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PROGRAM May 31, June 1 & 2 program......................................................... 11 May 31, June 1 & 2 program notes.............................................. 12 June 7, 8 & 9 program................................................................... 23 June 7, 8 & 9 program notes........................................................ 24 Manfred Honeck biography......................................................... 28 Yuja Wang biography.................................................................... 30 FEATURES Letter from the President & CEO................................................... 3 Retiree: Richard Page....................................................................... 5 Manfred Honeck on Shostakovich 5........................................... 21 2013 European Festivals Tour...................................................... 33
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances are brought to the community in part by generous support from the Allegheny Regional Asset District and corporations, foundations and individuals throughout our community. The PSO receives additional funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works. RADIO STATION WQED-FM 89.3 AND WQEJ-FM 89.7 is the official voice of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Tune in Sundays at 8 p.m. for “Pittsburgh Symphony Radio” concert broadcasts hosted by Jim Cunningham. TO ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRAM
Contact: Elaine Nucci at 412.471.6087, or email: nucci@culturaldistrict.org ONLINE PROGRAM Many PSO program
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your program, please return them to the ushers for reuse at a later performance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS \ 2012-2013 SEASON
It is the mission of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to provide musical experiences at the highest level of expression to enrich the community and satisfy the needs and preferences of our audiences. We will achieve this mission by working together to support an internationally recognized orchestra and by ensuring a viable longterm financial future; a fulfilling environment for our orchestra, staff, volunteers; and the unsurpassed satisfaction of our customers.
EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL Individuals....................................................................................... 34 Foundations & Public Agencies................................................... 39 Corporations .................................................................................. 40 Legacy of Excellence...................................................................... 42 Commitment to Excellence Campaign...................................... 44 INDIVIDUALS & HEINZ HALL INFORMATION Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians................................ 2 Board of Trustees & Chairman’s Council....................................... 4 Jack Heinz Society............................................................................ 6 New Leadership Board.................................................................... 6 Pittsburgh Symphony Association................................................ 6 Friends of the PSO............................................................................ 6 Administrative Staff......................................................................... 8 Heinz Hall FAQ................................................................................ 47 Heinz Hall Information.................................................................. 48
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dennis o’boyle x Laura Motchalov wiLLiaM & SaraH GaLbraitH CHair
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Manfred Honeck EndowEd by tHE Vira i. HEinz EndowMEnt
pRInCIpal gUEST COnDUCTOR
Leonard Slatkin
VICTOR DESabaTa gUEST COnDUCTOR ChaIR
Gianandrea noseda
RESIDEnT COnDUCTOR
Lawrence Loh
VirGinia KaufMan rESidEnt ConduCtor CHair
aSSISTanT COnDUCTOR
fawzi Haimor fIRST VIOlIn
noah bendix-balgley raCHEL MELLon waLton ConCErtMaStEr CHair
Mark Huggins aSSoCiatE ConCErtMaStEr bEVErLynn & StEVEn ELLiott CHair
Huei-Sheng Kao aSSiStant ConCErtMaStEr
Hong-Guang Jia aSSiStant ConCErtMaStEr
Jeremy black Ellen Chen-Livingston irene Cheng Sarah Clendenning alison Peters fujito david Gillis SELMa wiEnEr bErKMan MEMoriaL CHair
Sylvia Kim B Jennifer orchard ron & dorotHy CHutz CHair
Susanne Park Christopher wu nanCy & JEffEry LEininGEr CHair
Shanshan yao tHE EStatE of oLGa t. GazaLiE
Kristina yoder SECOnD VIOlIn Jennifer ross j G. CHriStian LantzSCH & duquESnE LiGHt CoMPany CHair
Louis Lev d tHE MorriSon faMiLy CHair
Eva burmeister Carolyn Edwards andrew fuller Lorien benet Hart Claudia Mahave Peter Snitkovsky albert tan yuko uchiyama B rui-tong wang VIOla
randolph Kelly j
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VirGinia CaMPbELL CHair
Charles Lirette h
Gretchen Van Hoesen j flUTE
Lorna McGhee j JaCKMan PfoutS fLutE CHair
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Cynthia Koledo tatjana Mead Chamis d dealmeida j dr. wiLLiaM LariMEr Joen Vasquez x MELLon, Jr. CHair Marylène Gingras-roy Scott bell Penny anderson brill Mr. & MrS. wiLLiaM E. Cynthia busch rinEHart CHair Erina LarabyEnglISh hORn Goldwasser Harold Smoliar j Paul Silver JoHannES & Mona L. CoEtzEE Stephanie tretick Meng wang andrew wickesberg CEllO
anne Martindale williams j PittSburGH SyMPHony aSSoCiation CHair
david Premo d donaLd i. & JanEt Moritz and EquitabLE rESourCES, inC. CHair
adam Liu x GEorGE & EiLEEn dorMan CHair
Mikhail istomin Gail Czajkowski irvin Kauffman u Michael Lipman JanE & raE burton CHair
Hampton Mallory Lauren Scott Mallory Mr. & MrS. Martin G. MCGuinn CHair
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Jeffrey turner j toM & dona HotoPP CHair
donald H. Evans, Jr. d betsy Heston x Jeffrey Grubbs Peter Guild Micah Howard StEPHEn & KiMbErLy KEEn CHair
John Moore aaron white
MartHa brooKS robinSon CHair Edward d. LouGHnEy CHair
neal berntsen Chad winkler SuSan S. GrEEr MEMoriaL CHair
damian bursill-Hall h TROMbOnE Jennifer Conner HiLda M. wiLLiS foundation CHair Peter Sullivan j
CyntHia S. CaLHoun CHair
Mr. & MrS. wiLLard J. tiLLotSon, Jr. CHair
George Vosburgh j
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Michael rusinek j
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rebecca Cherian h James nova baSS TROMbOnE Murray Crewe j TUba
Craig Knox j
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Edward Stephan j barbara wELdon PrinCiPaL tiMPani CHair
Christopher allen d JaMES w. & Erin M. riMMEL CHair
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andrew reamer j aLbErt H. ECKErt CHair
Jeremy branson d thomas thompson h Christopher allen JaMES w. & Erin M. riMMEL CHair ron Samuels Mr. & MrS. aaron SiLbErMan CHair
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thomas thompson baSS ClaRInET
richard Page j baSSOOn
nancy Goeres j Mr. & MrS. wiLLiaM GEnGE and Mr. & MrS. JaMES E. LEE CHair
david Sogg h Philip a. Pandolfi COnTRabaSSOOn James rodgers j hORn
william Caballero j anonyMouS donor CHair
Stephen Kostyniak d zachary Smith x tHoMaS H. & franCES M. witMEr CHair
robert Lauver
fRETTED InSTRUMEnTS irvin Kauffman j lIbRaRIanS
Joann ferrell Vosburgh j JEan & SiGo faLK CHair
Lisa Gedris STagE TEChnICIanS
ronald Esposito John Karapandi OpEn ChaIRS
tHE HEnry and ELSiE HiLLMan PrinCiPaL PoPS ConduCtor CHair Mr. & MrS. bEnJaMin f. JonES iii KEyboard CHair
j PrinCiPaL h Co-PrinCiPaL d aSSoCiatE PrinCiPaL x aSSiStant PrinCiPaL u aSSiStant PrinCiPaL LaurEatE B onE yEar abSEnCE
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ronald Schneider MiCHaEL & CaroL bLEiEr CHair
Joseph rounds rEEd SMitH CHair HonorinG toM todd
SpECIal ThanKS TO ThE pERRY & bEE JEE MORRISOn STRIng InSTRUMEnT lOan fUnD
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Dear PSO Family,
We started the season with our record-setting Year of the Dragon gala, featuring Music Director Manfred Honeck leading the orchestra and superstar pianist Lang Lang. We are concluding the season with another phenomenal pianist, Yuja Wang, who will also join the Pittsburgh Symphony on its upcoming European Festivals tour. While we were transported by Dvořák to the New World, we were also introduced to the groundbreaking compositions of Mason Bates, PSO Composer of the Year. We celebrated the 200th birthdays of both Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner and experienced the Pittsburgh Symphony’s landmark performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. This year was also filled with significant anniversaries: —The 75th anniversary of our Schooltime concert series which brings second, fourth and sixth graders to Heinz Hall. For many students, it is their first experience hearing a live orchestra. —Our 10th anniversary performing in Wilkinsburg. Since the partnership’s inception, funds raised have helped to revitalize the Wilkinsburg School District’s music program.
PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG \ 2012-2013 SEASON
Our 2012-2013 BNY Mellon Grand Classics season has been one filled with exhilarating milestones!
—The 20th anniversary of Fiddlesticks, the PSO’s Family Concert Series. Each Saturday concert delights children and parents alike. —Finally, in April we presented our first Music for the Spirit Festival. The week-long festival opened with “Singing City – A Concert of Thousands,” which brought together the Pittsburgh Symphony and more than 2,000 singers from 60 choirs across the region for a mesmerizing concert at the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center. And throughout the summer, Heinz Hall will remain busy. Please see page 18 for a listing of upcoming events. Our work at Heinz Hall, in our schools and in the community would not be possible without your support. While our concert season is coming to a close, our fiscal year does not end until August 31. Please consider joining our donor family by making a gift to our Annual Fund. And, if you increase your gift or become a new donor between now and August 31, 2013, the impact of your gift will be doubled, thanks to a generous challenge grant from PNC and Rick and Laurie Johnson. Thank you for making this season truly memorable. Sincerely,
James A. Wilkinson President and CEO
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TURNING THE PAGE
PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG \ 2012-2013 SEASON
After 35 seasons, Principal Bass Clarinet Richard Page retires from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. From all of the the PSO family, we thank him for his many years with us, and wish him a euphonious retirement.
RICHARD PAGE, BIOGRAPHY
Pittsburgh-born and educated, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Principal Bass Clarinetist Richard Page began his musical training at the age of eight, and at thirteen began studies with former PSO Principal Clarinetist Louis Paul. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University he served as Principal Clarinetist of the National Symphony Orchestra of El Salvador, Central America. In 1978, he was appointed by André Previn to the Bass Clarinet position with the PSO. Richard was a founding member of both the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and the Pittsburgh Chamber Soloists. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project, an ensemble that performs throughout the Pittsburgh area and has presented concerts in New York and Vienna, Austria. The PCMP has performed numerous world premieres and has recorded a compact disc featuring the music of composer Ezra Laderman, recently released on the Albany Records label. In February of 2003, Richard gave the premiere performances of Laderman’s Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra, commissioned by the PSO. Richard is active on the boards of two charitable organizations. Blackwood Music Scholarships awards scholarship grants to talented high school students who plan to attend music school. Concerts for Causes is an organization that produces chamber music concerts to raise funds for various charitable causes, currently the Homeless Childrens’ Education Fund. In addition to his musical activities, Richard enjoys Argentine tango, bicycling and spending as much time as possible with his three grandchildren.
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James W. Rimmel MEMBERS
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AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT & SALES
VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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GENERAL MANAGER & VICE PRESIDENT OF ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS
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Benjamin Brown
MANAGER OF EDUCATION
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An Evening With Kenny G and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra PRESENTED BY DICK AND GINNY SIMMONS DATE AND TIME: SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 5:30PM - 10:00PM LOCATION: HEINZ HALL - PITTSBURGH, PA PROCEEDS BENEFIT: HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER AND HERITAGE VALLEY SEWICKLEY FOUNDATIONS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAMS SYMPHONY SUBSCRIBERS WITH TICKETS ON JUNE 15TH CAN ATTEND THE PRE-PERFORMANCE DINNER AND AUCTION FOR $75 PER PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 412 -749 -7050 OR EMAIL SABERCROMBIE@HVHS.ORG
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Guillaume Tell [William Tell]
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major
I. Adagio - Allegro assai II. Largo cantabile III. Menuetto: Allegro IV. Presto ma non troppo
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BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS | HEINZ HALL FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013 AT 8:00 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013 AT 8:00 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2013 AT 2:30 PM
Intermission Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben, Opus 40
The Hero The Hero’s Adversaries The Hero’s Companion The Hero’s Battlefield The Hero’s Works of Peace The Hero’s Retreat from the World and Fulfillment [Played without pause]
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell) (1828-1829) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 29 February 1792 in Pesaro; died 13 November 1868 in Paris PREMIERE OF WORK
Paris, 3 August 1829 Paris Opéra; François Habeneck, conductor PSO PREMIERE
12 March 1896; Carnegie Music Hall; Frederic Archer, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, flute, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion and strings DURATION
12 minutes PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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In 1824, Rossini moved to Paris to direct the Théâtre Italien and there became fully aware of the revolutionary artistic and political trends that were then gaining popularity. He was too closely attuned to public fashion to ignore the changing audience tastes, so he began to cast about for a libretto that would keep him abreast of the latest developments in the musical theater while solidifying his new position in Paris. Schiller’s play William Tell, based on the heroic Swiss struggle against tyranny in the 14th century, had recently created much interest when it was introduced to Paris in a French translation. Rossini decided that the drama would make a fine opera (or, at least, a saleable one), and seems to have taken special care to incorporate the emerging Romantic style into this epic work, as evidenced by its subject matter, symphonic scope and attention to dramatic and poetic content. From the summer of 1828, when word of the project first surfaced, through the following spring, when several delays were reportedly caused by prima donna incapacity (actually, Rossini was withholding the work’s premiere to press negotiations with the government over a lucrative contract for future — never realized — operas) until the premiere in August 1829, William Tell kept Parisian society abuzz. Once the opera finally reached the stage, it was hailed by critics and musicians but disappointed the public, who felt that its six-hour length was more entertainment than a single evening should decently hold. (The score was greatly truncated when it was staged in later years.) Whether the new style of the opera was one Rossini did not wish to pursue, or whether he was drained by two decades of constant work, or whether he just wanted to enjoy in leisure the fortune he had amassed, William Tell was his last opera. During the remaining 39 years of his life, he did not compose another note for the stage. The four sections of the Overture, virtually a miniature tone poem, represent dawn in the mountains, a thunderstorm, the pastoral countryside and the triumphant return of the Swiss troops.
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphony No. 93 in D major
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 31 March 1732 in Rohrau, Lower Austria; died May 31, 1809 in Vienna PREMIERE OF WORK
London, 17 February 1792 Hanover Square Rooms; Joseph Haydn, conductor PSO PREMIERE
23 February 1951; Syria Mosque; Guido Cantelli, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns and trumpets, timpani and strings DURATION
22 minutes PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
When Haydn first arrived there, in 1791, London was one of the world’s great cities of music. In addition to considerable activity at the traditional performance sites of church and court, London boasted a rich musical life: the city had nurtured opera since well before Handel settled there in 1710; it regularly enjoyed public concerts, including the “Bach-Abel Concerts” produced from 1765 and 1782 by Johann Christian Bach (Sebastian’s youngest son) and Carl Friedrich Abel and the series run after 1786 by Johann Peter Salomon, who had enticed Haydn to visit London following the death of Prince Nicolaus Esterházy in September 1790; it kept busy a knowledgeable band of critics to report in the press on all important musical events; and it was home to a large and faithful body of discriminating patrons, both aristocratic and middle class, who eagerly supported a wide variety of worthwhile undertakings. Haydn was swept at once into the artistic and social whirl of the capital upon his arrival. He was quickly befriended by an entire battalion of admirers from all social classes, including musicians, scholars, businessmen — even the royal family. He received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University in July 1791, had more invitations for dinners, parties, social engagements and weekends at Britain’s best town houses and country manors than he could possibly accept, gave lessons to members of some of the city’s finest families, and made so much money that, as he later told his biographer Griesinger, “My eyes popped out of my head.” The focal point for the English mania surrounding Haydn was Salomon’s series of Friday concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms, which ran from March 11th to May 16th that year, and featured a work by Haydn at every performance. The Symphonies Nos. 95 and 96 were composed in London in 1791 and first heard at the concerts that spring. The entire venture proved to be such a success that Haydn was easily convinced to stay for another season the following year, and to return again in 1794-1795. For Salomon’s 1792 concerts, which ran from February 17th to May 18th, Haydn composed four new symphonies — Nos. 93, 94 (“Surprise”), 97 and 98. The Symphony No. 93 was written during the fall of 1791, and Haydn tailored it carefully to the local taste after having observed his London patrons at close range the previous spring, weaving numerous crowd-pleasing effects into the music with his peerless technical mastery. The Symphony opens with a bold, fortissimo, unison summons from the entire ensemble immediately answered by a hushed, lyrical motive from the violins, a beginning whose effect on the audience, wrote the eminent Haydn scholar H.C. Robbins Landon, “would have been electrifying.” So memorably melodic is the main theme of the movement’s quick-tempo sonata form that it was fitted with English words by Catherine Winkworth in the 1830s as the hymn Come My Soul, Awake, ’Tis Morning. A bustling transition leads to the second theme, a legato melody supported by a delicate, music-box accompaniment (which comes delightfully close to a barnyard cackle when it is taken over by the bassoons for the flute’s repetition of the theme). Considerable drama is built up in the
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development section around a tiny fragment common to both first and second themes until the music abruptly breaks off, apparently uncertain how to continue. After a few tentative attempts, oboe and violins try a bit of the second theme, but it is in the wrong key and the wrong place to begin a proper recapitulation, so the orchestra carries on with the development. Things soon get righted, however, everyone is allowed a big breath, and the recapitulation commences according to late-18th-century formal requirements. One of Haydn’s innumerable subtle details is worth noting in the movement’s closing pages: the bassoon gets to play a suave obbligato to the second theme’s return, perhaps in atonement for its somewhat ungracious treatment the first time that melody was heard. The Largo, another testament to Haydn’s remarkable inventiveness even after having written nearly a hundred such works over more than three decades, is a formal hybrid of rondo and variation that takes as its theme an elegant melody initiated by a solo quartet before being taken over by bassoon and strings. The episodes separating the theme’s returns, freely based on its motives, are expressive, harmonically adventurous and colored with the sonorities of the winds. This formal alternation of refrain and episode continues to what would seem to be the movement’s climax, the first time everyone in the orchestra gets to participate in the theme, but this magnificent sonority apparently so overwhelms the ensemble that it dissolves into uncertain gestures and silences. An outrageous fortissimo expostulation issued from depths of the bassoons restores resolve and moves the movement to a satisfying close. The audience at the premiere demanded the encore of both the first and second movements. The Menuetto, with its catchy rhythms and rambunctious energy, is more rustic than courtly. The wind and drum fanfares of the central trio, which are perfectly balanced by gracious phrases from the strings, may have been Haydn’s tribute to the British love of pomp and ceremony. The finale is largely a developmental fantasy on the motive — a leap upward followed by a quick run back down the scale — that launches the movement. The only significant contrast is provided by a passage for oboe and bassoon whose character suggests the second theme of a sonata form, though its placement and the movement’s proportions do not. This infectious movement, like the earliest ones, has several spots where it appears to get stuck only to recover with aplomb and good humor, qualities that bring to mind critic Bernard Jacobson’s pithy summation of this incomparable composer: “A lack of appreciation for Haydn is a species of the inability to enjoy the good things in life.”
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben, Opus 40
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 11 June 1864 in Munich; died 9 September 1949 in GarmischPartenkirchen PREMIERE OF WORK
Frankfurt, 3 March 1899 Orchestra of the Musikgesellschaft Richard Strauss, conductor PSO PREMIERE
7 November 1947; Syria Mosque; Fritz Reiner, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, three flutes, four oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, two B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, eight horns, five trumpets, three trombones, tenor and bass tubas, timpani, percussion, two harps and strings DURATION
46 minutes PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
“No man is perhaps a hero to his valet; but Strauss is evidently a hero to himself.” The autobiographical nature of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben did not slip past American musicologist Philip Hale, nor has it been less than obvious to anyone else. Literary autobiography and selfportraiture (à lá Rembrandt) had been acceptable artistic genres for centuries. So why not music? So why not Strauss? In 1898, the year of Ein Heldenleben, Strauss was the most talked-about composer in the world. This work was the seventh of his orchestral tone poems, each new arrival greeted with a flurry of international interest by press and public alike. They (Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration, Also sprach Zarathustra, et al.) were sensational works that carried programmatic music and the art of orchestration to heights that no one else, except Berlioz, had conceived. Strauss was also one of the preeminent conductors of the day, and when he composed Ein Heldenleben he was principal conductor of the Berlin Court Opera and past music director of the Berlin Philharmonic. He parlayed all these activities into an immense income, and it is very likely that he was the wealthiest composer of concert music ever. With all this, he had a right to be proud. Early in 1898, Strauss undertook to portray a general overview of the heroic spirit in a tone poem. He painted six aspects of this spirit in Ein Heldenleben. The first three sections portray the participating characters: “The Hero” (“his pride, emotional nature, iron will, richness of imagination, inflexible and well-directed determination supplant low-spirited and sullen obstinacy” noted the modest composer); “His Adversaries” (Strauss said nothing about them — the cackling, strident music speaks for itself); and “His Beloved” (“It’s my wife I wanted to show. She is very complex, very feminine, a little perverse, a little coquettish”). The fourth section, in which the hero girds his loins to do battle against his enemies, was considered the height of modernity when it was new. Section five is an ingenious review of at least thirty snippets selected by Strauss from nine of his earlier works. The finale tells of the hero’s withdrawal from the earthly struggles to reach “perfection in contemplative contentment,” in the obscure words of the composer. For Strauss’ appearance as guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic in 1921, Lawrence Gilman prepared the following synopsis of Ein Heldenleben, to which the composer gave his approval: “1. The Hero. We hear first the theme of the Hero, the valorous opening subject for the low strings and horns. Subsidiary themes picture different aspects of the Hero’s nature — his pride, depth of feeling, inflexibility, sensitiveness, imagination. “2. The Hero’s Adversaries. Herein are pictured the Hero’s detractors — an envious and malicious crew, filled with all uncharitableness. The theme of the Hero appears in sad and meditative guise. But his dauntless courage soon reasserts itself, and the mocking hordes are put to rout.
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“3. The Hero’s Companion. A solo violin introduces the Hero’s Beloved. She reveals herself as capricious, an inconsequent trifler, an elaborate coquette. After an earnest phrase heard again and again, the orchestra breaks into a love song of heroic sweep and passion. As the ecstasy subsides, the mocking voices of the foe are heard remotely. “4. The Hero’s Battlefield. But suddenly the call to arms is heard. Distant fanfares (trumpets behind the scenes) summon the Hero to the conflict. The orchestra becomes a battlefield. Through the dust and uproar we are reminded of the inspiration of the Beloved, which sustains and heartens the champion. A triumphant orchestral outburst proclaims his victory. “5. The Hero’s Works of Peace. Now begins a celebration of the Hero’s victories of peace, suggesting his spiritual evolution and achievements. We hear quotations of themes from Strauss’ earlier works: reminiscences of Death and Transfiguration, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Macbeth, Also sprach Zarathustra, the music-drama Guntram, and the exquisite song Traum durch die Dämmerung (‘Dream at Twilight’). “6. The Hero’s Retreat from the World, and Fulfillment. The tubas mutter the uncouth and sinister phrase which voices the dull contempt of the benighted adversaries. Furiously, the Hero rebels, and the orchestra rages. But his anger subsides. Over a persistent tapping of the kettledrum, the English horn sings a pastoral version of his theme. An agitated memory of storm and strife again disturbs his mood. But the solo violin reminds him of the consoling presence of the Beloved One. Peace descends upon the spirit of the Hero. The finale, majestic and serene, recalls the words of the luminous Shankara: ‘For the circling world is like a dream, crowded with desires and hates; in its own time it shines as real, but on awakening it becomes unreal.’”
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In June 1953, Shostakovich confided to a friend that one of the greatest influences of his early years was Gustav Mahler. We know that Shostakovich occupied himself intensely with Mahler – the master of undertones – and Mahler’s universe of sound. I understand and interpret Shostakovich’s music within this very universe. When directly comparing his Fifth Symphony to Mahler’s First, the similarities are striking: the massive, powerful beginning of both pieces’ second dance movements with celli and double-basses or Shostakovich’s use of solo violin in the trio (played as a ländler in an almost Mahleresque-Austrian fashion with all associated traditions, some of which are admittedly very ironic and bizarre). Additionally, when listening to the end of Shostakovich’s Fifth, one may instantly recall the conclusion of Mahler’s Third: Shostakovich’s usage of timpani creates a similar effect. I am of the opinion that these timpani beats in Mahler’s Third set the pace at the ending of the finale of Shostakovich’s Fifth, and therefore provide the key to the controversial question of Shostakovich’s tempo. Most Russian conductors agree, as does Kurt Sanderling, a close friend of Shostakovich’s. One can hardly understand Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, however, without taking into consideration the events following the controversial performances of the composer’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. He received threatening criticism in Pravda, rumored to have been written by Stalin himself. At this point in his career, we meet a composer who brings his creative power back into the service of Soviet music “repentantly” but supposedly unbroken. Unbroken? Despite some serene and contemplative moments, I perceive this work as rather sad and gloomy. The opening expresses the highest misery and desperation. A sarcastic military march – likewise a reminder of Mahler – follows the dreary opening, giving way to dim colors that describe the power of the “party.” Ethereal moments (with harp and celesta) portray nothing but the yearning for the transcendental and spiritual; but though one often associates the ethereal with heavenly, hopeful ideals, the listener finds no such rest here: This is resignation and not liberation. The listener encounters the center of the work in the third movement. Strictly speaking, it is a requiem, especially as the music halts, resuming with mournful woodwinds: solo oboe, clarinet and flute – one after the other – join in a lament. Here, Shostakovich gives voice to fallen friends, those sent to the cold, barren Siberian gulag for raising their voices in “inappropriate” ways. This isolation, composed as oppressive silence and underscored by tremoloing violins (which I actually put into a cold white ponticello, symbolizing the shivering Siberian iciness), can hardly be surpassed. For me, this is the climax!
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 23
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso — Allegro con spirito II. Andantino semplice — Prestissimo III. Allegro con fuoco Ms. Wang
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Intermission Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Opus 47 I. Moderato II. Allegretto III. Largo IV. Allegro non troppo
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 23 (1874-1875) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 7 May 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia; died 6 November 1893 in St. Petersburg PREMIERE OF WORK
Boston, 25 October 1875; Music Hall; Benjamin Johnson Lang, conductor Hans von Bülow, soloist PSO PREMIERE
2 December 1898, Carnegie Music Hall; Victor Herbert, conductor; Adele aus der Ohe, piano INSTRUMENTATION
woodwinds and trumpets in pairs, four horns, three trombones, timpani and strings DURATION
33 minutes PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA
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At the end of 1874, Tchaikovsky began a piano concerto with the hope of having a success great enough to allow him to leave his irksome teaching post at the Moscow Conservatory. By late December, he had largely sketched the work, and he sought the advice of Nikolai Rubinstein, Director of the Moscow Conservatory and a virtuoso pianist. Tchaikovsky reported the interview in a letter: “On Christmas Eve 1874, Nikolai asked me to play the Concerto in a classroom of the Conservatory. We agreed to it. I played through the work. There burst forth from Rubinstein’s mouth a mighty torrent of words. It appeared that my Concerto was utterly worthless, absolutely unplayable; the piece as a whole was bad, trivial, vulgar.” Tchaikovsky was furious, and he stormed out of the classroom. He made only one change in the score: he obliterated the name of the original dedicatee — Nikolai Rubinstein — and substituted that of the stellar pianist Hans von Bülow, who was performing Tchaikovsky’s piano pieces across Europe. Bülow gladly accepted the dedication and he wrote a letter of praise to Tchaikovsky as soon as he received the score: “The ideas are so original, so powerful; the details are so interesting, and though there are many of them they do not impair the clarity and unity of the work. The form is so mature, so ripe and distinguished in style; intention and labor are everywhere concealed. I would weary you if I were to enumerate all the characteristics of your work, characteristics which compel me to congratulate equally the composer and those who are destined to enjoy it.” After the scathing criticism from Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky was delighted to receive such a response, and he was further gratified when Bülow asked to program the premiere on his upcoming American tour. The Concerto created such a sensation when it was first heard, in Boston on October 25, 1875, that Bülow played it on 139 of his 172 concerts that season. (Remarkably, Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto was also premiered in this country, by Madeleine Schiller and the New York Philharmonic Society conducted by Theodore Thomas on November 12, 1881.) Such a success must at first have puzzled Rubinstein, but eventually he and Tchaikovsky reconciled their differences over the work. Tchaikovsky incorporated some of his suggestions in the 1889 revision, and Rubinstein not only accepted the Concerto, but eventually made it one of the staples of his performing repertory. During the next four years, when Tchaikovsky wrote Swan Lake, the Rococo Variations, the Third and Fourth Symphonies, the Violin Concerto, and, in 1877, met his benefactress Nadezhda von Meck, he was not only successful enough to leave his teaching job to devote himself entirely to composition, but he also became recognized as one of the greatest composers of his day. The Concerto opens with the familiar theme of the introduction, a sweeping melody nobly sung by violins and cellos above thunderous chords from the piano. Following a decrescendo and a pause, the piano
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presents the snapping main theme. (Tchaikovsky said that this curious melody was inspired by a tune he heard sung by a blind beggar at a street fair.) The clarinet announces the lyrical, bittersweet second theme. The simplicity of the second movement’s three-part structure (A–B–A) is augured by the purity of its opening — a languid melody in the solo flute. The center of the movement is of very different character, with a quick tempo and a swift, balletic melody. The languid theme and moonlit mood of the first section return to round out the movement. The crisp rhythmic motive presented immediately at the beginning of the finale and then spun into a complete theme by the soloist dominates much of the movement. In the theme’s vigorous full-orchestra guise, it has much of the spirit of a robust Cossack dance. To balance the vigor of this music, Tchaikovsky introduced a romantic melody first entrusted to the violins. The dancing Cossacks repeatedly advance upon this bit of tenderness, which shows a hardy determination. The two themes contend, but the flying Cossacks have the last word.
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5, Opus 47 (1937) ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Born 25 September 1906 in St. Petersburg; died 9 August 1975 in Moscow PREMIERE OF WORK
Leningrad, 21 November 1937; Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic; Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor PSO PREMIERE
31 January 1941, Syria Mosque; Fritz Reiner, conductor INSTRUMENTATION
piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, E-flat and two B-flat clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, two harps, celesta, piano and strings DURATION
52 minutes
“COMPOSER REGAINS HIS PLACE IN SOVIET,” read a headline of The New York Times on November 22, 1937. “Dmitri Shostakovich, who fell from grace two years ago, on the way to rehabilitation. His new symphony hailed. Audience cheers as Leningrad Philharmonic presents work.” The background of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony is well known. His career began before he was twenty with the cheeky First Symphony; he was immediately acclaimed the brightest star in the Soviet musical firmament. In the years that followed, he produced music with amazing celerity, and even managed to catch Stalin’s attention, especially with his film scores. (Stalin was convinced that film was one of the most powerful weapons in his propaganda arsenal.) The mid-1930s, however, the years during which Stalin tightened his iron grip on Russia, saw a repression of the artistic freedom of Shostakovich’s early years, and some of his newer works were assailed with the damning criticism of “formalism.” The opera The Nose, the ballets The Golden Age and The Bolt and even the blatantly jingoistic Second and Third Symphonies were the main targets. The storm broke in an article in Pravda on January 28, 1936 entitled “Muddle Instead of Music.” The “muddle” was the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, a lurid tale of adultery and murder in the provinces that is one of Shostakovich’s most powerful creations. The nature of the criticism may be judged from the title of the article, though no reason was given why it did not appear until two full years after Lady Macbeth had been premiered in January 1934, and been running successfully for the entire interval. The denunciation, though it urged Shostakovich to reform his compositional ways, also encouraged him to continue his work, but in a manner consistent with Soviet ideals. As “A Soviet composer’s reply to just criticism” — a phrase attributed 25
to Shostakovich by the press, though it does not appear in the score — the Fifth Symphony was created and presented to an enthusiastic public. Shostakovich had apparently returned to the Soviet fold, and in such manner that in 1940 he was awarded the Stalin Prize, the highest achievement then possible for a Russian composer. Since the appearance in 1979 of Shostakovich’s purported memoirs (Testimony), however, the above tale needs reconsideration. The prevailing interpretation of the Fifth Symphony had been that generally it represented triumph through struggle, à la Beethoven’s Fifth and Ninth Symphonies, and specifically the composer’s renunciation of his backslidden ideological ways. Only three months after the premiere, Shostakovich wrote in an official publication, “The theme of my Symphony is the stabilization of the personality. In the center of this composition — conceived lyrically from beginning to end — I saw a man with all his experiences. The Finale resolves the tragically tense impulses of the earlier movements into optimism and joy of living.” With that statement, the Soviet authorities were given exactly the explanation that they demanded, and Shostakovich was “rehabilitated.” The story seemed so pat that it went unquestioned for years. However, some re-thinking after Shostakovich’s death led Ray Blokker, in his book on the composer’s symphonies, to conclude, “The Fifth was a challenge rather than an apology, despite the way in which the state received it.” Why, for example, did Shostakovich not write a patriotic cantata loaded with folk songs and nationalistic bombast if his sole aim were his return to grace? Why an abstract, supranational work like a symphony? Was there some hidden power or message in the music that could speak to the individual heart while remaining beyond the censor’s wrath? In Testimony, Shostakovich, bitter, ill, disillusioned, gave a ringing affirmative answer to this last question: “I think it is clear to everyone what happens in the [finale of the] Fifth Symphony. The rejoicing is forced, created under threat, as in Boris Godunov. It’s as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying, ‘Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing,’ and you rise, shaky, and go marching off muttering, ‘Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.’ What kind of apotheosis is that? You have to be a complete oaf not to hear that.... People who came to the premiere of the Fifth in the best of moods wept.” One of his greatest fears when the Fifth Symphony was new was that his true intention — the deep, soulburning irony of the work — was so obvious that someone would inform on him. No one did. Stravinsky once said that Soviet composers were good, but that they could not afford the luxury of integrity. He seems to have been wrong about Shostakovich. Shostakovich’s thoughts about the Fifth Symphony bear directly on the listener’s perception of the work. The key to the meaning of the score, its finale, can no longer be seen as a transcendence or negation of the tragic forces invoked in the earlier movements, especially the third, but becomes an affirmation of them. The boisterous trumpets and drums are not those of a festival or a peasant dance, but of a forced death march — Stalin’s “exterminations” outnumbered those of Hitler. The Fifth Symphony arose not from Shostakovich’s glorification of his nation. It arose from his pity.
The Fifth Symphony is cast in the traditional four movements. The sonata form of the first movement begins with a stabbing theme in close imitation. A group of complementary ideas is presented before the tempo freshens for the second theme, an expansive melody of large intervals whose shape bears some resemblance to that of the main theme. The sinister sound of unison horns in their lowest register marks the start of the development section. The intensity of this section builds quickly to a powerful, almost demonic march. The recapitulation rockets forth from a series of fierce brass chords leading to a huge, sustained climax after which the music’s energy subsides to allow the second theme to be heard in a gentle setting assigned to flute and horn. Quiet intensity pervades until the movement ends with ethereal scales in the celesta. 26
The Symphony’s scherzo comes second to act as a buffer between the emotional weight of the first and third movements. It has much of the sardonic humor that Shostakovich displayed in such movements throughout his life, but it also bears an unmistakable debt to the music of Gustav Mahler, especially in the passage in the central trio for solo violin, which closely resembles an important sonority in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. The Symphony’s greatest pathos is reserved for the third movement. It is dominated by string sonorities, with woodwinds and percussion providing limited timbral contrast. The heavy brass are silent. This movement is best heard not in a specific formal context but as an extended soliloquy embracing the most deeply felt emotions. For much of its length, the expression is subdued, but twice the music gathers enough strength to hurl forth a mighty, despairing cry. As in the first movement, the disembodied sound of the celesta (reinforced here by the harp) closes this gripping Largo, which the eminent Russian-American conductor Sergei Koussevitzky thought to be the greatest symphonic slow movement since Beethoven. The finale is divided into three large sections, determined as much by moods as by themes. The outer sections are boisterous and extroverted, the central one, dark-hued and premonitory. The robust scoring and vigorous marching motion of the beginning and end are deeply indebted to the Russian tradition of such works as Tchaikovsky’s Second and Fourth Symphonies. Whether the mood of rough vigor of this framing music or the tragedy of the central section stays longer in the mind is a matter listeners must determine for themselves. The delicate formal balance Shostakovich here achieved could be tipped in either direction depending on the experience the individual brings to it. Only great masterworks can simultaneously be both so personal and so universal.
/// MANFRED HONECK Manfred Honeck was born in Austria and studied music at the Academy of Music in Vienna. An accomplished violinist and violist, he spent more than ten years as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. It is this experience that has heavily influenced his conducting and has helped give it a distinctive stamp. Honeck was appointed the ninth Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in January 2007, and began his tenure at the start of the 2008-2009 season. After a first extension in 2009, his contract was extended for the second time in February 2012, now through the 2019-2020 season. Following their successful European Tour in 2010 and the European Festival Tour 2011 with appearances at the major music festivals, such as BBC Proms, Lucerne, Grafenegg, Rheingau, SchleswigHolstein and Musikfest Berlin, Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returned to Europe in October-November 2012. The tour took them to Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Luxembourg and Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart in Germany. During a week-long residency at the Musikverein in Vienna, the orchestra performed four concerts. Honeck’s successful work in Pittsburgh is captured on CD by the Japanese label Exton. So far, Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben have been released to critical acclaim. Their recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 won a 2012 International Classical Music Award (ICMA). From 2007 to 2011, Honeck was Music Director of the Staatsoper Stuttgart, where he conducted premieres including Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Mozart’s Idomeneo, Verdi’s Aida, Richard Strauss’s Rosenkavalier, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and Wagner’s Lohengrin and Parsifal, as well as numerous symphonic concerts. His operatic guest appearances include Semperoper Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Royal Opera of Copenhagen, the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and the Salzburg Festival. He commenced his career as conductor of Vienna’s Jeunesse Orchestra, which he co-founded, and as assistant to Claudio Ab28
bado at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Vienna. Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, where he was bestowed the prestigious European Conductor’s Award in 1993. In 1996, Honeck began a three-year stint as one of three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig and in 1997, he served as Music Director at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo for a year. A highly successful tour of Europe with the Oslo Philharmonic marked the beginning of a close collaboration with this orchestra which consequently appointed him Principal Guest Conductor, a post he held for several years. From 2000 to 2006, he was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Stockholm and served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 to 2011, a position he will resume from 2013 to 2016. As a guest conductor, Honeck has worked with major orchestras, such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic and in the U.S. with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is also a regular guest at the Verbier Festival. Guest engagements of the 2012-2013 season include concerts at his earlier places of activity in Stockholm and Prague, as well as appearances with other prestigious orchestras, including Bamberg Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra and his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2010, Honeck was awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Apart from his numerous tasks as conductor, he has been Artistic Director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” in Germany for more than 15 years.
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/// YUJA WANG Twenty-six-year-old pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized as one of the most important artists of her generation. Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique, Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and charismatic stage presence. Yuja is an exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon. Following her debut recording, Sonatas & Etudes, which was released in the spring of 2009, Gramophone magazine named Yuja the Classic FM 2009 Young Artist of the Year. For her second recording in 2011, Transformation, Yuja received an Echo Klassik award as “Young Artist of the Year.” Yuja next collaborated with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra to record her first concerto album featuring Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and his Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor which was nominated for a Grammy as “Best Classical Instrumental Solo.” Her most recent record, Fantasia, is a collection of encore pieces by Albéniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, Scriabin and others. In the years since her 2005 debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra led by Pinchas Zukerman, Yuja has already performed with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras including those of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, in the U.S., and abroad with the Berlin Staatskapelle, China Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orquesta Nacional España, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony in Tokyo, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart and Santa Cecilia, among others. In 2006, Yuja made her New York Philharmonic debut at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival and performed with the orchestra the following season under Lorin Maazel during the Philharmonic’s Japan/Korea visit. In 2008 she toured the United States with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields led by Sir Neville Marriner, and in 2009 Yuja performed as soloist 30
with the You Tube Symphony Orchestra led by Michael Tilson Thomas at Carnegie Hall. That summer Yuja joined Maestro Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne Music Festival performing and recording Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and went on to perform with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Abbado on tour in China. Yuja regularly gives recitals in major cities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. She is a dedicated performer of chamber music appearing at summer festivals throughout the world including annual appearances at Switzerland’s Verbier Festival. In March 2011, Yuja performed in a three-concert chamber series at the Salle Pleyel in Paris with principal players from the Berlin Philharmonic. She made her Carnegie Hall recital debut at Stern Hall in October 2011. Many of the world’s esteemed conductors have collaborated with Yuja including Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Mikko Franck, Manfred Honeck, Pietari Inkinen, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Antonio Pappano, Yuri Temirkanov and Michael Tilson Thomas. This season Yuja returned to the Israel Philharmonic to work with Zubin Mehta, followed by a tour of the U.S. that included performances at Carnegie and Disney halls. She then launched into a three-week tour of Asia with the San Francisco Symphony and Tilson Thomas, traveling to Macau, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. Yuja again joined the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal players, this time with a series of all-Brahms concerts at Salle Pleyel in Paris. In spring 2013, she will be presented by the Berlin Philharmonic in recital at the Philharmonie, and returns to Carnegie Hall in both recital and a concerto appearance with the San Francisco Symphony. Her season includes a recital tour of Japan where she makes her Suntory Hall debut. At a young age, Yuja entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing to study under Ling Yuan and Zhou Guangren. From 1999 to 2001 she participated in the Morningside Music summer program at Calgary’s Mount Royal College, an artistic and cultural
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exchange program between Canada and China, and began studying with Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone at the Mount Royal College Conservatory. Yuja then moved to the U.S. to study with Gary Graffman at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she graduated in 2008. In 2006, she received the
Gilmore Young Artist Award, and in 2010 was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Yuja is a Steinway Artist. Yuja Wang last performed with the PSO in September 2010.
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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, pianist Yuja Wang, percussionist Martin Grubinger to join tour; PSO to perform in Romania for the first time PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has announced that Music Director Manfred Honeck will lead the PSO on an 11-concert European Festivals Tour from Aug. 26 to Sept. 15, 2013. The tour will take the orchestra to Austria, Germany, Romania, France and Switzerland. The tour opens at the Grafenegg Festival in Austria, where Honeck will lead the PSO in two concerts on Aug. 29 & 30. The PSO performed in Grafenegg for the first time in September 2011. The PSO will next perform at the popular Berlin Festival on Aug. 31, before traveling to Bucharest, Romania, to debut at the George Enescu International Festival on Sept. 3. The orchestra will perform in Paris (Sept. 6), and Dusseldorf (Sept. 7) and Frankfurt, Germany (Sept. 8) before traveling to Switzerland for two concerts at the Lucerne Festival on Sept. 10 & 11. The tour concludes with concerts at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, Germany, on Sept. 12 & 14. Famed violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will appear with the PSO in Grafenegg, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Lucerne, while piano virtuoso Yuja Wang will be in Grafenegg, Bucharest, Paris, Dusseldorf and Bonn. Percussionist
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Martin Grubinger will be the guest soloist at the PSO performances in Lucerne on Sept. 11, and Bonn on Sept. 14. The tour program will feature Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, a suite from Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa, Ravel’s Bolero and Rapsodie Espagnole, and Witold Lutoslawski’s Chain 2 for Violin and Orchestra. Mutter will perform Dvořák’s Violin Concerto; Wang will play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Grubinger is scheduled to be the guest soloist when the PSO performs John Corigliano’s “Conjurer” concerto. “Going on tour with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is always a fantastic experience. I am looking forward to returning to these wonderful cities, as well as visiting Bucharest with the PSO for the first time,” Honeck said. “We are honored that we all get to make magnificent music in some of the great concert halls in the world.” “The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck were greeted with great applause and acclaim during our recent European Residency Tour earlier this year,” PSO President and CEO James A. Wilkinson said. “Our previous European Festivals Tour in 2011 was a huge success and it is a tremendous honor to be invited back to these renowned festivals and venues in Europe.” International touring is made possible, in part, by the Hillman Endowment for International Performances.
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Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Mary Beth Adams Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mr.* & Mrs.* Eugene Cohen Salama Blansett, Jr. Judy Brody & Lawrence Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Thomas & Perri Schelat Adler Paul E. Block Alan & Lynne Colker Joseph Schewe, Jr. Joyce & John Allen Joseph A. & Shirley H. In Loving Memory of Bonner Mr.* & Mrs. K. George Dr. Madalon Amenta Johnathan Heath College Schoeppner Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen Donald & Kathleen Anderson Dale Colyer Esther Schreiber Bozzone Family Foundation Linda Cook Mrs. Doris Anderson Jolie Schroeder Robert N. Brand Craig & Dawn Andersson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Alan Cope Dr. Nicholas Schulz & Dr. Gary & Connie Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas W. Barton & Teri Cowan Brigitte Schmidt Brandenberger Angerman Susan & George Craig Dr. Allan & Mrs. Brina D. The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy David Braun Susan O. Cramer Segal Angleberger Gerda & Abe Bretton David & Marian Crossman Preston & Annette Shimer Joan Frank Apt Mary & Russell Brignano John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Yoshio Arai Mary L. Briscoe Shoop, Jr. Zelda Curtiss Warren J. Archer & Madeline Mr. Randy & Mrs. Deborah Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Cynthia Custer C. Archer Broker Rebecca L. Carlin Mrs. John C. Cutler* Rod & Tammy Ardolino Mr. Stephen Bronder Paul & Linda Silver Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Daffner Janice Argabright & Nicholas Suzanne Broughton & Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Brown Richard Margerum Patricia & Walter Damian Dr. & Mrs. Dennis P. Slevin James & Susanne Armour Alan M. Brown Joan & Jim Darby Manny H. & Ileane Smith Mrs. Alicia Avery Mr. & Mrs.* Earle O. Brown, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William J. Darr Marisa & Walter C. Smith Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Norina H. Daubner Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Bartholomew Ruth Bachman in Memory Joan Clark Davis Sandy & Mr. Edgar Snyder of James Bachman Nancy & John Brownell Joan & David Dawson Hon. & Mrs. William L. Mrs. Donna L. Balewick Mr. & Mrs. David A. Alfred R. de Jaager Standish Brownlee Lorraine E. Balun Bruce & Rita Decker Lewis M. Steele & Ann Lois R. Brozenick Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Labounsky Steele John T. Buckley & Emily J. Jim* & Peggy Degnan Wendy & David Barensfeld Charles S. Degrosky Barbara & Lou Steiner Rosenthal Richard C. Barney Jeff & Linda Stengel Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Burchfield Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Robert & Loretta Barone Dell’Omo Fred & Maryann Steward William Burchinal Robert Bastress & Barbara Lynn & David DeLorenzo Dick & Thea Stover Timothy & Linda Burke Fleischauer Ms. Alice Demmler C. Dean Streator Dr. & Mrs. John A. Martin & Bridgett Bates Mr. & Mrs.* Edward DePersis Burkholder Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Stroebel Dr. & Mrs. R.C. Bauer Valerie DiCarlo Mr. & Mrs. James Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Robert W. & Janet W. Baum Burnham Victor & Delia DiCarlo Dorothea & Gerald* John & Betsy Baun Rev. Glen H. & Carol Mrs. Tika Dickos Thompson Burrows Barbara N. Baur Elaine A. Dively Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Ticknor Dr. Stuart S. Burstein Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Jerome A. Dixon Drs. Ben Van Houten & Sehgal Fund in Memory of Michael F. Butler Victoria Woshner Mr. & Mrs. Todd Donovan Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal James & Judith Callomon Mr. & Mrs. James R. Drake Bob & Denise Ventura David & Gail Becker Susan Campbell & Patrick Anthony V. Dralle Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Dorothy Becker Curry Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Mary Jo Dressel Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Andrés Cárdenes & Wasilak Robert & Lora Lee Duncan Monique Mead Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Mary Jane Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Albert Vange & Nick Beldecos Susan Bassett Caretto, Jr. Eugene & Katrin Engels Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Judith Bell Richard & Jeanne* Carter Roger & Beverly Engle Edgar & Betty Belle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White & Donna Arnold & Eva Engler Rudy & Barbara Benedetti Charles Elizabeth & Frank L. Cashdollar Richard Epstein & Mindy Wiegand, III Eleanor H. Berge Sue Challinor & Matt Frazer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Teplitz Tibey & Julian Falk Ellie & Joe Wymard Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. Dr. Thomas S. Chang Donald & Judith Feigert James Farber Miriam L. Young Peggy & Joe Charny Dr. & Mrs.* John H. Feist Ms. Robin Joan Bernstein & Mr. & Mrs. Isaias Zelkowicz Craig D. Choate Mr. H. Seigle* Joan P. Feldman & Hilary Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow Kenneth & Celia Christman Feldman Don Berry Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Henry & Charlotte Beukema Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung SYMPHONY CLUB Mr. & Mrs. William Clarkson Madelyn & John Fernstrom Dr. & Mrs. Albert W. Biglan $500 - $1,499 William & Elizabeth Janet Fesq Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Clendenning Anonymous (26) Marvin C. Fields Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Mrs. Ernest Abernathy Albert L. Filoni Gerald & Carolyn Eberly Christine & Howard Cohen Dr. Joseph Fine Frederic & Deborah Acevedo Blaney 36
Kristine Haig & John Rhian Kenny Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter Sonnenday Natalie W. Klein McCarthy Rail Insurance Jim & Marnie Haines Managers, Inc. Ruth Ann & Eugene Klein Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Peggy C. Knott McChesney Susan & David Hardesty Ms. Marilyn Koch Mr. Samuel A. McClung Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Ms. Dawn Kosanovich Jonathan & Kathryn Mrs. Mary O. Harrison Madeline Kramer in McClure Ms. Christine A. Hartung Memory of Fred Kramer Mary C. McCormick Donna & Cal Hastings Mr. & Mrs. A. Frederick Paula & Bob McCracken Kroen Cathy & John Heggestad Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Robert A. & Alice Kushner Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Mary A. McDonough Heidenreich Mr. Nicholas Kyriazi Keith McDuffie Ms. Emily Heidish Betty Lamb Eric & Lizz Helmsen Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Lang Kent & Martha McElhattan Mary & R. Lee McFadden Paul & Colleen Hennigan Ronald & Lida Larsen Carol Jean McKenzie Thelma & Andrew Herlich Earl & Marilyn Latterman Jean & John McLaughlin Bob & Georgia Hernandez A. Lorraine Laux Mr. & Mrs. William P. Meehan Marianne & Marshall Hess Marvin & Gerry Lebby Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Douglas & Antionette Hill Drs. Grace & Joon Lee Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul Barbara Sachnoff Mendlowitz L. Shay MD Dr. Joseph & Marie In Memory of William C. Hinchcliffe Mr. David W. Lendt Menges Mr. Carlyle Hoch Robert W. Lenker Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Dr. Herbert & Barbara Levit Merriman Richard Dum Mrs. William E. Lewellen, III Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Philo & Erika Holcomb Fund of The Pittsburgh Philip & Leslie Liebscher Foundation Katherine Holter Robert & Janet Liljestrand Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Meyer Dr. & Mrs. Elmer J. Holzinger Elsa Limbach Ms. Madeleine Hombosky Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Bridget & Scott Michael Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Michaels Thomas O. Hornstein Mr. & Mrs. James T. Charitable Fund of The Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Linaberger Pittsburgh Foundation Middleton Ken & Hope Linge Hope H. Horst Ms. Laurie Miller Lawrence & Jacqueline Beth Hovanec Robert & Miriam Miller Lobl Anne K. Hoye Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr. Margery J. Loevner Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Don & Hanne Lorch Mr. & Mrs. William H. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Mrs. Howard M. Love Nessa Green Mines Jean & Richard Humphreys Ann Quinn Lyle Catherine Missenda Joan M. Hurrell Paul & Connie Francis & Debbie Lynch Mockenhaupt Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. James & Cheryl Lyne Hyland, Jr. Chuck & Karen Moellenberg Daphne & John Lynn George L. Illig, Jr. Amy & Ira* M. Morgan William & Helen Lyons Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Mrs. Guinevere R. Mabunay Mr. Gary Morrell Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Connie & Bruce* Morrison Pat & Don MacDonald Lynne & Blair Jacobson & Mrs.* William S. William & Nora MacDonald Dr. Morrison David & Terry Jancisin Hank & June Mader Frank & Brenda Moses Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Willcox Mrs. George J. Magovern, Jr. Carol J. Mueller Jenkins John K. Maitland Dawn M. Johnson Theodor & Inge Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Robert Malnati Mr. & Mrs. Richard Munsch Tom & Wendy Jones in Honor of Chris Wu Carl & Alexis Mancuso David & Joan Murdoch Greg & Ellen Jordan Drs. Ellen Mandel & Mary & Jim Murdy Lawrence Weber Richard & Barbara Kahlson Mr. & Mrs. Donald Marinelli James & Marlee Myers Alice & Richard Kalla & Mrs. Donald D. Mr. & Mrs. Bernard S. Mars Dr. Daniel & Carole Kamin Naragon Mr. & Mrs. John Mary Julie & Jeffrey* Kant Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Mr. & Mrs. David N. Kaplan Helen F. Mathieson Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Rev. Robert & Mrs. Suzanne Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Crawford Matlack Newpher Martin & Donna Keane Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Patricia K. Nichols Flo & Bob Kenny Maurer
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Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Edgar R. & Betty A. Robinson Bill & Patty Snodgrass Susan Noffke & Robert Mr. William M. Robinson Marcie Solomon & Nathan Wickesberg Goldblatt Mr. & Mrs. James E. Rohr Mark & Nikki Nordenberg Mr. & Mrs. C. Arthur Rolander David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Charles & Lois* Norton Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Rom Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr Heidi Novak Janice G. Rosenberg in support of music & Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null wellness Dr. Pinchas Rosenberg Maureen S. O’Brien Shoshana & Jerry Rosenberg Drs. Horton C. & Jannene M. Southworth Mr. Everett F. Oesterling & Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Mrs. Joyce Oesterling Henry Spinelli Rosener, III Dr. & Mrs. Kook Sang Oh Janet H. Staab Mrs. Louisa Rosenthal Paul & Nancy O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stalder Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Orr Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Patricia D. Staley Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack Mr. R. Douglas Rumbarger Gary & Charlene Stanich John A. Osuch Dr. James G. Staples Mr. Robert Rupp Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer Mr. Leo P. Russell Doug & Suzanne Owen Bronna & Harold Steiman Shirley & Murray Rust Dr. Paul M. Palevsky & Dr. Edward & Rebecca Stephan Mrs. John M. Sadler Sharon R. Roseman Jerry Stephens Tamiko Sampson Dr. & Mrs. A. H. Panahandeh Mr. & Mrs. Bernard P. Stoehr Dr. & Mrs. Isamu Sando Pamela & Ronald Pape & Family Dr. Carlos R. Santiago Mr. & Mrs. William A. Partain Mr. & Mrs. Ferd Sauereisen Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller Dr. Anthony William Pasculle In Memory of Miss Jean Sally & Keith Saylor Alexander Moore John & Joan Pasteris Albert & Kathleen Schartner Mona & E.J. Strassburger Kenneth & Rose Patterson Ann & Bill Scherlis Mr. Peter Su Camilla B. Pearce Dr. Melvin & Catherine Schiff Peter Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Schmitt Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Daniel M. Pennell Mr. & Mrs. George Schneider Memory of Patricia Sundra Ms. Irina A. Peris Shirley Schneirov Jan & Leslie Swensen Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Marvin & Fran Schreiber Stuart & Liz Symonds Ms. Dorothy Philipp Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Szejko Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, II. Carol L. Tasillo Edward & Mary Ellen Pisula Urban Schuster Mr. & Mrs. William H. Mr. & Mrs. E. Kears Pollock Taylor, Jr. Mary Ann Scialabba Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab Louise & Franco Sciannameo Gordon & Catherine Telfer David & Marilyn Posner Mr. Paul Teplitz Robert J. & Sharon E. Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Sclabassi Mr. Doug Thomas Shirley Pow George & Marcia Seeley Mary Lloyd & George Ann & Malvern Powell Thompson Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Prus Bob & Bette Thomson Anne Selinger & Nyles Mercedes & John Pryce Charon Gail & Jim Titus Bob & Mary Jo Purvis Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Denny & Colleen Travis Richard Shallberg Mrs. Jean Purvis Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Trees Mrs. Sue Shapera Liberty & Andrew Pyros Rosalyn & Albert Treger Richard F. Shaw & Sandy Pysh & Rich Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Linda W. Shaw Somplatsky Albert R. Trezza & Megan A. Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr. Judith D. Shepherd Trezza Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Fran Quinlan Paul A. Trimmer Shepherd, Jr. Dr.* & Mrs. Donald H. Quint Jeff & Melissa Tsai Dr. Charles H. Shultz Ms. Barbara Rackoff Mr.* & Mrs. Herbert J. Shure Eric & Barbara Udren Betty Radvak-Shovlin Diane & Dennis Unkovic Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure James D. & Carol L. Randolph Ms. Phyllis Vail Rhoda & Seymour* Sikov Barbara M. Rankin Theo & Pia Van De Venne Marjorie K. Silverman Mr. Joseph J. Regna, Jr. Suzan M. Vandertie Mr. Frank Simpkins Eric & Frances Reichl Mr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Vest Lois & Bill Singleton Ms. Diana Reid Dr. & Mrs. Carey T. Vinson, III Kathleen Opat Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Renton John & Linda Vuono Margaret C. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Bill & Sue Wagner Wallace & Patricia Smith Mavis & Norman Robertson Judy Wagner & Mike LaRue 38
Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner C. Robert Walker Kevin & Jennifer Walker Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Marvin & Dot Wedeen Drs. John & Carla Weidman Elaine Weil William C. Weil Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Jim & Jinny Welker Frank & Heide Wenzel Mrs. Louis A. Werbaneth Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg Rebecca M. Wharton James Whitehead Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Dr. Bruce L. Wilder Robert & Carole Williams Ruth Williams in honor of Anne M. Williams and her parents Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Rufus J. Wysor* Dr. & Mrs. John A. Yauch Mark & Judy Yogman Marlene & John Yokim Alice L. Young Hugh D. & Alice C. Young Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Young Mark C. Zemanick, MD Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra would like to thank the generous individuals whose gifts we cannot recognize due to space constraints. Please read their names on our website at pittsburghsymphony.org. Current as of May 23, 2013 *deceased
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 The Association for Recorded Sound Collections 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 Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation Jack Buncher Foundation Anne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and Educational Trust Compton Family Foundation The Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable Fund Jean Hartley Davis and Nancy Lane Davis Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Kathryn J. Dinardo Fund Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Lillian Edwards Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Fine Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mildred B. & Malcolm Goldsmith 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 Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust
Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation William V. and Catherine A. McKinney Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Phyllis and Victor Mizel Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New Music USA 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 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 Norman C. Ray Trust The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation Salvitti Family Foundation The H. Glenn Sample Jr. MD Memorial Trust Scaife Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation The Frank L. and Ruth R. Schwarz Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Symphony East Symphony North Tippins Foundation Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Hilda M. Willis Foundation Phillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation
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CORPORATIONS (Includes corporate annual fund contributions and sponsorships) Bridges & Company, Inc. Cantor & Pounds Dental Associates Consolidated Communications Crawford Ellenbogen LLC Fancy’s Folly SILVER CIRCLE Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. $5,000 - $9,999 General Wire Spring Co. AlphaGraphics in the Business Partners Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Cultural District PEWTER LEVEL Hamill Manufacturing Ansaldo STS USA Company $1,000 - $2,499 DIAMOND CIRCLE Buchanan Ingersoll & Berner International Corp Hertz Gateway Center, LP Rooney PC $40,000 - $74,999 The Hite Company Big Burrito Restaurant Calgon Carbon Corporation Group First National Bank of Hoffman Electric Inc. Pennsylvania Chesapeake Energy Bowles Rice McDavid Graff Horovitz, Rudoy & Corporation PPG Industries Foundation & Love LLP Roteman LLC The Common Plea Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, K&I Sheet Metal, Inc. Catering Inc. P.C. PLATINUM CIRCLE Lucas Systems, Inc. Eat’n Park Restaurants ESB Bank $20,000 - $39,999 Marketing Support Network Ernst & Young LLP First Commonwealth Bank Marstrand Industries, Inc. Acusis Huntington Bank FISERV Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Metso Hughes Television Federal Home Loan Bank of KPMG LLP Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Levin Furniture Productions Pittsburgh Attorneys at Law MEDRAD Income Research & First Niagara Mitsubishi Electric Power Management Morgan Stanley Products, Inc. Giant Eagle The Jas H. Matthews Mylan Pharmaceuticals Modany-Falcone, Inc. H. J. Heinz Company Educational & Charitable Modern Reproductions, Inc. Foundation Oliver Wyman Trust Macy’s Foundation PwC Neville Chemical Company Jendoco Construction MSA Reed Smith LLP Pittsburgh Wool Corporation Company Inc. Peoples Natural Gas Ruth’s Chris Steak House Jennison Associates LLC Pzena Investment Triangle Tech Group Schreiber Industrial Jennmar Corporation Management, LLC Development Co. Trib Total Media Kerr Engineered Sales Scott Metals Inc. Sycor Americas Inc. Company United States Steel Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Corporation McKamish, Inc. Triad USA UPMC & UPMC Health Plan BRONZE CIRCLE Morgan, Lewis & Tube City IMS, LLC Bockius LLP $2,500 - $4,999 United Hospital Center Nocito Enterprises, Inc. GOLD CIRCLE A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Wagner Agency, Inc. PGT Trucking $10,000 - $19,999 Angelo, Gordon & Co. Wells Fargo Rothman Gordon PC Anonymous Bank of America Merrill Lynch Westmoreland Mechanical Schneider Downs American Eagle Outfitters Testing & Research, Inc. Cipriani & Werner PC Six Penn Kitchen American Environmental Services, Inc. Deloitte LLP Stringert, Inc. We would like to thank all Bayer USA Foundation ELG Haniel Metals Corp. Trebuchet Consulting LLC corporations that contribute Bobby Rahal Automotive Elite Coach Transportation United Safety Services, Inc. to the Pittsburgh Symphony Group Orchestra. Please see our website at Koppers Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh pittsburghsymphony.org Citigroup Lighthouse Electric Wampum Hardware Inc. for a complete listing. Delta Air Lines, Inc. Company, Inc. Woman’s Club of Upper Dollar Bank MARSH USA Inc. Saint Clair Current as of May 9, 2013 Fairmont Pittsburgh & Mascaro Construction Habitat Restaurant Company PARTNER LEVEL Federated Investors, Inc. Mozart Management $500 - $999 The Frank E. Rath-Spang & NexTier Bank Allegheny Valley Bank Company Charitable Trust Northwest Savings Bank Bombardier Business Leadership Association SIGNATURE CIRCLE $75,000 and above Allegheny Technologies Incorporated BNY Mellon EQT Corporation Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield PNC
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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE
In addition to income from the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on a robust Endowment to assure its financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment 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, please call Jan Fleisher at 412.392.3320. STEINBERG SOCIETY Anonymous (14) Siamak & Joan Adibi Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger The Joan & Jerome* Apt Families Francis A. Balog Robert & Loretta Barone Patricia J. Bashioum* Scott J. Bell Mr.* & Mrs.* Allen H. Berkman Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz Benno & Constance Bernt Marilee Besanceney* Michael Bielski Ruth M. Binkley* Thomas G. Black Barbara M. Brock Lois R. Brozenick Gladys B. Burstein Helen B. Calkins * Janet T. Caputo* Bernard Cerilli* Judy & Michael Cheteyan Educational/Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David W. Christopher Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Dr. Johannes Coetzee* Mr.* & Mrs.* Eugene S. Cohen Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Rose Y. Cox* Chester* & Caroline* Davies Jean Langer Davis* Katherine M. Detre* Dr.* & Mrs.* Daniel J. Dillon 42
In memory of Stuart William Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn Discount Leo and Marge Kane Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Mr. Sid Kaplan* Donnelly Lois S. Kaufman Mrs. Philip D’Huc Dressler* Miss Virginia Kaufman* Frank R. Dziama Stephen & Kimberly Keen Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Mr. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Jane M. Epstine* Ms. Bernadette Kersting Emil & Ruth* Feldman Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Joan Feldman & William Kessler Adams Walter C. Kidney* Mrs. Loti Gaffney Mildred Koetting* Keith & Susan Garver John W. Kovic, Jr.* The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Raymond Krotec* Mr.* & Mrs.* William H. Mr.* & Mrs.* G. Christian Genge Lantzsch Ken & Lillian Goldsmith Stanley & Margaret Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon Frances F. Levin C. Ruth Gottesman* Margaret M. Levin* Anna R. Greenberg* Martha Mack Lewis* Lorraine M. Gross* Edith H. Lipkind May Hanson* Doris L. Litman Elizabeth Anne Hardie Penny Locke Charles & Angela Hardwick Edward D. Loughney* Carolyn Heil Lauren & Hampton Mallory Eric & Lizz Helmsen Beatrice Malseed* Mr.* & Mrs.* Benson Jeanne R. Manders* Henderson Dr. Richard Martin in Ms. Judith Hess Memory of Mrs. Lori Mr. John H. Hill Martin* Doris M. Hunter, M.D.* Dr. Marlene McCall Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Hurtt Elizabeth McCrady* Philo & Erika Holcomb J. Sherman & Suzanne S. Ms. Seima Horvitz* McLaughlin Florence M. Jacob* George E. Meanor Esther G. Jacovitz Mary K. Michaely* Eugene F. & Margaret Ms. Jean L. Misner Moltrup Jannuzi Catherine Missenda Foundation Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Patricia Prattis Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Jane I. Johnson*
Dr. Michael Moran* Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Donn & Peggy Neal Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Eda M. Nevin* Rose Noon* Rhonda & Dennis Norman 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 Harvey and Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis Dr. Charles H. Shultz 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
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In Loving Memory of Father ENDOWED CHAIRS Tom & Dona Hotopp Reed Smith Chair honoring and Grandfather William Principal Horn Chair, given Principal Bass Chair Tom Todd Horn Chair Steinberg from Silvia James W. & Erin Rimmel by an Anonymous Donor Milton G. Hulme, Jr. Tennenbaum & Family Guest Conductor Chair Percussion Chair First Violin Chair, given Richard C. Tobias* given by Mine Safety Mr. & Mrs. William E. by Allen H. Berkman in Appliances Company Tom & Jamee Todd Rinehart Oboe Chair memory of his beloved Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. wife, Selma Wiener Mr.* & Mrs. Gideon Toeplitz Donald & Sylvia Robinson Jones III, Berkman Family Foundation Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Principal Keyboard Chair Guest Conductor Chair Michael & Carol Bleier Eva & Walter J. Vogel Virginia Kaufman Horn Chair given in Martha Brooks Robinson Mr. & Mrs. George L. Resident Conductor Chair, Principal Trumpet Chair memory of our parents, Vosburgh Tina & Charles Bleier and Lawrence Loh Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Silberman Ruth & Shelley Stein Estate of John & Betty Stephen & Kimberly Keen Principal Clarinet Chair Weiland Bass Chair Jane & Rae Burton Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Cello Chair In Memory of Isaac Serrins G. Christian Lantzsch & Tillotson, Jr. from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss Cynthia S. Calhoun Duquesne Light Company Viola Chair Principal Second Violin Principal Viola Chair David G. Weiss* Tom & Jamee Todd Chair Virginia Campbell Brian Weller Principal Trombone Chair Mr. & Mrs. William Principal Harp Chair Donald Frederick Wahl* Rachel Mellon Walton Genge and Mr. & Ron & Dorothy Chutz Concertmaster Chair, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. Mrs. James E. Lee First Violin Chair given by Mr. & Mrs. White Principal Bassoon Chair Richard Mellon Scaife Johannes & Mona L. Sara Cancelliere Wiegand * Nancy & Jeffery Leininger Coetzee Memorial Jacqueline Wechsler First Violin Chair James & Susanne Wilkinson Principal English Horn Horn Chair given in Edward D. Loughney Chair Mr.* & Mrs.* Arnold D. memory of Irving (Buddy) Co-Principal Trumpet Wilner Wechsler George & Eileen Dorman Assistant Principal Cello Fiddlesticks Family Concert Barbara Weldon Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Series Endowed by Gerald Principal Timpani Chair Chair Patricia L. Wurster & Audrey McGinnis Albert H. Eckert Rufus J. Wysor* Honoring The Center for Hilda M. Willis Foundation Associate Principal Flute Chair Naomi Yoran Young Musicians Percussion Chair Thomas H. & Frances Miriam L. Young Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Witmer Assistant Principal McGuinn Cello Chair Associate Concertmaster Horn Chair Dr. William Larimer Mellon, Chair SID KAPLAN Jr. Principal Oboe Chair, TRIBUTE PROGRAM Jean & Sigo Falk The Pittsburgh Symphony given by Rachel Mellon Principal Librarian Chair The Sid Kaplan Memorial Orchestra would like to Walton Hallway given by David Endowed Principal Piccolo thank the generous Messiah Concerts Endowed Kaplan in appreciation Chair, given to honor by the Howard and Nell E. individuals whose gifts of generous gifts Frank and Loti Gaffney we cannot recognize Miller Chair commemorating family William & Sarah Galbraith due to space constraints. and friends Donald I. & Janet Moritz Please read their names Second Violin Chair and Equitable Resources, on our website at In Honor of Dr. Raymond The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Inc. Associate Principal Stept from his loving pittsburghsymphony.org. First Violin Chair Cello Chair family Current as of April 26, 2013 Ira & Nanette Gordon The Perry & BeeJee In Honor of Mariss & Irina *deceased – The Gracky Fund for Morrison String Jansons and friendship Education & Community Instrument Loan Fund from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Engagement Kessler The Morrison Family Susan S. Greer Memorial Associate Principal Honoring my dear friend, Trumpet Chair, given by Second Violin Chair Marvin Hamlisch, from Peter Greer Mina Kulber Jackman Pfouts William Randolph Hearst Principal Flute Chair, In Loving Memory of Endowed Fund for given in memory of Mr. & Martin Smith, PSO Horn, Education Mrs. Arthur Jackman by 1980-2005, from his Barbara Jackman Pfouts siblings Todd Smith, Judy Vira I. Heinz Music Director Chair Dupont, & Susan Noble Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Pops Conductor Association Chair Endowed by Henry Principal Cello Chair & Elsie Hillman
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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 Giant Eagle Foundation The Heinz Endowments Elsie & Henry Hillman The Estate of Virginia Kaufman The Richard King Mellon Foundation PNC R.P. Simmons Family Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program Arthur & Barbara Weldon
Helge & Erika Wehmeier Thomas H. & Frances M. Witmer
$50,000-$99,999
Benno & Constance Bernt Michael & Carol Bleier Sidney & Sylvia Busis $100,000-$249,999 Ann & Frank Cahouet Anonymous (4) Ron & Dorothy Chutz Wendy & David Barensfeld Basil & Jayne Adair Cox in memory of Dr. Robert E. Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Herlands Kathryn & Michael Bryson Marvin* & Terre Hamlisch Estate of Eleanor Hurtt Rae & Jane Burton Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan Estate of Florence M. Jacob Robert W. & Elizabeth C. The Estate of Johannes Kampmeinert Coetzee Devin & Shannon Randi & L.Van V. Dauler, McGranahan Jr., Emma Clyde Hodge A. W. Mellon Foundation Memorial Fund James & Joan Moore EQT Corporation Donald I. & Janet Moritz Falk Foundation & Sigo & Jean Falk Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot $500,000-$999,999 Elliott S. Oshry Goldman Sachs Gives Anonymous (1) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ira & Anita Gumberg Dollar Bank Reed Smith LLP Hansen Foundation Roy & Susan Dorrance Abby & Reid Ruttenberg William Randolph Hearst Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Foundation John P. & Elizabeth L. Surma Maxwell Hefren-Tillotson Jill & Craig Tillotson Catharine M. Ryan & John T. H.J Heinz Company Jacquelin G. Wechsler Ryan III Foundation Tom & Jamee Todd Barbara Jeremiah $25,000-$49,999 Rick & Laurie Johnson Anonymous (1) $250,000-$499,999 Nancy & Jeff Leininger Alan L. & Barbara B. Allegheny Technologies Edward D. Loughney* Ackerman Incorporated The Estate of Beatrice Astorino Claude Worthington Malseed Benedum Foundation Larry & Tracy Brockway Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Jim & Carolyn Bouchard Robert C. Denove McGuinn Edward S.* & Jo-Ann M. The Estate of Joan Dillon Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Churchill Pamela R. & Kenneth B. Rachel Mellon Walton Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Dunn Fund of The Pittsburgh Donahue Martin & Lisa Earle Foundation Lillian Edwards Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eichleay Foundation Esmark Rinehart Ernst & Young LLP Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon Bill* & Carol Tillotson Nancy Goeres & Michael Drue Heinz Trust Rusinek United States Steel Corporation Tom & Dona Hotopp Ms. Anna Greenberg* The Estate of Donald F. Wahl Stephen & Kimberly Keen G. Christian Lantszch* Samuel & Carrie Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mrs. H.J. Levin Weinhaus Fund McConomy Michael Baker Corporation James & Susanne Wilkinson Steve & Brenda Betty & Granger Morgan Schlotterbeck Hilda M. Willis Foundation The Pittsburgh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher The Estate of Dorothy Jon & Carol Walton Rairigh 44
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 Milton & Nancy Washington Harvey & Florence Zeve Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (1) William & Frances Aloe Charitable Foundation AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District The Louis & Sandra Berkman Foundation Michael E. Bielski Estate of Ruth M. Binkley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Booker Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Mead James C. Chaplin Virginia K. Cicero The Chester A. Davies Trust The Estate of Jane I. Johnson Ruth Feldman* & Emil Feldman First National Bank of Pennsylvania FRG Group Elizabeth H. Genter David & Nancy Green Caryl & Irving Halpern David G. Hammer The Walt Harper Memorial Fund W.S. & Linda J. Hart Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Karen & Thomas Hoffman Ms. Seima Horvitz Mark Huggins & Bonnie Siefers David & Melissa Iwinski Eric & Valerie Johnson Greg & Ellen Jordan
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Rhian Kenny Cliff & Simi Kress Mr. & Mrs. Douglas David & Mary Hughes Cameron Judith & Lester* Lave Betty L. Lamb Hyman Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Shannon Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Carolyn Maue & Bryan Jeanne R. Manders* Capellupo Hunt Scott & Bridget Michael Vincent J. Jacob Dr. Rebecca Caserio Douglas B. McAdams Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Gloria R. Clark Alicia & Victoria McGinnis Robert Moir & Jennifer Jacobs, Jr. Mr. Ray Clover Sam Michaels Cowles Maureen Jeffrey Trust Dr. Richard L. & Sally B. Mary Ellen Miller Mary & Jim Murdy Susan & Wyatt Jenny Cohen Maureen S. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur S. Jones Bill & Cynthia Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Stacy Corcoran O’Brien Pollack Leo & Marge Kane Orbital Engineering Tor Richter in memory of Rose & Vincent Crisanti Joan M. Kaplan Tibbie Richter Patricia Criticos Dr. Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. & Mr. Navroz J. Karkaria Linda Shooer Osial Marcie Solomon & Nathan Donna Dierken Dado Judge William Kenworthy Goldblatt Robert & Lillian Panagulias Ada & Stanford* Davis & Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Mr. & Mrs. John R. Price Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Jan & Guari Kiefer Dick & Thea Stover Dell’Omo Deborah Rice Aleta J. & Paul King Becky & Herb Torbin Valerie DiCarlo James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Karen & Margaret Klimczyk Jane F. Treherne-Thomas June & Barry Dietrich Judy & Stanley Ruskin Carly, Catherine & Kim Koza Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Lisa Donnermeyer Snyder Charitable Elaine & Carl Krasik Richard L. LeBeau Foundation Susie & George Dull In Memory of Jack Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Wright Mr. Frank R. Dziama Max & Tiffany Starks Larouere Robert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene Estate of Audrey I. Stauffer John & Gertrude Echement Mike LaRue & Judy Wagner Berkovitz Elizabeth Burnett & Thomas J. Emmerling A. Lorraine Laux Lawrence Tamburri Francis & Gene Fairman, III Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. $1,000-$4,999 The Estate of Richard C. In Honor of Ruth Feldman* Leech Tobias Anonymous (8) & Emil Feldman John Lenkey, III Jan & Anthony Tomasello Mr. & Mrs. John Crile Allen, Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Sr. Jan Fleisher Lenkey Mr. Thomas L. Allen Mrs. Evette Wivagg Mr. & Mrs. Joseph U. Frye Frances F. Levin David & Andrea Aloe Rachel W. Wymard Friends & Family of Ken & Hope Linge Seldon & Susan* Whitaker Joan & Jerome* Apt & Stanford P. Davis Tom & Gail Litwiler Family Bruce & Ann Gabler E.D. Loughney Michele & Pat Atkins $5,000-$9,999 Dr. R. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen Neil & Ruth MacKay Ms. Linda M. DeArment Roche Jim & Jane Barthen MacLachlan, Cornelius & John H. Ashton Gamma Investment Scott Bell Filoni, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Corporation Betsy Bossong Mary Lou & Ted N. Magee Kathleen & Joseph Baird Kathleen Gavigan & Allan J. & Clementine K. Andrea & Glenn R. Mahone William B. Dixon Richard C. Barney Brodsky Carl & Alexis Mancuso Mr. & Mrs. James Genstein Robert W. & Janet W. Baum Roger* & Judy Clough Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Mr.* & Mrs. Perry Philip & Melinda Beard Estelle Comay & Bruce Manypenny Russellyn Carruth Rabin Yu-Ling & Gregg Behr Thomas W. Golightly & Rev. In Memory of Elizabeth & Philip J. & Sherry S. Patti & Sandy Berman Leonard Martin Dr. Carolyn J. Jones Dieringer Georgia Berner James C. & Jennifer L. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Mr. & Mrs. David Martin Graham Ms. Mary Biagini Ehrenwerth Dave & Kathy Maskalick John F. Gray Drs. Barbara & Albert Mr. Ian Fagelson Biglan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Mr. & Mrs. Frank T. Farmers & Merchants Bank Mr. Stuart Bloch Massaro, Jr. Guadagnino Of Western PA Mr. Samuel A. McClung Mrs. Ellen Hagerty Paul E. Block Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Mr. & Mrs. Water T. Kristine Haig & John Marian & Bruce Block Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. McGough, Jr. Sonnenday Nadine E. Bognar Gebhardt George & Bonnie Meanor Deirdre & Brian Henry Mr. & Mrs. Frank Grebowski Jim & Debbie Boughner Marilyn & Allan Meltzer Carol E. Higgins Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Mr. & Mrs. David A. Merrills Family Adam & Allison Hill Brownlee Mr. & Mrs.* Charles H. Harff Burl J. F. Moone, III Kelvin Hill Lois R. Brozenick Eric & Lizz Helmsen Arthur J. Murphy, Jr. Howard & Marilyn Bruschi Mr. Carlyle Hoch Richard & Alice Kalla Terrence H. Murphy Esther & Terry Horne Doug Burns Jack & Virginia Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Perry Napolitano Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Burrell Group, Inc. Douglas W. Kinzey Hornstein Donn & Peggy Neal
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Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Nussbaum Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Roger & Sarah Parker John & Joan Pasteris Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Camilla B. Pearce & Dan Gee* Joseph & Suzanne Perrino Kears & Karen Pollock Ms. Mary Alice Price Symphony East Barbara Rackoff Bruce S. Reopolos* Rhoades-Carraro Family Don & Jenny Rhoten Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Betty & Edgar R. Robinson Mr. William M. Robinson Bruce & Susan Robison
Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Marjorie A. Snyder Rosenblum Martin Staniland & Alberta Charlotta Klein Ross Sbragia Joseph Rounds Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr. Millie & Gary Ryan Sarah & Thomas St. Clair Gail Ryave & Family William H. Steele Williams Saunders & Jeff & Linda Stengel Elizabeth Casman Stringert, Inc. Mary Sedigas Peter Sullivan Mrs. Virginia W. Schatz Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Allyn R. Shaw, William M. Mr. & Mrs. Llewellyn C. Shaw III & Family, Susan Thomas, III Wambold Dorothea & Gerald* Michael Shefler Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Mrs. Rollie G. Thomas Shepherd, Jr. Ruth (Krysik) Thon Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Rebecca Dennis L. Travis & Colleen L. Carlin Bryne Travis Paul & Linda Silver Jeff & Melissa Tsai Laurie & Paul Singer Drs. Ben Van Houten & Lois & Bill Singleton Victoria Woshner
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel John & Linda Vuono Scott & Stacy Weber Marvin & Dot Wedeen Jodi & Andrew Weisfield James R. Whitehead Sandra D. Williamson Jim* & Mary Jo Winokur Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Simone J. Ziegler Dorothea K. Zikos Current as of April 15, 2013 *deceased
SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon ........................................................................... Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt.......................................................................................................................................Stage Right Door Jim & Carolyn Bouchard, Esmark, Inc. ........................................................................................................... Schooltime Concerts Rae & Jane Burton........................................................................................................................................................Garden Bench Basil & Jayne Adair Cox................................................................................................................................................Garden Bench Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. ............................................................................................. Mozart Room Elevator & Garden Bench William S. Dietrich, II*................................................................................................Endowment for PSO Educational Programs Dollar Bank................................................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue.....................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Roy & Susan Dorrance ......................................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Corporation.....................................................................Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By-Side Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot......................................................................................................................Grand Piano, Paris Festival Goldman Sachs Gives .......................................................................................................... Community Engagement Concerts Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ....................................................................................................Music and Wellness Program Elsie & Henry Hillman........................................................The Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International Performances Ms. Seima Horvitz.........................................................................................................................................................Garden Bench David & Melissa Iwinski..............................................................................................................................................Stage Left Door Lillian Edwards Foundation............................................................................................................................Heartstrings Program Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell .............................................................................................................President and CEO’s Office Pittsburgh Post-Gazette................................................................................................................. Grand Tier Door - Right Center PNC...........................................................................................................................PNC Walkway at Heinz Hall and PNC Tiny Tots Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart ...................................................................................................................................... Grand Piano Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer........................................................................................................................................Garden Bench Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III ..................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Alece & David Schreiber...............................................................................................................................................Garden Bench Harvey & Florence Zeve ............................................................................................................................................Garden Bench 46
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Heinz Hall information
groups can receive discounted photography, video, or aubox office hours dio recording of the performance is tickets, priority seats, personalare Monday through Friday, from strictly prohibited at all times. ized service and free reception 9 a.m. to 8 p.m; Saturday from Noon to 4 p.m. Weekend hours vary space. For more information, call pre-paid parking is avail412.392.4819 or visit our website able to all ticketholders in the Sixth based on performance times. at pittsburghsymphony.org/groups & Penn garage across from Heinz Tickets may be purchased by calling 412.392.4900 and are also for information. Hall. Ask about prepaid parking available at the Theater Square when you order your tickets. latecomer’s gallery is Box Office. located behind the Main Floor to refreshment bars are enjoy the performance until you children are encouraged to located in the Garden and Overlook attend our youth concerts and Fid- can be seated. Latecomers will be rooms and in the Grand Tier dlesticks Family Concerts. Children seated at suitable intervals during Lounge. Intermission beverages the program, at the discretion of age six and over, are welcome at may be ordered prior to perforall performances with a purchased the conductor. The gallery is also mances. Water cups are available ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and available for parents with in the restrooms. restless children. lobby video monitors are always restrooms are located on the options for restless children. lockers are located on the Lower, Grand Tier, Gallery levels, Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels. and off the Garden and Overlook coat check is available in the Grand Lobby or in the Dorothy lost and found items rooms; a wheelchair-accessible Porter Simmons Family Regency restroom is on the Main Floor. can be retrieved by calling Room on the lower level. 412.392.4844 on weekdays from smoking is not permitted 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. concierge service is in Heinz Hall. The garden is accesavailable in the Entrance Lobby to mobile devices should be sible during performances for assist with your questions and to this purpose. turned off and put away upon help with dining, hotel, entertain- entering the theater. supporting the pso ment and transportation concerns. is critical to the financial future of [Penny Vennare, Event Supervisor; the mozart room the PSO. Ticket sales only cover a is available for a grand dinRon Ogrodowski, Concierge. portion of our operating costs. To ing experience catered by The dress code for all concerts make a tax-deductible gift, please Common Plea, just seconds away is at your personal discretion and from your seats. For reservations: contact our Donor Relations ranges from dress and business 412.392.4879, pittsburghsympho- department at 412.392.4880 attire to casual wear. or visit us online at ny.org/mozartroom. pittsburghsymphony.org elevator is located next to the Grand Staircase. emergency calls can be referred to the concierge desk at 412.392.2880. fire exits are to be used ONLY in case of an emergency. If the fire alarm is activated, follow the direction of Heinz Hall ushers and staff to safely evacuate the theater. 48
the following accommodations are available for patrons with disabilities: • Level entrance and route to main floor of auditorium • Wheelchair seat locations with companion seats* • Portable assistive listening devices: Please see ushers for assistance. • Braille programs are available at the concierge desk for most BNY Mellon Grand Classics performances. *Please contact the box office for the location of these seats.