Chamber Music of Joachim Stutschewsky Presenter: Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival Stutschewsky (1891-1980) wrote the first serious study of Klezmer music, and actively performed, promoted, and researched Jewish music in his native Ukraine, in Vienna at the brink of WWII, and in his adopted Israel. His style is gorgeous and harmonically sophisticated. Cellist and PJMF founder Aron Zelkowicz and pianist Luz Manriquez will play his Kaddish, Hassidic Suite, Freilach, and Israeli Melodies. PSO violinist Jennifer Orchard will join them in The Klezmer's Wedding, followed by the Hassidic Fantasy with clarinetist Marissa Byers. FREE
Unlocking the Classics Presenter: Pittsburgh Symphony Guests: PSO Principal Piccolo Rhian Kenny, and QED 893's Jim Cunningham.
03/15/2010 Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Lauri Ann West Memorial Library, 1220 Powers Run Rd, Pittsburgh, PA website
PSO Book Club: 'Musicophilia' Presenter: Pittsburgh Symphony Explore major themes from Pittsburgh Symphony concerts through books ranging from historical novels to biography and popular science. Read the book, and join QED 89.3's Jim Cunningham & PSO contrabass Jeffrey Turner in a lively discussion of this book of Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks.
03/16/2010 Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA website
Peking Acrobats Presenter: University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown From the People’s Republic of China, The Peking Acrobats® have been diplomats of their spirited culture since 1958. This elite group has toured the world, leaving audiences spellbound by the graceful presentation of their ancient folk art, acrobatics. Carefully selected from the finest acrobat schools in China, these gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers transform 2000-year-old athletic disciplines into an all-ages kaleidoscope of entertainment and wonder.
03/17/2010 Time: 7:30 pm Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA website | map
Location: Byham Theater, 101 6th St, Pittsburgh, PA website
Pan African Film Festival Presenter: August Wilson Center for African American Culture Explore the vast spectrum of the African Diaspora via screenings of short subjects and feature-length films from the Pan African Film Festival. Established in 1992, the festival seeks to promote racial tolerance and understanding, and has become the premier festival for Black filmmakers from around the world.
03/18/2010 - 03/21/2010 Time: various
Location: August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Av, Pittsburgh, PA website
Amore! Presenter: Pittsburgh Philharmonic Bringing the best of Italian composers and Italian themes to life with a concert featuring works of Puccini, Rossini, Respighi and more, with soloists Alex Jones, clarinet, and Kelly Lynch, soprano. Walter Morales conducts.
The Planets Presenter: Pittsburgh Symphony Nature-painting at its finest, Berlioz' Harold in Italy conjures images of the Adriatic coast, with principal violist Randolph Kelly as the protagonist. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Holst’s frequently-requested suite, The Planets, is a stunning portrait of the astrological deities associated with Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, with the women of the Mendelssohn Choir.
03/19/2010 - 03/21/2010 Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Pops: The Lettermen Presenter: Wheeling Symphony The famous and much beloved Lettermen perform their timeless classics with the Wheeling Symphony. Goin' Out of My Head, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, The Way You Look Tonight, When I Fall In Love, Put Your Head On My Shoulder... Melodic and romantic, The Lettermen’s numerous hits endure.
Whodunnit benefit The accessAbilities Foundation will host a Murder Mystery Dinner and benefit auction featuring Western Pennsylvania's murder mystery troupe, Mystery's Most Wanted, in an interactive dinner theatre performance of "Speakeasy, Die Hard."
