WDIY - Calendar

March 4th - Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro (Marriage of Figaro) is a continuation of the story line of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. At the end of Barber, Rosina and Count Almaviva are wed. In Marriage of Figaro, their relationship has fallen apart. The Count is unfaithful and Rosina has a secret lover of her own. Figaro and Susanna, Rosina's pretty maid, want to marry but they need permission from the Count who would like Susanna for himself. Figaro and Susanna trick the Count into seeing the error of his ways and the opera ends happily. The opera is being staged at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday 7:30 PM. For more information, please call 570-826-1100 or vist their website.

March 5th - Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem presents the Escher String Quartet with Benjamin Hochman, Piano, performing Dvořák and Beethoven. The concert will be at Foy Hall and the baton falss at 8:00 PM

March 7th - Temple Beth El presents Cantatica in their performance of JOYFUL, JAZZY AND JEWISH! Extraordinary, Beautiful Music by Contemporary Jewish American Composers. Cantatica is a new, progressive, nonprofit musical organization devoted to broadening the scope of choral, vocal and instrumental music - its cultural connections, programming, and performance. The concert begins at 4:30 PM

March 7th - As part of its Annual Concert Series, First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Crest Boulevard and Tilghman Street, Allentown is pleased to present Lehigh Valley Harmonizers in concert at 3:00 p.m. The Lehigh Valley Harmonizers have been entertaining audiences in the Lehigh Valley for the past 60 years since it founding in 1949. The chorus consists of about 30 male singers devoted to singing 4 part harmony in barbershop style. A varied program of barbershop harmony music featuring the local chorus and quartets will include popular music ranging from traditional barbershop favorites, to surprising renditions of classic church hymns, to more modern songs sung in barbershop style. For more information visit their website.

Looking Ahead

March 12th - The Cedar Crest Chamber Music Series proudly presents the Dali String Quartet in its third performance of the series. The program will include quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn as well as shorter works by Latin and South American composers, Chabacano, Almaran, Gardel and Amaya. The violinists in the group are Luigi Mazzocchi and Carlos Rubio; the violist is Adriana Linares;and the cellist is Jesus Morales-Matos. The concert will be held in the Harmon Hall of Peace in the Miller Building on the Cedar Crest College campus.

March 13th - NEPA Philharmonic presents Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, The Eroica. Beethoven's inspiration for his famous 3rd Symphony "Eroica" was a vision of an unnamed heroic man. This great work stretched the limits of all symphonies written before it, and set a high bar for symphonies written after it. The Philharmonic will also play Mendelssohn's picturesque Hebrides Overture and Fauré's lovely Pelléas et Mélisande Suite .Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" The concert is being performed at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday 7:30 PM. For more information, please call 570-826-1100 or vist their website.

March 13th and 14th; The Allentown Symphony will present the Sibelius Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The concert will consist of the following selections. Lamentoso (World Premiere) Wittry, Concerto for Violin, Op. 47, d minor, Sibelius,Violin Soloist - SoJin Kim, 2009 Schadt Winner, Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, a minor Mendelssohn. As we create a work of art or recreate it, each of us trys to capture emotions and impressions in music. Driven by a sense of inspiration and passion for what we do, see that passion culminate in a concert featuring a world premiere by Music Director Diane Wittry, a vivid solo performance by the 2009 Schadt String Competition winner, SoJin Kim, and Mendelssohn's musical impressions of the landscape of Scotland. Sit back and enjoy as we bring music to life to touch your heart and your soul. March 13 at 8pm - March 14 at 3pm

March 14th - Two Part Invention, the flute and classical guitar duo of Nora Suggs and John Arnold, will present Here and Nowon Sunday March 14, at 3 pm, at Wesley Methodist Church, 2540 Center Street, Bethlehem. They will be joined by guest artist Patricia Koch Budlong, soprano. The concert coincides with the release of Two Part Invention's newest CD, Bad Pets, which includes many of the works to be performed Tickets for the performance are available only at the door.

March 31th - The Williams Center for the Arts presents the Brentano String Quartet - Critics and audiences alike are enthralled by the Brentano String Quartet. “Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding” raves the London Independent, while The New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism.” Since winning the prestigious Naumburg Prize and the inaugural Cleveland Quartet Award in the mid-1990s, the Brentano has been a fixture at cultural centers throughout the world. The concert starts at 8:00 p.m.,

April 9th - Award-winning saxophonist, David Liebman, joins the Lehigh Valley Jazz Repertory and Lehigh students to play works by Shorter, Pastorius and Zawinul. The concert will be held on Friday, April 9th at Lehigh University's Baker Hall at 8:00 p.m. For more information: 610-758-2787.

April 10th - Diane Wittry leads The Allentown Symphony in Gypsy Rhythms with guest performer, Laurence Kaptain playing the Cimbalom.

April 17th – Chanticleer will appear in concert at Zoellner Arts Center’s Baker Hall. Chanticleer is comprised of 12 voices of the "world's reigning male chorus”. Chanticleer was named 2008 Ensemble of the Year by Musical America and has performed at more than 100 concerts in 2008-09, Chanticleer will premieres a piece written by Steven Sametz, commissioned by the LU Choral Arts to commemorate its 25th season. For more information, check their website.

The Lehigh Saengerbun Chorus rehearses at Egner Chapel, Muhlenberg College on Tuesday evenings starting at 7:30pm. Because of our success and recent increases in audience attendance, we are expanding the size of our chorus. We welcome new members in the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass sections. Fore more information vist their website.