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MANFRED HONECK, MUSIC DIRECTOR

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PROGRAM September 19-21 program...............................................................11 September 19-21 program notes.....................................................12 Manfred Honeck biography..............................................................18 Mason Bates biography....................................................................20 Valentina Lisitsa biography...............................................................22 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra biography......................................24 Pittsburgh Symphony Remembers Lorin Maazel.............................25 EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL Individuals........................................................................................32 Foundations & Public Agencies.........................................................39 Corporations .....................................................................................40 Legacy of Excellence..........................................................................42 Commitment to Excellence Special Named Gifts.............................44

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances are brought to the community in part by generous support from the Allegheny Regional Asset District and corporations, foundations and individuals throughout our community.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra receives additional funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and welcoming to all patrons. For information about our accessible services, please contact the box office at 412.392.4900 or visit pittsburghsymphony.org.

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.

Listen to archival concerts anywhere in the world 24 hours a day with your smartphone or computer on the WQED-FM Pittsburgh Concert Channel at wqed.org/fm or with HD radio WQED 89.3 HD2.

INDIVIDUALS & HEINZ HALL INFORMATION Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians........................................4 Board of Trustees & Chairman’s Council.............................................5 Jack Heinz Society...............................................................................7 New Leadership Board........................................................................7 Pittsburgh Symphony Association......................................................7 Administrative Staff.............................................................................9 Heinz Hall Information.....................................................................48

TO ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRAM: Contact: Elaine Nucci at

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO Dear Friends, Welcome to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 2014-2015 season.

As you will quickly discover, each upcoming performance promises to be a memorable and outstanding experience. We are so fortunate to have the musical leadership of Maestro Manfred Honeck and our world-class musicians who set new standards of excellence every day.

As we go about planning and presenting our season, the Pittsburgh Symphony is extremely grateful to have so much support from the community. As you know, it takes more than ticket revenue to fund a great orchestra. We have seen growth in gifts to our annual fund and have increased the number of donors who are making the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra a charitable priority. To each of our generous sponsors and donors, I say, “Thank you.”

Please enjoy the concert—and I look forward to seeing you often in the months ahead.

Warm regards,

James A. Wilkinson President and CEO

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR Dear Friends of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Welcome to the 2014-2015 season, my seventh as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

You will find this season filled with exciting music and wonderful artists in our own, beautiful historic Heinz Hall. From the fire and virtuosity of this opening weekend, featuring YouTube phenom Valentina Lisitsa, to the enchanted magic of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will take you on a journey through time and sound.

I look forward to the return of groundbreaking composer Mason Bates, who will be featured throughout the year as Composer of the Year after his very popular debut two seasons ago. Beethoven will also take center stage with our exciting Beethovenfest, spread out over three weekends throughout the season, and highlighting some of the most well-known and well-loved Beethoven symphonies in a special look at Beethoven The Revolutionary, Beethoven The Hero and Beethoven The Immortal.

It is wonderful to feature many of our own talented Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians who will take the spotlight as soloists, along with the Pittsburgh debut of my own brother, Rainer Honeck, himself an orchestral musician and concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic. We are happy to present our friends and longtime favorites, pianists Helene Grimaud, Gabriela Montero and Yefim Bronfman who will return, and we also welcome new artists who will be making their debuts including conductors James Gaffigan, Krzysztof Urbański and Andrés Orozco-Estrada. Also appearing for the first time will be the sensational Igudesman and Joo duo who will join our traditional Thanksgiving weekend program and entertain and delight with their innovative mix of humor and creativity in the style of Victor Borge.

I am proud of the continued success of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and most recently, our highly acclaimed CD release of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and the Janáček Jenůfa Suite on the Fresh! label of Reference Records. Throughout the world, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continues to be described as “thrilling,” “incandescent,” “remarkable,” “exquisite” and “spectacular.”

I invite you to be a part of the excitement and adventure and look forward to sharing the journey with you.

With my best wishes,

Manfred Honeck Music Director PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY.ORG 2014-2015 SEASON

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BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS | HEINZ HALL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 AT 7:30 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 AT 7:30 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 AT 2:30 PM

Manfred Honeck, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano Pre-concert

Concert Prelude with Jim Cunningham and Composer of the Year Mason Bates

John Stafford Smith

The Star Spangled Banner

Mason Bates

Rusty Air in Carolina Nan’s Porch Katydid Country Southern Midnight Locusts Singing in the Heat of Dawn

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 43 Ms. Lisitsa

Intermission

Explore A Salute to the Maestro, a multimedia exhibition celebrating Lorin Maazel, the internationally heralded conductor whose baton led the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1984 until 1996. Trace his brilliant career though oral history recordings, archival video interviews, artifact displays and a detailed timeline of his most applauded musical achievements. Visit the exhibit on both the Grand Lobby and Grand Tier levels.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Suite No. 3: Air

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I. Reveries and Passions: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai

II. A Ball: Waltz - Allegro non troppo

III. In the Country: Adagio

IV. March to the Scaffold: Allegretto non troppo

V. Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath: Larghetto - Allegro

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

The Friday evening concert of this weekend is being broadcast live on Classical WQED 89.3 FM and WQEJ 89.7.

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MASON BATES

Rusty Air in Carolina (2006)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 23 January 1977 in Philadelphia PREMIERE OF WORK

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 20 May 2006; Stevens Center; WinstonSalem Symphony; Robert Moody, conductor THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION

piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano and strings DURATION

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Mason Bates brings not only his own fresh talent to the concert hall but also the musical sensibilities of a new generation — he is equally at home composing “for Lincoln Center,” according to his web site (www.masonbates.com), as being the “electronica artist Masonic® who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from New York City, where he was a lounge DJ at such venues as The Frying Pan — the floating rave ship docked off the pier near West 22nd Street.”

Bates was born in Philadelphia in 1977 and started studying piano with Hope Armstrong Erb at his childhood home in Richmond, Virginia.

He earned degrees in both English literature and music composition in the joint program of Columbia University and the Juilliard School, where his composition teachers included John Corigliano, David Del Tredici and Samuel Adler, and received his doctorate in composition from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008 as a student of Edmund Campion and Jorge Lidermann. Bates was Resident Composer with the California Symphony from 2008 to 2011, Project San Francisco Artist-in-Residence with the San Francisco Symphony in 2011-2012, and Composer of the Year with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2012-2013; he began a continuing residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in September 2010. His many honors include a Charles Ives Scholarship and Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim Fellowship, Jacob Druckman Memorial Prize from the Aspen Music Festival, ASCAP and BMI awards, a Fellowship from the Tanglewood Music Center, Rome Prize, Berlin Prize and a two-year Composer Residency with Young Concert Artists.

Bates is also an ardent and effective advocate for bringing new music to new spaces, “whether,” he explained, “through institutional partnerships such as the residency with the Chicago Symphony’s MusicNOW series, or through the project Mercury Soul, which has transformed spaces ranging from commercial clubs to Frank Gehrydesigned concert halls into exciting, hybrid musical events drawing over a thousand people. Mercury Soul, a collaboration with director Anne Patterson and conductor Benjamin Schwartz, embeds sets of classical music into an evening of DJing and beautiful, surreal visuals.”

Mason Bates wrote of Rusty Air in Carolina, “To begin with: I’m a Virginian. Many chide that it lies not far enough from the Mason-Dixon to be sufficiently Southern, but the air says something different: it has a texture to it — weighted not only with humidity but also with the persistent buzzing of insects.

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“A bit further down the coast is a wonderful music festival where I spent a summer as a teenager. Not only did the thick buzzing of cicadas and katydids always accompany the concerts at the festival in Brevard, North Carolina, but sometimes it became the music itself: I remember sitting on the porch of 100-year-old Nan Burt and listening to the sounds of summer while she told stories from her long life. This venerable lady was introduced to me by a young conductor at the festival, Robert Moody, who would become a loyal collaborator. When he recently took the helm at the Winston-Salem Symphony, he asked if I might write him a new piece.

“Rusty Air in Carolina uses ‘electronica’ to bring the white noise of the Southern summer into the concert hall, pairing these sounds with fluorescent orchestra textures. Nan’s Porch begins at dusk, while the katydids make their chatter. Three orchestral clouds — each inhabiting a different harmony, register and orchestration — hover in the dusk, at first independently but ultimately fusing together when the cicadas start their singing.

“The climax of this movement sends us into Katydid Country, when the ambient opening evolves into bluesy, rhythmic figuration. The clicks of the katydids become an electronica beat track over which the orchestra, in a smaller, more chamber setting, riffs on a simple tune inspired by old-time blues. It is said that katydids are loudest at midnight, and as the work reaches its central point, the rhythmic katydid music at last finds its melody.

“Soaring in the strings over the last breaths of the blues tune, this long-lined melody moves into Southern Midnight. The three distinct textures from the opening return, each brought to life by a phrase of the melody. At the close of this lyrical section, we hover in that strange space between night and day, when only the singing of the first bird alerts us to the approaching day (Locusts Singing in the Heat of Dawn). But it is a hot, Southern dawn, both sparkling and heavy, with the air made rusty again by the buzzing cicadas (popularly called locusts). And on this note, this homage — partly to the almost mythical place so far from where I now live, partly to the very real friend who made it possible — brings itself to an end.”

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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 43 (1934)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 1 April 1873 in Oneg (near Novgorod), Russia died 28 March 1943 in Beverly Hills, California.

PREMIERE OF WORK

Baltimore, 7 November 1934 Lyric Theater Philadelphia Orchestra Leopold Stokowski, conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff, soloist PSO PREMIERE

2 December 1937 Syria Mosque Michel Gusikoff, conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff, soloist INSTRUMENTATION

piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings DURATION

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The legend of Nicolò Paganini has haunted musicians for nearly two centuries. Gaunt, his emaciated figure cloaked in priestly black, Paganini performed feats of wizardry on the violin that were simply unimagined until he burst upon the European concert scene in 1805. Not only were his virtuoso pyrotechnics unsurpassed, but his performance of simple melodies was of such purity and sweetness that it moved his audiences to tears. So far was he beyond the competition that he seemed almost, well, superhuman. Perhaps, the rumor spread, he had special powers, powers not of this earth.

Perhaps, Faust-like, he had exchanged his soul for the mastery of his art. The legend (propagated and fostered, it is now known, by Paganini himself) had begun.

Paganini, like most virtuoso instrumentalists of the 19th century, composed much of his own music. Notable among his oeuvre are the breathtaking Caprices for Unaccompanied Violin, works so difficult that even today they are accessible only to the most highly accomplished performers. The last of the Caprices, No. 24 in A minor, served as the basis for compositions by Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, and was also the inspiration for Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Rachmaninoff’s work is a series of variations on this theme, which is characterized as much by its recurrent rhythm (five short notes followed by a longer one) as by its melody.

Taking his cue from the Paganini legend, Rachmaninoff combined another melody with that of the demonic violinist — the Dies Irae (“Day of Wrath”) from the Requiem Mass for the Dead. This ancient chant had long been connected not only with the Roman Catholic Church service, but also with musical works containing some diabolical element. Berlioz associated it with the witches’ sabbath in his Symphonie Fantastique, Liszt used it in his Totentanz (“Dance of Death”), Saint-Saëns in his Danse macabre, and Rachmaninoff himself in his earlier Isle of the Dead.

The Rhapsody, a brilliant showpiece for virtuoso pianist, is a set of 24 variations. The work begins with a brief, eight-measure introduction followed, before the theme itself is heard, by the first variation, a skeletal outline of the melody reminiscent of the pizzicato opening of the variation-finale of Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony. The theme, 24 measures in length, is stated by the unison violins. The following variations fall into three groups, corresponding to the fast–slow–fast sequence of the traditional three-movement concerto. The most familiar section of the Rhapsody, and one of the great melodies in the orchestral literature, is the climax of the middle section. This variation, No. 18, actually an inversion of Paganini’s theme, has a broad sweep and nobility of sentiment unsurpassed anywhere in Rachmaninoff’s works.

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique, Opus 14a (1830)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 11 December 1803 in Côte-Saint-André, France died 8 March 1869 in Paris PREMIERE OF WORK

Paris, 5 December 1830 Paris Conservatoire François Habeneck, conductor PSO PREMIERE

22 December 1905 Carnegie Music Hall Emil Paur, conductor INSTRUMENTATION

piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, four bassoons, four horns, two cornets, two trumpets, three trombones, tenor and bass tubas, timpani, percussion, two harps and strings DURATION

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By 1830, when he turned 27, Hector Berlioz had won the Prix de Rome and gained a certain notoriety among the fickle Parisian public for his perplexingly original compositions. Hector Berlioz was also madly in love. The object of his amorous passion was an English actress of middling ability, one Harriet Smithson, whom the composer first saw when a touring English theatrical company performed Shakespeare in Paris in 1827. During the ensuing three years, this romance was entirely one-sided, since the young composer never met Harriet but only knew her across the footlights as Juliet and Ophelia. He sent her such frantic love letters that she never responded to any of them, fearful of encouraging a madman. Berlioz, distraught and unable to work or sleep or eat, wandered the countryside around Paris until he dropped from exhaustion and had to be retrieved by friends.

Berlioz was still nursing his unrequited love for Harriet in 1830 when, full-blown romantic that he was, his emotional state served as the germ for a composition based on a musical “Episode from the Life of an Artist,” as he subtitled the Symphonie fantastique. In this work, the artist visualizes his beloved through an opium-induced trance, first in his dreams, then at a ball, in the country, at his execution and, finally, as a participant in a witches’ sabbath. She is represented by a musical theme that appears in each of the five movements, an idée fixe (a term Berlioz borrowed from the just-emerging field of psychology to denote an unhealthy obsession) that is transformed to suit its imaginary musical surroundings. The idée fixe is treated kindly through the first three movements, but after the artist has lost his head for love (literally — the string pizzicati followed by drum rolls and brass fanfares at the very end of the March to the Scaffold graphically represent the fall of the guillotine blade and the ceremony of the formal execution), the idée fixe is transmogrified into a jeering, strident parody of itself in the finale in music that is still original and disturbing almost two centuries after its creation. The sweet-to-sour changes in the idée fixe (heard first in the opening movement on unison violins and flute at the beginning of the fast tempo after a slow introduction) reflect Berlioz’s future relationship with his beloved, though, of course, he had no way to know it in 1830. Berlioz did in fact marry his Harriet–Ophelia– Juliet in 1833, but their happiness faded quickly, and he was virtually estranged from her within a decade.

Berlioz wrote of the Symphonie fantastique, “PART I: Reveries and Passions. The young musician first recalls that uneasiness of soul he experienced before seeing her whom he loves; then the volcanic love with which she suddenly inspired him, his moments of delirious anguish, of jealous fury, his returns to loving tenderness, and his religious consolations.

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“PART II: A Ball. He sees his beloved at a ball, in the midst of the tumult of a brilliant fête.

“PART III: Scene in the Country. One summer evening in the country he hears two shepherds playing a ranz-des-vaches in alternate dialogue; this pastoral duet, some hopes he has recently conceived, combine to restore calm to his heart; but she appears once more, he is agitated with painful presentiments; if she were to betray him! ... One of the shepherds resumes his artless melody, the other no longer answers him. The sun sets ... the sound of distant thunder ... solitude ... silence ...

“PART IV: March to the Scaffold. He dreams that he has killed his beloved, that he is condemned to death, and led to execution. The procession advances to a march that is now somber and wild, now brilliant and solemn. At the end, the idée fixe reappears for an instant, like a last love-thought interrupted by the fatal stroke.

“PART V: Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath. He sees himself at the Witches’ Sabbath, amid ghosts, magicians and monsters of all sorts, who have come together for his obsequies.

He hears strange noises, groans, ringing laughter, shrieks. The beloved melody reappears, but it has become an ignoble, trivial and grotesque dance-tune; it is she who comes to the Witches’ Sabbath.... She takes part in the diabolic orgy ... Funeral knells, burlesque parody on the Dies Irae [the ancient ‘Day of Wrath’ chant from the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass for the Dead]. Witches’ Dance. The Witches’ Dance and the Dies Irae together.”

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MANFRED HONECK Manfred Honeck has served as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since the 2008-2009 season. After two extensions, his contract now runs until the end of the 2019-2020 season. To great acclaim, Honeck and his orchestra perform regularly for European audiences. Since 2010, annual tour performances have led them to numerous European music capitals and major music festivals, amongst them Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Musikfest Berlin, Grafenegg Festival, Lucerne Festival and the BBC Proms. The 2012 tour focused on a week-long residency at the Vienna Musikverein. In summer 2013, concerts took place in Grafenegg, Berlin, Bucharest, Paris, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Lucerne and Bonn.

Several recordings, amongst them Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, which won a 2012 International Classical Music Award, are available on Japanese label Exton. Honeck’s successful work with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is now captured by Reference Recordings. The first SACD — of Strauss tone poems — was released in fall 2013 and received rave reviews. The second recording, of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and the Symphonic Suite from Janáček’s opera Jenůfa, conceptualized by Honeck himself, followed in summer 2014 and was likewise enthusiastically received. Several additional recordings are completed and it is expected that two releases will be issued per year.

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.

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Born in Austria, Honeck received his musical training at the Academy of Music in Vienna.

Many years of experience as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and at the helm of the Vienna

Jeunesse Orchestra have given his conducting a distinctive stamp. He began his career as assistant to Claudio Abbado in Vienna.

Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, where he was bestowed the prestigious European Conductor’s Award in 1993. Other early stations of his career include Leipzig, where he was one of three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra and Oslo, where he assumed the post of music director at the Norwegian National Opera on short notice for a year and was engaged as principal guest conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for several years.

From 2000 to 2006, he was music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm and, from 2008 to 2011, principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has resumed for another three years at the beginning of the 2013-2014 season.

As a guest conductor, Honeck has worked with leading international orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome and the Vienna Philharmonic. Orchestras he conducted in the United States include New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He also is a regular guest at the Verbier Festival. In February 2013, he had his successful debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the direct result of which was a CD recording together with Anne-Sophie Mutter (works of Dvořák) for DG. The current season sees him return to Bamberg, Stuttgart, Rome and New York as well as to the Vienna Symphony (a CD of works by the Strauss family was released in summer 2013) and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He also will conduct Tonhalleorchester Zürich and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others.

Honeck has received honorary doctorates from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and, most recently, from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Moreover, he has been artistic director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” in Germany for more than 15 years.

photo credit: Felix Broede

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MASON BATES Recently awarded the Heinz Medal in the Humanities, Mason Bates writes music that fuses innovative orchestral writing, imaginative narrative forms, the harmonies of jazz and the rhythms of techno.

Frequently performed by orchestras large and small, his symphonic music has been the first to receive widespread acceptance for its expanded palette of electronic sounds, and it is championed by leading conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Leonard Slatkin. He has become a visible advocate for bringing new music to new spaces, whether through institutional partnerships such as his residency with the Chicago Symphony, or through his classical/DJ project Mercury Soul, which has transformed spaces ranging from commercial clubs to Frank Gehrydesigned concert halls into exciting, hybrid musical events drawing over a thousand people. In awarding Bates the Heinz Medal, Teresa Heinz remarked that “his music has moved the orchestra into the digital age and dissolved the boundaries of classical music.”

The San Francisco Symphony continues its exploration of Bates’ music with its Beethoven & Bates Festival. Each of his three largest works — Alternative Energy, Liquid Interface, and The B-Sides — will be recorded and paired with a Beethoven work this season and next. Another major work, his Violin Concerto, will be recorded in September with Leonard Slatkin, the London Symphony, and extraordinary violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who will perform the work with the Chicago Symphony and many others.

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2 0 14 - 2 0 15 COMPOSER OF THE YEAR Continuing performances of works such as Rusty Air in Carolina, an electro-acoustic tone poem about the ambience of the South, and Mothership, which premiered at the Sydney Opera House by the YouTube Symphony to an online audience of 1.8 million, have demonstrated that electronic sounds can be a welcome addition to the orchestral palette with minimal logistics. While Bates often performs the electronica onstage with orchestras, dozens of repeat performances of his symphonic music happen without him. Many purely acoustic works complement his diverse catalogue, such as Sirens, an a cappella work recently recorded by the superstar chorus Chanticleer, and Desert Transport, which conjures a helicopter trip over the Arizona landscape.

Bringing classical music to new audiences is a central part of Bates’ activities as a curator. With composer Anna Clyne, he has transformed the Chicago Symphony’s MusicNOW series into an imaginative concert experience drawing huge crowds, with cinematic program notes and immersive stagecraft. Another new take on new music is Mercury Soul, which embeds sets of classical music into a fluid evening of DJing and immersive stagecraft. With ongoing collaborations with the Chicago Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony, and debuting last season in a sold-out show with the Pittsburgh Symphony at Static, Mercury Soul has become an important gamechanger in both club culture and the leading “alt classical” audience development project within the symphonic world.

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VALENTINA LISITSA Valentina Lisitsa is not only the first “YouTube star” of classical music; she is the first classical artist to have converted her internet success into a global concert career in the principal venues of Europe, the United States, South America and Asia.

such orchestras as the Chicago Symphony, WDR SO Cologne, Seoul Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Her appearances introduced her to such conductors as Manfred Honeck, Yannick Nézét-Séguin and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

The Ukraine-born artist began her musical education in her native city of Kiev at the Lysenko Music School for highly talented children and continued it at the Conservatoire in the city. Lisitsa did not confine her interest to the music world, from time to time, she dreamed of a career as a professional chess player.

A spectacular recital in London’s Royal Albert Hall before an audience of 8,000 in June 2012 set the seal on her international breakthrough.

Listeners had the chance to vote online in advance for their preferred programme — a form of audience participation that has become one of Lisitsa’s trademarks.

In 1992, she immigrated to the United States, where she launched herself as a piano-duet partner alongside her husband. Several competition successes and the consequent concert engagements marked the start of her life as a concert artist. Over time, however, her career ceased to progress, and Lisitsa looked for new ways of enlarging her audience. Her exceptional sense of new developments and her openness to unconventional approaches proved vital.

Major label DECCA gave Lisitsa an exclusive artist contract, releasing the live recording of the RAH concert only one month later on CD and DVD. The following CD release presented the complete cycle of Rachmaninoff’s four piano concertos and his Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Francis. In October 2013, Lisitsa released a CD with various works

by Franz Liszt, including the rarely recorded El contrabandista. With her newest CD “Chasing Pianos,” she presents the piano music by Michael Nyman in honor of his 70th birthday.

She posted her first video on the internet platform YouTube in 2007, a recording of the Etude op. 39/6 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

In a broadcast interview, she said: “My first YouTube clip was a lo-fi VHS recording on an awful school piano, and my hands were out of sync with the sound. But even so, my message came across to people. Straight away, they started telling me that my interpretations meant something to them, that they changed things, that they stood out.” The click-through rate went up and up, and more videos followed. The foundation stone of a socialnetwork career unparalleled in the history of classical music was laid. Her YouTube channel now records more than 70 million clicks and has almost 130,000 subscribers.

In May 2010, Lisitsa played the Dutch premiere of the newly arranged Piano Concerto No. 5 (based on the Second Symphony) by Sergei Rachmaninoff with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

In August 2011, she debuted with the Orchestra Sinfonica Brasileira under the baton of Lorin Maazel, having previously played with

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In February 2013, Lisitsa made her debut in the large auditorium of the Berlin Philharmonie.

Concert commitments in 2013 and in the 201314 season took her to Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea, Palma de Mallorca in the Balearic islands, the Rheingau Music Festival, and to Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart. She also appeared at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall London, in New York and Chicago.

In 2014, she performs with Orchestre de Paris under Paavo Järvi, with Staatskapelle Dresden at Semperoper, in London’s Wigmore Hall, at Prinzregententheater München and with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in Vienna and Istanbul.

Lisitsa records exclusively for Decca Classics and is represented worldwide by Tanja Dorn at IMG Artists. For further information, please visit valentinalisitsa.com.

Valentina Lisitsa last appeared with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in May 2013.

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THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For more than 117 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been an essential part of Pittsburgh’s cultural landscape.

The Pittsburgh Symphony, known for its artistic excellence, is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens.

This tradition was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

With a long and distinguished history of touring both domestically and overseas since 1900, the Pittsburgh Symphony continues to be critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras. With more than 36 international tours, including 20

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European tours, eight trips to the Far East, and two to South America. The Pittsburgh Symphony was the first American orchestra to perform at the Vatican in January 2004 for the late Pope John Paul II, as part of the Pontiff’s Silver Jubilee celebration.

The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast coastto-coast, receiving increased national attention in 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International.

The PRI series is produced by Classical WQED-FM 89.3 in Pittsburgh and is made possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

REMEMBERS

LORIN MAAZEL

In honor of the late Lorin Maazel’s impact on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as its music director, current and former Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians share memories of the Maestro’s effect on their lives and careers…

The news of the passing of Lorin Maazel was difficult to comprehend. For those of us who worked closely with him, he seemed indomitable. Maestro Maazel hired me in 1991 to be principal oboe of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. I was very young and inexperienced, but he took a chance with me for some reason. It was a dream come true for me then and now, as I have enjoyed every season playing with my incredible colleagues!

Maazel was clearly proud of this orchestra and of the many new players whom he hired during his tenure. He commissioned new concertos for trumpet, horn, bassoon and oboe, and worked very hard to raise the funds needed to record them. I had heard that he even donated his conducting fee to make recording possible!

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so the whole orchestra was excused. I stayed on stage by myself with only the recording engineers backstage in the recording room. I was so nervous and unsure of myself! Then suddenly, after a few minutes of playing, the booming voice of Maestro Maazel came through the microphone onstage from the recording room. He had stayed behind to help me after everyone else left. I couldn’t believe it! He spoke kindly to me, offering me ideas to try, discussing alternative phrasings and dynamics, and listening patiently with me to the playbacks until the cadenza was done to my liking. What a lesson for a young musician in wisdom and generosity.

I have had a very blessed life here thanks to Maestro Maazel taking a chance and hiring me. I have worked with the most prominent musical artists and conductors of our time. I can honestly say that Maazel’s skills in building an orchestra and in communicating musical ideas to an orchestra through his conducting were second to none. The legacy of his years of dedication and artistic vision here are evident still today in the gorgeous sound, the passion, the discipline and the artistry of the players in this great orchestra.

Thank you, Lorin, for bringing me here, for helping me to hone my musical skills and for the years of unforgettable concert experiences we shared.

—Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida,

Principal Oboe, Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr. Chair

When I began working with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in May 1989 my thoughts were not of Lorin Maazel at the helm of this organization, but what interesting repertoire I would be performing in Pittsburgh and around the world. In a short time it was made clear to me that this orchestra was made great by its long succession of music directors. During Lorin Maazel’s eight years, he became the most important leader of this orchestra with his programming, touring and hiring. He took the musician and listener on an orchestrabuilding, musical journey that we all were fortunate to experience, but sadly will never see or hear again.

Certainly I feel lucky that I’m one the 40-plus musicians Maazel hired during his tenure.

But why were we drawn to him? Why did he bring us together? We were all very young, and referred to as “green” in the music business. Combined with Maazel’s “controlling” demeanor, one would think the onstage working relationships shouldn’t have worked. I have to disagree with his being referred to as overbearing. He allowed us to challenge ourselves and eventually find our own musical voice through his guidance. Yes, it was an extremely tough working relationship, but I do believe we’re all better players/musicians because of him.

There’s not a concert weekend that goes by that Maazel is not mentioned by a Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musician. Now that’s staying power!

—William Caballero,

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Most of what I learned about the violin, its history and the world of music, came from the legacies I inherited from my teacher, Josef Gingold, and those teachers that came before him — Ysaye, Vieuxtemps, Kreutzer, Viotti and even Corelli. From Lorin Maazel, I learned about the universe of music. His command of every genre of classical music was extraordinary, from the classics to the most complex avant-garde. It was an honor and inspiration to play for such a titan, a man of illustrious talent, knowledge, skill and experience. I enjoyed the pressure of playing my best for him at all times, being extremely well prepared and producing the finest possible performances at concert time. He expected no less of himself. His standard of excellence is something I value and reflect on every day of my life.

We remained close and loyal friends after he left the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, performing together, speaking frequently, sharing ideas and suggesting musicians for the Castleton Festival he founded and so adored.

He will always be, as many of us throughout the musical world affectionately called him, Número Uno. —Andrés Cárdenes, Former Concertmaster

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“Bass Is Beautiful” Thursday, October 16, 2014

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FAWZI HAIMOR | resident conductor “A Staff Conductor’s Path to the Podium” Thursday, February 19, 2015

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ON SALE NOW! “Anyone who is familiar with the Dvořák G major symphony will find Honeck’s interpretation remarkable…the result is a fresh and exciting version of Dvořák’s eighth symphony that is more romantically realized than Dvořák intended. The Symphonic Suite from “Jenůfa” is a rarely heard work by the Czech master as conceptualized by Honeck. It is beautifully orchestrated, exquisitely played and very evocative of the main themes of the opera.”

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EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts are pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made generous gifts of $500 or more to the Annual Fund during the past year. Those who have made a new gift or increased their previous gift are listed in italics. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, if you are not listed correctly, please call 412.392.4880. Thank you!

MAESTRO’S CIRCLE

Ron & Dorothy Chutz Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue Anonymous James K. & Sara C. Donnell Pittsburgh Symphony Association & Affiliates Mrs. Nancy K. Hansen Dick & Ginny Simmons Rich & Scheryl Harshman Nancy & Jeff Leininger BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE David & Carol McCormish $50,000 - $99,999 Joan & Bob Peirce Vivian & Bill Benter Pittsburgh Symphony North Rick & Laurie Johnson Joanne Byrd Rogers Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Robert P. Zinn & Darlene R. Juergen F. Mross, Naples, FL Berkovitz Steve & Brenda Schlotterbeck GUARANTOR’S CIRCLE Arthur & Barbara* Weldon $10,000 - $14,999 James & Susanne Wilkinson Andrew & Michelle Aloe Michele & Pat Atkins Allen Baum & Elizabeth FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Witzke-Baum $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Benno Bernt Anonymous Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. James & Electra Agras Churchill Tony & Linda Bucci Mr. & Mrs. E. V. Clarke Bill & Loulie Canady Betty Diskin in memory Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. of her beloved husband Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Arthur J. Diskin, Esq and their sons William & Marcia M. Gumberg Robert Drue Heinz Roy & Susan Dorrance Elsie & Henry Hillman Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Egan Audrey R. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Milton Fine Douglas B. McAdams Hans & Leslie Fleischner Gerald McGinnis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Tom & Jamee Todd Graham Jon & Carol Walton Frank & Angela Grebowski Helge & Erika Wehmeier Christiane & Manfred Honeck Joseph & Dorothy Jackovic CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Craig Jordan & Elaine $20,000 - $24,999 Koziar-Jordan Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. R. Drew Kistler Jean & Sigo Falk Mr. & Mrs. John W. Lynch Tom & Dona Hotopp Sheldon Marstine Mr. Matthew V. T. Ray Mr. & Mrs. James W. McGlothlin $15,000 - $19,999 Devin & Shannon Nadine E. Bognar/E.J. McGranahan Bognar, Inc. Betty & Granger Morgan Kathryn & Michael Bryson $100,000 +

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Michael & Sherle Berger Ted & Kathie Bobby Ms. Spencer Boyd Dr. Alan & Marsha Bramowitz Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Brent Barbara & David Burstin Dr. & Mrs. Sidney N. Busis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan James C. Chaplin Joseph* & Virginia Cicero Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Randall Crawford & Ellen Goodman Ruby A. Cunningham Alison H. & Patrick D. Deem DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Philip J. & Sherry S. $7,500 - $9,999 Dieringer Larry & Tracy Brockway June & Barry Dietrich James & Margaret Byrne Carol & Brian Duggan Jerry & Mimi Davis Dr. James H. & Mary E. Dr. & Mrs. Martin Earle Duggan Henry & Ann Fenner Mr. William J. Fetter Barbara Jeremiah Terri H. Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Robert & Jeanne Gleason McConomy Mr. & Mrs. Irving J. Halpern Mildred S. Myers & William Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Frederick Henderson Elliott S. Oshry Dr. & Mrs. Allen Hogge Dr. & Mrs. William R. Poller Mrs. Milton G. Hulme in honor of our four Elizabeth S. Hurtt grandsons Robert W. & Elizabeth C. Richard E. Rauh Kampmeinert Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brooks Bill & Tricia Kassling Robinson Judith & Lester* Lave Millie & Gary Ryan D. H. Lee Jr. Alece & David Schreiber Arthur S. Levine, M.D. & Carol Hefren Tillotson Linda S. Melada Mary Lou & Ted N. Magee $5,000 - $7,499 Robert & Dana McCutcheon Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Alan L. & Barbara B. McGuinn Ackerman Sam Michaels Dr. & Mrs. John C. Barber Robert D. Mierley Family Edwin H. Beachler Foundation II Philip & Melinda Beard Morby Family Charitable Noah Bendix-Balgley Foundation Janet & Donald Moritz Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Mary Alice Price Cheryl & James Redmond Abby & Reid Ruttenberg Pauline Santelli The David S. & Karen A. Shapira Foundation Jill & Craig Tillotson Jan & Anthony Tomasello Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Richard LeBeau Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. John W. Zoerb

H. Ward & Shirley Olander Steven C. Pederson Catherine & Bill Perez Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Svetlana S. Price Dr. Tor Richter in memory of Elizabeth W. Richter James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Dr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer Karen Scansaroli Mrs. Virginia W. Schatz Nancy Schepis Michael Shefler Robert & Janet Squires Subra & Mary Suresh John P. & Elizabeth L. Surma Symphony East Ellen & Jim Walton Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Seldon Whitaker In Memory of Susan Whitaker Barbara & Bruce Wiegand William Winkenwerder Jr., M.D. Rachel & Franny* Wymard

Alan & Hazel Cope Rose & Vincent A. Crisanti Ms. Sheryl Ann Cupps Cyert Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. G. A. Davidson Jr. Jamini Vincent Davies Ada Davis Robert & Renee Denove Mr. Frank R. Dziama Edith H. Fisher Curt & Kim Tillotson Fleming Mr. William R. Forsythe J. Tomlinson Fort Janet M. Frissora Dina & Jerry Fulmer Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot Gary & Joanne Garvin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Gebhardt Dr. Robert J. & Susan J. Gluckman Nancy Goeres & Michael Rusinek Dr. & Mrs. Sanford A. Gordon Mr. James Gorton & Mrs. Gretchen Van Hoesen George & Jane Greer Mr. & Mrs. George V. Grune Jr. AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE William & Victoria Guy $2,500 - $4,999 Jim & Marnie Haines Anonymous (6) Charles H. Harff The Barbara and Marcus Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Harvey Aaron Fund of The Carolyn Heil Pittsburgh Foundation Dan & Gwen Hepler Andrea & David Aloe Mr. & Mrs. C. T. Hiteshew Jane Callomon Arkus Dorothy A. Howat Barbara L. Barry Dr. & Mrs. David Beaudreau Alysia & Robert Hoyt Hyman Family Foundation Nick & Dotty Beckwith Alice Jane Jenkins Martha L. Berg Leo & Marge Kane Marian & Bruce Block Gerri Kay* Don & Judy Borneman Arthur J. Kerr Jr. Betsy Bossong Dana & Margaret Bovbjerg Sydelle Kessler Mr. & Mrs.* Kenneth Brand Charles & Kathleen Kovac Cliff & Simi Kress Hugh & Jean Brannan Susan Oberg Lane Gary & Judy Bruce Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Charles* & Patricia Burke Lenkey Jane & Rae R. Burton Barry Lhormer & Janet Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Cahouet Markel Gail & Rob Canizares Doris L. Litman Judy Clough Tom & Gail Litwiler Charles C. Cohen & Michele Mark & Joan Lombardi M. McKenney James & Jennifer Martin Bill & Cynthia Cooley

Dave & Kathy Maskalick Victoria & Alicia McGinnis Margaret J. McGowan George & Bonnie Meanor Marilyn & Allan Meltzer Montgomery IP Associates Jim & Susan Morris in Honor of Kay Stolarevsky Abby L. Morrison Barbara & Eugene Myers Constance Nelson Dr. & Mrs. Michael L. Nieland Fritz Okie Paul & Nancy O’Neill Charitable Trust Dr. Thaddeus A. Osial Jr. & Linda Shooer Osial Robert & Lillian Panagulias Drs. James Parrish & Christiane Siewers Mr. & Mrs. William A. Partain Mr. & Mrs. William Pohlmann Ned & Sally Randall Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Riordan Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Rooney Judy & Stanley Ruskin Dr. Alan Russell Donald D. Saxton Jr. in memory of Barbara Morey Saxton Leonard* & Joan Scheinholtz Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia Landy James & Janet Slater Manny H. & Ileane Smith Marisa & Walter C. Smith Lowell & Jan Steinbrenner Jeff & Linda Stengel Edward & Rebecca Stephan Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Theodore & Elizabeth Stern Fred & Maryann Steward Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Margaret Tarpey & Bruce Freeman Dr. Sharon Taylor & Dr. Philip Rabinowitz Richard & Sandra Teodori Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Thompson II John & Nancy Traina

Jim Walker & Jonnie Viakley Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Wasilak Dr. Konrad & Mrs. Konrad M. Weis Carolyn & Richard Westerhoff Miriam L. Young Harvey* & Florence Zeve Dorothea K. Zikos ENCORE CLUB $1,500 - $2,499

Anonymous (5) Mrs. Ernest Abernathy Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Balog Lorraine E. Balun, in memory of Phyllis E. Zimmerman Barbara C. & Ralph J. Bean Jr. Fred & Sue* Bennitt Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Berdik Dr. Michael & Barbara Bianco Mr. Michael E. Bielski Gerald & Carolyn Eberly Blaney Paul E. Block Philip & Bernice Bollman Ted Bosquez Dr. Carole B. Boyd Bozzone Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bregenser Lawrence R. Breletic & Donald C. Wobb Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Bridges Jill & Chuck Brodbeck Myron David Broff* Roger & Lea Brown Mr. & Mrs. David A. Brownlee Howard & Marilyn Bruschi Timothy & Linda Burke Gene & Sue Burns Dr. Bernadette G. Callery* & Dr. Joseph M. Newcomer Susan S. Cercone Mrs. Arthur L. Coburn III Judge Maurice B. Cohill Jr. Sen. Herbert B. & Linda Conner Patricia Cover Marion S. Damick Alfred R. de Jaager Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Dell Michelle Ann Duralia

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John & Gertrude Echement Linda & Robert Ellison Marlene & Louis Epstein Ms. Kelly G. Estes & Mr. Hank Snell Donald & Judith Feigert John H. Feist, M.D. Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Albert L. Filoni Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Fisher Dr. Edward L. Foley Chauncey & Magdaline Frazier Dr. & Mrs. J. William Futrell Keith & Susan Garver Alice V. Gelormino Mrs. Merle Gilliand* Franklyn & Dale Gorell Laurie Graham Rick & Stephanie Green Dr. Alberto M. Guzman Mrs. Ellen Hagerty Mr. & Mrs.* George K. Hanna Rev. Diana D. Harbison Paul T. Harper Bob & Georgia Hernandez Douglas & Antionette Hill Dr. & Mrs. John W. Hoyt Micki Huff Joan M. Hurrell Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Barbara Johnstone Jackie & Ley Jones Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kahlson Mr. & Mrs. Jayant Kapadia Mr. & Mrs. David N. Kaplan Rolf & Florence M. Kayser Mr. William E. Kenworthy & Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy Gloria Kleiman James & Jane Knox Lewis & Alice Kuller George & Alexandra Kusic Father Ronald P. Lengwin Sally Levin Claire & Larry Levine Harriet, Barbara, Marc, Scott and Kim Lewis in memory of Elliott (Bud) Lewis Dr. Michael Lewis & Dr. Katia Sycara Elsa Limbach Roslyn M. Litman Mark & Joan Lombardi 34

In Memory of Norval W. Lyle Francis & Debbie Lynch George & Jane Mallory Dr. Richard Martin in memory of Mrs. Lori Martin Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Bill Maurer & Carol Jean McKenzie Jean H. McCullough Dr. & Mrs. J. B. McGee Alan & Marilyn McIvor Sherman & Sue McLaughlin Nessa Green Mines Constance C. Morrison Lesa B. Morrison, Ph. D Dr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. Motoyama Harry & Kathleen Nagel Maurice & Nancy Nernberg Maureen S. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Donnell Dr. Karl R. Olsen & Dr. Martha E. Hildebrandt Ellen Ormond Seth & Pamela Pearlman Connie & Mike Phillips Mr. & Mrs. E. Kears Pollock Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar Ms. Sandy Pysh & Mr. Rich Somplatsky Charles A. Ransom Jr. & Patricia A. Ransom Stephen G. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Rohr Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Rich & Linda Ruffalo Dr. James R. Sahovey Juerg* & Lois Saladin Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Salama Thomas & Perri Schelat Joseph Schewe Jr. Esther Schreiber Jolie Schroeder Robert J. & Sharon E. Sclabassi Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd Jr. Preston & Annette Shimer Kay L. Shirk Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shoop Jr. Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Rebecca L. Carlin Marilyn G. Shure

Constance Silipigni Paul & Linda Silver Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Mr. Frank Simpkins Dennis & Susan Slevin Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt The Honorable & Mrs. William L. Standish Lewis M. Steele & Ann Labounsky Steele Barbara & Lou Steiner Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller Dick & Thea Stover Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Stroebel Judith & Steve Thomas Bob & Bette Thomson Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Ticknor Rosalyn & Albert Treger Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Albert R. Trezza & Megan A. Trezza Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner Drs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria Woshner Bob & Denise Ventura Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Vest Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Mr. & Mrs. Burt Wald C. Robert Walker Frank & Heide Wenzel Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White James R. Whitehead Elizabeth* & Frank Wiegand Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Ellie & Joe Wymard Naomi Yoran Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow SYMPHONY CLUB $500 - $1,499

Anonymous (30) Janese A. Abbott & David E. Clark Barbara & Otto Abraham Deborah L. Acklin Mary Beth Adams Dr. & Mrs. Siamak Adibi R. Ward Allebach & Lisa D. Steagall Erin and Kevin Allen

Joyce & John Allen Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson Dr. Madalon Amenta Donald & Kathleen Anderson Ronald Anderson Craig & Dawn Andersson Anne B. Angerman Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger Joan Apt Yoshio Arai Warren J. Archer & Madeline C. Archer Rod & Tammy Ardolino James & Susanne Armour Mr.* & Mrs. David J. Armstrong Dr. Donald & Joann Atkinson Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Atwell Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Ruth Bachman in Memory of James Bachman Sidney Baker Donna L. Balewick MD Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Wendy & David Barensfeld Dr. Barbara Barnes Joe & Sandra Barnes Richard C. Barney Robert & Loretta Barone Martin & Bridgett Bates Robert & Janet Baum John & Betsy Baun Barbara N. Baur Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Fund in Memory of Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal David & Gail Becker Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Vange & Nick Beldecos Judith Bell Edgar* & Betty Belle Rudy & Barbara Benedetti Eleanor H. Berge Ron & Nancy Bergey Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. James Farber Dr. Lawson Bernstein Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K. Bernstein Fund Ms. Robin Joan Bernstein & Mr. H. Seigle* Don Berry

Marilyn & Guy Berry Henry & Charlotte Beukema Drs. Barbara & Al Biglan Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Dr. Paul Birckbichler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Birsic Rob & Hongwei Bittner Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Harry & Gayle Blansett Michael & Carol Bleier Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Block Clifford Bob & Joan Miles Sandi & Jim Bobick Steve & Jeanne Boehmer Marianne Bokan-Blair Jim & Debbie Boughner Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen Wm & Elizabeth S. Bowers, Jr Mr. & Mrs. William H. Brandeis Gary & Connie Brandenberger Sue & Mark Breedlove Gerda & Abe Bretton Mary & Russell Brignano Mary L. Briscoe Judy Brody & Lawrence Adler Suzanne Broughton & Richard Margerum Mr. & Mrs.* Earle O. Brown Jr. Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Bartholomew Nancy & John* Brownell Lois R. Brozenick Dr. & Mrs. John A. Burkholder James & Anne Burnham Dr. Stuart S. Burstein Nicholas Butera & Grace Wagner Michael F. Butler Christopher & Nancy Caldwell James & Judith Callomon Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Mead Dr. Albert A. Caretto Richard & Jeanne* Carter Charles & Donna Cashdollar David & Kathryn Cashman Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Cassoff Janet E. Chadwick

Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Mr. Flavio & Tatjana M. Chamis Dr. Thomas S. Chang Deborah & David Chapman Peggy & Joe Charny Ms. Amy Chen Craig D. Choate Kenneth & Celia Christman Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung Ralph & Phyllis Cioffi William R. Clarkson & Dr. Andrea Velletri Robert & Elizabeth Clemens Elizabeth & William Clendenning Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Alan & Lynne Colker In Loving Memory of Johnathan Heath College Dale Colyer Connell Leonard Family Lin & Anne Cook R. Bruce Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Cleon L. Cornes Sheila Corrall & Ray Lester Barton & Teri Cowan Hanley B. Cox Mary Ann Craig, D.M.E. Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer David* & Marian Crossman John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Kent & Merle Culley Mr. S. A. Cunningham Zelda Curtiss Cynthia Custer Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Daboo Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Daffner Mr. Enrico & Mrs. Federica Dallavecchia Joan & Jim Darby Mr. & Mrs. William J. Darr Dr. & Mrs. K. C. Davides Joan Clark Davis Bruce & Rita Decker Jim* & Peggy Degnan In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Charles S. Degrosky Dan & Dee Delaney

Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Lynn & David DeLorenzo Dr. Richard S. DeLuca Edward U. DePersis Patrick C. Derrico Frank D. & Mary K. Devono Valerie DiCarlo Mr. & Mrs. Victor DiCarlo Alfred & Eileen Diorio Peter Ditsch D.J. Knowles Dodds Holland & Susan Donaldson Lisa Donnermeyer Mr. & Mrs. Todd Donovan Doris Dowling Mr. & Mrs. James R. Drake Anthony V. Dralle Dristas, Thomas & Teresa Mr. John M. & Ms. Victoria W. Duff Mary A. Duggan David & Lisa Durbin Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic John & Elizabeth Eckenrod Mr. & Mrs. David H. Ehrenwerth

Christopher* & Gretchen Elkus Mr. Jack W. & Mrs. Mary Jo Elliott Katrin & Eugene Engles Jr. Arnold & Eva Engler Mindy & Richard Epstein Dan & Nancy Fales Joan Feldman Charles E. Felix Martin & Suzanne Fenster Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ferlan Madelyn & John Fernstrom Dana H. Ferry Janet Fesq Dr. Joseph Fine Nancy A. Fitch Warren & Joan Fitzpatrick Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. Mark F. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. James Flanigan Jan Fleisher Michael J. Flinn & Eileen Flinn Suzanne Flood Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Fonseca

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Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fortwangler Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich Jr. Christina Friday Eleanor Friedman Friends of the PSO Reanette & Steve Frobouck Elaine & John Frombach F. Thomas Fruehstorfer Mrs. Fran Frye Dr. & Mrs. Freddie H. Fu Lorie Fuller Normandie Fulson Mr. Gabriel C. Fusco Bruce & Ann Gabler Dr. & Mrs. R. Kent Galey Gamma Investment Corporation Dr. & Mrs. Keith Garbutt Ronald & Marlene Gardner Hans & Gudrun Garkisch Beth & Phil Gasiewicz Joan & Stuart Gaul K. Gavigan & Wm. B. Dixon Pete Geissler Mr. & Mrs. David C. Genter Anne & Rob German Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Gillis Barbara & Fred Gilman Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett Mike & Cordy Glenn Virgil Gligor & Alicia Avery Daniel & Marcia Glosser Fund Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Goern Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Walter L. Goldburg Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Russellyn Carruth Thomas W. Golightly* & Rev. Dr. Carolyn J Jones Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Richard E. Gordon & June F. Swanson Ms. Rita J. Gould The Graf Family Dr. Lora D. Graves & Dr. Bryan D. Dye David & Nancy Green Lori Greene & Chris Decker Charlotte T. Greenwald Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley 36

Ernest J. Grindle Margaret L. Groninger D.T. Gruelle Specialty Logistics Ms. E. A. Gundelfinger Andrew Gurcak & Elaine Lees Kristine Haig & John Sonnenday John and Judith Hall Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Jeanne M. Hanchett & Phillips P. Wedemeyer Susan & Wilfred Hansen Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Jeanie & Ben Hardesty Susan & David Hardesty Charles Harris & Darlene Nowak in honor of William & Kathleen Caballero Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Mary O. Harrison Mr. Robert Hartman Ms. Christine A. Hartung James & Ann Harty Cal & Donna Hastings Greg Haughey Barbara A. Hays Cathy & John Heggestad Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Heidenreich Ms. Emily Heidish Ms. Martha S. Helmreich in Honor of my mother, Anne J. Schaff Eric & Lizz Helmsen Paul & Colleen Hennigan Marianne & Marshall Hess Professor Benjamin E. Hicks Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Dr. Joseph & Marie Hinchcliffe Pete & Rebecca Hoch Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Richard Dum Greg & Amy Hogue Clare & Jim Hoke Philo & Erika Holcomb Katherine Holter Dr. & Mrs. Elmer J. Holzinger Ms. Madeleine Hombosky Tom & Mary Hooten Mr. & Mrs.* Lewis J. Hoover Thomas O. Hornstein* Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Joseph W. Hostetler

Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Jean & Richard Humphreys Robert & Gail Hunter Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hyland Jr. George L. Illig Jr.* Anthony C. Infanti Robert & Rose Marie Izzo Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Lynne & Blair Jacobson David & Terry Jancisin Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Jew Jr. Dawn M. Johnson Janis & Jonas Johnson Joanne K. Johnson Tom & Wendy Jones in Honor of Chris Wu John & Maureen Joyce Alice & Richard Kalla Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Kara Jim Keller & Mary Ellen Hoy Flo & Bob Kenny Rhian Kenny Jayne & Niles Kenyon The Kessler Family Greta Keverline Ellen Kiam & William B. Troy Mr. Milton B. Kimura Ruth Ann & Eugene Klein Stuart L. & Ann K. Knoop Peggy C. Knott Ms. Marilyn Koch Bob & Susie Kopf Ms. Dawn Kosanovich David Kremen Mr. & Mrs. John Krolikowski Phyllis Jo Kubey Robert A. & Alice Kushner Dr.* & Mrs. Michael Kutsenkow Mr. Nicholas Kyriazi Betty Lamb Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Landay Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Lang Ronald & Lida Larsen Earl & Marilyn Latterman Mr. & Mrs. Henry Lawrence Marvin & Gerry Lebby Drs. Grace & Joon Lee Ms. Janet Lee & Mr. Matthew Rosengart

Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul L. Shay MD Mr. David W. Lendt Robert W. Lenker Dr. Herbert & Barbara Levit Mrs. William E. Lewellen III Anne Lewis Philip & Leslie Liebscher Robert & Janet Liljestrand Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Walter F. Limbach Jim & Sandi Linaberger W. F. Lindgren Ken & Hope Linge Lawrence & Jacqueline Lobl Mr. & Mrs.* Thomas J. Locke Margery J. Loevner Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Howard M. Love Eddie Lowy & Ricardo CortĂŠs Annette Lutz Edward Lynch & Regina Lindsey-Lynch In Memory of James Lyne Daphne & John Lynn Mrs. Guinevere R. Mabunay Pat & Don MacDonald William & Nora MacDonald Neil & Ruth MacKay Dr. & Mrs. George J. Magovern Jr. John Maitland Louise & Michael Malakoff Mr. & Mrs. William G. Malter Carl & Alexis Mancuso Drs. Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Mangold Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Marinelli Bernard & Barbara Mars John & Cathy Mary Helen F. Mathieson Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Karen Matthews Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Maurer Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Maxwell Sidney McBride Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy McCamic Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter Patrick & Michelle McCarthy McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc.

Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. McChesney Richard E. McClain Mr. Samuel A. McClung Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Mary C. McCormick Paula & Bob McCracken Mr. Bernard J. McCrory Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Nancy McDonald Mary A. McDonough Keith McDuffie Kent & Martha McElhattan Mary & R. Lee McFadden Barbara McKenna & Family Alexis McKinley Jean S. McLaughlin Susan Lee Meadowcroft Mr. & Mrs. William P. Meehan Mr. & Mrs. William J. Mehaffey Barbara M. Meharey Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Peter & Memi Melotti Mark & Amy Mendicino Barbara Sachnoff Mendlowitz In Memory of William C. Menges Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Merriman Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mrs. William Metcalf III. Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Meyer Bridget & Scott Michael Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Middleton Ms. Laurie Miller Mary Ellen Miller Robert & Miriam Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller Jr. Jack Millstein Frank C. & Judy L. Mindicino Mr. & Mrs. M. Lee Minter Jeffrey Mishler Ann & Mark Mizer Paul & Connie Mockenhaupt Amy & Ira* M. Morgan Bill & Jane Morgan Mr. Gary Morrell Dr. Harvey M. Morris

Frank & Brenda Moses Michael & Cynthia Mullins Hilde Munck & Eckard Munck Richard & Martha Munsch Arthur J. Murphy Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Muse Mr. George Mycoff James & Marlee Myers Roger & Michelle Myers Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Naragon Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Suzanne Newpher Patricia K. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Karen Kelley Noble Hide & Julia Miller Nobumori Dr. Sean Nolan Mark & Nikki Nordenberg Charles A. Norton James & Lindsey Nova Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Dr. Everett F. Oesterling & Mrs. Joyce Oesterling John Orndorff Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Orr Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack John A. Osuch Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Russell G. & Karen Overfield Paul M. Palevsky, MD & Sharon R. Roseman, MD Dr. & Mrs. A. H. Panahandeh Dr. Armand J. Panson Pamela & Ronald Pape Pauline R. Parker John & Joan Pasteris Carol & Richard Patterson Kenneth & Rose Patterson Mr. & Mrs. James Patton Camilla Brent Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Daniel M. Pennell Dale & Michele Perelman Eric & Sharon Perelman Bill & Stella Perrine Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Judy Petty Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Pfendler Jr. Ms. Dorothy Philipp Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol

Ed & Mary Ellen Pisula Larry & Nancy Podey Drs. Mary & Raymond Pontzer Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Shirley Pow Ann & Mal Powell Richard O. Price Mercedes & John Pryce Bob & Mary Jo Purvis Mrs. Jean Purvis Andrew & Liberty Pyros Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan Jr. Fran Quinlan Janet K. Quint Ms. Barbara Rackoff Nancy & Bill Rackoff, ASKO Philanthropic Fund Betty Radvak-Shovlin Susan M. Rakfal, MD James D. & Carol L. Randolph Barbara M. Rankin Mr. Leonard E. Rausch Mr. Joseph J. Regna Jr. Paul & Dorothy Reiber Eric & Frances Reichl Mr. & Mrs.* James H. Rich Dr. & Mrs. J. Merle Rife Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Edgar R. & Betty A. Robinson Sam & Diana Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Rom Janice G. Rosenberg Dr. Pinchas Rosenberg Shoshana & Jerry Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener III Mrs. Louisa S. Rosenthal Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Dr. Joel S. Rozen Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Ruffin III. Mr. Robert Rupp Mr. Leo P. Russell Shirley & Murray Rust Mrs. John M. Sadler Tamiko Sampson Dr. & Mrs. Isamu Sando Dr. Carlos R. Santiago

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Sauereisen Sally & Keith Saylor Lawrence P. & Sharron A. Schaefer Eric Schaffer & Michelle Gray-Schaffer Albert & Kathleen Schartner Christopher & Jennifer Scheib Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. & Mrs. Melvin M. Schiff Joe & Nancy Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. George Schneider Mrs. Shirley Schneirov Ms. Carol Schuler Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Harry W. Schurr II Mary Ann Scialabba Louise & Franco Sciannameo Barry & Celinda Scott Mr.* & Mrs. Jobst W. Seehausen George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Mr. & Mrs. John M. Seifarth Rebecca A. Seip Michael Sexauer Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg Mrs. Sue Shapera Judith D. Shepherd Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour* Sikov Lee & Myrna Silverman Marjorie K. Silverman Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Lois & Bill Singleton Dr. Carol Slomski Ms. Ann Slonaker Bobbie & Keith Smith Don & Beth Smith Kathleen Opat Smith Margaret C. Smith Nancy N. Smith Wallace & Patricia Smith Bill & Patty Snodgrass Sandy & Mr. Edgar Snyder J. Soffietti David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund

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Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Herbert H. & Barbara South Drs. Horton C.* & Jannene M. Southworth Samuel & Judith Spanos Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Speyer III Richard C. Spine & Joyce Berman Henry Spinelli Janet H. Staab Jack Stabile Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stalder Gary & Charlene Stanich Dr. James Staples Shirley & Sidney Stark Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer Charles & Rachel Stegeman Bronna & Harold Steiman Mr. Frederick Steinberg Jerry Stephens Dr. & Mrs. Mervin S. Stewart Mr. Ray C. Stoner In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger C. Dean Streator Mr. Su & Ms. Van Dusen Judy & Joe Sufrin Peter Sullivan Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra Drs. Gary & Heidi Swanson

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Joel & Maria Swanson Robert Swendsen & Roberta Klatzky Stu & Liz Symonds in Memory of Roger Sherman Tom & Karen Tabor Dr. Jocelyn Tan & Dr. Alaa Shalaby Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Tannenbaum Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Mr. Paul Teplitz Mr. Doug Thomas Dorothea Thompson Mayor John A. Thompson Mary Lloyd & George Thompson Gail & Jim Titus Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Trees Paul A. Trimmer Jeff & Melissa Tsai Jeffrey Turner & Tonya Stefko Eric & Barbara Udren Mary & Gerald Unger Diane & Dennis Unkovic Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Dr. Filomena F. Varvaro Mary Vasilakis Cate & Jerry Vockley Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Eric Von Morton John & Linda Vuono Jan Wagner

Judy Wagner & Mike LaRue Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner Kevin & Jennifer Walker John & Irene Wall Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan Bassett Drs. John & Carla Weidman Cynthia & Dr. Michael Weisfield Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Jim & Jinny Welker Jane Wentling Mrs. Louis A. Werbaneth Bernard & Sheila Werner Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg Rebecca M. Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White Robert Wickesberg & Susan Noffke Mr. Norm Wien Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Dr. Bruce L. Wilder Ken & Trudie Wilkins Nozomi Williams Robert & Carole Williams Robert E. Williams Ruth O. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson

James & Ramona Wingate Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Sidney & Tucky Wolfson Dr. & Mrs. D. Scott Wood Mr. Christopher Wu & Mrs. Annette Wu Drs. Barry & Iris Wu Dr. & Mrs. John A. Yauch Mark & Judy Yogman Susan A. Yohe Alice L. Young Hugh D*. & Alice C. Young Mr. Joe Yzurdiaga Frank A. Zabrosky Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Joan & Isaias Zelkowicz Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek Patricia Zimba *deceased We would like to thank all individuals who contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Heinz Hall. Please see our website at pittsburghsymphony. org for a complete listing.

Current as of Sept. 3, 2014

FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES Allegheny County Economic Development Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation The Benter Foundation Meyer & Merle Berger Family Foundation, Inc. Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Paul and Dina Block Foundation Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation Jack Buncher Foundation Anne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and Educational Trust Compton Family Foundation The Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable Fund Jean Hartley Davis and Nancy Lane Davis Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Dietrich Charitable Trust Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Fine Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Grable Foundation Grune Family Foundation Hansen Foundation William Randolph Hearst 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 Lawrence County Martha Mack Lewis Foundation Edward D. and Opal C. Loughney Foundation Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation

Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation National Endowment for the Arts 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, a state agency Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pittsburgh Symphony Association Norman C. Ray Trust The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation Salvitti Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Tippins Foundation Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Current as of Sept. 3, 2014

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CORPORATIONS Business Leadership Association SIGNATURE CIRCLE

SILVER CIRCLE

(Includes corporate annual fund contributions and sponsorships)

United Bank Wampum Hardware Inc. Bayer Healthcare R&I WPXI-TV $75,000 and above Bayer USA Foundation Business Partners Allegheny Technologies The Common Plea Catering PEWTER LEVEL Incorporated (ATI) Inc. $1,000 - $2,499 BNY Mellon c3controls AlphaGraphics in the EQT Corporation Cultural District Deloitte Highmark Blue Cross Blue ELG Haniel Metals Corp.

Berner International Corp.

Shield Farmers & Merchants Bank Coury Financial Group PNC of Western PA Calgon Carbon Corporation Levin Furniture ESB Bank DIAMOND CIRCLE Mascaro Construction First Commonwealth Bank Company $40,000 - $74,999 Hughes Television Morton’s The Steakhouse MSA Productions Mylan Pharmaceuticals Jennmar Corporation Oliver Wyman Kerr Engineered Sales Company PwC PLATINUM CIRCLE Lawrence County Tourist Reed Smith LLP $20,000 - $39,999 Promotion Agency Schreiber Industrial Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. MacLachlan, Cornelius & Federal Home Loan Bank of Development Co. Filoni, Inc. Trumbull Corporation and Pittsburgh McKamish, Inc. P.J. Dick Incorporated First National Bank of Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Pennsylvania Practice Growth Partners BRONZE CIRCLE Giant Eagle $2,500 - $4,999 Rothman Gordon PC H. J. Heinz Company Foundation A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Sarris Candies, Inc. LANXESS Corporation Angelo, Gordon & Co. Six Penn Kitchen Macy’s Bank of America Merrill Steptoe & Johnson PLLC PPG Industries Foundation Lynch Stringert, Inc. Big Burrito Restaurant Triangle Tech Group The Techs Group Trib Total Media Trebuchet Consulting LLC Buchanan Ingersoll & United States Steel TriState Capital Bank Rooney PC Corporation United Safety Services, Inc. Cipriani & Werner PC Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh Eat’n Park Restaurants GOLD CIRCLE Elite Coach Transportation $10,000 - $19,999 PARTNER LEVEL American Eagle Outfitters Erie Insurance $500 - $999 Fifth Third Bank Citigroup Allegheny Valley Bank Huntington Bank Clearview Federal Credit Austrian American Cultural Koppers Union Society, Inc. KPMG LLP Delta Air Lines, Inc. Bridges & Company, Inc. Lighthouse Electric Dollar Bank The Buncher Company Company, Inc. Ernst & Young LLP Clark Precision Machined Marsh USA Inc. Fairmont Pittsburgh & Components Mozart Management Habitat Restaurant Consolidated Pittsburgh Corning Federated Investors, Inc. Communications Corporation The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Enterprise Bank Company Charitable Trust Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. Co. Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. General Wire Spring Co. Silhol Builders Supply Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Richard & Sandra Teodori Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Inc.

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Gordon Terminal Service Co. Hamill Mfg. Co. Hertz Gateway Center, LP John B. Conomos, Inc. Joyce’s Jewelry Boutique K & I Sheet Metal, Inc. Lucas Systems, Inc. Marketing Support Network Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Attorneys at Law Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Modany-Falcone, Inc. Pzena Investment Management, LLC Rebecca L. Pounds DDS LLC Scott Metals Inc. Walter Long Manufacturing Company Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc. We would like to thank all corporations who contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Heinz Hall. Please see our website at pittsburghsymphony.org for a complete listing.

Current as of Sept. 5, 2014

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Lucas Richman, conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Student Chorale, Christine Hestwood, director

Join us for a concert that soars with good and evil. In Heroes and Villains, we bring to life your favorite characters from popular movies. Hear the bright side, and the dark side, of movie scores from Batman, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan and more!

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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

In addition to income from the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on a robust endowment to assure its long-term financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment to provide for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s future.

The Steinberg Society honors donors who have advised the Pittsburgh Symphony in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestra in their will. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a gift to the endowment of $10,000.00 or more to commemorate a particular person or event. Endowed naming opportunities for guest artists, musicians’ chairs, concert series, educational programs or designated spaces allow donors to specify a name or tribute for 10 years, 20 years or in perpetuity. For additional information, please call Jan Fleisher at 412.392.3320.

STEINBERG SOCIETY Anonymous (19) Siamak & Joan Adibi Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger The Joan & Jerome* Apt Families Francis A. Balog Robert & Loretta Barone Scott J. Bell Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz Benno & Constance Bernt Michael Bielski Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan Thomas G. Black Barbara M. Brock Lois R. Brozenick Tom & Jackie Cain Estate of Cynthia Calhoun Judy & Michael Cheteyan Educational/Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David W. Christopher Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Cohen Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Donnelly Frank R. Dziama Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Emil & Ruth* Feldman Joan Feldman & William Adams Mrs. Loti Gaffney Keith & Susan Garver Ken* & Lillian Goldsmith Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon James A. Gorton Estate of Anna R. Greenberg Estate of Lorraine M. Gross Elizabeth Anne Hardie 42

Charles & Angela Hardwick Carolyn Heil Eric & Lizz Helmsen Ms. Judith Hess Estate of Mr. John H. Hill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. William C. Hurtt Philo & Erika Holcomb Mr. & Mrs. Blair Jacobson Esther G. Jacovitz Patricia Prattis Jennings Mr.* & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn Leo & Marge Kane Lois S. Kaufman Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mr. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr. Ms. Bernadette Kersting Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Kessler Stanley & Margaret Leonard Frances F. Levin Doris L. Litman Penny Locke Estate of Edward D. Loughney Lauren & Hampton Mallory Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Mrs. Lori Martin* Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall George E. Meanor Ms. Jean L. Misner* Catherine Missenda* Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Donn & Peggy Neal Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rhonda & Dennis Norman Thaddeus A. Osial, Jr. M.D. Estate of Irene G. Otte Judy Petty

Estate of Dorothy R. Rairigh Barbara M. Rankin Richard E. Rauh Cheryl & James Redmond Mr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Donald & Sylvia Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roderick Charlotta Klein Ross Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Dr. Charles H. Shultz Michael Shefler Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Stept Estate of Dr. Raymond & Karla Stept Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Tom & Jamee Todd Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Eva & Walter J. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. George L. Vosburgh Estate of John & Betty Weiland In memory of Isaac Serrins from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss Brian Weller Seldon Whitaker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Charles L. & Katherine A. Wiley James & Susanne Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Patricia L. Wurster Estate of Rufus J. Wysor

Naomi Yoran Miriam L. Young Estate of Ruth Yount SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM The Sid Kaplan Memorial Hallway given by David Kaplan in appreciation of generous gifts commemorating family and friends In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from his loving family In Honor of Mariss & Irina Jansons and friendship from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Kessler Honoring my dear friend, Marvin Hamlisch, from Mina Kulber In Loving Memory of Martin Smith, PSO Horn, 1980-2005, from his siblings Todd Smith, Judy Dupont & Susan Noble

ENDOWED CHAIRS Principal Horn Chair, given by an Anonymous Donor First Violin Chair, given

by Allen H. Berkman in memory of his beloved wife, Selma Wiener Berkman Michael & Carol Bleier Viola Chair given in memory of our parents, Tina & Charles Bleier and Ruth & Shelley Stein Jane & Rae Burton Cello Chair Cynthia S. Calhoun Principal Viola Chair

Virginia Campbell Principal Harp Chair Ron & Dorothy Chutz First Violin Chair

Principal Pops Conductor Messiah Concerts Endowed Chair Endowed by Henry & by the Howard and Nell E. Elsie Hillman Miller Chair

Tom & Dona Hotopp Principal Bass Chair Johannes & Mona L. Coetzee Memorial Principal English Milton G. Hulme, Jr. Horn Chair Guest Conductor Chair given by Mine Safety George & Eileen Dorman Appliances Company Assistant Principal Cello Chair Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Jones III Albert H. Eckert Guest Keyboard Chair Associate Principal Percussion Chair Virginia Kaufman Resident Conductor Chair, Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Lawrence Loh Associate Concertmaster Chair Stephen & Kimberly Keen Bass Chair Jean & Sigo Falk Principal Librarian Chair G. Christian Lantzsch & Duquesne Light Company Endowed Principal Piccolo Principal Second Violin Chair, given to honor Frank Chair and Loti Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. William Genge William & Sarah Galbraith and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Lee Second Violin Chair Principal Bassoon Chair The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie First Violin Chair

Nancy & Jeffery Leininger First Violin Chair

Ira & Nanette Gordon The Gracky Fund for Education & Community Engagement Susan S. Greer Memorial Trumpet Chair, given by Peter Greer

Edward D. Loughney Co-Principal Trumpet Fiddlesticks Family Concert Series Endowed by Gerald & Audrey McGinnis Honoring The Center for Young Musicians

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education

Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn Viola Chair

Vira I. Heinz Music Director Chair

United States Steel Corporation Assistant Principal Bass Chair

Donald I. & Janet Moritz and Equitable Resources, Inc. Rachel Mellon Walton Associate Principal Cello Concertmaster Chair, given Chair

by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mellon Scaife The Perry & BeeJee Morrison String Instrument Loan Jacqueline Wechsler Fund Horn Chair given in memory of Irving (Buddy) The Morrison Family Wechsler Associate Principal Second Violin Chair Barbara Weldon Principal Timpani Chair Jackman Pfouts Hilda M. Willis Foundation Principal Flute Chair, given Flute Chair in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Jackman by Barbara Thomas H. & Frances Witmer Jackman Pfouts Assistant Principal Horn Chair Pittsburgh Symphony Association Principal Cello Chair Current as of Sept. 2, 2014 Reed Smith Chair honoring Tom Todd Horn Chair

*deceased

Dr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Oboe Chair Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation Guest Conductor Chair Martha Brooks Robinson Principal Trumpet Chair Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Silberman Principal Clarinet Chair

Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Tillotson Jr. Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr. Viola Chair Principal Oboe Chair, given Tom & Jamee Todd

by Rachel Mellon Walton Principal Trombone Chair

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COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon .................................................................... Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt..........................................................................................................................Stage Right Door 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 PittsburghSymphony 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 *deceased

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The District attracts more than two million people annually for performances, exhibitions and events.

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HEINZ HALL INFORMATION

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

CHILDREN are encouraged to attend our youth concerts and Fiddlesticks Family Concerts.

Children age six and over, are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and lobby video monitors are always options for restless children.

GROUPS can receive discounted tickets, priority seats, personalized service and free reception space.

For more information, call 412.392.4819 or visit our website at pittsburghsymphony.org/groups for information.

LATECOMER’S GALLERY is located behind the Main Floor to enjoy the performance until you can be seated. Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals during the program, at the discretion of the conductor. The gallery is also available for parents with restless children.

PHOTOGRAPHY, video, or audio recording of the performance is strictly prohibited at all times.

PRE-PAID PARKING is available to all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penn garage across from Heinz Hall. Ask about prepaid parking when you order your tickets.

REFRESHMENT BARS are located in the Garden and Overlook rooms and in the Grand Tier Lounge.

Intermission beverages may be ordered prior to performances. Water cups are available in the restrooms.

RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier, Gallery levels, and COAT CHECK is available in the LOCKERS are located on the off the Garden and Overlook rooms; Grand Lobby or in the Dorothy Porter Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels. a wheelchair-accessible restroom is Simmons Family Regency Room on LOST AND FOUND items on the Main Floor. the lower level. can be retrieved by calling SMOKING is not permitted 412.392.4844 on weekdays from CONCIERGE SERVICE is in Heinz Hall. The garden is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. available in the Entrance Lobby accessible during performances to assist with your questions for this purpose.

MOBILE DEVICES should and to help with dining, hotel, be turned off and put away upon SUPPORTING THE PSO entertainment and transportation entering the theater.

AND HEINZ HALL concerns. [Penny Vennare, Event is critical to the financial future of the THE MOZART ROOM Supervisor; Ron Ogrodowski, Pittsburgh Symphony. Ticket sales is available for a grand dining Concierge.] only cover a portion of our operating experience catered by The DRESS CODE for all concerts costs. To make a tax-deductible gift, Common Plea, just seconds is at your personal discretion and please contact our Development away from your seats. For ranges from dress and business department at 412.392.4880 or visit reservations: 412.392.4879 attire to casual wear. us online at pittsburghsymphony.org or pittsburghsymphony.org/ mozartroom.

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.

THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES:

• Level entrance and route to main floor of auditorium • Accessible seat locations with companion seats* • Portable assistive listening devices: Please see ushers for assistance.

• Braille programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics and PNC Pops performances.

• Large print programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics, PNC Pops, and Fiddlesticks Family Series performances. *Please contact the box office for the location of these seats.

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