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So confusing to see tiny Elisa standing next to the life-size picture of Elisa.

Elisa Kohanski, well-known to Pittsburgh new music fans as the cellist in IonSound Project, has a few other gigs keeping her busy. Like opera and ballet orchestra at the Benedum and being principal cello in Wheeling Symphony. For instance. This week part of her work at Wheeling includes premiering a work by Richard Danielpour for solo cello and baritone voice and orchestra called Come Up from the Fields, Father. Her performance is part of a Veteran’s Day celebration concert by the WSO that will include Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from Westside Story and Copland’s Third Symphony. Cruise on down to Wheeling this Friday and give Elisa and the rest of the orchestra a listen.

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The PSO pairs Richard Danielpour’s Rocking the Cradle with Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

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Leonard Slatkin leads the PSO in music by American composers. The program includes

Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

Mason Bates’s Liquid Interface

Richard Danielpour’s Pastime

George Gershwin’s An American in Paris

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Richard Danielpour: Zoroastrian Riddles, Part I

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

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My conversation with Richard Danielpour is posted on the PSO’s Web site.

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Pittsburgh Symphony Insider will present a live chat with Composer of the Year Richard Danielpour on Friday, October 16 at 3 p.m. The chat will be hosted by yours truly on behalf of Pittsburgh New Music Net, so be sure to log in and ask questions. There will also be opportunities to submit your questions via a related thread on this blog, so check back soon for more details.