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Saturday- Gal's Night Out at the PSO

Mom and I donated items on the South Side Saturday (yesterday). 


Last night I organized a "gal's night out" at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  I invited  three of my girlfriends to the PSO ( Mijung, Christina, and my coworker Regina).  The program was a 4-movement  piece called Alternative Energy for Orchestra and Electronica by a Pennsylvanian, Mason Bates, who utilized two Apple computers wired to speakers on either side of the stage to provide electronic sounds.  Bates was featured last season as a Composer-In-Residence, and the piece was evocatively picturesque, with visions of everything from cranking an old car to start it, to a Fermilab particle collider.  This was followed by a discussion of Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra by the evening's conductor, Michael Francis.  He brought the Hungarian composer's work from a personal philosophical statement on folk music into a larger historical political view.  After an intermission, the evening ended with the performance of the vigorous Bartok concerto. 

I noted to one of my friends/seatmates, a coworker who is also a church organist, that I liked the custom suit of the visiting conductor---very snappy.  Regina treated all of us to dessert at Franco's across the street.  I had the chocolate cake/ vanilla ice cream roll with ganache. 


Mijung spotted the grandson/ grandpa pair from Schenley Plaza at the PSO!  She was so taken...

posted by Grace @ 5/17/2015 09:45:00 AM