PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS
AT EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Monday, November 24 at 7 p.m.
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra (PSO) performs a Community Engagement Concert at East Liberty
Presbyterian Church on Monday, November 24 at 7 p.m. Resident Conductor
Daniel Meyer leads the PSO in a program featuring PSO violinist Lorien
Hart as soloist in Beethoven’s Romance No. 1 in G major and the Rogers
CAPA Choir performing Vivaldi’s Gloria and Faure’s Pavane.
Music by Haydn, Ravel and Bridge complete the program.
The November 24 concert is one element
of the PSO’s larger Community Engagement relationship with the East Liberty
area. The PSO’s interaction with East Liberty also includes the
presence of PSO musicians at schools in the neighborhood and regular meetings
with a Community Committee, which includes parents of area Pittsburgh Public
School students, faith-based representatives, community representatives,
and music teachers in the East Liberty area.
The PSO’s Community Engagement Program
aims to develop and cultivate mutually beneficial, long-term relationships
with audiences in Pittsburgh. This successful program helps to educate
the PSO about its audiences and their home communities. It also allows
the PSO to interact with individuals and break down barriers, helping audiences
to gain accessibility, alter perceptions, and understand the relevance
of the PSO to their community and own lives.
A free, pre-concert student performance
takes place prior to the concert, in the East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Chapel beginning at 6 p.m. The pre-concert performance features students
from Rogers CAPA, Dilworth Traditional Academy and Hope Academy of Music
and the Arts.
Tickets (adults: $10 in advance
and $15 at the door; seniors 60+ and
students 18 and under: $5) to
this event can be purchased by calling 412.361.5662, or in person at East
Liberty Presbyterian Church or at Vintage Senior Center, also in East Liberty.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
has been a vital part of the City of Pittsburgh’s heritage for more than
100 years. With its noble history of the finest conductors and musicians
and its strong commitment to artistic quality and excellence, audiences
around the world have claimed the PSO as their orchestra of choice. Beginning
in the early 1900s with frequent performances in Canada, the PSO confirmed
its ranking as a world-class orchestra, earning critical acclaim for each
tour abroad. Its 29 international tours include 15 European tours, seven
trips to the Far East and two to South America. In January 2004, the PSO
became the first American orchestra to perform for Pope John Paul II at
the Vatican, as part of the Pontiff’s Silver Jubilee celebration. September
2008 marks the arrival of the PSO’s ninth music director, Austrian conductor
Manfred Honeck.
Editors Please Note:
November 24 at 7 p.m.
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Meyer, conductor
Lorien Hart, violin
Rogers CAPA Choir; Henry Biggs, Director
RAVEL
Le Tombeau de Couperin
BEETHOVEN Romance
No. 1 in G major for Violin and Orchestra
FAURÉ
Pavane,
Opus 50
VIVALDI Gloria
BRIDGE Lament
for String Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony
No. 85 in b-flat major, “La Reine”
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Contact: James Barthen.
Vice President of Public Affairs
Phone: 412.392.4835 | email:
jbarthen@pittsburghsymphony.org
Contact: Rachelle Roe, Director
of Public Affairs
phone: 412.392.3306 | email:
rroe@pittsburghsymphony.org
Contact: Nicole Cerrillos
Philipp, Director of Media Relations
phone: 412.392.4827
| email: ncerrillos@pittsburghsymphony.org
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