The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays Bach, Wintory, and Stravinsky.
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto IV, BWV 1049 – Wil Snead, solo violin; Ellen Romich & Rebecca Young, flutes
Austin Wintory: Woven Variations – Eric Gratta, solo cello
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Harry Jamison is a man of many talents. Jamison, a senior, is majoring in music and math and minoring in physics. That would be more than enough to turn the typical college student into a nervous wreck, but on top of that, he is performing Rachmaninoff’s monstrously difficult second piano concerto with the University Orchestra on November 7. If Jamison is feeling any stress though, he isn’t showing it.
Updated program: The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs J.S.Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G, Alberto García Demestres' Genuine Smiles, John Cage's Twenty-three, and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will feature music major Harry Jamison performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. for its November 7 concert. Jamison is a senior who will graduate in December with majors in music and math with a physics minor. He has been playing piano since the age of 9, and currently studies under Natalie Phillips with the University of Pittsburgh.
The University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Roger Zahab, will perform Dvorak’s 7th Symphony and two works by Hector Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict Overture and Reverie et Caprice. Reverie et Caprice will feature violin soloist Olivia Jackson, a sophomore bioengineering student at Pitt.
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents, in association with University of Pittsburgh will present an Evening of Indian Classical Vocal Music with Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. He will be accompanied by Sandip Ghosh, tabla; Gourab Chatterjee, harmonium; Brajeswar Mukherjee, vocal. Pitt tabla instructor Samir Chatterjee curated this event.
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Music at Pitt is starting November off in a big way and local media have taken notice. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published previews of the Jazz Seminar and Concert and Sweeney Todd, while the City Paper conducted extensive interviews with Jan and Amy Williams in anticipation of the Morton Feldman Symposium and Mini-Festival.
Congratulations to the cast and orchestra!
Pitt's Orchestra performs
Ludwig van Beethoven's Egmont Overture - Jonghee Kang, conductor
Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 celli in g minor - Isabela Negrin and Eric Gratta, soloists
Jonghee Kang's Will you take me home (When the Spring Wind Blows)?
Antonin Dvorak's Symphony no. 7 in d minor, op. 70
Roger Zahab, conductor
Updated: Roger Zahab leads the orchestra in Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Robert Ward's Dialogues, a Triple Concerto
Jen Hess, violin; Eric Gratta, cello; and Harry Jamison, piano
Eric Moe's Sonatuna for clarinet and string quartet
with soloists John Culver, clarinet; Jen Hess, violin; Andy Macgregor, cello
and W.A.Mozart's Symphony in D, K 504 Prague