PSO Program Book - June 8 - 17

JOSHUA BELL PLAYS BRAHMS JUNE 8, 9 & 10A GRAND FINALE WITH HONECK JUNE 15, 16 & 17

Highmark

It is the mission of the Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra to providemusical experiences at the high-est level of expression to enrich the community andsatisfy the needs and preferences of our audiences.We will achieve this mission by working together tosupport an internationally recognized orchestra andby ensuring a viable long-term financial future; a ful-filling environment for our orchestra, staff, volun-teers; and the unsurpassed satisfaction of our cus-tomers.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performances arebrought to the community in part by generous sup-port from the Allegheny Regional Asset District andcorporations, foundations and individuals through-out our community. The PSO receives additionalfunding support through a grant from thePennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agencyfunded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania andan award from theNational Endowment for theArts.Art Works.

Radio station WQED-FM 89.3 and WQEJ-FM 89.7 isthe official voice of the Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra. Tune in Sundays at 8 p.m. for “PittsburghSymphony Radio” concert broadcasts hosted by JimCunningham.

TOADVERTISE INTHE PROGRAM, CONTACT:Elaine Nucci at 412.471.6087, or email:[email protected]

June 8, 9 & 10: Program ................................................................21

June 8, 9 & 10: ProgramNotes ......................................................22

Manfred Honeck: Biography........................................................28

Joshua Bell: Biography ..................................................................30

June 15, 16 & 17: Program ............................................................35

June 15, 16 & 17: ProgramNotes ..................................................36

James Gorton: Biography ..............................................................42

Gretchen Van Hoesen: Biography ..............................................44

Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton: Biography ......................................46

State of the Symphony ....................................................................2

Heinz Hall opens its doors: September 10, 1971......................14

Corporate Spotlight ........................................................................27

PSO Retirees ....................................................................................32

Annual Fund Donors: Individuals..............................................48

Foundations & Public Agencies ..................................................55

Corporations .................................................................................. 56

Legacy of Excellence: Steinberg Society ....................................58

Legacy of Excellence: Sid Kaplan Tribute Program................59

Legacy of Excellence: Endowed Chairs ....................................59

Commitment to Excellence Campaign ..........................................60

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 ..................................................64

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Jim Wilkinson became President and CEO ofthe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra late in2011, but he’s no stranger to the organization.A lawyer, Wilkinson began helping withOrchestra labor negotiations in the mid-seventies. He joined the board in 1984 andhas since chaired every PSO Board committeefrom Finance to Governance to Artistic, Audit,Education and Community Engagement,Investment, and Strategic Planning.

“I’ve worked with the last four managingdirectors: Sy Rosen, Marshall Turkin, GideonToeplitz and Larry Tamburri. And in eachcase, I got to know them pretty well,” reflectsWilkinson.

Now he finds himself filling their shoes.“When I was asked to take this position, I

knew the musicians and the senior staff, but Ireally didn’t know the people who work inthis building to put the orchestra on stage andsupport our organization. I spent the first twomonths meeting everyone so that I could putnames and faces together,” he adds.

The Budget GapHe also spent time digging into the

finances of the organization. And in a worldthat has seen recent musician strikes, con-tentious negotiations and even bankruptcy atmajor orchestras, any discussion of the state ofthe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has tobegin with money.

“It’s an overriding concern,” saysWilkinson. “When you look at our financialpicture in Pittsburgh, we know that we cannotcover our expenses even if we sold out HeinzHall. Ticket sales constitute only 22 percent of

the revenue we need for annual operations.We have cut costs everywhere we can, butour average ticket prices are the lowest amongthe country’s top 50 orchestras. That’s whyour focus has to be on the finances. Manyother orchestras have summer homes allow-ing them to generate a great amount ofincome and attract a larger and broader audi-ence. Because we don’t have that opportunityin Pittsburgh, we have to depend on the gen-erosity of our subscribers and donors to makeup the shortfall, through their contributions tothe Annual Fund and the endowment.

“Back in 2005, the PSO embarked on astrategic planning process and also began lay-ing the groundwork for the Commitment toExcellence campaign to raise money for theendowment. As part of that process, a groupof board, musicians and staff, including me,interviewed corporate, community and civicleaders on the role of the PSO in the commu-nity. There were two common threads agreedupon by each leader,” shares Wilkinson. “Thefirst is that the community recognizes the PSOis a world-class institution and they want us tostay that way. The second is that the commu-nity has no idea of the breadth of the PSO’simpact in the region.

“The Board approved our Strategic Planand we were able to launch, with confidence,our $80 million Commitment to Excellencecampaign thanks to the extraordinary generos-ity of the R.P. Simmons Family’s $29.5 milliongift. Increasing the endowment is criticallyimportant, because the larger it grows, themore money we can draw from it each yearfor day-to-day operations. Our goal then andnow was two-fold: sustain the institution as aworld-class organization and re-affirm ourcommitment to the community while lettingpeople know that we’re doing it.”

When we launched the endowment cam-paign in 2007, we hoped to address the budg-et shortfall by increasing the size of theendowment from $120 million to $180 mil-lion, which would increase the amount avail-able for operations by more than $3,500,000each year. We met that $80 million goal latelast year, but in the meantime, the economicdownturn that began in 2008 reduced our

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endowment value by more than 30 percent ofits pre-campaign level. The endowment hasyet to return to its peak before the campaign.

“That’s why we are continuing with ourendowment fund raising efforts because themost important pre-requisite to maintainingour world-class orchestra is a larger endow-ment,” says Wilkinson, “but the Annual Fundis also important, because it supplements tick-et sales to provide basic operating funds.That’s why we have to ask our patrons to con-tribute annually and also to consider a one-time gift to the campaign.

“We must also increase the relationshipof revenue over expense. We are all lookingfor ways to establish a minimum increase inrevenue of five percent per year over the prioryear, or a minimum decrease of five percentin expenses. It doesn’t matter to me which.The staff is diligently working in that direction,but it is not easy to do while maintaining thequality of programming our audienceexpects.”

A Firm Commitment to theCommunity and the Region

“The PSO spends approximately 10 per-cent of its $31 million budget on educationinitiatives for local students and on other com-munity engagement activities that generate noincome. For example, the PSO reaches65,000 school children and adults every year

through its education and communityprograms. We also take the orchestra out ofHeinz Hall, performing each year in the HillDistrict, East Liberty, Wilkinsburg and in manysuburban communities. We do this becauseit’s the right thing to do. At a time when edu-cation dollars are being slashed, particularlyin the arts, our role is even more critical,” saysWilkinson.

While the impact of the PSO is felt incommunities and classrooms, the organiza-tion recognizes that its home, Heinz Hall, isan economic driver in and of itself.

“We’ve undertaken a substantial renova-tion of Heinz Hall, which we own,” addsWilkinson. “This is a multi-year, multi-milliondollar endeavor. Using grant funds we havesecured for this purpose, we have finished thegarden, the sidewalks and most of the roofing.We still have a substantial amount of workthat remains to be done within the hall, back-stage and in the office towers.“

Heinz Hall houses not only the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra, but also the PittsburghYouth Symphony and the Pittsburgh SpeakersSeries. It is a partner in the PNC BroadwayAcross America series and is the chosen venuefor many university graduations, private func-tions and corporate annual meetings eachyear, including, most recently, the elite run-ners at the start of the Pittsburgh Marathon.Hundreds of thousands of people come


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through the doors each year.“We recognize Heinz Hall’s importance

in the vibrancy and economic impact of theCultural District,” says Wilkinson. “Our reno-vations are desperately needed to maintainthe facility to this end.”

“We know the arts create economicopportunity for the region. For instance, whenwe go on tour, the Pittsburgh RegionalAlliance joins us because they have found usan excellent “door-opener” when they areworking to attract European companies think-ing about opening an office or division in theU.S.,” explains Wilkinson. “In fact, contactsthey made during our 2008 tour helpedsecure Delta Airline’s Pittsburgh-to-Parisflight.”

Wilkinson is quick to point out that nooperating money is used to support theOrchestra’s tours. “Private funding specificallydesignated for touring, such as proceeds fromthe Hillman Endowment for InternationalPerformances and sponsorships from compa-nies such as BNY Mellon and LANXESS, arewhat enables the PSO to play for the world.”

But in addition to its economic impact,there is no question that a consistent touring

schedule also helps the PSO recruit theworld’s top musicians.

“Touring is extremely important to a pro-fessional musician,” Wilkinson explains. “Ourtours and the universal acclaim they attract area major factor in why musicians come hereand stay here. I do think that it’s one of thefactors that makes the PSO as good an orches-tra as it is. Top musicians want to come herebecause the PSO is invited to play at majormusic festivals around the world, such as theBBC Proms in London or the Lucerne Festivalin Switzerland. If we were to diminish touringand become a regional orchestra, it wouldabsolutely affect the quality that is on the stageevery night. Our Pittsburgh audience gets thebenefit of the great music that they hear atHeinz Hall because the PSO tours.”

A World-Class Orchestra.Exemplary Customer Service.

The PSO’s star continues to rise underMusic Director Manfred Honeck. Invitations(and repeat invitations) to prestigious musicfestivals keep the PSO at the forefront of theworld’s leading ensembles. Add to this, therecent news that the PSO’s recording ofMahler’s Symphony No. 4 received a presti-gious International Classical Music Award(ICMA) for best symphonic recording. Widelyregarded as the preeminent award for classicalmusic recordings on an international level, theICMA award is judged by an internationalpanel of music critics and writers who consid-ered more than 250 recordings in theirappraisal. The artistic excellence of theOrchestra is in good hands, but the PSOknows that it cannot take its patrons’ supportfor granted by simply providing them with agreat concert experience. Wilkinson explains,“In a renewed commitment to customer serv-ice, we implemented the Patron ServiceRepresentative (PSR) program that providessubscribers with an individual staff member tocontact for everything from ticketing needs torestaurant advice.

“Our patrons are the lifeblood of thisinstitution. Providing them with a greatconcert experience as well as exemplarycustomer service is our goal every day. Wewill soon be adding PSRs for the PNC Popssubscribers,” adds Wilkinson. “It’s a naturalnext step.”



Jim Wilkinson—Acoustic

A New World…at the PSOOn Valentine’s Day this season Heinz

Hall was packed with the ardent followers ofTrey Anastasio of Phish fame, an Americanrock band that is often compared to theGrateful Dead. For many in the sold-outcrowd, it was their first time in Heinz Hall.

“The musicians’ union labor attorney,Lou Kushner, and his wife Sandy, told methey’d attended a concert and were sittingnext to a young couple. Sandy asked them ifthis was their first time in Heinz Hall. Turnsout they’d been here for the Trey concert andhad such a good time that they decided tocome back for a PSO performance.”Wilkinson pauses and adds, “You know, Iremember the meeting of the Board’sExecutive Committee where our VicePresident of Audience Development and Salesreported that Trey was coming. No one had aclue who that was. She didn’t help matters byexplaining that he’s with Phish,” he laughs.

Trey Anastasio. Ben Folds. The Legend ofZelda. Attracting a younger audience is highon the list of priorities at the PSO.

In December 2011, Manfred Honeckconducted the New World Symphony inMiami and a team from the PSO traveled withhim to see the exciting way they presentconcerts.

“The operation is first-class. We saw theperformance while sitting on the grass outsideas they projected the concert onto the side ofthe building on a 70-foot by 70-foot screenwith a great sound system that completelydrowned out the street noise. There wereseveral hundred people sitting outside withdogs and wine and cheese making an eveningof it. And they don’t charge for this.

“Then I sat in the control room for thesecond half and watched as the director andhis staff moved video cameras around as they

followed a marked score indicating wherethey wanted to make a camera shift. So if therewas going to be an English horn solo, theywould have it marked, and one guy wouldcall the mark, and the camera would bemoved to where it needed to go.

“It clearly demonstrated that having a dig-ital concert hall really does give you advan-tages. And that’s what we’re moving towardhere, making Heinz Hall a digital hall.”

Wilkinson goes on to explain that plansinclude a sound studio housing state-of-the-artequipment to capture the live experience for adownload almost immediately after the con-cert. Robotic cameras will allow for close-upviews of musicians and soloists to be project-ed on screens on the side walls. A subscrip-tion to a digital stream of the concert will beavailable for those who can’t be at Heinz Hallfor the concert, and in the lobby digitalscreens will make information interactive.

“I’m still working out how we’re going topay for that,” he adds with a wry smile.

“I don’t think that the way we attractpeople tomorrow, will be the way we attract-ed them 20 years ago,” he concludes. “I thinkit’s going to be a different process, and whilethe orchestra world seems to be relativelyconfident that younger people who don’t goto concerts will start when they reach their 40sand 50s, I’m not sure that I agree that willhappen automatically. We’re talking aboutgenerations that didn’t have music educationin school, and I don’t know that they thinkthat they should attend the symphony. Wereally need to think differently about the expe-rience we’re providing, and about what wemean to people and what we bring to theirlives.”

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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PERRY & BEE JEE MORRISON STRING INSTRUMENT LOAN FUND

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

ASSISTANT CONDUCTORThomas Hong

FIRST VIOLINNoah Bendix-BalgleyCONCERTMASTERRACHEL MELLONWALTONCONCERTMASTER CHAIR

Mark HugginsASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTERBEVERLYNN & STEVEN ELLIOTT CHAIR

Huei-Sheng KaoASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Hong-Guang JiaASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Jeremy BlackEllen Chen-LivingstonIrene ChengSarah ClendenningAlison Peters FujitoDavid GillisSELMAWIENER BERKMAN MEMORIAL CHAIR

Sylvia KimJennifer OrchardRON & DOROTHY CHUTZ CHAIR

Susanne ParkChristopherWuNANCY & JEFFERY LEININGER CHAIR

Shanshan YaoTHE ESTATE OF OLGA T.GAZALIE

Kristina Yoder

SECOND VIOLINJennifer RossjG. CHRISTIAN LANTZSCH& DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY CHAIR

Louis LevdTHE MORRISON FAMILY CHAIR

Dennis O’BoylexMichael DavisCarolyn EdwardsLinda FischerLorien Benet HartClaudia MahaveLaura MotchalovPeter SnitkovskyAlbert TanYuko UchiyamaRui-TongWang

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

Charlotta Klein Ross

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

FLUTELorna McGheejJACKMAN PFOUTS FLUTE CHAIR

Damian Bursill-HallhJennifer ConnerHILDA M.WILLIS FOUNDATION CHAIR

PICCOLORhian KennyjFRANK AND LOTI GAFFNEY CHAIR

OBOECynthia KoledoDeAlmeidajDR.WILLIAM LARIMER MELLON, JR. CHAIR

James GortonhMILDRED S.MYERS&WILLIAM C. FREDERICK CHAIR

Scott BellMR.& MRS.WILLIAM E. RINEHART CHAIR

ENGLISH HORNHarold SmoliarjJOHANNES & MONA L. COETZEEMEMORIAL CHAIR

CLARINETMichael RusinekjMR.& MRS. AARON SILBERMAN CHAIR

Thomas ThompsonhRon Samuels

E-FLAT CLARINETThomas Thompson

BASS CLARINETRichard Pagej

BASSOONNancy GoeresjMR.& MRS.WILLIAM GENGEAND MR.& MRS. JAMES E. LEE CHAIR

David SogghPhilip A. Pandolfi

CONTRABASSOONJames Rodgersj

HORNWilliam CaballerojANONYMOUS DONOR CHAIR

Stephen KostyniakdZachary SmithxTHOMAS H.& FRANCES M.WITMER CHAIR

Robert LauverIRVING (BUDDY)WECHSLER CHAIR

Ronald SchneiderMICHAEL & CAROL BLEIER CHAIR

Joseph RoundsREED SMITH CHAIR HONORING TOM TODD

TRUMPETGeorge VosburghjMARTHA BROOKS ROBINSON CHAIR

Charles LirettehEDWARD D. LOUGHNEY CHAIR

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

FRETTED INSTRUMENTSIrvin Kauffmanj

LIBRARIANSJoann Ferrell VosburghjJEAN & SIGO FALK CHAIR

Lisa Gedris

STAGE TECHNICIANSRonald EspositoJohn Karapandi

OPEN CHAIRSWILLIAM & SARAH GALBRAITHFIRST VIOLIN CHAIR

MR.& MRS. BENJAMIN F. JONES IIIKEYBOARD CHAIR

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Robert C.DenoveWilliam S.Dietrich*Roy G.Dorrance, IIIAlbert H.EckertBeverlynn ElliottSigo FalkTerri FitzpatrickElizabeth H.GenterIra H.GordonPeter S.GreerIra J.GumbergCaryl A.HalpernJohn H.Hill�Thomas B.HotoppBarbara JeremiahRichard J.JohnsonJ.Craig Jordan

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MaxW.Starks, IVJames E.SteenCraig A.TillotsonJaneTreherne-ThomasJon D.WaltonHelge H.WehmeierMichael J.White,M.D.James A.WilkinsonThomas H.WitmerRachelWymardRobert Zinn

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Diana BlockPITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

Ronald E. ChutzMODERN TRANSPORTATION

Kimberly FlemingHEFREN-TILLOTSON

Richard J. HarshmanATI

J. Brett HarveyCONSOL ENERGY, INC.

David IwinskiBLUEWATER GROWTH LLC

Eric JohnsonTHE HILLMAN COMPANY

Gregory JordanREED SMITH

Stephen KlemashERNST & YOUNG

Morgan O'BrienPEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO.

Christopher PikeKDKA / UPN PITTSBURGH

David L. PorgesEQT

James RohrPNC BANK

Arthur Rooney, IIPITTSBURGH STEELER SPORTS, INC.

John T. RyanMINE SAFETY APPLIANCES

David ShapiraGIANT EAGLE, INC.

John S. StanikCALGON CARBON

John SurmaUS STEEL CORPORATION

Richard P.SimmonsCHAIRMAN

Beverlynn ElliottVICE CHAIR

Richard J.JohnsonVICE CHAIR

James A.WilkinsonPRESIDENT & CEO

Jeffery L.LeiningerSECRETARY &TREASURER

Larry T.BrockwayCORPORATE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Michael A.BrysonFINANCE COMMITTEE

Rae R.BurtonAUDIT COMMITTEE

L.VanV.Dauler, Jr.PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE

DonaldW.BornemanINVESTMENT COMMITTEE

Roy G.Dorrance, IIIHEINZ HALL COMMITTEE

Beverlynn ElliottMAJOR GIFTS COMMITTEE**,TOUR FUNDING TASK FORCE

Thomas B.HotoppEDUCATION AND COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Barbara JeremiahARTISTIC COMMITTEE

Jeffery L.LeiningerMAJOR GIFTS COMMITTEE**

Alicia McGinnisPATRON DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Mildred S.MyersPUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

Deborah L.RiceMARKETING COMMITTEE

JamesW.RimmelJACK HEINZ SOCIETY

ThomasToddGOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Helge H.WehmeierINTERNATIONAL ADVISORY TASK FORCE

RachelWymardDIVERSITY COMMITTEE

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DavidW.ChristopherMrs.Frank J.GaffneyMrs.Henry J.Heinz, II

Mrs.Henry L.HillmanJames E.LeeEdward D.Loughney*

HowardM.Love*Donald I.MoritzDavidM.Roderick

Richard P.SimmonsThomasTodd

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Annabelle ClippingerCHAIR, NEW LEADERSHIP BOARD

Jared L.Cohon,Ph.D.PRESIDENT, CARNEGIEMELLONUNIVERSITY

Gregory G.Dell'Omo,Ph.D.PRESIDENT,ROBERTMORRIS UNIVERSITY

Paul Hennigan,Ed.D.PRESIDENT,POINT PARK UNIVERSITY

Harold SmoliarORCHESTRAMEMBER,PSO

Joseph RoundsORCHESTRAMEMBER,PSO

Alexandra KusicPRESIDENT,

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION

The HonorableRich FitzgeraldCHIEF EXECUTIVE,ALLEGHENY COUNTY

KathleenMaskalickCHAIR,FRIENDS OFTHE PSO

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MORE THAN 700 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED

The Commitment to Excellence Campaign continues…

We’ve hit the goal and we’re not stopping! You, our belovedaudience, have made it clear that you want a world-class

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If you’ve not made a Campaign gift…we NEED you!

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PRESIDENTAlexandra Kusic

PRESIDENT ELECTMargaret Bovbjerg

EX-OFFICIO PRESIDENTLinda Stengel

SECRETARY ANDPARLIAMENTARIANCheryl Redmond

NOMINATING CHAIRLinda Stengel

VICE PRESIDENTSOF AUDIENCEDEVELOPMENTDoris Cope,M.D.Reshma Paranjpe,M.D.

VICE PRESIDENTCOMMUNICATIONSCissy Rebich

NEWSLETTERPeg Fitchwell-Hill

VICE PRESIDENTEDUCATIONGillian Cannell

MUSIC 101 CHAIRSusie Prentiss

VICE PRESIDENTFINANCEMargaret Bovbjerg

VICE PRESIDENTOF FUND DEVELOPMENTMIllie Ryan

BOUTIQUE CHAIRSLinda StengelMichele Talarico

FINE INSTRUMENTFUND CHAIRChris Thompson

VICE PRESIDENTSMEMBERSHIPJennifer MartinCarolyn Maue

VICE PRESIDENT EVENTSFrancesca Peters

FALL ANNUALMEETING/LUNCHEONCHAIRSFran PetersAlex Kusic

HOLIDAYLUNCHEON CHAIRSFrances PickardThea StoverMary Lloyd Thompson

SPRINGLUNCHEON CHAIRSJan ChadwickSusie PrentissPatty Snodgrass

PSA NIGHT AT THESYMPHONY CHAIRSDoris Cope,M.D.Reshma Paranjpe,M.D.

ORCHESTRAAPPRECIATION CHAIRSMillie RyanFrances PickardChris Thompson

AFFILIATES' DAY CHAIRSMary Ann CraigCheryl Redmond

AFFILIATE LEADERSHIPCOUNCIL

SYMPHONY NORTH PRESIDENT

Clare Hoke

SYMPHONY EAST PRESIDENT

Robert Kemper

HONORARY DIRECTORSJoan AptGrace M. Compton*Betty FleckerCaryl A. HalpernDrue HeinzElsie HillmanJane S.Oehmler*Sandra H. PesaventoJanet ShoopKathy Kahn SteptJane C.VandermadeElizabeth B.WiegandJoan A. Zapp

*Deceased

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY

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CHAIRMANAnnabelle Clippinger

VICE CHAIRMANElizabeth Etter

SECRETARYRonald Smutny

TREASURERAlexis Unkovic McKinley

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRJanice Jeletic

UNIVERSITYRELATIONS CHAIRDaniel Pennell

SOCIALACTIVITIES CHAIRLynn Broman

EDUCATION &OUTREACH CHAIRElizabeth Etter

MEMBERSBernie S. AnnorCynthia DeAlmeidaAntonia FranzingerAlice GelorminoSusan JohnsonDavid KnappDawn KosanovichJames MaleziBridget MeachamLily Pietryka

Andrew SwensenRev.Debra Thompson

FOR INFORMATION ABOUTNLB MEMBERSHIP, CALL THEPITTSBURGH SYMPHONYORCHESTRA AT 412.392.4865

CO-CHAIRSKathy & David Maskalick

FOUNDING CHAIRSConnie & Benno Bernt

Linda BlumCynthia & Bill CooleyStephanie & Albert FirtkoMillie Myers &Bill Frederick

Andy & Sherry KleinJoan & Cliff Schoff

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CHAIRMANJamesW. Rimmel

MEMBERSBernie S. AnnorJensina ChutzJeffrey J. ConnGavin H.GeraciRobert F. Hoyt

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“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 asinterested 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

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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

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window; and broad office windowsabove were partly filled in, in a ratherViennese Baroque style. [One of the lastmakers] of architectural terra cotta in theUnited States was commissioned tomatch the warm off-white of the originalfacing, and did an almost-perfect job.

Inside, the richly decorated auditori-um, originally meant to be dark, waslightened in tones of cream, red and gold,and Verner S. Purnell of Sewickley paint-ed huge gray-gold trophies in a Neo-Baroque manner. The old spaces outsidethe auditorium were adapted to intermis-

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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.

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

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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

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RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan, Opus 20

RICHARD STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung [Death and Transfiguration],Opus 24

JOHANNES BRAHMS Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 77I. Allegro non troppoII. AdagioIII. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivaceMR. BELL

RICHARD STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Opus 28

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RICHARD STRAUSSDon Juan, Opus 20 (1887-1888)

It was in the 1630 drama El Burlador de Sevilla (“TheSeducer of Seville”) by the Spanish playwright Tirsode Molina that the fantastic character of Don Juanfirst strutted upon the world’s stages. Tirso based hisplay on folk legends that were at least a century oldin his day, and whose roots undoubtedly extenddeeply into some Jungian archetype of masculinevirility shared, from complementary viewpoints, bymen and women alike. Don Juan found frequent lit-erary representations thereafter, notably in works byMolière, Dumas, Byron, Espronceda, de Musset,Zorrilla and Shaw. A story of such intense passionwas bound to inspire composers as well as men ofletters, and Gluck, Delibes, Alfano, Dargomyzhskyand half a dozen others wrote pieces based on thecharacter and his exploits. The most famous treat-ment of the tale is, of course, Mozart’s DonGiovanni, and it was through that opera that RichardStrauss first became acquainted with the SpanishLothario. In June 1885, Strauss attended a produc-tion of Paul Heyse’s play Don Juans Ende with hismentor, Hans von Bülow, and the drama and its sub-ject, building on the influence of Mozart’s master-piece, made a powerful impression on the youngcomposer.

Strauss started sketching his Don Juan late in 1887, turning for a program for his tonepoem not to da Ponte or the Spanish authors, but to the 19th-century Hungarian poetNicolaus Lenau. Lenau, born in 1802, was possessed by a blazing romantic spirit fueled inpart by a hopeless love for the wife of a friend. In a fit of idealism in 1832, he came toAmerica and settled on a homestead in Ohio for a few months. Disappointed with the NewWorld, he returned to Europe, where he produced an epic on the Faust legend in 1836,and then undertook a poetic drama based on Don Juan. Lenau left this latter work unfin-ished in 1844 when he lost his mind and was admitted to an asylum, where he died sixyears later. Lenau’s Don Juan was not a rakish extrovert but rather a vain, sensual idealist.In the author’s words, “My Don Juan is no hot-blooded man, eternally pursuing women.It is the longing in him to find a woman who is to him incarnate womanhood, and to enjoyin the one all the women on earth whom he cannot as individuals possess. Because hedoes not find her, although he reels from one to another, at last Disgust seizes hold of him,and this Disgust is the Devil that fetches him.” In Lenau’s version, Don Juan meets hisdeath in a sword duel with the father of one of the women he has seduced. Disillusionedand empty, ready for death, he drops his guard and welcomes his fate.

Strauss’ tone poem captures the feverish emotion and charged sensuality of Lenau’sdrama, but other than three abstruse excerpts from Lenau’s poem that appear in the score,the composer never gave a specific program for Don Juan. The body of the work compris-

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born June 11, 1864 in Munich;died September 9, 1949 inGarmisch-Partenkirchen

PREMIERE OF WORK:Weimar, November 11, 1889Weimar Hoftheater OrchestraRichard Strauss, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:9 February 1901Carnegie Music HallVictor Herbert, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION:piccolo, three flutes, two oboes,English horn, two clarinets, twobassoons, contrabassoon, fourhorns, three trumpets, three trom-bones, tuba, timpani, percussion,harp and strings

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es themes associated with the lover and his conquests. The vigorous opening strain anda stentorian melody majestically proclaimed by the horns near the mid-point of the workbelong to Don Juan. The music depicting the women in his life is variously coquettish,passionate and ravishing. (Norman Del Mar called the beautiful oboe melody “one ofthe greatest love songs in all music”). In the closing pages, an enormous crescendo issuddenly broken off by a long silence. A quivering chill comes over the music. A disso-nant note on the trumpets marks the fatal thrust. Quietly, without hope of redemption,the libertine dies.

RICHARD STRAUSSDeath and Transfiguration, Opus 24 (1890)

It was at his first conducting post, with the excellentcourt orchestra at Meiningen, that Strauss began com-posing his tone poems. Death and Transfigurationwas the third of these, following Macbeth (1887) andDon Juan (1888). The literary inspiration for Deathand Transfiguration originated with Strauss himself, ashe noted in a letter to his friend Friedrich vonHausegger in 1894: “It was six years ago when theidea came to me to write a tone poem describing thelast hours of a man who had striven for the highestideals, presumably an artist. The sick man lies in hisbed breathing heavily and irregularly in his sleep.Friendly dreams bring a smile to his face; his sleepgrows lighter; he awakens. Fearful pains once more begin to torture him, fever shakes hisbody. When the attack is over and the pain recedes, he recalls his past life; his childhoodpasses before his eyes; his youth with its strivings and passions; and then, when the painreturns, there appears to him the goal of his life’s journey — the idea, the ideal which heattempted to embody in his art, but which he was unable to perfect because such perfec-tion could be achieved by no man. The fatal hour arrives. The soul leaves his body, to dis-cover in the eternal cosmos the magnificent realization of the ideal which could not be ful-filled here below.”

Strauss’ composition follows his literary program with almost clinical precision. It isdivided into four sections. The first summons forth the vision of the sickroom and the irreg-ular heartbeat and distressed sighs of the man/artist. The second section, in a faster tempo,is a vivid and violent portrayal of his suffering. The ensuing, slower section, beginning ten-derly and representing the artist’s remembrance of his life, is broken off suddenly when theanguished music of the second part returns. This ultimate, painful struggle ends in death,signified by a stroke of the gong. The final section, hymnal in mood, depicts the artist’svision of ultimate beauty as he is transfigured into part of “the eternal cosmos.”

PREMIERE OF WORK:Eisenach, June 21, 1890Richard Strauss, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:23 November 1900Carnegie Music HallVictor Herbert, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION:three flutes, two oboes, Englishhorn, two clarinets, bass clarinet,two bassoons, contrabassoon, fourhorns, three trumpets, three trom-bones, tuba, timpani, gong, twoharps and strings


JOHANNES BRAHMSConcerto in D major for Violin andOrchestra, Opus 77 (1878)

“The healthy and ruddy colors of his skin indicated alove of nature and a habit of being in the open air inall kinds of weather; his thick straight hair of brownishcolor came nearly down to his shoulders. His clothesand boots were not of exactly the latest pattern, nordid they fit particularly well, but his linen was spot-less.... [There was a] kindliness in his eyes ... with nowand then a roguish twinkle in them which correspond-ed to a quality in his nature which would perhaps bebest described as good-natured sarcasm.” So wrote SirGeorge Henschel, the singer and conductor whobecame the first Music Director of the BostonSymphony Orchestra, of his friend Johannes Brahmsat the time of the composition of his Violin Concerto.Brahms at 45 was coming into the full efflorescence ofhis talent and fame. The 20-year gestation of the FirstSymphony had finally ended in 1876, and the SecondSymphony came easily only a year later. He wasoccupied with many songs and important chamberworks during the years of the mid-1870s, and the twogreatest of his concertos, the B-flat for piano and the Dmajor for violin, were both conceived in 1878. Bothworks were ignited by the delicious experience of his first trip to Italy in April of that year,though the Piano Concerto was soon laid aside when the Violin Concerto became his mainfocus during the following summer. After the Italian trip, he returned to the idyllic Austrianvillage of Pörtschach (site of the composition of the Second Symphony the previous year),where he composed the Violin Concerto for his old friend and musical ally, JosephJoachim.

The first movement is constructed on the lines of the Classical concerto form, with anextended orchestral introduction presenting much of the movement’s main thematic mate-rial before the entry of the soloist. The last theme, a dramatic strain in stern dotted rhythms,ushers in the soloist, who plays an extended passage as transition to the second expositionof the themes. This initial solo entry is unsettled and anxious in mood and serves to height-en the serene majesty of the main theme when it is sung by the violin upon its reappear-ance. A melody not heard in the orchestral introduction, limpid and almost a waltz, is givenout by the soloist to serve as the second theme. The vigorous dotted-rhythm figure returnsto close the exposition, with the development continuing the agitated aura of this closingtheme. The recapitulation begins on a heroic wave of sound spread throughout the entireorchestra. After the return of the themes, the bridge to the coda is made by the soloist’scadenza. With another traversal of the main theme and a series of dignified cadential fig-ures, this grand movement comes to an end. The rapturous second movement is based ona theme that the composer Max Bruch said was derived from a Bohemian folk song. Themelody, intoned by the oboe, is initially presented in the colorful sonorities of wind choir

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born 7 May 1833 in Hamburg;died 3 April 1897 in Vienna

PREMIERE OF WORK:January 1, 1879Gewandhaus OrchestraJohannes Brahms, conductorJoseph Joachim, soloist

PSO PREMIERE:9 December 1904Carnegie Music HallEmil Paur, conductorLuigi von Kunits, violin

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without strings. After the violin’s entry, the soloist is seldom confined to the exact notes ofthe theme, but rather weaves rich embroidery around their melodic shape. The centralsection of the movement is cast in darker hues. The opening melody returns in the plan-gent tones of the oboe accompanied by the widely spaced chords of the violinist. Thefinale is an invigorating dance of Gypsy character in rondo form, with a scintillating tunein double stops as the recurring theme.

RICHARD STRAUSSTill Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks,Opus 28 (1895)

“If you want to create a work that is unified in itsmood and consistent in its structure, and if it is to givethe listener a clear and definite impression, then whatthe author wants to say must have been just as clearand definite in his own mind. This is only possiblethrough the expression of a poetical idea.” Thus wroteRichard Strauss in 1888 in a letter to his mentor, thegreat pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow, evenbefore he had composed his first successful tonepoem, Don Juan. The “poetical idea” from which TillEulenspiegel sprang was a well-known character ofGerman folklore, a “rude mechanical” born inBrunswick in 1283, according to the account of 1515by a Franciscan monk, Thomas Murner. So popularwere the tales of Till that they were soon translatedinto a half dozen languages, including English, andfully 20 editions of his adventures had been publishedin French by the beginning of the 18th century. OlinDownes wrote of this impish character, “Till, they say,was a wandering mechanic who lived by his wits,turning up in every town and city. He made himselfout to be whatever the situation required — butcher, baker, wheelwright, joiner, monk, orlearned metaphysician. He was a lord of misrule, a liar and villain, whose joy it was toplague honest folk and play foul jests upon them. He pillaged the rich, but often helpedthe poor.... For Till is freedom and fantasy; his is the gallant, mocking warfare of the Oneagainst the Many and the tyranny of accepted things. He is Puck and Rabelais, and [heinspired] quicksilver in Strauss’ music.”

The performance of an opera based on the Till legends by the forgotten WagneriteCyrill Kistler in Würzburg in 1889 first piqued Strauss’ interest in the subject. Strauss begansketching a libretto for a projected opera about Till by June 1893, but his lack of talent atpoetry and the failure of his first opera, Guntram, the following May discouraged him fromfurther work on the plan. When he returned to the subject several months later, the operahad become a tone poem. The work scored an immediate triumph at its premiere, and wassoon being performed by orchestras around the world.

“Eulenspiegel” in German means “owl-mirror,” and it is generally agreed that thename of this legendary rascal, who both embodies and exploits human foibles, alludes to

PREMIERE OF WORK:Cologne, November 5, 1895Franz Wüllner, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:11 March 1904Carnegie Music HallRichard Strauss, conductor

INSTRUMENTATION:piccolo, three flutes, three oboes,English horn, clarinet in D, twoclarinets, bass clarinet, three bas-soons, contrabassoon, four horns,three trumpets, three trombones,tuba, timpani, percussion andstrings



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a German proverb: “Man sees his own faults as little as an owl recognizes his ugliness bylooking into a mirror.” When asked to elucidate his music, Strauss wrote to Franz Wüllner,the conductor of the premiere, “By way of helping listeners to a better understanding, itseems sufficient to point out the two Eulenspiegel motives, which, in the most manifolddisguises, moods and situations, pervade the whole up to the catastrophe, when, after hehas been condemned to death, Till is strung up to the gibbet. For the rest, let them guessat the musical joke which the Rogue has offered them.” The two motives that Strauss men-tioned occur immediately at the beginning of the work — the “once upon a time” phraseplayed by the strings, and the bounding horn theme, whose ambiguous rhythm offers amusical joke to those trying to tap their toes. Strauss, a master of thematic manipulation,spun most of the melodic threads of Till from these two motives. Unlike the historical Till,who reportedly died in bed of the plague, Strauss sentenced his scoundrel to swing for hiscrimes amid threatening rolls on the drums and great blasts from the trombones. The clos-ing pages, however, revive the impish specter of the physically departed Till, as if to saythat his insouciant spirit remains always evergreen.

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MANFRED HONECKManfred Honeck was born in Austria andstudied music at the Academy of Music inVienna. An accomplished violinist and violist,he spent more than ten years as a member ofthe Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna StateOpera Orchestra. It is this experience that hasheavily influenced his conducting and hashelped give it a distinctive stamp.

Manfred Honeck was appointed the ninthmusic director of the Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra in January 2007 and began histenure at the start of the 2008-2009 season. InFebruary 2012, Honeck agreed to extend hiscontract through the 2019-2020 Season.Following their successful European Tour in2010 and the European Festival Tour 2011with appearances at the major music festivals,such as BBC Proms, Lucerne, Grafenegg,Rheingau, Schleswig-Holstein or MusikfestBerlin, Manfred Honeck and the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra will return to Europe inOctober/November 2012. Manfred Honeck’ssuccessful work in Pittsburgh is captured onCD by the Japanese label Exton. So far,Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 and 4,Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and RichardStrauss’ Ein Heldenleben have been releasedto critical acclaim.

From 2007 to 2011, Manfred Honeckwas music director of the Staatsoper Stuttgartwhere he conducted premieres includingBerlioz’s Les Troyens, Mozart’s Idomeneo,Verdi’s Aida, Richard Strauss’ Rosenkavalier,Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites andWagner’s Lohengrin and Parsifal as well asnumerous symphonic concerts. His operaticguest appearances include SemperoperDresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Théâtre de laMonnaie in Brussels, Royal Opera ofCopenhagen, the White Nights Festival in St.Petersburg, the Salzburg Festival and theVerbier Festival.

Honeck commenced his conductingcareer as assistant to Claudio Abbado at theGustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Vienna.Subsequently, he was engaged by the ZurichOpera House from 1991-1996, where he wasawarded the prestigious EuropeanConductor’s Award in 1993. In 1996,

Honeck began a three-year stint as one ofthree main conductors of the MDR SymphonyOrchestra Leipzig, and in 1997, he served asmusic director at the Norwegian NationalOpera in Oslo for a year. A highly successfultour of Europe with the Oslo Philharmonicmarked the beginning of a close collaborationwith this orchestra, which consequentlyappointed him principal guest conductor, apost he held from 1998-2004. From 2000 to2006, Maestro Honeck was music director ofthe Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra andserved as principal guest conductor of theCzech Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 to2011.

As a guest conductor, Manfred Honeckhas worked with such major European orches-tras as the Deutsches Symphonie-OrchesterBerlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig,Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, RoyalConcertgebouw Orchestra, LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra, OrchestrePhilharmonique de Radio France and theVienna Philharmonic, and in the U.S. with theChicago Symphony Orchestra, Los AngelesPhilharmonic, National Symphony OrchestraWashington and Boston Symphony Orchestra.Guest engagements of the 2011-2012 seasonwill see him return to his earlier places ofactivity in Stockholm, Oslo, Prague andStuttgart and he will also conduct other presti-gious orchestras including StaatskapelleDresden, Bamberg Symphony, Orchestre deParis, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra andChicago Symphony. He will moreover appearat the Beijing Music Festival and return toVerbier.

In 2010, Manfred Honeck was awardedan honorary doctorate from St. VincentCollege in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Apart fromhis numerous tasks as conductor, he has beenartistic director of the “International ConcertsWolfegg” in Germany for more than 15 years.


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JOSHUA BELLOften referred to as the “poet of the violin,”Joshua Bell is one of the world’s most celebratedviolinists. He continues to enchant audienceswith his breathtaking virtuosity, tone of sheerbeauty, and charismatic stage presence. His rest-less curiosity, passion, universal appeal, andmulti-faceted musical interests have earned himthe rare title of “classical music superstar.” Bell’smost recent challenge is his appointment as thenew Music Director of the Academy of St Martinin the Fields, the first person to hold this postsince Sir Neville Marinner formed the orchestrain 1958. The ensemble’s first 15-concert tour tothe U.S. garnered rave reviews, and as oneorchestra member blogged in Gramophone “theaudience reaction all tour has been nothing shortof rock concert enthusiasm.” Their first recordingunder Bell’s leadership will be the 4th and 7thsymphonies of Beethoven with plans to eventual-ly perform and record all the Beethoven sym-phonies.

Equally at home as a soloist, chamber musi-cian, recording artist and orchestra leader, Bell’s2012 summer appearances include the premierof a new concerto for violin and double bass byEdgar Meyer to be performed by Bell and Meyerat Tanglewood, Aspen and the Hollywood Bowl.In addition Bell will appear at the Festival delSole, Ravinia, Verbier, Salzburg, Saratoga andMostly Mozart festivals. He will kick off the SanFrancisco Symphony’s fall season followed byperformances with the Philadelphia Orchestraand the Boston, Seattle, Omaha, Cincinnati andDetroit Symphonies. Fall highlights also includea tour of South Africa, a European tour with theAcademy of St Martin in the Fields and aEuropean recital tour with Sam Haywood.

In 2013, Bell will appear in a US tour withthe Cleveland Orchestra and a European tourwith the New York Philharmonic as well as per-formances with the Tucson, Pittsburgh, SanDiego and Nashville Symphony Orchestras.

Joshua Bell currently records exclusively forSony Classical and since his first LP recording atage 18 on the Decca Label, he has recordedmore than 40 CDs. Sony releases includeFrench Impressions with pianist Jeremy Denk,featuring sonatas by Saint-Saens, Ravel andFranck, At Home With Friends, Vivaldi’s TheFour Seasons with The Academy of St Martin inthe Fields, The Tchaikovsky Concerto with the

Berlin Philharmonic, as well as “The Red ViolinConcerto, The Essential Joshua Bell, Voice of theViolin, and Romance of the Violin whichBillboard named the 2004 Classical CD of theYear, and Bell the Classical Artist of the Year. Bellreceived critical acclaim for his concerto record-ings of Sibelius and Goldmark, Beethoven andMendelssohn, and the Grammy Award winningNicholas Maw concerto. His Grammy-nominat-ed Gershwin Fantasy premiered a new work forviolin and orchestra based on themes from Porgyand Bess. Its success led to a Grammy -nominat-ed Bernstein recording that included the premierof the West Side Story Suite as well as the com-poser’s Serenade. Bell appeared on theGrammy-nominated crossover recording ShortTrip Home with composer and double bass virtu-oso Edgar Meyer, as well as a recording withMeyer of the Bottesini Gran Duo Concertante.Bell also collaborated with Wynton Marsalis onthe Grammy-winning spoken word children’salbum Listen to the Storyteller and Bela Flecks’Grammy Award recording Perpetual Motion.Highlights of the Sony Classical film soundtrackson which Bell has performed include The RedViolin which won the Oscar for Best OriginalScore, the Classical Brit-nominated Ladies inLavender, and the films, Iris and Defiance,among others.

Always seeking opportunities to increase theviolin repertoire, Bell has premiered new worksby composers Nicholas Maw, John Corigliano,Aaron Jay Kernis, Edgar Meyer, BehzadRanjbaran and Jay Greenberg. Mr. Bell also per-forms and has recorded his own cadenzas tomany of the major violin concertos.

Bell has been embraced by a wide televisionaudience with appearances ranging from TheTonight Show, Tavis Smiley, Charlie Rose, andCBS Sunday Morning to Sesame Street andEntertainment Tonight. In 2010 Bell starred in hisfifth Live From Lincoln Center Presents broadcasttitled: Joshua Bell with Friends@ The Penthouse.Other PBS shows include Great Performances –Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite from CentralPark, Memorial Day Concert performed on thelawn of the United States Capitol, and A&E’sBiography. He has twice performed on theGrammy Awards telecast, performing music fromShort Trip Home and West Side Story Suite. Hewas one of the first classical artists to have a

music video air on VH1 and he has been the sub-ject of a BBC Omnibus documentary. Bell hasappeared in publications ranging from Strad andGramophone to, The New York Times, PeopleMagazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People issue, USAToday, The Wall St. Journal, GQ, Vogue andReaders Digest among many. In 2007, Bell per-formed incognito in a Washington, DC subwaystation for a Washington Post story by GeneWeingarten examining art and context. The storyearned Weingarten a Pulitzer Prize and sparkedan international firestorm of discussion whichcontinues to this day.

Growing up with his two sisters inBloomington, Indiana, Bell indulged in manypassions outside of music, becoming an avidcomputer game player and a competitive ath-lete. He placed fourth in a national tennis tour-nament at age 10, and still keeps his racquetclose by. At age four, he received his first violinafter his parents, both mental health profession-als, noticed him plucking tunes with rubberbands he had stretched around the handles of hisdresser drawers. By 12 he was serious about theinstrument, thanks in large part to the inspirationof renowned violinist and pedagogue JosefGingold, who had become his beloved teacherand mentor. Two years later, Bell came to nation-al attention in his highly acclaimed debut withRiccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra.His Carnegie Hall debut, an Avery Fisher CareerGrant and a notable recording contract soon fol-lowed, further confirming his presence in themusical world.

In 1989, Bell received an Artist Diploma inViolin Performance from Indiana Universitywhere he currently serves as a senior lecturer atthe Jacobs School of Music. His alma mater hon-ored him with a Distinguished Alumni ServiceAward, he has been named an “Indiana LivingLegend” and is the recipient of the IndianaGovernor’s Arts Award.

In 2011 Bell received the Paul NewmanAward from Arts Horizons and the HubermanAward from Moment Magazine. Bell was named“Instrumentalist of the Year, 2010 by MusicalAmerica and that same year received theHumanitarian Award from Seton Hall University.In 2009 he was honored by Education ThroughMusic and he received the Academy ofAchievement Award in 2008 for exceptionalaccomplishment in the arts. In 2007 he wasawarded the Avery Fisher Prize and recognizedas a Young Global Leader by the WorldEconomic Forum. He was inducted into theHollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2005.

Today Bell serves on the artist committee ofthe Kennedy Center Honors and is on the Boardof Directors of the New York Philharmonic. Hehas performed before President Obama at Ford’sTheatre and at the White House and recentlyreturned to the Capital to perform for VicePresident Biden and Vice President of thePeople’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.

Bell performs on the 1713 HubermanStradivarius violin and uses a late 18th centuryFrench bow by Francois Tourte.

For more information, visit joshuabell.com.


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PRE-CONCERT one hour prior CONCERT PRELUDE ON STAGE WITHMAHLER SPECIALIST DR. STEPHEN HEFLING

MANFRED HONECK, CONDUCTOR

GRETCHEN VAN HOESEN, HARP

HEIDI VAN HOESEN GORTON, HARP

JAMES GORTON, OBOE & ENGLISH HORN

EUGENE GOOSSENS Concert Piece for Oboe/English Horn,Two Harps and Orchestra, Opus 65I. FantasiaII. Chorale —III. Perpetuum mobile e burlescaMR. GORTONMS. VAN HOESENMS. VAN HOESEN GORTON

INTERMISSION LOBBY EXHIBITS

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic”I. Allegro energico, ma non troppoII. Andante moderatoIII. ScherzoIV. Finale

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This weekend's performances by soloists James Gorton, Gretchen Van Hoesen and Heidi Van Hoesen Gortonare made possible, in part, through the generous Annual Fund support of Arthur & Barbara Weldon andJames & Sara Donnell.

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EUGENE GOOSSENSConcert Piece for Oboe/English Horn,Two Harps and Orchestra, Opus 65(1957-1958)

Eugene Goossens was a member of one of England’smost talented musical clans — his father and grand-father (both also Eugene) were among the mostrespected of the country’s orchestral conductors dur-ing the decades around the turn of the 20th century;his sisters, Marie and Sidonie, were acclaimedharpists; and younger brother Leon was an oboe vir-tuoso of the first order. The youngest of the Eugeneswas born in London on May 26, 1893 and sent fortraining at the age of ten to the conservatory inBruges, Belgium, his grandfather’s birthplace. A yearlater he returned to England to attend the LiverpoolCollege of Music, and in 1907, he won a scholarshipto study at the Royal College of Music in London,where his gifts in violin, composition and conduct-ing blossomed; he made his formal debut leading hisown Chinese Variations in 1912. He began hiscareer as a violinist in string quartets and theaterorchestras, but concentrated on conducting after1916, when he became an assistant to ThomasBeecham. Goossens quickly established his reputa-tion — he led the first concert performance inEngland of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in 1921 — and conducted for the HandelSociety, Carl Rosa Opera Company, Covent Garden and British National Opera Companyduring the next several years. In 1923, he was appointed conductor of the newly formedRochester (New York) Philharmonic Orchestra, and eight years later he became musicdirector of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (with which he commissioned and pre-miered Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man in 1942); he returned to England duringthe summers to conduct and compose. From 1946 to 1956, Goossens headed the NewSouth Wales Conservatory and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; in 1955, he was knight-ed for his services to Australian music. Goossens largely retired after returning to Englandin 1956, leading only a few recording sessions before his death, in Hillingdon, Middlesexon June 13, 1962.

Though his reputation rested largely on his accomplishments as a conductor, EugeneGoossens was also a prolific composer: two operas; an oratorio; incidental music; twosymphonies; concertos for oboe, two harps, violin and piano; two dozen independentorchestral scores; chamber music; songs; choral works and piano pieces. The ConcertPiece for Oboe (doubling English Horn), Two Harps and Orchestra is a family affair —Eugene III wrote the oboe part for his brother Leon and the harp parts for his sisters Sidonie(harpist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and Marie (a member of the Covent GardenOrchestra and London Symphony Orchestra); their father, the 91-year-old Eugene II, wasin the audience when his son conducted the Chelsea Chamber Orchestra in the premiere

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born May 26, 1893 in London;died June 13, 1962 in Hillingdon,Middlesex

PREMIERE OF WORK:London, February 3, 1958Chelsea Chamber OrchestraEugene Goossens, conductorSidonie Goossens, harp soloistMaria Goossens, harp soloistLeon Goossens, oboe soloist

THESE PERFORMANCES MARKTHE PSO PREMIEREINSTRUMENTATION:piccolo, two flutes, oboe, two clar-inets, two bassoons, two horns,trumpet, timpani, percussion, pianoand strings



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in London on February 3, 1958. (Had the Goossens’ horn-playing brother Adolphe notdied in the First World War, a part for him would have almost certainly been includedas well.)

The first movement of the Concert Piece is a Fantasia based on the nimble, leapingtheme heard at the outset in the muted trumpet and carried on by oboe, harps and wood-winds above an insistent pizzicato accompaniment. The movement’s second sectionbegins with a smooth oboe melody that is soon taken up by the strings with greater inten-sity. The music softens before the movement closes with a playful coda that recalls thenimble main theme. The Chorale takes as the subject of its first portion a beatific melodyinitiated by the oboe above a delicate web of harp arpeggios. A lyrical theme in thehusky tones of the English horn introduces a touch of melancholy at the center of themovement. Cadenzas for the harps and then the English horn provide a thoughtful tran-sition to the finale, a Perpetuum mobile with a main subject reminiscent of the firstmovement’s leaping theme, which is recalled in its original form as the music unfolds.A more relaxed passage provides formal and expressive balance. Shortly after thePerpetuum mobile resumes, fragments are heard from the Waltz of the Flowers andPétrouchka (sly references to the Goossens family’s orchestral craft) before the ConcertPiece closes with what Eugene called “a final circus polka [i.e., the burlesca] that putsthe whole company through its paces.”

GUSTAVMAHLERSymphony No. 6 inAminor, “Tragic”(1903-1904)

By the summer of 1904, Mahler’s often frenetic lifewas happier and more stable than ever before. Duringseven years as director of the Vienna Court Opera hehad gained complete control of the house, and he hadachieved notable success with completely originalproductions of Wagner and Verdi undertaken with hisSecessionist stage designer, Alfred Roller. Just over twoyears earlier Mahler had married 22-year-old AlmaSchindler, “the most beautiful girl in Vienna” accord-ing to his colleague Bruno Walter. The couple hadtwo charming daughters, and spent their summers atMahler’s lakeside villa in Maiernigg am Wörthersee.There in the tranquility of woodland composing hutMahler had completed his Fourth and FifthSymphonies, plus some of his finest songs. Thus, notsurprisingly, Alma found it incredible that her husbandwould devote the summer to his last twoKindertotenlieder (Songs on the death of children) andthe overwhelming finale of the Sixth Symphony— thebleakest music he ever wrote. The symphony’s subti-tle, “Tragic,” is Mahler’s own, as is the well-knownprécis of the finale: “It is the hero, on whom fall threeblows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree isfelled.”

ABOUT THE COMPOSER:Born July 7, 1860 in Kalistë,Bohemia; died May 18, 1911 inVienna

PREMIERE OF WORK:Essen, May 27, 1906Gustav Mahler, conductor

PSO PREMIERE:28 October 1960Syria MosqueWilliam Steinberg, conductor

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During the composition of his Third Symphony (1895-96) Mahler had uttered his now-famous definition of the symphony as “a world.” And each of his virtual worlds is a musi-cally manifest answer to the question, “what if?”: “What if there could be universal salva-tion at the last judgment?” in the Second. “What if the entire evolution of the cosmos wereto end in a hymn of divine love that calms all strife?” in the Third. “What if, ironically, heav-enly life were like a naive child’s fantasy of a celestial banquet?” in the Fourth. But the Sixthis an altogether darker vision: What if, as Freidrich Nietzsche puts it, “all that comes intobeing must be ready for a sorrowful end,” and the “maddening sting of these pains” piercesus just at the moment when, in Dionysian ecstasy, we anticipate the indestructibility andeternity of infinite primordial joy? The tragic aspect of human existence had always haunt-ed Mahler. In earlier symphonies, under the influence of his brilliant friend and mentorSiegfried Lipiner, Mahler had reinterpreted Nietzschean philosophy as a key to salvation,thereby reshaping horror into the aesthetically sublime. Not so in the Sixth: it is as thoughthe condensed classicism of the celestial Fourth Symphony were inverted and expandedinto a nightmare ending in a nihilistic void. Nevertheless, Mahler remains the consummatesymphonic dramatist throughout the Sixth, and its dark outcome is by no means certainuntil the recapitulation in the finale.

ALLEGRO ENERGICO, MANON TROPPOAll movements of the Sixth except the Andante are in A minor, the key of stormy agitationin Mahler’s Fifth (and later in Das Lied von der Erde [The song of the earth]). And each ofthese three A-minor movements is based on grimly militaristic march material related toMahler’s next-to-last Wunderhorn song, “Revelge” (Reveille, 1899)— the grisly tale of deadsoldiers who are aroused from the battlefield and led to victory by their drummer. Thesong’s frequent modal shifts also seem to foreshadow the oft-recurring motto of the entiresymphony: two long chords changing from major to minor above a fateful flourish ofdrums. In the first movement the motto arrives after approximately two minutes of relent-less marching; it subsequently yields to a brief, pallid chorale tune for winds that portendstransition, yet remains bound to the home key. What follows, altogether unexpectedly, isthe soaring F-major second subject that, according to Alma, was Mahler’s attempt to por-tray her musically. (“Whether I’ve succeeded, I don’t know,” he reportedly said; “but you’llhave to put up with it.”) This theme is as surprising to the movement as Alma was to itscomposer. Its two ample periods (with a perky mini-march between them) close the expo-sition in exhilaration. Following the seemingly outdated classical custom, the score indi-cates a full repeat of the exposition.

The development comprises two distinct parts. The first marches on; its increased fix-ation upon the motto rhythm and intermixture of motives from the second (‘Alma’) subjectoccasionally border on the bizarre. But suddenly the scene changes altogether: wispy par-allel chords in the violins and celesta float above a low pedal, and the unusual sounds ofcowbells softly emerge, symbolizing for Mahler “world-withdrawn isolation”— the lastsounds of living beings heard by wanderers high in the mountains. Brief echoes of previ-ous material (including the motto) are heard, far off and inconsequential, and the tonal cen-ter symbolically moves to E flat, as far as possible from the movement’s central key of Aminor. Just as closure seems at hand in this Alpine revery, it vanishes more suddenly thanit arrived. The march resumes, intensifying through the course of a lengthy transition to therecapitulation.

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second subject is considerably truncated and lacks the confident buoyancy it had manifest-ed in the exposition. Thus a coda must determine the outcome of the movement. It doesso through additional developmental activity, and by replenishing the ‘Alma’ theme— sar-donically at first, then dazzingly as the ‘chorale’ theme, now for full brass, finally soundslike a chorale. Nevertheless, it remains clear that the story is far from over.

ANDANTEBoth nostalgia and the need to escape from it suffusethe Andante; its bittersweet main theme, as TheodorAdorno suggests, bears the afflicted tone of theKindertotenlieder. The ubiquitous lullaby-styleaccompaniment also derives from the song cycle, andthe Andante quotes a phrase from the first of theKindertotenlieder— “as though the night had wit-nessed no misfortune”— that could well serve as thetitle of the movement. Many features underscore itsyearning, including its resumption of E flat major,tonal center of the first movement’s idyllic cowbellsepisode. The music generates a flexible form that isbest described as ‘rondo-like’: three appearances ofthe main theme sandwich two substantial, delicatelycontrasting episodes. Yet this scheme is considerablydiffused by the web of motivic interconnections thatspans all five segments. The first of the contrastingepisodes commences bleakly, but eventually bright-ens into the major mode with tinges of ecstasy; nowthe herd bells are heard once again, vividly presentrather than far distant below. But this sunny pastoralesoon collapses back into the movement’s original nos-talgic longing. The second episode brings a strongersurge towards escape; the initially pallid materialreveals its underlying anguish, to which the will to ful-fillment responds through rhapsodic transformation ofthe main theme in a new key, as though to vanquishits original pensiveness. But the tonic of E flat returnsunexpectedly; the mounting rapture can no longerprevail, and yields to resignation; the music thenquickly evaporates.

SCHERZO. WUCHTIG [FORCEFUL]The backdrop to the Sixth’s scherzo— an eerie admixture of ländler, march and “altväter-isch” (old-fashioned) trio— is the Dance of Death, an ancient cultural topos common to thevisual arts, literature and music (Totentanz, tarantella, “Death and the Maiden,” etc.).Formally, it is a straightforward scherzo with repeated trio. But its macabre extension of thefirst movement’s affect is chilling, even demonic. The meagre, highly repetitive material isdeveloped and infused with energy that drives it “as though whipped” (wie gepeitscht, asMahler marks one passage) all the way through the motto reference and on into the trio,which absorbs yet alters the scherzo’s pulse. Alma Mahler reports that the trios’ unusual

The Sixth’s movement order—Scherzo before Andante or viceversa— is a complex issue. Briefly:The autograph score clearly indi-cates that Mahler originally intend-ed the scherzo to precede the slowmovement; he maintained thatordering up through the publicdress rehearsal (Essen, 27 May1906). Immediately thereafter, terri-fied by what he had unleashed,Mahler suffered a severe panicattack. He then reversed the innermovements for the premiere thatevening, thereby mitigating thestark contrast between the Andanteand finale. And he deleted thefinale’s third symbolic hammerblow. Nor did Mahler rescind thesealterations in the two subsequentperformances he conducted.Nevertheless, in 1963 the influen-tial Complete Critical Edition adopt-ed Mahler’s original Scherzo—Andante sequence, which thenbecame standard for 40 years.Recent researchers have vigorouslychallenged this, however, and in2010 the New Complete CriticalEdition restored the order toAndante—Scherzo, as Mahler lastperformed the work.


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tempo and metrical changes (3/8, 4/8, 3/4) imitate the ‘arrhythmic games’ of their childrentottering on the sand. “Ominously, the childish voices became more and more tragic, andat the end died out in a whimper.” The movement indeed closes with dispersion of the triomaterial, colored by modal shifts of the symphony’s motto.

FINALE. ALLEGROMODERATO—ALLEGRO ENERGICO“At the moment of tragic catastrophe,” writes the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, “webecome convinced more clearly than ever that life is a bad dream from which we have toawake.” Perhaps this image informs the uncanny opening of the Sixth’s finale, which quiv-ers with mildly atonal sonorities; out of them soars and falls a violin line of destiny uncer-tain, which is then brutally cut off by the all-too-familiar motto. Variants of this introductionalso mark the development, recapitulation and coda of the finale’s vast sonata form. Aftereach such iteration (except in the coda) there follows a lengthy episode of “world-with-drawn isolation,” including cowbells.

A collage of new motives gradually unfolds during the introduction, at length givingway to the exposition’s A-minor march—which is that of the first movement in new guise,commingled with the ghastly irony of the dead soldiers from the song “Revelge.” Similarly,the finale’s D-major second subject recalls the energetic longing of the ‘Alma’ theme. Justas this secondary material cadences, the murky introduction envelops the movement onceagain: this is the introduction to the development, and also our first hint of the drama’seventual endpoint.

As in the first movement, the finale’s development is bipartite—structured in this casearound Mahler’s famous hammer blows. Nevertheless, the hammer itself is a symbolic per-cussive ornamentation: Mahler added this unheard-of instrument only after the entire sym-phony had been copied for the engraver, and initially he contemplated five strokes ratherthan the supposedly fateful three. (As always, Mahlerian drama resides in substance andstructure, not merely sonic color.) The resumption of forward motion in the development’sfirst half arrives at a long pedal point that lasts well over a full minute and establishesextraordinary expectations of major-mode fulfillment. Then falls the first hammer blow.“The maddening sting of these pains” pierces us just at the moment when, in Dionysianecstasy, we anticipate the indestructibility and eternity of infinite primordial joy, asNietzsche puts it. Panic collapse and negative fulfillment ensue, hammer or no: the simplemusical device of a deceptive cadence has never disrupted a work more powerfully. Thesecond hammer blow is similar, but its shorter, less focused preparation weakens it. Out ofthis chaos the uncanny introduction precipitates the recapitulation, once again thwartingexpectations of fulfillment.

But first to arise, phoenix-like, is the movement’s major-mode second subject. TherebyMahler invokes the tradition of the “tragic reversed recapitulation”: accordingly, the reprisewill draw to a close with the fateful principal march material. As Adorno rightly observes,“epic expansion attains tightest control” in this movement, for henceforth a positive out-come is impossible: it is too late. Tragic inevitability gives rise to tragic dramatic irony—the spectators sense the outcome while the actors do not. As in classic tragedy, we knowwhat fate demands; the music marches obliviously onward.

When the curtain falls, the hammer has spoken, smashing the idol of fulfillment; noDionysian joy remains. As at the close of King Lear or Moby Dick, utter devastation pre-vails. Although such tragedies are rare, Mahler’s Sixth ranks among them.

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GRETCHEN VAN HOESENGretchen Van Hoesen has been principalharpist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestrasince 1977. She presently holds the VirginiaCampbell endowed principal harp chair of thePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and hasappeared as soloist with the orchestra onnumerous occasions, both on the subscriptionseries and on tour. Van Hoesen gave the NewYork premiere of the Alberto Ginastera HarpConcerto in 1976 and the Pittsburgh premierein 1978. She has appeared as soloist with con-ductors André Previn, Lorin Maazel, JamesConlon, Zdnek Macal, Sergiu Comissiona andPinchas Zukerman and has collaborated withflutists James Galway, Bernard Goldberg, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Emmanuel Pahud.

Additional appearances with thePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra have includedperformances of the Handel Concerto in B flat,Danses Sacré et Profane by Debussy, ConciertoSerenata by Joaquin Rodrigo, Rhapsody byPeggy Stuart Coolidge, Noels for Harp byMarcel Tournier and the Concerto for Harp byRheinhold Gliere. Van Hoesen and her hus-band, PSO Co-Principal Oboe James Gorton,presented the Pittsburgh premiere of WitoldLutoslawski’s Double Concerto for Oboe, Harpand Chamber Orchestra on the PittsburghSymphony subscription series. She gave theUnited States premiere of Suite Concertante forsolo harp and orchestra by Manuel Moreno-Buendia in San Antonio, Texas. In March2008, she presented the world premiere of SirAndré Previn’s Concerto for Harp on thePittsburgh Symphony subscription series.

Van Hoesen has also performed as soloistwith the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, theNational Orchestral Association, theGreenwich Philharmonia, the Sun ValleySummer Symphony, the Lake Placid Sinfoniettaand the Westmoreland Symphony. She hasconcertized in the metropolitan New York areaat Carnegie Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall andthe Brooklyn Museum, and has presented con-certos at the Academy of Music in Philadelphiaand the John F. Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts in Washington. Van Hoesenwas winner of the 1978 PassamaneckCompetition. Gretchen Van Hoesen was

selected to perform in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan,in the Super World Orchestra 2000, an orches-tra made up of key musicians from around theglobe. She has been a featured soloist atAmerican Harp Society National Conferencesin Boston, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Denton,Washington, D.C. and Fredonia. Van Hoesenhas served as a judge for National Competitionsof the American Harp Society and has beenpast president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of theAmerican Harp Society.

Van Hoesen graduated from the JuilliardSchool of Music earning both bachelor ofmusic and master of music degrees in harp as ascholarship student of Marcel Grandjany andSusann McDonald. She is also a graduate of theEastman School of Music PreparatoryDepartment with highest honors in piano andharp, where she was a student of EileenMalone. She further studied with GloriaAgostini.

Her recordings include Lullabies andNight Songs on the Caedmon label, Pavanes,Pastorales, and Serenades for Oboe and Harp,and Concertos for Harp, CDs on the BostonRecords label, and Breath of Heaven, AChristmas Collection with Soprano SarahBotkin and a work by Bernard Andres withJudith LeClair, principal bassoonist with the NYPhilharmonic.

Van Hoesen is a faculty member atCarnegie Mellon and Duquesne universitiesand combines teaching with private students ather home in Pittsburgh. She has given masterclasses at Duquesne University, the EastmanSchool of Music, The Curtis Institute of Music,Manhattan School of Music, the University ofIllinois, the Aspen Music Festival, the NationalUniversity of the Arts in Seoul, Korea, and hasbeen an artist-lecturer on numerous series inPittsburgh as well as throughout the country.She was a faculty member of the Aspen MusicFestival and School from 2001-2006. She is apast president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of theAmerican Harp Society. Her students have wonnumerous national awards and prizes.


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HEIDI VAN HOESEN GORTONRecently hailed by the Pittsburgh Post Gazetteas a performer who plays “with a flair that weare coming to know well,” harpist Heidi VanHoesen Gorton has been described as one ofthe most outstanding solo, chamber andorchestral musicians of her generation. Shehas been presented in solo recitals every-where from New York to Los Angeles,Vancouver to Vienna. She is Principal Harpwith the Toronto Symphony Orchestra andhas performed with the Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestraand the Hartford Symphony Orchestra withmaestros Manfred Honeck, Andrew Davis,Marek Janowski, Yan Pascal Tortelier, RafaelFrühbeck de Burgos, Gianandrea Noseda andJames Levine. Van Hoesen Gorton earned twodegrees in harp performance from TheJuilliard School of Music under the tutelage ofNancy Allen, and has also studied withGretchen Van Hoesen, Anne Marguerite-Michaud and Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche. Shehas been a member of the Sun Valley SummerSymphony (ID) since 2001, and has been aparticipant in the Strings Chamber MusicFestival (Steamboat Springs, CO), NationalRepertory Orchestra (Breckenridge, CO),Aspen (CO) Tanglewood (Lenox, MA) andInterlochen (Traverse City, MI).

Actively competing in domestic andinternational competitions, she was awardedfirst place in the Young Professional Divisionof the American Harp Society (AHS) NationalCompetition in June 2009. She has been awinner of the Anne Adams Awards (2010)held in Tacoma, as well as the Victor SalviAwards (2008) held in Chicago. In 2004, shewas winner of the Lennox Young ArtistCompetition playing Gliere’s Concerto forHarp and Orchestra and the 2005 JuilliardSchool concerto competition in Mozart’sConcerto for Flute and Harp. In 2004 she wasthe first prize winner of the American StringTeachers Association (ASTA) National SoloCompetition. She was invited back to ASTA tobe a guest lecturer and master class clinicianat the 2012 National Conference in Atlanta,GA. She has been featured twice as a soloiston ‘From the Top’ on NPR. Heidi has taughtmasterclasses in Pittsburgh (Carnegie MellonUniversity), New Orleans (Tulane University),Charlotte, Denver, San Francisco, Syracuse,and Milwaukee.

In 2010, she joined the faculty of theAdvanced Chamber Music Seminar SummerCamp in Pittsburgh, PA.


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THESE PERFORMANCES MARK HEIDI VAN HOESEN GORTON’S DEBUT WITH THE PSO


JAMES GORTONJames Gorton, co-principal oboist, Mildred S.Myers and William C. Frederick Chair, joinedthe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1971,formerly serving as associate principal and act-ing principal oboe. Prior to joining the PSO,Gorton was a member of the RochesterPhilharmonic Orchestra, the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, and principal oboe ofthe Rochester Chamber Orchestra. From1971 to 1986 he was principal oboe of thePittsburgh Opera and Pittsburgh BalletTheatre. He has also served as principal oboeof the Colorado Philharmonic, the NewHampshire Music Festival, the Aspen FestivalOrchestra, and Strings in the MountainsFestival, as well as oboist and English Hornistof the Bethlehem (PA) Bach Festival, LakeGeorge (NY) Opera Festival, and the SunValley (ID) Summer Symphony.

As oboe soloist, Gorton gave thePittsburgh premiere of Witold Lutoslawski’sDouble Concerto for Oboe, Harp andChamber Orchestra with harpist GretchenVan Hoesen, conductor Zdenek Macal andthe PSO in May of 1985. Gorton presentedthe Rochester premiere of L’Horloge de flore(The Flower Clock) by Jean Françaix with theEastman-Rochester Orchestra under WalterHendl. Other solo appearances with the PSOhave included both the Mozart and HaydnSinfonia concertante and the Hertel Concertoin E-flat for Oboe and Trumpet. In addition,Gorton has appeared as soloist with theColorado Philharmonic, New HampshireMusic Festival, Johnstown Symphony,Carnegie Civic Symphony (now PittsburghCivic Orchestra) and the Main Line(Philadelphia) Symphony. His performance ofthe C.P.E. Bach Concerto in D minor with thePittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra wasnamed one of the Top Ten Concerts of 2001by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

As a chamber musician and recitalist,Gorton was a founder of the New PittsburghQuintet, which played throughout the U.S., atthe prestigious Osaka International Festival inJapan, and for the nationally televised PBSspecial commemorating opening of the SarahScaife Gallery in Pittsburgh. He was a mem-

ber of the Mid-America Woodwind Quintet inresidence at Emporia (KS) State Universityfrom 1969 to 1971. In 1984, Gorton per-formed as soloist in the Heinz Hall chamberseries premiering Five Pieces for Solo Oboeby Antal Dorati. He has appeared in recitalthroughout the Pittsburgh area at the FrickMuseum, Duquesne University, CarnegieMellon University, Chatham College, CarlowCollege, Shadyside Concert series, PittsburghChamber Music Project, Rodef Shalom, PennState University and California StateUniversity. He has also been presented inrecital in Taiwan and in Bösendorfer Hall inVienna. Gorton has produced several CDsand numerous other recordings. Pavanes,Pastorales, and Serenades for Oboe and Harp,a CD for Boston Records by James Gorton andGretchen Van Hoesen, was released in 1996.The widely-acclaimed recording containingmusic never before recorded has demandedthree pressings.

Gorton grew up in the Philadelphia areaand studied privately with Charles Morris,Louis Rosenblatt and John de Lancie, all of thePhiladelphia Orchestra. Gorton studied withRobert Sprenkle at the Eastman School ofMusic, where he was a Rochester NationalScholar and earned the bachelor of musicdegree and performer’s certificate. He is a fac-ulty member of Duquesne University and for-mer faculty member of Carnegie Mellon andCarlow Universities. His students hold postsin orchestras and universities throughout theU.S. and abroad.

Gorton has served on many PittsburghSymphony committees, including Chairmanof the Artistic Advisory Committee during sev-eral conductor searches. These concerts markhis final subscription series with the orchestra.


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JAMES GORTON LAST PERFORMED SOLO ON ACLASSICAL SUBSCRIPTION PERFORMANCE IN MAY 1985

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MAESTRO’S CIRCLE$100,000+AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Juergen MrossMusicians of the Pittsburgh

Symphony OrchestraDick & Ginny SimmonsMr. &Mrs. Thomas J. UsherArthur & Barbara Weldon

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE$50,000 - $99,999Audrey & Jerry McGinnisPerry* & BeeJee Morrison

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE$25,000 - $49,999AnonymousMr. &Mrs. James R. AgrasBill & Loulie CanadyRandi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr.Steven G. & Beverlynn ElliottMr. & Mrs. Ira H. GordonMarcia M. GumbergDrue HeinzElsie & Henry HillmanAudrey R. HughesMr. Steven T. SchlotterbeckTom & Jamee ToddJon & Carol Walton

Helge & Erika WehmeierJames & Susanne Wilkinson

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE$20,000 - $24,999AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Henry J. GailliotJohn H. HillTom & Dona HotoppRick & Laurie JohnsonDeborah Rice

$15,000 - $19,999Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. ChurchillRon & Dorothy ChutzJames K. & Sara C. DonnellL. Patrick &Marsha HasseyDouglas B. McAdamsJoanne B. RogersMr. Max Starks & Dr. TiffanyCalloway Starks

Elizabeth Burnett & LawrenceTamburri

GUARANTOR’S CIRCLE$10,000 - $14,999Anonymous (2)Michele & Pat AtkinsAllen Baum & Elizabeth Witzke-

Baum

Benno & Connie BerntNadine E. BognarKathryn & Michael BrysonJane & Rae R. BurtonDr. Rebecca J. CaserioRoy & Susan DorranceJean & Sigo FalkBarbara JeremiahRobert W. & Elizabeth C.

KampmeinertNancy & Jeff LeiningerJanet & Donald MoritzBob & Joan PeircePauline SantelliThe David S. & Karen A. Shapira

FoundationJohn P. & Elizabeth L. SurmaJill & Craig TillotsonEllen & Jim WaltonDr. &Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE$7,500 - $9,999Michael & Carol BleierBetty Diskin in memory of Arthur,

William & Robert DiskinDr. &Mrs. Martin EarleCaryl & Irving HalpernJoseph & Dorothy Jackovic

INDIVIDUALS

EVERYGIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL

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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is pleased to acknowledge the followingmembers of our donor family who have made generous gifts of $500 or aboveto the Annual Fund in the past year. Those who have made a new gift orincreased their previous gift are listed in italics. Every effort has been made toensure accuracy; however, if we have not listed you correctly, please call412.392.4842. Thank You!


individual donors

Mr. & Mrs. Frank BrooksRobinson

Alece & David SchreiberJames & Janet Slater

$5,000 - $7,499Anonymous (2)Alan L. & Barbara B. AckermanDan & Kay BarkerPhilip & Melinda BeardNoah Bendix-BalgleyMichael & Sherle BergerTed & Kathie BobbyMs. Spencer BoydMr. &Mrs. Christopher BrentLarry & Tracy BrockwayBarbara & David BurstinDr. &Mrs. Sidney N. BusisMr. & Mrs. Joseph L. CalihanJames C. ChaplinJoseph* & Virginia CiceroMr. & Mrs. E. V. ClarkeMr.* &Mrs. Eugene CohenEstelle Comay & Bruce RabinBasil & Jayne Adair CoxRuby A. CunninghamAlison H. & Patrick D. DeemPhilip J. & Sherry S. DieringerWilliam S. Dietrich, II*Mr. &Mrs. J. ChristopherDonahue

Mr.* &Mrs. Thomas J.Donnelly

Mr. William J. FetterMr. &Mrs. Milton FineTerri H. FitzpatrickRobert & Jeanne GleasonMarjorie Burns HallerGail & Gregory HarbaughMr. &Mrs. J. Brett HarveyChristiane &Manfred HoneckMrs. Milton G. HulmeElizabeth S. HurttMr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jamison, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Craig JordanMr. &Mrs. Robert S. KahnMr. &Mrs. R. Drew KistlerD. H. Lee, Jr.Anne LewisDoris L. LitmanMr. &Mrs. ThomasMcConomy

Robert & Dana McCutcheonDevin & Shannon McGranahan

Mr. &Mrs. Martin G. McGuinnDr. Kenneth &Mrs. TraceyMelani

Marilyn &Allan H. MeltzerSamMichaelsRobert D. Mierley FamilyFoundation II

Sally Minard & Walter LimbachMorby Family Charitable

FoundationBetty & Granger MorganGerald Lee Morosco & PaulFord, Jr.

Mildred S. Myers & William C.Frederick

Elliott S. OshryShelley, Dana, &Arthur PalmerDale &Michele PerelmanDr. &Mrs. William R. Poller inhonor of our four grandsons

Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Svetlana S.Price

Mr. & Mrs. William E. RinehartMr. &Mrs. William F. RoemerMillie & Gary RyanNancy SchepisRobert & Janet SquiresMarcia & Dick SwansonMrs. Carol H. TillotsonJane F. Treherne-ThomasThomas L. & Bonnie W.VanKirk

Dr. Michael J. White & Mr.Richard LeBeau

Nozomi Williams in Honor ofSally Webster and SusanBassett

Rachel & Franny Wymard

AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE$2,500 - $4,999Anonymous (9)Barbara &MarcusAaron, IIDr. &Mrs. John C. BarberDr. & Mrs. David BeaudreauDavid Blair &MarianneBokan-Blair

Diana Block & Christopher KiehlMarian & Bruce BlockMrs. WilliamA. BoydMr. & Mrs. Kenneth BrandGary & Judy BruceCharles* & Patricia BurkeJames &Margaret Byrne

Mr. &Mrs. Frank V. CahouetRoger & Judy CloughCharles C. Cohen &Michele M.McKenney

Bill & Cynthia CooleyCyert Family FoundationMr. &Mrs. G. A. Davidson, Jr.Ms. Jamini DaviesAda & Stanford* DavisJim & Peggy DegnanJune & Barry DietrichJames N. Dill, Jr.ElaineA. DivelyDr. James H. Duggan & Mary E.

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

Henry & Ann FennerDonna & Bob FergusonMr. &Mrs. Hans FleischnerKimberly & Curtis FlemingJ. Tomlinson FortJanet M. FrissoraGary & Joanne GarvinMrs. Merle GilliandNancy Goeres &MichaelRusinek

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

In Memory of Elliott (Bud) LewisBarry Lhormer & Janet MarkelMr.* &Mrs. HowardM. LoveMary Lou MageeJames C. & Jennifer MartinDave & Kathy Maskalick

Victoria & Alicia McGinnisGeorge & Bonnie MeanorMary Ellen MillerMontgomery IPAssociatesBetty & JohnMusslerBarbara & Eugene MyersMaurice & Nancy NernbergFritz OkieH. Ward & Shirley OlanderThaddeusA. Osial, Jr. M.D. &Linda E. Shooer

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

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

Karen ScansaroliMrs. Virginia W. SchatzLeonard & Joan ScheinholtzMichael SheflerKay L. ShirkDr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia

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

Dr. &Mrs. Leonard SteptTheodore & Elizabeth SternMargaret Tarpey & Bruce

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

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. TicknorJohn & Nancy TrainaKonrad & Gisela WeisCarolyn & Richard WesterhoffSeldon & SusanWhitakerDr.* &Mrs. George R. WhiteMary Jo Winokur

Drs. Barry Wu & Iris Tsung inhonor of Louise Wu

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

Berkovitz

ENCORE CLUB$1,500 - $2,499Anonymous(7)Mrs. Ernest AbernathyAndrew &Michelle AloeJoan FrankAptMrs. Jane Callomon ArkusMr. & Mrs. David J. ArmstrongMr. &Mrs. Francis A. BalogMrs. Barbara C. &Mr. Ralph J.Bean, Jr.

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

WobbMyron David BroffRoger & Lea BrownHoward & Marilyn BruschiDavid L. Buchta & Harmon K.Ziegler

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

Joseph M. NewcomerSusan S. CerconeMrs. Arthur L. Coburn, IIIChristine & Howard CohenMark & Sherri CohenMr. & Mrs. Joseph Alan CopeRose & Vincent A. CrisantiMarion S. DamickJerry &Mimi DavisAlfred R. de JaagerArmand C. DellovadeMr. &Mrs. James R. DrakeJohn & Gertrude EchementLinda & Robert EllisonMarvin Fields & Kate Brennan*

Albert L. FiloniMr. &Mrs. JamesA. FisherMr. & Mrs. Joseph P. FisherChauncey & Magdaline FrazierDina & Jerry FulmerDr. &Mrs. J. William FutrellKeith & Susan GarverMr. &Mrs. Ronald E. GebhardtAlice V. GelorminoMr. &Mrs. David C. GenterDr. &Mrs. SanfordA. GordonRick & Stephanie GreenWilliam & Victoria GuyMr. &Mrs.* George K. HannaLauren Harder & Jason KassJay Frey &Michael HiresMr. & Mrs. C. T. HiteshewAlysia & Robert HoytDr. & Mrs. John W. HoytMicki HuffMr. & Mrs. Tom HunleyPhillip InjeianMary Lee & Joe IrwinAlice Jane & Paul R.* JenkinsSusan Johnson & Dr. Robert J.

GluckmanBarbara JohnstoneJackie & Ley JonesMr. &Mrs. Jayant KapadiaMr. &Mrs. David N. KaplanGerri KayJudge William Kenworthy & Mrs.

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

Roslyn M. LitmanTom&Gail LitwilerGeorge & Jane MalloryMr. Sheldon MarstineDr. Richard Martin in memory of

Mrs. Lori MartinCarolyn Maue & Bryan HuntJean H. McCulloughMaryA. McDonoughMargaret J. McGowanAlan &Marilyn McIvorSherman & Sue McLaughlinSusan Lee MeadowcroftMuriel R. Moreland

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Jim & Susan Morris in Honor ofKay Stolarevsky

Abby L. MorrisonLesa B. Morrison, Ph. DDr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. MotoyamaGerd D. & Helen MuellerCharles & Lois NortonMr. &Mrs. Patrick M.O’Donnell

Dr. Karl R. Olsen & Dr. MarthaE. Hildebrandt

Ellen OrmondWarren & Rena OstlundDr. Paul M. Palevsky & Dr.

Sharon R. RosemanMr. &Mrs. James ParkerSeth & Pamela PearlmanConnie & Mike PhillipsMr. & Mrs. Edward V.

Randall, Jr.Cheryl & James RedmondMr. & Mrs. Philip R. RobertsMr. Stephen RobinsonRich & Linda RuffaloJudy & Stanley RuskinJuerg X. SaladinThomas & Perri SchelatJoseph Schewe, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. K. George SchoeppnerEsther SchreiberDr. Allan &Mrs. Brina D. SegalPreston & Annette ShimerMr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shoop, Jr.Dr. Ralph T. Shuey &Ms.Rebecca L. Carlin

Juliet Lea Hillman SimondsDr. & Mrs. Dennis P. SlevinManny H. & Ileane SmithMarisa & Walter C. SmithMrs. Alice R. SnyderSandy &Mr. Edgar SnyderHon. &Mrs. William L.Standish

Lewis M. Steele &AnnLabounsky Steele

Mr. & Mrs. James E. SteenBarbara & Lou SteinerJeff & Linda StengelFred & Maryann StewardDick & Thea StoverC. Dean StreatorMr. &Mrs. Harold H. StroebelMr. & Mrs. Frank TalenfeldDr. &Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas

Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. TurnerBob & Denise VenturaMr. &Mrs. Timothy VismorJim Walker & Jonnie ViakleyDr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. WasilakMs. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan

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

Sarah C. Williams & JosephWilson, III

Mr. &Mrs. Thomas H. WitmerEllie & Joe WymardMiriam L. YoungMr. & Mrs. Isaias ZelkowiczMr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow

SYMPHONY CLUB$500 - $1,499Anonymous (24)Frederic & Deborah AcevedoMary Beth AdamsDr. & Mrs. Siamak AdibiDr. Lawrence Adler & Ms. Judith

BrodyR. WardAllebach & Lisa D.Steagall

Mr. Christopher D. Allen & Ms.Claudia Mahave

David &AndreaAloeRichard C. Alter & Eric D.

JohnsonDr. MadalonAmentaDonald D. AndersonMrs. Doris AndersonMr. &Mrs. ThomasW.Angerman

The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & JudyAngleberger

Dr. MadelineAmentaWarren J. Archer & Madeline C.

ArcherMr. &Mrs. Charles ArmitageJames & SusanneArmourRuth Bachman in Memory of

James BachmanMs. Elizabeth BakossMr. &Mrs. Robert Y. BallLorraine E. BalunDr. Esther L. BarazzoneRichard C. BarneyRobert & Loretta Barone

Robert Bastress & BarbaraFleischauer

Robert W. & Janet W. BaumBarbara N. BaurVitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal

Fund in Memory of Dr.Kuldeep Sehgal

Kenneth & Elsa BeckermanNick & Dotty BeckwithYu-Ling & Gregg BehrVange & Nick BeldecosJudith BellEdgar & Betty BelleBendix-Balgley Fund of the Tides

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

FarberDon BerryDr. & Mrs. Albert W. BiglanHarry S. Binakonsky, M.D.Franklin & Bonnie BlackstoneMr. &Mrs. W. Gerald BlaneyMr. &Mrs. Harry E. Blansett, Jr.Joseph & Shirley BonnerBetsy BossongDana & Margaret BovbjergDr. & Mrs. A’Delbert BowenMatthew & Leslie BraksickRobert N. BrandMr. & Mrs. William H. BrandeisGerda & Abe BrettonMary & Russell BrignanoMary L. BriscoeSuzy & Jim BroadhurstMr. Randy & Mrs. Deborah

BrokerSuzanne Broughton & Richard

MargerumTimothy R. Brown & Heidi K.

BartholomewNancy & John BrownellJohn T. Buckley & Emily J.

RosenthalMr. & Mrs. A. H. BurchfieldTimothy & Linda BurkeMr. & Mrs. James BurnhamRev. Glen H. & Carol BurrowsDr. Stuart S. BursteinMichael F. ButlerJames & Judith Callomon

individual donors


Andrés Cárdenes &MoniqueMead

Dr. &Mrs. Albert Caretto, Jr.Richard & Jeanne CarterCharles & Donna CashdollarJames P. CassaroJanet E. ChadwickSue Challinor & Matt TeplitzDr. Thomas S. ChangPeggy & Joe CharnyCraig D. ChoateKenneth & Celia ChristmanDavid Clark & Janese AbbottMr. &Mrs. William ClarksonWilliam & ElizabethClendenning

Mr. & Mrs. Philip CoachmanStuart & Cathryn CoblinJared L. &Maureen B. CohonDale ColyerMs. Patricia CoverBarton & Teri CowanSusan & George CraigSusan O. CramerDavid & Marian CrossmanJohn D. & Laurie B. CulbertsonSusan Campbell & PatrickCurry

Zelda CurtissCynthia CusterMrs. John C. CutlerDr. &Mrs. Richard DaffnerJoan & Jim DarbyMr. &Mrs. William J. DarrNorina H. DaubnerJoan Clark DavisBruce & Rita DeckerCharles S. DegroskyCaptain Ronald M. Del Duca,

USN (ret.)Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’OmoLynn & David DeLorenzoDr. Jau-Shyong DengValerie DiCarloMr. &Mrs. Victor J. DiCarloMrs. Tika DickosDocimo FamilyMr. & Mrs. Todd DonovanAnthony V. DralleMary Jo DresselJeff &Wendy DutkovicMary Jane EdwardsEugene & Katrin EngelsRoger & Beverly Engle

Arnold & Eva EnglerDr. Timothy EvansDr. & Mrs.* John H. FeistDr. & Mrs. Lawrence FerlanMadelyn & John FernstromMrs. Orlie S. FerrettiDr. Joseph FinePaul & Joanna FittingMr. & Mrs. David FitzsimmonsMs. Ann P. FlahertyMr. Mark F. FlahertyJane Flanders*James & Ellen FlaniganJan FleisherMr. &Mrs. K.H. Fraelich, Jr.Mrs. Natalie H. FriedbergFriends of the PSOJohn & Elaine FrombachDr. Janet Fromkin & Dr. Ronald

StillerLorie FullerNormandie FulsonMr. & Mrs. Robert H. GallagherGamma Investment CorporationMarlene E. GardnerMr. & Mrs. Paul R. GaudelliJoan & Stuart GaulDr. & Mrs. Brian GeneralovichDr. &Mrs. Geoffrey GerberMr. &Mrs. William P. GettyMr. &Mrs. Charles E. GetzeJosie & Geoff GibsonRevs. Gaylord & Catherine GillisMr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen

MellettMike & Cordy GlennDaniel & Marcia Glosser FundMr. & Mrs. Ted GoldbergDr. &Mrs. C. B. GoodMr. James Gorton &Mrs.Gretchen Van Hoesen

Laurie GrahamCharlotte T. GreenwaldDr. & Mrs. M. Joseph GrennanMr. & Mrs. Steven GridleyMr. Matteo GruelleIra &Anita GumbergDr. Alberto M. GuzmanJerome P. & Claire B. HahnKristine Haig & John SonnendayMarnie & Jim HainesMr. &Mrs. Van Beck HallRev. Diana D. HarbisonSusan & David Hardesty

Mrs. Mary O. HarrisonMs. Christine A. HartungMr. &Mrs. Calvin R. HastingsJana & Fil HearnCathy & John HeggestadDr. & Mrs. Fred P. HeidenreichMs. Martha S. Helmreich in

Honor of my mother, Anne J.Schaff

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

Clare & Jim HokePhilo & Erika HolcombKatherine HolterDr. & Mrs. Elmer J. HolzingerMr. & Mrs. Michael E. HootonThomas O. Hornstein Charitable

Fund of The PittsburghFoundation

Anne 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.Lynne & Blair JacobsonDr. & Mrs. Joseph Willcox JenkinsDawn M. JohnsonTom & Cathie JohnsonTom & Wendy Jones in Honor of

Chris WuDr. RaymondM. JurigaRichard & Barbara KahlsonAlice & Richard KallaJulie & Jeffrey KantDr. &Mrs. Peter D. KaplanFlo & Bob KennyRhian KennyRuthAnn & Eugene KleinPeggy C. KnottMr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Kobus

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Ms. Marilyn KochStephen KostyniakCarly, Catherine & Kim KozaMadeline Kramer in Memory of

Fred KramerHelenAldisert &William L.Krayer

Mr. & Mrs. John KrolikowskiAlice & Lewis KullerRobert A. &Alice KushnerBetty LambDr. Michael LandayDr. & Mrs. Howard N. LangEarl & Marilyn LattermanA. Lorraine LauxMarvin & Gerry LebbyDrs. Grace and Joon LeeDiana K. Lemley MD & Paul L.

Shay MDMr. DavidW. LendtFather Ronald P. LengwinRobert W. LenkerSally LevinDr. & Mrs. Herbert & Barbara

LevitMrs. William E. Lewellen, IIIPhillip & Leslie LiebscherRobert & Janet LiljestrandElsa LimbachMr. &Mrs. Kurt L. LimbachMr. &Mrs. James T. LinabergerLawrence & Jacqueline LoblMs. Margery J. LoevnerConstance T. LongDon & Hanne LorchMrs. Sybil S. LowyFrancis & Debbie LynchPat & DonMacDonaldNeil & Ruth MacKayProf. Heather MacLeanHank & June MaderMrs. George J. Magovern, Jr.John K. MaitlandCarl &Alexis MancusoEllen Mandel & Lawrence WeberMr. &Mrs. Bernard S. MarsThomas & Elizabeth MassellaHelen F. MathiesonDr. WilliamMatlack & LeslieCrawford Matlack

Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. MaurerBill McAllister & JanetSarbaugh

Ms. Sidney F. McBride

Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarterMcCarthy Rail InsuranceManagers, Inc.

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

Carol Jean McKenzieMr. & Mrs. William P. MeehanMr. & Mrs. Richard P. MellonBarbara Sachnoff MendlowitzRobert & Elizabeth Mertz Fundof The PittsburghFoundation

Mrs. William Metcalf, IIIMr. &Mrs. Roger F. MeyerBridget & Scott MichaelDr. & Mrs. Donald B. MiddletonRobert &MiriamMillerMr. &Mrs. Stuart M. MillerDr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller, Jr.Dr. Samuel* & Nessa MinesCatherine MissendaPaul & Connie MockenhauptAmy & Ira M. MorganMr. Gary MorrellConnie & Bruce* MorrisonDr. & Mrs. William S. MorrisonFrank & Brenda MosesTheodor & Inge MuellerMr. & Mrs. Richard MunschMary & JimMurdyMr. & Mrs.* Albert C. MuseDr. & Mrs. Michael S. NathansonDr. &Mrs. Dennis W. NebelDr. Nancy Z. NelsonRev. Robert &Mrs. SuzanneNewpher

Patricia K. NicholsMr. & Mrs. James NieceMr. & Mrs. David NimickDr. Sean NolanNan R. NorrisHeidi NovakDr. &Mrs. Harry M. NullMaureen S. O’BrienMr. &Mrs. Jack OffenbachDr. &Mrs. Kook Sang Oh

Paul & Nancy O’NeillVince OrnatoDr. & Mrs. Richard A. OrrDee Jay Oshry & Bart RackJohn A. OsuchSandy & Gene O’SullivanDoug & Suzanne OwenMr. &Mrs. WilliamA. PartainDr. Anthony William PascullePatricia PasseltinerJohn & Joan PasterisKenneth PattersonCamilla B. PearceMr. &Mrs. Gerald F. PellettDaniel M. PennellMs. Dorothy PhilippMr. &Mrs. Jon R. PiersolDrs. Robert & Kathy PistonEdward & Mary Ellen PisulaDr. & Mrs. Frederick PorkolabDavid &Marilyn PosnerMrs. Mildred M. PosvarShirley PowMs. Mary Alice PriceMyrna & 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 RaymondDave & Joan RealeMr. Joseph J. Regna, Jr.Paul & Dorothy ReiberEric & Frances ReichlMs. Victoria Rhoades CarraroDr. & Mrs. J. Merle RifeCarol & Patrick R. RileyMavis & Norman RobertsonEdgar R. & Betty A. RobinsonMr. William M. RobinsonSharon & Jim RohrMr. &Mrs. C. Arthur RolanderMr. & Mrs. Howard M. RomJanice G. RosenbergMr. &Mrs. ByronW.Rosener, III

Mrs. Louisa RosenthalCarol & Scott RotruckDr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. RouleauJoseph Rounds

individual donors


Mr. & Mrs. Gerald RubensteinMr. &Mrs. Edmund S.Ruffin, III

Mr. R. Douglas RumbargerMrs. John M. SadlerDr. James R. SahoveyTamiko SampsonDr. & Mrs. Isamu SandoDr. Carlos R. SantiagoStephen & Susan SargentSally & Keith SaylorCharlie Ward & Marita SchardtAlbert & Kathleen SchartnerAnn & Bill ScherlisDr. Melvin & Catherine SchiffMr. & Mrs. George SchneiderShirley SchneirovBernie & Cookie Soldo SchultzMr. &Mrs. Harry W. Schurr, IIMaryAnn ScialabbaRobert & Sharon SclabassiGeorge & Marcia SeeleyAnne Selinger & Nyles CharonAleen Mathews Shallberg &

Richard ShallbergJudith D. ShepherdMr. & Mrs. Raymond V.

Shepherd, Jr.Dr. Charles H. ShultzMr. & Mrs. Herbert J. ShureMr. & Mrs. Robert S. ShureRhoda & Seymour SikovMarjorie K. SilvermanMr. Frank SimpkinsMarilyn & NormanA. SindlerMs. Ann SlonakerElaine & William SmithNancy N. SmithWallace & Patricia SmithBill & Patty SnodgrassMarcie Solomon & Nathan

GoldblattDavid Solosko & Sandra KniessFund

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

Drs. Horton C. & Jannene M.Southworth

Samuel & Judith SpanosR. Palmer SpierlingRichard C. Spine & JoyceBerman

Henry SpinelliJanet H. StaabJim & Judy Stalder

Patricia D. StaleyGary & Charlene StanichDr. James StaplesMr. & Mrs. Robert B. StayerWilliam H. SteeleBronna & Harold SteimanDr. & Mrs. Ron StollerIn Memory of Miss Jean

Alexander MooreMona & E.J. StrassburgerRichard A. Sundra, in Loving

Memory of Patricia SundraC.J. Sylak, Jr.Stuart & Liz SymondsMr. & Mrs. Thomas SzejkoCarol L. TasilloMr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor, Jr.Gordon & Catherine TelferMr. Philip C. ThackarayDr. &Mrs. Arthur ThompsonBob & Bette ThomsonGail & Jim TitusDenny & Colleen TravisRosalyn &Albert TregerPaul A. TrimmerJeff & Melissa TsaiEric & Barbara UdrenDiane & Dennis UnkovicTheo & Pia Van De VenneSuzan M. VandertieMr. & Mrs. Jerry E. VestCate & Jerry VockleyEdward L. & Margaret VogelBill & Sue WagnerWagner Family CharitableTrust

Suzanne & RichardWagnerC. Robert WalkerJohn & Irene WallMr. & Mrs. John WandriscoMr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. WardTony & Pat WatermanMarvin & Dot WedeenElaine WeilWilliam C. WeilJodi &AndrewWeisfieldBill WeissNorman &MarilynWeizenbaum

Mr. & Mrs. James P. WelchNancyWelferJ.B. WellerFrank & Heide WenzelMrs. Louis A. WerbanethNancyWerner

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur WesterbergJames WhiteheadDr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr.

Sarah L. WildenhainRobert & Carole WilliamsRuth Williams in honor of Anne

M. Williams and her parentsDr. Ann G. WilmothMr. & Mrs. Miles C. WilsonJames & Ramona WingateMarie & Daniel WinschelSheryl & Bruce WolfSidney & Tucky WolfsonRufus J. WysorMark & Judy YogmanMs. Susan YoheMarlene & John YokimDr. & Mrs. Jack YortyHugh D. & Alice C. YoungMr. &Mrs. Walter ZiatekSimone ZieglerMrs. Patricia M. Zimba

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

Current as of May 24, 2012*deceased

2011-2012 SEASON


foundations & public agencies


FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIESAnonymous (2)Allegheny CountyAllegheny Regional Asset DistrictTheAlmira FoundationBessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh

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

Charitable TrustThe Louis & Sandra Berkman FoundationH. M. Bitner Charitable TrustMaxine andWilliam Block Fund of The Pittsburgh

FoundationPaul and Dina Block FoundationBruce Family FoundationHenry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl

FoundationThe Jack Buncher FoundationAnne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and

Educational TrustCompton Family FoundationThe Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable FundKathryn J. Dinardo FundPeter C. Dozzi Family FoundationEden Hall FoundationLillian Edwards FoundationEichleay FoundationJane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh

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

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

FoundationRoy F. Johns, Jr. Family FoundationHoward G. and Frances Y. Jones Fund of The

Pittsburgh FoundationThomas Marshall FoundationMassey Charitable TrustRuth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh

FoundationTheAndrewW. Mellon FoundationRichard King Mellon FoundationR.K. Mellon Family Foundation

MidAtlantic Arts Foundation through USArtistsInternational

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

FoundationW. I. Patterson Charitable FoundationThe Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson Charitable

FoundationPennsylvania Council on theArtsPennsylvania Department of Community &

Economic DevelopmentAnna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh

FoundationPauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh FoundationThe Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh SymphonyAssociationThe Platt Family FoundationNorman C. Ray TrustThe Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family FoundationTheWilliam Christopher &Mary Laughlin

Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh FoundationRossin FoundationRyanMemorial FoundationThe H. Glenn Sample Jr. MDMemorial TrustScaife Family FoundationJames M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker FoundationThe Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh

FoundationAlexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer FoundationSymphony EastSymphony NorthSymphony SouthTippins FoundationEdith L. Trees Charitable TrustWallace Family Fund of The Pittsburgh FoundationRachel MellonWalton Fund of The Pittsburgh

FoundationWeiner Family FoundationSamuel and Carrie ArnoldWeinhaus Memorial

Fund of The Pittsburgh FoundationRobert andMaryWeisbrod FoundationHilda M. Willis FoundationPhillip H. and Betty L. Wimmer Family Foundation

Current as of May 18, 2012

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATIONSIGNATURE CIRCLE$75,000 AND ABOVEAcusisAllegheny Technologies

IncorporatedBNY MellonEQT CorporationHighmark Blue CrossBlue Shield

PNC

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

PPG Industries Foundation

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

CompanyDelta Air Lines, Inc.Federal Home Loan Bank ofPittsburgh

Giant EagleH. J. Heinz CompanyFoundation

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

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

American EnvironmentalServices, Inc.

Bayer USAFoundationCitigroup

Clearview Federal Credit UnionDollar BankErnst & Young LLPFairmont Pittsburgh & HabitatRestaurant

The Frank E. Rath-Spang &Company Charitable Trust

Hefren-TillotsonMacy’s Foundation

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

DistrictAnsaldo STS USA, Inc.Buchanan Ingersoll& Rooney PC

Calgon Carbon CorporationChesapeake EnergyCorporation

The Common Plea Catering Inc.DeloitteEat’n Park RestaurantsFederated Investors, Inc.Gleason, Inc.KPMG LLPLevin FurnitureMEDRADMozart ManagementMylan PharmaceuticalsNordstromOliver WymanPwCReed Smith LLPRuth’s Chris Steak HouseSchreiber IndustrialDevelopment Co.

SYCORWest Penn Allegheny Health

System

BRONZE CIRCLE$2,500 - $4,999A.C. Dellovade, Inc.Angelo, Gordon & Co.Bank of America Merrill LynchBurrell Group, Inc.Cipriani &Werner PCDominion Resources

ELG Haniel Metals Corp.Elite Coach TransportationFort Pitt Capital GroupKoppersLighthouse ElectricCompany, Inc.

Marsh USA Inc.Mascaro ConstructionCompany

Pittsburgh Corning CorporationPittsburgh Valve & Fitting Co.Sarris Candies, Inc.Silhol Builders SupplyThe TechsWPXI-TV

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

ESB BankElements Contemporary CuisineEllwood Group, Inc.FISERVJendoco ConstructionCorporation

Kerr Engineered SalesCompany

Lidia’s Italy PittsburghMacLachlan, Cornelius

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

CORPORATIONS Includes annual corporate donations and sponsorships

2011-2012 SEASON


corporations

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

Consolidated CommunicationsCrawford Ellenbogen LLCEnterprise BankFlaherty & O’Hara, P.C.General Wire Spring Co.Goehring, Rutter & BoehmHamill ManufacturingCompany

Hertz Gateway Center, LPThe Hite CompanyHoffman Electric Inc.The Jas H. Matthews Educational

& Charitable Trust

K&I Sheet Metal, Inc.Lucas Systems, Inc.Marstrand Industries, Inc.Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLPAttorneys at Law

Mitsubishi Electric PowerProducts, Inc.

Modern Reproductions, Inc.Neville Chemical CompanyO’Neal Steel, Inc.PGT TruckingPittsburgh Wool Company Inc.Pzena InvestmentManagement, LLC

Scott Metals Inc.Steptoe & Johnson PLLCTriad USATube City IMS, LLCWagner Agency, Inc.

WestmorelandMechanicalTesting & Research, Inc.

We would like to thank allcorporations that contribute to thePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.Please see our website for acomplete listing atpittsburghsymphony.org.



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Anonymous (13)Siamak & 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. BrockLois R. BrozenickGladys 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 & Susan GarverThe Estate of Olga T. GazalieMr.* &Mrs.* William H. GengeKen & Lillian GoldsmithC. Ruth Gottesman*Anna R. GreenbergMay Hanson*ElizabethAnne HardieCharles &Angela HardwickCarolyn Heil

Eric & Lizz HelmsenMr.* &Mrs.* Benson HendersonMs. Judith HessMr. John H. HillDoris M. Hunter, M.D.*Mr.* &Mrs.* William C. HurttPhilo & Erika HolcombMs. Seima Horvitz*Florence M. Jacob*Esther G. JacovitzEugene F. &Margaret 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*Edith H. LipkindDoris L. LitmanPenny LockeEdward D. Loughney*Lauren & HamptonMalloryBeatrice Malseed*Jeanne R. Manders*Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of

Mrs. Lori Martin*Dr. Marlene McCallElizabeth McCrady*J. Sherman & Suzanne S.

McLaughlinGeorge E. MeanorMary K. Michaely *Catherine MissendaMs. Jean L. MisnerDr. Mercedes C. MonjianMr. &Mrs. Paul J. MooneyDr. Michael MoranPerry* & BeeJee MorrisonMildred S. Myers

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

Mrs. Isaac SerrinsMichael SheflerMr. &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 the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on arobust Endowment to assure its financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs aredirected to the endowment account to provide for the PSO's future. The Steinberg Society honorsdonors who have advised the PSO in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestrathrough their estate plans. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a planned gift tothe endowment of $10,000 or more to commemorate a particular person or event. Endowed NamingOpportunities for guest artists, musicians' chairs, concert series, educational programs or designatedspaces allow donors to specify a name or tribute for ten years, twenty years or in perpetuity. For addi-tional information, call 412.392.3320.

STEINBERG SOCIETY

2011-2012 SEASON


legacy of excellence

Principal Horn Chair, given byanAnonymous Donor

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

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

Jane & Rae Burton Cello ChairCynthia S. 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. EckertAssociate PrincipalPercussion Chair

Beverlynn & Steven ElliottAssociate ConcertmasterChair

Jean & Sigo FalkPrincipal Librarian Chair

Endowed Principal PiccoloChair, given to honor Frankand Loti Gaffney

William & Sarah GalbraithFirst Violin Chair

The Estate of Olga T. GazalieFirst Violin Chair

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

Susan S. Greer MemorialTrumpet Chair, given by PeterGreer

Caryl & Irving HalpernCello Chair

William Randolph HearstEndowed Fund for Education

Vira I. HeinzMusic Director Chair

Principal Pops Conductor ChairEndowed by Henry & ElsieHillman

Tom&Dona HotoppPrincipal Bass Chair

Milton G. Hulme, Jr.Guest Conductor Chairgiven by Mine SafetyAppliances Company

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

Virginia KaufmanResident Conductor Chair,Lawrence Loh

Stephen & Kimberly KeenBass Chair

G. Christian Lantzsch &Duquesne Light CompanyPrincipal Second Violin Chair

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

Nancy & Jeffery LeiningerFirst Violin Chair

Edward D. LoughneyCo-Principal Trumpet

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

Mr. &Mrs. Martin G. McGuinnCello Chair

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

Messiah Concerts Endowed bythe Howard and Nell E.Miller Chair

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

The Perry & BeeJee MorrisonString Instrument Loan Fund

The Morrison FamilyAssociate PrincipalSecond Violin Chair

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

Jackman PfoutsPrincipal Flute Chair, given inmemory of Mr. &Mrs. ArthurJackman by Barbara JackmanPfouts

Pittsburgh SymphonyAssociationPrincipal Cello Chair

Reed Smith Chair honoringTom Todd Horn Chair

JamesW. & Erin RimmelPercussion Chair

Mr. &Mrs. William E. RinehartOboe Chair

Donald & Sylvia RobinsonFamily FoundationGuest Conductor Chair

Martha Brooks RobinsonPrincipal Trumpet Chair

Mr. &Mrs. Aaron SilbermanPrincipal Clarinet Chair

Mr. andMrs. Willard J.Tillotson, Jr.Viola Chair

Tom & Jamee ToddPrincipal Trombone Chair

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

Jacqueline WechslerHorn Chair given in memoryof Irving (Buddy) Wechsler

Barbara WeldonPrincipal Timpani 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 April 9, 2012*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 & Barbara Weldon

$500,000 - $999,999Anonymous (1)Dollar BankRoy & 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. UsherJon & Carol WaltonThomas H. & Frances M. Witmer

$100,000 - $249,999Anonymous (4)Wendy & David Barensfeld in

memory of Dr. Robert E.Herlands

Kathryn &Michael BrysonRae & Jane Burton

Mr. &Mrs. Joseph L. CalihanThe Estate of Johannes CoetzeeRandi & L.Van V. Dauler, Jr.,

Emma Clyde Hodge MemorialFund

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

FalkMr. &Mrs. Henry J. GailliotGoldman Sachs GivesIra &Anita GumbergHansen FoundationWilliam Randolph Hearst

FoundationHefren-TillotsonBarbara JeremiahRick & Laurie JohnsonNancy & Jeff LeiningerMr. &Mrs. Martin G. McGuinnPerry* & BeeJee MorrisonRachel MellonWalton Fund of

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

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

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

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

FrederickElliott S. OshryPittsburgh Post-Gazette

Reed Smith LLPAbby & Reid RuttenbergJohn P. & Elizabeth L. SurmaJill & Craig TillotsonJacquelin G. Wechsler

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

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

Charitable FoundationAlphaGraphics in the Cultural

DistrictThe Louis & Sandra Berkman

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

MeadJames C. ChaplinVirginia K. CiceroThe Estate of Richard C. TobiasThe Estate of Jane I. Johnson

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

Greg & 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'BrienThaddeusA. Osial, Jr. M.D. &

Linda E. ShooerRobert & Lillian PanaguliasMr. &Mrs. John R. PriceDeborah RiceJamesW. & Erin M. RimmelJudy & Stanley RuskinMax & Tiffany StarksEstate of Audrey I. StaufferElizabeth Burnett & Lawrence

TamburriThe Chester A. Davies TrustEdward L. &Margaret VogelMrs. Evette WivaggRachel W. WymardSeldon & SusanWhitaker

$5,000-$9,999Jim & Jane BarthenScott BellBetsy BossongAllan J. & Clementine K. BrodskyRoger & Judy CloughEstelle Comay & Bruce RabinPhilip J. & Sherry S. DieringerMr. &Mrs. David EhrenwerthMr. Ian FagelsonDr. &Mrs. Lawrence FerlanMr. &Mrs. Ronald E. GebhardtGail & Gregory HarbaughMr. &Mrs.* Charles H. HarffEric & Lizz HelmsenRichard &Alice KallaJack & Virginia KerrDouglas W. Kinzey

Cliff & 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

RichterMarcie Solomon &Nathan

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

Richard L. LeBeauMr. &Mrs. Thomas D. WrightRobert P. Zinn & Dr. Darlene

Berkovitz

$1,000 - $4,999Anonymous (8)Mr. &Mrs. John Crile Allen, Sr.Mr. Thomas L. AllenDavid &AndreaAloeJoan & Jerome*Apt & FamilyMs. Linda M. DeArmentJohn H. AshtonDr. &Mrs. AlanA. AxelsonKathleen & Joseph BairdRichard C. BarneyRobert W. & Janet W. BaumPhilip &Melinda BeardYu-Ling & Gregg BehrPatti & Sandy BermanGeorgia BernerMs. Mary BiaginiDrs. Barbara &Albert BiglanMr. Stuart BlochPaul E. BlockMarian & Bruce BlockNadine E. BognarJim & Debbie BoughnerMr. &Mrs. DavidA. BrownleeLois R. BrozenickHoward &Marilyn BruschiDoug BurnsBurrell Group, Inc.Mr. &Mrs. Douglas CameronMr. &Mrs. Brian & Shannon

CapellupoDr. Rebecca CaserioGloria R. ClarkMr. Ray CloverDr. Richard L. & Sally B. CohenBill & Cynthia CooleyStacy CorcoranRose & Vincent CrisantiPatricia Criticos

Donna Dierken DadoAda & Stanford* DavisDr. &Mrs. Gregory G. Dell'OmoValerie DiCarloJune & Barry DietrichLisa DonnermeyerSusie & George DullJohn & Gertrude EchementFrancis & Gene Fairman, IIIIn Honor of Ruth Feldman* &

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

DavisBruce &Ann GablerDr. R. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen

RocheGamma Investment CorporationKathleen Gavigan &William B.

DixonMr. &Mrs. James GensteinBernard Goldstein, M.D. &

Russellyn CarruthMr. ThomasW. Golightly & Rev.

Carolyn J. JonesMr. &Mrs. Thomas C. GrahamJohn F. GrayMr. &Mrs. Frank T. GuadagninoMr. andMrs. M. Robert HagertyKristine Haig & John SonnendayDeirdre & Brian HenryCarol E. HigginsAdam&Allison HillKelvin HillEsther & Terry HorneMr. &Mrs. Thomas O. HornsteinDavid &Mary HughesHyman Family FoundationMary Lee & Joe IrwinVincent J. JacobMr. &Mrs. RichardA. Jacobs, Jr.Maureen Jeffrey TrustSusan &Wyatt JennyMr. &Mrs. Wilbur S. JonesDaniel G. & Carole L. KaminLeo &Marge KaneJoan M. KaplanMr. Navroz J. KarkariaJudgeWilliam Kenworthy &Mrs.

Lucille KenworthyJan & Guari KieferAleta J. & Paul KingCarly, Catherine & Kim KozaElaine & Carl KrasikIn Memory of Jack LarouereMike LaRue & JudyWagnerA. Lorraine LauxMr. &Mrs. Frederick C. LeechJohn Lenkey, IIIDr. Joseph &AnnaMae LenkeyFrances F. LevinKen &Hope Linge


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


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Tom&Gail LitwilerE.D. LoughneyNeil & Ruth MacKayMacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni,

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

Leonard MartinDave & Kathy MaskalickMr. &Mrs. JosephA. Massaro, Jr.Mr. &Mrs. Water T. McGough, Jr.George & Bonnie MeanorMarilyn &Allan MeltzerMerrills FamilyBurl J. F. Moone, IIIArthur J. Murphy, Jr.Terrence H. MurphyMr. &Mrs. Perry NapolitanoDr. &Mrs. Harry M. NullDr. &Mrs. Arthur NussbaumSandy & Gene O'SullivanRoger & Sarah ParkerJohn & Joan PasterisRichard E. &Alice S. PattonCamilla B. Pearce & Dan Gee*Joseph & Suzanne PerrinoKears & Karen PollockMs. MaryAlice PriceSymphony East

Barbara RackoffBruce S. ReopolosMr. &Mrs. Philip R. RobertsBetty & Edgar R. RobinsonMr. WilliamM. RobinsonBruce & Susy RobisonDr. LeeA. & Rosalind*

RosenblumCharlotta Klein RossJoseph RoundsMillie & Gary RyanGail Ryave & FamilyWilliams Saunders & Elizabeth

CasmanMary SedigasMrs. Virginia W. SchatzAllyn R. Shaw, WilliamM. Shaw

III & Family, SusanWamboldMichael SheflerMr. &Mrs. Raymond V.

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

CarlinPaul & Linda SilverLaurie & Paul SingerLois & Bill SingletonMarjorie A. SnyderMartin Staniland &Alberta

SbragiaShirley & Sidney Stark, Jr.

Sarah & Thomas St. ClairWilliam H. SteeleJeff & Linda StengelStringert, Inc.Peter SullivanMr. &Mrs. Frank TalenfeldDorothea & Gerald* ThompsonDennis L. Travis & Colleen Bryne

TravisJeff &Melissa TsaiDrs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria

WoshnerJohn & Linda VuonoJames R. WhiteheadJim* &Mary Jo WinokurScott & StacyWeberMarvin & Dot WedeenJodi &AndrewWeisfieldMr. &Mrs. Richard ZahrenDorothea K. Zikos

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

Current as of May 18, 2012*deceased

To advertise in the program, email: [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

What can I do to support the PSO?Your ticket purchase supports the PSOand we thank you! However, ticketsales only cover a portion of ouroperating costs. To make atax-deductible gift to the PSO, contactour Donor Relations department at412.392.4880 or visit us online atpittsburghsymphony.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE ELEVATOR is located next to the Grand Staircase.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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