Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 2012-13 season
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2012-13 BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS CONCERTS
Sept. 21-23: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Thomas Hampson, baritone. Strauss' Orchestral Songs and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World."
Oct. 5-7: Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Olga Kern, piano. Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances," Suite No. 3, Schumann's Symphony No. 3 and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.
Oct. 12-14: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Adriana Kucerova, soprano; Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Liang Li, bass; John Lithgow, narrator; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Mozart's Requiem, K. 626, Mozart's death in Words and Music.
Oct. 19: Music for the Spirit. Manfred Honeck, conductor; Adriana Kucerova, soprano; Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection."
Nov. 23-25: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Yefin Bronfman, piano. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor," and waltzes and polkas by the Strauss family.
Nov. 30, Dec. 2: Manfred Honeck, conductor; soloist TBD. Bates' "Mothership," concerto TBD, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
Dec. 7, 9: Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Anne Akiko Meyers, violin. Haydn's Symphony No. 68, Bates' Violin Concerto and Saint-Saens' Symphony No. 3, "Organ."
Dec. 14-16: Arild Remmereit, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Walker's Sinfonia No. 4, "Strands," Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, "Turkish," and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams."
Jan. 11, 13, 2013: Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Enrico Dindo, cello. Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 2 and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7.
Jan. 18-20: Gianandrea Noseda; Benjamin Hochman, piano. De Sabata's "La note di Platon," Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand and Strauss' "Aus Italien."
Jan. 25-27: Michael Francis, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin. Mozart's Symphony No. 4, K. 550, Dvorak's Violin Concerto, Smetana's "Sarka" from "Ma Vlast" and Janacek's "Taras Bulba."
Feb. 15-17: Manfred Honeck; Denis Mastsuev, piano. Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
March 1-3: Manfred Honeck; TBD, soprano; Gregg Baker, baritone; Christopher Hahn, host; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. Opera highlights.
March 8, 10: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor; Horacio Gutierrez, piano. Mozart's Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239, "Serenata notturna," Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459, and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
March 22-24: Leonard Slatkin; Emanuel Ax, piano; Lindsay Ammann, mezzo-soprano; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. Bates' "The B-Sides," Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503, and Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky."
April 5-7: Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichord. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-6.
April 12-14: Juajo Mena, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin. Bates' "Desert Transport," Bernstein's Serenade for Violin and Orchestra and Brahms' Symphony No. 3.
April 26, 28: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; vocal soloists. Theofanidis' "The Gift," and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Choral."
May 10, 12: Kazem Abdullah, conductor; Nicola Benedetti, violin. Brahms' "Tragic Overture," Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
May 17-19: Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Valentina Lisitsa, piano. Golijov's "Sidereus," Grieg's Piano Concerto, Ravel's "Rhapsodie Espagnole" and Elgar's "In the South," "Alassio."
May 31, June 1-2: Manfred Honeck. Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and Mahler's Symphony No. 7.
June 7-9: Manfred Honeck; Yuja Wang, piano. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 5.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sept. 15: Opening Night Gala, "Year of the Dragon." Manfred Honeck, conductor; Lang Lang, piano. Selections from Lang Lang's Dragon Songs, and Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1.
Season ticket packages start at $99.75. Call 412-392-4900 or visit www.pittsburghsymphony.com .
First Published February 9, 2012 12:00 am
