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November 4 & 6: Program............................................................15

November 4 & 6: ProgramNotes ................................................16

Leonard Slatkin: Biography..........................................................22

Cynthia Koleda DeAlmeida: Biography....................................24

Randolph Kelly: Biography ..........................................................24

November 18, 19 & 20: Program ................................................31

November 18, 19 & 20: ProgramNotes ......................................32

Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos: Biography ....................................38

Gabriela Montero: Biography ......................................................40

Heinz Hall opens its doors: September 10, 1971........................2

Annual Fund Donors: Individuals..............................................42

Foundations & Public Agencies ..................................................51

Corporations .................................................................................. 52

Legacy of Excellence: Steinberg Society ....................................54

Legacy of Excellence: Sid Kaplan Tribute Program................55

Legacy of Excellence: Endowed Chairs ....................................55

Commitment to Excellence Campaign ..........................................56

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians ..............................6

Board of Trustees & Chairman’s Council ....................................8

Jack Heinz Society ..........................................................................10

New Leadership Board..................................................................10

Pittsburgh SymphonyAssociation..............................................10

Friends of the PSO ..........................................................................10

Administrative Staff........................................................................12

Heinz Hall Information & FAQ ..................................................56

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SEPTEMBER 10, 1971:HEINZ HALLOPENS ITS DOORS

The opening night for the PittsburghSymphonyOrchestra in its newly-renovatedhome was full of celebration fitting to thegrandeur of the building itself. September10, 1971 marked the 45th anniversary of thePittsburgh Symphony and the 20th year ofWilliam Steinberg’s role at the helm of theOrchestra. Before the opening event, sub-

scriptions for the 1971-72 season were soldout!

The festive eveningwas celebratedwithceremony and pageantry: flowers adornedthe tables and hallways; dinners were heldfor guests; champagnewas served to all; andabove all, world-class music was performedby the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Theentire city of Pittsburgh was celebrating theopening of its new performing arts centerand the nation took notice.

A thousand of the 2,847 guests were

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H. J. “Jack” Heinz II (right) and Henry L. Hillman (left)prior to their opening remarks on September 10, 1971.

Mayor Pete Flaherty (1970-1977), opening night.

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W.F. and Mrs. Rockwell (left) withHenry L. Hillman (right).

Pennsylvania Senator and Mrs. Richard Schweiker(1969-1981) (right) with James Earl Jones (left).


invited to H.J. “Jack” and Drue Heinz’s inti-mate dinner party in the main ballroom ofthe PittsburghHiltonHotel. In attendance atthe dinner were such friends as Henry andElsie Hillman, Mr. andMrs. RichardMellon,Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Mellon, Mr. and Mrs. PaulBenedum, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Peck andcomposer Samuel Barber. Although theHilton was only two blocks from the newvenue, Mr. Heinz provided his guests withair-conditioned buses to transport them tothe red carpet rolled out in front of theentrances to the Hall.

Members of the National Council onthe Arts, including chairwoman NancyHanks, deputy chairman Michael Straight,Marian Anderson, Charlton Heston, JamesEarl Jones, Maurice Abravanel, conductorand director of the Utah SymphonyOrchestra, concert pianist Rudolf Serkin,Peter Mennin, director of the JuilliardSchool, and sculptor Richard Hunt, amongothers, attended the opening night’s events,despite the John F. Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts opening the same week alittle closer to home.

The inaugural concert of the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra in its new home of

Heinz Hall for the PerformingArts began at8:40 p.m. and concluded at 10:45 p.m. Thededication address was given by Henry L.Hillman. The oboe sounded an ‘A,’ MaestroSteinberg arrived at the podium and the firstnotes of Beethoven’s Overture toConsecration of the House rang throughout thenew concert hall, pleasing the ears of all inattendance. Samuel Barber’s Fadograph of aYestern Scene, commissioned by the AlcoaFoundation for the occasion, followed theOverture. Prior to intermission, MaestroSteinberg led the PSO in the first movementof Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor,“Resurrection,” with the rest of the work tofollow after intermission. Soloists for theevening were Joanna Simon, mezzo-sopra-no, and Benita Valente, soprano. ThePennsylvania State University Chorus,directed by Raymond Brown, completed thenecessary forces for such a momentouspiece, aptly chosen for the resurrection of aworld-class concert hall from the “ashes” ofPenn Theatre.


“In the late 1960s the PittsburghSymphony was due to move out of its oldhome at Syria Mosque in Oakland. Yet itspromised new concert hall in the showyCenter for the Arts, planned for the lowerHill urban-renewal area, had not beenstarted (and never was). To give theSymphony temporary space, the HeinzEndowments bought the old PennTheatre, which, like many of the silent-movie theaters, had stage space. As thehope of the cultural display case on theHill was deferred still further, and as

interested parties stressed the advantagesof a concert hall in the center of the city,the temporary expedient became the per-manent plan with a remodeling by thelocal firm Stotz, Hess, MacLachlan &Fosner. Shop space became a lobby; theold entrance became a huge foyer win-dow; and broad office windows abovewere partly filled in, in a rather VienneseBaroque style. [One of the last makers] ofarchitectural terra cotta in the UnitedStates was commissioned to match thewarm off-white of the original facing, and

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. “Jack” Heinz II entering the hall Drue Heinz with Henry and Elsie Hillman

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Music Director William Steinberg leading the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in their performance ofMahler’s Second Symphony during the inaugural concert on September 10, 1971

H. J. “Jack” Heinz II welcomingMusic Director William Steinberg to the podium

The newly renovated Heinz Hall packed full of audiencemembers eagerly waiting to hear the Pittsburgh

Symphony Orchestra in its new home

did an almost-perfect job.Inside, the richly decorated auditori-

um, originally meant to be dark, waslightened in tones of cream, red, andgold, and Verner S. Purnell of Sewickleypainted huge gray-gold trophies in aNeo-Baroque manner. The old spaces out-side the auditorium were adapted tointermission crowds, presenting a specta-cle of real marble, fake marble, glossyceramics, and chandeliers.

The popularity of Heinz Hall led toits facilities being over-taxed, and anoth-

er grand movie house of the 1920s, theStanley Theatre, was adapted asBenedum Center for the PerformingArts.”

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MUSIC DIRECTORManfred HoneckENDOWED BY THE VIRA I. HEINZ ENDOWMENT

PRINCIPAL POPSCONDUCTORMarvin HamlischENDOWED BY HENRY AND ELSIE HILLMAN

PRINCIPAL GUESTCONDUCTORLeonard Slatkin

VICTOR deSABATA GUESTCONDUCTOR CHAIRGianandrea Noseda

RESIDENT CONDUCTORLawrence LohVIRGINIA KAUFMAN RESIDENTCONDUCTOR CHAIR

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FIRST VIOLINNoah Bendix-BalgleyCONCERTMASTERRACHEL MELLONWALTONCONCERTMASTER CHAIR

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Louis LevdTHE MORRISON FAMILY CHAIR

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VIOLARandolph KellyjCYNTHIA S. CALHOUN CHAIR

Tatjana Mead ChamisdJoen VasquezxMarylène Gingras-RoyPenny Anderson BrillCynthia BuschErina Laraby-GoldwasserPaul SilverMR.& MRS.WILLARD J.TILLOTSON, JR. CHAIR

Stephanie TretickMengWangAndrewWickesberg

CELLOAnneMartindaleWilliamsjPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION CHAIR

David PremodDONALD I. & JANET MORITZ ANDEQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC. CHAIR

Adam LiuxGEORGE & EILEEN DORMAN CHAIR

Mikhail IstominIrvin KauffmanuGail CzajkowskiMichael LipmanJANE & RAE BURTON CHAIR

Louis LowensteinHampton MalloryCARYL & IRVING HALPERN CHAIR

Lauren Scott MalloryMR.& MRS.MARTIN G.MCGUINN CHAIR

J. Ryan MurphyOTPAAM FELLOW

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BASSJeffrey TurnerjTOM & DONA HOTOPP CHAIR

Donald H. Evans, Jr.dBetsy HestonxRonald CantelmJeffrey Grubbs

Peter GuildMicah HowardSTEPHEN & KIMBERLY KEEN CHAIR

John MooreAaronWhite

HARPGretchen Van HoesenjVIRGINIA CAMPBELL CHAIR

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Thomas ThompsonhRon Samuels

E-FLAT CLARINETThomas Thompson

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David SogghPhilip A. Pandolfi

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Neal BerntsenChadWinklerSUSAN S.GREER MEMORIAL CHAIR

TROMBONEPeter SullivanjTOM & JAMEE TODD CHAIR

Rebecca CherianhJames Nova

BASS TROMBONEMurray Crewej

TUBACraig Knoxj

TIMPANIEdward StephanjBARBARAWELDONPRINCIPAL TIMPANI CHAIR

Christopher AllendJAMESW.& ERIN M. RIMMEL CHAIR

PERCUSSIONAndrew ReamerjALBERT H. ECKERT CHAIR

Jeremy BransondChristopher AllenJAMESW.& ERIN M. RIMMEL CHAIR

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PRE-CONCERT one hour prior CONCERT PRELUDE ON STAGE WITH THOMAS HONG,LEONARD SLATKIN AND CYNTHIA KOLEDO DeALMEIDA

LEONARD SLATKIN, CONDUCTOR

CYNTHIA KOLEDO DEALMEIDA, OBOE

RANDOLPH KELLY, VIOLA

YOUNG SPEAKERS FROM THE PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY

CINDY McTEE Double PlayThe Unquestioned AnswerTempus Fugit

WALTER PISTON Concerto for Viola and OrchestraI. Con moto moderato e flessibleII. Adagio con fantasiaIII. Allegro vivoMR. KELLY

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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

JEAN FRANCAIX L'Horloge de flore [The Flower Clock]3 a.m. Galant de jour [poisonberry]5 a.m. Cupidone bleue [blue catananche]10 a.m. Cierge à grandes fleurs [torch thistle]12 noon Nyctanthe du Malabar [Malabar jasmine]5 p.m. Belle-de-nuit [belladonna or deadly nightshade]7 p.m. Géranium triste [mourning geranium]9 p.m. Silène noctiflore [night-flowering catchfly]MS. DEALMEIDA

BENJAMIN BRITTEN The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra(Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell)

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CINDY MCTEEDouble Play (2010)

Cindy McTee, born into a musical family in Tacoma,Washington on February 20, 1953 and raised in near-by Eatonville, began piano studies at age six andplayed saxophone as a teenager. She completed herundergraduate studies in music at Pacific LutheranUniversity in Tacoma, where her principal teacherwas David Robbins, and continued her professionaltraining by earning a Master of Music degree fromYale University (as a student of Jacob Druckman andBruce MacCombie) and a doctorate from theUniversity of Iowa (with Richard Hervig as her princi-pal teacher); she also spent a year studying at theHigher School of Music in Cracow with KrzysztofPenderecki. McTee taught at PLU in Tacoma from1981 to 1984, and thereafter served on the faculty ofthe University of North Texas in Denton until herretirement in 2010 as Regents Professor of MusicComposition Emerita. Her distinctions include the2008 Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award from theDetroit Symphony Orchestra, a Creative ConnectionsAward from Meet The Composer, two awards fromthe American Academy of Arts and Letters, aGuggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship anda Composers Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

McTee composedDouble Play in 2010 on a commission from the Detroit SymphonyOrchestra, which premiered the work on 3 June 2010 under the direction of LeonardSlatkin. Of the work’s two movements, she wrote, “I have always been particularly attract-ed to the idea that disparate musical elements — tonal and atonal, placid and frenetic —can not only coexist but also illuminate and complement one another. I can think of nocomposer more capable of achieving these kinds of meaningful juxtapositions thanCharles Ives. As in Ives’ Unanswered Question, my “Unquestioned Answer” presentsplanes of highly contrasting materials: sustained, consonant sonorities in the strings inter-sect to create dissonances; melodies for the principal players soar atop; and discordantpassages in the brass and winds become ever more disruptive. The five-note theme fromIves’ piece is heard in both its backward and forward versions throughout the work.“Tempus Fugit, Latin for ‘time flees’ but more commonly translated as ‘time flies,’ is fre-quently used as an inscription on clocks. My Tempus Fugit begins with the sounds of sev-eral pendulum clocks ticking at different speeds and takes flight about two minutes laterusing a rhythm borrowed from Leonard Slatkin’s Fin for orchestra. Jazz rhythms and har-monies, quickly moving repetitive melodic ideas, and fragmented form echo the multifac-eted and hurried aspects of 21st-century American society.”

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 20 February 1953 in Tacoma,Washington

PREMIERE OF WORK:Detroit, 3 June 2010Detroit Symphony OrchestraOrchestra HallLeonard Slatkin, conductor

THESE PERFORMANCESMARK THE PSO PREMIEREINSTRUMENTATION:Piccolo, two flutes, three oboes, E-flat clarinet, two clarinets, threebassoons, four horns three trum-pets, three trombones, tuba, tim-pani, percussion, harp and strings

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WALTER PISTONConcerto for Viola and Orchestra (1957)

Walter Piston, one of America’s most distinguishedmen of music, taught himself to play violin and pianobut trained in draftsmanship and architecture at theMassachusetts Normal School of Art. He worked as adraftsman for the Boston Elevated Railway while stilla student, but also played violin in pickup bands andtheater orchestras around Boston during those years.After graduating in 1916, he enlisted in the Navy as abandsman, and was assigned to play saxophone; helearned the instrument by himself in a few days froman instruction manual. Piston determined to follow amusical career after his stint in the Navy, and heenrolled at Harvard upon his discharge in 1919; hegraduated summa cum laude in 1924. After spendingtwo years in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger andPaul Dukas, he accepted a teaching position atHarvard, where he nurtured such notable musiciansas Carter, Bernstein, Berger, Fine, Pinkham and Kubikduring a tenure that lasted until 1960. Piston’s manydistinctions included two Pulitzer Prizes, a NaumburgAward, memberships in the National Institute of Artsand Letters and the American Academy of Arts andSciences, and decoration by France as an Officierdans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Piston composed his Viola Concerto in 1957 forJoseph de Pasquale, Principal Violist of the BostonSymphony Orchestra, who played the premiere withthe BSO and conductor Charles Munch on 7 March 1958; the work won the New YorkMusic Critics Circle Award that season. The lyrical and gently melancholy main theme ofthe Concerto’s opening movement is previewed softly by the strings before being takenover and stated in full by the soloist. A sudden change of mood and rhythm introduce thesecond theme, a leaping melody that requires some technical display from the violist. Abrief unaccompanied solo passage leads to the development section, which is largelybased on the lyrical main theme. The exposition’s materials return in the recapitulationbefore the movement comes to a quiet close with a ruminative coda based on the open-ing theme. The Adagio, in which Piston said “a neo-romantic sentiment prevails,” is struc-tured in two large formal paragraphs, each divided into a rhapsodic passage in the natureof an improvisation followed by a cantabile episode that culminates in a soft, luminousmajor chord. The finale is in rondo form, with what Piston called “festive fanfares in trum-pets and horns” announcing the soloist’s syncopated main subject. Complementary lyri-cal episodes separate the returns of the principal theme. The Concerto closes with anextended cadenza for the soloist and a final fanfare from the brass.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 20 January 1894 in Rockland,Maine; died 12 November 1976 inBelmont, Massachusetts.

PREMIERE OF WORK:Boston, 7 March 1958Boston Symphony OrchestraSymphony HallCharles Munch, conductorJoseph de Pasquale, soloist

PSO PREMIERE:17 September 1981Andre Previn, conductorRandolph Kelly, viola

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


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RALPH VAUGHANWILLIAMSFive Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”(1939)

Folksong was the warp through which VaughanWilliams drew the weft of his creativity. The lyricism,the modality, the very essence of indigenous Britishmusic provided both the model of direct emotionalexpression and the technical substance from whichhe drew his characteristic musical speech. Among thefolksongs that embedded itself most deeply in histhoughts was an ancient tune titledDives and Lazarusthat he first discovered while still a student at theRoyal College of Music in a collection of EnglishCountry Songs published by Lucy Broadwood andJ.A. Fuller Maitland in 1893. The melody itself proba-bly dates back to Elizabethan times, but it was not putinto notation until around the middle of the 19th cen-tury, when Alfred James Hipkins (a writer on musicand expert piano technician whom Chopin selectedas his tuner on what proved to be his final visit toEngland, in 1848) transcribed it from street singers inthe London districts of Westminster and Earl’s Court.The text refers to the parable in Luke 16:19-31 of the diseased beggar Lazarus spurned bythe rich man, known as Dives (or Diverus).

Vaughan Williams wrote his Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” for string orchestraand harp in 1939 at the request of the British Council, which was then commissioningpieces from the country’s leading composers to represent England at the New York World’sFair. Sir Adrian Boult conducted the New York Philharmonic in the premiere, at CarnegieHall on 10 June 1939. The Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” is part ethnomusicologi-cal scholarship, part musical meditation. Vaughan Williams’ note in the published score —“these variants are not exact replicas of traditional tunes, but rather reminiscences of vari-ous versions in my own collection and those of others” — clarifies the work’s title, whichindicates that the piece comprises different realizations of the core melody rather than for-mal variations on it. The work, however, is far more than a simple compilation of fieldresearch specimens — it is the very essence of Vaughan Williams’ pastoral style: erectedupon one of his most beloved folksongs, luminously scored for strings and harp, rich in itsmodal harmony, lyrical, ruminative, nostalgic, timeless.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 12 October 1872 in DownAmpney, Gloucestershire; died 26August 1958 in London

PREMIERE OF WORK:New York City, 10 June 1939New York PhilharmonicCarnegie HallSir Adrian Boult, conductor

THESE PERFORMANCES MARKTHE PSO PREMIEREINSTRUMENTATION:strings and harp



JEAN FRANÇAIXL’Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock) forOboe and Orchestra (1959)

Jean Françaix, the French composer, pianist and advo-cate of Debussy’s artistic philosophy of “faire plaisir”(“giving pleasure”), was born into a musical family inLe Mans in May 1912 — his father was a pianist andcomposer and director of the Le Mans Conservatory;his mother taught voice and founded a local chorus.Jean received his earliest training from his parents buthe showed such precocious talent that he was regular-ly commuting to Paris for private lessons at theConservatoire by age nine. He was much upset bynews of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns in that year(1921), and vowed to his father that he would “takehis place” as a musicien français; Françaix’s earliestpublished work, a suite for piano, appeared the nextyear. He settled in Paris a few years later for regularstudy at the Conservatoire, where his tutelage wasentrusted to Isidor Philipp for piano and NadiaBoulanger for composition. Françaix won theConservatoire’s first prize in piano when he was justeighteen, and two years later he gained recognition asa composer with a symphony that was premiered inParis by Pierre Monteux in November 1932. Heplayed the first performance of his Concertino forPiano and Orchestra with much success in 1934, and came to international prominencewhen he presented the work at a festival of contemporary music in Baden-Baden twoyears later. He subsequently made numerous tours throughout Europe and the UnitedStates as composer and pianist. The 1933 ballet Scuola di ballo, choreographed byLéonide Massine for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, marked Françaix’s entry into thegenres of musical theater, for which he produced five operas, sixteen ballets and manyfilm scores before his death in Paris on September 25, 1997.

Françaix composed his L’Horloge de Flore (“The Flower Clock”) in 1959 on a com-mission from John de Lancie, Principal Oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, who pre-miered the work with that ensemble on 1 April 1961; Eugene Ormandy conducted. Theinspiration for the work, in seven continuous and varied movements, was the “flowerclock” devised by the celebrated Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (1707-1778, known asLinnaeus), which classified various flowers according to the time of day at which eachblooms: 3 a.m. — Galant de jour (poisonberry); 5 a.m. — Cupidone bleue (bluecatananche); 10 a.m. — Cierge à grandes fleurs (torch thistle); 12 noon — Nyctanthe duMalabar (Malabar jasmine); 5 p.m. — Belle de nuit (belladonna, or deadly nightshade); 7p.m. — Géranium triste (mourning geranium); and 9 p.m. — Silène noctiflore (night-flow-ering catchfly).

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 23 May 1912 in Le Mans,France; died 25 September 1997 inParis

PREMIERE OF WORK:Philadelphia, 1 April 1961Philadelphia OrchestraAcademy of MusicEugene Ormandy, conductorJohn de Lancie, soloist

THESE PERFORMANCES MARKTHE PSO PREMIEREINSTRUMENTATION:two flutes, oboe, two clarinets, twobassoons, two horns and strings


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BENJAMIN BRITTENThe Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(Variations and Fugue on a Theme ofPurcell), Op. 34 (1946)

Early in 1946, the British Ministry of Educationapproached Britten with a request to compose musicfor a film they were preparing to introduce the orches-tra to children, and he agreed to the project. He casthis work in the form of a series of variations with aconcluding fugue based on the hornpipe fromPurcell’s incidental music to Abdelazar, or TheMoor’s Revenge (1695), and gave it the dual title ofThe Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra andVariations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell. (He issaid to have preferred the former.) The film, titled sim-ply The Instruments of the Orchestra, was first shownon 2 November 1946, but Britten’s music had alreadybeen heard in a concert by the LiverpoolPhilharmonic Orchestra under the direction ofMalcolm Sargent on 15 October.

Britten’s Young Person’s Guide is in three largesections. The first presents the full orchestra and then“the four teams of players,” as the instrumental choirsare called in the preface to the score: woodwinds,brass, strings and percussion. The work’s second sec-tion is a series of variations presenting the instrumentsindividually. First the woodwinds are heard — brilliant arabesques for flutes and piccolo,a bittersweet strain for oboes, a nimble duet for clarinets, and a jocular march with a lyri-cal obbligato for bassoons. The strings are next. A dashing polonaise for violins, warm,romantic melodies for violas and then cellos, a wide-ranging variation for double basses,and an accompanied cadenza for harp. The variations are rounded out by the brasses —horns, trumpets, trombones with tuba — and a goodly sampling of percussion instruments.The concluding section of the Guide is a fugue whose theme is loosely based on Purcell’smelody, with each of the instruments joining the fugue in the order in which it was intro-duced in the variations.

The Young Speakers on tonight’s performance, are pictured at right.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 22 November 1913 inLowestoft, Suffolk, England; died 4December 1976 in Aldeburgh,Suffolk

PREMIERE OF WORK:Liverpool, 15 October 1946Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraMalcolm Sargent, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:5 December 1958William Steinberg, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION:woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo,four horns, two trumpets, threetrombones, tuba, timpani, percus-sion, harp and strings



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LEONARD SLATKINInternationally acclaimed American conductorLeonard Slatkin began his appointment as MusicDirector of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra inSeptember 2008. He was recently named MusicDirector of the Orchestre National de Lyon(ONL), France, beginning with the 2011-2012season. In addition, Mr. Slatkin continues toserve as Principal Guest Conductor of thePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a post thatbegan in the fall of 2008.

Following a 17-year tenure as MusicDirector of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra,Mr. Slatkin became Music Director of theNational Symphony Orchestra in Washington,D.C. in 1996. Other positions in the UnitedStates have included Principal Guest Conductorof the Minnesota Orchestra, where he foundedtheir “Sommerfest”; first Music Director of theCleveland Orchestra’s summer series at theBlossom Music Festival, a post he held for nineyears; Principal Guest Conductor of the LosAngeles Philharmonic Orchestra at theHollywood Bowl for three seasons; and addition-al positions with the New Orleans Philharmonicand the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.

His engagements for the 2011-2012 includeOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, SeoulPhilharmonic, NHK Symphony, a tour ofGermany with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the New World and NationalSymphony (Washington, D.C.) Orchestras.

Most recently he has enjoyed return appear-ances with the Dresden Staatskapelle, OrchestrePhilharmonique de Radio France, L’OrchestreNational de Lyon, Leipzig Gewandhaus,Orquesta Nacional de Espana (Madrid) and theOrquestra Simfònica de Barcelona. He his con-sistently re-engaged with many leading NorthAmerican ensembles including the Saint LouisSymphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, SeattleSymphony, Toronto Symphony, NashvilleSymphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and of course,Detroit.

Since his debut with the New YorkPhilharmonic in 1974, Mr. Slatkin has led virtual-ly all of the major orchestras in the United States,including those of Chicago, Boston, SanFrancisco, Cleveland and Philadelphia. He is aregular guest at major summer festivals such as

Aspen, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Saratoga, and NewYork’s Mostly Mozart Festival. In Great Britain heserved as Principal Guest Conductor of London’sPhilharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonicand was Chief Conductor of the BBC SymphonyOrchestra. Mr. Slatkin has conducted most of theworld’s major orchestras including the BerlinPhilharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra,Vienna Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic,Bayerische Symphony Orchestra and all theprominent ensembles in Paris and London. Hehas also appeared on podiums throughout the FarEast.

Opera performances have taken him tomany of the leading stages in the U.S. andabroad, including the Metropolitan Opera, LyricOpera of Chicago, Opera Bastille, ViennaStaatsoper, Stuttgart and Washington NationalOpera. He has also led summer productions inOrange, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and SantaFe.

Leonard Slatkin’s more than 100 recordingshave been recognized with seven Grammyawards and 64 nominations. He has recordedwith the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, NationalSymphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony,Minnesota Orchestra, Nashville SymphonyOrchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, andthe New York Philharmonic. European ensem-bles that he has recorded with include practicallyall the major London orchestras as well as thosein Munich, Paris, Prague, Stockholm and Berlin.

Throughout his career, Mr. Slatkin hasdemonstrated a continuing commitment to artseducation and to reaching diverse audiences. Heis the founder and director of the NationalConducting Institute, an advanced career devel-opment program for rising conductors.Additionally, Mr. Slatkin founded the Saint LouisSymphony Youth Orchestra and has also workedwith student orchestras across the United States,including those at the Curtis Institute of Music,The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Musicand the Eastman School of Music. He works fre-quently with youth orchestras across Americaand abroad, including the D.C. Youth Orchestra,Midwest Youth Symphony Orchestra, American-Soviet Youth Orchestra, European CommunityYouth Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago and


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LEONARD SLATKIN LAST CONDUCTED THE PSO IN OCTOBER 2011.

American Youth Philharmonic. He also reachesout to younger musicians and music teachersthrough the NSO American Residencies programand regularly addresses and mentors public andprivate school students of all ages.

Mr. Slatkin has received many honors andawards, including the 2003 National Medal ofArts (the highest award given to artists by theUnited States Government), the Chevalier of theLegion of Honor, the American SymphonyOrchestra League’s Gold Baton for service toAmerican music, ASCAP awards with both theNational and Saint Louis Symphonies, an hon-orary doctorate from his alma mater The JuilliardSchool, the Lifetime Achievement Award at theDC Mayor’s Arts Awards, and the prestigiousDeclaration of Honor in Silver from the Austrian

ambassador to the United States for outstandingcontributions to cultural relations. Mr. Slatkin isthe Arthur R. Metz Foundation Conductor atIndiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, andbeginning with the 2007-2008 season, theDistinguished Artist in Residence at the AmericanUniversity.

Born in Los Angeles to a distinguished musi-cal family, his parents were the conductor-violin-ist Felix Slatkin and cellist Eleanor Aller, foundingmembers of the famed Hollywood StringQuartet. Mr. Slatkin began his musical studies onthe violin and studied conducting with his father,followed by Walter Susskind at Aspen and JeanMorel at The Juilliard School. He is the proudparent of a teenage son, Daniel.


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CYNTHIA KOLEDO DEALMEIDACynthia Koledo DeAlmeida has been PrincipalOboe of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestrasince 1991. For two years prior to this she wasAssociate Principal Oboe of the PhiladelphiaOrchestra.

Since joining the Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra, DeAlmeida has been featured withthe PSO as a soloist in concertos by Bach, Haydn,Vaughan-Williams, Strauss and Mozart, and hascollaborated as soloist with Pinchas Zukerman,Andrés Cárdenes and Vladimir Spivakov. In1993, she premiered and recorded a commis-sioned concerto by Leonardo Balada with thePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and LorinMaazel for New World Records. DeAlmeidapremiered another concerto in February 2006commissioned for her by the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra entitled The Clearing bycomposer Lucas Richman. In March 2008, sheperformed The Clearing with the KnoxvilleSymphony. DeAlmeida has also appeared assoloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, theHaddonfield Symphony, the Cayuga ChamberOrchestra, the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia,and the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic.

DeAlmeida is an avid chamber musician.Each summer since 2002, she performs andteaches as a faculty member of the MusicAcademy of the West in Santa Barbara,California. Several of her performances therehave been chosen to be broadcast nationally onNPR’s “Performance Today.” In July 2010, sheperformed chamber concerts at the SteamboatSprings (CO) Festival.

In November 2002, DeAlmeida’s first soloCD was released on the Boston Records label.Classic Discoveries for Oboe was hailed byAmerican Record Guide as “a masterly record-ing… Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida is simply oneof the finest exponents of the instrument any-

where.” Her second solo CD entitled Mist Overthe Lake on the Crystal Record label was releasedin 2006 to rave reviews: “Ms. DeAlmeida ishands down one of the best players in theworld…” She can also be heard on CrystalRecords’ recording of Sonata for Oboe, Bassoonand Piano with Sir André Previn. In November2009, DeAlmeida performed and recorded theGerman Requiem of Brahms with MarekJanowski and the Radio Orchestra of Berlin (RSB).

DeAlmeida has been a faculty member ofCarnegie Mellon University since 1991. Beforemoving to Pittsburgh, she was an adjunct facultymember of Temple University in Philadelphiaand Trenton State College (NJ). She has also beena faculty member of the National OrchestralInstitute at the University of Maryland and fre-quently teaches masterclasses at universities inthe U.S. and abroad. In 2003, DeAlmeida wasfeatured on national television on the CBS “EarlyShow” in a story relating to the oboe and itsremarkable health benefits for asthma sufferers.

DeAlmeida received a Bachelor of Musicdegree from the University of Michigan, studyingwith Arno Marriotti, and a Master of Musicdegree from Temple University, as a student ofRichard Woodhams.

Cynthia and her husband, José, live inPittsburgh with their children Veronica andDanny, and their standard poodle “Bones.”

Cynthia would like to dedicate theseperformances to the memory of her former PSOcolleagues, Jim Krummenacher and TonyBianco, who have both recently passed away.


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RANDOLPH KELLYRandolph Kelly has enjoyed a distinguishedand multifaceted career as principal violist ofthe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He wassigned by André Previn in 1976, and has sinceplayed under the direction of Lorin Maazeland Mariss Jansons. Previn once wrote thatKelly “transformed his section into what Ibelieve is the best viola section of any orches-tra in America.”

One highlight of Kelly’s tenure with thePSO was performing the world premiere of aviola concerto written for him by SamuelAdler. The PSO commissioned this piece fortheir 2000-2001 Season.

In addition to his orchestral career,Kelly’s virtuosity as a soloist and chambermusician has been celebrated around theworld. He has collaborated with such artistsas Yo-Yo Ma, André Previn, PinchasZukerman and Truls Mörk, among others. Hehas recorded and toured extensively with theLos Angeles Piano Quartet. In reviewing anLAPQ performance, the German PressPassaver Neve stated, “Randolph Kelly is in aclass of his own. He has a richness of tonesuch as one seldom hears...” Additionally,Kelly has been invited to perform as a guestartist at chamber music festivals in Japan,Australia, Europe, China, Taiwan and Russia.

As a soloist, Kelly has appeared on someof the most prestigious concert stages in theworld. He performed the New York premiere

of Sir Michael Tippet’s Triple Concerto inCarnegie Hall. He made his European solodebut when Lorin Maazel invited him to playthe Walton Concerto with the NationalOrchestra of France. James DePriest conduct-ed the Oregon Symphony when Kelly playedthe Bartók Viola Concerto. The review in TheOregonian stated, “guest soloist RandolphKelly provided the evening’s highlight... it wasa breathtaking performance.”

In addition to his rigorous performingschedule, Kelly has recorded a wide range ofmusic for the Albany, Naxos and MusicMasters labels. He also appeared on NationalTV, performing Don Quixote as part of aseries entitled “Previn and The Pittsburgh.”

Randolph Kelly is a graduate of TheCurtis Institute, where he worked closely withthe esteemed violist Joseph DePasquale. Heis committed to performing new music, andhe generously volunteers his time to educa-tional programs in an effort to bring a widerange of musical experiences to young audi-ences.


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RANDOLPH KELLY LAST PERFORMED SOLOON A SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT IN MARCH 2010.

2011Sssssssssizzlin’ Symphony Salon

Sunday, November 13, 2011 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Reed Smith CentreCall to Reserve 412-392-3303

Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, fabulous silent auction and the heated rhythms of the South American beat performed by the PSO Percussion Section.

$75 per person.Presented by the Pittsburgh Symphony Association. Proceeds to bene�t the PSO.

“Noche Latina” Painting by Susan Castriota

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

RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, CONDUCTOR

GABRIELA MONTERO, PIANO

SERGEI PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony, Opus 25 [Symphony No. 1]I. Allegro con brioII. LarghettoIII. Gavotte: Non troppo allegroIV. Finale: Molto vivace

SERGEI PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 in C majorfor Piano and Orchestra, Opus 26I. Andante - AllegroII. AndantinoIII. Allegro ma non troppoMS. MONTERO

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JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73I. Allegro non troppoII. Adagio non troppoIII. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino)IV. Allegro con spirito

POST-CONCERT Sunday only DISCUSSION IN THE OVERLOOK ROOM:“PROKOFIEV’S MUSICAL WIT”

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SERGEI PROKOFIEVClassical Symphony, Opus 25 [SymphonyNo. 1] (1916-1917)

Prokofiev’s penchant for using Classical musicalidioms was instilled in him during the course of histhorough, excellent training: when he was a little tot,his mother played Beethoven sonatas to him while hesat under the piano; he studied with the greatestRussian musicians of the time — Glière, Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov, Glazunov; he began composing atthe Mozartian age of six. By the time he was 25,Prokofiev was composing prolifically, always brewinga variety of compositions simultaneously. The worksof 1917, for example, represent widely divergentstyles — The Gambler is a satirical opera; They AreSeven, a nearly atonal cantata; the ClassicalSymphony, a charming miniature. This last piece wasa direct result of Prokofiev’s study with AlexanderTcherepnin, a good and wise teacher who allowedthe young composer to forge ahead in his own man-ner while making sure that he had a thorough under-standing of the great musical works of the past. It wasin 1916 that Prokofiev first had the idea for a symphony based on the Viennese modelssupplied by Tcherepnin, and at that time he sketched out a few themes for it. Most of thework, however, was done the following year, as Prokofiev recounted in hisAutobiography:

“I spent the summer of 1917 in complete solitude in the environs of Petrograd; I readKant and I worked hard. I had purposely not had my piano moved to the country becauseI wanted to establish the fact that thematic material worked out without a piano is better....The idea occurred to me to compose an entire symphonic work without the piano.Composed in this fashion, the orchestral colors would, of necessity, be clearer and clean-er. Thus the plan of a symphony in Haydnesque style originated, since, as a result of mystudies in Tcherepnin’s classes, Haydn’s technique had somehow become especially clearto me, and with such intimate understanding it was much easier to plunge into the dan-gerous flood without a piano. It seemed to me that, were he alive today, Haydn, whileretaining his style of composition, would have appropriated something from the modern.Such a symphony I now wanted to compose: a symphony in the classic manner. As itbegan to take actual form I named it Classical Symphony; first, because it was the simplestthing to call it; second, out of bravado, to stir up a hornet’s nest; and finally, in the hopethat should the symphony prove itself in time to be truly ‘classic,’ it would benefit me con-siderably.” Prokofiev’s closing wish has been fulfilled — theClassical Symphony has beenone of his most successful works ever since it was first heard in Petrograd in 1918.

The work is in the four movements customary in Haydn’s symphonies, though at onlyfifteen minutes it hardly runs to half their typical length. The dapper first movement is aminiature sonata design that follows the traditional form but adds some quirks that wouldhave given old Haydn himself a chuckle — the recapitulation, for example, begins in the

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 23 April 1891 in Sontsovka;died 5 March 1953 in Moscow

PREMIERE OF WORK:Petrograd, 21 April 1918Sergei Prokofiev, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:8 November 1931Antonio Modarelli, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION:woodwinds, horns and trumpets inpairs, timpani and strings


SERGEI PROKOFIEVConcerto No. 3 in C major for Piano andOrchestra, Op. 26 (1921)

In a 1962 interview, Madame Lina Llubera Prokofiev,the composer’s first wife, recalled her husband’s work-ing method at the time he wrote the C major PianoConcerto: “Prokofiev toiled at his music. His capacityfor work was phenomenal. He would sit down towork in the morning ‘with a clear head,’ as he said,either at the piano or at his writing desk. He usuallycomposed his major works in the summer, in themountains or at the seaside, away from the turmoil ofcity life. Always he sought places where the rhythm ofwork was not interrupted, where he could rest andtake long walks. So it was with the Third PianoConcerto, which he completed during the summer of1921 while staying at St. Brévin-les-Pins, a small vil-lage on the coast of Brittany in France.”

The composition of this Concerto was not a sudden inspiration for Prokofiev. The planfor a large virtuoso work to follow the first two piano concertos emerged in 1911, but hemade little progress on it except for one passage he eventually placed at the end of the firstmovement. By 1913, he later recalled in his memoirs, “I had composed a theme for vari-ations, which I kept for a long time for subsequent use. In 1916-1917, I had tried severaltimes to return to the Third Concerto. I wrote a beginning for it (two themes) and two vari-ations on the theme for the second movement.” At that time, he was also working on whathe called a “white” quartet (i.e., in a diatonic style, playable on the white keys of the piano)but abandoned it because he thought the result would be monotonous. He shuttled twothemes from this aborted quartet into the Concerto. “Thus,” he continued in his autobiog-raphy, “when I began [in 1921] working on the Third Concerto, I already had the entirethematic material with the exception of the subordinate theme of the first movement andthe third theme of the finale.”

Prokofiev provided the following description of the score: “The first movement opensquietly with a short introduction. The theme is announced by an unaccompanied clarinetand is continued by the violins for a few bars. Soon the tempo changes to Allegro, and thestrings lead to the statement of the principal subject by the piano. Discussion of this themeis carried on in a lively manner, both the piano and the orchestra having a good deal tosay on the matter. A passage in chords for the piano alone leads to the more expressive

PREMIERE OF WORK:Chicago, 16 December 1921Chicago Symphony OrchestraFrederick Stock, conductorSergei Prokofiev, soloistPITTSBURGH PREMIERE:12 February 1960Syria MosqueRonald Ondrejka, conductorPSO PREMIERE:24 March 1944Fritz Reiner, conductorBeveridge Webster, pianoINSTRUMENTATION:woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo,four horns, two trumpets, threetrombones, timpani, percussion andstringsAPPROXIMATE DURATION:28 minutes

“wrong” key (but soon rights itself), and occasionally a beat is left out, as though the musichad stubbed its toe. The sleek main theme is followed by the enormous leaps, flashinggrace notes and sparse texture of the second subject. A graceful, ethereal melody floatinghigh in the violins is used to open and close the Larghetto, with the pizzicato gentle mid-dle section reaching a brilliant tutti before quickly subsiding. The third movement, aGavotte, comes not from the Viennese symphony but rather from the tradition of FrenchBaroque ballet. The finale is the most brilliant movement of the Symphony, and calls forremarkable feats of agility and precise ensemble from the performers.



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second subject, which is heard in the oboe with a pizzicato accompaniment. The secondmovement consists of a theme with five variations. The finale begins with a staccato themefor bassoons and pizzicato strings, which is interrupted by the blustering entry of thepiano. The orchestra holds its own with the opening theme, however, and there is a gooddeal of argument, with frequent differences of opinion as regards key. Eventually the pianotakes up the first theme and develops it to a climax. With a reduction of tone and a slack-ening of tempo, an alternative theme is introduced in the woodwinds. The piano replieswith a theme that is more in keeping with the caustic humor of the work. This material isdeveloped, and there is a brilliant coda.”

JOHANNES BRAHMSSymphony No. 2 in Dmajor, Op. 73(1877)

In the summer of 1877, Brahms repaired to the villageof Pörtschach in the Carinthian hills of southernAustria. He wrote to a Viennese friend, “Pörtschach isan exquisite spot, and I have found a lovely andapparently pleasant abode in the castle! You may telleverybody this; it will impress them.... The place isreplete with Austrian coziness and kindheartedness.”The lovely country surroundings inspired Brahms’creativity to such a degree that he wrote to the criticEduard Hanslick, “So many melodies fly about, onemust be careful not to tread on them.” Brahmsplucked from the gentle Pörtschach breezes a surfeitof beautiful music for his Second Symphony, whichwas written quickly during that summer — a greatcontrast to the fifteen-year gestation of the precedingsymphony. He brought the finished manuscript withhim when he returned to Vienna at the end of thesummer.

After the premiere, Brahms himself allowed thatthe Second Symphony “sounded so merry and tender,as though it were especially written for a newly wed-ded couple.” Early listeners heard in it “a glimpse of Nature, a spring day amid soft moss-es, springing woods, birds’ notes and the bloom of flowers.” Richard Specht, the compos-er’s biographer, found it “suffused with the sunshine and warm winds playing on thewaters.” The conductor Felix Weingartner thought it the best of Brahms’ four symphonies:“The stream of invention has never flowed so fresh and spontaneous in other works byBrahms, and nowhere else has he colored his orchestration so successfully.” To whichAmerican critic Olin Downes added, “In his own way, and sometimes with long sen-tences, he formulates his thought, and the music has the rich chromaticism, depth of shad-ow and significance of detail that characterize a Rembrandt portrait.”

The Symphony opens with a three-note motive, presented softly by the low strings,which is the germ seed from which much of the thematic material of the movement

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 7 May 1833 in Hamburg; died3 April 1897 in Vienna

PREMIERE OF WORK:Vienna, 30 December 1877Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraHans Richter, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:25 November 1898AVictor herbert, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION:woodwinds in pairs, four horns, twotrumpets, three trombones, tuba,timpani and strings



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grows. The horns sing the principal theme, which includes, in its third measure, the three-note motive. The sweet second theme is given in duet by the cellos and violas. The devel-opment begins with the horn’s main theme, but is mostly concerned with permutations ofthe three-note motive around which some stormy emotional sentences accumulate. Theplacid mood of the opening returns with the recapitulation, and remains largely undis-turbed until the end of the movement.

The second movement plumbs the deepest emotions in the Symphony. Many of itsearly listeners found it difficult to understand because they failed to perceive that, in con-structing the four broad paragraphs comprising the Second Symphony, Brahms deemed itnecessary to balance the radiant first movement with music of thoughtfulness and intro-spection in the second. This movement actually covers a wide range of sentiments, shift-ing, as it does, between light and shade — major and minor. Its form is sonata-allegro,whose second theme is a gently syncopated strain intoned by the woodwinds above thecellos’ pizzicato notes.

The following Allegretto is a delightful musical sleight-of-hand. The oboe presents anaive, folk-like tune in moderate triple meter as the movement’s principal theme. Thestrings take over the melody in the first Trio, but play it in an energetic duple-meter trans-formation. The return of the sedate original theme is again interrupted by another quick-tempo variation, this one a further development of motives from Trio I. A final traversal ofthe main theme closes this delectable movement.

The finale bubbles with the rhythmic energy and high spirits of a Haydn symphony.The main theme starts with a unison gesture in the strings, but soon becomes harmonical-ly active and spreads through the orchestra. The second theme is a broad, hymnal melodyinitiated by the strings. The development section, like that of many of Haydn’s finales,begins with a statement of the main theme in the tonic before branching into discussion ofthe movement’s motives. The recapitulation recalls the earlier themes, and leads with aninexorable drive through the triumphant coda (based on the hymnal melody) to the brazenglow of the final trombone chord.

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RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOSMaestro Frühbeck returns to the New YorkPhilharmonic for the third time since 2005. Aregular guest with North America’s toporchestras Frühbeck will conduct thePhiladelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh,St. Louis, Houston, Montreal, Cincinnati andHouston orchestras in the 2010-11 season.He appears annually at the Tanglewood MusicFestival and regularly with the National,Chicago and Toronto symphonies.

Born in Burgos, Spain, in 1933, RafaelFrühbeck de Burgos studied violin, piano,music theory and composition at the conser-vatories in Bilbao and Madrid, and conductingat Munich’s Hochschule für Musik, where hegraduated summa cum laude and was award-ed the Richard Strauss Prize. He currently isChief Conductor and Artistic Director of theDresden Philharmonic.

Maestro Frühbeck has made extensivetours with such ensembles as thePhilharmonia of London, the LondonSymphony Orchestra, the National Orchestraof Madrid, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.He toured North America with the ViennaSymphony, the Spanish National Orchestraand the Dresden Philharmonic.

Since 1975 he has been a member of theRoyal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

The numerous honours and distinctions hehas been awarded include the Gold Medal ofthe City of Vienna, the Bundesverdienstkreutzof the Republic of Austria and Germany, theGold Medal from the Gustav MahlerInternational Society, and the Jacinto GuerreroPrize, Spain’s most important musical award,conferred in 1997 by the Queen of Spain. In1998 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos received theappointment of “Emeritus Conductor” by theSpanish National Orchestra. He has receivedan honorary doctorate from the University ofNavarra in Spain.

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos has record-ed extensively for EMI, Decca, DeutscheGramophone, Spanish Columbia, and Orfeo.Several of his recordings are considered to beclassics, including his interpretations ofMendelssohn’s Elijah and St. Paul, Mozart’sRequiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Bizet’sCarmen, and the complete works of Manualde Falla.


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RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS LAST CONDUCTED THE PSO IN APRIL 2011.

GABRIELA MONTEROGabriela Montero’s visionary interpretationsand unique improvisational gifts have won hera quickly expanding audience and devotedfollowing around the world. “I connect to myaudience in a completely unique way – andthey connect with me. Because improvisationis such a huge part of who I am, it is the mostnatural and spontaneous way I can expressmyself”. Today, in both recital and after per-forming a concerto, Gabriela often invites heraudience to participate in asking for a melodyfor improvisations.

Born in Caracas Venezuela, Gabrielagave her first public performance at the age offive. Aged eight she made her concerto debutwith the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra con-ducted by Jose Antonio Abreu and was grant-ed a scholarship from the VenezuelanGovernment to study in the USA.

Gabriela’s previous engagements includeacclaimed performances with the New YorkPhilharmonic, LA Philharmonic at theHollywood Bowl, Philharmonia Orchestra atthe Royal Festival Hall, RotterdamPhilharmonic, with the UBS Verbier ChamberOrchestra at the Tuscan Sun Festival, KlavierFestival Ruhr, Koln Philharmonie, TonhalleDusseldorf, Istanbul International Festival,Kennedy Center Washington DC, NationalArts Centre Ottawa, Orchard Hall Tokyo andat the ‘Progetto Martha Argerich’ Festival inLugano where she is invited annually.

This season, Gabriela made her debutwith the WDR Sinfonieorchestre Köln. Otherengagements included Sydney Symphony,

Pittsburgh Symphony, IndianapolisSymphony, Colorado Symphony and in recitalshe made her debut tour with DEAG toinclude the Konzerthaus Berlin, AlteSendersaal Frankfurt and the KampnagelfabrikHamburg. She concluded the season with herSan Francisco Symphony debut.

The summer includes an appearance inher native Venezuela with Gustavo Dudameland the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolivar, thecurrent tour with the Youth Orchestra of theAmericas, and two debuts at major summermusic festivals. In August, she will debut inAustria’s Salzburg Festival together withFrench cellist Gautier Capuçon before travel-ing to Highland Park, IL for the RaviniaFestival.

Gabriela’s first EMI/Angel CD consistedof one disc of music by Rachmaninov, Chopinand Liszt and a second of her deeply felt andtechnically brilliant improvisations. Her EMICD Bach and Beyond is a complete disc ofimprovisations on themes by Bach whichtopped the charts for several months. InFebruary 2008 her follow up EMI recording ofimprovisations Baroque, was released withgreat critical acclaim receiving 5 star reviewsfrom BBC Music Magazine and Classic FM.Solatino, a disc of piano music by SouthAmerican composers along with Gabriela’sown improvisations, is scheduled for releasein 2011.


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Rudy & Barbara BenedettiEleanor H. BergeMs. Evelyn BergerDr. Peter & Judy BerkowitzMrs. Georgia Berner &Mr.James Farber

Nancy Bernstein & Robert SchoenRobert S. Bernstein & Ellie K.Bernstein Fund

Don BerryDr. &Mrs. Albert W. BiglanHarry S. Binakonsky, M.D.Franklin & Bonnie BlackstoneW. Gerald & Carolyn E. BlaneyMr. &Mrs. Harry E. Blansett, Jr.Diane C. BlantonRichard & Susan BloomJoseph & Shirley BonnerDonald W. & Judith L. BornemanMr. Albert BortzDana &Margaret BovbjergDr. &Mrs. A’Delbert BowenMatthew & Leslie BraksickRobert N. BrandMr. &Mrs. William H. BrandeisGerda &Abe BrettonMary & Russell BrignanoMary L. BriscoeSuzy & Jim BroadhurstSuzanne Broughton & RichardMargerum

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

Dr. Albert A. CarettoCharles & Donna CashdollarJanet E. ChadwickDr. Thomas S. ChangMonsignor Willliam G.Charnoki, P.A.

Craig D. ChoateMr. Kenneth ChristmanDr. &Mrs. Albert E. ChungDavid Clark & Janese Abbott inMemory of Perry Morrison

Mr. &Mrs. William ClarksonWilliam & ElizabethClendenning

Mrs. Sarah Clendenning &Mr.Un Kim

Mr. &Mrs. Philip CoachmanStuart & Cathryn CoblinChristine & Howard CohenJared L. &Maureen B. Cohon

individual donors


Alan & Lynne ColkerDale ColyerMr. &Mrs. Jack CorneliusBarton & Teri CowanSusan & George CraigSusan O. CramerMelvin R. CreeleyDavid &Marian CrossmanMr. &Mrs. Daniel G. CrozierJohn D. & Laurie B. CulbertsonSusan Campbell & PatrickCurry

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

Dr. &Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’OmoMr. &Mrs. Lynn & DavidDeLorenzo

Dr. Jau-Shyong DengMr. &Mrs. Edward DePersisMr. &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 DutkovicMr. &Mrs. Wm. F. EdsallMary Jane EdwardsIn Memory of Judith R.Eidemueller

Christopher & Gretchen ElkusEugene & Katrin EngelsArnold & Eva EnglerJane M. Epstine Charitable Fundof The Pittsburgh Foundation

Dr. Timothy EvansTibey & Julian FalkDr. &Mrs. John H. FeistDr. &Mrs. Lawrence FerlanMadelyn & John Fernstrom

Mrs. Orlie S. FerrettiMs. Janet FesqDr. Joseph FineMr. &Mrs. David FitzsimmonsMr. Mark F. FlahertyJane Flanders*Jan Fleisher & Rob BoulwareSuzanne FloodDr. &Mrs. Edward L. FoleyMrs. Barbara E. ForresterJanice & Larry FoulkeMr. &Mrs. K. H. Fraelich, Jr.Mrs. Natalie H. FriedbergFriends of the PSOJohn & Elaine FrombachMr. &Mrs. Frank B. Fuhrer, IIINormandie 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. GetzeJane N. GilbertRevs. Gaylord & Catherine GillisMike & Cordy GlennDolores GluckMr. &Mrs. Paul E. GobleMr. &Mrs. Ted GoldbergWalter I. GoldburgSamuel H. GoldenMr. Thomas W. Golightly & Rev.Carolyn J. Jones

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

The Graf FamilyLaurie GrahamMs. Rosanne Granieri & DavidMacpherson

David & Nancy GreenCharlotte T. GreenwaldDr. &Mrs. M. Joseph GrennanMr. &Mrs. Steven GridleyHanna GruenDr. &Mrs.* Alberto GuzmanJerome P. & Claire B. HahnMarnie & Jim HainesMr. &Mrs. Van Beck HallMr. &Mrs. Henry E. Haller

Marjorie Burns HallerJim &Mary HamiltonJeanne M. HanchettSusan & David HardestyMr. &Mrs. Edward J. HarrisMs. Christine A. HartungMr. &Mrs. Calvin R. HastingsMr. &Mrs. Jack W. HausserCathy & John HeggestadDr. &Mrs. Fred P. HeidenreichMs. Martha S. Helmreich inHonor of my mother, Anne J.Schaff

Paul 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. HornsteinCharitable Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation

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.Mr. &Mrs. Vincent J. JacobDr. &Mrs. Samuel A. JacobsDr. &Mrs. Joseph Willcox JenkinsRichard C. Alter & Eric D.Johnson

Mr. &Mrs. Robert A. JohnsonTom & Cathie JohnsonMrs. Barbara B. JohnstonBarbara JohnstoneLey & Jackie JonesDr. RaymondM. Juriga

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Richard & Barbara KahlsonAlice & Richard KallaDaniel & Carole KaminJulie & Jeffrey KantDr. &Mrs. Peter D. KaplanRhian KennyRuth Ann & Eugene KleinLynn &Milton KleinPeggy C. KnottHetty* & James KnoxMr. &Mrs. Thomas A. KobusMs. Marilyn KochNancy & Bill KochDr.* &Mrs. Kian S. KoorosMs. Dawn KosanovichWilliam 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. LangA. Lorraine LauxMarvin & Gerry LebbyMr. DavidW. LendtFather Ronald P. LengwinRobert W. LenkerSally LevinClaire & Larry LevineDr. &Mrs. Herbert & BarbaraLevit

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 LynchRosemarie & Jeffrey LynnPat & DonMacDonaldWilliam & Nora MacDonaldNeil & Ruth MacKayProf. Heather MacLeanHank MaderJohn K. MaitlandMr. &Mrs. Robert MalnatiCarl & Alexis Mancuso

Pam & Charley MansellMr. &Mrs. Bernard S. MarsThomas & Elizabeth MassellaDr. WilliamMatlack & LeslieCrawford Matlack

Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. MaurerMs. Sidney F. McBrideMr. &Mrs. Jon W. McCarterMcCarthy Rail InsuranceManagers, Inc.

Mr. Samuel A. McClungJonathan & Kathryn McClurePaula & Bob McCrackenMrs. Samuel K. McCuneKeith McDuffieMary & R. Lee McFaddenMr. &Mrs. Michael H. McGarryCarol Jean McKenzieJean & John McLaughlinMr. &Mrs. William P. MeehanMr. David Givens &Mr. StephenMellett

Barbara Sachnoff MendlowitzIn Memory of William C. MengesRobert & Elizabeth Mertz Fundof The PittsburghFoundation

Mrs. WilliamMetcalf, IIIMr. &Mrs. Roger F. MeyerBridget & Scott MichaelDr. &Mrs. Donald B. MiddletonRobert &MiriamMillerMr. &Mrs. Stuart M. MillerDr. &Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr.Mr. David J. MillsteinDr. Samuel* & Nessa MinesPhyllis S. Mizel*Paul & Connie MockenhauptMr. Jason MooneyAmy & Ira M. MorganJim & Susan Morris in Honor ofKay Stolarevsky

Connie & Bruce MorrisonMr. &Mrs. Jeffrey MorrowFrank & Brenda MosesMr. &Mrs. Richard MunschDavid & Joan MurdochMary & JimMurdyTerrence H. MurphyP. & A.M. NagemDr. &Mrs. Donald D. NaragonDr. &Mrs. Michael S. NathansonDr. &Mrs. Dennis W. NebelConstance NelsonDr. Nancy Z. Nelson

Rev. Robert &Mrs. SuzanneNewpher

Patricia K. NicholsRenee K. NicholsonMr. &Mrs. David NimickCharles & Lois NortonHeidi NovakDr. &Mrs. Harry M. NullMaureen S. O’BrienDr. &Mrs. Kook Sang OhPaul & Nancy O’NeillDr. &Mrs. RichardA. OrrDee Jay Oshry & Bart RackJohn A. OsuchSandy & Gene O’SullivanDr. &Mrs. Henry OverbeckDr. Paul M. Palevsky & Dr.Sharon R. Roseman

Mr. &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 PowAnn &Malvern PowellMs. Mary Alice PriceNancy S. Price*Myrna & Gerald PrinceMercedes & John PryceRobert &Mary Jo PurvisMr. &Mrs. C. J. Queenan, Jr.Fran QuinlanDr. * &Mrs. Donald H. QuintBarbara RackoffJames & Carol RandolphBarbara M. RankinDrs. Bruce & Jane RaymondDr. &Mrs. John A. RedfieldPaul & Dorothy ReiberEric & Frances ReichlMs. Victoria Rhoades CarraroDr. &Mrs. J. Merle RifeMavis & Norman Robertson

individual donors


Edgar R. & Betty A. RobinsonMr. &Mrs. James E. RohrMr. &Mrs. C. Arthur RolanderMr. &Mrs. Howard M. RomElaine RosecransJanice G. RosenbergMr. &Mrs. ByronW.Rosener, III

Mrs. Louisa RosenthalCarol & Scott RotruckDr. &Mrs. Wilfred T. RouleauJoseph RoundsMelvin & Jeanne RudovMr. &Mrs. Edmund S.Ruffin, III

Mr. R. Douglas RumbargerMr. Robert RuppMr. Leo P. RussellMurray & Shirley RustMrs. John M. SadlerDr. James R. SahoveyMerrilee H. SalmonTamiko SampsonDr. &Mrs. Isamu SandoBill McAllister & JanetSarbaugh

Charlie Ward &Marita SchardtAlbert & Kathleen SchartnerMr. &Mrs. Thomas A. SchelatAnn & Bill ScherlisDr. Melvin & Catherine SchiffMr. &Mrs. George SchneiderMr. &Mrs. K. GeorgeSchoeppner

Bernie & Cookie Soldo SchultzMr. &Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, IIMaryAnn ScialabbaGeorge &Marcia SeeleyMr. &Mrs. David P. SegelSharon SemenzaAleen Mathews Shallberg &Richard Shallberg

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

Dr. Charles H. ShultzMr. &Mrs. Robert S. ShureRhoda & Seymour SikovMarjorie K. SilvermanMarilyn & Norman A. SindlerMs. Ann SlonakerWallace & Patricia SmithElaine &William SmithBill & Patty SnodgrassMrs. Alice R. Snyder

Marjorie A. SnyderMarcie Solomon &NathanGoldblatt

David Solosko & Sandra KniessFund

Dr. &Mrs. Edward M. Sorr insupport of music and wellness

Dr. Horton C. SouthworthSamuel & Judith SpanosRichard C. Spine & Joyce BermanHenry SpinelliJohn Spohler in Memory of PerryMorrison

Janet H. StaabJim & Judy StalderPatricia D. StaleyGary & Charlene StanichShirley & Sidney Stark, Jr.Dr. &Mrs. Terence StarzMr. &Mrs. Robert B. StayerWilliam H. SteeleBronna & Harold SteimanGene & Charlene StewartMr. &Mrs. Bernard P. Stoehr andFamily

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. Charles R. TaylorMr. &Mrs. William H.Taylor, Jr.

Gordon & Catherine TelferMatthew TeplitzMr. Philip C. ThackarayDr. &Mrs. Arthur ThompsonMr. &Mrs. George H.Thompson

Bob & Bette ThomsonGail & Jim TitusDenny & Colleen TravisRosalyn &Albert TregerPaul A. TrimmerJeff &Melissa TsaiEric & Barbara UdrenDiane & Dennis UnkovicTheo & Pia Van De VenneSuzan M. VandertieEdward L. &Margaret VogelJohn & Linda Vuono

Linda & DonWagenheimWagner Family CharitableTrust

Suzanne & RichardWagnerBill & Sue WagnerJohn & IreneWallMr. &Mrs. John WandriscoMr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. WardMr. &Mrs. L.A. Waterman, Jr.Ellen Mandel & LawrenceWeber

Marvin & Dot WedeenElaine WeilWilliam C. WeilJodi & AndrewWeisfieldBill WeissNorman &Marilyn WeizenbaumMr. &Mrs. James P. WelchNancyWelferJ.B. WellerFrank & HeideWenzelMrs. Louis A. WerbanethNancyWernerMr. &Mrs. Arthur WesterbergMr. &Mrs. Thomas C. WettachJames WhiteheadMr. Robert E. WilliamsDr. Ann G. WilmothMr. &Mrs. Miles C. WilsonJames & RamonaWingateMarie & Daniel WinschelSheryl & Bruce WolfSidney & Tucky WolfsonEllie & Joe WymardRufus J. WysorMark & Judy YogmanMarlene & John YokimDr. &Mrs. Jack YortyDr. Mark C. ZemanickMr. &Mrs. Walter ZiatekSimone Ziegler

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 September 30, 2011*deceased

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HOWDOYOU FORMAPERSONALCONNECTION TOAPIECE OF MUSIC? Join us in developing your audienceskills of discovery, inquiry and reflection through groupexploration, and engage with fellow music lovers in a fun,welcoming environment. Workshops are held at 1:30 pmprior to select BNY Mellon Grand Classics Sunday after-noon performances in the Dorothy Porter SimmonsRegency Rooms at Heinz Hall. In an informal follow up dis-cussion after the concert, relax, share your “ah-ha”moments and pose any questions that remain. FREE andopen to all ticket holders to the afternoon’s performance.

EXPLORE& ENGAGE

WORKSHOPS

Sunday, September 25, 2011, 1:30 pmMoving Pictures:A workshop/performanceon Mussorgskywith Attack Theatre

Sunday, November 20, 2011, 1:30 pmProkofiev’s Musical Wit

Sunday, January 15, 2012, 1:30 pmPulse of the World:Stucky’s Spirit Voices

Sunday, March 4, 2012, 1:30 pmOrchestral Portraits:Elgar’s Enigma Variations

Sunday, April 22, 2012, 1:30 pmFound in Translation:Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet

Call 412.392.4876 or email [email protected] to register.ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE PRE-CONCERT WORKSHOP ONLY.

Jeremy Black, violin“Melodic by Design”

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Betsy Heston, bass“Why the Bass?”

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

William Caballero, horn“A Triple Horn for a Triple Concerto”

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Ron Samuels, clarinet“The Clarinet: Last Will and Testament”

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Lawrence Loh and ThomasHong“Confessions of a Staff Conductor”

Thursday, May 10, 2012

12:30-1:30pmHeinz HallDorothy Porter SimmonsRegency Rooms

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLICNO RESERVATIONS NECESSARY

Bring a brown-bag lunch, or enjoy a $12gourmet picnic lunch from The CommonPlea. Desserts and beverages will beprovided by the PSA. To order lunchor for additional information call412.361.3346, or [email protected].

BLACK HESTON CABALLERO

SAMUELS LOH HONG

To reserve parking call 412.566.4190 at least 24 hours in advance.Pre-ordered lunches available 11.15 am onwards.

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

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 FoundationHyman Family FoundationEugene F. andMargaret Moltrup JannuziFoundation

Howard 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 FoundationR.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 FundA.J. & Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable TrustParker FoundationW. I. Patterson Charitable FoundationPennsylvania 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 FoundationJames 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 October 13, 2011


BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATIONSIGNATURE CIRCLE$75,000 AND ABOVEAcusisAllegheny TechnologiesIncorporated

BNYMellonEQT CorporationHighmark Blue Cross BlueShield

PNC

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

PLATINUM CIRCLE$20,000 - $39,999Alcoa FoundationColumbia Gas of PennsylvaniaCurtiss-Wright Flow ControlCompany

Delta Air LinesFederal Home Loan Bank ofPittsburgh

First NiagaraGiant EagleH. J. Heinz CompanyFoundation

LANXESS CorporationMSACharitable FoundationPPG Industries FoundationPeoples Natural GasThorp Reed & Armstrong LLPTriangle Tech GroupUnited States Steel CorporationUPMC&UPMCHealth Plan

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

Bayer USAFoundationCitigroupClearview Federal CreditUnion

Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.Dollar BankErnst & Young LLPFairmont Pittsburgh & HabitatRestaurant

The Frank E. Rath-Spang &Company Charitable Trust

Hefren-TillotsonMacy’s FoundationPittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.Sarris 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 Plea

Catering Inc.DeloitteFederated Investors, Inc.Gleason, Inc.Heritage Valley Health SystemKPMG LLPLevin FurnitureMascaro Construction CompanyMEDRADMorgan StanleyMozart 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 FoundationElite Coach TransportationFort Pitt Capital GroupKoppers

Lighthouse ElectricCompany, Inc.

Marsh USA Inc.Pittsburgh Corning CorporationPittsburgh Valve & Fitting Co.Silhol Builders SupplyThe TechsWPXI-TV

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

Elements Contemporary CuisineEllwood Group, Inc.FISERVHughes Television ProductionsJendoco ConstructionCorporation

Kerr Engineered Sales CompanyLidia’s Italy PittsburghMacLachlan, Cornelius& Filoni, Inc.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPNocito Enterprises, Inc.Oxford Development CompanyRothman Gordon PCSix Penn KitchenStringert, Inc.Tube City IMS, LLCUnited Safety Services, Inc.WampumHardware Inc

PARTNER LEVEL$500 - $999Allegheny Valley BankBig Burrito Restaurant GroupBombardierThe Buncher CompanyCantor and Pounds DentalAssociates

Consolidated CommunicationsCrawford Ellenbogen LLCEnterprise BankGeneral Wire Spring Co.Goehring, Rutter & BoehmHamill Manufacturing CompanyHertz Gateway Center, LPHoffman Electric, Inc.Horovitz, Rudoy & Roteman

CORPORATIONS Includes annual corporate donations and sponsorships

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corporations

The Jas H. Matthews Educational & Charitable TrustJohn B. Conomos, Inc.K&I Sheet Metal, Inc.Lucas Systems, Inc.McKamish, Inc.Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLPMitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.Modany-Falcone, Inc.Modern Reproductions, Inc.Neville Chemical CompanyO’Neal Steel, Inc.PGT TruckingPzena Investment Management, LLCScott Metals Inc.Triad USAWagner Agency, Inc.Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPAWestmorelandMechanical Testing& Research, Inc.

We would like to thank all corporations thatcontribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.Please see our website for a complete 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 and JoanAdibiRev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy

AnglebergerThe 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 Cheteyan

Educational/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 William

DiscountMr.* &Mrs. Thomas J. DonnellyMrs. Philip D'Huc Dressler*Frank R. DziamaSteven G. & Beverlynn ElliottJane M. Epstine*Emil & Ruth* FeldmanMrs. Loti GaffneyKeith and Susan GarverMr.* &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 HorvitzFlorence M. Jacob*Esther G. JacovitzEugene F. andMargaret Moltrup

Jannuzi FoundationPatricia 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. Christian

LantzschStanley &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 of

Mrs. Lori MartinDr. Marlene McCallElizabeth McCrady*J. Sherman and Suzanne S.

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

Eda 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. andMrs. Gary L. RyanVirginia SchatzNancy SchepisIn Memory of Isaac Serrins from

Mrs. Isaac SerrinsMr. &Mrs. Richard P. SimmonsAudrey I. Stauffer*Dr. &Mrs. LeonardA. SteptIn Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept

fromHis Loving FamilyMrs. Margaret Stouffer in memory

of Miss JeanAlexander MooreIn Loving Memory of Father and

Grandfather 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 from

Mr. &Mrs. Ira WeissDavid 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 Bleier HornChair given in memory of ourparents, Tina & Charles Bleierand Ruth & Shelley Stein

Jane & Rae Burton Cello ChairCynthia S. Calhoun Principal

Viola ChairVirginia Campbell Principal

Harp ChairRon & Dorothy Chutz First

Violin ChairJohannes &Mona L. Coetzee

Memorial Principal EnglishHorn Chair

George & Eileen DormanAssistant Principal CelloChair

Albert H. Eckert AssociatePrincipal Percussion Chair

Beverlynn & Steven ElliottAssociate ConcertmasterChair

Jean & Sigo Falk PrincipalLibrarian Chair

Endowed Principal PiccoloChair, given to honor Frankand Loti Gaffney

William & Sarah Galbraith FirstViolin Chair

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

Susan S. Greer MemorialTrumpet Chair,given by Peter Greer

Caryl & Irving Halpern CelloChair

William Randolph HearstEndowed Fund for Education

Vira I. Heinz Music DirectorChair

Principal Pops Conductor ChairEndowed by Henry & ElsieHillman

Tom&Dona Hotopp PrincipalBass Chair

Milton G. Hulme, Jr. GuestConductor Chair given byMine SafetyAppliancesCompany

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

Virginia Kaufman ResidentConductor Chair, LawrenceLoh

Stephen & Kimberly Keen BassChair

G. Christian Lantzsch &Duquesne Light CompanyPrincipal Second Violin Chair

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

Nancy & Jeffery Leininger FirstViolin Chair

Edward D. Loughney Co-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 & Nellie E. MillerChair

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

The Perry & BeeJee MorrisonString Instrument Loan Fund

The Morrison FamilyAssociatePrincipal Second Violin Chair

Mildred S. Myers &William C.Frederick Co-Principal OboeChair

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

Pittsburgh SymphonyAssociation Principal CelloChair

Reed Smith Chair honoring TomTodd 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. andMrs. Willard J. TillotsonJr. Viola Chair

Tom & Jamee Todd PrincipalTrombone Chair

Rachel MellonWaltonConcertmaster Chair, givenby Mr. &Mrs. Richard MellonScaife

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

Barbara Weldon PrincipalTimpani Chair

Hilda M. Willis FoundationFlute Chair

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.Current as of October 13, 2011*deceased

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 Mellon

FoundationPNCR.P. Simmons FamilyRedevelopment Assistance

Capital ProgramArthur and Barbara Weldon

$500,000 - $999,999AnonymousRoy & Susan DorranceThe Giant Eagle FoundationMr. &Mrs.* J. Robert MaxwellCatharine M. Ryan & John T.

Ryan IIITom & Jamee Todd

$250,000 - $499,999Allegheny Technologies

IncorporatedClaudeWorthington Benedum

FoundationEdward S. & Jo-AnnM. ChurchillMr. &Mrs. J. Christopher

DonahueMr. &Mrs. Ira H. GordonDrue Heinz TrustTom &Dona HotoppG. Christian Lantszch*Lillian Edwards FoundationMr. &Mrs. Thomas McConomyMr. &Mrs. Thomas J. UsherThomas H. and Frances M.

Witmer

$100,000 - $249,999Anonymous (3)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. Wahl

Falk Foundation & Sigo and JeanFalk

Mr. &Mrs. Henry J. GailliotIra &Anita GumbergHansen FoundationHefren-TillotsonRick & Laurie JohnsonNancy & Jeff LeiningerMr. &Mrs. Martin G. McGuinnPerry* & BeeJee MorrisonRachel MellonWalton Fund of

The Pittsburgh FoundationMr. &Mrs. William E. RinehartSamuel and Carrie Arnold

Weinhaus FundEdward D. Loughney*Bill* & Carol TillotsonJon & Carol WaltonHelge & Erika WehmeierJames & SusanneWilkinsonHilda M. Willis Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999Estate of Florence M. JacobBenno & Constance BerntMichael & Carol BleierKathryn &Michael BrysonSidney & Sylvia BusisAnn & Frank CahouetRon & Dorothy ChutzBasil & JayneAdair CoxPamela R. & Kenneth B. DunnBarbara JeremiahGoldman Sachs GivesA. W. Mellon FoundationJames & Joan MooreDonald I. & Janet MoritzMildred S. Myers &William C.

FrederickElliott S. OshryPittsburgh Post-GazetteReed Smith LLPAbby & Reid RuttenbergJohn P. & Elizabeth L. SurmaJacquelin G. Wechsler

$25,000-$49,999Anonymous (1)Alan L. & Barbara B. AckermanLarry & Tracy BrockwayRobert C. DenoveMartin & Lisa EarleEichleay FoundationErnst & Young LLPNancy Goeres &Michael RusinekMs. Anna GreenbergRobert W. & Elizabeth C.

Kampmeinert

Stephen & Kimberly KeenMrs. H.J. LevinBetty & Granger MorganThe Pittsburgh FoundationMr. &Mrs. Frank Brooks

RobinsonMr. &Mrs. William F. RoemerStan & Carole RussellKaren ScansaroliJames M. & Lucy K.

Schoonmaker FoundationSchreiber Industrial Development

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

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

Charitable FoundationThe Louis & Sandra Berkman

FoundationMichael E. BielskiEstate of Ruth M. BinkleyMr. &Mrs. Daniel BookerAndrés Cárdenes &Monique

MeadJames C. & Carol* C. ChaplinJoseph* & Virginia CiceroThe Estate of Richard C. TobiasThe Estate of Jane I. JohnsonGreg & Ellen JordanRuth Feldman* & Emil FeldmanElizabeth H. GenterDavid & Nancy GreenCaryl & 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'Brien

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.

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE2011-2012 SEASON


commitment to excellence

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

The Estate of Audrey I. StaufferMr. &Mrs. John R. PriceDeborah RiceJamesW. & Erin M. RimmelMax & Tiffany StarksElizabeth Burnett & Lawrence

TamburriThe Chester A. Davies TrustRachel 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 KallaDouglas W. KinzeyCliff & Simi KressBetty L. LambJeanne R. Manders*Scott & Bridget MichaelMr. &Mrs. Stuart M. MillerRobert Moir & Jennifer CowlesMary & JimMurdyMr. &Mrs. Hale OliverMr. &Mrs. Michael B. PollackTor Richter in memory of Tibbie

RichterDr. &Mrs. Leonard SteptDick & Thea StoverBecky & Herb TorbinJane F. Treherne-ThomasDr. Michael J. White &Mr.

Richard L. LeBeauRobert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene

Berkovitz

$1,000 - $4,999Anonymous (7)Mr. Thomas L. AllenJoan & Jerome*Apt & FamilyDr. &Mrs. AlanA. AxelsonKathleen & Joseph BairdRichard C. BarneyRobert W. & Janet W. BaumPhilip &Melinda BeardYu-Ling and Gregg BehrPatti & Sandy BermanGeorgia Berner

Drs. Barbara &Albert BiglanMarian & Bruce BlockNadine E. BognarBetsy BossongLois R. BrozenickHoward &Marilyn BruschiDoug BurnsBurrell Group, Inc.Mr. &Mrs. Douglas CameronMr. &Mrs. Brian and Shannon

CapellupoGloria R. ClarkMr. Ray CloverDr. Richard L. & Sally B. CohenBill & Cynthia CooleyStacy CorcoranRose & Vincent CrisantiPatricia CriticosDonna Dierken DadoAda & Stanford DavisDr. &Mrs. Gregory G. Dell'OmoValerie DiCarloWilliam S. Dietrich, II*June & Barry DietrichLisa DonnermeyerFrancis & Gene Fairman IIIIn Honor of Ruth Feldman* &

Emil FeldmanJan Fleisher & Rob BoulwareFriends & Family of Stanford P.

DavisDr. R. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen

RocheGamma Investment CorporationKathleen Gavigan &William B.

DixonMr. &Mrs. James GensteinMr. &Mrs. Thomas C. GrahamJohn F. GrayMr. &Mrs. Frank T. GuadagninoCarol E. HigginsAdam&Allison HillKelvin HillEsther & Terry HorneMr. &Mrs. Thomas O. HornsteinMr. &Mrs. RichardA. Jacobs, Jr.Susan &Wyatt JennyLeo &Marge KaneJoan M. KaplanMr. Navroz J. KarkariaJudgeWilliam Kenworthy &Mrs.

Lucille KenworthyMr. &Mrs. Arthur J. Kerr, Jr.Jan & Guari KieferAleta J. & Paul KingCarly, Catherine & Kim KozaElaine & Carl KrasikIn Memory of Jack LarouereMr. &Mrs. Frederick C. LeechDr. Joseph &AnnaMae LenkeyFrances F. LevinKen &Hope Linge

E.D. LoughneyMacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni,

Inc.Mary Lou & Ted N. MageeCarl &Alexis MancusoDave & Kathy MaskalickMr. &Mrs. JosephA. Massaro, Jr.Mr. &Mrs. Water T. McGough, Jr.George & Bonnie MeanorMarilyn &Allan MeltzerBurl J. F. Moone, IIIArthur J. Murphy, Jr.Mr. &Mrs. Perry NapolitanoDr. andMrs. Arthur NussbaumRoger & Sarah ParkerCamilla B. Pearce and Dan Gee*Joseph & Suzanne PerrinoSymphony EastBarbara RackoffBruce S. ReopolosMr. &Mrs. Philip R. RobertsBetty & Edgar R. RobinsonBruce & Susy RobisonDr. LeeA. & Rosalind*

RosenblumCharlotta Klein RossJoseph RoundsMillie & Gary RyanGail Ryave & FamilyMary SedigasAllyn R. Shaw, WilliamM. Shaw

III & Family, SusanWamboldMr. &Mrs. Raymond V.

Shepherd, Jr.Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Rebecca L.

CarlinPaul & Linda SilverLaurie & Paul SingerLois & Bill SingletonMarjorie A. SnyderMarcie Solomon &Nathan

GoldblattShirley & Sidney Stark, Jr.Jeff & Linda StengelStringert, Inc.Peter SullivanMr. &Mrs. Frank TalenfeldDorothea & Gerald* ThompsonJeff &Melissa TsaiJim* &Mary Jo WinokurScott & StacyWeberMarvin & Dot WedeenJodi &AndrewWeisfieldMr. &Mrs. Thomas D. WrightMr. &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.orgCurrent as of October 13, 2011*deceased


SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS

BNY 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 BenchRoy & 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 HillmanThe Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International PerformancesDavid & 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 SpiritHarvey & Florence Zeve..........................................................................................Garden Bench


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