“Opening Night Gala” from Pittsburgh on the “Evening Concert”.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the second program in the new season of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. You’ll hear overtures by Offenbach, von Suppe, and Nielsen, conducted by Music Director Manfred Honeck.  Also on the program, Anna Clyne’s “Masquerade”.

Wednesday January 8: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 19-20_02) (New Season)

Opening Night Gala

Manfred Honeck, conductor

Clyne: Masquerade                                          

Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

Schmidt: “Intermezzo” from Notre Dame          

Von Suppe: Overture to Poet and Peasant

Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade                       

Mendelssohn: “Spinning Song; Lang Lang, piano

Carl Czerny: The School of Velocity, Presto, Op. 299, No. 1; Lang Lang, piano

[PSO Fill: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor; Lang Lang, piano

Morricone: Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso;

Williams: Theme from Far and Away, Itzhak Perlman, violin;

Foerster: Dedication March, Lorin Maazel, conductor;

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, 4th mvmt., Fritz Reiner, conductor;

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 1st mvmt., William Steinberg, conductor;

Handel: Water Music Suite, William Steinberg, conductor]