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PSO--Slatkin, Time for Three, West Side Story, & Copland

Yesterday afternoon I dined at the Newman Center. Kristin introduced me to the world of Narnia (Prince Caspian was the movie for the night)---they had decorated the large meeting room with streamers, the lamppost, and the crest of Aslan.

Maureen and I met to go to the Bank of New York Grand Classics performance at the Pittsburgh Symphony. We enjoyed:

Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Prologue
Somewhere
Mambo
Cool Fugue
Finale

Jennifer Higdon's Concerto 4-3 (with Time for Three)
1. The Shallows
2. Little River
3. Roaring Smokies

~~~INTERMISSION~~~

Aaron Copland's Symphony Number 3
[In Four Movements]

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I was hoping to hear Tonight and Maria from WSS, the Broadway portion of the program. The audience enjoyed that part of the program.

Higdon's piece was with the classically trained string trio that produced new sounds that were bright, energetic, and percussive, with movements reminiscent of Higdon's Tennessee (bluegrass) roots.

Copland's Symphony No. 3 had nested in it the Fanfare for the Common Man, familiar to many in the audience from CBS Sports Spectacular. The first strains of this piece elicited comments from the floor, including one audible one from several rows back of, "Boy, we have great seats."

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Leonard Slatkin conducted, Andres Cardenes was concertmaster.
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Afterwards, we went out for fajitas and a double decker sandwich w/ fries at Eat and Park, and chatted into the night.

Labels: Broadway, dining, Pittsburgh, PSO

posted by Grace @ 12/06/2008 08:28:00 AM