Category Archives: Choir

SOLD OUT – Private Dinner with Composer Stewart Copeland

Dine with MCP Composer in Residence Stewart Copeland and MCP Music Director Matthew Mehaffey

  Thursday, October 24, 6pm Casbah Restaurant 229 S. Highland Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Includes a seasonal five-course dinner with wine pairings in Casbah’s private dining room. Click here to see dinner menu. $200 per person includes gratuity ($100 tax-deductible) Join music director Matthew Mehaffey and special guest Stewart Copeland...

Path of Miracles

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh combines with San Francisco-based dance company ODC/Dance to present Path of Miracles, an immersive dance experience with a score by British composer Joby Talbot.  Path of Miracles takes audiences along the Camino del Santiago, the ancient Catholic pilgrimage across Spain....

Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

We regret to inform patrons that due to health concerns regarding COVID-19, the Pittsburgh Symphony has cancelled this production of Missa solemnis. Under the baton of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Music Director Manfred Honeck, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and PSO perform Beethoven's Missa solemnis.  Composed from 1819 to 1823, the Missa solemnis premiered in April 1824 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is widely considered to be...

Beethoven’s “Fidelio”

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform a concert version of Ludwig van Beethoven's opera Fidelio, conducted by PSO Music Director Manfred Honeck.  Fidelio is Beethoven's only opera, and tells the story of Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named Fidelio, saves her husband who is unjustly imprisoned for political crimes....