♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Stravinsky’s Petrushka
Heinz Hall
October 7, 8:00pm
October 9, 2:30pm
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra
Samy Moussa: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, “Adrano” [ US PREMIERE ]
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka
♦ Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
Heinz Hall
October 14, 8:00pm
October 16, 2:30pm
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Helix [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
♦ New Steinway Debut with Yefim Bronfman
Heinz Hall
October 28 & 29, 8:00pm
October 30, 2:30pm
Rolf Martinsson: Open Mind [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
♦ PNC POPS
The Sounds of New Orleans
Heinz Hall
September 30, 8:00pm
October 1, 8:00pm
October 2, 2:30pm
Celebrate the spirit of The Big Easy with a night of hot, steamy New Orleans jazz. The good times roll with music from New Orleans natives like Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson & Louis Armstrong. A tribute to the street parades in the French Quarter and late-night jams in the city’s famed clubs, this concert transforms Heinz Hall into an unforgettable Mardi Gras celebration, with Byron Stripling leading the parade!
♦ VOCES SOLIS
John Corigliano: Fern Hill
Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered
Scottish Rite Cathedral, Wheeling WV
Saturday, Oct. 29, 6:30 pm
Christ United Methodist Church, Bethel Park
Sunday, Oct 30, 6:30 pm
♦ PITTSBURGH CAMERATA
There Was Peace on Earth, and Silence in the Sky
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
October 9, 3:00pm
Tarik O’Regan: Triptych for Choir and Orchestra
Ola Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass
The first movement of Tarik O’Regan’s Triptych, Threnody (a wailing ode, song or hymn of mourning) consists of texts by William Penn, William Blake, Muhammad Raji Al-Bayoumi, and portions of Psalm 13. This movement, premiered on its own, was subsequently taken on tour to Jerusalem and the West Bank in December 2004.
Movements II and III were conceived as a contiguous section and premiered as And There Was a Great Calm. Texts of these movements are drawn from John Milton, Roland Gittelsohn, Rumi, 9th c. Indian Bundahishn, Edward Whinfield, William Wordsworth and Thomas Hardy. The title of the second and third section is taken from Thomas Hardy’s poem of the same name, written at the signing of the Armistice on 11th November, 1918.
♦ CITY THEATRE
23rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival
The Lillie Theatre
Saturday, October 29
1:00 PM Middle School Performance
6:00 PM High School Performance
Sunday, October 30
1:00 PM High School Performance
6:00 PM Middle School Performance
MIDDLE SCHOOL
The Old Therebefore
By Caitlin Abbett & Clara Lopresti
8th grade, Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy
Eighty years ago, the mysterious “Old Therebefore” flood wiped everything out, except for the Forestof, a tree house society led by the respected Elder Birch. Ash and Izara, a dynamic duo, question if life exists beyond their peaceful community, they have always known to be home. Follow these two in this thrilling adventure as they travel to an alternate world and discover the truth.
Spark in the Cave
By Spencer Anderson
8th grade, Belle Vernon Area Middle School
Crush and Trave are teenage cave people hungry for new discoveries. Krock, their leader, constantly tries to keep the boys out of trouble, but a few rules never stopped Crush from the excitement of new discoveries, especially discoveries as groundbreaking as fire.
Neighbors
By Grace Ruschak
8th grade, Belle Vernon Area Middle School
Amelia and her mother live next door to Mrs. Morris, a lonely, elderly woman coping with her late husband’s death. When her mother forces her to offer support to Mrs. Morris, Amelia spends her summer days next door where an unexpected friendship begins in this heartwarming drama.
HIGH SCHOOL
Souls of River Yewa
By Arinola Bejide
9th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA
It is said that our souls define who we are. Some souls are designed perfectly for another, some souls are designed to be others, and still others are designed to collect. Embria longs for a child, but her boyfriend, Fela, is too invested in his career as a musician. After learning she is a soul collector from the all-knowing god, Obtala, Embria is transported to another realm where she journeys with a mysterious man on the river Yewa to uncover the truth about who Fela really is.
Stereotyping
By Amelia Staresinic
11th grade, Pittsburgh CAPA
Roman is the most popular and professional of them all, and ensures his fellow fonts know it. So what happens when a more creative font Sandy, or the mysterious Luci, is chosen over Roman’s tried and true characteristics?
Deus Ex Machina
By Margaret Mateya
11th grade, Bethel Park High School
Two voices exist in the dark of nothingness. The wind of thought guides them everywhere and nowhere, where nothing exists, and nothing does not exist. This thrilling absurdist piece follows Fifymont and Razzlerum through their own self-discovery, and through the world they have built around them.