Schumann created his piano quintet as a gift for his wife, the great pianist Clara Schumann (née Wieck), and his conception of the piano and the string quartet as equal, yet opposing bodies, set the stage for the great quintets of Brahms, Dvořák, and Franck to come. Its brilliance, freshness, and inspiration have never faded with familiarity, […]
Featuring Duquesne Symphony Orchestra Daniel Meyer, Director of Orchestral Activities David Allen Wehr, piano $10 General Admission Repertoire Nancy Galbraith - Tormenta del Sur Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488 (David Allen Wehr, piano) Johannes Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op. 73
An evening with David Allen Wehr. Music by Schubert (Piano Trio #1), Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Bloch With Roy Sonne (vilin) and Adam Liu (cello)
Western Pennsylvania is blessed to have in its midst the international competition winner, celebrated recording artist and much travelled pianist, David Allen Wehr, who returns to Foxburg to perform an all-Chopin program on the Lincoln Hall Steinway on Sunday afternoon, November 20 at 2:00 PM. David Allen Wehr is a favorite of ARCA audiences both as a […]
International vocal star Randall Scarlata returns to Pittsburgh to make his Bluff Series debut in Schumann’s beloved song cycle Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love), settings of poetry by German Romantic Heinrich Heine, partnered by German lieder expert Ben Binder. The composer’s Fairy Tale Pictures are one of his very last works, and their beauty and tunefulness make their neglect difficult to […]
Musical performance: Clancy Newman, cello and David Allen Wehr, piano, Sylvia Eckes, hostClancy has enjoyed a wide-ranging career, not only as a cellist, but also as a composer, producer, writer, andguest lecturer. David was 1987 Santander International Piano Competition’s Gold Medal winner resulting intours to 30 countries. He is Dean of the School of Music […]
Musical performance: Clancy Newman, cello and David Allen Wehr, piano, Sylvia Eckes, hostClancy has enjoyed a wide-ranging career, not only as a cellist, but also as a composer, producer, writer, andguest lecturer. David was 1987 Santander International Piano Competition’s Gold Medal winner resulting intours to 30 countries. He is Dean of the School of Music […]
Musical performance: Clancy Newman, cello and David Allen Wehr, piano, Sylvia Eckes, hostClancy has enjoyed a wide-ranging career, not only as a cellist, but also as a composer, producer, writer, andguest lecturer. David was 1987 Santander International Piano Competition’s Gold Medal winner resulting intours to 30 countries. He is Dean of the School of Music […]
Australian cellist Clancy Newman returns to the PNC Recital Hall after his sensational debut last year to perform Chopin’s elegiac Sonata for Cello and Piano with David Allen Wehr. Besides the piano, the cello was Chopin’s favorite instrument, and the composer revels in the instrument’s rich sonorities, finding a constant stream of imaginative ways to combine and […]
Recording Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with River City Brass Band, James Gourlay, conductor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts is proud to open its 2023 classical programming on Sunday, March 5, at 2 PM in Lincoln Hall as international competition winner and celebrated pianist, David Allen Wehr, returns by popular demand to Foxburg to perform two chamber music masterpieces – piano quintets by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann that are the pinnacle of the […]
Experience works from titans of classical music by composers Strauss, Mozart, and Mahler. The infectious melodies heard in Strauss’ Overture to Der Fledermaus can be enjoyed by long-time and new symphony goers alike. Guest Pianist, David Allen Wehr, joins Your YSO for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.23 A major. Interchanges between the winds, strings, and solo […]