates $5,000 - $9,999 Consolidated AlphaGraphics in the Communications Cultural District Crawford Ellenbogen LLC Ansaldo STS USA Fancy’s Folly Buchanan Ingersoll & Business Partners First Commonwealth Bank Rooney PC DIAMOND CIRCLE PEWTER LEVEL Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. Calgon Carbon Corporation $1,000 - $2,499 $40,000 - $74,999 General Wire Spring Co. Chesapeake Energy First National Bank of Berner International Corp Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Corporation Pennsylvania Big Burrito Restaurant Hamill Manufacturing PPG Industries Foundation The Common Plea Group Company Catering Inc. Bowles Rice Attorneys at Hertz Gateway Center, LP Eat’n Park Restaurants Law PLATINUM CIRCLE The Hite Company Ernst & Young LLP Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Hoffman Electric Inc. $20,000 - $39,999 Huntington Bank P.C. Acusis Horovitz, Rudoy KPMG LLP ESB Bank Alcoa Foundation & Roteman LLC Levin Furniture FISERV Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. K&I Sheet Metal, Inc. Hughes Television Federal Home Loan Bank of MEDRAD Lucas Systems, Inc. Morgan Stanley Productions Pittsburgh Marstrand Industries, Inc. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Income Research & First Niagara Metso Management Nordstrom Giant Eagle Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP The Jas H. Matthews Oliver Wyman H. J. Heinz Company Attorneys at Law Educational & Charitable PwC Foundation Mitsubishi Electric Power Trust Reed Smith LLP Macy’s Foundation Products, Inc. Jendoco Construction Ruth’s Chris Steak House MSA Modany-Falcone, Inc. Corporation Schreiber Industrial Peoples Natural Gas Modern Reproductions, Inc. Jennison Associates LLC Development Co. Triangle Tech Group Neville Chemical Company Jennmar Corporation Sycor Americas Inc. United States Steel Pittsburgh Wool Kerr Engineered Sales Corporation Company Inc. Company UPMC & UPMC Health Plan BRONZE CIRCLE Pzena Investment McKamish, Inc. Management, LLC $2,500 - $4,999 Morgan, Lewis Scott Metals Inc. & Bockius LLP A.C. Dellovade, Inc. GOLD CIRCLE Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Angelo, Gordon & Co. $10,000 - $19,999 Triad USA PGT Trucking Bank of America Merrill Anonymous Lynch Tube City IMS, LLC Rothman Gordon PC American Eagle Outfitters Cipriani & Werner PC Wagner Agency, Inc. Schneider Downs American Environmental Deloitte LLP Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Six Penn Kitchen Dominion Resources Bayer USA Foundation Westmoreland Mechanical Stringert, Inc. Testing & Research, Inc. ELG Haniel Metals Corp. Bobby Rahal Automotive Trebuchet Consulting LLC Group Elite Coach Transportation United Safety Services, Inc. We would like to thank Citigroup Fort Pitt Capital Group Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh all corporations that Delta Air Lines, Inc. Koppers Wampum Hardware Inc. contribute to the Pittsburgh Dollar Bank Symphony Orchestra. Lighthouse Electric Woman’s Club of Upper Please see our website at Company, Inc. Fairmont Pittsburgh Saint Clair pittsburghsymphony.org & Habitat Restaurant MARSH USA Inc. for a complete listing. Federated Investors, Inc. Mascaro Construction Company The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Current as of Jan. 10, 2013 Company Charitable Trust Mozart Management Business Leadership Association SIGNATURE CIRCLE $75,000 and above Allegheny Technologies Incorporated BNY Mellon EQT Corporation Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield PNC
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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 financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment to provide for the PSO’s future. The Steinberg Society honors donors who have advised the PSO in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestra through their estate plans. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a planned gift to the endowment of $10,000 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 ten years, twenty years or in perpetuity. For additional information, please call Jan Fleisher at 412.392.3320. STEINBERG SOCIETY Anonymous (14) Siamak & Joan Adibi Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger The Joan & Jerome* Apt Families Francis A. Balog Robert & Loretta Barone Patricia J. Bashioum* Scott J. Bell Mr.* & Mrs.* Allen H. Berkman Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz Benno & Constance Bernt Marilee Besanceney* Michael Bielski Ruth M. Binkley* Thomas G. Black Barbara M. Brock Lois R. Brozenick Gladys B. Burstein Helen B. Calkins * Janet T. Caputo* Bernard Cerilli* Judy & Michael Cheteyan Educational/Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David W. Christopher Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Dr. Johannes Coetzee* Mr.* & Mrs. Eugene S. Cohen Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Rose Y. Cox* Chester* & Caroline* Davies Jean Langer Davis* Katherine M. Detre* Dr.* & Mrs*. Daniel J. Dillon 40
In memory of Stuart William Discount Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Donnelly Mrs. Philip D’Huc Dressler* Frank R. Dziama Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Jane M. Epstine* Emil & Ruth* Feldman Joan Feldman & William Adams Mrs. Loti Gaffney Keith & Susan Garver The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Mr.* & Mrs.* William H. Genge Ken & Lillian Goldsmith C. Ruth Gottesman* Anna R. Greenberg Lorraine M. Gross* May Hanson* Elizabeth Anne Hardie Charles & Angela Hardwick Carolyn Heil Eric & Lizz Helmsen Mr.* & Mrs.* Benson Henderson Ms. Judith Hess Mr. John H. Hill Doris M. Hunter, M.D.* Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Hurtt Philo & Erika Holcomb Ms. Seima Horvitz* Florence M. Jacob* Esther G. Jacovitz Eugene F. & Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Patricia Prattis Jennings Jane I. Johnson* Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn
Leo & Marge Kane Mr. Sid Kaplan* Lois S. Kaufman Miss Virginia Kaufman* Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mr. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Ms. Bernadette Kersting Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Kessler Walter C. Kidney* John W. Kovic, Jr.* Mildred Koetting* Raymond Krotec* Mr.* & Mrs.* G. Christian Lantzsch Stanley & Margaret Leonard Frances F. Levin Margaret M. Levin* Martha Mack Lewis* Edith H. Lipkind Doris L. Litman Penny Locke Edward D. Loughney* Lauren & Hampton Mallory Beatrice Malseed* Jeanne R. Manders* Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Mrs. Lori Martin* Dr. Marlene McCall Elizabeth McCrady* J. Sherman & Suzanne S. McLaughlin George E. Meanor Mary K. Michaely * Catherine Missenda Ms. Jean L. Misner Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Dr. Michael Moran*
Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mildred S. Myers Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Eda M. Nevin* Rhonda & Dennis Norman Rose Noon* Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. Irene G. Otte* Mrs. Dorothy R. Rairigh* Barbara M. Rankin Richard E. Rauh Cheryl & James Redmond Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Yvonne V. Riefer* Martha Robel* Donald & Sylvia Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roderick Mr.* & Mrs. William R. Roesch Charlotta Klein Ross Harvey and Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis Dr. Charles H. Shultz In Memory of Isaac Serrins from Mrs. Isaac Serrins Michael Shefler Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Simmons Audrey I. Stauffer* Dr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Stept In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from His Loving Family Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore In Loving Memory of Father and Grandfather William Steinberg from Silvia Tennenbaum & Family
Michael & Carol Bleier Horn Chair given in memory of our parents, Tina & Charles Bleier and Ruth & Shelley Stein Jane & Rae Burton Cello Chair Cynthia S. Calhoun Principal Viola Chair Virginia Campbell Principal Harp Chair Ron & Dorothy Chutz First Violin Chair Johannes & Mona L. Coetzee Memorial Principal English Horn Chair George & Eileen Dorman Assistant Principal Cello Chair Albert H. Eckert Associate Principal Percussion Chair Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Associate Concertmaster Chair Jean & Sigo Falk Principal Librarian Chair SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM Endowed Principal Piccolo Chair, given to honor The Sid Kaplan Memorial Frank and Loti Gaffney Hallway given by David Kaplan in appreciation William & Sarah Galbraith of generous gifts First Violin Chair commemorating family The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie and friends First Violin Chair In Honor of Dr. Raymond Ira & Nanette Gordon Stept from his loving – The Gracky Fund for family Education & Community In Honor of Mariss & Irina Engagement Jansons and friendship Susan S. Greer Memorial from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Trumpet Chair, given by Kessler Peter Greer Honoring my dear friend, William Randolph Hearst Marvin Hamlisch, from Endowed Fund for Mina Kulber Education In Loving Memory of Vira I. Heinz Music Director Martin Smith, PSO Horn, Chair 1980-2005, from his Principal Pops Conductor siblings Todd Smith, Judy Chair Endowed by Henry Dupont, & Susan Noble & Elsie Hillman Tom & Dona Hotopp ENDOWED CHAIRS Principal Bass Chair Principal Horn Chair, given Milton G. Hulme, Jr. by an Anonymous Donor Guest Conductor Chair First Violin Chair, given given by Mine Safety by Allen H. Berkman in Appliances Company memory of his beloved Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Jones wife, Selma Wiener III, Principal Keyboard Berkman Chair
Virginia Kaufman Resident Conductor Chair, Lawrence Loh Stephen & Kimberly Keen Bass Chair G. Christian Lantzsch & Duquesne Light Company Principal Second Violin Chair Mr. & Mrs. William Genge and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Lee Principal Bassoon Chair Nancy & Jeffery Leininger First Violin Chair Edward D. Loughney Co-Principal Trumpet Fiddlesticks Family Concert Series Endowed by Gerald & Audrey McGinnis Honoring The Center for Young Musicians Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Cello Chair Dr. William Larimer Mellon, Jr. Principal Oboe Chair, given by Rachel Mellon Walton Messiah Concerts Endowed by the Howard and Nell E. Miller Chair Donald I. & Janet Moritz and Equitable Resources, Inc. Associate Principal Cello Chair The Perry & BeeJee Morrison String Instrument Loan Fund The Morrison Family Associate Principal Second Violin Chair Jackman Pfouts Principal Flute Chair, given in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Jackman by Barbara Jackman Pfouts Pittsburgh Symphony Association Principal Cello Chair Reed Smith Chair honoring Tom Todd Horn Chair James W. & Erin Rimmel Percussion Chair Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Oboe Chair 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. Viola Chair Tom & Jamee Todd Principal Trombone Chair Rachel Mellon Walton Concertmaster Chair, given by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mellon Scaife Jacqueline Wechsler Horn Chair given in memory of Irving (Buddy) Wechsler Barbara Weldon Principal Timpani Chair Hilda M. Willis Foundation Flute Chair Thomas H. & Frances Witmer Assistant Principal Horn Chair The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra would like to thank the generous individuals whose gifts we cannot recognize due to space constraints. Please read their names on our website at pittsburghsymphony.org.
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Richard C. Tobias* Tom & Jamee Todd Mr.* & Mrs. Gideon Toeplitz Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Eva & Walter J. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. George L. Vosburgh In Memory of Isaac Serrins from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss David G. Weiss* Brian Weller Donald Frederick Wahl* Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Sara Cancelliere Wiegand * James & Susanne Wilkinson Mr.* & Mrs.* Arnold D. Wilner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Patricia L. Wurster Rufus J. Wysor Naomi Yoran Miriam L. Young
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COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is grateful to our Commitment to Excellence Campaign donors and is pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made gifts of $1,000 or more to the Commitment to Excellence Campaign. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, if we have not listed you correctly, please call 412.392.2887. $1,000,000+
Anonymous (1) BNY Mellon The Buncher Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Beverlynn & Steven Elliott The Giant Eagle Foundation The Heinz Endowments Elsie & Henry Hillman The Estate of Virginia Kaufman The Richard King Mellon Foundation PNC R.P. Simmons Family Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program Arthur & Barbara Weldon
Jon & Carol Walton Helge & Erika Wehmeier Thomas H. & Frances M. Witmer
$50,000-$99,999
Benno & Constance Bernt Michael & Carol Bleier Sidney & Sylvia Busis Ann & Frank Cahouet $100,000-$249,999 Ron & Dorothy Chutz Anonymous (4) Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Wendy & David Barensfeld Estate of Olga T. Gazalie in memory of Dr. Robert E. Marvin* & Terre Hamlisch Herlands Kathryn & Michael Bryson The Estate of Eleanor Hurtt Estate of Florence M. Jacob Rae & Jane Burton W. & Elizabeth C. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan Robert Kampmeinert The Estate of Johannes Devin & Shannon Coetzee McGranahan Randi & L.Van V. Dauler, A. W. Mellon Foundation Jr., Emma Clyde Hodge James & Joan Moore Memorial Fund Donald I. & Janet Moritz EQT Corporation Mildred S. Myers & William C. Falk Foundation & Sigo & Frederick Jean Falk $500,000-$999,999 Elliott S. Oshry Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot Anonymous (1) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Goldman Sachs Gives Dollar Bank Reed Smith LLP Ira & Anita Gumberg Roy & Susan Dorrance Abby & Reid Ruttenberg Hansen Foundation Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert John P. & Elizabeth L. Surma William Randolph Hearst Maxwell Foundation Jill & Craig Tillotson Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Hefren-Tillotson Jacquelin G. Wechsler Ryan III H.J Heinz Company Tom & Jamee Todd Foundation $25,000-$49,999 Barbara Jeremiah Anonymous (1) $250,000-$499,999 Rick & Laurie Johnson Alan L. & Barbara B. Allegheny Technologies Nancy & Jeff Leininger Ackerman Allegheny Technologies Edward D. Loughney* Incorporated Astorino The Estate of Beatrice Claude Worthington Larry & Tracy Brockway Malseed Benedum Foundation Robert C. Denove Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Jim & Carolyn Bouchard The Estate of Joan Dillon McGuinn Edward S. & Jo-Ann M. Pamela R. & Kenneth B. Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Churchill Dunn Rachel Mellon Walton Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Martin & Lisa Earle Fund of The Pittsburgh Donahue Eichleay Foundation Lillian Edwards Foundation Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Mr. & Mrs. William E. Esmark Rinehart Nancy Goeres & Michael Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon Rusinek Bill* & Carol Tillotson Drue Heinz Trust Ms. Anna Greenberg United States Steel Tom & Dona Hotopp Corporation Stephen & Kimberly Keen G. Christian Lantszch* The Estate of Donald F. Wahl Mrs. H.J. Levin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Samuel & Carrie Arnold Michael Baker Corporation McConomy Weinhaus Fund Betty & Granger Morgan Steve & Brenda James & Susanne Wilkinson The Pittsburgh Foundation Schlotterbeck Hilda M. Willis Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher 42
The Estate of Dorothy Rairigh Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brooks Robinson Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer Stan & Carole Russell Karen Scansaroli James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation Schreiber Industrial Development Co. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Steen Milton & Nancy Washington Harvey & Florence Zeve Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (1) William & Frances Aloe Charitable Foundation AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District The Louis & Sandra Berkman Foundation Michael E. Bielski Estate of Ruth M. Binkley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Booker AndrĂŠs CĂĄrdenes & Monique Mead James C. Chaplin Virginia K. Cicero The Chester A. Davies Trust The Estate of Jane I. Johnson Ruth Feldman* & Emil Feldman First National Bank of Pennsylvania FRG Group Elizabeth H. Genter David & Nancy Green Caryl & Irving Halpern David G. Hammer The Walt Harper Memorial Fund W.S. & Linda J. Hart Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Karen & Thomas Hoffman Ms. Seima Horvitz Mark Huggins & Bonnie Siefers
Richard & Alice Kalla Jack & Virginia Kerr Douglas W. Kinzey Cliff & Simi Kress Betty L. Lamb Jeanne R. Manders* Scott & Bridget Michael Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Robert Moir & Jennifer Cowles Mary & Jim Murdy Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Pollack Tor Richter in memory of Tibbie Richter Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Dick & Thea Stover Becky & Herb Torbin Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Richard L. LeBeau Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Wright Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Berkovitz
Lois R. Brozenick Howard & Marilyn Bruschi Doug Burns Burrell Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Cameron Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Shannon Capellupo Dr. Rebecca Caserio Gloria R. Clark Mr. Ray Clover Dr. Richard L. & Sally B. Cohen Bill & Cynthia Cooley Stacy Corcoran Rose & Vincent Crisanti Patricia Criticos Donna Dierken Dado Ada & Stanford* Davis Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Valerie DiCarlo June & Barry Dietrich Lisa Donnermeyer Susie & George Dull Mr. Frank R. Dziama John & Gertrude Echement Thomas J. Emmerling $1,000-$4,999 Francis & Gene Fairman, III Anonymous (8) In Honor of Ruth Feldman* Mr. & Mrs. John Crile & Emil Feldman Allen, Sr. Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Mr. Thomas L. Allen Jan Fleisher David & Andrea Aloe Mr. & Mrs. Joseph U. Frye Joan & Jerome* Apt & Friends & Family of Family $5,000-$9,999 Stanford P. Davis Michele & Pat Atkins Jim & Jane Barthen Bruce & Ann Gabler Ms. Linda M. DeArment Scott Bell Dr. R. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen John H. Ashton Roche Betsy Bossong Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Gamma Investment Allan J. & Clementine K. Kathleen & Joseph Baird Corporation Brodsky Richard C. Barney Kathleen Gavigan & Roger* & Judy Clough Robert W. & Janet W. Baum William B. Dixon Estelle Comay & Bruce Mr. & Mrs. James Genstein Rabin Philip & Melinda Beard Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Philip J. & Sherry S. Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Russellyn Carruth Dieringer Patti & Sandy Berman Mr. Thomas W. Golightly & Mr. & Mrs. David Georgia Berner Rev. Carolyn J. Jones Ehrenwerth Ms. Mary Biagini Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Mr. Ian Fagelson Graham Drs. Barbara & Albert Farmers & Merchants Bank Biglan John F. Gray Of Western PA Mr. Stuart Bloch Mr. & Mrs. Frank T. Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Guadagnino Paul E. Block Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Mrs. Ellen Hagerty Marian & Bruce Block Gebhardt Kristine Haig & John Mr. & Mrs. Frank Grebowski Nadine E. Bognar Sonnenday Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Jim & Debbie Boughner Deirdre & Brian Henry Mr. & Mrs. David A. Mr. & Mrs.* Charles H. Harff Carol E. Higgins Brownlee Eric & Lizz Helmsen
Adam & Allison Hill Kelvin Hill Mr. Carlyle Hoch Esther & Terry Horne Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Hornstein David & Mary Hughes Hyman Family Foundation Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Vincent J. Jacob Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Jacobs, Jr. Maureen Jeffrey Trust Susan & Wyatt Jenny Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur S. Jones Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Leo & Marge Kane Joan M. Kaplan Mr. Navroz J. Karkaria Judge William Kenworthy & Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Jan & Guari Kiefer Aleta J. & Paul King Karen & Margaret Klimczyk Carly, Catherine & Kim Koza Elaine & Carl Krasik In Memory of Jack Larouere Mike LaRue & Judy Wagner A. Lorraine Laux Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Leech John Lenkey, III Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Lenkey Frances F. Levin Ken & Hope Linge Tom & Gail Litwiler E.D. Loughney Neil & Ruth MacKay MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, Inc. Mary Lou & Ted N. Magee Andrea & Glenn R. Mahone Carl & Alexis Mancuso Mr.* & Mrs. Perry Manypenny In Memory of Elizabeth & Leonard Martin James C. & Jennifer L. Martin Dave & Kathy Maskalick Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Massaro, Jr. Mr. Samuel A. McClung Mr. & Mrs. Water T. McGough, Jr. George & Bonnie Meanor
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David & Melissa Iwinski Eric & Valerie Johnson Greg & Ellen Jordan Rhian Kenny Judith & Lester* Lave Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Douglas B. McAdams Alicia & Victoria McGinnis Sam Michaels Mary Ellen Miller Maureen S. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. O’Brien Orbital Engineering Dr. Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. & Linda Shooer Osial Robert & Lillian Panagulias Mr. & Mrs. John R. Price Deborah Rice James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Judy & Stanley Ruskin Snyder Charitable Foundation Max & Tiffany Starks Estate of Audrey I. Stauffer Elizabeth Burnett & Lawrence Tamburri The Estate of Richard C. Tobias Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Mrs. Evette Wivagg Rachel W. Wymard Seldon & Susan Whitaker
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Marilyn & Allan Meltzer Merrills Family Burl J. F. Moone, III Arthur J. Murphy, Jr. Terrence H. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Perry Napolitano Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Nussbaum Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Roger & Sarah Parker John & Joan Pasteris Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Camilla B. Pearce & Dan Gee* Joseph & Suzanne Perrino Kears & Karen Pollock Ms. Mary Alice Price Symphony East Barbara Rackoff Bruce S. Reopolos*
Rhoades-Carraro Family Don & Jenny Rhoten Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Betty & Edgar R. Robinson Mr. William M. Robinson Bruce & Susan Robison Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Charlotta Klein Ross Joseph Rounds Millie & Gary Ryan Gail Ryave & Family Williams Saunders & Elizabeth Casman Mary Sedigas Mrs. Virginia W. Schatz Allyn R. Shaw, William M. Shaw III & Family, Susan Wambold Michael Shefler
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Rebecca L. Carlin Paul & Linda Silver Laurie & Paul Singer Lois & Bill Singleton Marjorie A. Snyder Martin Staniland & Alberta Sbragia Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr. Sarah & Thomas St. Clair William H. Steele Jeff & Linda Stengel Stringert, Inc. Peter Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Llewellyn C. Thomas, III Dorothea & Gerald* Thompson
Mrs. Rollie G. Thomas Dennis L. Travis & Colleen Bryne Travis Jeff & Melissa Tsai Drs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria Woshner Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel John & Linda Vuono James R. Whitehead Sandra D. Williamson Jim* & Mary Jo Winokur Scott & Stacy Weber Marvin & Dot Wedeen Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Simone J. Ziegler Dorothea K. Zikos Current as of Jan. 13, 2013 *deceased
SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon ........................................................................... Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt.......................................................................................................................................Stage Right Door Jim & Carolyn Bouchard, Esmark, Inc. ........................................................................................................... Schooltime Concerts 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................................................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue.....................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Roy & Susan Dorrance ......................................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Corporation.....................................................................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 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 Mr. & 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 44
Heinz Hall information
box office hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m; Saturday from Noon to 4 p.m. Weekend hours vary based on performance times. Tickets may be purchased by calling 412.392.4900 and are also available at the Theater Square Box Office.
groups can receive discounted tickets, priority seats, personalized service and free reception space. For more information, call 412.392.4819 or visit our website at pittsburghsymphony.org/groups for information.
latecomer’s gallery is located behind the Main Floor to enjoy the performance until you children are encouraged to attend our youth concerts and Fid- can be seated. Latecomers will be dlesticks Family Concerts. Children seated at suitable intervals during the program, at the discretion of age six and over, are welcome at all performances with a purchased the conductor. The gallery is also ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and available for parents with restless children. lobby video monitors are always options for restless children. lockers are located on the coat check is available in the Grand Lobby or in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Family Regency Room on the lower level.
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, Concierge. 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.
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, Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels. and off the Garden and Overlook rooms; a wheelchair-accessible lost and found items restroom is on the Main Floor. can be retrieved by calling 412.392.4844 on weekdays from smoking is not permitted 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Heinz Hall. The garden is accesmobile 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, pittsburghsymphony.org/mozartroom.
sible during performances for this purpose.
supporting the pso is critical to the financial future of the PSO. Ticket sales only cover a portion of our operating costs. To make a tax-deductible gift, please contact our Donor Relations 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 • Wheelchair seat locations with companion seats* • Portable assistive listening devices: Please see ushers for assistance. • Braille programs are available at the concierge desk for most BNY Mellon Grand Classics performances. *Please contact the box office for the location of these seats.