Conductor

Weinberg Violin Concerto Op. 67

You ready to RACH? Experience one of the biggest works in classical music as Leif Ove Andsnes performs Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto. 

Music Director Manfred Honeck returns to conduct a work ascending from the depths of hell to the heights of heaven. Liszt’s depiction of Dante’s Divine Comedy will lead the listener through the complexity of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso in this Pittsburgh premiere. 

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Let’s RACH!: Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto

Heinz Hall

Experience the grandeur of Beethoven 9, and celebrate the 200th anniversary of the premiere, which took place in May 1824 in Vienna.

Dubbed by the Los Angeles Times as having “a gleeful sense for metallic orchestral color and shocking harmony,” hear the world premiere of a new work by Canadian conductor and composer, Samy Moussa. 

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Manfred Honeck, whose 2020 recording of Bruckner’s Ninth earned him three Grammy nominations, presents the gripping unfinished work live to D.C. audiences. NSO Concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef showcases her “especially beautiful playing… brimming with character” (The Washington Post) in Beethoven’s rarely heard Romances for violin and orchestra.

Manfred Honeck conducts Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony Nurit Bar-Josef plays Beethoven

California Center for the Arts

Conductor Manfred Honeck leads the CSO in two captivating works. Principal Percussion Cynthia Yeh takes the spotlight in the premiere of a new concerto by Jessie Montgomery, the CSO’s Mead Composer-in-Residence. Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony awes with its breadth, drama and rapturous intensity. This enthralling score includes a radiant tribute to Bruckner’s idol, Richard Wagner, and a boisterous Austrian country dance.

Montgomery & Bruckner 7

Symphony Center

The program begins with the sounds of New York’s “frenetic energy and multicultural aural palette” in Jessie Montgomery’s Coincident Dances. Principal Oboe, Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, and Principal Horn, William Caballero, then join to premiere a double concerto by Michael Daugherty.

Darkness to Light: Manfred & Mahler 5

The season culminates with the return of Michael Daugherty’s ode to Pittsburgh icon, Andy Warhol, in his piece, Fifteen. Hear how each movement transforms Warhol’s colorful creations into symphonic masterpieces, featuring the artist’s Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor (1964), Big Electric Chair (1967) and more.

Fifteen & Firebird: The Season Finale

Composed as Napoleon’s forces were threatening Austria, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War features an extraordinarily ominous use of timpani and ends with a plea for peace. Beethoven’s spirited First Symphony bears the influence of Haydn but also foreshadows the development of his own compositional style. MacMillan’s eloquent Larghetto is based on his choral setting of Psalm 51.

Manfred Honeck

Conductor

Events

19 - 21 Apr, 2024

Let’s RACH!: Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto · Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

25 - 28 Apr, 2024

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 · Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

2 - 4 May, 2024

Manfred Honeck conducts Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony Nurit Bar-Josef plays Beethoven · National Symphony Orchestra

May 30 - Jun 1, 2024

Montgomery & Bruckner 7 · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

7 - 9 Jun, 2024

Darkness to Light: Manfred & Mahler 5 · Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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