Dvořák at Duquesne concert series:
This series consists of four concerts showcasing the tuneful and appealing chamber music by Czech composer Antonin Dvorák. Seventeen members of the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra collaborate with faculty from Duquesne University's Mary Pappert School of Music, along with guest artists Andrés
Cárdenes and Cynthia Raim. The series, which will include popular favorites as well as neglected treasures, is under the artistic direction of
David Allen Wehr, holder of the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair at Duquesne.
All concerts on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. in PNC Recital Hall, and will be preceded by talks by Dr. Benjamin Binder at 2:15 p.m.
The opening of a four-concert series of Dvořák's tuneful chamber music boasts sixteen performers, including many members of the Mary Pappert School of Music faculty and the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Special Pre-Concert Event 2:15 p.m. Dedication of Renovated PNC Recital Hall. Join us as we acknowledge the generosity of the PNC Foundation with a brass fanfare, blessing, ribbon cutting, glass of champagne and a brief overview of the 2011-2012 Dvorák at Duquesne concert series, in the beautifully renovated PNC Recital Hall.
For more information visit www.duq.edu/dvorak/czech-in.cfm.
All-Bach Program on the new Steinway grand piano For directions, visit www.waynesburg.edu.
David Allen Wehr will be joined by guest artists Andres Cardenes, former Pittsburgh Symphony comcertmaster, and Anne Martindale Williams, PSO Principal Cello
Special Pre-Concert Event 2:15 p.m. -- International opera star Sari Gruber, soprano and Dr. Benjamin Binder, pianist and Assistant Professor of Musicianship perform Dvorák's "Gypsy Songs".
For more information visit www.duq.edu/dvorak/sound-czech.cfm.
The immensely popular Piano Quintet, the Bass Quintet in G Major, op. 77 and the rarely-heard "In the Bohemian Forest" for piano duet make up this program of Dvořák delights. For more information, visit www.duq.edu/dvorak/czech-please.cfm.
A complete performance of the irresistible Slavonic Dances in their original piano format. David Allen Wehr is joined by his longtime piano partner, Cynthia Raim. For more information, visit www.duq.edu/dvorak/czech-out.cfm
Duquesne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Turner, with David Allen Wehr as soloist in Bartok's mighty Piano Concerto #3. For more information visit www.duq.edu/music/ensembles/orchestra.cfm.
Duquesne Wind Symphony, conducted by Robert Cameron, with David Allen Wehr as soloist in Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Winds. For more information, visit www.duq.edu/music/ensembles/wind.cfm
Repertoire to include Bach's Piano Concerto in D MInor and Dvořák's Piano Quintet Visit www.sunflowermusicfestival.org after May 15 for complete program information.
Repertoire to include Bach's Two-Piano Concerto in C Minor, Rachmaninoff's Suite #1 for Two Pianos, Dvořák's Piano Quintet and Brahms' Piano Trio in B major Visit www.buzzardsbaymusicfest.org after June 1 for complete program information.