Pittsburgh New Music Net

Sot there is a lot going on this weekend, and by this weekend I mean starting with two concerts Thursday night: The PSO, IonSound Project, and the Warhol have teamed up to present a concert of music curated by Mason Bates, including two of his own pieces. Meanwhile, back at Duquesne (and how often do you get to write that phrase?), NOW Ensemble is going to perform music by student composers from Duquesne and Pitt at PNC Recital Hall (8 pm and free). Friday through Sunday the PSO will perform Bates’ B-Sides. Saturday Night, MOTE present NOW at the Warhol and the program will include a the premiere of Rounder Songs by our own Patrick Burke and Emily Pinkerton. Soooooo… It’s going to be good! Oh yeah, and if you mention that you’re an IonSound supporter at the Warhol, the tickets are only $10 bucks for the Thursday night show. Check out the Events Calendar thusly ———>

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Mason Bates: The B-Sides
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5.

Journey out of this world when electronica partners with orchestra in Mason Bates’ colorful and vibrant The B-Sides. Grammy Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax performs Mozart’s popular Piano Concerto No. 25.

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Stravinsky with Nijinsky as Petroushka

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra closes out its Paris Festival with Stravinky’s Petroushka, Honnegger’s Cello Concerto, Milhaud’s La Creation du Monde, and (wait for it) Gershwin’s An American in Paris. The program features Ann Martindale Williams as soloist on the Honneger and Attack Theatre as well. It’s actually a really ambitious closing program, sure check it out.

Are you loving all the new original content showing up on PNMNet? I know I am and there’s plenty of great music to be hear this weekend from the PSO, to Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, to Music on the Edge (on Monday—it’s an extra long weekend. Your welcome!). Did I mention that Helena Bugallo and Amy Williams are going to give the WORLD  FREAKIN’ PREMIERE  of recently discovered piece by Conlon Nancarrow on Monday night? Right here in the Burgh. And in the midst of that I want to remind everyone that on Saturday morning, the Pittsburgh Symphony is going to read works by student composers. This is a great feature of the PSO’s Composer of the Year Program, and every one of the composers I’ve ever talked about it with gush about the experience. Here’s more information about the Student Reading Sessions. Feast your Ears!

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Steven Stucky: Son et Lumière

Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”

Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite,

About This Performance

This is a concert to excite your senses! First, American premier composer Steven Stucky’s Son et Lumière (Sound and Light) entertains with its play of colors and shimmering textures. Then, highly praised pianist Stephen Hough dazzles in the exotic sounds of Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Egyptian” Concerto. To close, Principal Guest Conductor Leonard Slatkin presents his own signature orchestral suite from Sergei Prokofiev’s lush and romantic ballet Cinderella.

Read about it here.

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A force to be reckoned with, famed percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie unleashes her notable musicality and virtuosity in Steven Stucky’s Spirit Voices, described by the composer as an “inspiration from the diversity of spirits and other supernatural forces from cultures around the world who manifest their presence through sound.” Glennie seamlessly moves across the stage while performing on an impressive array of percussion instruments.

Steven Stucky discusses his piece Spirit Voices from Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on Vimeo.