PSO Program Book - March 2 - 11, 2012

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March 2 & 4: Program ....................................................................11 March 2 & 4: Program Notes ........................................................12 Nikolaj Znaider: Biography ..........................................................16 Emanuel Ax: Biography ................................................................18 March 9, 10 & 11: Program............................................................25 March 9, 10 & 11: Program Notes ................................................26 André Previn: Biography ..............................................................32 William Caballero: Biography ......................................................34 George Vosburgh: Biography ......................................................36 Craig Knox: Biography ..................................................................38 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.

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BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS | HEINZ HALL FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 AT 8:00 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012 AT 2:30 PM

PRE-CONCERT one hour prior

NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER, EMANUEL AX,

PIANO

CONCERT PRELUDE ON STAGE WITH PSO ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR THOMAS HONG

CONDUCTOR

RICHARD WAGNER

“Prelude und Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde

WOLFGANG AMADÉ MOZART

Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 482

INTERMISSION

EDWARD ELGAR

POST-CONCERT sunday only

I. Allegro II. Andante III. Rondo: Allegro MR. AX LOBBY EXHIBITS

Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 “Enigma Variations”

Enigma: Andante I. “C.A.E.” L’istesso tempo II. “H.D. S.-P.” Allegro III. “R.B.T.” Allegretto IV. “W.M.B.” Allegro di molto V. “R.P.A.” Moderato VI. “Ysobel” Andantino VII. “Troyte” Presto VIII. “W.N.” Allegretto IX. “Nimrod” Adagio X. “Dorabella – Intermezzo” Allegretto XI. “G.R.S.” Allegro di molto XII. “B.G.N.” Andante XIII. “* * * - Romanza” Moderato XIV. “E.D.U.” Finale: Allegro

DISCUSSION IN THE OVERLOOK ROOM ORCHESTRAL PORTRAITS: ELGAR’S ENIGMA VARIATIONS

This weekend's performances by Piano Soloist Emanuel Ax are made possible, in part, through the generous Annual Fund support of Beverlynn and Steven Elliott.

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RICHARD WAGNER

“Prelude und Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde (1854-1859) Wagner provided a synopsis of the emotional progression of the action of Tristan whose voluptuous prose is a not only a sketch of the events of the story, but also a key to understanding the surging sea of passion upon which the entire world of this opera floats:

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:

Born 22 May 1813 in Leipzig; “Tristan, the faithful vassal, woos for his king her died 13 February 1883 in Venice for whom he dares not avow his own love, PREMIERE OF WORK: Isolde. Isolde, powerless than to do otherwise Munich, 10 June 1865 than obey the wooer, follows him as bride to his Munich Royal Court Theater Hans von Bülow, conductor lord. Jealous of this infringement of her rights, the PSO PREMIERE OF “PRELUDE Goddess of Love takes her revenge. As the result UND LIEBESTOD”: of a happy mistake, she allows the couple to taste 16 December 1898 of the love potion which, by the burning desire Carnegie Music Hall Victor Herbert, conductor which suddenly inflames them after tasting it, INSTRUMENTATION: opens their eyes to the truth and leads to the piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, avowal that for the future they belong only to English horn, two clarinets, bass each other. Henceforth, there is no end to the clarinet, three bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, longings, the demands, the joys and woes of tuba, timpani, harp and strings love. One thing only remains: longing, longing, APPROXIMATE DURATION: insatiable longing, forever springing up anew, 17 minutes pining and thirsting. Powerless, the heart sinks back to languish in longing, in longing without attaining; for each attainment only begets new longing, until in the last stage of weariness the foreboding of the highest joy of dying, of no longer existing, of the last escape into that wonderful kingdom from which we are furthest off when we are most strenuously striving to enter therein. Shall we call it death? Or is it the hidden wonder-world from out of which an ivy and vine, entwined with each other, grew up upon Tristan’s and Isolde’s grave, as the legend tells us?”

The sense of longing is generated right at the beginning of the opera. Its Prelude is built, in the composer’s words, from “one long series of linked phrases,” each of which is left hanging, unresolved, in silence. Of the remainder of the Prelude and its progression to the Liebestod (“Love-Death”), Wagner wrote, it moves from “the first timidest lament of inappeasable longing, the tenderest shudder, to the most terrible outpouring of an avowal of hopeless love, traversing all phases of the vain struggle against the inner ardor until this, sinking back upon itself, seems to be extinguished in death.” The Prelude is constructed as a long arch of sound, beginning faintly and building to a huge climax near its center before dying away to silence. In Wagner’s concert version, the Liebestod follows without pause, and it, too, generates a magnificent tonal gratification at the point near the end of the opera where the lovers find their only possible satisfaction in welcome death. Of this sublime moment, Wagner wrote, “What Fate divided in life now springs into transfigured life in death: the gates of union are thrown open.

Over Tristan’s body the dying Isolde receives the blessed fulfillment of ardent longing, eternal union in measureless space, without barriers, without fetters, inseparable.”

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WOLFGANG AMADÉ MOZART

Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 482 (1785) Mozart’s life was hectic during the winter of 17851786. He completed the E-flat Piano Concerto on December 16, just four days after putting the finishing touches on the Violin Sonata, K. 481. He had recently received a commission from Emperor Joseph II for ABOUT THE COMPOSER: a musical diversion (The Impresario) to be given at the Born 27 January 1756 in Salzburg; orangerie of the Schönbrunn Palace in February, and died 5 December 1791 in Vienna was making revisions and additions to Idomeneo for PREMIERE OF WORK: Vienna, 16 December 1785 a revival of that opera in March. Work on numerous Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, soloist chamber and vocal pieces was also squeezed into his PSO PREMIERE: schedule as was the tutelage of a sizable group of pri20 November 1953 vate students. His main concern at the time, however, Syria Mosque William Steinberg, conductor was the composition of The Marriage of Figaro, which Rudolf Serkin, piano he was readying for production in the spring as soon INSTRUMENTATION: as the theaters opened following the end of the Lenten flute, two clarinets, two bassoons, prohibition of operatic performances. Mozart’s father, two horns, two trumpets, timpani Leopold, wrote that his son was “up to his ears” in and strings work during those winter months.

APPROXIMATE DURATION: 33 minutes Despite the commissions, the grand plans and the facility with which he worked, Mozart was troubled. Always something of a spendthrift, he was sinking into a difficult debt-ridden financial situation from which he would never be able to extricate himself. The first of what became a steady stream of letters to friends begging for money was sent to Hoffmeister, his publisher, on November 20, 1785. Mozart’s health, like his finances, was also showing signs of deterioration. Though not yet 30, he was often seriously ill, and he started to be plagued by thoughts of his own death. A few months after his letter to Hoffmeister he wrote, “I never lie down at night without reflecting that — young as I am — I may not live to see another day.” Many of the works of 1785 reflect his growing seriousness of mind: the D minor Concerto (K. 466), the last two of the “Haydn” Quartets (K. 464 and K. 465), C minor Piano Fantasia (K. 475), G minor Quintet (K. 478) and Masonic Funeral Music (K. 477). It was just such music that bemused the fickle Viennese public. These probing compositions were not the simple little ditties and pretty musical bonbons that they demanded, but something that puzzled them, and perhaps touched an emotional chord that they felt was as well left undisturbed on a pleasant evening after a tasty supper. The audience that Mozart had built during his first five years in Vienna began to slip away, and this E-flat Concerto, more gallant in style and closer to the popular taste than most of its neighbors (though with a surprisingly Romantic slow movement), was probably an attempt to win back the support of his patrons.

The Concerto’s orchestral introduction opens with a broad rhythmic gesture immediately answered by a brief response in the burnished sonorities of bassoons and horns.

Further melodic ideas tumble one after another until the soloist’s entry, which acts as a bridge to the second exposition and the pianist’s elaboration of the earlier thematic materials. Following the main theme group, Mozart chose to turn briefly to a darkly shaded PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA

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minor tonality rather than to begin the second theme area in the dominant key, casting a certain Romantic spirit over these measures. The expected dominant key arrives with a rising scalar melody for soloist, after which the exposition concludes with rippling pianistic flourishes supported by a buoyant orchestral accompaniment. The central section, less a true development than a free fantasia, is dominated by the soloist, with the orchestra serving as the subdued background for the display of tasteful virtuosity. The recapitulation recalls themes from both the introduction and the exposition while providing the obligatory cadenza opportunity for the pianist.

The second movement is a hybrid form, with elements of rondo, variations and ternary constructions. Its unusual structure, however, is precisely suited to its mood, which is introspective and almost solemn in its rich harmonic coloring. Alfred Einstein, in his seminal study of Mozart’s music, said that this is “expression unadorned, almost an exhibition of sadness, false consolation, despair and resignation.”

The finale, one of Mozart’s jauntiest rondos, returns to the gallant world of the first movement. Its effortless theme is announced by the violins and then the full orchestra before the soloist responds with an answering strain. Following the second return of the rondo theme, there is an episode in the manner of a tender Romanza, initiated by clarinets and bassoons, after which the galloping good cheer of the rondo resumes — with a brief pause for a cadenza — to close this “Queen of Mozart’s concertos.”

SIR EDWARD ELGAR

Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 “Enigma Variations” (1898-1899) Throughout his life, Edward Elgar liked to dispense startling or mystifying remarks just to see what response they would elicit. Turning this trait upon his music, he added the sobriquet “Enigma” above the theme of the splendid set of orchestral variations that he composed in 1898-1899. He posited not just one puzzle in the Enigma Variations, however, but three.

First, each of the 14 sections was headed with a set of initials or a nickname that stood for the name of the composer’s friend portrayed by that variation. The second mystery dealt with the theme itself, the section that bore the legend “Enigma.” It is believed that the theme represented Elgar himself (note the similarity of the opening phrase to the speech rhythm of his name — Ed-ward EL-gar), thus making the variations upon it portraits of his friends as seen through his eyes. The final enigma, the one that neither Elgar offered to explain nor for which others have been able to find a definitive solution, arose from a statement of his: “Furthermore, through and over the whole set another and larger theme ‘goes’ but is not played.... So the 14 pittsburghsymphony.org

ABOUT THE COMPOSER: Born 2 June 1857 in Broadheath, England; died 23 February 1934 in Worcester

PREMIERE OF WORK: London, 19 June 1899 St. James’s Hall Hans Richter, conductor PSO PREMIERE: 11 April 1907 Carnegie Music Hall Emil Paur, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings APPROXIMATE DURATION: 29 minutes

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principal theme never appears, even as in some recent dramas — e.g., Maeterlinck’s L’Intruse and Les Sept Princesses: the chief character is never on stage.” Conjectures about this unplayed theme that fits each of the variations have ranged from Auld Lang Syne (which guess Elgar vehemently denied) to a phrase from Wagner’s Parsifal. One theory was published in 1975 by the Dutch musicologist Theodore van Houten, who speculated that the phrase “never, never, never” from the grand old tune Rule, Britannia fits the requirements, and even satisfies some of the baffling clues that Elgar had spread to his friends. (“So the principal theme never appears.”) We shall never know for sure. Elgar took the solution to his grave.

Variation I “C.A.E.” is a tender depiction of the composer’s wife, Alice. Variation II “H.D. S.-P.” represents the warming-up finger exercises of H.D. Steuart-Powell, a pianoplaying friend. Variation III “R.B.T.” uses the high and low woodwinds to portray the distinctive voice of Richard Baxter Townsend, an amateur actor with an unusually wide vocal range. Variation IV “W.M.B.” suggests the considerable energy of William Meath Baker.

Variation V “R.P.A.” reflects the frequently changing moods of Richard Penrose Arnold, son of the poet Matthew Arnold. Variation VI “Ysobel” gives prominence to the viola, the instrument played by Elgar’s pupil Isobel Fitton. Variation VII “Troyte” describes the high spirits of Arthur Troyte Griffith. Variation VIII “W.N.” denotes the grace of Miss Winifred Norbury. Variation IX “Nimrod” is a moving testimonial to A.J. Jaeger, Elgar’s publisher and close friend. Variation X “Dorabella – Intermezzo” describes Dora Penny, a friend of hesitant conversation and fluttering manner. Variation XI “G.R.S.” portrays the organist George R. Sinclair and his bulldog, Dan, out for a walk by the River Wye. Variation XII “B.G.N.” honors the cellist Basil G. Nevinson. Variation XIII “* * * - Romanza” was written while Lady Mary Lygon was on a sea journey. The solo clarinet quotes a phrase from Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture and the hollow sound of the timpani played with wooden sticks suggests the distant rumble of ship’s engines. Variation XIV “E.D.U. - Finale,” Elgar’s self-portrait, recalls the music of earlier variations.

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NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER Nikolaj Znaider is not only celebrated as one of the foremost violinists of today, but is fast becoming one of the most versatile artists of his generation uniting his talents as soloist, conductor and chamber musician.

This season, Nikolaj Znaider was invited

by Valery Gergiev to become Principal Guest Conductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra in St. Petersburg where he will conduct a production of Marriage of Figaro and a number of symphonic concerts. He is a regular guest conductor with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Russian National Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, Swedish Radio Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony.

The 2011-2012 season sees Znaider as Artist in Residence with the Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra and in 2012-2013 making his conducting debut with the Concertgebouw Orkest, Santa Cecilia Rome and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist, Znaider works regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Ivan Fischer and Gustavo Dudamel. In recital and chamber music, he appears at all the major concert halls. In the 2012-2013 season, the London Symphony Orchestra will present an Artist Portrait of Znaider when he will play two concerti with Sir Colin Davis, conduct a largescale symphonic programme and play cham16 pittsburghsymphony.org

ber music with the principals of the orchestra.

An exclusive RCA Red Seal recording artist, Znaider’s most recent addition to his discography is the Elgar Violin Concerto with Sir Colin Davis and the Dresden Staatskapelle. His award-winning recordings of the Brahms and Korngold Violin Concerti with the Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev, the Beethoven and Mendelssohn Concerti with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic and Prokofiev No. 2 and Glazunov Concerti with Mariss Jansons and the Bayerische Rundfunk have been greeted with great critical acclaim, as was his release of the complete works for violin and piano of Johannes Brahms with Yefim Bronfman. For EMI Classics, he has recorded the Mozart Piano Trios with Daniel Barenboim and the Nielsen and Bruch Concertos with the London Philharmonic.

Znaider is passionate about the education of musical talent and was for 10 years founder and artistic director of the Nordic Music Academy, an annual summer school whose vision it was to create conscious and focused musical development based on quality and commitment.

Nikolaj Znaider plays the “Kreisler” Guarnerius “del Gesu” 1741 on extended loan to him by The Royal Danish Theater through the generosity of the Velux Foundations and the Knud Højgaard Foundation.

PHOTO CREDIT: GEORGE LANGE

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THESE PERFORMANCES MARK NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER’S CONDUCTING DEBUT WITH THE PSO

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EMANUEL AX

Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada with his family when he was a young boy. His studies at the Juilliard School were supported by the sponsorship of the Epstein Scholarship Program of the Boys Clubs of America, and he subsequently won the Young Concert Artists Award. Additionally, he attended Columbia University, where he majored in French. Ax captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975, he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists followed four years later by the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.

Highlights of the 2011-2012 season include return visits to the symphonies of Boston, Houston, Toronto, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cincinnat,; New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and San Francisco Symphony with which he will collaborate in the “American Mavericks” festival presented in San Francisco, Ann Arbor, MI and Carnegie Hall.

As curator and participant with the Chicago Symphony for a two week spring residency “Keys to the City,” he will perform in multiple roles as leader in a festival celebrating the many varied facets of the piano.

In Europe, the season includes return visits to the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Bayerischer Rundfunk, London Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Orchestre National de France under the batons of Sir Simon Rattle, Mariss Jansons, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Vladimir Jurowski, Bernard Haitink and Sir Colin Davis, and in London’s Wigmore Hall he performs a series of Beethoven Sonata programs with violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

In recognition of the bicentenaries of Chopin and Schumann in 2010 and in partnership with London’s Barbican, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony, Ax commissioned new works from composers Thomas Adés, Peter Lieberson and Stephen Prutsman for three recital programs presented in each of those cities with colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Dawn Upshaw. In addition to this large-scale project, 18 pittsburghsymphony.org

recent tours included performances in Asia with the New York Philharmonic on their first tour with Music Director Alan Gilbert and European tours with both the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and James Conlon as well as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Manfred Honeck. As a regular visitor in subscription concerts he returned to Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston during the spring.

Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist since 1987. Recent releases include Mendelssohn Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, Strauss’ Enoch Arden narrated

by Patrick Stewart, and discs of two-piano music

by Brahms and Rachmaninoff with Yefim Bronfman. Ax has received GRAMMY® Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas. He has also made a series of Grammy-winning recordings with cellist Yo-Yo Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. His other recordings include the concertos of Liszt and Schoenberg, three solo Brahms albums, an album of tangos

by Astor Piazzolla, and the premiere recording of John Adams’ Century Rolls with the Cleveland Orchestra for Nonesuch. In the 20042005 season, Ax also contributed to an International EMMY® Award-Winning BBC documentary commemorating the Holocaust that aired on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

In recent years, Ax has turned his attention toward the music of 20th century composers, premiering works by John Adams, Christopher Rouse, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bright Sheng and Melinda Wagner. Ax is also devoted to chamber music, and has worked regularly with such artists as Young Uck Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Peter Serkin, Jaime Laredo and the late Isaac Stern.

Ax resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki. They have two children together, Joseph and Sarah. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Yale and Columbia Universities. For more information about Emanuel Ax’s career, please visit www.EmanuelAx.com.

PHOTO CREDIT: HARALD HAUGAN

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EMANUEL AX LAST PERFORMED WITH THE PSO IN JUNE 2011

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André Previn

was well-known to the general public prior to coming to Pittsburgh. Having lived and worked in Hollywood for several decades prior, Previn had made a name for himself as both conductor and composer. At the height of his film career, he quit Hollywood to devote himself to composing and conducting, saying “I wanted to be involved in work which would frighten me… .”

Previn was born in Berlin in 1929 and began his musical studies at the Hochschule für Musik and then briefly at the Paris Conservatoire, before his Russian-Jewish family emigrated to the United States in 1938. They settled in Los Angeles where André’s uncle, Charles Previn, was music director of the Universal Studios orchestra. While still in his teens, he got jobs arranging music at MGM Studios and playing chamber music with many artists, including the great violinist Joseph Szigeti.

Previn’s first taste of being at the helm of an orchestra was at the age of 19 with a studio orchestra. He studied conducting with then Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Paris-born Pierre Monteux (who had conducted premieres such as Stravinksy’s The Rite of Spring and The Nightingale, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and Debussy’s Jeux).

PSO: THE PREVIN YEARS (1976-1984)

“Previn and the Pittsburgh” André Previn came to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1976 after conductorships with the Houston Symphony Orchestra (1967) and the London Symphony Orchestra (196879). Following Maestro William Steinberg as the man at the helm of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Previn was, in many ways, the antithesis of Steinberg. While Steinberg created an extraordinarily Germanic sound with the PSO – a dark, polished, warm sound appropriate for works by Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler – Previn valued transparency, reserve, control and agility.

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He wanted immaculate playing rather than the heavy, passionate, playing less concerned with technical perfection the orchestra had attained under their former music director.

From the opening concert in September 1976, critics, musicians and audience members alike noticed something special about the relationship between Maestro Previn and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The Pittsburgh Press music critic Carl Apone declared, “Previn lit a fire under the PSO.” Standing room only houses, new recording contracts, a classical music television series, chamber music recitals with PSO musicians and plans for a new European tour quickly followed Previn’s appointment.

Local TV station WQED-TV launched a series of award-winning specials called “Previn and the Pittsburgh,” which showcased the diversity of Previn’s musical interests, talents and friends. Sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation, “Previn and the Pittsburgh” was filmed for three seasons and was the highest-rated classical music series on PBS. In 1978, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and André Previn embarked on PSO’s first European tour since 1964. The 13-city tour had sold out by March, a few months after the tour was announced. The Pittsburgh-based firms that sponsored the event (H.J. Heinz Company, Mellon Bank, Mine Safety Appliances Company, Mobay Chemical Corporation, Rockwell International and Westinghouse Air Brake, to name a few) were quite pleased with the reception of the tour. The businesses understood then as they do now that the symphony orchestra is an ambassador for Pittsburgh, helping to bring renown to Pittsburgh’s reputation and its businesses. Though the PSO had achieved international recognition under its previous music director, Maestro Previn brought an unprecedented level of attention through his programming of newly commissioned works and classic masterpieces, charming personality and innovative partnership with media outlets.

SOURCE: “PREVIN SETS A NEW TONE” IN PLAY ON: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BY HAX MCCULLOUGH AND MARY BRIGNANO, PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC., 2011. AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE LOBBY AND AT PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG.

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BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS | HEINZ HALL FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 AT 8:00 PM SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012 AT 8:00 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 AT 2:30 PM

PRE-CONCERT one hour prior

ANDRÉ PREVIN,

CONCERT PRELUDE WITH WQED-FM’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JIM CUNNINGHAM

CONDUCTOR

WILLIAM CABALLERO, HORN GEORGE VOSBURGH, TRUMPET CRAIG KNOX, TUBA FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major

I. II. III. IV.

Largo — Vivace Adagio Menuet: Allegro Presto

Triple Concerto for Horn, Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra (in three movements)

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Symphony No. 4 in A major, Opus 90, “Italian”

I. II. III. IV.

Allegro vivace Andante con moto Con moto moderato Saltarello: Presto

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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major (1794) Haydn had the good fortune to live a long, healthy life: he was 78 when he died in Vienna. Had he been allotted the length of Mozart’s life — 36 years — he would have composed some 40 symphonies, numerous piano sonatas and string quartets, and some liturgical music. A sizeable output, but not one that would ABOUT THE COMPOSER: have raised him to the position of pre-eminence he Born 31 March 1732 in Rohrau, later attained. If he had lived for 57 years, as did Austria; died 31 May 1809 in Vienna Beethoven, the last 12 symphonies, two dozen quarPREMIERE OF WORK: tets, late Masses, Trumpet Concerto and two oratorios London, 2 February 1795 would not exist. Throughout his life, Haydn was a King’s Theater, Haymarket wonder of vigor and energy, and he retired from work Franz Joseph Haydn, conductor only in his last three years. Chief among the masterPSO PREMIERE: 1 April 1955 works he created after 1790 were the magisterial symSyria Mosque phonies he composed for his two visits to England.

William Steinberg, conductor For three decades, Haydn toiled for the Esterházy INSTRUMENTATION: family in Eisenstadt and at their new palace, pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani and Esterháza, just across the Hungarian border from strings Austria. He managed the extensive musical establishAPPROXIMATE DURATION: ment of the house, composed continuously, and over23 minutes saw the famed resident opera company. (After her visit in 1773, Empress Maria Theresa let it be known that whenever she wanted to see a good opera, she invited herself to the Esterházy palace.) With his many responsibilities, Haydn was grossly overworked for most of his life. It is understandable, therefore, that, though his dedication and love of his job never wavered, it was with some relief that he viewed the death of the music-loving Prince Nicolaus in 1790. Nicolaus’ son, Anton, did not inherit his father’s love of music, and he dispersed the entire musical establishment except for a brass band for ceremonial functions, thereby releasing Haydn from all but titular duties. A comfortable pension was settled upon Haydn as reward for his many years of service, and he moved to Vienna so quickly that he left most of his personal belongings behind.

Johann Peter Salomon, a German violinist and impresario, had initiated a series of concerts in London in 1786, and he was always searching for new attractions to present.

He was in Bonn when word came of Prince Nicolaus’ death, and he set off for Vienna immediately to entice Haydn to Britain. He was successful, and Haydn made his first visit to London from January 1791 to June 1792, composing six symphonies for Salomon’s concerts and leading their premieres. The venture was a triumph. Haydn went home to Vienna, but it was not difficult for Salomon to convince him to return to London. His second visit began in February 1794 and again lasted for a year and a half. The success of the first was repeated, and Haydn received an acclaim from the British public such as he had never known in the close confines of his service to the Esterházy family.

Haydn wrote three symphonies (Nos. 99-101) for Salomon’s concerts of spring 1794.

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er, was having difficulties arranging for the performers necessary to ensure the high quality of his concerts because the Reign of Terror then sweeping France made travel and financial dealings risky, and he was forced to cancel his performances. However, a rival operation, the so-called “Opera Concerts,” was not about to let pass the opportunity of displaying England’s most distinguished musical visitor. The Italian violinist and composer Giovanni Battista Viotti, director of the Opera Concerts, arranged for Haydn to compose and direct three symphonies for his programs. The first of these works was the magnificent B-flat Symphony, No. 102.

Probably because it lacks a descriptive title, the Symphony No. 102 has not enjoyed the popularity of the “Surprise,” “Clock,” “Drumroll” or “London” Symphonies. In quality, however, it is unsurpassed by any symphonic work before those of Beethoven. Sir Donald Tovey, one of the most learned and astute writers on music, ranked this as one of Haydn’s three greatest instrumental works, matched, in his opinion, only by the Symphony No. 104 and the String Quartet in F, Opus 77, No. 2. In describing one of the salient features of the work, the indefatigable Haydn scholar H.C. Robbins Landon wrote, “Symphony No. 102 is a miniature autobiographical sketch of its composer; it contains in its four movements the quintessential Joseph Haydn.” Of the first movement, Robbins Landon noted its “high level of tension” and its “aggressive” quality, assessing that the concentrated emotion it generates “opens a whole new avenue of symphonic thought that hardly anyone except Beethoven chose to explore.” The second movement is an elaborate, long-limbed cantilena, in which Robbins Landon found “vast, unleashed power held tightly in check.” The bounding minuet clomps past with “tramping Bruegelian wooden feet.” The last movement is all pointed wit and high spirits, “the most sensational of all Haydn’s ‘joke’ finales.” Profundity, tenderness, simplicity, humor — this splendid Symphony embodies not just the best attributes of its composer but those of its age, as well.

A slow introduction, sweet and smooth, opens the Symphony. The first theme is a spry tune that gives little hint of the emotional adventures it later encounters. The second theme is introduced by the strong, unison sonority that opens the work. The development section, powerful and concentrated, is one of the most masterful manipulations of themes and moods in late-18th-century music. The second movement is built from a florid melody introduced by the violins. The gentle, rocking nature imparted to this music by the limpid triplet accompaniment belies its extensive harmonic peregrinations.

The third movement is another of Haydn’s characteristically boisterous country-dance minuets, this one complemented by a central trio section that employs the plangent sounds of oboes and bassoons. The rollicking finale is a sonata-rondo based on a nimble theme presented immediately by the strings. The formal construction of the movement is recondite, but its witticisms are not. The rhythmic feints, the sudden silences, the motivic toss-and-catch are obvious and joyous. When we hear such music, it is easy to understand how Haydn won the heart of the British public all those years ago.

PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA

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Triple Concerto for Horn, Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra (2011) André Previn — composer, conductor, pianist, author — is among the most prodigiously talented musicians of our time. Born in Berlin in 1929 to a family of Russian-Jewish descent, he studied piano at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik until his parents were forced to ABOUT THE COMPOSER: flee Germany by the Nazis in 1938. The Previns then Born 6 April 1929 in Berlin settled briefly in Paris, where the nine-year-old André WORLD PREMIERE, COMMIScontinued his studies at the Conservatoire with SIONED BY THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Marcel Dupré, before moving permanently to Los INSTRUMENTATION: Angeles; the young musician became an American piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, citizen in 1943. Though Previn was a student of Max English horn, two clarinets, bass clarRabinowitsch in piano, Joseph Achron and Ernst Toch inet, two bassoons, three trombones, timpani, percussion, harp and strings in theory, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in compoAPPROXIMATE DURATION: sition, his earliest professional experience, gained 18 minutes even before he finished high school, was as a jazz pianist and an orchestrator for MGM Studios, where a distant cousin, Charles, was music director. Previn joined the staff of MGM upon his graduation and composed his first film score, The Sun Comes Up, in 1948. He also built a reputation at that time as a jazz pianist and recorded a number of successful albums. In 1951, he began studying conducting with Pierre Monteux, then Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, and soon left MGM to work as a free-lance orchestrator of film scores, receiving 13 Academy Award nominations and winning Oscars for Gigi (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), Irma la Douce (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964), and to develop his career as a concert pianist and conductor. He guest conducted widely following his podium debut in St. Louis in 1962 and was appointed Music Director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra in 1967. The following year, he was named Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until 1979; he has been the orchestra’s Conductor Laureate since 1993. Previn has also served as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1976-1984), Los Angeles Philharmonic (1985-1989), London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1985-1991) and Oslo Philharmonic (2002-2006). In 2009, he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

André Previn has guest conducted leading orchestras throughout the world, and served as Artistic Director of London’s South Bank Festival (1972-1974) and the 1981 British Music Festival in Pittsburgh, New York and Washington, D.C. and as a faculty member at the Berkshire Music Center. He is one of the most-recorded musicians in history, with more than 200 releases and 10 Grammy Awards. Though Previn’s appearances as a pianist have been limited because of the scope of his work as a conductor, he has been heard regularly in chamber music and as soloist–conductor in concertos by Mozart.

He has returned to jazz in recent years, recording with guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Ray Brown, and touring Japan, Europe and North America with the André Previn Jazz Trio.

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er Antony Hopkins. In 1991, Doubleday released his memoir, No Minor Chords — My Early Days in Hollywood, chronicling his years as composer, arranger and orchestrator at the MGM Studios. In January 1996, André Previn was awarded an Honorary Knighthood (KBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. His additional distinctions include the Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement (1998), Musical America’s “Musician of the Year” (1999), Glenn Gould Foundation Prize (2006), and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the London Symphony Orchestra, Gramophone magazine and Grammy Recording Academy.

André Previn has composed in both popular and concert genres: scores for the musicals Coco and The Good Companion and the films Bad Day at Black Rock, Subterraneans and Two for the Seesaw; a Symphony for Strings; a half-dozen concertos; Overture to a Comedy, Principals, Reflections and Diversions for orchestra; numerous chamber and piano works; a theater piece for actors and orchestra titled Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, with words by Tom Stoppard; and song cycles for Kathleen Battle, Barbara Bonney, Janet Baker and Sylvia McNair. On commission from the San Francisco Opera, he created an opera based on Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. The opera, with a libretto by Philip Littell and soprano Renée Fleming as Blanche Dubois, was given its premiere by the San Francisco Opera in September 1998; its recording on Deutsche Grammophon won a Grand Prix du Disque. His second opera, Brief Encounter, was premiered by Houston Grand Opera in May 2009. His recent concert compositions include: the Double Concerto for Violin and Viola, premiered in April 2009 in New York by AnneSophie Mutter, Yuri Bashmet and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under the composer’s direction at an all-Previn concert honoring his 80th birthday; a Clarinet Sonata (2010) for Boston Symphony Orchestra clarinetist Thomas Martin; and a Cello Concerto, premiered

by Daniel Müller-Schott and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in June 2011.

Previn composed his Triple Concerto for Horn, Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra in 2011 on a commission from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the ensemble’s principals on those instruments — William Caballero, George Vosburgh and Craig Knox — that calls for the range of styles required of today’s brass virtuosos, from technical display to lyricism, from clarion fanfaronades to delicate arabesques. After an opening call from the soloists on a widely spaced falling motive, the orchestra sets up an insistent rhythm above which the trumpet introduces the movement’s broad main theme. The horn briefly takes over the melody but the tuba soon enters with a new idea spread across much of the instrument’s three-octave range. Soloists and orchestra discuss this new melody before the horn recalls the main theme to begin the development section. The insistent rhythms resume in the orchestra and lead to the trumpet’s reprise of the main theme. An imitative episode in the strings provides the transition to an altered recall of the tuba’s earlier wideranging theme by the horn and trumpet, with the tuba assigned a few expressive solo phrases. A mini-cadenza for the soloists culminates in the return of the falling call from the opening measures before the movement comes to a muscular close.

The second movement (very slow) opens with a soft curtain of sound that spreads upward through the strings and high woodwinds as an introduction to an eloquent melody presented by the trumpet. After an interlude in the strings, the horn and then tuba take over the theme, and soloists and ensemble continue quietly exchanging phrases derived from it for the rest of the movement.

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pet. Horn, trumpet and orchestra discuss the melody before the tuba demands attention to introduce the wide-ranging theme that provides the movement’s first episode. The rest of the movement is occupied by a return of the rondo subject initiated by the trumpet, an extended slow passage in the orchestra, and the soloists’ final dash to the end built on a modification of the scalar rondo theme.

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Opus 90, “Italian” (1831-1833; revised 1834-1837) Felix Mendelssohn never learned how to take it easy. As a boy, he was awakened at 5:00 a.m. every day to begin a full day of private tutelage, exercise, social instruction and family activities — the busy regimen he learned as a child shaped the rest of his ABOUT THE COMPOSER: brief life. Inactivity was anathema. Two months of Born 3 February 1809 in Hamburg; died 4 November 1847 in Leipzig bed rest occasioned by a leg injury in London in 1829 were more painful for the confinement they PREMIERE OF WORK: London, 13 May 1833 necessitated than for the medical condition.

London Philharmonic Throughout his days, Mendelssohn preferred travel Felix Mendelssohn, conductor to quiet life at home: he trooped across Europe, PSO PREMIERE: from Vienna to Wales, from Hamburg to Naples, 19 March 1896 Carnegie Music Hall and was welcomed and admired at every stop.

Frederic Archer, conductor Some of his journeys inspired music — the first of INSTRUMENTATION: his 10 trips to Great Britain, for example, which pairs of woodwinds, horns and included a walking tour of Scotland (during which trumpets, timpani and strings he enjoyed “a half-hour of inconsequential converAPPROXIMATE DURATION: 26 minutes sation” with Sir Walter Scott), gave rise to the “Scottish” Symphony and the Hebrides Overture.

When he was 21, Mendelssohn embarked on an extensive grand tour of the Continent. He met Chopin and Liszt in Paris, painted the breathtaking vistas of Switzerland, and marveled at the artistic riches (and grumbled about the inhospitable treatment by the coachmen and innkeepers) of Italy. “The land where the lemon trees blossom,” as his friend Goethe described sunny Italy, stirred him so deeply that he began a musical work there in 1831 based on his impressions of Rome, Naples and the other cities he visited. The composition of this “Italian” Symphony, as he always called it, caused him much difficulty, however, and he had trouble bringing all of the movements to completion. “For the slow movement, I have not yet found anything exactly right, and I think I must put it off for Naples,” he wrote from Rome to his sister Fanny.

The spur to finish the work came in the form of a commission for a symphony from the Philharmonic Society of London that caused Mendelssohn to gather up his sketches and complete the task.

The new Symphony was met with immediate acclaim at its premiere on May 13, 1833 in London, and was one of the series of British successes that helped enshrine Mendelssohn in the English pantheon of 19th-century musical genius as Queen Victoria’s 30 pittsburghsymphony.org

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favorite composer. Mendelssohn, however, was not completely satisfied with the original version of the Symphony, and he refused to allow its publication. He tinkered with it again several years later, paying special attention to the finale, but never felt the work to be perfected. It was only after his death that the score was published and became widely available. Despite Mendelssohn’s misgivings, the “Italian� Symphony has become one of the most enduring and popular pieces in the orchestral repertory, declared to be virtually perfect by the demanding British critic and scholar Sir Donald Tovey; it was a special favorite of that cantankerous curmudgeon and one-time music critic, George Bernard Shaw.

Mendelssohn cast his “Italian� Symphony in the traditional four movements. The opening movement takes an exuberant, leaping melody initiated by the violins as its principal subject and a quieter, playful strain led by the clarinets as its subsidiary theme. The intricately contrapuntal development section is largely based on a precise, staccato theme of darker emotional hue but also refers to motives from the main theme. A full recapitulation of the exposition’s materials ensues before the movement ends with a coda that recalls the staccato theme from the development. The Andante, in the style of a slow march, may have been inspired by a religious procession that Mendelssohn saw in the streets of Naples, but it also evokes the chorale prelude sung by the Two Armed Men in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The third movement, the gentlest of dances, is in the form of a minuet/scherzo whose central trio utilizes the burnished sonorities of bassoons and horns. The finale turns, surprisingly, to a tempestuous minor key for an exuberant and mercurial dance modeled on the whirling saltarello that Mendelssohn heard in Rome.

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Conductor, composer and pianist André Previn has received a number of awards and honors for his outstanding musical accomplishments, including both the Austrian and German Cross of Merit, and the Glenn Gould Prize.

He is the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Kennedy Center, the London Symphony Orchestra, Gramophone Classic FM, and this year was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy.

He has also received several Grammy awards for recordings, including the CD of his violin concerto Anne-Sophie and Bernstein’s Serenade featuring Anne-Sophie Mutter together with the Boston and London Symphony orchestras. A regular guest with the world’s major orchestras, both in concert and on recordings, Previn frequently works with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic. In addition, he has held chief artistic posts with such orchestras as the Houston Symphony, London Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2009, Previn was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, As a pianist, André Previn enjoys recording and performing song recitals, chamber music and jazz. He has given recitals with Renée Fleming at Lincoln Center and with Barbara Bonney at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He regularly gives chamber music concerts with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lynn Harrell, as well as with members of the Boston Symphony and London Symphony orchestras, and the Vienna Philharmonic.

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du Disque. Recent highlights include the premiere of his Double Concerto for Violin and Double Bass for Anne-Sophie Mutter and Roman Patkoló, premiered by the Boston Symphony in 2007. His Harp Concerto commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra premiered in 2008; his work Owls, was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2008; his second opera, Brief Encounter, commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera premiered in 2009; and his double concerto for violin and viola, written for Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yuri Bashmet, received its premiere in 2009.

For his 80th birthday celebrations in 2009, Carnegie Hall presented four concerts which showcased the diversity of his career.

Highlights of the 2010 season include concerts with the Czech Philharmonic at the Prague Spring Festival where André Previn performed his Clarinet Sonata in a world premiere together with BSO’s Tom Martin, performances with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic and a tour of Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

In 2011, Previn returned to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican and tour North American cities with the NHK Symphony Orchestra culminating in a performance at Carnegie Hall featuring Kiri te Kanawa. His second opera, Brief Encounter, was released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2011.

Previn records for Deutsche Grammophon. His music is published by G. Schirmer, Inc and Chester Music Ltd.

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ANDRÉ PREVIN LAST CONDUCTED THE PSO IN MARCH 2008

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WILLIAM CABALLERO The 2011-2012 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) season represents William Caballero’s 23rd year as its Principal Horn. Before joining the PSO in May 1989, Caballero held Principal Horn positions with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera and Hartford Symphony. He held Third Horn positions with the Montreal Symphony, Montreal Opera, and acting Third Horn with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. He has also performed as guest Principal Horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the St. Louis Symphony.

Born in New Mexico and reared in Wisconsin, Caballero’s early horn studies included working under Larry Simons, Barry Benjamin and Basil Tyler, as well as studying the piano and pipe organ.

Caballero graduated from New England Conservatory in Boston where he studied with Richard Mackey and Thomas Newell, both former members of the Boston Symphony.

Caballero is the Associate Teaching Professor of Horn at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music and chairs the Brass Department. He has previously held teaching positions at Indiana University Bloomington, Rice University in Houston, Texas, and Duquesne University. He has been invited and presented master classes throughout the world including Northwestern University, Colburn School of Music, New England Conservatory, University of Indiana Bloomington, Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, New World Symphony, and the Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories. This summer, Caballero will join the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival. He has been on the faculty at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, for the past seven summers.

In January 2012, Caballero began a collaboration with the internet music teaching company ArtistWorks.com based in Napa, California. With a target release date of May 2012, Caballero’s complete horn teaching curriculum will be available on the ArtistWorks website for horn students worldwide.

Caballero is also in demand as a chamber musician collaborating with violinists such as Gil Shaham, Joseph Silverstein and Philip Setzer, and with pianists André Previn, Christoph Eshenbach, Orli Shaham and Andre Watts. Caballero has also performed and worked with jazz musician and composer Chris Brubeck, as well as ensembles that include the 34 pittsburghsymphony.org

Tokyo String Quartet, Trio Johannas, Principal Strings of the Berlin Philharmonic, Center City Brass, Bay Chamber Concert Series, St. Barth’s Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He is also a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass which includes fellow colleagues of the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass section.

Recent chamber music performances include performing Brahms’ Horn Trio in E-flat major with Gil and Orli Shaham in Zankel Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, and appearing several times live on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today” in Washington, D.C. Caballero will appear as soloist on 2012-2013 BNY Mellon Grand Classics opening weekend performances under the baton of Maestro Honeck for the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 (PSO premiere).

Other solo appearances this year include performances in Montenegro with Maestro Ronald Zollman (March 2012), and with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic at New York City’s Carnegie Hall under the baton of Dale Clevenger, Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

In May 1992, Caballero premiered Benjamin Lees’ Concerto for Horn and Orchestra with the PSO under the baton of then Music Director Lorin Maazel. Following the performances in Pittsburgh, he performed Lees’ Concerto in Spain, Germany and England with the PSO on tour. In May 1996, Caballero recorded the concerto with the PSO and Lorin Maazel for New World Records.

Other previous solo performances with the PSO have included Richard Strauss’ Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat with Maestro Maazel, Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat with Maestro André Previn, Mozart Concerto fragments with PSO Concertmaster Andrés Cárdenes, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and tenor, Anthony Griffey, Schumann’s Konzertstück in F, for Four Horns and Orchestra with his PSO horn colleagues under the baton of Maestro Sir John Elliot Gardener, and the John Williams Horn Concerto under the baton of Maestro Leonard Slatkin.

William holds the PSO’s Anonymous Foundation Principal Horn Chair.

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WILLIAM CABALLERO LAST PERFORMED SOLO ON A CLASSICAL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT IN OCTOBER 2009

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GEORGE VOSBURGH George Vosburgh, celebrated soloist and lecturer, is internationally acclaimed for his virtuosity on the trumpet in recordings, concerts and recitals, as well as many guest artist performances including the Bonn Festival at Rolandsek, Germany, the Ravinia Festival, Chicago and the Curs Internacional de Musica in Valencia, Spain. In 1992, he joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trumpet.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded George Vosburgh a Grammy as “Best New Classical Artist” in 1985 for the Reference recording of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat with Chicago Pro Musica.

He is a Bavarian Radio International Music Competition prize winner and a Gold and Platinum Record recipient for his work with the New Age music ensemble Mannheim Steamroller. In 2003, he was invited to become Principal Trumpet of the World Orchestra for Peace under the direction of Valery Gergiev. The orchestra has since performed on tour across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and has produced many recordings and television programs.

Recordings featuring George Vosburgh include Trumpeter’s Heritage, music by Bach, Böhme, Tomasi, Fasch and Neruda with the Czech Philharmonic and Arnie Roth conducting, Trumpet Masterworks, pieces for trumpet and piano with Alaine Fink, and Four Trumpet Concerti, works by Haydn, Hummel, Telemann and Leopold Mozart with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Schwarz. All recordings are featured on the Four Winds label.

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orchestral brass musicians in chamber ensemble. Since 1998, the Brass has enjoyed a flurry of recording and performance activity, releasing five CDs, including Bach’s The Art of Fugue on the Four Winds label.

As an educator, Vosburgh has appeared in universities across Europe, Asia and the United States, including Northwestern University, University of Michigan, UCLA and Tokyo Music Academy, as well as the Tanglewood Fellowship program. He has lectured at the International Trumpet Guild’s annual conference and recently published a critical edition of the Böhme Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E minor published

by Vosburgh Music Inc. He is on the faculty of Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University.

Vosburgh is a graduate of the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, where he was Principal Trumpet and featured soloist with the famed Eastman Wind Ensemble. He began his career as an orchestral trumpeter at age 19 as third trumpet and assistant principal of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of David Zinman. After three years with the Rochester Philharmonic, he joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Georg Solti as the youngest member of the orchestra’s world-famous brass section.

George Vosburgh holds the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Martha Brooks Robinson Chair and is an active member of various Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra committees.

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GEORGE VOSBURGH LAST PERFORMED SOLO ON A CLASSICAL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT, IN FEBRUARY 2007

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CRAIG KNOX

Craig Knox joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Principal Tuba in 2005. His previous orchestra positions included Acting Principal Tuba of the San Francisco Symphony as well as Principal Tuba of the Sacramento Symphony and the New World Symphony (Miami). Prior to his appointment in Pittsburgh, he was in demand as a regular guest artist with many other major American orchestras, including those of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota.

Since 1995, he has spent part of each summer as Co-Principal Tuba of the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson, Wyoming.

Since joining the PSO, Knox also performs with the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass. He has been an active chamber musician for many years, having co-founded the Center City Brass Quintet, which has performed in recital throughout the U.S. and Japan, and been heard numerous times on NPR. Its five recordings on the Chandos label have met with critical acclaim, the first being described

by American Record Guide as “one of the alltime great brass quintet recordings.” In addition, he played for several seasons with the Chicago Chamber Musicians Brass Quintet — with which he recorded for the Naxos label — and has toured with the Empire Brass.

In January 2012, Knox released his first solo recording, A Road Less Traveled, of music for tuba and piano. As a soloist, he has performed with the U.S. Army Band (Pershing’s Own) in Washington, D.C., the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony and the Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble, in addition to recital performances at universities and music festivals around the world.

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music, orchestral collections and original compositions for three trombones and tuba, the album — titled From the Back Row — was called “hauntingly beautiful” and “hair-raising” by the American Record Guide.

Knox is Artist Lecturer of Tuba at Carnegie Mellon University and Adjunct Professor of Tuba at Duquesne University. He previously served on the faculty at Kent State University, California State UniversityHayward, as well as the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he was Director of the Brass Chamber Music program. He has presented master classes, seminars and recitals at universities, conservatories and festivals around the world, including the Music Masters Course in Kazusa, (Japan), the International Brass Symposium (Italy), Tainan National University (Taiwan), the National Orchestral Institute (University of Maryland), the New World Symphony, as well as the University of Michigan, Indiana University, Yale University and the Curtis Institute of Music, among many others.

A native of Storrs, Connecticut, Knox began formal musical studies on the classical guitar at age six, and took up the baritone horn in the fifth grade. At age 11, while attending a summer music camp, he was so enamored of the student orchestra that he switched to tuba so he could pursue a life in music as an orchestral performer. His first teachers included Gary Ofenloch, Samuel Pilafian, and Chester Schmitz, and he attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Paul Krzywicki of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and earned a Bachelor of Music degree.

Knox resides in Mt. Lebanon with his wife Kristen Linfante, a violis, and their two sons.More information about Craig Knox and his activities is available at www.craigknoxtuba.com.

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THESE PERFORMANCES MARK CRAIG KNOX’S SOLO DEBUT ON A CLASSICAL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT WITH THE PSO

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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 Joseph* & Virginia Cicero Betty Diskin in memory of Arthur, William & Robert Diskin Dr. & Mrs. Martin Earle Caryl & Irving Halpern Joseph & Dorothy Jackovic James & Joan Moore Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brooks Robinson Alece & David Schreiber

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$5,000 - $7,499 Anonymous (2) Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman Dan & Kay Barker Noah Bendix-Balgley Michael & Sherle Berger Ted & Kathie Bobby Ms. Spencer Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Brent Larry & Tracy Brockway Dr. & Mrs. Sidney N. Busis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan James C. Chaplin Mr. & Mrs. E. V. Clarke Mr.* & Mrs. Eugene Cohen Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Ruby A. Cunningham Alison H. & Patrick D. Deem Philip J. & Sherry S. Dieringer William S. Dietrich, II* Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Donnelly Mr. William J. Fetter Mr. & Mrs. Milton Fine Terri H. Fitzpatrick Robert & Jeanne Gleason Marjorie Burns Haller Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Harvey Christiane & Manfred Honeck Mrs. Milton G. Hulme Elizabeth S. Hurtt Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jamison, Jr. Eugene F. & Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Craig Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn Mr. & Mrs. R. Drew Kistler D. H. Lee, Jr. Anne Lewis Sally Minard & Walter Limbach Doris L. Litman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McConomy Robert & Dana McCutcheon Devin & Shannon McGranahan Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Dr. Kenneth & Mrs. Tracey Melani Marilyn & Allan H. Meltzer Sam Michaels Robert D. Mierley Family Foundation II

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 Mr. & Mrs. Hans Fleischner Kimberly & Curtis Fleming J. Tomlinson Fort Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot 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 Karen & Thomas Hoffman Dr. & Mrs. Allen Hogge Dorothy A. Howat Hyman Family Foundation AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE Leo & Marge Kane $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Anonymous (7) Sydelle Kessler Barbara & Marcus Aaron, II Charles & Kathleen Kovac Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Balog Cliff & Simi Kress Dr. & Mrs. John C. Barber Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lane Philip & Melinda Beard Judith & Lester* Lave Dr. & Mrs. David Beaudreau Arthur S. Levine, M.D. & Linda David Blair & Marianne S. Melada Bokan-Blair In Memory of Elliott (Bud) Lewis Marian & Bruce Block Barry Lhormer & Janet Markel Diana Block & Christopher Kiehl Mr.* & Mrs. Howard M. Love Mrs. William A. Boyd Mary Lou Magee Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Brand Jeanne R. Manders* Gary & Judy Bruce Lucine & John Marous Charles* & Patricia Burke James C. & Jennifer Martin James & Margaret Byrne Dave & Kathy Maskalick Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Cahouet Victoria & Alicia McGinnis Gail & Rob Canizares George & Bonnie Meanor Roger & Judy Clough Mary Ellen Miller Charles C. Cohen & Michele M. Montgomery IP Associates McKenney Betty & John Mussler Bill & Cynthia Cooley Barbara & Eugene Myers Cyert Family Foundation Maurice & Nancy Nernberg Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Davidson, Jr. Eliza & Hugh Nevin Ms. Jamini Davies Fritz Okie

Morby Family Charitable Foundation Betty & Granger Morgan Gerald Lee Morosco & Paul Ford, Jr. Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Elliott S. Oshry Shelley, Dana, & Arthur Palmer Dale & Michele Perelman Dr. & Mrs. William R. Poller in honor of our four grandsons Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Svetlana S. Price Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer Millie & Gary Ryan Nancy Schepis Robert & Janet Squires Marcia & Dick Swanson Mrs. Carol H. Tillotson Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Thomas L. & Bonnie W. VanKirk Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Richard LeBeau Nozomi Williams in Honor of Sally Webster and Susan Bassett Rachel & Franny Wymard

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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 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. Marcia Landy & Dr. Stanley Shostak Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Rebecca L. Carlin Paul & Linda Silver James & Janet Slater Mr. & Mrs. Harry Steele Lowell & Jan Steinbrenner Drs. Michael & Beverly Steinfeld Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Theodore & Elizabeth Stern Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Stroebel 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 Drs. Barry Wu & Iris Tsung in honor of Louise Wu Naomi Yoran Harvey & Florence Zeve Dorothea K. Zikos Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Berkovitz

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ENCORE CLUB $1,500 - $2,499 Anonymous (9) Mrs. Ernest Abernathy Andrew & Michelle Aloe Dr. Madalon Amenta Joan Frank Apt Mrs. Jane Callomon Arkus Mr. & Mrs. David J. Armstrong Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Barensfeld 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 Bozzone Family Foundation Gary & Connie Brandenberger Hugh & Jean Brannan Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bregenser Lawrence R. Breletic & Donald C. Wobb Jill & Chuck Brodbeck 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 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 Donna & Bob Ferguson 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. Robert Joel Gluckman & Susan Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Sanford A. Gordon Rick & Stephanie Green William & Victoria Guy Mr. & Mrs. George K. Hanna Lauren Harder & Jason Kass Susan & David Hardesty 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 Mrs. Maureen Jeffrey Alice Jane & Paul R. Jenkins Barbara Johnstone Barbara B. Jones* 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 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

individual donors

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Donnell H. Ward & Shirley Olander 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 Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Mr. & Mrs. Stanley C. Ruskin Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Salama Thomas & Perri Schelat Joseph Schewe, Jr. Esther Schreiber Dr. Allan & Mrs. Brina D. Segal Preston & Annette Shimer Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shoop, Jr. 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. Frank Talenfeld Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner Bob & Denise Ventura Jim Walker & Jonnie Viakley Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Wasilak Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan Bassett Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White Elizabeth B. & Frank L. Wiegand, III

Eleanor H. Berge Ms. Evelyn Berger Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. James Farber Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K. Bernstein Fund SYMPHONY CLUB Don Berry $500 - $1,499 Dr. & Mrs. Albert W. Biglan Anonymous (28) Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Gary Abbs Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Frederic & Deborah Acevedo Mr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Blaney Mary Beth Adams Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Blansett, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Siamak Adibi Diane C. Blanton Dr. Lawrence Adler & Ms. Judith Joseph & Shirley Bonner Brody Mr. Albert Bortz R. Ward Allebach & Lisa D. Betsy Bossong Steagall Dana & Margaret Bovbjerg Mr. Christopher D. Allen & Ms. Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen Claudia Mahave Matthew & Leslie Braksick David & Andrea Aloe Robert N. Brand Craig & Dawn Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William H. Brandeis Donald D. Anderson Gerda & Abe Bretton Mrs. Doris Anderson Mary & Russell Brignano Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Mary L. Briscoe Angerman Suzy & Jim Broadhurst The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Mr. Stephen Bronder Angleberger Suzanne Broughton & Richard Warren J. Archer & Madeline C. Margerum Archer Nancy & John Brownell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Armitage Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Burchfield James & Susanne Armour Timothy & Linda Burke Gerry & Jack* Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. James Burnham Ruth Bachman in Memory of Rev. Glen H. & Carol Burrows James Bachman Barbara & David Burstin Ms. Elizabeth Bakoss James & Judith Callomon Mr. & Mrs. Robert Y. Ball Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Lorraine E. Balun Mead Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Dr. & Mrs. Albert Caretto, Jr. Richard C. Barney Charles & Donna Cashdollar Robert & Loretta Barone James P. Cassaro Robert Bastress & Barbara Janet E. Chadwick Fleischauer Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Barbara N. Baur Dr. Thomas S. Chang Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Monsignor Willliam G. Fund in Memory of Dr. Charnoki, P.A. Kuldeep Sehgal Peggy & Joe Charny Dorothy Becker Craig D. Choate Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Kenneth & Celia Christman Nick & Dotty Beckwith David Clark & Janese Abbott Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Mr. & Mrs. William Clarkson Vange & Nick Beldecos William & Elizabeth Judith Bell Clendenning Edgar & Betty Belle Mrs. Sarah Clendenning Bendix-Balgley Fund of the Tides & Mr. Un Kim Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Philip Coachman Rudy & Barbara Benedetti Stuart & Cathryn Coblin

Sarah C. Williams & Joseph Wilson, III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Hugh D. & Alice C. Young Miriam L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow

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Christine & Howard Cohen Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Alan & Lynne Colker Dale Colyer Ms. Patricia Cover Barton & Teri Cowan Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer Melvin R. Creeley David & Marian Crossman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Crozier John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Zelda Curtiss Cynthia Custer Dr. & Mrs. Richard Daffner Joan & Jim Darby Mr. & Mrs. William J. Darr Norina H. Daubner Joan Clark Davis Marlene & Richard Davis 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 Mr. & Mrs. Edward DePersis Valerie DiCarlo Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. DiCarlo Mrs. Tika Dickos Richard & Joan DiSalle Docimo Family Mr. & Mrs. Todd Donovan Dr. Jane Donovan & Dr. W. G. Donovan Anthony V. Dralle Mary Jo Dressel Mary A. Duggan Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic Mary Jane Edwards Christopher & Gretchen Elkus Eugene & Katrin Engels Arnold & Eva Engler Dr. Timothy Evans Tibey & Julian Falk Tony Farah, MD Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Madelyn & John Fernstrom Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Ms. Janet Fesq Dr. Joseph Fine Mr. & Mrs. David Fitzsimmons Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. Mark F. Flaherty 44 pittsburghsymphony.org

Jane Flanders* James & Ellen Flanigan Jan Fleisher Suzanne Flood Mrs. Barbara E. Forrester Janice & Larry Foulke Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich, Jr. Mrs. Natalie H. Friedberg Friends of the PSO John & Elaine Frombach Lorie Fuller Normandie Fulson Ann & Bruce Gabler Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Gallagher Gamma Investment Corporation Marlene E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Gaudelli Joan & Stuart Gaul Pete Geissler Dr. & Mrs. Brian Generalovich Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Gerber Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Josie & Geoff Gibson Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Gillis Mike & Cordy Glenn Daniel & Marcia Glosser Fund Dolores Gluck Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Walter L. Goldburg Samuel H. Golden Mr. Thomas W. Golightly & Rev. Carolyn J. Jones Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Mr. James Gorton & Mrs. Gretchen Van Hoesen The Graf Family Laurie Graham Ms. Rosanne Granieri & David Macpherson Mr. & Mrs. Frank Grebowski Charlotte T. Greenwald Dr. & Mrs. M. Joseph Grennan Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Mr. Matteo Gruelle Hanna Gruen Ira & Anita Gumberg Dr. Alberto M. Guzman Jerome P. & Claire B. Hahn Kristine Haig & John Sonnenday Marnie & Jim Haines Jim & Mary Hamilton Jeanne M. Hanchett Rev. Diana D. Harbison Tom & Kathy Harrick Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Ms. Christine A. Hartung

Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Hausser 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 Mr. Carlyle Hoch Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Richard Dum Clare & Jim Hoke Philo & Erika Holcomb Katherine Holter Dr. & Mrs. Elmer J. Holzinger Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hooton Mr. & Mrs. G.T. Horne Thomas O. Hornstein Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Hope H. Horst Drs. Mary & John Hotchkiss Anne K. Hoye Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Jean & Richard Humphreys Robert & Gail Hunter Joan M. Hurrell Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hyland, Jr. George L. Illig, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Iwinski, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Lynne & Blair Jacobson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Willcox Jenkins Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Johnson Tom & Cathie Johnson Mrs. Barbara B. Johnston Tom & Wendy Jones in Honor of Chris Wu Dr. Raymond M. Juriga Richard & Barbara Kahlson Alice & Richard Kalla Daniel & Carole Kamin Julie & Jeffrey Kant Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Flo & Bob Kenny

individual donors

Rhian Kenny Ruth Ann & Eugene Klein Lynn & Milton Klein Peggy C. Knott Hetty* & James Knox Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Kobus Ms. Marilyn Koch Nancy & Bill Koch Dr.* & Mrs. Kian S. Kooros William B.* & Karen M. Kost Stephen Kostyniak Carly, Catherine & Kim Koza Madeline Kramer in Memory of Fred Kramer Helen Aldisert & William L. Krayer 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 Mr. David W. Lendt Father Ronald P. Lengwin Robert W. Lenker Sally Levin Claire & Larry Levine Dr. & Mrs. Herbert & Barbara Levit Mrs. William E. Lewellen, III Phillip & Leslie Liebscher Robert & Janet Liljestrand Elsa Limbach Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Mr. & Mrs. James T. Linaberger Constance T. Long Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Sybil S. Lowy Francis & Debbie Lynch Pat & Don MacDonald William & Nora MacDonald Neil & Ruth MacKay Prof. Heather MacLean Hank & June Mader Mrs. George J. Magovern, Jr. John K. Maitland Mr. & Mrs. Robert Malnati Carl & Alexis Mancuso Mr. & Mrs. Bernard S. Mars Thomas & Elizabeth Massella Helen F. Mathieson Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Maurer

Ms. Sidney F. McBride Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc. David & Carol McClenahan Mr. Samuel A. McClung Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Mary C. McCormick Margaret S. McCoy Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Keith McDuffie Kent & Martha McElhattan Mary & R. Lee McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. McGarry Carol Jean McKenzie Jean & John McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. William P. Meehan Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett 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 Mr. Jason Mooney Amy & Ira M. Morgan Connie & Bruce* Morrison Dr. & Mrs. William S. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Morrow Frank & Brenda Moses Mr. & Mrs. Richard Munsch David & Joan Murdoch Mary & Jim Murdy Terrence H. Murphy Mr. & Mrs.* Albert C. Muse Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Naragon Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Nathanson Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Mrs. Suzanne Newpher Patricia K. Nichols Renee K. Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. James Niece Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Dr. Sean Nolan

Nan R. Norris Charles & Lois Norton Heidi Novak 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 Dr. & Mrs. Henry Overbeck 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 Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Ms. Dorothy Philipp Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Drs. Robert & Kathy Piston Edward & Mary Ellen Pisula Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Eberhard Pothmann Mrs. Shirley Pow Ms. Mary Alice Price Myrna & Gerald Prince Mercedes & John Pryce Robert & Mary Jo Purvis Liberty & Andrew Pyros Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr. Fran Quinlan Dr. * & Mrs. Donald H. Quint Barbara Rackoff James & Carol Randolph Barbara M. Rankin Drs. Bruce & Jane Raymond Dr. & Mrs. John A. Redfield 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 pittsburghsymphony.org 45

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Elaine Rosecrans Janice G. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener, III Mrs. Louisa Rosenthal Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Joseph Rounds Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Ruffin, III Mr. R. Douglas Rumbarger Mr. Robert Rupp Mr. Leo P. Russell Mrs. John M. Sadler Dr. James R. Sahovey Tamiko Sampson Dr. & Mrs. Isamu Sando Dr. Carlos R. Santiago Bill McAllister & Janet Sarbaugh Stephen & Susan Sargent Sally & Keith Saylor Eric Schaffer & Michelle GraySchaffer Charlie Ward & Marita Schardt Albert & Kathleen Schartner Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. Melvin & Catherine Schiff Mr. & Mrs. George Schneider Mr. & Mrs. K. George Schoeppner Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, II. Mary Ann Scialabba Robert & Sharon Sclabassi George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg Richard F. & Linda W. Shaw Judith D. Shepherd Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd, Jr. Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Herbert J. Shure Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour Sikov Marjorie K. Silverman Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Ms. Ann Slonaker Nancy N. Smith Elaine & William Smith Bill & Patty Snodgrass Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund 46 pittsburghsymphony.org

Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Dr. Horton C. Southworth Samuel & Judith Spanos R. Palmer Spierling Richard C. Spine & Joyce Berman Henry Spinelli Janet H. Staab Jim & Judy Stalder Patricia D. Staley Gary & Charlene Stanich Dr. James Staples Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Terence Starz Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer William H. Steele Bronna & Harold Steiman Gene & Charlene Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Bernard P. Stoehr & Family Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller in Memory of Joanne Smaldino In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra C.J. Sylak, Jr. Stuart & Liz Symonds Carol L. Tasillo Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Mr. Philip C. Thackaray Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Thompson Mr. & Mrs. George H. Thompson Bob & Bette Thomson Gail & Jim Titus 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 Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Linda & Don Wagenheim Wagner Family Charitable Trust Bill & Sue Wagner Suzanne & Richard Wagner C. Robert Walker John & Irene Wall Mr. & Mrs. John Wandrisco Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman

Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Marvin & Dot Wedeen Elaine Weil William C. Weil Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Bill Weiss Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Nancy Welfer J.B. Weller Frank & Heide Wenzel Mrs. Louis A. Werbaneth Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg James Whitehead Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Mr. Robert E. Williams Ruth O. Williams Philip R. Wills Dr. Ann G. Wilmoth Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Marie & Daniel Winschel Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Ellie & Joe Wymard Rufus J. Wysor Mark & Judy Yogman Ms. Susan Yohe Marlene & John Yokim Dr. & Mrs. Jack Yorty Hugh D. & Alice C. Young Dr. Mark C. Zemanick 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 February 22, 2012

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foundations & public agencies

FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES

Anonymous (1) Allegheny County Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Meyer & Merle Berger Family Foundation, Inc. Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman 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 Cyert Family Foundation Kathryn J. Dinardo Fund Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Mary McCune Edwards Charitable Lead Trust Lillian Edwards Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The 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 James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Snavely Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Symphony East Symphony North Symphony South Tippins Foundation Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Wallace Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Weiner Family Foundation Samuel and Carrie Arnold Weinhaus Memorial Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Robert and Mary Weisbrod Foundation Hilda M. Willis Foundation Phillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation Current as of February 22, 2012 pittsburghsymphony.org 47

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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 Bayer USA Foundation Citigroup Clearview Federal Credit Union Dollar Bank Ernst & Young LLP Fairmont Pittsburgh & Habitat Restaurant 48 pittsburghsymphony.org

The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Lighthouse Electric Company Charitable Trust Company, Inc. Hefren-Tillotson Marsh USA Inc. Macy’s Foundation Mascaro Construction Sarris Candies, Inc. Company Pittsburgh Corning Corporation SILVER CIRCLE Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Co. $5,000 - $9,999 AlphaGraphics in the Cultural Silhol Builders Supply The Techs District WPXI-TV American Environmental Services, Inc. Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. BUSINESS PARTNERS Buchanan Ingersoll & PEWTER LEVEL Rooney PC $1,000 - $2,499 Calgon Carbon Corporation Berner International Corp Chesapeake Energy Corporation Bowles Rice Attorneys at Law The Common Plea Bridges & Company, Inc. Catering Inc. Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Deloitte P.C. Eat’n Park Restaurants ESB Bank Federated Investors, Inc. Elements Contemporary Gleason, Inc. Cuisine Heritage Valley Health Ellwood Group, Inc. System FISERV KPMG LLP Hughes Television Levin Furniture Productions MEDRAD Jendoco Construction Mozart Management Corporation Mylan Pharmaceuticals Kerr Engineered Sales Oliver Wyman Company PwC Lidia’s Italy Pittsburgh Reed Smith LLP MacLachlan, Cornelius & Ruth’s Chris Steak House Filoni, Inc. Schreiber Industrial McKamish, Inc. Development Co. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP SYCOR Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Trombino Piano Gallerie Oxford Development Company West Penn Allegheny Health Rothman Gordon PC System Schneider Downs Six Penn Kitchen Stringert, Inc. BRONZE CIRCLE Trebuchet Consulting LLC $2,500 - $4,999 United Safety Services, Inc. A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Wampum Hardware Inc. Angelo, Gordon & Co. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Burrell Group, Inc. PARTNER LEVEL Cipriani & Werner PC $500 - $999 Dominion Resources Allegheny Valley Bank ELG Haniel Metals Corp.

Big Burrito Restaurant Elite Coach Transportation Group Fort Pitt Capital Group Bombardier Koppers The Buncher Company

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Cantor and Pounds Dental Associates Consolidated Communications Crawford Ellenbogen LLC Enterprise Bank Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Hamill Manufacturing Company Hertz Gateway Center, LP Hoffman Electric Inc. The Jas H. Matthews Educational & Charitable Trust John B. Conomos, Inc. 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 Pzena Investment Management, LLC Scott Metals Inc. Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Triad USA Wagner Agency, Inc. Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA

Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc. We would like to thank all corporations that contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Please see our website for a complete listing at pittsburghsymphony.org.

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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 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 50 pittsburghsymphony.org

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

Rhonda & Dennis Norman Rose Noon* Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. Irene G. Otte* Mrs. Dorothy R. Rairigh* Barbara M. Rankin Richard E. Rauh Cheryl & James Redmond Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Yvonne V. Riefer* Martha Robel* Donald & Sylvia Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roderick Mr.* & Mrs. William R. Roesch Charlotta Klein Ross Mr. & 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

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

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

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. & 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 and 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. and Frances M. Witmer $100,000 - $249,999 Anonymous (4) Wendy and David Barensfeld in memory of Dr. Robert E. Herlands Kathryn & Michael Bryson 52 pittsburghsymphony.org

Rae & Jane Burton Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan The Estate of Johannes Coetzee Randi & L.Van V. Dauler, Jr., Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund EQT Corporation The Estate of Beatrice Malseed The Estate of Donald F. Wahl Falk Foundation & Sigo and Jean Falk Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot Goldman Sachs Gives Ira & Anita Gumberg Hansen Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Hefren-Tillotson Rick & Laurie Johnson Nancy & Jeff Leininger Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Samuel and Carrie Arnold Weinhaus Fund Edward D. Loughney* Bill* & Carol Tillotson 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 Barbara Jeremiah 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 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 $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (1) William & Frances Aloe Charitable Foundation 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 Greg & Ellen Jordan Ruth Feldman* & Emil Feldman Elizabeth H. Genter David & Nancy Green

commitment to excellence 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 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 Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer $5,000-$9,999 Jim & Jane Barthen Scott Bell 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 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 (7) Mr. & Mrs. John Crile Allen, Sr. Mr. Thomas L. Allen David & Andrea Aloe Joan & Jerome* Apt & Family John H. Ashton Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Kathleen & Joseph Baird Richard C. Barney Robert W. & Janet W. Baum Philip & Melinda Beard Yu-Ling and Gregg Behr Patti & Sandy Berman Georgia Berner Ms. Mary Biagini Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan Mr. Stuart Bloch Marian & Bruce Block Nadine E. Bognar Betsy Bossong 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 and Shannon Capellupo 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 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 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 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 Tom & Gail Litwiler E.D. Loughney pittsburghsymphony.org 53

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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. and Mrs. Arthur Nussbaum Roger & Sarah Parker John & Joan Pasteris Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Camilla B. Pearce and Dan Gee* Joseph & Suzanne Perrino 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 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 Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt Martin Staniland & Alberta Sbragia Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr. Sarah & Thomas St. Clair Jeff & Linda Stengel

Stringert, Inc. Peter Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Dorothea & Gerald* Thompson Jeff & Melissa Tsai Drs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria Woshner John and Linda Vuono Jim* & Mary Jo Winokur Scott & Stacy Weber Marvin & Dot Wedeen Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren We would like to thank all of our donors to the Commitment to Excellence Campaign. A complete listing can be found on our website at pittsburghsymphony.org Current as of February 22, 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 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 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 February 22, 2012 54 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.

The Arts Open Our Minds.

Every performance reminds us that you are one of our community’s most valued natural resources.