Upcoming Concert:
Monday, May 3 at 7:00 PM - Montgomery Fellowship String Quartet Recital at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (University of Pitsburgh) in Oakland. String Quartets by Ravel and Schubert. Reception to follow. FREE - no tickets required.
Recent 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
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 3:00 PM
World Premiere by John Harbison: Mary Lou: Four Symphonic Memories of Mary Lou Williams
Ravel - Introduction and Allegro featuring Lana Greenawald, Harp Soloist
Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphases
Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Copland - Appalachian Spring
Falla - Three Cornered Hat - with special guest dancers from Attack Theatre
Gliere - Russian Sailor's Dance - Side-by-Side with the Erie Junior Philharmonic
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
Smetana - The Moldau
Mozart - Violin Concerto in G Major - Hong-Guang Jia, violin soloist
Saturday, November 1, 2008
PYSO and Keynotes Scholarship Winners
Colin Brookes, viola
Anne Jackovic, violin
Edward Merritt, bass
TJ Wible, flute
performing on the Music For Mount Lebanon concert series
2007-08 Season
China Tour
June 16-30, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - "EAST MEETS WEST"
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Palace of the Nine Perfections by Zhou Tian, and PYSO Concerto Competition Winner Jeremy Malvin performing a portion of Creston's Marimba Concerto.
Sunday, February 24, 2008 - "PETRUSHKA"
Stravinsky's Petrushka, Bizet's Carmen Suite, and Javelin by Torke
Saturday, November 10, 2007 - "CORNUCOPIA OF SOUND"
Copland's El Salon Mexico, Lalo's Cello Concerto (with PSO's David Premo as cello soloist), Death and Transfiguration by Strauss, plus a Salute to the Armed Forces! Food was collected for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
60th Anniversary Alumni Concert
"Romeo and Juliet"
This concert celebrated sixty years with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Daniel Meyer as PYSO welcomed back alumni to come play in our season finale. Opening with Brahms' powerful Symphony No. 3, the orchestra performed one of the most beautifully crafted symphonies of the Romantic era. PYSO Concerto Competition Winner Thomas Hu took on the challenges of Sibelius in his daring Violin Concerto, and to complete the festivities, the alumni joined their young colleagues to create a "super-orchestra" in
Tchaikovsky's brilliant musical interpretation of Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Community Outreach Concert
Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major; Sibelius Violin Concerto (1st movement) with Thomas Hu, Violin Soloist
Saturday, February 10, 2007
"Fantastic Symphony!" Program included the Symphonie Fantastique of Berlioz, Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A Minor with guest soloist Louis Lev, and also Fanfare from La Peri by Dukas.
"Seeing Red: Shostakovich vs. Superman"
Sunday, November 5, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Michael Daugherty: Red Cape Tango (from the Metropolis Symphony)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
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Cesar Franck
Symphony in D Minor
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor - featuring piano soloist Jingnan Hou, winner of PYSO Concerto Competition
Claude Debussy
La Mer
June 23, 2006 (Tour to Washington DC)
The Music Center at Strathmore, N. Bethesda, MD
June 21, 2006 (Tour to Washington DC)
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus
May 6, 2006
Heinz Hall
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March 26, 2006
Frick Art & Historical Center
Point Breeze
Performances by PYSO Brass Quintet, String Quartet, Harp & Flute, Harp & Violin
Music by Beethoven, Bach, Hovhaness, Nielson, Ibert
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February 4, 2006
Heinz Hall
Sunday, February 5, 2006
Kean Theater at St. Barnabas in Gibsonia
Gliere
Russian Sailor's Dance from the Red Poppy
Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1
Adam Liu, cello soloist
Rimsky-Korsakov
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November 5, 2005
Heinz Hall
Walton
Crown Imperial March
David Stock
Clarinet Concerto
World Premier with soloist Richard Stoltzman
Vaughan Williams
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2005 Europen Concert Tour
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Bernstein - On The Waterfront
Stock - Drive Time
Dvorak - Slavonic Dances
Bach/Stokowski - Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
Strauss - Voices of Spring
Griffes - Poem for Flute & Orchestra - T. J. Wible, flute soloist
St. Saens - Bacchanale from Samson & Delilah
June 18, 2005 - BUDAPEST
Concert Hall of the Liszt Academy
June 20, 2005 - VIENNA
Arkadenhof of Vienna's Town Hall
June 21, 2005 - LITOMYSL
Smetanova Litomysl Festival
June 23, 2005 - PRAGUE
Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum
June 26, 2005 - LEIPZIG
Gewandhaus
in aid of the German Epilepsy Association
2004-05 Season
"The Three B's"
November 14, 2004 - Heinz Hall
Bernstein On The Waterfront
Bach-Stokowski Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
Brahms Double Concerto for Violin & Cello
Jennifer Orchard, Violin & Mikhail Istomin, Cello
"The French Connection"
Side-By-Side with the PSO
January 16, 2005 - Heinz Hall
Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Saint Saens, Bacchanal from Samson and Delilah
"Stained Glass"
February 12, 2005 - First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, Oakland
Faure, Requiem - with the Grove City College Touring Choir
Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Kernis, Musica Celestis
"Stained Glass"
February 13, 2005 - Pew Fine Arts Center at Grove City College
Faure, Requiem - with the Grove City College Touring Choir
Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Kernis, Musica Celestis
"Pictures at an Exhibition"
May 1, 2005 - Heinz Hall
David Stock, Drive Time
Griffes Poem for Flute & Orchestra, T.J. Wible, Soloist
Dvorak, Slavonic Dances
Strauss, Voices of Spring
Mussorgsky, Pictures At An Exhibition
2003-04 SEASON
Three Rivers Arts Festival
June 12, 2004 - Point State Park
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
American Symphony Orchestra League
June 11, 2004 - Greater Pittsburgh Convention Center
Michael Daugherty - Route 66
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, Finale
Stravsinsky, Finale from Firebird Suite
"Little Russians"
May 1, 2004 - Heinz Hall
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"
Gliere - Concerto for Harp & Orchestra (1st movement)
with Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, Harp Soloist
& Winner of PYSO Concerto Competition
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite 1919
Prokofiev - "Romeo & Juliet" from Ballet Suite No. 1
Chamber Music at the Tiffany Concert Series
April 18, 2004 - Calvary United Methodist Church
Benefit of the Allegheny Historical Preservation Society
"Intermezzo"
February 22, 2004 - The University Club
"From Barstow to Bohemia"
December 6, 2003 - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Michael Daugherty - Route 66
Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien
Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Dvoark - Symphony No. 8
Amahl & The Night Visitors
December 2003
with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
Heinz Chapel
"Fanfare & Serenade"
November 16, 2003 - Carnegie Library of Hometead Music Hall
Dukas - Fanfare from La Peri
Edward Elgar - Serenade for String
Gounod - Petite Symphonie
Antonin DvorakĘ - Symphony No. 8
Chamber Music Concert
October 26, 2003 - Frick Art & Historical Society
Schubert - String Quartet
Mendelssohn - String Quartet
Borne -Carmen Fantasy for Flute & Piano
St. Saens - Concerto No. 3 in B Minor for Violin
2002-03 SEASON
"Red, Hot & Blue"
April 26, 2003 - Heinz Hall
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Suite
Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue, with Christina Ho, piano soloist
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
Outreach Concert
April 13, 2003 - Bethel Park High School
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Suite
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A Major, with Jingnan Hou, piano soloist
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
Chamber Music at the Tiffany Concert Series
March 16, 2003 - Calvary Methodist Church
Mozart - Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388
Villa Lobos - Aria (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Bach - The Art of the Fugue arr. for Brass Quintet
Ravel - Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
"A Winter Warmer"
February 23, 2003 - The University Club
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Suite
Mozart - Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C, with Sunny Wicks, Cello Soloist
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10 - Finale
Strauss - Emperor Waltzes
Chamber Music Concert
February 15, 2003 - Frick Art & Historical Society
Bach - Wachet Auf (Sleeper's Awake) for String Quintet
Ibert - Entr'Acte for Flute & Harp
Schickele - Last Tango in Bayreuth for Four Bassoons
Bach - Trio Sonata in G Major for Woodwinds
Haydn - String Quartet Opus 76, No. 1
Beethoven's Birthday Celebration
December 14, 2002 - Carnegie Library
Holst - St. Paul's Suite
Amahl & The Night Visitors
December 12 - 15, 2002
with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
Heinz Chapel
"Dance Mix"
December 8, 2002 - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Adams - The Chairman Dances
Strauss - Emperor Waltzes, op. 437
Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy with Angelia Cho, Violin Soloist
Bernstein - West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Dvorak - Three Slavonic Dances
Op. 46, No. 1 in C Major, Op. 72, No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 46, No. 8 in G Minor
Outreach Concert
November 23, 2002 - Springdale High School
Adams - The Chairman Dances
Strauss - Emperor Waltzes, op. 437
Bernstein - West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Dvorak - Three Slavonic Dances
Op. 46, No. 1 in C Major, Op. 72, No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 46, No. 8 in G Minor
Chamber Music Concert
November 2, 2002- Carnegie Science Center
Beethoven - String Quartet op. 18, no. 4
Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E minor, op. 44, no.2
LeFebvre - Suite for Woodwind Quintet
Mozart - Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388.
De Wailly - Aubade for Woodwind Trio
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