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24. August 2022

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on tour (August 2022)

Until the beginning of September, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Manfred Honeck are on tour through Europe – at 11 concerts in nine European cities, the musicians will perform works by Mahler, Beethoven, Ligeti, Strauss and Chkovsky, among others. Soloists are violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, cellist Gautier Capucon and pianist Hélène Grimaud.

18. August  Ljubljana, Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre
Schulhoff: »Fünf Stücke für Streichquartett« (Fassung für Streichorchester und Schlagzeug)
Ravel: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester G-Dur
Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-Dur »Titan«
Hélène Grimaud – Piano

20. August  Grafenegg, Wolkenturm
Schulhoff: »Fünf Stücke für Streichquartett« (Fassung für Streichorchester und Schlagzeug)
Ravel: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester G-Dur
Strauss: Elektra / Suite von Manfred Honeck und Tomáš Ille
Hélène Grimaud – Piano

21. August  Grafenegg, Wolkenturm
Dvořák: Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-Moll op. 104
Tschaikowsky: Symphonie Nr. 5 e-Moll op. 64
Gautier Capuçon – Violoncello

24. August  Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie
Ligeti: Lontano
Ravel: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester G-Dur
Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-Dur »Titan«
Hélène Grimaud – Piano

25. August  Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie
Schulhoff: Fünf Stücke für Streichquartett
Dvořák: Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-Moll op. 104
Strauss: Elektra / Suite von Manfred Honeck und Tomáš Ille
Gautier Capuçon – Violoncello

27. August Düsseldorf, Tonhalle
Schumann: Klavierkonzert a-Moll, op 54
Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-Dur »Titan«
Hélène Grimaud – Piano

30.August               Essen, Philharmonie
Ligeti: “Lontano” für großes Orchester
Beethoven: Konzert D-Dur für Violine und Orchester, op. 61
Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-Dur “Titan”
Anne-Sophie Mutter – Violine

31. August Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus             Salzburger Festspiele
Ligeti: Lontano für großes Orchester
Beethoven: Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur op. 61
Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 1 D-Dur
Anne-Sophie Mutter – Violine

1. September  Dresden, Kulturpalast
Schulhoff: »Fünf Stücke für Streichquartett« (Fassung für Streichorchester und Schlagzeug)
Ravel: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester G-Dur
Tschaikowsky: Sinfonie Nr. 5 e-Moll op. 64
Hélène Grimaud – Piano

2. September Wiesbaden, Kurhaus Rheingau Musik Festival
Beethoven: Konzert D-Dur für Violine und Orchester, op. 61
Tschaikowski: Sinfonie Nr. 5 e-Moll op. 64 „Schicksals-Sinfonie“
Anne-Sophie Mutter – Violine

4. September Köln, Philharmonie
Beethoven: Konzert D-Dur für Violine und Orchester, op. 61
Tschaikowsky Sinfonie Nr. 5 e-Moll op. 64
Anne-Sophie Mutter – Violine

23. June 2022

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra appoints David McCarroll as Concertmaster (June 2022)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck with President and CEO Melia Tourangeau are thrilled to announce that David McCarroll has been appointed concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, holding the Rachel Mellon Walton Concertmaster Chair, beginning with the 2022-2023 season. McCarroll will join the Orchestra as concertmaster for its European tour in August 2022 and will first appear in Pittsburgh as concertmaster at the Orchestra’s gala concert in September that opens the 2022-2023 season.

https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/

https://www.davidmccarroll.com/

 

10. June 2022

New recording with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (June 2022)

Das Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra und Manfred Honeck präsentieren auf der neuen SACD bei Reference Recordings Live-Aufnahmen von Beethovens Symphonie Nr. 6 “Pastorale“ und Steven Stucky Silent Spring. Die Aufnahme ist ab dem 10. Juni weltweit erhältlich.

“Obwohl die Kompositionen 200 Jahre auseinanderliegen, stehen die bleibenden Qualitäten von Schönheit, Ruhe und Vitalität, die Natur und Musik verbinden, im Mittelpunkt von Beethovens Symphonie Nr. 6, “Pastorale”, und Steven Stuckys Silent Spring – zwei Werke, die sich in ihrer musikalischen Qualität wunderbar ergänzen und dazu anregen, Erfahrungen mit der Natur in unserer Welt zu suchen.”, so Music Director Manfred Honeck. Welche besondere Verbindung das Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras zu dem literarischen und muskialischen Werk Silent Spring hat, sehen Sie hier.

Steven Stuckys Silent Spring wurde vom Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra anlässlich des 50. Jahrestages der Veröffentlichung des gleichnamigen Buches der in Pittsburgh geborenen Biologin Rachel Carson in Auftrag gegeben. Die Uraufführung fand im Februar 2012 statt. Im Booklet der CD sind Steven Stucky Gedanken zu seinem Werk zu finden. Die Aufnahme wird zudem erneut durch Manfred Honecks ausführliche Anmerkungen zu Beethovens Symphonie Nr. 6 ergänzt, welche Einblicke in seine Interpretation und die musikalische Struktur des Werks geben.

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18. January 2022

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (January 2022)

Manfred Honeck has been Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 2008; last year, at the orchestra’s request, his contract was extended through the 2027/28 season.

After seven successful European tours, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony will tour together again in the summer of 2022. Info to follow.

The orchestra’s recording of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Reference Recordings) has been nominated for the 2022 Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Album.

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7. October 2021

New recording from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (October 2021)

With its record label Reference Recordings, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck announce a new recording: Brahms Symphony No. 4 and MacMillan Larghetto for Orchestra. This release coincides with the Orchestra’s 2021-2022 season and its joyful return to live concerts with full orchestra. These works were recorded live in the Heinz Hall, now celebrating its 50th anniversary season as the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony. The recording is available worldwide on 22 October.

“Johannes Brahms’ Fourth Symphony is a powerful work with deep emotional lines and full sound, a complex and challenging work with its hundreds of nuances. It is very satisfying to hear together the Brahms Symphony and James MacMillan’s Larghetto for Orchestra as they are both intensely personal works that also share enormous depth in color and beauty,” said Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
The recording is accompanied by Manfred Honeck’s extensive music notes, which provide insight into his unique interpretation as well as the history and musical structure of Brahms’ final and beloved symphony.READ MORE

29. June 2021

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announces 2021-2022 season (June 2021)

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced the 2021-2022 season and will welcome back audiences to Heinz Hall with full orchestra for the first time in 18 months in September 2021 when its new season begins. The 2021-2022 season is also the 50th anniversary of Heinz Hall, the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-2022 season will be the 14th under the direction of its Music Director Manfred Honeck and the 126th in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s celebrated history.

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19. January 2021

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck release new recording with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Manfred Honeck celebrate the orchestra’s 125th anniversary with the release of a new recording with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Reference Recordings. The recording features soloists Christina Landshamer, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Werner Güra and Shenyang, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

This hybrid SACD release was recorded in Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, the home of the orchestra and is the eleventh in the highly acclaimed Pittsburgh Live! series released on the FRESH! imprint from Reference Recordings.READ MORE

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