PSO returns to Cal U for sesquicentennial celebration
CALIFORNIA – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returns to California University for its ninth annual appearance at Steel Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8. During this special performance, concert goers will be treated to the world premiere of a music selection composed by Nancy Galbraith for California University’s Sesquicentennial, and based on the bronze art creation that graces the World Cultures Building, “The Ascent of Humanity.”
Lucas Richman, resident conductor, will direct the orchestra for the piece, which is titled “De profundis ad lucem.”
Tickets are $10. Students with a valid CalCard will attend free of charge.
For concert and ticket information regarding the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, call the Steele Auditorium box office at 724-938-5943.
The symphony will also perform Beethoven’s “Leonore Overture” No. 3, Opus 72A. Following intermission, the symphony orchestra will perform Bedrich Smetanas “The Moldau,” No. 2 from Mavlast and Alexander Borodin’s “Symphony No. 2 in B minor.”
There has been much excitement about the premiere of the piece commemorating the Sesquicentennial. As a composer, Galbraith has emerged as an imaginative and influential musical voice in the present era. Her work is often praised for its energetic combination of melody and rhythm, as well as its lyrical finesse.
Galbraith has had five works performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, beginning with the 1998 premiere of “Morning Litany” directed by the Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has most recently commissioned Galbraith to compose “de profundis ad lucem,” which will premiere in October 2002