♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Honeck Conducts Beethoven’s Fifth
Heinz Hall
February 3, 8:00pm
February 4, 8:00pm
February 5, 2:30pm
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Richard Wagner: Selections for Baritone
♦ Holst’s The Planets
Heinz Hall
February 10, 8:00pm
February 11, 8:00pm
February 12, 2:30pm
Lera Auerbach: Icarus [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Gustav Holst: The Planets
Join the Mendelssohn Choir, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and PSO Music Director Manfred Honeck on a celestial journey through Gustav Holst’s most famous work, The Planets.
♦ Gil Shaham Beethoven Violin Concerto
Heinz Hall
February 24, 8:00pm
February 26, 2:30pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
♦ PNC POPS
The Music of John Williams
Heinz Hall
February 17, 8:00pm
February 18, 8:00pm
February 19, 2:30pm
The music of John Williams has transported us beyond our imagination. To new worlds. Through heart-pounding adventures. Be there as Lawrence Loh returns to the podium with your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing all of your John Williams favorites!
♦ CITY THEATRE
What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck
City Theatre Main Stage
January 21 – February 12
Playwright Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition and developed a deep love of the Constitution by winning debate competitions around the country as a teenager. All grown-up, her hilarious and optimistic new play reimagines how this living document served four different generations of women and what it will mean for the future of America.
♦ ‘Til Death Do Us Part
The Little Theater
February 9-26
After teaching countless students about the saints, venial sins, limbo and more, Sister is now offering up hilarious lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and the Last Rites, including her own wacky version of the Newlywed Game. Classroom participation is a must, so bring along your sweetie and your sense of humor for a session with the country’s feistiest couples counselor!
♦ BACH CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH
JACKS: Knaves and Fools – PDQ Bach and other Jacks
East Liberty Presbyterian Church in the Social Hall
116 S. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh
Saturday, February 11 at 7:30PM
Sunday, February 12 at 4:00PM
The second part of the season will begin with “Jacks,” the knave with his sword, tights and funny hat, not royalty but in service to the monarch. The comedy of Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach) will tickle us all with its lively music accompanied by the incomparable Jim Burns in collaboration with Warren Davidson and the Academy Chamber Orchestra. Also featured are other “Jacks” like Jack Parton and Jacques Offenbach.
♦ MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH
(See Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra above – February 10-11-12)