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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, October 5, 2012
Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay American artist Walter Gay (1856–1937) specialized in painting views of opulent residential interiors in late-19th and early-20th-century America and Europe. John Singer Sargent, Gay's contemporary, is well known for painting the sumptuous clothing and jewels of American society in his fashionable portraits. Gay, in contrast, painted society's rooms—with their silk wall coverings, ornate paneling, 18th-century French furniture, tapestries, and sculptures—in often legendary residences. 10/05/2012 - 01/06/2013 7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
 Olga Kern plays Rachmaninoff Principal Guest Conductor Leonard Slatkin welcomes Olga Kern in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3. Also, American composer William Schuman's Symphony #3, and Scott Eyerly's Alrlington Sons, a piece about a father and son visiting Arlington National Cemetery. 10/05/2012 - 10/07/2012 10/05 - 8:00 pm 10/06 - 8:00 pm 10/07 - 2:30 pm Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
 Verdi's Rigoletto The court jester Rigoletto (Mark Delavan) loves his daughter Gilda (Lyubov Petrova) nearly as much as he hates the Duke of Mantua (Michael W. Lee). The Duke steals Gilda's honor, and the jester must continue to joke, even as he plans revenge. Rigoletto sometimes takes a joke too far for the comfort of his audience. But, this being opera, Rigoletto is met not by boos, but by a curse, when one of his jokes gets a little too personal. Antony Walker conducts. 10/06/2012 - 10/14/2012 10/06 - 8:00 pm 10/09 - 7:00 pm 10/12 - 8:00 pm 10/14 - 2:00 pm Benedum Center, 231 7th St., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Italia Music Director Matthew Kraemer begins the orchestra's 64th season with such familiar classics as Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien and Respighi's The Pines of Rome. 10/06/2012 Time: 7:30 pm Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PA website | map
Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble Under the direction of George Vosburgh and Thomas Thompson, the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble will perform Vaughan Williams' Sea Songs, a bright and upbeat march, as well as Strauss' lyrical Serenade for Winds, among others. Free admission. 10/06/2012 Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Kresge Theater, College of Fine Arts, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA website
The Travellers The music of The Travellers creates the perfect blend of modern music and traditional western Chinese folk music. Combining the ancient people's special Dombra (traditional Mongolian instrument), the Matouqin (two-string horse head fiddle), the shaman drum, the African drum, the Hoomei. By mixing the Chinese Long Song form together with modern music and chanting, you can feel their passion towards nature and life. 10/06/2012 Time: 7:30 pm Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Rebel - Hark the Bright Seraphim! A majestic, highly-virtuosic program of vocal and instrumental music by four quintessential composers: J.S. Bach, Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi, which perfectly blends Sherezade Panthaki's effervescent soprano and the clarion sound of John Thiessen's natural trumpet, with REBEL's signature incisiveness. 10/06/2012 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Carnegie Mellon Concert Choir Robert Page conducts. 10/07/2012 Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Kresge Theater, College of Fine Arts, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA website
Carnegie Mellon Symphony Orchestra Under the direction of Ronald Zollman, the Carnegie Mellon Symphony Orchestra will perform an all-Beethoven program including the Overture from The Creatures of Prometheus and Symphonies #8 & #4. 10/07/2012 Time: 7:30 pm Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Opera Orchestra Artists in Recital Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra violinist Dawn Posey, violin, and harpist Nuiko Wadden perform an arrangement of J.S. Bach's Lute Suite #1, Saint-Saens' Fantasie for violin and harp, Ricardo Lorenz'sJaromiluna, and Henriette Renie's Trio for Harp, Violin, and Cello with cellist Katya Janpoladyan of the Freya String Quartet. 10/07/2012 Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Monk's Place, 3634 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website
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