Part Two of Pittsburgh Song Collaborative Performance of ‘Winterreise’ Scheduled

Members of the University community are reminded that they are invited to attend the second of the special two-part performance of A Stranger I Arrived, A Stranger I Departed: Winter’s Journey in Poetry and Song by the Pittsburgh Song Collaborative (PSC), an ensemble in residence in the Mary Pappert School of Music.

The performance, which focuses on songs 12-24 of Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise (Winter’s Journey), will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at Brillobox, located at 4104 Penn Ave. in Lawrenceville.

The PSC, which regularly partners with artists in other media to present concerts in the classical art song genre, recruited Pittsburgh poets to each write four poems responding to four songs assigned to them from Winterreise.

At the event, poets Sheila Squillante, Jen Ashburn and Don Wentworth will each read their new works, one by one, after which the corresponding song from Winterreise will then be performed by Dr. Benjamin Binder on piano and baritone Daniel Teadt.

Part two of A Stranger I Arrived, A Stranger I Departed: Winter’s Journey in Poetry and Song is free and open to the public.

Additionally, the PSC will co-present the closing concert of the Mary Pappert School of Music’s Schubert on the Bluff series on Sunday, April 15. The concert, titled Winter Journey, will be the culmination of the PSC’s A Stranger I Arrived, A Stranger I Departed.

For more information, call the music school at 412.396.6083.