Chopin & Schumann on the Bluff, Year Two
The Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University is proud to present the second season of Chopin & Schumann on the Bluff, featuring beloved favorites and rarely-heard gems composed by two of the most popular classical composers. Artistic Director David Allen Wehr will again lead a cast of musicians from the faculty of the Mary Pappert School of Music, members of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and international guest artists in four programs exploring the rich artistic legacy of Chopin and Schumann’s piano solo and chamber music works.
All concerts will be on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. and will be preceded at 2:30 p.m. by a pre-concert discussion.
About this Concert
This will be the fourth appearance of Schumann’s Fantasy-Pieces on... About this Concert
Chopin was intensely patriotic about his Polish homeland and wrote... Seats may be reserved for individual concerts. Please click below to reserve your
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Parking is available in the Forbes Avenue Parking Garage. You may also park
in the Locust Street Parking Garage by crossing over on the seventh floor of the Forbes
Avenue Parking Garage (only lease holders may enter at the Locust Garage entrance).
In the event that a higher event rate is enforced during a Bluff Series concert, the
School of Music will provide patrons an Affiliated Rate Ticket, which will reduce
the parking rate to standard weekend/evening rate.
All Music on the Bluff concerts are held in PNC Recital Hall, which is located on
the first floor of the Mary Pappert School of Music. Artistic Director David Allen Wehr performs Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata. Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp
Minor, Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" David Allen Wehr performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Op. 110. Piano Sonata #31 in
A-Flat Major, Op. 110 David Allen Wehr performs Beethoven's "Appassionata." Piano Sonata #23 in F Minor,
Op. 57 "Appassionata" Performed by: Adam Liu, cello David Allen Wehr, piano Professor of Clarinet, Ron Samuels (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) performs Debussy's
Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano with David Allen Wehr. Violinists Charles and Rachel Stegeman, along with pianist David Allen Wehr perform
Moriz Moszkowski's "Suite for Two Violins and Piano." Marylène Gingras-Roy and David Allen Wehr perform the Sonata for Viola and Piano in
F Minor by Brahms.Upcoming Bluff Series Events
Chopin & Schumann On the Bluff - Concert VII: Fantasy
Chopin & Schumann On the Bluff - Concert VIII: Folk Style
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David Allen Wehr
David Allen Wehr serves as Dean of the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University,
where he holds the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair. He has performed over
1,300 concerts in 30 countries as soloist and chamber music artist since winning the
Gold Medal at the 1987 Santander International Piano Competition in Spain. He is Artistic
Director of the popular Music on the Bluff chamber music series at Duquesne. Wehr’s
discography consists of over 20 albums, including the complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle.Virtual Music on the Bluff
Beethoven - Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"
Beethoven - Piano Sonata #31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
Beethoven - Piano Sonata #23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Debussy - Sonata for Cello and Piano
Debussy - Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Moszkowski - Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Brahms - Sonata for Viola and Piano in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1
