PSO Program Book - June 8 - 17

JOSHUA BELL PLAYS BRAHMS JUNE 8, 9 & 10 A GRAND FINALE WITH HONECK JUNE 15, 16 & 17

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June 8, 9 & 10: Program ................................................................21 June 8, 9 & 10: Program Notes ......................................................22 Manfred Honeck: Biography........................................................28 Joshua Bell: Biography ..................................................................30 June 15, 16 & 17: Program ............................................................35 June 15, 16 & 17: Program Notes ..................................................36 James Gorton: Biography ..............................................................42 Gretchen Van Hoesen: Biography ..............................................44 Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton: Biography ......................................46

It is the mission of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to provide musical experiences at the highest level of expression to enrich the community and satisfy the needs and preferences of our audiences.

We will achieve this mission by working together to support an internationally recognized orchestra and by ensuring a viable long-term financial future; a fulfilling environment for our orchestra, staff, volunteers; and the unsurpassed satisfaction of our customers.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances are brought to the community in part by generous support from the Allegheny Regional Asset District and corporations, foundations and individuals throughout our community. The PSO receives additional funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Art Works.

Radio station WQED-FM 89.3 and WQEJ-FM 89.7 is the official voice of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Tune in Sundays at 8 p.m. for “Pittsburgh Symphony Radio” concert broadcasts hosted by Jim Cunningham.

TO ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRAM, CONTACT: Elaine Nucci at 412.471.6087, or email: nucci@culturaldistrict.org

State of the Symphony ....................................................................2 Heinz Hall opens its doors: September 10, 1971......................14 Corporate Spotlight ........................................................................27 PSO Retirees ....................................................................................32

Annual Fund Donors: Individuals..............................................48 Foundations & Public Agencies ..................................................55 Corporations .................................................................................. 56 Legacy of Excellence: Steinberg Society ....................................58 Legacy of Excellence: Sid Kaplan Tribute Program ................59 Legacy of Excellence: Endowed Chairs ....................................59 Commitment to Excellence Campaign ..........................................60

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians ..............................6 Board of Trustees & Chairman’s Council ....................................8 Jack Heinz Society ..........................................................................10 New Leadership Board..................................................................10 Pittsburgh Symphony Association..............................................10 Friends of the PSO ..........................................................................10 Administrative Staff........................................................................12 Heinz Hall Information & FAQ ..................................................64

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JIM WILKINSON—ACOUSTIC

Jim Wilkinson became President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra late in 2011, but he’s no stranger to the organization.

A lawyer, Wilkinson began helping with Orchestra labor negotiations in the midseventies. He joined the board in 1984 and has since chaired every PSO Board committee from Finance to Governance to Artistic, Audit, Education and Community Engagement, Investment, and Strategic Planning.

“I’ve worked with the last four managing directors: Sy Rosen, Marshall Turkin, Gideon Toeplitz and Larry Tamburri. And in each case, I got to know them pretty well,” reflects Wilkinson.

Now he finds himself filling their shoes.

“When I was asked to take this position, I knew the musicians and the senior staff, but I really didn’t know the people who work in this building to put the orchestra on stage and support our organization. I spent the first two months meeting everyone so that I could put names and faces together,” he adds.

The Budget Gap

He also spent time digging into the finances of the organization. And in a world that has seen recent musician strikes, contentious negotiations and even bankruptcy at major orchestras, any discussion of the state of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has to begin with money.

“It’s an overriding concern,” says Wilkinson. “When you look at our financial picture in Pittsburgh, we know that we cannot cover our expenses even if we sold out Heinz Hall. Ticket sales constitute only 22 percent of 2 pittsburghsymphony.org

the revenue we need for annual operations.

We have cut costs everywhere we can, but our average ticket prices are the lowest among the country’s top 50 orchestras. That’s why our focus has to be on the finances. Many other orchestras have summer homes allowing them to generate a great amount of income and attract a larger and broader audience. Because we don’t have that opportunity in Pittsburgh, we have to depend on the generosity of our subscribers and donors to make up the shortfall, through their contributions to the Annual Fund and the endowment.

“Back in 2005, the PSO embarked on a strategic planning process and also began laying the groundwork for the Commitment to Excellence campaign to raise money for the endowment. As part of that process, a group of board, musicians and staff, including me, interviewed corporate, community and civic leaders on the role of the PSO in the community. There were two common threads agreed upon by each leader,” shares Wilkinson. “The first is that the community recognizes the PSO is a world-class institution and they want us to stay that way. The second is that the community has no idea of the breadth of the PSO’s impact in the region.

“The Board approved our Strategic Plan and we were able to launch, with confidence, our $80 million Commitment to Excellence campaign thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the R.P. Simmons Family’s $29.5 million gift. Increasing the endowment is critically important, because the larger it grows, the more money we can draw from it each year for day-to-day operations. Our goal then and now was two-fold: sustain the institution as a world-class organization and re-affirm our commitment to the community while letting people know that we’re doing it.”

When we launched the endowment campaign in 2007, we hoped to address the budget shortfall by increasing the size of the endowment from $120 million to $180 million, which would increase the amount available for operations by more than $3,500,000 each year. We met that $80 million goal late last year, but in the meantime, the economic downturn that began in 2008 reduced our

endowment value by more than 30 percent of its pre-campaign level. The endowment has yet to return to its peak before the campaign.

“That’s why we are continuing with our endowment fund raising efforts because the most important pre-requisite to maintaining our world-class orchestra is a larger endowment,” says Wilkinson, “but the Annual Fund is also important, because it supplements ticket sales to provide basic operating funds.

That’s why we have to ask our patrons to contribute annually and also to consider a onetime gift to the campaign.

“We must also increase the relationship of revenue over expense. We are all looking for ways to establish a minimum increase in revenue of five percent per year over the prior year, or a minimum decrease of five percent in expenses. It doesn’t matter to me which.

The staff is diligently working in that direction, but it is not easy to do while maintaining the quality of programming our audience expects.”

A Firm Commitment to the Community and the Region

“The PSO spends approximately 10 percent of its $31 million budget on education initiatives for local students and on other community engagement activities that generate no income. For example, the PSO reaches 65,000 school children and adults every year

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through its education and community programs. We also take the orchestra out of Heinz Hall, performing each year in the Hill District, East Liberty, Wilkinsburg and in many suburban communities. We do this because it’s the right thing to do. At a time when education dollars are being slashed, particularly in the arts, our role is even more critical,” says Wilkinson.

While the impact of the PSO is felt in communities and classrooms, the organization recognizes that its home, Heinz Hall, is an economic driver in and of itself.

“We’ve undertaken a substantial renovation of Heinz Hall, which we own,” adds Wilkinson. “This is a multi-year, multi-million dollar endeavor. Using grant funds we have secured for this purpose, we have finished the garden, the sidewalks and most of the roofing.

We still have a substantial amount of work that remains to be done within the hall, backstage and in the office towers.“ Heinz Hall houses not only the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, but also the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and the Pittsburgh Speakers Series. It is a partner in the PNC Broadway Across America series and is the chosen venue for many university graduations, private functions and corporate annual meetings each year, including, most recently, the elite runners at the start of the Pittsburgh Marathon.

Hundreds of thousands of people come

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through the doors each year.

“We recognize Heinz Hall’s importance in the vibrancy and economic impact of the Cultural District,” says Wilkinson. “Our renovations are desperately needed to maintain the facility to this end.”

“We know the arts create economic opportunity for the region. For instance, when we go on tour, the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance joins us because they have found us an excellent “door-opener” when they are working to attract European companies thinking about opening an office or division in the U.S.,” explains Wilkinson. “In fact, contacts they made during our 2008 tour helped secure Delta Airline’s Pittsburgh-to-Paris flight.”

Wilkinson is quick to point out that no operating money is used to support the Orchestra’s tours. “Private funding specifically designated for touring, such as proceeds from the Hillman Endowment for International Performances and sponsorships from companies such as BNY Mellon and LANXESS, are what enables the PSO to play for the world.”

But in addition to its economic impact, there is no question that a consistent touring

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schedule also helps the PSO recruit the world’s top musicians.

“Touring is extremely important to a professional musician,” Wilkinson explains. “Our tours and the universal acclaim they attract are a major factor in why musicians come here and stay here. I do think that it’s one of the factors that makes the PSO as good an orchestra as it is. Top musicians want to come here because the PSO is invited to play at major music festivals around the world, such as the BBC Proms in London or the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. If we were to diminish touring and become a regional orchestra, it would absolutely affect the quality that is on the stage every night. Our Pittsburgh audience gets the benefit of the great music that they hear at Heinz Hall because the PSO tours.”

A World-Class Orchestra.

Exemplary Customer Service.

The PSO’s star continues to rise under Music Director Manfred Honeck. Invitations (and repeat invitations) to prestigious music festivals keep the PSO at the forefront of the world’s leading ensembles. Add to this, the recent news that the PSO’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 received a prestigious International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for best symphonic recording. Widely regarded as the preeminent award for classical music recordings on an international level, the ICMA award is judged by an international panel of music critics and writers who considered more than 250 recordings in their appraisal. The artistic excellence of the Orchestra is in good hands, but the PSO knows that it cannot take its patrons’ support for granted by simply providing them with a great concert experience. Wilkinson explains, “In a renewed commitment to customer service, we implemented the Patron Service Representative (PSR) program that provides subscribers with an individual staff member to contact for everything from ticketing needs to restaurant advice.

“Our patrons are the lifeblood of this institution. Providing them with a great concert experience as well as exemplary customer service is our goal every day. We will soon be adding PSRs for the PNC Pops subscribers,” adds Wilkinson. “It’s a natural next step.”

Jim Wilkinson—Acoustic

A New World…at the PSO

On Valentine’s Day this season Heinz Hall was packed with the ardent followers of Trey Anastasio of Phish fame, an American rock band that is often compared to the Grateful Dead. For many in the sold-out crowd, it was their first time in Heinz Hall.

“The musicians’ union labor attorney, Lou Kushner, and his wife Sandy, told me they’d attended a concert and were sitting next to a young couple. Sandy asked them if this was their first time in Heinz Hall. Turns out they’d been here for the Trey concert and had such a good time that they decided to come back for a PSO performance.”

Wilkinson pauses and adds, “You know, I remember the meeting of the Board’s Executive Committee where our Vice President of Audience Development and Sales reported that Trey was coming. No one had a clue who that was. She didn’t help matters by explaining that he’s with Phish,” he laughs.

Trey Anastasio. Ben Folds. The Legend of Zelda. Attracting a younger audience is high on the list of priorities at the PSO. In December 2011, Manfred Honeck conducted the New World Symphony in Miami and a team from the PSO traveled with him to see the exciting way they present concerts.

“The operation is first-class. We saw the performance while sitting on the grass outside as they projected the concert onto the side of the building on a 70-foot by 70-foot screen with a great sound system that completely drowned out the street noise. There were several hundred people sitting outside with dogs and wine and cheese making an evening of it. And they don’t charge for this.

“Then I sat in the control room for the second half and watched as the director and his staff moved video cameras around as they

followed a marked score indicating where they wanted to make a camera shift. So if there was going to be an English horn solo, they would have it marked, and one guy would call the mark, and the camera would be moved to where it needed to go.

“It clearly demonstrated that having a digital concert hall really does give you advantages. And that’s what we’re moving toward here, making Heinz Hall a digital hall.”

Wilkinson goes on to explain that plans include a sound studio housing state-of-the-art equipment to capture the live experience for a download almost immediately after the concert. Robotic cameras will allow for close-up views of musicians and soloists to be projected on screens on the side walls. A subscription to a digital stream of the concert will be available for those who can’t be at Heinz Hall for the concert, and in the lobby digital screens will make information interactive.

“I’m still working out how we’re going to pay for that,” he adds with a wry smile.

“I don’t think that the way we attract people tomorrow, will be the way we attracted them 20 years ago,” he concludes. “I think it’s going to be a different process, and while the orchestra world seems to be relatively confident that younger people who don’t go to concerts will start when they reach their 40s and 50s, I’m not sure that I agree that will happen automatically. We’re talking about generations that didn’t have music education in school, and I don’t know that they think that they should attend the symphony. We really need to think differently about the experience we’re providing, and about what we mean to people and what we bring to their lives.”

HAVE A QUESTION FOR JIM? SUBMIT IT TO JWILKINSON@PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG.

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G. CHRISTIAN LANTZSCH & DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY CHAIR

Louis Lev

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THE MORRISON FAMILY CHAIR

Dennis O’Boyle Michael Davis 1 Carolyn Edwards Linda Fischer Lorien Benet Hart Claudia Mahave Laura Motchalov Peter Snitkovsky Albert Tan Yuko Uchiyama Rui-Tong Wang

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MUSIC DIRECTOR

Manfred Honeck

ENDOWED BY THE VIRA I. HEINZ ENDOWMENT

PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

Marvin Hamlisch

ENDOWED BY HENRY AND ELSIE HILLMAN

PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR

Leonard Slatkin

VICTOR deSABATA GUEST CONDUCTOR CHAIR

Gianandrea Noseda

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

Lawrence Loh

VIRGINIA KAUFMAN RESIDENT CONDUCTOR CHAIR

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Thomas Hong FIRST VIOLIN

Noah Bendix-Balgley CONCERTMASTER RACHEL MELLON WALTON CONCERTMASTER CHAIR

Mark Huggins

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER BEVERLYNN & STEVEN ELLIOTT CHAIR

Huei-Sheng Kao ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Hong-Guang Jia ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Jeremy Black Ellen Chen-Livingston Irene Cheng Sarah Clendenning Alison Peters Fujito David Gillis

SELMA WIENER BERKMAN MEMORIAL CHAIR

Sylvia Kim Jennifer Orchard

RON & DOROTHY CHUTZ CHAIR

Susanne Park Christopher Wu

NANCY & JEFFERY LEININGER CHAIR

Shanshan Yao

THE ESTATE OF OLGA T. GAZALIE

Kristina Yoder

VIOLA

Randolph Kelly j CYNTHIA S. CALHOUN CHAIR

Tatjana Mead Chamis d Joen Vasquez x Marylène Gingras-Roy Penny Anderson Brill Cynthia Busch Erina Laraby-Goldwasser Paul Silver

MR. & MRS.WILLARD J.TILLOTSON, JR. CHAIR

Stephanie Tretick Meng Wang Andrew Wickesberg CELLO

Anne Martindale Williams j PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION CHAIR

David Premo d

DONALD I. & JANET MORITZ AND EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC. CHAIR

Adam Liu x

GEORGE & EILEEN DORMAN CHAIR

Mikhail Istomin Irvin Kauffman u Gail Czajkowski Michael Lipman JANE & RAE BURTON CHAIR

Louis Lowenstein Hampton Mallory

CARYL & IRVING HALPERN CHAIR

Lauren Scott Mallory

MR. & MRS. MARTIN G. MCGUINN CHAIR

J. Ryan Murphy OTPAAM FELLOW

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Jeffrey Turner j TOM & DONA HOTOPP CHAIR

Donald H. Evans, Jr. d Betsy Heston x Ronald Cantelm Jeffrey Grubbs

Robert Lauver

Peter Guild Micah Howard

IRVING (BUDDY) WECHSLER CHAIR

Ronald Schneider

STEPHEN & KIMBERLY KEEN CHAIR

John Moore Aaron White

MICHAEL & CAROL BLEIER CHAIR

Joseph Rounds

REED SMITH CHAIR HONORING TOM TODD

HARP

Gretchen Van Hoesen j VIRGINIA CAMPBELL CHAIR

FLUTE

JACKMAN PFOUTS FLUTE CHAIR

Damian Bursill-Hall h Jennifer Conner HILDA M.WILLIS FOUNDATION CHAIR

Rhian Kenny

Charles Lirette h Neal Berntsen Chad Winkler

SUSAN S. GREER MEMORIAL CHAIR

TROMBONE

Peter Sullivan j

Rebecca Cherian h James Nova

FRANK AND LOTI GAFFNEY CHAIR

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Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida j

DR.WILLIAM LARIMER MELLON, JR. CHAIR

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MILDRED S. MYERS & WILLIAM C. FREDERICK CHAIR

Murray Crewe j TUBA

Craig Knox j

Scott Bell

MR. & MRS.WILLIAM E. RINEHART CHAIR

TIMPANI

Harold Smoliar

BARBARA WELDON PRINCIPAL TIMPANI CHAIR

ENGLISH HORN

JOHANNES & MONA L. COETZEE MEMORIAL CHAIR

JAMES W. & ERIN M. RIMMEL CHAIR

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MR. & MRS. AARON SILBERMAN CHAIR

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Richard Page j BASSOON

Nancy Goeres j

MR. & MRS.WILLIAM GENGE AND MR. & MRS. JAMES E. LEE CHAIR

David Sogg h Philip A. Pandolfi

CONTRABASSOON

James Rodgers j HORN

William Caballero j ANONYMOUS DONOR CHAIR

Stephen Kostyniak d Zachary Smith x

THOMAS H. & FRANCES M.WITMER CHAIR

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MARTHA BROOKS ROBINSON CHAIR

TOM & JAMEE TODD CHAIR

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Jeremy Branson d Christopher Allen

JAMES W. & ERIN M. RIMMEL CHAIR

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Irvin Kauffman j LIBRARIANS

Joann Ferrell Vosburgh j JEAN & SIGO FALK CHAIR

Lisa Gedris

STAGE TECHNICIANS

Ronald Esposito John Karapandi OPEN CHAIRS

WILLIAM & SARAH GALBRAITH FIRST VIOLIN CHAIR

MR. & MRS. BENJAMIN F. JONES III KEYBOARD CHAIR

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Larry T.Brockway

VICE CHAIR

FINANCE COMMITTEE

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Beverlynn Elliott

Richard J.Johnson VICE CHAIR

James A.Wilkinson PRESIDENT & CEO

Jeffery L.Leininger SECRETARY & TREASURER

Joan Apt Benno A.Bernt Constance Bernt Michael E.Bleier Diana Block Theodore N.Bobby Donald W.Borneman Larry T.Brockway Michael A.Bryson Bernita Buncher Rae R.Burton Ronald E.Chutz Charles C.Cohen Estelle F.Comay Basil M.Cox L.Van V.Dauler,Jr. David W.Christopher Mrs.Frank J.Gaffney Mrs.Henry J.Heinz,II Annabelle Clippinger CHAIR, NEW LEADERSHIP BOARD

Jared L.Cohon,Ph.D.

PRESIDENT, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Diana Block

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

Ronald E. Chutz MODERN TRANSPORTATION

Kimberly Fleming HEFREN-TILLOTSON

Richard J. Harshman ATI

J. Brett Harvey CONSOL ENERGY, INC.

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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Michael A.Bryson Rae R.Burton AUDIT COMMITTEE

L.Van V.Dauler,Jr. PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE

Donald W.Borneman INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

Roy G.Dorrance,III

Beverlynn Elliott

Deborah L.Rice

Thomas B.Hotopp

JACK HEINZ SOCIETY

MAJOR GIFTS COMMITTEE**, TOUR FUNDING TASK FORCE

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Barbara Jeremiah ARTISTIC COMMITTEE

Jeffery L.Leininger MAJOR GIFTS COMMITTEE**

Alicia McGinnis

MARKETING COMMITTEE

James W.Rimmel Thomas Todd

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Helge H.Wehmeier

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY TASK FORCE

Rachel Wymard DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

PATRON DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

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Mildred S.Myers

Robert C.Denove William S.Dietrich* Roy G.Dorrance,III Albert H.Eckert Beverlynn Elliott Sigo Falk Terri Fitzpatrick Elizabeth H.Genter Ira H.Gordon Peter S.Greer Ira J.Gumberg Caryl A.Halpern John H.Hill Thomas B.Hotopp Barbara Jeremiah Richard J.Johnson J.Craig Jordan

Robert W.Kampmeinert Clifford E.Kress Jeffery L.Leininger David McCormish Robert W.McCutcheon Alicia McGinnis Devin B.McGranahan BeeJee Morrison Mildred S.Myers Elliott Oshry John R.Price Richard E.Rauh Deborah L.Rice James W.Rimmel Frank Brooks Robinson,Sr. Steven T.Schlotterbeck David S.Shapira

Max W.Starks,IV James E.Steen Craig A.Tillotson Jane Treherne-Thomas Jon D.Walton Helge H.Wehmeier Michael J.White,M.D. James A.Wilkinson Thomas H.Witmer Rachel Wymard Robert Zinn

Mrs.Henry L.Hillman James E.Lee Edward D.Loughney*

Howard M.Love* Donald I.Moritz David M.Roderick

Richard P.Simmons Thomas Todd

Gregory G.Dell'Omo,Ph.D.

Joseph Rounds ORCHESTRA MEMBER,PSO

The Honorable Rich Fitzgerald

PRESIDENT,POINT PARK UNIVERSITY

PRESIDENT, PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION

CHAIR,FRIENDS OF THE PSO

PRESIDENT,ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

Paul Hennigan,Ed.D. Harold Smoliar ORCHESTRA MEMBER,PSO

PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

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We’ve hit the goal and we’re not stopping! You, our beloved audience, have made it clear that you want a world-class orchestra and you want it in Pittsburgh!

If you’ve made a Campaign gift…we thank you.

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PLEASE GIVE TODAY. CALL 412.392.2887 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR VISIT PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG/MAKE-YOUR-MARK

2011-2012 SEASON CHAIRMAN

James W. Rimmel

MEMBERS

Todd Izzo Rodrick O. McMahon Gerald Lee Morosco Abby L. Morrison Gabriel Pellathy Victoria Rhoades-Carrero

Barbara A. Scheib William Scherlis James Slater John A.Thompson Rachel M.Wymard

UNIVERSITY RELATIONS CHAIR

MEMBERS

Andrew Swensen Rev. Debra Thompson

Bernie S. Annor Jensina Chutz Jeffrey J. Conn Gavin H. Geraci Robert F. Hoyt

CHAIRMAN

Daniel Pennell

Annabelle Clippinger

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES CHAIR

VICE CHAIRMAN

Lynn Broman

Elizabeth Etter

EDUCATION & OUTREACH CHAIR

SECRETARY

Ronald Smutny

Elizabeth Etter

TREASURER

Alexis Unkovic McKinley MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

Janice Jeletic

PRESIDENT

Alexandra Kusic

VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE

Margaret Bovbjerg

PRESIDENT ELECT

VICE PRESIDENT OF FUND DEVELOPMENT

EX-OFFICIO PRESIDENT

BOUTIQUE CHAIRS

Margaret Bovbjerg Linda Stengel

SECRETARY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN

Cheryl Redmond

NOMINATING CHAIR

Linda Stengel

VICE PRESIDENTS OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

Doris Cope, M.D. Reshma Paranjpe, M.D. VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS

Cissy Rebich NEWSLETTER

Peg Fitchwell-Hill VICE PRESIDENT EDUCATION

Gillian Cannell

MUSIC 101 CHAIR

Susie Prentiss

MIllie Ryan

Linda Stengel Michele Talarico

FINE INSTRUMENT FUND CHAIR

Chris Thompson

VICE PRESIDENTS MEMBERSHIP

Jennifer Martin Carolyn Maue

VICE PRESIDENT EVENTS

Francesca Peters

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HOLIDAY LUNCHEON CHAIRS

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PSA NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY CHAIRS

Doris Cope, M.D. Reshma Paranjpe, M.D.

ORCHESTRA APPRECIATION CHAIRS

Millie Ryan Frances Pickard Chris Thompson

AFFILIATES' DAY CHAIRS

Mary Ann Craig Cheryl Redmond

AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SYMPHONY NORTH PRESIDENT

Clare Hoke

SYMPHONY EAST PRESIDENT

Robert Kemper

Frances Pickard Thea Stover Mary Lloyd Thompson

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“In the late 1960s the Pittsburgh Symphony was due to move out of its old home at Syria Mosque in Oakland. Yet its promised new concert hall in the showy Center for the Arts, planned for the lower Hill urban-renewal area, had not been started (and never was). To give the Symphony temporary space, the Heinz Endowments bought the old Penn Theatre, which, like many of the silent-

movie theaters, had stage space. As the hope of the cultural display case on the Hill was deferred still further, and as interested parties stressed the advantages of a concert hall in the center of the city, the temporary expedient became the permanent plan with a remodeling by the local firm Stotz, Hess, MacLachlan & Fosner. Shop space became a lobby; the old entrance became a huge foyer

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window; and broad office windows above were partly filled in, in a rather Viennese Baroque style. [One of the last makers] of architectural terra cotta in the United States was commissioned to match the warm off-white of the original facing, and did an almost-perfect job.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 1971: HEINZ HALL OPENS ITS DOORS The opening night for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in its newly-renovated home was full of celebration fitting to the grandeur of the building itself. September 10, 1971 marked the 45th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Symphony and the 20th year of William Steinberg’s role at the helm of the Orchestra. Before the opening event, sub-

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Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts began at 8:40 p.m. and concluded at 10:45 p.m. The dedication address was given by Henry L. Hillman. The oboe sounded an ‘A,’ Maestro Steinberg arrived at the podium and the first notes of Beethoven’s Overture to Consecration of the House rang throughout the new concert hall, pleasing the ears of all in attendance. Samuel Barber’s Fadograph of a Yestern Scene, commissioned by the Alcoa Foundation for the occasion, followed the Overture. Prior to intermission, Maestro Steinberg led the PSO in the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection,” with the rest of the work to follow after intermission. Soloists for the evening were Joanna Simon, mezzo-soprano, and Benita Valente, soprano. The Pennsylvania State University Chorus, directed by Raymond Brown, completed the necessary forces for such a momentous piece, aptly chosen for the resurrection of a world-class concert hall from the “ashes” of Penn Theatre.

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PRE-CONCERT one hour prior

MANFRED HONECK, JOSHUA BELL,

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PROGRAM WILL BE PREFORMED WITH AN INTERMISSION PROGRAM ORDER VARIES BY DATE RICHARD STRAUSS

Don Juan, Opus 20

RICHARD STRAUSS

Tod und Verklärung [Death and Transfiguration], Opus 24

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 77

RICHARD STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Opus 28

I. Allegro non troppo II. Adagio III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace MR. BELL

This weekend’s performances by Music Director Manfred Honeck are made possible, in part, through the generous Annual Fund support of the R.P. Simmons Family.

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Don Juan, Opus 20 (1887-1888) It was in the 1630 drama El Burlador de Sevilla (“The Seducer of Seville”) by the Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina that the fantastic character of Don Juan first strutted upon the world’s stages. Tirso based his play on folk legends that were at least a century old in his day, and whose roots undoubtedly extend ABOUT THE COMPOSER: deeply into some Jungian archetype of masculine Born June 11, 1864 in Munich; virility shared, from complementary viewpoints, by died September 9, 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen men and women alike. Don Juan found frequent litPREMIERE OF WORK: erary representations thereafter, notably in works by Weimar, November 11, 1889 Molière, Dumas, Byron, Espronceda, de Musset, Weimar Hoftheater Orchestra Zorrilla and Shaw. A story of such intense passion Richard Strauss, conductor was bound to inspire composers as well as men of PSO PREMIERE: 9 February 1901 letters, and Gluck, Delibes, Alfano, Dargomyzhsky Carnegie Music Hall and half a dozen others wrote pieces based on the Victor Herbert, conductor character and his exploits. The most famous treatINSTRUMENTATION: ment of the tale is, of course, Mozart’s Don piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, Giovanni, and it was through that opera that Richard English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four Strauss first became acquainted with the Spanish horns, three trumpets, three tromLothario. In June 1885, Strauss attended a producbones, tuba, timpani, percussion, tion of Paul Heyse’s play Don Juans Ende with his harp and strings mentor, Hans von Bülow, and the drama and its subAPPROXIMATE DURATION: 18 minutes ject, building on the influence of Mozart’s masterpiece, made a powerful impression on the young composer.

Strauss started sketching his Don Juan late in 1887, turning for a program for his tone poem not to da Ponte or the Spanish authors, but to the 19th-century Hungarian poet Nicolaus Lenau. Lenau, born in 1802, was possessed by a blazing romantic spirit fueled in part by a hopeless love for the wife of a friend. In a fit of idealism in 1832, he came to America and settled on a homestead in Ohio for a few months. Disappointed with the New World, he returned to Europe, where he produced an epic on the Faust legend in 1836, and then undertook a poetic drama based on Don Juan. Lenau left this latter work unfinished in 1844 when he lost his mind and was admitted to an asylum, where he died six years later. Lenau’s Don Juan was not a rakish extrovert but rather a vain, sensual idealist.

In the author’s words, “My Don Juan is no hot-blooded man, eternally pursuing women.

It is the longing in him to find a woman who is to him incarnate womanhood, and to enjoy in the one all the women on earth whom he cannot as individuals possess. Because he does not find her, although he reels from one to another, at last Disgust seizes hold of him, and this Disgust is the Devil that fetches him.” In Lenau’s version, Don Juan meets his death in a sword duel with the father of one of the women he has seduced. Disillusioned and empty, ready for death, he drops his guard and welcomes his fate.

Strauss’ tone poem captures the feverish emotion and charged sensuality of Lenau’s drama, but other than three abstruse excerpts from Lenau’s poem that appear in the score, the composer never gave a specific program for Don Juan. The body of the work compris22 pittsburghsymphony.org

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es themes associated with the lover and his conquests. The vigorous opening strain and a stentorian melody majestically proclaimed by the horns near the mid-point of the work belong to Don Juan. The music depicting the women in his life is variously coquettish, passionate and ravishing. (Norman Del Mar called the beautiful oboe melody “one of the greatest love songs in all music”). In the closing pages, an enormous crescendo is suddenly broken off by a long silence. A quivering chill comes over the music. A dissonant note on the trumpets marks the fatal thrust. Quietly, without hope of redemption, the libertine dies.

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Death and Transfiguration, Opus 24 (1890)

PREMIERE OF WORK: Eisenach, June 21, 1890 Richard Strauss, conductor

It was at his first conducting post, with the excellent PSO PREMIERE: 23 November 1900 court orchestra at Meiningen, that Strauss began comCarnegie Music Hall posing his tone poems. Death and Transfiguration Victor Herbert, conductor was the third of these, following Macbeth (1887) and INSTRUMENTATION: Don Juan (1888). The literary inspiration for Death three flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, and Transfiguration originated with Strauss himself, as two bassoons, contrabassoon, four he noted in a letter to his friend Friedrich von horns, three trumpets, three tromHausegger in 1894: “It was six years ago when the bones, tuba, timpani, gong, two harps and strings idea came to me to write a tone poem describing the APPROXIMATE DURATION: last hours of a man who had striven for the highest 24 minutes ideals, presumably an artist. The sick man lies in his bed breathing heavily and irregularly in his sleep.

Friendly dreams bring a smile to his face; his sleep grows lighter; he awakens. Fearful pains once more begin to torture him, fever shakes his body. When the attack is over and the pain recedes, he recalls his past life; his childhood passes before his eyes; his youth with its strivings and passions; and then, when the pain returns, there appears to him the goal of his life’s journey — the idea, the ideal which he attempted to embody in his art, but which he was unable to perfect because such perfection could be achieved by no man. The fatal hour arrives. The soul leaves his body, to discover in the eternal cosmos the magnificent realization of the ideal which could not be fulfilled here below.”

Strauss’ composition follows his literary program with almost clinical precision. It is divided into four sections. The first summons forth the vision of the sickroom and the irregular heartbeat and distressed sighs of the man/artist. The second section, in a faster tempo, is a vivid and violent portrayal of his suffering. The ensuing, slower section, beginning tenderly and representing the artist’s remembrance of his life, is broken off suddenly when the anguished music of the second part returns. This ultimate, painful struggle ends in death, signified by a stroke of the gong. The final section, hymnal in mood, depicts the artist’s vision of ultimate beauty as he is transfigured into part of “the eternal cosmos.”

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Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 77 (1878) “The healthy and ruddy colors of his skin indicated a love of nature and a habit of being in the open air in all kinds of weather; his thick straight hair of brownish color came nearly down to his shoulders. His clothes and boots were not of exactly the latest pattern, nor ABOUT THE COMPOSER: did they fit particularly well, but his linen was spotBorn 7 May 1833 in Hamburg; less.... [There was a] kindliness in his eyes ... with now died 3 April 1897 in Vienna and then a roguish twinkle in them which correspondPREMIERE OF WORK: January 1, 1879 ed to a quality in his nature which would perhaps be Gewandhaus Orchestra best described as good-natured sarcasm.” So wrote Sir Johannes Brahms, conductor George Henschel, the singer and conductor who Joseph Joachim, soloist became the first Music Director of the Boston PSO PREMIERE: 9 December 1904 Symphony Orchestra, of his friend Johannes Brahms Carnegie Music Hall at the time of the composition of his Violin Concerto.

Emil Paur, conductor Brahms at 45 was coming into the full efflorescence of Luigi von Kunits, violin his talent and fame. The 20-year gestation of the First INSTRUMENTATION: woodwinds in pairs, four horns, Symphony had finally ended in 1876, and the Second two trumpets, timpani and strings.

Symphony came easily only a year later. He was APPROXIMATE DURATION: occupied with many songs and important chamber 36 minutes works during the years of the mid-1870s, and the two greatest of his concertos, the B-flat for piano and the D major for violin, were both conceived in 1878. Both works were ignited by the delicious experience of his first trip to Italy in April of that year, though the Piano Concerto was soon laid aside when the Violin Concerto became his main focus during the following summer. After the Italian trip, he returned to the idyllic Austrian village of Pörtschach (site of the composition of the Second Symphony the previous year), where he composed the Violin Concerto for his old friend and musical ally, Joseph Joachim.

The first movement is constructed on the lines of the Classical concerto form, with an extended orchestral introduction presenting much of the movement’s main thematic material before the entry of the soloist. The last theme, a dramatic strain in stern dotted rhythms, ushers in the soloist, who plays an extended passage as transition to the second exposition of the themes. This initial solo entry is unsettled and anxious in mood and serves to heighten the serene majesty of the main theme when it is sung by the violin upon its reappearance. A melody not heard in the orchestral introduction, limpid and almost a waltz, is given out by the soloist to serve as the second theme. The vigorous dotted-rhythm figure returns to close the exposition, with the development continuing the agitated aura of this closing theme. The recapitulation begins on a heroic wave of sound spread throughout the entire orchestra. After the return of the themes, the bridge to the coda is made by the soloist’s cadenza. With another traversal of the main theme and a series of dignified cadential figures, this grand movement comes to an end. The rapturous second movement is based on a theme that the composer Max Bruch said was derived from a Bohemian folk song. The melody, intoned by the oboe, is initially presented in the colorful sonorities of wind choir 24 pittsburghsymphony.org

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without strings. After the violin’s entry, the soloist is seldom confined to the exact notes of the theme, but rather weaves rich embroidery around their melodic shape. The central section of the movement is cast in darker hues. The opening melody returns in the plangent tones of the oboe accompanied by the widely spaced chords of the violinist. The finale is an invigorating dance of Gypsy character in rondo form, with a scintillating tune in double stops as the recurring theme.

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Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Opus 28 (1895) “If you want to create a work that is unified in its mood and consistent in its structure, and if it is to give the listener a clear and definite impression, then what the author wants to say must have been just as clear and definite in his own mind. This is only possible PREMIERE OF WORK: through the expression of a poetical idea.” Thus wrote Cologne, November 5, 1895 Richard Strauss in 1888 in a letter to his mentor, the Franz Wüllner, conductor great pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow, even PSO PREMIERE: 11 March 1904 before he had composed his first successful tone Carnegie Music Hall poem, Don Juan. The “poetical idea” from which Till Richard Strauss, conductor Eulenspiegel sprang was a well-known character of INSTRUMENTATION: German folklore, a “rude mechanical” born in piccolo, three flutes, three oboes, Brunswick in 1283, according to the account of 1515 English horn, clarinet in D, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three basby a Franciscan monk, Thomas Murner. So popular soons, contrabassoon, four horns, were the tales of Till that they were soon translated three trumpets, three trombones, into a half dozen languages, including English, and tuba, timpani, percussion and strings fully 20 editions of his adventures had been published APPROXIMATE DURATION: in French by the beginning of the 18th century. Olin 16 minutes Downes wrote of this impish character, “Till, they say, was a wandering mechanic who lived by his wits, turning up in every town and city. He made himself out to be whatever the situation required — butcher, baker, wheelwright, joiner, monk, or learned metaphysician. He was a lord of misrule, a liar and villain, whose joy it was to plague honest folk and play foul jests upon them. He pillaged the rich, but often helped the poor.... For Till is freedom and fantasy; his is the gallant, mocking warfare of the One against the Many and the tyranny of accepted things. He is Puck and Rabelais, and [he inspired] quicksilver in Strauss’ music.”

The performance of an opera based on the Till legends by the forgotten Wagnerite Cyrill Kistler in Würzburg in 1889 first piqued Strauss’ interest in the subject. Strauss began sketching a libretto for a projected opera about Till by June 1893, but his lack of talent at poetry and the failure of his first opera, Guntram, the following May discouraged him from further work on the plan. When he returned to the subject several months later, the opera had become a tone poem. The work scored an immediate triumph at its premiere, and was soon being performed by orchestras around the world.

“Eulenspiegel” in German means “owl-mirror,” and it is generally agreed that the name of this legendary rascal, who both embodies and exploits human foibles, alludes to PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA

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a German proverb: “Man sees his own faults as little as an owl recognizes his ugliness by looking into a mirror.” When asked to elucidate his music, Strauss wrote to Franz Wüllner, the conductor of the premiere, “By way of helping listeners to a better understanding, it seems sufficient to point out the two Eulenspiegel motives, which, in the most manifold disguises, moods and situations, pervade the whole up to the catastrophe, when, after he has been condemned to death, Till is strung up to the gibbet. For the rest, let them guess at the musical joke which the Rogue has offered them.” The two motives that Strauss mentioned occur immediately at the beginning of the work — the “once upon a time” phrase played by the strings, and the bounding horn theme, whose ambiguous rhythm offers a musical joke to those trying to tap their toes. Strauss, a master of thematic manipulation, spun most of the melodic threads of Till from these two motives. Unlike the historical Till, who reportedly died in bed of the plague, Strauss sentenced his scoundrel to swing for his crimes amid threatening rolls on the drums and great blasts from the trombones. The closing pages, however, revive the impish specter of the physically departed Till, as if to say that his insouciant spirit remains always evergreen.

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MANFRED HONECK Manfred Honeck was born in Austria and studied music at the Academy of Music in Vienna. An accomplished violinist and violist, he spent more than ten years as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. It is this experience that has heavily influenced his conducting and has helped give it a distinctive stamp.

Manfred Honeck was appointed the ninth music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in January 2007 and began his tenure at the start of the 2008-2009 season. In February 2012, Honeck agreed to extend his contract through the 2019-2020 Season.

Following their successful European Tour in 2010 and the European Festival Tour 2011 with appearances at the major music festivals, such as BBC Proms, Lucerne, Grafenegg, Rheingau, Schleswig-Holstein or Musikfest Berlin, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will return to Europe in October/November 2012. Manfred Honeck’s successful work in Pittsburgh is captured on CD by the Japanese label Exton. So far, Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 and 4, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben have been released to critical acclaim.

From 2007 to 2011, Manfred Honeck was music director of the Staatsoper Stuttgart where he conducted premieres including Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Mozart’s Idomeneo, Verdi’s Aida, Richard Strauss’ Rosenkavalier, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and Wagner’s Lohengrin and Parsifal as well as numerous symphonic concerts. His operatic guest appearances include Semperoper Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Royal Opera of Copenhagen, the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, the Salzburg Festival and the Verbier Festival.

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Honeck began a three-year stint as one of three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, and in 1997, he served as music director at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo for a year. A highly successful tour of Europe with the Oslo Philharmonic marked the beginning of a close collaboration with this orchestra, which consequently appointed him principal guest conductor, a post he held from 1998-2004. From 2000 to 2006, Maestro Honeck was music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and served as principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 to 2011.

As a guest conductor, Manfred Honeck has worked with such major European orchestras as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Vienna Philharmonic, and in the U.S. with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Guest engagements of the 2011-2012 season will see him return to his earlier places of activity in Stockholm, Oslo, Prague and Stuttgart and he will also conduct other prestigious orchestras including Staatskapelle Dresden, Bamberg Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Chicago Symphony. He will moreover appear at the Beijing Music Festival and return to Verbier.

In 2010, Manfred Honeck was awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Apart from his numerous tasks as conductor, he has been artistic director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” in Germany for more than 15 years.

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JOSHUA BELL

Often referred to as the “poet of the violin,” Joshua Bell is one of the world’s most celebrated violinists. He continues to enchant audiences with his breathtaking virtuosity, tone of sheer beauty, and charismatic stage presence. His restless curiosity, passion, universal appeal, and multi-faceted musical interests have earned him the rare title of “classical music superstar.” Bell’s most recent challenge is his appointment as the new Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the first person to hold this post since Sir Neville Marinner formed the orchestra in 1958. The ensemble’s first 15-concert tour to the U.S. garnered rave reviews, and as one orchestra member blogged in Gramophone “the audience reaction all tour has been nothing short of rock concert enthusiasm.” Their first recording under Bell’s leadership will be the 4th and 7th symphonies of Beethoven with plans to eventually perform and record all the Beethoven symphonies.

Equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and orchestra leader, Bell’s 2012 summer appearances include the premier of a new concerto for violin and double bass by Edgar Meyer to be performed by Bell and Meyer at Tanglewood, Aspen and the Hollywood Bowl.

In addition Bell will appear at the Festival del Sole, Ravinia, Verbier, Salzburg, Saratoga and Mostly Mozart festivals. He will kick off the San Francisco Symphony’s fall season followed by performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston, Seattle, Omaha, Cincinnati and Detroit Symphonies. Fall highlights also include a tour of South Africa, a European tour with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and a European recital tour with Sam Haywood.

In 2013, Bell will appear in a US tour with the Cleveland Orchestra and a European tour with the New York Philharmonic as well as performances with the Tucson, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Nashville Symphony Orchestras.

Joshua Bell currently records exclusively for Sony Classical and since his first LP recording at age 18 on the Decca Label, he has recorded more than 40 CDs. Sony releases include French Impressions with pianist Jeremy Denk, featuring sonatas by Saint-Saens, Ravel and Franck, At Home With Friends, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The Tchaikovsky Concerto with the 30 pittsburghsymphony.org

Berlin Philharmonic, as well as “The Red Violin Concerto, The Essential Joshua Bell, Voice of the Violin, and Romance of the Violin which Billboard named the 2004 Classical CD of the Year, and Bell the Classical Artist of the Year. Bell received critical acclaim for his concerto recordings of Sibelius and Goldmark, Beethoven and Mendelssohn, and the Grammy Award winning Nicholas Maw concerto. His Grammy-nominated Gershwin Fantasy premiered a new work for violin and orchestra based on themes from Porgy and Bess. Its success led to a Grammy -nominated Bernstein recording that included the premier of the West Side Story Suite as well as the composer’s Serenade.

Bell appeared on the Grammy-nominated crossover recording Short Trip Home with composer and double bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer, as well as a recording with Meyer of the Bottesini Gran Duo Concertante.

Bell also collaborated with Wynton Marsalis on the Grammy-winning spoken word children’s album Listen to the Storyteller and Bela Flecks’ Grammy Award recording Perpetual Motion.

Highlights of the Sony Classical film soundtracks on which Bell has performed include The Red Violin which won the Oscar for Best Original Score, the Classical Brit-nominated Ladies in Lavender, and the films, Iris and Defiance, among others.

Always seeking opportunities to increase the violin repertoire, Bell has premiered new works by composers Nicholas Maw, John Corigliano, Aaron Jay Kernis, Edgar Meyer, Behzad Ranjbaran and Jay Greenberg. Mr. Bell also performs and has recorded his own cadenzas to many of the major violin concertos.

Bell has been embraced by a wide television audience with appearances ranging from The Tonight Show, Tavis Smiley, Charlie Rose, and CBS Sunday Morning to Sesame Street and Entertainment Tonight. In 2010 Bell starred in his fifth Live From Lincoln Center Presents broadcast titled: Joshua Bell with Friends@ The Penthouse.

Other PBS shows include Great Performances – Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite from Central Park, Memorial Day Concert performed on the lawn of the United States Capitol, and A&E’s Biography. He has twice performed on the Grammy Awards telecast, performing music from Short Trip Home and West Side Story Suite. He was one of the first classical artists to have a

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JOSHUA BELL LAST PERFORMED WITH THE PSO IN NOVEMBER 2009

music video air on VH1 and he has been the subject of a BBC Omnibus documentary. Bell has appeared in publications ranging from Strad and Gramophone to, The New York Times, People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People issue, USA Today, The Wall St. Journal, GQ, Vogue and Readers Digest among many. In 2007, Bell performed incognito in a Washington, DC subway station for a Washington Post story by Gene Weingarten examining art and context. The story earned Weingarten a Pulitzer Prize and sparked an international firestorm of discussion which continues to this day.

Growing up with his two sisters in Bloomington, Indiana, Bell indulged in many passions outside of music, becoming an avid computer game player and a competitive athlete. He placed fourth in a national tennis tournament at age 10, and still keeps his racquet close by. At age four, he received his first violin after his parents, both mental health professionals, noticed him plucking tunes with rubber bands he had stretched around the handles of his dresser drawers. By 12 he was serious about the instrument, thanks in large part to the inspiration of renowned violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold, who had become his beloved teacher and mentor. Two years later, Bell came to national attention in his highly acclaimed debut with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

His Carnegie Hall debut, an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a notable recording contract soon followed, further confirming his presence in the musical world.

In 1989, Bell received an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from Indiana University where he currently serves as a senior lecturer at the Jacobs School of Music. His alma mater honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Service Award, he has been named an “Indiana Living Legend” and is the recipient of the Indiana Governor’s Arts Award.

In 2011 Bell received the Paul Newman Award from Arts Horizons and the Huberman Award from Moment Magazine. Bell was named “Instrumentalist of the Year, 2010 by Musical America and that same year received the Humanitarian Award from Seton Hall University.

In 2009 he was honored by Education Through Music and he received the Academy of Achievement Award in 2008 for exceptional accomplishment in the arts. In 2007 he was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize and recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2005.

Today Bell serves on the artist committee of the Kennedy Center Honors and is on the Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic. He has performed before President Obama at Ford’s Theatre and at the White House and recently returned to the Capital to perform for Vice President Biden and Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.

Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin and uses a late 18th century French bow by Francois Tourte.

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GRETCHEN VAN HOESEN, HARP HEIDI VAN HOESEN GORTON, HARP JAMES GORTON, OBOE & ENGLISH HORN EUGENE GOOSSENS

Concert Piece for Oboe/English Horn, Two Harps and Orchestra, Opus 65

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GUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic”

I. Fantasia II. Chorale — III. Perpetuum mobile e burlesca MR. GORTON MS. VAN HOESEN MS. VAN HOESEN GORTON

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This weekend's performances by soloists James Gorton, Gretchen Van Hoesen and Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton are made possible, in part, through the generous Annual Fund support of Arthur & Barbara Weldon and James & Sara Donnell.

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EUGENE GOOSSENS

Concert Piece for Oboe/English Horn, Two Harps and Orchestra, Opus 65 (1957-1958) Eugene Goossens was a member of one of England’s most talented musical clans — his father and grandfather (both also Eugene) were among the most respected of the country’s orchestral conductors durABOUT THE COMPOSER: ing the decades around the turn of the 20th century; Born May 26, 1893 in London; his sisters, Marie and Sidonie, were acclaimed died June 13, 1962 in Hillingdon, Middlesex harpists; and younger brother Leon was an oboe virPREMIERE OF WORK: tuoso of the first order. The youngest of the Eugenes London, February 3, 1958 was born in London on May 26, 1893 and sent for Chelsea Chamber Orchestra training at the age of ten to the conservatory in Eugene Goossens, conductor Sidonie Goossens, harp soloist Bruges, Belgium, his grandfather’s birthplace. A year Maria Goossens, harp soloist later he returned to England to attend the Liverpool Leon Goossens, oboe soloist College of Music, and in 1907, he won a scholarship THESE PERFORMANCES MARK to study at the Royal College of Music in London, THE PSO PREMIERE where his gifts in violin, composition and conductINSTRUMENTATION: ing blossomed; he made his formal debut leading his piccolo, two flutes, oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, own Chinese Variations in 1912. He began his trumpet, timpani, percussion, piano career as a violinist in string quartets and theater and strings orchestras, but concentrated on conducting after APPROXIMATE DURATION: 1916, when he became an assistant to Thomas 22 minutes Beecham. Goossens quickly established his reputation — he led the first concert performance in England of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in 1921 — and conducted for the Handel Society, Carl Rosa Opera Company, Covent Garden and British National Opera Company during the next several years. In 1923, he was appointed conductor of the newly formed Rochester (New York) Philharmonic Orchestra, and eight years later he became music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (with which he commissioned and premiered Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man in 1942); he returned to England during the summers to conduct and compose. From 1946 to 1956, Goossens headed the New South Wales Conservatory and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; in 1955, he was knighted for his services to Australian music. Goossens largely retired after returning to England in 1956, leading only a few recording sessions before his death, in Hillingdon, Middlesex on June 13, 1962.

Though his reputation rested largely on his accomplishments as a conductor, Eugene Goossens was also a prolific composer: two operas; an oratorio; incidental music; two symphonies; concertos for oboe, two harps, violin and piano; two dozen independent orchestral scores; chamber music; songs; choral works and piano pieces. The Concert Piece for Oboe (doubling English Horn), Two Harps and Orchestra is a family affair — Eugene III wrote the oboe part for his brother Leon and the harp parts for his sisters Sidonie (harpist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and Marie (a member of the Covent Garden Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra); their father, the 91-year-old Eugene II, was in the audience when his son conducted the Chelsea Chamber Orchestra in the premiere 36 pittsburghsymphony.org

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in London on February 3, 1958. (Had the Goossens’ horn-playing brother Adolphe not died in the First World War, a part for him would have almost certainly been included as well.)

The first movement of the Concert Piece is a Fantasia based on the nimble, leaping theme heard at the outset in the muted trumpet and carried on by oboe, harps and woodwinds above an insistent pizzicato accompaniment. The movement’s second section begins with a smooth oboe melody that is soon taken up by the strings with greater intensity. The music softens before the movement closes with a playful coda that recalls the nimble main theme. The Chorale takes as the subject of its first portion a beatific melody initiated by the oboe above a delicate web of harp arpeggios. A lyrical theme in the husky tones of the English horn introduces a touch of melancholy at the center of the movement. Cadenzas for the harps and then the English horn provide a thoughtful transition to the finale, a Perpetuum mobile with a main subject reminiscent of the first movement’s leaping theme, which is recalled in its original form as the music unfolds.

A more relaxed passage provides formal and expressive balance. Shortly after the Perpetuum mobile resumes, fragments are heard from the Waltz of the Flowers and Pétrouchka (sly references to the Goossens family’s orchestral craft) before the Concert Piece closes with what Eugene called “a final circus polka [i.e., the burlesca] that puts the whole company through its paces.”

GUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic” (1903-1904) By the summer of 1904, Mahler’s often frenetic life was happier and more stable than ever before. During seven years as director of the Vienna Court Opera he had gained complete control of the house, and he had achieved notable success with completely original productions of Wagner and Verdi undertaken with his Secessionist stage designer, Alfred Roller. Just over two years earlier Mahler had married 22-year-old Alma Schindler, “the most beautiful girl in Vienna” according to his colleague Bruno Walter. The couple had two charming daughters, and spent their summers at Mahler’s lakeside villa in Maiernigg am Wörthersee.

There in the tranquility of woodland composing hut Mahler had completed his Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, plus some of his finest songs. Thus, not surprisingly, Alma found it incredible that her husband would devote the summer to his last two Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the death of children) and the overwhelming finale of the Sixth Symphony— the bleakest music he ever wrote. The symphony’s subtitle, “Tragic,” is Mahler’s own, as is the well-known précis of the finale: “It is the hero, on whom fall three blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled.”

ABOUT THE COMPOSER: Born July 7, 1860 in Kalistë, Bohemia; died May 18, 1911 in Vienna PREMIERE OF WORK: Essen, May 27, 1906 Gustav Mahler, conductor

PSO PREMIERE: 28 October 1960 Syria Mosque William Steinberg, conductor INSTRUMENTATION:

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During the composition of his Third Symphony (1895-96) Mahler had uttered his nowfamous definition of the symphony as “a world.” And each of his virtual worlds is a musically manifest answer to the question, “what if?”: “What if there could be universal salvation at the last judgment?” in the Second. “What if the entire evolution of the cosmos were to end in a hymn of divine love that calms all strife?” in the Third. “What if, ironically, heavenly life were like a naive child’s fantasy of a celestial banquet?” in the Fourth. But the Sixth is an altogether darker vision: What if, as Freidrich Nietzsche puts it, “all that comes into being must be ready for a sorrowful end,” and the “maddening sting of these pains” pierces us just at the moment when, in Dionysian ecstasy, we anticipate the indestructibility and eternity of infinite primordial joy? The tragic aspect of human existence had always haunted Mahler. In earlier symphonies, under the influence of his brilliant friend and mentor Siegfried Lipiner, Mahler had reinterpreted Nietzschean philosophy as a key to salvation, thereby reshaping horror into the aesthetically sublime. Not so in the Sixth: it is as though the condensed classicism of the celestial Fourth Symphony were inverted and expanded into a nightmare ending in a nihilistic void. Nevertheless, Mahler remains the consummate symphonic dramatist throughout the Sixth, and its dark outcome is by no means certain until the recapitulation in the finale.

ALLEGRO ENERGICO, MA NON TROPPO All movements of the Sixth except the Andante are in A minor, the key of stormy agitation in Mahler’s Fifth (and later in Das Lied von der Erde [The song of the earth]). And each of these three A-minor movements is based on grimly militaristic march material related to Mahler’s next-to-last Wunderhorn song, “Revelge” (Reveille, 1899)— the grisly tale of dead soldiers who are aroused from the battlefield and led to victory by their drummer. The song’s frequent modal shifts also seem to foreshadow the oft-recurring motto of the entire symphony: two long chords changing from major to minor above a fateful flourish of drums. In the first movement the motto arrives after approximately two minutes of relentless marching; it subsequently yields to a brief, pallid chorale tune for winds that portends transition, yet remains bound to the home key. What follows, altogether unexpectedly, is the soaring F-major second subject that, according to Alma, was Mahler’s attempt to portray her musically. (“Whether I’ve succeeded, I don’t know,” he reportedly said; “but you’ll have to put up with it.”) This theme is as surprising to the movement as Alma was to its composer. Its two ample periods (with a perky mini-march between them) close the exposition in exhilaration. Following the seemingly outdated classical custom, the score indicates a full repeat of the exposition.

The development comprises two distinct parts. The first marches on; its increased fixation upon the motto rhythm and intermixture of motives from the second (‘Alma’) subject occasionally border on the bizarre. But suddenly the scene changes altogether: wispy parallel chords in the violins and celesta float above a low pedal, and the unusual sounds of cowbells softly emerge, symbolizing for Mahler “world-withdrawn isolation”— the last sounds of living beings heard by wanderers high in the mountains. Brief echoes of previous material (including the motto) are heard, far off and inconsequential, and the tonal center symbolically moves to E flat, as far as possible from the movement’s central key of A minor. Just as closure seems at hand in this Alpine revery, it vanishes more suddenly than it arrived. The march resumes, intensifying through the course of a lengthy transition to the recapitulation.

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second subject is considerably truncated and lacks the confident buoyancy it had manifested in the exposition. Thus a coda must determine the outcome of the movement. It does so through additional developmental activity, and by replenishing the ‘Alma’ theme— sardonically at first, then dazzingly as the ‘chorale’ theme, now for full brass, finally sounds like a chorale. Nevertheless, it remains clear that the story is far from over.

ANDANTE Both nostalgia and the need to escape from it suffuse the Andante; its bittersweet main theme, as Theodor Adorno suggests, bears the afflicted tone of the Kindertotenlieder. The ubiquitous lullaby-style accompaniment also derives from the song cycle, and the Andante quotes a phrase from the first of the Kindertotenlieder— “as though the night had witnessed no misfortune”— that could well serve as the title of the movement. Many features underscore its yearning, including its resumption of E flat major, tonal center of the first movement’s idyllic cowbells episode. The music generates a flexible form that is best described as ‘rondo-like’: three appearances of the main theme sandwich two substantial, delicately contrasting episodes. Yet this scheme is considerably diffused by the web of motivic interconnections that spans all five segments. The first of the contrasting episodes commences bleakly, but eventually brightens into the major mode with tinges of ecstasy; now the herd bells are heard once again, vividly present rather than far distant below. But this sunny pastorale soon collapses back into the movement’s original nostalgic longing. The second episode brings a stronger surge towards escape; the initially pallid material reveals its underlying anguish, to which the will to fulfillment responds through rhapsodic transformation of the main theme in a new key, as though to vanquish its original pensiveness. But the tonic of E flat returns unexpectedly; the mounting rapture can no longer prevail, and yields to resignation; the music then quickly evaporates.

The Sixth’s movement order— Scherzo before Andante or vice versa— is a complex issue. Briefly: The autograph score clearly indicates that Mahler originally intended the scherzo to precede the slow movement; he maintained that ordering up through the public dress rehearsal (Essen, 27 May 1906). Immediately thereafter, terrified by what he had unleashed, Mahler suffered a severe panic attack. He then reversed the inner movements for the premiere that evening, thereby mitigating the stark contrast between the Andante and finale. And he deleted the finale’s third symbolic hammer blow. Nor did Mahler rescind these alterations in the two subsequent performances he conducted.

Nevertheless, in 1963 the influential Complete Critical Edition adopted Mahler’s original Scherzo— Andante sequence, which then became standard for 40 years.

Recent researchers have vigorously challenged this, however, and in 2010 the New Complete Critical Edition restored the order to Andante—Scherzo, as Mahler last performed the work.

SCHERZO. WUCHTIG [FORCEFUL] The backdrop to the Sixth’s scherzo— an eerie admixture of ländler, march and “altväterisch” (old-fashioned) trio— is the Dance of Death, an ancient cultural topos common to the visual arts, literature and music (Totentanz, tarantella, “Death and the Maiden,” etc.).

Formally, it is a straightforward scherzo with repeated trio. But its macabre extension of the first movement’s affect is chilling, even demonic. The meagre, highly repetitive material is developed and infused with energy that drives it “as though whipped” (wie gepeitscht, as Mahler marks one passage) all the way through the motto reference and on into the trio, which absorbs yet alters the scherzo’s pulse. Alma Mahler reports that the trios’ unusual pittsburghsymphony.org 39

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tempo and metrical changes (3/8, 4/8, 3/4) imitate the ‘arrhythmic games’ of their children tottering on the sand. “Ominously, the childish voices became more and more tragic, and at the end died out in a whimper.” The movement indeed closes with dispersion of the trio material, colored by modal shifts of the symphony’s motto.

FINALE. ALLEGRO MODERATO — ALLEGRO ENERGICO “At the moment of tragic catastrophe,” writes the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, “we become convinced more clearly than ever that life is a bad dream from which we have to awake.” Perhaps this image informs the uncanny opening of the Sixth’s finale, which quivers with mildly atonal sonorities; out of them soars and falls a violin line of destiny uncertain, which is then brutally cut off by the all-too-familiar motto. Variants of this introduction also mark the development, recapitulation and coda of the finale’s vast sonata form. After each such iteration (except in the coda) there follows a lengthy episode of “world-withdrawn isolation,” including cowbells.

A collage of new motives gradually unfolds during the introduction, at length giving way to the exposition’s A-minor march—which is that of the first movement in new guise, commingled with the ghastly irony of the dead soldiers from the song “Revelge.” Similarly, the finale’s D-major second subject recalls the energetic longing of the ‘Alma’ theme. Just as this secondary material cadences, the murky introduction envelops the movement once again: this is the introduction to the development, and also our first hint of the drama’s eventual endpoint.

As in the first movement, the finale’s development is bipartite—structured in this case around Mahler’s famous hammer blows. Nevertheless, the hammer itself is a symbolic percussive ornamentation: Mahler added this unheard-of instrument only after the entire symphony had been copied for the engraver, and initially he contemplated five strokes rather than the supposedly fateful three. (As always, Mahlerian drama resides in substance and structure, not merely sonic color.) The resumption of forward motion in the development’s first half arrives at a long pedal point that lasts well over a full minute and establishes extraordinary expectations of major-mode fulfillment. Then falls the first hammer blow.

“The maddening sting of these pains” pierces us just at the moment when, in Dionysian ecstasy, we anticipate the indestructibility and eternity of infinite primordial joy, as Nietzsche puts it. Panic collapse and negative fulfillment ensue, hammer or no: the simple musical device of a deceptive cadence has never disrupted a work more powerfully. The second hammer blow is similar, but its shorter, less focused preparation weakens it. Out of this chaos the uncanny introduction precipitates the recapitulation, once again thwarting expectations of fulfillment.

But first to arise, phoenix-like, is the movement’s major-mode second subject. Thereby Mahler invokes the tradition of the “tragic reversed recapitulation”: accordingly, the reprise will draw to a close with the fateful principal march material. As Adorno rightly observes, “epic expansion attains tightest control” in this movement, for henceforth a positive outcome is impossible: it is too late. Tragic inevitability gives rise to tragic dramatic irony— the spectators sense the outcome while the actors do not. As in classic tragedy, we know what fate demands; the music marches obliviously onward.

When the curtain falls, the hammer has spoken, smashing the idol of fulfillment; no Dionysian joy remains. As at the close of King Lear or Moby Dick, utter devastation prevails. Although such tragedies are rare, Mahler’s Sixth ranks among them.

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GRETCHEN VAN HOESEN Gretchen Van Hoesen has been principal harpist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 1977. She presently holds the Virginia Campbell endowed principal harp chair of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as soloist with the 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 and Pinchas Zukerman and has collaborated with flutists James Galway, Bernard Goldberg, JeanPierre Rampal and Emmanuel Pahud.

Additional appearances with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra have included performances of the Handel Concerto in B flat, Danses Sacré et Profane by Debussy, Concierto Serenata by Joaquin Rodrigo, Rhapsody by Peggy Stuart Coolidge, Noels for Harp by Marcel Tournier and the Concerto for Harp by Rheinhold Gliere. Van Hoesen and her husband, PSO 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. She gave the United States premiere of Suite Concertante for solo harp and orchestra by Manuel MorenoBuendia 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.

Van Hoesen has also performed as soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestral Association, the Greenwich Philharmonia, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, the Lake Placid Sinfonietta 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. Gretchen Van Hoesen was 42 pittsburghsymphony.org

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 American Harp Society National Conferences in Boston, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Denton, Washington, D.C. and Fredonia. Van Hoesen has served as a judge for National Competitions of the American Harp Society and has been past president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Harp Society.

Van Hoesen graduated from the Juilliard School of Music earning both bachelor of music and master of music 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 recordings include Lullabies and Night Songs on the Caedmon label, Pavanes, Pastorales, and Serenades for Oboe and Harp, and Concertos for Harp, CDs on the Boston Records label, and Breath of Heaven, A Christmas Collection with Soprano Sarah Botkin and a work by Bernard Andres with Judith LeClair, principal bassoonist with the NY Philharmonic.

Van Hoesen is a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne universities and combines teaching 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, 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 2001-2006. She is a past president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Harp Society. Her students have won numerous national awards and prizes.

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HEIDI VAN HOESEN GORTON Recently hailed by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette as a performer who plays “with a flair that we are coming to know well,” harpist Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton has been described as one of the most outstanding solo, chamber and orchestral musicians of her generation. She has been presented in solo recitals everywhere from New York to Los Angeles, Vancouver to Vienna. She is Principal Harp with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra with maestros Manfred Honeck, Andrew Davis, Marek Janowski, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Gianandrea Noseda and James Levine. Van Hoesen Gorton earned two degrees in harp performance from The Juilliard School of Music under the tutelage of Nancy Allen, and has also studied with Gretchen Van Hoesen, Anne MargueriteMichaud and Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche. She has been a member of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony (ID) since 2001, and has been a participant in the Strings Chamber Music Festival (Steamboat Springs, CO), National Repertory Orchestra (Breckenridge, CO), Aspen (CO) Tanglewood (Lenox, MA) and Interlochen (Traverse City, MI).

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Actively competing in domestic and international competitions, she was awarded first place in the Young Professional Division of the American Harp Society (AHS) National Competition in June 2009. She has been a winner of the Anne Adams Awards (2010) held in Tacoma, as well as the Victor Salvi Awards (2008) held in Chicago. In 2004, she was winner of the Lennox Young Artist Competition playing Gliere’s Concerto for Harp and Orchestra and the 2005 Juilliard School concerto competition in Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp. In 2004 she was the first prize winner of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Solo Competition. She was invited back to ASTA to be a guest lecturer and master class clinician at the 2012 National Conference in Atlanta, GA. She has been featured twice as a soloist on ‘From the Top’ on NPR. Heidi has taught masterclasses in Pittsburgh (Carnegie Mellon University), New Orleans (Tulane University), Charlotte, Denver, San Francisco, Syracuse, and Milwaukee.

In 2010, she joined the faculty of the Advanced Chamber Music Seminar Summer Camp in Pittsburgh, PA.

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THESE PERFORMANCES MARK HEIDI VAN HOESEN GORTON’S DEBUT WITH THE PSO

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JAMES GORTON

James Gorton, co-principal oboist, Mildred S. Myers and William C. Frederick Chair, joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1971, formerly serving as associate principal and acting principal oboe. Prior to joining the PSO, Gorton was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the EastmanRochester Orchestra, and principal oboe of the Rochester Chamber Orchestra. From 1971 to 1986 he was principal oboe of the Pittsburgh Opera and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. He has also served as principal oboe of the Colorado Philharmonic, the New Hampshire Music Festival, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, and Strings in the Mountains Festival, as well as oboist and English Hornist of the Bethlehem (PA) Bach Festival, Lake George (NY) Opera Festival, and the Sun Valley (ID) Summer Symphony.

As oboe soloist, Gorton gave the Pittsburgh premiere of Witold Lutoslawski’s Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra with harpist Gretchen Van Hoesen, conductor Zdenek Macal and the PSO in May of 1985. Gorton presented the Rochester premiere of L’Horloge de flore (The Flower Clock) by Jean Françaix with the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra under Walter Hendl. Other solo appearances with the PSO have included both the Mozart and Haydn Sinfonia concertante and the Hertel Concerto in E-flat for Oboe and Trumpet. In addition, Gorton has appeared as soloist with the Colorado Philharmonic, New Hampshire Music Festival, Johnstown Symphony, Carnegie Civic Symphony (now Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra) and the Main Line (Philadelphia) Symphony. His performance of the C.P.E. Bach Concerto in D minor with the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra was named one of the Top Ten Concerts of 2001 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

As a chamber musician and recitalist, Gorton was a founder of the New Pittsburgh Quintet, which played throughout the U.S., at the prestigious Osaka International Festival in Japan, and for the nationally televised PBS special commemorating opening of the Sarah Scaife Gallery in Pittsburgh. He was a mem46 pittsburghsymphony.org

ber of the Mid-America Woodwind Quintet in residence at Emporia (KS) State University from 1969 to 1971. In 1984, Gorton performed as soloist in the Heinz Hall chamber series premiering Five Pieces for Solo Oboe

by Antal Dorati. He has appeared in recital throughout the Pittsburgh area at the Frick Museum, Duquesne University, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham College, Carlow College, Shadyside Concert series, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project, Rodef Shalom, Penn State University and California State University. He has also been presented in recital in Taiwan and in Bösendorfer Hall in Vienna. Gorton has produced several CDs and numerous other recordings. Pavanes, Pastorales, and Serenades for Oboe and Harp, a CD for Boston Records by James Gorton and Gretchen Van Hoesen, was released in 1996.

The widely-acclaimed recording containing music never before recorded has demanded three pressings.

Gorton grew up in the Philadelphia area and studied privately with Charles Morris, Louis Rosenblatt and John de Lancie, all of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Gorton studied with Robert Sprenkle at the Eastman School of Music, where he was a Rochester National Scholar and earned the bachelor of music degree and performer’s certificate. He is a faculty member of Duquesne University and former faculty member of Carnegie Mellon and Carlow Universities. His students hold posts in orchestras and universities throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Gorton has served on many Pittsburgh Symphony committees, including Chairman of the Artistic Advisory Committee during several conductor searches. These concerts mark his final subscription series with the orchestra.

PHOTO CREDIT: ALICIA DALLAGO

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JAMES GORTON LAST PERFORMED SOLO ON A CLASSICAL SUBSCRIPTION PERFORMANCE IN MAY 1985

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EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made generous gifts of $500 or above to the Annual Fund in the past year. Those who have made a new gift or increased their previous gift are listed in italics. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, if we have not listed you correctly, please call Thank You! 412.392.4842.

INDIVIDUALS MAESTRO’S CIRCLE $100,000+ Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Juergen Mross Musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Dick & Ginny Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher Arthur & Barbara Weldon BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE $50,000 - $99,999 Audrey & Jerry McGinnis Perry* & BeeJee Morrison FOUNDER’S CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. James R. Agras Bill & Loulie Canady Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon Marcia M. Gumberg Drue Heinz Elsie & Henry Hillman Audrey R. Hughes Mr. Steven T. Schlotterbeck Tom & Jamee Todd Jon & Carol Walton 48 pittsburghsymphony.org

Helge & Erika Wehmeier James & Susanne Wilkinson CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $20,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot John H. Hill Tom & Dona Hotopp Rick & Laurie Johnson Deborah Rice $15,000 - $19,999 Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Ron & Dorothy Chutz James K. & Sara C. Donnell L. Patrick & Marsha Hassey Douglas B. McAdams Joanne B. Rogers Mr. Max Starks & Dr. Tiffany Calloway Starks Elizabeth Burnett & Lawrence Tamburri GUARANTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000 - $14,999 Anonymous (2) Michele & Pat Atkins Allen Baum & Elizabeth WitzkeBaum

Benno & Connie Bernt Nadine E. Bognar Kathryn & Michael Bryson Jane & Rae R. Burton Dr. Rebecca J. Caserio Roy & Susan Dorrance Jean & Sigo Falk Barbara Jeremiah Robert W. & Elizabeth C. Kampmeinert Nancy & Jeff Leininger Janet & Donald Moritz Bob & Joan Peirce Pauline Santelli The David S. & Karen A. Shapira Foundation John P. & Elizabeth L. Surma Jill & Craig Tillotson Ellen & Jim Walton Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $7,500 - $9,999 Michael & Carol Bleier Betty Diskin in memory of Arthur, William & Robert Diskin Dr. & Mrs. Martin Earle Caryl & Irving Halpern Joseph & Dorothy Jackovic

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Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brooks Robinson Alece & David Schreiber James & Janet Slater

Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Dr. Kenneth & Mrs. Tracey Melani Marilyn & Allan H. Meltzer Sam Michaels $5,000 - $7,499 Robert D. Mierley Family Anonymous (2) Foundation II Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman Sally Minard & Walter Limbach Dan & Kay Barker Morby Family Charitable Philip & Melinda Beard Foundation Noah Bendix-Balgley Betty & Granger Morgan Michael & Sherle Berger Gerald Lee Morosco & Paul Ted & Kathie Bobby Ford, Jr. Ms. Spencer Boyd Mildred S. Myers & William C. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Brent Frederick Larry & Tracy Brockway Elliott S. Oshry Barbara & David Burstin Shelley, Dana, & Arthur Palmer Dr. & Mrs. Sidney N. Busis Dale & Michele Perelman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan Dr. & Mrs. William R. Poller in James C. Chaplin honor of our four grandsons Joseph* & Virginia Cicero Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Svetlana S. Mr. & Mrs. E. V. Clarke Price Mr.* & Mrs. Eugene Cohen Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Millie & Gary Ryan Ruby A. Cunningham Nancy Schepis Alison H. & Patrick D. Deem Robert & Janet Squires Philip J. & Sherry S. Dieringer Marcia & Dick Swanson William S. Dietrich, II* Mrs. Carol H. Tillotson Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Donahue Thomas L. & Bonnie W. Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. VanKirk Donnelly Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Mr. William J. Fetter Richard LeBeau Mr. & Mrs. Milton Fine Nozomi Williams in Honor of Terri H. Fitzpatrick Sally Webster and Susan Robert & Jeanne Gleason Bassett Marjorie Burns Haller Rachel & Franny Wymard Gail & Gregory Harbaugh AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Harvey Christiane & Manfred Honeck $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous (9) Mrs. Milton G. Hulme Barbara & Marcus Aaron, II Elizabeth S. Hurtt Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jamison, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John C. Barber Dr. & Mrs. David Beaudreau Mr. & Mrs. Craig Jordan David Blair & Marianne Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn Bokan-Blair Mr. & Mrs. R. Drew Kistler Diana Block & Christopher Kiehl D. H. Lee, Jr. Marian & Bruce Block Anne Lewis Mrs. William A. Boyd Doris L. Litman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Brand Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Gary & Judy Bruce McConomy Charles* & Patricia Burke Robert & Dana McCutcheon Devin & Shannon McGranahan James & Margaret Byrne

Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Cahouet Roger & Judy Clough Charles C. Cohen & Michele M. McKenney Bill & Cynthia Cooley Cyert Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Davidson, Jr. Ms. Jamini Davies Ada & Stanford* Davis Jim & Peggy Degnan June & Barry Dietrich James N. Dill, Jr. Elaine A. Dively Dr. James H. Duggan & Mary E. Duggan Mr. Frank R. Dziama Frederick & Ruth Egler Marlene & Louis Epstein Ms. Kelly G. Estes & Mr. Hank Snell Henry & Ann Fenner Donna & Bob Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Hans Fleischner Kimberly & Curtis Fleming J. Tomlinson Fort Janet M. Frissora Gary & Joanne Garvin Mrs. Merle Gilliand Nancy Goeres & Michael Rusinek Kenneth & Lillian Goldsmith Mrs. Lee C. Gordon George & Jane Greer Mr. & Mrs. George V. Grune, Jr. Mr. & Mrs.* Charles H. Harff Carolyn Heil Dr. & Mrs. Allen Hogge Dorothy A. Howat Hyman Family Foundation Leo & Marge Kane Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Sydelle Kessler Charles & Kathleen Kovac Cliff & Simi Kress Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lane Judith & Lester* Lave Arthur S. Levine, M.D. & Linda S. Melada In Memory of Elliott (Bud) Lewis Barry Lhormer & Janet Markel Mr.* & Mrs. Howard M. Love Mary Lou Magee James C. & Jennifer Martin Dave & Kathy Maskalick pittsburghsymphony.org 49

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Victoria & Alicia McGinnis George & Bonnie Meanor Mary Ellen Miller Montgomery IP Associates Betty & John Mussler Barbara & Eugene Myers Maurice & Nancy Nernberg Fritz Okie H. Ward & Shirley Olander Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. & Linda E. Shooer Robert & Lillian Panagulias Drs. J. Parrish & C. Siewers Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Eric & Sharon Perelman Mr. & Mrs. William C. Pohlmann Richard E. Rauh Dr. Tor Richter in memory of Elizabeth W. Richter James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Riordan Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Rooney Abby & Reid Ruttenberg Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Salama Donald D. Saxton, Jr. in memory of Barbara Morey Saxton Karen Scansaroli Mrs. Virginia W. Schatz Leonard & Joan Scheinholtz Michael Shefler Kay L. Shirk Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia Landy Paul & Linda Silver James & Janet Slater Mr. & Mrs. Harry Steele Lowell & Jan Steinbrenner Drs. Michael & Beverly Steinfeld Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Theodore & Elizabeth Stern Margaret Tarpey & Bruce Freeman Richard & Sandra Teodori Dorothea & Gerald* Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Thompson, II Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Ticknor John & Nancy Traina Konrad & Gisela Weis Carolyn & Richard Westerhoff Seldon & Susan Whitaker Dr.* & Mrs. George R. White Mary Jo Winokur 50 pittsburghsymphony.org

Drs. Barry Wu & Iris Tsung in honor of Louise Wu Naomi Yoran Harvey & Florence Zeve Dorothea K. Zikos Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Berkovitz ENCORE CLUB $1,500 - $2,499 Anonymous(7) Mrs. Ernest Abernathy Andrew & Michelle Aloe Joan Frank Apt Mrs. Jane Callomon Arkus Mr. & Mrs. David J. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Balog Mrs. Barbara C. & Mr. Ralph J. Bean, Jr. Fred & Sue Bennitt Jeanne & Richard F. Berdik Dr. Michael & Barbara Bianco Mr. Michael E. Bielski Philip & Bernice Bollman Donald W. & Judith L. Borneman Dr. Carole B. Boyd Gary & Connie Brandenberger Hugh & Jean Brannan Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bregenser Lawrence R. Breletic & Donald C. Wobb Myron David Broff Roger & Lea Brown Howard & Marilyn Bruschi David L. Buchta & Harmon K. Ziegler William Burchinal Dr. & Mrs. John A. Burkholder Gene & Sue Burns Dr. Bernadette G. Callery & Dr. Joseph M. Newcomer Susan S. Cercone Mrs. Arthur L. Coburn, III Christine & Howard Cohen Mark & Sherri Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Alan Cope Rose & Vincent A. Crisanti Marion S. Damick Jerry & Mimi Davis Alfred R. de Jaager Armand C. Dellovade Mr. & Mrs. James R. Drake John & Gertrude Echement Linda & Robert Ellison Marvin Fields & Kate Brennan*

Albert L. Filoni Mr. & Mrs. James A. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Fisher Chauncey & Magdaline Frazier Dina & Jerry Fulmer Dr. & Mrs. J. William Futrell Keith & Susan Garver Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Gebhardt Alice V. Gelormino Mr. & Mrs. David C. Genter Dr. & Mrs. Sanford A. Gordon Rick & Stephanie Green William & Victoria Guy Mr. & Mrs.* George K. Hanna Lauren Harder & Jason Kass Jay Frey & Michael Hires Mr. & Mrs. C. T. Hiteshew Alysia & Robert Hoyt Dr. & Mrs. John W. Hoyt Micki Huff Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hunley Phillip Injeian Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Alice Jane & Paul R.* Jenkins Susan Johnson & Dr. Robert J. Gluckman Barbara Johnstone Jackie & Ley Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jayant Kapadia Mr. & Mrs. David N. Kaplan Gerri Kay Judge William Kenworthy & Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Gloria Kleiman James & Jane Knox Ms. Dawn Kosanovich George & Alexandra Kusic Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Lenkey Dr. Michael Lewis & Dr. Katia Sycara Roslyn M. Litman Tom & Gail Litwiler George & Jane Mallory Mr. Sheldon Marstine Dr. Richard Martin in memory of Mrs. Lori Martin Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Jean H. McCullough Mary A. McDonough Margaret J. McGowan Alan & Marilyn McIvor Sherman & Sue McLaughlin Susan Lee Meadowcroft Muriel R. Moreland

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Jim & Susan Morris in Honor of Kay Stolarevsky Abby L. Morrison Lesa B. Morrison, Ph. D Dr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. Motoyama Gerd D. & Helen Mueller Charles & Lois Norton Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Donnell Dr. Karl R. Olsen & Dr. Martha E. Hildebrandt Ellen Ormond Warren & Rena Ostlund Dr. Paul M. Palevsky & Dr. Sharon R. Roseman Mr. & Mrs. James Parker Seth & Pamela Pearlman Connie & Mike Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Edward V. Randall, Jr. Cheryl & James Redmond Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Mr. Stephen Robinson Rich & Linda Ruffalo Judy & Stanley Ruskin Juerg X. Saladin Thomas & Perri Schelat Joseph Schewe, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. K. George Schoeppner Esther Schreiber Dr. Allan & Mrs. Brina D. Segal Preston & Annette Shimer Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shoop, Jr. Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Rebecca L. Carlin Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Dr. & Mrs. Dennis P. Slevin Manny H. & Ileane Smith Marisa & Walter C. Smith Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Sandy & Mr. Edgar Snyder Hon. & Mrs. William L. Standish Lewis M. Steele & Ann Labounsky Steele Mr. & Mrs. James E. Steen Barbara & Lou Steiner Jeff & Linda Stengel Fred & Maryann Steward Dick & Thea Stover C. Dean Streator Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Stroebel Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas

Robert Bastress & Barbara Fleischauer Robert W. & Janet W. Baum Barbara N. Baur Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Fund in Memory of Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Nick & Dotty Beckwith Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Vange & Nick Beldecos Judith Bell Edgar & Betty Belle Bendix-Balgley Fund of the Tides Foundation Rudy & Barbara Benedetti Eleanor H. Berge Ms. Evelyn Berger Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz SYMPHONY CLUB Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. James $500 - $1,499 Farber Anonymous (24) Don Berry Frederic & Deborah Acevedo Dr. & Mrs. Albert W. Biglan Mary Beth Adams Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Siamak Adibi Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Dr. Lawrence Adler & Ms. Judith Mr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Blaney Brody Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Blansett, Jr. R. Ward Allebach & Lisa D. Joseph & Shirley Bonner Steagall Betsy Bossong Mr. Christopher D. Allen & Ms. Dana & Margaret Bovbjerg Claudia Mahave Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen David & Andrea Aloe Matthew & Leslie Braksick Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Robert N. Brand Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William H. Brandeis Dr. Madalon Amenta Gerda & Abe Bretton Donald D. Anderson Mary & Russell Brignano Mrs. Doris Anderson Mary L. Briscoe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Suzy & Jim Broadhurst Angerman Mr. Randy & Mrs. Deborah The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Broker Angleberger Suzanne Broughton & Richard Dr. Madeline Amenta Margerum Warren J. Archer & Madeline C. Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Archer Bartholomew Mr. & Mrs. Charles Armitage Nancy & John Brownell James & Susanne Armour John T. Buckley & Emily J. Ruth Bachman in Memory of Rosenthal James Bachman Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Burchfield Ms. Elizabeth Bakoss Timothy & Linda Burke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Ball Mr. & Mrs. James Burnham Lorraine E. Balun Rev. Glen H. & Carol Burrows Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Dr. Stuart S. Burstein Richard C. Barney Michael F. Butler Robert & Loretta Barone James & Judith Callomon

Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner Bob & Denise Ventura Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Jim Walker & Jonnie Viakley Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Wasilak Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan Bassett Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White Elizabeth & Frank L. Wiegand, III Sarah C. Williams & Joseph Wilson, III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Ellie & Joe Wymard Miriam L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Isaias Zelkowicz Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow

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Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Mead Dr. & Mrs. Albert Caretto, Jr. Richard & Jeanne Carter Charles & Donna Cashdollar James P. Cassaro Janet E. Chadwick Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Dr. Thomas S. Chang Peggy & Joe Charny Craig D. Choate Kenneth & Celia Christman David Clark & Janese Abbott Mr. & Mrs. William Clarkson William & Elizabeth Clendenning Mr. & Mrs. Philip Coachman Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Dale Colyer Ms. Patricia Cover Barton & Teri Cowan Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer David & Marian Crossman John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Zelda Curtiss Cynthia Custer Mrs. John C. Cutler Dr. & Mrs. Richard Daffner Joan & Jim Darby Mr. & Mrs. William J. Darr Norina H. Daubner Joan Clark Davis Bruce & Rita Decker Charles S. Degrosky Captain Ronald M. Del Duca, USN (ret.)

Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Lynn & David DeLorenzo Dr. Jau-Shyong Deng Valerie DiCarlo Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. DiCarlo Mrs. Tika Dickos Docimo Family Mr. & Mrs. Todd Donovan Anthony V. Dralle Mary Jo Dressel Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic Mary Jane Edwards Eugene & Katrin Engels Roger & Beverly Engle 52 pittsburghsymphony.org

Arnold & Eva Engler Dr. Timothy Evans Dr. & Mrs.* John H. Feist Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Madelyn & John Fernstrom Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Dr. Joseph Fine Paul & Joanna Fitting Mr. & Mrs. David Fitzsimmons Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. Mark F. Flaherty Jane Flanders* James & Ellen Flanigan Jan Fleisher Mr. & Mrs. K.H. Fraelich, Jr. Mrs. Natalie H. Friedberg Friends of the PSO John & Elaine Frombach Dr. Janet Fromkin & Dr. Ronald Stiller Lorie Fuller Normandie Fulson Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Gallagher Gamma Investment Corporation Marlene E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Gaudelli Joan & Stuart Gaul Dr. & Mrs. Brian Generalovich Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Gerber Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Josie & Geoff Gibson Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Gillis Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett Mike & Cordy Glenn Daniel & Marcia Glosser Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Mr. James Gorton & Mrs. Gretchen Van Hoesen Laurie Graham Charlotte T. Greenwald Dr. & Mrs. M. Joseph Grennan Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Mr. Matteo Gruelle Ira & Anita Gumberg Dr. Alberto M. Guzman Jerome P. & Claire B. Hahn Kristine Haig & John Sonnenday Marnie & Jim Haines Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Rev. Diana D. Harbison Susan & David Hardesty

Mrs. Mary O. Harrison Ms. Christine A. Hartung Mr. & Mrs. Calvin R. Hastings Jana & Fil Hearn Cathy & John Heggestad Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Heidenreich Ms. Martha S. Helmreich in Honor of my mother, Anne J. Schaff Eric & Lizz Helmsen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Henderson Paul Hennigan Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Hepler Bob & Georgia Hernandez Marianne & Marshall Hess Douglas & Antionette Hill Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Dr. Joseph & Marie Hinchcliffe Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Richard Dum Clare & Jim Hoke Philo & Erika Holcomb Katherine Holter Dr. & Mrs. Elmer J. Holzinger Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hooton Thomas O. Hornstein Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Anne K. Hoye Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Jean & Richard Humphreys Robert & Gail Hunter Joan M. Hurrell Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hyland, Jr. George L. Illig, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Iwinski, Jr. Lynne & Blair Jacobson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Willcox Jenkins Dawn M. Johnson Tom & Cathie Johnson Tom & Wendy Jones in Honor of Chris Wu Dr. Raymond M. Juriga Richard & Barbara Kahlson Alice & Richard Kalla Julie & Jeffrey Kant Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Flo & Bob Kenny Rhian Kenny Ruth Ann & Eugene Klein Peggy C. Knott Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Kobus

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Ms. Marilyn Koch Stephen Kostyniak Carly, Catherine & Kim Koza Madeline Kramer in Memory of Fred Kramer Helen Aldisert & William L. Krayer Mr. & Mrs. John Krolikowski Alice & Lewis Kuller Robert A. & Alice Kushner Betty Lamb Dr. Michael Landay Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Lang Earl & Marilyn Latterman A. Lorraine Laux Marvin & Gerry Lebby Drs. Grace and Joon Lee Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul L. Shay MD Mr. David W. Lendt Father Ronald P. Lengwin Robert W. Lenker Sally Levin Dr. & Mrs. Herbert & Barbara Levit Mrs. William E. Lewellen, III Phillip & Leslie Liebscher Robert & Janet Liljestrand Elsa Limbach Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Mr. & Mrs. James T. Linaberger Lawrence & Jacqueline Lobl Ms. Margery J. Loevner Constance T. Long Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Sybil S. Lowy Francis & Debbie Lynch Pat & Don MacDonald Neil & Ruth MacKay Prof. Heather MacLean Hank & June Mader Mrs. George J. Magovern, Jr. John K. Maitland Carl & Alexis Mancuso Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Mr. & Mrs. Bernard S. Mars Thomas & Elizabeth Massella Helen F. Mathieson Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Maurer Bill McAllister & Janet Sarbaugh Ms. Sidney F. McBride

Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc. David & Carol McClenahan Mr. Samuel A. McClung Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Mary C. McCormick Margaret S. McCoy Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Kent & Martha McElhattan Mary & R. Lee McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. McGarry Carol Jean McKenzie Mr. & Mrs. William P. Meehan Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Barbara Sachnoff Mendlowitz Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mrs. William Metcalf, III Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Meyer Bridget & Scott Michael Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Middleton Robert & Miriam Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr. Dr. Samuel* & Nessa Mines Catherine Missenda Paul & Connie Mockenhaupt Amy & Ira M. Morgan Mr. Gary Morrell Connie & Bruce* Morrison Dr. & Mrs. William S. Morrison Frank & Brenda Moses Theodor & Inge Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Munsch Mary & Jim Murdy Mr. & Mrs.* Albert C. Muse Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Nathanson Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Mrs. Suzanne Newpher Patricia K. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. James Niece Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Dr. Sean Nolan Nan R. Norris Heidi Novak Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Maureen S. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Jack Offenbach Dr. & Mrs. Kook Sang Oh

Paul & Nancy O’Neill Vince Ornato Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Orr Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack John A. Osuch Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Doug & Suzanne Owen Mr. & Mrs. William A. Partain Dr. Anthony William Pasculle Patricia Passeltiner John & Joan Pasteris Kenneth Patterson Camilla B. Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Daniel M. Pennell Ms. Dorothy Philipp Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Drs. Robert & Kathy Piston Edward & Mary Ellen Pisula Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Shirley Pow Ms. Mary Alice Price Myrna & Gerald Prince Mercedes & John Pryce Robert & Mary Jo Purvis Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr. Fran Quinlan Dr. * & Mrs. Donald H. Quint Barbara Rackoff James & Carol Randolph Barbara M. Rankin Drs. Bruce & Jane Raymond Dave & Joan Reale Mr. Joseph J. Regna, Jr. Paul & Dorothy Reiber Eric & Frances Reichl Ms. Victoria Rhoades Carraro Dr. & Mrs. J. Merle Rife Carol & Patrick R. Riley Mavis & Norman Robertson Edgar R. & Betty A. Robinson Mr. William M. Robinson Sharon & Jim Rohr Mr. & Mrs. C. Arthur Rolander Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Rom Janice G. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener, III Mrs. Louisa Rosenthal Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Joseph Rounds pittsburghsymphony.org 53

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Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Ruffin, III Mr. R. Douglas Rumbarger Mrs. John M. Sadler Dr. James R. Sahovey Tamiko Sampson Dr. & Mrs. Isamu Sando Dr. Carlos R. Santiago Stephen & Susan Sargent Sally & Keith Saylor Charlie Ward & Marita Schardt Albert & Kathleen Schartner Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. Melvin & Catherine Schiff Mr. & Mrs. George Schneider Shirley Schneirov Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, II Mary Ann Scialabba Robert & Sharon Sclabassi George & Marcia Seeley Anne Selinger & Nyles Charon Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg Judith D. Shepherd Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Herbert J. Shure Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour Sikov Marjorie K. Silverman Mr. Frank Simpkins Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Ms. Ann Slonaker Elaine & William Smith Nancy N. Smith Wallace & Patricia Smith Bill & Patty Snodgrass Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Drs. Horton C. & Jannene M. Southworth Samuel & Judith Spanos R. Palmer Spierling Richard C. Spine & Joyce Berman Henry Spinelli Janet H. Staab Jim & Judy Stalder 54 pittsburghsymphony.org

Patricia D. Staley Gary & Charlene Stanich Dr. James Staples Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer William H. Steele Bronna & Harold Steiman Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra C.J. Sylak, Jr. Stuart & Liz Symonds Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Szejko Carol L. Tasillo Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Mr. Philip C. Thackaray Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Thompson Bob & Bette Thomson Gail & Jim Titus Denny & Colleen Travis Rosalyn & Albert Treger Paul A. Trimmer Jeff & Melissa Tsai Eric & Barbara Udren Diane & Dennis Unkovic Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Mr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Vest Cate & Jerry Vockley Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Bill & Sue Wagner Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner C. Robert Walker John & Irene Wall Mr. & Mrs. John Wandrisco Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Marvin & Dot Wedeen Elaine Weil William C. Weil Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Bill Weiss Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Nancy Welfer J.B. Weller Frank & Heide Wenzel Mrs. Louis A. Werbaneth Nancy Werner

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg James Whitehead Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Robert & Carole Williams Ruth Williams in honor of Anne M. Williams and her parents Dr. Ann G. Wilmoth Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Marie & Daniel Winschel Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Rufus J. Wysor Mark & Judy Yogman Ms. Susan Yohe Marlene & John Yokim Dr. & Mrs. Jack Yorty Hugh D. & Alice C. Young Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek Simone Ziegler Mrs. Patricia M. Zimba The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra would like to thank the generous individuals whose gifts we cannot recognize due to space constraints. Please read their names on our website at pittsburghsymphony.org.

Current as of May 24, 2012

*deceased

foundations & public agencies

FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES

Anonymous (2) Allegheny County Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Meyer & Merle Berger Family Foundation, Inc. Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust The Louis & Sandra Berkman Foundation H. M. Bitner Charitable Trust Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Paul and Dina Block Foundation Bruce Family Foundation Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation The Jack Buncher Foundation Anne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and Educational Trust Compton Family Foundation The Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable Fund Kathryn J. Dinardo Fund Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Lillian Edwards Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Fine Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Grable Foundation Hansen Foundation The Heinz Endowments Elsie H. Hillman Foundation The Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund May Emma Hoyt Foundation Milton G. Hulme Charitable Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Eugene F. and Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Roy F. Johns, Jr. Family Foundation Howard G. and Frances Y. Jones Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation R.K. Mellon Family Foundation

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Millstein Charitable Foundation The Charles M. Morris Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Vernon C. Neal & Alvina B. Neal Fund The Norbell Foundation A.J. & Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust Parker Foundation The Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson Charitable Foundation W. I. Patterson Charitable Foundation The Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson Charitable Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Pittsburgh Foundation Pittsburgh Symphony Association The Platt Family Foundation Norman C. Ray Trust The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Rossin Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation The H. Glenn Sample Jr. MD Memorial Trust Scaife Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Symphony East Symphony North Symphony South Tippins Foundation Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Wallace Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Weiner Family Foundation Samuel and Carrie Arnold Weinhaus Memorial Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Robert and Mary Weisbrod Foundation Hilda M. Willis Foundation Phillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation Current as of May 18, 2012

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CORPORATIONS Includes annual corporate donations and sponsorships BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION SIGNATURE CIRCLE $75,000 AND ABOVE Acusis Allegheny Technologies Incorporated BNY Mellon EQT Corporation Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield PNC DIAMOND CIRCLE $40,000 - $74,999 Bobby Rahal Automotive Group PPG Industries Foundation PLATINUM CIRCLE $20,000 - $39,999 Alcoa Foundation Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company Delta Air Lines, Inc. Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Giant Eagle H. J. Heinz Company Foundation LANXESS Corporation MSA Charitable Foundation Peoples Natural Gas Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP Triangle Tech Group United States Steel Corporation UPMC & UPMC Health Plan GOLD CIRCLE $10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous American Eagle Outfitters Foundation American Environmental Services, Inc. Bayer USA Foundation Citigroup 56 pittsburghsymphony.org

Clearview Federal Credit Union Dollar Bank Ernst & Young LLP Fairmont Pittsburgh & Habitat Restaurant The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Company Charitable Trust Hefren-Tillotson Macy’s Foundation SILVER CIRCLE $5,000 - $9,999 AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Calgon Carbon Corporation Chesapeake Energy Corporation The Common Plea Catering Inc. Deloitte Eat’n Park Restaurants Federated Investors, Inc. Gleason, Inc. KPMG LLP Levin Furniture MEDRAD Mozart Management Mylan Pharmaceuticals Nordstrom Oliver Wyman PwC Reed Smith LLP Ruth’s Chris Steak House Schreiber Industrial Development Co. SYCOR West Penn Allegheny Health System BRONZE CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999 A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Angelo, Gordon & Co. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Burrell Group, Inc. Cipriani & Werner PC Dominion Resources

ELG Haniel Metals Corp.

Elite Coach Transportation Fort Pitt Capital Group Koppers Lighthouse Electric Company, Inc. Marsh USA Inc. Mascaro Construction Company Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Co. Sarris Candies, Inc. Silhol Builders Supply The Techs WPXI-TV BUSINESS PARTNERS PEWTER LEVEL $1,000 - $2,499 Berner International Corp Bowles Rice Attorneys at Law Bridges & Company, Inc. Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. ESB Bank Elements Contemporary Cuisine Ellwood Group, Inc. FISERV Jendoco Construction Corporation Kerr Engineered Sales Company Lidia’s Italy Pittsburgh MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, Inc. McKamish, Inc. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Oxford Development Company Rothman Gordon PC Schneider Downs Six Penn Kitchen Stringert, Inc. Trebuchet Consulting LLC United Safety Services, Inc. Wampum Hardware Inc.

corporations

PARTNER LEVEL $500 - $999 Allegheny Valley Bank Big Burrito Restaurant Group Bombardier The Buncher Company Cantor & Pounds Dental Associates Consolidated Communications Crawford Ellenbogen LLC Enterprise Bank Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. General Wire Spring Co. Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Hamill Manufacturing Company Hertz Gateway Center, LP The Hite Company Hoffman Electric Inc. The Jas H. Matthews Educational & Charitable Trust

K&I Sheet Metal, Inc. Lucas Systems, Inc. Marstrand Industries, Inc. Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Attorneys at Law Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Modern Reproductions, Inc. Neville Chemical Company O’Neal Steel, Inc. PGT Trucking Pittsburgh Wool Company Inc. Pzena Investment Management, LLC Scott Metals Inc. Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Triad USA Tube City IMS, LLC Wagner Agency, Inc.

Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc.

We would like to thank all corporations that contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Please see our website for a complete listing at pittsburghsymphony.org.

Current as of May 17, 2012

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In addition to income from the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on a robust Endowment to assure its financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment account to provide for the PSO's future. The Steinberg Society honors donors who have advised the PSO in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestra through their estate plans. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a planned gift to the endowment of $10,000 or more to commemorate a particular person or event. Endowed Naming Opportunities for guest artists, musicians' chairs, concert series, educational programs or designated spaces allow donors to specify a name or tribute for ten years, twenty years or in perpetuity. For additional information, call 412.392.3320.

STEINBERG SOCIETY Anonymous (13) Siamak & Joan Adibi Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger The Joan & Jerome* Apt Families Francis A. Balog Robert & Loretta Barone Patricia J. Bashioum* Scott J. Bell Mr.* & Mrs.* Allen H. Berkman Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz Benno & Constance Bernt Marilee Besanceney* Michael Bielski Ruth M. Binkley* Thomas G. Black Barbara M. Brock Lois R. Brozenick Gladys B. Burstein Helen B. Calkins * Janet T. Caputo* Bernard Cerilli* Judy & Michael Cheteyan Educational/Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David W. Christopher Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Dr. Johannes Coetzee* Mr.* & Mrs. Eugene S. Cohen Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Rose Y. Cox* Chester* & Caroline* Davies Jean Langer Davis* Katherine M. Detre* Dr.* & Mrs*. Daniel J. Dillon In memory of Stuart William Discount Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Donnelly Mrs. Philip D'Huc Dressler* Frank R. Dziama Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Jane M. Epstine* Emil & Ruth* Feldman Mrs. Loti Gaffney Keith & Susan Garver The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Mr.* & Mrs.* William H. Genge Ken & Lillian Goldsmith C. Ruth Gottesman* Anna R. Greenberg May Hanson* Elizabeth Anne Hardie Charles & Angela Hardwick Carolyn Heil 58 pittsburghsymphony.org

Eric & Lizz Helmsen Mr.* & Mrs.* Benson Henderson Ms. Judith Hess Mr. John H. Hill Doris M. Hunter, M.D.* Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Hurtt Philo & Erika Holcomb Ms. Seima Horvitz* Florence M. Jacob* Esther G. Jacovitz Eugene F. & Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Patricia Prattis Jennings Jane I. Johnson* Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn Mr. Sid Kaplan* Lois S. Kaufman Miss Virginia Kaufman* Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mr. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Ms. Bernadette Kersting Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Kessler Walter C. Kidney* John W. Kovic, Jr.* Mildred Koetting* Raymond Krotec* Mr.* & Mrs.* G. Christian Lantzsch Stanley & Margaret Leonard Frances F. Levin Margaret M. Levin* Martha Mack Lewis* Edith H. Lipkind Doris L. Litman Penny Locke Edward D. Loughney* Lauren & Hampton Mallory Beatrice Malseed* Jeanne R. Manders* Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Mrs. Lori Martin* Dr. Marlene McCall Elizabeth McCrady* J. Sherman & Suzanne S. McLaughlin George E. Meanor Mary K. Michaely * Catherine Missenda Ms. Jean L. Misner Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Dr. Michael Moran Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mildred S. Myers

Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Eda M. Nevin* Rhonda & Dennis Norman Rose Noon* Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. Irene G. Otte* Mrs. Dorothy R. Rairigh* Barbara M. Rankin Richard E. Rauh Cheryl & James Redmond Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Yvonne V. Riefer* Martha Robel* Donald & Sylvia Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roderick Mr.* & Mrs. William R. Roesch Charlotta Klein Ross Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis In Memory of Isaac Serrins from Mrs. Isaac Serrins Michael Shefler Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Simmons Audrey I. Stauffer* Dr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Stept In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from His Loving Family Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore In Loving Memory of Father and Grandfather William Steinberg from Silvia Tennenbaum & Family Richard C. Tobias* Tom & Jamee Todd Mr. & Mrs. Gideon Toeplitz Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Eva & Walter J. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. George L. Vosburgh In Memory of Isaac Serrins from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss David G. Weiss* Brian Weller Donald Frederick Wahl* Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Sara Cancelliere Wiegand * James & Susanne Wilkinson Mr.* & Mrs.* Arnold D. Wilner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Patricia L. Wurster Rufus J. Wysor Naomi Yoran Miriam L. Young

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SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM

The Sid Kaplan Memorial Hallway given by David Kaplan in appreciation of generous gifts commemorating family and friends In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from his loving family

In Honor of Mariss & Irina Jansons and friendship from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Kessler Honoring my dear friend, Marvin Hamlisch, from Mina Kulber

In Loving Memory of Martin Smith, PSO Horn, 1980-2005, from his siblings Todd Smith, Judy Dupont, & Susan Noble

ENDOWED CHAIRS Principal Horn Chair, given by an Anonymous Donor First Violin Chair, given by Allen H. Berkman in memory of his beloved wife, Selma Wiener Berkman Michael & Carol Bleier Horn Chair given in memory of our parents, Tina & Charles Bleier and Ruth & Shelley Stein Jane & Rae Burton Cello Chair Cynthia S. Calhoun Principal Viola Chair Virginia Campbell Principal Harp Chair Ron & Dorothy Chutz First Violin Chair Johannes & Mona L. Coetzee Memorial Principal English Horn Chair George & Eileen Dorman Assistant Principal Cello Chair Albert H. Eckert Associate Principal Percussion Chair Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Associate Concertmaster Chair Jean & Sigo Falk Principal Librarian Chair Endowed Principal Piccolo Chair, given to honor Frank and Loti Gaffney William & Sarah Galbraith First Violin Chair The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie First Violin Chair Ira & Nanette Gordon – The Gracky Fund for Education & Community Engagement Susan S. Greer Memorial Trumpet Chair, given by Peter Greer Caryl & Irving Halpern Cello Chair William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Vira I. Heinz Music Director Chair

Principal Pops Conductor Chair Endowed by Henry & Elsie Hillman Tom & Dona Hotopp Principal Bass Chair Milton G. Hulme, Jr. Guest Conductor Chair given by Mine Safety Appliances Company Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Jones III, Principal Keyboard Chair Virginia Kaufman Resident Conductor Chair, Lawrence Loh Stephen & Kimberly Keen Bass Chair G. Christian Lantzsch & Duquesne Light Company Principal Second Violin Chair Mr. & Mrs. William Genge and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Lee Principal Bassoon Chair Nancy & Jeffery Leininger First Violin Chair Edward D. Loughney Co-Principal Trumpet Fiddlesticks Family Concert Series Endowed by Gerald & Audrey McGinnis Honoring The Center for Young Musicians Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Cello Chair Dr. William Larimer Mellon, Jr. Principal Oboe Chair, given

by Rachel Mellon Walton Messiah Concerts Endowed by the Howard and Nell E. Miller Chair Donald I. & Janet Moritz and Equitable Resources, Inc. Associate Principal Cello Chair The Perry & BeeJee Morrison String Instrument Loan Fund The Morrison Family Associate Principal Second Violin Chair Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Co-Principal Oboe Chair

Jackman Pfouts Principal Flute Chair, given in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Jackman by Barbara Jackman Pfouts Pittsburgh Symphony Association Principal Cello Chair Reed Smith Chair honoring Tom Todd Horn Chair James W. & Erin Rimmel Percussion Chair Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Oboe Chair Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation Guest Conductor Chair Martha Brooks Robinson Principal Trumpet Chair Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Silberman Principal Clarinet Chair Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Tillotson, Jr. Viola Chair Tom & Jamee Todd Principal Trombone Chair Rachel Mellon Walton Concertmaster Chair, given by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mellon Scaife Jacqueline Wechsler Horn Chair given in memory of Irving (Buddy) Wechsler Barbara Weldon Principal Timpani Chair Hilda M. Willis Foundation Flute Chair Thomas H. & Frances Witmer Assistant Principal Horn Chair The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra wishes to thank individuals who have made gifts or provisions through the Legacy of Excellence programs. If you find that your name has not been listed and should be, or if you would like additional information about making gifts to the endowment, please call 412.392.3320.

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COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is grateful to our Commitment to Excellence Campaign donors and is pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made gifts of $1,000 or more to the Commitment to Excellence Campaign. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, if we have not listed you correctly, please call 412.392.2887.

$1,000,000+ Anonymous (1) BNY Mellon The Buncher Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Beverlynn & Steven Elliott The Heinz Endowments Elsie & Henry Hillman The Estate of Virginia Kaufman The Richard King Mellon Foundation PNC R.P. Simmons Family Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program Arthur & Barbara Weldon $500,000 - $999,999 Anonymous (1) Dollar Bank Roy & Susan Dorrance The Giant Eagle Foundation Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III Tom & Jamee Todd $250,000 - $499,999 Allegheny Technologies Incorporated Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Edward S. & Jo-Ann M. Churchill Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon Drue Heinz Trust Tom & Dona Hotopp G. Christian Lantszch* Lillian Edwards Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McConomy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher Jon & Carol Walton Thomas H. & Frances M. Witmer $100,000 - $249,999 Anonymous (4) Wendy & David Barensfeld in memory of Dr. Robert E. Herlands Kathryn & Michael Bryson Rae & Jane Burton 60 pittsburghsymphony.org

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan The Estate of Johannes Coetzee Randi & L.Van V. Dauler, Jr., Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund EQT Corporation The Estate of Beatrice Malseed The Estate of Donald F. Wahl Falk Foundation & Sigo & Jean Falk Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot Goldman Sachs Gives Ira & Anita Gumberg Hansen Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Hefren-Tillotson Barbara Jeremiah Rick & Laurie Johnson Nancy & Jeff Leininger Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Samuel & Carrie Arnold Weinhaus Fund Edward D. Loughney* Bill* & Carol Tillotson Helge & Erika Wehmeier James & Susanne Wilkinson Hilda M. Willis Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 Estate of Florence M. Jacob Benno & Constance Bernt Michael & Carol Bleier Sidney & Sylvia Busis Ann & Frank Cahouet Ron & Dorothy Chutz Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Marvin & Terre Hamlisch Robert W. & Elizabeth C. Kampmeinert A. W. Mellon Foundation James & Joan Moore Donald I. & Janet Moritz Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Elliott S. Oshry Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Reed Smith LLP Abby & Reid Ruttenberg John P. & Elizabeth L. Surma Jill & Craig Tillotson Jacquelin G. Wechsler $25,000-$49,999 Anonymous (1) Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman Astorino Larry & Tracy Brockway Robert C. Denove Pamela R. & Kenneth B. Dunn Martin & Lisa Earle Eichleay Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Nancy Goeres & Michael Rusinek Ms. Anna Greenberg Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mrs. H.J. Levin Betty & Granger Morgan The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brooks Robinson Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer Stan & Carole Russell Karen Scansaroli James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation Schreiber Industrial Development Co. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Steen The Estate of Joan Dillon Milton & Nancy Washington Harvey & Florence Zeve Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (1) William & Frances Aloe Charitable Foundation AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District The Louis & Sandra Berkman Foundation Michael E. Bielski Estate of Ruth M. Binkley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Booker AndrĂŠs CĂĄrdenes & Monique Mead James C. Chaplin Virginia K. Cicero The Estate of Richard C. Tobias The Estate of Jane I. Johnson

commitment to excellence Greg & Ellen Jordan Ruth Feldman* & Emil Feldman Elizabeth H. Genter David & Nancy Green Caryl & Irving Halpern David G. Hammer The Walt Harper Memorial Fund W.S. & Linda J. Hart Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Karen & Thomas Hoffman Ms. Seima Horvitz Mark Huggins & Bonnie Siefers David & Melissa Iwinski Eric & Valerie Johnson Rhian Kenny Judith & Lester* Lave Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Douglas B. McAdams Alicia & Victoria McGinnis Mary Ellen Miller Maureen S. O'Brien Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. O'Brien Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. & Linda E. Shooer Robert & Lillian Panagulias Mr. & Mrs. John R. Price Deborah Rice James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Judy & Stanley Ruskin Max & Tiffany Starks Estate of Audrey I. Stauffer Elizabeth Burnett & Lawrence Tamburri The Chester A. Davies Trust Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Mrs. Evette Wivagg Rachel W. Wymard Seldon & Susan Whitaker $5,000-$9,999 Jim & Jane Barthen Scott Bell Betsy Bossong Allan J. & Clementine K. Brodsky Roger & Judy Clough Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Philip J. & Sherry S. Dieringer Mr. & Mrs. David Ehrenwerth Mr. Ian Fagelson Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Gebhardt Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Mr. & Mrs.* Charles H. Harff Eric & Lizz Helmsen Richard & Alice Kalla Jack & Virginia Kerr Douglas W. Kinzey

Cliff & Simi Kress Betty L. Lamb Jeanne R. Manders* Scott & Bridget Michael Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Robert Moir & Jennifer Cowles Mary & Jim Murdy Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Pollack Tor Richter in memory of Tibbie Richter Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Dick & Thea Stover Becky & Herb Torbin Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Richard L. LeBeau Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Wright Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Berkovitz $1,000 - $4,999 Anonymous (8) Mr. & Mrs. John Crile Allen, Sr. Mr. Thomas L. Allen David & Andrea Aloe Joan & Jerome* Apt & Family Ms. Linda M. DeArment John H. Ashton Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Kathleen & Joseph Baird Richard C. Barney Robert W. & Janet W. Baum Philip & Melinda Beard Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Patti & Sandy Berman Georgia Berner Ms. Mary Biagini Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan Mr. Stuart Bloch Paul E. Block Marian & Bruce Block Nadine E. Bognar Jim & Debbie Boughner Mr. & Mrs. David A. Brownlee Lois R. Brozenick Howard & Marilyn Bruschi Doug Burns Burrell Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Cameron Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Shannon Capellupo Dr. Rebecca Caserio Gloria R. Clark Mr. Ray Clover Dr. Richard L. & Sally B. Cohen Bill & Cynthia Cooley Stacy Corcoran Rose & Vincent Crisanti Patricia Criticos

Donna Dierken Dado Ada & Stanford* Davis Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell'Omo Valerie DiCarlo June & Barry Dietrich Lisa Donnermeyer Susie & George Dull John & Gertrude Echement Francis & Gene Fairman, III In Honor of Ruth Feldman* & Emil Feldman Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Jan Fleisher Mr. & Mrs. Joseph U. Frye Friends & Family of Stanford P. Davis Bruce & Ann Gabler Dr. R. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen Roche Gamma Investment Corporation Kathleen Gavigan & William B. Dixon Mr. & Mrs. James Genstein Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Russellyn Carruth Mr. Thomas W. Golightly & Rev. Carolyn J. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Graham John F. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Frank T. Guadagnino Mr. and Mrs. M. Robert Hagerty Kristine Haig & John Sonnenday Deirdre & Brian Henry Carol E. Higgins Adam & Allison Hill Kelvin Hill Esther & Terry Horne Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Hornstein David & Mary Hughes Hyman Family Foundation Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Vincent J. Jacob Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Jacobs, Jr. Maureen Jeffrey Trust Susan & Wyatt Jenny Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur S. Jones Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Leo & Marge Kane Joan M. Kaplan Mr. Navroz J. Karkaria Judge William Kenworthy & Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Jan & Guari Kiefer Aleta J. & Paul King Carly, Catherine & Kim Koza Elaine & Carl Krasik In Memory of Jack Larouere Mike LaRue & Judy Wagner A. Lorraine Laux Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Leech John Lenkey, III Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Lenkey Frances F. Levin Ken & Hope Linge pittsburghsymphony.org 61

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Tom & Gail Litwiler E.D. Loughney Neil & Ruth MacKay MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, Inc. Mary Lou & Ted N. Magee Carl & Alexis Mancuso In Memory of Elizabeth & Leonard Martin Dave & Kathy Maskalick Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Massaro, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Water T. McGough, Jr. George & Bonnie Meanor Marilyn & Allan Meltzer Merrills Family Burl J. F. Moone, III Arthur J. Murphy, Jr. Terrence H. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Perry Napolitano Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Nussbaum Sandy & Gene O'Sullivan Roger & Sarah Parker John & Joan Pasteris Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Camilla B. Pearce & Dan Gee* Joseph & Suzanne Perrino Kears & Karen Pollock Ms. Mary Alice Price Symphony East

Barbara Rackoff Bruce S. Reopolos Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Betty & Edgar R. Robinson Mr. William M. Robinson Bruce & Susy Robison Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Charlotta Klein Ross Joseph Rounds Millie & Gary Ryan Gail Ryave & Family Williams Saunders & Elizabeth Casman Mary Sedigas Mrs. Virginia W. Schatz Allyn R. Shaw, William M. Shaw III & Family, Susan Wambold Michael Shefler Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Rebecca L. Carlin Paul & Linda Silver Laurie & Paul Singer Lois & Bill Singleton Marjorie A. Snyder Martin Staniland & Alberta Sbragia Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr.

Sarah & Thomas St. Clair William H. Steele Jeff & Linda Stengel Stringert, Inc. Peter Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Dorothea & Gerald* Thompson Dennis L. Travis & Colleen Bryne Travis Jeff & Melissa Tsai Drs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria Woshner John & Linda Vuono James R. Whitehead Jim* & Mary Jo Winokur Scott & Stacy Weber Marvin & Dot Wedeen Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Dorothea K. Zikos We would like to thank all of our donors to the Commitment to Excellence Campaign. A complete listing can be found on our website at pittsburghsymphony.org Current as of May 18, 2012 *deceased

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 ..............................................................................................Community Engagement Concerts Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue ................................................................................Music for the Spirit Roy & Susan Dorrance ..................................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Corporation ..................................Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By-Side Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot ................................................................................Grand Piano, Paris Festival Goldman Sachs Gives ........................................................................Community Engagement Concerts Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ..................................................................Music and Wellness Program Elsie & Henry Hillman ..................The Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International Performances Ms. Seima Horvitz ........................................................................................................................Garden Bench David & Melissa Iwinski ..........................................................................................................Stage Left Door Lillian Edwards Foundation..........................................................................................Heartstrings Program Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell ......................................................................President and CEO’s Office Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ................................................................................Grand Tier Door - Right Center PNC ..................................................................................PNC Walkway at Heinz Hall and PNC Tiny Tots Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart ................................................................................................Grand Piano Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer....................................................................................................Garden Bench Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III ............................................................................Music for the Spirit Alece & David Schreiber ............................................................................................................Garden Bench Harvey & Florence Zeve ........................................................................................................Garden Bench Current as of May 18, 2012 62 pittsburghsymphony.org

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HEINZ HALL BOX OFFICE Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday from Noon to 4 p.m. Weekend hours vary based on performance times. Tickets may be purchased by calling 412.392.4900 and are also available at Theater Square Box Office.

THE LATECOMER’S GALLERY, located behind the Main Floor, affords patrons who arrive after the beginning of a concert the opportunity to enjoy the performance until they can be seated.

Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals during the program, at the discretion of the conductor. The Latecomer’s Gallery is also available for parents with younger children.

THE MOZART ROOM AT HEINZ HALL Just seconds away from your seats, enjoy an all new dining experience with The Common Plea. pittsburghsymphony.org/mozartroom Reservations at 412.392.4879.

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, such as requests for wheelchair accessible locations, may be made when purchasing tickets.

Hearing assistance devices are available in the Entrance Lobby.

Doormen and ushers are also available for assistance with these needs.

RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels and off the Garden and Overlook rooms; a wheelchair-accessible restroom is on the Main Floor.

FOR LOST AND FOUND ITEMS, call 412.392.4844 on weekdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

THE ELEVATOR is located next to the Grand Staircase.

HEINZ HALL IS A NON-SMOKING BUILDING AND HAS A NO SMOKING POLICY.

AN ATTENDED COAT CHECKROOM is available in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Family Regency Room, located on the Lower Level or in the Grand Lobby. Coin-operated lockers are located on the Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels.

REFRESHMENT BARS are located in the Garden and Overlook rooms and in the Grand Tier Lounge. Intermission beverages may be ordered prior to performances. Water cups are available in the restrooms.

FIRE EXITS are to be used ONLY in case of an emergency. If the fire alarm is activated, follow the direction of Heinz Hall ushers and staff to safely evacuate the theater.

CONCIERGE SERVICE, in the Entrance Lobby, is available to assist with information about Heinz Hall, the Cultural District and area attractions and to help with dining, hotel, entertainment and transportation concerns.

THE EMERGENCY REGISTRY BOOK, for the convenience of physicians and others who may be called in an emergency, is located at the concierge desk. Please turn off cellular phones and pagers upon entering the theater and refer all emergency calls to 412.392.2880.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AT CONCERTS: Penny Vennare, Event Supervisor; Tina Castrodale, Concierge; Ron Ogrodowski, Concierge.

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Can I organize a group for a concert?

Absolutely. With a group ticket purchase you receive discounted tickets, priority seats, personalized service and free reception space. For more information, call 412.392.4819 or visit our website at pittsburghsymphony.org/groups

What time should I arrive for concerts? You may want to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to concert start time to allow time for parking, entering the hall and finding your seat. BNY Mellon Grand Classics patrons have the opportunity to attend Concert Preludes, which begin one hour before the concert in the auditorium.

What should I wear to concerts?

There is no official dress code for events in Heinz Hall. Many patrons wear business attire, and many prefer to be more casual. Wear whatever makes you feel comfortable.

May I bring my children? Introducing small children to music is important to the PSO and we welcome young children to our youth concerts and Fiddlesticks Family Series. Children, approximately age six and over, are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and lobby video monitors are always options for restless children.

May I take pictures? All still and video photography, or audio recording are strictly prohibited at all times.

How will I find parking? Pittsburgh’s Cultural District can be very busy but guaranteed prepaid parking is available to all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penn garage across from Heinz Hall. Ask about prepaid parking when you order your tickets.

What can I do to support the PSO? Your ticket purchase supports the PSO and we thank you! However, ticket sales only cover a portion of our operating costs. To make a tax-deductible gift to the PSO, contact our Donor Relations department at 412.392.4880 or visit us online at pittsburghsymphony.org How can I get someone from the PSO to speak at our event? The volunteers of the Speakers Bureau would like to share their passion for the PSO with the community by providing a speaker for you and your organization. If you are interested, please call 412.392.2235.

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