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September 23, 24 & 25: Program..................................................13 September 23, 24 & 25: Program Notes ......................................14 Manfred Honeck: Biography........................................................22 Rudolf Buchbinder: Biography....................................................24 September 30, October 1 & 2: Program......................................29 September 30, October 1 & 2: Program Notes ..........................30 Eroica Trio: Biography....................................................................36
From our Music Director ................................................................3 From our Chairman..........................................................................5 It is the mission of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to provide musical experiences at the highest level of expression to enrich the community and satisfy the needs and preferences of our audiences. We will achieve this mission by working together to support an internationally recognized orchestra and by ensuring a viable long-term financial future; a fulfilling environment for our orchestra, staff, volunteers; and the unsurpassed satisfaction of our customers. 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 state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. 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, CONTACT: Elaine Nucci at 412.471.6087, or email: nucci@culturaldistrict.org
From our President ..........................................................................7 A Gift from Perry E. Morrison ......................................................9 Composer of the Year ....................................................................10 Corporate Spotlight ........................................................................27
Annual Fund Donors: Individuals..............................................38 Foundations & Public Agencies ..................................................47 Corporations .................................................................................. 48 Legacy of Excellence: Steinberg Society ....................................50 Legacy of Excellence: Sid Kaplan Tribute Program ................51 Legacy of Excellence: Endowed Chairs ....................................51 Commitment to Excellence Campaign ..........................................52
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians ..............................2 Board of Trustees & Chairman’s Council ....................................4 Jack Heinz Society ............................................................................6 New Leadership Board....................................................................6 Pittsburgh Symphony Association................................................6 Friends of the PSO ............................................................................6 Administrative Staff..........................................................................8 Heinz Hall Information & FAQ ..................................................56
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SECOND VIOLIN
Jennifer Ross j
G. CHRISTIAN LANTZSCH & DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY CHAIR
Louis Lev d
THE MORRISON FAMILY CHAIR
Dennis O’Boyle Michael Davis 1 Carolyn Edwards Linda Fischer Lorien Benet Hart Claudia Mahave Laura Motchalov Peter Snitkovsky Albert Tan Yuko Uchiyama Rui-Tong Wang
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MUSIC DIRECTOR
Manfred Honeck
ENDOWED BY THE VIRA I. HEINZ ENDOWMENT
PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR
Marvin Hamlisch
ENDOWED BY HENRY AND ELSIE HILLMAN
PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR
Leonard Slatkin
VICTOR deSABATA GUEST CONDUCTOR CHAIR
Gianandrea Noseda
RESIDENT CONDUCTOR
Lawrence Loh
VIRGINIA KAUFMAN RESIDENT CONDUCTOR CHAIR
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Thomas Hong FIRST VIOLIN
Noah Bendix-Balgley CONCERTMASTER RACHEL MELLON WALTON CONCERTMASTER CHAIR
Mark Huggins
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER BEVERLYNN & STEVEN ELLIOTT CHAIR
Huei-Sheng Kao ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Hong-Guang Jia ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Jeremy Black Ellen Chen-Livingston Irene Cheng Sarah Clendenning Alison Peters Fujito David Gillis
SELMA WIENER BERKMAN MEMORIAL CHAIR
Sylvia Kim Jennifer Orchard
RON & DOROTHY CHUTZ CHAIR
Susanne Park Christopher Wu
NANCY & JEFFERY LEININGER CHAIR
Shanshan Yao
THE ESTATE OF OLGA T. GAZALIE
Kristina Yoder
VIOLA
Randolph Kelly j CYNTHIA S. CALHOUN CHAIR
Tatjana Mead Chamis d Joen Vasquez x Marylène Gingras-Roy Penny Anderson Brill Cynthia Busch Erina Laraby-Goldwasser Paul Silver
MR. & MRS.WILLARD J.TILLOTSON, JR. CHAIR
Stephanie Tretick Meng Wang Andrew Wickesberg CELLO
Peter Guild Micah Howard
STEPHEN & KIMBERLY KEEN CHAIR
John Moore Aaron White
Gretchen Van Hoesen j VIRGINIA CAMPBELL CHAIR
FLUTE
Lorna McGhee j
JACKMAN PFOUTS FLUTE CHAIR
Damian Bursill-Hall h Jennifer Conner HILDA M.WILLIS FOUNDATION CHAIR
Rhian Kenny
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FRANK AND LOTI GAFFNEY CHAIR
OBOE
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida j
DR.WILLIAM LARIMER MELLON, JR. CHAIR
James Gorton
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MILDRED S. MYERS & WILLIAM C. FREDERICK CHAIR
Scott Bell
EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC. CHAIR
GEORGE & EILEEN DORMAN CHAIR
Mikhail Istomin Irvin Kauffman u Gail Czajkowski Michael Lipman JANE & RAE BURTON CHAIR
Louis Lowenstein Hampton Mallory
CARYL & IRVING HALPERN CHAIR
Lauren Scott Mallory
MR. & MRS. MARTIN G. MCGUINN CHAIR
J. Ryan Murphy OTPAAM FELLOW
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Charlotta Klein Ross BASS
Jeffrey Turner j TOM & DONA HOTOPP CHAIR
Donald H. Evans, Jr. d Betsy Heston x Ronald Cantelm Jeffrey Grubbs
MICHAEL & CAROL BLEIER CHAIR
Joseph Rounds TRUMPET
George Vosburgh j MARTHA BROOKS ROBINSON CHAIR
Charles Lirette h EDWARD D. LOUGHNEY CHAIR
Neal Berntsen Chad Winkler
SUSAN S. GREER MEMORIAL CHAIR
TROMBONE
Peter Sullivan j TOM & JAMEE TODD CHAIR
Rebecca Cherian h James Nova BASS TROMBONE
Murray Crewe j TUBA
Craig Knox j TIMPANI
Harold Smoliar j
BARBARA WELDON PRINCIPAL TIMPANI CHAIR
ENGLISH HORN
JOHANNES & MONA L. COETZEE MEMORIAL CHAIR
CLARINET
E-FLAT CLARINET
Thomas Thompson BASS CLARINET
Richard Page j BASSOON
Nancy Goeres j
MR. & MRS.WILLIAM GENGE AND MR. & MRS. JAMES E. LEE CHAIR
David Sogg h Philip A. Pandolfi
CONTRABASSOON
James Rodgers j HORN
William Caballero j ANONYMOUS DONOR CHAIR
Stephen Kostyniak d Zachary Smith x
THOMAS H. & FRANCES M.WITMER CHAIR
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PERRY & BEE JEE MORRISON STRING INSTRUMENT LOAN FUND 2 pittsburghsymphony.org
Ronald Schneider
MR. & MRS.WILLIAM E. RINEHART CHAIR
Rusinek j Anne Martindale Williams j Michael MR. & MRS. AARON SILBERMAN CHAIR PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION CHAIR Thomas Thompson h David Premo d Ron Samuels DONALD I. & JANET MORITZ AND Adam Liu x
IRVING (BUDDY) WECHSLER CHAIR
REED SMITH CHAIR HONORING TOM TODD
HARP
PICCOLO
Robert Lauver
Edward Stephan j Christopher Allen d JAMES W. & ERIN M. RIMMEL CHAIR
PERCUSSION
Andrew Reamer j ALBERT H. ECKERT CHAIR
Jeremy Branson d Christopher Allen
JAMES W. & ERIN M. RIMMEL CHAIR
FRETTED INSTRUMENTS
Irvin Kauffman j LIBRARIANS
Joann Ferrell Vosburgh j JEAN & SIGO FALK CHAIR
Lisa Gedris
STAGE TECHNICIANS
Ronald Esposito John Karapandi OPEN CHAIRS
WILLIAM & SARAH GALBRAITH FIRST VIOLIN CHAIR
MR. & MRS. BENJAMIN F. JONES III KEYBOARD CHAIR
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from our Music Director
DEAR FRIENDS,
Welcome to the start of the 2011-2012 BNY Mellon Grand Classics season. We have planned an incredible season, and I am so excited for the concerts we will perform for you. As you know, we just returned from the 2011 European Festivals Tour, presented by BNY Mellon. The PSO performed 12 concerts in nine cities in six countries over a three-week span. It is hard to find the right words to adequately describe the incredible audience response to our concerts. The multiple standing ovations, shouts for encores and rhythmic clapping demonstrated that the PSO is unquestionably considered to be one of the world’s greatest orchestras. We truly got to hear the world cheer for your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. This fall, back at home, we will be launching our own campaign designed to increase awareness of the PSO in the region while highlighting the orchestra’s impact in the community. The campaign is entitled “Hear Why The World Cheers,” and we are grateful to PNC and the Pittsburgh Foundation for their funding which made this campaign possible. You will notice Hear Why The World Cheers on television, on the radio, in print media and, of course, here at Heinz Hall. It is our hope that through Hear Why The World Cheers, we will be able to broaden our audience leading to increased ticket sales and donations to this great orchestra. Thank you for being our consummate cheerleaders and helping us spread the message of why you cheer for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. I hope you enjoy tonight’s performance. Warmest wishes,
Manfred Honeck Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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Richard P.Simmons
Larry T.Brockway
VICE CHAIR
FINANCE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Beverlynn Elliott
Richard J.Johnson VICE CHAIR
James A.Wilkinson PRESIDENT & CEO
Jeffery L.Leininger SECRETARY & TREASURER
Joan Apt Benno A.Bernt Constance Bernt Michael E.Bleier Diana Block Theodore N.Bobby Donald W.Borneman Larry T.Brockway Michael A.Bryson Bernita Buncher Rae R.Burton Ronald E.Chutz Estelle F.Comay Basil M.Cox L.Van V.Dauler,Jr. Robert C.Denove David W.Christopher Mrs.Frank J.Gaffney Mrs.Henry J.Heinz,II Annabelle Clippinger CHAIR, NEW LEADERSHIP BOARD
Jared L.Cohon,Ph.D.
PRESIDENT, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Diana Block
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Ronald E. Chutz MODERN TRANSPORTATION
Kimberly Fleming HEFREN-TILLOTSON
J. Brett Harvey CONSOL ENERGY, INC.
David Iwinski
BLUE WATER GROWTH LLC
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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Michael A.Bryson Rae R.Burton AUDIT COMMITTEE
L.Van V.Dauler,Jr. PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE
Donald W.Borneman INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Roy G.Dorrance,III
Beverlynn Elliott
Deborah L.Rice
Thomas B.Hotopp
JACK HEINZ SOCIETY
MAJOR GIFTS COMMITTEE**, TOUR FUNDING TASK FORCE
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Barbara Jeremiah ARTISTIC COMMITTEE
Jeffery L.Leininger MAJOR GIFTS COMMITTEE**
Alicia McGinnis
MARKETING COMMITTEE
James W.Rimmel Thomas Todd
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Helge H.Wehmeier
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY TASK FORCE
Rachel Wymard DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
PATRON DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
**co-chair
HEINZ HALL COMMITTEE
Mildred S.Myers
William S.Dietrich* Roy G.Dorrance,III Albert H.Eckert Beverlynn Elliott Sigo Falk Terri Fitzpatrick Elizabeth H.Genter Ira H.Gordon Peter S.Greer Ira J.Gumberg Caryl A.Halpern Gregory Hempfling John H.Hill Thomas B.Hotopp Barbara Jeremiah Richard J.Johnson J.Craig Jordan
Robert W.Kampmeinert Clifford E.Kress Jeffery L.Leininger Robert W.McCutcheon Alicia McGinnis Devin B.McGranahan BeeJee Morrison Mildred S.Myers Elliott Oshry John R.Price Richard E.Rauh Deborah L.Rice James W.Rimmel Frank Brooks Robinson,Sr. Steven T.Schlotterbeck David S.Shapira Max W.Starks,IV
James E.Steen Craig A.Tillotson Jane Treherne-Thomas Jon D.Walton Helge H.Wehmeier Michael J.White,M.D. James A.Wilkinson Thomas H.Witmer Rachel Wymard Robert Zinn
Mrs.Henry L.Hillman James E.Lee Edward D.Loughney*
Howard M.Love* Donald I.Moritz David M.Roderick
Richard P.Simmons Thomas Todd
Gregory G.Dell'Omo,Ph.D.
Joseph Rounds ORCHESTRA MEMBER,PSO
The Honorable Rich Fitzgerald
PRESIDENT,POINT PARK UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT, PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
CHAIR,FRIENDS OF THE PSO
PRESIDENT,ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY
Paul Hennigan,Ed.D. Harold Smoliar ORCHESTRA MEMBER,PSO
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Alexandra Kusic
distinguished emeritus *deceased
*deceased
CHIEF EXECUTIVE,ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Kathleen Maskalick
Eric Johnson
David L. Porges
John Surma
REED SMITH
PNC BANK
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY, PC
THE HILLMAN COMPANY
Gregory Jordan
Stephen Klemash ERNST & YOUNG
Kenneth Melani
HIGHMARK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
Morgan O'Brien PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO.
Christopher Pike KDKA / UPN PITTSBURGH
EQT
James Rohr
Arthur Rooney, II
PITTSBURGH STEELER SPORTS, INC.
John T. Ryan
MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES
David Shapira GIANT EAGLE, INC.
John S. Stanik CALGON CARBON
US STEEL CORPORATION
Thomas VanKirk
from our Chairman
DEAR BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS PATRONS,
Welcome to the start of our 2011-2012 BNY Mellon Grand Classics season. After returning to Pittsburgh from a phenomenal three-week tour of many of Europe’s most prestigious music festivals, we opened our season with our Gala concert, Musique du Monde, featuring renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Music Director Manfred Honeck and your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. We also welcomed our newest members of the PSO: Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley, Principal Flute Lorna McGhee and Principal Timpanist Ed Stephan. Our orchestra is comprised of some of the most talented musicians in the world. They are also incredibly generous people, deeply committed to Pittsburgh and to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. In June, we announced that the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ratified a new three-year concessionary contract, effective September 2011. Not only did the musicians agree to a wage reduction and changes to their retirement plans, but they also voted to make a donation of $100,000 per year to our Annual Fund for the 2011-2012 and 20122013 seasons. This magnanimous gesture was followed by another one from our beloved Music Director, Manfred Honeck, who volunteered personally to accept a similar wage reduction and then renewed his own pledge to the Annual Fund. In the last two months of the fiscal year, July and August, PSO trustees, inspired by the above actions by our musicians and music director, sent additional gifts to the Annual Fund. The final tally for PSO trustees to the 2010-2011 Annual Fund topped $1,000,000, representing a 30 percent increase over their previous year’s giving. I extend my heartfelt congratulations and thanks to my fellow trustees. To the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and to Manfred, thank you for your unbelievable artistry, concert after concert, and for your inspiring generosity. To our patrons, thank you for your love and support of your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. If you are a current donor to the Annual Fund, please consider giving a bit more this year. If you are not a member of our donor family, please voice your support for our musicians and Music Director by making a gift to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra early in our 2011-2012 season. Thank you, and please enjoy the performance. Sincerely,
Richard P. Simmons Chairman, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra pittsburghsymphony.org 5
2011-2012 SEASON CHAIRMAN
James W. Rimmel
CHAIRMAN
Annabelle Clippinger VICE CHAIRMAN
Elizabeth Etter SECRETARY
Ronald Smutny TREASURER
Alexis Unkovic McKinley
MEMBERS
Todd Izzo Rodrick O. McMahon Gerald Lee Morosco Abby L. Morrison Gabriel Pellathy Victoria Rhoades-Carrero
Barbara A. Scheib William Scherlis James Slater John A.Thompson Rachel M.Wymard
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS CHAIR
MEMBERS
Andrew Swensen Rev. Debra Thompson
Bernie S. Annor Jensina Chutz Jeffrey J. Conn Gavin H. Geraci Robert F. Hoyt Daniel Pennell
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES CHAIR
Lynn Broman
EDUCATION & OUTREACH CHAIR
Elizabeth Etter
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Janice Jeletic
PRESIDENT
Alexandra Kusic
VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE
Margaret Bovbjerg
PRESIDENT ELECT
VICE PRESIDENT OF FUND DEVELOPMENT
EX-OFFICIO PRESIDENT
BOUTIQUE CHAIRS
Margaret Bovbjerg Linda Stengel
SECRETARY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN
Cheryl Redmond
NOMINATING CHAIR
Linda Stengel
VICE PRESIDENTS OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Doris Cope, M.D. Reshma Paranjpe, M.D. VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS
Cissy Rebich NEWSLETTER
Peg Fitchwell-Hill VICE PRESIDENT EDUCATION
Gillian Cannell
MUSIC 101 CHAIR
Susie Prentiss CO-CHAIRS
Kathy & David Maskalick FOUNDING CHAIRS
Connie & Benno Bernt 6 pittsburghsymphony.org
MIllie Ryan
Linda Stengel Michele Talarico
FINE INSTRUMENT FUND CHAIR
Chris Thompson
VICE PRESIDENTS MEMBERSHIP
Jennifer Martin Carolyn Maue
VICE PRESIDENT EVENTS
Francesca Peters
FALL ANNUAL MEETING/LUNCHEON CHAIRS
Fran Peters Alex Kusic
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON CHAIRS
Bernie S. Annor Cynthia DeAlmeida Antonia Franzinger Alice Gelormino Susan Johnson David Knapp Dawn Kosanovich James Malezi Bridget Meacham Lily Pietryka SPRING LUNCHEON CHAIRS
Jan Chadwick Susie Prentiss Patty Snodgrass
PSA NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY CHAIRS
Doris Cope, M.D. Reshma Paranjpe, M.D.
ORCHESTRA APPRECIATION CHAIRS
Millie Ryan Frances Pickard Chris Thompson
AFFILIATES' DAY CHAIRS
Mary Ann Craig Cheryl Redmond
AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SYMPHONY NORTH PRESIDENT
Clare Hoke
SYMPHONY EAST PRESIDENT
Robert Kemper
Frances Pickard Thea Stover Mary Lloyd Thompson Linda Blum Cynthia & Bill Cooley Stephanie & Albert Firtko Millie Myers & Bill Frederick Andy & Sherry Klein Joan & Cliff Schoff
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT FRIENDS OF THE PSO MEMBERSHIP, CALL 724-935-0507
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT NLB MEMBERSHIP, CALL THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT 412.392.4865
HONORARY DIRECTORS
Joan Apt Grace M. Compton* Betty Flecker Caryl A. Halpern Drue Heinz Elsie Hillman Jane S. Oehmler* Sandra H. Pesavento Janet Shoop Kathy Kahn Stept Jane C.Vandermade Elizabeth B.Wiegand Joan A. Zapp *Deceased FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP,
PSA@PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG OR CALL 412-392-3303
from our President and CEO
WELCOME TO THE 2011-2012 SEASON! WE HAVE SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE.
Music Director Manfred Honeck begins his fourth season with what (U.K.) Telegraph critic Ivan Hewett called “the fabulously extrovert” Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on the heels of a successful European tour. The 12-concert, nine-city tour saw the PSO playing to packed halls in Germany, Austria, Lithuania, Switzerland, the U.K. and France. We were accompanied on tour by renowned pianist Hélène Grimaud and violin sensation Anne-Sophie Mutter, who also was our guest soloist at our Musique du Monde gala that kicked off the 2011-2012 Season. This season we are especially proud to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Heinz Hall. Home to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since September 1971, Heinz Hall was the catalyst for Jack Heinz’s vision for creating a Cultural District downtown. The PSO promises yet another entertaining and enriching concert experience this season, from a nontraditional staging of Messiah to the fourth year of the multi-year Mahler cycle, from featuring stellar and world renowned guest soloists to a three-week Paris Festival celebrating one of the most exciting artistic periods of the 20th century. We are thrilled that Leonard Slatkin and Gianandrea Noseda will continue their collaborations with the PSO this season, while Marvin Hamlisch begins his 17th season as Principal Pops Conductor. I am deeply appreciative of the musicians’ decision to take a 9.7 percent wage reduction in the first year and a wage freeze in the second year of the new contract, as well as contributing $100,000 per year to the PSO’s Annual Fund for first two years. Manfred Honeck should be commended for taking a 10 percent salary cut. In these difficult economic times, the PSO remains dedicated to maintain the highest level of artistic quality, enabling you, our beloved and loyal patrons, to enjoy performances of the highest caliber by one of the world’s great orchestras. Thank you for supporting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Your support is vital and greatly appreciated by everyone at the PSO.
Lawrence Tamburri President and CEO, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra pittsburghsymphony.org 7
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PRESIDENT & CEO
James A.Wilkinson
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & COO
Michael E. Bielski
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION & STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION
Suzanne Perrino
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE & CFO
Scott Michael
VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
James R. Barthen
VICE PRESIDENT OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT & SALES
Yu-Ling Cheng
VICE PRESIDENT OF HEINZ HALL
Carl A. Mancuso
VICE PRESIDENT, DONOR RELATIONS
Mary Ellen Miller
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ARTISTIC PLANNING & AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
Robert B. Moir
GENERAL MANAGER & VICE PRESIDENT OF ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS
Marcie Solomon
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF DONOR RELATIONS & DIRECTOR OF THE MAJOR CAMPAIGN
Jodi Weisfield
ADMINISTRATION
Dawn Cercone
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD/FINANCE & MUSIC DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
Lisa G. Donnermeyer
MANAGING ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Ashley Pappal
MANAGER OF PARTNERSHIPS
ARTISTIC PLANNING & AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
Yonca Karakilic
MANAGER OF ARTISTIC PLANNING, AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT & FESTIVALS
Erik Thogerson
MANAGER OF ARTISTIC PLANNING & AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT & SALES
Sally Denmead SALES MANAGER
Jim D. Deuchars
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SALES
Claire Ertl
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Jessica Hummel
DONOR RELATIONS & MAJOR CAMPAIGN
Richard Crawford
INSTITUTIONAL ANNUAL FUND MANAGER
BUILDING OPERATIONS MANAGER
Katie Andary
Jennifer Birnie
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR
Shannon Capellupo DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS
Jan Fleisher
MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER
Lizz Helmsen
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE & PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT
Lisa Herring
MANAGER OF SPECIAL EVENTS
Alfred O. Jacobsen SPONSORSHIP MANAGER
Kimberly Mauersberg MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER
Lori J. McCann
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT MANAGER
Tracey Nath-Farrar MANAGER OF FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Camilla Brent Pearce
DIRECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Brian Skwirut
DIRECTOR OF FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Lauren Vermilion
MAJOR CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR
Jessica D.Wolfe DATA COORDINATOR
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Lisa Hoak
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Gloria Mou
MANAGER OF EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
FINANCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Michelle Balionis
MANAGER OF ACCOUNTING
T.C. Brown
ANNUITY DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Kevin DeLuca
Robbin Nelson MAINTENANCE
James E. Petri STAGE TECHNICIAN
Mary Sedigas
MAINTENANCE STAFF SUPERVISOR
William Weaver STAGE TECHNICIAN
Stacy Weber
CENTRAL SCHEDULING MANAGER
Eric Wiltfeuer ENGINEER
ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS
Ronald Esposito STAGE TECHNICIAN
Shelly Stannard Fuerte
DIRECTOR OF POPULAR PROGRAMMING
Kelvin Hill
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER
Rachel Joseph
MANAGER OF POPULAR PROGRAMMING
John Karapandi STAGE TECHNICIAN
Sonja Winkler
DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS & TOURING
PATRON SERVICES
Shannon Kensky
PATRON SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Aleta King
DIRECTOR OF PATRON SERVICES
Victoria Maize
PATRON SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Jennifer McDonough
PATRON SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Andrew Seay
PATRON SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Cody Sweet
PATRON SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
DIRECTOR OF IMAGE
Eric Quinlan
CASH MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
Fidele Niyonzigira SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Chrissy Savinell MULTIMEDIA MANAGER
GROUP SALES
Elise Clark
GROUP SALES COORDINATOR
Erin Lynn
DIRECTOR OF GROUP SALES
ENGINEER
Kevin Berwick
Mark Cieslewicz CHIEF ENGINEER
Raymond Clover SOUND TECHNICIAN
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STAGE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & E-COMMERCE MARKETING MANAGER
Michael Karapandi
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Joanne Kowalok
HEINZ HALL
Monica Meyer
Susan M. Jenny
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SUBSCRIPTION MARKETING
Trish Imbrogno
MAINTENANCE
Deborah Cavrak
Giancarlo D’Andrea GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Jessica Kaercher GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Ramesh Santanam
DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS
SUBSCRIBER & TICKETING SERVICES
Alison Altman
MANAGER OF SUBSCRIBER & TICKETING SERVICES
Stacy Corcoran
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SUBSCRIBER & TICKETING SERVICES
Lori Cunningham
SUBSCRIBER & TICKETING SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Bill Van Ryn
SUBSCRIBER & TICKETING SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
A gift from Perry E. Morrison
A GIFT from PERRY E. MORRISON
In August 2010, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra mourned the passing of one of its most dedicated trustees, Perry E. Morrison. Perry was an accomplished amateur musician. His devoted wife, Beatrice (BeeJee) recently gifted his valuable violins to the PSO. Pictured is Louis Lev, Associate Principal, Second Violin Section, with violins crafted by Giovanni Grancino (dated 1716) and Gregg T. Alf (dated 1989). As Perry would have wished, these instruments will be used by the PSO to enhance its artistic integrity. Mrs. Morrison also gifted four violin bows and more than 140 scores from Perry’s collection of sheet music for orchestra, chamber groups, violin solo and duets, and opera vocal scores. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra family is sincerely grateful for these extraordinary gifts; Perry’s legacy does indeed live on.
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COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra initiated its Composer of the Year program in 2001 in an effort to bring audiences and living composers closer together. With the spotlight on a different composer each season, Pittsburgh audiences are able to build a high level of familiarity with the work of living composers whose work they might otherwise have fewer opportunities to hear. Throughout the season, the PSO performs several works by the composer-in-residence and often commissions a new work. The composer participates in Concert Preludes, postconcert artist chats and interviews with local media, and gives lectures and masterclasses at local universities. Past Composers of the Year are: Rodion Shchedrin (2001-02); Michael Hersch (2002-03); Krzysztof Penderecki (2003-04); Christopher Rouse (2004-05); Jennifer Higdon (2005-06); Christopher Theofanidis (2006-07); John Adams (2008-09); Richard Danielpour (2009-10); and most recently, Joan Tower (2010-11). The PSO is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky as its 11th Composer of the Year. Stucky is widely praised for his imaginative use of orchestral color, command of large-scale form, and the communicative power of his music. Appointed by AndrĂŠ Previn more than 20 years ago as composer-in-residence at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the composer continues his association with the orchestra as Consulting Composer for New Music and is the host of the New York Philharmonic's acclaimed "Hear & Now" pre-concert programs, introducing important new works and premieres by American composers to broad audiences. Steven Stucky won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Second Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and premiered at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2004. Active as a conductor, writer, lecturer and teacher, Mr. Stucky has taught since 1980 at Cornell University, where he chaired the Music Department from 1992 to 1997 and serves as Given Foundation Professor of Composition. He has been Visiting Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music and Ernest Bloch Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. A noted expert on Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski, he won an ASCAP Deems Taylor award for his book Lutoslawski and His Music.
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CONCERT PRELUDES WITH STEVEN STUCKY Arrive an hour early to attend Concert Preludes presented by composer of the Year Steven Stucky during each of his residency weeks with the PSO. Well-versed in leading concert-goers into explorations of contemporary works, Mr. Stucky will provide insights into his own featured work as well as more familiar works on the program from the unique perspective of a composer. Free and open to all ticket holders; on stage, one hour prior to the concert. September 23-25, 2011 Stucky: Dreamwaltzes October 21 & 23, 2011 Stucky: Radical Light January 13-15, 2012 Stucky: Spirit Voices with Evelyn Glennie, percussion February 17-19, 2012 Stucky: Silent Spring (World premiere & PSO commission) March 30, 31 & April 1, 2012 Stucky: Son et Lumière
STUDENT READING SESSION WITH STEVEN STUCKY Over his year-long residency, Mr. Stucky will visit several area universities to present lectures and collaborate with composition students in workshop settings. He will select one work each by young composers at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University and West Virginia University and coach the students throughout the residency. Hear these new works unfold as the residency culminates in a reading session on stage at Heinz Hall with the PSO, accompanied by feedback and insights from Mr. Stucky. Free and open to the public. Saturday, March 31, 2012 10 am - 12:30 pm 8th Annual Student Reading Session Heinz Hall Lawrence Loh, conductor
top to bottom: Steven Stucky with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Michael Gielen; Stucky celebrating the 2005 Pulitzer Prize with Cornell University composers; Stucky with Dame Evelyn Glennie (Spirit Voices was written for her)
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BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS | HEINZ HALL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 AT 8:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 AT 8:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 AT 2:30 PM
PRE-CONCERT one hour prior
MANFRED HONECK, RUDOLF BUCHBINDER,
CONCERT PRELUDE ON STAGE WITH PSO RESIDENT CONDUCTOR LAWRENCE LOH AND COMPOSER OF THE YEAR STEVEN STUCKY
CONDUCTOR
PIANO
JOHN STAFFORD SMITH
The Star-Spangled Banner
STEVEN STUCKY
Dreamwaltzes
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Concerto in F major for Piano and Orchestra
INTERMISSION
LOBBY EXHIBITS
MODEST MUSSORGSKY (ORCH. RAVEL)
POST-CONCERT Friday & Saturday only
I. Allegro II. Adagio - Andante con moto III. Allegro agitato MR. BUCHBINDER
Pictures at an Exhibition
Introduction: Promenade I. The Gnome II. Promenade - The Old Castle III. Promenade - Tuileries IV. Bydlo V. Promenade - Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle VII. The Marketplace at Limoges VIII. Catacombs - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua IX. Baba-Yaga - The Hut on Fowl’s Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev
ARTIST CHAT ON STAGE WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDER
This weekend’s performances by Music Director Manfred Honeck are made possible, in part, through the generous Annual Fund support of the R.P. Simmons Family.
Steven Stucky’s Composer of the Year residency is made possible, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts. PHOTOGRAPHY
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AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PERFORMANCE ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
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STEVEN STUCKY Dreamwaltzes (1986) Steven Stucky is Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s “Composer of the Year” for 2011-2012. Born in Hutchinson, Kansas on 7 November 1949 and raised in Abilene, Texas, Stucky studied at Baylor and Cornell universities, where his teachers in composition included Richard Willis, Robert Palmer, Karel ABOUT THE COMPOSER: Husa and Burrill Phillips. Stucky taught at Lawrence Born 7 November 1949 in University in Wisconsin from 1978 to 1980, and has Hutchinson, Kansas since been on the faculty of Cornell University, where PREMIERE OF WORK: Minneapolis, 17 July 1986 he founded the new music group Ensemble X and is Minnesota Orchestra now Given Foundation Professor of Composition; he Leonard Slatkin, conductor has also taught at the Aspen Festival, Eastman School THESE CONCERTS MARK THE of Music and University of California at Berkeley. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PREMIERE Stucky’s compositions have been widely performed INSTRUMENTATION: throughout the United States and abroad by leading two piccolos, three flutes, three chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras, and oboes, English horn, three clarinets, he has fulfilled commissions from the orchestras of bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Singapore, three trombones, tuba, timpani, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Baltimore, Cincinnati and percussion, harp, piano, celesta and St. Louis, as well as from the National Endowment for strings the Arts, Yale University, Boston Musica Viva, Cornell APPROXIMATE DURATION: 15 minutes University and other distinguished organizations. He was one of ten composers selected internationally to contribute a work to the centennial celebration of New York’s Carnegie Hall; Angelus was premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in that celebrated auditorium on 27 September 1990. Stucky was Composer-in-Residence with the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1988 to 2009, and hosted the New York Philharmonic’s Hear & Now concert series from 2005 until 2009. His other residencies include the American Academy in Rome, Princeton University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotà, Colombia, Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and National University of the Arts in Taipei. In addition to composing, Stucky is also active as a conductor, writer, lecturer and contributor to music journals in America and Britain; he won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Prize for his 1981 book, Lutosławski and His Music. Among his other honors are the ASCAP Victor Herbert Prize and First Prize from the American Society of University Composers, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities, Guggenheim Foundation, Bogliasco Foundation and American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2005, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Second Concerto for Orchestra. He is a trustee of the American Academy in Rome, chair of the American Music Center, a board member of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, and a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Of his Dreamwaltzes (1986), the composer wrote, “[This work] is the result of a commission from the Minnesota Orchestra, kindly supported by the Jerome Foundation, to 14 pittsburghsymphony.org
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write a piece for their annual Sommerfest series in Minneapolis. Since the management of the orchestra suggested that the new composition have some connection with the Viennese theme of the Sommerfest concerts, I found myself daydreaming about the waltz, and about Viennese composers like Schubert, Brahms, Mahler and Berg, all of whom treated the waltz seriously in their music. Dreamwaltzes is a public version of those daydreams: an orchestral fantasy of about 15 minutes, based closely on fragments of real Viennese waltz music. “There are three waltz episodes. In each, a real waltz ‘artifact’ furnishes the raw material: in the first, one of Brahms’ Liebeslieder waltzes (Op. 52, No. 6); in the scherzo-like second, another piano waltz of Brahms (Op. 39, No. 8); and in the climactic third waltz episode, a few notes from Richard Strauss’ Viennese masterpiece, Der Rosenkavalier. From time to time, these originals float briefly to the surface. The three waltz episodes are surrounded by slower music forming an introduction, interludes and a coda; this slower music, too, sometimes alludes to Rosenkavalier. “But in Dreamwaltzes the past proves elusive; the waltz music is always slipping away almost as soon as it has begun. The point is clearest in the crucial third episode. Here, after a gradually evolving, accelerating development, the orchestra seems just on the point of re-entering fully the late 19th century in some grand, unrestricted waltz music — when suddenly the whole affair collapses, and we are back in our own time. A composer in the late 20th century can admire the waltz from a distance, but he cannot make it his own.”
GEORGE GERSHWIN Concerto in F major for Piano and Orchestra (1925) Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony and one of this country’s most prominent musical figures for the half-century before World War II, was among the Aeolian Hall audience when George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue exploded above the musical world on 12 February 1924. He recognized Gershwin’s genius (and, no doubt, the opportunity for wide publicity), and approached him a short time later with a proposal for another largescale work. A concerto for piano was agreed upon, and Gershwin was awarded a commission from the New York Symphony to compose the piece and to be the soloist at its premiere and a half dozen subsequent concerts. The story that Gershwin then rushed out and bought a reference book explaining what a concerto is is probably apocryphal. He did, however, study the scores of some of the concertos of earlier masters to discover how they had handled the problems of structure and instrumental balance, and he also obtained a copy of Forsyth’s Standard Manual of Orchestration. PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
ABOUT THE COMPOSER: Born 26 September 1898 in Brooklyn, New York; died 11 July 1937 in Hollywood, California.
PREMIERE OF WORK: 3 December 1925 New York Symphony, Carnegie Hall Walter Damrosch, conductor George Gershwin, piano PITTSBURGH PREMIERE: 19 November 1933 Antonio Modarelli, conductor George Gershwin, piano
INSTRUMENTATION: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings APPROXIMATE DURATION: 29 minutes
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Gershwin felt he needed a book on this latter subject because he, like virtually all Broadway composers then and now, entrusted the orchestration of his theater scores to a professional arranger. (Rhapsody in Blue was orchestrated by Ferde Grofé.) This new concerto, he decided, would be entirely his own work, so he set about learning the techniques of writing for symphony orchestra. Gershwin later recorded his attitude toward the composition of the Concerto. “Many persons had thought that the Rhapsody was only a happy accident,” he wrote. “Well, I wanted to show that there was plenty more where that had come from. I made up my mind to do a piece of ‘absolute’ music. The Rhapsody, as its title implied, was a blues impression. The Concerto would be unrelated to any program. And that is exactly how I wrote it. I learned a great deal from that experience, particularly in the handling of instruments in combination.” He made the first extensive sketches for the work while in London during May 1925. By July, back home, he was able to play for his friends large fragments of the evolving work, tentatively entitled “New York Concerto.” The first movement was completed by the end of that month, the second and third by September, and the orchestration carried out in October and November, by which time the title had become simply Concerto in F. Because of the large royalties from his shows and the Rhapsody in Blue, he was able to hire a full orchestra for a trial performance during the process of orchestration. He not only revised the scoring and made some cuts after this session, but also admitted that the run-through gave him the “greatest musical thrill” of his life. Gershwin provided a short analysis of the Concerto for the New York Tribune of 29 November 1925, just four days before the work’s premiere in Carnegie Hall: “The first movement employs a Charleston rhythm. It is quick and pulsating, representing the young, enthusiastic spirit of American life. It begins with a rhythmic motif given out by the kettledrums, supported by other percussion instruments and with a Charleston motif introduced by bassoon, horns, clarinets and violas. The principal theme is announced by the bassoon. Later, a second theme is introduced by the piano. “The second movement has a poetic nocturnal atmosphere which has come to be referred to as the American blues, but in a purer form than that in which they are usually treated. “The final movement reverts to the style of the first. It is an orgy of rhythms, starting violently and keeping the same pace throughout.” Though Gershwin based his Concerto loosely on classical formal models, its structure is episodic in nature. His words above do not mention several other melodies that appear in the first and second movements, nor the return of some of those themes in the finale as a means of unifying the work’s overall structure. He was learning as he went, and this Concerto is nothing short of astonishing when it is realized that it was only his second concert work, written when he was just 27 years old. Few other composers could boast of such a successful beginning.
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (1874), orchestrated by Maurice Ravel (1922) In the years around 1850, with the spirit of nationalism sweeping across Europe, several young Russian artists banded together to rid their art of foreign influences in order to establish a distinctive nationalist character for their works. Leading this movement was ABOUT THE COMPOSER: a group of composers known as “The Five,” whose Born 21 March 1839 in Karevo, Pskov District, Russia; died 28 members included Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai March 1881 in St. Petersburg. Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Borodin, César Cui and PREMIERE OF RAVEL’S Mily Balakirev. Among the allies that The Five found ORCHESTRATION: in other fields was the artist and architect Victor Paris, 3 May 1923 Hartmann, with whom Mussorgsky became close perSergei Koussevitzky, conductor sonal friends. Hartmann’s premature death at 39 PITTSBURGH PREMIERE OF RAVEL’S ORCHESTRATION: stunned the composer and the entire Russian artistic 8 December 1939 community. Vladimir Stassov, a noted critic and the Fritz Reiner, conductor journalistic champion of the Russian arts movement, INSTRUMENTATION: organized a memorial exhibit of Hartmann’s work in two piccolos, three flutes, three oboes, English horn, two clarinets, February 1874, and it was under the inspiration of that bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrashowing that Mussorgsky conceived his Pictures at an bassoon, E-flat alto saxophone, four Exhibition. horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, At the time of the exhibit, Mussorgsky was celesta, gong, two harps and strings engaged in preparations for the first public performAPPROXIMATE DURATION: ance of his opera Boris Godunov, and he was unable 30 minutes to devote any time to his Pictures until early summer. When he took up the piece in June, he worked with unaccustomed speed. “‘Hartmann’ is bubbling over, just as Boris did,” he wrote to a friend. “Ideas, melodies come to me of their own accord, like a banquet of music — I gorge and gorge and overeat myself. I can hardly manage to put them down on paper fast enough.” The movements mostly depict sketches, watercolors and architectural designs shown publicly at the Hartmann exhibit, though Mussorgsky based two or three sections on canvases that he had been shown privately by the artist before his death. The composer linked his sketches together with a musical “Promenade” in which he depicted his own rotund self shuffling — in an uneven meter — from one picture to the next. Though Mussorgsky was not given to much excitement over his own creations, he took special delight in this one. Especially in the masterful transcription for orchestra that Maurice Ravel did in 1922 for the Parisian concerts of conductor Sergei Koussevitzky, it is a work of vivid impact to which listeners and performers alike can return with undiminished pleasure. Promenade. According to Stassov, this recurring section depicts Mussorgsky “roving through the exhibition, now leisurely, now briskly in order to come close to a picture that had attracted his attention, and, at times sadly, thinking of his friend.” The Gnome. Hartmann’s drawing is for a fantastic wooden nutcracker representing a gnome who gives off savage shrieks while he waddles about on short, bandy legs. Promenade — The Old Castle. A troubadour (represented by the saxophone) sings a PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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doleful lament before a foreboding, ruined ancient fortress. Promenade — Tuileries. Mussorgsky’s subtitle is “Dispute of the Children after Play.” Hartmann’s picture shows a corner of the famous Parisian garden filled with nursemaids and their youthful charges. Bydlo. Hartmann’s picture depicts a rugged wagon drawn by oxen. The peasant driver sings a plaintive melody (solo tuba) heard first from afar, then close-by, before the cart passes away into the distance. Promenade — Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells (pictured below). Hartmann’s costume design for the 1871 fantasy ballet Trilby shows dancers enclosed in enormous egg shells, with only their arms, legs and heads protruding. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle. The title was given to the music by Stassov. Mussorgsky originally called this movement “Two Jews: one rich, the other poor.” It was inspired by a pair of pictures which Hartmann presented to the composer showing two residents of the Warsaw ghetto, one rich and pompous (a weighty unison for strings and winds), the other poor and complaining (muted trumpet). Mussorgsky based both themes on incantations he had heard on visits to Jewish synagogues. The Marketplace at Limoges. A lively sketch of a bustling market, with animated conversations flying among the female vendors. Catacombs — Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua (pictured below). Hartmann’s drawing shows him being led by a guide with a lantern through cavernous underground tombs. The movement’s second section, bearing the title “With the Dead in a Dead Language,” is a mysterious transformation of the Promenade theme. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (pictured below). Hartmann’s sketch is a design for an elaborate clock suggested by Baba Yaga, the fearsome witch of Russian folklore who eats human bones she has ground into paste with her mortar and pestle. She also can fly through the air on her fantastic mortar, and Mussorgsky’s music suggests a wild, midnight ride. The Great Gate of Kiev (pictured below). Mussorgsky’s grand conclusion to his suite was inspired by Hartmann’s plan for a gateway for the city of Kiev in the massive old Russian style crowned with a cupola in the shape of a Slavic warrior’s helmet. The majestic music suggests both the imposing bulk of the edifice (never built, incidentally) and a brilliant procession passing through its arches. The work ends with a heroic statement of the Promenade theme and a jubilant pealing of the great bells of the city.
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BOOK CLUB
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PSO BOOK CLUB COMES TO HEINZ HALL! Join us in an exploration of major themes from the 2011-2012 season through a variety of books genres. Read the book and join WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham and PSO musicians in an afternoon of lively discussion! PSO Book Club meetings are held at 1:30 pm prior to select BNY Mellon Grand Classics Sunday afternoon performances in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms at Heinz Hall. FREE and open to all ticket holders to the afternoon’s performance.
Sunday, October 30, 2011, 1:30 pm
The Man with the Golden Flute: Sir James, A Celtic Minstrel by James Galway With Rhian Kenny, piccolo Sunday, November 27, 2011, 1:30 pm
The Tale of the 1002nd Night by Joseph Roth With James Rodgers, contrabassoon Sunday, February 5, 2012, 1:30 pm
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J. Levitin With Penny A. Brill, viola Sunday, April 1, 2012, 1:30 pm
The Student Conductor by Robert Ford With Jeffrey Turner, bass Sunday, June 10, 2012, 1:30 pm
Richard Strauss: A Musical Life by Raymond Holden With TBD
Call 412.392.4876 or email explore@pittsburghsymphony.org to register. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. AVAILABILITY IS LIMITED.
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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. Manfred 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. Also beginning in September 2008, he became a the Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague, and in 2007, assumed the post of Music Director of the Staatsoper Stuttgart. After critically acclaimed concerts at Carnegie Hall and during their European Tour in 2010, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra toured Europe again in August and September 2011. They were guests at the Rheingau Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Grafenegg Festival and Musikfest Berlin among others. The tour also includde appearances in Paris and Vilnius, Lithunia. Anne-Sophie Mutter and Hélène Grimaud joined the orchestra as soloists. Honeck has led the Orchestra in three Exton recordings: the recently released recording of Mahler Symphony No. 4, Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben and Mahler’s First Symphony. All discs have been critically acclaimed. At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Manfred Honeck conducted premieres of Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Mozart’s Idomeneo, Verdi’s Aida, Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier as well as Wagner’s Lohengrin and Parsifal. In the current season, which will be his last at the Staatsoper, he will be conducting premieres of Die Fledermaus and Dialogues des Carmélites and four symphony 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, the Salzburg Festival and the Verbier Festival.
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Honeck commenced his conducting career as assistant to Claudio Abbado at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Vienna. Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House from 1991 - 1996, where he was awarded the prestigious European Conductor’s Award in 1993. In 1996, Honeck began a threeyear 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 from 1998-2004. From 2000 to 2006, Maestro Honeck was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a guest conductor, Manfred Honeck has worked with such major European orchestras as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Czech Philharmonic, and the Vienna Philharmonic, and in the U.S. with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his post at the Stuttgart Opera, operatic guest engagements include the Semperoper in Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and Royal Opera of Copenhagen, as well as the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and the Salzburg Festival. He appears regularly at Switzerland’s Verbier Festival and has also been Artistic Director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” summer music series in Germany for more than 15 years.
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MANFRED HONECK CONDUCTED THE PSO LAST WEEKEND.
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RUDOLF BUCHBINDER Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder has been called “the Viennese oracle on the core literature of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms” by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Firmly established as one of the most important pianists on the international scene, Buchbinder is a regular guest of such renowned orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, London Philharmonic, National Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has collaborated with the world’s most distinguished conductors including Abbado, Dohnányi, Frühbeck de Burgos, Giulini, Harnoncourt, Maazel, Masur, Mehta, Saraste, Sawallisch, and Thielemann and is a regular guest at the Salzburger Festspiele and other major festivals around the world. Of his appearance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, the Orange County Register raved, “You could hear the weight of his fingers, it seemed, falling onto the keyboard, each note given a nudged distinction. By avoiding both grandiloquent overstatement and dry objectivity, he plumbed the core of the noble simplicity in this music.” Buchbinder has more than 100 recordings to his credit, including the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas, the complete Beethoven concertos, the complete Mozart piano concertos, all of Haydn’s works for piano, both Brahms concertos, and all of the rarely-performed Diabelli Variations collection written by 50 Austrian composers. The 18-disc set of Haydn’s works earned him the Grand Prix du Disque. His cycle of all of Mozart’s piano concertos with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, recorded live at the Vienna Konzerthaus, was chosen by Joachim Kaiser as CD of the Year. Buchbinder has also recorded live the Brahms piano concertos with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and all five Beethoven piano concertos with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra as soloist and conductor. In 2006, in celebration of his 60th birthday, he per24 pittsburghsymphony.org
formed 12 Mozart piano concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Vienna Festwochen, the live DVD recording of which was released by EuroArts. His next album was a live recording of the Brahms piano concertos with the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta, released in November 2010. Rudolf Buchbinder is the founding artistic director of the Grafenegg Music Festival, a major international music festival near Vienna which launched in August 2007. His recent performance highlights include the Jubilee Concert for the 50th Anniversary of the Großer Musikvereinssaal in Vienna (where Buchbinder made his debut at age 11 in 1958); a performance with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala at Teatro alla Scala; Beethoven Sonata cycles in Warsaw, Berkeley, and at the Vienna Musikverein; performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin; performances of all five of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos with the Dresden Philharmonic; a tour with the Dresden Staatskapelle in Italy and Austria; a tour of Germany with the BBC Philharmonic; and return engagements with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Oslo Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Buchbinder was recently appointed Artist In Residence with the Dresden Staatskapelle and during the 2010-11 season, he will tour the U.S. with the orchestra, performing in cities including San Francisco, San Diego, New York, and Washington, D.C. He will also perform in New York at Carnegie Hall with the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Buchbinder attaches considerable importance to the meticulous study of musical sources. He owns more than 18 complete editions of Beethoven’s sonatas and has an extensive collection of autographed scores, first editions and original documents. In addition, he possesses the autographed scores and piano parts of both Brahms concertos as copies. He was admitted to the Vienna Musik Hochschule, at age five, and remains the youngest student to gain entrance in the school’s history.
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RUDOLF BUCHBINDER LAST PERFORMED WITH THE PSO IN FEBRUARY 2009.
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BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS | HEINZ HALL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 AT 8:00 PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011 AT 8:00 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2011 AT 2:30 PM
PRE-CONCERT one hour prior
MANFRED HONECK, EROICA TRIO
CONCERT PRELUDE ON STAGE WITH MUSIC DIRECTOR MANFRED HONECK AND Sr.VP OF ARTISTIC PLANNING & AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT, ROBERT MOIR
CONDUCTOR
ERIKA NICKRENZ, PIANO
SUSIE PARK, VIOLIN
SARA SANT’AMBROGIO, CELLO
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Overture to The Consecration of the House, Op. 124
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Concerto in C major for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 56, “Triple Concerto”
I. Allegro II. Largo III. Rondo alla polacca EROICA TRIO
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Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
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I. II. III. IV.
Allegro con brio Marcia funebre: Adagio assai Scherzo: Allegro vivace Finale: Allegro molto
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Overture to The Consecration of the House, Op. 124 (1822) Beethoven suffered increasing physical distress during his last decade from dropsy and severe intestinal inflammation, conditions exacerbated by his Type-A personality and his none-too-tidy lifestyle. He regularly sought (and ignored) advice from physicians, but he ABOUT THE COMPOSER: did believe in the restorative powers of mineral baths Born 16 December 1770 in Bonn; died 26 March 1827 in Vienna. and water treatments, and many of his travels during those years were planned around extended stops at PREMIERE OF WORK: Vienna, 3 October 1822 various German and Austrian spas. Early in September Josephstadt Theater 1822, he installed himself in the town of Baden, a few Ludwig van Beethoven, conductor miles south of Vienna (Constanze Mozart had been a PITTSBURGH PREMIERE: regular patron there 30 years earlier in a barely suc13 November 1908 Emil Paur, conductor cessful attempt to preserve her health in the face of the PERFORMED AT THE OPENING constant pregnancy and worry that troubled the nine OF HEINZ HALL ON 11 years of her marriage to Wolfgang), and he was immeSEPTEMBER 1971 diately pounced upon by the enterprising theatrical INSTRUMENTATION: impresario Carl Friedrich Hensler. Hensler, born in woodwinds in pairs, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani Würtemberg in 1759, had been involved in Viennese and strings show business since 1803, when he became managAPPROXIMATE DURATION: er of the Leopoldstadt Theater, a small house just out10 minutes side the city walls best known for its stagings of popular Austrian Singspiels. In 1817, he took over the management of the Theater-an-der-Wien, and four years later acquired the Josephstadt, which he completely renovated. The refurbished theater was to be reopened on 3 October 1822, the eve of the Emperor’s nameday, and for its inaugural performances Hensler invited Beethoven to resurrect The Ruins of Athens, a ceremonial play with incidental music that he had supplied for the opening of the National Theater in Budapest ten years before. The text was to be rewritten for the occasion by the Viennese poet Carl Meisl, but most of the Ruins music could be adapted for the Viennese spectacle, which would be appropriately titled The Consecration of the House. Beethoven, who was eager to renew his public presence in the city after having shut himself away for nearly two years to work on the monumental Missa Solemnis, agreed to supply a new overture and closing chorus, and to oversee the premiere. The Consecration of the House was apparently written at lightning speed just before the October 3rd premiere; the parts, awash with copyist’s errors, were delivered to the orchestra only one day before the performance. Nominally, Beethoven, seated at a piano, conducted the rehearsal and the first performance, hoping to catch a few stray vibrations with his left ear, which still sometimes worked a little. In the interests of unanimity, however, all of the players’ eyes were fixed on Franz Gläser, the Josephstadt’s young house conductor, who stood behind the composer and gave signals at crucial moments. Beethoven’s appearance was greeted enthusiastically by the 400 members of the sold-out audience, though the Overture and Meisl’s literary rehash gained little favor. The Overture was played again, with somewhat more success, at a hospital benefit in Vienna the fol30 pittsburghsymphony.org
lowing month, and headed Beethoven’s memorable concert of May 7, 1824, at which the Ninth Symphony was unveiled, but the work did not enjoy much popularity during his lifetime. He tried to peddle the score to publishers in Vienna, Paris, London, Leipzig and Berlin for nearly three years before it was issued at Mainz by B. Schott in July 1825. Though The Consecration of the House is the traditional musical vehicle for the inauguration of new concert halls around the world, it is one of Beethoven’s least-known orchestral works. It deserves a better fate. Sandwiched, as it is, immediately between the Missa Solemnis (Op. 123) and the Ninth Symphony (Op. 125), it is a product of Beethoven’s fullest maturity, his first important composition for orchestra after the evenless-familiar Namensfeier Overture of 1815. “If ever music was rich with mellow wisdom,” wrote Marion M. Scott, “it is this noble and strangely neglected work.” The eminent English musicologist Sir Donald Tovey devoted 16 fascinating and perceptive pages to its detailed analysis in his collected essays. The rarity of The Consecration of the House is almost certainly due less to any defects in its intrinsic merit than to its lack of overt drama, precisely the quality that has kept Egmont, Coriolan, Fidelio and Leonore No. 3 among Beethoven’s most frequently performed scores. The unusual form of The Consecration of the House is constructed of two separate, compact movements played without pause. The Overture opens with stentorian, full-orchestra chords separated by silences, a gesture reminiscent of that which begins the “Eroica” Symphony. There follows a broad woodwind melody whose phrases are punctuated by solemn harmonies from the trombones. The woodwind theme grows to heroic stature before giving way to rousing trumpet fanfares accompanied by chugging scales from the bassoons. Next comes a quiet, filigree paragraph of continuous rhythmic motion, similar to a passage in the first movement of the Ninth Symphony, that reaches a climax before subsiding to make way for a halcyon strain of hymnal character. A faster rhythmic figure is introduced, quickly gains speed, and leads without pause into the second movement. The remainder of the Overture is an extensive, spirited and masterful fugal working-out of the energetic theme presented by violins and high woodwinds. The Overture reaches an almost Dionysian frenzy in its second half through its rhythmic insistence, brilliant orchestration and soaring C-major optimism.
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Concerto in C major for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra, Op. 56, “Triple Concerto” (1803-1804) “Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel,” counseled the 19th-century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. He would have gotten no argument from Beethoven on that point. When Rudolph, Archduke of Austria and titled scion of the Habsburg line, turned up among Beethoven’s Viennese pupils, the young composer realized that he had tapped the highest echelon of European society. Beethoven gave instruction in both piano performance and composition to Rudolph, who PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
PREMIERE OF WORK: Vienna, 1805 or 1806 Habsburg Palace Ludwig van Beethoven, conductor Carl August Seidler, violin soloist Anton Kraft, cello soloist Archduke Rudolph, piano soloist PITTSBURGH PREMIERE: 28 January 1944 Leonard Bernstein, conductor Samuel Thaviv, violin Stefan Auber, cello Mathilde McKinney, piano
INSTRUMENTATION: flute, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets in pairs, timpani and strings APPROXIMATE DURATION: 34 minutes
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had a genuine if limited talent for music. Questioned once whether Rudolph played really well, the diplomatic teacher answered with a hoarse chuckle, “When he is feeling just right.” Concerning flattery, the most important manner in which 19th-century composers could praise royalty was by dedicating one of their compositions to a noble personage. Rudolph, who eventually became Archbishop Cardinal of Austria and remained a life-long friend and patron of Beethoven, received the dedication of such important works as the Fourth and Fifth Piano Concertos, the “Lebewohl” and “Hammerklavier” Sonatas, the Op. 96 Violin Sonata, the “Archduke” Trio, the Missa Solemnis and the Grosse Fuge. While Rudolph was still a boy of 16, however, his teacher wrote for him his very own composition, a piece that made a grand noise and showed off his piano skills in a most sympathetic setting. Beethoven’s choice of piano, violin and cello for Rudolph’s concerto appears to be unprecedented in the literature — “really something new,” he wrote to his publisher. There was a popular genre in the Classical era known as the sinfonia concertante for two or more soloists with orchestral accompaniment, a revamped model of the Baroque concerto grosso. Mozart and Haydn left lovely examples. The sinfonia concertante was especially favored in France, where the combination of violin and either viola or cello was most common. Beethoven, powerfully under the influence of French music at the time (the “Eroica” Symphony and Fidelio also date from 1803-1804), took over the form for two solo strings and added to it a piano part and — behold! the adolescent Archduke had become a virtuoso. Beethoven liked his student, who seems to have been quite a nice young man. The composer tailored the piano part to Rudolph’s skills so that it did not present extremely difficult technical demands but still showed off his abilities to good advantage. The string parts, on the other hand, he filled with florid lines woven around the keyboard writing so that the soloists as a group come off as a dazzling band of virtuosos. To assure a good first performance, Beethoven called in two of the best players of the day to share the stage with Rudolph — violinist Carl August Seidler and cellist Anton Kraft. If the demands of the cello part on the range and technique of the soloist are any indication, Kraft, especially, seems to have warranted his reputation as a master performer. Beethoven set himself a thorny compositional problem with his Triple Concerto: how to give each soloist sufficient exposure while keeping the work within manageable formal bounds. Absolute equality would demand that every theme be played four times — once by the orchestra and once by each of the three soloists. To solve the problem, he had to devise simple and compact themes comprising basic chord and scale patterns, so this Concerto is not rich in the cantabile melodies he was able to employ elsewhere in his middle-period compositions. The interest is to be found elsewhere — in the work’s contrasting sonorities, its interplay between soloists and orchestra and its formal cohesion. While it does not scale great emotional heights, the “Triple” Concerto shows with what mastery Beethoven could command the purely technical aspects of his craft, and is a perfect exemplar of Friedrich Nietzsche’s summation of his art: “Beethoven’s music is music about music.” The Concerto’s first movement is a modified sonata design with a lengthy exposition and recapitulation necessitated by the many thematic repetitions. After a hushed and halting opening in the strings, the full orchestra takes up the main thematic material of the movement. The soloists enter, led, as usual throughout this Concerto, by the cello with the main theme. The second theme begins, again in the cello, with a snappy triad played in the unexpected key of A major rather than the more usual dominant tonality of G. It is 32 pittsburghsymphony.org
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through such original and, for 1804, daring technical excursions that Beethoven widened the expressive possibilities of instrumental music. Much of the remainder of the movement is given over to repetitions and figuration rather than to true motivic development. A sudden quickening of the tempo charges the concluding measures with flashing energy. The second movement is a peaceful song for the solo strings with elaborate embroidery from the piano. The movement is not long, and soon leads into the finale without a break. The closing movement is a strutting Rondo alla Polacca in the style of the Polish polonaise, which Chopin was to immortalize in his keyboard works. The cello again is the first to seize the dance-like theme, sharing it with the other participants in turn. There is an almost constant buzz of rhythmic filigree that gives this movement a happy propulsion which eventually erupts into a truly fine frenzy when the meter changes from triple to duple near the end. The triple meter and the rondo tune return to bring the Concerto to a rousing conclusion.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica” (1803-1804)
PREMIERE OF WORK: Vienna, December 1804 Palace of Prince Joseph Lobkowitz Ludwig van Beethoven, conductor PITTSBURGH PREMIERE:
The year 1804 — the time when Beethoven finished 21 January 1897 his Third Symphony — was crucial in the modern Frederic Archer, conductor political history of Europe. Napoleon Bonaparte had INSTRUMENTATION: woodwinds and trumpets in pairs, begun his meteoric rise to power only a decade earlithree horns, timpani and strings er, after playing a significant part in the recapture in APPROXIMATE DURATION: 1793 of Toulon, a Mediterranean port that had been 47 minutes surrendered to the British by French royalists. Britain, along with Austria, Prussia, Holland and Spain, was a member of the First Coalition, an alliance formed by those monarchial nations in the wake of the execution of Louis XVI to thwart the French National Convention’s ambition to spread revolution (and royal overthrow) throughout Europe. In 1796, Carnot entrusted the campaign against northern Italy, then dominated by Austria, to the young General Bonaparte, who won a stunning series of victories with an army that he had transformed from a demoralized, starving band into a military juggernaut. He returned to France in 1799 as First Consul of the newly established Consulate, and put in place measures to halt inflation, instituted a new legal code, and repaired relations with the Church. It was to this man, this great leader and potential savior of the masses from centuries of tyrannical political, social and economic oppression, that Beethoven intended to pay tribute in his majestic E-flat Symphony, begun in 1803. The name “Bonaparte” appears above that of the composer on the original title page. Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor of France in 1804, and was crowned, with the new Empress Josephine, at Notre Dame Cathedral on December 2, an event forever frozen in time by David’s magnificent canvas in the Louvre. Beethoven, enraged and feeling betrayed by this usurpation of power, roared at his student Ferdinand Ries, who brought him the news, “Then is he, too, only an ordinary human being?” The ragged hole in the title page of the score now in the library of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna bears mute testimony to the violent manner in which Beethoven erased Napoleon from this Symphony. He later inscribed it, undoubtedly with much sorrow, “To celebrate the memory of a great man.” PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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The “Eroica” (“Heroic”) is a work that changed the course of musical history. There was much sentiment at the turn of the 19th century that the expressive and technical possibilities of the symphonic genre had been exhausted by Haydn, Mozart, C.P.E. Bach and their contemporaries. It was Beethoven, and specifically this majestic Symphony, that threw wide the gates on the unprecedented artistic vistas that were to be explored for the rest of the century. In a single giant leap, he invested the genre with the breadth and richness of emotional and architectonic expression that established the grand sweep that the word “symphonic” now connotes. For the first time, with this music, the master composer was recognized as an individual responding to a higher calling. No longer could the creative musician be considered a mere artisan in tones, producing pieces within the confines of the court or the church for specific occasions, much as a talented chef would dispense a hearty roast or a succulent torte. After Beethoven, the composer was regarded as a visionary — a special being lifted above mundane experience — who could guide benighted listeners to loftier planes of existence through his valued gifts. The modern conception of an artist — what he is, his place in society, what he can do for those who experience his work — stems from Beethoven. Romanticism began with the “Eroica.” The Symphony’s first movement, one of the largest sonata designs composed to that time, opens with a brief summons of two mighty chords. At least four thematic ideas are presented in the exposition, and one of the wonders of the Symphony is the way in which Beethoven made these melodies succeed each other in a seemingly inevitable manner, as though this music could have been composed in no other way. The development section is a massive essay progressing through many moods all united by an almost titanic sense of struggle. It is in this central portion of the movement and in the lengthy coda that Beethoven broke through the boundaries of the 18th-century symphony to create a work not only longer in duration but also more profound in meaning. The composer’s own words are reflected in this awe-inspiring movement: “Music is the electric soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” The beginning of the second movement — Marcia funebre “Funeral March” — with its plaintive, simple themes intoned over a mock drum-roll in the basses, is the touchstone for the expression of tragedy in instrumental music. The mournful C minor of the opening gives way to the brighter C major of the oboe’s melody in a stroke of genius that George Bernard Shaw, during his early days as a music critic in London, admitted “ruins me,” as only the expression of deepest emotion can. A development-like section, full of remarkable contrapuntal complexities, is followed by a return of the simple opening threnody, which eventually expires amid sobs and silences at the close of this eloquent movement. The third movement is a scherzo, the lusty successor to the graceful minuet. The central section is a rousing trio for horns, one of the earliest examples (Haydn’s “Horn Call” Symphony is an exception) of the use of more than two horns in an orchestral work. The finale is a large set of variations on two themes, one of which (the first one heard) forms the bass line to the other. The second theme, introduced by the oboe, is a melody which appears in three other of Beethoven’s works: the finale of the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus, the Contradanse No. 7 and the Variations and Fugue, Op. 35 for piano. The variations accumulate energy as they go, and, just as it seems the movement is whirling toward its final climax, the music comes to a full stop before launching into an extended Andante section which explores first the tender and then the majestic possibilities of the themes. A brilliant Presto led by the horns concludes this epochal work. 34 pittsburghsymphony.org
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EROICA TRIO
The most sought-after trio in the world, the Grammy®-nominated Eroica Trio thrills audiences with flawless technical virtuosity, irresistible enthusiasm and sensual elegance. Whether playing the great standards of the piano trio repertoire or daring contemporary works, the three young women who make up this celebrated ensemble electrify the concert stage with their passionate performances. The Trio won the prestigious Naumburg Award, resulting in a highly successful Lincoln Center debut and has since toured the United States, Europe and Asia. The Eroica Trio has released eight critically lauded recordings for Angel/EMI Classics Records, garnering multiple Grammy® nominations. The Eroica Trio performs the Beethoven Triple Concerto more frequently than any other trio in the world, having appeared with renowned symphonies such as Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Houston, New Jersey and Seattle. In addition, The Trio has performed the work abroad with Orquesta Sinfonica de Euskadi in Spain, Haydn Orchestra in Italy, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Budapest Symphony in Germany, and in the United States with the Cincinnati Symphony as well as with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, culminating in a Lincoln Center performance. The Eroica Trio’s recording of the Beethoven Triple with the Prague Chamber Orchestra was so successful it landed this piece on Billboard’s Top 20 for the first time in recording history. The Trio appeared on the German television program “Klassich!” performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Munich Symphony, which was aired throughout Europe. The Eroica Trio is on the vanguard of a new generation of artists who are changing the face of classical music. The first all-female chamber ensembles to reach the top echelon of its field, the Eroica Trio broke an age-old gender barrier. The Trio took its name from Beethoven’s passionate Third Symphony. Italian for “heroic,” eroica is a word that aptly reflects the ensemble’s approach to music. 36 pittsburghsymphony.org
The Eroica Trio is a strong champion of new composers; each season includes an American or world premiere of a new work. Recently, the Trio premiered a new Triple Concerto by the American wunderkind Jay Greenberg and the world premiere of a work by acclaimed American composer, Kevin Puts, commissioned by Music Accord. As the official representative for New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Eroica Trio opened the sold-out “Distinctive Debuts” series at Weill Recital Hall. This touring series, created to showcase rising stars of classical music, was internationally sponsored by a consortium of European halls and included performances at Konzerthaus in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Philharmonie in Cologne, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Symphony Hall at ICC in Birmingham, and Konserthus in Stockholm. In addition to its demanding concert and recording schedule, the Eroica Trio is committed to music education, giving concerts, master classes and special children’s shows at schools and colleges throughout the country. The trio feels so strongly about the benefits of music that they have performed at homeless shelters, senior centers and prisons to bring the music to people who might not normally have the chance to hear live performances. Each summer, the Trio performs at music festivals throughout the world, including the Hollywood Bowl, Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Ravinia and Spoleto, Italy.
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Mr. & Mrs. James R. Drake John & Gertrude Echement Linda & Robert Ellison Donna & Bob Ferguson Marvin Fields & Kate Brennan ENCORE CLUB Albert L. Filoni $1,500 - $2,499 Mr. & Mrs. James A. Fisher Anonymous (8) Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Fisher Mrs. Ernest Abernathy Chauncey & Magdaline Frazier Andrew & Michelle Aloe Dina & Jerry Fulmer Dr. Madalon Amenta Dr. & Mrs. J. William Futrell The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Keith & Susan Garver Angleberger Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Gebhardt Joan F. Apt Ms. Alice V. Gelormino Mrs. Jane Callomon Arkus Mr. & Mrs. David C. Genter Mr. & Mrs. David J. Armstrong Dr. & Mrs. Sanford A. Gordon Michele & Pat Atkins Mr. & Mrs. William H. Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Gullborg Mr. & Mrs. Robert Barensfeld William & Victoria Guy Mrs. Barbara C. & Mr. Ralph J. Mr. & Mrs. George K. Hanna Bean, Jr. Eric & Lizz Helmsen Fred & Sue Bennitt Greg & Mary Hempfling Jeanne & Richard F. Berdik Michael Hires & Jay Frey Dr. Michael & Barbara Bianco Mr. & Mrs. C. T. Hiteshew Mr. Michael E. Bielski Alysia & Robert Hoyt Philip & Bernice Bollman Dr. & Mrs. John W. Hoyt Betsy Bossong Micki Huff Dr. Carole B. Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hunley Bozzone Family Foundation Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Brand Alice Jane & Paul R. Jenkins Gary & Connie Brandenberger Mr. & Mrs. Jayant Kapadia Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bregenser Gerri Kay Jill & Chuck Brodbeck Judge William Kenworthy & Myron David Broff Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Roger & Lea Brown Gloria Kleiman Howard & Marilyn Bruschi James & Jane Knox Harmon K. Ziegler & David L. Ms. Dawn Kosanovich Buchta George & Alexandra Kusic William Burchinal Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Lenkey Dr. & Mrs. John A. Burkholder Dr. Michael Lewis & Dr. Katia Gene & Sue Burns Sycara Dr. Bernadette G. Callery & Dr. Roslyn M. Litman Joseph M. Newcomer George & Jane Mallory Susan S. Cercone Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Mrs. Arthur L. Coburn, III Mrs. Lori Martin Mark & Sherri Cohen Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Alan Cope Jean H. McCullough Rose & Vincent A. Crisanti Mary A. McDonough Cyert Family Foundation Alan & Marilyn McIvor Marion S. Damick Sherman & Sue McLaughlin Jerry & Mimi Davis Susan Lee Meadowcroft Alfred R. de Jaager Muriel R. Moreland Jim & Peggy Degnan Abby L. Morrison James N. Dill, Jr. Lesa B. Morrison, Ph..D.
Harvey & Florence Zeve Dorothea K. Zikos Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Berkovitz
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Dr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. Motoyama Gerd D. & Helen Mueller Dr. Cora E. Musial Dr. David L. Obley Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Donnell Dr. Karl R. Olsen & Dr. Martha E. Hildebrandt Warren & Rena Ostlund Mr. & Mrs. James Parker Drs. J. Parrish & C. Siewers Seth & Pamela Pearlman Connie & Mike Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Edward V. Randall, Jr. Cheryl & James Redmond Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Mr. Stephen Robinson Mr. & Mrs. C. Arthur Rolander Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Mr. & Mrs. Stanley C. Ruskin Dr. Carlos R. Santiago Mr. David M. Savard Joseph Schewe, Jr. Esther Schreiber Dr. Allan & Mrs. Brina D. Segal Preston & Annette Shimer Dr. & Mrs. Dennis P. Slevin Manny H. & Ileane Smith Marisa & Walter C. Smith Sandy & Mr. Edgar Snyder Hon. & Mrs. William L. Standish Lewis M. Steele & Ann Labounsky Steele Mr. & Mrs. James E. Steen Barbara & Lou Steiner Jeff & Linda Stengel Fred & Maryann Steward Dick & Thea Stover C. Dean Streator Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner Bob & Denise Ventura Jim Walker & Jonnie Viakley Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Wasilak Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan Bassett Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White
Nancy Bernstein & Robert Schoen Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K. Bernstein Fund Don Berry Dr. & Mrs. Albert W. Biglan Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone W. Gerald & Carolyn E. Blaney Diane C. Blanton Richard & Susan Bloom SYMPHONY CLUB Joseph & Shirley Bonner $500 - $1,499 Donald W. & Judith L. Borneman Anonymous (25) Mr. Albert Bortz Mr. & Mrs. Gary Abbs Dana & Margaret Bovbjerg Frederic & Deborah Acevedo Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen Mary Beth Adams Robert N. Brand Dr. Lawrence Adler & Ms. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Brandeis Judith Brody Hugh & Jean Brannan R. Ward Allebach & Lisa D. Gerda & Abe Bretton Steagall Mary & Russell Brignano Mr. Christopher D. Allen & Ms. Suzy & Jim Broadhurst Claudia Mahave Suzanne Broughton & Richard David & Andrea Aloe Margerum Donald D. Anderson Nicholas Brown Mrs. Doris Anderson Nancy & John Brownell Craig & Dawn Andersson Mr. & Mrs. David A. Brownlee Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Timothy & Linda Burke Angerman Mr. & Mrs. James Burnham Mr. & Mrs. Charles Armitage Rev. Glen H. & Carol Burrows James & Susanne Armour James & Judith Callomon Gerry & Jack* Armstrong Andrés Cárdenes & Monique James* & Ruth Bachman Mead Lorraine E. Balun Dr. Albert A. Caretto Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Charles & Donna Cashdollar Robert & Loretta Barone Janet E. Chadwick Robert C. Barry, Jr. & Nancy L. Dr. Thomas S. Chang Bromall Monsignor Willliam G. Robert Bastress & Barbara Charnoki, P.A. Fleischauer Craig D. Choate Barbara N. Baur Mr. Kenneth Christman Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung Fund in Memory of Dr. David Clark & Janese Abbott Kuldeep Sehgal in memory of Perry Morrison Dorothy Becker Mr. & Mrs. William Clarkson Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman William & Elizabeth Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Clendenning Vange & Nick Beldecos Mrs. Sarah Clendenning & Mr. Judith Bell Un Kim Edgar & Betty Belle Mr. & Mrs. Philip Coachman Rudy & Barbara Benedetti Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Eleanor H. Berge Christine & Howard Cohen Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. Alan & Lynne Colker James Farber Dale Colyer
Elizabeth B. & Frank L. Wiegand, III Sarah C. Williams & Joseph Wilson, III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Naomi Yoran Hugh D. & Alice C. Young Miriam L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow
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Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cornelius Barton & Teri Cowan Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer Melvin R. Creeley David & Marian Crossman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Crozier John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Zelda Curtiss Cynthia Custer Dr. & Mrs. Richard Daffner Joan & Jim Darby Mr. & Mrs. William J. Darr Norina H. Daubner Joan Clark Davis Marlene & Richard Davis Janis A. Davis Bruce & Rita Decker Charles S. Degrosky Captain & Mrs. Ronald M. Del Duca, USN (ret.) Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Mr. & Mrs. Lynn & David DeLorenzo Dr. Jau-Shyong Deng Mr. & Mrs. Edward DePersis Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. DiCarlo Mrs. Tika Dickos Richard & Joan DiSalle Docimo Family Mr. & Mrs. Todd Donovan Dr. Jane Donovan & Dr. W. G. Donovan Anthony V. Dralle Mary Jo Dressel Mary A. Duggan Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic Mr. & Mrs. Wm. F. Edsall Mary Jane Edwards In Memory of Judith R. Eidemueller Christopher & Gretchen Elkus Eugene & Katrin Engels Arnold & Eva Engler Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Dr. Timothy Evans Tibey & Julian Falk Dr. & Mrs. John H. Feist Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Madelyn & John Fernstrom Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti 42 pittsburghsymphony.org
Ms. Janet Fesq Dr. Joseph Fine Mr. & Mrs. David Fitzsimmons Jane Flanders* Jan Fleisher & Rob Boulware Suzanne Flood Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Foley Mrs. Barbara E. Forrester Janice & Larry Foulke Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich, Jr. Mrs. Natalie H. Friedberg Friends of the PSO John & Elaine Frombach Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Fuhrer, III Normandie Fulson Ann & Bruce Gabler Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Gallagher Gamma Investment Corporation Marlene E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Gaudelli Joan & Stuart Gaul Pete Geissler Dr. & Mrs. Brian Generalovich Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Gerber Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Jane N. Gilbert Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Gillis Mike & Cordy Glenn Dolores Gluck Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Goble Walter I. Goldburg Samuel H. Golden Mr. Thomas W. Golightly & Rev. Carolyn J. Jones Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Mr. James Gorton & Mrs. Gretchen Van Hoesen The Graf Family Laurie Graham Ms. Rosanne Granieri & David Macpherson David & Nancy Green Charlotte T. Greenwald Dr. & Mrs. M. Joseph Grennan Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Hanna Gruen Dr. & Mrs.* Alberto Guzman Jerome P. & Claire B. Hahn Marnie & Jim Haines Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Haller Marjorie Burns Haller Jim & Mary Hamilton
Jeanne M. Hanchett Susan & David Hardesty Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Ms. Christine A. Hartung Mr. & Mrs. Calvin R. Hastings Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Hausser Cathy & John Heggestad Ms. Martha S. Helmreich in Honor of my mother, Anne J. Schaff Paul Hennigan Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Hepler 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 Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hooton Mr. & Mrs. G.T. Horne Thomas O. Hornstein Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Hope H. Horst Drs. Mary & John Hotchkiss Anne K. Hoye Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Jean & Richard Humphreys Robert & Gail Hunter Joan M. Hurrell Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hyland, Jr. George L. Illig, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Iwinski, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Willcox Jenkins Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Johnson Tom & Cathie Johnson Mrs. Barbara B. Johnston Barbara Johnstone Ley & Jackie Jones Dr. Raymond M. Juriga Richard & Barbara Kahlson Alice & Richard Kalla Daniel & Carole Kamin
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Julie & Jeffrey Kant Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Rhian Kenny Ruth Ann & Eugene Klein Lynn & Milton Klein Peggy C. Knott Hetty* & James Knox Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Kobus Ms. Marilyn Koch Nancy & Bill Koch Dr.* & Mrs. Kian S. Kooros William B. & Karen M. Kost Stephen Kostyniak Carly, Catherine & Kim Koza Helen Aldisert & William L. Krayer Alice & Lewis Kuller Robert A. & Alice Kushner Betty Lamb Dr. Michael Landay A. Lorraine Laux Marvin & Gerry Lebby Mr. David W. Lendt Father Ronald P. Lengwin Robert W. Lenker Sally Levin Claire & Larry Levine Dr. & Mrs. 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 Constance T. Long Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Sybil S. Lowy Francis & Debbie Lynch Rosemarie & Jeffrey Lynn Pat & Don MacDonald William & Nora MacDonald Neil & Ruth MacKay Prof. Heather MacLean John K. Maitland Mr. & Mrs. Robert Malnati Carl & Alexis Mancuso Pam & Charley Mansell Mr. & Mrs. Bernard S. Mars Thomas & Elizabeth Massella Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Maurer Ms. Sidney F. McBride
Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc. Mr. Samuel A. McClung Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Paula & Bob McCracken Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Keith McDuffie Mary & R. Lee McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. McGarry Carol Jean McKenzie Jean & John McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. William P. Meehan Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett In Memory of William C. Menges Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Meyer Bridget & Scott Michael Robert & Miriam Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr. Mr. David J. Millstein Phyllis S. Mizel* Paul & Connie Mockenhaupt Mr. Jason Mooney Amy & Ira M. Morgan Jim & Susan Morris in Honor of Kay Stolarevsky Connie & Bruce Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Morrow Frank & Brenda Moses Mr. & Mrs. Richard Munsch David & Joan Murdoch Mary & Jim Murdy Terrence H. Murphy P. & A.M. Nagem Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Naragon Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Constance Nelson Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Mrs. Suzanne Newpher Patricia K. Nichols Renee K. Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Charles & Lois Norton 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 Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Dr. & Mrs. Henry Overbeck Dr. Paul M. Palevsky & Dr. Sharon R. Roseman Mr. & Mrs. William A. Partain Dr. Anthony William Pasculle Patricia Passeltiner John & Joan Pasteris Kenneth Patterson Camilla B. Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Daniel M. Pennell Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Ms. Dorothy Philipp Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Drs. Robert & Kathy Piston Edward & Mary Ellen Pisula Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Eberhard Pothmann Mrs. Shirley Pow Ann & Malvern Powell Nancy S. Price* Myrna & Gerald Prince Mercedes & John Pryce Robert & Mary Jo Purvis Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr. Fran Quinlan Dr. * & Mrs. Donald H. Quint Barbara Rackoff James & Carol Randolph Barbara M. Rankin Drs. Bruce & Jane Raymond Dr. & Mrs. John A. Redfield Paul & Dorothy Reiber Eric & Frances Reichl Ms. Victoria Rhoades Carraro Dr. & Mrs. J. Merle Rife Mavis & Norman Robertson Edgar R. & Betty A. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Rohr Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Rom Elaine Rosecrans Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener, III Mrs. Louisa Rosenthal Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Joseph Rounds Melvin & Jeanne Rudov pittsburghsymphony.org 43
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Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Ruffin, III Mr. R. Douglas Rumbarger Mr. Robert Rupp Mr. Leo P. Russell Murray & Shirley Rust Mrs. John M. Sadler Dr. James R. Sahovey Merrilee H. Salmon Dr. & Mrs. Isamu Sando Bill McAllister & Janet Sarbaugh Charlie Ward & Marita Schardt Albert & Kathleen Schartner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Schelat Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. Melvin & Catherine Schiff Mr. & Mrs. George Schneider Mr. & Mrs. K. George Schoeppner Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, II Mary Ann Scialabba George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg Richard F. & Linda W. Shaw Judith D. Shepherd Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour Sikov Marjorie K. Silverman Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Ms. Ann Slonaker Wallace & Patricia Smith Elaine & William Smith Bill & Patty Snodgrass Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Marjorie A. Snyder David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music and wellness Dr. Horton C. Southworth Samuel & Judith Spanos Richard C. Spine & Joyce Berman Henry Spinelli John Spohler in Memory of Perry Morrison Janet H. Staab Jim & Judy Stalder 44 pittsburghsymphony.org
Patricia D. Staley Gary & Charlene Stanich Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer William H. Steele Bronna & Harold Steiman Gene & Charlene Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Bernard P. Stoehr and Family Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller in memory of Joanne Smaldino In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra C.J. Sylak, Jr. Stuart & Liz Symonds Carol L. Tasillo Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Taylor Gordon & Catherine Telfer Mr. Philip C. Thackaray Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Thompson Mr. & Mrs. George H. Thompson Bob & Bette Thomson Gail & Jim Titus Denny & Colleen Travis Rosalyn & Albert Treger Paul A. Trimmer Jeff & Melissa Tsai Eric & Barbara Udren Diane & Dennis Unkovic Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Edward L. & Margaret Vogel John & Linda Vuono Linda & Don Wagenheim Suzanne & Richard Wagner Bill & Sue Wagner John & Irene Wall Mr. & Mrs. John Wandrisco Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Mr. & Mrs. L.A. Waterman, Jr. Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Marvin & Dot Wedeen Elaine Weil William C. Weil Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Bill Weiss Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Nancy Welfer J.B. Weller Frank & Heide Wenzel Mrs. Louis A. Werbaneth Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Wettach James Whitehead Philip R. Wills Dr. Ann G. Wilmoth Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Ellie & Joe Wymard Rufus J. Wysor Mark & Judy Yogman Marlene & John Yokim Dr. & Mrs. Jack Yorty Dr. Mark C. Zemanick Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek Simone Ziegler 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 August 31, 2011
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foundations & public agencies
FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES
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 Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Meyer & Merle Berger Family Foundation, Inc. Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation 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 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 Cyert Family Foundation Kathryn J. Dinardo Fund Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Mary McCune Edwards Charitable Lead Trust Lillian Edwards Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Grable 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 Hyman Family Foundation Eugene F. and Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi 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 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation R.K. Mellon Family Foundation Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Millstein Charitable Foundation The Charles M. Morris Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Vernon C. Neal & Alvina B. Neal Fund A.J. & Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust Parker 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 Rossin Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Snavely Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Symphony East Symphony North Symphony South Tippins Foundation Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Wallace Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Weiner Family Foundation Samuel and Carrie Arnold Weinhaus Memorial Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Robert and Mary Weisbrod Foundation Hilda M. Willis Foundation Phillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation Current as of September 6, 2011
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CORPORATIONS Includes annual corporate donations and sponsorships BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION SIGNATURE CIRCLE $75,000 AND ABOVE Acusis Allegheny Technologies Incorporated BNY Mellon EQT Corporation Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield PNC DIAMOND CIRCLE $40,000 - $74,999 Bobby Rahal Automotive Group PLATINUM CIRCLE $20,000 - $39,999 Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Delta Air Lines Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh First Niagara Giant Eagle H. J. Heinz Company Foundation LANXESS Corporation MSA Charitable Foundation PPG Industries Foundation Peoples Natural Gas Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP Triangle Tech Group United States Steel Corporation UPMC & UPMC Health Plan SILVER CIRCLE $10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous American Eagle Outfitters Foundation Bayer USA Foundation Bobby Rahal Volvo Citigroup Clearview Federal Credit Union Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company Dollar Bank Fairmont Pittsburgh & Habitat Restaurant The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Company Charitable Trust 48 pittsburghsymphony.org
Hefren-Tillotson Macy’s Foundation Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. Sarris Candies, Inc. SILVER CIRCLE $5,000 - $9,999 Alcoa Foundation AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District American Environmental Services, Inc. Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Calgon Carbon Corporation Chesapeake Energy Corporation The Common Plea Catering Inc. Deloitte Ernst & Young LLP Federated Investors, Inc. Gleason, Inc. Heritage Valley Health System KPMG LLP Levin Furniture Mascaro Construction Company MEDRAD Morgan Stanley Mylan Pharmaceuticals Oliver Wyman PwC Reed Smith LLP Ruth’s Chris Steak House Schreiber Industrial Development Co. SYCOR Trombino Piano Gallerie West Penn Allegheny Health System BRONZE CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999 A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Angelo, Gordon & Co. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Burrell Group, Inc. Cipriani & Werner PC Elite Coach Transportation Fort Pitt Capital Group Koppers Lighthouse Electric Company, Inc. Marsh USA Inc.
Mozart Management Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Co. Silhol Builders Supply The Techs WPXI-TV BUSINESS PARTNERS PEWTER LEVEL $1,000 - $2,499 Berner International Corp Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. Elements Contemporary Cuisine Ellwood Group, Inc. FISERV Hughes Television Productions Jendoco Construction Corporation Kerr Engineered Sales Company Lidia’s Italy Pittsburgh MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, Inc. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Oxford Development Company Rothman Gordon PC Six Penn Kitchen Stringert, Inc. Tube City IMS, LLC United Safety Services, Inc. Wampum Hardware Inc PARTNER LEVEL $500 - $999 Allegheny Valley Bank Big Burrito Restaurant Group Bombardier The Buncher Company Cantor and Pounds Dental Associates Consolidated Communications Crawford Ellenbogen LLC Enterprise Bank General Wire Spring Co. Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Hamill Manufacturing Company Hertz Gateway Center, LP Hoffman Electric, Inc. Horovitz, Rudoy & Roteman John B. Conomos, Inc. K&I Sheet Metal, Inc. Lucas Systems, Inc. McKamish, Inc.
corporations
Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Modany-Falcone, Inc. Modern Reproductions, Inc. Neville Chemical Company O’Neal Steel, Inc. PGT Trucking Pzena Investment Management, LLC Scott Metals Inc.
Triad USA Wagner Agency, Inc. Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc.
We would like to thank all corporations that contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Please see our website for a complete listing at pittsburghsymphony.org. Current as of September 13, 2011
Keep the legacy growing by remembering the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in your estate plans. CONTACT THE STEINBERG SOCIETY: 412.392.3190
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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 account 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, call 412.392.3320.
STEINBERG SOCIETY Anonymous (13) Siamak and 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 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 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 Mrs. Loti Gaffney Keith and Susan Garver Mr.* & Mrs.* William H. Genge Ken & Lillian Goldsmith C. Ruth Gottesman* Anna R. Greenberg May Hanson* Elizabeth Anne Hardie Charles & Angela Hardwick Carolyn Heil 50 pittsburghsymphony.org
Eric & Lizz Helmsen Mr.* & Mrs.* Benson Henderson 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. and Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Patricia Prattis Jennings Jane I. Johnson* Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn 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* 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 and Suzanne S. McLaughlin George E. Meanor Mary K. Michaely * Catherine Missenda 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 Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis In Memory of Isaac Serrins from Mrs. Isaac Serrins 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 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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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
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 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 Endowed Principal Piccolo Chair, given to honor Frank and Loti Gaffney William & Sarah Galbraith First Violin Chair Ira & Nanette Gordon – The Gracky Fund for Education & Community Engagement Caryl & Irving Halpern Cello Chair William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Vira I. Heinz Music Director Chair Principal Pops Conductor Chair Endowed by Henry & Elsie Hillman Tom & Dona Hotopp Principal Bass Chair
Milton G. Hulme, Jr. Guest Conductor Chair given by Mine Safety Appliances Company Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Jones III, Principal Keyboard 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 CoPrincipal 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 & Nellie 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 Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Co-Principal Oboe Chair Jackman Pfouts Principal Flute Chair, given in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Jackman by Barbara Jackman Pfouts
In Loving Memory of Martin Smith, PSO Horn, 1980-2005, from his siblings Todd Smith, Judy Dupont, & Susan Noble
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 M. & 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 Trumpet Chair, given by an anonymous donor 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 wishes to thank individuals who have made gifts or provisions through the Legacy of Excellence programs. If you find that your name has not been listed and should be, or if you would like additional information about making gifts to the endowment, please call 412.392.3320. Current as of September 2, 2011 *deceased pittsburghsymphony.org 51
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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 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 and Barbara Weldon $500,000 - $999,999 Roy & Susan Dorrance The Giant Eagle Foundation Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III Tom & Jamee Todd $250,000 - $499,999 Allegheny Technologies Incorporated Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Edward S. & Jo-Ann M. Churchill Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon Drue Heinz Trust Tom & Dona Hotopp G. Christian Lantszch* Lillian Edwards Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McConomy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher Thomas H. and Frances M. Witmer $100,000 - $249,999 Anonymous (3) Rae & Jane Burton Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan The Estate of Johannes Coetzee Randi & L.Van V. Dauler, Jr., Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund EQT Corporation 52 pittsburghsymphony.org
The Estate of Beatrice Malseed The Estate of Donald F. Wahl Falk Foundation & Sigo and Jean Falk Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot Ira & Anita Gumberg Hansen Foundation Hefren-Tillotson Rick & Laurie Johnson Nancy & Jeff Leininger Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Samuel and Carrie Arnold Weinhaus Fund Edward D. Loughney* Bill* & Carol Tillotson Jon & Carol Walton Helge & Erika Wehmeier James & Susanne Wilkinson Hilda M. Willis Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 Anonymous (1) Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman Larry & Tracy Brockway Robert C. Denove Martin & Lisa Earle Eichleay Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Nancy Goeres & Michael Rusinek Ms. Anna Greenberg Robert W. & Elizabeth C. Kampmeinert Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mrs. H.J. Levin Betty & Granger Morgan The Pittsburgh Foundation 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 The Estate of Joan Dillon
Milton & Nancy Washington Harvey & Florence Zeve $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (1) William & Frances Aloe Charitable Foundation The Louis & Sandra Berkman Foundation Michael E. Bielski Estate of Ruth Binkey Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Booker AndrĂŠs CĂĄrdenes & Monique Mead James C. & Carol* C. Chaplin Joseph* & Virginia Cicero The Estate of Richard C. Tobias The Estate of Jane I. Johnson Greg & Ellen Jordan Ruth Feldman* & Emil Feldman 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 David & Melissa Iwinski Eric & Valerie Johnson Rhian Kenny Judith & Lester* Lave Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Douglas B. McAdams Alicia & Victoria McGinnis Mary Ellen Miller Maureen S. O'Brien Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. O'Brien Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. & Linda E. Shooer Mr. & Mrs. John R. Price Deborah Rice James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Max & Tiffany Starks Elizabeth Burnett & Lawrence Tamburri The Chester A. Davies Trust
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Rachel W. Wymard Seldon & Susan Whitaker Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer
Mr. & Mrs. Brian and Shannon Capellupo Gloria R. Clark Mr. Ray Clover Dr. Richard L. & Sally B. Cohen $5,000-$9,999 Bill & Cynthia Cooley Jim & Jane Barthen Stacy Corcoran Scott Bell Rose & Vincent Crisanti Allan J. & Clementine K. Brodsky Patricia Criticos Roger & Judy Clough Donna Dierken Dado Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Ada & Stanford Davis Philip J. & Sherry S. Dieringer Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell'Omo Mr. & Mrs. David Ehrenwerth Valerie DiCarlo Mr. Ian Fagelson William S. Dietrich, II Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Gebhardt June & Barry Dietrich Lisa Donnermeyer Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Francis & Gene Fairman III Mr. & Mrs.* Charles H. Harff In Honor of Ruth Feldman* & Eric & Lizz Helmsen Emil Feldman Richard & Alice Kalla Jan Fleisher & Rob Boulware Douglas W. Kinzey Friends & Family of Stanford P. Cliff & Simi Kress Davis Betty L. Lamb Dr. R. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen Scott & Bridget Michael Roche Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Gamma Investment Robert Moir & Jennifer Cowles Corporation Mary & Jim Murdy Kathleen Gavigan & William B. Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Pollack Mr. & Mrs. James Genstein Tor Richter in memory of Tibbie Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Graham Richter John F. Gray Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Mr. & Mrs. Frank T. Dick & Thea Stover Guadagnino Becky & Herb Torbin Carol E. Higgins Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Adam & Allison Hill Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Kelvin Hill Richard L. LeBeau Esther & Terry Horne Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Berkovitz Hornstein Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. $1,000 - $4,999 Jacobs, Jr. Anonymous (7) Susan & Wyatt Jenny Mr. Thomas L. Allen Leo & Marge Kane Joan & Jerome* Apt & Family Joan M. Kaplan Kathleen & Joseph Baird Mr. Navroz J. Karkaria Richard C. Barney Judge William Kenworthy & Robert W. & Janet W. Baum Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Philip & Melinda Beard Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Yu-Ling and Gregg Behr Jan & Guari Kiefer Patti & Sandy Berman Aleta J. & Paul King Georgia Berner Elaine & Carl Krasik Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan In Memory of Jack Larouere Marian & Bruce Block Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Leech Nadine E. Bognar Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Lenkey Betsy Bossong Frances F. Levin Lois R. Brozenick Ken & Hope Linge Howard & Marilyn Bruschi E.D. Loughney Doug Burns MacLachlan, Cornelius & Burrell Group, Inc. Filoni, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Cameron Mary Lou & Ted N. Magee
Carl & Alexis Mancuso Dave & Kathy Maskalick Mr. & Mrs. Water T. McGough, Jr. George & Bonnie Meanor Marilyn & Allan Meltzer Burl J. F. Moone, III Arthur J. Murphy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Perry Napolitano Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Nussbaum Roger & Sarah Parker Camilla B. Pearce and Dan Gee* Joseph & Suzanne Perrino Symphony East Barbara Rackoff Bruce S. Reopolos Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Betty & Edgar R. Robinson Bruce & Susy Robison Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Joseph Rounds Millie & Gary Ryan Gail Ryave & Family Mary Sedigas Allyn R. Shaw, William M. Shaw III & Family, Susan Wambold Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Rebecca L. Carlin Paul & Linda Silver Laurie & Paul Singer Lois & Bill Singleton Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr. Jeff & Linda Stengel Stringert, Inc. Peter Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Dorothea & Gerald* Thompson Jeff & Melissa Tsai Jim* & Mary Jo Winokur Scott & Stacy Weber Marvin & Dot Wedeen Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren We would like to thank all of our donors to the Commitment to Excellence Campaign. A complete listing can be found on our website at pittsburghsymphony.org Current as of September 6, 2011 *deceased
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SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon ....................Recordings & Electronic Media, and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt ..................................................................................Stage Right Door Rae & Jane Burton ....................................................................................................Garden Bench Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. ....................................Mozart Room Elevator & Garden Bench Roy & Susan Dorrance ..................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Corporation ..............Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By-Side Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot ......................................................................................Grand Piano Goldman Sachs Gives ..........................................................Community Engagement Concerts Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ..............................................Music and Wellness Program Elsie & Henry HillmanThe Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International Performances 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 Harvey & Florence Zeve..........................................................................................Garden Bench Current as of September 6, 2011
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ORION STRING QUARTET Tickets:
October 10, 2011 • 7:30 pm Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland
www.pittsburghchambermusic.org 412-624-4129
In November 2006, the R.P. Simmons Family made a transformational $29.5 million lead gift to launch the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Commitment to Excellence Campaign. To date, more than $71 million has been raised to help ensure a bright future for your Orchestra.
In November 2011, the matching portion of the R.P. Simmons gift will expire. Your support of the Campaign NOW earns a match from the Simmons gift. That means your donation will make an even greater impact.
FOR INFORMATION ON SUPPORTING THE COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE CAMPAIGN CALL 412.392.2887 OR VISIT PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG/PLAYYOURPART To advertise in the program, email: nucci@culturaldistrict.org
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HEINZ HALL BOX OFFICE 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 Theater Square Box Office.
THE LATECOMER’S GALLERY, located behind the Main Floor, affords patrons who arrive after the beginning of a concert the opportunity to enjoy the performance until they can be seated. Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals during the program, at the discretion of the conductor. The Latecomer’s Gallery is also available for parents with younger children. THE MOZART ROOM AT HEINZ HALL Just seconds away from your seats, enjoy an all new dining experience with The Common Plea. pittsburghsymphony.org/mozartroom Reservations at 412.392.4879.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, such as requests for wheelchair accessible locations, may be made when purchasing tickets. Hearing assistance devices are available in the Entrance Lobby. Doormen and ushers are also available for assistance with these needs. RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels and off the Garden and Overlook rooms; a wheelchair-accessible restroom is on the Main Floor. FOR LOST AND FOUND ITEMS, call 412.392.4844 on weekdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. THE ELEVATOR is located next to the Grand Staircase.
HEINZ HALL IS A NON-SMOKING BUILDING AND HAS A NO SMOKING POLICY.
AN ATTENDED COAT CHECKROOM is available in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Family Regency Room, located on the Lower Level or in the Grand Lobby. Coin-operated lockers are located on the Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels. 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.
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.
CONCIERGE SERVICE, in the Entrance Lobby, is available to assist with information about Heinz Hall, the Cultural District and area attractions and to help with dining, hotel, entertainment and transportation concerns.
THE EMERGENCY REGISTRY BOOK, for the convenience of physicians and others who may be called in an emergency, is located at the concierge desk. Please turn off cellular phones and pagers upon entering the theater and refer all emergency calls to 412.392.2880.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AT CONCERTS: Penny Vennare, Event Supervisor; Tina Castrodale, Concierge; Ron Ogrodowski, Concierge.
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Can I organize a group for a concert? Absolutely. With a group ticket purchase you 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
What time should I arrive for concerts? You may want to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to concert start time to allow time for parking, entering the hall and finding your seat. BNY Mellon Grand Classics patrons have the opportunity to attend Concert Preludes, which begin one hour before the concert in the auditorium. What should I wear to concerts? There is no official dress code for events in Heinz Hall. Many patrons wear business attire, and many prefer to be more casual. Wear whatever makes you feel comfortable.
May I bring my children? Introducing small children to music is important to the PSO and we welcome young children to our youth concerts and Fiddlesticks Family Series. Children, approximately 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. May I take pictures? All still and video photography, or audio recording are strictly prohibited at all times.
How will I find parking? Pittsburgh’s Cultural District can be very busy but guaranteed prepaid parking is available to all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penn garage across from Heinz Hall. Ask about prepaid parking when you order your tickets.
What can I do to support the PSO? Your ticket purchase supports the PSO and we thank you! However, ticket sales only cover a portion of our operating costs. To make a tax-deductible gift to the PSO, contact our Donor Relations department at 412.392.4880 or visit us online at pittsburghsymphony.org How can I get someone from the PSO to speak at our event? The volunteers of the Speakers Bureau would like to share their passion for the PSO with the community by providing a speaker for you and your organization. If you are interested, please call 412.392.2235.
The Arts Open Our Minds. Every performance reminds us that you are one of our community’s most valued natural resources.
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