♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin
Heinz Hall
March 10, 8:00pm
March 12, 2:30pm
Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
♦ In Words & Music: Honeck Conducts Mozart’s Requiem
Heinz Hall
March 17, 8:00pm
March 18, 8:00pm
March 19, 2:30pm
James MacMillan: Her tears fell with the dews at even [ WORLD PREMIERE + COMMISSION ]
Franz Schubert: “Unfinished” Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem: Mozart’s Death in Words and Music
Experience the drama in this once-in-a-lifetime portrayal of Mozart’s final musical gift, uniquely interpreted by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck. This epic masterpiece written on the composer’s deathbed is given a fresh, theatrical flair through resonant death bell tolls and harrowing texts interwoven throughout, with each medium used intentionally to look at the complexity of eternal rest.
♦ Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances
Heinz Hall
March 31, 8:00pm
April 2, 2:30pm
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Unsuk Chin: subito con forza [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
♦ PNC POPS
Women Rock
Heinz Hall
March 24, 8:00pm
March 25, 8:00pm
March 26, 2:30pm
Celebrate Women’s History Month with this production that highlights the music of Carole King, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Pat Benatar and Heart. WOMEN ROCK honors these powerful female singers and songwriters who changed pop and rock & roll forever. Featured songs include I Feel The Earth Move, What’s Love Got To Do With It, Freeway of Love, Proud Mary, Piece Of My Heart, Dancing In The Street, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, I Love Rock n’ Roll and You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman.
♦ PITTSBURGH OPERA
Il Trovatore
Benedum Center for the Performing Arts
March 25, 8:00pm
March 28, 7:00pm
March 31, 7:30pm
April 2, 2:00pm
♦ CITY THEATRE
Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias
City Theatre Mainstage
March 11 – April 2
Expecting Latine couple, Tania and Pablo, have just purchased their first home next to long-time D.C. residents (and Potomac Horticultural Society award seekers), Frank and Virginia. Cultures clash when Tania’s plan for a “native garden” disagrees with Frank’s perfectly pristine posies and a property line disagreement turns into an all-out border dispute. Karen Zacarias’s brilliant comedy exposes well-intentioned neighbors’ notions on race, class, morality, and privilege.
♦ MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH
Luminous: Music Inspired by Light
March 4-5, 2023
The Classics concert encompasses great music, from masterworks with orchestra to small a cappella choral music gems. Recent performances include Orff’s Carmina burana, Haydn Mass in Time of War, and Brahms’ Requiem. This year’s concert will feature music with string quartet and will include music by Gjeilo, Lauridsen, Forrest, Hagenberg, and more.
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The True Story of Cinderella
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
March 5, 3:00pm
Warren Martin (1916-1982), a Westminster Choir College graduate and longtime faculty member, wrote “Cinderella” for the annual May Day Celebration. It was never intended to be staged. Martin insisted that the work be sung “oratorio style.” Adhering to his advice does indeed make for greater hilarity, since there is nothing to distract from the humor inherent in the music and lyrics.