When: Fri., March 31, 8 p.m. and Sun., April 2, 2:30 p.m. 2017
Distinguished Chinese conductor Long Yu makes his Pittsburgh Symphony debut w/ Mussorgsky’s showpiece for piano, later orchestrated by Ravel, vividly depicts 10 paintings by Mussorgsky’s friend Viktor Hartmann. Principal viola Randolph Kelly takes center stage for Paganini’s virtuosic Sonata per la Grand Viola, which was given its Pittsburgh premiere by Kelly.