Pittsburgh New Music Net

LA Times reports the passing of Merce Cunningham at 90.

Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, free

The brilliant British violinist Nathalie Shaw (who’s in town with PNME) will perform a concert with pianist Robert Frankenberry at the University of Pittsburgh’s Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on Sunday, July 26th at 3 pm. Roger Zahab will assist on violin and viola.

The music

Witold Lutoslawski: Recitativo e Arioso
James MacMillan: After the Tryst,  A Different World
Betsy Jolas: 6th Episode for solo viola
Roger Zahab:  209 North 3rd &  meggie’s (for two violins), entelechron duo &  Radiant (for vn and pno) and the far reaches (vn & va.)
and Zoltan Kodàly: Valsette

The brilliant British violinist Nathalie Shaw (who’s in town with PNME) will perform a concert with pianist Robert Frankenberry at the University of Pittsburgh’s Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on Sunday, July 26th at 3 pm. Roger Zahab will assist on violin and viola.

The music

Witold Lutoslawski: Recitativo e Arioso
James MacMillan: After the Tryst,  A Different World
Betsy Jolas: 6th Episode for solo viola
Roger Zahab:  209 North 3rd &  meggie’s (for two violins), entelechron duo &  Radiant (for vn and pno) and the far reaches (vn & va.)
and Zoltan Kodàly: Valsette

Admission is free.

loadbang is an exciting, New York-based contemporary music group featuring Pittsburgh native Andy Kozar. loadbang comes into Pittsburgh this week for two concerts—on Saturday night at Garfield Art works and on Sunday night at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeport. Andy was in town in June and I had a chance to sit down and talk with him about how loadbang formed and what to look forward to during their concerts here. One of the highlights is sure to be a new piece by David Lang, composed especially for loadbang, in which Lang resets the lyrics to Waiting for the Man by the Velvet Underground. You can find out about how it came to be and more in the video below.

Andy Druckenbrod reviews last night’s PNME opener in the Post-Gazette. The program repeats tonight at 8 at City Theatre.

.

.

.

City Theatre
Tickets $15 and $10. Available at the City Theatre Box Office

Court Studies from the Tempest, 
Thomas Adés

Lipstick, 
Jacob Ter Veldhuis

Death Angel, 
John Anthony Lennon

Riff,
Alejandro Viñao

The Evidence,
John Fitz Rogers

Dance/Drop, 
David Lang

.

.

.

City Theatre

Tickets $15 and $10. Available at City Theatre Box Office.

Cineshape 3, 
Amy Williams

Gerrymander,
Russell Pinkston

Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 
George Crumb

The Book of American Poetry (Abridged), 
Stacy Garrop
PNME WORLD PREMIERE COMMISSION

.

.

.

City Theatre

$15 and $10.Tickets available form the City Theatre Box Office.

Looming Silver,
John Fitz Rogers

Anima Foglia, 
Jérômé Combier

Last, 
Philipe Manoury

Addendum, 
Chick Corea

Woodlawn Drive, 
D.J. Sparr

High Wire Act, 
Laura Elise Schwendinger

Jackie’s Song, 
Michael Daugherty

Read Andy Druckenbrod’s preview of the season here.

City Theatre

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble debuts their 2009 season on July 9 and 10 featuring a world premiere by Pierre Jalbert and music by Pittsburgh composer Roger Dannenberg. $15 and $10.Tickets available form the City Theatre Box Office.

Sextet, Robert Paterson
Table Setting, David Bithell
Triple Concerto, Alejandro Viñao
Critical Point, Roger Dannenberg
*L’Oeil Écoute, Pierre Jalbert 
(PNME world premiere commission)