Thursday 1/23/20 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM
Arvo Part’s “Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten;”
Maurice Ravel’s “Kaddish” from Deux Melodies Hebraiques for Clarinet and String Orchestra; (READING: “Mourner’s Kaddish”)
Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Largo” from Symphony No. 5; (READING: “Faith” by Arthur Guiterman; “Eli, Eli, A Walk to Caesarea” by Hannah Senesh); David Zehavi’s “Eli, Eli;” [Moment of Silence]
James MacMillan’s “Larghetto” for Orchestra; (READING: “Prayer for Peace” by Satish Kumar)
Felix Mendelssohn’s “Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains” from Elijah
Johannes Brahms’ “Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen” from A German Requiem
Three Pieces from Schindler’s List for Violin and Orchestra; (READING: “We Remember Them” by Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi Jack Riemer; “Mishlei, Proverbs 3:1, 18; Original Text by Ari Mahler)
Edward Elgar’s “Nimrod” from Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma;”
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia; William Steinberg, conductor]; Manfred Honeck, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Michael Rusinek, clarinet; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, director
