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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | 11:09 a.m.

BNY Mellon Grand Classics: Tchaikovsky's Winter Dreams

Where

Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts
600 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Upcoming

8:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012

Categories

Events,  Performing Arts

Multiple Grammy Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham returns! Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto begins with a sweet melody and ends with hints of military-Turkish music, giving the piece its nickname. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker was co-commissioned by the PSO and three other orchestras to write “Strands.” And, composed when Tchaikovsky accepted his first teaching position at Moscow Conservatory, “Winter Dreams” is one of this Russian composer’s earliest and masterful works.
 
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