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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, February 17, 2012
Music as Inspiration
Manfred Honeck conducts a PSO-commissioned world premiere by Composer of the Year Steven Stucky to mark the 50th anniversary of environmentalist Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." Violinist Nikolaj Znaider returns in Sibelius' transcendent Violin Concerto. Tchaikovsky's Symphony #6 "Pathétique" traverses the full range of human emotion — triumphant successes, heartbreaking personal tragedies, terrifying fears, and tender nostalgia.
02/17/2012 - 02/19/2012
02/17 - 8:00 pm
02/18 - 8:00 pm
02/19 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Music for Guitar
Guitarist Matthew Korbanic plays works by J.S. Bach, Andrew York and Robert Maggio as part of Chatham's Friday Afternoon Musicale series.
02/17/2012
Time: 4:00 pm
Laughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Man of La Mancha
The classic musical Man ofLa Mancha features David Cabot as Don Quixote and Tony Marino as Sancho. Tickets: 724 832 7464.
02/17/2012 - 02/19/2012
Location: Greensburg Garden Civic Center, Greensburg, PA
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Lawes of Attraction
Break the lawes of love this Valentine's Day season with the enchanting sounds of Paula Fagerberg's Italian triple harp in Harp Consorts by William Lawes. Then, you'll fall in love with baroque music all over again with the quirky Ciacona by Antonio Bertali.
02/18/2012 - 02/19/2012
Time: various
02/18 - 8:00 pm
02/19 - 2:30 pm
Location: various
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Leonard Capalbo, tenor
Back by popular demand at St. Vincent, Mr. Catalbo sings modern and traditional pieces from the Italian, French and Germanic operas. Lauded for his "liquid and squillante tenor," and "commanding stage presence," Leonard Capalbo has worked closely with opera legend Marilyn Horne.
02/18/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Saint Vincent College, 300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe, PA
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Carnegie Mellon Chamber Orchestra
Ronald Zollman conducts Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, including what might be its lost second movement, plus Dvorak's Serenade for Winds, and Serenade for Strings.
02/18/2012
Location: Hillman Center for Performing Arts, Shady Side Academy, 423 Fox Chapel Rd., Pittsburgh, PA
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Dance Works Rotterdam/Andre Gingras
Dance Works Rotterdam/André Gingras, the Netherlands' most explosive modern dance company, performs the US premiere of Anatomica, an unyielding exploration of the danger, beauty and consequences of the human body on display. Anatomica presents a wry commentary on the obsessive culture of "showing off" with its unabashed physicality and Gingras' signature high-octane partnering.
02/18/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra: Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia
The PJO pits the region's best jazz drumming against Philadelphia native Christian McBride in a friendly but spirited rivalry. This concert will feature Pittsburgher Jeff "Tain" Watts as he and McBride both perform their big band compositions and arrangements with the PJO directed by Sean Jones.
02/18/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Alice Tan Ridley
Since 1992, Alice has been performing in the subway in NYC. Her legendary performances stop people dead in their tracks and rock the station. Her YouTube videos have surpassed 3 million hits, and brought an invitation to America's Got Talent.
02/18/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PA
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Freya String Quartet
Featuring Pittsburgh's Freya String Quartet, artists with Symbiotic Collusion. Great music and discussion in a laid-back atmosphere. Program includes works by Ravel, Philip Glass, and Pittsburgh composer Sean Neukom.
02/18/2012
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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