All Events | Starting Sunday, December 13, 2009Holiday Band Concert
12/13/2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
Holiday Sounds of the South Hills Chorale
12/18/2009
25th Anniversary Holiday Concert
Andres Cladera conducts the Renaissance City Mens and Womens Choirs in a festive holiday celebration of their 25th anniversary as Pittsburgh's GLBT community choirs.
12/19/2009
A Polish Christmas
Bruce Lauffer conducts A Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride by Anderson; Hannukah Festival Overture by Richman, Polish Choir and Carols with Henry Doktorski, accordion; Christmas Eve by Gade; Farandole by Bizet; and Tintinnabulations by Pierpoint.
12/19/2009
Radio Holly Days
Escape the holiday hustle and bustle with Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda and Glenn Miller. From a live radio drama complete with sound effects to the heartwarming music that made Christmas special for the boys overseas, Five By Design adds a holiday flair to their flagship production Radio Days.
12/19/2009
A British Yuletide
The Oakland Girls Choir of Pittsburgh features Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, and John Rutter's Dancing Day.
12/19/2009
Gods, Love and War: Tapestries and Prints from the Collection
A selection of tapestries and prints from the Carnegie’s collection explores the historical popularity of these engaging pictures in textile; the patrons, artists, and studios that created a taste for tapestries; and the thematic intersections between tapestry and print imagery, such as masterworks by Albrecht Dürer, Andrea Mantegna, and others.
12/19/2009
Home for the Holidays
Monroeville native Channing Yu returns to conduct choral and instrumental holiday favorites for the entire family with the All-Star Choir of Westmoreland County, Marc Tourre, Director.
12/19/2009
Bells Are Ringing
McKeesport Symphony welcomes back singer Alice Heatherington from New York to celebrate the holidays. Along with the handbell choir from Good Shepherd Church and the First Evangelical Free Church Choir, it's a festive evening for the whole family!
12/20/2009
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