| January 18, 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm |
Carnegie Music Hall
Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society presents the Emerson String Quartet performing music by Ives, Janacek, Barber, and Shostokovich. The program features the following works:
Ives – String Quartet No. 1, A Revival Service
Janacek- String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters
Barber – Adagio (from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11)
Shostokovich – String Quartet No. 9, Op. 117
| January 14, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
James Laughlin Music Center, Chatham University
Tickets are $12 at the door, or $10 for students, seniors, and in advance online at www.alia-musica.org/tickets
Centered around Morton Feldman’s 1951 piece Projections II (for trumpet, flute, violin, cello, and piano), Alia Musica will perform its first concert of 2010 (the third event in its 2009-10 season) on Thursday January 14th, at 7pm, at the James Laughlin Music Center of Chatham University in Shadyside.
The program also includes music for 2 and 3 performers by Mark Fromm, Ivan Jimenez, Federico Garcia, Matthew Heap, Ayo Oluranti, and new composer member Lenny Young. Also featured is Pittsburgh-native guest composer Chris Catone, whose Le Mirlitone, for flute and fixed electronics, will be given its Pittsburgh premiere by flutist Kerrith Livengood.
For more information visit Alia Musica Pittsburgh’s home page.
Update: This concert begins at 7 p.m.
| January 13, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
For ticket information, please call 412-871-3347
or visit PolishCulturalCouncil.org
The Polish Cultural Council will present composer/pianist Zygmunt Krauze in a piano recital with improvisations celebrating the Year of Chopin. Krauze will perform works of Chopin, Paderewski, Lutoslawski and his own compositions. Cosponsored by Music on the Edge.
UPDATE: This concert begins at 7 p.m.
| January 9, 2010 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
The Andy Warhol Museum
ProArts Tickets
Music on the Edge and the Andy Warhol Museum will continue their highly successful collaboration beginning this January with a concert by the New York/Chicago-based International Contemporary Ensemble. The concert will feature
Amy Williams’ Cineshape 1
Elliott Carter’s Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux
Philippe Manoury’s Last
Magnus Lindberg’s Linea d’Ombra
Reiko Fueting’s Infinite Spring
You can read the full press release here.