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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Thursday, February 16, 2012
A Winter Overture Recently named Ensemble in Residence at Heinz Chapel, OvreArts presents new works by founding composers Blake Ragghanti and Luke Mayernik as well as three other composers, with improvisational dance by the Pillow Project Dance Company. Free admission. 02/16/2012 Time: 8:00 pm Heinz Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA website | map
The Song of the Horse Poet Samuel Hazo joins the River City Brass Quintet for a memorable evening of poetry and music. 02/16/2012 Time: 7:30 pm
Location: LeMont Restaurant on Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, PA website
Music as Inspiration Manfred Honeck conducts a PSO-commissioned world premiere by Composer of the Year Steven Stucky to mark the 50th anniversary of environmentalist Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." Violinist Nikolaj Znaider returns in Sibelius' transcendent Violin Concerto. Tchaikovsky's Symphony #6 "Pathétique" traverses the full range of human emotion — triumphant successes, heartbreaking personal tragedies, terrifying fears, and tender nostalgia. 02/17/2012 - 02/19/2012 02/17 - 8:00 pm 02/18 - 8:00 pm 02/19 - 2:30 pm Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Music for Guitar Guitarist Matthew Korbanic plays works by J.S. Bach, Andrew York and Robert Maggio as part of Chatham's Friday Afternoon Musicale series. 02/17/2012 Time: 4:00 pm Laughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Man of La Mancha The classic musical Man ofLa Mancha features David Cabot as Don Quixote and Tony Marino as Sancho. Tickets: 724 832 7464. 02/17/2012 - 02/19/2012
Location: Greensburg Garden Civic Center, Greensburg, PA website
 Lawes of Attraction Break the lawes of love this Valentine's Day season with the enchanting sounds of Paula Fagerberg's Italian triple harp in Harp Consorts by William Lawes. Then, you'll fall in love with baroque music all over again with the quirky Ciacona by Antonio Bertali. 02/18/2012 - 02/19/2012 Time: various 02/18 - 8:00 pm 02/19 - 2:30 pm
Location: various website
Leonard Capalbo, tenor Back by popular demand at St. Vincent, Mr. Catalbo sings modern and traditional pieces from the Italian, French and Germanic operas. Lauded for his "liquid and squillante tenor," and "commanding stage presence," Leonard Capalbo has worked closely with opera legend Marilyn Horne. 02/18/2012 Time: 8:00 pm Saint Vincent College, 300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe, PA website | map
Carnegie Mellon Chamber Orchestra Ronald Zollman conducts Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, including what might be its lost second movement, plus Dvorak's Serenade for Winds, and Serenade for Strings. 02/18/2012
Location: Hillman Center for Performing Arts, Shady Side Academy, 423 Fox Chapel Rd., Pittsburgh, PA website
Dance Works Rotterdam/Andre Gingras Dance Works Rotterdam/André Gingras, the Netherlands' most explosive modern dance company, performs the US premiere of Anatomica, an unyielding exploration of the danger, beauty and consequences of the human body on display. Anatomica presents a wry commentary on the obsessive culture of "showing off" with its unabashed physicality and Gingras' signature high-octane partnering. 02/18/2012 Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, PA website
Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra: Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia The PJO pits the region's best jazz drumming against Philadelphia native Christian McBride in a friendly but spirited rivalry. This concert will feature Pittsburgher Jeff "Tain" Watts as he and McBride both perform their big band compositions and arrangements with the PJO directed by Sean Jones. 02/18/2012 Time: 8:00 pm August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
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