Thursday 06/12/14 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;
Richard Wagner’s “Einsam in truben Tagen”(Elsa’s Dream) from Lohengrin;
Richard Wagner’s “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Lohengrin;
Richard Wagner’s “Siegfried’s Funeral March” from Gotterdammerung;
Richard Wagner’s “Chorus of the Norwegian Sailors” from The Flying Dutchman;
Richard Wagner’s “O du, mein holder Abendstern” (Song of the Evening Star) from Tannhauser;
Richard Wagner’s “Entrance of the Guests into the Wartburg” from Tannhauser;
Giuseppe Verdi’s Prelude to Act 1 of La Traviata;
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Ah! fors’e lui…Sempre libera” from La Traviata;
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Choruses of the Gypsies and Matadors” from La Traviata;
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Di Provenza il mar” from La Traviata; Giuseppe Verdi’s “Va, pensiero” (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco;
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Caro nome” from Rigoletto;
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Death of Rodrigo” from Don Carlo;
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Triumphal March and Chorus” from Aida;
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Anvil Chorus” from Il Trovatore;
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Simona Saturova, soprano
Gregg Baker, baritone
Christopher Hahn, narrator
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Betsy Burleigh, director
