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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Sunday, February 8, 2009
Organ Works of Felix Mendelssohn
Marking the 200th anniversary of the 1809 birth of composer Felix Mendelssohn. The concert will feature Sonatas 1, 2 and 5, as well as the first two of his Preludes and Fugues. Performed by J. Christopher Pardini.
02/08/2009
Time: 4:00 pm
Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Pl, Pittsburgh, PA
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Musique on the Bluff: Toot Suite
Claude Bolling's Toot Suite (written for French trumpeter Maurice Andre) is played by jazz legends Sean Jones and Joe Utterback, backed by members of Duquesne's guitar ensemble-in-residence, Catch-22. David Allen Wehr performs Debussy's Preludes for Piano, Book One, including The Girl with the Flaxen Hair and The Sunken Cathedral.
02/08/2009
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne Univ. School of Music
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2009 Merrill Lynch Young Artists Competition
Winners will be chosen from the following finalists, who will compete in live auditions on Sunday, February 1st. Level I up to Grade 9: McKenna Barney, piano, Venetia; Jaden Barney, piano, Venetia; Jacob LeJeune, clarinet, Greensburg; Hannah Neumann, flute, Export. Level II Grades 10-12: Laura Booher, piano, Scottdale; Tara Lee, piano, Murrysville; Jessica Egler, voice, Greensburg; Sophia Mintas, voice, Greensburg; Cassidy Deutsch, clarinet, Youngwood; Paige Fuller, flute, White Oak; Courtney Harkins, flute, Trafford; Weiyi Yin, violin, Latrobe.
02/08/2009
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Cecilian Hall, Seton Hill University
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It's Only Life
A compilation revue of songs by John Bucchino.
02/11/2009 - 02/13/2009
Location: Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
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Samuel Hazo
The Founder and Director of the Poetry Forum readz from his latest book, "The Song of the Horse: A Selection of Poems 1958-2008," which "brings us once again, in poem after poem, the flow of thought in a lively mind. His work is meditative, and yet, because of its humane warmth and wit, it seems continually shared." --Richard Wilbur
02/11/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
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Jazz Ensembles
David Pellow, music director
02/11/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Carnegie Music Hall
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An Evening with Jerome Kern
Marvin Hamlisch pays tribute to the creative force behind "Showboat," "Sunny" and "Sweet Adeline," as well as Academy Award-winning songs like "The Way You Look Tonight," and "The Last Time I Saw Paris." Other favorites include "can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes."
02/12/2009 - 02/15/2009
601 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra
My Way is the musical that celebrates the mystique of Frank Sinatra and 56 of the songs he made famous. This easy-going comedy boasts the powerful music, superb arrangements and the style that made ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ an American music legend. Written by David Grapes and Todd Olson.
02/12/2009 - 05/10/2009
CLO Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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Romeo et Juliette
Choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot's contemporary interpretation has been hailed as ”one of the most beautiful ballets from Shakespeare’s masterpiece that can be seen today.” (Scénes Magazine) The PBT Orchestra plays Prokofiev's score.
02/12/2009 - 02/15/2009
Location: Benedum Center, 7th St. and Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Dame Gillian Weir, organ
From the United Kingdom.
02/12/2009
St. Paul Cathedral, 108 N. Dithridge St, Pittsburgh, PA
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