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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Ron Padgett
Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Padgett will read his poetry including some from his latest book, "How to Be Perfect." Entertainment Weekly writes, "Padgett's deceptively light poems muse on everyday items (English muffins; a toothbrush) exploring our desires and insecurities. A few rare long poems on major themes demonstrate Padgett's ambition."
03/11/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
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Jazz Ensembles
David Pellow, director
03/11/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Carnegie Music Hall
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Mary's Wedding
By Stephen Massicotte. Seeking shelter in a barn from a thunderstorm, Mary and Charlie meet and fall in love. But the clouds of war are also darkening over Europe and they must surrender their courtship to the call of World War I. In a romantic dreamscape, notions of duty are tested in this passionate portrait of true love and the human cost of war. Stuart Carden directs.
03/12/2009 - 04/05/2009
1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA
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Electrifying! Adams & Josefowicz
John Adams conducts his "Dharma at Big Sur," partly inspired by Kerouac's book as well as Buddhist and Hindu meditative traditions, with Leila Josefowicz as soloist on electric violin. Also, the "Four Sea Interludes" from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, and the Sibelius Symphony #6.
03/13/2009 - 03/15/2009
03/13 - 8:00 pm
03/15 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Illinois College Musicians
Appearing in this special Lenten program are the Concert Choir, the Wind Ensemble, and Renaissance Singers. The 35-voice Concert Choir is set to perform portions of Henry Mollicone’s “Beatitude Mass” (for the Homeless). It incorporates words from the Latin Mass Ordinary juxtaposed with English words by William Luce. New texts are drawn from interviews conducted in homeless shelters. Illinois College’s music ensembles have performed both sacred and secular music in churches of many denominations.
03/13/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
116 South Highland Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
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Great European Masters
The program includes Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra" Overture, Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony and Sibelius' Violin Concerto with Galina Istomin.
03/14/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Katz Performing Arts Center, Squirrel Hill
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Treasured Gems
Featuring Young Artist Competition winner Justin Ryan Polyblank, an alto saxophonist and senior at IUP. The orchestra will play Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien, Drew Fennell's Hometown Miniatures, and a work featuring the Chinese pipa.
03/14/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PA
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Daria Rabotkina
This Russian virtuoso won the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and received the St. Vincent College Bronder Prize for Piano.
03/14/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Robert S. Carey Student Center
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Duquesne Symphony: Durufle's Requiem
Guest Conductor Jeffrey Turner leads the orchestra with Duquesne's Voices of Spirit, Pappert Women's Choral and Pappert Men's Chorale.
03/14/2009
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Duquesne University Chapel, McAnulty Dr., Pittsburgh
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Opera Up Close
A behind-the-scenes preview presented by artists who are bringing Puccini's "La Boheme" to the Pittsburgh Opera stage. Free, no reservations needed.
03/14/2009
Time: 12:45 pm
Location: 2425 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh
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