The Composer Comes First: A Conversation with Manfred Honeck
As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been attending concerts at Heinz Hall for nearly 30 years, a byproduct of some longstanding personal ties I have to the Steel […]
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Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Soar with Bruckner 8 at Heinz Hall
PITTSBURGH, PA Last weekend, I attended a recording session of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Heinz Hall. Ok, that needs some clarification. After witnessing the PSO’s triumphant return to Carnegie
What Price Glory? A Word on Music Directors
“Conducting has become the profession of a traveling salesman… A conductor has to stay put to educate an orchestra.” – William Steinberg (1899-1978) former music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony
A Tale of Two Orchestras: The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall
by Pete Matthews (in Cleveland, OH and Pittsburgh, PA) Despite being several generations removed from their industrial heyday, both Cleveland and Pittsburgh punch well above their weight when it comes
Manfred Honeck Triumphs with the Phil in Dudamel’s Absence
by James Rosenfield Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito, The New York Times When flu-stricken Gustavo Dudamel had to cancel his set of concerts with the New York Philharmonic last week, the Pittsburgh Symphony's
Hilary Hahn and the Pittsburgh Symphony at Lincoln Center
by Chris McGovern On Sunday afternoon, Manfred Honeck conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orcherstra with violinist Hilary Hahn at Avery Fisher Hall, part of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series. Composer Steven Stucky's Silent Spring opened the