Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble (Stravinsky, Mingus, Adams, Mozart)

George Vosburgh, Director

Stephen Story, Associate Director

Bobbi Zimmmelman, clarinet

Camden Wentz, cello 

Watching Awadagin Pratt

It was a memorable night watching Awadagin Pratt's performance.

The repertoire consisted of:

Arvo Pärt's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488

and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: RAD Days

Program list: 

Nancy Galbraith: A Festive Violet Pulse

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 (First Movement)

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, "Jupiter"

Sarah Gibson: to Make this Mountain Taller

Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

George Gershwin: The Real McCoy "Walking the Dog"

Manuel de Falla: Three-cornered Hat

PSO

Conducted by Jacob Joyce

Tuesday, 10/10/23

The Magic Flute

 

What a fantastic performance! It was truly moving with layers and layers of symbolic personas and the philosophical undertow. Mozart died around 10 weeks after writing the Magic Flute. Maybe I attended this opera in the nick of time!

Tuesday, 11/9/2021

(With fever and chills)

Sunday in the Park

Sunday, March 23rd, 2021, Flagstaff Hill

 Last Sunday was a fascinating performance and more importantly a celebration of a new season in our social functions.

The playlist included the following:

• "Canzonetta sull'aria", The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
• "Madamina, il catalog e questo", Don Giovanni (Mozart)
• "Un di see ben rammentomi", Rigoletto (Verdi)
• "Par le rang...Salut a la France", The Daughter of the Regiment (Donzetti)
• "Tous less trois reunis", The Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
• "Acerba volutta" Adirana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
• "Au fond du temple saint", The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
• "Signore, ascolta", Turandot (Puccini)
• "Largo al factotum", The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
• "Habanera, Carmen (Bizet)
• "La donna e mobile", Rigoletto (Verdi)
• "Pa-pa-pa...", The Magic Flute (Mozart)
• "Ah! Quelle est cette voix...Chere infant que j'appelle". The Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach)