FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Saturday, May 18, 2013

Pops: Around the World with Disney
The Magical Music of Disney for live orchestra.
05/18/2013
Time: 7:00 pm
Palace Theater, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, PA
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Old and New Worlds
Warren Davison conducts the orchestra's season finale, including Dvorak's Symphony #9, "From the New World;" Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo, featuring bassoonist Alicia Whitney; Johann Strauss' Wine, Women and Song; and Serenade by the Hungarian composer Gyula Beliczay.  Tickets are available at the door.
05/18/2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Upper St. Clair H.S., 1825 McLaughlin Run Rd., Upper St. Clair, PA
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American Portrait
Two Pittsburgh premieres, "An American Te Deum" by Randall Stroope and "South Dakota Shadows Suite" by Jackson Berkey will be sung by Concentio and Chamber Choirs, respectively, with strings and piano. Additional works include three traditional American Hymns by Aaron Copland, selections from Randall Thompson's "Frostiana," Eric Whitacre's hauntingly beautiful "Seal Lullaby," Jocelyn Hagan's "Joy", and a set of spirituals.
05/18/2013
Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Church of the Ascension 4729 Ellsworth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Johnstown Symphony Youth Orchestra
The JSYO Spring Concert, conducted by JSO Music Director Istvan Jaray.  The program includes Saint-Saens, Leroy Anderson, Robert Schumann, Beethoven, tunes from Les Miserables, Titanic, and more. 
05/18/2013
Time: 1pm

Location: Westmont Hilltop High School
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Forum 71 - Susan Philipsz
The sound installation "One and the Same" by Susan Philipsz (Scottish, b. 1965) is based on a medieval Scottish folk song known variously as “The House Carpenter,” “The Demon Lover,” and “James Harris.” The song recounts the story of a married woman who is seduced by a former lover (the devil in disguise) and abandons her husband and son. The lover lures her onto a treasure ship, which he destroys at sea. Within Forum Gallery, the artist's voice, imperfect and ethereal, is heard singing three intertwining versions of the song.
05/18/2013 - 07/14/2013
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Hartwood Organ Recital
Richard Konzen of Grove City College will play the recently restored 1909/10 Aeolian residence pipe organ located in the mansion in Harwood Acres Park. Reservations: (412) 767-9200.
05/19/2013
Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Hartwood Mansion, 200 Hartwood Acres, Pittsburgh, PA
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Season Finale with pianist Hanna Che
Music Director Lawrence Loh features pianist Hannah Che, 17, winner of PYSO's Concerto Competition, in the first movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2. Hannah has soloed with the McKeesport and Butler County Symphony Orchestras, and plays in PYSO's first violin section. The program also includes the finale to Mahler's Symphony #1 and Saint-Saens' Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah, with 30 PYSO alumni augmenting the orchestra. Free tickets (required) available via download.
05/19/2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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A Grand Night of Music
The Kollel Jewish Learning Center presents a benefit concert featuring Anne Martindale Williams, Principal Cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Luz Manriquez Meyer, internationally renowned pianist and Associate Professor at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. Their program includes works by Piazzolla, Prokofiev, Beethoven, and Ravel.
05/20/2013
Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Jewish Community Center, 5738 Darlington Rd., Pittsburgh, PA
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Objects of Desire (work in progress)
Continuum Dance Theater will preview its work-in-progress, titled Objects of Desire.
05/21/2013
Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Bar Marco, 2216 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Side By Side By Sondheim
Side By Side By Sondheim is a dazzling collection of songs by Broadway’s musical master, Stephen Sondheim, with music from many of his very best works including: Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle and Pacific Overtures.
05/23/2013 - 08/18/2013
CLO Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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