Celebrate 120 Years of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on February 27 at Carnegie Music Hall, ...

(Source: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) Posted by Joyce DeFrancesco In 1896, Grover Cleveland had settled into his second term. The Dow Jones Average was established. Utah was admitted as the 45th state. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born. John Philip Sousa penned 'The Stars and Stripes Forever.' And on February 27, 1896, the Pittsburgh Orchestra played its very first notes as an ensemble. This month, 120 years to the day of that very first performance, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck present a 120th Anniversary Celebration concert on Saturday, February 27 at 8 p.m. at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. To celebrate this historic milestone, the symphony will...