Program Highlight

The Pittsburgh symphony presents favorites by Bernstein, Tower and Berlioz, Apr 24 @ 8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published March 27, 2023 at 1:32 PM EDT

Opera fuoco Stage Director Catherine Vrignaud-Cohen said this about staging Candide: "The infamous philosophical tale of Candide is an epic legend, a voyage across the world. A world where humans are propelled from place to place by their thoughts and intentions. The natural catastrophes, the shipwrecks at sea, the excess of injustice and intolerance, fanaticism … these could all be newspaper headlines of our time."

4/3 Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kije Knussen: Horn Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathetique (William Cabellero, hn; David Robertson, cond)

4/10 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 (Alina Ibragimova, v; Robin Ticciati, cond)

4/17 Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin Strauss: Death and Transfiguration Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 Elgar: In the South (Paul Lewis, p; Sir Mark Elder, cond)

4/24 Bernstein: Overture to Candide Tower: A New Day for Cello and Orchestra Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Alisa Weilerstein, c; Osmo Vanska, cond)