Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh announces upcoming season, to include Mozart's Symphony No. 40

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh has announced its 2025-26 season, which includes a blend of traditional works by Beethoven and Mozart and newer works including a world premiere.

A chamber orchestra is a smaller ensemble than a full symphony orchestra, typically a couple or few dozen payers instead of around 100. Composers of all eras wrote music for this size ensemble, and while a symphony orchestra will sometimes pare down its members to play it in concert halls, it is not common.

Pittsburgh’s chamber orchestra was founded in 2014 and plays in a variety of venues. Its budget for the upcoming season is $133,000, and the organization reported a steady upward trend in subscriptions in recent seasons, about 5% last year.

Subscriptions to the full five-concert season are $135, while individual tickets are $35. Concerts are held at Rodef Shalom in Shadyside.

Additional information is available at copgh.org.

2025-2026 Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh schedule

Oct. 11: Dittersdorf: Sinfonia Concertante for Viola and Bass; Matt Brown: “I Have Seen the Future;” Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.

Nov. 22: Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor; Barber: Serenade for String Orchestra; Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge.

Feb. 7: Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore with the choir Voces Solis; Beethoven’s Elegischer Gesang; Paul Moravec: “Songs of Love and War;” Roxanna Panufnik: “The Tablet of Your Heart;” Barber: “Adagio for Strings”

April 4: Rodef Shalom. Yvar Mikhashoff: Concerto for Viola with violist Tatjana Mead Chamis; Ravel: Introduction and Allegro; Mahler: Adagietto for Strings; Khachaturian: “Gayane’s Adagio;” Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Gymnopedie No. 1.

May 2: Trevor Weston: World premiere composition; Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; other repertoire to be announced.