Sonatas by Glinka and Schubert (Arpeggione)
Randolph Kelly, viola
David Allen Wehr, piano
PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University
$10 suggested donation
Claude Bolling's Toot Suite for Trumpet and Jazz Piano was written for French trumpeter Maurice Andre, and is performed by jazz legends Sean Jones and Joe Utterback, with members of Catch-22, Duquesne University's faculty jazz guitar ensemble. David Allen Wehr brings to life the twelve character vignettes of Debussy Preludes, Book One, including "The Sunken Cathedral" and "The Maid with the Flaxen Hair."
In conjunction with the King Family Regional Young Artist Competition.
For further information, visit www.kingaward.org.
Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Cellist Anne Martindale Williams and David Allen Wehr team up for one of the all-time great cello-piano duos, the dreamy, Romantic, dazzling Sonata by Rachmaninoff, a work which challenges each of the performer to dizzying heights of technical virtuosity and emotional commitment.
$10 donation requested. For further information, visit www.duq.edu/music
Featuring Prokofieff's Sonata #2 and works by Kreisler, Bach and Bolcom
St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church, 309 Lotz Ave, Altoona (Lakemont), Pennsylvania
$8 donation suggested
Newman and Wehr celebrate 10 years of collaboration with a knockout program of three of the cello-piano literature's most precious gems.
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Tickets are initially available to members and their guests; to be placed on a waitlist, e-mail alliance.for.music@snet.net
Visit www.sunflowermusicfestival.org for more information.
Cynthia Raim joins the Musicfest artist roster this season for some two-piano treats:
All concerts at 8p at Tabor Academy; free admission. For more information, visit www.buzzardsbaymusicfest.org
This concert will include works by Faure, Rachmaninoff, Schubert and Bizet.
"Mixed Doubles", Program One for "Musique on the Bluff: The French Seasons II", PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University Duo-pianists Cynthia Raim and David Allen Wehr play on one piano for the first half of the concert, presenting two evocations of childhood, Faure's "Dolly" and Bizet's "Children's Games". More familiar in their later orchestral arrangements, both these works gain in charm and intimacy in their original piano duet format. After intermission, it's two pianos for Poulenc's profoundly beautiful Sonata (written for Gold and Fizdale) and the Brazilian flavors of Milhaud's popular Scaramouche. At 2:15p, Dr. Benjamin Binder will present a preview of the season. $10 suggested donation. For more information, visit www.sites.duq.edu/french-seasons.
David Allen Wehr offers solos by Debussy and Utterback to honor "Dr. Joe" on this milestone birthday. Wehr will team up with organist Andrew Shenton to premiere Utterback's "Celebrations for Piano and Organ", based on material from "Missa Jazzis", which was premiered last Palm Sunday under the directorship of Dr. David A. Wehr (David Allen Wehr's father). Freewill offering will be taken. For directions, visit www.firstchurchstratford.org
Soloist with Duquesne Symphony Orchestra, Sidney Harth, music director laureate David Allen Wehr will be one of three soloists in Beethoven's majestic "Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano", known as the Triple Concerto, in the historic Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh. Wehr's colleagues will be violinist Charles Stegeman, cellist Misha Quint and legendary conductor Sidney Harth, former concertmaster of the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics and the Chicago Symphony. $10 suggested donation. For more information, visit www.duq.edu/music.
"Chausson Showcase", Program Two for "Musique on the Bluff: The French Seasons II", PNC Recital Hall, Duquense University Wehr will open the program with two piano solos by Debussy: Suite Bergamasque (which contains the beloved Clair de lune) and The Isle of Joy (L'isle joyeuse), then join with Duquesne faculty and Pittsburgh Symphony members for the Septet by Saint-Saens (one of the rare chamber works with trumpet) and Chausson's virtuosic Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, starring Wehr and Charles Stegeman as soloists. At 2:15p Rebecca Rollett will present French harpsichord music. $10 suggested donation. For more information, www.sites.duq.edu/french-seasons.
Works of Chopin, Debussy, Poulenc and Utterback
Dr. David A. Wehr, narrator
Works by Debussy (Suite Bergamasque), Chopin (Sonata in B Minor), Poulenc and Utterback