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The Pittsburgh Symphony premieres Michael Daugherty’s double concerto Songs of the Open Road, Tue 2/25 @ 8pm

Named for Walt Whitman’s great poem of travel from his 1856 collection Leaves of Grass, the 23-minute work is Daugherty’s tribute to the great American road trip, cast in six movements each celebrating the American landscape as seen from its highways, weaving together themes of adventure and nostalgia.

Composer Michael Daugherty in cowboy hat standing in front of rural road sign
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Composer Michael Daugherty’s tribute to the great American road trip

2/4 Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 Hummel: Trumpet Concerto Grieg: Suite from Peer Gynt (George Vosburgh, tr; Arild Remmereit, cond)

2/11 Triano: Joy Korngold: Violin Concerto Perkinison: Louisiana Blues Strut for Solo Violin Suppe: Overture to Light Cavalry Strauss: Woman’s Heart, Polka-Mazurka, Forward!, Polka schnell, Sport Polka, Without a Care! (Randall Goosby, v; Manfred Honeck, cond)

2/18 Bruckner: Locus Iste Moussa: Adgilis Deda – Hymn for Orchestra Bruckner: Ave Maria, Adagio from String Quintet Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Martina Russomanno, s; Evgenia Asanova, ms; Seungwoo Simon Yang, t; Vladyslav Buialski, bs-bar; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Manfred Honeck, cond)

2/25 Montgomery: Coincident Dances Daugherty: Songs of the Open Road for Oboe, Horn and Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (William Caballero, hn; Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, ob; Manfred Honeck, cond)