We would like for you to be our guests for the following concerts with PSO 2008-2009 Composer of the Year John Adams: Nixon in China & Doctor Atomic Friday, January 16 - 8PM Heinz Hall On the Transmigration of Souls Saturday, January 17 - 8PM Heinz Hall You may request up to four complimentary tickets for either or both concerts. To request your complimentary tickets, please e-mail me at <srobison@pittsburghsymphony.org> with the date/s of the concert you wish to attend (1/16, 1/17 or both), the numbers of tickets needed (limit 4 tickets/concert), your first and last name, mailing address and telephone number. Please e-mail by Monday, January 12th at 5 PM, if possible. Plan to pick-up your tickets at least 1 hour before the concert. Your tickets will be ready for pickup by mid-week at the Heinz Hall Box Office Will Call window. See you at the symphony! -- Susy INFO ON ADAMS & THESE CONCERTS: John Adams, perhaps the most well-known and most frequently-performed of American living composers, is the Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-2009 season. Throughout the season, selections from Adams’ orchestral repertoire are scheduled in four BNY Mellon Grand Classics programs. The centerpiece of the season are two special programs featuring several of Adams' large-scale works inspired by 20th and 21st-century historic events, which the composer will conduct on Friday, January 16 & Saturday, January 17. The focal point of these concerts is the Doctor Atomic Symphony. This newly-crafted symphony uses instrumental threads from Adams’ most recent opera about the scientists, particularly Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, who were involved with the historic Manhattan Project. Opening the January 16 program is a concert version of Act III of Adams' Grammy Award-winning opera Nixon in China, featuring baritone James Maddalena in the title role, which he created in the work’s premiere. Tenor Russell Thomas sings the role of Mao, and sopranos Jessica Rivera and Hila Plitmann sing Pat Nixon and Madame Mao, respectively. The January 17 concert features Adams' Pulitzer Prize-winning work, On the Transmigration of Souls, which was written as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. E-FLYER TO SEND TO YOUR FRIENDS: Help us spread the word about these concerts by e-mailing the attached pdf flyer with embedded links to the PSO website. (See attached file: John Adams Concerts with the PSO.pdf) See you at the Symphony!!! Upcoming PSO Events: PSO at the Scottish Rite Cathedral - Popular Classics & Broadway Favorites - Jan 9 PSO at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center - A Favorite Piano Concerto - Jan 10 Dr. Atomic & Nixon in China - Jan 16 at Heinz Hall On The Transmigration of Souls - Jan 17 at Heinz Hall