2010-2011 Season


35th Birthday Concert: Transcending Time

RCW_quintetSaturday, September 25, 2010 at 8pm
    Gallery Christine Frechard: Squirrel Hill
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 3pm
    Carlow University’s Kresge Theatre, Oakland

RCW’s timeless recipe for a delicious evening of music has been to mix Romantic favorites, classic 20th-century pieces, along with something fresh and brand new!

  • ROSSINI: Quartet No. 1
  • AUGUST KLUGHARDT: Quintet in C Major, Op. 79
  • GEORGE PEARSALL: Divertimento  [WORLD PREMIERE]
  • LEO SOWERBY: Quintet
  • JÚLIO MEDAGLIA: Suite “Belle Époque in Sud-America”

Double Your Pleasure

Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 8pm
    Aspinwall Presbyterian Church
Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 3pm
    Congregation Rodef Shalom: Shadyside

Ten winds take the stage for Bird’s joyful double quintet and a pair of Classical octets.  Don’t miss this stunning sonority!

  • JOSEF TREIBENSEE: Echo Sonata
  • ARTHUR BIRD: Suite in D
  • HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: Quintete en forme de Choros
  • W.A. MOZART: Serenade No. 1 in c minor

A Night at the Opera


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Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 8pm
    Parlor Concert: Mt. Washington
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 3pm
    First Unitarian Church: Shadyside

Eugene Perry, bass-baritone, with a busy international career on both sides of the Atlantic, joins the Winds for an evening of vocal treasures.

  •  W. A. MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute
  • AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH: Pastorale, Op. 151
  • BRIAN HOLMES: Pü-Gesange
  • W. A. MOZART: Two arias from Don Giovanni
  • FERENC FARKAS: Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
  • HERBERT FRANKLIN MELLS: Three Songs