Season opening concert featuring pianist Alexander Toradze performing Tchaikovsky's popular Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphonie fantastique conducted by Principal Guest Conductor, Yan Pascal Tortelier

Superstar violinist Joshua Bell returns with Corigliano’s The Red Violin Concerto in a concert also featuring Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

The graceful and lyrical Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by Emanuel Ax

Sir Andrew Davis leads Brahms' A German Requiem in the season finale

September 28, 2007

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Alexander Toradze, piano

CORIGLIANO: Promenade Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique

Tchaikovsky’s romantic and show-stopping Piano Concerto No. 1 with Russian pianist Toradze and Berlioz’s sensual musical fantasy provide a grand beginning to the season.

November 2, 2007

Marek Janowski, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos. 21, 17, 19, 18 (orch. Dvorák)
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4

Endowed Guest Conductor Marek Janowski leads Brahms’ crowning achievement, his Symphony No. 4. Alisa Weilerstein performs one of Haydn’s cello showpieces.

November 30, 2007

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano

MADERNA: Music of Gaiety
BERIO: Folk Songs
Mystery Piece
RESPIGHI: Feste romane

Soprano superstar Dawn Upshaw performs music from around the world in Berio’s Folk Songs. Don't miss the “mystery piece” and a Respighi festive finale!

January 11, 2008

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

BARBER: Essay No. 2
CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Leonard Slatkin conducts violin superstar Joshua Bell in music by PSO Composer of the Year John Corigliano, made famous by the movie, The Red Violin. Mussorgsky’s well-loved Pictures brings a triumphant ending to the concert.

April 4, 2008

Charles Dutoit, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

DEBUSSY: Jeux
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2
JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta

The PSO’s famous brass section is showcased in Sinfonietta and Emanuel Ax brings us one of the most beautiful and virtuosic piano concertos of all time.

April 25, 2008

Andrés Cárdenes, conductor
Chee-Yun, violin

HINDEMITH: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 “Strassburg”
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”

PSO Concertmaster Andrés Cárdenes takes the podium to lead music of Hindemith and Schumann. Violinist Chee-Yun plays Mozart’s stirring “Strassburg” concerto.

June 13, 2008

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Lucas Meachem, baritone
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Betsy Burleigh, director

BRAHMS: A German Requiem

Brahms’ choral masterpiece is a Requiem for all humanity. This magnificent work led by Sir Andrew Davis brings a stirring and emotional close to the season.