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The Pittsburgh SO premieres a work by Kaija Saariaho

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published March 28, 2022 at 10:32 AM EDT

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Lorna McGhee rehearses for the premiere of “Wing of the Dream”

On Apr 27th at 8pm, we'll explore Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, flutist Lorna McGhee plays the premiere of “Wing of the Dream” by Kaija Saariaho.

4/6 Haydn: The Creation (Rachele Gilmore, s; Werner Gura, t; Alexander Elliott, bs; The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, dir; Manfred Honeck, cond)

4/13 Haydn: Overture to Armida Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Mozart: Ave verum corpus, Symphony No. 39 (Till Fellner, p; Manfred Honeck, cond)

4/20 Glika: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Manfred Honeck, cond)

4/27 Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Saariaho: Wing of the Dream, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish (Lorna McGhee, f; Osmo Vanska, cond)