JULY 6 & 7
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

FANTASY ETUDES
Fred Lerdahl

PIÈCE POUR IVRY
Bruno Maderna

FERTILITY RITES
Christos Hatzis

DEEP
Alex Shapiro

TAKING CHARGE
Joseph Schwantner

JULY 13 & 14
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

ALLEGRO SOSTENUTO
Helmut Lachenmann

L'ANGE PÂLE
Amy Beth Kirsten

WHAT SHE SAW THERE
Evan Ziporyn

THE NEW MATHS
Louis Andriessen

featuring Bobby Mitchell, piano

JULY 18
7PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED
Frederic Rzewski

JULY 20 & 21
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

At times meditative, at times deafening, silence can calm us or divide us from each other or ourselves.

THE ANVIL CHORUS
David Lang

QUICKSILVER
Randall Woolf

TRIPLE CROWN
David Stock

THE LIFE OF BIRDS
Mason Bates

KLINGENDE BUCHSTABEN
Alfred Schnittke

SILENCES
Jeffrey Nytch

JULY 27 & 28
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

"A Quartet for the End of Time"
PNME explores the violent relationship between humankind and the earth we inhabit.

TO THE EARTH
Frederic Rzewski

QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME
Olivier Messiaen

4'33"
John Cage

IDYLL FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
George Crumb

JULY 8 & 9
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

"A pinch of this, a dash of that ..." Lee Hoiby was a master composer, Julia Child a master chef. Guest countertenor and impersonator Peter Thoresen performs Hoiby's witty homage to Child while baking a cake onstage - a feast for the senses!

CHARACTERS
Thomas Albert

BON APPÉTIT!
Lee Hoiby

THE HORSE WITH THE LAVENDER EYE
Stephen Hartke

JULY 15 & 16
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

"Sappho's Sparrows" Primeval poets and modern minstrels collide and combine in a celebration of ancient rituals, timeless longings, and birds that remind us of the dream of flight

THRAFSMATA
world premiere PNME commission
Kieren MacMillan

AD PARNASSUM
Steven Stucky

CHRYSALIS
Gilda Lyons

LIFT
Matthew Romantini

PSAPPHA
Iannis Xenakis

COMPANION GUIDE TO ROME (SABINE)
Andrew Norman

SPARROWS
Joseph Schwantner

THE KING OF THE SUN (excerpt)
Stephen Hartke

A free reception in the City Theatre Café followed this show.

JULY 22 & 23
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

"In the Wake" PNME addresses the complex and sometimes incongruous emotions surrounding the loss of loved ones.

PRESS RELEASE
David Lang

THREE GYMNOPÉDIES
Arthur Jarvinen

GYMNOPÉDIE (HOMÀGE A JARVINEN)
Mathew Rosenblum

WIND-UP BIRD PRELUDES
Ryan Francis

FAREWELL SONGS
Joe Sheehan

MEMORIES IN RED (HOMAGE A R.J.M)
Matthew Romantini

LITTLE DEATHS
Arthur Jarvinen

METAMORPHOSIS
Kieren MacMillan

JULY 29 & 30
8PM
City Theatre, Pittsburgh

"Vanishing Point" Using a three-dimensional painting by Pittsburgh artist Val Cox as the centerpiece, PNME explores the many facets of perspective.

KEMBANG SULING
Gareth Farr

VOX BALAENAE (excerpt)
George Crumb

AIR FOR CELLO AND PIANO
Kevin Puts

THE ARCHITECT'S BROTHER
Jakub Ciupinski

BERCEUSE FOR BENJAMIN
Kieren MacMillan

STÈLE
Gerard Grisey

NOTTURNO
Jeffrey Nytch

A free reception in Val Cox's studio followed this show.

JULY 9 & 10

PETROUSHSKATES
Joan Tower

1 of Us, 1 of Them
Ted Hearne

DELICATE SONGS
Aaron Kernis

LITTLE EYE
David Lang

NIGHT MUSIC
PNME commission
Thomas Albert

JULY 16 & 17

L'OEIL ECOUTE
PNME commission
Pierre Jalbert

FRAGMENT
John Psathas

QI
Chen Yi

Clarinet Quartet
Matthew Fuerst

Re: Porter
Aaron Grad

Porter Songs
Aaron Grad

JULY 23 & 24

MUSICA RICERCATA
Györgi Ligeti

MUSIQUE DE TABLES
Thierry de Mey

4'33"
John Cage

VOUS AVEZ DE FEU?
Emmanuel Sejourne

WISP
world premiere PNME commission
David Stock

LAST MINUTEURE 1
world premiere PNME commission
David Skidmore

LAST MINUTEURE 2
world premiere PNME commission
Jeffrey Nytch

NOED TO LIGETI (WITH OPTIONAL AXE)
world premiere PNME commission
Kevin Noe & David Skidmore

ÉTUDES TANGUISTIQUES
Astor Piazzolla

JULY 30 & 31

SWEET AIR
David Lang

LET DOWN
Radiohead, arr. Christopher O'Riley

BEYOND THE ZERO
Steve Ricks

REQUIEM (FOR SOLO PERCUSSIONIST)
David Skidmore

RADIANCE
world premiere PNME commission
Ned McGowan

JULY 10 & 11

SEXTET
Robert Paterson

TABLE SETTING
David Bithell

TRIPLE CONCERTO
Alejandro Viñao

CRITICAL POINT
Roger Dannenberg

L'OEIL ÉCOUTE
Pierre Jalbert
world premiere PNME commission

JULY 17 & 18

LOOMING SILVER
John Fitz Rogers

ANIMA FOGLIA
Jérômé Combier

LAST
Philipe Manoury

ADDENDUM
Chick Corea

WOODLAWN DRIVE
D.J. Sparr

HIGH WIRE ACT
Laura Elise Schwendinger

JACKIE'S SONG
Michael Daugherty

JULY 24 & 25

CINESHAPE 3
Amy Williams

GERRYMANDER
Russell Pinkston

ELEVEN ECHOES OF AUTUMN
George Crumb

THE BOOK OF AMERICAN POETRY (ABRIDGED)
Stacy Garrop
world premiere PNME commission

JULY 31 & AUG 1

COURT STUDIES FROM THE TEMPEST  
Thomas Adés

LIPSTICK
Jacob Ter Veldhuis

DEATH ANGEL
John Anthony Lennon

RIFF
Alejandro Viñao

THE EVIDENCE
John Fitz Rogers

DANCE/DROP
David Lang

JUNE 27 & 28

REGINA TAKES
THE HOLY ROAD
Jerome Kitzke

BELL PLATES
Scott Lindroth

TRIO
John Musto

SUPERHERO
Eric Moe

THREE SONGS ON POEMS
BY WENDY S. WALTERS
Derek Bermel

COME ROUND
Jacob Druckman

JULY 4 & 5

ARCHES
Kevin Puts

ETUDES
Ryan Francis

ARROWS
David Heuser

TIME GALLERY
Paul Moravec

JULY 11 & 12

TO THE EARTH
Frederic Rzewski

QUARTET FOR
THE END OF TIME
Olivier Messiaen

4'33"
John Cage

IDYLL FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
George Crumb

JULY 18 & 19

INTERIUR I 
Helmut Lachenmann

SILVER STREETCAR
FOR THE ORCHESTRA
Alvin Lucier

BONE ALPHABET
Brian Ferneyhough

PSAPPHA
Iannis Xenakis

URSONATE
Kurt Schwitters

GUEST ARTISTS:
Steve Schick
PERCUSSION
Sharokh Yadegari
LIVE ELECTRONICS

JULY 25 & 26

JUST OUT OF REACH
Kevin Noe and Kieren MacMillan
world premiere PNME commission