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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, March 20, 2009
Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
Featuring music inspired by French culture, this program includes Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and Gershwin's An American in Paris.
03/20/2009 - 03/21/2009
Time: 7:00 pm
03/20 - 7:00 pm
03/21 - 7:00 pm
Location: various
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Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Proceeds benefit the Blackington Endowment
03/21/2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA
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Steven Kellogg
Steven Kellogg lives in an old farmhouse and so does his Great Dane Pinkerton, the inspiration for Pinkerton, Behave! and A Rose for Pinkerton. Kellogg writes and draws about more than big dogs with over 100 books to his name, including The Pied Piper’s Magic.
03/21/2009
Time: 10:30 am
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Lucidarium: Musical Roots of Commedia dell'arte
Commedia dell'arte, the Renaissance equivalent of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, was street theater and social commentary rolled into one. Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone—Commedia dell'arte tonight! Instruments: recorders, pipe and tabor, dulcian, hammer dulcimer, percussion, viola d'arco, viola da mano, colascione, lute.
03/21/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Synod Hall, 20 N. Craig Street, Oakland
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PSO violinist Linda Fischer
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra violinist Linda Fischer and pianist Rosilee Walker Russell play Beethoven's "Spring" Sonata, Bloch's "Vidui," Gershwin songs arranged by Jascha Heifetz, and miniatures by Fritz Kreisler. A reception will follow the recital.
03/21/2009
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Highland Park
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Choir of Men and Boys, St. Thomas Church
NYC's St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys will sing music of Gibbons, Byrd, Purcell, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Howells. Organist Frederick Teadro will play two solos; a Bach Fantasia and a Scherzo by Duruflé.
03/21/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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Concert
Allegheny Brass Band
03/21/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church
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The Duquesne University Tamburitzans
The Duquesne University Tamburitzans
03/21/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Gateway High School, Monroeville
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Bohemian Rhapsody, a party for young professionals
A Bohemian celebration of the new production of 'La boheme,' with gypsy jazz, tangos, and bossa nova from the group, La Bicicleta Blanca; great food; complimentary wine; and dance lessons.
03/21/2009
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Pittsburgh Opera, 2425 LIberty Avenue in the Strip District
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John Adams' Grand Pianola Music
Pianists and CMU alumni Jack Kurutz and Robert Frankenberry join the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble in the Pittsburgh premiere of John Adams' Grand Pianola Music. Also scheduled: Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, and new works by grad students Sookyung Sul and Chad Robinson. Walter Morales conducts.
03/21/2009
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Kresge Recital Hall
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