All Events | Starting Monday, October 8, 2012Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin is the preeminent writer about the current Supreme Court. He appears with his anticipated new book, The Oath: The Obama White House vs. The Supreme Court. Toobin claims, “The battle between a conservative court and a liberal president will be one of the central behind-the-scenes dramas of the Obama years.”
10/08/2012
Honeck Presents Mozart's Requiem
Actor John Lithgow narrates this work with readings form Mozart's letters to his father in this realization created by Manfred Honeck. Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley plays Beethoven's Violin Concerto, and Honeck leads the PSO premiere of ABBA-MA by Herbert Willi.
10/12/2012
Yeomen of the Guard
The Savoyards' 74th season begins with Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard." Set in the Tower of London...A Gallant Prisoner, Jester and Jailers...Love and Woe...A magnificent score. Musical Director Guy Russo, Stage Director Charles Penick.
10/12/2012
Maple and Vine
A provocative '50s fantasy by Jordan Harrison. Burned out by their hectic, Manhattan lifestyles, Katha and Ryu move to Maple and Vine, a corner of the world where the milkman still makes daily deliveries and the housewives' smiles are as sweet as their homemade apple pies. This is 1955—perpetually. Reenacting the era with startling authenticity, the community gives up their smart phones for switchboards. But when their civil liberties are in question, what will they sacrifice for happiness?
10/13/2012
Apollo Unbound
As the patron god of music and poetry, Apollo was the leader of the Muses and director of their choir. Artistic Director Rebecca Rollett commissioned playwright Patrick Shaw to develop an original drama which asks the question, “Can music be the key to healing the fatal flaw in the artist?” The Pittsburgh Camerata will take on the role of the Greek chorus for this drama within a choral concert.
10/13/2012
Midnight Radio, Jr.
In 2011, Bricolage launched its first-ever, family-friendly episode of Midnight Radio, and it was so successful that it's becoming a permanent part of the sesaon. Kids aged 6-12 will enjoy an unique combination of storytelling, music, and live sound effects.
10/13/2012
Organ Symphonies
Bizet: Carmen Suite #1; Handel: Organ Concerto Opus 4 #1; Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony (Nicholas Will, organ. Mr. Will is the Music Director and organist at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Carnegie, PA)
10/13/2012
Opening Concert
Istvan Jaray conducts Danzon #2 by Arturo Marquez, Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto #2 featuring the Romanian-born violinist Lenuta Ciulei, and Mahler's Symphony #1 "The Titan."
10/13/2012
Say, Darlin' Say
The spirited folk music of our Appalachian region gets the Chatham Baroque treatment! Acclaimed folk musicians Mark Tamsula (banjo, fiddle) and Ellen Gozion (vocals, banjo) join the group to explore the influential musical traditions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and North Carolina.
10/13/2012
Time Remembered/Time Forgotten
Thomas Douglas conducts the Pittsburgh premiere of Robert S. Cohen's Alzheimer's Stories, a touching oratorio which captures the memories of families, friends and individuals affected by the disease. The choir also sings Howard Hanson's Song of Democracy,with text by Walt Whitman, and Rachmaninoff's Vocalise.
10/13/2012
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books
(Ages 3-10) Step right up for a sparkling revue of mini-musicals based on the books If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Amazing Grace, Borreguita and the Coyote, Imogene's Antlers, Master Man, Math Curse and Owen. It is a show chock full of lessons about winning.
10/14/2012
Henry Wong Doe, piano
New Zealand native Henry Wong Doe performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata # 22 in F, Liszt's 9th Transcendental Etude, two pieces by contemporary composer Gareth Farr, and Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
10/14/2012
Carnegie Mellon Concert Choir
Under the direction of Robert Page, the Carnegie Mellon Concert Choir will perform the music of Bernard Rands, Hoagy Carmichael, Libby Larsen, Samuel Barber, Eric Whitacre and others in a concert of American music.
10/14/2012
Music with a Mission
The band will play works in a variety of styles, from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Procession of the Nobles" to Gershwin and Sousa. This annual concert benefits the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry. It's free, but a donation of non-perishable food items is requested.
10/14/2012
Warhol: Headlines
Warhol: Headlines defines and brings together 80 works that the artist based largely on headlines from the tabloid news. Warhol had a lifelong obsession with the sensational side of contemporary news media, and examples of his source materials for the works of art are presented for comparison, revealing Warhol's role as both editor and author.
10/14/2012
Pitt Choirs Concert
Heinz Chapel Choir, Men's Glee Club, and Women's Choral Ensemble. Free admission.
10/14/2012
IonSound Project: CreatION Sound Concert I
Music and art for humans and robots by artist/roboticist Jeremy Boyle and composer Patrick Burke.
10/14/2012
Tom Angleberger
Tom Angleberger is the creator of the wacky, popular "Origami Yoda" series, based on the adventures of kids at McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired finger puppets. His books are a "hybrid" of pictures and words that kids really love. Tom comes to share his latest episode, The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee.
10/14/2012
Symphony East
Symphony East will hold a luncheon meeting at 11:00 am with a performance at 1:00 pm of "Music for Brass Quintet" by Tenebrae Brass, members of the Music Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Luncheon reservations: 724 327-4295. No reservations needed for the performance.
10/15/2012
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