♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ♦ Pictures at an Exhibition Heinz Hall January 12, 8:00PM January 13, 7:soPM January 14, 2:30PM Martinů: Thunderbolt P-47 [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ] Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition To the left, you’ll see a Parisian garden with children joyfully playing. To the right, you’ll see a hut running on chicken legs. Journey down the museum corridor with us as we hear the sounds of art in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Yulianna Avdeeva also returns with Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto, written to be reminiscent of the coastline of France, led by…

♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ♦ For the Human: Brahms’ Requiem Heinz Hall December 1, 8:00PM December 3, 2:30PM Ēriks Ešenvalds: Lux Aeterna [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ] Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ] Brahms: A German Requiem Requiem: A mass for the dead. Brahms takes this somber musical form and reaches to the depths of his soul, emerging with a piece for the human. The artist speaks to all with this chillingly beautiful work, articulating the rawness of the end of one’s life. The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh sets the scene for this experience with the a cappella piece,…

♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ♦ Power & Passion: Mozart, Ravel & Tchaikovsky Heinz Hall November 3, 8:00PM November 4, 7:30PM November 5, 2:30PM Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Ravel: La Valse “About many things in this world there is simply nothing to be said…” Famously expressed by Robert Schumann about Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony, the evening takes off with this god-like masterwork. Emerging superstar violinist Bomsori also debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony with Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Originally reviewed as “music that stinks to the ear,” this piece has come full swing to be one of the biggest staples…

♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ♦ The Sounds of NOW: Opening Weekend Heinz Hall October 1, 2:30PM Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ] Schumann: Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 Celebrate opening weekend with the sounds of NOW alongside Music Director Manfred Honeck and your Pittsburgh Symphony. Long-time friend of the PSO, Hélène Grimaud, returns to interpret Schumann’s one and only Piano Concerto, written in a season pain as this pianist had to declare one of his fingers terminally lame. Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 culminates the evening, illustrating how he emerged from adversity and triumphed with another masterpiece. Composer Gabriela Ortiz also ushers…

♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ♦ Guster Heinz Hall September 19, 7:30PM Boston alt-rock band Guster joins the PSO with their winsome melodies, soaring hooks, and immaculate song-craft with a career-spanning set. ♦ NOW is the Time Gala Heinz Hall September 23, 8:00PM NOW is the time to experience an unforgettable evening as Manfred Honeck leads your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra along with celebrated singer Renée Fleming at the 2023 Annual Gala. It’s an evening that is sure to please as we showcase the voices of NOW. ♦ The Sounds of NOW: Opening Weekend Heinz Hall September 29, 8:00PM October 1, 2:30PM…

♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Spring Into Summer July 20, 7:00pm O’Reilly Theater 621 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Springtime makes its way into summer in this concert. Jessie Montgomery’s Strum kicks off the program with a pulsating “ecstatic celebration.” Then Copland breathes life into the springtime majesty of the mountains in Appalachian Spring, finishing with Schumann’s depiction of awakening and renewal in his Spring Symphony. ♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Summer Folk Sounds O’Reilly Theater 621 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Take your summer vacation with the PSO and travel through the sounds of distant places. Finnish, Andean and Bohemian folk…

♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & BALLET THEATRE Boléro Heinz Hall June 9, 8:00pm June 10, 8:00pm June 11, 2:30pm Stacy Garrop: Forging Steel [ WORLD PREMIERE + COMMISSION ] George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major Richard Strauss (arr. Honeck/Ille): Salome Suite for Orchestra [ WORLD PREMIERE + COMMISSION ] Maurice Ravel: Boléro (with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre) ♦ The Pines of Rome Heinz Hall June 16, 8:00pm June 17, 8:00pm June 18, 2:30pm Ottorino Respighi: Roman Festivals Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole Jessie Montgomery: New Work [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE + CO-COMMISSION ] Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome ♦ PNC POPS…

♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Rite of Spring Heinz Hall May 19, 8:00pm May 21, 2:30pm ♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PSO Disrupt: The Rite of Spring May 20, 8:00pm Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ] Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring ♦ PNC POPS Renée Elise Goldsberry Heinz Hall May 12, 8:00pm May 13, 8:00pm May 14, 2:30pm Tony Award®-winning star of Hamilton and graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Renée Elise Goldsberry, joins your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for a concert not to be missed! Made famous by originating the role…