FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Saturday, March 14, 2009
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 website
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 website | map
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 website
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 website
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 website
Classical Elegance Music Director Kypros Markou takes up his violin to join oboist Renate Sakins in Bach:'s Concerto for Violin and Oboe. Also scheduled: Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite and Haydn's Symphony No. 104 “London.” 03/14/2009 Time: 8:00 pm Palace Theater Greensburg, PA website | map
"All Adams" Piano Recital Celebrating the works of PSO Composer of the Year John Adams, this "All-Adams" Piano Recital features such works as China Gates, American Berserk, and Hallelujah Junction with pianists Jack Kurutz and Robert Frankenberry. 03/14/2009 Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Alumni Concdrt Hall
Symphonic Tales "Mr. McFeely" from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. This family concert also includes Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, John Williams' Cowboys Overture, Young Artist Competition Winner Michelle Sunjoo in a Mozart concerto excerpt and Music from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. 03/14/2009 Time: 7:30 pm McKeesport Area High School, 1960 Eden Park Boulevard, McKeesport, PA website | map
The Duquesne University Tamburitzans The Duquesne University Tamburitzans 03/14/2009 Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center website
The Tierney Sutton Band During its 14 years together, The Tierney Sutton Band has recorded seven CDs and has received several awards, including a GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Vocal Jazz Album. 03/14/2009 Time: 7:00 pm 1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map
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