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PROGRAM October 16-18 program......................................................................9 October 16-18 program notes..........................................................10 Yan Pascal Tortelier biography...........................................................16 Gretchen Van Hoesen biography......................................................18 October 30 & November 1 program.................................................21 October 30 & November 1 program notes.......................................22 Leonard Slatkin biography................................................................28 Conrad Tao biography.......................................................................30 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra biography......................................32 EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL Individuals........................................................................................34 Foundations & Public Agencies.........................................................41 Corporations .....................................................................................42 Legacy of Excellence..........................................................................44 Commitment to Excellence Special Named Gifts.............................46
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances are brought to the community in part by generous support from the Allegheny Regional Asset District and corporations, foundations and individuals throughout our community. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra receives additional funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
INDIVIDUALS & HEINZ HALL INFORMATION Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians........................................2 Board of Trustees ................................................................................3 Chairman’s Council & Jack Heinz Society...........................................5 New Leadership Board........................................................................5 Pittsburgh Symphony Association......................................................5 Administrative Staff.............................................................................7 Heinz Hall Information.....................................................................48
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Concert Prelude with Assistant Conductor Andrés Franco
Edu Lobo
Suíte Popular Brasileira I. Baque de Guerra II. Quase Memoria III. Pé de Vento
Alberto Ginastera
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Opus 25 I. Allegro giusto II. Molto moderato III. Liberamente capriccioso (cadenza) — Vivace Ms. Van Hoesen
Intermission
Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps [The Rite of Spring] (1947 revision) Part One: The Adoration of the Earth Introduction — Dance of the Young Girls Mock Abduction — Round Dance Games of the Rival Clans Procession of the Wise Elder — Adoration of the Earth Dance of the Earth THE PARIS FESTIVAL IS Part Two: The Sacrifice Introduction — Mystic Circles of the Young Girls Glorification of the Chosen One The Summoning of the Ancients Ritual of the Ancients — Sacrificial Dance
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EDUARDO DE GÓES (“EDU”) LOBO
Suíte Popular Brasileira Orchestrated by Nelson Ayres (2010-2011)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 29 August 1943 in Rio de Janeiro PREMIERE OF WORK
São Paulo, Brazil, 15 September 2011 Sala São Paulo Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, three flutes, alto flute, three oboes, English horn, three clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings DURATION
23 minutes
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Eduardo de Góes (“Edu”) Lobo is among the leading composers and performers of the generation of Brazilian musicians who have carried on and broadened the style, expressive ethos and international popularity of Bossa Nova pioneered in the 1960s by Antônio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto. Lobo was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1943, began singing and playing guitar as a youngster, and formed his first trio when he was 18, just as the Bossa Nova craze was taking root. (Jobim wrote The Girl from Ipanema the following year.) In 1962, Lobo began writing songs with lyricist Vinicius de Moraes, whose lyrics brought a heightened social awareness to the genre, and a year later he issued his first recording, an album entirely of his own music, which drew on a wider range of popular Brazilian stylistic influences than earlier Bossa Nova. During the mid-1960s, he also collaborated on his first of many theatrical productions, performed widely, recorded four more albums, and received a top prize at the First Annual Brazilian Popular Musical Festival. Lobo’s increasing visibility, however, made him a target for the authoritarian government officials who were displeased with the disruptive social messages inherent in his songs, and in 1969 he left Brazil for Los Angeles. Among the first musicians he met there was pianist and composer Sergio Mendes, a Brazilian compatriot, who had moved to America five years before and established a solid reputation for performances and recordings with his own band and with such major jazz artists as Cannonball Adderley and Herbie Mann. Mendes immediately took Lobo into his group and arranged a recording contract for him with A&M. (From a Hot Afternoon featuring saxophonist Paul Desmond playing Lobo’s compositions was released in 1969; Sergio Mendes presents Lobo came out two years later.) Lobo returned to Brazil in 1971, where he augmented his performing and recording activities by composing for film, theater and television, most notably during the mid-1970s for Globo TV, one of the country’s leading media corporations; his score for the 1979 feature film Barra Pesada (“Heavy Trouble”) won “Best Soundtrack” honors at the Gramado Film Festival in southern Brazil. Lobo has continued to perform, record and compose prolifically, numbering among his credits dozens of songs, three musicals, four ballets, and soundtracks for more than thirty movies and television series. Lobo wrote Pé de Venot (“Running Like the Wind”) for the 2010 European tour of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo. The following year OSESP commissioned him to use that piece as the basis of the Suíte Popular Brasileira, which was premiered in São Paulo on September 15, 2011 under the direction of Yan Pascal Tortelier, then the orchestra’s principal conductor. Pé de Vento became the suite’s flamboyant, irresistibly propulsive finale. As the
second movement, Lobo adapted his song Quase Memoria (“Almost Memory”), a gentle, poignantly nostalgic waltz from his 2001 recording Cambaio, that year’s Latin Grammy winner in the “Musica Popular Brasileira” category. He opened the Suíte Popular Brasileira with the newly composed Baque de Guerra (“Sounds of War”), based on a traditional dance type of African origin associated with Carnival parades in the coastal city of Recife in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. The Suíte Popular Brasileira was orchestrated by Brazilian pianist, arranger and record producer Nelson Ayers.
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ALBERTO GINASTERA
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Opus 25 (1956)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 11 April 1916 in Buenos Aires died 25 June 1983 in Geneva PREMIERE OF WORK
Philadelphia, 15 September 1965 Academy of Music Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, soloist PSO PREMIERE
14 September 1978 Heinz Hall Andre Previn, conductor Gretchen Van Hoesen, soloist INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, percussion, celesta and strings DURATION
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Alberto Ginastera, Argentina’s most famous and widely performed composer, was the outstanding creative figure in South American music following the death of Villa-Lobos in 1959. Ginastera’s career was divided between composition and education, and in this latter capacity he held posts at leading conservatories and universities in Argentina and at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. His musical works, many written on American commissions, include three operas, two ballets, six concertos, eleven film scores, eight orchestral works, various vocal and choral compositions, and much music for chamber ensembles and piano. Ginastera traveled extensively to oversee the presentation of his scores and to adjudicate major musical competitions. For his contributions to music, he was honored with many awards, including memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Harp Concerto marked a significant turning point in the development of Ginastera’s musical style. The composer categorized his works before the mid-1950s as “Nationalistic,” drawing inspiration and material for them from the rhythms and melodies of the Argentine folksongs and dances known as musica criolla, though he seldom used literal quotations. This nationalistic music is imbued with the symbolism of the pampas and the “gauchesco” tradition of the Argentinean cowboys, for which Ginastera became the leading musical spokesman. His second style (“Neo-Expressionism”) began around 1958 and encompassed most of his later compositions, works in which he employed such avant-garde techniques as polytonality, serial writing, quarter-tones and other micro intervals, and an extension of instrumental resources. The Harp Concerto stands at the threshold between Ginastera’s two musical idioms, blending the vibrant rhythms and characteristic melodic leadings of indigenous Argentine music with the expanded harmonic, textural and coloristic resources of his gestating later manner. The strongest thread tying together his old and new modes of musical speech is not technical, however, but expressive, as he indicated in writing about his 1961 Piano Concerto: “A work must produce a feeling of comprehension, a flow of attraction between public and artist, independent of structural implications.... Art is first perceived by our senses. It then affects our sentiments and in the end awakens our intelligence. A work that speaks only to the intelligence of man will never reach his heart.... Without sensibility the work of art is only a cold mathematical study, and without intelligence or technique it is only chaos. Thus the perfect formula would be sensitive beauty plus technical skill.” The Harp Concerto is such a work.
The Harp Concerto follows the traditional three movements, though the form is amended by the inclusion of an extended solo cadenza as the bridge to the finale. The opening movement follows the usual sonata-form pattern: a close-interval main theme is presented by the harp to the accompaniment of whirring figures in the strings and sharp punctuations from the winds and percussion; the second theme, marked in its first measure by a wideranging arpeggio from the harp, follows after some soft timpani taps, a brief silence and a sentence of simple prefatory chords from the soloist. The middle of the movement contains a passage of dynamic energy exploiting the rhythmic ambiguity inherent in the movement’s meter (and calling for “col legno” — tapping with the wood of the bow — from the strings) and a development of the main theme initiated by string tremolos and flutter-tonguing on the flutes. The main theme and second theme in abbreviated versions (separated by a brief cadenza) round out the first movement. The second movement consists of a large central section framed at beginning and end by strongly contrasting music. A lugubrious imitative passage rising from the low strings, a timbre and texture reminiscent of the fugue in Strauss’ Zarathustra, opens the movement. The harp and woodwinds trade expressive comments on the strings’ opening statement. The principal part of the movement is given over to a paragraph of “night music” in which the harp’s snapping figures are set against an eerie, rustling background, a quality perhaps indebted to the slow movements of several of Béla Bartók’s orchestral compositions. The return of the tiny string fugue and the harp’s comments upon it close the movement. A dramatic and virtuosic cadenza serves as the gateway to the finale, a rondo whose structure is marked by the sharp reports of the tom-toms heralding the appearances of the main theme.
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring, Pictures of Pagan Russia, Ballet in Two Parts (1910-1912; the revised version of 1947 is performed at this concert)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 17 June 1882 in Oranienbaum, near St. Petersburg died 6 April 1971 in New York City PREMIERE OF WORK
Paris, 29 May 1913 Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Ballet Russe Pierre Monteux, conductor PSO PREMIERE
27 November 1953 Syria Mosque William Steinberg, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
two piccolos, three flutes, alto flute, four oboes, two English horns, E-flat clarinet, three B-flat clarinets, two bass clarinets, four bassoons, two contrabassoons, eight horns, trumpet in D, four trumpets, bass trumpet, three trombones, two tubas, timpani, percussion and strings DURATION
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Stravinsky’s conception for the epochal The Rite of Spring came to him as he was finishing The Firebird in 1910. He had a vision of “a solemn pagan rite; wise elders, seated in a circle, watching a young girl dance herself to death. They were sacrificing her to propitiate the god of spring.” Stravinsky knew that his friend Nicholas Roerich, an archeologist and an authority on the ancient Slavs, would be interested in his idea. Stravinsky also shared the vision with Serge Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballet Russe, the company that had commissioned The Firebird. All three men were excited by the possibilities of the project — Diaghilev promised a production and encouraged Stravinsky to begin work immediately. Having just nearly exhausted himself with the rigors of completing and staging The Firebird, however, Stravinsky decided to compose a Konzertstück for piano and orchestra as relaxation before undertaking his pagan ballet. This little “concert piece,” however, grew into the ballet Petrushka, and he could not return to The Rite until the summer of 1911. “What I was trying to convey in The Rite,” said Stravinsky, “was the surge of spring, the magnificent upsurge of nature reborn.” Inspired by childhood memories of the coming of spring to Russia (“which seemed to begin in an hour and was like the whole earth cracking,” he remembered), he worked with Roerich to devise a libretto which would, in Roerich’s words, “present a number of scenes of earthly joy and celestial triumph as understood by the ancient Slavs.” Stravinsky labored feverishly on the score through the winter of 1911-1912, and Diaghilev scheduled the premiere for May 1913. The performance created a sensation (and a near-riot), and the Rite’s position in the repertory was soon secured. The following précis of the stage action is excerpted from The Victor Book of Ballet by Robert Lawrence: “The plot deals with archaic Russian tribes and their worship of the gods of the harvest and fertility. These primitive peoples assemble for their yearly ceremonies, play their traditional games, and finally select a virgin to be sacrificed to the gods of Spring so that the crops and tribes may flourish. There is a prelude in which the composer evokes the primitive past. Insistent, barbaric rhythms are heard, shifting accent with almost every bar. The first rites of Spring are being celebrated, and a group of adolescents appears. They dance until other members of the tribe enter. Then the full round of ceremonies gets under way: a mock abduction, games of the rival tribes, the procession of the Sage, and the thunderous dance of the Earth. The curtain falls, and there is a soft interlude representing the pagan night. Soon the tribal meeting place is seen again. It is dark and the adolescents circle mysteriously in preparation for the choice of the virgin to be sacrificed to the gods. Their dance is interrupted,
and one of the girls is marked for the tribal offering. The others begin a wild orgy glorifying the Chosen One and — in a barbaric ritual — call on the shades of their ancestors. Finally the supreme moment of the ceremony arrives: the ordeal of the Chosen One. It is the maiden’s duty to dance until she perishes from exhaustion. Throughout the dance, the music gathers power until it ends with a crash as the Maiden dies.”
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YAN PASCAL TORTELIER Yan Pascal Tortelier enjoys a distinguished career as guest conductor of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. He began his musical career as a violinist and, at fourteen, won first prize for violin at the Paris Conservatoire, making his soloist debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra shortly afterward. Following general musical studies with Nadia Boulanger, Tortelier studied conducting with Franco Ferrara at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, and from 1974 to 1983 he was associate conductor of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Further positions since then have included principal conductor and artistic director of the Ulster Orchestra (1989-1992) and principal guest conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (2005-2008). He was also principal conductor of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra from 2009 to 2011, and currently holds the position of Guest Conductor of Honour, in which capacity he returns to the orchestra regularly. Following his outstanding work as chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic between 1992 and 2003, including annual appearances at the BBC Proms and a very successful tour of the United States to celebrate the orchestra’s 60th anniversary season, he was given the title of conductor emeritus and continues to work with the orchestra regularly. He also holds the position of principal guest conductor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and from the 2016-2017 season will take up the position of principal conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
della Scala Milan, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Boston and Chicago symphony orchestras. Further afield he has collaborated with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and Malaysian philharmonic orchestras. Highlights of the 2015-2016 season and beyond include return visits To North America to conduct the orchestras in Pittsburgh, Dallas, Montreal, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Baltimore; other return performances include the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Stavanger Symphony, as well as the Melbourne Symphony, Adelaide Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestras.
Tortelier has enjoyed a long association with Chandos Records, resulting in an extensive catalogue of recordings, notably with the BBC Philharmonic and Ulster orchestras, and including award-winning cycles of the orchestral music of Debussy, Ravel (featuring his own orchestration of Ravel’s Piano Trio), Franck, Roussel and Dutilleux. He has also conducted critically acclaimed discs of repertoire ranging from Hindemith and Kodaly to Lutoslawski, and Karlowicz. Recent releases for Chandos include the Ravel piano concertos coupled with Debussy’s Fantaisie, with pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and a disc of works by Florent Schmitt with the Sao Paulo Symphony. In the 2013-2014 season, Tortelier added to this catalogue with the release of an entire Tortelier has collaborated with major disc of Stravinsky, once again collaborating orchestras including the London Symphony with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Concertgebouw Tortelier last conducted the Pittsburgh Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, St Petersburg Symphony in October 2014. Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Filarmonica
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GRETCHEN VAN HOESEN Gretchen Van Hoesen has been principal harpist of the Pittsburgh Symphony since 1977. She has appeared as soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions, both on the subscription series and on tour. Van Hoesen gave the New York premiere of the Alberto Ginastera Harp Concerto in 1976 and the Pittsburgh premiere in 1978. She has appeared as soloist with conductors André Previn, Lorin Maazel, James Conlon, Zdnek Macal, Sergiu Comissiona, Pinchas Zukerman and Manfred Honeck, and has collaborated with flutists James Galway, Bernard Goldberg, JeanPierre Rampal and Emmanuel Pahud. Additional appearances with the Pittsburgh Symphony have included performances of the Handel Concerto in B flat, Danses Sacré et Profane by Debussy, Concierto Serenata by Joaquin Rodrigo and the Concerto for Harp by Rheinhold Gliere. In 1985, Van Hoesen and her husband, former Pittsburgh Symphony Co-Principal Oboe James Gorton, presented the Pittsburgh premiere of Witold Lutoslawski’s Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra on the Pittsburgh Symphony subscription series. During the 19901991 season, Van Hoesen was featured soloist in the Peggy Stuart Coolidge Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra for the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops series and gave the U.S. premiere of Suite Concertante for solo harp and orchestra by Manuel Moreno-Buendia in San Antonio, Texas. In March 2008, she presented the world premiere of Sir André Previn’s Concerto for Harp on the Pittsburgh Symphony subscription series. The North American premiere of Concert Piece, Op. 65 for Oboe/English horn, Two Harps and Orchestra by Eugene Goossens closed the orchestra’s subscription season in June 2012, and she performed the piece again with the Louisiana Philharmonic in 2014. Van Hoesen has also been soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestral Association, the Greenwich Philharmonia and the Westmoreland Symphony. She has concertized in the metropolitan New York area at Carnegie Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the Brooklyn Museum, and has presented concertos at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Van Hoesen was winner of the 1978 Passamaneck Competition and appeared in recital at the Y Music Series of the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center. Van Hoesen has been a recitalist throughout the Pittsburgh area at Duquesne University, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham College, 18
Carlow College, Shadyside Concerts, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project, Rodef Shalom series, California University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University, Heinz Hall Chamber Series, the Renaissance City Winds series, Geneva College, the Frick Art Museum and the Pittsburgh Peace Institute. She has been a featured soloist at American Harp Society National Conferences in Boston, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Washington, D.C. and Fredonia, New York. Van Hoesen graduated from the Juilliard School of Music earning both B.M. and M.M. degrees in harp as a scholarship student of Marcel Grandjany and Susann McDonald. She is also a graduate of the Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department with highest honors in piano and harp, where she was a student of Eileen Malone. She further studied with Gloria Agostini. Her credentials as an orchestral musician include performing as Principal Harp in the New York Lyric Opera, the New York City Ballet, the National Orchestral Association, the Greenwich Philharmonia, the Pittsburgh Opera and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Italy), the Virginia Opera, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and the Jeunesses Musicales Orchestra (Germany). She presently holds the Virginia Campbell endowed Principal Harp Chair of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Van Hoesen was selected to perform in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, in the Super World Orchestra 2000, an orchestra made up of key musicians from around the globe. She has been a featured soloist at numerous American Harp Society National Conferences, has served as a judge for National Competitions of the American Harp Society and as president of the organization’s Pittsburgh Chapter. Van Hoesen served as a coach for the 2015 National Youth Orchestra of the United States and was selected as the inaugural Harp Forum editor for the American String Teacher and harp master class clinician at the ASTA National Conference in 2016. In 1985, the recording Lullabies and Night Songs was released on the Caedmon label featuring Jan DeGaetani, soprano; Van Hoesen, harp; and instrumental ensemble. Van Hoesen collaborated with her father, bassoonist K. David Van Hoesen, and singer Jan DeGaetani in a recording of the Phyllis McGinley Song Cycle written for them by the late Alec Wilder. In the 1990-1991 season, Van Hoesen performed the world premiere of Blues for Harp, Oboe, and Violoncello by
Lawrence Hoffman and presented a master class and oboe/harp duo recital in Taipei, Taiwan. Pavanes, Pastorales, and Serenades for Oboe and Harp was issued in December 1998 with critical raves from around the country. Van Hoesen collaborated with conductor Rossen Milanov to record the Gliere and Jongen Harp Concertos and Buendiå’s Suite Concertante with the New Symphony Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria. These performances are available on Boston Records. Recent CDs by Van Hoesen include Trio Pittsburgh with Noah Bendix-Balgley and Anne Martindale Williams and Genetic Harps with her daughter Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, principal harpist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Van Hoesen is a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne universities and
combines teaching there with private students at her home in Pittsburgh. She has given master classes at Duquesne University, the Eastman School of Music, The Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, the University of Illinois, the Aspen Music Festival and the National University of the Arts in Seoul, Korea, and has been an artist-lecturer on numerous series in Pittsburgh as well as throughout the country. She was a faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival and School from 2001 to 2006. Her students have won numerous national and international awards and prizes. Van Hoesen last soloed with the Pittsburgh Symphony in June 2012. BIOGRAPHY 2015-2016 SEASON
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Comprised of six tone poems, including the beloved “The Moldau,” Bedřich Smetana’s My Country journeys through the composer’s homeland and fittingly will be conducted by the Czech Philharmonic’s Jiří Bělohlávek. First Pittsburgh Symphony performance since 1976. KAFKA’S CASTLE, FRYDLANT, CZECH REPUBLIC | PHOTO: FLORIN DRAGHICI
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Conrad Tao
Pángu
George Gershwin
Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra I. Allegro II. Adagio - Andante con moto III. Allegro agitato Mr. Tao
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Richard Strauss
Symphonia Domestica, Opus 53
Introduction: Themes of Husband, Wife and Child Scherzo: Parents’ Happiness — The Child at Play Cradle Song Adagio: Doing and Thinking — Love Scene Dreams and Cares Finale: Merry Argument — Happy Conclusion Played without pause
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CONRAD TAO
Pángu (2012)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 11 June 1994 in Urbana, Illinois PREMIERE OF WORK
Hong Kong, 29 September 2012 Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Hong Kong Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden, conductor THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION
woodwinds in pairs, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion and strings DURATION
7 minutes
The story of Pángu is a creation myth of charm and philosophical weight. The universe begins concentrated inside an egg in which the great Pángu himself sleeps for 18,000 years. On waking he finds himself in an endlessly dark space and proceeds to cut through it with his enormous limbs. For another 18,000 years the persistent god goes about separating heaven and earth from one another. After this monumental task is finished, Pángu is laid to rest — his left eye becomes the sun, his right eye the moon, his breath the wind, his voice the thunder, his body the great geographic regions of the world, his blood the rivers of the earth, and so on. In this myth are the fundamental ideas of yin and yang, which are perfectly balanced at the beginning of the tale and become distinct as the dark yin becomes the earth and the pristine yang becomes the sky. Additionally, Pángu is known as the one who broke free from darkness and embraced the light. And so Pángu, for full orchestra, aims to capture the whirling claustrophobia of the egg, the enormous weight of earth and heaven separating, and the thrilling world left behind as Pángu ends his journey. The work’s opening flurry of notes conveys anxious excitement, and the sharp melodic figures that offset it reflect Pángu’s attempts to break through his shell. As he begins to slowly widen the gap between land and sky, ponderous chords move ‘like molasses,’ evolving slowly and methodically. And then, of course, there is the transformation of Pángu’s body into the earth we know today; the opening swirl of sound returns, more confident this time around. We survey the newly created landscape, its peaks and valleys, its beds of water and its resplendent diversity. In this heterogeneity is a beautiful unity, a cohesion made up of contrasting parts. The earth and the sky need each other, and so Pángu ends with a series of chords encompassing the entire sonic spectrum of the orchestra. — Conrad Tao
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra (1925)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 26 September 1898 in Brooklyn, New York died 11 July 1937 in Hollywood, California PREMIERE OF WORK
New York City, 3 December 1925 Carnegie Hall New York Symphony Walter Damrosch, conductor George Gershwin, soloist PSO PREMIERE
19 November 1933 Syria Mosque Antonio Modarelli, conductor George Gershwin, soloist INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings DURATION
33 minutes
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 February 12, 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 large-scale work. A concerto for piano was agreed upon, and Gershwin was awarded a commission from the New York Symphony to compose the piece and 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 probably is 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. 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. Gershwin provided a short analysis of the Concerto for the New York Tribune: “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 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.
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphonia Domestica, Opus 53 (1902-1903)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 11 June 1864 in Munich died 9 September 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen PREMIERE OF WORK
New York City, 21 March 1904 Carnegie Hall Wetzler Symphony Orchestra Richard Strauss, conductor PSO PREMIERE
17 April 1953 Syria Mosque William Steinberg, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, oboe d’amore, clarinet in D, clarinet in A, two B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, four bassoons, contrabassoon, eight horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, two harps and strings DURATION
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Pauline de Ahna, the daughter of an old and honorable German family with long associations with the military and Bavarian patriotism, showed a talent for music as a girl and graduated as a singer from the Munich Conservatory in 1886. Richard Strauss first met her through his maternal uncle George Pschorr, whose family ran one of the most successful breweries in Munich. (Hacker-Pschorr Beer is still a staple of Oktoberfests in Germany and elsewhere.) The de Ahnas knew of Strauss’ reputation as one of the country’s fastest rising musical stars, and they socialized easily with him, even though his pedigree was rather less exalted than theirs. Strauss became Pauline’s vocal coach and friend, frequently visiting the family’s home at Feldafing, a village southwest of Munich, and summering at their country villa in Marquartstein. Love developed between the young couple, and Strauss’ first masterpiece, Don Juan, was inspired by his blossoming feelings for Pauline. Two years after he was appointed conducting assistant to Hans von Bülow at Weimar in 1888, he arranged for her to join the opera company there. She showed excellent skill in her profession — Cosima Wagner, the composer’s widow and then director of the Bayreuth Festival, heard her in Munich and cast her as Elisabeth in the first Bayreuth production of Tannhäuser, in 1891. Strauss composed his first opera, Guntram, expressly for Pauline during this period, and he put the work into production for the 18931894 season. At the end of one rehearsal, he passed out comments to the singers, but said nothing to Pauline. Feeling that he was either ignoring her or being obsequiously kind, she threw a tantrum and processed from the stage in a great huff. Strauss ran after her, and furious cries issued from the dressing area. The concertmaster hurried off to inform the soprano that the orchestra would refuse to work with her in future if she persisted in such conduct, but he was intercepted by Strauss with the announcement, “I’m sorry you should think that necessary. I must inform you that Fräulein de Ahna has just accepted my proposal of marriage.” Strauss and Pauline were married in Weimar on September 10, 1894. His wedding gift to her was the set of four love songs, Op. 27: Ruhe meine Seele, Cäcilie, Heimliche Aufforderung and Morgen. There was never any doubt about the pattern and hierarchy of life in the Strauss household — Pauline dictated; Strauss obeyed, and adored her. The daughter of a military general, she kept her husband on a punctual schedule of work to assure his regular productivity and the steady receipt of royalties, daily ordering him away from the breakfast table with the command: “Richard jetzt gehst componieren!” (“Now Richard, go off and compose!”). He did (“My wife is a bit rough at times,” Strauss once admitted Gustav Mahler, “but it’s what I need, you know”), and the first years of their marriage yielded some of his most
highly regarded creations — Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegel, Don Quixote, Ein Heldenleben. Though she earned a reputation as a shrew of Brobdingnagian proportions (the Mahlers would cross the street to avoid meeting her), Strauss remained devoted to Pauline, and immortalized her in at least three of his compositions — the “Hero’s Companion” episode in Ein Heldenleben; the opera Intermezzo (though she thought his portrait of her unflattering and made him walk home three paces behind her after the premiere); and his great paean to life among the pots and pans, the Symphonia Domestica. On April 12, 1897, the union of Richard and Pauline Strauss was blessed with issue — a son named Franz, after the composer’s father, the best German horn player of his day. The boy was a joy to his parents, and Strauss played with him for hours on end (their favorite game required the composer to transform himself into a child-laden steam locomotive; there were three departures daily) and toted him to concerts and official receptions. (Franz went on to become a lawyer and his father’s legal advisor; he died in February 1980.) When plans for Strauss’ first tour of America were finalized in 1902, he pledged to compose a new piece for the venture, and settled on the unusual subject of his own home life as its topic. (“I don’t see why I shouldn’t write a symphony about myself,” he explained after completing Ein Heldenleben in 1899. “I find myself quite as interesting as Napoleon or Alexander.”) The short score was sketched between May 1902 and July 1903, and the last jot was applied to the orchestration on New Year’s Eve in Berlin, where Strauss was conductor of the opera. Richard and Pauline sailed for America in late February 1904 (her complaints about seasickness and the deleterious effects of the salt air on her delicate eyes made the trip pass in the expected fashion for Strauss), and were swamped with public and media attention when they arrived in New York. (Pauline calculated that there were too many occasions for which she had to dress, but she always presented herself magnificently, much to the delight of the city’s fashion reporters.) Strauss conducted the premiere of the Symphonia Domestica in Carnegie Hall on March 21st at the fourth and last concert of a festival in his honor arranged by Herman Hans Wetzler, a German expatriate musician who organized what proved to be a short-lived orchestra in the city. “The reception was stupendous,” Strauss reported to his parents, “perhaps eight curtain calls, two laurel wreaths, and the critics, who had been very hostile here, changed their tune.” Demand to hear the new work was satisfied with two additional performances at John Wanamaker’s department store, whose main sales floor was refitted as a concert hall. Strauss defended the blatantly mercenary aspect of this enterprise by saying, “I think it perfectly honorable for a composer with a wife and child to support to play his works wherever an audience can be assembled, even if it is a department store.” Strauss toured some 20 other American cities before returning to Germany, taking with him the sizeable proceeds of his venture, including the $9,000, a vast sum in 1904, that he had received for the Symphonia Domestica. He continued to take pride in the work and conducted it frequently thereafter; its was the only recording he made with the Vienna Philharmonic during a celebration of his 80th birthday that survived World War II. Strauss told the New York press that his Symphonia Domestica, which he dedicated to “my beloved wife and our boy,” represented “a day in the life of my family, partly lyrical, partly humorous.” There was considerable criticism that such a hair-curlers-and-burnt-toast topic was not sufficiently lofty for the ministrations of a great composer, but Pauline’s spouse countered, “What can be more serious a matter than married life? Marriage is the most serious happening in life, and the holy joy over such a union is intensified by the arrival of a child. Yet life naturally has its funny side, and this I have also introduced into the work in order to enliven it. But I want the Symphony to be taken seriously.” Though the Symphonia Domestica, the last of Strauss’ tone poems save the Alpine Symphony of 1915, has drawn the most divergent criticisms of any of his compositions (his biographer George R. Marek PROGRAM NOTES 2015-2016 SEASON
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said that “one wishes Strauss had not written the piece at all,” while the late revered conductor Herbert von Karajan called it “one of Strauss’ finest works”), it is among his most carefully integrated and gloriously orchestrated scores. The Symphonia Domestica is divided into five large, continuous movements depicting 24 hours in the life of the Strauss household. Though the composer declined to issue a detailed scenario for the work, he authorized a descriptive analysis by Alfred Kalisch and Percy Pitt for the first London performance, in February 1905, that indicated the following topics for the sections: Introduction (which unfolds the themes of Papa, Mama and Child); Parents’ Happiness — The Child at Play (scherzo); Cradle Song; Doing and Thinking — Love Scene — Dreams and Cares (Adagio); and Merry Argument — Happy Conclusion (the finale, disposed as a boisterous double fugue). The Introduction houses a musical portrait gallery of the family. Strauss displayed various elements of his own personality in the work’s opening gestures: “easygoing” (cello); “dreamy” (oboe); “sullen” (clarinets); and “fiery” (violins). Pauline’s theme, a gracious melody first announced by the flute, begins with an inversion of the motive from her husband’s “easygoing” strain. These ideas are intertwined for a time before the Child arrives on the scene with a tender diatonic theme in the oboe d’amore, an alto oboe popular during Sebastian Bach’s day that was reintroduced into concert music with this work. Some strident noises from muted trumpets and trilled woodwinds indicate a more temperamental side of the boy. “Just like his Papa ... just like his Mama,” cluck the aunts and uncles, according to a notation in the score. The scherzo (Parents’ Happiness — The Child at Play), built upon a frisky transformation of the Child’s theme, depicts both horseplay in the living room and a joyously messy bath scene. All this activity inevitably tuckers out the little fellow, who starts to nod off in the Lullaby, which alludes to the Gondola Song from Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words, Op. 19. Seven taps on the glockenspiel indicate the child’s evening bedtime. The following movement contains three scenes. The first (Doing and Thinking), based on the Father’s “dreamy” motive, is contemplative and then exultant. The music quiets, and the theme of the Mother re-enters to be interwoven with that of the Father in the voluptuous Love Scene that follows. Passions spent, the music again subsides for a thoughtful episode of Dreams and Cares. The glockenspiel sounds the seven notes of the morning alarm, and the household is mustered for the finale, which begins with a double fugue depicting a Merry Argument, said to concern the couple’s disagreement over the boy’s future. The themes of the work are masterfully elaborated in the fugue and in the glowing peroration that serves as the Happy Conclusion of the Symphonia Domestica.
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WEST SIDE STORY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA
November 6-8, 2015 • Heinz Hall Jayce Ogren, conductor
Experience a thrilling new presentation of this iconic film and winner of 10 Academy Awards©, including Best Picture. This cinematic symphony event features the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra playing Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score and memorable songs (with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) live while the newly re-mastered film, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, is shown in full high definition on the big screen highlighting Robbins’ breathtaking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful book by Arthur Laurents. Don’t miss the chance for you and your gang to fall in love with the magic of West Side Story all over again!
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LEONARD SLATKIN Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL). He also maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting throughout the world and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He has served as principal guest conductor of London’s Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the Minnesota Orchestra.
He has conducted virtually all of the leading orchestras in the world, including New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, all five London orchestras, Berlin Philharmonic, Munich’s Bayerischer Rundfunk, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Slatkin’s more than 100 recordings have Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. garnered seven Grammy Awards and 64 nominations. His recent Naxos recordings Slatkin’s opera conducting has taken him include works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel and to the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera Berlioz (with the ONL) and music by of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Copland, Rachmaninov, Borzova, McTee and Opera Theater of St. Louis, Santa Fe Opera, John Williams (with the DSO). In addition, Vienna State Opera, Stuttgart Opera and he has recorded the complete Beethoven Opéra Bastille in Paris. and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the DSO (available online as digital downloads). Born in Los Angeles to a distinguished musical family, he began his musical training A recipient of the prestigious National on the violin and first studied conducting Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of with his father, followed by Walter Susskind Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He at Aspen and Jean Morel at Juilliard. He has received Austria’s Declaration of Honor makes his permanent home in Bloomfield in Silver, the American Symphony Orchestra Hills, Michigan, with his wife, composer League’s Gold Baton Award and the 2013 Cindy McTee. ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his book, Conducting Business. Slatkin last conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony in March 2014. Slatkin has held posts as music director of the New Orleans, St. Louis and National symphony orchestras, and he was chief Highlights of the 2015-2016 season include a three-week Brahms festival in Detroit; engagements with the St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony in Tokyo; debuts with Beijing’s China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; and a summer tour of Japan and China with the ONL.
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Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer, and has been dubbed a musician of “probing intellect and openhearted vision” by the New York Times, a “thoughtful and mature composer” by NPR and “ferociously talented” by TimeOut New York. In June 2011, the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the Department of Education named Tao a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts awarded him a YoungArts gold medal in music. Later that year, Tao was named a Gilmore Young Artist, an honor awarded every two years highlighting the most promising American pianists of the new generation. In May 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant.
electroacoustic music, performance art, youth ensembles and much more, UNPLAY explored the fleeting ephemera of the Internet, the possibility of a 21st-century canon, and music’s role in social activism and critique. That month, Tao, a Warner Classics recording artist, also released Voyages, his first full-length for the label, declared a “spiky debut” by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross. Of the album, NPR wrote: “Tao proves himself to be a musician of deep intellectual and emotional means – as the thoughtful programming on this album…proclaims.” His next album, Pictures, which slots works by David Lang, Toru Takemitsu, Elliott Carter and Tao himself alongside Mussorgsky’s familiar and beloved Pictures at an Exhibition, will be released in October 2015.
During the 2015-2016 season, Tao performs with the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Brazilian Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic, among others. He also performs recitals in Europe and throughout the United States with repertoire ranging from Bach to Frederic Rzewski to Rachmaninoff to Julia Wolfe. Past notable symphonic engagements have included the San Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Toronto Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony and Nashville Symphony. Tao maintains a close relationship with the Aspen Music Festival, and has appeared at the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Brevard Music Center, Ravinia Festival and Mostly Mozart Festival.
Tao’s career as composer has garnered an eight consecutive ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards and the Carlos Surinach Prize from BMI. In the 2013-2014 season, while serving as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s artist-in-residence, Tao premiered his orchestral composition The world is very different now. Commissioned in observance of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the work was described by the New York Times as “shapely and powerful.” Most recently, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia commissioned a new work for piano, orchestra and electronics, An Adjustment, which received its premiere in September 2015 with Tao at the piano. The Philadelphia Inquirer declared the piece abundant in “compositional magic,” a “most imaginative [integration of] spiritual post-Romanticism and ’90s club music.”
In June 2013, Tao kicked off the inaugural UNPLAY Festival at the powerHouse Arena in Brooklyn, which he curated and produced. The festival, designated a “critics’ pick” by TimeOut New York and hailed by the New York Times for its “clever organization” and “endlessly engaging” performances, featured Conrad with guest artists performing a wide variety of new works. Across three nights encompassing
Tao was born in Urbana, Illinois, in 1994. He has studied piano with Emilio del Rosario in Chicago and Yoheved Kaplinsky in New York, and composition with Christopher Theofanidis. These performances mark Tao’s debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony.
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THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For 120 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been an essential part of Pittsburgh’s cultural landscape. The Pittsburgh Symphony, known for its artistic excellence, is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens. This tradition was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Symphony was the first American orchestra to perform at the Vatican in January 2004 for the late Pope John Paul II, as part of the Pontiff’s Silver Jubilee celebration.
The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony has broadcast coastto-coast, receiving increased national attention in 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International. The PRI series is produced by Classical With a long and distinguished history of WQED-FM 89.3 in Pittsburgh and is made touring both domestically and overseas possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh since 1900, the Pittsburgh Symphony Symphony Orchestra. continues to be critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras with more The 2015-2016 season marks the Pittsburgh than 36 international tours, including 20 Symphony Orchestra’s 120th anniversary. European tours, eight trips to the Far East, and two to South America. The Pittsburgh
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COMING SOON!
The newest recording from Music Director Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts are pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made generous gifts of $500 or more to the Annual Fund during the past year. Those who have made a new gift or increased their previous gift are listed in italics. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, if you are not listed correctly, please call 412.392.4880. Thank you! MAESTRO’S CIRCLE $100,000 +
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Robert Bastress & Barbara Fleischauer Martin & Bridgett Bates Robert & Janet Baum John & Betsy Baun Barbara N. Baur Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Fund in Memory of Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal Dr. Diana Beattie Dr. Dorothy J. Becker Michael Beer Barbara Nickel Beisel Vange & Nick Beldecos Judith Bell SYMPHONY CLUB Ron & Nancy Bergey $500 - $1,499 Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Anonymous (25) Helen & Don Berman Janese Abbott & David Clark Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K. Bernstein Fund Barbara & Otto Abraham Ms. Robin Joan Bernstein Deborah L. Acklin Don Berry* Dr. & Mrs. Siamak Adibi Dr. Lawrence Adler & Judy Marilyn & Guy Berry Brody Henry & Charlotte Beukema Jacob Allebach Drs. Barbara & Al Biglan Erin & Kevin Allen Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Joyce & John Allen Rob & Hongwei Bittner Joe & Chris Aloe Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson Michael & Carol Bleier Anne B. Angerman Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Block The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Clifford Bob & Joan Miles Angleberger Steve & Jeanne Boehmer Stanley W. Angrist Marianne Bokan-Blair Dr. Nicole Ansani-Jankowski Betsy Bossong Joan Apt Barbara H. Bott & Robert Yoshio Arai Jennings James & Susanne Armour William & Elizabeth Bowers Mr.* & Mrs. David J. Myles & Joan Bradley Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Brand Dr. Donald & Joann Sue & Mark Breedlove Atkinson Gerda & Abe Bretton Mr. & Dr. Avetta Mary & Russell Brignano Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Daniel & Lise Brodkey Ruth Bachman in Memory Anna Brophy of James Bachman Suzanne Broughton & Donna L. Balewick MD Richard Margerum Bob & Martha Ball Mr. & Mrs.* Earle O. Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Barry Balliet Jr. Diane Banks Mr. & Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Brown Wendy & David Barensfeld Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Bartholomew Joe & Sandra Barnes Nancy & John* Brownell Richard C. Barney Dr. & Mrs. John A. Robert & Loretta Barone Burkholder
Nicholas Butera & Grace Wagner Michael F. Butler Christopher & Nancy Caldwell James & Judith Callomon John & Kelly Camp Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Dr. Albert A. Caretto Richard & Jeanne* Carter Rebecca J. Caserio M.D. Charles & Donna Cashdollar James P. Cassaro Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Cassoff Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Mr. Flavio & Tatjana M. Chamis Stu & Lori Chandler Deborah & David Chapman Peggy & Joe Charny Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung Ms. Jensina A. Chutz Ralph & Phyllis Cioffi Edward Cipriano William R. Clarkson & Dr. Andrea Velletri Robert & Elizabeth Clemens William & Elizabeth Clendenning Brian Clista Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Christine & Howard Cohen Dr. Richard & Sally B. Cohen Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Alan & Lynne Colker In Loving Memory of Johnathan Heath College Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Connell Leonard Family The David Conover Family Lin & Anne Cook R. Bruce Cooper Patricia J. Cover Barton & Teri Cowan Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Crozier John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Kent & Merle Culley Mr. S. A. Cunningham Cynthia Custer
Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Daffner Mr. Enrico & Mrs. Federica Dallavecchia Mrs. Heidi Daley Joan & Jim Darby Norina H. Daubner Constance P. Davis Joan Clark Davis Morningside Dental Jim* & Peggy Degnan Charles S. Degrosky* Mrs. Cynthia Del Bianco Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Lynn & David DeLorenzo Dr. Richard S. DeLuca David & Diane Denis Edward U. DePersis Patrick C. Derrico Dr. & Mrs. Frederick R. DeRubertis Diane Dewalt Mr. & Mrs. Victor DiCarlo Mrs. Tika Dickos Alfred & Eileen Diorio Peter Ditsch Docimo Family Holland & Susan Donaldson Lisa Donnermeyer Michel & Christine Douglas Anthony V. Dralle Dristas, Thomas & Teresa Mr. David Duffee & Ms. Rebecca Catelinet John & Elizabeth Eckenrod Mr. & Mrs. David H. Ehrenwerth Christopher* & Gretchen Elkus Mrs. Doris B. Ely Eugene & Katrin Engles, Jr. Mindy & Richard Epstein Francis E. Fairman III Dan & Nancy Fales Tibey & Julian Falk Mr. Carmine Fantini Joan Feldman Dana H. Ferry Janet Fesq Dr. Joseph Fine Dr. A.M. & Jeanne Blend Finton Nancy A. Fitch Paul & Joanna Fitting
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Charles & Anna Fitz Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Fitzgerald Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. Mark F. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. James Flanigan Jan Fleisher Iris R. Flinn Suzanne Flood Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Fonseca Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fortwangler Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich, Jr. Christina Friday Eleanor Friedman Friends of the PSO John & Elaine Frombach Dr. & Mrs. James L. Frost Mrs. Fran Frye Dr. & Mrs. Freddie H. Fu Mr. Gabriel C. Fusco Michael & Nina Gaffney Dr. & Mrs. Marc E. Garfinkel Hans & Gudrun Garkisch Joan & Stuart Gaul Pete Geissler Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Barbara & Fred Gilman Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett Mike & Cordy Glenn Daniel & Marcia Glosser Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Walter L. Goldburg Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Russellyn Carruth Thomas W. Golightly* & Rev. Dr. Carolyn J Jones Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Richard E. Gordon & June F. Swanson Ms. Rita J. Gould Dr. Lora D. Graves & Dr. Bryan D. Dye David & Nancy Green Dr. & Mrs. M. Joseph Grennan Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Margaret L. Groninger D.T. Gruelle Specialty Logistics Ormond & Jay Guenard Andrew Gurcak & Elaine Lees Kristine Haig & John Sonnenday 38
John* & Judith Hall Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Robin & Scot Hamilton Wilfred & Susan Hansen Jeanie & Ben Hardesty Susan & David Hardesty Mr. & Mrs. James H. Hardie Mary O. Harrison Mr. Robert Hartman Ms. Christine A. Hartung Cal & Donna Hastings Greg Haughey Dr. Bobbie Lee Hawranko DMD Barbara A. Hays Cathy & John Heggestad Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Heidenreich In Memory of John G. Heidish Ms. Martha S. Helmreich in Honor of my mother, Anne J. Schaff Eric & Lizz Helmsen Paul & Colleen Hennigan Marianne & Marshall Hess Mr. Ralf E. Hess Professor Benjamin E. Hicks Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Mr. & Mrs. David Hilty Jean A. Hinrichsen Pete & Rebecca Hoch Mr. Richard Hodos Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Richard Dum Karen & Thomas Hoffman Greg & Amy Hogue Clare & Jim Hoke Philo & Erika Holcomb Katherine Holter Mr. William B. Holtzman Dr. & Mrs. Elmer Holzinger Ms. Madeleine Hombosky Tom & Mary Hooten Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hooton Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Mark Huggins & Bonnie Siefers Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Robert W. & M. Elise Hyland Ironmaster, LLC Robert & Rose Marie Izzo Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Lynne & Blair Jacobson
Paul & Barbara Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jamison, Jr. Stacey L. Jarrell Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Jew, Jr. Dawn M. Johnson Janis & Jonas Johnson Tom & Wendy Jones in Honor of Chris Wu John & Maureen Joyce Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Kadlic Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kahlson Alice & Richard Kalla Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Michael & Dolores Kara Jim Keller & Mary Ellen Hoy Flo & Bob Kenny Rhian Kenny The Kessler Family Mrs. Greta Keverline Norman L. Kimes Mr. & Mrs*. James Kirsch Rich & Jan Kleiser Peggy C. Knott Ms. Marilyn Koch Bob & Susie Kopf Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Kopf III Drs. Fotios & Linda Koumpouras Mr. & Mrs. John Krolikowski Mr. Nicholas Kyriazi Mr. & Mrs. Scott Lammie Ronald & Lida Larsen Earl & Marilyn Latterman Robert Lauver & Marina Nielsen Kathy & Hank Lawrence Marvin & Gerry Lebby Drs. Grace & Joon Lee Joe Leja Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul L. Shay MD Mr. David W. Lendt Dr. Herbert & Barbara Levit Mrs. William E. Lewellen, III Anne Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Phillip K. Liebscher Robert & Janet Liljestrand Dr. Claudio A. Lima & Mrs. Kenia Ashby Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Walter F. Limbach Jim & Sandi Linaberger W. F. Lindgren
Tom & Gail Litwiler Jackie & Larry Lobl Margery J. Loevner Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Howard M. Love Eddie Lowy & Ricardo CortĂŠs Mr. Anthony G. Lucas & Mr. Andrew Leo Annette Lutz Mr. David A. Lynch & Ms. Dorothy A. Davis Edward J. Lynch In Memory of James Lyne William & Helen Lyons Mrs. Guinevere R. Mabunay Mr. & Mrs. William L. MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Sean Mahoney John K. Maitland Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Malnati Mrs. Doris Malter & Mr. Jeffrey Malter Carl & Alexis Mancuso Drs. Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Mangold, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Marinelli Bud & Barbara Mars Mr. & Mrs. Rodger Marticke Dr. & Mrs. George J. Maruschock Thomas & Elizabeth Massella Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Karen Matthews Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Ken & Dr. Carol Maurer Sidney McBride Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall Mr.* & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter Patrick & Michelle McCarthy McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. McChesney Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Paula & Bob McCracken Mr. Bernard J. McCrory Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Nancy McDonald Mary McDonough Keith McDuffie Kent & Martha McElhattan Barbara McKenna & Family Alexis & Andrew McKinley
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Mehaffey Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Suzanne Mellon Peter & Memi Melotti Mark & Amy Mendicino Barbara Sachnoff Mendlowitz In Memory of William C. Menges Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Merriman Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mrs. William Metcalf III Mr. & Mrs. Roger Meyer Bridget & Scott Michael Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Michaels Anne M. Miller Ms. Laurie Miller Robert & Miriam Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr. Jack Millstein Frank C. & Judy L. Mindicino Jeffrey Mishler Signe Mitchell Ann & Mark Mizer Paul & Connie Mockenhaupt Ruth M. Montgomery Amy & Ira* M. Morgan Bill & Jane Morgan Dr. Harvey M. Morris Dr. & Mrs.* William S. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. W.M. Morrissey Brenda & Frank Moses Ms. Ann Marie DeGeorge & Mr. Richard Mueller Michael & Cynthia Mullins Hilde Munck & Eckard Munck Richard & Martha Munsch Mary & Jim Murdy Arthur J. Murphy, Jr. Suzanne Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Muse James & Marlee Myers Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Naragon Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Ellen & Ade Neidermeyer Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Suzanne Newpher
Patricia K. Nichols Renee K. Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Karen Kelley Noble Hide & Julia Miller Nobumori Dr. Sean Nolan Mark & Nikki Nordenberg James & Lindsey Nova Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Lee* & John Oehrle Dr. Everett F. Oesterling & Mrs. Joyce Oesterling Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver Mr. & Mrs. James O’Neill John Orndorff, Jr. Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack John A. Osuch Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Russell G. & Karen Overfield David R. Owsley Dr. & Mrs. A. H. Panahandeh Dr. Armand J. Panson Sang C. Park Pauline R. Parker John & Joan Pasteris Carol & Richard Patterson Mr. & Mrs. James Patton Camilla Brent Pearce Dale & Michele Perelman Irina & Daniel Peris Bill & Stella Perrine Drs. Gail Pesyna & John Hooper Judy Petty Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Bob & Ellen Piper Ed & Mary Ellen Pisula Drs. Mary & Raymond Pontzer Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Mr. Mark Potter Ann & Mal Powell Richard O. Price Sarah A. Prichard Bob & Mary Jo Purvis Mrs. Jean Purvis Andrew & Liberty Pyros Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr. Fran Quinlan Janet K. Quint John & Gail Rackley
The Rackoff Family, ASKO Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Betty Radvak-Shovlin Susan M. Rakfal, MD Barbara M. Rankin Mr. Leonard E. Rausch Paul & Dorothy Reiber Frances Reichl Marnie Repasky Mr. & Mrs. Ralph K. Reubi John C.* & Mary A. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs.* James H. Rich Mr. & Mrs. James Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Bette & Howard M. Rom Janice G. Rosenberg Paul & Shereen Rosenberg Dr. Pinchas Rosenberg Shoshana & Jerry Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener, III Carol & Scott Rotruck Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Ruffin III Dr. Richard & Heidi Russman Shirley & Murray Rust Mrs. John M. Sadler Sally & Keith Saylor Albert & Kathleen Schartner Paul & Cathy Schaughency Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. & Mrs. Melvin M. Schiff Joe & Nancy Schmitt Mrs. Shirley Schneirov Christian Schörnich Mrs. Carol Schuler Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Larry Schultz Mary Ann Scialabba, PhD Louise & Franco Sciannameo Mr. & Ms. Samuel D. Scott Mr.* & Mrs. Jobst W. Seehausen George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Mr. & Mrs. John M. Seifarth Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg George & Carol Shannon Mrs. Sue Shapera Mr. Daniel H. Shapira
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Karen Shulman & Mr. Jay I. Shulman Dr. Charles H. Shultz Marilyn G. Shure Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour* Sikov Lee & Myrna Silverman Mr. & Mrs. Lee Silverman Marjorie K. Silverman Mr. & Mrs.* William J. Simpson Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Carol Slomski, MD Kathleen Opat Smith Rep. Sam & Donna Smith Mr.* & Mrs. Christian M. Snavely Mrs. Barney Snyder J. Soffietti David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Mr. James Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Speyer III Henry Spinelli Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. St. Clair Janet H. Staab Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stalder Gary & Charlene Stanich Ms. Carrie M. Stanny Dr. James Staples Shirley* & Sidney Stark, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer Jim & Barbara Steffy Charles & Rachel Stegeman Mrs. Edith Stein MaryJean & John Stephen Jerry Stephens Jayne & Tom Sterling James M. Stevenson Dr. Mervin S. & Marcia M. Stewart Steve Stockton In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger C. Dean Streator Mr. Su & Ms. Van Dusen Judy & Joe Sufrin Peter Sullivan
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Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra Joel & Maria Swanson Robert Swendsen & Roberta Klatzky Stu & Liz Symonds in Memory of Roger Sherman Tom & Karen Tabor Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Dr. Jocelyn Tan & Dr. Alaa Shalaby Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Tannenbaum Carol L. Tasillo Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Dorothea Thompson Mayor John A. Thompson Mary Lloyd & George* Thompson Jill Thomson Mrs. Sonya Thorbecke Jim & Gail Titus Father James Torquato Melissa Trax & Adam Kupec Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Trees
In Memory of Audrey Treloar & Florence & Norman Golomb Lex & Peggy Tsaggaris Jeffrey Turner & Tonya Stefko Eric & Barbara Udren Mary & Gerald Unger Diane & Dennis Unkovic Judy Vaglia Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Mary Vasilakis Dr. & Mrs. James E. Vaux R. Veatch Cate & Jerry Vockley Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Drs. Joan Vondra & Thomas Chang John & Linda Vuono Jan Wagner Judy Wagner & Mike LaRue Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner
Kevin & Jennifer Walker John & Irene Wall Waller Family Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan Bassett Marvin & Dot* Wedeen Phillips Wedemeyer & Jeanne Hanchett Drs. John & Carla Weidman Michael & Cynthia Weisfield Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Jim & Jinny Welker Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Wellinger Bernard & Sheila Werner Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg Rebecca M. Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White Robert Wickesberg & Susan Noffke Mr. Norm Wien Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain
Dr. Bruce L. Wilder Ken & Trudie Wilkins Robert & Carole Williams Robert E. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Mary Jo Winokur Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Michael J. Woodring Mr. Christopher Wu & Mrs. Annette Wu Dr. & Mrs. John A. Yauch Mark & Judy Yogman Marlene & John Yokim Alice L. Young Hugh D*. & Alice C. Young Maureen Young Frank A. Zabrosky Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Dr. Audrey Zelkovic Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek Michael & Naomi Zigmond David & Patricia Zimba Current as of October 1, 2015 *deceased
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FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES Allegheny County Economic Development Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation The Benter Foundation The Sherle and Michael Berger Charitable Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Paul and Dina Block Foundation Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation Jack Buncher Foundation Anne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and Educational Trust Compton Family Foundation The Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable Fund Jean Hartley Davis and Nancy Lane Davis Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Dietrich Charitable Trust Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Fine Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Dorothy M. Froelich Charitable Trust Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Grable Foundation Grune Family Foundation Hansen Foundation The Heinz Endowments Elsie H. Hillman Foundation The Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund May Emma Hoyt Foundation Milton G. Hulme Charitable Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Eugene F. and Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Howard G. and Frances Y. Jones Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Lawrence County Martha Mack Lewis Foundation Edward D. and Opal C. Loughney Foundation Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation McKinney Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Phyllis and Victor Mizel Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Montague Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Parker Foundation W. I. Patterson Charitable Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pittsburgh Symphony Association Norman C. Ray Trust RMK Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation Salvitti Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Tippins Foundation The Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
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A.C. Dellovade, Inc. American Eagle Outfitters Bayer Healthcare R&I The Brown Hurray Plantz Group, Merrill Lynch Management c3controls DIAMOND CIRCLE The Common Plea Catering $40,000 - $74,999 Inc. Lincoln Learning Solutions, ELG Haniel Metals Corp. Inc. Farmers & Merchants Bank MSA of Western PA Levin Furniture PLATINUM CIRCLE Mascaro Construction $20,000 - $39,999 Company Allegheny Technologies Mylan Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (ATI) Oliver Wyman Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Peoples Natural Gas Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pirates Charities Federal Home Loan Bank of P.J. Dick, Trumbull & Lindy Pittsburgh Paving First National Bank of PwC Pennsylvania Schreiber Industrial Giant Eagle Development Co. The Kraft Heinz Company Uber Technologies, Inc. Macy’s Triangle Tech Group BRONZE CIRCLE Trib Total Media $2,500 - $4,999 UPMC & UPMC Health Plan Angelo, Gordon & Co. BB&T Bender Consulting GOLD CIRCLE Services, Inc. $10,000 - $19,999 Berner International Corp. Citigroup big Burrito Restaurant Group Clearview Federal Credit Union Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Dollar Bank Foundation Cipriani & Werner PC Ernst & Young LLP Dominion Resources Fairmont Pittsburgh & Habitat Restaurant Eat’n Park Restaurants Federated Investors, Inc. Elite Coach Transportation FedEx Ground Huntington Bank Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. Koppers Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Lighthouse Electric Inc. Company, Inc. PPG Industries Foundation Morton’s The Steakhouse The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Mozart Management Company Charitable Trust Pittsburgh Corning Reed Smith LLP Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting United States Steel Company Corporation Silhol Builders Supply
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United Bank Wampum Hardware Inc. WPXI-TV CORPORATE COUNCIL CIRCLE $1,000 - $2,499 4moms AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District Coury Financial Group CWA Asset Management Group LLC Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. ESB Bank Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. Gordon Terminal Service Co. Jendoco Construction Corporation Kerr Engineered Sales Company K&L Gates LLP Lawrence County Tourist Promotion Agency LB Foster Company MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, Inc. McKamish, Inc. Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Rothman Gordon PC Sarris Candies, Inc. Six Penn Kitchen Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Stringert, Inc. Trebuchet Consulting LLC TriState Capital Bank United Safety Services, Inc. Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh PARTNER LEVEL $500 - $999
Anonymous (1) Allegheny Valley Bank Armada Austrian American Cultural Society, Inc. The Buncher Company BYS Yoga Students Clark Precision Machined Components
Consolidated Communications CrawfordEllenbogen LLC General Wire Spring Co. Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Hamill Mfg. Co. Hertz Gateway Center, LP Jennmar Corporation John B. Conomos, Inc. K & I Sheet Metal, Inc. Lucas Systems, Inc. Marketing Support Network Master Remodelers Metso Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Attorneys at Law Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Modany-Falcone, Inc. PGT Trucking Pzena Investment Management, LLC Rebecca L. Pounds DDS LLC Saint Vincent Archabbey & College We would like to thank all corporations who contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Heinz Hall. Please see our website at pittsburghsymphony.org for a complete listing. Current as of October 1, 2015
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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE
In addition to income from the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on a robust endowment to assure its long-term financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment to provide for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s future. The Steinberg Society honors donors who have advised the Pittsburgh Symphony in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestra in their will. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a gift to the endowment of $10,000.00 or more to commemorate a particular person or event. Endowed naming opportunities for guest artists, musicians’ chairs, concert series, educational programs or designated spaces allow donors to specify a name or tribute for 10 years, 20 years or in perpetuity. For additional information, please call 412.392.4880. STEINBERG SOCIETY Steinberg Society Anonymous (20) Siamak & Joan Adibi Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger The Joan & Jerome* Apt Families Francis A. Balog Robert & Loretta Barone Scott J. Bell Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz Benno & Constance Bernt Michael Bielski Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan Thomas G. Black Barbara M. Brock Lois R. Brozenick* Tom & Jackie Cain Estate of Cynthia Calhoun Judy & Michael Cheteyan Educational/Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David W. Christopher Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Cohen Basil & Jayne Adair Cox In Memory of Stuart William Discount Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Donnelly Mary A. Duggan* Frank R. Dziama Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Emil & Ruth Feldman* Joan Feldman & William Adams Mrs. Loti Gaffney Keith & Susan Garver Ken* & Lillian Goldsmith Mr.* & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon 44
James A. Gorton Estate of Anna R. Greenberg Estate of Lorraine M. Gross Maureen Guroff Elizabeth Anne Hardie Charles & Angela Hardwick Carolyn Heil Eric & Lizz Helmsen Ms. Judith Hess Estate of Mr. John H. Hill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. William C. Hurtt Philo & Erika Holcomb Mr. & Mrs. Blair Jacobson Esther G. Jacovitz Patricia Prattis Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn* Leo & Marge Kane Lois S. Kaufman Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mr. Arthur J. Kerr Jr. Ms. Bernadette Kersting Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Kessler Stanley & Margaret Leonard Frances F. Levin Doris L. Litman Penny Locke Estate of Edward D. Loughney Lauren & Hampton Mallory Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Mrs. Lori Martin* Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall George E. Meanor Mary Ellen Miller Ms. Jean L. Misner* Catherine Missenda* Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick
Donn & Peggy* Neal Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rhonda & Dennis Norman Thaddeus A. Osial Jr. M.D. Estate of Irene G. Otte Judy Petty Estate of Dorothy R. Rairigh Barbara M. Rankin Richard E. Rauh Cheryl & James Redmond Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Donald & Sylvia Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roderick Charlotta Klein Ross Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis Ron & Debra Schneider Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Dr. Charles H. Shultz Michael Shefler Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia Landy Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Stept Estate of Dr. Raymond & Karla Stept Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Tom & Jamee Todd Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Gerald and Mary Unger Eva & Walter J. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. George L. Vosburgh Estate of John & Betty Weiland In memory of Isaac Serrins from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss Brian Weller
Seldon Whitaker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Charles L. & Katherine A. Wiley James & Susanne Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Patricia L. Wurster Estate of Rufus J. Wysor Naomi Yoran Miriam L. Young Estate of Ruth Yount
SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM The Sid Kaplan Memorial Hallway given by David Kaplan in appreciation of generous gifts commemorating family and friends In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from his loving family In Honor of Mariss & Irina Jansons and friendship from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Kessler Honoring my dear friend, Marvin Hamlisch, from Mina Kulber In Loving Memory of Martin Smith, PSO Horn, 1980-2005, from his siblings Todd Smith, Judy Dupont, & Susan Noble
ENDOWED CHAIRS Principal Horn Chair, given by an Anonymous Donor
Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr. Rachel Mellon Walton Principal Oboe Chair, given Concertmaster Chair, given by Rachel Mellon Walton by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mellon Scaife Messiah Concerts Endowed First Violin Chair, given by the Howard and Nell E. Jacqueline Wechsler by Allen H. Berkman in William Randolph Hearst Miller Chair Horn Chair given in memory of his beloved Endowed Fund for memory of Irving (Buddy) wife, Selma Wiener Education Wechsler Berkman Donald I. & Janet Moritz and Michael & Carol Bleier Viola Vira I. Heinz Equitable Resources, Inc. Barbara Weldon Principal Timpani Chair Chair given in memory of Music Director Chair Associate Principal Cello our parents, Tina & Charles Chair Bleier and Ruth & Shelley Hilda M. Willis Foundation Stein Principal Pops Conductor Flute Chair Chair Endowed by Henry & The Perry & BeeJee Morrison String Elsie* Hillman Jane & Rae Burton Instrument Loan Fund Thomas H. & Frances Cello Chair Witmer Tom & Dona Hotopp Assistant Principal Horn The Morrison Family Principal Bass Chair Cynthia S. Calhoun Associate Principal Second Chair Principal Viola Chair Violin Chair Milton G. Hulme Jr. Current as of October 1, 2015 Guest Conductor Chair *deceased Virginia Campbell Jackman Pfouts given by Mine Safety Principal Harp Chair Principal Flute Chair, given Appliances Company in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Jackman by Barbara Ron & Dorothy Chutz Jackman Pfouts Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. First Violin Chair Jones III Guest Keyboard Chair Pittsburgh Symphony Johannes & Mona L. Association Coetzee Memorial Principal Cello Chair Virginia Kaufman Principal English Horn Resident Conductor Chair, Chair Lawrence Loh Reed Smith Chair honoring Tom Todd George & Eileen Dorman Horn Chair Stephen & Kimberly Keen Assistant Principal Cello Bass Chair Chair Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart G. Christian Lantzsch & Albert H. Eckert Duquesne Light Company Oboe Chair Associate Principal Principal Second Violin Percussion Chair Chair Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Mr. & Mrs. William Genge Guest Conductor Chair Associate Concertmaster and Mr. & Mrs. James Chair E. Lee Martha Brooks Robinson Principal Bassoon Chair Principal Trumpet Chair Jean & Sigo Falk Principal Librarian Chair Nancy & Jeffery Leininger Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Silberman First Violin Chair Principal Clarinet Chair Endowed Principal Piccolo Chair, given to honor Frank Edward D. Loughney and Loti Gaffney Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Co-Principal Trumpet Tillotson Jr. Viola Chair William & Sarah Galbraith Fiddlesticks Family Concert Second Violin Chair Series Endowed by Gerald Tom & Jamee Todd & Audrey McGinnis Principal Trombone Chair Honoring The Center for The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Young Musicians First Violin Chair United States Steel Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Ira & Nanette Gordon Assistant Principal Bass McGuinn The Gracky Fund for Chair Viola Chair Education & Community Engagement Susan S. Greer Memorial Trumpet Chair, given by Peter Greer
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COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon .................................................................... Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt..........................................................................................................................Stage Right Door Rae & Jane Burton.......................................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Basil & Jayne Adair Cox.................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Randi & *L. Van V. Dauler Jr. ...................................................................................Mozart Room Elevator & Garden Bench William S. Dietrich II*....................................................................................... Endowment for PSO Educational Programs Dollar Bank Foundation................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue.........................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Roy & Susan Dorrance ..........................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Foundation............................................................... Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By -Side Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot.........................................................................................................Grand Piano, Paris Festival Goldman Sachs Gives ................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ......................................................................................... Music and Wellness Program Elsie* & Henry Hillman.................................................The Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International Performances Ms. Seima Horvitz*........................................................................................................................................ Garden Bench David & Melissa Iwinski................................................................................................................................Stage Left Door Robert & Louise Kahn*......................................................................................................................... Schooltime Concerts Lillian Edwards Foundation.................................................................................................................Heartstrings Program Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell .................................................................................................President and CEO’s Office Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.........................................................................................................Grand Tier Door - Right Center PNC.............................................................................................................. PNC Walkway at Heinz Hall and PNC Tiny Tots Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart ...................................................................................................................... Grand Piano Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer......................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III ...................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Alece & David Schreiber................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Harvey* & Florence Zeve ............................................................................................................................. Garden Bench *deceased
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FRIENDS OF THE PSO EVENT SCHEDULE
COCKTAIL RECEPTIONS Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres at 5 PM; Speaker at 6 PM These receptions feature guest artists and musical personalities from the season and are free-of-charge to Friends members. All receptions will take place in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms of Heinz Hall from 5 to 7 P.M. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Contrabassoon James Rodgers THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016
Violinist Tim Fain
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
Guest Conductor Osmo Vänskä THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016
Percussionist Martin Grubinger
PRE-CONCERT DINNERS & BRUNCHES The Friends of the PSO farewell pre-concert dinners will be held the weekend of June 17 & 18, 2016. Brunch will be announced at a later date. When an event is scheduled, members receive an announcement in the mail to return for a reservation.
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HEINZ HALL INFORMATION
BOX OFFICE HOURS are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m; Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Weekend hours vary based on performance times. Tickets may be purchased by calling 412.392.4900 and are also available at the Theater Square Box Office. CHILDREN are encouraged to attend our youth concerts and Fiddlesticks Family Concerts. Children age six and over, are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and lobby video monitors are always options for restless children. COAT CHECK is available in the Grand Lobby or in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Family Regency Room on the lower level. CONCIERGE SERVICE is available in the Entrance Lobby to assist with your questions and to help with dining, hotel, entertainment and transportation concerns. [Penny Vennare, Event Supervisor; Ron Ogrodowski, Barbara Smorul, Concierges.] DRESS CODE for all concerts is at your personal discretion and ranges from dress and business attire to casual wear. ELEVATOR is located next to the Grand Staircase. EMERGENCY CALLS can be referred to the concierge desk at 412.392.2880. FIRE EXITS are to be used ONLY in case of an emergency. If the fire alarm is activated, follow the direction of Heinz Hall ushers and staff to safely evacuate the theater.
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GROUPS can receive discounted tickets, priority seats, personalized service and free reception space. For more information, call 412.392.4819 or visit our website at pittsburghsymphony.org/groups for information. LATECOMER’S GALLERY is located behind the Main Floor to enjoy the performance until you can be seated. Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals during the program, at the discretion of the conductor. The gallery is also available for parents with restless children. LOCKERS are located on the Lower and Gallery levels. LOST AND FOUND items can be retrieved by calling 412.392.4844 on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. MOBILE DEVICES should be turned off and put away upon entering the theater. THE MOZART ROOM is available for a grand dining experience catered by The Common Plea, just seconds away from your seats. For reservations: 412.392.4879 or pittsburghsymphony.org/ mozartroom.
PHOTOGRAPHY, video, or audio recording of the performance is strictly prohibited at all times. PRE-PAID PARKING is available to all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penn garage across from Heinz Hall. Ask about prepaid parking when you order your tickets. REFRESHMENT BARS are located in the Garden and Overlook rooms and in the Grand Tier Lounge. Intermission beverages may be ordered prior to performances. Water cups are available in the restrooms. RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier, Gallery levels, and off the Garden and Overlook rooms; a wheelchair-accessible restroom is on the Main Floor. SMOKING is not permitted in Heinz Hall. The garden is accessible during performances for this purpose. SUPPORTING THE PSO AND HEINZ HALL is critical to the financial future of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Ticket sales only cover a portion of our operating costs. To make a tax-deductible gift, please contact our Development department at 412.392.4880 or visit us online at pittsburghsymphony.org
THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES:
• Level entrance and route to main floor of auditorium • Accessible seat locations with companion seats* • Portable assistive listening devices: Please see ushers for assistance. • Braille programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics and PNC Pops performances. • Large print programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics, PNC Pops, and Fiddlesticks Family Series performances. *Please contact the box office for the location of these seats.
Carnegie Mellon
Chamber Series MON OCT 26 2015 7:30 pm SCHUBERTIADE:
Schubert Fantasy in F Minor for Four-hands Sergey Schepkin & Sung-Im Kim, piano
Schubert “Auf dem Strom” Jennifer Aylmer, soprano William Caballero, horn Mark Carver, piano Schubert “Trout” Quintet in A Major Jennifer Orchard, violin David Harding, viola David Premo, cello Micah Howard, double bass Luz Manriquez, piano
MUSIC.CMU.EDU
MON NOV 23 2015 7:30 pm BRILLIANT DUOS:
with Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano Beethoven Sonata for Horn and Piano in F Major William Caballero, horn Schumann Three Romances for Oboe and Piano Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano Lorna McGhee, flute Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Kresge Theatre College of Fine Arts Building Free but a ticket is required
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