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BEETHOVENFEST: THE REVOLUTIONARY

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PROGRAM December 5-7 program......................................................................9 December 5-7 program notes...........................................................12 Manfred Honeck biography..............................................................18 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra biography......................................20 EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL Individuals........................................................................................22 Foundations & Public Agencies.........................................................29 Corporations .....................................................................................30 Legacy of Excellence..........................................................................32 Commitment to Excellence Special Named Gifts.............................34 INDIVIDUALS & HEINZ HALL INFORMATION Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians........................................2

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Board of Trustees ................................................................................3 Chairman’s Council & Jack Heinz Society...........................................5 New Leadership Board........................................................................5 Pittsburgh Symphony Association......................................................5 Administrative Staff.............................................................................7 Heinz Hall Information.....................................................................36

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR Dear Friends of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Welcome to this special weekend of concerts where we launch our BeethovenFest, a survey of Beethoven’s most important symphonic works and a look into this very special and influential composer. For me, Beethoven stands among the top of all composers, not only for the wealth of amazing music that he wrote, but also for the spirit in which he composed. Whether early in his career, toward the middle, or at the end, Beethoven’s music bears a stamp of uncompromising ideals, both musically and morally.

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I am particularly pleased to present the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies this weekend, as they perhaps represent the pinnacle of Beethoven’s genius. No longer is Beethoven reliant on marrying memorable melodies to sophisticated accompaniments—but here, rhythm reigns supreme. This music makes such an impression that you cannot shake it. The gestures shock the system with an incredible drive and jolt of unbridled energy.

Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies then and now continue to be some of the most groundbreaking and revolutionary music ever composed. Both Symphonies had such an enormous impact in expanding the style, size and scope of the symphonic medium. The rhythmic power, energy and almost motoric drive were so sensational and new that people could not really understand them at the time. Additionally, the Fifth Symphony represents the first time that the piccolo, trombones and contrabassoon enter the symphonic world.

It is amazing that these same works remain revolutionary and somehow modern even until this day. The Fifth and Seventh Symphonies transcend the beautiful and instead are bold, fearless, and triumphant.

I am pleased to share that we are recording all of the performances this weekend with Reference Records, the same label with which we have had recent success with our Strauss and Dvořák/Janáček releases. I was amazed to learn that Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies were last recorded in the 1960s with Maestro William Steinberg—Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in 1965 and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony in 1963. Can you imagine how exciting it is to capture today’s Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing these works after nearly 50 years? And how wonderful that you are all a part of this, as well. In some way, the ability to record these two cornerstones of the repertoire shows what an important musical force the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continues to be in the 21st century and throughout the world.

I am excited that you are joining me this weekend for this opening of our BeethovenFest, Beethoven: The Revolutionary. To experience the complete brilliance and unbelievable mastery of this great genius, don’t miss Beethoven: The Hero (Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”) and Beethoven: The Immortal (Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy”) later this season. Enjoy the journey.

With my best wishes for a wonderful holiday season,

Manfred Honeck Music Director 6

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Manfred Honeck, conductor Pre-concert

Concert Prelude with conductors Marcello Cormio and Rei Hotoda

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro IV. Allegro

Intermission

Explore A Salute to the Maestro, a multimedia exhibition celebrating Lorin Maazel, the internationally heralded conductor whose baton led the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1984 until 1996. Trace his brilliant career though oral history recordings, archival video interviews, artifact displays and a detailed timeline of his most applauded musical achievements. Visit the exhibit on both the Grand Lobby and Grand Tier levels.

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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This weekend’s performances by Chris Wu, first violin, are made possible in part through the generous Annual Fund support of Andrew and Michelle Aloe.

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 (1804-1808)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 16 December 1770 in Bonn died 26 March 1827 in Vienna PREMIERE OF WORK

Vienna, 22 December 1808 Theater an der Wien Ludwig van Beethoven, conductor PSO PREMIERE

12 March 1896 Carnegie Music Hall Frederic Archer INSTRUMENTATION

woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo and contrabassoon, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings DURATION

34 minutes

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Surprisingly, for this symphony that serves as the locus classicus of orchestral music, little is known about its creation. There are vague hints that it may have been occasioned by an aborted love affair with either Therese von Brunswick or Giulietta Guicciardi. The theory has been advanced that it was influenced by a surge of patriotism fueled by an Austrian loss to the Napoleonic juggernaut. Even the remark attributed to Beethoven about the opening motive representing “Fate knocking at the door” is probably apocryphal, an invention of either Anton Schindler or Ferdinand Ries, two young men, close to the composer in his last years, who later published their often-untrustworthy reminiscences of him.

It is known that the time of the creation of the Fifth Symphony was one of intense activity for Beethoven. The four years during which the work was composed also saw the completion of a rich variety of other works: Piano Sonatas, Op. 53, 54 and 57; Fourth Piano Concerto; Fourth and Sixth Symphonies; Violin Concerto; the first two versions of Fidelio; Razumovsky Quartets, Op. 59; Coriolan Overture; Mass in C major, Op. 86; and Cello Sonata No. 3, Op. 69. As was his practice with almost all of his important works, Beethoven revised and rewrote the Fifth Symphony for years.

Beethoven’s remarks about this Symphony are vague and elusive rather than concrete. The compositional problems he set for himself were abstract, musico-emotional ones that were little affected by external experiences, and not accessible to translation into mere words. In one of his few comments about the Symphony, he noted that, after the creation of the theme, “begins in my head the working-out in breadth, height and depth. Since I am aware of what I want, the fundamental idea never leaves me. It mounts, it grows. I see before my mind the picture in its whole extent, as if in a single grasp.” By “picture” Beethoven meant not a visible painting, but rather an overview of the total structure of the Symphony, from its tiniest fragmentary component to the grand sweep of its total structure.

So completely did composition occupy Beethoven’s thoughts that he sometimes ignored the necessities of daily life. Concern with his appearance, eating habits, cleanliness, even his conversation, all gave way before his composing. There are many reports of his trooping the streets and woods of Vienna humming, singing, bellowing, penning a scrap of melody, and being, in general, oblivious to the people or places around him. (One suspects that his professed love of Nature grew in part from his need to find a solitary workplace free from distractions and the prying interest of his fellow Viennese.) This titanic struggle with musical tones produced such mighty monuments as the Fifth Symphony. With it, and with the Third Symphony completed four years earlier, Beethoven launched music and art into the world of Romanticism.

In the history of music, Beethoven stands, Janus-faced, as the great colossus between two ages and two philosophies. The formal perfection of the preceding Classical period finds its greatest fulfillment in his works, which at the same time contain the taproot of the cathartic emotional experience from which grew the art of the 19th century. Beethoven himself evaluated his position as a creator in the following way: “Music is the mediator between intellectual and sensuous life ... the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.” The Fifth Symphony is indeed such a “mediator.” Its message of victory through struggle, which so deeply touches both the heart and the mind, is achieved by a near-perfect balance of musical technique and passionate sentiment unsurpassed in the history of music. This Symphony was the work that won for Beethoven an international renown. Despite a few early misunderstandings due undoubtedly to its unprecedented concentration of energy, it caught on very quickly and was soon recognized in Europe, England and America as a pathbreaking achievement. Its popularity has never waned.

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, more than any work in the musical repertory, is the archetypal example of the technique and content of the form. Its overall structure is not one of four independent essays linked simply by tonality and style, as in the typical 18th-century example, but is rather a carefully devised whole in which each of the movements serves to carry the work inexorably toward its end. The progression from minor to major, from dark to light, from conflict to resolution is at the very heart of the “meaning” of this Symphony.

The triumphant, victorious nature of the final movement as the logical outcome of all that preceded it established a model for the symphonies of the Romantic era. The psychological progression toward the finale — the relentless movement toward a life-affirming close — is one of the most important technical and emotional legacies Beethoven left to his successors. Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler — their symphonies are indebted to this one (and to the Ninth Symphony, as well) for the concept of how such a creation could be structured, and in what manner it should engage the listener.

The opening gesture is the most famous beginning in all of classical music. It establishes the stormy temper of the Allegro by presenting the germinal cell from which the entire movement grows. Though it is possible to trace this memorable four-note motive through most of the measures of the movement, the esteemed English musicologist Sir Donald Tovey pointed out that the power of the music is not contained in this fragment, but rather in the “long sentences” that Beethoven built from it. The key to appreciating Beethoven’s formal structures lies in being aware of the way in which the music moves constantly from one point of arrival to the next, from one sentence to the next. It is in the careful weighting of successive climaxes through harmonic, rhythmic and instrumental resources that Beethoven created the enormous energy and seeming inevitability of this monumental movement. The gentler second theme derives from the opening motive, but gives only a brief respite in the headlong rush that drives the movement. It provides the necessary contrast while doing nothing to impede the music’s flow. The development section is a paragon of cohesion, logic and concision. The recapitulation roars forth after a series of breathless chords that pass from woodwinds to strings and back. The stark hammer-blows of the closing chords bring the movement to its powerful end.

The form of the second movement is a set of variations on two contrasting themes. The first theme, presented by violas and cellos, is sweet and lyrical in nature; the second, heard in horns and trumpets, is heroic. The ensuing variations on the themes alternate to produce a movement by turns gentle and majestic.

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The following Scherzo returns the tempestuous character of the opening movement, as the four-note motto from the first movement is heard again in a brazen setting led by the horns. The fughetta, the “little fugue,” of the central trio is initiated by the cellos and basses. The Scherzo returns with the mysterious tread of the plucked strings, after which the music wanes until little more than a heartbeat from the timpani remains. Then begins another accumulation of intensity, first gradually, then more quickly, as a link to the finale, which arrives with a glorious proclamation, like brilliant sun bursting through ominous clouds.

The finale, set in the triumphant key of C major, is jubilant and martial. (Robert Schumann saw here the influence of Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, a prominent composer of the French Revolution.) The sonata form proceeds apace. At the apex of the development, however, the mysterious end of the Scherzo is invoked to serve as the link to the return of the main theme in the recapitulation. It also recalls and compresses the emotional journey of the entire Symphony. The closing pages repeat the cadence chords extensively to discharge the enormous accumulated energy of the work.

Concerning the effect of the “struggle to victory” symbolized by the structure of the Fifth Symphony, a quote that Beethoven scribbled in a notebook of the Archduke Rudolf, one of his aristocratic piano and composition students, is pertinent. The composer wrote, “Many assert that every minor [tonality] piece must end in the minor. Nego! On the contrary, I find that ... the major [tonality] has a glorious effect. Joy follows sorrow, sunshine — rain. It affects me as if I were looking up to the silvery glistening of the evening star.”

Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Andrés Cárdenes, Artistic Director

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JAN 25 7:30 pm Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92 (1811-1812)

PREMIERE OF WORK

Vienna, December 8, 1813 University of Vienna Ludwig van Beethoven, conductor PSO PREMIERE

6 January 1898 Carnegie Music Hall Frederic Archer, conductor INSTRUMENTATION

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.”

woodwinds, horns and trumpets in pairs, timpani and strings DURATION

44 minutes

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 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 that 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.

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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 former 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 has served as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since the 2008-2009 season. After two extensions, his contract now runs until the end of the 2019-2020 season. To great acclaim, Honeck and his orchestra perform regularly for European audiences. Since 2010, annual tour performances have led them to numerous European music capitals and major music festivals, amongst them Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Musikfest Berlin, Grafenegg Festival, Lucerne Festival and the BBC Proms. The 2012 tour focused on a week-long residency at the Vienna Musikverein. In summer 2013, concerts took place in Grafenegg, Berlin, Bucharest, Paris, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Lucerne and Bonn.

Several recordings, amongst them Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, which won a 2012 International Classical Music Award, are available on Japanese label Exton. Honeck’s successful work with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is now captured by Reference Recordings. The first SACD — of Strauss tone poems — was released in fall 2013 and received rave reviews. The second recording, of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and the Symphonic Suite from Janáček’s opera Jenůfa, conceptualized by Honeck himself, followed in summer 2014 and was likewise enthusiastically received. Several additional recordings are completed and it is expected that two releases will be issued per year.

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.

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Born in Austria, Honeck received his musical training at the Academy of Music in Vienna.

Many years of experience as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and at the helm of the Vienna

Jeunesse Orchestra have given his conducting a distinctive stamp. He began his career as assistant to Claudio Abbado in Vienna.

Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, where he was bestowed the prestigious European Conductor’s Award in 1993. Other early stations of his career include Leipzig, where he was one of three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra and Oslo, where he assumed the post of music director at the Norwegian National Opera on short notice for a year and was engaged as principal guest conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for several years.

From 2000 to 2006, he was music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm and, from 2008 to 2011, principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has resumed for another three years at the beginning of the 2013-2014 season.

As a guest conductor, Honeck has worked with leading international orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome and the Vienna Philharmonic. Orchestras he conducted in the United States include New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He also is a regular guest at the Verbier Festival. In February 2013, he had his successful debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the direct result of which was a CD recording together with Anne-Sophie Mutter (works of Dvořák) for DG. The current season sees him return to Bamberg, Stuttgart, Rome and New York as well as to the Vienna Symphony (a CD of works by the Strauss family was released in summer 2013) and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He also will conduct Tonhalleorchester Zürich and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others.

Honeck has received honorary doctorates from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and, most recently, from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Moreover, he has been artistic director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” in Germany for more than 15 years.

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THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For more than 117 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been an essential part of Pittsburgh’s cultural landscape.

The Pittsburgh Symphony, known for its artistic excellence, is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens.

This tradition was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

With a long and distinguished history of touring both domestically and overseas since 1900, the Pittsburgh Symphony continues to be critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras. With more than 36 international tours, including 20

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European tours, eight trips to the Far East, and two to South America. The Pittsburgh Symphony was the first American orchestra to perform at the Vatican in January 2004 for the late Pope John Paul II, as part of the Pontiff’s Silver Jubilee celebration.

The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast coastto-coast, receiving increased national attention in 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International.

The PRI series is produced by Classical WQED-FM 89.3 in Pittsburgh and is made possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

ON SALE NOW! “Anyone who is familiar with the Dvořák G major symphony will find Honeck’s interpretation remarkable…the result is a fresh and exciting version of Dvořák’s eighth symphony that is more romantically realized than Dvořák intended. The Symphonic Suite from “Jenůfa” is a rarely heard work by the Czech master as conceptualized by Honeck. It is beautifully orchestrated, exquisitely played and very evocative of the main themes of the opera.”

Henry Schlinger, Culture Spot LA “This is an absolutely marvelous release both in terms of its thrilling performances and wonderful sound quality.” Graham Williams, SA-CD.net This is one of the most gripping performances of Dvořák’s 8th Symphony that I ever heard.

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Claire & Larry Levine Harriet, Barbara, Marc, Scott and Kim Lewis in memory of Elliott (Bud) Lewis Dr. Michael Lewis & Dr. Katia Sycara Elsa Limbach Roslyn M. Litman In Memory of Norval W. Lyle Francis & Debbie Lynch Neil & Ruth MacKay George & Jane Mallory Dr. Richard Martin in memory of Mrs. Lori Martin Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Bill Maurer & Carol Jean McKenzie Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Maxwell Jean H. McCullough Dr. & Mrs. J. B. McGee Alan & Marilyn McIvor Sherman & Sue McLaughlin Nessa Green Mines Constance C. Morrison Lesa B. Morrison, Ph. D Dr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. Motoyama Harry & Kathleen Nagel Maurice & Nancy Nernberg Maureen S. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Donnell Dr. Karl R. Olsen & Dr. Martha E. Hildebrandt Ellen Ormond Seth & Pamela Pearlman Connie & Mike Phillips Mr. & Mrs. E. Kears Pollock Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Ms. Sandy Pysh & Mr. Rich Somplatsky Charles & Patricia Ransom Stephen G. Robinson Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Rich & Linda Ruffalo Dr. James R. Sahovey Juerg* & Lois Saladin Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Salama Thomas & Perri Schelat Joseph Schewe Jr. Esther Schreiber Jolie Schroeder Robert J. & Sharon E. Sclabassi

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd Jr. Preston & Annette Shimer Kay L. Shirk Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shoop Jr. Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Rebecca L. Carlin Marilyn G. Shure Constance Silipigni Paul & Linda Silver Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Mr. Frank Simpkins Dennis & Susan Slevin Bill & Patty Snodgrass Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt The Honorable & Mrs. William L. Standish Lewis M. Steele & Ann Labounsky Steele Barbara & Lou Steiner Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller Dick & Thea Stover Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Stroebel Judith & Steve Thomas Bob & Bette Thomson Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Ticknor Rosalyn & Albert Treger Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Albert & Megan Trezza Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner Drs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria Woshner Bob & Denise Ventura Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Vest Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Mr. & Mrs. Burt Wald C. Robert Walker Frank & Heide Wenzel Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White James R. Whitehead Elizabeth* & Frank Wiegand Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Ellie & Joe Wymard Naomi Yoran Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow Simone Ziegler

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Barbara & Otto Abraham Deborah L. Acklin Mary Beth Adams Dr. & Mrs. Siamak Adibi R. Ward Allebach & Lisa D. Steagall Erin & Kevin Allen Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson Donald & Kathleen Anderson Ronald Anderson Craig & Dawn Andersson Anne B. Angerman Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger Joan Apt Yoshio Arai Warren J. Archer & Madeline C. Archer Rod & Tammy Ardolino James & Susanne Armour Mr.* & Mrs. David J. Armstrong Dr. Donald & Joann Atkinson Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Atwell Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Ruth Bachman in Memory of James Bachman Sidney Baker Donna L. Balewick MD Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Wendy & David Barensfeld Dr. Barbara Barnes Joe & Sandra Barnes Richard C. Barney Robert & Loretta Barone Martin & Bridgett Bates Robert & Janet Baum John & Betsy Baun Barbara N. Baur Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Fund in Memory of Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal David & Gail Becker Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Vange & Nick Beldecos Judith Bell Edgar* & Betty Belle Rudy & Barbara Benedetti Eleanor H. Berge Ron & Nancy Bergey Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. James Farber Dr. Lawson Bernstein

Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K. Bernstein Fund Ms. Robin Joan Bernstein & Mr. H. Seigle* Don Berry Marilyn & Guy Berry Henry & Charlotte Beukema Drs. Barbara & Al Biglan Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Dr. Paul Birckbichler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Birsic Rob & Hongwei Bittner Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Harry & Gayle Blansett Michael & Carol Bleier Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Block Clifford Bob & Joan Miles Sandi & Jim Bobick Steve & Jeanne Boehmer Marianne Bokan-Blair Jim & Debbie Boughner Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen Wm & Elizabeth S. Bowers, Jr Mr. & Mrs. William H. Brandeis Gary & Connie Brandenberger Sue & Mark Breedlove Gerda & Abe Bretton Mary & Russell Brignano Mary L. Briscoe Judy Brody & Lawrence Adler Suzanne Broughton & Richard Margerum Mr. & Mrs.* Earle O. Brown Jr. Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Bartholomew Nancy & John* Brownell Lois R. Brozenick Dr. & Mrs. John A. Burkholder James & Anne Burnham Dr. Stuart S. Burstein Nicholas Butera & Grace Wagner Michael F. Butler Christopher & Nancy Caldwell James & Judith Callomon Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Mead Dr. Albert A. Caretto Richard & Jeanne* Carter Charles & Donna Cashdollar

David & Kathryn Cashman Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Cassoff Janet E. Chadwick Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Mr. Flavio & Tatjana M. Chamis Deborah & David Chapman Peggy & Joe Charny Ms. Amy Chen Craig D. Choate Kenneth & Celia Christman Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung Ralph & Phyllis Cioffi Edward Cipriano William R. Clarkson & Dr. Andrea Velletri Robert & Elizabeth Clemens Elizabeth & William Clendenning Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Alan & Lynne Colker In Loving Memory of Johnathan Heath College Dale Colyer Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Connell Leonard Family Lin & Anne Cook R. Bruce Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Cleon L. Cornes Sheila Corrall & Ray Lester Patricia Cover Barton & Teri Cowan Ms. Eileen Cox Hanley B. Cox Mary Ann Craig, D.M.E. Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer David* & Marian Crossman John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Kent & Merle Culley Mr. S. A. Cunningham Zelda Curtiss Cynthia Custer Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Daboo Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Daffner Mr. Enrico & Mrs. Federica Dallavecchia Joan & Jim Darby Mr. & Mrs. William J. Darr Norina H. Daubner Dr. & Mrs. K. C. Davides Joan Clark Davis

Bruce & Rita Decker Jim* & Peggy Degnan In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Charles S. Degrosky Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Lynn & David DeLorenzo Dr. Richard S. DeLuca Edward U. DePersis Patrick C. Derrico Frank D. & Mary K. Devono Valerie DiCarlo Mr. & Mrs. Victor DiCarlo Alfred & Eileen Diorio Peter Ditsch D.J. Knowles Dodds Holland & Susan Donaldson Lisa Donnermeyer Mr. & Mrs. Todd Donovan Doris Dowling Anthony V. Dralle Dristas, Thomas & Teresa Mr. John M. & Ms. Victoria W. Duff Mary A. Duggan David & Lisa Durbin Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic John & Elizabeth Eckenrod Mr. & Mrs. David H. Ehrenwerth Christopher* & Gretchen Elkus Mr. Jack W. & Mrs. Mary Jo Elliott Katrin & Eugene Engles Jr. Arnold & Eva Engler Mindy & Richard Epstein Dan & Nancy Fales Joan Feldman Charles E. Felix Martin & Suzanne Fenster Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Madelyn & John Fernstrom Dana H. Ferry Janet Fesq Dr. Joseph Fine Dr. A.M. & Jeanne Blend Finton Nancy A. Fitch Warren & Joan Fitzpatrick Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. Mark F. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. James Flanigan Jan Fleisher

Michael J. Flinn & Eileen Flinn Suzanne Flood Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Fonseca Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fortwangler Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich Jr. Christina Friday Eleanor Friedman Friends of the PSO Reanette & Steve Frobouck Elaine & John Frombach F. Thomas Fruehstorfer Mrs. Fran Frye Dr. & Mrs. Freddie H. Fu Lorie Fuller Normandie Fulson Mr. Gabriel C. Fusco Bruce & Ann Gabler Dr. & Mrs. R. Kent Galey Gamma Investment Corporation Dr. & Mrs. Keith Garbutt Ronald & Marlene Gardner Dr. & Mrs. Marc E. Garfinkel Hans & Gudrun Garkisch Beth & Phil Gasiewicz Joan & Stuart Gaul K. Gavigan & Wm. B. Dixon Pete Geissler Mr. & Mrs. David C. Genter Anne & Rob German Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Gillis Barbara & Fred Gilman Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett Mike & Cordy Glenn Virgil Gligor & Alicia Avery Daniel & Marcia Glosser Fund Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Goern Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Walter L. Goldburg Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Russellyn Carruth Thomas W. Golightly* & Rev. Dr. Carolyn J Jones Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Richard E. Gordon & June F. Swanson Ms. Rita J. Gould The Graf Family

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Dr. Lora D. Graves & Dr. Bryan D. Dye David & Nancy Green Lori Greene & Chris Decker Charlotte T. Greenwald Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Ernest J. Grindle Margaret L. Groninger D.T. Gruelle Specialty Logistics Ms. E. A. Gundelfinger Andrew Gurcak & Elaine Lees Kristine Haig & John Sonnenday John & Judith Hall Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Jeanne M. Hanchett & Phillips P. Wedemeyer Susan & Wilfred Hansen Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Jeanie & Ben Hardesty Susan & David Hardesty Charles Harris & Darlene Nowak in honor of William & Kathleen Caballero Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Mary O. Harrison Mr. Robert Hartman Ms. Christine A. Hartung James & Ann Harty Cal & Donna Hastings Greg Haughey Barbara A. Hays Mr. Phillip Hazlet Cathy & John Heggestad Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Heidenreich In Memory of John G. Heidish Ms. Martha S. Helmreich in Honor of my mother, Anne J. Schaff Eric & Lizz Helmsen Paul & Colleen Hennigan Marianne & Marshall Hess Professor Benjamin E. Hicks Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Pete & Rebecca Hoch Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Richard Dum Greg & Amy Hogue Clare & Jim Hoke Philo & Erika Holcomb Katherine Holter Dr. & Mrs. Elmer J. Holzinger Ms. Madeleine Hombosky 26

Tom & Mary Hooten Mr.* & Mrs.* Lewis J. Hoover Thomas O. Hornstein* Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Joseph W. Hostetler Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Jean & Richard Humphreys Robert & Gail Hunter Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hyland Jr. George L. Illig Jr.* Anthony C. Infanti Robert & Rose Marie Izzo Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Lynne & Blair Jacobson David & Terry Jancisin Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Jew Jr. Dawn M. Johnson Janis & Jonas Johnson Joanne K. Johnson Tom & Wendy Jones in Honor of Chris Wu John & Maureen Joyce Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kahlson Alice & Richard Kalla Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Kara Jim Keller & Mary Ellen Hoy Flo & Bob Kenny Rhian Kenny Jayne & Niles Kenyon The Kessler Family Greta Keverline Ellen Kiam & William B. Troy Mr. Milton B. Kimura Ruth Ann & Eugene Klein Stuart L. & Ann K. Knoop Peggy C. Knott Ms. Marilyn Koch Bob & Susie Kopf Dr. Fotios & Linda Koumpouras David Kremen Mr. & Mrs. John Krolikowski Phyllis Jo Kubey Robert A. & Alice Kushner Rose M. Kutsenkow Mr. Nicholas Kyriazi Betty Lamb Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Landay Ronald & Lida Larsen Earl & Marilyn Latterman

Kathy & Hank Lawrence Marvin & Gerry Lebby Drs. Grace & Joon Lee Ms. Janet Lee & Mr. Matthew Rosengart Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul L. Shay MD Mr. David W. Lendt Robert W. Lenker Dr. Herbert & Barbara Levit Mrs. William E. Lewellen III Anne Lewis Philip & Leslie Liebscher Robert & Janet Liljestrand Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Walter F. Limbach Jim & Sandi Linaberger W. F. Lindgren Ken & Hope Linge Lawrence & Jacqueline Lobl Mr. & Mrs.* Thomas J. Locke Margery J. Loevner Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Howard M. Love Eddie Lowy & Ricardo CortĂŠs Annette Lutz Edward Lynch & Regina Lindsey-Lynch In Memory of James Lyne Daphne & John Lynn Mrs. Guinevere R. Mabunay Pat & Don MacDonald William & Nora MacDonald Dr. & Mrs. George J. Magovern Jr. John Maitland Louise & Michael Malakoff Mr. & Mrs. William G. Malter Carl & Alexis Mancuso Drs. Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Mangold Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Marinelli Bernard & Barbara Mars John & Cathy Mary Helen F. Mathieson Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Karen Matthews Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Maurer Sidney McBride Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy McCamic Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter

Patrick & Michelle McCarthy McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. McChesney Mr. Richard E. McClain Mr. Samuel A. McClung Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Mary C. McCormick Paula & Bob McCracken Mr. Bernard J. McCrory Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Nancy McDonald Mary A. McDonough Keith McDuffie Kent & Martha McElhattan Mary & R. Lee McFadden Barbara McKenna & Family Alexis & Andrew McKinley Jean S. McLaughlin Susan Lee Meadowcroft Mr. & Mrs. William P. Meehan Mr. & Mrs. William J. Mehaffey Barbara M. Meharey Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Suzanne K. Mellon Peter & Memi Melotti Mark & Amy Mendicino Barbara Sachnoff Mendlowitz In Memory of William C. Menges Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Merriman Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mrs. William Metcalf III Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Meyer Bridget & Scott Michael Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Middleton Ms. Laurie Miller Mary Ellen Miller Robert & Miriam Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller Jr. Jack Millstein Frank C. & Judy L. Mindicino Mr. & Mrs. M. Lee Minter Jeffrey Mishler Ann & Mark Mizer Paul & Connie Mockenhaupt Amy & Ira* M. Morgan

Bill & Jane Morgan Mr. Gary Morrell Dr. Harvey M. Morris Eric Von Morton Frank & Brenda Moses Michael & Cynthia Mullins Hilde Munck & Eckard Munck Richard & Martha Munsch Arthur J. Murphy Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Muse Mr. George Mycoff James & Marlee Myers Roger & Michelle Myers Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Naragon Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Suzanne Newpher Patricia K. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Karen Kelley Noble Hide & Julia Miller Nobumori Dr. Sean Nolan Mark & Nikki Nordenberg Charles A. Norton James & Lindsey Nova Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Dr. Everett F. Oesterling & Mrs. Joyce Oesterling Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver John Orndorff Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Orr Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack John A. Osuch Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Russell G. & Karen Overfield Paul M. Palevsky, MD & Sharon R. Roseman, MD Dr. & Mrs. A. H. Panahandeh Dr. Armand J. Panson Pamela & Ronald Pape Pauline R. Parker John & Joan Pasteris Carol & Richard Patterson Kenneth & Rose Patterson Mr. & Mrs. James Patton Camilla Brent Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Daniel M. Pennell Dale & Michele Perelman Eric & Sharon Perelman Bill & Stella Perrine

Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Judy Petty Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Pfendler Jr. Ms. Dorothy Philipp Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Ed & Mary Ellen Pisula Larry & Nancy Podey Drs. Mary & Raymond Pontzer Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Shirley Pow Ann & Mal Powell Richard O. Price Bob & Mary Jo Purvis Mrs. Jean Purvis Andrew & Liberty Pyros Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan Jr. Fran Quinlan Janet K. Quint Ms. Barbara Rackoff The Rackoff Family, ASKO Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Betty Radvak-Shovlin Susan M. Rakfal, MD James D. & Carol L. Randolph Barbara M. Rankin Mr. Leonard E. Rausch Mr. Joseph J. Regna Jr. Paul & Dorothy Reiber Eric & Frances Reichl Mr. & Mrs.* James H. Rich Dr. & Mrs. J. Merle Rife Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Sam & Diana Robinson Bette & Howard M. Rom Janice G. Rosenberg Dr. Pinchas Rosenberg Shoshana & Jerry Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener III Mrs. Louisa S. Rosenthal Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Dr. Joel S. Rozen Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Ruffin III. Mr. Robert Rupp Mr. Leo P. Russell Shirley & Murray Rust Mrs. John M. Sadler

Tamiko Sampson Dr.* & Mrs. Isamu Sando Dr. Carlos R. Santiago Mr. & Mrs. Ferd Sauereisen Sally & Keith Saylor Lawrence P. & Sharron A. Schaefer Eric Schaffer & Michelle Gray-Schaffer Albert & Kathleen Schartner Christopher & Jennifer Scheib Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. & Mrs. Melvin M. Schiff Joe & Nancy Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. George Schneider Mrs. Shirley Schneirov Ms. Carol Schuler Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Schurr II Mary Ann Scialabba Louise & Franco Sciannameo Barry & Celinda Scott Mr.* & Mrs. Jobst W. Seehausen George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Mr. & Mrs. John M. Seifarth Rebecca A. Seip Michael Sexauer Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg Mrs. Sue Shapera Judith D. Shepherd Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour* Sikov Lee & Myrna Silverman Marjorie K. Silverman Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Lois & Bill Singleton Dr. Carol Slomski Ms. Ann Slonaker Bobbie & Keith Smith Don & Beth Smith Kathleen Opat Smith Margaret C. Smith Nancy N. Smith Rep. Sam & Donna Smith Wallace & Patricia Smith Mrs. Barney Snyder Sandy & Mr. Edgar Snyder J. Soffietti

David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Herbert H. & Barbara South Drs. Horton C.* & Jannene M. Southworth Samuel & Judith Spanos Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Speyer III Richard C. Spine & Joyce Berman Henry Spinelli Janet H. Staab Mr. & Mrs.* Jack Stabile Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stalder Gary & Charlene Stanich Ms. Carrie M. Stanny Dr. James Staples Shirley & Sidney Stark Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer Charles & Rachel Stegeman Bronna & Harold Steiman Mr. Frederick Steinberg Jerry Stephens Dr. & Mrs. Mervin S. Stewart Mr. Ray C. Stoner In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger C. Dean Streator Mr. Su & Ms. Van Dusen Judy & Joe Sufrin Peter Sullivan Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra Drs. Gary & Heidi Swanson Joel & Maria Swanson Robert Swendsen & Roberta Klatzky Stu & Liz Symonds in Memory of Roger Sherman Tom & Karen Tabor Dr. Jocelyn Tan & Dr. Alaa Shalaby Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Tannenbaum Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Mr. Paul Teplitz Mr. Doug Thomas Dorothea Thompson Mayor John A. Thompson Mary Lloyd & George Thompson

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Jim & Gail Titus Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Trees In Memory of Audrey Treloar & Florence & Norman Golomb Paul A. Trimmer Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Trombetta Jeff & Melissa Tsai Jeffrey Turner & Tonya Stefko Eric & Barbara Udren Mary & Gerald Unger Diane & Dennis Unkovic Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Dr. & Mrs. James E. Vaux Dr. Filomena F. Varvaro Mary Vasilakis Cate & Jerry Vockley Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Drs. Joan Vondra & Thomas Chang John & Linda Vuono

Jan Wagner Judy Wagner & Mike LaRue Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner Kevin & Jennifer Walker John & Irene Wall Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan Bassett Drs. John & Carla Weidman Marvin & Dot Wedeen Cynthia & Dr. Michael Weisfield Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Jim & Jinny Welker Jane Wentling Mrs. Louis A. Werbaneth Bernard & Sheila Werner Nancy Werner

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg Rebecca M. Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White Robert Wickesberg & Susan Noffke Mr. Norm Wien Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Dr. Bruce L. Wilder Ken & Trudie Wilkins Nozomi Williams Robert & Carole Williams Robert E. Williams Ruth O. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Dr. & Mrs. D. Scott Wood Mr. Christopher Wu & Mrs. Annette Wu Drs. Barry & Iris Wu Dr. & Mrs. John A. Yauch

Mark & Judy Yogman Susan A. Yohe Alice L. Young Hugh D*. & Alice C. Young Mr. Joe Yzurdiaga Frank A. Zabrosky Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Joan & Isaias Zelkowicz Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek Patricia Zimba *deceased We would like to thank all individuals who contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Heinz Hall. Please see our website at pittsburghsymphony. org for a complete listing.

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FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES Allegheny County Economic Development Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation The Benter Foundation Meyer & Merle Berger Family Foundation, Inc. Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Paul and Dina Block Foundation Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation Jack Buncher Foundation Anne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and Educational Trust Compton Family Foundation The Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable Fund Jean Hartley Davis and Nancy Lane Davis Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Dietrich Charitable Trust Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Fine Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Grable Foundation Grune Family Foundation Hansen Foundation William Randolph Hearst 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

Lawrence County Martha Mack Lewis Foundation Edward D. and Opal C. Loughney Foundation Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation McKinney Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Montague Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts 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, a state agency Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pittsburgh Symphony Association Norman C. Ray Trust RMK Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation Salvitti Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Tippins Foundation The Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation

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Consolidated Communications Enterprise Bank Bayer Healthcare R&I $75,000 AND ABOVE Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. Bayer USA Foundation Allegheny Technologies General Wire Spring Co. c3controls Business Partners Incorporated (ATI) Goehring, Rutter & Boehm The Common Plea Catering PEWTER LEVEL BNY Mellon Inc. Gordon Terminal Service Co. $1,000 - $2,499 EQT Foundation Deloitte Hamill Mfg. Co. AlphaGraphics in the Highmark Blue Cross Blue ELG Haniel Metals Corp.

Cultural District Hertz Gateway Center, LP Shield Farmers & Merchants Bank Calgon Carbon Corporation John B. Conomos, Inc. PNC of Western PA Clayton Engineering Joyce’s Jewelry Boutique Company Levin Furniture K & I Sheet Metal, Inc. DIAMOND CIRCLE Coury Financial Group Mascaro Construction Lucas Systems, Inc. $40,000 - $74,999 Company ESB Bank Marketing Support Network MSA Mylan Pharmaceuticals First Commonwealth Bank Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Oliver Wyman Hughes Television Attorneys at Law PLATINUM CIRCLE Productions PwC Mitsubishi Electric Power $20,000 - $39,999 Jendoco Construction Reed Smith LLP Products, Inc. Corporation Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Schreiber Industrial Modany-Falcone, Inc. Jennmar Corporation Federal Home Loan Bank of Development Co. Neville Chemical Company Pittsburgh Trumbull Corporation and Kerr Engineered Sales Pzena Investment Company P.J. Dick Incorporated First National Bank of Management, LLC Pennsylvania Lawrence County Tourist Rebecca L. Pounds DDS LLC Promotion Agency Giant Eagle BRONZE CIRCLE Scott Metals Inc. MacLachlan, Cornelius & $2,500 - $4,999 H. J. Heinz Company Walter Long Manufacturing Filoni, Inc. Foundation A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Company McKamish, Inc. LANXESS Corporation Angelo, Gordon & Co. Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Macy’s Co., LPA Bank of America Merrill Practice Growth Partners PPG Industries Foundation Lynch Westmoreland Mechanical Rothman Gordon PC Testing & Research, Inc. BB&T Triangle Tech Group Berner International Corp. Sarris Candies, Inc. Trib Total Media We would like to thank all Six Penn Kitchen Big Burrito Restaurant United States Steel corporations who contribute to the Group Corporation Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Buchanan Ingersoll & Stringert, Inc. Heinz Hall. Please see our website Rooney PC at pittsburghsymphony.org for a GOLD CIRCLE The Techs Cipriani & Werner PC $10,000 - $19,999 Trebuchet Consulting LLC complete listing.

American Eagle Outfitters Eat’n Park Restaurants TriState Capital Bank Elite Coach Transportation United Safety Services, Inc. Current as of Nov.21, 2014 Citigroup Erie Insurance Clearview Federal Credit UPMC Health Plan Union Fifth Third Bank Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh Delta Air Lines, Inc. Huntington Bank Dollar Bank Foundation Koppers PARTNER LEVEL Ernst & Young LLP KPMG LLP $500 - $999 Fairmont Pittsburgh & Lighthouse Electric Allegheny Valley Bank Habitat Restaurant Company, Inc. Armada Federated Investors, Inc. Marsh USA Inc. Austrian American Cultural FedEx Ground Morton’s The Steakhouse Society, Inc. Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. Mozart Management Bridges & Company, Inc. Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Pittsburgh Corning The Buncher Company Inc. Corporation Clark Precision Machined The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Co. Components Company Charitable Trust Silhol Builders Supply Business Leadership Association SIGNATURE CIRCLE

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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

In addition to income from the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on a robust endowment to assure its long-term financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment to provide for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s future.

The Steinberg Society honors donors who have advised the Pittsburgh Symphony in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestra in their will. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a gift to the endowment of $10,000.00 or more to commemorate a particular person or event. Endowed naming opportunities for guest artists, musicians’ chairs, concert series, educational programs or designated spaces allow donors to specify a name or tribute for 10 years, 20 years or in perpetuity. For additional information, please call Jan Fleisher at 412.392.3320.

STEINBERG SOCIETY Anonymous (19) Siamak & Joan Adibi Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger The Joan & Jerome* Apt Families Francis A. Balog Robert & Loretta Barone Scott J. Bell Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz Benno & Constance Bernt Michael Bielski Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan Thomas G. Black Barbara M. Brock Lois R. Brozenick Tom & Jackie Cain Estate of Cynthia Calhoun Judy & Michael Cheteyan Educational/Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David W. Christopher Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Cohen Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Donnelly Frank R. Dziama Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Emil & Ruth* Feldman Joan Feldman & William Adams Mrs. Loti Gaffney Keith & Susan Garver Ken* & Lillian Goldsmith Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon James A. Gorton Estate of Anna R. Greenberg Estate of Lorraine M. Gross Elizabeth Anne Hardie 32

Charles & Angela Hardwick Carolyn Heil Eric & Lizz Helmsen Ms. Judith Hess Estate of Mr. John H. Hill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. William C. Hurtt Philo & Erika Holcomb Mr. & Mrs. Blair Jacobson Esther G. Jacovitz Patricia Prattis Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn* Leo & Marge Kane Lois S. Kaufman Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mr. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Ms. Bernadette Kersting Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Kessler Stanley & Margaret Leonard Frances F. Levin Doris L. Litman Penny Locke Estate of Edward D. Loughney Lauren & Hampton Mallory Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Mrs. Lori Martin* Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall George E. Meanor Ms. Jean L. Misner* Catherine Missenda* Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Donn & Peggy Neal Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rhonda & Dennis Norman Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. Estate of Irene G. Otte Judy Petty

Estate of Dorothy R. Rairigh Barbara M. Rankin Richard E. Rauh Cheryl & James Redmond Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Donald & Sylvia Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roderick Charlotta Klein Ross Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Dr. Charles H. Shultz Michael Shefler Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Stept Estate of Dr. Raymond & Karla Stept Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Tom & Jamee Todd Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Eva & Walter J. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. George L. Vosburgh Estate of John & Betty Weiland In memory of Isaac Serrins from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss Brian Weller Seldon Whitaker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Charles L. & Katherine A. Wiley James & Susanne Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Patricia L. Wurster Estate of Rufus J. Wysor

Naomi Yoran Miriam L. Young Estate of Ruth Yount SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM The Sid Kaplan Memorial Hallway given by David Kaplan in appreciation of generous gifts commemorating family and friends In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from his loving family In Honor of Mariss & Irina Jansons and friendship from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Kessler Honoring my dear friend, Marvin Hamlisch, from Mina Kulber In Loving Memory of Martin Smith, PSO Horn, 1980-2005, from his siblings Todd Smith, Judy Dupont & Susan Noble

ENDOWED CHAIRS Principal Horn Chair, given by an Anonymous Donor First Violin Chair, given

by Allen H. Berkman in memory of his beloved wife, Selma Wiener Berkman Michael & Carol Bleier Viola 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

Stephen & Kimberly Keen Bass Chair

Ron & Dorothy Chutz First Violin Chair

Martha Brooks Robinson Principal Trumpet Chair

G. Christian Lantzsch & Duquesne Light Company Principal Second Violin Johannes & Mona L. Coetzee Chair Memorial Principal English Horn Chair Mr. & Mrs. William Genge and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Lee George & Eileen Dorman Principal Bassoon Chair Assistant Principal Cello Chair Nancy & Jeffery Leininger First Violin Chair Albert H. Eckert Associate Principal Edward D. Loughney Percussion Chair Co-Principal Trumpet

Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Silberman Principal Clarinet Chair

Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Associate Concertmaster Chair

Rachel Mellon Walton Concertmaster Chair, given

by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mellon Scaife

Jean & Sigo Falk Principal Librarian Chair

Fiddlesticks Family Concert Series Endowed by Gerald & Audrey McGinnis Honoring The Center for Young Musicians

Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Tillotson Jr. Viola Chair Tom & Jamee Todd Principal Trombone Chair United States Steel Corporation Assistant Principal Bass Chair

Jacqueline Wechsler Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Horn Chair given in Endowed Principal Piccolo McGuinn memory of Irving (Buddy) Chair, given to honor Frank Viola Chair Wechsler and Loti Gaffney Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr. Barbara Weldon William & Sarah Galbraith Principal Oboe Chair, given Principal Timpani Chair Second Violin Chair

by Rachel Mellon Walton Hilda M. Willis Foundation Flute Chair The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Messiah Concerts Endowed First Violin Chair by the Howard and Nell E. Thomas H. & Frances Witmer Assistant Principal Horn Miller Chair Ira & Nanette Gordon Chair The Gracky Fund for Donald I. & Janet Moritz and Education & Community Equitable Resources, Inc. Engagement Current as of Nov.21, 2014 Associate Principal Cello *deceased Chair Susan S. Greer Memorial Trumpet Chair, given by The Perry & BeeJee Morrison Peter Greer String Instrument Loan Fund William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for The Morrison Family Education Associate Principal Second Violin Chair Vira I. Heinz Music Director Chair Jackman Pfouts Principal Flute Chair, given Principal Pops Conductor in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Chair Endowed by Henry & Arthur Jackman by Barbara Elsie Hillman Jackman Pfouts Tom & Dona Hotopp Principal Bass Chair Milton G. Hulme, Jr. Guest Conductor Chair given by Mine Safety Appliances Company

Pittsburgh Symphony Association Principal Cello Chair Reed Smith Chair honoring Tom Todd Horn Chair

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Jones III Guest Keyboard Chair

Dr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Oboe Chair

Virginia Kaufman Resident Conductor Chair, Lawrence Loh

Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation Guest Conductor Chair

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COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon .................................................................... Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt..........................................................................................................................Stage Right Door Rae & Jane Burton.......................................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Basil & Jayne Adair Cox.................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. ....................................................................................Mozart Room Elevator & Garden Bench William S. Dietrich, II*...........................................................Endowment for PittsburghSymphony Educational Programs Dollar Bank Foundation................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue.........................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Roy & Susan Dorrance ..........................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Foundation............................................................... Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By -Side Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot.........................................................................................................Grand Piano, Paris Festival Goldman Sachs Gives ................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ......................................................................................... Music and Wellness Program Elsie & Henry Hillman...................................................The Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International Performances Ms. Seima Horvitz.......................................................................................................................................... Garden Bench David & Melissa Iwinski................................................................................................................................Stage Left Door Lillian Edwards Foundation.................................................................................................................Heartstrings Program Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell .................................................................................................President and CEO’s Office Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.........................................................................................................Grand Tier Door - Right Center PNC.............................................................................................................. PNC Walkway at Heinz Hall and PNC Tiny Tots Dr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart ........................................................................................................................ Grand Piano Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer......................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III ...................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Alece & David Schreiber................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Harvey* & Florence Zeve ............................................................................................................................. Garden Bench *deceased

W ELCO M E S T HE FO L LOW IN G GRO U PS TO T HE SE PERFO R M A N CE S

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Todd Ellison, conductor Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Betsy Burleigh, director

RING IN THE SEASON with the Pittsburgh Symphony

Orchestra, the Mendelssohn Choir and a highly-decorated cast of guest artists in a spectacular Pittsburgh tradition.

Rejoice in your favorite carols and cherished holiday tunes like “Sleigh Ride,” “Joy to the World” and much more!

For tickets call 412.392.4900 or visit pittsburghsymphony.org EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL 2014-2015 SEASON

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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.

CHILDREN are encouraged to attend our youth concerts and Fiddlesticks Family Concerts.

Children age six and over, are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and lobby video monitors are always options for restless children.

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 can be seated. Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals during the program, at the discretion of the conductor. The gallery is also available for parents with restless children.

PHOTOGRAPHY, video, or audio recording of the performance is strictly prohibited at all times.

PRE-PAID PARKING is available to all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penn garage across from Heinz Hall. Ask about prepaid parking when you order your tickets.

REFRESHMENT BARS are located in the Garden and Overlook rooms and in the Grand Tier Lounge.

Intermission beverages may be ordered prior to performances. Water cups are available in the restrooms.

RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier, Gallery levels, and COAT CHECK is available in the LOCKERS are located on the off the Garden and Overlook rooms; Grand Lobby or in the Dorothy Porter Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels. a wheelchair-accessible restroom is Simmons Family Regency Room on LOST AND FOUND items on the Main Floor. the lower level. can be retrieved by calling SMOKING is not permitted 412.392.4844 on weekdays from CONCIERGE SERVICE is in Heinz Hall. The garden is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. available in the Entrance Lobby accessible during performances to assist with your questions for this purpose.

MOBILE DEVICES should and to help with dining, hotel, be turned off and put away upon SUPPORTING THE PSO entertainment and transportation entering the theater.

AND HEINZ HALL concerns. [Penny Vennare, Event is critical to the financial future of the THE MOZART ROOM Supervisor; Ron Ogrodowski, Pittsburgh Symphony. Ticket sales is available for a grand dining Concierge.] only cover a portion of our operating experience catered by The DRESS CODE for all concerts costs. To make a tax-deductible gift, Common Plea, just seconds is at your personal discretion and please contact our Development away from your seats. For ranges from dress and business department at 412.392.4880 or visit reservations: 412.392.4879 attire to casual wear. us online at pittsburghsymphony.org or pittsburghsymphony.org/ mozartroom.

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.

THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES:

• Level entrance and route to main floor of auditorium • Accessible seat locations with companion seats* • Portable assistive listening devices: Please see ushers for assistance.

• Braille programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics and PNC Pops performances.

• Large print programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics, PNC Pops, and Fiddlesticks Family Series performances. *Please contact the box office for the location of these seats.

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