All Events | Starting Friday, December 11, 2009The Nutcracker
The adventures of Marie and her Nutcracker Prince bring the awe and wonder of the season to children of all ages. Set in 1909 Pittsburgh, Terrence Orr’s grand–scale production features scenes of old–time Pittsburgh, making The Nutcracker a treat for the entire family.
12/11/2009
Holiday Pops!
The Pittsburgh Symphony Pops presents your favorite carols and holiday music, complete with surprise visits and special performances to put you in the holiday spirit! Lawerence Loh conducts.
12/11/2009
Handel's Messiah
"Rejoice greatly" with George Friedrich Handel's immortal "Messiah." Long viewed as Handel's most popular work, Messiah is synonymous with the holiday season. This oratorio contains the "Hallelujah Chorus," "Ev'ry Valley" and "Amen" refrains, sung by The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.
12/11/2009
A Winter's Eve
A holiday concert featuring favorite secular and religious carols like: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Vivaldi’s Winter, Waldtuefel’s Skater’s Waltz, Prokofiev’s Sleighride and Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34.
12/11/2009
Peanut Butter & Jam Session
For preschool children and their accompanying adults.
12/12/2009
Joyeux Noel
Walter Morales conducts Saint-Saëns' Prelude from Le Deluge (the Flood) and Christmas Oratorio featuring the Renaissance City Choirs; Fantasia on The Holly and the Ivy by Malcolm Arnold; and performances by the CAPA High School Choir.
12/12/2009
Nutcracker
The holiday favorite ballet with live music by Tchaikovsky played by the Westmoreland Symphony.
12/12/2009
Christmas Around the World
A joyful holiday celebration for the entire family! Join masetro Istvan Jaray, the JSO, JS Chorus and wonderful local talents for a festive musical evening including an audience sing-along. And maybe even a visit from the big guy himself – Santa that is!
12/12/2009
Regina Carter's Reverse Thread
A Jazz Collaboration with August Wilson Center for African American Culture. Reverse Thread consists of music from the African Diaspora including music from Mali and Senegal. The program also includes traditional pieces from Uganda and a piece by Ayub Ogada (from the movie 'The Constant Gardener').
12/12/2009
Eileen Ivers
Ivers is hailed as one of the great innovators and pioneers in the Celtic and world music genres. Feel the magical spirit of Christmas in Ireland with her heartwarming holiday show, featuring such favorites as "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and Irish classics such as "Mrs. Fogarty's Christmas Cake."
12/13/2009
Holiday Band Concert
12/13/2009
Highmark Holiday Special with Chris Botti
Known for his beautiful interpretation of Ave Maria, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti has been able to meld jazz, classical and pop into a sophisticated contemporary genre. Botti has worked with Andrea Bocelli, Paula Cole, Sting, Paul Simon and film composer John Barry amongst many others.
12/13/2009
Highmark Holiday Pops with Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch takes the stage with the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops to present your favorite carols and holiday music, complete with surprise visits and special performances to put you in the holiday spirit!
12/17/2009
A Lyrical Christmas Carol
Dickens' magical tale of Scrooge, Ghosts, Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family returns by popular demand. This heartwarming production was created in 1991 by Ken and Jane Gargaro. Seasonal carols and the music of Bach, Mozart, and Vaughn Williams provide a tuneful framework for this production which Post-Gazette theater critic Chris Rawson has deemed "child-friendly and fun."
12/17/2009
The Second City 50th Anniversary Tour
The Second City is taking the party on the road to celebrate an anniversary of epic proportions: 50 years of legendary sketch comedy and improvisation. Experience the best from The Second City's quickest and wittiest alumni, including Alan Arkin, Robert Klein, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and more. This fast-paced and funny history lesson hilariously skewers every scandal, war, and dalliance from the past 50 years.
12/17/2009
Bird & Word
Bird & Word: Poetry and Conversation with the Husband of a Serious Birder, will feature poet Richard St. John.
12/17/2009
Ellington's Beggar's Holiday
Duke Ellington's only Broadway show - an updated and totally Americanized version of the Threepenny Opera starring that lovable rogue Mack the Knife. Romance, thievery, corruption, passion – Mackie’s back in town! And he is accompanied by the incomparable sound of MCG Jazz. Libretto by Dale Wasserman & John La Touche, and orchestrations by Mike Tomaro. Jonathan Eaton, Stage Director.
12/18/2009
Gloria!
Handel's stunning Gloria showcases soprano Sherezade Pantahki in her Pittsburgh debut. This celebration of Christmas traditions includes joyful instrumental works by Giuseppe Tartini and Marin Marais. Guests include Erika Cutler, violin; and Andrew Appel, harpsichord. Friday's "Wandering Minstrels" event is at St. James Parish in Sewickley. Other concerts are Saturday evening at Synod Hall, Oakland; and Sunday afternoon at Chatham University.
12/18/2009
Holiday Sounds of the South Hills Chorale
12/18/2009
Duke Ellington's Beggar's Holiday
A Jazz Collaboration with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. A landmark revival of Duke Ellington’s retelling of the Beggar’s Opera features musical arrangements by Pittsburgh’s own Billy Strayhorn and text by Dale Wasserman and John Latouche. Broadway’s first racially-integrated musical, set in America, tells the story of the lovable rogue MacHeath who escapes the gallows and carries off his true love, Polly Peachum.
12/18/2009
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