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March 2 & 4: ProgramNotes ........................................................12

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Emanuel Ax: Biography ................................................................18

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PRE-CONCERT one hour prior CONCERT PRELUDE ON STAGE WITHPSO ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR THOMAS HONG

NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER, CONDUCTOREMANUEL AX, PIANO

RICHARDWAGNER “Prelude und Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde

WOLFGANGAMADÉMOZART Concerto No. 22 in E-flat majorfor Piano and Orchestra, K. 482I. AllegroII. AndanteIII. Rondo: AllegroMR. AX

INTERMISSION LOBBY EXHIBITS

EDWARD ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36“Enigma Variations”Enigma: AndanteI. “C.A.E.” L’istesso tempoII. “H.D. S.-P.” AllegroIII. “R.B.T.” AllegrettoIV. “W.M.B.” Allegro di moltoV. “R.P.A.” ModeratoVI. “Ysobel” AndantinoVII. “Troyte” PrestoVIII. “W.N.” AllegrettoIX. “Nimrod” AdagioX. “Dorabella – Intermezzo” AllegrettoXI. “G.R.S.” Allegro di moltoXII. “B.G.N.” AndanteXIII. “* * * - Romanza” ModeratoXIV. “E.D.U.” Finale: Allegro

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RICHARD WAGNER“Prelude und Liebestod” from Tristanund Isolde (1854-1859)

Wagner provided a synopsis of the emotional progres-sion of the action of Tristan whose voluptuous proseis a not only a sketch of the events of the story, butalso a key to understanding the surging sea of passionupon which the entire world of this opera floats:

“Tristan, the faithful vassal, woos for his king herfor whom he dares not avow his own love,Isolde. Isolde, powerless than to do otherwisethan obey the wooer, follows him as bride to hislord. Jealous of this infringement of her rights, theGoddess of Love takes her revenge. As the resultof a happy mistake, she allows the couple to tasteof the love potion which, by the burning desirewhich suddenly inflames them after tasting it,opens their eyes to the truth and leads to theavowal that for the future they belong only toeach other. Henceforth, there is no end to thelongings, the demands, the joys and woes oflove. One thing only remains: longing, longing,insatiable longing, forever springing up anew,pining and thirsting. Powerless, the heart sinksback to languish in longing, in longing withoutattaining; for each attainment only begets newlonging, until in the last stage of weariness the foreboding of the highest joy of dying,of no longer existing, of the last escape into that wonderful kingdom from which weare furthest off when we are most strenuously striving to enter therein. Shall we call itdeath? Or is it the hidden wonder-world from out of which an ivy and vine, entwinedwith each other, grew up upon Tristan’s and Isolde’s grave, as the legend tells us?”

The sense of longing is generated right at the beginning of the opera. Its Prelude is built,in the composer’s words, from “one long series of linked phrases,” each of which is left hang-ing, unresolved, in silence. Of the remainder of the Prelude and its progression to the Liebestod(“Love-Death”), Wagner wrote, it moves from “the first timidest lament of inappeasable long-ing, the tenderest shudder, to the most terrible outpouring of an avowal of hopeless love, tra-versing all phases of the vain struggle against the inner ardor until this, sinking back upon itself,seems to be extinguished in death.” The Prelude is constructed as a long arch of sound, begin-ning faintly and building to a huge climax near its center before dying away to silence. InWagner’s concert version, the Liebestod follows without pause, and it, too, generates a mag-nificent tonal gratification at the point near the end of the opera where the lovers find their onlypossible satisfaction in welcome death. Of this sublime moment, Wagner wrote, “What Fatedivided in life now springs into transfigured life in death: the gates of union are thrown open.Over Tristan’s body the dying Isolde receives the blessed fulfillment of ardent longing, eternalunion in measureless space, without barriers, without fetters, inseparable.”

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 22 May 1813 in Leipzig;died 13 February 1883 in Venice

PREMIERE OF WORK:Munich, 10 June 1865Munich Royal Court TheaterHans von Bülow, conductor

PSO PREMIERE OF “PRELUDEUND LIEBESTOD”:16 December 1898Carnegie Music HallVictor Herbert, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION:piccolo, three flutes, two oboes,English horn, two clarinets, bassclarinet, three bassoons, four horns,three trumpets, three trombones,tuba, timpani, harp and strings

APPROXIMATE DURATION:17 minutes

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WOLFGANGAMADÉMOZARTConcerto No. 22 in E-flat major for Pianoand Orchestra, K. 482 (1785)

Mozart’s life was hectic during the winter of 1785-1786. He completed the E-flat Piano Concerto onDecember 16, just four days after putting the finishingtouches on the Violin Sonata, K. 481. He had recent-ly received a commission from Emperor Joseph II fora musical diversion (The Impresario) to be given at theorangerie of the Schönbrunn Palace in February, andwas making revisions and additions to Idomeneo fora revival of that opera in March. Work on numerouschamber and vocal pieces was also squeezed into hisschedule as was the tutelage of a sizable group of pri-vate students. His main concern at the time, however,was the composition of TheMarriage of Figaro, whichhe was readying for production in the spring as soonas the theaters opened following the end of the Lentenprohibition of operatic performances. Mozart’s father,Leopold, wrote that his son was “up to his ears” inwork during those winter months.

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

The Concerto’s orchestral introduction opens with a broad rhythmic gesture immedi-ately answered by a brief response in the burnished sonorities of bassoons and horns.Further melodic ideas tumble one after another until the soloist’s entry, which acts as abridge to the second exposition and the pianist’s elaboration of the earlier thematic mate-rials. Following the main theme group, Mozart chose to turn briefly to a darkly shaded

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 27 January 1756 in Salzburg;died 5 December 1791 in Vienna

PREMIERE OF WORK:Vienna, 16 December 1785Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, soloist

PSO PREMIERE:20 November 1953Syria MosqueWilliam Steinberg, conductorRudolf Serkin, piano

INSTRUMENTATION:flute, two clarinets, two bassoons,two horns, two trumpets, timpaniand strings


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SIR EDWARD ELGARVariations on an Original Theme,Opus 36 “Enigma Variations”(1898-1899)

Throughout his life, Edward Elgar liked to dispensestartling or mystifying remarks just to see whatresponse they would elicit. Turning this trait upon hismusic, he added the sobriquet “Enigma” above thetheme of the splendid set of orchestral variations thathe composed in 1898-1899. He posited not just onepuzzle in the Enigma Variations, however, but three.First, each of the 14 sections was headed with a set ofinitials or a nickname that stood for the name of thecomposer’s friend portrayed by that variation. Thesecondmystery dealt with the theme itself, the sectionthat bore the legend “Enigma.” It is believed that thetheme represented Elgar himself (note the similarity ofthe opening phrase to the speech rhythm of his name— Ed-ward EL-gar), thus making the variations upon itportraits of his friends as seen through his eyes. Thefinal enigma, the one that neither Elgar offered toexplain nor for which others have been able to find adefinitive solution, arose from a statement of his:“Furthermore, through and over the whole set anoth-er and larger theme ‘goes’ but is not played.... So the

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

PREMIERE OF WORK:London, 19 June 1899St. James’s HallHans Richter, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:11 April 1907Carnegie Music HallEmil Paur, conductor

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minor tonality rather than to begin the second theme area in the dominant key, casting acertain Romantic spirit over these measures. The expected dominant key arrives with a ris-ing scalar melody for soloist, after which the exposition concludes with rippling pianisticflourishes supported by a buoyant orchestral accompaniment. The central section, less atrue development than a free fantasia, is dominated by the soloist, with the orchestra serv-ing as the subdued background for the display of tasteful virtuosity. The recapitulationrecalls themes from both the introduction and the exposition while providing the obliga-tory cadenza opportunity for the pianist.

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

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

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

Variation I “C.A.E.” is a tender depiction of the composer’s wife, Alice. Variation II“H.D. S.-P.” represents the warming-up finger exercises of H.D. Steuart-Powell, a piano-playing friend. Variation III “R.B.T.” uses the high and low woodwinds to portray the dis-tinctive voice of Richard Baxter Townsend, an amateur actor with an unusually wide vocalrange. Variation IV “W.M.B.” suggests the considerable energy of William Meath Baker.Variation V “R.P.A.” reflects the frequently changing moods of Richard Penrose Arnold,son of the poet Matthew Arnold. Variation VI “Ysobel” gives prominence to the viola, theinstrument played by Elgar’s pupil Isobel Fitton. Variation VII “Troyte” describes the highspirits of Arthur Troyte Griffith. Variation VIII “W.N.” denotes the grace of Miss WinifredNorbury. Variation IX “Nimrod” is a moving testimonial to A.J. Jaeger, Elgar’s publisherand close friend. Variation X “Dorabella – Intermezzo” describes Dora Penny, a friend ofhesitant conversation and fluttering manner. Variation XI “G.R.S.” portrays the organistGeorge R. Sinclair and his bulldog, Dan, out for a walk by the River Wye. Variation XII“B.G.N.” honors the cellist Basil G. Nevinson. Variation XIII “* * * - Romanza” was writ-ten while Lady Mary Lygon was on a sea journey. The solo clarinet quotes a phrase fromMendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture and the hollow sound of thetimpani played with wooden sticks suggests the distant rumble of ship’s engines. VariationXIV “E.D.U. - Finale,” Elgar’s self-portrait, recalls the music of earlier variations.

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

This season, Nikolaj Znaider was invitedby Valery Gergiev to become Principal GuestConductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra in St.Petersburg where he will conduct a produc-tion of Marriage of Figaro and a number ofsymphonic concerts. He is a regular guestconductor with orchestras such as the LondonSymphony Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle,Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, CzechPhilharmonic, LA Philharmonic, OrchestrePhilharmonique de Radio France, RussianNational Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, SwedishRadio Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony.The 2011-2012 season sees Znaider as Artistin Residence with the Dresden StaatskapelleOrchestra and in 2012-2013 making his con-ducting debut with the ConcertgebouwOrkest, Santa Cecilia Rome and the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra.

As a soloist, Znaider works regularly withthe world’s leading orchestras and conductorssuch as Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis,Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta,Christian Thielemann, Mariss Jansons, CharlesDutoit, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Ivan Fischerand Gustavo Dudamel. In recital and chambermusic, he appears at all the major concerthalls. In the 2012-2013 season, the LondonSymphony Orchestra will present an ArtistPortrait of Znaider when he will play two con-certi with Sir Colin Davis, conduct a large-scale symphonic programme and play cham-

ber music with the principals of the orchestra.An exclusive RCA Red Seal recording artist,Znaider’s most recent addition to his discogra-phy is the Elgar Violin Concerto with Sir ColinDavis and the Dresden Staatskapelle. Hisaward-winning recordings of the Brahms andKorngold Violin Concerti with the ViennaPhilharmonic and Valery Gergiev, theBeethoven and Mendelssohn Concerti withZubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic andProkofiev No. 2 and Glazunov Concerti withMariss Jansons and the Bayerische Rundfunkhave been greeted with great critical acclaim,as was his release of the complete works forviolin and piano of Johannes Brahms withYefim Bronfman. For EMI Classics, he hasrecorded the Mozart Piano Trios with DanielBarenboim and the Nielsen and BruchConcertos with the London Philharmonic.

Znaider is passionate about the educationof musical talent and was for 10 years founderand artistic director of the Nordic MusicAcademy, an annual summer school whosevision it was to create conscious and focusedmusical development based on quality andcommitment.

Nikolaj Znaider plays the “Kreisler”Guarnerius “del Gesu” 1741 on extendedloan to him by The Royal Danish Theaterthrough the generosity of the VeluxFoundations and the Knud HøjgaardFoundation.

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EMANUEL AXBorn in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved toWinnipeg, Canada with his family when he wasa young boy. His studies at the Juilliard Schoolwere supported by the sponsorship of theEpstein Scholarship Program of the Boys Clubsof America, and he subsequently won theYoung Concert Artists Award. Additionally, heattended Columbia University, where hemajored in French. Ax captured public attentionin 1974 when he won the first Arthur RubinsteinInternational Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In1975, he won the Michaels Award of YoungConcert Artists followed four years later by thecoveted Avery Fisher Prize.

Highlights of the 2011-2012 seasoninclude return visits to the symphonies ofBoston, Houston, Toronto, Philadelphia,Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cincinnat,; New York andLos Angeles Philharmonics, and San FranciscoSymphony with which he will collaborate in the“American Mavericks” festival presented in SanFrancisco, Ann Arbor, MI and Carnegie Hall.

As curator and participant with the ChicagoSymphony for a two week spring residency“Keys to the City,” he will perform in multipleroles as leader in a festival celebrating the manyvaried facets of the piano.

In Europe, the season includes return visitsto the Berlin Philharmonic, RoyalConcertgebouw, Bayerischer Rundfunk,London Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra ofEurope and the Orchestre National de Franceunder the batons of Sir Simon Rattle, MarissJansons, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, VladimirJurowski, Bernard Haitink and Sir Colin Davis,and in London’s Wigmore Hall he performs aseries of Beethoven Sonata programs with vio-linist Leonidas Kavakos.

In recognition of the bicentenaries ofChopin and Schumann in 2010 and in partner-ship with London’s Barbican, Amsterdam’sConcertgebouw, New York’s Carnegie Hall, theLos Angeles Philharmonic and the SanFrancisco Symphony, Ax commissioned newworks from composers Thomas Adés, PeterLieberson and Stephen Prutsman for threerecital programs presented in each of thosecities with colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and DawnUpshaw. In addition to this large-scale project,

recent tours included performances in Asia withthe New York Philharmonic on their first tourwith Music Director Alan Gilbert and Europeantours with both the Chamber Orchestra ofEurope and James Conlon as well as thePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with ManfredHoneck. As a regular visitor in subscription con-certs he returned to Chicago, Philadelphia andBoston during the spring.

Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classicalrecording artist since 1987. Recent releasesinclude Mendelssohn Trios with Yo-Yo Ma andItzhak Perlman, Strauss’ Enoch Arden narratedby Patrick Stewart, and discs of two-piano musicby Brahms and Rachmaninoff with YefimBronfman. Ax has received GRAMMY® Awardsfor the second and third volumes of his cycle ofHaydn’s piano sonatas. He has also made aseries of Grammy-winning recordings with cel-list Yo-Yo Ma of the Beethoven and Brahmssonatas for cello and piano. His other recordingsinclude the concertos of Liszt and Schoenberg,three solo Brahms albums, an album of tangosby Astor Piazzolla, and the premiere recordingof John Adams’ Century Rolls with theCleveland Orchestra for Nonesuch. In the 2004-2005 season, Ax also contributed to anInternational EMMY® Award-Winning BBC doc-umentary commemorating the Holocaust thataired on the 60th anniversary of the liberation ofAuschwitz.

In recent years, Ax has turned his attentiontoward the music of 20th century composers,premiering works by John Adams, ChristopherRouse, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bright Sheng andMelindaWagner. Ax is also devoted to chambermusic, and has worked regularly with suchartists as Young Uck Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Yo-YoMa, Edgar Meyer, Peter Serkin, Jaime Laredoand the late Isaac Stern.

Ax resides in New York City with his wife,pianist Yoko Nozaki. They have two childrentogether, Joseph and Sarah. He is a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences andholds honorary doctorates of music from Yaleand Columbia Universities. For more informa-tion about Emanuel Ax’s career, please visitwww.EmanuelAx.com.


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André Previn was well-known tothe general public prior to coming toPittsburgh. Having lived and worked inHollywood for several decades prior, Previnhad made a name for himself as both conduc-tor and composer. At the height of his filmcareer, he quit Hollywood to devote himself tocomposing and conducting, say-ing “I wanted to be involved inwork which would frightenme… .”

Previn was born in Berlin in1929 and began his musicalstudies at the Hochschule fürMusik and then briefly at theParis Conservatoire, before hisRussian-Jewish family emigrat-ed to the United States in 1938. They settled in Los Angeles where André’s uncle,Charles Previn, was music director of the Universal Studios orchestra. While stillin his teens, he got jobs arranging music at MGM Studios and playing chambermusic with many artists, including the great violinist Joseph Szigeti.

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

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PSO: THEPREVIN YEARS(1976-1984)

André Previn came to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in1976 after conductorships with the Houston SymphonyOrchestra (1967) and the London Symphony Orchestra (1968-79). Following Maestro William Steinberg as the man at the

helm of the acclaimed Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra, Previnwas, inmanyways, theantithesis of Steinberg. While Steinberg created an extraordinarily Germanic soundwith the PSO – a dark, polished, warm sound appropriate for works by Brahms,Bruckner and Mahler – Previn valued transparency, reserve, control and agility.

PSO: The Previn Years

He wanted immaculate playing rather than the heavy, passionate, playing less con-cerned with technical perfection the orchestra had attained under their former musicdirector.

From the opening concert in September 1976, critics, musicians and audiencemembers alike noticed something special about the relationship between MaestroPrevin and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The Pittsburgh Pressmusic critic CarlApone declared, “Previn lit a fire under the PSO.” Standing room only houses, newrecording contracts, a classicalmusic television series, chambermusic recitalswith PSOmusicians and plans for a new European tour quickly followed Previn’s appointment.Local TV station WQED-TV launched a series of award-winning specials called“Previn and the Pittsburgh,” which showcased the diversity of Previn’s musical inter-ests, talents and friends. Sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation, “Previn and thePittsburgh” was filmed for three seasons and was the highest-rated classical musicseries on PBS.

In 1978, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and André Previn embarked onPSO’s first European tour since 1964. The 13-city tour had sold out by March, a fewmonths after the tour was announced. The Pittsburgh-based firms that sponsored theevent (H.J. Heinz Company, Mellon Bank, Mine Safety Appliances Company, MobayChemical Corporation, Rockwell International andWestinghouseAir Brake, to name afew)were quite pleasedwith the reception of the tour. The businesses understood thenas they do now that the symphony orchestra is an ambassador for Pittsburgh, helpingto bring renown to Pittsburgh’s reputation and its businesses. Though the PSO hadachieved international recognition under its previous music director, Maestro Previnbrought an unprecedented level of attention through his programming of newly com-missioned works and classic masterpieces, charming personality and innovative part-nership with media outlets.

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FRANZ JOSEPHHAYDN Symphony No. 102 in B-flat majorI. Largo — VivaceII. AdagioIII. Menuet: AllegroIV. Presto

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FRANZ JOSEPHHAYDNSymphony No. 102 in B-flat major (1794)

Haydn had the good fortune to live a long, healthylife: he was 78 when he died in Vienna. Had he beenallotted the length of Mozart’s life — 36 years — hewould have composed some 40 symphonies, numer-ous piano sonatas and string quartets, and some litur-gical music. A sizeable output, but not one that wouldhave raised him to the position of pre-eminence helater attained. If he had lived for 57 years, as didBeethoven, the last 12 symphonies, two dozen quar-tets, late Masses, Trumpet Concerto and two oratorioswould not exist. Throughout his life, Haydn was awonder of vigor and energy, and he retired fromworkonly in his last three years. Chief among the master-works he created after 1790 were the magisterial sym-phonies he composed for his two visits to England.

For three decades, Haydn toiled for the Esterházyfamily in Eisenstadt and at their new palace,Esterháza, just across the Hungarian border fromAustria. He managed the extensive musical establish-ment of the house, composed continuously, and over-saw the famed resident opera company. (After hervisit in 1773, Empress Maria Theresa let it be knownthat whenever she wanted to see a good opera, sheinvited herself to the Esterházy palace.) With his many responsibilities, Haydn was gross-ly overworked for most of his life. It is understandable, therefore, that, though his dedica-tion and love of his job never wavered, it was with some relief that he viewed the deathof the music-loving Prince Nicolaus in 1790. Nicolaus’ son, Anton, did not inherit hisfather’s love of music, and he dispersed the entire musical establishment except for a brassband for ceremonial functions, thereby releasing Haydn from all but titular duties. A com-fortable pension was settled upon Haydn as reward for his many years of service, and hemoved to Vienna so quickly that he left most of his personal belongings behind.

Johann Peter Salomon, a German violinist and impresario, had initiated a series ofconcerts in London in 1786, and he was always searching for new attractions to present.He was in Bonn when word came of Prince Nicolaus’ death, and he set off for Viennaimmediately to entice Haydn to Britain. He was successful, and Haydn made his first visitto London from January 1791 to June 1792, composing six symphonies for Salomon’sconcerts and leading their premieres. The venture was a triumph. Haydn went home toVienna, but it was not difficult for Salomon to convince him to return to London. His sec-ond visit began in February 1794 and again lasted for a year and a half. The success of thefirst was repeated, and Haydn received an acclaim from the British public such as he hadnever known in the close confines of his service to the Esterházy family.

Haydn wrote three symphonies (Nos. 99-101) for Salomon’s concerts of spring 1794.He spent the summer months touring through the British countryside, and returned toLondon in the early autumn to make preparations for the next season. Salomon, howev-

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 31 March 1732 in Rohrau,Austria; died 31 May 1809 inVienna

PREMIERE OF WORK:London, 2 February 1795King’s Theater, HaymarketFranz Joseph Haydn, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:1 April 1955Syria MosqueWilliam Steinberg, conductor

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er, was having difficulties arranging for the performers necessary to ensure the high qual-ity of his concerts because the Reign of Terror then sweeping France made travel andfinancial dealings risky, and he was forced to cancel his performances. However, a rivaloperation, the so-called “Opera Concerts,” was not about to let pass the opportunity of dis-playing England’s most distinguished musical visitor. The Italian violinist and composerGiovanni Battista Viotti, director of the Opera Concerts, arranged for Haydn to composeand direct three symphonies for his programs. The first of these works was the magnificentB-flat Symphony, No. 102.

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

A slow introduction, sweet and smooth, opens the Symphony. The first theme is aspry tune that gives little hint of the emotional adventures it later encounters. The secondtheme is introduced by the strong, unison sonority that opens the work. The developmentsection, powerful and concentrated, is one of the most masterful manipulations of themesandmoods in late-18th-centurymusic. The secondmovement is built from a floridmelodyintroduced by the violins. The gentle, rocking nature imparted to this music by the limpidtriplet accompaniment belies its extensive harmonic peregrinations.

The thirdmovement is another of Haydn’s characteristically boisterous country-danceminuets, this one complemented by a central trio section that employs the plangentsounds of oboes and bassoons. The rollicking finale is a sonata-rondo based on a nimbletheme presented immediately by the strings. The formal construction of the movement isrecondite, but its witticisms are not. The rhythmic feints, the sudden silences, the motivictoss-and-catch are obvious and joyous.Whenwe hear suchmusic, it is easy to understandhow Haydn won the heart of the British public all those years ago.

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ANDRÉ PREVINTriple Concerto for Horn, Trumpet,Tuba and Orchestra (2011)

André Previn — composer, conductor, pianist, author— is among the most prodigiously talented musiciansof our time. Born in Berlin in 1929 to a family ofRussian-Jewish descent, he studied piano at the BerlinHochschule für Musik until his parents were forced toflee Germany by the Nazis in 1938. The Previns thensettled briefly in Paris, where the nine-year-old Andrécontinued his studies at the Conservatoire withMarcel Dupré, before moving permanently to LosAngeles; the young musician became an Americancitizen in 1943. Though Previn was a student of MaxRabinowitsch in piano, Joseph Achron and Ernst Tochin theory, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in compo-sition, his earliest professional experience, gainedeven before he finished high school, was as a jazzpianist and an orchestrator for MGM Studios, where adistant cousin, Charles, was music director. Previnjoined the staff of MGM upon his graduation and composed his first film score, The SunComes Up, in 1948. He also built a reputation at that time as a jazz pianist and recordeda number of successful albums. In 1951, he began studying conducting with PierreMonteux, then Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, and soon left MGM towork as a free-lance orchestrator of film scores, receiving 13 AcademyAward nominationsand winningOscars forGigi (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), Irma la Douce (1963) andMyFair Lady (1964), and to develop his career as a concert pianist and conductor. He guestconducted widely following his podium debut in St. Louis in 1962 and was appointedMusic Director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra in 1967. The following year, he wasnamed Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until1979; he has been the orchestra’s Conductor Laureate since 1993. Previn has also servedas Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1976-1984), Los AngelesPhilharmonic (1985-1989), London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1985-1991) andOslo Philharmonic (2002-2006). In 2009, he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor ofthe NHK Symphony Orchestra.

André Previn has guest conducted leading orchestras throughout the world, andserved as Artistic Director of London’s South Bank Festival (1972-1974) and the 1981British Music Festival in Pittsburgh, New York and Washington, D.C. and as a facultymember at the Berkshire Music Center. He is one of the most-recorded musicians in his-tory, with more than 200 releases and 10 Grammy Awards. Though Previn’s appearancesas a pianist have been limited because of the scope of his work as a conductor, he hasbeen heard regularly in chamber music and as soloist–conductor in concertos by Mozart.He has returned to jazz in recent years, recording with guitarist Joe Pass and bassist RayBrown, and touring Japan, Europe and North America with the André Previn Jazz Trio.Previn’s works as an author includeOrchestra, André Previn’s Guide to the Orchestra andMusic Face to Face, a series of conversations with British pianist, composer and broadcast-

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 6 April 1929 in Berlin

WORLD PREMIERE, COMMIS-SIONED BY THE PITTSBURGHSYMPHONY ORCHESTRAINSTRUMENTATION:piccolo, three flutes, two oboes,English horn, two clarinets, bass clar-inet, two bassoons, three trombones,timpani, percussion, harp and strings



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

André Previn has composed in both popular and concert genres: scores for the musi-calsCoco and TheGood Companion and the films BadDay at Black Rock, Subterraneansand Two for the Seesaw; a Symphony for Strings; a half-dozen concertos; Overture to aComedy, Principals, Reflections and Diversions for orchestra; numerous chamber andpiano works; a theater piece for actors and orchestra titled Every Good Boy DeservesFavour, with words by Tom Stoppard; and song cycles for Kathleen Battle, BarbaraBonney, Janet Baker and Sylvia McNair. On commission from the San Francisco Opera,he created an opera based on TennesseeWilliams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. The opera,with a libretto by Philip Littell and soprano Renée Fleming as Blanche Dubois, was givenits premiere by the San Francisco Opera in September 1998; its recording on DeutscheGrammophon won a Grand Prix du Disque. His second opera, Brief Encounter, was pre-miered by Houston Grand Opera in May 2009. His recent concert compositions include:the Double Concerto for Violin and Viola, premiered in April 2009 in New York by Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yuri Bashmet and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under the composer’s direc-tion at an all-Previn concert honoring his 80th birthday; a Clarinet Sonata (2010) forBoston Symphony Orchestra clarinetist Thomas Martin; and a Cello Concerto, premieredby Daniel Müller-Schott and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in June 2011.

Previn composed his Triple Concerto for Horn, Trumpet, Tuba andOrchestra in 2011on a commission from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the ensemble’s principalson those instruments —William Caballero, George Vosburgh and Craig Knox— that callsfor the range of styles required of today’s brass virtuosos, from technical display to lyri-cism, from clarion fanfaronades to delicate arabesques. After an opening call from thesoloists on a widely spaced falling motive, the orchestra sets up an insistent rhythm abovewhich the trumpet introduces the movement’s broad main theme. The horn briefly takesover the melody but the tuba soon enters with a new idea spread across much of theinstrument’s three-octave range. Soloists and orchestra discuss this newmelody before thehorn recalls the main theme to begin the development section. The insistent rhythmsresume in the orchestra and lead to the trumpet’s reprise of the main theme. An imitativeepisode in the strings provides the transition to an altered recall of the tuba’s earlier wide-ranging theme by the horn and trumpet, with the tuba assigned a few expressive solophrases. A mini-cadenza for the soloists culminates in the return of the falling call from theopening measures before the movement comes to a muscular close.

The second movement (very slow) opens with a soft curtain of sound that spreadsupward through the strings and high woodwinds as an introduction to an eloquentmelody presented by the trumpet. After an interlude in the strings, the horn and then tubatake over the theme, and soloists and ensemble continue quietly exchanging phrasesderived from it for the rest of the movement.

The finale, in form and spirit, is a modern analogue of the traditional rondo. The vio-lins present the scale-based, galloping-rhythmmain theme before passing it on to the trum-


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

FELIXMENDELSSOHNSymphony No. 4 inAmajor, Opus 90,“Italian” (1831-1833; revised 1834-1837)

Felix Mendelssohn never learned how to take iteasy. As a boy, he was awakened at 5:00 a.m. everyday to begin a full day of private tutelage, exercise,social instruction and family activities — the busyregimen he learned as a child shaped the rest of hisbrief life. Inactivity was anathema. Two months ofbed rest occasioned by a leg injury in London in1829 were more painful for the confinement theynecessitated than for the medical condition.Throughout his days, Mendelssohn preferred travelto quiet life at home: he trooped across Europe,from Vienna to Wales, from Hamburg to Naples,and was welcomed and admired at every stop.Some of his journeys inspired music — the first ofhis 10 trips to Great Britain, for example, whichincluded a walking tour of Scotland (during whichhe enjoyed “a half-hour of inconsequential conver-sation” with Sir Walter Scott), gave rise to the“Scottish” Symphony and the Hebrides Overture.

When he was 21, Mendelssohn embarked onan extensive grand tour of the Continent. He met Chopin and Liszt in Paris, painted thebreathtaking vistas of Switzerland, and marveled at the artistic riches (and grumbled aboutthe inhospitable treatment by the coachmen and innkeepers) of Italy. “The land where thelemon trees blossom,” as his friend Goethe described sunny Italy, stirred him so deeplythat he began a musical work there in 1831 based on his impressions of Rome, Naplesand the other cities he visited. The composition of this “Italian” Symphony, as he alwayscalled it, caused him much difficulty, however, and he had trouble bringing all of themovements to completion. “For the slow movement, I have not yet found anything exact-ly right, and I think I must put it off for Naples,” he wrote from Rome to his sister Fanny.The spur to finish the work came in the form of a commission for a symphony from thePhilharmonic Society of London that caused Mendelssohn to gather up his sketches andcomplete the task.

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

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 3 February 1809 in Hamburg;died 4 November 1847 in Leipzig

PREMIERE OF WORK:London, 13 May 1833London PhilharmonicFelix Mendelssohn, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:19 March 1896Carnegie Music HallFrederic Archer, conductor

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

Mendelssohn cast his “Italian” Symphony in the traditional four movements. Theopening movement takes an exuberant, leaping melody initiated by the violins as its prin-cipal subject and a quieter, playful strain led by the clarinets as its subsidiary theme. Theintricately contrapuntal development section is largely based on a precise, staccato themeof darker emotional hue but also refers to motives from the main theme. A full recapitula-tion of the exposition’s materials ensues before the movement ends with a coda that recallsthe staccato theme from the development. The Andante, in the style of a slow march, mayhave been inspired by a religious procession thatMendelssohn saw in the streets of Naples,but it also evokes the chorale prelude sung by the Two ArmedMen in Mozart’s TheMagicFlute. The thirdmovement, the gentlest of dances, is in the form of aminuet/scherzowhosecentral trio utilizes the burnished sonorities of bassoons and horns. The finale turns, sur-prisingly, to a tempestuous minor key for an exuberant and mercurial dance modeled onthe whirling saltarello that Mendelssohn heard in Rome.

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Conductor, composer and pianist AndréPrevin has received a number of awards andhonors for his outstanding musical accom-plishments, including both the Austrian andGerman Cross of Merit, and the Glenn GouldPrize.

He is the recipient of LifetimeAchievement Awards from the KennedyCenter, the London Symphony Orchestra,Gramophone Classic FM, and this year washonored with a Grammy LifetimeAchievement Award from The RecordingAcademy.

He has also received several Grammyawards for recordings, including the CD of hisviolin concerto Anne-Sophie and Bernstein’sSerenade featuring Anne-Sophie Muttertogether with the Boston and LondonSymphony orchestras. A regular guest with theworld’s major orchestras, both in concert andon recordings, Previn frequently works withthe Boston Symphony Orchestra, New YorkPhilharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic. Inaddition, he has held chief artistic posts withsuch orchestras as the Houston Symphony,London Symphony, Los AngelesPhilharmonic, Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2009, Previn was appointed PrincipalGuest Conductor of the NHK SymphonyOrchestra, As a pianist, André Previn enjoysrecording and performing song recitals, cham-ber music and jazz. He has given recitals withRenée Fleming at Lincoln Center and withBarbara Bonney at the Mozarteum inSalzburg. He regularly gives chamber musicconcerts with Anne-Sophie Mutter and LynnHarrell, as well as with members of the BostonSymphony and London Symphony orchestras,and the Vienna Philharmonic.

Previn has enjoyed a number of success-es as a composer. His first opera, A StreetcarNamed Desire, was awarded the Grand Prix

du Disque. Recent highlights include the pre-miere of his Double Concerto for Violin andDouble Bass for Anne-Sophie Mutter andRoman Patkoló, premiered by the BostonSymphony in 2007. His Harp Concerto com-missioned by the Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra premiered in 2008; his work Owls,was premiered by the Boston SymphonyOrchestra in 2008; his second opera, BriefEncounter, commissioned by the HoustonGrand Opera premiered in 2009; and his dou-ble concerto for violin and viola, written forAnne-Sophie Mutter and Yuri Bashmet,received its premiere in 2009.

For his 80th birthday celebrations in2009, Carnegie Hall presented four concertswhich showcased the diversity of his career.

Highlights of the 2010 season includeconcerts with the Czech Philharmonic at thePrague Spring Festival where André Previnperformed his Clarinet Sonata in a world pre-miere together with BSO’s Tom Martin, per-formances with the Leipzig Gewandhaus,London Symphony Orchestra, DresdenPhilharmonic and a tour of Japan with theNHK Symphony Orchestra.

In 2011, Previn returned to conduct theLondon Symphony Orchestra at the Barbicanand tour North American cities with the NHKSymphony Orchestra culminating in a per-formance at Carnegie Hall featuring Kiri teKanawa. His second opera, Brief Encounter,was released by Deutsche Grammophon in2011.

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

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ANDRÉ PREVIN LAST CONDUCTED THE PSO IN MARCH 2008

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WILLIAM CABALLEROThe 2011-2012 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra(PSO) season represents William Caballero’s 23rdyear as its Principal Horn. Before joining the PSO inMay 1989, Caballero held Principal Horn positionswith the Houston Symphony, Houston GrandOpera andHartford Symphony.Heheld ThirdHornpositions with the Montreal Symphony, MontrealOpera, and acting Third Horn with the BostonSymphony andBoston Pops.He has also performedas guest Principal Horn with the PhiladelphiaOrchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the St.Louis Symphony.

Born inNewMexico and reared inWisconsin,Caballero’s early horn studies included workingunder Larry Simons, Barry Benjamin and Basil Tyler,as well as studying the piano and pipe organ.Caballero graduated from New EnglandConservatory in Boston where he studied withRichard Mackey and Thomas Newell, both formermembers of the Boston Symphony.

Caballero is theAssociateTeachingProfessorofHorn atCarnegieMellonUniversity School ofMusicand chairs the Brass Department. He has previouslyheld teaching positions at Indiana UniversityBloomington, Rice University in Houston, Texas,and Duquesne University. He has been invited andpresented master classes throughout the worldincluding Northwestern University, Colburn Schoolof Music, New England Conservatory, University ofIndiana Bloomington, Cleveland Institute of Music,Curtis Institute ofMusic,Manhattan School ofMusic,New World Symphony, and the Beijing andShanghai Conservatories. This summer, Caballerowill join the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival. Hehas been on the faculty at the Pacific Music Festivalin Sapporo, Japan, for the past seven summers.

In January 2012, Caballero began a collabora-tion with the internet music teaching companyArtistWorks.com based in Napa, California. With atarget release date of May 2012, Caballero’s com-plete horn teaching curriculum will be available onthe ArtistWorks website for horn students world-wide.

Caballero is also indemandasachambermusi-ciancollaboratingwithviolinists suchasGil Shaham,JosephSilverstein andPhilip Setzer, andwithpianistsAndré Previn, Christoph Eshenbach, Orli Shahamand AndreWatts. Caballero has also performed andworked with jazz musician and composer ChrisBrubeck, as well as ensembles that include the

TokyoStringQuartet, Trio Johannas, Principal Stringsof the Berlin Philharmonic, Center City Brass, BayChamber Concert Series, St. Barth’s Music Festival,and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He is also amember of the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass whichincludes fellow colleagues of the PittsburghSymphony Brass section.

Recent chamber music performances includeperforming Brahms’ Horn Trio in E-flat major withGil andOrli ShahaminZankelRecitalHall,CarnegieHall, and appearing several times live on NationalPublic Radio’s “PerformanceToday” inWashington,D.C.

Caballero will appear as soloist on 2012-2013BNYMellon Grand Classics opening weekend per-formances under the baton of Maestro Honeck forthe Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 (PSO premiere).Other solo appearances this year include perform-ances inMontenegro withMaestro Ronald Zollman(March 2012), and with the Carnegie MellonPhilharmonic at New York City’s Carnegie Hallunder thebatonofDaleClevenger,PrincipalHornofthe Chicago SymphonyOrchestra.

In May 1992, Caballero premiered BenjaminLees’Concerto forHornandOrchestrawith thePSOunder the baton of then Music Director LorinMaazel. Following the performances in Pittsburgh,heperformedLees’Concerto inSpain,GermanyandEngland with the PSO on tour. In May 1996,Caballero recorded the concerto with the PSO andLorinMaazel for NewWorld Records.

Other previous solo performances with thePSO have included Richard Strauss’ Horn ConcertoNo. 2 in E-flat with Maestro Maazel, Mozart’s HornConcerto No. 2 in E-flat with Maestro André Previn,MozartConcerto fragmentswithPSOConcertmasterAndrésCárdenes, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor,Hornand Strings with Maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewskiand tenor, Anthony Griffey, Schumann’sKonzertstück inF, for FourHornsandOrchestrawithhis PSOhorn colleagues under the baton ofMaestroSir JohnElliotGardener, and the JohnWilliamsHornConcerto under the baton of Maestro LeonardSlatkin.

William holds the PSO’s AnonymousFoundation Principal Horn Chair.


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GEORGE VOSBURGHGeorge Vosburgh, celebrated soloist and lec-turer, is internationally acclaimed for his virtu-osity on the trumpet in recordings, concertsand recitals, as well as many guest artist per-formances including the Bonn Festival atRolandsek, Germany, the Ravinia Festival,Chicago and the Curs Internacional de Musicain Valencia, Spain. In 1992, he joined thePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as PrincipalTrumpet.

The National Academy of Recording Artsand Sciences awarded George Vosburgh aGrammy as “Best New Classical Artist” in1985 for the Reference recording ofStravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat with ChicagoPro Musica. He is a Bavarian RadioInternational Music Competition prize winnerand a Gold and Platinum Record recipient forhis work with the New Age music ensembleMannheim Steamroller. In 2003, he was invit-ed to become Principal Trumpet of the WorldOrchestra for Peace under the direction ofValery Gergiev. The orchestra has since per-formed on tour across Europe, Asia and theMiddle East, and has produced many record-ings and television programs.

Recordings featuring George Vosburghinclude Trumpeter’s Heritage, music by Bach,Böhme, Tomasi, Fasch and Neruda with theCzech Philharmonic and Arnie Roth conduct-ing, Trumpet Masterworks, pieces for trumpetand piano with Alaine Fink, and Four TrumpetConcerti, works by Haydn, Hummel,Telemann and Leopold Mozart with theSeattle Symphony Orchestra, conducted byGerard Schwarz. All recordings are featuredon the Four Winds label.

In 1994, Vosburgh organized thePittsburgh Symphony Brass, a unique brassensemble featuring some of the world's finest

orchestral brass musicians in chamber ensem-ble. Since 1998, the Brass has enjoyed a flur-ry of recording and performance activity,releasing five CDs, including Bach’s The Artof Fugue on the Four Winds label.

As an educator, Vosburgh has appearedin universities across Europe, Asia and theUnited States, including NorthwesternUniversity, University of Michigan, UCLA andTokyo Music Academy, as well as theTanglewood Fellowship program. He has lec-tured at the International Trumpet Guild’sannual conference and recently published acritical edition of the Böhme Concerto forTrumpet and Orchestra in E minor publishedby Vosburgh Music Inc. He is on the facultyof Duquesne University and Carnegie MellonUniversity.

Vosburgh is a graduate of the Universityof Rochester’s Eastman School of Music,where he was Principal Trumpet and featuredsoloist with the famed Eastman WindEnsemble. He began his career as an orches-tral trumpeter at age 19 as third trumpet andassistant principal of the RochesterPhilharmonic Orchestra under the direction ofDavid Zinman. After three years with theRochester Philharmonic, he joined theChicago Symphony Orchestra under the direc-tion of Sir Georg Solti as the youngest memberof the orchestra’s world-famous brass section.George Vosburgh holds the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra’s Martha BrooksRobinson Chair and is an active member ofvarious Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra com-mittees.


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

CRAIG KNOXCraig Knox joined the Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra as Principal Tuba in 2005. His pre-vious orchestra positions included ActingPrincipal Tuba of the San Francisco Symphonyas well as Principal Tuba of the SacramentoSymphony and the New World Symphony(Miami). Prior to his appointment inPittsburgh, he was in demand as a regularguest artist with many other major Americanorchestras, including those of Philadelphia,Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota.Since 1995, he has spent part of each summeras Co-Principal Tuba of the Grand TetonMusic Festival in Jackson, Wyoming.

Since joining the PSO, Knox also per-forms with the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass. Hehas been an active chamber musician formany years, having co-founded the CenterCity Brass Quintet, which has performed inrecital throughout the U.S. and Japan, andbeen heard numerous times on NPR. Its fiverecordings on the Chandos label have metwith critical acclaim, the first being describedby American Record Guide as “one of the all-time great brass quintet recordings.” In addi-tion, he played for several seasons with theChicago Chamber Musicians Brass Quintet —with which he recorded for the Naxos label —and has toured with the Empire Brass.

In January 2012, Knox released his firstsolo recording, A Road Less Traveled, ofmusic for tuba and piano. As a soloist, he hasperformed with the U.S. Army Band(Pershing’s Own) in Washington, D.C., theTokyo Symphony Orchestra, the New WorldSymphony and the Carnegie MellonUniversity Wind Ensemble, in addition torecital performances at universities and musicfestivals around the world.

In 2008, the Albany label released a CDrecording featuring Knox and his colleagues inthe PSO low-brass section. Featuring chamber

music, orchestral collections and originalcompositions for three trombones and tuba,the album — titled From the Back Row — wascalled “hauntingly beautiful” and “hair-rais-ing” by the American Record Guide.

Knox is Artist Lecturer of Tuba atCarnegie Mellon University and AdjunctProfessor of Tuba at Duquesne University. Hepreviously served on the faculty at Kent StateUniversity, California State University-Hayward, as well as the San FranciscoConservatory of Music, where he was Directorof the Brass Chamber Music program. He haspresented master classes, seminars andrecitals at universities, conservatories and fes-tivals around the world, including the MusicMasters Course in Kazusa, (Japan), theInternational Brass Symposium (Italy), TainanNational University (Taiwan), the NationalOrchestral Institute (University of Maryland),the New World Symphony, as well as theUniversity of Michigan, Indiana University,Yale University and the Curtis Institute ofMusic, among many others.

A native of Storrs, Connecticut, Knoxbegan formal musical studies on the classicalguitar at age six, and took up the baritone hornin the fifth grade. At age 11, while attending asummer music camp, he was so enamored ofthe student orchestra that he switched to tubaso he could pursue a life in music as anorchestral performer. His first teachers includ-ed Gary Ofenloch, Samuel Pilafian, andChester Schmitz, and he attended the CurtisInstitute of Music, where he studied with PaulKrzywicki of the Philadelphia Orchestra, andearned a Bachelor of Music degree.

Knox resides in Mt. Lebanon withhis wife Kristen Linfante, a violis, and theirtwo sons.More information about CraigKnox and his activities is available atwww.craigknoxtuba.com.


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Bill & Cynthia CooleyCyert Family FoundationMr. &Mrs. G. A. Davidson, Jr.Ms. Jamini Davies

Ada & Stanford DavisJim & Peggy DegnanJune & Barry DietrichJames N. Dill, Jr.Elaine A. DivelyDr. James H. Duggan &Mary E.Duggan

Mr. Frank R. DziamaFrederick & Ruth EglerMarlene & Louis EpsteinMs. Kelly G. Estes &Mr. HankSnell

Henry & Ann FennerMr. &Mrs. Hans FleischnerKimberly & Curtis FlemingJ. Tomlinson FortMr. &Mrs. Henry J. GailliotGary & Joanne GarvinMrs. Merle GilliandNancy Goeres &MichaelRusinek

Kenneth & Lillian GoldsmithMrs. Lee C. GordonGeorge & Jane GreerMr. &Mrs. George V. Grune, Jr.Mr. &Mrs.* Charles H. HarffCarolyn HeilKaren & Thomas HoffmanDr. &Mrs. Allen HoggeDorothy A. HowatHyman Family FoundationLeo &Marge KaneMr. &Mrs. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr.Sydelle KesslerCharles & Kathleen KovacCliff & Simi KressMr. &Mrs. Robert LaneJudith & Lester* LaveArthur S. Levine, M.D. & LindaS. Melada

In Memory of Elliott (Bud) LewisBarry Lhormer & Janet MarkelMr.* &Mrs. HowardM. LoveMary LouMageeJeanne R. Manders*Lucine & JohnMarousJames C. & Jennifer MartinDave & Kathy MaskalickVictoria & Alicia McGinnisGeorge & Bonnie MeanorMary Ellen MillerMontgomery IPAssociatesBetty & JohnMusslerBarbara & Eugene MyersMaurice & Nancy NernbergEliza & Hugh NevinFritz Okie

ThaddeusA. Osial, Jr. M.D.& Linda E. Shooer

Robert & Lillian PanaguliasDrs. J. Parrish & C. SiewersRichard E. & Alice S. PattonEric & Sharon PerelmanMr. &Mrs. William C. PohlmannRichard E. RauhDr. Tor Richter in memory ofElizabeth W. Richter

JamesW. & Erin M. RimmelMr. &Mrs. Robert W. RiordanMr. &Mrs. Daniel M. RooneyAbby & Reid RuttenbergDonald D. Saxton, Jr. in memo-ry of Barbara Morey Saxton

Karen ScansaroliMrs. Virginia W. SchatzLeonard & Joan ScheinholtzMichael SheflerKay L. ShirkDr. Marcia Landy & Dr. StanleyShostak

Dr. Ralph T. Shuey &Ms.Rebecca L. Carlin

Paul & Linda SilverJames & Janet SlaterMr. &Mrs. Harry SteeleLowell & Jan SteinbrennerDrs. Michael & BeverlySteinfeld

Dr. &Mrs. Leonard SteptTheodore & Elizabeth SternMr. &Mrs. Harold H. StroebelMargaret Tarpey & BruceFreeman

Richard & Sandra TeodoriDorothea & Gerald* ThompsonMr. &Mrs. HarryA.Thompson, II

Mr. &Mrs. Arthur W. TicknorJohn & Nancy TrainaKonrad & Gisela WeisCarolyn & Richard WesterhoffSeldon & SusanWhitakerDr.* &Mrs. George R. WhiteMary Jo WinokurDrs. Barry Wu & Iris Tsung inhonor of Louise Wu

Naomi YoranHarvey & Florence ZeveDorothea K. ZikosRobert P. Zinn & Dr. DarleneBerkovitz

ENCORE CLUB$1,500 - $2,499Anonymous (9)Mrs. Ernest AbernathyAndrew &Michelle AloeDr. MadalonAmentaJoan Frank AptMrs. Jane Callomon ArkusMr. &Mrs. David J. ArmstrongDr. &Mrs. AlanA. AxelsonMr. &Mrs. Robert BarensfeldMrs. Barbara C. &Mr. Ralph J.Bean, Jr.

Fred & Sue BennittJeanne & Richard F. BerdikDr. Michael & Barbara BiancoMr. Michael E. BielskiPhilip & Bernice BollmanDonald W. & Judith L. BornemanDr. Carole B. BoydBozzone Family FoundationGary & Connie BrandenbergerHugh & Jean BrannanMr. &Mrs. James H. BregenserLawrence R. Breletic & Donald C.Wobb

Jill & Chuck BrodbeckMyron David BroffRoger & Lea BrownHoward &Marilyn BruschiDavid L. Buchta & Harmon K.Ziegler

William BurchinalDr. &Mrs. John A. BurkholderGene & Sue BurnsDr. Bernadette G. Callery & Dr.Joseph M. Newcomer

Susan S. CerconeMrs. Arthur L. Coburn, IIIMark & Sherri CohenMr. &Mrs. Joseph Alan CopeRose & Vincent A. CrisantiMarion S. DamickJerry &Mimi DavisAlfred R. de JaagerArmand C. DellovadeMr. &Mrs. James R. DrakeJohn & Gertrude EchementLinda & Robert EllisonDonna & Bob FergusonMarvin Fields & Kate Brennan*Albert L. FiloniMr. &Mrs. James A. FisherMr. &Mrs. Joseph P. FisherChauncey &Magdaline FrazierDina & Jerry FulmerDr. &Mrs. J. William FutrellKeith & Susan Garver

Mr. &Mrs. Ronald E. GebhardtAlice V. GelorminoMr. &Mrs. David C. GenterDr. Robert Joel Gluckman &Susan Johnson

Dr. &Mrs. Sanford A. GordonRick & Stephanie GreenWilliam & Victoria GuyMr. &Mrs. George K. HannaLauren Harder & Jason KassSusan & David HardestyJay Frey &Michael HiresMr. &Mrs. C. T. HiteshewAlysia & Robert HoytDr. &Mrs. John W. HoytMicki HuffMr. &Mrs. Tom HunleyPhillip InjeianMary Lee & Joe IrwinMrs. Maureen JeffreyAlice Jane & Paul R. JenkinsBarbara JohnstoneBarbara B. Jones*Jackie & Ley JonesMr. &Mrs. Jayant KapadiaMr. &Mrs. David N. KaplanGerri KayJudgeWilliam Kenworthy &Mrs. Lucille Kenworthy

Gloria KleimanJames & Jane KnoxMs. Dawn KosanovichGeorge & Alexandra KusicDr. Joseph & AnnaMae LenkeyDr. Michael Lewis & Dr. KatiaSycara

Roslyn M. LitmanTom & Gail LitwilerGeorge & Jane MalloryMr. Sheldon MarstineDr. Richard Martin in Memory ofMrs. Lori Martin

Carolyn Maue & Bryan HuntJean H. McCulloughMaryA. McDonoughMargaret J. McGowanAlan &Marilyn McIvorSherman & Sue McLaughlinSusan Lee MeadowcroftMuriel R. MorelandJim & Susan Morris in Honor ofKay Stolarevsky

Abby L. MorrisonLesa B. Morrison, Ph.DDr. &Mrs. Etsuro K.Motoyama

Gerd D. & Helen Mueller

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Mr. &Mrs. Patrick M.O’Donnell

H. Ward & Shirley OlanderDr. Karl R. Olsen & Dr. MarthaE. Hildebrandt

Ellen OrmondWarren & Rena OstlundDr. Paul M. Palevsky & Dr.Sharon R. Roseman

Mr. &Mrs. James ParkerSeth & Pamela PearlmanConnie &Mike PhillipsMr. &Mrs. Edward V.Randall, Jr.

Cheryl & James RedmondMr. &Mrs. Philip R. RobertsMr. Stephen RobinsonDr. Lee A. & Rosalind*Rosenblum

Mr. &Mrs. Stanley C. RuskinDrs. Guy &Mary Beth SalamaThomas & Perri SchelatJoseph Schewe, Jr.Esther SchreiberDr. Allan &Mrs. Brina D. SegalPreston & Annette ShimerMr. &Mrs. Robert H. Shoop, Jr.Juliet Lea Hillman SimondsDr. &Mrs. Dennis P. SlevinManny H. & Ileane SmithMarisa &Walter C. SmithMrs. Alice R. SnyderSandy &Mr. Edgar SnyderHon. &Mrs. William L.Standish

Lewis M. Steele & AnnLabounsky Steele

Mr. &Mrs. James E. SteenBarbara & Lou SteinerJeff & Linda StengelFred &Maryann StewardDick & Thea StoverC. Dean StreatorMr. &Mrs. Frank TalenfeldDr. &Mrs. Ronald L. ThomasMr. &Mrs. Walter W. TurnerBob & Denise VenturaJimWalker & Jonnie ViakleyMr. &Mrs. Timothy VismorMr. &Mrs. Charles E. VogelDr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. WasilakMs. Sally Webster &Ms. SusanBassett

Mr. &Mrs. Raymond B. WhiteMr. &Mrs. ThomasWhiteElizabeth B. & Frank L.Wiegand, III

Sarah C. Williams & JosephWilson, III

Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. WitmerHugh D. &Alice C. YoungMiriam L. YoungMr. &Mrs. Charles Zellefrow

SYMPHONY CLUB$500 - $1,499Anonymous (28)Mr. &Mrs. GaryAbbsFrederic & Deborah AcevedoMary BethAdamsDr. &Mrs. Siamak AdibiDr. Lawrence Adler &Ms. JudithBrody

R. WardAllebach & Lisa D.Steagall

Mr. Christopher D. Allen &Ms.Claudia Mahave

David &AndreaAloeCraig & DawnAndersonDonald D. AndersonMrs. Doris AndersonMr. &Mrs. Thomas W.Angerman

The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & JudyAngleberger

Warren J. Archer &Madeline C.Archer

Mr. &Mrs. Charles ArmitageJames & SusanneArmourGerry & Jack* ArmstrongRuth Bachman in Memory ofJames Bachman

Ms. Elizabeth BakossMr. &Mrs. Robert Y. BallLorraine E. BalunDr. Esther L. BarazzoneRichard C. BarneyRobert & Loretta BaroneRobert Bastress & BarbaraFleischauer

Barbara N. BaurVitasta Bazaz & Sheen SehgalFund in Memory of Dr.Kuldeep Sehgal

Dorothy BeckerKenneth & Elsa BeckermanNick & Dotty BeckwithYu-Ling & Gregg BehrVange & Nick BeldecosJudith BellEdgar & Betty BelleBendix-Balgley Fund of the TidesFoundation

Rudy & Barbara Benedetti

Eleanor H. BergeMs. Evelyn BergerDr. Peter & Judy BerkowitzMrs. Georgia Berner &Mr. JamesFarber

Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K.Bernstein Fund

Don BerryDr. &Mrs. Albert W. BiglanHarry S. Binakonsky, M.D.Franklin & Bonnie BlackstoneMr. &Mrs. W. Gerald BlaneyMr. &Mrs. Harry E. Blansett, Jr.Diane C. BlantonJoseph & Shirley BonnerMr. Albert BortzBetsy BossongDana &Margaret BovbjergDr. &Mrs. A’Delbert BowenMatthew & Leslie BraksickRobert N. BrandMr. &Mrs. William H. BrandeisGerda & Abe BrettonMary & Russell BrignanoMary L. BriscoeSuzy & Jim BroadhurstMr. Stephen BronderSuzanne Broughton & RichardMargerum

Nancy & John BrownellMr. &Mrs. A. H. BurchfieldTimothy & Linda BurkeMr. &Mrs. James BurnhamRev. Glen H. & Carol BurrowsBarbara & David BurstinJames & Judith CallomonAndrés Cárdenes &MoniqueMead

Dr. &Mrs. Albert Caretto, Jr.Charles & Donna CashdollarJames P. CassaroJanet E. ChadwickSue Challinor &Matt TeplitzDr. Thomas S. ChangMonsignor Willliam G.Charnoki, P.A.

Peggy & Joe CharnyCraig D. ChoateKenneth & Celia ChristmanDavid Clark & Janese AbbottMr. &Mrs. William ClarksonWilliam & ElizabethClendenning

Mrs. Sarah Clendenning&Mr. Un Kim

Mr. &Mrs. Philip CoachmanStuart & Cathryn Coblin

individual donors


Christine & Howard CohenJared L. &Maureen B. CohonAlan & Lynne ColkerDale ColyerMs. Patricia CoverBarton & Teri CowanSusan & George CraigSusan O. CramerMelvin R. CreeleyDavid &Marian CrossmanMr. &Mrs. Daniel G. CrozierJohn D. & Laurie B. CulbertsonSusan Campbell& Patrick Curry

Zelda CurtissCynthia CusterDr. &Mrs. Richard DaffnerJoan & Jim DarbyMr. &Mrs. William J. DarrNorina H. DaubnerJoan Clark DavisMarlene & Richard DavisBruce & Rita DeckerCharles S. DegroskyCaptain Ronald M. Del Duca,USN (ret.)

Dr. &Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’OmoLynn & David DeLorenzoDr. Jau-Shyong DengMr. &Mrs. Edward DePersisValerie DiCarloMr. &Mrs. Victor J. DiCarloMrs. Tika DickosRichard & Joan DiSalleDocimo FamilyMr. &Mrs. Todd DonovanDr. Jane Donovan & Dr. W. G.Donovan

Anthony V. DralleMary Jo DresselMary A. DugganJeff &Wendy DutkovicMary Jane EdwardsChristopher & Gretchen ElkusEugene & Katrin EngelsArnold & Eva EnglerDr. Timothy EvansTibey & Julian FalkTony Farah, MDDr. &Mrs. Lawrence FerlanMadelyn & John FernstromMrs. Orlie S. FerrettiMs. Janet FesqDr. Joseph FineMr. &Mrs. David FitzsimmonsMs. Ann P. FlahertyMr. Mark F. Flaherty

Jane Flanders*James & Ellen FlaniganJan FleisherSuzanne FloodMrs. Barbara E. ForresterJanice & Larry FoulkeMr. &Mrs. K. H. Fraelich, Jr.Mrs. Natalie H. FriedbergFriends of the PSOJohn & Elaine FrombachLorie FullerNormandie FulsonAnn & Bruce GablerMr. &Mrs. Robert H. GallagherGamma Investment CorporationMarlene E. GardnerMr. &Mrs. Paul R. GaudelliJoan & Stuart GaulPete GeisslerDr. &Mrs. Brian GeneralovichDr. &Mrs. Geoffrey GerberMr. &Mrs. William P. GettyMr. &Mrs. Charles E. GetzeJosie & Geoff GibsonRevs. Gaylord & Catherine GillisMike & Cordy GlennDaniel &Marcia Glosser FundDolores GluckMr. &Mrs. Ted GoldbergWalter L. GoldburgSamuel H. GoldenMr. ThomasW. Golightly& Rev. Carolyn J. Jones

Dr. &Mrs. C. B. GoodMr. James Gorton &Mrs.Gretchen Van Hoesen

The Graf FamilyLaurie GrahamMs. Rosanne Granieri & DavidMacpherson

Mr. &Mrs. Frank GrebowskiCharlotte T. GreenwaldDr. &Mrs. M. Joseph GrennanMr. &Mrs. Steven GridleyMr. Matteo GruelleHanna GruenIra &Anita GumbergDr. Alberto M. GuzmanJerome P. & Claire B. HahnKristine Haig & John SonnendayMarnie & Jim HainesJim &Mary HamiltonJeanne M. HanchettRev. Diana D. HarbisonTom& Kathy HarrickMr. &Mrs. Edward J. HarrisMs. ChristineA. Hartung

Mr. &Mrs. Jack W. HausserJana & Fil HearnCathy & John HeggestadDr. &Mrs. Fred P. HeidenreichMs. Martha S. Helmreich inHonor of my mother,Anne J. Schaff

Eric & Lizz HelmsenMr. &Mrs. Thomas HendersonPaul HenniganMr. &Mrs. Daniel H. HeplerBob & Georgia HernandezMarianne &Marshall HessDouglas &Antionette HillDr. &Mrs. John B. HillDr. Joseph &Marie HinchcliffeMr. Carlyle HochMs. Donna Hoffman &Mr.Richard Dum

Clare & Jim HokePhilo & Erika HolcombKatherine HolterDr. &Mrs. Elmer J. HolzingerMr. &Mrs. Michael E. HootonMr. &Mrs. G.T. HorneThomas O. Hornstein CharitableFund of The PittsburghFoundation

Hope H. HorstDrs. Mary & John HotchkissAnne K. HoyeMr. &Mrs. Alan R. HuffmanMr. &Mrs. Elwood T. HughesJean & Richard HumphreysRobert & Gail HunterJoan M. HurrellDr. &Mrs. Robert W.Hyland, Jr.

George L. Illig, Jr.Mr. &Mrs. David Iwinski, Jr.Dr. &Mrs. Samuel A. JacobsLynne & Blair JacobsonDr. &Mrs. Joseph Willcox JenkinsRichard C. Alter & Eric D.Johnson

Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. JohnsonTom & Cathie JohnsonMrs. Barbara B. JohnstonTom &Wendy Jones in Honor ofChris Wu

Dr. RaymondM. JurigaRichard & Barbara KahlsonAlice & Richard KallaDaniel & Carole KaminJulie & Jeffrey KantDr. &Mrs. Peter D. KaplanFlo & Bob Kenny

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Rhian KennyRuthAnn & Eugene KleinLynn &Milton KleinPeggy C. KnottHetty* & James KnoxMr. &Mrs. Thomas A. KobusMs. Marilyn KochNancy & Bill KochDr.* &Mrs. Kian S. KoorosWilliam B.* & Karen M. KostStephen KostyniakCarly, Catherine & Kim KozaMadeline Kramer in Memory ofFred Kramer

HelenAldisert &William L.Krayer

Alice & Lewis KullerRobert A. &Alice KushnerBetty LambDr. Michael LandayDr. &Mrs. Howard N. LangEarl &Marilyn LattermanA. Lorraine LauxMarvin & Gerry LebbyDrs. Grace and Joon LeeMr. DavidW. LendtFather Ronald P. LengwinRobert W. LenkerSally LevinClaire & Larry LevineDr. &Mrs. Herbert& Barbara Levit

Mrs. William E. Lewellen, IIIPhillip & Leslie LiebscherRobert & Janet LiljestrandElsa LimbachMr. &Mrs. Kurt L. LimbachMr. &Mrs. James T. LinabergerConstance T. LongDon &Hanne LorchMrs. Sybil S. LowyFrancis & Debbie LynchPat & DonMacDonaldWilliam & Nora MacDonaldNeil & Ruth MacKayProf. Heather MacLeanHank & June MaderMrs. George J. Magovern, Jr.John K. MaitlandMr. &Mrs. Robert MalnatiCarl & Alexis MancusoMr. &Mrs. Bernard S. MarsThomas & Elizabeth MassellaHelen F. MathiesonDr. WilliamMatlack & LeslieCrawford Matlack

Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Maurer

Ms. Sidney F. McBrideMr. &Mrs. JonW. McCarterMcCarthy Rail InsuranceManagers, Inc.

David & Carol McClenahanMr. Samuel A. McClungJonathan & Kathryn McClureMary C. McCormickMargaret S. McCoyMrs. Samuel K. McCuneKeith McDuffieKent &Martha McElhattanMary & R. Lee McFaddenMr. &Mrs. Michael H.McGarry

Carol Jean McKenzieJean & John McLaughlinMr. &Mrs. William P. MeehanMr. David Givens&Mr. Stephen Mellett

Mr. &Mrs. Richard P. MellonBarbara Sachnoff MendlowitzRobert & Elizabeth Mertz Fundof The PittsburghFoundation

Mrs. WilliamMetcalf, III.Mr. &Mrs. Roger F. MeyerBridget & Scott MichaelDr. &Mrs. Donald B. MiddletonRobert &MiriamMillerMr. &Mrs. Stuart M. MillerDr. &Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr.Dr. Samuel* & Nessa MinesCatherine MissendaPaul & Connie MockenhauptMr. Jason MooneyAmy & Ira M. MorganConnie & Bruce* MorrisonDr. &Mrs. William S. MorrisonMr. &Mrs. Jeffrey MorrowFrank & Brenda MosesMr. &Mrs. Richard MunschDavid & Joan MurdochMary & JimMurdyTerrence H. MurphyMr. &Mrs.* Albert C. MuseDr. &Mrs. Donald D. NaragonDr. &Mrs. Michael S. NathansonDr. &Mrs. Dennis W. NebelDr. Nancy Z. NelsonRev. Robert &Mrs. SuzanneNewpher

Patricia K. NicholsRenee K. NicholsonMr. &Mrs. James NieceMr. &Mrs. David NimickDr. Sean Nolan

Nan R. NorrisCharles & Lois NortonHeidi NovakMaureen S. O’BrienMr. &Mrs. Jack OffenbachDr. &Mrs. Kook Sang OhPaul & Nancy O’NeillVince OrnatoDr. &Mrs. RichardA. OrrDee Jay Oshry & Bart RackJohn A. OsuchSandy & Gene O’SullivanDr. &Mrs. Henry OverbeckDoug & Suzanne OwenMr. &Mrs. WilliamA. PartainDr. Anthony William PascullePatricia PasseltinerJohn & Joan PasterisKenneth PattersonCamilla B. PearceMr. &Mrs. Gerald F. PellettDaniel M. PennellDr. Jeffrey & Francesca PetersMs. Dorothy PhilippMr. &Mrs. Jon R. PiersolDrs. Robert & Kathy PistonEdward &Mary Ellen PisulaDr. &Mrs. Frederick PorkolabDavid &Marilyn PosnerMrs. Mildred M. PosvarEberhard PothmannMrs. Shirley PowMs. Mary Alice PriceMyrna & Gerald PrinceMercedes & John PryceRobert &Mary Jo PurvisLiberty &Andrew PyrosMr. &Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr.Fran QuinlanDr. * &Mrs. Donald H. QuintBarbara RackoffJames & Carol RandolphBarbara M. RankinDrs. Bruce & Jane RaymondDr. &Mrs. John A. RedfieldMr. Joseph J. Regna, Jr.Paul & Dorothy ReiberEric & Frances ReichlMs. Victoria Rhoades CarraroDr. &Mrs. J. Merle RifeCarol & Patrick R. RileyMavis & Norman RobertsonEdgar R. & Betty A. RobinsonMr. WilliamM. RobinsonSharon & Jim RohrMr. &Mrs. C. Arthur RolanderMr. &Mrs. HowardM. Rom

individual donors


Elaine RosecransJanice G. RosenbergMr. &Mrs. ByronW.Rosener, III

Mrs. Louisa RosenthalCarol & Scott RotruckDr. &Mrs. Wilfred T. RouleauJoseph RoundsMr. &Mrs. Gerald RubensteinMr. &Mrs. Edmund S.Ruffin, III

Mr. R. Douglas RumbargerMr. Robert RuppMr. Leo P. RussellMrs. John M. SadlerDr. James R. SahoveyTamiko SampsonDr. &Mrs. Isamu SandoDr. Carlos R. SantiagoBill McAllister & JanetSarbaugh

Stephen & Susan SargentSally & Keith SaylorEric Schaffer &Michelle Gray-Schaffer

Charlie Ward &Marita SchardtAlbert & Kathleen SchartnerAnn & Bill ScherlisDr. Melvin & Catherine SchiffMr. &Mrs. George SchneiderMr. &Mrs. K. GeorgeSchoeppner

Bernie & Cookie Soldo SchultzMr. &Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, II.MaryAnn ScialabbaRobert & Sharon SclabassiGeorge &Marcia SeeleyMr. &Mrs. David P. SegelAleen Mathews Shallberg &Richard Shallberg

Richard F. & Linda W. ShawJudith D. ShepherdMr. &Mrs. Raymond V.Shepherd, Jr.

Dr. Charles H. ShultzMr. &Mrs. Herbert J. ShureMr. &Mrs. Robert S. ShureRhoda & Seymour SikovMarjorie K. SilvermanMarilyn & NormanA. SindlerMs. Ann SlonakerNancy N. SmithElaine &William SmithBill & Patty SnodgrassMarcie Solomon & NathanGoldblatt

David Solosko & SandraKniess Fund

Dr. &Mrs. EdwardM. Sorr insupport of music & wellness

Dr. Horton C. SouthworthSamuel & Judith SpanosR. Palmer SpierlingRichard C. Spine & JoyceBerman

Henry SpinelliJanet H. StaabJim & Judy StalderPatricia D. StaleyGary & Charlene StanichDr. James StaplesShirley & Sidney Stark, Jr.Dr. &Mrs. Terence StarzMr. &Mrs. Robert B. StayerWilliam H. SteeleBronna & Harold SteimanGene & Charlene StewartMr. &Mrs. Bernard P. Stoehr& Family

Dr. &Mrs. Ron Stoller inMemory of Joanne Smaldino

In Memory of Miss JeanAlexander Moore

Mona & E.J. StrassburgerRichard A. Sundra, in LovingMemory of Patricia Sundra

C.J. Sylak, Jr.Stuart & Liz SymondsCarol L. TasilloMr. &Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr.Gordon & Catherine TelferMr. Philip C. ThackarayDr. &Mrs. Arthur ThompsonMr. &Mrs. George H.Thompson

Bob & Bette ThomsonGail & Jim TitusRosalyn &Albert TregerPaul A. TrimmerJeff &Melissa TsaiEric & Barbara UdrenDiane & Dennis UnkovicTheo & Pia Van De VenneSuzan M. VandertieMr. &Mrs. Jerry E. VestEdward L. &Margaret VogelLinda & DonWagenheimWagner Family CharitableTrust

Bill & Sue WagnerSuzanne & RichardWagnerC. Robert WalkerJohn & Irene WallMr. &Mrs. John WandriscoMr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. WardTony & Pat Waterman

Ellen Mandel & Lawrence WeberMarvin & Dot WedeenElaine WeilWilliam C. WeilJodi & AndrewWeisfieldBill WeissNorman &MarilynWeizenbaum

Mr. &Mrs. James P. WelchNancyWelferJ.B. WellerFrank & Heide WenzelMrs. Louis A. WerbanethNancyWernerMr. &Mrs. Arthur WesterbergJames WhiteheadDr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr.Sarah L. Wildenhain

Mr. Robert E. WilliamsRuth O. WilliamsPhilip R. WillsDr. Ann G. WilmothMr. &Mrs. Miles C. WilsonJames & RamonaWingateMarie & Daniel WinschelSheryl & Bruce WolfSidney & Tucky WolfsonEllie & Joe WymardRufus J. WysorMark & Judy YogmanMs. Susan YoheMarlene & John YokimDr. &Mrs. Jack YortyHugh D. &Alice C. YoungDr. Mark C. ZemanickMr. &Mrs. Walter ZiatekSimone ZieglerMrs. Patricia M. Zimba

The Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra would like to thank thegenerous individuals whose giftswe cannot recognize due to spaceconstraints. Please read theirnames on our website atpittsburghsymphony.org.

Current as of February 22, 2012*deceased

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foundations & public agencies


FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIESAnonymous (1)Allegheny CountyAllegheny Regional Asset DistrictTheAlmira FoundationBessie F. Anathan Fund of The PittsburghFoundation

Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable TrustClaudeWorthington Benedum FoundationMeyer &Merle Berger Family Foundation, Inc.Allen H. Berkman and SelmaW. BerkmanCharitable Trust

The Louis & Sandra Berkman FoundationH. M. Bitner Charitable TrustMaxine andWilliam Block Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation

Paul and Dina Block FoundationBruce Family FoundationHenry C. Frick Educational Fund of The BuhlFoundation

The Jack Buncher FoundationAnne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable andEducational Trust

Compton Family FoundationThe Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable FundCyert Family FoundationKathryn J. Dinardo FundPeter C. Dozzi Family FoundationEden Hall FoundationMary McCune Edwards Charitable Lead TrustLillian Edwards FoundationEichleay FoundationJane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation

Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc.Falk FoundationThe Fine FoundationTheAudrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc.Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationGoldberg Family Fund of The PittsburghFoundation

The Grable FoundationHansen FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsElsie H. Hillman FoundationThe Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial FundMay Emma Hoyt FoundationMilton G. Hulme Charitable FoundationRoyA. Hunt FoundationEugene F. andMargaret Moltrup JannuziFoundation

Roy F. Johns, Jr. Family FoundationHoward G. and Frances Y. Jones Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation

Thomas Marshall FoundationMassey Charitable TrustRuth Rankin McCullough Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation

TheAndrewW. Mellon FoundationRichard King Mellon Foundation

R.K. Mellon Family FoundationMidAtlantic Arts Foundation through USArtistsInternational

Howard and Nell E. Miller FoundationMillstein Charitable FoundationThe Charles M. Morris Charitable TrustNational Endowment for theArtsVernon C. Neal &Alvina B. Neal FundThe Norbell FoundationA.J. & Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable TrustParker FoundationThe Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson CharitableFoundation

W. I. Patterson Charitable FoundationThe Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson CharitableFoundation

Pennsylvania Council on theArtsPennsylvania Department of Community &Economic Development

Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation

Pauline Pickens Fund of The PittsburghFoundation

The Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh SymphonyAssociationThe Platt Family FoundationNorman C. Ray TrustThe Donald & Sylvia Robinson FamilyFoundation

TheWilliam Christopher &Mary LaughlinRobinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation

Rossin FoundationRyanMemorial FoundationThe H. Glenn Sample Jr. MDMemorial TrustJames M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker FoundationThe Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation

Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh FoundationSnavely Family Fund of The PittsburghFoundation

Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer FoundationSymphony EastSymphony NorthSymphony SouthTippins FoundationEdith L. Trees Charitable TrustWallace Family Fund of The PittsburghFoundation

Rachel MellonWalton Fund of The PittsburghFoundation

Weiner Family FoundationSamuel and Carrie ArnoldWeinhaus MemorialFund of The Pittsburgh Foundation

Robert andMaryWeisbrod FoundationHilda M. Willis FoundationPhillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer FamilyFoundation

Current as of February 22, 2012

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATIONSIGNATURE CIRCLE$75,000 AND ABOVEAcusisAllegheny TechnologiesIncorporated

BNY MellonEQT CorporationHighmark Blue Cross BlueShield

PNC

DIAMOND CIRCLE$40,000 - $74,999Bobby Rahal AutomotiveGroup

PPG Industries Foundation

PLATINUM CIRCLE$20,000 - $39,999Alcoa FoundationCohen & Grigsby, P.C.Columbia Gas of PennsylvaniaCurtiss-Wright Flow ControlCompany

Delta Air Lines, Inc.Federal Home Loan Bank ofPittsburgh

Giant EagleH. J. Heinz CompanyFoundation

LANXESS CorporationMSA Charitable FoundationPeoples Natural GasPittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLPTriangle Tech GroupUnited States Steel CorporationUPMC & UPMC Health Plan

GOLD CIRCLE$10,000 - $19,999AnonymousAmerican Eagle OutfittersFoundation

Bayer USA FoundationCitigroupClearview Federal CreditUnion

Dollar BankErnst & Young LLPFairmont Pittsburgh &Habitat Restaurant

The Frank E. Rath-Spang &Company Charitable Trust

Hefren-TillotsonMacy’s FoundationSarris Candies, Inc.

SILVER CIRCLE$5,000 - $9,999AlphaGraphics in the CulturalDistrict

American EnvironmentalServices, Inc.

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.Buchanan Ingersoll &Rooney PC

Calgon Carbon CorporationChesapeake Energy CorporationThe Common PleaCatering Inc.

DeloitteEat’n Park RestaurantsFederated Investors, Inc.Gleason, Inc.Heritage Valley HealthSystem

KPMG LLPLevin FurnitureMEDRADMozart ManagementMylan PharmaceuticalsOliver WymanPwCReed Smith LLPRuth’s Chris Steak HouseSchreiber IndustrialDevelopment Co.

SYCORTrombino Piano GallerieWest Penn Allegheny HealthSystem

BRONZE CIRCLE$2,500 - $4,999A.C. Dellovade, Inc.Angelo, Gordon & Co.Bank of America Merrill LynchBurrell Group, Inc.Cipriani & Werner PCDominion ResourcesELG Haniel Metals Corp.Elite Coach TransportationFort Pitt Capital GroupKoppers

Lighthouse ElectricCompany, Inc.

Marsh USA Inc.Mascaro ConstructionCompany

Pittsburgh CorningCorporation

Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Co.Silhol Builders SupplyThe TechsWPXI-TV

BUSINESS PARTNERSPEWTER LEVEL$1,000 - $2,499Berner International CorpBowles Rice Attorneys at LawBridges & Company, Inc.Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote,P.C.

ESB BankElements ContemporaryCuisine

Ellwood Group, Inc.FISERVHughes TelevisionProductions

Jendoco ConstructionCorporation

Kerr Engineered SalesCompany

Lidia’s Italy PittsburghMacLachlan, Cornelius &Filoni, Inc.

McKamish, Inc.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPNocito Enterprises, Inc.Oxford Development CompanyRothman Gordon PCSchneider DownsSix Penn KitchenStringert, Inc.Trebuchet Consulting LLCUnited Safety Services, Inc.Wampum Hardware Inc.

PARTNER LEVEL$500 - $999Allegheny Valley BankBig Burrito RestaurantGroup

BombardierThe Buncher Company

CORPORATIONS Includes annual corporate donations and sponsorships2011-2012 SEASON


corporations

Cantor and Pounds DentalAssociates

Consolidated CommunicationsCrawfordEllenbogen LLC

Enterprise BankGoehring, Rutter& Boehm

Hamill ManufacturingCompany

Hertz GatewayCenter, LP

Hoffman Electric Inc.The Jas H. MatthewsEducational & CharitableTrust

John B. Conomos, Inc.K&I Sheet Metal, Inc.Lucas Systems, Inc.

MarstrandIndustries, Inc.

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLPAttorneys at Law

Mitsubishi Electric PowerProducts, Inc.

Modern Reproductions, Inc.Neville Chemical CompanyO’Neal Steel, Inc.PGT TruckingPzena InvestmentManagement, LLC

Scott Metals Inc.Steptoe & Johnson PLLCTriad USAWagner Agency, Inc.Weltman, Weinberg& Reis Co., LPA

Westmoreland MechanicalTesting & Research, Inc.

We would like to thankall corporations thatcontribute to the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra. Please seeour website for acomplete listing atpittsburghsymphony.org.



Laughter. Family. Music.Keep the legacy alive. Remember the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra in your estate plans.

CONTACT THE STEINBERG SOCIETY: 412.392.3320

Pictured: William Steinberg & Family

Anonymous (13)Siamak & JoanAdibiRev. Drs. A. Gary & JudyAngleberger

The Joan & Jerome*Apt FamiliesFrancis A. BalogRobert & Loretta BaronePatricia J. Bashioum*Scott J. BellMr.* &Mrs.* Allen H. BerkmanDr. Elaine H. BerkowitzBenno & Constance BerntMarilee Besanceney*Michael BielskiRuth M. Binkley*Thomas G. BlackBarbara M. BrockGladys B. BursteinHelen B. Calkins *Janet T. Caputo*Bernard Cerilli*Judy &Michael CheteyanEducational/CharitableFoundation

Mr. &Mrs. DavidW. ChristopherMr. &Mrs. Edward S. ChurchillDr. Johannes Coetzee*Mr.* &Mrs. Eugene S. CohenBasil & JayneAdair CoxRose Y. Cox*Chester* & Caroline* DaviesJean Langer Davis*Katherine M. Detre*Dr.* &Mrs*. Daniel J. DillonIn memory of Stuart WilliamDiscount

Mr.* &Mrs. Thomas J. DonnellyMrs. Philip D'Huc Dressler*Frank R. DziamaSteven G. & Beverlynn ElliottJane M. Epstine*Emil & Ruth* FeldmanMrs. Loti GaffneyKeith & Susan GarverThe Estate of Olga T. GazalieMr.* &Mrs.* William H. GengeKen & Lillian GoldsmithC. Ruth Gottesman*Anna R. GreenbergMay Hanson*ElizabethAnne HardieCharles &Angela HardwickCarolyn Heil

Eric & Lizz HelmsenMr.* &Mrs.* Benson HendersonMr. John H. HillDoris M. Hunter, M.D.*Mr.* &Mrs.* William C. HurttPhilo & Erika HolcombMs. Seima Horvitz*Florence M. Jacob*Esther G. JacovitzEugene F. &Margaret MoltrupJannuzi Foundation

Patricia Prattis JenningsJane I. Johnson*Mr. &Mrs. Robert S. KahnMr. Sid Kaplan*Lois S. KaufmanMiss Virginia Kaufman*Stephen & Kimberly KeenMr. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr.Ms. Bernadette KerstingDr. LaibeA.* & Sydelle KesslerWalter C. Kidney*JohnW. Kovic, Jr.*Mildred Koetting*Raymond Krotec*Mr.* &Mrs.* G. ChristianLantzsch

Stanley &Margaret LeonardFrances F. LevinMargaret M. Levin*Martha Mack Lewis*Doris L. LitmanPenny LockeEdward D. Loughney*Lauren & HamptonMalloryBeatrice Malseed*Jeanne R. Manders*Dr. Richard Martin in Memory ofMrs. Lori Martin*

Dr. Marlene McCallElizabeth McCrady*J. Sherman & Suzanne S.McLaughlin

George E. MeanorMary K. Michaely *Catherine MissendaDr. Mercedes C. MonjianMr. &Mrs. Paul J. MooneyDr. Michael MoranPerry* & BeeJee MorrisonMildred S. MyersDr. Nancy Z. NelsonEda M. Nevin*

Rhonda & Dennis NormanRose Noon*ThaddeusA. Osial, Jr. M.D.Irene G. Otte*Mrs. Dorothy R. Rairigh*Barbara M. RankinRichard E. RauhCheryl & James RedmondMr. &Mrs. William E. RinehartYvonne V. Riefer*Martha Robel*Donald & Sylvia RobinsonMr. &Mrs. David M. RoderickMr.* &Mrs. William R. RoeschCharlotta Klein RossMr. &Mrs. Gary L. RyanVirginia SchatzNancy SchepisIn Memory of Isaac Serrins fromMrs. Isaac Serrins

Michael SheflerMr. &Mrs. Richard P. SimmonsAudrey I. Stauffer*Dr. &Mrs. LeonardA. SteptIn Honor of Dr. Raymond SteptfromHis Loving Family

Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Memoryof Miss JeanAlexander Moore

In Loving Memory of Father andGrandfather William Steinbergfrom Silvia Tennenbaum&Family

Richard C. Tobias*Tom & Jamee ToddMr. &Mrs. Gideon ToeplitzMrs. Jane Treherne-ThomasEva &Walter J. VogelMr. &Mrs. George L. VosburghIn Memory of Isaac Serrins fromMr. &Mrs. Ira Weiss

David G. Weiss*BrianWellerDonald Frederick Wahl*Mr. &Mrs. Raymond B. WhiteSara Cancelliere Wiegand *James & SusanneWilkinsonMr.* &Mrs.* Arnold D. WilnerMr. &Mrs. ThomasWitmerPatricia L. WursterRufus J. WysorNaomi YoranMiriam L. Young

In addition to income from theAnnual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependenton a robust Endowment to assure its financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence pro-grams are directed to the endowment account to provide for the PSO's future. The SteinbergSociety honors donors who have advised the PSO in writing that they have made a provisionfor the orchestra through their estate plans. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program havemade a planned gift to the endowment of $10,000 or more to commemorate a particular personor 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 tenyears, twenty years or in perpetuity. For additional information, call 412.392.3320.

STEINBERG SOCIETY

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legacy of excellence

Principal Horn Chair, given byanAnonymous Donor

First Violin Chair, given byAllenH. Berkman in memory of hisbeloved wife, SelmaWienerBerkman

Michael & Carol BleierHorn Chair given in memoryof our parents, Tina & CharlesBleier and Ruth & ShelleyStein

Jane & Rae Burton Cello ChairCynthia S. CalhounPrincipal Viola Chair

Virginia CampbellPrincipal Harp Chair

Ron & Dorothy ChutzFirst Violin Chair

Johannes &Mona L. CoetzeeMemorial Principal EnglishHorn Chair

George & Eileen DormanAssistant Principal CelloChair

Albert H. EckertAssociate Principal PercussionChair

Beverlynn & Steven ElliottAssociate ConcertmasterChair

Jean & Sigo FalkPrincipal Librarian Chair

Endowed Principal PiccoloChair, given to honor Frankand Loti Gaffney

William & Sarah GalbraithFirst Violin Chair

The Estate of Olga T. GazalieFirst Violin Chair

Ira & Nanette Gordon – TheGracky Fund for Education &Community Engagement

Susan S. Greer MemorialTrumpet Chair, given by PeterGreer

Caryl & Irving HalpernCello Chair

William Randolph HearstEndowed Fund for Education

Vira I. Heinz Music DirectorChair

Principal Pops Conductor ChairEndowed by Henry & ElsieHillman

Tom&Dona HotoppPrincipal Bass Chair

Milton G. Hulme, Jr.Guest Conductor Chair givenby Mine SafetyAppliancesCompany

Mr. &Mrs. Benjamin F. Jones III,Principal Keyboard Chair

Virginia KaufmanResident Conductor Chair,Lawrence Loh

Stephen & Kimberly KeenBass Chair

G. Christian Lantzsch &Duquesne Light CompanyPrincipal Second Violin Chair

Mr. &Mrs. William Genge andMr. &Mrs. James E. LeePrincipal Bassoon Chair

Nancy & Jeffery LeiningerFirst Violin Chair

Edward D. LoughneyCo-Principal Trumpet

Fiddlesticks Family ConcertSeries Endowed by Gerald &Audrey McGinnis HonoringThe Center for YoungMusicians

Mr. &Mrs. Martin G. McGuinnCello Chair

Dr. William Larimer Mellon, Jr.Principal Oboe Chair, givenby Rachel MellonWalton

Messiah Concerts Endowed bythe Howard and Nell E.Miller Chair

Donald I. & Janet Moritz andEquitable Resources, Inc.Associate Principal CelloChair

The Perry & BeeJee MorrisonString Instrument Loan Fund

The Morrison FamilyAssociate Principal SecondViolin Chair

Mildred S. Myers&William C. FrederickCo-Principal Oboe Chair

Jackman Pfouts Principal FluteChair, given in memory of Mr.&Mrs. Arthur Jackman byBarbara Jackman Pfouts

Pittsburgh SymphonyAssociation Principal CelloChair

Reed Smith Chair honoringTom Todd Horn Chair

JamesW. & Erin RimmelPercussion Chair

Mr. &Mrs. William E. RinehartOboe Chair

Donald & Sylvia RobinsonFamily Foundation GuestConductor Chair

Martha Brooks RobinsonPrincipal Trumpet Chair

Mr. &Mrs. Aaron SilbermanPrincipal Clarinet Chair

Mr. &Mrs. Willard J. Tillotson, Jr.Viola Chair

Tom & Jamee ToddPrincipal Trombone Chair

Rachel MellonWaltonConcertmaster Chair, given byMr. &Mrs. Richard MellonScaife

Jacqueline Wechsler Horn Chairgiven in memory of Irving(Buddy) Wechsler

Barbara WeldonPrincipal Timpani Chair

Hilda M. Willis Foundation FluteChair

Thomas H. & Frances WitmerAssistant Principal HornChair

The Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra wishes to thankindividuals who have made giftsor provisions through the Legacyof Excellence programs. If you findthat your name has not been listedand should be, or if you would likeadditional information aboutmaking gifts to the endowment,please call 412.392.3320.


The Sid Kaplan MemorialHallway given by DavidKaplan in appreciation of gen-erous gifts commemoratingfamily and friends

In Honor of Dr. Raymond Steptfrom his loving family

In Honor of Mariss & IrinaJansons and friendship fromDr. Laibe* & Sydelle Kessler

Honoring my dear friend,Marvin Hamlisch, fromMinaKulber

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

SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM

ENDOWED CHAIRS


$1,000,000+Anonymous (1)BNYMellonThe Buncher Family FoundationEden Hall FoundationBeverlynn & Steven ElliottThe Heinz EndowmentsElsie & Henry HillmanThe Estate of Virginia KaufmanThe Richard King MellonFoundation

PNCR.P. Simmons FamilyRedevelopment AssistanceCapital Program

Arthur and Barbara Weldon

$500,000 - $999,999Anonymous (1)Dollar BankRoy & Susan DorranceThe Giant Eagle FoundationMr. &Mrs.* J. Robert MaxwellCatharine M. Ryan & John T.Ryan III

Tom & Jamee Todd

$250,000 - $499,999Allegheny TechnologiesIncorporated

ClaudeWorthington BenedumFoundation

Edward S. & Jo-AnnM. ChurchillMr. &Mrs. J. ChristopherDonahue

Mr. &Mrs. Ira H. GordonDrue Heinz TrustTom &Dona HotoppG. Christian Lantszch*Lillian Edwards FoundationMr. &Mrs. Thomas McConomyMr. &Mrs. Thomas J. UsherJon & Carol WaltonThomas H. and Frances M.Witmer

$100,000 - $249,999Anonymous (4)Wendy and David Barensfeld inmemory of Dr. Robert E.Herlands

Kathryn &Michael Bryson

Rae & Jane BurtonMr. &Mrs. Joseph L. CalihanThe Estate of Johannes CoetzeeRandi & L.Van V. Dauler, Jr.,Emma Clyde Hodge MemorialFund

EQT CorporationThe Estate of Beatrice MalseedThe Estate of Donald F. WahlFalk Foundation & Sigo and JeanFalk

Mr. &Mrs. Henry J. GailliotGoldman Sachs GivesIra &Anita GumbergHansen FoundationWilliam Randolph HearstFoundation

Hefren-TillotsonRick & Laurie JohnsonNancy & Jeff LeiningerMr. &Mrs. Martin G. McGuinnPerry* & BeeJee MorrisonRachel MellonWalton Fund ofThe Pittsburgh Foundation

Mr. &Mrs. William E. RinehartSamuel and Carrie ArnoldWeinhaus Fund

Edward D. Loughney*Bill* & Carol TillotsonHelge & Erika WehmeierJames & SusanneWilkinsonHilda M. Willis Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999Estate of Florence M. JacobBenno & Constance BerntMichael & Carol BleierSidney & Sylvia BusisAnn & Frank CahouetRon & Dorothy ChutzBasil & JayneAdair CoxEstate of Olga T. GazalieBarbara JeremiahRobert W. & Elizabeth C.Kampmeinert

A. W. Mellon FoundationJames & Joan MooreDonald I. & Janet MoritzMildred S. Myers &William C.Frederick

Elliott S. OshryPittsburgh Post-Gazette

Reed Smith LLPAbby & Reid RuttenbergJohn P. & Elizabeth L. SurmaJacquelin G. Wechsler

$25,000-$49,999Anonymous (1)Alan L. & Barbara B. AckermanAstorinoLarry & Tracy BrockwayRobert C. DenovePamela R. & Kenneth B. DunnMartin & Lisa EarleEichleay FoundationErnst & Young LLPNancy Goeres &Michael RusinekMs. Anna GreenbergStephen & Kimberly KeenMrs. H.J. LevinBetty & Granger MorganThe Pittsburgh FoundationMr. &Mrs. Frank BrooksRobinson

Mr. &Mrs. William F. RoemerStan & Carole RussellKaren ScansaroliJames M. & Lucy K.Schoonmaker Foundation

Schreiber IndustrialDevelopment Co.

Mr. &Mrs. James E. SteenThe Estate of Joan DillonMilton & NancyWashingtonHarvey & Florence Zeve

$10,000 - $24,999Anonymous (1)William & Frances AloeCharitable Foundation

The Louis & Sandra BerkmanFoundation

Michael E. BielskiEstate of Ruth M. BinkleyMr. &Mrs. Daniel BookerAndrés Cárdenes &MoniqueMead

James C. ChaplinVirginia K. CiceroThe Estate of Richard C. TobiasThe Estate of Jane I. JohnsonGreg & Ellen JordanRuth Feldman* & Emil FeldmanElizabeth H. GenterDavid & Nancy Green

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

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commitment to excellence

Caryl & Irving HalpernDavid G. HammerTheWalt Harper Memorial FundW.S. & Linda J. HartHighmark Blue Cross Blue ShieldKaren & Thomas HoffmanMs. Seima HorvitzMark Huggins & Bonnie SiefersDavid &Melissa IwinskiEric & Valerie JohnsonRhian KennyJudith & Lester* LaveCarolyn Maue & Bryan HuntDouglas B. McAdamsAlicia & Victoria McGinnisMary Ellen MillerMaureen S. O'BrienMr. &Mrs. Thomas H. O'BrienThaddeusA. Osial, Jr. M.D. &Linda E. Shooer

Robert & Lillian PanaguliasMr. &Mrs. John R. PriceDeborah RiceJamesW. & Erin M. RimmelMax & Tiffany StarksEstate of Audrey I. StaufferElizabeth Burnett & LawrenceTamburri

The Chester A. Davies TrustEdward L. &Margaret VogelMrs. Evette WivaggRachel W. WymardSeldon & SusanWhitakerDr. &Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer

$5,000-$9,999Jim & Jane BarthenScott BellAllan J. & Clementine K. BrodskyRoger & Judy CloughEstelle Comay & Bruce RabinPhilip J. & Sherry S. DieringerMr. &Mrs. David EhrenwerthMr. Ian FagelsonDr. &Mrs. Lawrence FerlanMr. &Mrs. Ronald E. GebhardtGail & Gregory HarbaughMr. &Mrs.* Charles H. HarffEric & Lizz HelmsenRichard &Alice KallaJack & Virginia KerrDouglas W. KinzeyCliff & Simi KressBetty L. LambJeanne R. Manders*Scott & Bridget MichaelMr. &Mrs. Stuart M. Miller

Robert Moir & Jennifer CowlesMary & JimMurdyMr. &Mrs. Hale OliverMr. &Mrs. Michael B. PollackTor Richter in memory of TibbieRichter

Dr. &Mrs. Leonard SteptDick & Thea StoverBecky & Herb TorbinJane F. Treherne-ThomasDr. Michael J. White &Mr.Richard L. LeBeau

Mr. &Mrs. Thomas D. WrightRobert P. Zinn & Dr. DarleneBerkovitz

$1,000 - $4,999Anonymous (7)Mr. &Mrs. John Crile Allen, Sr.Mr. Thomas L. AllenDavid &AndreaAloeJoan & Jerome*Apt & FamilyJohn H. AshtonDr. &Mrs. AlanA. AxelsonKathleen & Joseph BairdRichard C. BarneyRobert W. & Janet W. BaumPhilip &Melinda BeardYu-Ling and Gregg BehrPatti & Sandy BermanGeorgia BernerMs. Mary BiaginiDrs. Barbara &Albert BiglanMr. Stuart BlochMarian & Bruce BlockNadine E. BognarBetsy BossongJim & Debbie BoughnerMr. &Mrs. DavidA. BrownleeLois R. BrozenickHoward &Marilyn BruschiDoug BurnsBurrell Group, Inc.Mr. &Mrs. Douglas CameronMr. &Mrs. Brian and ShannonCapellupo

Gloria R. ClarkMr. Ray CloverDr. Richard L. & Sally B. CohenBill & Cynthia CooleyStacy CorcoranRose & Vincent CrisantiPatricia CriticosDonna Dierken DadoAda & Stanford DavisDr. &Mrs. Gregory G. Dell'OmoValerie DiCarloJune & Barry Dietrich

Lisa DonnermeyerJohn & Gertrude EchementFrancis & Gene Fairman, IIIIn Honor of Ruth Feldman* &Emil Feldman

Mrs. Orlie S. FerrettiJan FleisherMr. &Mrs. Joseph U. FryeFriends & Family of Stanford P.Davis

Bruce &Ann GablerDr. R. Kent Galey & Dr. KarenRoche

Gamma Investment CorporationKathleen Gavigan &William B.Dixon

Mr. &Mrs. James GensteinBernard Goldstein, M.D. &Russellyn Carruth

Mr. ThomasW. Golightly & Rev.Carolyn J. Jones

Mr. &Mrs. Thomas C. GrahamJohn F. GrayMr. &Mrs. Frank T. GuadagninoKristine Haig & John SonnendayDeirdre & Brian HenryCarol E. HigginsAdam&Allison HillKelvin HillEsther & Terry HorneMr. &Mrs. Thomas O. HornsteinDavid &Mary HughesHyman Family FoundationMary Lee & Joe IrwinVincent J. JacobMr. &Mrs. RichardA. Jacobs, Jr.Maureen Jeffrey TrustSusan &Wyatt JennyMr. &Mrs. Wilbur S. JonesLeo &Marge KaneJoan M. KaplanMr. Navroz J. KarkariaJudgeWilliam Kenworthy &Mrs.Lucille Kenworthy

Jan & Guari KieferAleta J. & Paul KingCarly, Catherine & Kim KozaElaine & Carl KrasikIn Memory of Jack LarouereMike LaRue & JudyWagnerA. Lorraine LauxMr. &Mrs. Frederick C. LeechJohn Lenkey, IIIDr. Joseph &AnnaMae LenkeyFrances F. LevinKen &Hope LingeTom &Gail LitwilerE.D. Loughney


SPECIAL NAMED GIFTSBNY Mellon ........................................Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence ProgramsBenno & Constance Bernt ......................................................................................................Stage Right DoorRae & Jane Burton ........................................................................................................................Garden BenchRandi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. ........................................................Mozart Room Elevator & Garden BenchWilliam S. Dietrich, II* ............................................................Endowment for PSO Educational ProgramsDollar Bank ..............................................................................................Community Engagement ConcertsMr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue ................................................................................Music for the SpiritRoy & Susan Dorrance ..................................................................................................Music for the SpiritEQT Corporation ..................................Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By-Side ProgramMr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot ..........................................................................................................Grand PianoGoldman Sachs Gives ........................................................................Community Engagement ConcertsHighmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ..................................................................Music and Wellness ProgramElsie & Henry Hillman ..................The Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International PerformancesMs. Seima Horvitz........................................................................................................................Garden BenchDavid & Melissa Iwinski ..........................................................................................................Stage Left DoorLillian Edwards Foundation..........................................................................................Heartstrings ProgramMr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell ......................................................................President and CEO’s OfficePittsburgh Post-Gazette ................................................................................Grand Tier Door - Right CenterPNC ..................................................................................PNC Walkway at Heinz Hall and PNC Tiny TotsMr. & Mrs. William E. Rinehart ................................................................................................Grand PianoMr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer....................................................................................................Garden BenchCatharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III ............................................................................Music for the SpiritAlece & David Schreiber ............................................................................................................Garden BenchHarvey & Florence Zeve ........................................................................................................Garden Bench


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MacLachlan, Cornelius& Filoni, Inc.

Mary Lou & Ted N. MageeCarl &Alexis MancusoIn Memory of Elizabeth &Leonard Martin

Dave & Kathy MaskalickMr. &Mrs. JosephA. Massaro, Jr.Mr. &Mrs. Water T. McGough, Jr.George & Bonnie MeanorMarilyn &Allan MeltzerMerrills FamilyBurl J. F. Moone, IIIArthur J. Murphy, Jr.Terrence H. MurphyMr. &Mrs. Perry NapolitanoDr. &Mrs. Harry M. NullDr. andMrs. Arthur NussbaumRoger & Sarah ParkerJohn & Joan PasterisRichard E. &Alice S. PattonCamilla B. Pearce and Dan Gee*Joseph & Suzanne PerrinoMs. MaryAlice PriceSymphony EastBarbara RackoffBruce S. ReopolosMr. &Mrs. Philip R. Roberts

Betty & Edgar R. RobinsonMr. WilliamM. RobinsonBruce & Susy RobisonDr. LeeA. & Rosalind*Rosenblum

Charlotta Klein RossJoseph RoundsMillie & Gary RyanGail Ryave & FamilyMary SedigasMrs. Virginia W. SchatzAllyn R. Shaw, WilliamM. ShawIII & Family, SusanWambold

Michael SheflerMr. &Mrs. Raymond V.Shepherd, Jr.

Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Rebecca L.Carlin

Paul & Linda SilverLaurie & Paul SingerLois & Bill SingletonMarjorie A. SnyderMarcie Solomon &NathanGoldblatt

Martin Staniland &AlbertaSbragia

Shirley & Sidney Stark, Jr.Sarah & Thomas St. ClairJeff & Linda Stengel

Stringert, Inc.Peter SullivanMr. &Mrs. Frank TalenfeldDorothea & Gerald* ThompsonJeff &Melissa TsaiDrs. Ben Van Houten & VictoriaWoshner

John and Linda VuonoJim* &Mary Jo WinokurScott & StacyWeberMarvin & Dot WedeenJodi &AndrewWeisfieldMr. &Mrs. Richard Zahren

We would like to thank all ofour donors to the Commitment toExcellence Campaign. A completelisting can be found on our website atpittsburghsymphony.org


VOTE!HELP US FIND THE NEXT STAR.

One lucky talent will win a solo spot on the 2012-2013 BNYMellon Grand Classics Season with conductor Manfred Honeck.Your votes through YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and moredetermine the first-ever PSO Concerto Competition winner.

Submit a video through March 22, 2012.Vote from April 13-30.

Go to www.pittsburghsymphony.org/competition for more details.

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Can I organize a group for a concert?Absolutely. With a group ticket pur-chase you receive discounted tickets,priority seats, personalized service andfree reception space. For more infor-mation, call 412.392.4819 or visit ourwebsite at pittsburghsympho-ny.org/groups

What time should I arrive for con-certs? You may want to arrive at least20minutes prior to concert start time toallow time for parking, entering thehall and finding your seat. BNYMellonGrand Classics patrons have the oppor-tunity to attend Concert Preludes,which begin one hour before the con-cert in the auditorium.

What should I wear to concerts?There is no official dress code forevents in Heinz Hall. Many patronswear business attire, and many preferto be more casual. Wear whatevermakes you feel comfortable.

May I bring my children? Introducingsmall children to music is important tothe PSO and we welcome young chil-dren to our youth concerts andFiddlesticks Family Series. Children,approximately age six and over, arewelcome at all performances with apurchased ticket. The Latecomer’sGallery and lobby video monitors arealways options for restless children.

May I take pictures? All still and videophotography, or audio recording arestrictly prohibited at all times.

How will I find parking? Pittsburgh’sCultural District can be very busy butguaranteed prepaid parking is availableto all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penngarage across from Heinz Hall. Askabout prepaid parking when you orderyour tickets.

What can I do to support the PSO?Your ticket purchase supports the PSOand we thank you! However, ticketsales only cover a portion of our oper-ating costs. To make a tax-deductiblegift to the PSO, contact our DonorRelations department at 412.392.4880or visit us online atpittsburghsymphony.org

How can I get someone from the PSOto speak at our event? The volunteersof the Speakers Bureau would like toshare their passion for the PSOwith thecommunity by providing a speaker foryou and your organization. If you areinterested, please call 412.392.2235.

HEINZ HALL BOXOFFICEMonday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to8 p.m. Saturday from Noon to 4 p.m. Weekend hours vary basedon performance times. Tickets may be purchased by calling412.392.4900 and are also available at Theater Square Box Office.

THE LATECOMER’S GALLERY, located behind the Main Floor,affords patrons who arrive after the beginning of a concert theopportunity to enjoy the performance until they can be seated.Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals during the program,at the discretion of the conductor. The Latecomer’s Gallery is alsoavailable for parents with younger children.

THE MOZART ROOM AT HEINZ HALL Just seconds away fromyour seats, enjoy an all new dining experience with The CommonPlea. pittsburghsymphony.org/mozartroom Reservations at412.392.4879.

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, such as requests for wheelchairaccessible locations, may be made when purchasing tickets.Hearing assistance devices are available in the Entrance Lobby.Doormen and ushers are also available for assistance with theseneeds.

RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier andGallery lev-els and off the Garden and Overlook rooms; a wheelchair-accessi-ble restroom is on the Main Floor.

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

THE ELEVATOR is located next to the Grand Staircase.

HEINZ HALL IS A NON-SMOKING BUILDING AND HAS ANO SMOKING POLICY.

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

REFRESHMENT BARS are located in the Garden and Overlookrooms and in the Grand Tier Lounge. Intermission beverages maybe ordered prior to performances. Water cups are available in therestrooms.

FIRE EXITS are to be used ONLY in case of an emergency. If the firealarm is activated, follow the direction of HeinzHall ushers and staffto safely evacuate the theater.

CONCIERGE SERVICE, in the Entrance Lobby, is available to assistwith information about Heinz Hall, the Cultural District and areaattractions and to help with dining, hotel, entertainment and trans-portation concerns.

THE EMERGENCYREGISTRY BOOK, for the convenience of physi-cians and others who may be called in an emergency, is located atthe concierge desk. Please turn off cellular phones and pagers uponentering the theater and refer all emergency calls to 412.392.2880.

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

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The Arts Open Our Minds.

Documents

PSO Program Book - March 2 - 11, 2012