FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, February 27, 2009
Brahms' Piano Concerto #1 Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio performs Brahms' Piano Concerto #1, a dramatic and fiery yet romantic tour de force, with Manfred Honeck conducting. Dvorak's cheerful Symphony #8 draws its inspiration from Bohemian folk music. 02/27/2009 - 02/28/2009 Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Nocturnes - Songs of Love and the Night Poetry in song and spoken verse; guest artists join the Camerata in choral music and theater to enlighten your senses. 02/27/2009 - 03/07/2009 Time: 8:00 pm
Location: (various) website
Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" Iolanthe, the mistress of fairy revels, has had her death sentence for marrying a mortal commuted to banishment on the condition that she never see her husband again. 25 years later, the fairies plead with their Queen to let Iolanthe return, although her 24 year-old, half-human son complicates matters. 02/27/2009 - 03/15/2009
Location: Carnegie Library Music Hall, Carnegie, PA website
Dr. Victor Yusefovich Guest speaker Dr. Victor Yusefovich presents on the life and accomplishments of violinist David Oistrakh. 02/27/2009 Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Kresge Recital Hall website
The Spirit of Women CCAC Fine Arts Gallery presents "The Spirit of Women"an Art Exhibition by The Women of Visions, Inc. and Invited Women Artist. 02/27/2009 - 03/20/2009
Location: Corner of Galveston Street and Lincoln Avenue
Latin American Tapas Composers from Cuba, Argentina, and Brazil are featured in this all-quintet program of colorful melodies and urgent rhythms including Ginastera's Duo for Flute and Oboe, Paquito d'Rivera's Aires Tropcales, and Medaglia's Belle Epoque. 02/28/2009 - 03/01/2009 Time: various 02/28 - 8:00 pm 03/01 - 3:00 pm
Location: various website
Mardi Gras Celebration Featuring the music of the Cajun band, Mon Gumbo, the event will also include authentic Cajun cuisine, games, and crafts. 02/28/2009 Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Waverly Presbyterian Church
American Graffiti The late 1950s and 60s was one of the most exciting tumultuous and creative periods in American musical history. Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein and the Beatles were busily revolutionizing the musical soundscape. 03/01/2009 - 03/13/2009 (various locations) website
2008 Award Winners Recital First place winner Sam Oram, and Second place winner Eric Clark, will perform works by Bach, Debussy, Liszt and Prokofiev. 03/01/2009 Time: 3:00 pm
Location: First Unitarian Church, Shadyside website
The Morningside Trio Alex K. Joes, clarinet; Greta Schottman, cello; and Alaine Fink, piano, feature works by Beethoven, Brahms and Muczynski. 03/01/2009 Time: 3:00 pm 159 N. Bellefield Ave. Pittsburgh, PA website | map
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