Four Seasons Location: Heinz Hall Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 1:30 PM Friday, October 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2:30 PM Tickets: Tickets start at $12.50 or subscribe today and save! Tickets on sale: Monday, August 31, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. This concert is part of these Subscription Series: Friday Fireworks Friday Premiere Saturday Ovation Saturday Virtuoso Sunday Bravura Sunday Ovation Thursday Matinee Show me all 2010-2011 BNY Mellon Grand Classics Subscription Concerts Artists Andrés Cárdenes, conductor Andrés Cárdenes, violin Anne Martindale Williams, cello Program Francis Poulenc:    Sinfonietta    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky:    Variations on a Rococo Theme       Antonio Vivaldi:    The Four Seasons       About This Performance Poulenc’s Sinfonietta is light, rhythmic and satirical. Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme is a masterful cello concerto that weaves variations around a theme composed in the style of Mozart. The beloved Four Seasons describes the passing year through music – the renewed wonder of spring, an energetic summer thunderstorm, boisterous celebration in autumn and the cold, brisk onset of winter. Concert Commentaries Musical examples and insightful commentaries on this weekend's performance. Listen now! Please enable Java for playback. Click here for Clipstream Help. Explore & Engage Themes and programs that give you a deeper, more meaningful and more personally relevant connection to the music! We kick off a three year project by hosting an "Inspired by Nature Fair" at Heinz Hall this weekend. <br><br>Enhance your concert experience by participating in the <a href="http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/web/bookclub.html">Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Book Club!</a><br> Learn more about the Explore & Engage program