Brahms x 6: The Sextet

This performance is part of the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra series at Upper St. Clair High School. (click here for driving directions).

Co-Principal Trumpet Charles Lirette performs Tomaso Albinoni's Trumpet Concerto. Two living composers are also featured, as the Chamber Orchestra performs Balada's "Caprichos No. 4" and a mystery piece by PSO Composer of the Year, the award-winning John Corigliano. Plus hear the lush sounds of Brahms' masterful "Sextet in B flat major."

The PSO is proud to present 2007/2008 Composer of the Year, John Corigliano, winner of a Pulitzer Prize (Symphony No. 1) and an Oscar for Best Film Score (The Red Violin). With chamber music, opera and symphonies in his repertoire, Corigliano is a prolific composer who has changed the landscape of new music, and a leader in the current trend toward communicative new music that is embraced by large audiences. Throughout the Mellon Grand Classics and the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra series, we will be performing works by Corigliano, including: Promenade Overture, September 28 & 30 (Heinz Hall) Phantasmagoria, December 6 (WVU), 7 & 9 (Heinz Hall) The Red Violin Concerto with Joshua Bell, January 10 (Lincoln Park), 11, 12 & 13 (Heinz Hall) Percussion Concerto with Dame Evelyn Glennie, February 21, 22 & 23 (Heinz Hall) Voyage, March 27 (Oakland) & 29 (USC) Symphony No. 2, Scherzo, March 27 (Oakland) & 29 (USC) Tournaments Overture, April 18 & 20 (Heinz Hall)