If you're an employee of any number of federal agencies, right now you're likely a little bored, and also financially strapped. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has a solution to both of these problems.

PSO announced today that it plans to give away a pair of tickets to one of its October performances to any federal employee who comes to the box office and requests them. The performances are:

Oct. 11-13's BNY Mellon Grand Classics performance of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings," which, according to the PSO's website, affords you to the chance to ...

That beautiful sound ... it's the world mourning America's sanity, isn't it?

Also available: PNC Pops' "Broadway and Beyond" program with Brian Stokes Mitchell (Oct. 17-20) and a BNY Mellon Grand Classics performance of "The Hebrides Overture" by Mendelssohn (Oct. 25 and 27).

To take them up on the offer, bring your federal ID to the Heinz Hall box office during business hours (Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sat., noon-4 p.m.) or up to an hour before a performance.