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2012-13 SEASON OF PERFORMANCES

June 2, 2013 - evening
Benefit Concert and Fundraiser in the Ballroom of Soldier’s & Sailor’s Memorial Hall.
PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a free concert. Ticket proceeds benefit PYSO's educational programs.
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RECENT PERFORMANCES

May 19, 2013
SEASON FINALE Concert at Heinz Hall.
First movement of Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor with Hannah Che, winner of PYSO Concerto Competition.
Finale from Mahler Symphony No. 1, Mozart Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio, and PSO Alumni joing us for a side-by-side performance of St. Saens Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah.

April 23, 2013 - Special Collaborative Concert at Heinz Hall: "Celebrating the Next Generation".
Featuring the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra with instrumental and vocal ensembles from Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University.
Program will include music of Mahler, Theofanidis, Kodaly, Budavari, and Schmidt.

March 2, 2013 at Heinz Hall
FIREBIRD

Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Bizet Farandole from L'Arlesienne Suite - conducted by Daniel Mallampalli, winner of PYSO's Conducting Competition
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

December 9, 2012 - PYSO Chamber Music Ensembles at PPG Wintergarden. - Free and open to the public.

December 2, 2012
SYMPHONIC DANCES Concert at Heinz Hall.

Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Mozart Violin Concerto with Noah Bendix-Balgley
Faure Pelleas and Melisande Suite

September 30, 2012
PYSO Chamber Orchestra and Small Ensembles on the Tiffany Concert Series - "Sunday Afternoon Baroque" at Calvary United Methodist Church on the North Side. Program included Handel's Water Music Suite and Wachet Auf (Sleepers Awake) by Bach. Ticket proceeds benefitted the Allegheny Historic Preservation Society and the restoration/preservation of the original Tiffany windows in Calvary United Methodist Church.

2011-12 SEASON

Milhaud - La Creation du Monde with the Attack Theatre

Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with violinist Inori Sakai
winner of PYSO's Concerto Competition

Moussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition

March 3, 2012
Lawrence Loh, Conducting
with Dustin Cramer, winner of PYSO's Conducting Competition

John Williams - Imperial March from Star Wars

Bruch - Romance for Viola
with Meng Wang, viola soloist

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5

November 20, 2011
Lawrence Loh & Thomas Hong, Conducting

Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture 

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

2010-11 SEASON

NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
May 1, 2011 at Heinz Hall
Dvorak - New World Symphony
Barber - School for Scandal Overture
Elgar - Cello Concerto - excerpts (Eleanor Lee, soloist)

SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
February 26, 2011 at Heinz Hall
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique and Roman Carnival Overture
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 (Stephen Kostyniak, soloist)
Bizet - March of the Toreadors from Carmen (Kemper Edwards, conductor)

CORNUCOPIA OF SOUND
November 21, 2010 at Heinz Hall
Rossini's William Tell Overture - Barber Adagio for Strings - Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite - Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

October 24, 2010 - PYSO on the TIFFANY CONCERT SERIES
Performances by chamber orchestra and small ensembles from the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, including strings, woodwinds, brass, and harp.

2009-10 PERFORMANCES

SPRING FINISH: May 2, 2010 at 4:00 PM

LISZT: Les Preludes

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Alexander Lee, violin soloist
and PYSO Concerto Competition Winner

RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome

RUSSIAN MASTERS: February 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM
PROKOFIEV: Love of Three Oranges March
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto - Laura Motchalov, violin soloist
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5

MAGIC and MYSTERY: November 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
DUKAS:  La Peri Fanfare
DEBUSSY:  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DUKAS:  Sorcerer’s Apprentice
ELGAR: Enigma Variations