Category Archives: Additional Engagements

In Words and Music: Honeck Conducts Mozart’s Requiem

Experience the drama in this once-in-a-lifetime portrayal of Mozart’s final musical gift, uniquely interpreted by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck. This epic masterpiece written on the composer’s deathbed is given a fresh, theatrical flair through resonant death bell tolls and harrowing texts interwoven throughout, with each medium used intentionally to look at the complexity of eternal rest....

FINAL FANTASY 35th Anniversary Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY Coral

The producers of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY are proud to present a new orchestra concert experience: FINAL FANTASY 35th Anniversary Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY Coral. Specially curated by Nobuo Uematsu, the program is a monumental, retrospective celebration of the incredible FINAL FANTASY music catalogue. Conductor and GRAMMY-Award winner Arnie Roth leads The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and vocalist Susan Calloway,...

Handel’s Messiah

The Mendelssohn Choir and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra present a special, one-night only performance of Handel's beloved Messiah, conducted by Manfred Honeck....

Highmark Holiday Pops

Haul out the holly, start baking the gingerbread, and break out the candy canes as the Mendelssohn Choir and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with all of your favorite holiday traditions!...