♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
♦ Lift Every Voice
Heinz Hall
February 3, 7:00pm
This concert pays tribute to the spirit and richness of Black music in America—and its enduring strength in times of tumult and trouble.
Join the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anthony Parnther, and special guests for an evening that uplifts and amplifies community. The concert features GRAMMY® Award winner Oleta Adams, whose gospel-rooted voice has graced era-defining albums like Tears For Fears’ “The Seeds of Love” (1989) and her own platinum-selling “Circle of One” (1990). The Lift Every Voice Unity Choir conducted by Nikki Porter and trombonist Cooper Cromwell-Whitley join the program to make hearts and voices soar. All ages welcome.
Come early at 6:00 p.m. to experience the exhibit “I Too Play: Unveiling the History of Black Classical Musicians in Pittsburgh” curated by Candance Burgess.
Stay after to hear a Jazz Ensemble from AAMI (Afro American Music Institute) in the Grand Lobby of Heinz Hall.
♦ Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet
Heinz Hall
February 9, 8:00pm
February 10, 7:30pm
February 11, 2:30pm
Shakespeare is illuminated in this unique collaboration between local lighting designers, actors and your Pittsburgh Symphony. See and hear the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet come to life with Prokofiev’s cinematic orchestration paired with visual aesthetics to complete the experience.
Described as “Liszt reincarnated” (Fanfare), Alexandre Kantorow makes his Pittsburgh debut playing Liszt himself in his dazzling and daring Piano Concerto No. 2.
♦ Bohemian Spirit: Manfred Conducts Dvořák
Heinz Hall
February 16, 8:00pm
February 18, 2:30pm
“My new symphony must be such as to make a stir in the world.” These prophetic words from Dvořák were answered with a work considered to be one of the composer’s best. Written in the gray area of hoping for peace while also yearning for patriotic reform, Dvořák expressed this inner struggle in his epic symphony.
Hailed as the “new cello genius” by Le Figaro, cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his PSO debut with Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto.
Composer Katherine Balch will be present for all performances.
The co-commission of Katherine Balch’s musica pyralis is part of New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices program, which fosters collaboration and collective action between US orchestras and composers toward racial and gender equity in classical music. Amplifying Voices is powered by the Sphinx Venture Fund, with additional support from ASCAP, the Sorel Organization, the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, and The Wise Family Charitable Foundation. For more information on the Amplifying Voices program, visit Amplifying Voices – New Music USA.
♦ Fiddler on the Roof
Heinz Hall
February 23, 8:00pm
February 24, 7:30pm
February 25, 2:30pm
With nine Tony awards including Best Musical, Fiddler on the Roof sang and danced its way into America’s heart beginning in 1964 when it became an instant classic. Now experience the music live at Heinz Hall featuring your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with Pittsburgh CLO. As an added treat, this presentation features John Williams’ Oscar-winning score adaptation as heard in the 1971 feature film version of this timeless musical.
Directed and Choreographed by Gustavo Zajac.
♦ The Music of Pink Floyd: A Rock Symphony
Heinz Hall
February 27, 7:30pm
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s electrifying performance of The Music of Pink Floyd: A Rock Symphony. Experience Pink Floyd’s psychedelic sounds intertwined with lush orchestral arrangements, featuring classics from “The Dark Side of the Moon” to “The Wall,” as well as selections from “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” and “Wish You Were Here.” Led by vocalist Randy Jackson and a full rock ensemble with the PSO, don’t miss this mind-blowing sonic journey.
♦ PITTSBURGH OPERA
♦ Proving Up
Bitz Opera Factory
February 17, Time
February 20, Time
February 23, Time
February 25, Time
An American Dream as fragile as glass.
A family of Nebraskan homesteaders in the 1870s dreams of “proving up.” They endeavor to obtain the deed to the land they’ve settled by fulfilling the requirements of the Homestead Act: five years of harvest, a sod house dwelling, and perhaps the most elusive element—a glass window.
With their eldest son incapacitated, Ma and Pa send their youngest living child Miles on a mission to share the valuable commodity with their distant neighbors who are expecting a visit from a government inspector. Miles’ journey brings him face to face with the remnants of a shattered past—the ghost of a neighboring farmer driven mad by the requirements of “proving up.” The willowy figure knows all too well the cost of the American Dream, and the coveted window soon becomes a broken mirror reflecting great tragedy.
♦ PITTSBURGH CAMERATA
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
February 4, 3:00PM
Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year; featuring Ellen Fast, pianist
with special guests: The Pittsburgh Girls Choir
♦ BACH CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH
♦ A Consolation: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
250 N. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206
February 16, 7:30PM
February 17, 4:00PM
A requiem is said to be a Mass for the dead; instead it is a comfort for the living. Brahms departed from the traditional Catholic Latin requiem Mass by composing reflections based on the amazing poetry of the Old Testament. A German Requiem is sacred, but not liturgical. In German. Featuring Nicole Tascarella, soprano, and Graham Fandrei, baritone.
♦ CITY THEATRE
♦ South Side Stories Revisited
1800 Bingham Street
Pittsburgh, PA
January 13 – February 18
In 2012, Tami Dixon sat on the sidewalks of the South Side of Pittsburgh asking residents to tell her stories. The resulting one woman play delighted audiences and was described as “dazzling” and “a big, fat evening of bliss” (City Paper). Ten years later, Dixon returns to the streets of the South Side to revisit her vivid set of tales and explore how the community where City Theatre resides has changed.