The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, along with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, on behalf of the Page family, presents a concert event that will celebrate the life and legacy of MCP Director Emeritus, Robert Page. We have contacted friends and alumni of choirs that had the privilege of working with Bob, including, but not limited to: Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus,...
Category Archives: 2016-2017 Season
The Music of Downton Abbey
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The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, under the direction of Music Director Matthew Mehaffey opens the 2016-2017 performance season with The Music of Downton Abbey. The MCP, along with Pittsburgh favorites Helena Ruoti and Erika Strasburg, will take the audience on a tour of of post-Edwardian England with musical selections...
Junior Mendelssohn Concert: Brahms’ Zigeunerlieder, Gypsy Songs
The Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, in its 30th season, presents Brahms' Zigeunerlieder: Gypsy Songs, under the direction of Stephen Neely. Composed in 1887, Brahms' Zigeunerlieder were published in 1888. The texts are from Hungarian Gypsy songs translated by Hugo Conrat. Brahms learned the characteristics of Hungarian Gypsy music from the Hungarian-born violinist Eduard Hoffmann, but modified the original Gypsy melodies, maintaining only their spirit, as opposed...
Annelies
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. -Anne Frank (1929-1945)
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Hear the innocence and hope in young Anne Frank’s words in Annelies, a full choral work by British composer James Whitbourn with libretto compiled by Melanie Challenger from The...
Mahler’s Resurrection
The Mendelssohn Choir and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, with soloists Christina Landshamer and Gerhild Romberger, under the direction of PSO Music Director Manfred Honeck, bring Gustav Mahler's epic Symphony No. 2 to Heinz Hall. Not long after completing Symphony No. 2, Mahler said, "The term 'symphony' means creating a world with all the technical means available." Written between 1888 and 1894, Symphony No. 2 was...