The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs the Scherzo from Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony and Copland's Quiet City with soloists Matthew Rosenblatt (trumpet) and Daniel Rothman (English Horn). Faculty artist Tina Faigen will be featured on Brahms's Piano Concerto no. 1.
Please note that the premiere of Karen Brown's Medusa for euphonium and orchestra has been postponed.
Pitt's Symphony Orchestra presents a new work by graduate composer Laura Schwartz and Dvorak's famous New World Symphony.
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Pitt African Music and Dance Ensemble
Afropop Ensemble
Pitt's Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 (third movement), the premiere of graduate composer Marco Giusto's Four Pieces for orchestra, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and orchestra (with faculty artists Cynthia Warren, Mary Beth Malek, Linda Fisher, and Jason Allison), and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (abridged and arr. for modern instruments By Tom Kennedy).
Pitt's Symphony Orchestra performs David Stock's Triflumena (1978), Lou Harrison's Suite for Symphonic Strings (celebrating the composer's centennial), Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 in A Major, op. 9.
The University Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with Pitt Stages, presents Parade.
This homecoming week concert will feature Pitt alumnus Guy Klucevsek, world famous accordionist/composer, performing his Ratatatatouille for accordion and orchestra. Also on the program are Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in D for string orchestra and Johannes Brahms's Variations on a theme by Haydn, op. 56a.
Pitt's Symphony Orchestra concludes its 40th Anniversary Season with Gilda Lyon's "Alice Awakens" (from her opera A New Kind of Fallout) and Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz.
Pitt's Symphony Orchestra performs two works by Prokofiev for this program: the Second Piano Concerto with soloist Harry Jamison, and the Classical Symphony. The concert also features the premiere of Nicholas Grieneisen's Waltz for Orchestra.
Pittsubrgh Tribune Review classical music critic Mark Kanny highlighted the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's 40th Anniversary Season in the most recent A&E update. Kanny noted that,
"Reaching a major anniversary is always an accomplishment worth celebrating. The University of Pittsburgh Orchestra will open its 40th season on Oct. 5 in the most apt way — a performance of challenging and rewarding music."