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1 week ago | 
bachtrack.com | Sam Jacobson
A bit of a Pittsburgh Symphony history lesson is in order to contextualize the first piece heard on Friday night program, helmed by guest conductor Daniele Rustioni. During the 1948-52 interregnum between music directors Fritz Reiner and William Steinberg, Victor de Sabata served as one of the orchestra’s most frequent guest conductors, and quickly became a local favorite.
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3 weeks ago | 
millardccp.com | Sam Jacobson
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the March 26, 2025 edition. Some information may be outdated. A new medication service has been rolled out at Service Drug. The local pharmacy has expanded its services to include sterile liquid compounding, including semaglutide and weight loss injections. Over the last six months, construction had been underway to complete the necessary […]
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4 weeks ago | 
millardccp.com | Sam Jacobson
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the March 19, 2025 edition. Some information may be outdated. Three people are facing a slew of misdemeanor drug possession charges after being arrested Sunday afternoon. Matthew Joseph Kimball, 53, Edward Anthony Tomcavage, 46, and Simone Shantel Brewster, 29, were all taken into custody after a Utah Highway Patrol trooper conducted a […]
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1 month ago | 
bachtrack.com | Sam Jacobson
Over the weekend, The Cleveland Orchestra presented a sumptuous all-Tchaikovsky program. Including among the most frequently performed of all concertos and symphonies, the repertoire may not have been the most intrepid, but these forces proved that one can never hear this music too many times when performances are as inspired and revelatory as they were Sunday afternoon.
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1 month ago | 
bachtrack.com | Sam Jacobson
In a special one-night-only performance, pianist Lang Lang returned to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the baton of music director Manfred Honeck. The program selected was not one for subtlety, but amply entertained the midweek audience. It was heartening to see Heinz Hall so filled, speaking to the draw of booking a big-name soloist. Opening the evening was the overture to Verdi’s opera La forza del destino.
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1 month ago | 
millardccp.com | Sam Jacobson
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was initially published in the March 12, 2025 edition. Some information may be outdated. Just under a year ago, two local artisans cut a ribbon and opened the doors to their dream business. Shellie Lovell and Melanie Finlinson, joint proprietresses of consignment boutique Heart and Soul, ushered in a new era for the building off Main and Center in Oak City on March 16, 2024.
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1 month ago | 
bachtrack.com | Sam Jacobson
Making her debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony this weekend was conductor Elim Chan, a strong showing that evidenced both her chemistry with the orchestra and individual touch. Opening the program was a 2022 work by Japanese composer Noriko Koide, Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, a piece which Chan previously conducted at the Proms in its UK premiere. The twelve-minute work was concerned first and foremost with texture, evoking the soundscape of a Japanese garden.
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1 month ago | 
bachtrack.com | Sam Jacobson
With challenge comes reward seemed to be the mantra of last weekend’s Cleveland Orchestra program, helmed by composer-conductor Thomas Adès. None of the four works performed have found a place in the standard repertoire, and each conveyed their respective composers’ remarkably individual way of writing for orchestra. Though a demanding selection for performers and audience alike, it proved as captivating and illuminating as any program I’ve heard.
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2 months ago | 
bachtrack.com | Sam Jacobson
Right on the heels of a win at the Grammys, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony embarked on another recording project this weekend with their performances of a recent work by Carlos Simon and a mainstay by Antonin Dvořák being captured for future release. Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances was written on commission from the Boston Symphony in 2023.
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2 months ago | 
millardccp.com | Sam Jacobson
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the February 5, 2025 edition. Some information may be outdated. The board of directors for Millard Care and Rehabilitation recognized one of their own Monday morning. Bonnie Shamo joined the board in 2016, serving nearly a decade before resigning to answer a calling at the Payson Temple with her husband, Steven. Shamo […]
