2018/2019 SEASON RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TODAY! DEADLINE: APRIL 9 TITLE SPONSOR: SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 412.392.4900 | PittsburghSymphony.org SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVES MASON BATES Commission in Honor of Manfred Honeck’s PREMIERE OVATION FORTE VIRTUOSO BRAVURA FIREWORKS OPENING WEEKEND • th FRIDAY SUNDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY SATURDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY GALA th Sept. 28, 2018 8:00 p.m. Manfred Honeck, conductor 60 Birthday World Premiere 1 MANFRED’S 60 Sept. 30, 2018 • 2:30 p.m. Pinchas Zukerman, violin BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 WITH ZUKERMAN! BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 Sept. 28 Sept. 30 RENÉE BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3 FLEMING Oct. 5, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. Manfred Honeck, conductor HAYDN Symphony No. 88 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 2 BERNSTEIN IN PITTSBURGH Oct. 7, 2018 • 2:30 p.m. Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah 7:00 p.m. STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919) Hers is a voice of uncommon RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol Oct. 26, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. *Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor radiance. The voice of our time. SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 Oct. 26 Oct. 28 Oct. 26 Oct. 28 3 RUSSIAN SHOWPIECES! Oct. 28, 2018 • 2:30 p.m. Maximilian Hornung, cello Metropolitan Opera star Renée TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams” Fleming soars in the season’s Nov. 2, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. *John Storgaards, conductor RAITIO Moonlight on Jupiter PSO Premiere Gala Opening Night with THE PLANETS Nov. 3, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. William Caballero, horn MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 PSO Premiere Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 3 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Manfred Honeck. Selections 4 A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION • Nov. 4, 2018 2:30 p.m. The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh HOLST The Planets from the heart of Grand Opera, RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and the best of Broadway. THANKSGIVING TRADITION Manfred Honeck, conductor Nov. 23, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. MOZART Oboe Concerto *George Li, piano PSO Premiere Nov. 23 Nov. 25 Nov. 23 Nov. 25 5 RACHMANINOFF Nov. 25, 2018 • 2:30 p.m. Manfred Honeck conducts effervescent Viennese favorites - Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe PAGANINI RHAPSODY a Thanksgiving tradition! Manfred Honeck, conductor MOZART Symphony No. 31, “Paris” BNY MELLON GRAND Nov. 30, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. *Bertrand Chamayou, piano RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Nov. 30 Dec. 2 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 CLASSICS SPECIAL 6 HAYDN’S GREAT MASS Dec. 2, 2018 • 2:30 p.m. The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh HAYDN Missa In Tempore Belli PSO Premiere BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture HANDEL’S Dec. 7, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor KORNGOLD Violin Concerto Dec. 7 Dec. 9 Dec. 7 Dec. 9 Dec. 7 Dec. 9 7 ORCHESTRAL BLOCKBUSTERS Dec. 9, 2018 • 2:30 p.m. *Simone Lamsma, violin MESSIAH RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. DEBUSSY Excerpts from Pelléas et Mélisande Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Jan. 11, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. PSO Premiere *Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND Jan. 12, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Jan. 12 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 join with The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh 8 Behzod Abduraimov, piano RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead PIANO CONCERTO Jan. 13, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. for one of the most festive musical events of DEBUSSY La mer the year. QIGANG CHEN Wu Xing (The 5 Elements) Jan. 25, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. *Long Yu, conductor PSO Premiere SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 412.392.4900 TODAY! SUBSCRIBE RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 Jan. 25 Jan. 27 Jan. 25 Jan. 27 Jan. 25 Jan. 27 9 DVOŘÁK’S “NEW WORLD” Jan. 27, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. *Inon Barnatan, piano DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Feb. 8, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” SPECIAL CONCERT Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Feb. 8 Feb. 10 Feb. 8 Feb. 10 10 BEETHOVEN BY BLOMSTEDT Feb. 10, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 JOSHUA BELL VALENTINE’S WEEK: Feb. 15, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings Saturday, June 15, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Manfred Honeck, conductor ROMEO & JULIET, Feb. 16, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 Feb. 16 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 “A thoroughly serious, intelligent musician,” SEASON 11 Emanuel Ax, piano PLUS EMANUEL AX Feb. 17, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Overture-fantasy raves the Financial Times of London. The Boston DRAMATIC SYMPHONY! Herald declares his playing is “direct, honest March 8, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Manfred Honeck, conductor BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust March 8 March 10 March 8 March 10 and a joy to hear.” Audiences around the globe 12 BERLIOZ’S March 10, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh “DAMNATION OF FAUST” have cheered the phenomenal Joshua Bell. See RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 him in concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony March 15, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Juraj Valčuha, conductor RACHMANINOFF’S THIRD CONCERTO RESPIGHI The Fountains of Rome March 15 March 17 March 15 March 17 March 15 March 17 13 March 17, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. *Lukáš Vondráček, piano and Manfred Honeck – for one night only! PINES & FOUNTAINS OF ROME! RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome 2018/2019 March 22, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. GRIEG Peer Gynt Manfred Honeck, conductor March 23, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto March 22 March 24 March 22 March 24 March 23 March 22 March 24 14 PEER GYNT Julian Rachlin, violin March 24, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. RACHMANINOFF Caprice bohémien PSO Premiere April 5, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn 15 TCHAIKOVSKY AND BRAHMS April 6, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. *Emmanuel Krivine, conductor BLACHER Orchestra-variations on a Theme of Niccolò Paganini April 5 April 7 April 5 April 7 April 6 April 5 April 7 April 7, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 LEONARD SLATKIN Kinah OHLSSON PLAYS RACHMANINOFF April 12, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Leonard Slatkin, conductor PSO Premiere RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 April 12 April 14 April 12 April 14 April 12 April 14 16 April 14, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. Garrick Ohlsson, piano SLATKIN AT 75! ELGAR Enigma Variations Manfred Honeck, conductor May 10, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Vilde Frang, violin May 10 May 12 May 10 May 12 17 BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO May 12, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. MAHLER The Song of the Earth Matthias Goerne, baritone May 31, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter *Pietari Inkinen, conductor PSO Premiere June 1, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 May 31 June 2 June 1 May 31 June 2 18 TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH *Beatrice Rana, piano June 2, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck, conductor June 6, 2019 • 7:30 p.m. Michael Rusinek, clarinet JONATHAN LESHNOFF Double Concerto for Clarinet June 7, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Nancy Goeres, bassoon and Bassoon June 7 June 9 June 7 June 9 June 8 June 7 June 9 19 BEETHOVEN’S NINTH June 8, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Christina Landshamer, soprano; Jennifer Johnson Commission and World Premiere BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 June 9, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. Cano, mezzo-soprano; Werner Güra, tenor; *Shenyang, bass-baritone; The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh June 14, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. Manfred Honeck, conductor MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 June 14 June 16 June 14 June 16 June 14 June 16 20 IGOR LEVIT PLAYS MOZART June 16, 2019 • 2:30 p.m. Igor Levit, piano STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 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